Hebron Under Passover Siege
The southern West Bank city of Hebron is under what local Palestinians are calling a siege to enable tens of thousands of Israelis to celebrate the holiday of Passover this…
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The southern West Bank city of Hebron is under what local Palestinians are calling a siege to enable tens of thousands of Israelis to celebrate the holiday of Passover this…
Israeli soldiers attacked, and injured, a Palestinian man on Monday evening, in Yatta town near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped a child in the Hebron’s Old…
Israeli authorities informed Muslim officials in Hebron that the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, will be closed to Muslim worshippers on Sunday and Monday, Hijazi…
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, opened pepper spray on 11-year-old Qamar Qafisha, from Hebron, on Shuhada street in the city.PNN reports that settlers from Bet Hadasa and Ramat Yishai settlements, illegally…
Israeli sources have reported that the 22-year-old soldier, who was believed to be missing, or “kidnapped,’ staged his own disappearance, after the soldiers initiated a search campaign and found him,…
The Israeli Army, and the Police, said they are searching for an Israeli man who apparently went missing, on Thursday afternoon, near the southern West bank city of Hebron, and…
The Israeli public prosecution has asked the Israeli High Court of Justice for permission to demolish the ancient Palestinian village of Sussia, and relocate its residents to Yatta, near Hebron,…
Israeli forces, Saturday, detained a number of Palestinian shepherds for hours, after chasing them down in Masafir Yatta area, to the south of Hebron, according to a local activist.Coordinator of…
The following article is written by the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) and was originally published on their website. ISM and IWPS are often working together in the West Bank…
Around four Israeli fanatics, from the Beit Eyin illegal colony, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked Saturday Palestinian villagers while working on their own lands.Mohammad ‘Ayyad…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including two children. Army orders six families…
Scores of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have made homes in caves, on the outskirts of Al-Khalil (Hebron), as Israeli occupation authorities continue to prevent them from building homes…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the al-Koum Palestinian village, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed orders for the destruction of two Palestinian homes, and…
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court issued, Monday, an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian journalist, ordering him imprisoned for four months, without charges or trial.The Ahrar Center for Detainees’…
On an almost daily basis, Israeli forces in Al Khalil harass and arrest local and international human rights activists as they try to do their tasks. ISM Press Releases March…
Masked Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Ma’on, south of Hebron, threw stones at Palestinian children and injured a six-year-old child, Saturday.The child sustained a head injury and was…
Israeli forces, Saturday, stormed several areas in the Hebron district, where they set up military checkpoints and abducted at least one Palestinian, according to reports by security sources.Sources told WAFA…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the town of Doura, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinians. Soldiers also invaded a home in Beit…
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority renewed, Thursday, the administrative detention order against ailing detainee Nabil Na’im an-Natsha, 58, for additional four months, without…
A group of Israeli settlers entered the Isaac Hall inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, on Thursday under armed protection from Israeli forces, witnesses said.Local sources said that guards attempted…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, the general coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, as he was heading back to Hebron.The…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian woman near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, allegedly for “carrying a knife.” Soldiers also kidnapped a…
Israeli right-wing politician and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Sunday afternoon, broke into Hebron’s Al Ibrahimi mosque. His provocative ‘visit’ came to claim that the mosque had a Jewish identity, and…
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center has reported that detainee Mansour Yousef Shahateet, 28, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, has been severely tortured by Israeli interrogators, leading to…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the as-Sammoa’ town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian after breaking into his home. Soldiers also…
Two days ago, on the 10th of March, at around 1 AM in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces raided the home of human rights activist Imad Abu Shamsiya and…
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and a number of nearby towns.Eyewitnesses said the army invaded…
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that scores of residents, including children, suffered on Monday morning the effects of teargas…
To date, ISM volunteers in Al-Khalil (Hebron) have faced two attempted night raids, two invasions, and continual daily harassment from Israeli occupation forces. 5th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Safa area north of Beit Ummar town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched several…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called off a planned 10 March visit to the southern West Bank city of Hebron following advice from the Israel Security Agency (ISA).Hebron News…
Israeli soldiers prevented, Tuesday, a group of 60 journalists, members of the Central Bureau of Journalists, and other media organizations, from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West…
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, sealed off a stone-cutting factory and seized a lorry in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to local sources.Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three children on Tuesday, including a seventh-grade schoolchild, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after searching his bag and locating a compass that he uses…
A video posted on Facebook Monday by a right-wing Israeli politician, then quickly removed, showed graphic evidence of what Palestinians have reported to be a common Israeli military practice: using…
On February 27 in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces fired live ammunition towards nonviolent protesters participating in the annual Open Shuhada Street demonstration, injuring five including four Palestinian activists, one…
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, a nonviolent protest organized by hundreds of students in demand that the army reopen Shuhada Street in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied…
On the 24th of February in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces opened fire on dancing Palestinian youth, firing tear gas and throwing stun grenades at group of young children performing…
A group of approximately 20 Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked on Wednesday a Palestinian shop causing excessive property…
Hundreds of Palestinians marked, Wednesday, the 21st anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre that led to the death of 29 Palestinians, and the injury of around 200. Among the victims…
Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, uprooted a hundred olive saplings recently-planted in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said a local activist organization.According to the…
During the night of the February 22nd, Israeli occupation forces raided two homes belonging to the Edies family, in the Al-Khalil (Hebron) neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida. 24th February 2015 |…
An Israeli settler, on Monday, ran over a Palestinian youngster from Ethna village, south Hebron, and fled the scene.The resident was identified as a member of the Batran family, from…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the al-‘Ardeesa area in Sa’ir town, northeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished an under-construction home. Army installs roadblocks near Hebron, and…
Medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man suffered moderate wounds, on Monday evening, after being rammed by an Israeli car, belonging to a settler living in an illegal…
Israeli forces, on Monday, destroyedlarge tracts of Palestinian farmlands in Khirbet Zanuta village, Adh-Dhahiriya area, to the southwest of Hebron.Israeli military vehicles escorting bulldozers, according to WAFA, stormed a section…
On the afternoon of the 21st of February Saleh Abu Shamsiya, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy, was attacked by settler youth in the Al-Khalil (Hebron) neighborhood of Tel Rumeida. 22nd February…
Israeli settlers chopped down 36 olive trees in the South Hebron Hills, on Friday, said Italian peace group Operation Dove, in a press release.The group said that, on the morning…
A group of extremist settlers from the Asfar (Metzad) settlement, to the east of Al Shuyoukh, on Tuesday night, uprooted 550 olive tree saplings and fled the scene.A group of…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a shepherd was injured after a group of Israeli extremists attacked him, east of Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The…
Israeli soldiers prevented, Tuesday, Palestinian farmers from entering their agricultural lands east of Yatta town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall…
In the daily reality of Hebron, its residents do not only remember the 1994 Ibrahimi mosque massacre, but live it and its consequences each and every day.Palestinians throughout the West…
The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) is conducting a dig in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, a dig which is destroying the area.While financed by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport, this…
Israeli forces raided, on Tuesday evening, the town of Deir Sammit, to the west of Hebron, where they erected a number of mobile check points. In the village of al-Shuyukh,…
Israeli soldiers invaded several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, kidnapped eight Palestinians, including children, wounded at least two, and handed five others military orders for interrogation.Coordinator…
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, two Palestinian children in Masafer Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing various injuries, and kidnapped them. Coordinator of the Popular…
On Monday, February 2nd, Palestinian demonstrators faced military violence at the hands of Israeli forces in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered in Bab Al-Zawiye, on the H1 (Palestinian administered) side…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby towns of Doura and as-Sammoa’, south of the city, and kidnapped three Palestinians,…
A settler vehicle crashed into a car belonging to Palestinian Authority security forces near Hebron, on Monday, injuring seven security officers.Palestinian security officials told Ma’an News Agnecy that the crash…
The Hebron Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 120 Palestinians, including 2 young women and 25 children, in Hebron, in the southern part…
An Israeli settler ran over a photographer for B’Tselem Israeli human rights group, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, at noon on Sunday.According to the PNN, sources said that Ra’ed…
Extremist settlers from the illegal Ma’on settlement, to the south Hebron, Saturday, cut down a number of olive and almond trees in Al Hamra, near Yatta town.Coordinator of the South…
The short documentary ‘Khelil Helwa (Hebron is Beautiful)’ follows a young boy from Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood as he goes about his daily life, uncovering the matrix of Israeli military…
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday evening, the ath-Thaher area, south of Beit Ummar town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and clashed with dozens…
Israeli authorities, on Thursday, destroyed the home of a Palestinian family, in addition to a barn located in Ethna, near Hebron, in the southern West Bank.Locals told Ma’an News Agency…
Israeli authorities, Tuesday, notified local residents of At-Tabban, a small village to the south of Hebron, of demolition orders for two animal barns and a residential facility in the village.Rateb…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday evening, that a young man was injured, and another was kidnapped, by Israeli soldiers invading Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West…
Medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that Israeli fanatics attacked, beat and stabbed a Palestinian man, from Doura nearby town. Israeli soldiers…
Early Tuesday morning January 20, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Israeli occupation forces invaded the home of the Abu Maria family in the village of Beit Ummar. 22nd January 2015 |…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday evening, that several residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Ummar town, north…
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Tuesday, Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished two homes, and several structures, including barns. Coordinator of the Popular…
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, demolished two homes, a store and an animal barn in the village of Khallat al-Mai, south of Hebron, according to local sources.Mohammad Mehesen, coordinator of…
Israeli soldiers arrived at the home of Amal Hashem Dundeis on Monday afternoon with orders to weld her doors shut. Soldiers claim a molotov cocktail had been thrown from nearby…
Early Wednesday morning, January 14, 2015, a massive deployment of 400 Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. 18th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement…
Israeli soldiers invaded Surif and Ethna towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians. The army also installed roadblocks north of Hebron, and near several…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian teenager from Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped his friend, while walking near the…
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted a large-scale invasion into…
Medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported on Tuesday evening that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and one…
Israeli police say they have arrested a settler suspected of shooting and injuring a Palestinian teenager in Hebron on Saturday.According to Ma’an News Agency, a ‘public security officer’ was arrested…
A number of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, Friday, dozens of olive trees in Palestinian orchards in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West…
The Youth Against Settlements Coalition in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that fanatic Israeli settlers broke, on Wednesday, into one of the Palestinian…
By 10:30 am on Tuesday morning of December 30, Palestinian children attending school near Qeitun checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) had endured over forty tear gas canisters, multiple rounds of rubber…
A Palestinian family from a village east of the town of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday at dawn, when a number…
Medical sources reported, on Monday at night, that two Palestinians have been injured, one seriously, after Israeli soldiers opened fire on their car, driving in Beit Ummar town, north of…
An Israeli settler, on Sunday, ran over 8-year-old Ali Qrei’esh, near Yatta town, South Hebron, then fled the scene with his car.According to the Palestinian News Network, local sources said…
Extremist Jews from the Susia Settlement in Yatta, south of Hebron, sprayed chemicals on Palestinian lands, Saturday, causing damage to their crops.Member of the Popular Committee Against Settlements and the…
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday, the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday evening, Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian during clashes with local youths, while many suffered the…
Mohammad Saleh, a sixty-six-year-old Palestinian resident of Tel Rumeida, al-Khalil (Hebron), waited with his mule outside Shuhada checkpoint for nine hours over the course of two days. He spent four…
An Israeli settler claimed, on Thursday at night, that two Palestinians tried to kidnap him as he was waiting for an Israeli bus in the bus junction located at the…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured in the Safa and ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
The Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron videotaped an incident on Wednesday morning in which two small children are grabbed and held by soldiers. As the boys begin to cry and…
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and nearby communities, shot and wounded one Palestinian,…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town and…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least three residents have been injured, with many others suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes which took place on Friday…
One Palestinian has been shot and injured, by an Israeli live round, during clashes that took place south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank,…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians.…
Medical sources have reported that scores of children, and teachers, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in southern Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, during…
Hebron Mayor Dr. Daoud Al Zatari stated, Tuesday, that he had recently received an envelope at the Municipality, containing death threats and a toxic substance.According to the PNN, security and…