Army Abducts 22 Palestinians In West Bank
On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-two Palestinians, including a journalist, former political prisoners, and a child, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…
WAFA: Israel’s Knesset approves decision to transfer Land Authority to Ben-Gvir
TEL AVIV, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli Knesset General Assembly approved on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision to transfer responsibility for the Land Authority to the extremist…
Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jerusalem
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including one child, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers broke into a home in the Ath-Thouri neighborhood…
WAFA: Palestine Condemns Israel’s Designation Of UNRWA As Terrorist Origination
RAMALLAH, Monday, July 22, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the passing of a draft bill designating UNRWA as a “terrorist organization” by the Israeli…
Mansour: “Israel Pretends The Blockade, Its Walls And Military Rule Were About Security”
NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (WAFA) – Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, said during an open debate on the ongoing crisis in Gaza at…
Israeli Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Child In Hebron
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian child in the Shiokh Al-Arroub town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Several Israeli military…
Palestinian Family Forced To Demolish Their Home In Silwan
On Sunday evening, the Israeli army and the police forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in the Ein Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,…
Army Demolishes Gas Station Near Jerusalem
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a gas station. Media sources said several military vehicles, and bulldozers…
Israeli Court Rejects Appeal Against Eviction Orders In Silwan
On Thursday, the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem rejected the appeal of four Palestinian Jerusalemite families against eviction rulings in the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, south of the…
WAFA: PJS Demands EU To Take Clear Positions On Israeli Assaults Against Journalists
BRUSSELS, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) today demanded the European Union (EU) to take clear positions on Israeli assaults against journalists. The PJS addressed…
Israel To Approve Thousands Of Colonialist Units In West Bank
The Israeli ministerial cabinet is planning to meet in the coming few days to approve the construction of more than 5,000 new colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and…
Army Abducts 16 Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the governorates of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. At dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted two Palestinian young men in…
Army Demolishes Three Homes in Jerusalem, Nablus, And Jericho
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, Nablus, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Wad Al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem,…
Qatar Condemns Israel’s Decision To Expand Colonies
On Saturday, the Qatari Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned the Israeli decision to expand the illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry said that “The State of Qatar strongly…
WAFA: “The occupation demolishes 17 homes in the West Bank and another within the 1948 territories”
Ramallah 6-26-2024 WAFA – Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces carried out 17 demolition operations in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and another within the 1948 territories. In the city…
West Bank: Israel Abducts 25 Palestinians Since Monday
From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, the Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a wounded person and former detainees. The Prisoners’ Affairs Authority…
Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian, Abduct Him And Nine Others In Jerusalem
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian workers near the Dahiat Al-Barid area, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, wounding one before abducting him along…
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian, Injure Many, Near Jerusalem
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian and caused scores to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Anata town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.…
Army Shoots Six Palestinians Near Jerusalem
On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot six young Palestinian men with live round near the illegal Annexation Wall in the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in…
PJS: “Israeli Soldiers Stole Journalists’ Property 84 Times” – WAFA
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) reports 84 incidents of theft of Palestinian journalists’ property by Israeli forces since October. Report By WAFA News The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced today that…
Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including one child, and attacked many Palestinians, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Home Near Jerusalem
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jaba’ town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Local sources said the soldiers demolished a home, owned by…
Israeli Colonizers Invade Silwan, Old City In Jerusalem
A large group of Israeli colonizers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Old City and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West…
PPS: “Serious Increase Of Skin Diseases Among Detainees”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported a significant and unprecedented rise in the number of detainees suffering from skin diseases, particularly the highly contagious scabies disease, in Israeli prisons,…
Israeli Army Demolishes Three Palestinian Homes In Silwan
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three homes in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian In Jerusalem
On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Sahera Gate in the Old City of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, after he allegedly…
WAFA: #Nakba76: Palestinians Worldwide Mark 76 Nakba Anniversary
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians everywhere in the world today mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, when nearly 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically…
Detainees Commission: “Female Detainees Face Systematic Abuse”
RAMALLAH, Monday, May 13, 2024 (WAFA) – The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs warned today that female Palestinian detainees incarcerated in Israel’s Damon Prison are held in total isolation…
Army Abducts Sixteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including two children and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said…
Israeli Violations In West Bank, Saturday
These are some of the Israeli violations and attacks by Israeli occupation soldiers and the parliamentary colonizers militias against the Palestinians in the West Bank, on Saturday, May 11, 2023.…
WAFA: Foreign Ministry welcomes international consensus on Palestine’s right for full UN membership
RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…
WAFA: Outrageous arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily close its headquarters in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…
Israeli Army Abducts 25 Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five Palestinians, including a young woman, children, and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Jerusalem
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the Bethlehem Governorate, and one near the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Husan village, west…
Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building, Sheds, In Jerusalem
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a residential building and sheds. Media sources said…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including a young woman, two children, and several former political prisoners, in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The…
Army Abducts Twenty-One Palestinians In West Bank
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-one Palestinians, including a child, and attacked families, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the…
Wednesday Evening, Army Abducts Five Palestinians In West Bank
On Wednesday evening, the army continued its invasions and violent searches across the occupied West Bank and abducted five Palestinians in Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. In Ya’bad town, south…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’…
Human Rights Watch: Israel Responsible for Settler Violence
A new report by Human Rights Watch investigated dozens of Israeli paramilitary settler attacks on Palestinian civilians over the past six months, and found that the Israeli military stood by…
Army Abducts 25 Palestinians In West Bank
Overnight and Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least 25 Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian In Jerusalem
On Sunday night, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several military…
US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership, $26 billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195
Outlier US says No to Palestinian statehood; Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Dems vote to advance $26 billion for Israel to House floor; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran…
WAFA: Arab Group Calls SC Members To Accept Palestine’s UN Full Status
NEW YORK, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (WAFA) -The Arab Group has issued on Wednesday a statement in which it expressed its total support for Palestine’s UN full membership application, calling…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, April 17
The Palestinian people in Palestine and the diaspora commemorate the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, April 17 of each year, after the day was adopted by the Palestinian National Council in the…
Soldiers Abduct Many Palestinians, Detonate 2 Homes, In West Bank
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes across the occupied West Bank, abducted many Palestinians, and detonated two homes, leading to protests. The Palestinian Detainees’ Commission and…
PJS: Israeli Army Abducted 100 Journalists Since October 7”
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has confirmed that the Israeli army abducted at least 100 Palestinian journalists in occupied Palestine since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza…
Israeli West Bank Violations – Tuesday
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers continued their invasions and violations against the Palestinians, their homes, and lands in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem,…
WAFA: Army demolishes House Of Slain Palestinian In Beit Hanina
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – This evening, Israeli occupation forces demolished the family home of Khalid Al-Muhtasib, a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces, in the town of Beit…
WAFA: Soldiers Abduct 150 Palestinian workers In Two Weeks
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 13, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces detained more than 150 Palestinian workers within two weeks while they were looking for employment opportunities in historic Palestine, according…
Israeli Army Abducts Five Palestinians in Jerusalem and Tubas
On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians, including three children and a young man in occupied Jerusalem, and a young man near Tubas in the northeastern part of the…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 45 Palestinians In West Bank
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, interrogated scores of Palestinians, and abducted at least 45, in addition to confiscating an agricultural…
Army Abducts 4 Palestinians, Including Young Woman, In Jerusalem
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including a young woman, from occupied Jerusalem, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…
Israeli military fires tear gas on Al Aqsa Mosque worshippers
Thousands of worshippers were forced to dive for cover during dawn Ramadan prayers today when Israeli police used stun grenades and tear gas at the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…
Army Uses Drones To Drop Gas Bombs In Al-Aqsa, Abduct 8
On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers used drones to drop gas bombs on Muslim worshipers in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank,…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In Al-Aqsa
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians, including two young women, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The army also abducted seven Palestinians in…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 40 Palestinians In West Bank
On Thursday dawn and morning hours, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted at least 40 Palestinians, including siblings, in addition to…
Israeli Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Al-Aqsa
Earlier on Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, attacked worshipers and abducted four Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said…