Cleanup of Lebanon’s Massive Oil Spill Could Take Years
Cleanup of a massive oil slick along Lebanon's coast has barely begun more than one month after Israel's bombing of a power plant unleashed the pollution. At a bend in…
Troops take four brothers as prisoners in Rafah
The Israeli forces took four brothers as prisoner, on Saturday from Al Shouka area east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Troops backed by tanks…
Five injured in Jabalia refugee camp
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five residents were injured in the Jabalia refuge camp in the Gaza Strip. The residents were injured after the soldiers fired…
Army bars workers from reaching their work places in the Jordan valley
Israeli troops stopped on Saturday scores of Palestinian workers from arriving to their jobs in the Jordan valley area in the West Bank. Workers coming form several nearby villages…
Five injured in Jabalia refugee camp
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five residents were injured in the Jabalia refuge camp in the Gaza Strip. The residents were injured after the soldiers fired…
Three Palestinians injured in Gaza
Three Palestinian residents residents were injured after the Israeli air force fired missiles at a house that belongs to a Hamas activist in Gaza City. The house was completely damaged…
Palestinian child killed, 22 residents injured in Askar refugee camp and Nablus
Palestinian medical and security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and its Askar refugee…
Army invades, attacked residents houses
Israeli army troops and bulldozers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday at dawn, attacked residents' houses and destroyed two residential buildings. Local sources reported that soldiers searched and…
Israeli air force shells a house in Gaza, five residents injured
Friday night, Israeli air force shelled a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that the shelled house is located in Jabalia town, in the…
Israeli Navy Ships shell Al Shaty’ refugee camp in Gaza
Israeli navy ships fired, on Friday evening, heavy ammunition at several houses in Al Shaty’ refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The shelling caused damage in several houses and directly…
Resident taken prisoners in Balata refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded Nablus city, and the nearby Balata refugee camp, in the northern part of the West Bank, and took one resident prisoner. Local sources reported that soldiers invaded…
Israeli forces invade Jenin, arrest seven, including young people and the father of a `“wanted` b
Palestinian security sources reported Friday that Israeli forces took seven Palestinians from the northern West Bank Jenin District to unknown locations during pre-dawn raids. Jenin City and its refugee…
Seven residents taken prisoners in Jenin invasion
Palestinian security sources reported Friday that Israeli forces took seven Palestinians from the northern West Bank Jenin District to unknown locations during pre-dawn invasion. Jenin City and its refugee camp…
PCHR Report on Killing of Man in Southern Gaza Strip
As reported early yesterday morning, Israeli forces killed a man east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights conducted its own investigation into…
Hamas government: `“Achievement reached in the case of abducted reporters`
The Hamas-led Palestinian government said that an achievement has be made in the case of the two abducted journalists in Gaza. Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip held massive protests…
Palestinian resistance shells Ashkelon
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired one home made shell at the Israeli city of Ashkelon, near the Gaza Sstrip on Friday morning. The Al Quds brigades, the armed…
Army takes six prisoners in morning invasion in the West Bank
Six Palestinian civilians were taken prisoners by the Israeli army in morning invasions to several parts of the West Bank on Friday. In Ya'bod village near Jenin, in the northern…
Secret Resistance Committee founders in the Occupied Golan enter their 22nd year in prison
August 24 2006 marks the twenty-second year since the arrest of the founders of the Secret resistance movement in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The Arabs48 news website reported that…
Nine residents injured in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Thursday night after midnight, Israeli air force fired missiles at two Palestinian houses in Jabalia in the northern part of the Gaza City injuring at least nine residents, Palestinian medical…
Israeli Army takes three prisoners from Sa’er village near Hebron
Israeli soldiers took three prisoners from the village of Sa’er, north east of the West Bank city of Hebron, in a pre-dawn invasion of the village invasion on Thursday. The…
Fighter of the Al Quds brigades killed east of Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers fired overnight artillery shells at fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, killing one fighter and injuring three others. The fighters…
Israeli Army invades Nablus
An Israeli army force, backed by armored humvees and bulldozers, stormed the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Soldiers fired live rounds and sound bombs randomly at residents’…
Israeli Army takes one prisoner from Al Hamra checkpoint in the Jordan valley
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Hamra checkpoint in the Jordan valley area took one Palestinian civilian as a prisoner Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said that the man was stopped at the…
Army Kills One Resident and takes One Prisoner East of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli Army invaded the district of Farheen, east of Khan Younis city and south of the Gaza Strip, killing one resident and arresting another early Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses report…
Israeli Army takes one prisoner from Tamon village near Tubas
Ma’mun Shehada, 22, from the village of Tamon, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, was arrested at an Israeli military checkpoint near the village on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses…
Land mine kills an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon; three Lebanese soldiers killed
Israeli sources reported that one Israeli soldier, identified as St.-Sgt. Alex Assaf, 21, from Karmiel, was killed, while three other soldiers were injured on Wednesday, when troops of the Israeli…
Leader of the Islamic Jihad armed wing seriously injured in Jenin
Wednesday at night, under-cover forces of the Israeli army ambushed Ahmad Jaradat, 43, leader of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin, in the northern part of the…
Israeli Army bulldozers level a house in Jerusalem
On Wednesday, Israeli army bulldozers leveled a house belonging to Ahmed Zhaikh in Jabal Al Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood south-east of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Wednesday. Israeli police…
Israeli Army takes one prisoner from Tulkarem
Israeli forces took one prisoner from the West Bank city of Tulkarem early on Wednesday morning. Muhammad Tanbouz, 17, was taken to an unknown location after troops stormed the city,…
PNIC: `“17 Palestinians killed, 61 injured and 99 arrested in the last week`
The Palestinian National Information Center – State Information Service, released a report on Wednesday on the Israeli violations and attacks against the Palestinians during the period between August 15 and…
Army invades Surif village and take two prisoners
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Surif, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and took two prisoners on Wednesday. Rania Khader, 26, and Mohamed Al Hih, 32,…
Army attacks a police station and a Library in Hebron
Israeli army troops stormed and ransacked a library and a Palestinian police station in the old city ofHebron, in the West Bank, on Wednesday. Local sources said that the army…
Army attacks several villages around Tulkarem
Israeli army forces stormed several villages around the West Bank city of Tulkarem and attacked residents’ homes Wednesday at dawn. Troops attacked the villages of Zayta, Baaqa Sharqiya and…
Army takes one prisoner from Dir Ghassana near Ramallah
Abdullah Barruuthi, 21 from the village of Dir Ghassana west of the West Bank city of Ramallah was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning. An Israeli army…
Four were taken prisoner at a checkpoint near Tubas
Israeli army troops stationed at the military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tubas took four prisoners late Tuesday night. The four were stopped at this checkpoint, detained…
Army invades several villages around Jenin and takes one prisoner
Said Abu Jaber, 23, was taken prisoner during a pre dawn invasion of the village of Jelqa Mous east of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. Also Wednesday,…
Army storms Dura village near Hebron
Israeli army troops and jeeps stormed the village of Dura south of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. According to local residents, troops stormed residents’ homes, searched them…
Three Hezbollah fighters reportedly injured in Lebanon
An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening that soldiers shot three fighter of the Lebanon based Hezbollah party in southern Lebanon. The incident took place as the fragile ceasefire…
Jewish Settler Runs over 2 Citizens in Hebron
The Palestinian News Agency Wafa reported that a Jewish extremist settler on Tuesday deliberately ran over two citizens in the West Bank (WB) City of Hebron. Hebron Governmental Hospital sources…
Army attacks several stores and shops in Hebron
Official sources at the Hebron Reconstruction Committee reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers broke into dozens of shops and stores in the Old City of Hebron, and damaged awnings and…
Army kills three Palestinians abducts five others in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at dawn three members of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad after firing rounds of live ammunition at them as…
Israeli army invades Nablus, takes four prisoners, including an elderly man
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli army troops, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus from its main entrances of Biet Eba and Huwwara , and took four…
B’Tselem report: `“Beatings and abuse in the shadow of war`
According to B’Tselem’s (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Terretories) research, since the beginning of Operation Summer Rains in the Gaza Strip, on 28 June 2006,…
Four civilians, including two children, injured in Rafah
Four Palestinian residents, including two children, were injured in an explosion west of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Monday afternoon. Medical sources in Rafah identified the…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells at Sderot
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Ayman Jouda Group, one of the armed wings of Fateh, and Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, Ismail Al Sadeeny group, one of the armed wings of…
Army installs surveillance cameras in Gaza international airport
The Israeli army troops occupying the international Gaza airport installed on Monday surveillance cameras. Security sources said that by installing those cameras the army will titans its hold on the…
Troops install cameras at the Gaza International Airport
Monday, Israeli troops occupying the Gaza International Airport in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, installed surveillance cameras in the airport’s high buildings, the Palestinian News Agency,…
Gunmen attack a PA Officer and steal his car, two guards injured
Major Haitham Sha’ban, Palestinian security top officer was attacked by unknown gunmen who also stole his car and injured two of his bodyguards, Monday at noon. Palestinian security sources reported…
Israeli Forces Step up Violent attacks in Bethlehem
Israeli Forces have recently escalated their military operations in the in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, arresting several people, invading towns, erecting road closures, and violently attacking residents. Eyad…
Army closes the main Nablus road
The Israeli army troops closed the main Nablus road on Monday at noon, which connects the southern West Bank cities together. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers closed the road near…
Army takes two prisoners during an invasion to Nablus
The Israeli army took two prisoners during an invasion in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday at dawn. The invasion targeted Balata refugee camp and the nearby village of…
Israel warns of continuing attacks against Hezbollah
Israeli sources reported on Sunday that Israel is preparing for a “net round of war” against the Lebanon based Hezbollah party and vowed to prevent the Lebanese army deployment until…
Army arrests PLC secretary in the West Bank
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian Legislative Council secretary Dr. Mahmoud Ahmad Al Ramahy, after breaking into his home in Al Janan neighborhood, in Al Biereh City in the northern…
Resident killed, three injured in Nablus
Sunday at dawn, one Palestinian resident was shot and killed, and three were injured, by Israeli military fire after the soldiers fired at a Palestinian Taxi driving between Huwwara town,…
Woman dies of wounds sustained earlier this month
Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday that one woman died on Sunday of swounds suffered during an Israeli shelling to…
Several residents injured east of Dir Al Balah
Palestinian medical and security sources in Dir Al Balah, in the Gaza Strip, reported that Israeli soldiers fired shells at a Palestinian vehicles near the water reserve tanks the belongs…
Israeli Army takes two children as prisoners from Al Zawia village
Ahmad Shqer, 15, and another child whose name remains unknown were taken prisoner by Israeli troops from Al Zawia village, west of the West Bank city of Tubas, late Friday…
Hezbollah gunmen say they foiled Israeli attack in eastern Lebanon
Hezbollah gunmen said on Saturday that they foiled an Israeli invasion attempt west of Ba’labek in eastern Lebanon; one Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured, the Qatar…
Army takes scores of prisoners from the Jordan valley area in the West Bank
Israeli forces took scores of prisoners in the Jordan valley area north of the West Bank on Saturday afternoon. Troops installed military checkpoints on all main roads, stopped and searched…
Two killed in West Bank clashes
One Palestinian fighter has been killed and another taken prisoner after they killed an israeli soldier in the Israeli settlement of Beqa’ot near the West Bank town of Tubas Saturday…
Army storms charitable society offices in Hebron
An Israeli force stormed Al Zakah charitable society offices located in Halhol town, near the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday at dawn. Troops forced their way into the…
Nablus resident dies of wounds sustained on Friday
Medical sources in Rafidia hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus reported on Saturday that Majed Saadah, 20, died of wounds sustained on Friday. Saadah was injured when Israeli…
Two residents injured at Howwara checkpoint south of Nablus
Israeli army troops stationed at Howwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, fired at residents and injured two on Saturday morning. The two were identified as Adham…
Two Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip, seven Palestinians killed on Friday
On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip, one resident is a shepherd while the second, killed in a separate attack, is a resistance fighter,…
Palestinian man tortured and killed by an unknown group in Iraq
The body of a Palestinian man abducted by an unknown armed group was found on Thursday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The body carried sever torture marks and several rounds…
Two arrested in Nablus and Askar refugee camp
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday two Palestinians in Nablus and the nearby Askar refugee camp, in the northern part of the West bank. Local and security sources in Nablus reported…
Israeli Army shells a blacksmith workshop in Gaza
Israeli army war planes fired one missile at a blacksmith workshop located in central Gaza city, on Friday at dawn. The missile destroyed the workshop completely, several cases of shock…
Three residents killed in Dier Abu Da’eef village near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Jenin reported that three residents form the village of Dier Abu Da’eef east of the city died due to an explosion…
Palestinian Minister of Health: `“378 killed, 1385 injured in the Gaza Strip in one year`
It is true that Israel pulled out its military forces from inside the Gaza Strip, yet, attacks against Palestinian civilians and resistance groups never came to an end. Over 370…
Resident killed in the central Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in al Boreij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Hassanen,…
Ministry of Health: Israeli forces killed 378 Palestinians in Gaza Strip since withdrawing last year
It is true that Israel pulled out its military forces from inside the Gaz Strip, yet, attacks against Palestinian civilians and resistance groups never came to an end. Over 370…
Palestinian resistance shells Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinian resistance fired one homemade shell at the Eretz crossing in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Iz Ed-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued…
Two children injured during clashes with troops east of Qalqilia
Two children from the Village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia were injured during clashes between local residents and invading israeli army troops on Thursday. The…
Five residents taken prisoners in Hebron
Israeli army forces invaded Al Arrooub refugee camp and Shiokh Al Arroub village near the West Bank city of Hebron and took five residents prisoners on Thursday. Troops stormed the…
Resident injured in Hebron
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque (Tomb of Patriarchs) in the old town of the West Bank city of Hebron attacked on Thursday a Palestinian…
Army bulldozes farm lands near Beit Iba checkpoint west of Nablus
Israel army imposed a tighht closure against the village of Beit Iba near the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning, Palestinian media sources reproted. Troops stationed at the…
Army invades Al Khader village near Bethlehem
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Khader near the West Bank city of Bethlehem early Thursday morning and took positions in the village. Local residents said that troops…
Three residents taken prisoners in Tubas
Israeli troops took three residents prisoners from several areas in the West Bank city of Tubas on Thursday. Soldiers invaded the city, installed military checkpoint, stopped and searched dozens of…
Army invades Fahma village near Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Fahma, near the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. Soldiers stormed the village and fired rounds of live ammunition at the houses;…
One resident injured in Qabatia village
Mohamed Saba’ta, 20, was injured on Thursday morning when Israeli army troops invaded the village of Qabatiya south of the West Bank city of Jenin. Medical sources reported that Saba’ta…
Palestinian Child killed in Fateh-Hamas clashes in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported on Wednesday evening that one child was killed, four other residents were injured during in crossfire during clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen in…
Israeli troops shell several areas in the Gaza Strip
Thursday night after midnight, Israeli troops stationed near the Kissufim Crossing in the southern part of the Gaza Strip fired several tank shells at Palestinian areas northeast of Khan Younis.…
Soldiers attack, injure a Palestinian worker
A group of Israeli border police officers attacked Ata Abu Farah, 42, and injured him, while he was on his way to work in Israel on Wednesday. Abu Farah, who…
A 42-year old worker severely beaten by troops in Hebron
Wednesday, Israeli soldiers occupying the West Bank city of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian man, severely punched and clubbed him causing several fractures and bruises. The man, Hussein Abu Ata Al…
Deterioration in Health of International non-Violent Activists Wounded in Bil’in: Rubber bullets
A report from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) has released an update on the Danish and Israeli peace activists whose health is deteriorating due to critical wounds they sustained when…
Eleven prisoners in army attacks north, south and east Gaza
The Israeli army has taken 11 prisoners, six from the same family, during an invasion of the industrial area east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Tanks, army…
Army invades Bitta village south of Nablus
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Bitta south of the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village, searched several homes and fired…
Palestinian resistance shells Ashkelon
A Palestinian resistance group fired one homemade shell from Gaza Strip at the Israeli city of Ashkelon early Wednesday morning. In a press release, Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing…
UNICEF: Children of Gaza and Lebanon at Great Risk
UNICEF has begun a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers unexploded devices pose to children after the war in Lebanon. Children are particularly at risk from the aftermath of…
In an army campaign in Hebron: four residents taken prisoners
The Israeli army conducted a wide scale search campaign to residents’ homes in Yatta town near the West Bank city of Hebron and took four prisoners Wednesday morning. The campaign…
Army invades Al Khader village and takes one prisoner
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Al Khader south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday at dawn and took one prisoner. The man was identified…
Army takes one prisoner from Nor-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem
Fikree Abu Al Hija, 27, from Nor-Shams refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses reported that Abu…
Army takes four prisoners from AL Yamon and Al Zababda villages near Jenin
The Israeli army took four prisoners in a military operation in Al Yamon and Al Zababda villages near the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday At dawn troops and…
Army kills a resident and takes one as prisoner in Khan-Younis
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers stormed the eastern areas of Khan-Younis town south of Gaza strip, killing one resident and taking another as prisoner, Wednesday morning. Moss’ab Kadeh, 19, was…
Israeli Invasion of Khan Younis ongoing: three killed since midnight — teen, elderly man and son
A nineteen-year old was killed by Israeli gunfire Wednesday morning, and another young man taken prisoner, as Israeli army tanks and bulldozers stormed the eastern areas of Khan-Younis, in the…
Army bulldozes Palestinian land to construct the annexation wall near Qalqilia
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian orchards in the villages of Kufur Laqif and Azzoun east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday in preparation for…
Army invades Bizaria village, abuses mentally challenged resident
Troops invaded Bizaria village, west of Nablus in northern part of the West Bank, and abused a mentally challenged resident, late on Monday night. Annas Odah was stopped and abused…
Palestinian resistance fires anti-tank mortar shell at an army post in Gaza
A Palestinian resistance group fired an anti-tank mortar shell atan Israeli army post near the Erez border crossing north of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. Israeli sources confirmed the attacked…
Army takes two prisoners from Hebron
The Israeli army took two prisoners during house searches in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday. Doctor Rifqa Al Ja’bari, 43, was taken to unknown location when troops…