Category: West Bank

On Thursday, the Israeli occupation army issued orders confiscating Palestinian lands in Sinjil and Turmus Ayya towns, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Amir Daoud, the…

The Israeli occupation forces abducted, at dawn on Thursday, 13 Palestinians from the city of Tubas and the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas, one Palestinian in Jenin, two brothers…

The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of at least 3500 units in illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, mainly in Maale Adumim, east of…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted nine young men and confiscated Palestinian cars in the Hebron governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Media sources said several army vehicles…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said several military vehicles, including two bulldozers, invaded the Ta’awon Al-Olwi…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Kafr Dan town, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, demolished a Palestinian home, and injured two young men. Media sources said…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian lands in Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank, and uprooted 400 olive saplings. Ibrahim Al-Hroub, the head of…

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers shot one Palestinian and abducted two in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said undercover Israeli…

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twelve Palestinians, including a female student from Nablus and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian…

On Sunday dawn, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers demolished an agricultural shed in Qusra village, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said the colonizers infiltrated…

On Saturday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, squatting on stolen Palestinian lands, invaded Burqa village, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part, burnt a home, two structures…

On Saturday, a group of fanatic paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked and occupied a Palestinian park in Qaryout village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. The colonizers…

Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked, Saturday, the employees and workers of the Thaher Al-Abed Village Council in the Ya’bad area, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, detained…

JERUSALEM, Friday, March 1, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities forced today a Palestinian citizen to self-demolish his own house in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Isawiya, citing unpermitted construction…

On Friday, a group of fanatic illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and set up a new colonialist outpost. Yacoub…

In the early dawn hours, Friday, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man and abducted a father and his son in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, in…

On Thursday evening, the Israeli authorities released the corpse of a slain Palestinian woman the Israeli soldiers killed, on January 7, along with her husband in their car, in addition…

On Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian just hours after Israeli soldiers shot him and his brother, killing his sibling and seriously wounding him, near…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, and injured three, in Tubas, and the Al-Far’a refugee camp, south of the city, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. The…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians during protests after the army invaded Jalboun town, east of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Local sources said the…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, injured many Palestinians, and abducted one. The army also abducted one Palestinian at a military…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted the mother of a Palestinian man and his wife to pressure him into surrendering, in addition to storming and ransacking many homes in Tulkarem,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted eight Palestinians, including two children in addition to a father and his son, in the Hebron governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Media…

On Monday dawn, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes in the Al-Isawiya and Hizma  town, in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, abducted six Palestinians, including…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted dozens of Palestinians from Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said many army vehicles invaded Nablus from several directions, before…

Earlier Monday, Medical sources in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, have confirmed the death of a young man who was seriously injured when Israeli soldiers killed two…

In response to a call for input issued by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions for his upcoming report on the protection of dead…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, and shot a young man during ensuing protests. Local sources…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp,…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded areas near Doha town, west of Bethlehem, and the eastern entrance of the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, leading to protests, before shooting…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Ramallah city, in the central West Bank, and several surrounding areas, before abducting and injuring many Palestinians. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Ein…

On Thursday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and installed mobile homes to expand an existing illegal colonialist outpost. The colonizers…

In a shoot-out on a busy highway east of Jerusalem, Israeli paramilitary colonizers killed three Palestinians in a shoot-out, in which eight Israelis were wounded. The gun battle took place…

One of the injured sheep. Masafer Yatta [February 21, 2024] International Solidarity Movement – On Tuesday, February 20th, armed illegal Israeli settlers attacked a shepherding family and their sheep near…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian stone and marble factory in Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in the central West Bank, and caused damage to its contents.…

Earlier on Wednesday morning, Palestinian Red Crescent medics located the body of a young man whom Israeli soldiers killed, and injured seven Palestinians in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp, in…

Israeli Human Rights group “Ir Amim” published a report regarding an Israeli plan to build more than 8400 segregated colonialist units for Israeli colonizers, including blueprints for four new colonies,…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, at least thirty-two Palestinians, including children, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. They…

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Hanina town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and began the demolition of an 8-storey under-construction residential buildings. Media…

Late on Monday night until dawn hours Tuesday, many Israeli military vehicles invaded the city of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part, before the soldiers destroyed streets, shot…

On Monday at dawn, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes and…

On Sunday night, Israeli soldiers invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, north of the occupied Palestinian capital,  Jerusalem, and abducted a young man. Media sources said several military vehicles invaded the refugee…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jalboun village, east of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and stormed a Palestinian home before turning it into a military post. The…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in the Ramallah and Al-Biereh governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Media sources said the army…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted many Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, during massive invasions and violent searches of homes and property. In Hebron, in the West…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders targeting homes, a restaurant that includes a park. Mohammad Aziz,…

On Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Kisan village, east of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank, and burnt a home, a car, and two barns. Mousa Obeyyat, the…

Israeli sources have confirmed that two Israelis were killed and four were injured, on Saturday, in a shooting attack in the southern part of the country before the Palestinian shooter…

TEL AVIV, Thursday, February 15, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, today passed a bill in its preliminary reading aimed at banning the operations of the UN Relief…

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On Wednesday night, several Palestinians were injured in the Al-Majaz village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, after Israeli soldiers and a group…

Palestinian prisoners — nearly 7,000 of whom have been captured by Israeli troops since October 7th, 2023 — have presented evidence of widespread torture and starvation of the men, women…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, stormed and ransacked homes before abducting two Palestinians and confiscating cash. Eyewitnesses said several…

On Tuesday dawn, many Israeli soldiers invaded the Askar Al-Qadim refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and assaulted a young man. Media sources said…

The second attack against the family in  24 hours: On Tuesday, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a Palestinian family in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, before stealing…

Earlier Tuesday, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers cut and uprooted dozens of trees on Palestinian lands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s…

On Monday, illegal paramilitary colonizers attacked a Palestinian family in their residential van in the countryside of Tuqu’ village, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The head of…

On Monday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, demolished two sheds, and a barn, and…

In the early hours of Monday, the people of the town of Battir, west of Bethlehem, carried the body of  Rami Rashid Al-Batha (35 years old) to his final resting…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, shot two young men, and abducted six Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said several…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded many areas in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, searched homes, and abducted eight Palestinians, including siblings. Several military vehicles invaded Bani Neim…

Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man and abducted several others, in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Several military…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed, Sunday, that the Israeli army exiled a Palestinian female journalist from the occupied West Bank to the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, after abducting…

On Monday dawn, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Ramallah city, in the central occupied West Bank, before the soldiers shot a young man with live fire in the leg. Media…

On Sunday morning, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian cars, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Eyewitnesses said the colonizers gathered at the Bazaria village intersection…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man in Biddu village, northwest of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers killed…

On Friday dawn, the army abducted seven Palestinians, including two former political prisoners, from their homes, and confiscated cash and cars, in the Ramallah governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem city, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked many homes, and abducted four Palestinians, including one journalist. Media…

Late Thursday night, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Furik town, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and shot six Palestinians during ensuing protests. Media sources said several…

On Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian and injured another, at the Deir Sharaf military roadblock, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Eyewitnesses said the…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said today that the number of administrative detainees in Israeli occupation prisons reached 3,484 at the end of…

On Wednesday dawn, a large number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Jenin city, before the soldiers stormed and searched homes and buildings, and deployed drones and sharpshooters, while military bulldozers…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Tammoun town, southeast of Tubas in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part, and shot two young Palestinian men. Media sources said several army vehicles,…

On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers invaded several parts of the occupied West Bank, leading to protests, and abducted a young man. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the Al-Khader…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Noweima village, north of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Media sources said several military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded the…

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA): The Ministry of Education said that 4,895 students were killed and 8,514 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the…

On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers burnt an agricultural room and destroyed another in Jenin and Salfit, in the northern and central parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said…

At least 135 cases of Israeli crimes against journalists in Palestine were recorded in January – Journalists Syndicate – WAFA News RAMALLAH, Monday, /February 5, 2024 (WAFA) – At least…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 5, 2024 (WAFA) – At least 135 crimes, assaults and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against journalism in Palestine were recorded in January, the foremost of…

Late Sunday and earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital Jerusalem, injured and abducted many Palestinians, including former political prisoners…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian in Tubas, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. Media sources said several military jeeps, and an armored bulldozer, invaded the city,…

Yesterday I received an email from a friend referring to the alleged atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. My hackles rose. I felt unreasonably annoyed. When I had more time…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Kafr Jammal town, south of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank’s northwest part, and shot a young man in the chest. Media sources said…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers invaded and ransacked homes and property in several parts of the occupied West Bank, causing serious damage, before the army abducted several Palestinians.…

On Saturday, two young Palestinian men were transferred to a hospital in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, after the army detained and tortured them for several hours.…

On Saturday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian shepherds in the Arab Al-Mleihat area, northwest of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. Hasan Al-Mleihat, the coordinator of the…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers confiscated a Palestinian car, northeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers at the container military roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem,…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers shot a young man near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and abducted a young man after opening fire at his car in Hebron,…

On Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers infiltrated the Sawiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt a Palestinian car. Local sources said several paramilitary colonizers…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted elven Palestinians during invasions and violent searches of homes near Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded…

On Thursday dawn, illegal Israeli colonizers uprooted 450 olive and almond saplings in Deir Sharaf village, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Ghazi Antari, a local…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Tarqoumia town, west of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Several armored military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded the Khallet…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including one woman, from their homes in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several armored military vehicles invaded the…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, before abducting two siblings and their mother. Media sources said several Israeli military…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (WAFA) – A Palestinian resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber was forced to demolish his own home after receiving a demolition order…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man shortly after his release from a detention facility. Media sources said the soldiers assaulted Ahmad Hasan Salah, in his thirties,…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the As-Samu town, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the small…