Palestinian farmer shot dead by Israeli troops in Khan Younis
Palestinian Medical sources reported on Tuesday at night that a Palestinian farmer died of wounds sustained during evening hours when Israeli troops opened fire at him as he was farming…
Israeli military jeeps storm Bethlehem, and clash with local youth
At least 15 Israeli military jeeps stormed on Tuesday noon the West Bank city of Bethlehem, IMEMC learned. According to an IMEMC correspondent, the Israeli incursion started Tuesday at midday…
Israeli army attacks Palestinian societies and schools in Hebron
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces invaded several buildings belonging to the Islamic charitable Association and Muslim Youth Association in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Army then confiscated…
Israeli Soldiers detain eight residents in Nablus
Palestinian Security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Monday evening that Israeli soldiers detained eights residents including family members, in Khallit Al Amoud…
46 killed in Gaza, 5 in the West Bank in February
The Media Office of the Nafha Society for defending the Detainee’s Rights and Human Rights, reported on Monday that Israeli forces killed 51 Palestinians in the West Bank and the…
A human chain in Gaza, in protest of the Israeli siege
Thousands of Palestinian men and women including school children and deputy of parliament of the ruling Hamas movement took to main streets in the Gaza Strip Monday, in protest of…
Israeli ground invasion and two air strikes on Gaza, leave 4 Palestinians killed
Palestinian sources reported that four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire during three different attacks on the Gaza strip on Monday. Hussam Abu Hieen was killed when Israeli jet fighters…
Israeli army kidnaps at least six Palestinians across the West Bank
Israeli army invaded three West bank cities,in the early hours of Monday morning. Illegally arresting around six Palestinians from;Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem in separate operations, carried out in the early…
Israeli army and settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron
A group of Israeli troops and settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Al Towani, located near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday morning. Members of…
Demolitions destroy village one house at a time
BEQAA, WEST BANK (IRIN) – A small, overcrowded Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, under threat from Israeli-conducted house demolitions and land confiscations, is rapidly becoming poorer."Every house here…
Palestinian children’s playground partially demolished by Israeli forces
On Friday, February 22, the Israeli military demolished half of a playground built for the children of Jayyous and Azzoun villages by USAID and YMCA funds.The military announced that it…
An Israeli shell kills three Palestinians in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources said that the three Palestinians have been reportedly killed after an Israeli shell hit them in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.Witnesses said that a…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from the southern part of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians during two invasions targeting the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning. Two civilians were taken from…
Three injured as the army invades Nablus
Three Palestinian civilians were injured when Israeli troops stormed al-Ein Refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city Nablus on Saturday morning.The army surrounded the house of Majdi Mabruk,…
Two fighters killed, one injured, in the central Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at dawn that two Palestinian fighters, members of the Al Quds Brigades the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were assassinated and one was…
Israeli Authorities demolish several Arab constructions in the Negev
The Israeli Authorities in the Negev area demolished on Thursday morning four houses, one shop and a public facility in al Far’a, Wadi Al Ni’am and Um Amatan unrecognized Arab…
The Israeli army attacks several villages near Hebron and kidnaps two civilians
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped when Israeli troops attacked several villages located near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday. Troops attacked and searched homes in Sa’er and…
The Israeli army attacks Beita village near Nablus and kidnaps 18 civilians
On Thursday, Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked and searched homes in the village of Beita located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped 18…
Israel considers a U.S-like invasion of Gaza
The Israeli government has been reportedly approved a military plan, similar to the U.S invasion of Iraq in 2003, within underway preparations to massively attack Gaza. According to the Jewish…
School children in Rafah exposed to Israeli army gunfire
Palestinian school children in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah have been reportedly exposed to Israeli army gun fire on Thursday morning, as resistance fighters clashed with the army…
Israeli army carries out an incursion into Rafah city
The Israeli army carried out early on Thursday a small-scale incursion into the southern Gaza Strip of Rafah. Witnesses in Rafah told news agencies that the Israeli army tanks fired…
Israeli army chief says conflict is likely
Israeli army chief of staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, was reported on Wednesday as saying that a conflict in the region is likely in the near future. " I can not promise…
Israeli soldiers severely beat a Palestinian boy in Tulkarem city
Israeli soldiers harshly attacked and beaten up a Palestinian boy from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Palestinian medical sources said.Medics added that Mohammad Abu Zant,14, suffered bruises in all…
Palestinian man critically wounded as he was attacked by loose pigs from a nearby Israeli settlement
Pigs that belong to settlers from the Israeli settlement of Areil near Salfit in the West Bank attacked a Palestinian elderly man and critically injured him. The man is still…
Israeli military kidnaps two brothers near Tulkarem
Israeli forces invaded early on Wednesday ‘Ateel town, north of Tulkarem in the West Bank and kidnapped two brothers.Local sources reported that forces attacked Na’eem and Khaleel Abu Hasana’s home…
The Israeli army kills a 10 year old boy in central Gaza
A Palestinian child was shot and killed when the Israeli army opened fire at Palestinian homes located in the central Gaza strip city of Dier Al Balah on Tuesday evening.…
A Palestinian fighter shot dead by the Israeli army in central Gaza
A Palestinian resistance fighter of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s armed wing, was shot dead and another was wounded on central Gaza-Israel border line early on Tuesday.Medical…
Palestinian dies of wounds sustained Sunday in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that one resident died of wounds sustained during an Israeli military invasion into Al Shouka area in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Three Palestinians injured in Hebron
Three residents of the southern West Bank city of Hebron were injured on Monday, two seriously as army assaulted them. The third was injured as a suspicious device left behind…
Israeli forces kidnap a female university student in Nablus
The media department of Nafha Society for Defending Human and Prisoner Rights indicated on Monday that Israeli military invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped a female…
Israeli military kidnaps a Palestinian in Jenin
Israeli army invaded the village of Kufur Ra’ii near Jenion in the northern West Bank area and kidnapped a Palestinian man, on Monday morning.Palestinian sources reported that at least ten…
Two Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem by Israeli military
Israeli military kidnapped two Palestinians from the village of Thennaba near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday at dawn.Palestinian sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles…
Israeli prime minister vows to further strike Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, vowed Sunday to strike back heavily against Palestinians, particularly the ruling Hamas in Gaza, once homemade shells fire continues onto Israeli areas, adjacent to Gaza.Olmert,…
Ambulance service in Gaza stops due to fuel supplies cut
The ambulance service in the Gaza Strip announced complete halt of it work on Sunday, due to what the health ministry says a 'severe shortage of fuel', a statement by…
Four fighters killed, 15 others wounded by Israeli army in southern Gaza
The Israeli army killed early on Sunday dawn four Palestinian resistance fighters, wounded 15 and rounded up 25 residents in southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Palestinian medical sources announced…
Eight Palestinians, including a 5 year old, killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at night that eight Palestinians, mainly members of one family, were killed and nearly eighty others were injured when the Israeli air force fired…
Palestinian man injured east of Tulkarem
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian man was moderately wounded by Israeli military gunfire during an evening invasion to Anabta town, east of the northern West…
Troops bar farmers from reaching their lands east of Rafah
Israeli soldiers stationed at the eastern borders of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, barred on Thursday hundreds of residents from reaching their agricultural lands as the…
Palestinian teenager injured in Bethlehem by bomb left behind by Israeli army
A Palestinian teenager was critically injured on Thursday afternoon when a bomb left behind by the Israeli army exploded near him in the city of Bethlehem in the southern part…
Palestinian mentally-challenged man dies of wounds sustained last week
A Palestinian mentally challenged man from the town of Qabatiya near Jenin in the northern West Bank died on Thursday afternoon due to wounds he sustained last week. Taysser Nazal,…
Israeli army demolishes Palestinian owned buildings in northern Gaza
The Israeli army invaded areas on the Palestinian side of the northern Gaza-Israel border, and demolished a number of Palestinian-owned buildings on Thursday at midday. Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded…
Israeli army invades southern Gaza; kidnaps 30 civilians
The Israeli army invaded the eastern side of the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and kidnapped 30 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. An undercover…
Gaza’s vehicles stop engines in protest against the Israeli siege
A large number of Gaza vehicles stopped engines for half an hour on Thursday morning, as the fuel shortage crisis has gotten worse , due to continued Israel cut of…
Israeli military invades the northern part of the West Bank and kidnaps 9
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem in the early hours of Thursday morning and kidnapped six Palestinians from the Sabastiya suburb of Nablus,…
PLC slams the assassination of Hezbollah senior official
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), dominated by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), issued a statement denouncing the Tuesday night assassination of Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party,…
Israeli army kidnapps 85 Palestinians in the West Bank in one day
The Israeli army on Wednesday invaded both the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, and the village of Beit Ummer, located near the city of Hebron in the…
Israeli military court sentences Israeli soldier to 15 months for shooting a Palestinian civilian
Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli military court in the coastal city of Jaffa on Wednesday sentenced an Israeli army officer to 15 months in jail. The officer and…
Israeli tanks roll into eastern Rafah, southern Gaza
Israeli tanks have rolled into the eastern parts of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, leaving one resistance fighter injured. Witnesses in the area said that at least five…
Israeli soldier stabbed in Jab’a village, near Jenin
Israeli sources have revealed that a soldier of the Israeli army was stabbed by a Palestinian man from Jab’a village, south of Jenin, on Tuesday night. Sources claimed the perpetrator…
Five Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli army in Bethlehem suburb of Al Khadir
Five Palestinians were kidnapped from the village of Al Khadir, west of Bethlehem city, in a pre-dawn invasion of the area on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military units invaded…
Three Palestinians kidnapped from northern West Bank
The Israeli military has invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin, kidnapping three Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that troops invaded…
Zobeidi denies reports of Israel pardoning him
Leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, denied media reports by the French Press Agency which claimed that Israel has pardoned him and that he…
Israeli police detain senior advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister
The Israeli police force on Tuesday detained Hatem Abdel Qadder, advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Jerusalem affairs.Palestinian sources reported that Al Qadder was leaving his home, located…
Hamas downplays Israeli threats against the group, follows security precautions
The ruling Hamas movement in Gaza considered yesterday the latest Israeli threats against its ranks ‘serious’, yet it said such threats wont deter the movement from keeping up. Mosheer aL-Masri,…
A Palestinian is kidnapped by Special Forces of Israeli army
On Tuesday morning the Special Force of the Israeli army kidnapped a Palestinian from the village of Kafr Qdoum, north of Qalqilia city in the West Bank. Palestinian sources reported…
Israeli army kidnaps one in Tulkarem, two from Jenin and continue their attack on the money changers
Israeli military continued their attacks on Tuesday morning on the places of money exchange in several areas of the West Bank. The attacked started in the northern West Bank city…
Israeli army kidnaps four from Ramallah area, including owner of Money exchange
Israeli military kidnapped four Palestinians from the central West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby village of ‘Arora and attacked several villages in Ramallah district on Tuesday morning.Local sources…
Israeli army kidnapp 11 Palestinians in Nablus
Israeli army carried out a large-scale abduction campaign included 11 Palestinians among those eight owners of the money exchange in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The other three…
Israeli army pulls out from eastern Gaza as an Israeli soldier wounded
A column of Israeli army tanks rolled back early on Tuesday morning from the eastern neighborhood of Gaza City, after an Israeli army undercover unit attempted to sweep into the…
Two Palestinians wounded in an Israeli air strike on Rafah
Two Palestinian bystanders have been wounded on Monday evening after an Israeli air craft fired a missile on a car traveling on a southern Gaza road in Rafah city, witnesses…
The Israeli army kidnaps two Palestinians from Hebron
The Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday. Local sources stated that troops attacked and searched homes in Hebron city center…
A Palestinian man dies of earlier wounds
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Monday at dawn of wounds he sustained last week. The sources identified the man as Saleh Nabhan, doctors said that…
Two Palestinian patients die due to the Israeli siege on Gaza, death toll due to the siege hits 103
Two Palestinian patients died on Monday due to the Israeli army siege imposed on the Gaza strip, Palestinian sources reported.Medcial sources identified the two as Fathiyyia Abu Wardah, 40, and…
Ehud Barak orders a wide scale offensive in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak stated on Monday that he ordered the Israeli army to start preparing for the wide scale offensive against the Gaza Strip. Barak said that…
Israeli authorities demolish a Palestinian-owned house in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem municipality has, on Monday, demolished Palestinian-owned house located in the Wadi Al Jouz area in the eastern suburb of Jerusalem city. The house was constructed 30 years ago,…
Israeli military intensifies blockade on Jenin and Huwara and kidnapped 6 across the West Bank
In the early hours of Monday morning, the Israeli military invaded the town of Huwwarah, south of Nablus, imposing a tight curfew on the area. Several military vehicles entered the…
Israeli military kidnaps a Palestinian Security officer in Bethlehem
Palestinian sources confirmed that the Israeli military has kidnapped Salem 'Obayyt, 22, in pre-dawn invasion on Monday. 'Obayyt is reported to be a Palestinian Security officer, and resident of Wad…
Minister of Defense Barak objects to broader cabinet discussion of an offensive on Gaza
Israeli minister of defense, Ehud Barak objected Sunday to a broader Israeli cabinet discussion of a military offensive on the Gaza Strip, for concern over possible leak of information to…
A group of resistance fighters survive an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza
A group of resistance fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), survived Sunday afternoon an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza Strip. The air strike, reportedly hit the fighters in…
Israel’s defense minister confirms his army will continue strikes on Gaza
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, confirmed on Sunday that his army will carry out more strikes on the Gaza Strip, as an Israeli minister called for total annihilation of some…
One fighter killed, at least ten residents injured in several Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported late of Saturday night that one fighter was killed and at least ten residents, including children, were injured in several Israeli air…
The Israeli army attacks Palestinians homes in Hebron and kidnaps five civilians
Local sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported that the Israeli army attacked and searched several homes in the city of Hebron and kidnapped five civilians on…
Two injured in Israeli shelling to northern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that two Palestinian resistance fighters were injured due to an Israeli shelling targeting the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hannon. Witnesses reported that unmanned…
The Al Aqsa Brigades declares a conditional truce
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, stated on Friday that it is declaring a conditional ceasefire in coherence with a call made by president Mahmoud Abbas.…
Troops close roads leading to Jenin and Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday evening a strict siege over Jenin and Tulkarem districts in the northern part of the West Bank and placed sand hills on roads leading the…
Organization of the Islamic Conference calls for ending the “State terrorism†practiced by Israel
The Organization of the Islamic Conference called on Thursday on the members of the Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General to intervene and stop the Israeli aggression and “state…
Troops invade Qabatiya twice on Thursday, one resident injured and seven kidnapped
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday evening Qabatiya town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into several houses in search for wanted resistance fighters, local sources reported.…
Israel intensifies its military operation on Gaza
During a visit to an Israeli military base in the south of Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that the Israeli army will intensify its military operations…
The Israeli army attacks the house of one of the Dimona alleged suicide attackers
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked and searched the house of Mohamed Al Herbawi located in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday at dawn. On…
Report: the Israeli army kills 96 Palestinians during the month of January 2008
The International Relations department in the Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO- on Thursday released its monthly report regarding the Israeli attacks on Palestinians for the month of January 2008. The…
Israeli airforce kills seven Palestinians in Gaza, Hamas vows to continue resistance
Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli airforce has shot missiles at a number of targets in the Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinians, including five Hamas fighters and another belonging…
The Israeli army invades Nablus city and nearby villages, troops kidnap three civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby village on Thursday morning and kidnapped three civilians. Sources said that troops attacked…
Israeli forces attack homes in Dora and al Thahirya towns in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked scores of civilians’ homes in the Dora and al Thahirya towns in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning. Sources added that large forces…
Four Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli army in Tulkarem and Ramallah
Israeli military invade the northern and the central part of West Bank, conducting abduction campaigns. In the northern part of the West Bank, the army invaded the city of Tulkarem,…
Six Palestinians killed in several Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday morning that six Palestinians, including one teacher, were killed in three separate Israeli air strikes that targeted several areas in…
Troops shell the house of a Hamas leader east of Khan Younis
The Israeli Air Force shelled on Wednesday evening the house of Sheikh Zaki Al Dardeesy, one of the political leaders of Hamas movement in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Troops demolish a Palestinian-owned house in Jerusalem
On Wednesday morning the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian-owned house located in the old city part of Jerusalem. The two-story house, which is owned by Isma’il Al-Masri and his family,…
Report: the Israeli army kidnapped 60 civilians from Hebron during the moth of January 2008
The Palestinian Prisoners Society office in the southern West Bank city of Hebron issued a report on Wednesday; the report states that during the month of January 2008 the Israeli…
The Israeli army kidnaps four Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank
Four civilians were reported kidnapped by the Israeli army from several parts of the West Bank during pre dawn invasions on Wednesday. In Hebron city located in the southern part…
Israeli spy plane fires a missile at Palestinian civilians in eastern Gaza, two injured
Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli army spy plane fired a missile at a group of Palestinian civilians, on Wednesday morning, in the town of Jabaliya located in the eastern…
Prisoners’ Society: 60 Palestinians kidnapped in Hebron last month including 11 children
A report issued by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in the southern West Bank city of Hebron indicated on Wednesday that in January the Israeli forces kidnapped at least 60 Palestinians…
Israeli shells kill 7 Palestinian policemen in Khan Younis
The Palestinian police force in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that the Israeli Tuesday shelling to the police station in Abasan town, near Khan…
A Boy Who Will Not See the Next Sunny Day
A mother asked her son to go to the market to buy some stuff, and she said to him: “if some money is left you can keep it.†He went…
The Israeli army attack Palestinian homes in Hebron city and kidnaps two civilians
On Tuesday morning Israeli forces attacked a number of Palestinian homes located in the old part of the southern West Bank city of Hebron and kidnapped two civilians.Local sources said…
The Israeli army kills two Palestinian resistance fighters in southern Gaza
Two Palestinian resistance fighters were reported killed by the Israeli army during clashes at the southern Gaza Israel borders on Tuesday at dawn. Palestinian sources stated that the Israeli army…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian resistance leader in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli jet fighters fired several missiles at Palestinian cars in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya on Monday afternoon, killing one, and injuring two.The…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from Hebron area
The Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby village on Monday during pre dawn invasions. Palestinian sources said that troops invaded…
A Palestinian dies of heart attack on one of Israeli checkpoints
On Sunday a Palestinian worker and a resident of Deir Ammar refugee camp, west of Ramallah city died of heart attack while waiting in line for a long time at…
Israeli military kidnaps at least three across the West Bank
Israeli military invaded several parts of the West Bank in Monday at dawn, kidnapping three Palestinians. The Military kidnapped two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…