Category: Holy sites

Israeli soldiers killed, on Thursday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Chain Gate, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli police claimed the woman, 30, carried a…

Hundreds of illegal Israeli colonizers, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, while the soldiers imposed restrictions on Palestinian…

Armed gangs of Israeli paramilitary colonial settlers have been invading Palestinian areas in different parts of the West Bank Saturday, terrorizing local residents, shooting at children, firing rifles into Palestinian…

Updated: Israeli soldiers killed,  Friday, a Palestinian physician near Bab al-Asbat, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, after the army claimed that he “attempted to…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Qalandia refugee camp, and Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources in Qalandia, north…

The International Red Cross has announced, on Thursday morning, that the Israeli authorities have canceled all visits to the Palestinian detainees in all of its prisons, detention, and interrogation centers,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man from the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted…

HEBRON, Tuesday, September 07, 2021 (WAFA) – Israel today decided to ban Muslims from praying at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, citing the Jewish…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, September 5, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities embarked today on levelling parts of the Al-Yusufiya Cemetery in the old city of occupied Jerusalem, in a prelude to…

Father Attallah Hanna,  the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, stated that supporting the Palestinian people in Sheikh Jarrah, and other parts of occupied Jerusalem, is…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday morning, three young Palestinian men while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the three Palestinians and interrogated them while…

Hundreds of Palestinian muslims congregated, on Friday, for the afternoon prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in southern occupied West Bank, when soldiers stormed the mosque and terrorized worshipers.…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Wednesday, Muslim Palestinian worshipers and detained three at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Ma’an News Agency reported. After performing the…

The Israeli occupation army, on Tuesday, accompanied by heavy machinery, razed land near the al-Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Sheikh Hifthi Abu Isneineh, the…

Father Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli escalation and ongoing invasions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in…

Deifallah al-Fayez, the spokesperson of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, strongly denounced the Israeli violations and escalation in the Al-Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Al-Fayez stated that these violations against the…

After more than 2100 illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, on Sunday morning, the soldiers assaulted dozens of…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, July 18, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces and scores of Israeli settler fanatics broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday early morning, attacking…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for June 24 – 30, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

After Friday prayers, Muslim Palestinians, gathered at the Al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, to express their rejection of the openly racist behavior of Israelis who participated in Tuesday’s inflammatory…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report of Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for June 10 – 16, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…

Israeli warplanes fired missiles into the southern besieged Gaza Strip, early on Wednesday morning, breaking the ceasefire which brought the most recent eruption of violence to an end. Quds News…

Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Statement by Michelle Bachelet UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam President,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession in Tayasir village, east of the northeastern West Bank city of Tubas, and abducted a young man. The Palestinians marched from the main…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and attacked worshipers, wounding at least twenty Palestinians, mainly with…

 Three Israeli extremists severely targeted and beat a number of clerics from the Armenian Orthodox Church Wednesday evening in occupied Jerusalem, witnesses say. The clerics suffered multiple injuries, including one…

As the Israeli military continued pounding the Gaza Strip with missiles for the third straight day, groups of armed Israelis in different parts of Israel invaded Palestinian neighborhoods and villages…

Israeli soldiers injured, Monday, nine Palestinians, and abducted three others, after the army attacked dozens of protesters near Qalandia north of occupied Jerusalem, who marched against the Israeli escalation in…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported, Monday, the Israeli soldiers injured, Monday, 612 Palestinians in several parts of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, especially in and around the Al-Aqsa…

Early Monday morning, a group of Israeli paramilitary settlers and two right-wing Knesset (Parliament) members invaded the besieged Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, accompanied by a battalion…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that its medics provided treatment to at least 305 Palestinians, including seven who suffered serious wounds, and thirteen who were shot in…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Sunday evening, dozens of Palestinians, including a medic in Sheikh Jarrah and Bab al-‘Amoud, and several other areas in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday night, many Palestinians during protests that took place in Nablus, in northern West Bank, and in Ramallah in central West Bank, in central condemnation of…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday at night, at least ninety Palestinians, including women and children, in occupied the occupied Palestinian capital,…

Israeli police officers attacked on Sunday at dawn, dozens of Palestinian worshipers while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, wounding at least ten. Eyewitnesses said the police…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, May 9, 2021 (WAFA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Maliki said today he had asked the ambassadors of Palestine to begin joint action with their…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Saturday at night, at least three Palestinians during protests that took place on their lands near the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, in…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday night, many Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, causing injuries, and abducted five. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, including mounted police officers, invaded…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, at least twenty-five Palestinians; 24 of them are former political prisoners, during ongoing invasions and violent searches of homes and buildings, in the occupied Palestinian capital,…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that a father and his four children were injured, on Sunday at dawn, after Israeli soldiers fired concussion grenades at them near…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers injured overnight 205 Palestinians, including some who were injured in the eyes, during protests that erupted after dozens of…

JERUSALEM, Friday, May 7, 2021 (WAFA) – At least 53 Palestinians were injured today evening as Israeli occupation police broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old…

The Permanent Observer to the United Nations for Palestine, Riyad Mansour, sent a letter on Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General, President of the UN Security Council, and the President of…

By Adnan Hmidan for Middle East Monitor Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth. Their resilience resembles the robust trees standing at the Damascus Gate to the Old City,…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, May 01, 2021 (WAFA) – The presidency condemned the Israeli occupation’s oppressive measures against Christians commemorating the Holy Saturday in the heart of Jerusalem city. Israeli police set…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement denouncing the Israeli police attack on dozens of Palestinian Christians celebrating Holy Saturday, on Saturday evening, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In its…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday night after midnight, dozens of Palestinians with clubs and batons, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to abducting four young men in…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for April 13-26, 2021 Latest development On 29 April, Israel removed the restrictions on the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday at night, many Palestinians and abducted several others in the yard of Bab al-‘Amoud, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted…

  Summary for April 22 – 28, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at night, eight Palestinians, including one medic and four children, and assaulted many others in Bab al-‘Amoud and surrounding areas, in the occupied Palestinian capital,…

Several world leaders have denounced the Israeli assault and repression used against the Palestinian Muslim worshipers visiting the sacred Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The Pakistan Foreign Ministry, on…

In a massive show of solidarity on Sunday, Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem came together to remove barriers that had been placed by the Israeli police to block…

Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, on Monday morning, into Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped four young Palestinian men during a nonviolent activity. Amer Awad, the secretary of Beit…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday night, three Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and issued an order against another Palestinian preventing him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for six…

Several Israeli soldiers and police, on Saturday night, used excessive force in an attempt to evacuate hundreds of Palestinian worshipers gathered at the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances into…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Saturday evening, a young man with live fire, and another with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to wounding several other Palestinians during protests near the al-Jalama…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians and abducted a child, in Deir Sharaf village, west of Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Local…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, more than a hundred Palestinians south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, during protests against the Israeli violations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at night, four young Palestinian men, including three former political prisoners, from Tubas, in northeastern West Bank, and Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Eyewitnesses…

Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Friday at night, Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters who were marching in condemnation of the escalating Israeli violations…

Update: At least twenty Palestinians have been injured by Israeli rubber-coated steel bullets, and many others were wounded after being assaulted by the soldiers, on Friday at night, in and…

Dozens of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Friday at dawn, many Palestinian homes, and opened fire at them, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the colonists hurled stones at the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Thursday at night and on Friday at dawn, at least fifty-three Palestinians from several neighborhoods of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after they…

Israeli settlers chanting “Death to Arabs” marched through the streets of Jerusalem Thursday night, attacking Palestinians, including Palestinian worshipers who were on their way to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque…

Summary for April 15 – 21, 2021 Israeli occupation soldiers continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, at least five Palestinians, including one child, after the army and the police assaulted dozens of Palestinians in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied Jerusalem.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes in the Old City and the at-Tour town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Media sources said many…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday at night, Palestinian worshipers while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, through Bab al-‘Amoud area. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Friday evening, many Palestinians and abducted many others, in several parts of occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said dozens of soldiers,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Thursday at night and on Friday at dawn, eight young Palestinian men, and assaulted dozens of worshipers, after the army and the police stormed the…

For the third day, Israeli soldiers and police officers continued to attack Muslim worshipers while entering or leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and assaulted many,…

Dozens of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, late on Thursday at night and on Friday at dawn, the yards of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (WAFA) – For the second night in a row, Israeli police banned the entry of Ramadan Iftar meals to Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s…

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and the Khatib of the Al-Aqsa Mosque called on all Arab and Muslim leaders, and Muslims around the world, to act on…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Wednesday at night, many young Palestinian men while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after conducting prayers in the holy site. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the young…

AMMAN, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (WAFA) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned the ongoing Israeli violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, the latest…

On Tuesday, as Muslims worldwide commenced the annual holy month of Ramadan with prayers and fasting, Israeli forces blocked access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a holy site revered…

  By Zahran Maali for WAFA 9 bullets penetrated the body of the 17-year-old boy, Muhammad Khader Al-Sheikh Al-Naheil, from the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, on August 15,…

Summary for March 11 – 17, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) condemns the Israeli decisions to evacuate and demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, paving the way for implementing Israeli plans for a massive…

Summary for March 04 – 10, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, the Imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after invading his home in the Suwwana neighborhood in the city. Media sources said many soldiers invaded…

On Friday, Palestinians in Hebron marked the 27th anniversary of the horrific massacre of 29 Palestinian worshipers by American-Israeli fanatic Baruch Goldstein at the Ibrahimi Mosque. But they were prevented…

Israeli soldiers detained, Sunday, a Palestinian woman near Bab al-Asbat (Lions’ Gate), one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and invaded a home in Bab Hotta…

Father Attallah (Theodosius) Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, stated that there can be no real peace in the region without ending the…

AMMAN, January 30, 2021 (WAFA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan affirmed, Saturday, that without a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause that meets all the legitimate rights…

Summary for January 21-27, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continue to commit crimes and violations of varying degrees against the Palestinian civilian population and their properties, including invasions into Palestinian…

HEBRON, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces dawn Wednesday demolished a mosque in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, according to a…

Summary for January 7 – 13, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

A large group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists, accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Tuesday, amidst calls for demolishing it, while the soldiers also…

Summary for December 24 – 30, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

by: Sami Abu Shehadeh Palestinians have the right to enjoy a future of peace based upon justice, tolerance and respect. The political developments that have taken place in 2020 should…

Summary for December 17 – 23, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

Israeli police forces, on Wednesday, invaded the home of Mohamed al-Ajlouni of occupied East Jerusalem, and detained the Palestinian young man and his wife, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Police…

Israeli soldiers and workers of the City Council in the occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, invaded Palestinian lands, and bulldozed walls in addition to a staircase leading near the…

A number of institiutions, including the Arab League condemned, Saturday, the illegal Israeli settler’s attempt to burn the Church of Gethsemane, Friday, in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian News and Information…

The city of Bethlehem, revered by Christians worldwide as the birthplace of Jesus, held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday in a manner that was much more subdued…

An illegal Israeli settler, on Friday, set fire to the Church of All Nations, also known as Gethsemane Church, in occupied Jerusalem, before being arrested by Israeli police, Anadolu Agency…