Category: Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, allegedly for being built without a permit. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, a privately-owned Palestinian land in Jabal al-Mokabber town, in occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, and removed the barbed-wire fences surrounding it. Local sources said…

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 confirmed. The PPS office…

On Sunday and Monday, Israeli soldiers forced Palestinian families from the occupied capital, Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and sheds, under the pretext of being built without permits. The Wadi…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and abducted three Palestinians, including a wounded teen. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, accompanied…

A Palestinian family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, was coerced by the Municipality of Israel, to demolish its own animal shelters, to avoid paying excessive fines if…

Father Attallah (Theodosius) Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, stated that there can be no real peace in the region without ending the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, four young men in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted two young men, identified…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twenty-nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a detainee from occupied Jerusalem is facing serious health complications from the coronavirus and is currently at Assaf Harofeh Israeli Medical Center.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, two Palestinians from Hebron, in southern West Bank, and in Jabal al-Mokabber, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Be’er al-Hummus…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OP): Latest development (outside the reporting period) On 3 February, the Israeli authorities demolished or…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OPT): The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, three young Palestinian men in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and one in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the ath-Thoury School, the ath-Thoury Sports Club and Silwan Club, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said several army jeeps…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in the al-‘Isawiya town, and summoned for interrogation a young man from Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said several…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinian detainees who have been officially diagnosed to be infected with the coronavirus in Israeli prisons has arrived to…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians, from Jenin and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mustafa Faisal Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 21 Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday morning dismantled two structures in Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, a local activist said. The spokesman for Khan al-Ahmar,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and shot another near Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Qalqilia through…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, two Palestinian women and an elderly man from the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron. The soldiers abducted Shireen al-A’raj, 49, in front…

On 25 January 2021, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), compromising of eleven Palestinian human rights organizations, submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures…

Israeli soldiers detained, on Sunday evening, four Palestinian children in Beit Ijza village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and interrogated them for several hours. The Detainees’ Media Center has reported that…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that four additional detainees, held in the Ramon Israeli prison, have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the number of infected political prisoners…

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced, on Thursday at night, the seriously escalating attacks, carried out by the illegal Israeli colonialist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank, and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, and in front of the al-Makassed hospital, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Nayef…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a senior Palestinian official and his assistant while crossing Qalandia terminal north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has…

The Spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denounced the latest Israeli plan to build more than 2500 colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and described them as…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that fifteen more detainees have been officially diagnosed with the coronavirus in Ramon Israeli prison, bringing the number of infected detainees in…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians from Tulkarem and one from Nablus, in northern West Bank. The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, five Palestinians, including a woman, a father, and his sons, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in addition to one child in Hizma town, in the…

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights welcomes the decree, issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that announces parliamentary and presidential elections for later this year. The first such elections in…

Demolitions and Displacements report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) In December, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized 67…

As the US government prepares to inaugurate Joe Biden as President on Wednesday, the Israeli government announced Sunday a plan for 780 additional colonial settlements on Palestinian land. Israeli Prime…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday afternoon, three Palestinians, including one woman, from occupied East Jerusalem. Amjad Abu Assab, the head of the Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee, said the soldiers and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, from Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded the al-Karkafa…

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,…