Category: Israeli Settlement

On Sunday, Israeli violations of international law continued throughout the West Bank, including military invasions, paramilitary colonizer attacks, forced removal of Palestinians from their homes, and abductions of Palestinian civilians.…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out invasions, abductions, home break‑ins, road closures, and assaults on Palestinian…

Several Palestinians suffered from severe tear‑gas inhalation, Friday, after Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, triggering protests across multiple…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, across the Hebron district, abducting an elderly man, a woman, and four children from the towns of Yatta and Beit Ummar.…

On Thursday, Israeli forces demolished a home and a playground, while colonizers razed land and burned a bulldozer in the Bethlehem and Ramallah governorates of the occupied West Bank. Occupation…

On Thursday, Israeli forces shot a 17-year old child near Nablus in the northern West Bank, and a young man in Ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. An infant was…

The Israeli army acknowledged on Thursday evening that a reserve soldier was responsible for shooting Palestinians and ramming another man who was praying along a roadside in the Palestinian village…

Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of olive trees on Thursday in the northwestern area of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank. Local sources said Israeli…

Fourteen countries — including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan — condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent decision to authorize new illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, urging…

Israeli authorities, backed by police units and special forces, demolished the tents and structures of the unrecognized Palestinian village of al‑Arakib in the Naqab (Negev) region on Wednesday, marking the…

Three Palestinians were injured late Monday night after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the town of al‑Samu’, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, attacking homes and livestock in…

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition notices on Monday for six under‑construction Palestinian homes in the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Journalist Omar Fatafta…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a multi‑story residential building in the Wadi Qaddum area of Ras al‑Amoud in Silwan, south of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, early Monday morning, displacing…

A surge of coordinated violence and military activity swept across the occupied West Bank on Monday, as illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out shootings, assaults, and large‑scale incursions into the…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by Israeli far‑right “Minister of Settlements” Orit Strock, invaded the Tarousa area between Dura and Deir Samet in the western Hebron district, in the occupied…

Israeli occupation bulldozers razed dozens of dunams of Palestinian agricultural land on Sunday morning north of the village of Yasuf, adjacent to the illegal Israeli colony of Tapuach, east of…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out widespread violations across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, including home invasions, abductions, shootings, among them the killing of two…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across multiple West Bank villages on Saturday, invading residential areas, targeting Palestinian vehicles, and damaging property in Ramallah, Nablus,…

The head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Minister Muayyad Sha’ban, warned that Israel has begun a new phase of colonial expansion southeast of occupied Jerusalem, converting the small…

Illegal Israeli colonizers rammed a Palestinian young man with their vehicle, on Thursday night, after storming the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources reported that illegal settlers infiltrated…

Israeli  occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in Hebron, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Thursday condemned the “escalating campaign of organized terror by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinian civilians,” including physical assaults, arson targeting…

Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday delivered eviction notices to Palestinian citizen Khalil Basbous and his son Bilal in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers seized the homes…

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday began uprooting dozens of olive trees along the colonial road adjacent to the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit in the central occupied West…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated assaults across the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, December 17, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The violations targeted multiple…

On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli colonizer shot and killed a Palestinian child following the funeral of a child killed the previous day, in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem…

The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission revealed that Israeli occupation authorities have seized 531 dunams of Palestinian land in Jenin governorate through two military orders labeled “land seizure orders,” citing…

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its medical teams treated five members of a Palestinian family—father, mother, and three young daughters—after they were assaulted by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers in…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, on Monday evening and set fire to several olive trees near…

Israeli occupation forces uprooted nearly 400 olive trees on Monday after launching large-scale bulldozing attacks in the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.…

On Sunday, three Palestinian families were forcibly evicted from their homes in Baten al-Hawa, a neighborhood in Silwan just south of Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the occupied West…

On Sunday evening, groups of illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers held a provocative procession in Hebron city, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, as Israeli soldiers closed Palestinian streets and…

Israeli forces and paramilitary militias launched a widescale invasion of various parts of the West Bank on Sunday before dawn, abducting 41 Palestinians and damaging Palestinian property, including chopping down…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, breaking into and ransacking homes, abducting civilians, and disrupting daily life in several towns…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers chased a group of Palestinian shepherds, Saturday, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, preventing them from reaching the natural…

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to approve and “legalize” 19 illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, describing the…

Six Palestinian families in the northern West Bank city of Nablus were forced on Saturday to evacuate their homes after Israeli authorities issued final demolition orders, citing construction in Area…

Israeli occupation forces carried out systematic invasions, abductions, and assaults across multiple districts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, leaving civilians injured, homes vandalized, women and youth detained, while…

Minister Moayyad Shaban, head of the Palestinian Authority’s Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, condemned the Israeli occupation cabinet’s decision to approve the establishment and legalization of 19 new illegal colonies…

The Israeli occupation’s political‑security cabinet has approved the establishment of 19 new illegal colonies across the occupied West Bank, in a decision that represents the largest expansion in years. The…

Israeli occupation forces attacked the family of citizen Abdul Basit Abu Alia at dawn on Friday when they stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah. Local sources reported that…

The Jerusalem Governorate has sounded the alarm over what it described as a dangerous escalation by Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers against Bedouin communities surrounding the governorate. These…

On Wednesday night, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers vandalized an agricultural room belonging to Palestinian citizen Omar Habboub, in the town of Kafr ad‑Dik, west of Salfit in the occupied West…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Wednesday the Israeli occupation authorities’ approval of 764 new colonial housing units and the unveiling of a plan to establish 17 additional…

A group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers abducted Palestinian farmer Yousef Abdul-Rahman Shakarna, in his sixties, on Tuesday afternoon while he was working his land in the Jabal Banias area…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday demolished three inhabited homes in Khirbet Khallet al‑Farra, one of the Palestinian hamlets west of Yatta in the southern Hebron district, in the occupied West…

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has unveiled a government plan to allocate 2.7 billion shekels over the next five years to establish 17 new illegal colonies in the occupied…

Israeli occupation forces continued their campaign of invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities from Hebron in the south, Qalqilia and Tulkarem in the northwest,…

Published In Arabic On WAFA, By Rami Samara: In the early hours of dawn, 58-year-old Fidda Mohammad Na’san awoke to the piercing cries of an international solidarity activist staying in the…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, leaving multiple Palestinians injured, abducted, and harassed in incidents spanning…

Israeli occupation forces issued orders on Friday to uproot hundreds of olive trees in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, in what local officials…

United Nations — The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted five resolutions in support of Palestine, reflecting broad international consensus on refugee rights, accountability for Israeli practices, and the illegality…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers and occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated assaults on Palestinian communities across the West Bank on Friday, cutting vital water supplies, abducting residents, and…

Israeli occupation forces assaulted a Palestinian worker on Thursday evening in the village of al‑Minya, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in…

Israeli forces tore down a two‑story building under construction on Thursday in Wadi al‑Hummus, southeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said troops moved in…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers attacked international solidarity activists and Palestinian residents at dawn on Thursday in the Bedouin village of Shalal al‑Auja, north of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank’s…

On Thursday, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers injured a Palestinian teenager from Beitillu village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, and assaulted a father and his daughter…

Seven Palestinians were injured on Thursday after illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers attacked farmers between the towns of Halhul and Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern…

On Thursday morning, the Israeli armed forces, along with armed paramilitary colonial settler gangs, assaulted Palestinian civilians in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The colonizers wounded five Palestinians,…

On Wednesday evening, Jihad Nawaj’a, head of the village council of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, was violently assaulted by illegal…

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from all Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and reaffirming the inalienable rights of the…

On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers uprooted 850 olive trees and grape vines in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. Osama Makhamra, a local anti-settlement activist, told…

Israeli occupation forces claimed on Monday that a speeding car attempted to carry out a ramming attack near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, wounding a…

A report by the National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Colonies indicates that both Jerusalem and the northern Jordan Valley, located in the occupied West Bank, are experiencing a…

Ten Palestinians were injured, including a woman struck by live ammunition, when illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers launched an attack on residents in the agricultural area of Khalayel al-Louz, south of…

On Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted a Palestinian young man near Nablus, while occupation forces injured dozens of citizens near Qalqilia, in the northern and northwestern parts of the occupied…

The foreign ministers of Germany, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on Thursday calling on Israel to respect international law and safeguard Palestinian civilians in the…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of coordinated assaults across the occupied West Bank, targeting civilians, agricultural lands, and livestock. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers burnt the Al-Falah Mosque in Biddya, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank’s central part, at dawn Thursday. The attackers infiltrated the mosque’s perimeter, ignited…

Quds News reports that a senior Trump official has confirmed that the US administration is working on a plan to divide the Gaza Strip by constructing housing units for thousands…

Today, on Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces pushed bulldozers and heavy construction equipment towards Nour Shams camp to the east of Tulkarem. A Wafa news correspondent reported that these reinforcements…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers stormed a Palestinian home in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, at dawn on Tuesday, vandalizing its contents.…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by occupation forces, carried out several assaults,  Monday, attacking Palestinian farmers in Mikhmas northeast of occupied Jerusalem and torching agricultural lands between Atara and Birzeit…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers on Monday carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank, including livestock theft in Hebron, physical attacks on a driver near Jericho, the…

On Monday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked agricultural lands and burnt trees, in the town of Atara, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Local sources reported…

Israeli occupation forces abducted three Palestinians on Sunday after illegal paramilitary colonizers rammed their vehicle near the village of al-Zuwaidin, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Activist…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, abducting at least eleven Palestinians, while illegal paramilitary colonizers escalated daily assaults on property and livelihoods.…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the al-Khalayel area of al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, on Saturday, poisoning a flock of sheep, killing three.…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinians near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday, while soldiers caused several citizens to suffer inhalation injuries in Bethlehem, in the southern West…

At dawn on Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a surge of assaults against Palestinians and their belongings in multiple parts of the occupied West Bank. A video circulated early…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers set fire at dawn Friday to six tourist villas under construction on Mount Tarouja, between the villages of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya and Ammuriya, south of Nablus in…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a plant nursery at dawn today in the village of Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Local sources reported…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers set fire at dawn today to an agricultural room in the village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Local…

Earlier Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers have established a new outpost near the Bedouin community of al-Hathroura in Khan al-Ahmar, east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The outpost…

At dawn on Friday, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian teenagers during a military invasion in the town of Kafr Aqab, located north of occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West…

On Thursday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a number of attacks against Palestinian citizens in the governorates of Qalqilia, Nablus, and Ramallah. Media sources said that dozens of Israeli…

The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee overwhelmingly adopted seven resolutions in support of Palestine, reinforcing international opposition to Israeli occupation policies and affirming Palestinian rights. Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the…

A Palestinian man, his wife, and their son were injured on Wednesday evening after being assaulted by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers northeast of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern…

Israeli occupation forces invaded the al-Hathroura Bedouin community east of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, storming several tents and abducting three Palestinian residents from the Arab al-Ara’ra. Local sources said…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home in the town of Anata, east of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, for the second time. The house, owned…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported Wednesday that Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out systematic arrest campaigns and field interrogations in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers on Wednesday morning vandalized a Palestinian vehicle in the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, and looted construction materials…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers on Wednesday carried out coordinated assaults against Palestinian farmers in Deir Ballut, west of Salfit in the occupied West Bank’s central part, targeting residents and olive…

A group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a Palestinian-owned store in the village of Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, on Wednesday at…

Two Palestinians were shot and killed by on Tuesday evening near the Gush Etzion colonialist bloc south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, following a what Israel said “a…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers opened fire Monday night on the southern outskirts of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, targeting the Khirbet…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers carried out several attacks Monday evening in the village of Al-Jab’a, southwest of Bethlehem, setting fire to three inhabited homes, three vehicles, and a residential caravan.…

On Sunday, Israeli colonizers damaged Palestinian-owned vehicles in the town of Sinjil and confiscated farm equipment in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, in addition to fencing citizens’ lands in the northern Jordan…

Israeli occupation forces carried out numerous invasions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank at dawn on Sunday, abducting many Palestinians from their homes during extensive and violent searches.…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a residential structure, and two livestock pens in the al‑Maleh community in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, on Saturday evening. Mahdi Daraghma,…