Army To Confiscate 600 Dunams Near Hebron
The Israeli army informed the Beit Ummar Municipality, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, that has decided to grab 600 Dunams of Palestinian land in order to use…
Hamas Slams Arrest Of Legislator al-Natsha
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed the Israeli arrest of legislator Sheikh Mohammad al-Natsha, 53, of its Change and Reform Bloc.Hamas issued a press release stating that the illegal Israeli policy…
17-year-old Boy Killed In Beit Ummar, Hundreds Protest After Funeral
Hundreds of residents of the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron took to the streets in the funeral of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayyil who was shot dead by Israeli settlers on…
Settlers Kill Palestinian Youth In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday at night that a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by settlers fire in Safa Village, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.…
Settlers Attack Internationals Escorting Palestinians In South Hebron Hills
On Sunday, settlers assaulted internationals while they were escorting Palestinians to their pasture to graze their herds in Um al Hir , a Beduoin village in South Hebron Hills.Settlers threw…
Two Workers Wounded By Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that two workers were shot and wounded by Israeli army fire south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The sources…
Palestinian-Israeli Critically Wounded after Israeli Soldiers Open Fire at West Bank Checkpoint
On Thursday night, Israeli soldiers critically wounded a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship who had approached a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron.According to an investigation of the…
Soldier Who Shot Sleeping Palestinian Man Exonerated
The Israeli Army reported Wednesday that the soldier who repeatedly shot a 65-year-old Palestinian man, while he slept in his bed on January 7th, has been exonerated, while the soldier…
3 Palestinians Detained in Hebron-area by Israeli Forces
On Tuesday morning, the homes of three men in the southern West Bank towns of Beit Ummar and Adh-Dhahiriya were raided and searched by Israeli forces, resulting in the men’s…
17 Homes and School Demolished by Israel in South Hebron Hills
On Wednesday, early in the morning, dozens of Israeli soldiers, 4 bulldozers and some 25 jeeps invaded and demolished the small Bedouin village of Al-Daqeqa, East of Yatta in the…
‘Soldiers, Settlers, and the Police are the Occupation”: Palestinian Life Inside a Settlement
Hani Abu Haikal and his family live in Hebron’s H2, which is under Israeli control. They are part of the 30,000 Palestinians that live among 500 settlers in this part…
Israeli Troops Abduct Teen in Hebron
The Israeli army abducted a 17-year old Palestinian boy in the Old City of Hebron late on Saturday night, according to local sources.Local witnesses said that a boy identified as…
Soldiers Shot and Killed an Elderly Man While Sleeping In His Bed
Israeli soldiers broke, on Friday at dawn, into the house of Omar al-Qawasmy, 66 years old, in al-Sheikh neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and shot him…
Palestinian Legislator Kidnapped From His Home In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), from his home in Yatta town, in Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
Two Journalists Attacked by Settlers South of Hebron
On Wednesday evening, Israeli settlers attacked a car transporting two journalists working for Reuters and Ball Media. The journalists were taking pictures near Yatta village, south of HebronYusry Al-Jamal, the…
Soldiers Attack A Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday evening a nonviolent protest organized by the Youth Coalition Against Settlements in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Dozens of Israeli and…
Two Palestinians Injured in Hebron
Israeli army shot at two young men in city of Hebron on Thursday morning, the PNN claimed.Israeli military opened fire on two Palestinians in the area of Wadi al-Gharous, in…
Nine Palestinians Detained in Hebron Area During Night Raids
Israeli forces arrested, on Wednesday night, nine Palestinians from Hebron region and transported them to an unknown location, Ma’an News and PNN echoed. In a statement, the Israeli military said…
Israeli Forces Stormed Palestinian MP House
Israeli soldiers raided, on Tuesday, the house of Palestinian MP Halaika in Hebron, the Palestinian Information Center claimed.Hamas lawmaker Samira al-Halaika said Israeli military raided the house at noon on…
Troops Kidnap Elected Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, legislator Sheikh Khalil Nayef Rajoub, after breaking into his home and searching it. His family stated that soldiers surrounded their home located west…
A Palestinian Boy Arrested Near Hebron
On Sunday night, Israeli troops arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the village of Sair, near Hebron, after inspecting his house. Asad Zaydan Jaradat was taken from his house during…
Army Demolishes A House In Yatta VIllage
The Palestine News and Information Center,WAFA, reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers demolished a house of that belongs to two brothers identified as Iyad and Mohammad Al-Ummor, in the village…
Troops Invade Villages in Hebron, Install Several Roadblocks
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli army invaded the villages of as-Sammou’, Ithna and Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed…
Palestinian Youth Wounded By Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday, that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire in an area south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
In Beit Ummar, Israeli Forces Attack Non-Violent Protest; 6 Abducted
Just days after Israeli troops oversaw the bulldozing of Palestinian homes and farmland in Beit Ummar village to make way for the expansion of an Israeli Jewish-only settlement, Palestinians, internationals…
Palestinian Non-Violent Organizer Released From Prison After One Month Without Charges
Eyad Jamil al-Alami, of Beit Ummar village, in the southern West Bank, has been released from an Israeli detention camp after serving more than a month without any charges.Originally Israeli…
Army Kidnaps 13 Activists Accompanying Palestinians Near Hebron
13 Israeli, international and Palestinian activists were kidnapped on Thursday morning while accompanying farmers to their lands in the Saffa region of Beit Ommar, near the southern West Bank city…
Israeli Army Invades a School in Hebron
Israeli army has invaded a school in the village of Bani Na’im in the eastern part of Hebron, Palestinian News Agency, WAFA reported on Thursday.According to security sources, Israeli army…
Israeli Army Prevents Extinguishing of Fire in Hebron, Abducts Three Palestinian Residents
Palestinian sources reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli army prevented firefighters from extinguishing a fire that broke out in an orchard on the village of Safa, in the northern part of…
Settlers Destroy Trees Near Hebron
Farmers from Surif, north of Hebron, went to their land, on Tuesday, to find that many of their trees had been set on fire by settlers. According to the Palestinian…
Thirty Students Wounded After Inhaling Gas Fired By The Army Near Hebron
On Thursday morning, thirty Palestinian students were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs at them in the village of Beit Ummar…
Athan Banned at Hebron’s Al-Ibrahimi Mosque 54 Times in One Month
The Muslim call to prayer (Athan) was prohibited by the Israeli authorities at Hebron’s al-Ibrahimi Mosque for 54 times, during the month of October, the Middle East Monitor reported. Palestinian…
Israeli Troops Kidnap Two Palestinians From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, two Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank.Mohammad Awad, media spokesman for…
Israeli Troops Break Into Houses in Hebron
Security sources reported that the Israeli military invaded, on Monday morning, several houses in Hebron.Israeli soldiers broke into the houses of Basam Ayyoub, 25 years old, and Baha’ Basal,18, in…
Soldiers Deny Palestinians Access to Lands in Hebron
On Friday morning, the Israeli military prevented Palestinian farmers from working on their lands, adjacent to the separation wall, in the western part of the town of Beit Ula, northwest…
Army Orders Closure Of Ibrahimi Mosque For Two Days
The Israeli army decided to close the Ibrahimi mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, for Muslim worshipers for two days in order to allow Jewish worshipers to…
Israeli Miltary Kidnaps Two Palestinians, Installs Blockades in Hebron
Israeli soldiers abucted, on Thursday morning, two Palestinians from the town of Beit Umar, north of Hebron, and erected a blockade at the entrance north of the city. Security sources…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians from Hebon
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, five Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, after first invading and searching…
Israeli Troops Invade Hebron & Neighboring Towns
On Monday mornin, the Israeli military invaded the towns of al-Samu’, Halhol, Beit al-Rosh, Sa’er, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawar Refugee Camp near Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The…
Israeli Break Into Houses, Kidnaps 3, Inluding 2 Children, In Hebron
On Saturday morning, Israeli troops kidnapped a Palestinian man and twp children from Hebron,in the southern part of the West Bank, and handed citizens orders to head to the nearest…
Settlers Attack Dozens of Protestors, Spray Them With Wastewater
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday a group of nonviolent protestors who demanded Israel to reopen the Al Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of…
Army Abducts Two Palestinians, Invade Homes In Hebron
On Saturday morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and broke into houses of members of the National Committee Against Settlements.Mohammad Awad, Media…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Five Citizens From Towns Near Hebron
On Friday morning, the Israeli military abducted five Palestinian citizens from the towns of Beit Umar and Beit ‘Awa near Hebron.Local sources in Hebron reported that the Israeli military invaded…
Israeli Military Bulldoze Lands in Hebron
Israeli bulldozers began, on Thursday morning, clearing large areas of Palestinian land in the region of al-Bok’a, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Badran Jaber reported to Palestine News…
Israeli Military Abducts Two, Distrupts Many Near Hebron
The Israeli army, on Thursday morning, abducted two Palestinian citizens after invading their houses and ransacking their contents in the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron. The citizens were…
Israili Military Invades Ethna Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the town of Ithna, north-west of Hebron and searched the house of Abed al-Qaisi and many other houses.Furthermore, the Israeli military installed a blockade…
Army Demolishes Four Structure in Bat Ayin Settlement
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers demolished four structures that had been illegally built by Jewish settlers in the Bat Ayin settlement. The illegal settlement is located near the Etzion settlement…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap a Citizen From Beit Umar
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, Ayyad Bregheth, 20 years old, from the town of Beit Umar, located between Bethlehem and Hebron.Security sources reported that the Israeli army conducted…
Israeli Settler Sewage Floods Beit Ommar Land
Thousands of liters of raw sewage from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement flooded over 50 dunams of Palestinian farmland in the village of Beit Ommar last night. The sewage was…
Israeli Army Abducts Four Citizens From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, four Palestinian citizens from different areas in Hebron, surrounded a mosque and errected many barriers in the region.Security sources reported to Palestine News…
Soldiers Kidnap A Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, Legislator Hatim Qfeisha, 49, after breaking into his home in Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.His family…
Soldiers Install Roadblocks In Hebron
The Israeli soldiers installed, on Friday morning, several roadblocks at the main entrances leading to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched Palestinian vehicles and inspected the ID cards…
Israeli Settlers Attempt to Abduct a Child in Hebron
Palestinian security sources reported to Palestine News Agency, WAFA, that a group of Israeli settlers in Hebron, on Wendesday night, attempted to abduct a child.The child’s mother and her neighbour…
Israel Detains Two Journalists, A Solidarity Activist near Hebron
Israeli army detained, on Wednesday afternoon, two journalists and the media spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity Project (PSP) in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, in the southern part of the…
Troops Attack & Arrest Civilians in Towns South of Hebron
The Israeli military arrested or attached several citizens in towns south of Hebron..On Wednesday morning Israeli soldiers arrested Iyad Al-Yamani, 27, from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Student From Hebon University
The Israeli military kidnapped on Monday Sajeda al-‘Awawda, 20, a student at the Hebron University, and moved her to an unknown destination.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Hebron, in the…
Israeli Military Arrests Five Citizens From Hebron
On Monday, the Israeli army arrested five citizens from the Hebron area and invaded several other areas in the same region.Security sources reported that Israeli soldiers arrested Iyad al-‘Alama, 23,…
Israeli Army Arrests 8 Peace Activists During Non-Violent Protest In Beit Ummar
Israeli military forces, along with undercover units, arrested 8 participants in a weekly non-violent protest, including four international activists, in Beit Ummar village near Hebron on Saturday.The protest was organized…
Israeli Settlers Attack Peace Activists Attempting To Harvest Olives In Hebron
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian and Israeli solidarity activists in the village of Susya, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while the activists accompanied Palestinian farmers to their olive…
Report: “Two Palestinians Killed, Ten Wounded During Israeli Invasion In Hebron”
Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported, Friday morning, that two Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded after the army invaded the city,…
Israeli Army Intensified Its Military Operations In Hebron
On Wendesday, the Israeli army intensified its military operations in Hebron, in the southern West BankSecurity sources and witnesses reported to the Palestine News Agency ‘Wafa’ that the Israeli army…
Hebron Child Released on Bail
The Ofer Israeli Military Court released on Monday a 15-year-old child from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after forcing his family to pay a 5.000 NIS bail.The child,…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protestors In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday evening dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and International protestors who held a march in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, demanding freedom of…
Palestinian Boy Released From Israeli Jail On Bail
An Israeli court released 12-year-old Karam Khaled Da’ana from Hebron, on bail after spending eight days in jail. Yet, the boy will not be allowed to go home until the…
Settler, His Wife, Wounded Near Hebron
Israeli sources reported Sunday that a Jewish settler and his wife were wounded after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at their vehicle near a Jewish settlement, south of Hebron in the…
At Least Four, Including Internationals, Wounded In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday a nonviolent protest in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and wounded at least four persons, including two international peace…
Israeli Settlers Uproot Grape Vines Near Hebron
A number of Israeli settlers uprooted grape vines that belong to a Palestinian farmer from Al-Bak’aa area near Hebron, Monday morning.The Palestine News Agency (WAFA) reported that the Israeli authorities…
Army Kidnaps Three In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn three Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron and took them to unknown destinations. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers broke into the…
Israeli Settlers Attack Families And The Military Abducts Two In Hebron
Israeli troops abducted two Palestinian brothers and settlers attack another house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning.Troops broke into the home of the al-Tamimi family, searched…
Palestinian Fighters Open Fire On Settlers Near Hebron, Killing Four
On Tuesday night, four Israeli settlers were killed just outside Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron, in the southern West Bank, when Palestinian fighters allegedly fired at their car.According to Israeli…
Non-violent protest in Beit Ummar attacked by Israeli forces
A protest against Israeli settlements in the Hebron area was met with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Saturday afternoon, when Israeli forces attacked the non-violent demonstration.The protest was…
Hebron: Israeli Military and Policemen Shut Three Palestinian Shops
Every Saturday for the last several months, Youth Against the Settlements has led a nonviolent action – “Open Shuhada Street” – at the entrance to the Old City of Hebron.…
Father Charged With ‘Resisting Arrest’ Despite Video Evidence Disproving Charge
A man whose arrest was filmed and spread on Youtube, showing his child begging soldiers to leave his father, has been sentenced by an Israeli court to three months and…
Child Hospitalized After Being Attacked By Settlers In Hebron
Enas Mazin Qa’qour, 10, was admitted on Sunday at night to the Hebron Governmental Hospital suffering from various bruises and concisions after being attacked by a number of Jewish settlers…
Three Palestinians beaten by Israeli soldiers in Hebron
Israeli troops invaded the city of Hebron on Wednesday to declare the closure of three shops in Bab Al-Bladeya neighborhood. They beat the owner of one of the shops, as…
Settlers Attack International Peace Activists In Hebron
A group of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank City of Hebron attacked on Friday a number of international peace activists in Al Bweira area, in al-Dahiya al-Sharqiyya.Local sources…
Settlers Assault A Palestinian Woman In Hebron
A group of settlers assaulted a Palestinian woman in Al-Buweira area east of Hebron in the southern West Bank Friday morning.Suzan Sultan 51, was moved by local to the nearest…
Child Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported on Sunday evening that a Palestinian child was wounded after a settler rammed him with his…
Soldiers Attack Reporters In Hebron
Two Palestinian reporters were mildly wounded after being attacked by Israeli soldiers during the nonviolent weekly protest held near Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. One…
Israel To Expropriate 30 Dunams Near Hebron
The Israeli Authorities decided to illegally expropriate 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to villagers of Beit Ola, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local farmers said…
Five Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that five residents suffered concussions and bruises in two separate attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers…
Soldiers, Settlers, Attack A Protest near Hebron
Israeli soldiers and a group of armed Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday nonviolent Palestinian and international protestors who held their weekly protest against settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of…
Hebron: Scores Kidnapped by Israelis in June
A report published by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society’s (PPS) Hebron branch, revealed that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 100 Palestinians in several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and…
Soldiers Attack Protestors Demanding A Main Road Opened In Hebron
On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers violently attacked dozens of protestors demanding the army to open the al-Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli soldiers and settlers…
Child Tortured, His Genitals Electrified By Israeli Interrogators
Israeli interrogators tortured a Palestinian child who was detained and sent to a detention center close to a settlement near Hebron. The child said that the interrogators used electricity in…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Near Hebron
Dozens of armed Jewish settlers of Bat Ayin Settlement, attacked Palestinian homes in the nearby village of Safa, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The settlers hurled stones…
Soldiers Kidnap 21 Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped nearly two dozen Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron on Tuesday, after invading several areas and breaking into dozens of homes, local sources reported.The…
Palestinian Boy Ran Over by Military vehicle
9 year-old injured after military jeep crashes into him, currently hospitalizedAhmed Saeed was struck by a military jeep Tuesday morning in Hebron. He was taken to a hospital in a…
Israeli Settler Killed, 2 Wounded In Attack By Palestinian Fighters In The West Bank
A group of Israeli settlement police travelling through the occupied West Bank Monday morning were shot at by unknown gunmen from the side of the road, in what was presumed…
Hebron Child Hospitalized After Being Attacked By Israeli Soldiers
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported, Saturday evening, that a 10-year-old child was hospitalized after being violently attacked and beaten by Israeli soldiers. The child, Gandhi Nidal al-Oweywy, 10, suffered…
Soldiers Detain, Violently Attack A Youth In Hebron
Israeli soldiers detained and violently attacked a Palestinian Youth in Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and released him later on. The youth, Hisham Khalil, 16,…
Palestinian Man Dies After Being Hit by Israeli Army Jeep Near Hebron
Mazin al-Jamal, 48, was hit while trying to cross Road 60, a route used mainly by settlers and military forces. The road links Jerusalem with south of the West Bank.…
Palestinian Woman Killed by Settler’s Car
A Palestinian woman died of wounds suffered when a settler hit her with his car Sunday, Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported. Her husband was also wounded in the attack.The…
Four Palestinians Wounded In Hebron
Four Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli gunfire near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medical sources.Local sources from the town of Beit Ummar reported that…
Palestinian Forcibly removed out of his home in Hebron
Israeli soldiers forcibly removed a Palestinian resident from his rented home in Al Shuhada Street, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and claimed that the…
Army Hands Out 10 Demolition Orders To Villagers Near Hebron
Israeli troops invaded on Monday the village of Bani Neim, near Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, and handed out 10 demolition orders. Troops targeted homes that…
Infant Dies After Inhaling Gaza Fired By The Army In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Sunday that an infant died due to inhaling gas fired by the army at protestors in…
Israeli Troops Detain Three Civilians From Hebron
The Israeli military invaded on Tuesday at dawn the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby villages. Troops detained the three men from al Samou’ and Ithan villagers near…
International solidarity activists accuse Israeli military of break-in
When their apartment in Hebron was broken into on Saturday May 1st, the international solidarity activists stationed there said they have strong evidence that it was the Israeli military that…
Undercover Forces Kidnap Six Children Near Hebron
The Palestine Solidarity Project reported that undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped on Sunday evening six children in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…