Category: Palestine

Israeli soldiers arrested a bus driver at a military checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers stopped a bus near…

Israeli soldiers invade, on Sunday at night, Bodrus village, west of Ramallah and imposed curfew. The Maan news agency reported that soldiers, supported by ten military jeeps, invaded the village,…

An Israeli military court sentenced three residents of the West Bank city of Ramallah to life terms.  The Israeli radio reported that the court sentenced Khaled Omar to eight lifer-terms,…

Mahmoud Zahhar, one of Hamas political leaders, called on the Palestinian Authority to coordinate with Egypt in order to open the Palestinian-Egyptian borders without allowing any Israel presence there. Zahhar…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday evening, five roadblocks around the West Bank city of Tubas, the WAFA news Agency reported. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and searched, and barred the…

Yesterday, I joined thousands of Palestinians who streamed across the once impermeable and deadly wall that divided this battered border town into two, to visit family and friends they had…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Sunday afternoon, that detainee Yacoub Abu Asab, from Jerusalem, was poisoned after eating corrupt food in Al Maskobiyya prison, in Jerusalem. Lawyer of the…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and national Security, reported on Sunday that drug dealers are using Palestinian children to transfer handbags filled with drugs from Egypt to the Palestinian side…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron and the neighboring village of Kharsa, and arrested two residents. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…

A Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that one resident was injured on Saturday evening, during clashed which erupted in Bodrus village, between dozens of soldiers and residents protesting against…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday morning, one resident in Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village,…

Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian security officer, at a military roadblock installed in Al Far’a area, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The officer was identified as Ismail Khalil…

An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested four Palestinian youth near Yitzhar settlement, adjacent to the West Bank city of Nablus. The source claimed that the youth were carrying…

Israeli soldiers arrested two “wanted” residents in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The army claimed that the two residents are involved in attacks against the army. Soldiers surrounded a…

Palestinian sources reported that at least eight Palestinians including 3 policemen were injured when the Palestinian border police opened fire to prevent hundreds of Rafah residents to cross the borders…

A group of fifty settlers of Efrat settlement burnt, on Saturday afternoon, 50 vine groves in Aqbat Ayed area, in Al Khader south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 50 residents in Hebron area since the beginning of this month. The residents were arrested in separated…

Detainees in Hadrim detention reported that detainee Mazin Malsa, has been confined to solitary over the last five years; prison administration refuses to remove him from his cell claiming that…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Friday that he has plans to meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli sources reported.  Sharon threatened to thwart the Palestinian parliamentary…

Sheikh Khaled Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said that the movement rejects creating a “security zone” north of the Gaza Strip, and vowed to…

The Egyptian News Agency reported that Egypt and the Palestinian Authority in order to reunify the families which were separated after Rafah was divided into an Egyptian and Palestinian part.…

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 2448 households were displaced since the beginning of the construction of Separation wall until the end of May 2005, in different…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Al Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem and arrested two residents. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers supported by several armored…

Israeli soldiers attacked a non-violent procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Pianist Jacob Allegro Wegloop, a holocaust survivor, and David Rovics,…

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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Bardala village, in the northern Plaines area in the West Bank, and arrested one resident while plowing his farmland.  The WAFA news agency reported…

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Zeev Boim, slammed Thursday’s ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice, which called on the defense ministry to reroute the Separation in some Palestinian area,…

Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in Israel after entering it without a permit. The two residents, who were arrested in two separate incidents, said that they are seeking work.…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that the expansion of settlements in the West Bank has been a primary consideration in setting the…

Five settler families have recently moved into a building in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron; the settlers claim that they purchased the building which is…

A medical source in Tulkarem reported, on Friday morning, that one resident was killed, another seriously injured, after a speeding military jeep, driving on the wrong side of the road,…

A medical source in Tulkarem reported, on Friday morning, that one resident was killed, another seriously injured, after a speeding military jeep, driving on the wrong side of the road,…

Israeli soldiers invaded Zabbouba village, North West of the West Bank city of Jenin, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. Mohammad Jaradat, head of the village…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Kafer Qaddoum village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and broke into dozens of homes. As’ad Esthewy, head of Kafer Qaddoum…

Israeli Special Forces arrested, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian lawyer and a teacher after ambushing them in Singer area between Doura and Hebron in the West Bank, soldiers installed dozens…

Israeli Special Forces arrested, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian lawyer and a teacher after ambushing them in Singer area between Doura and Hebron in the West Bank, soldiers installed dozens…

An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 149 Palestinian localities were affected by the construction of the Separation Wall in different cities of the West Bank (WB). In…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas – Abu Mazin, reaffirmed the Palestinian approval to have a third party monitoring the Rafah terminal which will be controlled by Palestinian and Egyptian forces. “The…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, tow residents from Kharbatha village near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Troops arrested Baker Al Habel at a checkpoint installed at the entrance…

Israeli soldiers arrested seven residents, including a father and his son, in Hebron and several surrounding villages after invading them and breaking into dozens of homes. A local source in…

The Israeli army decided to grab 600 meters of Palestinian farmlands in Al Bweita area, north east of Hebron, in order to construct a military camp. Abdul-Hadi Hantash, an expert…

Israeli soldiers detained dozens of residents of several villages west of Ramallah at a military checkpoint near Na’lin village.  The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday morning one resident of Bethlehem while attempting to cross the container checkpoint, near Jerusalem, while he was heading back home. A Palestinian security source reported…

Settlers in Hebron area escalated their attacks against the Palestinian residents, and attacked on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning several homes, vehicles and residents, while Israeli soldiers failed to arrive…

Troops  invaded the village of Kofer Qaddoum village, Thursday at down, east of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Soldiers invaded the village and broke into the house of Maher…

Detainee Shukry Al Khawaja, from Na’lin village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, lost his sight in his right eye as a result of a disease contracted in an…

Israeli border policemen and soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, 20 Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip attempting to enter Israel through the border with Egypt, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.…

Army invaded, on Wednesday night, Bal’a village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source reported that seven military jeeps invaded the village, and fired rounds of live…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested four residents, local sources reported. Troops arrested Eed Al Jendi…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested four residents, local sources reported. Troops arrested Eed Al Jendi…

An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…

The National Information Center, which monitors the Israeli violations in the occupied territories, reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed three residents, injured 14, and arrested 68 in the period…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday at dawn, two residents in the villages of Yatta and Ithna, south and west the West Bank of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that female detainees in Telmond detention facility are facing daily hardships, repeated insults and abuse. Lawyer of the society, Raed Mahameed, reported that he met…

As the last Israeli soldiers left the Gaza Strip, the Israeli commander of the army there signed an order ending the military law that Israel implemented in the Strip since…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday, that a special army unit, known as “Nahshoun”, broke into Asqalan Central Detention Facility, on Tuesday at night, in order to bar the…

When you visit the Ras Atiya School in Qalqilia, a question enters your mind: How could such a lovely building be next to such a Wall, Gate and checkpoint?, Students…

The Israeli Peace Now Movement reported that the continuous construction in the West Bank settlement blocs included within the route of the Apartheid Wall is an activity that is going…

Army invaded the village of AL- Obaydiyya village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Wednesday morning, and arrested Sheikh Ahmad AL Assa, 45, the Imam of the local…

Army arrested, late Tuesday night, tow residents from Tubas near the West Bank city of Jenin. Troops stationed at Tayaseer checkpoint, east of the town, arrested Wisam Dharaghma 17 and…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…

Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…

Despite the hot weather in Gaza, thousands of Palestinian residents poured Monday into the evacuated settlements at the northern tip of the Gaza Strip. Elderly, youth, children, fishermen, farmers and…

Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…

A top aide of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Abbas aims to start disarming resistance factions, and will demand Hamas to lay down its arms after the legislative…

A Map published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz of the route of the separation wall sections, in the southern part of the West Bank shows that the wall will annex…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Tuesday the home of Mustafa Taha, in Al Esawiyya village, north of Jerusalem. Army claimed that the home was constructed without obtaining a construction permit from…

Israeli soldiers installed on Tuesday morning fling checkpoint west of Ramallah, barring residents of the neighboring villages from entering it, local sources reported. Soldiers conducted military searches of vehicles, causing…

Israeli soldiers invaded Habla village,  south of the West Bank city of Qalqila and arrested tow residents Troops broke into several homes and arrested Ibrahim Aowd, 20, and Hmza Aoudah,…

An Israeli military source reported that the Israeli air force is planning to monitor Gaza through an electronic airborne system using an unmanned plane, which will enable Israel gather intelligence…

Army invaded, on Monday night, Allar village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested five residents, local sources reported.     Troops invaded the village, broke into several…

An Israeli soldier rammed, on Tuesday at night, rammed with his car a mother and her 10-ten-year old daughter in the West Bank city of Hebron, causing bruises all over…

Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al Dweik, reported that the health conditions of Palestinian detainees placed in Al Ramleh detention facility hospital are sharply deteriorating, and that several…

For 37 years Israel has consistently rejected the view of Palestinians and the rest of the world that the areas it militarily took in 1967 were occupied. When Israel was…

Israeli army took over, late on Monday at night, the house of Sameer Abu Aisha, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the west Bank city of Hebron,…

An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that extremist Jewish groups are planning to target mosques in Israel, as a revenge act against demolishing the synagogue in the evacuated…

Detainees in Al Damoun Israeli detention facility demanded local and international humanitarian organizations impose pressure on Israel in order to provide them with their basic rights guaranteed by the International…

Israeli authorities transferred over the last week 50 Palestinian detainees from Ofer detention facility, north of Ramallah, to the Negev detention camp. The detainees were placed in several branches in…

A Palestinian young man was killed and three others were injured at the Rafah-Egypt border on Monday when the Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Palestinian…

Army installed on Monday afternoon a military checkpoint on the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Three army jeeps blocked the eastern entrance of the city, stopped…

Israeli Army invaded Al Thahrea village south if the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, and installed several checkpoints blocking the entrance of the town, local sources reproted. Troops…

The Israeli army installed on Monday morning a military checkpoint in Al Kader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded the village and installed a mobile checkpoint…

Israeli bulldozers, acompanied by Israeli army troops, began on Monday morning to bulldoze land near the village of Enab near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.  The land is adjacent…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, AL Thaheriyya village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them. A local source in the village…

Israeli soldiers broke, on Sunday at night, into the home of Jamal Abdul Saleema, adjacent to Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the West Bank of Hebron. Soldiers searched the home causing…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday monring, a sudden checkpoitn on Aqqaba-Tubas road, in teh West Bank. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, detained and interrogated several residents, yewitness…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that soldiers shot and wounded five residents in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source…

Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank said that there are 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip still imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities. “Israel refused…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Palestinian leadership understood that Israel does to intend to fulfill all of its obligations regarding a full withdrawal. “Israel is making…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that the Palestinian Authority will conduct utmost efforts in order to build the safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in order to…

The Israeli army completed withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip and locked the gate on Kissufim checkpoint point between Israel and Gaza Strip on Monday morning marking the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Tal village near the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. A local source in…

The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, seven residents, including four brothers after invading the villages of Beit Kahil and Surif, North West of the West Bank city of Hebron.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Jensaffut village, east of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source I the village reported that soldiers broke into the home of Rami…

As the Israeli government officially approved ending 38 years of “military rule” in the Gaza Strip, and complete the army withdrawal by Monday morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,…

The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday morning, four resident at a military checkpoint in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported…