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Saturday morning, families of Palestinian political prisoners broke into the opening session of the Palestinian Parliament (Gaza branch), where legislators were conducting their swearing-in ceremony. The families demanded the release…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that one youth died of wounds suffered on Friday when an explosive charge, apparently left by the army, went off near Al Boreij…
Ahmad Saaadat, Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, newly elected member of the Palestinian Parliament, currently imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority, said that he should…
In less than a week extremist Israelis defaced the Nabi Elias Mosque east of Qalqilia early Friday morning with graffiti insulting Prophet Mohammad on the mosque for the second time,…
The Qatar based AL Jazeera satellite news channel reported that Hamas leader Sheikh Ismail Haniyya denied on Thursday that he had been nominated by the movement for the Prime Minister…
Al Jazeera Quatari based satellite channel reported Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s denial on Thursday that he had been nominated for Palestinian coming premiership. "Hamas is still continuing…
Chief-of-Staff of the Russian army Youri Palwionski announced on Friday that the Russian government will decide on a deal to export weapons to Palestine after meeting Hamas leaders in Moscow.…
One home-made Qassam shell hit south of the Israeli town of Askalan, Israeli army sources reported, on Friday morning. The shell fell in an open area causing no damages or…
Israeli army forces arrested 12 residents who were allegedly Islamic Jihad activists from the West Bank city of Jenin Friday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the village of Kufr Rai southwest…
Israeli army troops and vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested three residents from the city, on Friday dawn As more than ten army vehicles stormed the…
An Israeli military source in Jerusalem reported that soldiers arrested a Palestinian woman from Bethlehem after she attempted to stab an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem.The source claimed that the woman…
The Israeli Ofer military court, west of Ramallah, sentenced a Palestinian child from Al Khader town, near Bethlehem, to sixteen months imprisonment, and 1000 New Israeli Shekels fine. The child,…
Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in Kafer Jamal village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The Palestinian WAFA news Agency reported that Jihad Hatem Abdul-Rahim, 19, was…
According to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, the Israeli army arrested Thursday five citizens, including a girl in the West Bank (WB) cities of Bethlehem, Nablus and Qalqiliya. In Bethlehem,…
Thursday afternoon, local sources reported aerial bombardment by Israeli forces east of Gaza City. No injuries have been reported. The Israeli military gave no statement as to the reason for…
The National Association for Democracy and Law denounced Wednesday the continued Israeli bombardment on crowded residential areas in Gaza Strip cities. According to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, the Association…
Israeli troops stationed at a random checkpoint near the Al-Bira area, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, forced residents to remove their clothes and lie down on the…
Palestinian Official sources reported that one mentally-challenged resident was injured by Israeli army bullets in Beit Hanon city in the northern part of the Gaza strip late on Wednesday. Mofied Arafat,…
Four Palestinians were arrested at Sofia border crossing south of the Gaza strip by the Israeli army on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian security source reported. An Israeli army source…
Israeli army forces invaded Al-Marj area in the West Bank city of Qalqilia and soldiers searched several houses, arresting one resident there on Thursday at dawn. Mohamed Hilal, 25, was arrested…
The Israeli military closed the main Nablus-Qalqilia road Thursday afternoon, imposing a mobile checkpoint in a heavily travelled area, according to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA. Palestinians were forced to…
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 24 Palestinian residents in Bethlehem in seven days. All of the arrestees were arrested from home…
Although early reports indicated that Mofeed Arafat, 25, a mentally challenged resident of Gaza, had been killed late Wednesday night, medical sources indicate that he is alive and in serious…
Israeli soldiers invaded Al Zabbouba village, near the West Bank city of Jenin after claiming that residents of the village came close to the Separation Wall. A local source in…
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Assem Jaradat from Qabatia village to 15 months in jail on Wednesday afternoon. Also, the court prolonged the detention of Zouher Aswad from…
Israeli soldiers intensified military presence in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and conducted military searces of homes. A Palestinian security sources in the…
Israeli army released on Monday Ezziddin Amarna, 35, a blind detainee, from the Hadarim detintion facility after spending five years in prison. He was arrested at his house in the…
Undercover units of the Israeli army arrested a member of the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the military wing of Fateh, in Ya’bed Village west of the West Bank city of…
Wednesday at dawn Israeli army was deployed intensively in the Palestinian West Bank village of Nabi Elias east of Qalqilia, the Palestinian Maan News agency reported. Eyewitnesses reported that…
In a joint press release issued in the Gaza strip, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility of firing one homemade shell at the…
Wednesday morning, a Palestinian medical source in Qabatia town, south the West Bank city of Jenin, reported that a mentally challenged child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire…
On Tuesday, the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court sentenced Omri Sharon, the eldest son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to a nine-month jail term, a nine-month suspended sentence and a…
The National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), clamed responsibility for shelling Israeli military targets east of the northern Gaza strip city…
Palestinian Security Officers safely disarmed an explosive charge near the motor-vehicle department in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning. The charge…
Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, broke into dozens of homes and arrested twenty residents, including two residents from the nearby village of Kafer…
Contractors with the Interior Department of the Palestinian Authority appealed Monday to be considered as employees, in order to receive full pay and benefits, according to a Palestinian government source.
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stationed at the main gate of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron arrested, arrested a Palestinian youth and claimed that he was carrying a knife. The Maan…
A Palestinian police officer, a members of the presidential guard unit, was killed on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, when he was shot by mistake by another…
Tuesday morning, an Israeli army special unit injured one resident and arrested him along with two other residents, during an invasion of Beit Jala, near the West Bank city of…
Israeli army released Eiz Addin Amarneh, 34, on Tuesday after serving five years of imprisonment. Troops arrested Amarneh, who is blind, after claiming that he planned two suicide bombings in…
Scores of Israeli settlers attacked homes in Khirbet Tana village east of the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. Ahmed Nasasreh, secretary of village council, said that approximately 60…
Media spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, Tawfiq Abu Khousa, reported on Tuesday that Israeli artillery fired ten shells on Tuesday morning at residential areas in the northern and…
Al Masqibia military court extended the detention of Omer Abdul Raziq, Palestinian Legislative Council member, for eight more days for interrogations. Raziq was arrested two months ago. His wife called…
Israeli army troops arrested six residents from Balata and Askar refugee camps in the West Bank city of Nablus during an invasion of the city on Tuesday morning. Soldiers backed…
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tubas, and searched several homes late Monday night. Israeli soldiers attacked the two cities while others erected temporary checkpoints…
Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, released a statement claiming responsibility for launching three mortar shells at the Israeli town of Kfar Aza Tuesday morning. In the…
Sariya Al Quds, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for launching two home made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot of Tuesday morning. The group also claimed…
Monday night, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian woman near the Kissufim Crossing in the central Gaza Strip.A medical source at…
10 year old Ahmed al-Haddad was attacked Monday by eight adult Israeli settlers in Hebron who chased him down, hitting him with stones until he fell off a wall. Doctors…
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced two Palestinians to prison terms and gave extended ‘administrative detention’ orders to three others on Monday morning. Ahmed Dalow was sentenced to three…
Scores of Palestinian Muslims held a demonstration in Hebron Monday afternoon protesting the offensive caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have been published by Danish and other European newspapers several…
Israeli military forces arrested two residents from Beit Amr Village north of the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, allegedly for throwing stones at Israeli cars. Ahmed…
Monday afternoon, The Israeli army handed out anti-resistance leaflets to Palestinian laborers returning to Gaza at Eretz crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, distributed. "When the crossing is sealed…
After Israeli settlers attacked a mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti near Qalqilia Sunday, Israeli soldiers arrested one Palestinian and injured four who protested against the slurs. 18 year old Hamada Shaker…
On Sunday afternoon, Israeli settlers beat two Palestinians from Taqoua town, southeast of Bethlehem, while they were working in their lands. The victims were not identified, and Israeli security forces…
On Monday morning, an unknown group burned a car belonging to a top Palestinian Preventative Security officer in the Deir Al Balah area in the Gaza Strip, local sources reported.…
On Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby town of Beit Sahour. One Beit Sahour resident was arrested during the invasion.…
On Monday at dawn, Israeli army troops invaded the villages of Saida and Allar and arrested four residents of the villages. Soldiers arrested Issam Samaha, 24, Ahmad Radad, Abd Al…
In a Monday morning invasion, Israel army troops arrested six residents of Al-Yamoun Village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. More than ten army vehicles stormed the village. …
Sunday night, Israeli Army uprooted hundreds of Olive Trees from lands owned by the Palestinian citizens in the western side of the West Bank village of Seera west of Ramallah.…
Wissam Abd Al Razik, 25, who works as a Palestinian Authority security officer in the West Bank city of Nablus was arrested at a temporary checkpoint the Israeli army had…
A mosque near the city of Qalqilia was desecrated Sunday morning by graffiti spraypainted in Hebrew by Israeli settlers living illegally in the area. Othman Zamadi, a member of the…
In a local fight between activists from Hamas and Fatah late Friday night, two members of Hamas were injured in the village of Taloza near the West Bank city of…
The Palestine News Network reported that soldiers controlling the permanent checkpoint and gate installed at the western entrance of Al Fawwar arrested four residents and took them to an unknown…
The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired on Sunday two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. No injuries were reported.
The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired on Sunday two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. No injuries were reported.
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus again Saturday morning after a string of invasions over the last several days. Soldiers stormed the streets of the city,…
Arif Al Jabari, the Governor of the West Bank city of Hebron, condemned the attack against the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) headquarters last week, and reiterated the importance…
The Al Quds Brigades, the military of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The brigades stated that the the…
Thirty year old Amar Sheikh Aleid was killed Saturday morning when a tunnel he was working in collapsed, in Rafah, on the border between Gaza and Egypt. Another worker was…
The Israeli army arrested a 13 year old child Saturday morning from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The child, charged with possession of a knife, was identified by local sources…
Palestinian security sources reported that early Saturday morning an Israeli gunship fired two missiles at a road in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, barely missing a car. The missiles left large…
On Saturday afternoon, five Palestinian residents were injured and two others were arrested during clashes which erupted between the residents and the Israeli police during a protest against the Danish…
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident at Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. The arrested resident was identified as Nour Al Shahroury.
The Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced a resident of Hebron to four life terms. The Arabs48 news website reported that resident Yousef Al…
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp and attempted to assassinate Ashraf Al Saadi, leader of the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. Al…
Israeli soldiers based at the Tunnel road checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Beit Jala, closed the road of Friday and arrested two Palestinian Youth. The Palestinenet news website…
After the residents, Israeli and international peace activists, started their weekly peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers obstructed…
Friday morning, the Israeli army court of Ofer sentenced one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron to four life terms. Yousif Al Skafi, 26, was arrested during…
Friday afternoon, a Palestinian armed resistance group detonated an explosive charge near an Israeli military jeep east of the West Bank city Nablus. The jeep, which was patrolling the…
Israeli police and army units enforced a total closure on Jerusalem Friday morning and banned Muslims under the age of 45 from praying at Al Aqsa mosque. Police and…
While the Israeli government refuses all contact with the future democratically elected Palestinian government, it has returned to its policy of assassination, targeting alleged Palestinian terrorists without trial or formal…
The Israeli army arrested seven residents from several cities across the West Bank, who were allegedly ‘wanted’ by the Israeli military. Three of the arrestees were abducted from Nablus for…
On Friday at dawn, Israeli army forces stormed the village of Obadia, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one resident was arrested. Soliman Al Assa, 31, was arrested…
On Friday at dawn, Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested four residents there Motasem Al Nablusi, 20, Amjad AL Ghatni, 22, Hamza Mansower, 22…
As the investigation of the Palestinian Authority corruption scandal grows, dozens of suspects have had their bank accounts frozen, according to a report by the Associated Press and local sources.…
Thursday afternoon, Israeli forces invaded Hebron and surrounding villages in the southern part of the Palestinian West Bank and arrested a total of 28 Palestinians in a massive sweep of…
35 year old Palestinian citizen Tariq Abu Harbid was killed Thursday when Israeli tanks near Eretz Crossing began shelling indiscriminately in the area. Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the…
After an armed attack by three Palestinian resistance fighters on Eretz border crossing terminal/military installation early Thursday morning in which one soldier was killed (according to resistance leaders) and six…
Late Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military invaded the al-Maslakh area of Bethlehem with military vehicles, jeeps and armed personnel carriers. The Army surrounded the home of Haithan Mahmoud Abu al-Khader,…
Scores of Aqsa Martyrs brigades (the armed wing of Fatah) members stormed the ministry of finance building in Gaza on Monday demanding their monthly wages. The action came when…
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Qafeen north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem; two residents were arrested during the invasion on Thursday morning. Adel Khalil, 20,…
Ma’er Merghlit, an Israeli activist and member of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions) revealed Thursday morning that $600,000 USD had been designated in 2005 by the Israeli Municipal…
Early Thursday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested five residents there. More than 20 army vehicles stormed the city and surrounded several houses…
The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Yata, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, two residents were arrested. Ahmad Awwad, 22, and Hamza Al…
In pre dawn invasions Thursday, the Israeli army arrested on Thursday 17 Palestinian resident from several cities in the West Bank, Israeli sources reported. In Kafein village near Jenin, two…
Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the emergency unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Wednesday at night, that one resident died of wounds sustained earlier on Wednesday in…
Wednesday, An Israeli military court sentenced a resident of Yabod village near the West Bank city of Jenin, to thirty consecutive years. The Israeli prosecution claimed that resident Mustafa…
In spite of the Sharm Al Sheikh understanding and the declared ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in February 2005, Israel did not honor its obligations and violated the…
60 international observers decided on Wednesday to leave the compound of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) after dozens of Palestinian residents attacked their compound and hurled stones at…