Settlers Torch Palestinian Stores In Hebron
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers hurled, on Wednesday at dawn, Molotov cocktails at several Palestinian stores in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing fire in four…
Israeli Sewage Dumped In Palestinian Village Known For Anti-settlement Protests
The Palestinian town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank, was flooded with sewage from a nearby settlement on Tuesday, according to local eyewitnesses and officials. Locals say that…
Settlers Attack Homes, Smash Windshield Of Palestinian Car Near Hebron
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that a group of extremist settlers attacked a number of Palestinian homes near the Keryat Arba’ illegal…
Army Occupies Several Homes In Hebron, Uses Them As Monitoring Towers
Palestinian sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported Tuesday morning that Israeli soldiers broke into and occupied a number of homes and used them as monitoring towers.…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Citizens From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, seven citizens from the West Bank city of Hebron.Security sources reported to Wafa News Agency that the Israeli military invaded the town of…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees In Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted and destroyed more than 45 olive trees that belong to the residents of Beit Ummar village, near the southern West Bank city of…
Israeli Soldiers Abducts Three Residents From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Wednesday morning, three Palestinians from the town of Hebron, while a group of Israeli settlers plowed Palestinian lands in the east of Yatta, south of…
Troops Kidnap Four Palestinians, Including a Hamas Legislator In The West Bank
Israeli troops kidnapped on Thursday morning four civilians including a legislator of the Hamas Change and Reform parliamentary Bloc, and took them to an unknown destinations.Soldiers stormed the city of…
Demolitions in the South Hebron Hills; Seven Injured
The Israeli military demolished twelve tents, on Tuesday, belonging to Bedouin families in the South Hebron Hills region of the West Bank. During the attack, seven persons were beaten.The tents…
Seven children; seven adults abducted by Israeli troops in Beit Ummar
In the latest in a series of raids targeting Palestinian villages engaged in non-violent weekly protests against the Wall, Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Ummar, near the southern…
Settler Receives 18 Months Sentence For Attacking , Kidnapping A Palestinian Teen
The Israeli Magistrates Court in Jerusalem sentenced, on Sunday, an Israeli settler from a West Bank illegal settlement to 18 months imprisonment after convicting him of kidnapping and attacking a…
Hamas Mourns Political Leader In Hebron
The Hamas movement issued a press release mourning Dr. Andan Abdul-Hafeth Masoudy (Abu Al Abed), 72, who died on Saturday evening due to a number of chronic diseases. Dr. Abu…
9 Detained From Hebron District
Nine Palestinian residents from the district of Hebron were detained, on Thursday, in several locations according to the Ma’an News Agency.The Israeli military sealed all access roads to the town…
Two Palestinians Shot By A Settler In Beit Ummar
Medical sources reported Monday that Ahmad Ali, 59, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is currently in a serious condition after being shot in his neck by a…
Palestinian Stabbed by Settler Near Hebron
A Palestinian farmer was stabbed by a settler whilst working his land in Tuba village near Hebron on Monday.Palestinian news sources report that Mohamed Awad was attacked by a group…
6 Trees Cut Down in at-Tuwani. Settlers Accused of the Attack
Villagers from at-Tuwani, in the southern West Bank region, discovered, on Wednesday, that olive groves belonging to residents of the village had been attacked, with six trees destroyed. Residents believe…
Settler Opens Fire At Palestinian Vehicle Near Hebron
Palestinian sources reported, Tuesday, that an armed Israeli settler opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle driving near the entrance of Bani Neim town, south of Hebron, in the southern part…
Israeli Forces Arrest Residents From Hebron
The Israeli army arrested, on Thursday, residents from the West Bank city of Hebron.Israeli military forces raided the area of Bir al-Mhajer, north of Hebron, and arrested two brothers, Mohammed…
Army Kidnaps Elected Legislator
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, legislator Azzam Salhab, 54 years old, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock near Jericho city.…
Another Palestinian Child Run Over in Hebron
An Israeli settler hit a Palestinian boy with his car in Hebron, on Monday evening, Ma’an News Agency reported. Residents of the Old City of Hebron witnessed having seen a…
Settlers Attack Homes, Property In Hebron
A group of armed fundamentalist Israeli settlers attacked, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Eyewitnesses reported that dozens of settlers led by…
Army Abducts Two Palestinians From Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducts, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The two were taken from their homes after the army conducted an invasion into…
Israeli Settlers Demand Firing Of Bus Driver For Crime Of ‘being Arab’
A Palestinian-Israeli bus driver, who holds Israeli citizenship, has been threatened with firing after he was assigned to a route that serves the Israeli colonial settlement of Elazar. Jewish Israeli…
Palestinian Child Wounded After Being Run-over By Settler’s Vehicle
A Palestinian child was injured, on Sunday, after being run-over by a vehicle driven by a Israeli settler in the district of Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
Open Shuhada Street Protest takes place in Hebron
Around 500 Palestinians along with international and Israeli supporters protested, on Friday, in the Old City in Hebron demanding the opening of Shuhada Street. The Israeli military has barred Palestinians…
Israeli Military Abducts Two Children in Hebron
On Thursday morning, the Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinian children from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and searched several houses.Mohammad Awad, Media spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity…
Hebron Settlers Attack At Tiwana, Uproot Trees
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers attacked, on Tuesday, at-Tiwana village, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron and uprooted several olive trees.Eyewitnesses reported that settlers of the…
Israel Demolishes Amniyr Bedouin Homes
The homes of a Bedouin community in the south Hebron hills have been bulldozed by Israeli authorities, according to the Ma’an News Network.A total of five tents, which housed approximately…
Israeli soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians From Hebron
On Monday morning, the Israeli military abducted two Palestinians from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and erected multiple checkpoints.Local sources reported to the Palestine News Agency ‘WAFA’ that…
Child, Beit Ummar Mayor, Wounded In Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that a child and the mayor of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, were wounded after the Israeli army opened…
Settlers Attack Palestinias In Hebron & Yatta
On Saturday, Israeli settlers threw stones at several Palestinian residents in the city of Hebron and the nearby town of Yatta, wounding at least one.An eyewitness reported that Nassar Mohammad…
Israeli military invades houses in Hebron
The Israeli military erected, on Thursday morning, many checkpoints in the town of Hebron, southern West Bank, and searched several houses.Security sources reported to Palestine News Agency ‘WAFA’, that the…
Israeli Soldiers Abducted Two Palestinians In Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinians after invading their houses in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.Mohamed Awad, Media spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity…
Armed Israeli Settlers Storm Palestinian Village Near Hebron
A group of heavily-armed Israeli settlers stormed the village of Beit Ummar, in the southern part of the West Bank, on Sunday night. They harassed villagers but caused no injuries,…
Extremist Settler-leader Describes Spanish Foreign Minister As Anti-Semite
During her visit to the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, also referred to as the Cave of the Patriarchs, extremist settler leader, Itamar Ben Gavir,…
Beit Ummar Resident Hospitalized By Rubber Bullet Fire
The Ma’an News Agency is reporting, on Tuesday, that a young man has been hospitalized by rubber coated steel bullet fire in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near…
Settler Activist Verbally Assaults Spanish FM During Visit to Hebron
During a visit to Hebron, on Monday, the Spanish Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jiménez, came under a torrent of abuse from the settler group she had agreed to meet.Settler activist Itamar…
Israeli soldiers abduct three teens, 1 adult In Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, four Palestinians, three of whom were children, from the Hebron district in the West Bank.Security sources reported to Palestine News Agency ‘WAFA’ that…
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,…