UPDATE: 12 Palestinians Kidnapped from West Bank
At least 12 Palestinians were illegally abducted by the Israeli army on Monday, during predawn and night raids across occupied West Bank districts, according to reports by media sources.Updated from:…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, six Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in Jerusalem, after searching several homes, while three of the kidnapped were…
New Israeli government plans to annex 1/3 of West Bank by ‘legalizing’ illegal settlements
The English-language daily Jerusalem Post reports, based on unofficial copies of the Likud-Jewish Home coalition agreement, that within one month a professional team will be created to formulate a plan…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In Hebron, Bethlehem And Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several communities in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah, searched and ransacked a number of homes and kidnapped six Palestinians.Media…
New Israeli Government To Legalize Random Outposts
Israeli sources reported Friday that an agreement was reached between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the “Jewish Home” Party, to legalize random colonial outposts, built on Palestinian lands, in…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped, One Seriously Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Thursday, seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, shot and seriously injured one resident, during military invasions targeting several Palestinian communities. Several residents suffer the…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including a woman who was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli extremists storm the Al-Aqsa…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinians, after searching a number of homes and tailor shop; the army also installed roadblocks.Media sources…
Including Three Children, Six Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Saturday, five Palestinians, including three children and a security officer, in the occupied West Bank, after breaking into homes and searching them, and kidnapped one Palestinian,…
Israeli Soldiers Repress Weekly Demonstration in Ni’lin
Israeli forces have, at the time of this report, fired at least 45 tear gas grenades towards the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah. Many suffer from severe inhalation.Residents of…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian in Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Huwwara village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapped one Palestinian, and broke into the home of Huwwara Local Council…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including four teenagers in occupied East Jerusalem.Media sources in Hebron, in the southern…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank, Conducts Training In Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nine Palestinians in Hebron, three in Bethlehem, and one Nablus. Clashes took place in Nablus, and the soldiers conducted live fire training in…
Four Families Made Homeless in a Day
Yesterday morning (27th of April 2015) at 5 am, in the area of al Makhrouk, al Jiftlik, the Israeli military arrived with bulldozers and demolished four houses belonging to Fathe…
Five Homes Demolished in West Bank
Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the Ramallah-area village of Nabi Saleh, Tuesday morning.The Palestinian News and Info Agency reports that the home, built prior to Israel’s 1967 occupation…
Army Kidnapped Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem, in addition to one Palestinian in Bethlehem, and one in Hebron.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…
Israeli Extremists Uproot Palestinian Trees In Hebron
A number of Israeli extremists cut and uprooted, Monday, dozens of olive and almond trees, and grapevines, in Wadi al-Amir area, in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, One In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and one Palestinian in occupied Jerusalem. Clashes and home invasions have been reported.The soldiers…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, One In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near Ramallah; soldiers also invaded several villages and…
Japan Opens New Classrooms in Bethlehem and Hebron
On Monday April 20th, 2015, Mr. Junya Matsuura, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and the Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, attended the opening ceremonies for two schools projects.…
Army Kidnaps 12 In West Bank, Storms Homes, And A Telecommunications Company
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank different parts of the West Bank, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including four children. Soldiers stormed a…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including five in Bethlehem, and one child in Hebron. The soldiers also handed several Palestinians military…
PA Forces Begin Deployment near Jerusalem
Palestinian police officers, for the first time, have taken on duties in three designated West Bank areas just outside Jerusalem, sources said Thursday. The officers were deployed to Abu Dis,…
Israel Closes Hizma Village over Alleged Stone-throwing Incident
The Palestinian village of Hizma lies northeast of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. About 7,000 people live in Hizma, most of whose land is defined as Area C, under…
9 Citizens Kidnapped by Israeli Forces Across West Bank
Israeli forces kidnapped, in the night, nine Palestinian citizens from different parts of the occupied West Bank and delivered summonses to four citizens of Jenin.The abductions reportedly took place in…
At Least 5 Injured During West Bank Prisoners Day Marches
Five Palestinians were shot and dozens suffered excessive tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces violently suppressed protests marking Palestinian Prisoners Day across the West Bank, on Friday. In Nilin village,…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin after storming several homes and searching them. Israeli extremists force a Palestinian…
Palestinian Injured In Bethlehem, 3 Children Kidnapped In Ramallah, 9 Palestinians Injured
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths; one Palestinian was injured, and many suffered…
Soldiers Kidnap 27 Palestinians In Nablus, 3 In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including a journalist. The army also…
21 Palestinians Kidnapped Across West Bank, Jerusalem
At least 21 Palestinian, including minors, were taken by Israeli military and police on Tuesday, most of them during predawn raids on Palestinian towns across the occupied West Bank districts…
Israelis Seize Store Equipment near Jerusalem
Israeli authorities, Monday, seized the content of a Palestinian-owned store in the village of Hazma, northeast of Jerusalem, according to local sources.Witnesses at the scene told WAFA correspondence an Israeli…
Soldiers Kidnap Eighteen Palestinians In West Bank, Jerusalem
At least eighteen Palestinians, including many children, have been kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers who invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.The…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped five young men.The Israeli Radio said the soldiers arrested one Palestinian…
Ni’lin Filled with Tear Gas during Demonstration against Continued Loss of Land and Isolation
Israeli forces began firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets even before Friday’s protest had begun, as the people of Ni’lin were gathering near the local school to begin their…
VIDEO: Illegal Removal of Solar Panels in Khan al-Ahmar, Only Source of Village Electricity
Solar panels finally brought electricity to the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, but the residents’ joy was short lived. A few weeks after the panels were…
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Hebron; Many Palestinians Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Bombs
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two former political prisoners; one Palestinian was kidnapped on…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Children In Bethlehem, Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians children in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and two children in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank…
UPDATE: Five Palestinians Kidnapped in West Bank & Jerusalem
At least five Palestinians, including released prisoners, were abducted on Monday by the Israeli army, during predawn and night raids in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Qalqilia and…
Israeli Forces Carries Out Sweeping Campaign in Hebron, Several Kidnapped in West Bank
Israeli forces have engaged in a wide sweeping campaign in the Al Rumaida neighborhood, central Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. At least 7, including an orphaned youngster, were abducted…
Soldiers Kidnap five Palestinians In West Bank, Occupy Homes In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including a teenager living in an orphanage, and occupied at least two homes in Hebron, before using them as…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped Near Ramallah, One Injured Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured one Palestinian near Bethlehem. Army sources said a soldier was stabbed…
Palestinian Kidnapped In Hebron, Two Kidnapped And Two Injured In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Thursday, one Palestinian near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two near the northern West Bank city of Nablus; two more Palestinians shot…
Raid on Bedouin Community Leaves One Child Injured
Israeli forces, Wednesday, injured a child during a raid on a West Bank Bedouin village, during which they also confiscated solar energy panels donated by a local sustainability organization, according…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, One In Qalqilia
Four Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, after Israeli soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, stormed and violently searched several homes, while one Palestinian was…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In Jerusalem, Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians near the central West Bank city of Nablus, and a young man in occupied Jerusalem; two women and one child kidnapped,…
Mass Arrests Continue: At Least 28 Palestinians between Ages 15-40 Abducted
Updated from: Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West BankIsraeli occupation forces, on Sunday night throughout Monday, have launched a wide arrest campaign targeting at least 28 Palestinians.…
Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped during late-night hours, and on Monday at dawn, at least twenty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to a number of…
10 Kidnapped in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli army and police, on Sunday, kidnapped at least 10 Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to reports by local and security sources.Israeli…
AIC Report: Settler Leader Makes Deal in Corruption Case
Israel’s television Channel Ten reports that Gershon Mesika, head of the regional council of northern West Bank settlements, is negotiating a deal with the state attorney’s office on corruption charges.…
Soldiers Invade Several West Bank Communities
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a number of Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank, violently searched several homes, and handed six Palestinians military orders for interrogation.Media sources…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes, and detained many residents on roadblocks, while…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Jenin And Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, one Palestinian in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, another on a military roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and…
Israel Reinstates Life Terms On Former Political Prisoner
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that the Israeli Authorities reinstated the two life-term verdict of a Palestinian political prisoner, who was rearrested by the…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians. Soldiers also installed roadblocks…
Three Kidnapped in Jerusalem, Hebron, Two Schools Raided near Bethlehem
Israeli police, on Sunday, kidnapped two Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Jerusalem area, whereas the Israeli army abducted one Palestinian from Hebron’s Yatta town and summoned another for interrogation,…
Nine Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, stormed and ransacked homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.Several armored military vehicles invaded several towns in…
Dozens of Homes Demolished in the Northern Valleys, 150 Olive Trees Uprooted in Hebron
Israeli occupation forces this morning held a military operative in the areas of Makhoul and Al-Hadidiyya, in the northern valleys, where bulldozers demolished dozens of homes and livestock barns, and…
Army Demolishes A Home, Four Residential Sheds, In Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, two Palestinian villages in the central West Bank district of Tubas, and demolished a home and four residential structures.The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has…
At Least 20 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Two In Gaza
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least twenty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven children in occupied East Jerusalem, and two Palestinians from…
Three Kidnapped in Jerusalem, West Bank
At least three Palestinians were kidnapped, on Sunday, by Israeli occupational military and police during predawn raids in Jerusalem and Jenin, according to local and security sources.Witnesses told WAFA Palestinian…
Numerous West Bank Raids, Settler Attacks on Saturday
Israeli forces raided several homes in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday, while extremist settlers attacked Palestinian-owned cars and agricultural lands. Meanwhile, Israel media has revealed new plans regarding the…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped, Many injured, In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday, three Palestinians in Bethlehem and Hebron, in the occupied West bank, broke into and searched several homes and stores, while many residents suffered the effects…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In Jerusalem And Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, three young Palestinians including a 10-year old child, and four women, in occupied East Jerusalem, in addition two Palestinians near the northern West Bank…
Clashes in West Bank and Jerusalem, Several Injured
Seven Palestinian students were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, Tuesday, as clashes broke out near Ofer detention center in Ramallah, witnesses said. Several Palestinians were injured in clashes which took…
Soldiers Uproot Farmlands In Nablus, Invade Hebron Communities
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian farmlands, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted more than 300 Olive trees. Army invades a construction company…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after storming their homes and violently searching them.Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of…
Three Injured, Four Kidnapped as Israeli Troops Attack Nonviolent Protests in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and injured three Palestinian civilians, and kidnapped four international supports, during weekly nonviolent protests organized in West Bank villages on Friday midday. Two villagers were injured and…
Army Invades Various Areas In Hebron, Bethlehem
Clashes took place, on Friday afternoon, after Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in Hebron and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal…
Several Palestinians Injured In Hebron And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths,…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday, several communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, and kidnapped at least Palestinians, including four teenagers.The Israeli…
Israeli Military Initiates Massive Training Drill in West Bank
The Israeli army has called up some 13,000 reservists, sending 3,000 to a surprise training mission in the occupied West Bank, in preparation for a possible escalation of violence in…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians in Nablus, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, and stormed many homes, especially in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. Soldiers flood agricultural…
Army Storms West Bank, Provokes Confrontations
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated by teargas inhalation during confrontations with the Israeli army, which broke into the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, according to local sources. Meanwhile, forces abducted shepherds…
West Bank: 3 Kidnapped, 2 Summoned for Interrogation
Israeli forces, Saturday, abducted three Palestinians, including a head of a village council, as well as summoned two others for interrogation, according to reports by security sources.According to WAFA, Israeli…
Israel to Increase West Bank Power Cuts
The Energy and Natural Resources of the Palestinian National Authority said, on Thursday, that they had received an official notice from the Israeli power company stating their attention to cut…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped Near Ramallah, One Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the soldiers…
Several Detainees Placed In Solitary Confinement
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Prison Administration placed several Palestinian detainees in solitary confinement, and imposed fines of them.The PPS said the detainees were…
Nine Kidnapped from West Bank, Shepherds Prevented from Grazing Livestock
Israeli forces abducted, early on Tuesday, nine Palestinians, including three ex-detainees and three minors, and summoned another from West Bank districts. Soldiers also prevented Yatta shepherds from grazing their livestock.WAFA…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Jenin, Three Children Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Zabbouba, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs causing several injuries. Army also invaded…
Israel Begins Cutting Off Electricity to West Bank
Israel’s Electric Corporation announced, Monday, that it will begin limiting the supply of electricity to a number of cities in the West Bank beginning from 2.00 p.m. today. The background…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various areas in the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched several homes before kidnapping five Palestinians, and handed one resident a military order…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In The al-Karama Border Terminal
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, as he was trying to cross the al-Karama Border Terminal, heading by home from Jordan.The Palestinian has…
Soldiers Kidnap 11 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from different parts of the occupied West Bank, after breaking into their homes and searching them.Media sources said the soldiers invaded…
Over a Dozen West Bank Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Forces
As daily violations continue under Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, the Israeli army conducted predawn raids across several West Bank districts, searching homes and sabotaging furniture,…
Settlers Uproot Hundreds of Newly Planted Olive Trees
A group of Jewish settlers, reportedly from the Metzad settlement, near Bethlehem, uprooted over 500 newly planted olive tree saplings on Wednesday, near the Hebron town of al-Shuyukh.The damaged fields…
West Bank: Israeli Forces Kidnap Nine, Summon Two Children
Israeli forces abducted, overnight, nine Palestinians and summoned two children from various West Bank districts, according to reports by security sources and a local activist. In Tayasir, Israeli forces reportedly…
Several Kidnapped in West Bank and Jerusalem, Raids on Youth Camp, Al Aqsa
At least seven Palestinians were abducted by Israeli military and police, on Monday, in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to reports by local and security sources.In Jerusalem,…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several communities in the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, in addition to a Palestinian who was kidnapped on Sunday…
UK Labour Party Candidate Beaten and Arrested by Israeli Soldiers at Protest in Palestine
Human rights activist and English political candidate, Mick Bowman, alleges he was beaten and arrested at a peaceful demonstration in Palestine on Friday.A human rights activist from Tyneside, in North…
Israeli Forces Kidnap Two Palestinians, Summon Another from West Bank Districts
Israeli forces, on Thursday, abducted two Palestinians and summoned another after breaking into their homes in several West Bank districts, according to reports by local prisoner institutions and security sources.Israeli…
Report: 62 Million NIS Transferred for West Bank Settlements
The Israeli Ministry of Interior transferred a grant of 62 million New Israeli Shekels (NIS) for Israeli settlement regional councils, last December, to encourage the building of settlements, claiming that…
Destruction of Palestinian Homes in Lydda & Jerusalem, Bethlehem Orchards Ruined
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, demolished the home of a Palestinian family in the historic city of Lydda, in addition to another in Jerusalem’s Silwan district. A number of Palestinian-owned trees…
Eight Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child, in the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, during military invasions into several Palestinian communities.Media sources in Hebron,…
Large Areas Of West Bank Desert Declared “Closed Military Zone”
The Israeli army issued a ruling, on Monday evening, considering large areas of the West Bank desert, a closed military zone, in preparation for the expansion of five illegal Jewish-only…
Extremists Destroy Olive Saplings as Israel Prepares for Further Settlement Expansion
Extremist Israeli settlers cut down over 70 Palestinian olive trees in the Hebron district on Monday, according to locals. Meanwhile, some 3,740 dunams in areas of four West Bank settlements…
More Peaceful Protests Quelled with Violent Dispersal, Child Kidnapped from Hebron
Several Palestinian and international activists were injured as Israeli forces dispersed peaceful marches in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday, according to activists and WAFA correspondence.Israeli forces attacked Palestinian and…
Two Children Wounded Near Jenin, Palestinian Injured And Kidnapped In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two children were injured, on Thursday evening, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin city, in the northern part of…
PA Security Officers Injured in Balata Camp Clashes
Three Palestinian security officers were injured in armed clashes, Thursday morning, between Palestinian security officers and gunmen in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank.Security…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Children In Hebron, Two In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, seven Palestinian children in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two children in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading their homes and…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank after the army invaded various communities, broke into dozens of homes and searched them,…