Category: Holy sites

Reposted with permission from its author – Jack Sara: First Published on Come And See: A prophetic appeal to the 1000 pastors who visited Israel but ignored the Body of…

Jerusalem — Archbishop Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, December 8, 2025: Jerusalem has in recent days witnessed a deeply provocative incident that struck at the heart of Christian…

Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree at the Church of the Nativity on Saturday, celebrating the season, while neighboring Gaza remains without public festivities of the new year due to…

On Wednesday morning, a young man was hospitalized with severe injuries after he was beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers in the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas. Medical sources reported…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman and injured other citizens, on Saturday, after invading the town of Dura, southwest of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Occupation forces continued…

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, Palestinian rescue teams recovered the bodies of two slain Palestinians from beneath the rubble of a home previously bombed in Khan Younis, in the southern…

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres welcomed the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion reaffirming core obligations that, under international law, rest on Israel as the occupying power in the Occupied…

As the declared ceasefire now in its fifth day, Gaza continues to endure devastating loss. According to medical sources, nine Palestinians were pronounced dead at hospitals across the Strip between…

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued condemned on Tuesday the incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir. The ministry denounced the…

On Tuesday, Israeli far-right, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led dozens of colonizers in a heavily guarded incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The visit coincided with the…

On Monday, hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on the final day of the Sukkot holiday. Media sources reported that between Monday morning and…

Hundreds of Israeli colonizers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday, under the protection of occupation police. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem (Silwanic) reported that 537…

The Jerusalem Governorate issued its quarterly report this week, finding that over the third quarter of 2025, from July through September, 6 Palestinians were killed, 216 abducted, and 116 Palestinian…

Israeli occupation authorities have imposed, Tuesday, a full closure on the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, barring Muslim worshippers from entering…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli forces killed at least 90 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including at least 46 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at…

Jerusalem August 26th,2025: “In the path of righteousness there is life, in walking its path there is no death” (Proverbs 12,28).     A few weeks ago, the Israeli government announced…

On Monday, August 25th, day 689 of Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and Day 182 since the Israeli resumption of the genocide, when Israel broke the mediated ceasefire…

Israeli troops and paramilitary settler colonizers continued their daily assault on Palestinian towns, villages and holy sites on Wednesday. This is in addition to the 100+ Palestinians killed in the…

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday continued their assault on Palestinian civilians throughout Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank. This is in addition to the 73+ Palestinians killed…

Thousands of illegal Israeli colonizers, including Knesset members, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday, in a serious escalation. In response, several world leaders and Palestinian factions have…

A Palestinian young man was shot and killed by an illegal Israeli colonizer, on Monday, in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in…

The so-called ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ (GHF), a private company based in Delaware and run by a close associate of Donald Trump, set up shop in Gaza in late May with…

On Thursday, marking Day 649 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Day 120 since Israel violated the mediated ceasefire agreement on March 18, the Israeli army continued its bombardment…

Latin Patriarchate Of Jerusalem: This morning, at approximately 10:20 a.m., the Compound of the Holy Family in Gaza, belonging to the Latin Patriarchate, was struck by the Israeli army. As of…

The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine has denounced the latest attacks by illegal, fanatic Israeli paramilitary colonizers, on the town of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the…

The Jerusalem Governorate warned on Thursday of the dangerous and systematic escalation by Israeli paramilitaries, specifically targeting Al-Aqsa Mosque, which has taken on a more aggressive and organized character by…

In the West Bank on Thursday, the Israeli military continued its daily and nightly invasions of Palestinian towns and villages, while Israeli paramilitary colonizers (settlers) engaged in violent attacks and…

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee has passed a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli apartheid system imposed on the indigenous Palestinian population in Israel, the…

Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 28 Palestinians across multiple governorates of the occupied West Bank, including a woman, a teenager, and several family members, following a series of invasions…

In an attack that occurred Tuesday, illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, attacking the Armenian Monastery and desecrating Christian holy symbols. Footage…

Israeli settlers’ and government officials’ storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, sparked outrage and condemnation by Palestinian factions and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. In a statement…

Updated: On Monday, more than 1500 illegal Israeli colonizers , accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, government minister Ben-Gvir and other fanatic right-wing Knesset members, invaded the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque…

Jerusalem, May 21, 2025 (WAFA) – The Jerusalem Governorate warned of a dangerous escalation in the occupied city in the coming days, as the Israeli occupation authorities continue to organize…

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenage boy on Friday evening after he allegedly stabbed an Israeli police officer at one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian worshippers during a religious ceremony as Christians gathered to celebrate the Feast of St. George in Al-Khader, a town south of Bethlehem in…

The Israeli military continued its assault on the entire population of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with Palestinians in Gaza saying that the level of starvation and deprivation has reached…

On Thursday, more than 2000 illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem while they celebrate the fifth day of Passover. The Wadi Hilweh Information Centre (Silwanic) reported…

Christians in Gaza City gathered to observe Palm Sunday, the occasion preceding Easter, at the historic St. Porphyrius Orthodox Church. The solemn celebration unfolded just hours after Israeli airstrikes devastated…

Israeli authorities placed locks on the doors of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on Monday, abducted one employee, banned another, and summoned its director.…

At dawn on Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted three Palestinians, invaded and ransacked several mosques, and set one ablaze in the Old City of Nablus in the northern part of…

On Friday, the Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the twenty-fifth consecutive day, leaving 25 killed, dozens injured, and widespread destruction…

from mondoweiss.net Tammoun, a busy town that is considered a services and trade hub for the northern Jordan Valley, has been turned into “a ghost town” by the Israeli offensive,…

by Kathryn Shihadah – If Americans Knew: Today, instead of reporting on the genocide, here are some photos and videos of Christmas and the Christian community in Gaza. Tomorrow we…

by Kathryn Shihadah We’re taking a short break from reporting on the genocide in Gaza to focus on sumud – that quality that enables Palestinians to carry on day after…

On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of Jabal al-Mukaber and Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. In addition, armed Israeli colonial settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in…

On Sunday, Day 310 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave and issued more orders forcing the…

A large group of Israeli colonizers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Old City and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – As part of its genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has intentionally destroyed schools and medical facilities during its…

This week Palestinian Evangelical Lutheran pastor Reverend Munther Isaac gave a very compelling talk at a mosque in South Africa, calling on the world, people of every religion, to take…

Christians of Gaza City, north of the Gaza Strip, celebrated “Palm Sunday” in the Eastern Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios, despite the difficult conditions created by the continued Israeli aggression…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’…

Tuesday marks day 193 of the ongoing relentless Israeli assault on the 2.4 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, who are being collectively punished for an attack in southern…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including a young woman, from occupied Jerusalem, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…

Thousands of worshippers were forced to dive for cover during dawn Ramadan prayers today when Israeli police used stun grenades and tear gas at the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers used drones to drop gas bombs on Muslim worshipers  in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank,…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians, including two young women, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The army also abducted seven Palestinians in…

Earlier on Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, attacked worshipers and abducted four Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least eleven Palestinians at the various gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said…

By Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – Horrific testimonies have been received by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor regarding the slow death faced by dozens of sick and injured Palestinians at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The…

Ramadan is off to rough start; Children being starved at fastest rate; 200,000 Gazans dead? Rafah invasion will happen, but not imminent; Israeli sniper drone killed a Gazan boy, zoomed…

Israeli occupation forces stormed, at dawn on Monday, several parts of the West Bank – particularly in the north around Nablus and Tulkarem. Israeli troops invaded the city of Nablus…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted several Palestinians in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, leading to protests. Many military and police vehicles invaded Silwan town, south…

The Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Ajith Sunghay, said that Israel is detaining Palestinians from Gaza on a broad…

Israa University, along with its under-construction medical center, has become the latest casualty of the 103-day long Israeli genocide in Gaza after every other university has already been bombed and…

January 7th marks the Eastern Orthodox Christmas celebration, which is usually accompanied by festivities and parades in the city of Bethlehem. But this year, with the ongoing Israeli onslaught in…

Israeli police brutalized, on Friday, Palestinian Muslims, assaulted a journalist, and abducted a young man, while undercover agents kidnapped seven, including five minors, in occupied Jerusalem. In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli…

Video message from Bethlehem Municipality, delivered by its Mayor, Mr. Hanna Hanania: As Christmas approaches, Bethlehem remains sad, just like all other Palestinian cities; we at Bethlehem Municipality, along with…

Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and all parts of occupied Palestine have decided that Christmas this year will only focus on the religious aspect of this important advent in Christian and…

Illegal Israeli colonizers, on Thursday, attacked Palestinian citizens, began the construction of a settlement road near Hebron, and invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. In the northern occupied West…

According to the latest update from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Since 27 October at about 18:00, contact with the…

At least eight Palestinians, including women and children, were killed when the Israeli army fired a missile at the assembly hall of the Greek Orthodox church, where many Palestinians were…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll of the Israeli bombing of Gaza which began on Saturday, and has continued non-stop, has reached 1,537, with 7,212 injured.…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured, on Monday, a Palestinian girl and injured dozens of citizens, in the center of the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Media sources said…

On Tuesday, dozens of Israeli soldiers and colonizers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and conducted provocative tours before the army abducted a guard. Al-Qastal News…

Groups of fanatic Israeli colonizers invaded, Sunday, the Bab Ar-Rahma Islamic Cemetery and desecrated it by stepping on graves and dancing on them under heavy accompaniment by Israeli soldiers and…

Israeli occupation police abducted, on Monday, a Palestinian young man from the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in occupied Jerusalem, and restricted others, while allowing 351 illegal Israeli colonizers…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including one woman, in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Husan village, west of the city,…

Dozens of illegal Israeli colonizers infiltrated, on Wednesday, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, in provocative tours, while authorities denied entry to Palestinians. Under the full protection of Israeli…

On Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers assaulted two Palestinian women and one man near the Chain Gate leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West…

Earlier Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least six Palestinians, including two siblings, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, the army abducted…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted an elderly Palestinian woman while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque after praying at the holy site and took her to a police station in the Old…

On Friday morning, Israeli soldiers closed the Qalandia terminal, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, increased their deployment around Al-Aqsa Mosque, and installed roadblocks ahead of…

On Friday, a Palestinian woman was shot and mildly injured, apparently by shrapnel of a bullet fired by paramilitary Israeli colonizers, in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied…