Category: Palestine

Israeli soldiers arrested in Saturday morning a senior Fateh leader in Aqaba village, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that more…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday evening, a tank shell at residents near Abu Holy checkpoint, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…

Shortly after his captives released him, Mahal Arafat, son of the recently assassinated ex-PA security chief, Mousa Arafat, said there are foreign fingers which tries to affect and impose things…

Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…

At least 40 demonstrators were hurt and 52 were arrested in a nonviolent protest against the separation wall in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah,…

Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…

As the completion of the unilateral disengagement nears, Israel stands short to demolish the synagogues located in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz…

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Mohammad Dahlan, managed to frame the committees in the assassination of Mousa Arafat, and denied its involvement in the assassination through admitting that some members of the brigades are involved…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers…

Israeli army source reported, on Friday morning, that troops arrested one resident from Jenin. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the arrested resindet is a P.A…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn, one resident in the West Bank city of Jenin. The resident, wanted by the Israeli security, is a P.A security man.

  Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint,…

Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint, while…

Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Israeli withdrawal is a natural outcome of resistance, and rejected the attempts of “certain factions” to claim victory…

Israeli defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz repeated, on Friday, his opposition to the demolition of the synagogues in the Gaza Strip, saying that he prefers that the Palestinians should do so…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one youth, on Thursday, near Rafiah Yam evacuated settlement, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, two children were injured in Rafah earlier in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian children in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Rafah reported that soldiers based near Salah Ed-Deen…

Israel closed on Thursday the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt, in order to allow the deployment of Palestinian and Egyptian forces on the Philadilphi Route along the borders.…

Israeli soldiers shelled on Wednesday at night several homes in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…

The Alternative Tourism Group Study Center (ATG) has issued the second edition of the Tourist Guide Book on Palestine.  The book is called Palestine & the Palestinains’ and is published…

Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock, on Thursday morning, on Jayyous-Azzoun road, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, detained and interrogated the residents…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Sier village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested two residents. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Wasfi…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, a resident in Beit Kahil village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers invaded the village and arrested Rami Mohammad Asafra, 23, after…

In a sworn statement, detainee Mahmoud Taleb Amro, 32, from Doura village, west of Hebron, testified that a soldier in Al Damoun detention urinated on him while he was is…

Israeli soldiers invaded Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Thursday morning, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that twenty military jeeps and a troop carrier,…

Israeli officials demanded Hamas to disarm and to change its charter before participating in the Palestinian Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2006, Israeli sources reported. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…

Salem Israeli military court sentenced detainee Hisham Ahmad Ka’by, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus, to four life terms. Ka’by was arrested last year, and charged with membership of Abu…

The Disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank won’t have any genuine impact on the Palestinian people, especially their economy. Control over land, sea and air will remain…

Though the evacuation of the Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip has stolen most of the attention of the Israeli media, another issue (and possible solutions to it) is much…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his visit to New York where he was scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly, following the assassination of his Mousa Arafat, Abbas’ military…

The Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) who claimed responsibility for killing Mousa Arafat, senior aide to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, denied reports that they have killed his son, Manhal, who…

A senior Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that the army is to transfer most of the areas it evacuated in the northern West Bank to the Palestinian Authority. The…

Israeli soldiers installed flying checkpoint on the main road in Tiqua village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late Tuesday night and arrested one resident. Resident Haitham Katabha…

Army sealed off, on Wednesday morning, Huwwara checkpoint in the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested one resident there, and took him to unknown destination, no reasons…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Arrab-Jenin checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Jenin, arrested on Wednesday morning, resident Wael Asrawi from Allar village. Wael was attempting to cross through the…

Soldiers invaded Kafer Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. Troops broke into dozens of homes in the village and searched them.…

A local source in Al Nazla Al Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, reported that soldiers invaded it on Wednesday at dawn, and arrested one resident.…

Troops invaded on Wednesday at dawn, Allar village south of the West Bank city.   Soldiers conducted house-to-house searches and arrested Mo’taz Majanbh, 23 years old, and took him to…

Israeli soldiers Army invaded Al Shiokh village north of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the village and broke into dozens of homes there, allegedly searching…

israeli army sealed of the southern entrance of Beit Sahour town near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps sealed the entrance of the…

An Israeli source reported that an Israeli man was lightly injured by shrapnel when shots were fired at an Israeli army patrol, along the Philadilphi Route, in the southern Gaza…

Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, and the Israeli online daily Haaretz, conducted a probe into the killing of five Palestinians by the Israeli army…

Israeli soldiers forced several residents, on Tuesday evening, to undress after stopping them at a military checkpoint installed near Doutan military camp, east of Arraba village, near the West Bank…

A Palestinian medical source reported on Tuesday at night that an Israeli tank fired rounds of live ammunition at a group of Palestinian youth and children who gathered near the…

Israeli Housing Minister, Yitzhak Herzog, said that Israel does not intend of construct in E1 area between Maali Adumim settlement and Jerusalem, in the coming years. Herzog told the Israeli…

Two Palestinian children were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday at night after settlers of Keryat Arba’ settlement, attacked several surrounding homes east of the city,…

Israeli soldiers invaded Atteel village north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on, Tuesday morning, Three armored military vehicles barged into the village, charged a shop door with explosives…

Israeli army invaded Al Tafooh village west of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday, morning and arrested one resident. Nadeem Zrekat 24 was arrested after troops broke into…

Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, the village of Bazaria north west of the West Bank city of Nablus and occupied one house. Soldiers raided the houses of Farook Taher…

The Israeli Police in Haifa reported on Tuesday that 15 residents were injured after a military lorry crushed into a bus in the city. The accident took place in Al…

Dr. Mohammad Ghazzal, one of Hamas’ political leaders, said that the explosion which rocked Gaza on Monday evening was caused by Israeli missiles which were fired a military apache hovering…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, one resident near Azoun Atma village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Issa…

Israeli High Court called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to examine the possibility of requesting the Palestinian Authority to preserve and protect synagogues in Gush Katif settlement Bloc,…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday morning, that a Palestinian resistance group fired at an Israeli military jeep operating in Gaza. The source stated that a military jeep, driving…

Israeli soldiers detained on Monday evening dozens of residents, near Ya’bod village, south west of Jenin in the West Bank. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers closed the street,…

Five Palestinian civilians were killed; at least 35 were injured in a blast which rocked a home in Al Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city, a Palestinian medical source at Al Shifa Hospital…

Israeli soldiers told the leader of the ‘Popular Committee against the Wall’ to stop all the Anti-Wall protests in the village, the international Solidarity Movement (ISM) said on Monday. In…

 Four Israeli army jeeps positioned itself on and sealed off the entrance Iktaba village east of the West Bank city Tulkarem on Monday afternoon. Soldiers held cars enterring the village…

Israeli police, on Monday morning, handed out demolishing orders to seven houses that belong to Arabs residents of Israel in the Negev town of Rahat in Ber Seva, local sources…

Bishara Daraghmah 30 from the West Bank of Tubas near Jenin, jailed in Israeli prison of Gilboa is in risk of losing his sight because of lack of medical treatment,…

Army invaded Bele’a village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, conducted wide scale search to the houses in the village, local sources reported. Troops raided around…

Israeli army troops detained scores of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank city of Hebron at a sudden military checkpoint they setup on the main road leading to the city…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday at noon a military roadblock east of Tammoun village, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers parked their jeep…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday at noon a military roadblock east of Tammoun village, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers parked their jeep…

Salem Israeli military court sentenced seven Palestinian detainees to high terms, and delayed announcing the verdict against seven detainees. The court sentenced Murad Mousa Faisal to one life term, Baha’…

Dozens of workers were injured in Khan Younis, on Sunday afternoon, during clashes which erupted between them and P.A security men during a protest conducted by the workers in protest…

An extremist settler group attacked on Sunday morning, Palestinian shepherds and farmers in Al ‘Adra near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Resident Ahmad Al Shawaheen,…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn, Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and conducted military searches of homes. An Israeli military spokesperson reported that one…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, denied on Monday reports that Israel is planning to construct 3000 homes for settlers in Ariel settlement, in the West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers detained, on Sunday, two brothers from Sanour village, near the West Bank city of Jenin. The two brothers, identified as Mohammad and Mahmoud Habaiba were driving on Arraba…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday morning a sudden military roadblock, north of Aqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers installed the…

Salem Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Nablus, convicted on Sunday Palestinian Legislative Council member Husam Khader, of what was described as “terror related” charges, working for…

The Israeli army used three Palestinians in Hebron as human shield to break into the house of a Palestinian claimed to be wanted by Israel, Israeli sources reported on Sunday.…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that soldiers arrested one resident in the northern Gaza Strip. Soldiers claimed that the resident attempted to cross the border into Israel. 

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Sunday, that the army will evacuate from the Gaza Strip after ten days. The statements of Mofaz came during the weekly government session.

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn, Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and conducted military searches of homes. An Israeli military spokesperson reported that one…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Israel will be still occupying some of the Palestinian lands on the coastal strip in Gaza, even after pullout from the Gaza Strip. Abbas…

Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist topped the Israeli most-wanted list for more than 15 years, said on Saturday that Hams would response fiercely to any attack against it, no…

Israeli army took over one house in the old city of Hebron, Saturday afternoon. The house belongs to Amjad Al Rajabi in the old city, turned it into a military…

The Israeli army arrested eight residents from the West Bank city of Hebron and the neighboring villages in the last 36 hours, during invasions and house raids, the Palestinian Prisoner…

  Dozens of women and girls fill the home of the Fidda family in the West Bank city of Nablus, celebrating the release of Dr. Majedda Fidda, 41, who has…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers installed a portable checkpoint at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, eyewitness reported. Soldiers stopped the vehicles, held and interrogated several residents,…

Israeli army invaded, on Saturday morning, the village of Dir AL Ghsoun, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and lashed on the resident  houses their. Soldiers closed the…

Army stopped, on Saturday morning, scores of Palestinian cars at the southern tunnel road which connects the West Bank city of Tulkarem with its surrounding villages, local sources reported.  Soldiers…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening one resident at Za’atara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. The resident, Amin Ahamd Bsharat, was heading back from Ramallah to his…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday morning, Balata refugee camp in Nablus. A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers broke into the home of Abdul-Hameed Al Teerawy, searching for his…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the end of September, after they return from the United Nations general Assembly meeting, scheduled for…

An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers uncovered and safely detonated two explosives weighing 25kgm, near the electronic fence, north of the Eretz crossing in the Gaza Strip. No injuries…

Friday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group hurled an explosive charge at a military jeep near Anabta village, east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The charge detonated near the…

Israeli army invaded late Thursday night, the village of Azzoun near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Troops sealed the entrance of the village, broke into and searched the homes…

Israeli soldiers fired on Friday gas bombs and concussion grenades at dozens of residents, and International peace activists, before they even started their weekly peaceful protest in Bil’in village, near…

Hamas do not accept any Israeli presence on the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.  This is what Hamas told the chief of the Egyptian intelligence Omar Suleiman in a meeting…

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An Israeli military source reported on Friday morning that soldiers shot and injured two residents near a fence surrounding Gush Katif settlement. “The two were crawling through a forbidden area…

Israel completed on Thursday demolition houses of settlers, who have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip settlements, under the unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also have…