Army attacks residents houses and destroys one house in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army has destroyed one houses north of the Gaza strip and attacked residents' houses east of the strip on Friday at dawn. An Israeli F16 jet fighter fired…
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The Israeli army has destroyed one houses north of the Gaza strip and attacked residents' houses east of the strip on Friday at dawn. An Israeli F16 jet fighter fired…
Three Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army during an invasion into Yamoun and Al Far'a towns, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Friday morning. Yammoun, was…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that two residents, including a child, and one international peace activist were injured when an extremist settlers group attacked them while picking olives in…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
Israeli reports revealed that after the army failed to capture Bint Jbeil town, in southern Lebanon, army leaders requested several soldiers to take pictures showing the Israeli flag on top…
Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, Khaled Mashal, is expected to travel to Egypt soon for talks on a prisoner swap deal with Israel. The deal could see the release…
European Union' Foreign Policy Chief, Javier Solana, told the Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, on Thursday that Israel must evacuate all illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and…
Israeli prison officials announced Thursday that they will transfer all Palestinians arrested at the Huwwara checkpoint in the northern West Bank city of Nablus to the feared Qedumim Prison east…
In a clear effort to further weaken Hamas, Fatah factions have kept a close watch on Hamas’ attempts to expand its security force inside the West Bank and the Gaza…
The Israeli army invaded the town of Qabatiya south of the West Bank city of Jenin attacked residents' houses and took prisoner one resident on Thursday morning, Palestinian sources reported.…
The German Defense Ministry reported that it is investigating an incident in which two Israeli Air force fighter-jets fired shots and dropped flares near a German warship patrolling the Lebanese…
Following a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he would recommend that Labor party remains in the government coalition, and that…
Khaled Mashal, political bureau chief of the Hamas party, conducted a brief visit to Qatar and held a meeting with the prince of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani,…
Palestinian Minister of Education, Dr. Nasser Al Shaer, has called on Arab leaders to help save the schooling system in Palestine as the two month loss of education could have…
Hamas’ Executive Force is targeting youth living in Bethlehem and the surrounding villages for recruitment, according to Palestinian security sources. These particular youth were once loyal to Fatah, but are…
Israeli military sources reported on Wednesday that Israel Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, does not intend to evacuate illegal settlement outposts, in the occupied West Bank, in the near future, but…
For the third consecutive time, the Israeli Prison Authorities renewed the Administrative Detention order against detainee, Efat Oleyyan, 42, for additional six months without pressing any charges against her or…
Egypt has come up with a new plan that addresses Palestinian prisoners, the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and suggests a framework to establish a national unity government…
The Palestinian news network PNN reported on Wednesday that members of the newly formed Palestinian executive force started to recruit personal in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and neighboring…
Khaled Masha’al chair of the politburo of Hamas will arrive in Egypt in the coming few days for talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo, a Palestinian source reported. Masha’al’s visit…
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Beit Fajar and Obadiya near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. In Beit Fajar village, south of Bethlehem city, army…
The Israeli air force fired on Tuesday night several missiles at a target in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported. Israeli military sources claimed that…
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported that the Israeli army has significantly increased its attacks in the occupied territories since June 25, and abducted more than 1500 residents, including women…
A senior Palestinian official reported that gunmen who abducted a Spanish photographer working with the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, freed him hours after abducting him. Tawfiq Abu…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli “Defense Establishment”, conducted a two year investigation that revealed that there has been rampant illegal constructions in dozens of settlements in the…
One day after the Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
One day after the Israeli army killed seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that the army will continue to operate against what he described…
Palestinian security sources reported on Tuesday morning that the Israeli army has reopened the Rafah border crossing in the south of the Gaza strip. The source added that the crossing…
After a two year secret investigation by Israel’s security department, it found that the building of illegal settlements has expanded rapidly, and much of their construction has been on privately…
UNRWA General Commissioner, Karen Abu Zeid, said Sunday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is clearly deteriorating. After her tour in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit…
Israeli tanks shelled on Monday evening residential and farm lands to the east of Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip; several civilians suffered anxiety atacks as…
Chairman of the Israel Beiteinu party, Avigdor Lieberman, said on Monday that his party decided to join the government, and that he hopes a final deal would be signed by…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed Monday's Israeli attack in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and described it as massacres. The statements of Abbas came after the army killed…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday afternoon that seven Palestinians were killed and at least thirty were injured by military fire of the Israeli under-cover forces that infiltrated into the…
Some Israeli cabinet ministers insist that Israel reoccupies the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in order to prevent more weapons smuggling and digging of tunnels. According to the…
An Israeli settler from the illegal settlement of Yetzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus continues to terrorize Palestinian farmers from Huwwara town near Nablus, farmers reported on Monday.…
The Imam of the Omar Al-Khatab Mosque in the West Bank city of Bethlehem made a speech Monday after sunrise in celebration of the commencement of the Islamic feast, ‘Eid…
Some sources in the Hamas movement said Sunday that they obtained information that a coup is in the works. The sources indicated that their information came from Fateh members in…
Lebanese security and medical sources reported reported on Sunday that a 10-year-old boy was killed and his brother seriously injured when an Israeli cluster bomb blew up as they harvested…
Israeli soldiers invaded Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Tubas, shot and killed one resident, took four residents, including three brothers prisoner, and injured at least seventeen residents…
Mohammad Shihada, 28 was killed in central Gaza Strip Sunday morning, Palestine News Network and medical sources reported. Shihada, who is a member of the preventive security forces in the…
Palestinian medical sources reported that a member of the Executive Force, formed by Hamas, was injured on Saturday evening during clashes between members of the force and Fateh gunmen in…
Israeli soldiers took one resistance fighter prisoner in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, after using civilians as human shields, local sources reported. The sources stated that…
The Ramattan News Agency reported that Israeli tanks and vehicles withdrew on Saturday at dawn from the area surrounding the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli sources reported that Ahmad Yousef, a senior political advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Saturday that Israel agreed to release Palestinian detainees, including top Hamas…
The Israeli army has abducted eight residents during morning invasions in several parts of the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Tubas, on Saturday. In Obadyeah village, East of Bethlehem,…
The Israeli army invaded the Sofa border crossing in the eastern areas of the city of Khan Younis, in the South of the Gaza strip; attacking residents' houses and killing…
Thousands of Palestinian Muslims flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today to celebrate Lailat al-Qadr, one of the holiest days in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They were…
A small protest took place in Bil'in village Friday with approximately 15 Palestinians and 15 internationals and Israelis marching against the confiscation of land in Bil'in, and in support of…
Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, from the Hamas party, denied reports that shots were fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, in the Al Nusseirat refugee…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Egyptian police intercepted a large arms shipment en route to the Gaza Strip on Friday and arrested three Bedouin. Israeli military sources claimed…
A survey conducted by the Israeli Peace Now movement revealed that 75 illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank are installed on private Palestinian lands that the settlers controlled by…
An unknown armed group in Iraq fired, on Thursday night, mortar shells and rounds of live ammunition at a Palestinian neighbourhood of Al Baladiya an area in Baghdad, killing four…
Leaders from political rivals Hamas and Fatah have decided to stop fighting each other for fear of continued escalation. Although an agreement on a unity government has so far failed,…
The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved Palestinian citizens of Israel to visit their relatives in the Gaza Strip. This follows a request made on Friday by the Arab Knesset…
The Israeli Prison Administration (IPA) threatened to bar all detainees in all 28 Israeli prisons and detention facilities from receiving visitors after soldiers stationed at two facilities claimed to have…
The Hamas-led Palestinian Government considered any referendum called by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, from the Fateh party, as a coup on legitimacy. Palestinian Interior Minister, Sa'id Siyam, said in…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday, that the Israeli army is still continuing its policy of denying patients from Gaza access to medical treatment in Jerusalem and cities…
The Israeli army reoccupied, the Rafah Border crossing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at midnight, for the first time since the implementation of the disengagement plan in 2005. …
The Israeli army shot and injured three children while attempting to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hebron, in the South of the West Bank late Wednesday…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yamon, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Thursday morning, local sources reported. More than 10 army vehicles stormed the village…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published on Thursday its weekly report and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 28 Palestinians, 17 of whom including two children and a…
Farmers with orchards now located behind the Wall are facing a difficult olive harvest season. The Israeli government began building the Wall inside the West Bank several years ago, hitting…
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday at dawn that two Palestinian youth were injured during clashed that erupted in the…
Under the pretext of “illegal constructions”, the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents…
Palestinian Minister of Interior, Sa'id Siyam, said on Thursday that Israel does not want any prisoner swap deal, and that it is to be blamed for the failure of a…
Senior Cabinet Minister Meir Sheetrit said that Israel should initiate peace talks with the Palestinians based on the 2002 Saudi plan, which proposes a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders…
Omer AL Taher, 42, was killed and Sa'eid Al Kharaz, was injured in two separate attacks by unknown gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night. Al…
An unknown gunman wounded an Israeli man early Thursday morning while he was driving on the illegal settler only road between the illegal settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav. The…
Wednesday, Israeli Education Minister, Yuli Tamir, and Culture Minister, Ophir Pines-Paz, demanded that Israel's Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, revoke the ban barring Palestinians students studying in Israeli universities from entering…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he is considering granting legal status to some illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, in exchange for which the Yesha Council…
Several hours after evacuating from Qabatia town, near Jenin in the norther part of the West Bank, troops supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded it once again…
Women took to the streets of Ramallah Wednesday in protest of the continued infighting between political rivals Hamas and Fatah. The marchers urged the president and legislative council to…
Israeli military sources reported that soldiers are currently operating along the Philadelphi Route, around the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This marks the first…
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint, north east of Bethlehem, attacked Sawsan Abu Turki, an 18 year-old Palestinian young woman from the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday…
The Israeli government notified 10 families Wednesday in the village of Far’un, south of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, that their homes would be demolished in…
In a joint press release issued on Wednesday, several armed resistance groups demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop “attacking and defaming” them in his press conferences, and to…
The US has addressed the growing issue of Palestinian Americans being barred from entering the territories. Palestinian Americans are finding that having an American passport, despite such close ties between…
The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Beit Iba village west of the city, troops took five residents prisoner, Wednesday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps invaded…
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the Rafah crossing area in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip and killed two civilians on Wednesday at dawn. Palestinian medical sources identified…
Dr. Ghazi Hamad, media spokesperson of the Palestinian government stated that Hamas might accept the formation on a unity government that includes professionals and independent experts from all Palestinian factions…
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has hinted that he could sack the Hamas government but that any decision he might take could lead to a referendum. Abbas also promoted the…
Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at night and on Wednesday night after midnight two Palestinian residents in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency,…
Director of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, John King, held a meeting Tuesday to appeal for aid to the Palestinians. “The Palestinian…
Israeli soldiers assassinated on Tuesday evening two Palestinians, including one fighter, in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. The two were…
Palestinians are experiencing a humanitarian disaster on all levels, according to UNRWA. The director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, insisted that the international community lift the…
Israeli soldiers broke on Tuesday into the Palestinian Legislative council office in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted two residents, including one employee. Legislator…
The Islamic Teachers Bloc in Tulkarem announced Tuesday that schools will reopen after Eid Al Fitr, a Muslim holiday, ends next Saturday. The strike began in Tulkarem at the start…
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin reported that two residents was killed on Tuesday at noon, in Qabatia town near the West Bank city of Jenin. Earlier on Tuesday, one youth…
Israeli soldiers the villages of Doura and Kharsa south of the West Bank city of Hebron and took four residents prisoner on Tuesday morning. In Kharsa village, troops stormed residents'…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not have the support he needs to vote out the Hamas government, nor does the Palestinian constitution allow for it. Abbas’ threats to dissolve the…
The village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, has been targeted by Israeli soldiers due to its water resources, rich agricultural land and its short distance to Jerusalem. It is…
Prison administration of the Israeli Nahfa detention camp, in the Negev Desert, barred on Monday the detainees from their visitation rights until further notice. The families, travelling under difficult conditions…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Monday during a session for the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that he gave orders to expand the military operations in the…
Palestinian detainees in Nigaze Israeli detention center said on Monday that 11 Egyptian political detainees continued today their hunger strike that started one week ago. The 11 detainees were taken…
In line with America’s policy to render Hamas ineffective, the US is now funding alternative political groups. The US plans to spend $42 million to provide operational and strategic support…
Atef Adwan, the Palestinian Minister of Refugees, said that Jordan is planning to transfer transfer hundreds of Palestinians, who fled violence in Iraq, to Canada. Refugees in the occupied West…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the Susia illegal settlement outpost, east of Yatta town in Hebron district, annexed 150 Dunams of farmlands, plowed them and planted…
Israeli military sources claimed that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, managed to obtain dozens of Russian-made missiles that could hit targets 4 kilometers away. The missiles, according to the Israeli…