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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (Doctors Without Borders) – Nearly three months after an escalation in violence in the Gaza Strip left 256 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead, the situation across…
Aug 17, 2021 – (Al-Haq) In the early hours of the morning on 16 August 2021, a special undercover force of the Israeli Forces raided the northern West Bank city…
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished a kindergarten in Beit Sfafa town, southwest of the occupied city of Jerusalem, local sources said. The sources told…
A Palestinian man was forced to destroy his new home, on Sunday, in at-Tur town in occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Muhammad Dweik, recently married,…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 15, 2021 (WAFA) – Ten Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons are ongoing with the hunger strike in protest of their arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges or…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, Khirbat Yizra village, east of Tubas in northeastern West Bank, and dismantled solar panels, used by the Palestinians to provide them with electricity. Mokhles Masa’eed, the…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Saturday, that the Israeli occupation authorities issued another Administrative Detention order against a hunger-striking political prisoner. The PPP stated that the detainee, Ahmad…
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.…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Thursday evening, that two detainees have suspended the hunger strike, after reaching agreements with the Israeli Prison Authority regarding ending their arbitrary…
GENEVA, Thursday, August 12, 2021 (WAFA) – Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concern yesterday over arrests, harassment, criminalization, and threats targeting…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for August 5 – 11, 2021 Israeli forces continued…
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 Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, on Tuesday evening, that a hunger-striking detainee has suspended the hunger strike. The PPS stated that the detainee, Ahmad Nazzal, from the northern…
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…
Israeli forces, on Monday at night, shot and detained a Palestinian woman near Huwara town, south of Nablus in northern occupied West Bank. Local security sources told Palestinian News &…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 08, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of 13 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention currently remain on hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention without a…
Israeli forces shot, and killed an unarmed Palestinian man, and injured several more in the northern West Bank village of Beita, south of Nablus, during a demonstration in rejection of…
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Morad Eshteiwi, the media spokesperson of…
A group of fanatic Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, cut and uprooted dozens of Palestinian olive trees, Friday, in the al-Jab’a village, southwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied…
Israeli forces, on Thursday, demolished the Bedouin village of Al-Arakib for the 191st time, Quds News Network reported. The army destroyed the tents and makeshift tin shelters built by residents,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confinement, on Wednesday evening, that the hunger-striking detainee Guevara Nammoura has suspended his hunger striking after an agreement was reaching limiting his Administrative Detention orders.…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli authorities are still refusing to allow its lawyers to visit with seventeen hunger-striking political prisoners. The Committee stated that sixteen…
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, shot six Palestinians in Jenin, assaulted four in Beita, south of Nablus, in northern occupied West Bank, medical and security sources reported. In Jenin, Israeli soldiers…
The Israeli army handed, on Tuesday evening, the body of a slain young Palestinian man to his family, a month after killing him and holding his corpse. Ahmad Jibril, the…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a political prisoner from Bethlehem, started a hunger strike three days ago, protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without…
Israeli soldiers conducted, on Sunday evening, military drills in Khalayel al-Louz area, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Rateb Obeyyat, the head of Hindaza Local…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, July 31, 2021 (WAFA) – Efforts are intensifying to force Israel to release corpses of Palestinians killed by its forces over the years and which it has been…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (July 15 – 28, 2021) Israeli forces continued to commit…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA oPt) Protection of Civilians Report (July 13-26, 2021) Latest developments (after the reporting period) On…
The Israeli High Court denied an appeal for the release of Palestinian detainee, held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention order, and started an open-ended hunger strike 18 days ago. He…
In a serious escalation, the Israeli occupation army killed a young man participating in the funeral procession of the slain Palestinian child, Mohammad Moayyad Bahjat al-‘Allami, 11, shot and killed…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the headquarters of “Defense For Children International – Palestine Branch (DCI-Palestine) in Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in the al-Biereh city near Ramallah, in central…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian research and development center in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and searched it before confiscating computers, in addition to…
JERUSALEM, Thursday, July 29, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli High Court today issued a decision freezing the eviction of three Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East…
A Palestinian family, on Tuesday, began the demolition or their apartment in Al-Tur town, occupied Jerusalem, under orders from the Israeli occupation authorities, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported.…
July 27, 2021 – Human Rights Watch Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups carried out attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel that violated the…
Palestinians who protested the illegal expropriation of a spring by Israeli settlers, Tuesday, were pepper-sprayed, while one was detained by Israeli soldiers in the Ein al-Hilwa area of the northern…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that fifteen detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges…
The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in Jabal al-Mokabber, allegedly for being built without a permit. The Palestinian, Ali Khalil…
Israeli soldiers suppressed the weekly non-violent demonstration held in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia City, in northern occupied West Bank, according to a local official. Morad Eshteiwi, the media…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | June 2021
Thirteen Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with the open-ended hunger strikes, demanding to be released. The detainees are…
A young Palestinian man died, on Wednesday evening, while being held at the al-Maskobiyya detention center and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem. His family said he was tortured while under interrogation.…
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…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 18, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of nine Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are currently on hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention without a…
By Akram al-Waara for Middle East Eye Aisha Abu Awwad was up at the crack of dawn on 7 July, ready for her usual morning routine. She let her sheep…
Report by The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. In the occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OPT). Latest developments (after the reporting period) On 14 July, Israeli forces confiscated at least…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for June 29 – July 12, 2021 Highlights from the reporting period On 3 July, Israeli…
Palestinians held a peaceful protest in Abu Dis town, on Friday, demanding the Israeli occupation authorities hand over the body of Palestinian Dr. Mai Afaneh, 29, who was slain by…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Thursday evening, that five detainees in Israeli prisons started an open-ended hunger strike protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…
Israeli soldiers bulldozed and desecrated, on Thursday evening, large sections of the oldest and largest ancient Canaanite cemetery in occupied Palestine, the Maan News Agency has reported. Maan said the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Khirbat Hamsa Bedouin community, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, dismantled a residential tent and confiscated it. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian Authority official…
RAMALLAH, July 14, 2021 (Anadolu Agency) – Around 100 former Israeli soldiers who were stationed in the occupied West Bank have demanded Israel’s defense and internal security ministers to put…
Illegal Israeli colonists, on Wednesday, cut 150 Palestinian-owned olive trees in Burin village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local…
By: Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association 13-07-2021: On 12 July 2021, following several communications submitted to the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) for the temporary humanitarian release of Palestinian political prisoner Khalida…
Israeli forces demolished, on Tuesday, stone fences, a water well, and uprooted trees belonging to local Palestinians in Qusra village, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank, according to a…
Michael Lynk, United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), spoke last week in a session of the UN Human Rights Council, stating that…
A Palestinian family demolished their home in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, after midnight Tuesday, using heavy machinery, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Nassar Al-Husseini, was forced by…
Israel released, Thursday, a Palestinian political prisoner, identified as al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, 28, after 65 days of hunger strike, protesting being held without charges or trial. The Palestinian was instantly…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for June 1 – 7, 2021 Israeli forces continued…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, the al-Arakib Bedouin Palestinian village, in the Negev, for the 190th time. Aziz at-Touri, a member of the Local Committee for Defending al-Arakib, stated that dozens…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, several structures and confiscated them in Khirbat Hamsa al-Foqa village, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian Authority official in…
By Akram Al-Waara for the Middle East Eye Late on Saturday afternoon, not long before sunset, Mohammed Hassan, 21, and a group of local construction workers were wrapping up their…
On Sunday, the Israeli municipal government forced the Darwish family to demolish their home in the town of al-Isawiya , near Jerusalem. The Israeli municipal government with their own hands,…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | June 15-28, 2021 Highlights Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, a boy and a woman, in…
The Israeli air force, on Saturday, pounded the besieged Gaza Strip for the fourth time since the Egypt-brokered ceasefire on May 21, 2021, according to Quds News Network. Israeli jets…
Attorney Jawad Boulos of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) stated, Thursday, that the Israeli authorities are refusing to release a Palestinian detainee, identified as Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, 28, who entered…
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…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report Overview for May 2021 In May, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Sunday at night, four young men and caused scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Sbeih Mountain in Beita town, south of the northern…
Two Palestinians were forced, by the Israeli municipality, to knock down their own buildings, in the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported that…
A group of right-wing fanatic Israeli paramilitary colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, stormed a Palestinian village outside of Hebron, terrorizing local Palestinian residents, severely beating a Palestinian man, firing guns…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Saturday, that a hunger-striking detainee in Israeli prisons suffered a serious health setback and entered a coma for the second time. The Committee stated…
WASHINGTON DC, Friday, June 25, 2021 (WAFA) – 73 Democrats in the US House of Representatives have signed a letter urging US President Joe Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s…
Israeli soldiers opened fire at dozens of protestors, on Friday, injuring at least six Palestinians participating in the weekly procession in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum,…
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man, on Friday, near the illegal Yitzhar colony, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. In a…
Jun 24,2021 – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expresses its deep shock at the death of the Palestinian opposition political activist Nizar Banat after his arrest and direct attack by…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary of Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for June 17 – 23, 2021
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that a hunger-striking detainee, identified as al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, 28, is facing a serious health deterioration after 48 days of the ongoing strike. The…
National factions on Saturday, called, for Palestinians to oppose and take a stand against the planned Israeli settlers’ marches, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Morad Eshteiwi, the media spokesman…
Israeli colonists attacked, on Saturday, Palestinian residents in the southern occupied West Bank, injuring an elderly Palestinian woman, the head of the village council confirmed. South of Hebron, in at-Tiwani…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the oPt (UNOCHA) – Protection of Civilians Report for June 1 – 14, 2021 Latest developments (after the reporting period)…
Israeli forces detained, from Thursday evening to Friday dawn, a total of seven Palestinians, including six from Salem village and one from Tubas city, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.…