Category: Human rights

At least 90 Palestinians were killed in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, and at least 20 were killed in al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, in two new…

Palestinian territory, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor – During its four-day incursion into the western parts of Gaza City, the Israeli army committed horrific atrocities against Palestinian civilians, including willful killings,…

After the UNRWA Pledging Conference, 118 UN member states officially declared their participation in the Joint Commitments Initiative led by Jordan, Kuwait, and Slovenia, to support the important, life-saving word…

Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:  As talks resume to reach a truce to end Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, the Israeli military…

BRUSSELS, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) today demanded the European Union (EU) to take clear positions on Israeli assaults against journalists. The PJS addressed…

Here’s the thing: If you aren’t Palestinian, or directly following Palestinians’ personal social accounts, you probably haven’t heard about the latest massacres in Gaza: the school bombed last night in…

Near zero medical services reportedly in Gaza City; malnutrition and cancer deaths, risks to lives of babies – all as aid trucks sit at the border; Gaza death toll likely…

On Monday, day 276 of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces continued their assault on the entire civilian population of Gaza. On Monday morning, the Israeli occupation army stormed…

Following an extremely violent morning on Saturday — day 274 of Israel’s assault on Gaza — in which Israeli forces bombarded a United Nations warehouse containing supplies to be distributed…

No respite for weary, starving Gazans; a released prisoner reports inhumane conditions, another prisoner dies in custody; a possible glimmer of hope in ceasefire talks; Israeli forces kill at least…

On Friday, Day 273 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in several areas of the devastated, starved, and destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – Through persistent, systematic, and widespread targeting of the Gaza Strip’s water sources and desalination plants, Israel is using water as a weapon against…

On Thursday, Day 272 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal…

On Thursday, Day 272 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the besieged, destroyed, and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of…

A Palestinian man and an Israeli soldier killed each other in a Israeli mall in the city of Carmiel, in the northern part of the country, on Wednesday. According to…

On Wednesday, Day 271 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli army fired barrages of missiles and shells, and…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…

In what has become the ‘new normal’ for the 2.24 million Palestinian civilians living in Gaza, the Israeli bombardment continued for the 270th straight day, killing civilians in tents, apartments…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) have reported a significant increase in the number of Palestinians who have been wounded by Israeli soldiers…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – A compound crime: Israeli army hits Gaza family, uses them as human shields, and runs over their mother The Israeli army continues to use…

It’s day 267 of the genocide in Gaza. I try to go about my day, I go to the store, to the park, drive my car, do my work. But…

Earlier this week, the Israeli military again targeted the family of the senior political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, killing ten civilians, including his elderly sister. This is the second…

On Saturday, Day 267 of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians…

The Palestinian NGO’s Network Rehabilitation Sector released a statement with a stark warning regarding the severe repercussions of the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The…

Yet another malnutrition death; Gazans surrounded by sewage, garbage, insects; starvation setting in; out of 10,000+ medical evacuations needed, 19 permitted to leave; Gaza’s ambulance rescue service about to stop…

On Friday, Day 266 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army bombarded various parts of the coastal enclave, killing…

Ramallah 6-26-2024 WAFA – Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces carried out 17 demolition operations in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and another within the 1948 territories. In the city…

On Wednesday, day 264 of the Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinians were killed, and many others were injured, and dozens…

On Tuesday, Day 263 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured scores of Palestinians across…

by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh [References at end] This was said 30 years ago: “This is a unique colonialism that we’ve been subjected to where they have no use for us.…

Updated: As the sun rose in the Gaza Strip on the 263rd day of Israel’s assault on the entire civilian population of 2.2 million people, at least 17 civilians were…

On Monday, Day 263 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including…

Another child dies of malnutrition; dozens killed by Israeli airstrikes; US-built pier malfunctions yet again; West Bank youth dies after soldiers shot him in stomach; Palestinian used as human shield;…

Israel continues to bring death and destruction to Gaza; no high school graduates this year; medical supplies running out; CNN War Reporter says Gaza worst; Israel kills several in West…

Damning evidence of possible widespread Israeli friendly fire on October 7th; another Palestinian journalist killed; Israeli admission that Hamas isn’t going anywhere; teenager killed in West Bank; Israeli prison deaths,…

Israeli tanks have been moving in to Rafah, on day 259 of the Israeli assault on the entire population of 2.4 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. At least…

On Thursday evening, Al-Zaytoun neighborhood and several neighborhoods in Gaza City were subjected to a series of Israeli raids, resulting in a number of killed and wounded. Israeli occupation aircraft…

On Thursday, day 258 of the ongoing Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops launched airstrikes on Palestinian civilian areas in several parts of…

On Wednesday, day 257 of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army continued its land, air and sea aggression against the entire civilian population of Gaza.…

On Tuesday, day 256 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians…

GAZA, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner society (PPS) said “They, as Palestinian authorities specialized in prisoners’ affairs, have no…

The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that Israel is holding captive at least 9,300 Palestinian political prisoners in various prisons, detention centers, and interrogation facilities. The PPS stated that among…

On Sunday, Day 254 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, in several…

Palestinian Territory- EuroMed Human Rights Monitor: June 15, 2023: Since the start of its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023, Israel has made Palestinian journalists one of its primary targets and…

On Sunday, day 254 of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed areas in Gaza City and Rafah before dawn. United Nations representatives on the ground…

On the night of March 2 Israel wiped out four generations of my family. I barely survived the slaughter. It is now my responsibility to tell their story. by Reem…

Since dawn Saturday, Israeli airstrikes on homes east of Gaza City, killed at least 19 Palestinians and wounded dozens more. Palestinian ambulance crews recovered 5 Palestinians who were killed and…

Catastrophic famine; MSF says latest massacres illustrate disregard for Palestinian lives; statistics in Gaza on Day 250; ceasefire proposal confusion; bodies as bargaining chips; shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City; West…

Israel has carried out thousands of massacres; Gaza pier in trouble again; Blinken pledges $400m in aid (while doing nothing to stop carnage); US intelligence-sharing with Israel may be getting…

GAZA, Friday, June 14, 2024 (WAFA) – As fighting escalates in the south and center of Gaza, the toll on civilians is devastating, and the continued hostile operating environment make…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) reports 84 incidents of theft of Palestinian journalists’ property by Israeli forces since October. Report By WAFA News The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced today that…

On Wednesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Gaza City, Central Gaza, and the southern parts of the coastal…

GENEVA, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA)– The World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 32 deaths attributed to malnutrition in Gaza, including 28 among children under 5 years old, WHO Director-General…

On top of genocide and famine, Israel is accused of the crime of extermination; US presence in Israel during Nuseirat attack; Blinken un-ironically calls on nations to donate for Gaza…

In a report by the Wafa news agency, the agency found that in Israel’s ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, the Israeli occupation has used water…

On Monday, Day 248 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including…

On Sunday, Day 247 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza…

On Sunday, Day 247 of the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army fired dozens of missiles and shells at several parts of the Gaza Strip amidst…

Updated: On Saturday, Day 246 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, and injured…

IsraelPalestineNews: Israeli bombing of Gaza surpasses that of WW2; Israel’s military added to a global list of entities that commit violations against children; the war’s dire toll on Gaza’s kids;…

On Saturday, June 8th, 2024, day 246 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, Israeli forces continued their relentless airstrikes of all parts of the Gaza Strip. At least eleven civilians…

In the latest Israeli airstrike, at least five civilians were killed on Friday evening in raids carried out by the Israeli occupation aircraft on the cities of Gaza and Rafah.…

Another Israeli attack on sheltering Gazans in Nuseirat, another US assumption that Israel was trying its best – reportedly with US-made weaponry; Israel assassinates mayor of Nuseirat; ceasefire proposal in…

On Thursday, Day 244 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army bombarded and shelled many areas in the coastal enclave, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians.…

NEW YORK, Thursday, June 06, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations today held the annual memorial service for 188 staff members who lost their lives in the line of duty…

On Wednesday, Day 243 of the ongoing onslaught on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells struck various parts of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 75…

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – As part of its genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, Israel has been ramping up its use of small drones, or quadcopters, to drop explosive bombs and “shoot to kill” more Palestinians. The Israeli army…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the destroyed and besieged Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

GENEVA, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (WAFA) – World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhy, that some citizens in Gaza are now reduced to drinking sewage…

UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global…

On Tuesday, Day 242 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza…

GAZA, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education said that more than 15,000 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza…

Israel has signaled both acceptance and rejection of the ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu’s government hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after Israel military’s departure rises to…

Ramallah 6-3-2024 WAFA – Palestinian institutions revealed on Monday that Israel has arrested more than 9,000 citizens, including 300 women and 635 minors, from the occupied West Bank, including East…

On Monday, Day 241 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged coastal enclave Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians,…

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada. IsraelPalestineNews Israel kidnapped my…

Rafah is rubble, essentially without food and medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal is…

On Sunday, day 240 of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops continued their bombardment as hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Palestinians, forced out of eastern Rafah, walked…

On Friday, day 238 of Israel’s onslaught on the tiny coastal territory known as the Gaza Strip, a place that is home to 2.4 million Palestinians, Israeli forces continued their…

On Friday, Day 238 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

On Thursday, Day 237 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army intensified the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of…

Palestinians in Rafah and across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo, sanctions; another expert identifies genocide at Israel’s hands – while a nurse in…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported a significant and unprecedented rise in the number of detainees suffering from skin diseases, particularly the highly contagious scabies disease, in Israeli prisons,…

On Tuesday, Israeli daily “Haaretz” reported that the Israeli military police revealed that the deaths of two Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in March were a result of Israeli soldiers…

Elina Valtonen, the Foreign Minister of Finland, has urged Israel to uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and abide by international humanitarian law. Speaking on “X”…

New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today condemned the Israeli deadly airstrikes on the tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip…

On Monday, Day 234 of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

Amnesty International: May 27, 2024 – Israel/OPT: Israeli air strikes that killed 44 civilians further evidence of war crimes – new investigation – By Amnesty International  Three strikes on al-Maghazi…

The Israeli bombardment and artillery shelling of all parts of Gaza continued unabated throughout the day and night on Sunday, despite an International Court of Justice ruling on Friday ordering…

Since May 12, Israeli military forces have been engaged in a wide-scale military operation in the Jabaliya camp, in northern Gaza, during which Israeli soldiers have destroyed numerous Palestinian homes…

Israeli forces continued to pound Palestinian civilians in southern, central and northern Gaza with aerial bombardment, drone strikes and artillery shelling throughout the day and evening on Saturday. Medical sources…

NEW YORK, Friday, May 24, 2024 (WAFA) – UNICEF warned that oxygen generators at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Der al-Balah city in the central blockaded Gaza Strip would shut down.…

NEW YORK, Friday, May 24, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced that he would transmit the ICJ ruling on the Israeli aggression on Rafah to…

Int’l Court of Justice orders Israel to STOP; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to…

According to a report published by the Palestine Chronicle, the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Major General Herzi Halevi has reminded his troops that Tel Aviv was in a “prolonged”…

On Wednesday, Day 229 of the genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, across the…

Just two weeks after banning Al Jazeera, the largest media network in the Arab world, and the main one reporting live from Gaza, Israeli forces are now trying to shut…