Category: West Bank

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) September 22 – October 5, 2020 On 5 October, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian, aged 28, near…

Israeli soldiers fired numerous tear-gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in northern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. No injuries were…

Four Palestinians were shot and injured, Friday, at the weekly anti-settlement march in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in the northern West Bank, according to a local…

Summary for October 1-7, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, in addition…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, two Palestinians in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, two Palestinian communities in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians, in addition to breaking into a school. The Palestinian Prisoners’…

The Higher Planning Council (HPC) of the Civil Administration is set to convene to advance at least 4,430 settlement units in the West Bank in two consecutive meetings on 14…

UPDATE (6 OCTOBER 2020): Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter late yesterday, 5 October 2020, to the commander of the Israeli military’s…

Many Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands east of Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, installed an outpost and a barn on private…

Three Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces, Monday, east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank, the Jerusalem Press reported. According to the official Hebrew channel, the army alleged…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, several Palestinians in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a young man near a military roadblock, northwest…

Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Monday, two Palestinian land surveyors, working for Huwwara Village Council, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured them. Ghassan Daghlas,…

A Palestinian former prisoner, on Thursday, October 2, 2020, was shot in the eye by Israeli forces that, stormed Sebastia town, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday two Palestinians near Ramallah and Hebron, in the central and southern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians. Media sources said several army…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Jenin city in northern West Bank, and Jaba’ town, south of the city, and shot one Palestinian with a live round in addition…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a child, from their homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Palestinian town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and al-’Isawiya in the eastern part of occupied East…

A group of illegal fanatic Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian orchard in Kafr ed-Deek town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and uprooted twelve olive trees before fleeing…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday evening, two children in separate invasions into Palestinian communities in Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported.…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Maher al-Akhras, a political prisoner held by Israel without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger strike for the seventieth…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked many homes and property,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the village of Ni’lin, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted twelve Palestinian on-duty police officers, in addition to confiscating…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for September 24 – 30, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…

The Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished a Palestinian-owned agricultural storehouse in Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that…

The Israeli occupation forces, overnight Tuesday, arrested ten Palestinian civilians from the West Bank, including a young man with special needs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. It said that…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Wednesday night, at Palestinians, in the southern occupied West Bank town of Surif, injuring one young man, according to Palestinian security sources. Sources told Palestinian…

The Israeli intelligence agency, Shin Bet, on Wednesday, detained Palestinian activist Aida as-Sidawi, from her home in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Sidawi stated…

The Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday, demolished two Palestinian-owned homes east of Tubas, in the northern Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem Press reported. In a press…

Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, five Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians in the ath-Thaher area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after several…

Israeli soldiers attacked, late on Friday at night, a Palestinian father, and his son, near the Chain Gate (Bab al-Silsila) one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, seven Palestinians, including a journalist, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town,…

Israeli soldiers transferred, on Friday evening, the corpse of a Palestinian mother who was killed by the army at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, on September 18, 2019,…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, several Palestinians in the Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, many Palestinians while plowing their lands in ‘Asira al-Qibliya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, during a nonviolent activity meant to protect…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man and searched many homes in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least five Palestinians from their homes, including two who were shot by the army, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian man, a former political prisoner, from his home in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Kisan Palestinian village, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and demolished three residential tents and five barns, after imposing a strict…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday the village of Ma’in to the southeast of Yatta city, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before delivering a demolition order targeting one…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Thursday at night, a young Palestinian man near Ein al-Sultan refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jericho to the east of the Jordan River.…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for September 17 – 23, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli decision to freeze the Administrative Detention of detainee, Maher Al-Akhras, 49, after 59 days of ongoing hunger strike, is an…

Dr. Belal Yasin – Middle East Monitor: In the early 1990s, Wael Al-Tahan submitted an application to the Israeli authorities for a permit to build a house on his land…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an agricultural wall in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, while illegal colonialist settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards near Salfit, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Khallet Taha area in Beit Awwa town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before demolishing an under-construction home, two wells, in addition to…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men, northeast of Ramallah, in central West Bank. The Israeli army claimed that the two Palestinians attempted to throw a Molotov…

The Israeli forces detained several Palestinian youths, early Wednesday morning, from across the occupied West Bank, including former prisoners, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The Jerusalem police arrested a young…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that eighteen Palestinians were detained, overnight Monday, by Israeli forces, across the occupied West Bank. From the northern West Bank Jenin refugee camp, occupation…

Israeli forces detained at least five Palestinians, on Monday, including 61 year old activist from the occupied Palestinian territories, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local sources said that soldiers…

Israeli forces ordered two Palestinian brothers to tear down agricultural structures, Monday, in the area of Khirbet Yerza, in the northern Jordan Valley, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Activist…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, two Palestinian children from Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and moved them to Shilo nearby illegal colony, built on Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the al-Walaja Palestinian town, northwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and handed orders halting the construction of a poultry farm and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday afternoon, the ath-Thahrat area, north of Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and confiscated a bulldozer while Palestinian workers were…

United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) HIGHLIGHTS Sharp increase in demolition-related displacements in August. 21 stuctures demolished or sized within or next to the E1 settlement…

Israeli bulldozers destroyed 200 fruit trees, on Saturday, in the town of Bidya, west of Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The uprooted fruitful…

Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, four Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation after the army invaded the town and resorted to the…

Three Palestinians were injured, Friday, during the weekly Kufur Qaddoum march in the northern West Bank, after being shot with rubber-coated steel rounds, while dozens suffered the severe effects of…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a dentist died, Friday, after Israeli soldiers fired concussion grenades at Palestinians, waiting to cross Barta’a military roadblock, southwest of Jenin, in northern…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for September 10 – 16, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, 23 Palestinians, including a father and his son, in addition to two siblings, after invading and ransacking their…

Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, Thursday, the Wad al-Hummus Palestinian community, northeast of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and handed a demolition order targeting a three-story…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Palestinian village on Beit Sira, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished an under-construction home. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least nine young Palestinian men from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The army also invaded Sebastia, near Nablus, and Beit Sahour,…

Israeli forces, overnight Sunday, detained a number of Palestinian young men, including a high school student, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said the…

Statement by Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick The six month period from March 1 to August 31, 2020 saw the demolition or confiscation of 389 Palestinian-owned…

The Israeli authorities have detained 297 Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the month of August 2020, 12 of whom were children, 10 of whom were women, according to…

Israeli forces stormed the prison cells of Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, using attack dogs and pepper spray to assault the inmates. According to local sources, Israeli officers unleashed the dogs…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the at-Tiwana village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and handed a demolition order targeting one…

An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem rejected an appeal, Monday, against orders for the demolition of a mosque in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city. The…

Israeli colonists, accompanied by several bulldozers, invaded and uprooted Palestinian lands, Sunday, near Thaher al-Maleh village, southwest of Jenin in northern West Bank. Omar Khatib, the head of Thaher al-Maleh…

Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, Palestinian lands in Khirbet Ehmayyir village, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, and started fencing them. Palestinian human rights activist,…

The Israeli government and its so-called “Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of its illegal occupation, has approved the construction of hundreds of new units in an illegal colony, south…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that two hunger-striking detainees in Israeli prisons are facing serious health conditions and complications, but are ongoing with their strikes, demanding an end to…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Saturday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing many cuts and bruises and detained them for more than…

Israeli intelligence officers abducted, on Sunday evening, an elderly Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the officers,…

Israeli forces, detained several Palestinian civilians, Thursday, including a journalist, and former prisoners from the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local sources said that Israeli soldiers,…

The European Union (EU) missions in occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah, on Wednesday, urged the occupation state of Israel to cease its demolition policy aimed exclusively at Palestinian structures in the…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly report for September 3 – 9, 2020 Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and…

The Israeli authorities, Tuesday, forced a citizen of Jerusalem to demolish the fourth floor of his home, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported.…

A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Tuesday, Palestinian construction workers near the main entrance of Burqa village, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has reported, Tuesday, that the number of detainees in Ofer Israeli prison, who have been officially diagnosed as Covid-19 positive, has arrived to 12, and added…

For the second day, Israeli soldiers continued to uproot Palestinian farmlands, east of the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The ath-Thaheriyya…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, 45 Palestinians, most of them are former political prisoners, in the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of…

UPDATED: Sept 7 @ 0613 A Palestinian Detainees’ Committee lawyer, Khaled Mahajna, has reported that after Israeli forces wired and detonated the front door of their home, on Saturday, both…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report for August 27 – September 02, 2020 Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Wednesday evening, that a detainee died in Ofer Israeli prison, and added that the only information the Israeli authorities are giving so…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinian civilians, Thursday, from the occupied West Bank, two of whom were released after lengthy interrogation by occupation authorities.…

A Palestinian man suffered a bullet injury, on Wednesday, when an Israeli soldier opened fire at him at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city, in south of the West Bank,…

Two Palestinian brothers in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, began demolishing their homes, in order to avoid having the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolish it, according to the…

United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Highlights 27 inhabited homes demolished since the start of the pandemic, despite announced moratorium. Ten additional structures demolished using expedited…

On Sunday, August 30th, Israeli forces invaded the Damascus Gate area leading into the Old City of Jerusalem, and abducted four Palestinians, three of whom were women, according to local…

On Sunday, a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem was forced by Israeli authorities to demolish his home — despite the fact that the demolition will render the man, his wife and…

Israeli forces invaded the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of al-Isawiya and al-Wad on Saturday before dawn, breaking into the homes of three Palestinians and abducting them. The three abducted men have…

On Thursday morning, Israeli forces invaded the village of Rojib, east of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, and took measurements of the home of Palestinian prisoner…

The Israeli army, Thursday morning, demolished a Palestinian-owned under construction bakery, and delivered a demolition notice to a carpenter shop in Arraba town, near Jenin, under the pretext of unlicensed…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Wednesday night through Thursday morning, the Israeli forces detained thirteen Palestinian civilians from various parts of the occupied West Bank. From al-Fawwar camp…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for August 19 – 26, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…