Army Displaces 14 Families To Conduct Training Near Tubas
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the ar-Ras al-Ahmar area, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and displaced 14 families, so that the army can…
19 Palestinians Displaced in Jordan Valley Demolition
Some 19 Palestinians have become homeless after Israeli occupation forces demolished their homes in the Jordan Valley, on Thursday..Israeli rights group B’Tselem reported that Civil Administration, with military forces, demolished…
12 Residential Tents Demolished in Jordan Valley
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, demolished a number of residential tents in the village of Fasayel, in the southern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.Hamza Zubedat, a local activist, said that…
Israeli Troops Demolish Homes in the Jordan Valley; Kidnap Civilians in the West Bank
Israeli troops demolished on Tuesday 12 tents owned by Palestinian Bedwens in Al Fasayel area in the Jordan Valley. Another four structures were demolished by the army in the nearby…
3 Jordan Valley Family Homes Demolished
Israeli forces, on Tuesday morning, have demolished three residential structures near the Hamra military checkpoint, central Jordan Valley.Jericho governor Majd Al-Fityani said, according to the PNN, that soldiers tore down…
Residential, Agricultural Structures, And Barns, Demolished In Central Plains
Israeli soldiers demolish, on Tuesday morning and on Monday at night, a number of residential and agricultural structures, and barns, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, and in al-Jiftlik, Zbeidat, Froush…
Demolitions in Jordan Valley, 20 Homes in Hebron Slated
Israeli authorities, Wednesday, demolished seven Palestinian-owned agricultural structures in the village of al-Aqaba, northern Jordan Valley, in addition to serving Hebron area Palestinians demolition notices regarding 20 homes, according to…
Army To Demolish Structures In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and handed warrants to a number of families, ordering them to halt constructions of their…
Soldiers Conduct Training In Northern Plains
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian communities in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and conducted live fire military drills in the meadows and overlooking hills. Head of the…
Army Kills Palestinian Man in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces killed, on Friday, a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley.Days of Palestine reports that, according to a credible source, the soldiers were stationed…
Israeli Forces Evacuates Jordan Valley Bedouins for ‘Military Practices’
Israeli occupation forces began, on Tuesday morning, a wide military exercise in the al-Maleh valley in the northern Jordan Valley, and evacuated dozens of Bedouin families.According to Al Ray, Palestinian…
Soldiers Uproot Hundreds of Evergreens East Of Tubas
Israeli soldiers cut and uprooted, on Tuesday morning, hundreds of evergreens, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, the WAFA News Agency said.Head of the Wadi al-Maleh and…
TV Report on Palestinian Child Seriously Injured By Israeli Explosive in Tubas
9-year old Qoteiba Sawafta suffered serious burns and injuries when he picked up an Israeli explosive object, thinking it was a toy, and it detonated in his face. The incident…
Army Removes 30 Families To Conduct Training In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, the al-Borj, al-Meeta and al-Maleh areas, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and removed thirty families, to conduct live-fire military training.Head of the…
Israel Destroys 30 Farm Structures in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces demolished over 30 agricultural structures in the northern Jordan Valley on Thursday morning, local officials said.Israeli bulldozers protected by military vehicles stormed an area known locally as Diraa…
14 Palestinian families in Jordan Valley receive demolition orders from Israeli military
As Israeli settlement expansion continues in the eastern part of the West Bank, in the Jordan Valley, another set of eviction/demolition notices were issued by the Israeli military authorities to…
Jordan Valley Villagers Call for International Help
Besieged Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley have called on the international community to immediately intervene to halt Israeli military training in the area, which has already…
Israeli Army Drills Continue to Set Fire to Jordan Valley Agricultural Lands
Fire erupted in a northern Jordan Valley grazing land, on Monday, after Israeli army embarked on live ammunition military training in the area, according to a local official.Aref Daraghmeh, head…
Israel Displaces 50 Families To Conduct Military Training
Dozens of soldiers invaded, Thursday, several areas of the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and ordered around 50 Bedouin families to leave their areas, as the army intends to conduct training.…
Fire from Jordan Valley Military Drill Burns Thousands of Dunams
A fire sparked by an Israeli military drill swept across thousands of dunams of Palestinian farmland in the northern Jordan valley, Monday, the Palestinian civil defense said.Some 3,000 to 4,000…
Firing Zone Used to Expand Illegal Settlements, Demolish Homes
Israeli forces continue to demolish Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley, in spite of an order signed in January indicating that the homes no longer lie in an army firing…
Israeli Forces Destroy Tin Homes and Tents in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, wrecked a number of tent homes and tin shacks in the northern Jordan Valley locality of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah, according to WAFA correspondence.Stepping up the pace…
Israeli Forces Destroy 1,000 Meter Water Pipe Donated to Yezra
Israeli bulldozers, on Thursday, destroyed a water pipe being used in connecting the West Tubas district’s Atoof village with Khirbet Yezra, in the northern Jordan Valley.Head of Al-Maleh local council,…
Minor Injured by Israeli UXO in Jordan Valley
A Palestinian minor was injured, Wednesday, after an explosive device left behind by the Israeli army went off in Ein al-Hilwa area of the Jordan Valley, according to a local…
30 Jordan Valley Structures to be Demolished by Israeli Forces
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, handed out notices regarding the approved demolition of 30 Palestinian-owned structures in al-Dir, a locale to the east of Ein al-Bayda, in the Jordan Valley.An official…
Jordan Valley: Israel Demolishes EU-funded Irrigation Pools
Israeli forces demolished six EU-funded irrigation pools used by Palestinian farmers in the northern Jordan Valley, on Thursday, locals told Ma’an News Agency.Israeli military vehicles accompanied by bulldozers arrived in…
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Explosive In West Bank’s Northern Plains
Medical sources reported, Sunday, that a Palestinian shepherd was killed when an Israeli explosive, dropped by the army during training, detonated near him in al-Marah area, close to Bardala village,…
20 Structures Demolished in Jordan Valley
The Israeli army demolished 20 tent homes and animal pens in the Jordan Valley village of Bardala, Wednesday afternoon. Fifty people were rendered homeless, over half of whom are children.Ahmad…
Israeli Settlers Damage Wells in the Jordan Valley
Dozens of Israeli settlers damaged Palestinian-owned water wells in the Khirbet Samra area of the Jordan Valley, a local official said on Wednesday.Aref Daraghma, head of a local village council,…
Israel Gives Eviction Notices to 19 Palestinian Families
Israeli authorities distributed, on Wednesday, eviction notices to 19 Palestinian families in the area of the northern Jordan Valley, as a prelude to using the lands for military purposes.Head of…
Settlers Uproot Agricultural And Grazing Lands Near Salfit
A number of extremist Israeli settlers bulldozed agricultural, and grazing, lands belonging to residents from Deir Estia and Hares villages, north of the Central West Bank city of Salfit.The settlers…
ISM Report: Night Raid in Far’a Refugee Camp
We arrived around one o’clock in the afternoon of September 1st to the Far’a Refugee Camp and found that we had awakened the three Mansour family households.3 September 2014 |…
Explosive Device Defused Near Tubas
Explosives experts of the Palestinian police in Jenin, defused on Thursday an explosive object, dropped by the Israeli army during training, in Tammoun town, in the central West Bank district…
Teen Killed By An Explosive Dropped By The Army Near Tubas
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday, that a Palestinian teen has been killed, and his brother was wounded, by an explosive charge dropped by the army near the central West Bank…
Teen Killed By Israeli Landmine In Jordan Valley
A 17-year-old boy has died, after stepping on a landmine in the northern Jordan Valley, Saturday, according to a local activist group.The boy, identified as one Sakher Dorgham Zaamel Abu…
Communities Demand An End to Ethnic Cleansing in Jordan Valley
Palestinians protested Wednesday in front of the United Nations office in Ramallah against the latest wave of home demolitions and displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin community in the village of…
Israeli Army Demolishes 20 Barracks in Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers demolished 20 barracks in Jiftlik, this morning. As a result of the military’s actions, 25 Palestinian families have been left homeless.Jiftlik is a village in the Jordan Valley…
Settlement Toxins Kill 14 Sheep In Jordan Valley
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Aref Daraghma, head of the Al-Maleh Village Council, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, stated that at least 14 sheep died due to…
Israel to Evacuate 18 Families in Northern Jordan Valley
Israeli forces, on Monday, served 18 families from Wadi Buzeq, in the northern Jordan Valley, with orders to evacuate their homes tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25, 2014), under the pretext of…
Jordanian judge killed by Israeli troops at border crossing
An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Jordanian judge, identified as Raed Z’eitar,, at the Jordan River border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on Monday.Details about exactly what…
160 People Forcibly Displaced from ‘Firing Zones’ along Jordan Valley during January 2014
Israeli forces raided the northern Jordan Valley, on Tuesday, ordering 21 Palestinian families in Wadi Ibziq to leave their homes from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. The order’s objective was…
Families Ordered Out Of Homes As Army Prepares For Training
[Tuesday Evening, March 4, 2014] Israeli soldiers handed military orders to 21 families in the Wad Ebzeeq area, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, ordering them to…
Israel Deports 30 Families from the Jordan Valley
[Wednesday Morning, February 26, 2014] Head of al-Maleh Village Council, Aref Daraghmeh, said that the Israeli occupation has deported 30 families from their homes in the Jordan Valley, under the…
VIDEO: Ein Hijleh, A Village That Means Resistance
Last week, some 300 Palestinian activists established the protest village of Ein Hijleh in a cluster of palm trees and abandoned houses, in the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead…
Israeli Forces Demolish Khirbet Ein Karzaliyah For 2nd Time
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished tents set up by Palestinian residents in the Jordan Valley after their village was completely destroyed by Israel in January, according to an Israeli rights…
Israel Rejects NATO Placement in Jordan Valley
Israel has rejected a proposal by the Palestinian Authority to place a NATO force in the Jordan Valley.(Al Ray/Press TV) The Washington Post, on Saturday quoted US Secretary of State…
Israel Forces Storm Ein Hejleh
Forty-one activists have been injured, during a raid on Ein Hejleh protest village, in the Jordan Valley. Activists told the Palestinian News Network (PNN) that 41 activists suffered injuries from…
35 Palestinian Families Evicted in the Jordan Valley
The Israeli army has evicted 35 Palestinian families from their homes in the northern Jordan. The families reside in the areas of al-Burj, al-Mayteh and al-Hammamat.The Israeli press reported, on…
Press Release: Israeli Forces Raid Ein Hijleh As Villagers Remain Steadfast
February 4, 2014 – Large numbers of Israeli soldiers and border police have made several attempts to raid the reclaimed village of Ein Hijleh and, in return, the villagers stopped…
Israeli Army Attempts Takeover at Revived Ein Hijleh Village
Clashes with Israeli forces at Ein Hijleh started in the evening hours of Monday, February 3, when two Palestinians were injured during a fight with Israeli soldiers; one Palestinian had…
Al-Awda Village Evacuated by Israeli Troops
Israeli army forces have stormed and evacuated the village of Al-Awda, or ‘The Return’, that was established by Palestinian activists in the Jordan Valley area which is threatened with confiscation.Khaled…
Israel Threatens to Evacuate Ein Hejleh
Munther Amira, an activist and member of the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), told the Palestinian News Network (PNN) that extreme caution prevails in the vicinity of the village of Ein…
Jordan Valley Resistance: Salt of the Earth
The Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordination Committee launched on Friday, January 31, the Melh Al-Ard (Salt of the Earth) campaign by reviving the village of Ein Hijleh, in the Jordan Valley.…
Israeli Forces Demolish Entire Village In Jordan Valley
[Thursday Evening, January 30, 2014] The Israeli army demolished, on Thursday, at least 50 structures, including residences, displacing 13 families in the northern Jordan Valley, as a result , according…
Soldiers Invade Homes, Conduct Training, In West Bank Village
[Thursday at Dawn, January 30, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Ein Shibli village, in the West Bank’s Central Plains, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke…
Soldiers Demolish Residential, Agricultural Structures, Near Tubas
[Wednesday, January 22, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers have invaded a Palestinian community northeast of Tubas, in the central West Bank, demolishing agricultural and residential structures.The Palestinian News & Info…
Child Seriously Injured By Bomb Dropped By The Army
[Wednesday, January 22, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that that a Palestinian child suffered serious injuries after a bomb, dropped by Israeli soldiers during training, exploded in his hands,…
Israel Places Cornerstone For New Settlement In Jordan Valley
[Thursday January 2, 2014] Israeli Interior Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, placed the cornerstone for a new illegal settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley of the West Bank, Palestine TV has reported.The…
Minor Shot Near Bethlehem, Activists Arrested
[Wednesday January 1, 2014] A Palestinian minor was shot and injured by Israeli forces, Wednesday, in Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) reports that,…
Ministerial Committee Approves Bill Annexing Jordan Valley
[Sunday December 29, 2013] Israeli Ynet News has reported that the Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved a bill calling for annexing the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley, and for it…
Soldiers Demolish Home, Four Sheds In The West Bank Plains
[Tuesday December 24, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers have invaded the Fasayel Al-Wousta area, in the Jordan Valley, demolishing one home and four sheds.Resident Abdullah Rashayda told Radio Bethlehem 2000…
Army Demolishes Homes, Structures In Northern Plains
Tuesday, at Dawn [December 3, 2013] A number of armored Israeli military jeeps have invaded several Palestinian communities in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, demolishing two homes, in addition to…
Israel To Build Wall In Jordan Valley
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to build a wall in the Jordan Valley, on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The decision was met with rejection…
Israeli Reserve Colonel Killed In Jordan Valley Settlement
[Thursday at night October 10 2013] Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that an Israeli reserve officer settler was killed outside his home in the Brosh Habika illegal Israeli settlement in…
Soldiers Destroy Khirbit Makhoul Village For Fourth Time
[Thursday October 3, 2013] Israeli soldiers destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village in the West Bank’s Northern Plains area, for the fourth time in a row.Local sources have reported that dozens…
Israel Declares Destroyed Palestinian Village Closed Military Zone
Monday at dawn [September 30 2013] Israeli soldiers declared Khirbit Makhoul area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, a closed military zone. The Bedouin village was destroyed for the third…
Soldiers Attack Diplomats, Residents, In Destroyed Palestinian Village
On Friday [September 20, 2013] Israeli soldiers violently attacked international diplomats, and prevented dozens of residents from rebuilding the destroyed Khirbit Makhoul village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.The visiting…
Soldiers Demolish Structures In Destroyed village In Northern Plains
[Friday September 20, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Khirbit Makhoul village, in the West Bank’s northern plains area, and removed tents and structures for the third time.Aref Daraghma, head…
Soldiers Demolish Northern Plains Village
As part of ongoing violations against the Palestinians, living in small villagers, in the West Bank Northern Plains area, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Khirbit Makhoul, and demolished homes and…
Settlers Burn An Agricultural Structure, Equipment, Near Tubas
Local sources have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt on Thursday at night [June 27 2013] a Palestinian agricultural structure in Bardala village, near Tubas in the…
Settlers Burn Cars, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Tubas
Wednesday morning, May 29, a group of Israeli settlers invaded the Az-Beidat area, near the West Bank city of Tubas, burnt four cars and a tractor, and wrote racist graffiti…
Israel Removes Dozens Of Bedouin Families In The Jordan Valley
The Al-Maleh and the Bedouin Tribes Village Council in the Jordan Valley reported that Israeli soldiers started, on Monday evening, the eviction of dozens of Bedouin families in the area…
Army Demolishes Structures, Tents, In The Northern Plains
Tuesday April 23, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished several of agricultural structures and tents used by Palestinian shepherds in the northern plains area, east of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in…
British businessman promises to resign as chairman of Israeli settlement exporter
Jimmy Russo, the Company Chairman of EDOM, has told Corporate Watch that he plans to resign from his chairmanship and “actively seek to sell” his 20% shareholding in the Israeli…
Army Isolates West Bank’s Northern Plains
Saturday evening – January 19, Israeli soldiers imposed a strict siege on the northern plains area of the occupied West Bank, and installed several roadblocks on main roads in the…
Israel Publishes Plans For New Settlement Units in West Bank
The Israeli government published plans for the construction of additional 170 units, and 84 “guestroom”, for Jewish settlers in Rote m illegal settlement, in the Jordan valley, Hagit Ofran of…
Around 1000 Palestinians Leave Their Structures, Tents, In Northern Plains
Around a 1000 Palestinians living in Bedouin communes and residents of Al-Maleh area in the northern Plaines of the occupied West Bank started leaving their homes and tents after receiving…
Israel Starts Removing Mines Close To Border With Jordan, To Build Settlements
Israel has officially started the removal of landmines close to the border with Jordan to use the lands for illegal settlement construction in the area, especially in the Wadi Araba…
Army Confiscates Palestinian Tractors In the Jordan Valley
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Bardala village, in the northern plains area of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, confiscated three agricultural tractors that belong to Palestinian farmers,…
Israeli Military Confiscates Cows in Jordan Valley
Israeli occupation forces confiscated tens of cows owned by Palestinian citizens from the northern Jordan Valley village of Om Kharrouba on Tuesday.The Palestine News Network reported on Thursday that Israeli…
Bedouin Livestock Confiscated in the Jordan Valley
On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces confiscated the livestock of Palestinian Bedouins in the Jordan Valley and placed them in an Israeli military camp.The head of the Wadi al-Maleh village council,…
Oxfam Report Condemns Israeli Occupation Policies in Jordan Valley
A report published by UK-based Oxfam International reveals the fragility of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley to be the direct result of illegal Israeli settlements.On Thursday Oxfam International, a…
More Settler Land Grabs In North Jordan Valley
The residents of the Rotem settlement in the North Jordan Valley seized Palestinian land Wednesday as part of their continued illegal expansion.On Wednesday settlers from Rotem, an Israeli settlement in…
Army Conducts Training In A Palestinian Village
Israeli soldiers conducted military training on Friday at dawn inside the Palestinian village of Al-Aqaba, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, using live ammunition in the village’s streets…
Army Demolishes Sheds, Confiscates Water Tanks In Wadi al-Maleh
On Monday afternoon Israeli soldiers demolished several sheds used by Bedouins in Wadi al-Maleh in the northern plains of the West Bank. They confiscated several water tanks used by the…
Four Families Ordered to Destroy Their Homes
Four families were ordered to leave their homes by the Israeli authorities on Tuesday morning. They were then ordered to destroy their own homes before noon on Tuesday, not abiding…
B’Tselem Release New Video of Attacks Against Activists
Further evidence has emerged Thursday following the suspension of Israeli military officer, Shalom Eisner, countering statements made by the officer. Footage was released showing Eisner striking a Danish activist with…
Shepherd Seriously Wounded by Gun Fire in the Jordan Valley
A Palestinian shepherd has been seriously wounded on Friday by Israeli gunfire, according to Agence France Presse and Lebanese news site, al-Akhbar.Quoting Palestinian security sources, al-Akhabr states that the 18…
Israeli Officer Demoted After Video Shows Him Brutalizing Danish Tourist
Following the publication on the internet and in other media of a video showing a senior Israeli military officer striking a Danish tourist on a cycling tour of the West…
Report: “120 Palestinians To Be displaced Due To Military Orders”
The “Land Research Center” issued a press release, on Friday, stating that 120 Palestinians will be displaced and prevented access to their farmlands due to an Israeli military plan, and…
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian shepherd
A group of Israeli settlers from the Mehola settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, approached a Palestinian shepherd who was tending his sheep…
Israeli Settlers Break Into Military Zone By Jordanian Border
Extremist right-wing Israeli settlers broke into a closed-off military zone in between the West Bank and the Jordanian border, at the site thought to be where Jesus was baptized.On Monday,…
Israel Confiscates Palestinian Lands To Expand Religious Kibbutz
The Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government confiscated privately owned Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley, and gave the lands to Kibbutz Merav, inhabited by Jewish settlers.The Israeli…
Army Demolishes Mosque In Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers demolished a mosque at dawn on Tuesday, in Khirbit Izra village in Wadi El-Maleh, in the north of the Jordan ValleyAref Daraghma, head of the Wadi El-Maleh Village…
Israeli Military Carries Out Demolitions in Jordan Valley; Further Orders Presented in Hebron
The Israeli military has carried out demolitions and handed out five new demolition orders, on Thursday, Ma’an News reports.In the Jordan Valley village of al-Aqaba two houses and a barn…
Israeli military continue to target water wells in the West Bank
An Israeli military force invaded Al-Far’a area in the eastern part of the West Bank near Tubas near the Jordan Vally. The military took photographs of the existing water aquifers…
Jordan Valley Villages Have Wells Destroyed
The Ma’an News Agency reports that the Israeli army has destroyed wells and water pumps in 3 Jordan Valley villages on Tuesday.The villages of al-Akrabanyah, an-Nasaryah and Beit Hassan all…
Israel Plans To Double Settlement Area In Jordan Valley
Israel has announced a plan to double the size of its settlements in the strategic Jordan Valley area in the West Bank. The move was announced in Haaretz daily financial…
Village Homes Demolished In Jordan Valley
According to residents, ten Bedouin homes were demolished on Tuesday morning in the Jordan valley area, leaving dozens homeless. The small village of Fasayil, north of Jericho was invaded by…
Army Displaces Palestinian Village In the Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers attacked on Wednesday at dawn “Khirbit Yizra” village in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and displaced its residents under the claim that the area is…