Hamas arrests returned Fatah loyalists
The Hamas-led police forces arrested on Sunday morning 34 Fatah loyalists, who had fled to nearby Israeli areas along with scores of others during clashes in eastern Gaza City on…
Palestinian factions in Gaza stage a protest against media blackout
Representatives of various Palestinian factions in Gaza, excluding the ruling Hamas party, staged a protest on Sunday in Gaza city, against what they are calling 'a media blackout', the Hamas…
150 Fateh supporters flee Gaza into Israel
Israeli security sources reported on Saturday that at least 150 Palestinians, members and supporters of Fateh movement, fled the Gaza Strip into Israel after clashing with Palestinian security forces run…
Injuries reported in renewed clashes in Gaza
Palestinian security forces, loyal to Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, attacked several places said to be hideouts in Gaza for residents involved in last week’s blasts in Gaza in…
PFLP: “Hamas and Fateh crossed all red lines in Gaza and the West Bankâ€
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) slammed Hamas and Fateh for their ongoing arrests campaigns against each other in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. On…
Interview with leftists PPP secretary-general Bassam Salhi
This is a translation of an interview conducted by the Palestine News Network (PNN) with Bassam Salhi, secretary-general of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) in Palestine, and member…
International Federation of Journalists slams Hamas for arresting Palestinian reporters
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip to release all reporters who were arrested by security forces loyal to the movement, and demanded…
Hamas to dispatch a delegation to Cairo in pursuit of ceasefire deal
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza will dispatch a delegation to Cairo on Tuesday in pursuit of the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal with Israel, which took effect on June19, 2008, Hamas…
Hamas government denounces PA arrests of West Bank-based Hamas supporters
The Hamas-dominated government in Gaza denounce on Monday the arrest campaigns, being launched by the Abbas-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank against Hamas supporters over there. Taher Alnouno, spokesman…
The PA arrests 37 Hamas activists
The Palestinian authority launched a campaign of arrests against activists from the Hamas movement in the West Bank city of Jenin On Monday morning. During the past 2 days the…
PCHR Condemns Gaza Beach Crime and the Response of the Government
The Palestinian Center of Human Rights in Gaza (PCHR) issued a strong condemnation on Saturday to the Friday attacks that left six Palestinian killed in Gaza and also condiment the…
Hamas detain Fatah activists in Gaza, following car blast
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday morning that the Hamas government in Gaza have arrested at least 40 Fatah members in several parts of the Gaza strip. The sources added that…
A Car explosion in Gaza kills three Hamas fighters
A car explosion in Gaza city killed three Hamas fighters and wounded 20 other people on Friday evening. Palestinian medical sources said that Ammar Mossabeh, Iyad Alhaiya and Nedal Almobayeid,…
Hamas sources: “P.A security arrests 14 Hamas supporters in the West Bankâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Wednesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested 14 members and supporters of the movement in several West Bank areas on Tuesday.…
Two prisoners at a P.A prison deny allegations they were tortured
The Maan News Agency reported on Wednesday that two prisoners detained by the Palestinian Military Police in Qalqilia District, in the northern part of the West Bank, denied allegation that…
Fateh spokesperson holds Hamas responsible for the death of a political prisoner
Fahmi Al Za’areer, spokesperson of Fateh movement, accused Hamas movement of causing the death of Bassam Al Anani, 40, one of Fateh members, who was arrested by Hamas forces in…
P.A Security Forces arrests six Hamas members in the West Bank
Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested on Monday six members and supporters of the Hamas in the West…
Explosion kills two in southern Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday morning that two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in an unknown explosion in southern Gaza Strip. Dr. Mawiya Hassanen, of the Palestinian…
Explosion hits the vehicle of Palestinian Attorney General in Ramallah
Official police sources in the central West Bank city of Ramallah reported that Ahmad Al Mughani, the Palestinian Attorney General, survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday morning. Initial police reports…
DFLP: “Ending international division and holding compressive talks, a national necessityâ€
Mohammad Naser, media spokesperson of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) in Khan Younis district in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, stated on Monday that…
Hamas warns of the catastrophic situation in Gaza, holds Abbas responsible for continuation of siege
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned that the situation is Gaza is disastrous and called on Egypt to find a solution to the Rafah border terminal in order to open it…
P.A security arrests 11 Hamas supporters in the West Bank
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested eleven members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank.…
Leftist Palestinian group to continue efforts to bridge the gap, Hamas and Fatah trade accusations
Saleh Zidan, a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFLP, stated on Monday the meeting that was conducted with the Fatah movement over the weekend regarding…
DFLP to hold separate talks with Fatah and Hamas over internal dialogue
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine –DFLP- stated on Saturday that the movement will hold separate talks with Hamas and Fatah officials on the issue of national unity…
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate slams attack against Palestine Newspaper
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate issued a statement on Thursday slamming the attack which targeted Palestine Newspaper when gunmen opened fire at the papers building and wounded its editor-in-chief, Mustafa Al…
Hamas: “Abbas’ calls for dialogue must be accompanied by the release of all political prisonersâ€
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Wednesday stating that the calls of President Mahmoud Abbas for a comprehensive dialogue with Hamas must be accompanied by the release…
Hamas: “P.A Security forces arrested two members of the movementâ€
Sources close to Hamas movement in the West Bank reported that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested two members of Hamas on Sunday. The…
Unknown gunmen attack a beauty-shop in Gaza
Unknown gunmen attacked women beauty shop located in Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. Local sources said that masked gumen planted a home…
Family of detained Palestinians reporter calls for his release
The family of Mohammad Athba, a Palestinian reporter and a cameraman, called on the Palestinian Journalists Union to intervene for the release of their son from a Palestinian prison as…
Khater: “Hamas-Fateh talks in Dakar are still in early stagesâ€
Member of the political bureau of Hamas movement, Sami Khater, stated on Saturday that Hamas and Fateh delegates are holding talks in Dakar – Senegal, in an attempt to resolve…
Police arrests a suspect involved in attacks against Christian organizations in Gaza
The Palestinian police in Gaza arrested on Saturday a man suspected of involvement in organizing attacks against Christian associations in the Gaza Strip. Iyahb Al Eghsson, the spokesman of the…
Palestinian police officer and two drug dealers, killed in Gaza gang clashes.
One Palestinian police officer and two drugs dealers were killed during clashes that took place between Palestinian police forces and drug gangs in Gaza City on Friday. Police sources said…
P.A security arrests three Hamas supporters
Sources close to Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security forces arrested three members of Hamas in the West Bank on Monday. The sources stated that in Jenin, in the northern…
One killed and 16 wounded in an explosion at house in Gaza City
On Palestinian was killed and another 16 injured when an explosion took place at a house located in Gaza City on Saturday morning. Medical sources said that among those 16…
Palestinian President meets with Hamas government leaders
In a meeting that could re-start stalled national unity talks between the two main Palestinian political parties, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (with the Fateh party) met with leaders from the…
Gaza: One Palestinian woman and her two children injured due to unknown explosion
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian woman and two of her children were injured during an unknown explosion hit their home located in Gaza City on Tuesday morning. Doctors…
Former security personnel in Gaza call for a strike on June14
Several police and security officers, who used to be linked to the routed Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called on Wednesday for a general strike in June14, 2008…
Human Rights Groups in Gaza slam the government for barring a protest commemorating the Nakba
The Palestinian Police, which is under the control of the dissolved Hamas government in Gaza, barred on Friday a peaceful procession commemorating the Nakba. The police also barred a Women…
Hamas: Fatah forces kidnap three movement activists in the West Bank
Hamas sources reported on Saturday that Palestinian security forces of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah have arrested three supporters of Hamas in the West Bank, on Saturday at dawn. The…
P.A security arrests five members of Hams in the West Bank
Media sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Monday five members and supporters on Hamas in several areas in…
P.A security arrests 4 Hamas members, releases a Palestinian reporter
Palestinian security forces in the West Bank arrested on Friday four members and supporters of Hamas movement, including two reporters. On Saturday, the security forces released one reporters after detaining…
Unknown gunmen attack a coffee shop in central Gaza
Palestinian security sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked a coffee shop located in the town of Dier Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. The…
Palestinian youth injured during clashes between PA forces and local gunmen near Jenin
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that one Palestinian youth was injured during clashes that took place in Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The clashes took…
P.A security forces arrest 12 Hamas members
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian security forces arrested twelve Hamas members and supporters in several West Bank districts on Saturday.In Hebron district, in the southern part…
A Palestinian man injured by a home made bomb planted near his home in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man sustained moderate wounds when a bomb planted at his door…
Israel approves deploying 470 Palestinian policemen in Jenin
Israeli sources reported that that the Israeli government approved a Palestinian request of the deployment of 470 Palestinian policemen in Jenin area, in the northern part of the West Bank,…
Report: Hamas police violently dispersed pro-Fateh rally in Gaza
According to the Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, a Hamas-run police force in Gaza used batons and rifle butts to beat demonstrators who gathered in Rafah, in the southern…
Unknown gunmen detonate a bomb near a hotel in Gaza
Palestinian local sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen detonated a home-made bomb near the Al Dera Tourist hotel west of Gaza city on Monday morning. The hotel is…
PFLP legislator slams Hamas security forces for attacking a protest in Rafah
Member of the Political Bureau of the leftists Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, slammed Hamas security forces in Gaza for attacking a protest organized by…
Mezan Center demands a probe into the killing of a Palestinian resident in Gaza
The Palestinian Police informed the family of Sami Khattab that the body of their son was located in an open area, 700 meters away from the Palestine International University, 200…
A Palestinian resident killed in vague circumstances
A Palestinian resident from the Gaza Strip city of Deir Elbalah, was reportedly found killed Tuesday in a vague circumstances. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Sami Khattab, a…
P.A security forces arrest 21 Hamas supporters
Media sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Devices, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Sunday 21 supporters of the movement in several West Bank districts.The Salfit…
Gunmen exchange fire guards of Nablus governor, set his vehicle on fire in Balata
Palestinian sources in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Sunday that Palestinian youth set the vehicle of Nablus governor, Jamal Mheisin, on fire…
Three Palestinians killed in an explosion in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources said on Sunday that three Palestinian residents from the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip were killed in an explosion that ripped through a house.…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests seven Hamas supportersâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested seven Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank on Wednesday.In Hebron district, in the southern part of the…
Tension in Nablus following clashes between fighters and security forces
Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, was the scene of clashes between fighters of group which belongs to the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of…
Gaza-based Fatah main office set on fire
A number of assailants set early on Sunday morning the Gaza-based Fatah main office, known as the Marji'yya, was set on fire, causing a considerable damage to the building, located…
Report: 21 Palestinians killed in internal unrest during March 2008
On Saturday, the International Solidarity Society for Human rights, issued a report stating that 21 Palestinians were killed in internal conflict during the month of March 2008. The report stated…
Twelve Aqsa brigades fighters escape from Jneid Palestinian prison in Nablus
Palestinian sources in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Friday evening that twelve fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh,…
Hamas: “Palestinian security forces arrested 10 Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Thursday ten members and supporters of Hamas in several West Bank districts.The sources…
A statement: seven members of Fatah kidnapped by Hamas in northern Gaza
A statement, faxed to press by the aL-Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, read Thursday that seven members of the brigades have…
Former Hamas official says dialogue with Fatah is possible
Former spokesperson of the Hamas-dominated government in Gaza, Ghazi Hammad, said on Wednsday that the rival Fatah party need to take a unified stance towards potential reconciliation with the Hamas…
Radical group threatens UNRWA in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that a Radical group threatened to attack the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.The group, calling itself Ahrar Al…
The Palestinian court of Justice rolls against the clearance government decision
The President of the Public Servants Union, Bassam Zakarnah, stated on Monday that the Palestinian Court of Justice based in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided today against…
Islamist Leader found dead in Gaza Strip
A senior Islamist leader was found dead in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning, near the evacuated settlement of Nitzarim south of Gaza city, Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses reported.Mahmoud Basal,…
Hamas: PA forces arrest 9 of the movement members in the West Bank
The Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces had arrested nine of the movement’s members from several West Bank areas. In a press statement faxed to…
Hamas: PA forces arrest five members of the Movement from several parts of the W.B
The Hamas movement stated on Monday that the security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had arrested five Hamas activists from several parts of the West Bank on Sunday.…
Haniyeh: “Hamas accepted the Yemeni Initiative as an agenda for talksâ€
The deposed Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, stated on Saturday that he hopes that the current internal Palestinian talks in Yemen would achieve successful outcomes, and added…
Clashes between Palestinian forces and civilians near Nablus
On Saturday clashes erupted between Palestinian security forces and civilians from the Huwwara village located near Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank.Witnesses stated that security officers…
Hamas sources: “PA Security forces arrested five Hamas supportersâ€
Sources close to the Hamas movement in the West Bank reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested five supporters of the movement in several West Bank…
PA Security: Hamas responsible for smuggling medicine in to the West Bank
Palestinian Preventative Security Forces in the West Bank apprehended on Wednesday at night 11 million NIS worth of medicine that was hidden in a wedding hall in the central West…
A Palestinian youth killed in Khan Younis
A Palestinian youth from the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis has been reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants, medical sources said. The medics added that a bullet ripped through…
Elderly Palestinian man killed by unknown gunmen near Qalqilia
Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen opened fire at Abed Al Karem Al Abeet, 75, killing him in the village of Bein-Amein, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia…
Hamas: PA arrested five of its supporters in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority security forces arrested five Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas movement from Bethlehem, Nablus and Tulkarem on Sunday, a Hamas source stated Monday.The source said that Taher Deriyeh…
Unknown gunmen throw an explosive charge in a cafeteria in Gaza
Saturday at dawn a group of unknown gunmen threw an explosive charge at a local cafeteria in the al Shate’ refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The explosion caused major…
Unknown gunmen destroy an internet coffee shop in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in Gaza City reported that unknown gunmen attacked and destroyed an internet coffee shop located in down town Gaza city on Thursday morning. Witnesses said that the…
P.A security arrests five Hamas supporters
Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested six Hamas members and supporters in several areas on…
Abbas accuses the rival Hamas movement of aiding Al Qaida
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah movement accused their rivals Hamas of providing aid to Al Qaeda to establish a base of operations in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.…
Hamas accuses Abbas of obstructing efforts to open Gaza crossings
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused president Mahmoud Abbas, of acting to obstruct all efforts which aim at lifting the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and reopening its border crossings.The…
Morgantini calls for transparent inquiry into the death of Barghouthi
EU Parliament Vice President, Luisa Morgantini, called on the Palestinian National Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad to hold an independent and serious inquiry into the death…
Hamas: PA security forces arrest five members of the movement from the West Bank
Hamas movement sources reported on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority security forces controlled by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested five members of the movement from several parts of the…
Fatah accuses Executive Force of abducting four Fatah members in Rafah
Sources close to the Fatah movement, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, reported on Monday at night that Hamas-controlled security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested four members of Fateh in…
Fateh accuses Hamas security forces of attacking a female university student in Gaza
Sources within Fateh movement reported on Monday that Hamas security forces attacked a with an axe female student of Al Azhar University in Gaza after breaking into the campus.The sources…
Bethlehem petrol stations continue their strike; the city is running out of fuel
Owners of the Palestinian petrol stations located in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem continued their strike on Monday and refused to refuel cars.The strike started on Thursday, Michael…
President Abbas orders a probe into the death of political prisoner in a P.A prison
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, ordered on Saturday a probe into the death of Majdi Al Barghouthi, who was detained by the Palestinian Security Forces and died in a Ramallah Hospital…
Hamas sources: “An Imam dies due to torture in a Palestinian interrogation facilityâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Friday that Sheikh Mohammad Abdul-Aziz Al Barghouthi, 42, the Imam of Kobar mosque near Ramallah, died in a Palestinian interrogation facility due to extreme torture.One…
14 Aqsa Brigades fighters escape from Jneid Palestinian prison
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday evening that 14 members of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, escaped from the Jneid Palestinian prison in the northern West…
P.A security arrests six Hamas supporters
Palestinian security forces arrested on Tuesday six supporters of Hamas movement in several parts of the West Bank, Hamas media sources reported.In Salfit district, security forces arrested Sheikh Imad Ed…
PLC deputy head slams attack against YMCS in Gaza
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza, dominated by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, slammed on Friday an attack carried by unknown vandals against the Gaza office of the YMCA…
Unknown armed men attack the Y.M.C.A in the Gaza Strip
A group of unknown armed men attacked the Y.M.C.A. headquarters on the early hours of Friday .The armed men threw an explosive charge in the association’s library setting it on…
Hamas: PA security forces arrest 8 members of the movement from several parts of the West Bank
The Hamas movement announced on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority forces affiliated with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested 8 members of the movement from several areas of…
Hamas sources: “P.A security arrest 11 supportersâ€
Media sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement…
Hamas sources: “P.A Security arrests 13 Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement , arrested on Sunday 13 members and supporters of the movement in several areas in the…
A Hamas legislator demands Abbas to resign
Palestinian legislator Mohammad Al Ghool, from the Hamas movement and head of the Legal Committee at the Palestinian Legislative Council, dominated by Hamas, demanded on Saturday president Mahmoud Abbas to…
Palestinian security forces attack a Palestinian family in Bethlehem
Around 50 Palestinian security officers attacked a family house located in the Aida refugee camp in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that…
Unknown gunmen blow up a coffee shop in down town Rafah city
Palestinian media sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen blow up a coffee shop located in down town Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip. According…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests four three supportersâ€
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing Palestinian security forces loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, of arresting three members and supporters of the…
Hamas resistance fighters from Nablus give up their weapons
A group of Hamas resistance fighters from the northern West Bank city of Nablus gave up their weapons on Tuesday in a bid to end the state of internal division…
Hamas sources: Palestinian security forces arrests 9 members of the movement from the West Bank
Hamas sources reported that Palestinian security forces, affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement arrested nine Hamas members on Sunday from several parts of the West Bank. The sources…
Zakarnah: W.B government workers will strike Tuesday and Wednesday
The Palestinian governmental workers union announced on Monday that all public service employees in the West Bank will go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Union President, Bassam Zakarna,…