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After Israeli forces prevented foreign officials from passing through a Nablus checkpoint, they held their planned meeting with local Palestinian officials in the street in front of the checkpoint,…
An Israeli Air force gun-ship fired missiles at a Palestinian car in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia on Friday morning, Palestinian sources reported.Two Palestinians were injured in…
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday night, five residents, including four brothers in Ya’bod village, north west of Jenin in the West Bank. The four brothers were identified as Mohammad Mustafa…
Israeli army forces imposed a siege on Bardalah and Ein Al Biada villages, near the West Bank city of Tubas, and army bulldozers started to destroy farm buildings and animal…
After a 17 year old boy was shot and killed early Thursday morning, Israeli forces continued their assault on the crowded neighborhoods of Balata refugee camp, killing four more Palestinians…
Israeli army troops shot and injured Ibrahim Al Mashny, 29, from the West Bank city of Hebron during clashes between the army and Palestinian stone throwing youth in the city…
Israeli army forces installed a military checkpoint between Farkheh and Qaraweh villages, north of the West Bank city of Salfit on Thursday morning, preventing the free movement of residents. Troops…
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian resident in the West Bank city of Hebron during a military invasion to the city. A medical source in Hebron reported that Ibrahim…
The Israeli Army Special Unit abducted one resident from the village of Alar north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday morning. Mohamed Amer, 19, was attacked, arrested…
During pre-dawn invasions, the Israeli Army arrested seven residents from several cities in the West Bank on Thursday, claiming they were "wanted people." The two residents who were arrested in…
In a press release issued on Thursday morning, the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing seven homemade shells at Al-Magdal, a town near Nazareth in…
The Israeli army forced a Palestinian resident living with AIDS from the West Bank city of Hebron to pay the expanses of his security escort for treatment at an Israeli hospital…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that 30 gunmen, members of the Al Yasser Brigades, one of Fateh’s armed groups, broke into the governor’s headquarters in Gaza city. The…
Israeli army troops stationed at the Israeli checkpoint near ‘Rachel’s Tomb’ in Bethlehem arrested two children from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, allegedly for trying to stab a soldier…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday morning that villages of Al Yamoun and Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two members of the Islamic Jihad.The two members,…
Medical sources report that 4 year old Ismail Abu Showyder is suffering serious wounds after Israeli shrapnel littered his small face and covered half his body. Israeli soldiers are intensively…
As Israeli occupation forces finally began to recede from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, after an all-out assault on the camp that has lasted…
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Wednesday a 14-year old child from Al Khader village near Bethlehem, to five months imprisonment and 1000 NIS fine. 1 US Dollar =…
Israeli army bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning one house and one chicken coop that belongs to Ghaleb Bashier from Jensafot village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army…
Israeli troops stationed at Taiaseer checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, are closing the checkpoint since early morning hours on Wednesday, and holding scores of residents there.…
Wednesday morning, Israeli army bulldozers demolished a Palestinian Public Park located between the villages of Jayous and Azoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The park was constructed…
Israeli army artillery shelled Al-Ersal housing buildings north of the Gaza strip on Wednesday morning. The shelling caused severe damages to several residents’ houses in the two buildings but no injures were reported.
Israeli army troops stormed the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, arresting one resident on Wednesday morning. Omar Al-Adeeb, 24, was arrested when troops and army…
The Keneset’s, Israeli parliament, financial committee approved a mandate to give financial aid to South Lebanese Army troops living in Israel on Tuesday evening. The troops will receive 3500 USD annually for the next…
In pre-dawn invasions Israeli army forces arrested sex residents from several West Bank cities. The arrests were made in Rammallah, Jenin and Hebron; all arrestees are claimed to be Islamic…
Palestinian resistance injured one Palestinian resident of Israel in the village of Azon near the green line on Wednesday at dawn, Israeli security sources reported. The man whose name remains…
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday at night that an explosion occurred at the Karni commercial crossing, between Israel and the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported.The source stated…
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Hebron, and three nearby villages and broke into dozens of houses. Several families were forced into a single room in…
Israeli army troops stationed in the old city of Hebron, in the West Bank, arrested on Tuesday afternoon, one Palestinian child while he was on his way back home from…
Israeli army forces invaded the town of Al Azaria east of Jerusalem and arrested one resident there, on Tuesday morning. Several army jeeps invaded the town soldiers arrested Saiaf Abu…
Israeli army forces invaded the town of Al Azaria east of Jerusalem and arrested one resident there, on Tuesday morning. Several army jeeps invaded the town soldiers arrested Saiaf Abu…
Israeli army forces invaded, on Tuesday morning, the town of Al Ezariyya, east of Jerusalem, and arrested one resident. Soldiers, supported by several armored jeeps, invaded the town and arrested…
A senior Palestinian security source in Nablus denied Israeli military reports of uncovering a large bomb factory in the West Bank city of Nablus. While the Israeli Army claimed that…
The Israeli army bulldozers demolished a Palestinian home in Al Sha’eba area north east of the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers claimed that the building was illegally constructed. Several…
As part of the ongoing Israeli military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, soldiers conducted a search campaign, arresting two residents on Tuesday morning. Mohamed Al Saqa and…
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested two residents Tuesday at dawn. As soldiers stormed the city with more than 17 armored vehicles, troops conducted house-to-house searches before…
In a joint press release, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, and Popular Resistance committees claimed responsibility for firing two homemade Qassam shells towards the Israeli town of…
Israeli army forces invaded the village of AL Yamon and Kofer Ra’ei west of the West Bank city of Jenin arresting four residents on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed the village…
Monday evening, one Palestinian child and one woman were injured in Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron.A medical source in Hebron reported that Ashraf…
A promise by Israeli leaders to ‘punish’ Palestinians for electing the Islamic Resistance party, Hamas, in Jan. 25th legislative elections, appears to be coming to fruition as ongoing invasions and…
Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Legislative Council member, demanded that the new Hamas led government maintain the Rafah crossing agreement. The agreement includes nominal Palestinian sovereignty of the crossing with European and…
During an ongoing invasion to the area Israeli military forces ordered foreign employees of the UNRWA to leave Balata refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Nablus immediately…
Israeli army forces closed the Sofa crossing in the Gaza Strip Monday afternoon, allegedly for "security reasons." The Army did not gave any specific reasons for this closure, although the…
The Israeli army units stormed the town of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin Monday morning, and arrested three residents there. Soldiers invaded the town, searched several…
Monday morning, in northern Hebron, Israeli forces invaded the town of Beit Omar, and broke into the home of Ayman Salibi, arresting his 25 year old son Mohammad. Israeli soldiers…
Israeli forces occupying the southern West Bank attacked Ahmed Ibrahim Zaid, a teenager in Hebron, severely beating him Monday. Israeli forces hit him to the point that medical sources report…
During early morning clashes with the Israeli soldiers, 28 year old Ahmed Abu Sharkh was killed in Nablus’ Qisaria neighborhood; his assistant Amjad Naifa was seriously injured in the ensued…
An Israeli military court sentenced four Palestinians Monday morning to sentences — the charges of the four were not revealed by the Israeli court. According to the Palestinian News Agency,…
In a press release, Sariya Al Quds, the armed resistance wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for launching homemade shells towards the Israeli town of Sederot on Sunday night. The…
In an ongoing invasion to the city, Israeli army forces arrested six residents from the West Bank city of Nablus and from Balata refugee camp early Monday morning. As more…
Unknown gunman shot at Jamiel Al-Taraifi’s house, an ex-Minster and ex-Palestinian legislative council member in the West Bank city of Rammallah late Sunday night. According to eyewitnesses, the gunman, who was…
The Israeli army invaded Al-Aza refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident Monday at dawn. Malek Al-Aza, 19, was arrested when several army vehicles stormed…
The Jihad Jibril Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, reported that Israeli troops attempted to assassinate the Brigades leader, Abu Jindel,…
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Allar, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested three residents. A local source in the village reported that under-cover…
Sunday morning, Israeli air-force killed two Palestinians east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Army claims that soldiers suspected that the two residents planned to…
In several attacks throughout the day on Sunday, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and Jeeps, invaded Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, shot and killed…
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…