Category: Human rights

The Israeli army continued its violations of the ceasefire agreement for the 177th consecutive day on Saturday, carrying out multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip that left several Palestinians injured.…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex‑Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society announced on Friday the death of Riyad al‑Amour, a former political prisoner who had been forcibly transferred to…

Israeli military drones fired missiles at an area in northern Gaza on Friday evening, injuring six Palestinians near the Abu Sharkh roundabout in Jabalia. Medical teams transferred all six to…

A Palestinian woman was killed, a child was wounded, and a young man succumbed to critical wounds on Thursday as Israeli forces intensified gunfire and artillery attacks across multiple areas…

On Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that five Palestinians, including one woman, were killed and at least fifteen others injured in the past 24 hours as…

Israeli authorities have confirmed to the Supreme Court that they buried the body of 14‑year‑old Wadea‘ Shadi Elian from occupied Jerusalem in the so‑called Numbers Graveyard, nearly six months after…

Palestinian rights groups warned of the rapidly worsening health of detainee Akram al‑Qawasmi, a Jerusalemite Palestinian political prisoner, held in the Israeli Gilboa prison. The Prisoners’ Information Office said al‑Qawasmi,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that hospitals received 4 Palestinians killed and 12 wounded over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll of the genocide in…

Aida Touma‑Suleiman, a journalist and member of the Knesset for Hadash (The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) since 2015, announced Tuesday that she and several human rights organizations have…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Tuesday that five Palestinians were killed and fourteen others were injured during the past twenty‑four hours as a result of ongoing Israeli…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing one Palestinian and wounding several others in the northern and central areas of the…

The Israeli Knesset approved on Monday evening a law mandating the death penalty for Palestinian detainees convicted of killings classified by Israel as “acts of terrorism.” The bill passed its…

Israeli warplanes and drones carried out several attacks across the central and northern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing multiple Palestinians and wounding others, as civilian areas continue to come under…

For the 172nd consecutive day, Israel continued its violations of the “ceasefire and de‑escalation” agreement in the Gaza Strip, carrying out artillery and air strikes alongside gunfire from military vehicles…

The head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Moayyad Sha’ban, said that the 50th anniversary of Land Day, which arrives this year as a renewed affirmation of the centrality…

Israeli forces continued their assault on Palestinian communities throughout the West Bank during the day and evening on Sunday, following the pre-dawn invasions. In the central West Bank: Israeli occupation…

On Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeting areas near two police posts and another location in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have killed nine Palestinians, including a girl, and wounded four others,…

Israeli drone fire and ground attacks across the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday killed three Palestinians and injured several others, as UN agencies reported a deepening humanitarian emergency…

Israeli occupation authorities prevented Palestinians from holding Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, as the compound remains fully sealed for the fifth consecutive week. The closure, imposed…

Christian schools in occupied Jerusalem are warning that a new Israeli policy could jeopardize their ability to operate and undermine their long‑standing educational and religious mission. Administrators, church officials, and…

A Palestinian man was killed, and several others were injured on Wednesday when Israeli warplanes bombed an area in central Gaza, the Civil Defense and medical sources in the besieged…

Israeli forces seized 11 Palestinian homes in the Baten al‑Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, forcibly emptying dozens of residents and handing…

An Israeli judge has acknowledged that Waleed Ahmad, a Palestinian teenager who died in Israel’s Megiddo Prison in March 2025, was “likely starved” to death. Despite that admission, the judge…

Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition notices to seven inhabited Palestinian homes in the eastern neighborhood of the village of Qalandia, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, ordering residents…

On Monday, Israeli forces demolished a citizen’s home in the village of Douma, southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank. South of Hebron, occupation forces demolished three residential structures…

Israeli forces continued their invasions of the Bethlehem area and other parts of the West Bank throughout the day and into the night on Monday, following extensive invasions before dawn…

Jerusalem – Bishop William Shomali: The Latin Patriarchal Vicar in Jerusalem, warned that Christian communities across the occupied West Bank are experiencing a marked escalation in attacks by illegal paramilitary…

Israeli drone strikes on Sunday killed five Palestinians and wounded more than eight others in separate attacks across the Gaza Strip, as Israeli forces continued daily violations of the ceasefire…

By Dr. Jack Sara – Come And See: Here in Jerusalem, Jesus’ name is not an idea but a living memory—spoken in prayers, whispered in grief, and held onto in…

Archbishop Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Jerusalem; March 21, 2026: They want a Jesus shaped by their own agendas and desires, while Jesus Christ came into this world…

Throughout the day on Saturday, numerous attacks by Israeli paramilitary colonizers and stormtroopers against Palestinian civilians were documented by local sources. This follows a recent pattern of escalation in the…

Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a Palestinian woman on Saturday in the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, amid ongoing violations across the Gaza Strip. Medical sources said the…

Israeli occupation authorities on Saturday forced Jerusalemite resident Ahmad Hamed Bkerat to carry out the demolition of part of his own home in the town of Sur Baher, in the…

After two Intifadas, genocide in Gaza, and death of many friends– this is the first time that my home is starting to feel unrecognizable. The missiles prevent us from sleeping,…

A Palestinian child was critically wounded on Friday after Israeli forces opened fire in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia, in yet another violation of the “ceasefire” that has…

After more than two years of continuous Israeli bombardment, displacement, and loss, UN agencies warn that Palestine is facing an unprecedented mental‑health emergency, with more than one million children in…

Three Palestinians were killed and another was critically wounded, Thursday, in two separate Israeli airstrikes east of Gaza City, as Egypt and the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed the partial reopening…

Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday killed one Palestinian and injured several others west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as humanitarian conditions across the enclave continue to deteriorate amid…

Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed and ten others injured on Monday after an Israeli strike targeted a vehicle in the Al‑Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, in southern…

A Palestinian civilian was killed Monday, and several others were wounded when Israeli occupation forces carried out a strike targeting a group of residents in the al‑Saftawi area north of…

While headlines chase missiles and threats elsewhere, people in Gaza and the West Bank are being killed, buried, and pushed from their homes. The world’s attention has drifted; occupation and…

Israeli airstrikes killed four Palestinians, including three members of one family, and wounded others on Sunday in the central and southern Gaza Strip, while an evening attack killed nine Palestinian…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday evening that Israeli aircraft bombed a a vehicle on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip, killing eight citizens and…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee has documented a sharp escalation in Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists since the start of 2026, recording 22 abductions so far, including four female…

Israeli occupation forces killed three Palestinians, including two children, on Friday evening when aircraft opened fire at a group of civilians east of Gaza City, amid escalating violations across the…

Israeli occupation forces confiscated 133 dunams of privately owned Palestinian land on Friday in the governorates of Jenin and Salfit, in the northern and central parts of the occupied West…

As the world is busy with the regional war Israel has ignited against Iran, the Israeli military court dropped charges against five soldiers for raping a Palestinian detainee at the…

Local sources have reported that thousands of Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel have been removed from cells and tortured this week, under the pretext of the Israeli-U.S. war with…

The Gaza Strip endured another difficult day as Israeli bombings and closures continued to shape life across the besieged territory, despite the “ceasefire” framework announced on 11 October. Residents across…

Israeli occupation forces carried out new attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing and injuring displaced Palestinians in central Gaza and striking civilian areas in Gaza City, as medical…

By Ayman Odeh: This time the enemy is Iran. Yesterday it was Gaza. The day before it was Lebanon. Tomorrow it may be Turkey. In Israel, there is always another…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian civilians on Tuesday by spraying pepper gas at people passing near the Mikhmas roundabout north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. Local…

Israeli authorities in occupied Jerusalem forced a Palestinian resident to demolish his own home on Tuesday in the town of Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem, as part of the…

Seven Palestinians were killed and seventeen others wounded across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours as Israeli forces continued to bombard multiple areas of the besieged enclave, the…

Israeli occupation forces carried out new attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing three Palestinians in a strike west of Gaza City, while a fourth Palestinian died of wounds…

Eleven Palestinian families from the Khirbet Yarza area, east of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, dismantled their homes and tents on Sunday and began leaving the community after a…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a new series of airstrikes and artillery and naval bombardments across the Gaza Strip at dawn on Saturday, killing a Palestinian man and critically injuring…

Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians, including a child, in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the genocide against the population continues despite the ceasefire declared last…

Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continued on Thursday despite the declared “ceasefire” framework, with the Ministry of Health reporting new fatalities, fresh injuries, and growing concern over victims still…

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 has concluded that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians since October 07, 2023, constitutes systematic…

A Palestinian man was killed on Wednesday after Israeli forces opened fire east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as the devastated Gaza Strip continues to face severe humanitarian shortages…

Israeli occupation forces carried out new air and artillery strikes across several areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday, in a fresh violation of the “ceasefire” that has been in…

Israeli military fire and restrictions on aid continued across the Gaza Strip on Monday, deepening the humanitarian crisis that has persisted despite the “ceasefire” declared in mid‑October 2025. The Gaza…

Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when Israeli artillery shelled the al‑Joren area of Jabalia town in northern Gaza, while two infants died from malnutrition…

On Friday, the Israeli Supreme Court temporarily prevented the Israeli government from closing dozens of relief organizations operating in Gaza. The groups had filed a lawsuit challenging new Israeli rules…

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded several others on Thursday in a series of attacks across the Gaza Strip, as humanitarian agencies warned that ongoing ceasefire violations and severe…

Human rights activists and international civil society groups are organizing a large maritime flotilla set to depart on April 12 from ports in Spain, Italy, and Tunisia, in an effort…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be…

Several Palestinians were injured late Wednesday night after Israeli naval vessels opened fire toward the coastline west of Gaza City. Earlier in the day, the Israeli army killed three Palestinians…

Three Palestinians were killed and four others were injured on Wednesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes, shelling, and drone attacks across the devastated Gaza Strip, while civil defense teams…

Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Tuesday in Israeli strikes targeting Khan Younis and Beit Lahia, amidst ongoing violations across the devastated Gaza Strip, as humanitarian…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be ongoing,…

Average of five Palestinians killed by Israel every day in Gaza since ceasefire – Not a ceasefire Day 136 Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is…

Three Palestinian citizens were injured on Monday morning after Israeli occupation forces opened fire east of Gaza City. The Health Ministry in Gaza also released the latest casualty updates. Medical…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that two Palestinians were killed and three others injured in the past 24 hours as Israel’s genocide against the Gaza Strip continues…

A 27‑year‑old Palestinian woman was killed on Sunday in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, while a child died after being repeatedly denied medical evacuation for treatment, as the humanitarian situation…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be…

Two Palestinians were killed on Saturday when Israeli drones struck separate locations in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, as humanitarian conditions across the enclave continue to deteriorate despite a…

The death toll from Israel’s ongoing violations on the devastated Gaza Strip has risen to 72,069 Palestinians, with 171,728 injured since October 7, 2023, according to updated medical data released…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed a 20-year old Palestinian man east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Wednesday marked the first day of Ramadan –…

Israeli occupation forces abducted Jerusalem activist Mohammad Abu al‑Hummus on Wednesday evening from the Bab Hutta area, one of the main gates leading to the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in the Old…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished two residential buildings in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and detonated a slain man’s family home in the town of Beit Ummar, north…

A Palestinian child was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike on Jabalia al‑Balad, in northern Gaza, as bombardment and ground operations continued across the devastated and besieged Gaza…

In the latest of Israel’s daily and nightly attacks on Palestinians throughout the West Bank, including in Jerusalem, Israeli forces seriously wounded a homeowner in Salfit, abducted the head of…

Israeli occupation forces on Monday carried out renewed artillery attacks across several areas of the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian in the eastern part of Gaza City and wounding others,…

Two Palestinian children were killed on Sunday when members of a Palestinian Authority (PA) security force opened fire on their father’s vehicle during a pursuit in the town of Tammun,…

At least three Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza City and Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, while the Ministry of…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip at dawn Sunday, killing eight Palestinians and injuring many others in strikes targeting northern, central, and southern areas of…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday that the cumulative death toll has climbed to 72,051 Palestinians, while the number of wounded has reached 171,706 since the beginning…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said Friday that Israel’s core objective in the Gaza Strip remains the “complete disarmament” of the territory and the “dismantling of Hamas,” Al‑Jazeera…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be…

A Palestinian detainee from the Gaza Strip died on Thursday after being held for 14 months in the “Negev” detention center in southern Israel. In a joint statement, the Palestinian…

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Thursday that the cumulative death toll from Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,045 Palestinians, with 171,686 others wounded,…

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says nearly all school buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed during the ongoing Israeli military offensive,…

Israel is set to revoke the Norwegian Refugee Council’s registration within 16 days, part of a broader move that has already stripped dozens of aid groups of their licences under…

Updated: Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two Palestinians and injuring others in separate incidents, as artillery shelling, drone fire, naval gunfire,…

Palestine has formally requested an urgent extraordinary session of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives to discuss collective Arab and international action against the latest Israeli…

The Israeli Cabinet this week approved changes to land registration in the West Bank, allowing demolition of Palestinian-owned homes and enabling expanded construction of Jewish-only colonies on stolen Palestinian land.…