Category: West Bank

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…

NABLUS, Monday, October 18, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Monday morning chopped scores of olive trees and stole harvesting equipment in the Nablus district, according to local sources. Ghassan Daghlas, who…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, two Palestinians, both former political prisoners, in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of…

Twelve Palestinians were injured, Saturday, when Israeli colonizers and soldiers invaded Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked homes, and burned trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a…

Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, many Palestinians after the army invaded their orchards while they were picking their olive trees, in Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Eyewitnesses…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, seven Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The soldiers also shot a young man and abducted two. The Wadi Hilweh Information…

The Israeli authorities in occupied Jerusalem forced, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian from the Wadi al-Jouz area, in the city, to demolish his home. Hamza Bazbazat said that the City…

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

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked Palestinian farmers and injured four in Yasouf village, northeast of Salfit in the northern occupied West Bank, Quds News Network reported. Palestinian farmer, Yousef…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Thursday at night, a Palestinian child, and abducted another near Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Thursday evening, many Palestinians in Douma village, south of Nablus, and abducted two at the nearby Za’tara permanent military roadblock, in the northern part of the…

The Israeli High Court issued a ruling, Thursday, freezing the Administrative Detention order against Kayed al-Fasfous, 31, after 92 days of hunger strike, without actually voiding the order, the Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded and searched Palestinian homes in Jerusalem’s…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian child in Bab al-Amoud, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted several Palestinians…

Illegal Israeli colonizers cut, Thursday more than 80 Palestinian olive trees near the al-Mughayyir village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Amin Abu Alia, the head of…

Israeli soldiers and members of the “City Council” of Jerusalem, invaded the area near the Qalandia terminal, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and south of Ramallah, in the…

SALFIT, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities today notified of its intentions to seize dozens of durums of land belonging to Palestinians in the village of Yasuf, east…

Israeli soldiers injured, Wednesday, several Palestinians and abducted two in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron. Media activist Mohammad Awad stated that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Beita and Burqa towns, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man after shooting him near Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The soldiers also assaulted a…

SALFIT/NABLUS, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today vandalized Palestinian-owned property in several northern West Bank towns, causing damage, according to local sources. Settlers sneaked into Marda, village,…

On Wednesday, several Israeli police officers, including undercover forces, abducted a Palestinian man after smashing the windows of his car and breaking into it while he was listening to music…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians, including two teenage boys, from their homes in several parts of Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.…

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian detainee, Kayed al-Fasfous, 32, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started 90 days ago, protesting his continued…

Israeli soldiers shot and abducted, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian child near the western entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Medical sources said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday afternoon, three Palestinian children in Silwan and the at-Tour, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers also attacked many Palestinians, in Jeruasalem, and abducted…

Israeli soldiers demolished Tuesday, a residential shed in Abu an-Nuwwar Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and confiscated its materials. Daoud al-Jahalin, the secretary of the…

Illegal Israeli colonizers invaded and harvested a  Palestinian olive orchard in Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and stole the produce. Mohammad Azem, the…

Israeli soldiers demolished Tuesday, an agricultural shed at the western entrance of Hares town, west of Salfit in central West Bank. Omar Samara, the head of Hares Town Council, said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians, including siblings and former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the army also shot…

JERUSALEM, Monday, October 11, 2021 (WAFA) – The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem today condemned the city’s Israeli Magistrate Court’s decision to allow Jews to pray “silently” in…