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The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Saturday, that three additional detainees, held by Israel, have been officially diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the total number of infected detainees to…
Israeli forces, on Friday and Saturday at dawn, shot and detained one Palestinian, and detained 3 others, in the occupied West Bank. Awadallah Shehadeh, 35, was standing in front of…
Theodosius Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, stated that the trade deals between some Arab countries that normalized relations with the illegal…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man from his home in the at-Tour town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers abducted Adnan Abu…
JERUSALEM, Thursday, January 14, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem today self-demolished his house in Beit Hanina neighborhood to avoid paying high costs and fines after he…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, eight young men during protests that erupted after the army invaded the at-Tour town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in addition to two…
Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the European Union, has called on Israel to stop the construction of its colonies in the occupied West…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening,…
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to approve 850 new units in illegal colonies, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, this…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, during violent invasions of dozens of…
Israeli soldiers invaded large areas of Palestinian lands, and attempted to uproot them in Wadi ar-Rababa area in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem before the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, twelve Palestinians, and assaulted five of them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Wadi ar-Rababa neighborhood,…
A Palestinian family was forced to destroy a section of their home in Silwan town, on Friday, after the Israeli occupation authorities threatened to demolish the entire house, the Palestinian…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a Palestinian Bedouin community near Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and dismantled eight residential sheds. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers dismantled the eight…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, many Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers invaded the town, especially the ‘Obeid neighborhood, before stopping and…
Press Release: Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al Dameer (the organisations) express concern that significant time has passed since the opening of…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, dozens of Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in southern West Bank. Media sources in…
Ramallah: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” issued its monthly observatory for the month of December 2020 regarding the Israeli demolition, confiscation, eviction and seizure operations against Palestinian establishments, whether religious, tourist,…
A large group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists, accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Tuesday, amidst calls for demolishing it, while the soldiers also…
Report By The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories B’Tselem: Over the course of 2020, Israeli security forces killed 27 Palestinians, seven of them minors: one…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Anata Palestinian town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, before demolishing structures and walls, only a week after issuing the destruction orders. Taha Refa’ey, the Mayor of…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from occupied East Jerusalem, and one near Bethlehem, in the West Bank. The soldiers stormed and searched homes in…
Israeli soldiers handed, on Thursday at dawn, the corpse of a slain Palestinian, who was shot by the army more than ten months ago, back to his family for burial,…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, 24 Palestinians, including many former political prisoners and a journalist, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of…
In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning, hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes, businesses and vehicles in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. This is a neighborhood that…
United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (UNOCHA) Protection of Civilians Report: December 8-21, 2020 On 21 December, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy from Qabatiya (Jenin)…
The Israeli municipality, on Monday, forced a Palestinian woman in Silwan town of occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Ms. Shahira Ghaith said that she was…
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers summoned for interrogation Omar Sadeq Kamil, the father of the Palestinian teen who was killed by the army, on Monday evening, in occupied Jerusalem, and informed…
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), Sunday night and at down on Monday, Israeli forces detained nine Palestinian civilians from various parts of the West Bank. From the northern…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man near Bab Hutta Gate, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after he reportedly opened fire at…
Israeli police, on Sunday evening, detained a Palestinian child, identified as Mohamed Obeid, 17, from the al-‘Isawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. On Saturday night,…
Summary Record number of demolitions and seizures since OCHA started documenting this practice in 2009. The freeze on the demolition of inhabited homes in East Jerusalem was discontinued on 11…
AMMAN, Thursday, December 17, 2020 (WAFA) – The Jordanian Foreign Ministry today condemned the adoption by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in its preliminary reading, of a law legalizing settlement outposts…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night and Thursday at dawn, eight Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…
Local sources have reported that a Palestinian man died under suspicious circumstances in the Israeli settlement of Gilo, near Bethlehem, on Wednesday. The Quds News Network reported that the man,…
Israeli police forces, on Wednesday, invaded the home of Mohamed al-Ajlouni of occupied East Jerusalem, and detained the Palestinian young man and his wife, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Police…
A number of Palestinian civilians, overnight Monday, were detained by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and al-Beireh, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. North of Hebron,…
Two Palestinian homes were dismantled by Israeli forces, on Monday, near az-Za’ayyem town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, while others received eviction orders. According to Palestinian WAFA News correspondent, occupation…
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, December 15, 2020 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities have approved the building of thousands of new colonial settler units at the expense of seized Palestinian land extending…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy who was shot below his eye, on December 6th, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers also…
Israeli soldiers and workers of the City Council in the occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, invaded Palestinian lands, and bulldozed walls in addition to a staircase leading near the…
Two Palestinian brothers demolished, Saturday, the second floor of their house, as ordered by the Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Mohamed and Mahmoud al-Khales,…
A report issued by several human rights and information centers groups in occupied Palestine stated that Israeli soldiers abducted at least 413 Palestinians, including 49 children and seven women, in…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a deaf and mute man, who was shot by Israeli soldiers on August 17th, 2020, has died from complications related to his wounds.…
The Palestinian Information Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed seven Palestinian children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year. The ministry…
The following statement was released by Amnesty International on December 10,2020: As Airbnb prepares to go public in a multi-billion-dollar Initial Public Offering (IPO) it must withdraw listings of rental…
On Monday morning, a group of Israeli colonial settlers invaded privately-owned Palestinian land in the Silwan neighborhood and threatened the Palestinian landowners, pointing a gun in their faces. The settlers…
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian, Monday, reportedly after he attempted to stab them, at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli army claimed the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, three Palestinians from Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and one from occupied Jerusalem, instantly after his release after he was held captive for more than five…
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, shot and injured four Palestinians, including three who suffered serious wounds, and abducted two young men.…
The Israeli so-called “Planning and Construction Committee” of the City Council in occupied Jerusalem is set to approve 9000 new units in Atarot illegal colony, north of Jerusalem, after it…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked residents protesting the invasion, before shooting one teen, and causing many residents to suffer the…
A number of institiutions, including the Arab League condemned, Saturday, the illegal Israeli settler’s attempt to burn the Church of Gethsemane, Friday, in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian News and Information…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least three Palestinians, and interrogated others, in their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)…
The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, approved a new road that would link between the illegal Mordot colonialist outpost with Gilo illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands…
An illegal Israeli settler, on Friday, set fire to the Church of All Nations, also known as Gethsemane Church, in occupied Jerusalem, before being arrested by Israeli police, Anadolu Agency…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday late at night and Friday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The…
Three Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem have been evicted from their family homes as a result of the ruling by Israeli Magistrates’ Court, according to a joint statement released…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Sur Baher town, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a Palestinian home. Media sources said the soldiers, and undercover officers, invaded the town, and demolished one home,…
A Palestinian was forced to demolish his own home, late on Monday at night, in Jabal al-Mokabber town, in occupied Jerusalem, after the city council refused to grant him a…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, early on Monday, twelve Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army…
A Palestinian man was forced, Sunday, to demolish his home in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, after all attempts to license the property were denied by Israeli courts,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Sunday at night, five young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem, during the funeral ceremony of a slain man, identified as Nour Jamal Shqeir, 37, who…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Sunday, a historic staircase leading the Shuhada Graveyard which is also part of the al-Yousifiyya graveyard, northeast of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, as part of…
Published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Posted on 27 November 2020 Protection of Civilians Report | 3-23 November 2020 Latest development (outside the…
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Paris-Geneva, 26 November 2020 – The United States (US) Secretary of State announced on 19 November, that the US State Department would designate as “anti-Semitic” organisations that engage…
Tzachi Hanegbi, the Israeli Minister of “Settlement Affairs,” has vowed to retroactively legalize dozens of illegal colonialist outposts, installed on Palestinian lands, before the outgoing U.S. President D. Trump leaves…
Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian man while driving through the Za’im military roadblock, east of occupied Jerusalem. The army claimed the man tried to ram the soldiers…
Israeli undercover soldiers repeatedly assaulted and kidnapped, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man, in the at-Tour Palestinian town, in occupied Jerusalem, after regular army units invaded the town and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, four Palestinians, including a husband and his wife, from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the Bab Hotta…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man while crossing the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Kamal Bani Odah, the head…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, while he was crossing a military roadblock in the Northern Plains. The head…
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia Refugee Camp, north of Jerusalem, injuring several Palestinian civilians who resisted the incursion. A large Israeli force stormed the camp, which was met…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Wadi Hilweh Palestinian neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, to accompany an American delegation visiting an illegal colonialist…
Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the neighborhood and assaulted the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, ten Palestinians, and summoned for interrogation Jerusalem Affairs Minister, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…
By The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA): The Arab League rejected today, Israel’s new settlement project north of occupied Jerusalem. In a statement, the Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Qalandia refugee camp, north of the occupied Jerusalem, and injured many Palestinians during ensuing protests. Local sources said many army jeeps invaded the refugee…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and…
The Israeli authorities continue to deny a Palestinian female detainee, Israa’ Ja’abis, the urgently needed surgeries and medical treatment resulting from the serious burns to %50 of her body, before…
Several representatives of the European Union (EU) in Israel and Palestine visited the site of a proposed Israeli settlement on Monday, issuing a strong condemnation of the Israeli plan to…
A Palestinian father and his son were forced, Monday, to demolish their own homes in occupied Jerusalem, after the city council issued a demolition order and threatened excessive fines and…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, many Palestinian communities in the Old City and the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and conducted military drills. Eyewitnesses said dozens…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least sixteen Palestinians, including a child and one woman, from several parts of the occupied West…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, several Palestinian structures at the main junction of Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Several army jeeps, and bulldozers, invaded the area after the soldiers…
This is a statement by the Israeli Peace Now Movement The Tender in Givat Hamatos Opened with 1,257 units Press Release – Peace Now Movement This morning (15/11/20), the [Israeli]…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, the foundations of a Palestinian home in Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of…
Summary for November 5 – 11, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…
On Thursday, the Israeli army said that it located, near Jerusalem, the corpse of one of its soldiers, who went missing Tuesday, and added that it was investigating the circumstances…
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday, detained former Jerusalem Affairs Minister, Khaled Abu Arafeh, 59, when he responded to a summons by the Israeli Intelligence.…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an under-construction Palestinian residential building, owned by a former political prisoner in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem, before abducting the owner and his son. The…
Israeli forces detained thirteen Palestinian civilians overnight, and at dawn Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. From the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli soldiers detained Nayef Hosni…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority has sealed, Monday, all sections in Gilboa’ prison, after dozens of detainees tested positive for coronavirus. The Committee said…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn and morning hours, at least fourteen Palestinians, including siblings, a female journalist, and former political…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, a young Palestinian man from Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Local nonviolent activist, Mohammad Oleyyan, stated that the abducted young man has…
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is gravely concerned over reports of an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases among Palestinian detainees in Israeli custody. Al Mezan reports that 85 Palestinians…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians, including one child, from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. The PPS office in Tulkarem,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 25 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 15 from occupied East Jerusalem, after the army conducted extensive and violent…