Category: Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian child in Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the…

Illegal Israeli colonizers invaded, on Sunday, the Islamic Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, amid restrictions against the Palestinian Muslims wishing to enter the holy site, according to Quds Press.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, at least nine Palestinians during violent invasions and searches of homes across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers also injured…

Update: The slain Palestinian has been officially identified as Karim Jamal al-Qawasmi, 19, from the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem. Dozens of Israeli soldiers, police, and intelligence officers invaded his…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers closed the main road between two Palestinian towns in the northern West Bank with concrete blocks. Media sources said the soldiers closed the main road…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the Bab al-Magharba area…

On Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Update: The soldiers shot a…

The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to transfer the corpse of a child, killed by the soldiers in November of 2021, to his family, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West…

Israeli authorities forced, on Friday, a Palestinian family to demolish their own home in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before closing its main road, in addition to confiscating surveillance recordings…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinians and solidarity activists in the Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday, ten commercial installations in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Mayor of Hizma, Nofan Salahuddin, told the WAFA…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a young man and assaulted several Palestinians during a nonviolent march in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees, in Bab al-‘Amoud, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses…

On Monday night, Israeli soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians, including children, and abducted many others after the army and the police assaulted the Palestinians In Bab al-Amoud, in the occupied…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, March 01, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished Palestinian-owned structures and razed lands in Sur Baher neighborhood, south of occupied Jerusalem, said witnesses. Israeli forces…

On Monday evening, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers injured more than 37 Palestinians, including children, and abducted twenty-three others, including two young women, after the army attacked…

Israeli occupation authorities forced, on Sunday, a Palestinian family to demolish their own home in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA)…

On Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted three young Palestinian men from Bethlehem governorate, one in Jerusalem and one in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several…

On Friday evening and Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted six young Palestinian men in Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Jericho in the occupied West Bank. In Ramallah, in the central West…

A Palestinian family started on Friday night, to demolish its home after the Israeli occupation authorities have decided to demolish the property in the Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, southeast of the…

A paramilitary illegal Israeli colonizer shot, on Friday evening, two young Palestinian siblings near Hizma military roadblock northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said…

On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted eight Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, the soldiers…

Illegal Israeli settlers invaded, on Thursday, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, under the full protection of occupation police, according to Quds Press. It stated that the occupation police…

On Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Anata town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the al-Baq’an…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers injured a Palestinian child after chasing him in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the child, Ahmad…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted eleven Palestinian women and four children near Bab al-Amoud while heading to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers stopped the Palestinians…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian wedding celebration in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem before assaulting a Palestinian with Down Syndrome and detaining him. A video released…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (WAFA) – An Israeli occupation court decided today to freeze the eviction of the Salem family from their home in the western part of the…

On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least forty-four Palestinians, including siblings and children, and a visually impaired man, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes in…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men in the al-‘Isawiya town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. In addition, a young man from…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 20, 2022 (WAFA) – At least 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings since the beginning of the year, in…

The Israeli municipal government in Jerusalem issued an order forcing the Obaid family to demolish their family home in al-‘Isawiya — an area that is currently under intense Israeli colonization…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday night, many Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, and forced them to leave while allowing fanatic Israeli colonizers to march and…

On Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians from Qalqilia and Hebron in the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted…

On Friday night, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men after illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted them and injured a journalist. Media sources said the colonizers gathered in the al-Wad Street,…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Joint Statement

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers and police officers imposed a strict siege on the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before attacking many families…

JERUSALEM, February 17, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces imposed today a nearly full lockdown of occupied Jerusalem’s highly-tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, shortly after dozens of local Palestinian citizens and…

Israeli soldiers demolished two commercial structures in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem, and two agricultural sheds in Douma town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…

Illegal Israeli colonists vandalized, on Tuesday night, several Palestinian-owned vehicles in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA). Correspondent for…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Commenting on the fast-moving serious developments in the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Amnesty International (AI) today warned Israel that…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Jabal al-Mokabber, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and handed a demolition order of a Palestinian home.…

Israeli forces detained, 15 Palestinian civilians from different areas of the occupied West Bank, including a 65 year old man, according to local sources. Security sources told the Palestinian News…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated today outside the West Jerusalem Israeli municipality in protest against its house demolition policy. The demonstrators, who included dozens…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, four Palestinians and abducted two young men after many illegal Israeli colonizers and soldiers assaulted several Palestinians. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, many Palestinians during protests that erupted in Beit Ijza and Beit Duqqu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank; Israeli colonizers attacked cars…

On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least ten Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, and shot a…

Updated: Israeli soldiers injured, on Sunday evening, at least 31 Palestinians and two international solidarity activists in the Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian neighborhood in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the…

OSLO, Saturday, February 12, 2022 (WAFA) – Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt pledged yesterday to increase its funding to the UN Refugee and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

On Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least eleven Palestinians, including a child, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem.…

On Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men from their homes in the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and in Hebron city, in…

On Saturday at night, a group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonizers attacked a Palestinian family in their home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the…

The Israeli authorities in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, forced an elderly Palestinian man to demolish his home, Friday evening, in Ras al-Amoud in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.…

Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians during protests near the gates of the illegal Annexation Wall between Beit Doqqo and Beit Ijza towns, northwest of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday morning, five young Palestinian men and assaulted at least one of them near Bab al-Qattanin, one of the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in…

Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, searched and ransacked many homes before abducting at least twelve Palestinians, including…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 (WAFA) – Strengthening the Palestinian digital economy will require the Government of Israel to remove current restrictions and to allocate the needed spectrum for Palestinian…

On Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians in Jerusalem and one in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Jerusalem said several army jeeps invaded the…

JERUSALEM, Monday, February 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem today notified owners of dozens of Palestinian commercial facilities in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied East…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian man near Bab Hutta, one of the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted him. A Palestinian who…

On Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including two teenage boys and siblings, from Bethlehem and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Bethlehem said several…

The Israeli government intends to meet within the coming few days to “legalize” and provide infrastructure for illegal colonialist outposts built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.…

On Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Sur Baher, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, the official Palestine TV has reported. Eyewitnesses…

Palestinian residents thwarted, on Friday night, an attempt by an illegal Israeli settler to burn a Palestinian-owned vehicle in the threatened Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, witnesses reported.…

On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least four Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Kufur Qaddoum town, east…

  The Israeli occupation authorized, on Thursday, a settlement scheme for 1,500 units in occupied Jerusalem between the French Hill and the Hebrew University, according to the Palestinian News &…

Illegal Israeli colonists stormed, late Tuesday night, Joseph’s tomb in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. It stated that dozens…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday morning, two Palestinian flats and a commercial structure in the at-Tour and Anata towns, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media…

On Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted twelve Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven from the southern West Bank governorate in Hebron. In Hebron city,…

Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Silwad, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes and abducted a father along with…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted two young Palestinian men in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the two young men…

On Tuesday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, have forced another Palestinian family to demolish its own home in Silwan town. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…

At least 150 Israeli soldiers stormed, on Tuesday, the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished the family home of Fadi Abu Shkheidem, the Palestinian man who was…

On Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted thirty-two Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, mostly from the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in Ramallah. The Palestinian…

Report By Amnesty International: Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 01, 2022 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine welcomes the report by Amnesty International on Israel’s apartheid regime and racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people,…

A Palestinian family demolished two under-construction apartments, on Monday, in the al-‘Isawiya neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Israeli authorities ordered the two…

Israeli authorities dictated, on Monday, that the Shuqeirat brothers demolish their two apartments in the Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.…

On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-seven Palestinians, including siblings, in addition to injuring an elderly man in his home, in several parts of the occupied West…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian man in the al-‘Isawiya town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and abducted him. Media sources said…

On Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians from the al-Isawiya, at-Tour, and Hizma towns in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, a young Palestinian man from Jenin, in northern West Bank, and briefly detained two others, while in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied…

Israeli forces detained, on Saturday, two young Palestinian men from Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian News & Information…

January 28, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A large crowd gathered at the iconic Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Derry City, Ireland, as the Derry…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, four young Palestinian men from Jenin and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed. Montaser Sammour, the head…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, including three siblings, from their homes in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Thursday evening, dozens of Palestinians and abducted two, in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers…

A new report released Tuesday found that the Israeli government has  developed a plan to forcibly remove the 200 residents of the village of Khan al-Ahmar in order to expand…

Many Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Wednesday at night, a coffee shop in the at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted at least thirty young men, in addition…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday morning, Seven Palestinians near occupied Jerusalem, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of…

Under the pretext of being built without a permit, Israeli soldiers demolished Tuesday, a Palestinian home in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, displacing the family, including many children. The soldiers invaded…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (WAFA) – The two UN agencies renewed Monday an agreement to extend support to Palestine refugee children, adolescents, and women in the State of Palestine,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, near Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers summoned…

Israel partisans want a $1 billion handout from Congress on top of the almost $4 billion it already gets – but Israel spends American money recklessly and ruthlessly. Stop funding…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday evening, a Palestinian man from Qalandia refugee camp, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Medical sources said the soldiers invaded the…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, Monday, a young Palestinian man from Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and abducted him. Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded…

On Sunday, the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem denied an appeal filed by the Salhiyya Palestinian family to rebuild their historic home that was demolished by the army several…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 23, 2022 (WAFA) – For 23 consecutive days, Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge in Israeli jails are continuing their boycott of Israel’s military courts in…

JERUSALEM, Friday, January 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today fenced off a plot of land in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, said WAFA correspondent. She said that…

Ramallah, Thursday, January 20, 2022 (WAFA) – The foreign ministers of four EU countries urged Israel on Wednesday evening to halt colonial settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Earlier in the…