Category: Palestine

An extremist settlers group from Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem barred a resident from entering his land, and placed four caravans after controlling the land. The WAFA news agency reported…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at night, two residents in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers arrested Amjad al-Yasa’…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem after surrounding it on Wednesday at dawn, broke into dozens of homes and arrested fifteen residents. A local source in Tulkarem…

Palestinian detainees in Benjamin Israeli detention, near Ramallah, are living in extremely harsh conditions with numerous Israeli violations of rights guaranteed by the International law. Detainee Abdullah Mahmoud abu Rahma,…

Residents of Huwwara village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, complained of escalating attacks carried out by the settlers against them and their farmlands. Muwaffaq Odeh, a resident of…

The Israeli Army started to bulldoze lands in Azun and Kufer Thoulth villages east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Wednesday at dawn. Residents of the area reported…

The Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that it will hold Israel responsible for the assassination of Ahmed Abu-Zaida, one of its leaders, late Monday in Jabalia refugee…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem at dawn on Wednesday. Troops invaded the city, firing flares in the air and throwing sound bombs, the residents reported.…

Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Mahmoud Dahlan said on Wednesday that the homemade shells fired by the resistance against Israeli settlements and military camps are hurting innocent Palestinians. “Those who…

Troops invaded Bethlehem late Tuesday night and arrested Morad Zawahra, 14, and Sofian Zawahra, 12. The arrests took place after troops surrounded one of the city’s neighborhoods, harassed residents, and…

An explosive charge detonated in front of the home of Palestinian Authority Chief Justice Zuhair al-Surani on Wednesday, according to a Palestinian security source in Gaza. The home is located in al-Sabra…

A leader in the Islamic Jihad group in the West Bank said his organization, whose activists have lately been on the top of the Israeli list for  assassinations and arrests,…

One resident was killed and five children were injured after a homemade shell fired by a resistance group hit their home in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, according to…

Yesha Council settlement leaders met on Tuesday evening with Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi and Southern District police commander Uri Bar-Lev,  the Israeli online daily Haaretz reported. The meeting was conducted…

Eyewitness reported that the Israeli army invaded on Tuesday the West Bank city of Jenin and conducted military searches of homes. Troops surrounded the house of Husam Qakor, searched it…

Armed fighters broke into the Palestinian Legislative Council building and the Ministry of Detainees in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian security…

An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday afternoon, that Palestinian resistance fighters fired at an Israeli military post, near Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on soldier…

Scores of internationals, Israelis, and Palestinians from numerous villages in the Salfit area marched on Tuesday in Bani Hassan village protesting the abuse of local residents at the checkpoints. The…

Lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner society, Jammal Abetli reported On Tuesday after visting a number of prisoners in Kadomem detention center that the prisoners are suffering from brutal abuse by…

PA Special units personnel took over the Ministry of Interior building in Tulkarem, and threatened to level the building if they are to be moved to the National security unit.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, several areas, south east of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and under-cover…

A prominent source at the Israeli Jihad in the West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers invaded al-Biereh on Monday, and arrested Fath-allah al-Saadi, the brother of Luay al-Saadi, leader of…

The Israeli anti-pullout movement is determined to carry out their mass-activity slated to start Tuesday evening in the Negev town of Sderot, with the settlers renewing promises that tens of…

The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Residents reported that troops, backed by army vehicles, invaded the town in the morning, conducted searches in the…

The Palestine Martyrs Brigades, one of the militant wings of Fatah, said Tuesday that its fighters managed to foil an attempt by a tank to invade the Block J area…

Al-Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported on Tuesday that Musallam Suleiman al-Najjar, 22, who was killed in Khan Younis blast on Tuesday night, is one of its…

A large explosion ripped through the home of the Palestinian Attorney General, Hussein Abu Assi, in Gaza City on Monday night. It caused serious damage, but no injuries were reportd. The…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Government on Monday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements.will not be postponed. Sharon called on the…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Monday, two Palestinian brothers from Jerusalem to twenty life terms. Lawyer of the Prisoners Supporters Society, Jamil al-Khateeb, reported that Ramadan and Fahmi Mashahra…

Palestinian security officials presented, on Monday, their Israeli counterparts with the plans prepared by the Palestinian Authority for the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. P.A security officers will be deployed in the…

Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, who also heads the committee in charge of disengagement cooperation, revealed a plan regarding the withdrawal, post withdrawal arrangements, and the closures which…

Army invaded Kofer Kadom village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia late Sunday night and arrested Mohanned Shtawi, 21, from the village. Eyewitnesses reported that four army jeeps…

Placards was Monday glued to windows at Hamedina square in Tel Aviv, in what is in all probability a protest against the upcoming evacuation of the Jewish settlements in Gaza.…

“[The] formula for the parameters of unilateral solution are:  To maximize the number of Jews; minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw to the 1967 border and not to…

The Israeli Army invaded Obeidyeh, a village east of Bethlehem, and arrested a 24-year-old man there on Monday at dawn. Eyewitnesses reported that the troops blocked the man road of…

Palestinian parliamentary elections, originally set for July 17, will be postponed till late January 2006, Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Sha’ath said Sunday. Sha’ath said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would soon…

An Israeli military source reported, on Sunday evening, that the Israeli army decided to cancel a previous decision to impose full closure on the Gaza Strip. The source stated that…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that the Israeli army, and settlers, killed 3804 residents, and injured 34431 residents, since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada in September, 2000.…

Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in Atteel village, and Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers invaded…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at Israeli settlements in the central Gaza Strip. The source reported no damages.

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two residents in Tulkarem after invading it. Army claims that the two residents are members of the Islamic Jihad. 

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the village of Yatta, in the south of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, damage reported. A local source in…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday morning, the village of Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village, and conducted military searches…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday at night, four Palestinian children in the village of Dir Istia, near the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday shortly before midnight, the village of Bani Neim, south of Hebron, sever clashes were reported following the invasions, two children were injured. A medical source…

Four Palestinian residents were injured on Saturday in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, after being attacked by an extremist settlers group. A local source in…

Four Palestinian residents were injured on Saturday in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, after being attacked by an extremist settlers group. A local source in…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Saturday a female detainee from Hebron to 42 months in detention.  The WAFA news Agency reported that Niveen Izzat al-Shweiky, 20, was arrested November,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday evening, a father and his child, in Beit Kahil village, north west of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers arrested Faisal Ahmad al-Atawna,…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met with James Wolfensohn, the Quartet’s disengagement envoy, in Gaza, in order to coordinate between the Palestinian Authority and Israel to ensure a ‘peaceful’ withdrawal from…

Bethlehem, Saturday July 30, 2005, a workshop was held at the Peace Center in Bethlehem, on the rights of the handicapped in the Palestinian territories, laws which were approved the…

Palestinian security sources confirmed on Saturday that a homemade shell fired by unknown group missed its target and landed near a cottage on farm lands in Gaza City, causing fire…

The Christian Peacemakers Teams (CPT) organized a non-violent protest in Hebron on Saturday. The protest started from Bab al Zawia in the old city of Hebron. The participants demanded that…

The Israeli army has increased the number of checkpoints and the harassment of passing cars on the main and side roads connecting the towns of Qalqilia and Salfit in the…

In a statement by the special units division in Bethlehem, part of the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatus, the officers and members of the division accepted a decision by the Ministry…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades declared on Saturday in a phone call to Maan news service that they fired four homemade shells towards the settlement of Neveh Dekalim and Ganeh…

Palestinian medical sources said on Saturday that Ahmad Nassar, 39, of Rafah was treated in the European Hospital in the city for health problems caused by a device Israel uses for security…

The Israeli Army invaded the town of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Saturday at down and arrested Omar Abu Al Rab, 55, and Mohamed Sabanah, 18.…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at night two youth in abu Holy area, south of Dir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in the area reported that…

Israeli soldiers on Friday night arrested two youths in the abu Holy area south of Dir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in the area reported that…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah ruling party, called on the Palestinian Authority to track down informers and punish them, describing them as a ‘source…

A security officer was killed in Nablus on Friday night as a result of a fight between taxi drivers. Mohamed Rahal, 22, from Al Aian refugee camp in Nablus died…

Israeli Interior Minister Ophir Pines on Friday visited the coastal town of Nitzanim to check on preparations for absorbing hundreds of Gush Katif settlers, who will be evacuated from the…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday at night, that a Palestinian resistance group fired at an Israeli army post in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron.…

Settlers and soldiers assaulted several Palestinian farmers in the Mount Hebron area in the southern West Bank, a Palestinian security source in Hebron reported on Friday night. Settlement security guards attacked…

The Israeli military police has launched a probe against three non- commissioned Israeli officers suspected of looting settlers’ homes in the West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ganim. The two…

The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bel’in, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday evening that Israeli soldiers fired at a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall. Three residents were injured…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening, that Palestinian resistance fired three homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sdeort, no injuries were reported. Two of the fired…

Palestinian informed sources reported on Friday that the prisoner Ikram Al-Taweel had received a renewal order for her administrative detention from the Israeli prison authorities. Al-Tawil a 27-year-old single female…

A Palestinian security source reported, on Friday evening, that the two international workers kidnapped in the Gaza Strip were released following extensive negotiations between the P.A and the captors. Officials…

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Two Palestinian residents, from al-Sammoa’ village, near Hebron, were injured after soldiers attacked severely punched and clubbed them in Hebron, in two separate incidents. A medical source at the Hebron…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday morning, three residents in Borqeen village, west of Jenin in the West Bank. The WAFA news Agency reported that soldiers invaded the village, broke into…

Ansar al-Sajeen, of the Prisoners’ Support Society, demanded that the Israeli prison authorities probe the death of detainee Jawad abu Mgheisib, 18, who died at the Negev detention, apparently from medical neglect.…

Marwan Sa’id al-Qawasmi, a 20-year-old from Hebron who is being held in Israel’s Kfar Atzion detention camp, is suffering from critical health conditions, according to attorney Mohammad al-Shadfan of the…

Resistance fighters attacked an army post near the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim on Friday at dawn. Sources from the settlement said that a number of mortars shells were…

Israeli troops came under fire on Friday as they invaded the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, according to an army report. No injuries reported. The soldiers were attempting…

abdul-Raziq Dharaghma, 33, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, has been arrested by Israeli soldiers, according to Sheikh Adnan Khader, media spokesperson for the resistance group. Khader…

An armed Palestinian group belonging to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, abducted a Palestinian security official in al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers and settlers clashed on Thursday evening at the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron after the army arrived to install a new gate in preparation for the upcoming…

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian resident in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a Palestinian security source in the city reported on Thursday evening.  The army claims that the their target…

Lawyer of the Prisoners Supporters Society, Hammoud Jabareen, reported on Thursday that Israeli Prison Authorities renewed the administrative detention orders against a female detainee for the fifth consecutive time. Jabareen…

Three youth from Anabta Village near Tulkarem were injured on Thursday during clashes between stone throwers and the army. Medical sources reported that the three were wounded when troops threw…

Six anti-wall protestors were wounded on Thursday when Israeli troops and police attempted to disperse a demonstration in the West Bank villages of Bil’in and Budrus, west of Ramallah. Israeli…

Army deported on Thursday Hamza Al-Khatib, 26 from Bil’in village to Jordan. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PSC) reported that Al-Khatib was arrested on May, 15 2005 and was detained in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday afternoon, a Palestinian youth, and injured his 80-year-old grandmother, in the village of Budros, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that…

Anti wall protest was organized on Thursday in Bel’in village near the west bank city of Ramallah; two residents were injured after army opened fire at the protesters. Eyewitness reported…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported on Thuyrsday, that detainee Jawad Adel abu Mgheisib, 18, died at the Negev Desert Detention of medical neglect and mistreatment. The ministry stated that…

As the date for Israel’s Gaza evacuation gets closer, some settlers at the Elei Sinai settlement in Gaza have become more desperate in their struggle against the Israeli government. Settlers…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday three residents in the West bank city of Hebron, after invading the city and breaking into dozens of homes. The Hebron Office of the Palestinian…

Israeli authorities stepped up its destructive policies against the Palestinian residents, leveling dozens of homes and constructions in the West Bank and in Jerusalem, which is a direct violation to…

Army invaded late Wednesday night Sabastia town north of the West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew. Mayor  Mamoun Kaied of Sabastia, reported that troops backed up with military vehicles…

The Israeli Ofer military court, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced Gabi al-Sahoury, 30, from Beit Sahour, to 18 consecutive months, 6000 New Israeli Shekels fine, and…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafah reported on Wednesday at night, that a child was seriously injured by Israeli military. The source stated that Nada abu Siam, 4 years old,…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Thursday morning, a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The shell landed and exploded in an open field, army source reported. The “Red…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Thursday that he hopes pullout from the Gaza Strip and four minor northern West Bank settlements to take two to three weeks, Israeli…

Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that soldiers installed the…

Israeli soldiers, supported by 30 armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday afternoon, killed one youth and injured al least seven other residents. A local source…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority is ready to control the Palestinian areas following the Israeli withdrawal. Qurei added that the P.A finalized all…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents, on Wednesday afternoon, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after invading it. A local source in Jenin reported that at least…