Category: Rafah

On Wednesday, several Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded Palestinian farmlands east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them while firing live rounds and gas…

On Monday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the western area of the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Fishermen’s Syndicate…

On Friday night, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern parts of the besieged coastal region. Eyewitnesses said that the fishing boats,…

On Saturday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the navy chased and attacked several fishing boats near the…

The Israeli navy and the army attacked, Wednesday evening, Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the Israeli navy ships fired…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shore, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy ships…

Israeli navy ships attacked, Tuesday evening, eight Palestinian fishermen near the shore of Rafah city, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy attacked…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Wednesday dawn, many Palestinian fishing boats with live fire gas bombs and flares near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, shepherds, and fishermen in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. The soldiers, stationed on military towers across the…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands east of Rafah city, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed several sections while firing live rounds. Eyewitnesses…

On Sunday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many…

Israeli navy ships attacked, Saturday, Palestinian fishing boats near Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate said the navy ships fired many live…

Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday dawn. Eyewitnesses said the…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ref: 50/2022 – Date: 27 April 2022: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the ongoing Israeli naval forces’ chasing of Palestinian fishermen in…

Israeli navy ships attacked, Wednesday dawn, several Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, abducted six fishermen, and confiscated their boats. Mesia…

Israeli navy ships fired, Friday dawn, many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said…

On Friday night, the Israeli navy attacked several Palestinian fishing boats on Saturday night before abducting two fishermen and confiscating their boats in southern Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the navy attacked…

On Friday, Israeli navy ships fired several live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near Rafah and Gaza city in the besieged Gaza Strip before abducting four fishermen and confiscating two…

On Sunday, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah in the southern part of the coastal region. Media sources said the navy ships fired…

Israeli navy ships fired, Thursday, many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the…

Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers fired several shells into Palestinian agricultural lands near Khan Younis, while navy ships attacked fishing boats near Rafah, in the southern parts of the besieged Gaza…

On Saturday evening, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern and southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the ships…

On Monday morning, several armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands east of Rafah, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them. Media sources…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Saturday evening, Palestinian fishing boats near the shore in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy ships chased…

Israeli navy ships attacked, Saturday, several Palestinian fishing boats with live ammunition off the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy…

Israeli forces detained, on Thursday, dozens of Palestinian civilians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA). In the northern West…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday morning, at several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters in the northern and southern parts of the besieged coastal region. Media sources…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Wednesday morning, at several Palestinian fishing boats, and confiscated two, in Palestinian territorial waters near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…

Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands east of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said several armored vehicles, including…

The Israeli air force, late on Saturday night, fired several missiles into different parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, in what the army claimed to be  a “retaliation for a…

The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that three Palestinians were killed under in a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Update:…

Israeli soldiers injured, Wednesday, many Palestinians during a procession on Palestinian lands near the perimeter fence, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said…

The Israeli army claimed, on Monday morning, that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians overnight after they allegedly tried to breach the perimeter fence in the southern part of the besieged…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, Tuesday, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them. Media sources said the military vehicles…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, three young Palestinian men after they reportedly breached the perimeter fence, in the southern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli…

24 May 2021: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem):  With Israel’s latest round of bombing in the Gaza Strip over, the standard whitewashing is…

Report By The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Date: 20 May 2021 Time: 13:00 GMT —- 9 Palestinians, including 3 Women and 2 Children, Killed and 120 Others, Including…

The Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Works in Gaza Naji Sarhan has reported, Thursday, that Israeli missiles and shells have damaged 16800 residential units and buildings, including the destruction…

The Israeli army continued, on Thursday at dawn, its extensive airstrikes, and bombings in several parts of the Gaza Strip, causing excessive damage to many homes and buildings, in addition…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Ref: 67/2021: Date: 19 May 2021. Time: 13:15 GMT: 8 Palestinians, Including Woman and Child, Killed and 76 Others, including 9 Women and 11 Children,…

As the Israeli army continues to bombard large areas of the Gaza Strip, including densely populated areas, residential towers, homes, and other facilities, medical sources have confirmed the death of…

Report By the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR|): 10 Palestinians Killed, including 1 Woman and 1 Child, and 122 Others Wounded, Including 22 Women and 40 Children Death Toll…

Al Mezan condemns the deliberate targeting of civilians and calls for international intervention 15-05-2021 On the sixth day of Israel’s military offensive against the Gaza Strip, Israel escalated its attacks on…

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continued through Friday night into Saturday with no signs of letting up. At least 34 were killed in the bombings Saturday night, which included a…

As Israeli forces continued for the fifth straight day their offensive on the Gaza Strip and continued the policy of collective punishment and retaliatory bombing, the Palestinian Centre for Human…

The Israeli army continued its bombardment, Thursday, targeting several parts of the Gaza Strip, striking homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure, killing many Palestinians, and injuring dozens, in addition to turning…

The Israeli army continued its bombardment and shelling of Palestinian homes, structures, and facilities, Wednesday, leading to the death of at least 30 Palestinians, including children. In the latest bombing…

Israeli soldiers killed, Wednesday, at least twenty Palestinians during ongoing bombardment and shelling targeting all parts of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli missiles struck homes, residential buildings,…

The Health Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli bombardment of the coastal region has led to the destruction of homes, residential towers, medical facilities, and other infrastructure, leading to the…

On Wednesday at dawn, the Israeli army and Air Force carried out extensive bombings and airstrikes targeting dozens of homes, government facilities, police headquarters, security, and intelligence centers, in the…

The Israeli army fired on Monday at dawn, several missiles, and shells into various areas in the northern, central, and southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources in…

The Israeli army fired, on Saturday at dawn, several shells, some hitting targets believed to be run by armed resistance groups in the besieged Gaza Strip, after the military claimed…

The Israeli authorities transferred, Thursday, the corpse of a Palestinian teen, who was killed by the army in the year 2018, back to his family in the Gaza Strip. Media…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including armored bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, Thursday, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them in addition to firing sporadic…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian farmlands near the perimeter fence, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and fired many rounds of live ammunition.…

Israeli warplanes attacked, on Saturday at dawn, several sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, injuring at least two Palestinians, after bombarding the coastal region less than one day ago, during…

The Israeli army fired, shortly after midnight, several artillery shells, and missiles into a few sites in the Gaza Strip, causing damage. Media sources said the soldiers fired several artillery…

March 16th, 2021 marks 18 years since American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli armored bulldozer in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Rachel Corrie was a 23-year-old American…

Two children were injured Saturday when Israeli naval forces opened fire on them as they played on a beach in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The children were…

The Israeli occupation army attacked, early on Monday, the southern besieged Gaza Strip, with missiles and artillery, after what the army claims were rockets fired from the armed resistance in…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday morning, many live rounds into Palestinian farmlands in the southern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, Sunday, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in the southern and northern parts of the coastal region. Zakariya Bakr, the coordinator of the…

ِAl-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday, 26 December 2020, targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians,…

The Israeli occupation, on Saturday night, launched at least fifteen airstrikes throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage to targets as well as the surrounding homes, the Palestinian WAFA News…

In the pre-dawn hours on Sunday, two rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel in what some commentators are saying was a malfunction in the launching mechanism due to the…

Press Release: UN: Between January and October 2020, Israeli forces carried out 42 incursions inside Gaza; Al Mezan, Gisha, Adalah to Israel: Investigate the incursions. 11-11-2020 13:29 Short Link: http://mezan.org/en/post/23849 On 13…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday at dawn, several missiles into a few areas in the besieged Gaza Strip causing damage. Media sources said the army fired three missiles into a…

Israeli military drones fired, on Monday at night, missiles at a Palestinian security post, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The army said it was…

The Israeli air force launched, Friday morning, two rounds of airstrikes on different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian Information Center’s reporter…

The Israeli army shelled sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, early Saturday, and its navy opened fire at fishermen’s boats on the Gaza coast, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. WAFA…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Sunday morning, 16 August 2020, Israeli authorities announced complete closure of the Gaza sea, allegedly in response to the launch of incendiary…

Israeli warplanes, early Wednesday morning, bombed a number of targets across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency correspondent. He said that Israeli fighter jets fired missiles…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles into areas in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, causing damage. The Palestinian…

Aseel Mahmoud Hamad Dheir, 34, died on Monday in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, from wounds she suffered at the hands of the Israeli army during…

The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a former political prisoner was shot and stabbed to death, on Sunday evening, by several assailants near his home…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the arrest of a civilian from the Gaza Strip by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing. The…

Israeli naval forces abducted, on Thursday evening, four Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Rafah city, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. Local fishermen sources reported that a number of…

Israeli artillery and warplanes struck many targets throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday night Quds News Network reported. No casualties were reported at the time of this report. Local…

A number of Israeli occupation military vehicles penetrated, on Thursday morning, the Palestinian agricultural lands along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, local sources reported. Local sources and…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Sunday the first two cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the besieged Gaza…

A delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, after announcing that two people were infected with Corona virus (COVID-19). The Hebrew…

By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation,…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is closely monitoring the precautionary measures adopted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Gaza Strip in the face of Coronavirus (COVID-19),…

Rakan Abed El Rahman for Middle East Eye Experts say Israeli policies and wars are to blame for a deepening water crisis in Gaza that will have detrimental effects on…

SUMMARY This week, PCHR documented 228 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory. IOF…

Several Israeli military vehicles on Tuesday invaded the southern besieged Gaza Strip in eastern Rafah, Quds News Network reports. Local sources said that five bulldozers entered through Mutebeq military entry,…

By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle How is one to apply rational political analysis to what is inherently irrational? What kind of political theory must one consult to formulate and…

European Union (EU) Representative in Jerusalem, Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff said Tuesday that the incident in which an Israeli soldier drove a bulldozer onto Palestinian territory, and dragged the body…

B’Tselem: In the last two years, 19 Palestinians lost their vision in one eye while participating in March of Return protests near the Gaza perimeter fence. At least two more…

The Israeli occupation army launched a series of airstrikes east of the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday evening, Shehab News Agency reported. Shehab correspondent stated that Israeli…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Sunday evening, at least two missiles into Palestinian farmlands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Medica sources said the missiles struck…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported, Saturday, that one farmer was killed, and another was injured, in two separate explosions, in the southern part of the…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): Thirty-nine Palestinian civilians, including 11 children and a woman, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at…

The Israeli air force fired, on Friday at dawn, several missiles into a few areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage. The army claimed it was retaliating to one…

The Israeli Navy unilaterally decreased, on Thursday morning, the fishing zone allotted to the Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza strip. The Palestinian Fishermen’s Syndicate has reported that the fishing…

Over 2,000 Palestinians gathered in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday to take part in the weekly ‘March of Return’ protests. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 37 Palestinians, including 10 children, during the Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza…

The Israeli army released, on Monday at night, a Palestinian fisherman who was taken prisoner a year ago, after the navy ships attacked fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, and…

Israel’s army said early Friday it had launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, despite a ceasefire in place since Thursday morning. In a WhatsApp message to reporters,…

Two Palestinians were injured in new Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reported. The names of the injured were not available at the time of reporting.…