Category: Jerusalem

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians after storming and ransacking many homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Doha town, southwest…

Two colonial paramilitary settlers invaded the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Gethsemane, in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday and attacked worshipers with a metal pipe, including hitting a…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinian teenage boys in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Many soldiers assaulted another Palestinian…

On Sunday, the Israeli occupation soldiers continued their daily aggression against the Palestinian people and their property. During an invasion of Huwwara, south of Nablus, Israeli occupation forces wounded a…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers demolished two residential structures in the az-Za’ayem town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Several army vehicles, including bulldozers, surrounded the town…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers assaulted several young Palestinian men and abducted three, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. In the Old City, the soldiers assaulted and injured a…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted three young men and assaulted one in occupied Jerusalem and one near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers assaulted…

On Friday morning, Israeli occupation forces abducted two young men, Saher Awad Al-Salaymeh and Adam Mansour Al-Salaymeh, from Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. In addition, Israeli occupation forces abducted…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers assaulted a Palestinian child and abducted Palestinian children and a young man in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Yaman…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured a Palestinian journalist who works at the Media Department of the Polytechnic University in Hebron after stopping her at the Container Roadblock, southeast…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished two adjoining Palestinian homes in Sur Baher town, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the town before…

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, after the army invaded and…

JERUSALEM, Monday, March 13, 2023 (WAFA) – An Israeli court today extended the isolation of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Ahmad Manasra, who was arrested at age 13 after being…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank and demolished a brick factory. Factory owner, Fadi Salayma, said his…

RAMALLAH, Monday, March 13, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces detained 18 Palestinians this morning in raids at their homes in the occupied territories, according to various sources. Nine…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and attacked farmers in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers abducted Omar Mohammad Sawafta,…

The Israeli occupation soldiers and paramilitary settlers continued on Saturday their daily attacks on the Palestinian people – abducting 12 Palestinians, assaulting a Palestinian near Bethlehem and seizing a bulldozer.…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians, including one child, in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the West Bank’s southern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Silwan town, south…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in the Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army and police vehicles…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in Jerusalem, Qalqilia, and Tulkarem. In Qalqilia, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Anabta town, searched…

The military authorities that rule the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza) under martial law ordered a closure of all parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip from the…

Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers continued their daily acts of aggression against the Palestinian people and property, injuring one young Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen, causing…

127 armed Israeli colonial settlers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, on Sunday. The colonial settlers invaded the holy site from the side of…

On Saturday, Israeli occupation forces engaged in their daily invasion of Palestinian land throughout the West Bank, injuring a child and abducting several Palestinians after ransacking their homes. These invasions…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, and Ramallah, in the West Bank. In Betunia town, west of the central West Bank city of…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against ongoing violations and illegal colonialist activities in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and abducted ten. The protest, held…

On Friday evening, undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem and attacked several teenage boys before kidnapping two. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) sources said…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted eight Palestinians and confiscated four cars in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Qalandia Media Center said undercover soldiers driving a civilian…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) (Weekly Update 23 February- 01 March 2023)  Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Three Palestinian civilians were shot dead: two by…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted fifteen Palestinians during invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank. In the southern part of the West Bank in Hebron,…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Shafi,…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the Jabal Al-Mukabber town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Also, a Palestinian was forced to demolish his home…

On Tuesday, a Palestinian was forced to demolish his home in the West Bank in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the Palestinian, Ammar Al-Kiswani, had…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the Al-Isawiya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wad Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) sources said…

Clashes broke out between young Palestinian men and the Israeli occupation forces, on Monday evening, at the “Atara” checkpoint, north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Local sources reported…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted eight Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including three children, in Ramallah, Jenin, Jericho, and Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of the…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank and installed roadblocks on all alleys and streets leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Media sources said…

On Wednesday dawn, illegal Israeli colonizers infiltrated an area in Beit Iksa town, northwest of the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, punctured tires of several cares and wrote…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes after the army invaded and violently searched many homes across the occupied West Bank. In…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian child from occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Rayyan Atiq, 15, while walking near the Sahera…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-eight Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, mostly from Hebron, in the southern part. The soldiers…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinian children in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said the…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank after the army stormed and ransacked many buildings. Update:…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank and one in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Fares Sarhan…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted several Palestinians, including children and siblings, in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed at the Qalandia Terminal, north of…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem and Hebron in the occupied West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mo’tasem Maswada from his…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers stormed, ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted twenty-six Palestinians. In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted six…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men in Silwan town and assaulted several Palestinians in the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a car repair facility in Shu’fat town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The owner of the facility, Sadeq Resheq, said…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank and abducted at least twenty Palestinians, including siblings and one child. In Tulkarem, in…

On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Dahiat As-Salam area in Anata town,…

The Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in the Al-Isawiya town northeast of the city. The Wadi…

Israeli Finance Minister and Religious Zionist leader Bezalel Smotrich said the government will be granting the greenlight for approving 10.000 housing units in West Bank colonies and stated that this…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a teenage boy from serious wounds he suffered at dawn when Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured him in the Al-Far’a…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted eighteen Palestinians, including siblings and children, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In addition, Israeli colonizers wrote graffiti on…

Israeli sources have confirmed, Monday, the death of a border police officer who was shot by friendly fire after an alleged stabbing attack at a military roadblock on the main…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired several live rounds at a Palestinian car in the Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, seriously wounding…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 13, 2023 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today said it rejects what it described as Israel’s “criminal” decision to expand its colonial settlement…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 13, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today detained 17 Palestinians, mostly in predawn raids across the occupied West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said…

On Sunday, the Israeli government approved the ‘legalization’ of nine additional Jewish-only colonies on illegally-seized Palestinian land in the West Bank. The colonies have been dubbed by the occupiers as…

Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jabal Al-Mokabber in occupied Jerusalem, demolished a Palestinian home, leading to protests, injured at least 30 Palestinians, and abducted a young man. Media sources said…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians in Abu Dis town, east of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the town, leading…

Update 2 – February 11, 2023: Asher Menachem Paley, 8, the brother of Yaakov Paley, 6, who was killed in the incident a day earlier, succumbed to his wounds at…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man from his home near occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank and issued an order barring a man from entering the Al-Aqsa…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including a former political prisoner. In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political…

JERUSALEM, Saturday, February 11, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities ordered today six Palestinian households in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber to leave their homes in preparation for…

A young man was wounded by live bullets in the foot in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, when Israeli troops attacked protesters gathered for the weekly march to protest the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR, (Weekly Update 02 – 08 February 2023) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity:  7 Palestinians, including 2 civilians; one…

On Wednesday, The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that three Palestinians, who Israeli soldiers shot in Jericho in Jericho on February 6th when the army also killed five Palestinians, remain hospitalized…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted seven Palestinians, including a journalist, a father, and his son. In Jenin, in…

TEL AVIV, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (WAFA) – Twelve human rights organizations in Israel have deplored recent statements by European Union High Representative Josep Borrell regarding Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s…

Date: 7 February 2023, Time: 09:00 GMT: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent a submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted twenty-seven Palestinians, including 19 in Burqin town, southwest of Jenin, during massive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank. The…

Israeli sources said that the Israeli police and the “City Council” in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, are preparing to demolish a residential building housing more than 100 Palestinians, including children,…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including a former political prisoner who held an extended hunger strike. Media sources in Jenin,…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted three young men in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted two young people whose names remained unknown…

A Palestinian man was hospitalized early Saturday morning after he lost control of his vehicle at an Israeli flying (temporary) checkpoint and began hitting other cars with his vehicle. According…

On Thursday, an illegal Israeli colonizer invaded a church in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and caused damage to it before trying to burn it. Yousef Daher, the head…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a commercial facility in the Wadi Al-Hummus neighborhood in Sur Baher town and Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least six Palestinians from Jenin, Jerusalem, and Jericho in the occupied West Bank. In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded…

On Sunday, Israeli forces invaded the town of Jabal al-Mukaber, in the southeastern part of the Jerusalem municipality with an armored Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer and demolished a two-story home belonging…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a child, in Silwan and Sur Baher, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted eight young Palestinian men in Beit Hanina town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home and shot a young man, in Jabal Al-Mokabber, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers forced the…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ezariya town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and shot a young Palestinian man during ensuing protests. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded…

On Saturday, an Israeli man and his son were injured in a shooting incident in a colony in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli police…

On Friday evening, seven Israelis were shot and killed, and ten more were wounded, on the street in front of a synagogue in the Nabi Yacoub settlement in the northern…

Late Friday night, The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied Jerusalem, confirmed that a Palestinian child, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli soldiers two days…

On Thursday,  Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin,…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers shot two young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before undercover soldiers infiltrated the…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed Wednesday the death of a Palestinian child who Israeli Border Police officers shot in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted five young Palestinian men from Silwan and Sur Baher, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Batn Al-Hawa…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Diahiat As-Salam area in Anata town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished the apartment of the family of a Palestinian killed by the army…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least ten Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a…

BRUSSELS, Monday, January 23, 2023 (WAFA) – Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said Israel should pay compensation for destroying European Union-funded structures in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to reporters…

On Sunday, the Israeli occupation authorities forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in the Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, just a day…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, including a well-known nonviolent activist, a woman, and two siblings, and detained three children, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including…

On Sunday, several Israeli military vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded Artas village, south of Bethlehem, and demolished two residential rooms. Lufti As’ad, the head of Artas Village Council, said a…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in the Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said Hussein Qunbar had to…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, January 22, 2023 (WAFA) – Scores of Israeli settler fanatics guarded by police today broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, according to witnesses. WAFA correspondent…