Category: News brief

Since Monday morning there have been several reports of harassment by Israeli colonizers against Palestinians in the West Bank resulting in property damage and loss as well as injury. Monday,…

Ben Gvir, far-right Israeli parliament member and follower of Jewish supremacist Meir Kahane was caught on video waving a gun at two Palestinian parking lot attendants and yelling slurs. Both…

Al-Araqib, a bedouin village of the Naqab desert in southern Israel was demolished Monday by Israeli Authorities for the 14th time this year. It is worth mentioning that the village…

Israeli border police detained a Palestinian woman, Monday, when she approached the illegal Israeli Har Adar colony allegedly armed with a knife, according to the Jerusalem Post. The woman, a…

Israeli colonists attacked, on Saturday, Palestinian residents in the southern occupied West Bank, injuring an elderly Palestinian woman, the head of the village council confirmed. South of Hebron, in at-Tiwani…

After twelve years as Israeli Prime Minister, today may be Benjamin Netanyahu’s last day in office as the Knesset will be voting on a new leadership. Netanyahu is expected to…

On Friday, May 28th, in Khirbet Shehadeh, west of Salfit in the West Bank, settlers opened fire on Palestinian landowners attempting to defend their land. Several weeks ago, four wooden…

 The Gaza headquarters of The Qatari Red Crescent Society, a medical and humanitarian aid organization was targeted today in an Israeli air strike, according to the Doha News Agency. The director…

A Palestinian man was shot and killed, on Sunday, when Israeli forces shot him in an alleged stabbing attempt in the southern occupied West Bank. The incident took place near…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Wednesday night, at Palestinians, in the southern occupied West Bank town of Surif, injuring one young man, according to Palestinian security sources. Sources told Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces arrested, at dawn Sunday, a young man from the city of Qalqilia, northern occupied West Bank, Palestine News Network reported. On Saturday night, the Israeli occupation forces…

According to the Palestine News Network (PNN), Israeli occupation forces arrested a 14 year old female student, on Sunday morning, as she attempting to cross the Abu al-Reesh checkpoint, near…

An Israeli settler driving at high speed ran over, and injured a Palestinian girl, Sunday evening, on a road in Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank. According to local…

Palestinian, International and Israeli activists take part in a direct action inside an Israeli outpost in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, October 26, 2019. Israeli forces detained 34 people, among…

A Palestinian man was shot and injured Saturday, by Israeli forces’ fire along the borderline area, in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources told WAFA. A Palestinian driving a sanitation…

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 (WAFA)  – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and American civil liberties organizations are leading a campaign to block a bill in the US Congress aimed…

During an early morning raid into Ramallah City, Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a print shop and confiscated the equipment, sparking locals to resist. Eyewitnesses said that local Palestinian’s opposed the…

The killing of 22-year-old disabled Palestinian Mohammad Husam Abdul-Latif Habali by Israeli forces Tuesday has drawn the attention of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. Riyad Malki, the head…

Israeli bulldozers destroyed a Palestinian family home Tuesday, in Occupied East Jerusalem WAFA reported. A large number of Israeli police officers and soldiers stormed the town of Jabal Al-Mukkaber, surrounded…

At the 18th weekly Naval March, hundreds of Palestinians gathered along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip Monday. Nine Palestinians were injured by projectiles shot by the Israeli…

Israel’s Ofer military court, near Ramallah, on Wednesday, extended the administrative detention of 23 Palestinian prisoners, according to Ma’an News  Agency. The extensions ranged from two to six months, with…

Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Friday at dawn, the town of Hizma, east of occupied East Jerusalem, from several directions, and fired dozens of gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to…

A man was stabbed and lightly wounded at Mishor Adumim Junction near the illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim early Monday morning.Israeli media is reporting that a 19-year-old Israeli man…

A Palestinain was injured in the head in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Kafr Qaddum near Qalqilia.Ayman Nazzal,a driver for the Palestinian Broadcast corporation ,was shot in the…

Palestinian detainee Murad Abu Maeleq was transferred to hospital in a critical condition after falling ill. Abu Maeleq, who is from the Gaza strip, suffers from colon cancer, and was…

Detainee Ayman Abu Dauod on Thursday accepted a proposal to exile him to the Gaza Strip for 10 years to end the hunger strike he started on April 14. Jawad…

An Israeli settler on Thursday ran over a Palestinian minor from the village of Burin near Nablus.Palestinian Red Crescent said a car with an Israeli licence plate ran over a…

Jewish extremists set fire to two vehicles and wrote ‘price tag’ with spray paint in the village of Nein near Afula inside the green line.A resident claimed that police tried…

Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted over 150 trees belonging to Palestinians south of Nablus.A local Settler monitoring official said that several settlers attacked Sbeih Mountain area between Beta and Yitma…

Jewish extremists on Tuesday set fire to several wheat fields belonging to Palestinians in the village of Beit Furik east of Nablus.An official who monitors settlers’ activities said that extremists…

Clashes broke on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinians near Huwara military checkpoint south of Nablus. Dozens of Palestinians were protesting the recent settlers attacks in the area. Israeli forces…

On Tuesday Israeli forces destroyed over 400 dunams of privately-owned Palestinian farmland in the village Tarqumiya near Hebron.Sami Fataftah, the mayor of the village said that Israeli bulldozers destroyed the…

Israeli forces burned over 40 olive trees in a field in Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqilia. A report for the Palestinian civil defense said that firefighters managed to extinguish a…

Israeli forces uprooted over 1300 olive trees near Hebron. A demolition crew implemented over 26 outstanding demolition orders, that entailed to destroying over 1300 trees in Susiya village. Israeli settlers…

Dozens of Israeli settlers raided a village near Ramallah Monday night and burned 10 cars.Witnesses reported that settlers from Ofra settlement attacked the positions of villagers, including 10 cars that…

Israeli forces on Friday detained a man from Battir village, west of Bethlehem. Forces detained Haidar Muammar,47, during after raiding his home at dawn.

Israeli settlers on Friday raised an Israeli flag over a monastery and chapel in a village near Ramallah after overtaking the building.Priest Aziz Raey said that Israeli settlers broke into…

Israel offered hunger striker Samer Isawia deal to exile him to a UN member or European country country.A spokesman to the Israeli prime minister said that an offer was presented…

Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of trees from near the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, a local activist said. Settlers uprooted 47 olive trees and 55 grape vines in…

Israeli forces detained on Friday two Palestinians at in Aboud village north of Ramallah. Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, and arrested 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Barghouthi…

The Palestinian ministry of justice announced on their website on Friday that the results of Abu Hamdiyeh’s autopsy will be revealed in the coming 24 hours. The ministry’s undersecretary said…

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at Huwwara military checkpoint near Nablus on thursday.They claimed that the 35-year-old Palestinian from Balaa village was holding a sharp object at the checkpoint. Meanwhile,…

Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes that erupted between protesters and Israeli forces in al-Khader village near Bethlehem. The coordinator of a committee against settlements and the…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday that there are 5 Palestinian Prisoners still on hunger strike, the longest of which is Samer al-Essawy who has been on strike since…

Israeli court in Ofer extended the detention of journalist Mus’ab Shawer,22, from Hebron. A statement received by the prisoners club said that the court postponed the session to the 5th…

Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian Legislative Council member, Nayef ar-Rjoub after spending 28 months in Israeli Jails under administrative detention, Palestinian Prisoners Club reported. Ar-Rjoub was kidnapped from his Hebron…

Dozens of settlers have started an enlargement process of Sal’in settlement near Tulkarem. Witnesses said that dozens of Israeli military vehicles have started to open new roads in the area.…

Israeli forces on Wednesday morning kidnapped ten Palestinians from Nablus and Hebron. Local Sources said that Israeli soldiers raided the city of Hebron, and kidnapped five people including Palestinian Legislative…

Israeli Settlers on Saturday smashed the windows of several Palestinian cars in Nablus North of the West Bank. Settler-monitoring official in north of the West Bank Ghassan Daghlas, said that…

An Israeli settler was shot an injured Monday morning, at the entrance of Kadomim Settlmenet near Qalqilia. Israeli Red Star of David said that the settler’s injury is moderate. Police…

Israeli settlers have damaged several tractors on Monday morning, belonging to farmers in Burin Village south of Nablus. Settler-monitoring official said that Israeli settlers attacked the farmlands near Burin Village,…

A group of Israeli settlers seized a land in al-Khader village south of Bethlehem. The coordinator of the local anti-wall committee, Ahmad Salah, said that settlers from Eleazar seized the…

Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, died on Saturday, after their bus turned over in Jordan. A nearby Hospital director said that at least fourteen people died, while over…

Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, died on Saturday, after their bus turned over in Jordan. A nearby Hospital director said that at least fourteen people died, while over…

A Palestinian worker was attacked by Israeli settlers on Friday morning near Aqraba village south of Nablus.Several settlers from Itamar settlement beat the 28-year-old-Palestinian who suffered from bruises in and…

A Palestinian prisoner from Bethlehem was released on Thursday evening after spending thirteen years at an Israeli Prisoner. 36 years-old Former prisoner Ashraf Jamil Milhim from Al-Duheisheh refugee camp in…

Maariv newspaper reported that Israeli police and the Shin Bit arrested what they called a’Terrorist’ Palestinian in the center of Tel Aviv after they raided his apartment on Thursday. Police…

Over 15 Palestinians were injured, while others inhaled tear gas after Israeli forces invaded al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Friday noon Prayers. Israeli forces marched into the temple firing tear…

Over 15 Palestinians were injured, while others inhaled tear gas after Israeli forces invaded al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Friday noon Prayers. Israeli forces marched into the temple firing tear…

Israeli settlers have uprooted around 120 olive trees in al-Sawya village south of Nablus Friday morning. An official said that about 90 olive saplings, and 30 fully grown olive trees…

Israeli Police have detained two Palestinian youth from east Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Witnesses said that Israeli police obstructed a group of five Palestinian young men in Al-Swanah neighborhood in…

Israeli forces has released a Palestinian detainee from Hebron who was arrested on Monday. Minister of detainees Issa Qaraqe said that the prisoner who is physically disabled after being injured…

Israeli settlers wrecked numerous olive trees in a Nablus village, in the West Bank.On Tuesday Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad entered a privately owned Palestinian field…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday morning, three Palestinians from Al Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and installed roadblocks leading to several nearby…

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has pledged ₤1.5 million of new support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The aid will go the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA)…

A new international donors’ conference to a Palestinian State will take place in Paris in June, according to the Quartet on the Middle East.After talks between the Quartet, donors and…

Israel’s continued destruction of Palestinian water resources has been criticized by the UN and the Palestinian Water Authority.In a joint statement, the two organizations condemned the destruction of water cisterns…

The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest…

Israeli sources reported Tuesday that a homemade shell was fired from the Gaza Strip into an area in the Western Negev, no damage or injuries were reported.The sources said that…

Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that Israeli soldiers shot and kidnapped a Palestinian child west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources added that a…

The Israeli Army invaded on Saturday at dawn Kufur Ra’ee village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Local sources reported that Israeli vehicles invaded the village searched and…

The Israeli army invaded on Monday at dawn Cofferdam Village in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Locals reported that the Israeli army invaded the city with dozens of…

The Israeli army invaded the Southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning and kidnapped a civilian, taking him to an unknown detention camp. Locals reported that the Israeli…

Official Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the village of Nahaleen western the West Bank City of Bethlehem on Monday at dawn. Officials reported that a number of…

Local sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday at dawn and started a search campaign at several homes in Jenin camp and…

The media office in Jerusalem "Asrana" holds the Israeli prisons department responsible for the life of the critically ill political detainee "Al Fararje" The office asked international and law institutions…

Israeli troops invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday at dawn and kidnapped two civilians. According to security sources in Bethlehem, a Israeli troops invaded several parts…

   Palestinian sources in Bethlehem city reported on Saturday that Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Tiqua’, east of the city, broke into several homes and clashed with dozens of…

According to Israeli sources, three shells fired from the Gaza Strip hit areas inside Israel on Sunday afternoon. Two of the shells allegedly hit near populated areas. The third hit…

The Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced on Tuesday detainee Nada Idrees, from Al Esawiyya town near Jerusalem, to six years imprisonment. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that…

    An official at the International Red Cross stated on Monday that all visitations for Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel were suspended until further notice. The official added that the…

   Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that an extremist settler group attacked several Palestinian villagers of Aseera Al Shimaliyys village, south of the northern West Bank City of Nablus. The…

A Palestinian resistance group announced that its fighters attacked an Israeli army patrol along the Gaza-Israel border, in central Gaza, on Monday morning. The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing…

During an Israeli military operation on Wednesday morning in Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank of Jenin, a Palestinian youth,17, named as Shuja' Qreiny was critically injured in…

The Israeli military invaded the Jenin refugee camp, Wadi Burqin and Deir Ghazala village in northern West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In the…

On Friday morning, Israeli forces invaded the al 'Eizariyah town east of east Jerusalem, broke into several homes, searched them and abducted three children The children were identified as Mohammad…

On Friday morning a group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Havet Ma'un, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked a…

Israeli forces invaded the central West Bank cities of Ramallah and al Beirah and a nearby town of Betunia on Friday.  No injuries or abductions were reported. Local security sources…

Thursday afternoon a massive number of Israeli soldiers had invaded the al Balou’ neighborhood in the West Bank town of al Khader southern of Bethlehem.Local eyewitness reported that the soldiers…

Palestinian medical sources in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Saturday evening that a Palestinian youth was shot and seriously injured by Israeli military gunfire…

A group of resistance fighters of the al Quds Brigade the armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement had escaped on Friday afternoon an Israeli assassination attempt by the under cover…

Israeli District Court judge decided to release a Palestinian female detainee from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after she spent one month under interrogation without charges.The detainee, Tasneem…

The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities release Dr, Ghassan Hamdan, a lecturer at Al Najah National University in the…

The Nafha Society for Defending the Detainees’ Rights and Human Rights, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities issued orders extending the remand of eight detainees under administrative detention…

The Salem Israeli Military Court sentenced on Tuesday detainee Shabeeb Hasan, from Borqa village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to two years imprisoned and a 2000 NIS…

Two Palestinian passersby have been reportedly wounded by Israeli gunboats along the northern Gaza coast.Medical sources said that two minor injuries have been aided on the spot after having been…

Saturday at dawn a group of unknown gunmen threw an explosive charge at a local cafeteria in the al Shate’ refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The explosion caused major…

The Israeli army invaded the al A’za refugee camp near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday afternoon. Soldiers broke into several homes and surrounded one of them. Clashes…

An Israeli official source announced on Friday that the expansion of the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Houma near East Jerusalem reached a stage of submitting contracts to five construction…