Category: Palestine

Wednesday afternoon, a group of extremist settlers attacked a home which belongs to a resident of Aseera al-Qibliyya village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt his private…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the town of al-Thaheriyya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in the town reported that soldiers supported by…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Wednesday four barracks in al-Rashaida village, south of Bethlehem. after invading and surrounding it. Fawwaz al-Rashaida, head of al-Rashaida village council, reported that two military bulldozers…

Wednesday morning, a group of extremist settlers of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost attacked and injured a 16 years old girl in Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood, in the center of the…

After the Israeli solders arrested Mahmoud Mohammad Attoun, from Sur Baher town, near Jerusalem in 1992, the family started facing all sorts of harassments and repeated attacks. Mahmoud was sentenced…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers installed three military roadblocks near Tubas and Tammoun in the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that four military jeeps closed its entrance, conducted…

Wednesday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, sealing all its entrances and conducting military searches of homes.  Three residents of the village,identified as…

Two Palestinian residents were killed and two Israeli soldiers were injured after the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. One of the residents killed was a Palestinian policeman.…

Wednesday afternoon, an Israeli military source reported that a wired car exploded near the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron. The car exploded near a soccer field, an Israeli military…

Tuesday, an Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian detainee to one life term and additional fifty years. The detainee, identified as Ribhi Suleiman Bsharat, was sentenced by the Israeli Salem…

The outgoing Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Al Murr survived a failed assassination attempt, in an explosion in Beirut Tuesday.     Two men were killed, and dozens were injured…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Arab countries to grant citizenship rights to Palestinian refugees, saying that the move would not undermine the refugees’ right of return. In a TV…

A high-ranking official of the Palestinian Authority’s Interior Ministry was attacked and beaten on the streets of Ramallah Tuesday. President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack and promised that Palestinian security…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers closed abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints on Salah Ed-Deen road, the main link between southern and northern sections of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two brothers. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city from several directions…

  Army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.   Troops conducted house-to-house search destroying some of the residents’ property.      Eyewitnesses…

An Israeli soldier who admitted that he deliberately shot a Palestinian who was simply observing a peaceful protest has been released from custody. The incident took place two months ago in Bil’in,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday one resident in al-Qasaba neighborhood in the old city of Hebron, after he attempted to convince the soldiers release a 17-year-old girl. A Palestinian security…

Nine residents Gaza Strip residents were injured when a homemade shell fired by the resistance at the Gush Katif settlement bloc accidentally exploded near them, according to a Palestinian security source.…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a detainee from al-Tabaqa village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, to a life term. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner society…

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana slammed Israel for the Wall Israel is building around and through Jerusalem. The 60-kilometer section of the wall is half built. Two days…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers handed out orders to residents of Azoun village, west of Qalqilia, informing them that the army intends to annex their lands for the Wall. The army…

  A Palestinian security source in Rafah reported that one child lost one of his hands after an explosive fired left by the army detonated near him. The child was…

Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and attacked two residents badly bruising and injuring them. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested four residents Monday at dawn.  The soldiers, supported by thirty military vehicles and jeeps, searched homes and arrested Ahmad Hilal, 26,…

Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over al-Mogheer village, north east of Ramallah, after invading it and sealing its entrances with sand hills. The WAFA news agency reported that…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line.  The soldier was injured when…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line.  The soldier was injured when…

Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested Isam Jaber, 54, in the village of Kafer Laqif, east of Qalqilia in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that Jaber…

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that detainees in Hadarim Israeli prison are facing harsh living conditions and repeated attacks carried out by the soldiers. Hanan al-Khateeb,…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied the home of…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested six residents in the villages of Ithna, Doura, al-Thahiriyya, and al-Arroub refugee camp, and one resident in the West Bank city of Hebron. The…

Israeli ministers decided during a weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that the Separation Wall will cut off 55.000 Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem. Also, the cabinet decided that the construction…

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad reported that the Israeli army attempted to assassinate one of its prominent leaders in Gaza. “One of our leaders survived on…

Saturday evening, a medical source in Qalqilia reported that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, while they were protesting against…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers broke into several homes in the village,…

Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem and arrested two youth. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…

Israeli troops stormed the home of Said Al-Ashkar in Sida village north of Tulkarem on Saturday afternoon.  Al-Ashkar, a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, was away from the home when…

Palestinian Minister of Interior, Nasser Yousif, visited three security posts in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Special PA security forces will use the newly established three posts to monitor…

The burning sun lefts its own ‘finger prints” on the face of Khalil Ibrahim, 11 years old, from al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, near Nablus, while he walks between the cars at Za’tara…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, two villages near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded the villages of Allar and Saida, after surrounding…

Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers started to detonate military posts in Naveh Dikalim, and Gani Tal settlements, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Huge sounds…

A senior source at the Islamic Jihad movement, in the West Bank, reported that the Israeli army arrested 16 members of the movement over the last two days. Two members…

Saturday morning, a Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers arrested eight residents, including a child, in three villages near the West Bank city of Hebron. The source…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers closed Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of Nablus, and barred hundreds of residents from crossing. Soldiers interrogated dozens of youth, and students for several hours, and barred…

Sheikh Hasan Yousef, one of Hamas’ political leaders in the west Bank demanded the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the truce approved by the P.A and the Palestinian factions, in protest…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shelled West Khan Younis refugee camp, one child was seriously injured. A medical source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis identified the child as Ghazi…

A medical source in Rafidia hospital in Nablus reported that the child, Nour Fares, who was shot dead two days ago buy the Israeli army, is clinically dead.

Israeli army arrests 2 young Palestinians in Gaza for allegedly attempting to infiltrate through a fence which surrounds the Gaza Strip.

Friday at night, Israeli soldiers detained an 80-year-old man on Tiaseer checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and forced him to take his clothes off. A resident…

Hundreds of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall in the village of Bel’in, west of Ramallah, soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the…

Friday evening, an Israeli soldier guarding the Separation Wall shot killed a Palestinian teen in the village of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah. According to the Israeli army, one of…

Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens of homes west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source reported…

Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin and its refugee camp, and arrested two residents. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city and the camp, conducted military…

Settlers of Tal Rmeida illegal settlement outpost in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron attacked dozens of residents, and homes in the area. A local source in…

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International media sources reported on Thursday that the ruling Fatah party rejected an offer by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, to form a national committee to oversee the intended Israeli…

  Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, at the early hours of Friday morning, Palestinian sources reported.   Eyewitness reports said that three residents were arrested in…

Israeli right-wing protestors have begun establishing a new stronghold in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in southern Gaza, Israeli sources reported Friday. This move comes week after the Israeli army…

Lat last night Israeli army sources said that the army arrested seven residents of Hebron city. According to the army clams, three are wanted for involvement with Islamic Jihad group,…

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The brigades said that it fired the…

Israeli soldiers invade the village of al-Shiokh, north east the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and occupied two homes, using them as military posts. A local source in the…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Supreme Court issues an order to freeze the construction of a section of the West Bank separation wall in a village near Hebron. Resdients…

19 Palestinians were injured Thursday in clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Amateen, east of Qalqilia. The fighting erupted after the army began bulldozing villagers’ farmlands to…

The Israeli army arrested today a Palestinian and his son near Tamon village in southern part of the West Bank. According to an eye wetness, Israeli army invaded Tamon village…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday the village of Yatta, near the West Bank city of Hebron, conducted military searches of homes and arrested one resident. A local source in the…

Thursday at noon, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and broke into two institutions in a building in the center of the city. The WAFA news agency…

Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded an area adjacent to Wadi al-Maleh, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes,…

Five Palestinians were arrested and two injured when the Israeli army attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Mnezel, south of Hebron, on Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of…

Wednesday afternoon, five residents were arrested, two injured, after the Israeli army attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Mnezel, south of the West Bank…

19 Palestinian farmers from a village near Qalqilia were wounded Thursday morning by Israeli troops as they tried to prevent bulldozers from uprooting their orchards. Soldiers invaded the village of…

Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida Refugee camp to the west of Bethlehem. 12 Palestinians, most of them children under 14 years old, and one international peace activist, were injured…

Wednesday at night, Israeli soldiers based at military camps surround Morag settlement, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired at dozens of homes in Qeizan…

The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Mohand Khaled Abu Moeis was deported to Jordan after serving 33 months in Israeli administrative detention centers. The detainee was…

Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers killed a 17-year-old youth in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and injured two others after invading the camp and exchanging fire with a resistance group.…

Mahmoud al-Zahar, believed to be the leader of Hamas inside the Palestinian territories, launched the severest-ever verbal attack on the Palestinian Authority, signaling a serious rift over the issue of…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that Abdullah al-Loh, 40, was found killed in a street in Gaza city. Marks of severe torture were apparent on his body. The…

Al-Quds martyrs’ brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing at military posts near Morag settlement in the Gaza Strip, and added that the fighter who…

Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested several Palestinians residents carrying 150 bullets. The residents were arrested near the settlement of Morag, in the Gaza Strip, army…

Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers of the Nahal infantry unit, arrested a 17-year-old youth from the village of Qaffin, near Tulkarem; army claims that the teen…

In bid to overcome some legal difficulties that would delay the completion of the West Bank separation wall, Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz proposed some changes on the wall…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled two home in al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, accompanied by…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before the pullout from the Gaza Strip begins, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. According to the…

An Israeli military court decided to transfer deputy head of Janata village council, near Bethlehem, to six months in administrative detention. Ibrahim Asakra, 43, and his brother Kamal were arrested…

A settler rammed his car into a resident of the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, causing moderate injuries, including fractures to several parts of the victim’s body. A medical source in…

The Peace Now movement in Israel reported that during the first half of 2005, the so-called Israeli Lands Authority issued tenders for the construction of 142 new homes in settlements in the…

Wednesday morning, a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at Kfar Darom settlement, in the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli military source, the shell exploded in a Palestinian…

Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and fired rounds of live ammunition. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers invaded the camp in an attempt to…

In an effort to get more settlers to cooperate with the Israeli government’s official Disengagement Administration, the government has decided that only those who file applications for compensation will receive…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet Wednesday with the heads of the defense establishment to discuss the progress of the separation wall. On Tuesday his Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, ordered…

To date, the northern section of the wall, consisting of 213 kilometers, has been completed. It extends from Tirat Zvi in the north to Elkana in the center plus two…

Two Palestinian children were injured and four residents arrested Tuesday evening in Qutna village, northwest of Jerusalem, as soldiers fired on and attacked dozens of residents who were attempting to stop…

Tuesday at night, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the village of Ein al-Baidha, near the West Bank city of Tubas, after surrounding and invading it. A local source in the…

Despite an Israeli court order allowing them to stay in their homes, cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers and herders in the southern Hebron hills still face a sustained and often violent campaign of…

A new wave of house demolitions in East Jerusalem Jerusalem – July 4, 2005– Again today, houses were demolished in East Jerusalem. In the early morning the bulldozers moved into…

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached an agreement on a temporary arrangement and on a permanent ‘safe passage’ between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Israel Radio reported…

The Palestinian Authority and Israel arrived to an agreement to create an “overland” connection which links between the West Bank and the Gaza strip, Israeli Radio reported. According to the…

Tuesday afternoon, soldiers invaded al-Fondoq village east of Qalqilia, and fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens of homes. A local source in the village reported that soldiers forced the…

Settlers of Rotim settlement, in Wadi al-Malih area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, attacked dozens of shepherds herding their cattle, and seized farmlands planted with olives. A…

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed responsibility for firing homemade shells at Niztarim settlement, in the central Gaza Strip. The brigades said in a released s statement on…