Palestinian Woman Shot and Injured near Gush Etzion
An Israeli security guard, on Sunday, shot a Palestinian woman following an alleged stabbing attack at the entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit, near the Gush Etzion…
Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Jerusalem, Young Man Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian child from his family’s home near Bab al-Nather Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The…
Israeli Army and Police Aggravate and Impede Assistance for West Bank Auto Accidents
Israeli police forces, Saturday, prevented civil defense crews from accessing the scene of a car accident to offer help to the injured Palestinian driver, who was driving along Anata-al-Izariyeh road…
Army Kidnaps A Teenage Girl In Jerusalem, Two Men in Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, a teenage girl from her home, in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and two Palestinian men on roadblocks in Hebron and Jenin.The…
Children’s Section Of Ofer Israeli Prison Overcrowded
Representative of Detained Palestinian children in Ofer Israeli prison, Abdul-Fattah Doula, said the Israeli army has transferred more than 138 children to the detention center in October, and that 48…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Hebron, Invade Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, installed additional roadblocks, invaded homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a child. The army also invaded…
32 Palestinians Kidnapped Overnight And At Dawn, Wednesday
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 32 Palestinians overnight, and at dawn Wednesday, in different part of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.The…
17 Palestinians, Including 2 Children, Kidnapped In Jerusalem, 2 in Jenin And 2 In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night and Wednesday at dawn, thirteen Palestinian, including two children, and woman who works for the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department in the Al-Aqsa…
At Least Seventeen Palestinians Injured In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers continued, Tuesday, the use of excessive force against protesters in the occupied West Bank, wounding at least seventeen Palestinians with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, while scores…
Upated – Dozens Injured In Tulkarem And Ramallah
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured, Tuesday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading communities in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, and the central West Bank district of Ramallah.The…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and ransacked homes, before kidnapping thirteen Palestinians, including children. Army displaces thirteen families to…
25 Palestinians Injured in al-Biereh, Hebron and Bethlehem
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported Friday that at least twenty-five Palestinian have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in al-Biereh town in the central West Bank, in Beit…
Many Palestinians Injured In Ramallah And Bethlehem
Seven Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army rounds, Thursday, seven others with rubber-coated steel bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, in the West Bank districts…
Israeli Army Kidnaps 40 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night and on Thursday at dawn, at least forty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestinian…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped in Tubas, Many Injured
Two Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers who invaded the central West Bank city of Tubas, while many residents, including two medics, suffered the effects…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jericho And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jericho and Hebron. The latest abductions bring the number of kidnapped Palestinians in less 24 hours…
Soldiers Kidnap 26 Palestinians In Hebron, Two In Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, various parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped 26 Palestinians from their homes, after searching them. The…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians Near Ramallah And Nablus
Four Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn and Tuesday at night, in the West Bank districts of Ramallah and Nablus, after Israeli soldiers invaded them.The Palestinian Prisoners Society…
Soldiers Release Young Woman, Keep Her Teenage Sister Detained
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, late on Tuesday, that the Israeli army has decided to release a young woman, but to keep her teenage sister detained, after initially…
Over 100 Injured by Israeli Forces in West Bank Clashes
Israeli forces injured some 143 Palestinians during clashes across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Red Crescent spokesperson informed Ma’an News Agency.Errab Foqoha said that Israeli forces shot and…
Four Palestinians, Including Two Sisters, Kidnapped In Hebron And Bethlehem
Four Palestinians, including two sisters, have been kidnapped, Tuesday, by Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.The soldiers kidnapped…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Nablus, Three In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, and late on Monday at night, several communities in the northern West Bank districts of Jenin and Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; many…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank; Many Injured
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in occupied East Jerusalem, Nablus, Jenin and Hebron, while many students and residents have been…
Israeli Settler Injured in Another Alleged Stabbing
An Israeli settler was reportedly stabbed and moderately injured by a suspected Palestinian on Sunday, near the illegal settlement of Ariel, in the northern occupied West Bank.An Israeli police spokesperson…
Settler and Soldier Attacks Continue on Sunday
Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians continued throughout the occupied West Bank, on Sunday, as soldiers assaulted and beat up a Palestinian driver working for the ministry of health. Settler attacks…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Young Man In Hebron
Three Palestinian teenagers have been kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers invading the al-‘Obeydiyya town, east of Bethlehem, while three others were summoned for interrogation. The army also…
Several Palestinians Injured By Army Fire On Saturday Evening
Medical sources have reported, on Saturday evening, that several Palestinians, including a child, have been injured by Israeli army fire in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied…
3 Settlers Injured by Molotov Cocktail near Beit El
Three Israeli settlers were injured after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their vehicle near the illegal settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli army…
Israeli Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians In Hebron, One In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Friday, five Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and one in the central West bank city of Ramallah, after invading their homes and…
10 Injured In Tulkarem And Hebron
Medical sources have reported, Thursday, that 10 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in Tulkarem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, during clashes with invading soldiers.The Palestinian Ministry…
Army Kidnaps 33 Palestinians In The West Bank
Following the extensive invasions, searches of homes and the abduction of 24 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers have also kidnapped at least 33 Palestinians in different communities, in the…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus, Three In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped four Palestinians during extensive searches of homes, while three…
Two Children Injured In Nablus And Jenin, One Palestinian Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian child near the Yitzhar illegal colony, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Child injured after settlers attacked…
West Bank: 9 Palestinians Injured by Live Fire, 35 Kidnapped
Israeli forces shot and injured at least nine Palestinians with live fire on Tuesday during clashes across the occupied West Bank, medics and witnesses said.A reporter in al-Bireh in the…
West Bank Teens Shot, Clashes in Jenin
A Palestinian teenager was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers, Tuesday, during clashes near Ramallah, while a number of Palestinians suffocated by teargas in clashes near Jenin, according to local…
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Suspected Settlement Car Attack
A Palestinian man was shot dead, Tuesday afternoon, after his car ran into a soldier and a civilian.The incident happened at the Gush Eztion Junction toward Jerusalem in the West…
28 Palestinians Injured In Jerusalem And Qalqilia
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Monday evening, that eleven Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in Abu Dis town, in occupied Jerusalem, and seventeen others in the northern…
Soldiers Kidnap 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive military invasions and searches of homes, and also shot…
Mother And Her Son Kidnapped At West Bank Border Terminal
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian woman and her son, while trying to cross into the occupied West Bank, on their way back home from Jordan. Soldiers also kidnapped a…
Wall to Separate East Jerusalem District from Settlement, Settlers Firebomb Hebron Area Village
Israeli forces, on Sunday, began installing a large concrete wall in occupied East Jerusalem to separate the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir from the illegal Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.Witnesses…
West Bank Clashes Continue, Live Fire Exchanged with Armed Fateh Wing
Israeli forces suppressed marches across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, as clashes continued for the 17th consecutive day.Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians with live fire during clashes…
Army Raids West Bank Schools, Injuries Reported
Israeli forces, on Sunday, fired tired gas canisters and stun grenades inside a boys’ secondary school in Jenin while students were still inside, as groups of settlers attempted to storm…
2 More Palestinians Slain Following Alleged Stabbings
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces on Saturday evening, after allegedly carrying out separate stabbing attacks in Hebron and Qalandia, in the occupied West Bank.Their deaths bring the…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Ramallah and Jenin, Dozens Injured
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday evening, five Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah, and injured dozens of Palestinians, during clashes that took place in the…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped, One Injured, In Nablus, Jenin And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, kidnapped three Palestinians, and injured one.Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus…
Punitive Demolitions for Palestinian Families, 72-hour Notice to Evacuate
Israeli authorities, overnight Wednesday and during the day on Thursday, executed punitive measures against the families of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks against Israel, giving four families 72 hours…
Israeli troops invade West Bank, abducting 26 Palestinians in the dead of night
The Israeli military invaded various parts of the West Bank Wednesday night, abducting 26 Palestinians from their homes. Since the beginning of October, more than 650 Palestinians have been abducted…
Seven Injured Near Qalqilia, Two Kidnapped In Tulkarem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Wednesday at night, that seven residents were injured by Israeli army fire, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Two Palestinians kidnapped in…
Entrance to Nabi Saleh Blocked for Third Day, General Strike in Bethlehem
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, blocked the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah, for the third consecutive day, said a local Palestinian.Speaking over the phone with WAFA, Naji al-Tamimi…
36 Palestinians Kidnapped from West Bank Districts
At least 36 Palestinians were abducted overnight and Wednesday, while four others were summoned by Israeli forces from various West Bank districts, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence reports that at…
Continued Settler Attacks across West Bank
Israeli settlers, Tuesday afternoon, attacked olive farmers near Turmus‘ayya and Tal villages, south and west of Nablus, as well as hurled stones at a Palestinian car driving at Ramallah-Nablus Road,…
Israeli Army Kidnaps 30 Palestinians In The West Bank And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night Sunday and on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked dozens of…
(VIDEO) Israeli Soldiers Raid Office of Independent Palestinian Media IMEMC
Sunday morning at dawn, Israeli soldiers raided the office of the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) and the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement (PCR). IMEMC is playing a pivotal role…
Police Demand Enclosure of West Bank, Government Denies
A proposal by Israeli occupation police suggesting to seal off the West Bank, in order to prevent Palestinians from crossing the Green Line, was rejected by the Israeli government last…
18 Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Nablus, Child Kidnapped In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured eighteen Palestinians during clashes close to the Huwwara roadblock, and Beit Forik town, in the northern part of…
Soldiers attack W.B Anti Wall protests; One injured, Many Others Suffers Effects of Tear Gas
One Palestinian youth was injured and scores others were treated for the effects of tear Gaza inhalation on Friday, when Israeli troops attacked anti wall and settlement protests organized in…
Settlers Attack West Bank Palestinian communities; clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Israeli settlers’ attacks on Thursday night all over the West Bank and closed roads connecting villages and cities. In the southern Hebron hells village of Sousyia, a…
Israeli undercover agents filmed infiltrating Palestinian protests, pulling guns on demonstrators
A Reuters camera operator captured on film a group of Israeli undercover agents dressed as Palestinian youth during a demonstration in Beit El on Tuesday. The soldiers are seen throwing…
Eleven Palestinians, Including Children, Kidnapped In Jerusalem And Nablus
At least eleven Palestinians, including children, have been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, after Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in occupied Jerusalem, and Nablus in the northern part of…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, Two Injured In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday at night, Palestinian protesters, kidnapped six, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and wounded two others in the southern West Bank city of…
Ministry Of Health: “129 Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire, Tuesday”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) in the occupied West Bank has reported that at least 129 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire and gas bombs in different…
UPDATE: 17 Palestinians, including Minors, Kidnapped in West Bank; Over 90 Injured
Israeli forces, Tuesday, abducted 17 Palestinians from across the West Bank, including minors, according to local and security sources. At least 90 Palestinians have been reported injured in clashes with…
Teen Shot In The Chest, Many Injured In Ramallah And Jenin
Medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a Palestinian teen was shot with a live round to the chest, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, while at least ten…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least eleven Palestinians.Several armored military…
PCHR: ‘Israeli Forces Escalate Their Arbitrary Measures In The West Bank’
Since Thursday, 01 October 2015, the West Bank, especially occupied East Jerusalem, witnessed a serious escalation by Israeli forces and settlers against the Palestinian civilians and their property.Following the killing…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians, Many Residents Injured
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, violently searched homes and property, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The army attacked and injured a…
Several Palestinians Injured In Jenin, One Kidnapped In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, two villages in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of…
Red Crescent Declares State of Emergency in West Bank
In light of settlers’ flare-up of violence across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Palestinian Red Crescent raised the alert status across the West Bank to third degree, declaring a…
Operation Defensive Shield in Jerusalem
Israel may commence a “second Operation Defensive Shield” against Palestinians in both the West Bank and Jerusalem. According to Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), following weeks of clashes and…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped Near Nablus, One Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Wednesday at night, two Palestinians in the in Einabous village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and violently assaulted another Palestinian in…
UPDATE: 36 Palestinians Detained Following West Bank Clashes
Israeli forces detained at least 36 Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, overnight Tuesday, a day after violent clashes took place across the occupied Palestinian territory.Israeli police…
West Bank’s Day of Rage
Tens of Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers Tuesday in protests against Israel’s attacks on al Aqsa and in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners.The Palestinian political and Islamic…
Many Children Injured In Hebron, One Palestinian Kidnapped In Surif
Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron have reported, Wednesday, that scores of children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place…
At Least 18 Injured in West Bank Clashes
Some 18 Palestinians were injured on Tuesday, as Israeli forces suppressed demonstrations across the occupied West Bank in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Twelve Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces suppressed…
Many Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Bethlehem, Teen Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, on Sunday evening, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem. Soldiers also kidnapped a teen in Jerusalem.The…
Soldiers Assault AFP Crew at West Bank Demonstration
Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West Bank, after the funeral of a Palestinian killed by the army.A…
Three Injured By Army Fire Near Bethlehem, Soldiers Attack Journalists In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday evening, that three Palestinians were injured by live Israeli army fire in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, while many residents suffered the effects…
Clashes as Thousands March in Khatatbeh’s Funeral
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday from wounds sustained by Israeli forces at the Beit Furik checkpoint, in the occupied…
Palestinian Dies from Injuries Caused by Israeli Fire
A Palestinian shot and critically injured by Israeli forces, at a military roadblock in eastern Nablus, in northern West Bank, last week, has died from his wounds on Thursday, medics…
Extremist Settler Kills 40 Lambs
An Israeli settler ran over 40 lambs in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday evening.Owner Ayesh al-Da’ajneh said that one of his sons was…
Police Deployed across Jerusalem for Holidays, Soldier Injured in Nablus Clashes
Israeli police said Monday that thousands of officers would be deployed in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of the Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha holidays after three days of clashes rocked…
Hebraizing Street Names across Jerusalem Approved, Pro Al Aqsa Rallies Suppressed across West Bank
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem approved, last Sunday night, a decision to replace the original names of several streets and districts in and outside Jerusalem’s Old City with ‘Hebrew’…
B’Tselem on the Legal Impact of Using Five Fire Against Stone-throwers
The approval of authorizing the use of live fire against stone-throwers in occupied East Jerusalem, rather than restoring order to the city, would exacerbate the cycle of violence with lethal…
Stores Demolished Northwest of Jerusalem, Women Assaulted Near Hebron
According to local sources, Israeli forces demolished five Palestinian-owned stores in the town of Hezma, just northeast of Jerusalem, on Sunday. Soldiers also reportedly assaulted two young Palestinian women during…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped in Jenin And Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped four in Jenin, and two in Ramallah.…
Settler Violence Escalates in the Vicinity of Kiryat Arba Illegal Settlement
The children of the Jabari family in Jabari neighbourhood of al-Khalil are singing along to a Palestinian children’s television show. It is a sunny Saturday morning but in the small…
14-year-old Boy Shot and Injured in Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli forces shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian boy with live fire, Saturday, during a protest in the village of Kafr Qaddoum in the northern occupied West Bank district of…
Three Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem, Six Kidnapped in Bethlehem and Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, three Palestinians, and kidnapped one of the wounded, at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Many Palestinians have…
600,000 Settlers Living in Occupied West Bank, Half in Jerusalem
About 600 thousand settlers live in the West Bank and half of them are in Jerusalem district, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in a Thursday press release.WAFA…
The Intifada of Jerusalem?
Life is becoming untenable for Palestinians in Jerusalem.The strategy of Teddy Kollek, the infamous mayor of Jerusalem following Israel’s 1967 occupation and subsequent annexation of Jerusalem, was grounded on three…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In The West Bank
At least five Palestinians have been kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, after Israeli soldiers invaded various villages and towns in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Media sources in Hebron, in the…
Army Kidnaps A Palestinian In Hebron, Searches Homes
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the town of Doura, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinians. Palestine TV reporter injured…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped, One Injured, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the West Bank districts Jenin and Jericho, kidnapped four Palestinians, and injured at least one.Media sources in the northern West Bank city of…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In The West Bank
Media sources in Jerusalem have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, one Palestinian in Jabal al-Mokabber village. Soldiers also kidnapped a Palestinian from Bethlehem while heading to Jordan,…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In The West Bank, Uproot Farmlands
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during military invasions targeting various Palestinian communities, and uprooted agricultural lands near Hebron.…
Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians after storming their homes, and violently searching them. Media sources in Jerusalem…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinian Women
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped two Palestinian women, one from her home near Ramallah, and another while visiting her brother, held by Israel in the Nafha Israeli prison.Media sources have reported…
SodaStream to Shut Down West Bank Factory
SodaStream announced, today, that it will finalize the closure of its West Bank factory in two weeks.SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum commented, earlier, that the boycott only had a “marginal” effect…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians, Assaults Three Workers
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Sunday, a young Palestinian man in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, one near Jerusalem, and two others Hebron, and attacked three workers from Hebron,…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In The West Bank
On Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least seven Palestinians. Israeli fanatics destroy the main power…