Category: West Bank

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 28 – November 3, 2021

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli military prosecution has decided to reactivate the arbitrary Administrative Detention order against Miqdad al-Qawasma who continues the hunger strike for…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from the Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian mosque in Douma town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Jabal al-Mokabber, and several commercial facilities in Hizma town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without permits.…

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle:  The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West…

A group of illegal Israeli colonizers attacked and injured, Wednesday, a Palestinian child in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Aref Jaber, a resident of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian man and his wife in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said many…

Groups of fanatic illegal Israeli colonizers attacked, on Wednesday evening, many Palestinian cars on the main Jenin-Nablus road, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Monthly Demolition and Displacement Report for September 2021

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian-owned home near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Fuad al-‘Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees in Masafer…

SALFIT, Wednesday, November 03, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities today issued demolition orders against five houses in the town of Kafr ad-Dik, west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit, according…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian father and his son in Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources…

Palestinian Administrative Detainee, Miqdad al-Qawasmi, who is ongoing with the hunger strike for the 107th consecutive day, has entered a life-threatening condition, serious complications that could result in his imminent…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, November 2, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian residents of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah today rejected an Israeli court’s ruling delaying their forced expulsion from their houses. Residents of the neighborhood,…

The Israeli army abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians when dozens of soldiers invaded many areas in Ramallah governorate, in the central occupied West Bank, before breaking into homes…

Many Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday night after midnight, several areas in Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, before the soldiers stormed and searched homes…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday at night, many Palestinians in the eastern area of Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a former political prisoner, and detained six farmers from one family, in two separate incidents near Jenin, in northern West Bank. Local sources said…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man, before abducting him near Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The army also prevented international…

On Monday before dawn, Israeli forces invaded various parts of the West Bank and abducted 17 Palestinians, including a University professor. They also issued summons for 2 Palestinian journalists to…

Israeli soldiers confiscated, on Sunday, a Palestinian-owned water tank from al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank, a local activist revealed. Ahmad Salah, a youth activist,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said several armored military…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, three young Palestinian men in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Mo’tasem Siyam in front of Bab…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, October 31, 2021 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the Israeli occupation’s crimes at the Yusufiya Islamic cemetery, located on the outer bounds of…

Israeli colonizers attacked, Sunday, several Palestinian shepherds in the Khallet Makhoul area, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, and injured a child. Local…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian child in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank; the soldiers also…

Israeli forces repressed, on Friday, two non-violent demonstrations in the northern occupied West Bank towns of Beita and Beit Dajan, injuring dozens, according to medical sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent…

Israeli soldiers injured dozens of Palestinian demonstrators, Friday, at the weekly non-violent procession in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, according to local sources. Soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, many areas in the Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, leading to protests, Media sources said several army…

Israeli colonizers installed, on Thursday evening, an outpost on Palestinian lands near Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Thursday evening, many Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local media activist Mohammad Awad said several Israeli army…

On Thursday night, Israeli forces invaded the al-Yamun village west of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank. The troops shot a young man in the shoulder near…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 21 – 27, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes…

Israeli forces invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday before dawn. They detained at least three Palestinians, including a teen, from various places, according to local sources. The…

Israeli soldiers distributed, on Wednesday, stop-work and demolition orders to several buildings and a water well in the southern occupied West Bank village of Wadi Rahhal, south of Bethlehem, a…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Khirbat Hamsa al-Foqa village, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, and confiscated agricultural equipment from the Palestinians. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official who…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians, including two children, from their homes in Qalqilia and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Sixteen Palestinians have been abducted by…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians from several parts of the Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the Abu Kteila…

Updated: Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eight Palestinians and assaulted one causing various wounds, in the Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank. Media sources said several army vehicles…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a former political prisoner from Marka village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and confiscated a bulldozer near Hebron, in southern…

Israeli forces demolished, on Tuesday, four under-construction buildings in Deir Qaddis village, west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, local sources reported. Sources told Palestinian News and Information…

Israeli colonizers attacked, Tuesday, a team from the International Red Cross in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, wounding four employees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers detained and interrogated, Tuesday, four Palestinians, including two children in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a wheelchair-bound young Palestinian man from Tulkarem, while he was heading to Bethlehem, to receive medical treatment. The Palestinian, Ehab Rakez al-Hweity, 27, from Kafa village,…

Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on stolen Palestinian lads, invaded a Palestinian orchard near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, and uprooted olive saplings. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from Beita and Madama towns, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources said several army…

Israeli forces delivered, on Monday, stop work orders to twelve Palestinian-owned homes in Douma village, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, a local official reported. Local monitor…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, the town of Ya’bad, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and injured many Palestinians during ensuing protests. Local sources said dozens…

The Israeli authorities in occupied Jerusalem forced a Palestinian to demolish his home, Monday, in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, under the pretext of being built without a permit. Local sources…

Israeli forces, on Monday, returned to the Islamic al-Yousofiyya Cemetery to resume razing the historic grave site in the occupied city of Jerusalem, a local Palestinian official reported. Head of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least thirteen Palestinians, including two children and a cancer patient, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Palestinian lands in Masafer Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and bulldozed them leading to the destruction of a water line and…

Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded a Palestinian olive orchard near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and stole agricultural tools and supplies used by the residents…

TEL AVIV, Sunday, October 24, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli human rights group Peace Now has denounced the ongoing construction of 31 housing units for illegal Israeli settlers in the heart…

Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians, on Saturday evening, during protests that erupted south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers installed two…

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked Palestinian farmers, injuring one, and vandalized four vehicles in the central occupied West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, local sources reported.…

Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday morning, a Palestinian family to demolish its own home in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built, 40 years ago,…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees And Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported, Saturday, that seven detainees, including one who started the strike 101 days ago, held by Israel under the illegal arbitrary…

Updated: On Saturday, at least 400 illegal Israeli colonizers, accompanied by many soldiers, invaded Palestinian lands near Wad Rahhal village, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, and installed…

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network: Since the beginning of the year, Israeli war criminal and “Minister of Defense” Benny Gantz has repeatedly designated Palestinian and international organizations working to defend…

Statement By Amnesty International: The Israeli Defense Ministry on 19 October 2021 issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be “terrorist…

WAFA News: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has categorically condemned the decision of the Israeli Minister of “Defense” declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians near Jenin and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the many army jeeps invaded Biddu town, northwest of Jerusalem, and attacked…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, ten Palestinians from Jerusalem and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank; three of the abducted Palestinians were assaulted and injured by the army. In occupied Jerusalem,…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, three Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report Highlights from the reporting period (October 5-18, 2021) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager…

Israeli soldiers injured Friday, many Palestinians in Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Local sources said several Israeli army jeeps invaded the town from several…

An Israeli court released details, Wednesday, of a highly sensitive and unpublished court case involving an Israeli Civil Administration officer who was charged and convicted with the rape of a…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for October 14 – 20,2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that six detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with the hunger strike, including one…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, ten Palestinians, including siblings and two children, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Qalqilia, in northern West…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, six Palestinians and summoned one for interrogation, from several parts of Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers…

A group of illegal Israeli colonizers invaded, earlier Thursday, Palestinian orchards near the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before cutting and uprooting more…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources the soldiers abducted Hasan Ismael…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israeli physicians in the Kaplan Medical Center are trying to force-feed hunger-striking detainee Miqdad al-Qawasma, 24, who is ongoing with…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, one Palestinian and assaulted many others for chanting against the provocative tour of a fanatic Member of Knesset and dozens of colonizers in Bab al-Amoud, one…

Israeli soldiers accompanied, Wednesday, dozens of illegal Israeli colonizers into the archaeological area in Sebaastia Palestinian town, north of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Mohammad…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, the foundations of a retaining wall, and a carwash facility, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the…

Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Wednesday, ten Dunams of Palestinian lands, planted with olive saplings, near Wad Rahhal village, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of…

Illegal Israeli colonists, on Wednesday, stole harvesting tools and olive harvest from a Palestinian-owned orchard, in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, local…

The Israeli army detained, on Wednesday, eighteen Palestinian civilians from across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Soldiers detained a freed Palestinian prisoner in…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the hunger-striking detainee, Miqdad al-Qawasma, who continues his strike for the 90th day, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the Kaplan Israeli…

Israeli soldiers escalated their violations against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening, and abducted 23 Palestinians, mostly children, in addition to wounding dozens, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in…

Two Palestinians were shot by the army, overnight Tuesday, and detained four others from across the occupied West Bank, local sources reported. Sources stated that soldiers stormed and ransacked several…

Illegal Israeli colonists chopped, early Tuesday morning, dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees in the northern occupied West Bank, northwest of Nablus, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Local…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the village of Ghazara, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and posted a demolition order of an under-construction home. Local sources said the targeted…

Jawad Boulus, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that the Israeli High Court has denied an appeal to freeze or end the Administrative Detention order…

A group of illegal Israeli colonizers attacked, Tuesday, many Palestinians while picking their olive trees in their orchards, west of Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian man in Rantis village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. At least five armored military vehicles invaded the…

Press Release: Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Earlier this morning, the Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked officially notified 36-year-old Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hammouri of the revocation of his…

The Israeli government, its “Justice Ministry” and “Interior Ministry” have approved the revocation of the Jerusalem residency and ID card of a native Jerusalemite Palestinian lawyer, who is also a…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, many Palestinians at the Arraba town junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Local sources said dozens of Palestinians gathered at…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Monday evening, a Palestinian home in the western area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank; earlier Monday, the soldiers also…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, sixteen Palestinians, and assaulted dozens, including two journalists, in Bab al-Amoud area, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan…

NABLUS, Monday, October 18, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli colonizers today set fire to Palestinian agricultural land in the northern West Bank town of Burqa, north of Nablus city, according to…

Several Palestinian civilians from across the occupied West Bank were detained by the Israeli army, Sunday evening and overnight Monday, local sources reported. A 70-year-old Palestinian writer and former political…

Israeli soldiers demolished Monday an under-construction Palestinian home in the Sika village, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Alliance For Human Rights, a nonviolent activist group…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, two Palestinian children from the Be’er Ayyoub neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the…