Category: Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, five young men from their homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) the soldiers…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that the Palestinian detainees in all Israeli prisons, detention centers, and interrogation facilities, will start gradual measures to protest the escalating violations against…

Israeli soldiers forced, Sunday, a Palestinian to demolish his home in Beit Hanina, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the Palestinian, Arafat…

Israel soldiers abducted, Sunday, three teenage boys south Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported. The head of…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday afternoon, many Palestinians near occupied Jerusalem, and abducted a young man in the city. Medical sources said the soldiers invaded the Breita mountain area, near…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including one child, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Hebron, in southern West…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Thursday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Chain Gate, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli police claimed the woman, 30, carried a…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, three former political prisoners near Nablus and Jerusalem, and invaded several shops in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. The Jenin office of the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, six Palestinians, including two children in the at-Tour and the al-‘Isawiya towns, in occupied Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic)…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, five Palestinians, including two who were kidnapped by undercover soldiers, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters in occupied Jerusalem.…

A paramilitary Israeli colonizer opened fire, Monday, at Palestinian students in Ras al-Amoud in occupied Jerusalem, before the soldiers attacked them and abducted one. Eyewitnesses said the students were leaving…

Hundreds of illegal Israeli colonizers, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, while the soldiers imposed restrictions on Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, several Palestinians in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, including in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Several army jeeps invaded the al-Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, before…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, five Palestinians, including two siblings, from their homes in Biddu village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, and summoned twenty young men for interrogation.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, fourteen Palestinains from several parts of the occupied West Bank, during the massive invasion that also resulted in the death of six Palestinians, including a child;…

JEDDAH, Sunday, September 26, 2021 (WAFA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the Israeli forces’ killing of five Palestinians in Jenin and Jerusalem early morning today. The organization…

Updated: Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a child, injured and abducted many others, during massive invasions into various communities in the occupied West Bank, resulting…

Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, several Palestinians and abducted three, including two siblings, in several parts of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Biddu and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday, eight Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers also detained and assaulted three young men in occupied Jerusalem,…

On Friday at dawn and over the last several days, Israeli soldiers abducted many Palestinians, including women, from the Zahran family in Biddu town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. On…

Thursday, September 23, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestinian representatives of national and Islamic forces and refugees meeting in Ramallah today have rejected a recent framework agreement signed between the United Nations…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, eight Palestinians including two former political prisoners and two women, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a former political prisoner from his home in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before surrounding the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, eight Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, west of…

Israeli sources have reported, Wednesday, that the police detained a Palestinian man after he allegedly rammed an Israeli colonialist settler with his car, near occupied Jerusalem. The injured woman made…

Israeli soldiers shot and abducted a young Palestinian man in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the town, leading to protests, before firing rubber-coated steel…

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight, at least six Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazone…

Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, earlier Wednesday, into Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and assaulted many Palestinians before kidnapping four. Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp…

The Israeli government issued an order for the illegal annexation of 45.700 Dunams of Palestinian lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, in…

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern over Israel’s collective punishment and retaliatory measures against Palestinian prisoners following the escape of six Palestinian inmates from Gilboa Prison on…

A Palestinian man who works with an Israeli bus company was injured, Friday, after an Israeli colonialist settler stabbed in Jerusalem. Khaled Abu Tayeh, a member of the Lands Defense…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man from his home in the al-Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, just two hours after his release from prison after spending…

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today detained at least 23 Palestinians, including a father of a cancer-stricken child, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, Monday, two young Palestinian men near Bab Hutta, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the…

Israeli media sources have reported, Monday, that the soldiers shot and seriously a Palestinian teen after he allegedly stabbed two Israelis at a shop in Jaffa Street, in occupied Jerusalem.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at night, three Palestinian children in the at-Tour town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and stormed the al-Makassed Hospital. Local sources said the soldiers attacked…

Armed gangs of Israeli paramilitary colonial settlers have been invading Palestinian areas in different parts of the West Bank Saturday, terrorizing local residents, shooting at children, firing rifles into Palestinian…

Updated: Israeli soldiers killed,  Friday, a Palestinian physician near Bab al-Asbat, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, after the army claimed that he “attempted to…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Qalandia refugee camp, and Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources in Qalandia, north…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, more than 100 Palestinians at the junctions of Beita and Huwwara towns, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the army attacked…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday morning, several Palestinians in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man from the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted…

On Tuesday, a Palestinian family from the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, was forced to demolish its home after the City Council denied their appeals. The Wadi…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, September 5, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities embarked today on levelling parts of the Al-Yusufiya Cemetery in the old city of occupied Jerusalem, in a prelude to…

The Israeli army forced Saturday, a Palestinian to demolish his under-construction home in Wadi ar-Rababa neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, two young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped and interrogated two young men near Bab al-Asbat…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the Young Muslim Women School in occupied Jerusalem, before abducting the principal, administrative employees, and confiscated computers. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) stated…

Israeli soldiers killed, late on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian man in the western area of Beit Ur at-Tahta, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office…

Israeli intelligence officers abducted, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian political prisoner moments following he was released after he served a 13-year prison sentence. Update: After interrogating him for several hours…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from Nablus and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the…

Father Attallah Hanna,  the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, stated that supporting the Palestinian people in Sheikh Jarrah, and other parts of occupied Jerusalem, is…

The Israeli army forced, on Sunday evening, two Palestinian families to demolish their homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Eqab…

The Maan News Agency has reported that a teenage boy was accidentally killed, on Saturday evening, while he and many residents were helping their neighbors who were forced by Israel…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Saturday at night, a young Palestinian man in Husan village, west of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources…

A Palestinian family in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, was forced to demolish its home, Friday, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Local sources said that the Sumerian family,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday morning, three young Palestinian men while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the three Palestinians and interrogated them while…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an under-construction Palestinian home in Silwan town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the ash-Shayyah area,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a Palestinian teenage boy near Bab al-‘Amoud in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mahmoud ‘Ashayer, 17, while…

Israeli soldiers shot, Sunday, a young Palestinian man with special needs, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Medical sources said the young man…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday morning, a young Palestinian man at the container military roadblock, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The name and the…

Israeli soldiers abducted Friday, nine Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons, from Hebron and Jenin in the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, the soldiers invaded and ransacked…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday overnight and morning detained at least ten Palestinians, including a cancer-stricken patient, from various parts of the West Bank, according…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished a kindergarten in Beit Sfafa town, southwest of the occupied city of Jerusalem, local sources said. The sources told…

A Palestinian man was forced to destroy his new home, on Sunday, in at-Tur town in occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Muhammad Dweik, recently married,…

An Israeli colonizer attacked, Friday, a Palestinian bus driver in occupied Jerusalem, causing several injuries. The driver, Mohammad al-Qaq, 47, suffered various cuts and bruises to the head, including his…

GENEVA, Thursday, August 12, 2021 (WAFA) – Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concern yesterday over arrests, harassment, criminalization, and threats targeting…

Israeli soldiers forced Thursday, five Palestinians to demolish their homes in Beit Hanina, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, allegedly for being built without a…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, three young Palestinian men, and assaulted one of them, in Hizma and Silwan towns, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a chicken farm in Ein Jweiza neighborhood, in the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Khader al-A’raj, the head…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Jaba’, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before abducting two young men, and wounding dozens…

 By WAFA News: Israeli occupation forces today detained at least nine Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, including an activist from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, according…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a two-story Palestinian home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) stated that the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, twelve Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded the al-Am’ari…

Israeli soldiers and colonialist settlers attacked, Sunday, many Palestinians, causing several injuries, while the army also abducted two Palestinians, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Nablus, in…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Sunday morning, many Palestinian detainees in the Negev Desert Detention camp, causing injuries. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the soldiers invaded Section 2 of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man, who is also a former political prisoner, during his engagement party in the al-Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, including a father and his two sons, and injured at least two, when the army invaded several communities in the occupied…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, five agricultural rooms in Wadi Rahhal village, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 5, 2021 (WAFA) – Israel destroyed, raided, and ransacked 11 Palestinian-owned printing presses, media offices, and bookstores in the first seven months of this year, today said…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli authorities are still refusing to allow its lawyers to visit with seventeen hunger-striking political prisoners. The Committee stated that sixteen…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including one woman and a child, in addition to summoning many others for interrogation, in several parts of the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, eight commercial structures in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers surrounded and invaded the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, three Palestinians and assaulted several others in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the…

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 2, 2021 (WAFA) – As four Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem today await a critical ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding…

A paramilitary Israeli colonizer opened fire, Monday, at a young Palestinian man and injured him, during a nonviolent activity in solidarity with the families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the…

Israeli soldiers conducted, on Sunday evening, military drills in Khalayel al-Louz area, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Rateb Obeyyat, the head of Hindaza Local…

Israeli soldiers and colonialist settlers continued, Saturday, their escalating violations against the Palestinian people in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Tubas, in…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, July 29, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli High Court today issued a decision freezing the eviction of three Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East…

A Palestinian family, on Tuesday, began the demolition or their apartment in Al-Tur town, occupied Jerusalem, under orders from the Israeli occupation authorities, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to installing many roadblocks. Update: The…

The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in Jabal al-Mokabber, allegedly for being built without a permit. The Palestinian, Ali Khalil…

Hundreds of Palestinians held, Friday, the funeral procession of a woman who was killed by Israeli army fire on June 12th of this year, at the Qalandia Terminal, north of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources said several armored army jeeps invaded the Bakoush…

A young Palestinian man died, on Wednesday evening, while being held at the al-Maskobiyya detention center and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem. His family said he was tortured while under interrogation.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian and assaulted his brothers, near Nablus, in northern West Bank, and one near Hebron, in the southern part, in addition to…

Father Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli escalation and ongoing invasions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in…

Deifallah al-Fayez, the spokesperson of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, strongly denounced the Israeli violations and escalation in the Al-Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Al-Fayez stated that these violations against the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, at least seven Palestinians in Jenin, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, during massive invasions and violent searches of homes. The Jenin office…