WAFA: #Nakba76: Palestinians Worldwide Mark 76 Nakba Anniversary
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians everywhere in the world today mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, when nearly 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically…
Updated- Day 222: Israeli Missiles Kill Many Palestinians In Gaza
On Wednesday, Day 222 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured at dawn and Wednesday morning,…
Day 221 Update: 500,000 Palestinians Displaced Again from Rafah
Throughout the day on Tuesday, Israeli troops continued their bombardment of Rafah, the city sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians – after dropping leaflets telling the already displaced Palestinians…
HRW: Gaza: Israelis Attacking Known Aid Worker Locations
(Jerusalem, May 14, 2024) By Human Rights Watch: – Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups…
Day 220 Update: “Army Kills Dozens of Palestinians, UN Worker, Injured Many In Gaza”
On Day 220, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various areas in the destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, an international UN worker, a Palestinian UN…
Israeli Colonizers Invade Lands, Confiscate Wheat And Barley
On Monday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands in the Al-Minya village, southeast of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, attacked farmers and shepherds, and stole dozens of bales…
Army Abducts Sixteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including two children and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said…
Day 220: Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens Across the Gaza Strip
On Monday, Day 220 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Nablus
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Tal town, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part and injured many Palestinians. Media sources said several military vehicles invaded the town…
Updated: Israeli Soldiers Demolish Two Homes Near Qalqilia
Updated: On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, demolished two Palestinian homes, abducted a father and his son, and injured…
WAFA: Israeli Colonists Attack Farmers, Steal Crops Near Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Monday, May 13, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists, under the protection of the occupation forces, seized a large quantity of wheat and barley crops from lands of the village…
Mondoweiss Weekly Briefing: Widespread and Increasing Popular Support in US for Palestine
from mondoweiss.net As Israel presses on its persecution of civilians in Gaza, the good news is that a strong movement has emerged in the United States against the genocide, and this movement is…
Day 219 Updated: Tens of Thousands Flee for their Lives as Israeli Bombs Drop
The Israeli bombing of Rafah continued throughout the day and evening on Sunday, day 219 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip – bringing the official death toll to…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Nablus
On Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured a teenage boy, in Balata refugee camp, north of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. The…
WAFA: Israeli Army Demolishes A Detainee’s Home Near Hebron
HEBRON, Sunday, May 12, 2024 (WAFA) – This morning, Israeli occupation forces demolished the house of a Palestinian political prisoner in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the south…
Two Years Since Shireen Abu Akleh Killed by Israeli Forces; Still No Justice
Two years ago, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by Israeli forces while reporting in the occupied West Bank, on May 11, 2022. In addition to targeting and executing…
‘We Have to Take Sides’: Rev Munther Isaac in South Africa
This week Palestinian Evangelical Lutheran pastor Reverend Munther Isaac gave a very compelling talk at a mosque in South Africa, calling on the world, people of every religion, to take…
Day 218 Update: “Including Many Children, Israel Kills Dozens In Gaza”
On Saturday, the Israeli army continued the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, and wounding…
Israeli Violations In West Bank, Saturday
These are some of the Israeli violations and attacks by Israeli occupation soldiers and the parliamentary colonizers militias against the Palestinians in the West Bank, on Saturday, May 11, 2023.…
Fighter jets, attack drones hammer Rafah; catastrophe looms
As US blocks heavy weapons, Israel expands its attack of Rafah. Biden administration reports that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza “likely violated international humanitarian law”. Food catastrophe looms…
Day 218 Update: Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens, Injure Hundreds, In Gaza
Two civilians were killed in the evening in a missile bombardment carried out by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. A correspondent with the…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Towns Near Nablus
Earlier Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Asira al-Shamaliya and the village of Qusin in the Nablus governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Several army vehicles invaded…
WAFA: “UN experts condemn US and Israeli threats against ICC”
GENEVA, (WAFA) – United Nations experts today condemned US and Israeli threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a press release, the UN experts “expressed utter dismay over statements made…
Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Hebron
On Saturday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, leading to protests, and caused dozens of residents to suffer the…
Day 217 Update: Dozens Killed and Wounded by Israeli Bombardment in Gaza
On Friday throughout the day and night, Israeli bombardment continued in the already decimated Gaza Strip, killing Palestinian families and children, as the Israeli bombs have done every single day…
WAFA: Outrageous arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily close its headquarters in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…
Rafah Border Completely Sealed Since Israeli Military Takeover 3 Days Ago
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said on Thursday that no one has been allowed to enter or leave the Gaza Strip for…
Biden withholds weapons shipment over Rafah invasion, as Gazans flee
Biden administration pauses shipment of deadliest bombs to Israel; new mass grave holds at least 49 Palestinian bodies; Rafah’s largest hospital shuts down as a result of Israeli invasion, as…
Day 216: “Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens, Including Many Children In Gaza”
On Thursday Day 216 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, largely women and children, and wounded many more, in…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Child In Qalqilia
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, shot a teenage boy, and abducted a young man. Many armored military vehicles invaded the…
WAFA: Army Welds Shut Old Municipality Building In Hebron’s Old City
HEBRON, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today shut down the doors of the old municipality building in the Old City of Hebron, in preparation to take…
Israeli Authorities Demolish 47 Homes in the Negev Desert
On Wednesday morning, Israeli occupation authorities, under heavy police protection, demolished 47 houses belonging to the Abu Asa family, near the village of Umm Butin in the Negev region in…
Israeli Army Expands Rafah Invasion, Bombing – Day 215
On Wednesday, the Israeli army expanded its offensive and ground invasion of Rafah and fired barrages of missiles and shells at tall buildings in several parts of the city, in…
Day 215: Including Children, Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Wednesday, Day 215 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many children and…
Soldiers Force A Palestinian To Demolish Sheds In Bethlehem
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and forced a Palestinian to demolish his four commercial sheds. Mohammad Issa Musallam said the…
Update: Army Abducts 30 Palestinians In West Bank
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirty Palestinians, including siblings, one woman and former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The…
Day 214 Update: Israel Kills Dozens In Gaza, Intensifies Rafah Bombing
On Tuesday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in the Southport area of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens…
West Bank Journal: Settler Attacks a Daily Occurrence in Hebron Area
The following are updates from international human rights observers from the US and Europe who are in the West Bank right now: Content warning: torture 5/4/24 We’ve done a few…
Day 214: Rafah Ground Invasion Begins; Israel Rejects Ceasefire Deal
On Tuesday, day 214 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, 21 Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed in the Israeli shelling of separate areas in the Gaza Strip,…
Day 213 Update: Israel Intensifies Rafah Bombing, Kills Dozens Across Gaza
On Monday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in addition to Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and several…
The long-dreaded evacuation of Rafah has begun – Day 212
The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may…
Day 213: Israeli Troops Order Eastern Rafah Evacuation; Bombing Continues
Updated: Israeli bombardment on all parts of the Gaza Strip continued on Monday morning, the 213th day of the Israeli military invasion of the Gaza Strip. 22 Palestinian civilians were…
Army Demolishes Two Buildings Near Ramallah
Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers demolished a floor of a home and a commercial structure in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Media sources…
Day 212 Update: “Including Children, Israel’s Missiles Kills Dozens Gaza”
On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…
Israeli Army Abducts 25 Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five Palestinians, including a young woman, children, and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…
Day 212: Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including…
Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinians, Property, In Northern Plains
On Saturday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank’s Northern Plains. Aref Daraghma, a local nonviolent activist against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities,…
Israeli Army Shoots Two Palestinians Near Nablus
On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians during protests after many military vehicles invaded Beit Furik town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and installed roadblocks.…
Day 211 Update: Israeli Bombardment of Palestinian Civilians Continues
On Saturday evening, Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed citizens’ homes and agricultural areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip. A number of Palestinians were killed and injured, on Saturday…
Day 210: 26 Killed; 51 Injured in Israeli Bombardment of Gaza
On Friday, day 210 of Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued bombing the Gaza Strip, including the 1.5 million internally displaced Palestinians currently forced to shelter in…
Palestinian Surgeon Tortured and Killed in Israeli Custody
from Middle East Eye Adnan al-Bursh, a Palestinian surgeon and professor of orthopaedic medicine, was killed by torture while in Israeli detention, according to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoners’…
Day 209 Update: Israel’s Missiles, Shells, Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Thursday, Day 109 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including women and…
Day 209: Israeli Aggression in Gaza Continues; Dozens of Killed and Injured
Updated: On Thursday, Day 209 of Israel’s aggression against the people of Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more in central, eastern and southern Gaza. The…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Jerusalem
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the Bethlehem Governorate, and one near the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Husan village, west…
Army Shoots A Palestinian, Abducts Five, Including A Woman, In Ramallah
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part, shot a young man, and abducted five Palestinians, including one woman,…
Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building, Sheds, In Jerusalem
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a residential building and sheds. Media sources said…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Hebron
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home and bulldozed lands in Khirbet Khallet al-Foren, in the village of Birin, east of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.…
Day 208 Update: “Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens, Injure Hundreds, In Gaza”
On Wednesday, Day 208 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens, and injured hundreds, in various parts of the destroyed…
WAFA: Colombia To Sever Diplomatic Ties with Israel
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (WAFA) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced during the annual Labor Day celebrations in the capital Bogota that his country will break diplomatic ties with…
Day 208: Israeli Airstrikes Continue in Gaza, Killing Civilians
On Wednesday, the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip entered its 208th day, amid Israeli warplanes and artillery bombardment of residential squares and the vicinity of shelters, especially in the…
Day 207 Update: More Israeli Airstrikes in Rafah, Deir al-Balah; Children Killed
Israeli airstrikes continued throughout the day on Tuesday, day 207 of Israel’s attack on the people of Gaza. killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring many more. Israeli airstrikes hit a…
Israeli Troops Invade West Bank in Pre-Dawn Raids Tuesday
Israeli forces invaded different parts of the West Bank on Tuesday in pre-dawn raids. In the northern West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces stormed Askar camp, east of Nablus. According…
Israeli Troops Throw Palestinian Worker Off Building near Hebron
A young Palestinian man, identified as Rebhi Mansiya from the town of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, was killed this morning after being chased by Israeli occupation soldiers on his way…
Israeli Invasions in the West Bank: 12 Palestinians Abducted; 1 Wounded
On Monday before dawn, Israeli forces abducted 12 Palestinians from the West Bank, including former prisoners. The Prisoners’ Club and the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a…
Day 206: Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Rafah, Throughout Gaza
On Monday, April 29th, the Israeli military continued its relentless assault on the people of the Gaza Strip for the 206th straight day. In a pre-dawn attack, Israeli artillery shelling…
Israeli Troops Invade Several Areas in Northern West Bank
On Sunday night into the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, the Israeli occupation forces invaded Palestinian villages and towns in the Nablus district and Jenin district, bulldozing Palestinian homes and…
Day 205 Update: Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens, Including Children, In Gaza
On Day 205 on the ongoing Israeli bombing and genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including a young woman, two children, and several former political prisoners, in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The…
Israeli Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Tulkarem
On Sunday dawn, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Illar town, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern area and abducted four young Palestinian men. Media sources said…
WAFA: “Suspicions of the Occupation Stealing Organs from Victims of Mass Graves in Khan Younis”
Gaza 4/25/2024 Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) – Ambulance and rescue crews who participated in recovering the bodies of martyrs from the mass graves discovered in the Nasser Medical…
Young Man Suffocates To Death After Soldiers Locked Him In Bakery
On Saturday, Palestine TV said that a young Palestinian man from Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, suffocated to death after the soldiers locked him in…