Category: Palestine

Troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Wednesday. Troops stormed the streets and tried to provoke the local youth to throw stones though they did…

An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was critically injured on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli army tanks in the north Gaza area. The boy was transferred to a nearby hospital after…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested several residents Wednesday at dawn. Saher Abu Assap, Yassen Yassen and his brother Talal Yassen, were arrested when…

Israeli war planes shelled Dar Al Arkam School in the center of Gaza city Wednesday at dawn. The school was hit with two missiles that completely destroying the building along…

The Israeli army invaded the town of Beit Sahour, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before dawn Wednesday and arrested Niveen Douka, 22. Seven army jeeps invaded the…

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Israeli army arrested Hamas spokesperson Farahat Assad in the West Bank Tuesday while he was on his way home to the  Al Teera neighborhood near the West Bank city of…

Palestine Justice Minister Ahmad al-Khalidi said in an interview with the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi. that a decision to press war crime charges against with the International Criminal Court has…

What is the common denominator between the decision of the Israeli military to invade the West Bank in March 2002, and their decision to invade Gaza this week? One could…

The Israeli army attacked a non-violent demonstration conducted by the residents of two towns near the West Bank city of Hebron. The peace activists were protesting the bulldozing of lands…

Israeli army posted at a temporary checkpoint arrested on Tuesday a resident from the village of Yaseed north of West Bank city of Nablus. Residents from the village reported that…

Israeli army arrested on Tuesday a resident from the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources reported that the Israeli army arrested a resident who was identified as Mohammad Aref…

The Israeli army has cut farmers off from their land by installing a barbed wire fence around a military post east of the West Bank city of Tubass. According to…

A group of Israeli right wing settlers attacked local Palestinian farmers, forcing them off of their lands near the West Bank city of Tubass Tuesday morning. The settlers came from…

The Israeli army attacked a charitable society organization headquarters and a kindergarden school in Al Khader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Scores of army…

Mohamed Nawaora, 48, was arrested when troops invaded the Hindaza neighborhood south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem during a dawn invasion Tuesday. Soldiers and army jeeps closed the…

Adli Zalba’e, 23, and another resident was arrested when Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the city , searching several homes before making…

When the Justice Ministry submits its report in August in Geneva, social groups will simultaneously submit documents criticizing the state report and elucidating state discrimination against the Bedouin sector. Bedouin…

Beyond the barren Judean Mountain range, east from Jerusalem, lies the Jordan Valley, an area which receives almost no media coverage, despite being home to 52,000 Palestinians and accounting for…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday, killing one resident and imposing a curfew on the entire city during the dawn invasion. Fida’ Qandeel, 18, was…

After rejected the offer by the Palestinian resistance to swap the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit with 1000 Palestinian women and children prisoners in Israeli jails, the Palestinian resistance groups…

Palestinian police arrested several members of the al-Aqsa Brigades who they claim are responsible for killing an Israeli settler last week. The Israeli armed forces then raided the police station…

In the latest attack as part of the "Summer Rain" Operation, Israeli tanks have advanced across the border with the Gaza Strip and attacked the Palestinian village of Beit Hanoun. …

The Israeli Minister of Justice Haim Ramon warned Monday of a harsh military response in the Gaza Strip if a captured Israeli soldier is harmed by his Palestinian captors, saying,…

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Physicians for Human Rights condemned the actions of the Israeli Army who raided a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday. The organization stated that in keeping…

In a press conference held on Sunday in Ramallah, 14 year old Iman, the daughter of a Palestinian held in an Israeli prison,  revealed the contents of a letter which…

For the second consecutive day, the people of the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar, with support from international activists, have blocked Israeli bulldozers attemptings to destroy Palestinian farmland…

Tha’er Abu Doka, 16, was injured in an explosion left by the Israeli army in the Abassan village east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. The boy was moved…

Israeli army troops chased and attacked shepherds in the Borj area east of the West Bank city of Tubass Monday.  Soldiers attacked the shepherds while they were herding their sheep…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Iskaka near the West Bank city of Salfit and arrested three residents and releasing only one of the three after two hours. Troops…

Israeli forces have attacked and search Tulkarum orphanage in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Monday morning. At around 4:00 am troops and jeeps stormed the house searched it…

On Monday at dawn the Israeli army have invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and attacked the fire station and dairy factory headquarters causing severe damage. Army jeeps and…

Palestinian factions responsible for the capture of the Israeli soldier released their third military communique setting a deadline for the conclusion of negotiations.Palestinian factions responsible for the capture of the…

Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Tubas, early Monday morning, and arrested one resident.     Morad Khader was arrested when troops stormed the city and fired random rounds…

  Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin , and fired randomly at residents houses.     Troops and army jeeps stormed the city…

Monday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was killed in a targeted killing strike while the other is a…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses say that two members of Palestinian resistance were killed Sunday evening as Israeli forces attacked Arafat International Airport in the town of Rafah in the…

  Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday morning, storming two local Non-governmental organizations offices and several shops. Scores of army jeeps and soldiers invaded the…

Israeli army troops arrested two residents in the village of Al Shawaoura, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, during a invasion at dawn Monday. Army jeeps stormed the…

Some three hundred Palestinian residents are currently stuck at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after Israeli closed the Palestinian side. Palestinian officials are currently holding talks with…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday morning and exchanged fire with resistance fighters before arresting one member of the Fateh movement. No injuries were reported in…

A Connecticut based Palestinian activist, Mazin Qumsiyeh, attended a meeting in Detroit out of which came a document entitled the “Detroit Declaration.” He sent it to PNN and the statement…

Israeli soldiers guarding the gate of the annexation Wall near Azoun Atma village, 10 kilometers to the south of Qalqlia in the northern West Bank, stopped an ambulance transferring a…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a member of the Palestinian Executive Force was killed Sunday at dawn after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a center belonging to…

Sunday at dawn. Israeli air force fired several missiles at the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya in Gaza City; Damage, no injuries, was reported   Local sources…

An Israeli missile struck the Palestinian prime minister’s office in Gaza late Saturday night, marking a new escalation in the crisis over the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian…

A Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that twelve Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al Fareheen area, south-east of Kahn Younis in the southern part of the Gaza…

Seven Palestinian armed factions declared Saturday evening that they have formed a group that will be solely responsible for abducting Israeli soldiers or carrying out attacks against them if they…

Israeli Army tanks shelled two houses in Abssan village, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip, injuring one resident Saturday afternoon. Fou’ad Al Daghmah, 52, was injured when…

Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of home in Abasan Al Jadeeda area, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA,…

Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza reported on Saturday that the abducted Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was examined by a Palestinian physician a few days after his abduction, and that he…

From where I sit, that soldier appears to have become one more pawn in Tel Aviv’s attempt to destroy forever the Palestinian hope of a homeland. I am so tired…

Israeli army troops closed Al Baq’a area east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and stopped the local farmers from reaching there, Saturday morning.  Soldiers barred the local residents…

The Israeli army tanks and bulldozers have invaded the Abssan village, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. More than 10 tanks and several bulldozers invaded the…

Today, June 30th, the people of Qawawis accompanied by people from Tuwanwi and other neighboring villages as well as Israeli and international activists demonstrated against the settlements and the wall.…

Rockets blaze across a pitch-black sky, illuminating Gaza, its empty streets concealing terrified families behind closed doors, praying for an end to the siege. The onslaught commenced early the morning…

Israeli settler youth have continued to trash an internationally funded project intended to make it safer for Palestinian girls living in the Tel Rumeida section of Al-Khalil (Hebron) to reach…

The Israeli army invaded the Aqba village east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Saturday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the village and deployed troops near the village council…

Wajeh Qawas, the Mayor of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, was transferred from Howwara detention center to an Israeli hospital after suffering from a heart condition, on Saturday morning.…

The Israeli army troops have installed a portable checkpoint near Ein Al Bida village in the valley, Saturday morning, making the number of such checkpoints in the West Bank reach…

An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday morning, ransacked one house and searched several others. Troops surrounded the house of Yousif Al Qubtawi, forced him…

A new ultimatum issued by resistance groups holding an Israeli soldier captive demanded the release of 1,000 of the over 8,000 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel – including women,…

Most areas of the Gaza Strip are currently experiencing an extremely difficult period — Israeli warplanes and tanks never stop, day or night, firing heavy artillery against   every target possible.…

The Israeli Air Force fired missiles at several targets in Rafah, and Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip an in Gaza City. Israeli military sources claimed…

Israeli soldiers arrested Fuad Al Shahroor, after surrounding him in the eastern Graveyard area in Nablus for eighteen hours. Ongoing clashes resumed between fighters and soldiers in several areas of…

A statement released by a group that belongs to the Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported that it abducted an Israeli soldier in the west Bank. The…

Friday after midnight, the Israeli air force fired missiles at electricity generators in the central Gaza Strip causing complete power blackout in the whole area.   Eyewitnesses reported that the…

Thousands of residents in several of Arab and Muslim countries protested on Friday in support of the Palestinian people facing the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The protests…

Friday night Palestinian medical sources reported that three residents, members of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a…

An Israeli military sources reported on Friday that the Israeli Security is looking into a statement by the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh regarding the abduction of…

A press release issued by the Media Office of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank revealed that prison administration and soldiers at the Megiddo Israeli detention facility broke…

Palestinian human rights organization sources are reporting identical information regarding an immediate call by Palestinian detainees in Israeli Prisons for hunger strike upon the arrest of Palestinian government officials. The…

Friday evening, three Palestinians was injured in an Israel air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources reported. An Israeli military source confirmed the attack and said that a…

Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and protested against the Israeli military operations…

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The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said that the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier, who was captured by the Palestinian resistance…

Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Nablus reported that one resident was killed, at least thirty were injured, during clashes that erupted in the city after the…

A Palestinian medical source at the Rafah Governmental Hospital reported that a resident succumbed to serious injuries sustained a few months ago during an air strike that targeted a group…

Palestinians active in the non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night, according to a statement from the International…

Archbishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, described the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "an ugly crime, an organized…

The chance for peace is such a fleeting thing. Blink and you miss it. Open your eyes again and the guys with the biggest guns have shot peace down. I…

The Israeli Occupation Forces have called this a "Summer Shower" of their re-occupation (as if they ever left) of Gaza. While I’m hearing this, I feel like I’m watching my…

Thursday after midnight, one Palestinian fighter was seriously injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the souther part of the Gaza Strip. At least four civilians were injured…

Airstrikes from Israeli planes have destroyed the Interior Ministry in Gaza City as Israeli forces continue to destroy Palestinian infrastructure and civil installations in a bid to totally destroy the…

Israeli air force shelled a civilian house in southern Gaza city of Thursday after midnight, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. The shelled house is located behind the Al Shuhada…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza City was destroyed shortly after midnight Thursday from Israeli missiles, Palestinian witnesses reported. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building.…

A Palestinian medical source Gaza reported that one Palestinian child was injured, shortly after midnight Thursday when an Israeli F16 fighter jet fired missiles at several areas in the northern…

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Deputy Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, said the abduction of eight Hamas ministers and 24 Hamas PLC members is a kidnapping of national personalities, and as…

When is the legitimate right to self-defense against a mighty military machine by a defenseless people called ‘terrorism’? The answer, a puzzling one, is that it is called ‘terrorism’ by…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled stones…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas Thursday and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled…

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) spokesman gave three possible scenarios as to the current  status of the captured Israeli soldier at a press conference in Gaza on Thursday. The first…

Thursday, a group of Palestinian fighters blew a 4-meter hole into the border wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Two Palestinian security men were injured in the border…

The Israeli army troops discovered the body of kidnapped Israeli settler Eliyahu Asheri in Tira neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday at dawn. A large force stormed…

In a pre-dawn invasion of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli forces apparently found the body of an Israeli settler abducted on Monday, having been tipped off as to…

The Israeli army bulldozers and tanks leveled four houses and bulldozed scores of dunams of farming lands in Al Shoka area in Rafah city, in the southeastern part of the…

Israeli army troops arrested five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mohamed Shabanah, Bilal Ziton, Ahmad Qadimat, Tha’er Al Shalada and…

The Israeli forces continued the arrest campaign in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested 14 residents, Thursday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city, conducted a wide-scale…