Category: Internal Unrest

Palestinian medical sources confirmed that an 8 year-old girl was shot dead and two women were wounded in a crossfire during tribal clashes in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza…

Unknown gunmen attacked Friday with machine guns the convoy of a senior UN official in northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian local sources and eyewitness said that Jhon Ging, operations director of…

A Palestinian security officer has been shot dead and another wounded in the Deir El Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said that Hussain Alselhi, 31…

One said to be Fatah activist died on Thursday of wounds he sustained on Wednesday during infighting between Fatah and Hamas security forces, in the town of Beit Hanoun in…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday night that six Palestinian civilians, including three children, were injured in renewed violent clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in…

Palestinian media sources reported that on Wednesday morning, members of the Hamas-formed executive force of the interior ministry attacked electricians working for the Palestinian electricity company who were mending power…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday night that a Hamas fighter was killed and nine others were injured during internal clashes that took place in Gaza…

Unknown gunmen have abducted a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, identified as Alan Johnston, in Gaza city on Monday afternoon. Local sources stated that a group of four unknown gunmen…

Palestinian security sources reported Monday that members of the Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, jointly with other members of the executive force, abducted Jamil Alzenati, an officer of…

Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that Palestinian civilian Mohammad Hammad, 48, of Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza Strip, was shot and wounded during a shootout between supporters of both…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday at dawn that one Hamas fighter was killed and another was injured after…

In a special interview with the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC, Aref Abu Jarad, head of the Palestinian Public Employees Syndicate in Gaza, said that the entire Palestinian Authority…

Unknown attackers stormed Saturday the Al-Quds University of Gaza and opened fire inside, Palestinian media sources reported. A member of the university’s Student's Council, Mohammad Helles, was shot and wounded…

Unknown Gunmen opened fire at the car of Hamas Cabinet minister Wasfi Kabha as he was traveling to a ceremony in Tubass city in then northern part of the West…

Unknown gunmen attacked and destroyed two shops in the eastern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday morning, one civilian was injured. One of the shops is located in Al…

Two children were injured in Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip when an unknown object exploded near them on Tuesday morning. Dr. Moawiya Hasanain, the director…

Monday afternoon, one Fateh gunman was shot and injured during armed clashes between Palestinian security sources loyal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen. The clashes erupted after a disagreement over who…

Palestinian media sources reported that five unknown gunmen abducted Saturday a resident of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammad Shahin, 22, owner of an internet café, has…

Palestinian security sources reported Sunday that a member of the Hamas executive force was shot and wounded by unknown gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. The…

Five Palestinian residents of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip were killed Saturday, and at least 15 others were wounded during renewed internal unrest, after two families clashed.…

The northern Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus went on strike, on Saturday, in protest against the civil unrest. Shops and public facilities closed today after a call for a…

Early on Saturday morning unknown gunmen attacked the house of Colonel Suleiman Khader, commander of the second battalion of the Palestinian Authority’s national security forces, local media sources reported. In…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday night that one Palestinian resident was killed by gunmen, and another resident was abducted in a separate attack, apparently due…

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) told IMEMC that the three Americans who were kidnapped and later released in Nablus on Wednesday were not members of their organisation.The International Solidarity Movement…

A group of unknown gunmen stole a car belonging to the Palestinian National TV group on Tuesday at dawn. Sources from the TV group stated that the car was being…

The trade union of Palestinian Nurses working in the public health sector in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem continued their strike for the third day on Monday.The strike…

The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) condemned Thursday an attack by unknown gunmen on the house of MP Yousef Alsherafi in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement released by the…

Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked the car of a Palestinian officer while he was traveling to work via the Dier Al Balah – Rafah road…

Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen have abducted a former Palestinian official and blown up a small restaurant in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday.The former State…

Palestinian medical sources confirmed that Ahmad Abu Eida, 8, died yesterday night of wounds he sustained during infighting last Thursday in the central Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, head…

The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, said that one of its fighters was killed and three others were injured after being attacked…

A number of gunmen attacked Monday night a ’17 Force’ outpost in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun. Witnesses said that the gunmen attacked the outpost with different…

United Nations humanitarian agencies in the occupied Palestinian territory have called for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza, which is seriously hampering their ability to deliver aid. “The…

Three Palestinian men died on Monday afternoon of wounds they sustained during Hamas-Fatah infighting last Friday, Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported. Three Palestinian men died on Monday afternoon…

Unknown gunmen kidnapped the director of Ministry of Interior Office in Ramallah Arafat Nasser and wounded another employee in the ministry on Monday evening, Maan News Agency reported.Unknown gunmen kidnapped…

On Sunday night anonymous arsonist set fire to a shop and library in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. A spokesman of Hamas in the Bethlehem area stated that…

Palestinian security sources and witnesses said Monday that factional infighting renewed on Monday in northern Gaza, mainly near the so-called Abraj Al-Awda residential buildings and in the vicinity of the…

Gaza Municipality appealed Monday to several local and international bodies including the Palestinian presidency and government, as well as other counterpart municipalities worldwide for support after the infighting has inflicted…

Yesterday a joint Hamas-Fatah delegation carried out a tour of Gaza City in order to follow up implementation of the ceasefire they concluded Saturday. Representatives of both factions watched out…

Palestinian medical sources announced Sunday that two presidential security personnel died of wounds they sustained earlier during factional infighting. Abdelhalim Madi, 23 and Azmi Alwadiya, 21 died today of wounds…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday night that a Palestinian security officer was shot and killed by gunmen near a Palestinian security post, in the center…

During a meeting at the Egyptian embassy in Gaza, the rival Fateh and Hamas movements came to a ceasefire agreement that calls for direct withdrawal of all gunmen from Gaza…

As internal unrest in Gaza City, due to clashes between Fatah and Hamas supporters that has claimed lives of 25, wounded dozens others and caused destruction to many public utilities…

After the death of 25 Palestinians in three days and the injury of more than 245 residents, the rival Fateh and Hamas factions arrived to a ceasefire deal on Friday…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied reports claiming that it sent weapons and ammunition to the Presidential Security Forces that are loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas. An official UAE…

Senior leaders from both Fatah and Hamas agreed Friday to a ceasefire under the patronage of an Egyptian security delegation, during a meeting at the Egyptian embassy in Gaza city.…

Dr Muaweyah Hasanin, the head of the Aid and Emergency department in the Palestinian Ministry of health said that three civilian fatalities have been identified as: Ramzi Abu Amshah, 25,…

In the West Bank city of Jenin unknown gunmen kidnapped Mohammad Al Jammal, a Hamas activist, while he was on his way to a local mosque today. Gunmen also opened…

Palestinian security sources confirmed Friday that two security officers were killed during renewed clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The killings brought to…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday night that the presidential guard forces withdrew from the Islamic University in Gaza two hours after breaking into it. Israeli sources…

The January death toll in inter-Palestinian clashes reached 50, with over 304 injuries. Tolls of the recent clashes have mounted to 6 deaths and 89 injuries. Two members of the…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that the number of Palestinians killed during today\’s clashes in the Gaza Strip reached six, and that 89 residents…

Hundreds of Palestinian residents in Gaza city took part today in an anti-infighting protest, in which they called for an end all forms of internal violence. The demonstration has been…

Clashes erupted between Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah and the Executive Force of the ministry of Interior in Al-Saftawi area in the north of Gaza City, Palestinian sources…

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahhar, said on Monday night that a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Fateh has been reached. The two movements agreed to withdraw all gunmen from the…

The Fateh movement has reported that a number of missiles were set off in their office in Bani Suheila, in the east of Khan Younis, in the south of the…

Press release, Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)  – Gaza: 19 Palestinians, including two children killed and at least 70 others wounded in shameful bloody clashes between Hamas and Fatah…

Dozens of Palestinian political leaders and activists from different Palestinian factions took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the ongoing internal clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen. They…

Six Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as the clashes between the rival Fateh and Hams movements continued, raising the death toll in the fourth day of…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported that a group of unknown gunmen abducted, on Saturday afternoon, the nephew of Abd Al Hakeem Awad, the spokesperson of Fatah in Gaza…

Two more people were killed on Saturday and abductions resumed in what is considered to be  the harshest Palestinian infighting in weeks in different parts of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday night the “Fateh gunmen” fired at the house of Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahar”, one of the senior leaders of Hamas. Hamas…

The two biggest Palestinian factions, the rival Fateh and Hamas, traded accusations on Friday night regarding the ongoing armed clashes between gunmen of the two movements. Hamas and Fateh movements…

The internal clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen continued on Friday and the number of Palestinians killed reached thirteen, while at least 29 from both factions were abducted.Eight of the…

Six Palestinian residents have been killed and dozens others wounded during ongoing infighting between Hamas and Fatah supporters in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reports said. Six Palestinian residents have…

In northern Gaza infighting has escalated, resulting in the deaths of three people since Thursday night. A Hamas activist was killed on Thursday night, a member of Fateh was killed…

Islam Shahwan, spokesperson of the Hamas-led Executive Force, reported on Thursday at night that one member of the force was killed and five civilians were injured when an explosive charge,…