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Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday morning that three Palestinians, including a 54 year-old father and his 27 year-old son were killed in Beit…
Palestinian political detainees in Salem Israeli prison are preparing to carry a hunger strike in protest of the difficult and harsh conditions they face in detention. The detainees held a…
Israel has both effectively and officially overtaken northern Bethlehem, swallowing the entire Rachel’s Tomb area. The process was slow enough, ongoing for the past two years, however it all occurred…
The government of Israel claimed that it sent its troops to war against Hezbollah in Lebanon seven weeks ago after the militant organization had crossed the border onto Israeli territory…
Dozens of Palestinian residents of Al Khader village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, supported by international peace activists, marched on Friday against the construction of the Annexation Wall…
Dozens of Palestinian residents, along with 150 Israeli and International peace activists, held their weekly protest in Bil'in village, near the West bank city of Ramallah, and demanded that Israeli…
Friday, a group of Palestinian residents of Bethlehem and international peace activists held a solidarity act in the city in support of a poor resident who lost his small shop…
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According to the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Cell (UNMACC) on-the-ground assessments, Up to 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets remain in south Lebanon and must be defused and destroyed. Most of…
In the village of Ayt al-Shab in southern Lebanon, refugees have been trying to return home to their ravaged village. But an ongoing Israeli military operation there, in direct violation…
The Israeli military court of Ofer near the West Bank city of Ramallah extended, on Thursday, the detention of 16 Palestinian law makers taken prisoners by the Israeli army during…
After an eight-hour standoff, special Israeli police captured an armed Palestinian who broke into the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and demanded political asylum, Israeli sources reported. No one was…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Thursday that a Palestinian refugee was shot and injured by American troops fire in Iraq. The woman was shot as she was leaving…
Palestinians in the village of Bil'in have declared a partial victory in their struggle against Israeli settlement expansion on their land, as several structures built to expand the Matityahu settlement…
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The Israeli air force planes dropped leaflets over Gaza Strip, which IMEMC have obtained a copy of, accusing the Palestinian resistance fighters of taking the Palestinian Population of Gaza Strip…
Israeli police stationed at Tayasser checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubas in the Jordan valley area have taken on Palestinian as a prisoner Thursday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that an unknown armed group opened fire and killed one of the leaders of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed…
Israeli sources reported that German security officials are expected in Beirut this week in an attempt to mediate between Hezbollah and Israel on a prisoner swap deal. Israeli online daily…
The Israeli army withdrew from Shujai'ya neighborhood in Gaza city on Wednesday at night after a five-day invasion which left 20 Palestinians dead and scores wounded in addition to serious…
The Israeli army took nine residents as prisoners in the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby towns of Al-Thahria and Sa'eer towns, on Thursday morning. Troops, backed by…
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Annin and Jalkamos near the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning, and took two residents as prisoners. Eyewitnesses in the two…
An Israeli army undercover unit assassinated a leader of Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, and injured six civilians in the West Bank city of Nablus n Thursday…
Israeli sources reported that four Israeli settlers were arrested on Wednesday after attacking Israeli soldiers and breaking through a checkpoint in the northern part of the West Bank in an…
During a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced support to the formation of a Palestinian National Unity Government saying that this could…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Wednesday on the Israeli Summer Rains military offensive that started late June 2006, and revealed that Israeli soldiers killed 224 reisdents,…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, met on Wednesday with the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, and said that Israel will not end its air and sea blockade over Lebanon until “all…
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Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday morning that four civilians were killed and eight injured by heavy machine gun fire from Israeli tanks in AL Shujaeyya area, east of the…
Israeli troops invaded Habla village south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took one prisoner on Wednesday. Khalid Ramadan, 30, was taken to an unknown destination, after soldiers…
A group of right wing Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Sousa uprooted on Wednesday scores of olive trees that belong to Palestinian farmers from the nearby village of…
An Israeli force invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Wednesday morning and installed a military checkpoint in the city for two hours. The invasion targeted an area called…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and the nearby village of Zita, and searched several houses on Wednesday morning. Troops stormed residents houses, searched them and…
After surviving an Israeli assassination attempt in the northern West Bank, a leader of the armed resistance arrived in the Jordanian capital of Amman Tuesday night. Saraya Al Quds.issued a…
Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at night one resident in Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The latest casualty raises the number of residents killed…
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza City reported that the Israeli air force fired one missile at a group of residents in Al Shujaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing three…
After visiting Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, arrived in Israel on Tuesday afternoon, for talks to strengthen the fragile truce that ended the 34-day war between Israeli and Hezbollah.…
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A Palestinian Prisoner Society lawyer was told by political prisoner, Samir Fahami Ibrahim Taher, of his experiences of psychological and physical torture at the hands of the Israeli prison administration.…
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after Italy and Turkey moved to join the international force there. Annan and his entourage left…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that nine Palestinian residents were injured, two seriously, after the Israeli air force fired missiles at a group of resistance fighters in Al Mansoura…
This past March, 44-year-old Hayan Ju'beh's tourist visa expired, and he had to travel to Amman in order to receive a new one – a routine procedure for him over…
The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) displayed new footage and photographs Monday of missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad, who disappeared in 1986 when his plane was shot down over…
A proposal by the Justice Ministry of Israel is to be discussed next Sunday by a ministerial committee on settlement outposts. An inquiry by Attorney Talia Sasson, commissioned by Ariel…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Tammoun east of the West Bak city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Local sources reported that several army jeeps stormed shepherds huts, east…
Tuesday, Israeli forces took two prisoners in a morning invasion to the village of Surif, north west of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank. The detanees were…
Palestinian Fatah Legislative Council member, Issa Qaraqi', has appealed to the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, who will visit the Palestinian territories on Wednesday, for the deployment of international forces…
Israeli troops stormed the offices of Al Anwar Cultural Center in Doura village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday morning. soldiers confiscated computers, files and documents…
The Israeli forces that invaded areas west of the Sofa crossing east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Tuesday morning, took another four prisoners, increasing the…
IN HIS latest speech, which infuriated so many people, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uttered a sentence that deserves attention: "Every new Arab generation hates Israel more than the previous one." …
Eight residents were injured when an Israeli war plane targeted a group of civilians in Al Shojayia neighborhood east of Gaza city Tuesday morning. According to eyewitnesses an Israeli drone…
At least two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli Apache fired several missiles in the early housrs of Tuesday morning, at a residential area in…
Israeli military sources reported on Monday night that one Israeli soldier was injured after his tank was hit by an anti-tank shell fired by resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter and Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Hizbollah was using modern anti-tank weapons of Russian make, specifically the RPG-29 Vampirs with a tandem warhead. Such…
An Israeli website published a report based on a statement by the Israeli Ministry of Environment on war damage in the north of Israel, and revealed that the ministry reported…
After the funeral, we stopped to photograph and shoot video of three large pictures of what appeared to be resistance fighters. An old man grabbed our attention and asked if…
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that under-cover units of the Israeli army ambushed and assassinated a fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades,…
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that a 64-year old man was shot and killed by Israeli military fire during an invasion…
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An Israeli army force invaded Aqbat Jaber refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday and took one prisoner. Borhan Kab, 30, was taken to unknown location…
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut Monday to start a tour that aims to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon saying that it was "a very critical time" for…
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one child died after an explosive left by the army detonated near him. Also,…
Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah did not expect that Hezbollah’s capture of two Israeli soldiers would lead to a war, he stated on Sunday in an interview with Lebanon's New…
Mohammad Saba'nah, 20, form the village of Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin was injured during an Israeli army invasion to the village on Monday at dawn. Several…
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday morning and opened fired at residents' houses. Local residents reported that the force invaded the city from…
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the village of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, detained scores of Palestinian civilians on Monday morning. Troops stopped the…
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said on Monday that Israel has negotiated with the PA spokesman Ghazi Hamad over the release of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Palestinian sources…
Khaled Amro, 18, was taken prisoner when Israeli army invaded the village of Doura, south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning. Amro's family said that soldiers…
Israeli army continued its campaign of targeting civilians in the West Bank by taking three children as prisoners on Monday at dawn from Azzoun village east of Qalqilia city. Local…
Israeli troops took one civilian as prisoner from the village of Al Zababda, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday morning. Mofeed Torkman, 36, was taken to…
Ra'ed Salah, 26, his brother Mohamed, and Amjad Darwish, 26, from the village of Al Khader south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem were taken as prisoners by the…
Four Palestinian security personnel were killed and several wounded in an Israeli air strike which targeted Al-Shija’ya neighborhood of Gaza city on Monday morning. The four were killed when…
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Sunday morning that Israeli troops took Mahmoud Musleh, an elected Hamas legislator at the Palestinian Legislative…
A Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday evening that one fighter was killed in Al Shujaeyya area, east of Gaza City raising the number of Palestinian…
I am always amazed at the proximity and inextricability of lives between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem. The rub off effect is incredible and the acquaintanceship between the two sides…
Palestinian medical and security sources reported that two fighters were killed and seven residents were injured by Israeli forces in an invasion of Al Shujaeyya area, east of Gaza City,…
Fateh party spokesperson in the West Bank, Fahmi Al Zarir, condemned Israel’s continual targeting of Palestinian journalists. Although the latest attack came in the early morning hours in Gaza City,…
Wife of detainee Younis Kawazia, from Sa'ir village, in Hebron, said that the Red Cross office informed her on Saturday that he husband was transferred to an Israeli hospital after…
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers broke into the house of Dr. Taiseer Zahda, in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank,…
Steve Centanni, a 60-year-old American, and Olaf Wiig, 36, of New Zealand, were freed today after nearly two weeks of being held hostage, apparently having had to 'convert to Islam'…
Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian mother and her child were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted an area east of Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr. Moawiya Hasanen,…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that one Palestinian fisherman was shot and injured on Sunday at dawn after the Israeli Navy Ships fired at fishing boats in Gaza Sea.…
Media sources reported that an unknown armed group shot fire at citizens in al-Doura area, southwest Baghdad, killing Maryam al-Murtadi. She was shot in the head while walking with her…
Palestinian officials in Gaza reported that the two Fox journalists captured in Gaza have not been harmed after the deadline set by their captures expired. The captures of the two…
Cleanup of a massive oil slick along Lebanon's coast has barely begun more than one month after Israel's bombing of a power plant unleashed the pollution. At a bend in…
The Israeli forces took four brothers as prisoner, on Saturday from Al Shouka area east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Troops backed by tanks…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five residents were injured in the Jabalia refuge camp in the Gaza Strip. The residents were injured after the soldiers fired…
Israeli troops stopped on Saturday scores of Palestinian workers from arriving to their jobs in the Jordan valley area in the West Bank. Workers coming form several nearby villages…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five residents were injured in the Jabalia refuge camp in the Gaza Strip. The residents were injured after the soldiers fired…
Three Palestinian residents residents were injured after the Israeli air force fired missiles at a house that belongs to a Hamas activist in Gaza City. The house was completely damaged…
Palestinian medical and security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and its Askar refugee…
The European Union (EU) has agreed to commit more than 7000 troops to South Lebanon, as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission between Israel and Lebanon. UN Secretary General,…
The former ruling Fatah party declared that it had agreed to unconditionally join the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in a National Unity Government. Palestinian sources said that Hamas…
Israeli army troops and bulldozers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday at dawn, attacked residents' houses and destroyed two residential buildings. Local sources reported that soldiers searched and…
Friday night, Israeli air force shelled a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that the shelled house is located in Jabalia town, in the…
Israeli navy ships fired, on Friday evening, heavy ammunition at several houses in Al Shaty’ refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The shelling caused damage in several houses and directly…
Hundreds of Israeli army reservists marched in Jerusalem today calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert due to what they see as mis-handling of the war in…
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Hundreds of Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the Annexation Wall Israeli is constructing on Palestinian orchards in Bil'in village, west of Ramallah, in the…
France, which led calls for a robust international force to safeguard the United Nations (UN) ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, has agreed to send up to 7,000 soldiers to Lebanon,…