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The International Red Cross (IRC) has expressed serious concern about the health condition of the hunger-striking detainee, Maher al-Akhras, 49, who continues his strike for the 88th day, demanding to…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, a young Palestinian man from occupied Jerusalem, causing an injury in the retina of his right eye, and facial fractures. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Khirbat Yizra village, east of Tubas in northeastern West Bank, and photographed many structures. Human rights activist Aref Daraghma stated that the soldiers started taking pictures…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, twenty Palestinians, including one who was shot in the leg, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded many communities and…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, fourteen Palestinians, including two children, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS stated that the…

Four human rights groups, on Tuesday, called on the Israeli occupation to release the administrative detainee, Maher al-Akhras, who has continued his hunger strike for 86 days, the Palestinian WAFA…

Illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Tuesday and Monday, Palestinian farmlands, and olive orchards, north and east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and flooded them, with sewage water, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, many Palestinian homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, searched and ransacked many homes before abducting nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners,…

Israeli soldiers and police officers abducted, Monday, seven Palestinians, including two young women, in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli police abducted two young women in…

By Muhammad Hussein for Middle East Monitor The Deal: Israel and Hamas conduct a prisoner exchange following the Gilad Shalit deal struck a week earlier, releasing over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the Egyptian authorities to release Fisherman Yaser al- Za’zou’, the sole survivor among his siblings who were killed by Egyptian naval…

The Israeli forces stormed various Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied West Bank, overnight Saturday to dawn Sunday, the Palestinian Information Center reported. In the central West Bank city of East…

At least three Palestinians were wounded when a group of Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers as they were harvesting their olives on Saturday in Burqa village, east of Ramallah. They…

A senior official in the City Council of occupied Jerusalem has reported that the United Arab Emirates is “very enthusiastic” about an “investment project” in East Jerusalem. The project has…

Israeli forces, on Saturday, opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, injuring three young men with rubber-coated steel rounds, the Palestinian Information…

Several Palestinian civilians, on Friday, suffered the toxic of effects of tear-gas inhalation at the weekly demonstration in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, the…

Summary of Israeli Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for October 8–14, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multifaceted violations against Palestinian civilians…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, and injured many Palestinians after firing a barrage of gas bombs at protesters, homes, and cars. Media…

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association: October 14, 2020: In yet another attempt at disrupting the work of human rights organizations, Likud MKs Avi Dichter, Mattan Cohen, and others…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that thirty detainees in Israeli prisons have joined the hunger strike, two days after thirty detainees started the strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Sebastia town, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, while illegal colonists invaded olive orchards and harvested many trees before steeling…

A group of right-wing Israeli colonial settlers attacked and destroyed hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in al-Jabaa village, west of Bethlehem on Wednesday, at the height of the harvest season.…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Wednesday evening, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters in the Beit Lahi Sea, in the northern part of the coastal region. Eyewitnesses…

On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli forces used D9 Caterpillar Armored bulldozers (manufactured in Illinois, in the US) to demolish a Palestinian primary school east of Ramallah. The school had recently been…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike…

Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists chopped, Wednesday, many wooden electricity poles in the eastern area of Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Monday, 12 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Israel refused to release Maher al-Akhras, an administrative detainee on a hunger strike for…

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, just one day after a similar incident, attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Burqa, injuring two men, according to the head of the Wall…

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, assaulted Palestinian civilians near the village of Nil’in, west of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank according to local sources. Sources told Palestinian WAFA…

The Israeli army razed, on Tuesday, large areas of Palestinian-owned agricultural land, east of Khan Younis in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said…

Israeli forces stormed, on Tuesday, the Qaddoura refugee camp in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, according to Palestinian security sources. Sources told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, two Palestinian siblings from their home in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Members of the al-Basheeti family stated that many soldiers and…

Israeli forces detained, Sunday night and Monday at dawn, many Palestinian civilians during military incursions into various towns in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources…

Twelve Palestinian civilians were injured and others detained, Sunday, when Israeli forces stormed al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, a few areas, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and closed several Palestinian agricultural roads, preventing the locals from entering their olive orchards.…

Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Monday, Palestinians while picking their olive trees in their orchards in Burqa village, south of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, injured five…

The Israeli government has approved the construction of hundreds of units in an illegal colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands in Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied…

Israeli navy ships, on Sunday, fired at Palestinian fishermen sailing in the Mediterranean, off the shore of Gaza City, forcing them to return to shore, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.…

Israeli forces detained several Palestinian civilians from various parts of the West Bank, over night Friday, including 12 from Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. It said Israeli…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) September 22 – October 5, 2020 On 5 October, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian, aged 28, near…

Israeli soldiers fired numerous tear-gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in northern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. No injuries were…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, Saturday, announced the accidental death of a Palestinian resistance fighter in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, according to their official website. The military wing of the Hamas…

Four Palestinians were shot and injured, Friday, at the weekly anti-settlement march in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in the northern West Bank, according to a local…

Summary for October 1-7, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized…

The wife of the Palestinian administrative detainee, Maher Al-Akhras, 49, who has been on hunger strike for 73 days, has announced that she will begin a hunger strike and participate…

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor sent a letter to EU diplomats and ambassadors in the Palestinian Territories to protest against EU diplomatic delegation’s visit to Israel’s southern region, which borders…

Illegal Israeli settlers, Wednesday, attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olives in Hawara village, south of Nablus, injuring three, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The settlers came from the illegal Israeli…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, in addition…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, two Palestinians in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, two Palestinian communities in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians, in addition to breaking into a school. The Palestinian Prisoners’…

The Higher Planning Council (HPC) of the Civil Administration is set to convene to advance at least 4,430 settlement units in the West Bank in two consecutive meetings on 14…

Israeli occupation forces detained nine Palestinian civilians, overnight Monday until Tuesday at dawn, from various West Bank cities, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) released in a statement. The PPS stated…

UPDATE (6 OCTOBER 2020): Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter late yesterday, 5 October 2020, to the commander of the Israeli military’s…

Many Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands east of Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, installed an outpost and a barn on private…

Three Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces, Monday, east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank, the Jerusalem Press reported. According to the official Hebrew channel, the army alleged…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, several Palestinians in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a young man near a military roadblock, northwest…

Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Monday, two Palestinian land surveyors, working for Huwwara Village Council, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured them. Ghassan Daghlas,…

Israeli military drones fired, on Monday at night, missiles at a Palestinian security post, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The army said it was…

A Palestinian former prisoner, on Thursday, October 2, 2020, was shot in the eye by Israeli forces that, stormed Sebastia town, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…

Two Palestinians were injured, Saturday, after being attacked by illegal Israeli settlers in the village of Huwwara, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday two Palestinians near Ramallah and Hebron, in the central and southern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians. Media sources said several army…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Jenin city in northern West Bank, and Jaba’ town, south of the city, and shot one Palestinian with a live round in addition…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a child, from their homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Palestinian town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and al-’Isawiya in the eastern part of occupied East…

A group of illegal fanatic Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian orchard in Kafr ed-Deek town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and uprooted twelve olive trees before fleeing…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday evening, two children in separate invasions into Palestinian communities in Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported.…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Maher al-Akhras, a political prisoner held by Israel without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger strike for the seventieth…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked many homes and property,…

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian youth in Hebron city, on Saturday morning, in the southern West Bank and placed road barriers in several places, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local…

A number of Palestinian civilians were shot and injured, Saturday, including four who were shot with rubber-coated steal rounds, when Israeli troops suppressed the weekly anti-settlement demonstration in the northern…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the village of Ni’lin, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted twelve Palestinian on-duty police officers, in addition to confiscating…

Fifteen Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli forces, Friday during the weekly protest against Israeli settlements, which has been held every week in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in…

Two Palestinian young men, on Thursday, were detained by Israeli forces after crossing Gaza borders into Israel, the Palestinian Information Center reported. An Israeli army spokesman alleged that the youths…

The Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians, in the predawn hours of Thursday, from the occupied West Bank, including a journalist and former prisoners. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) released…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for September 24 – 30, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…

The Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished a Palestinian-owned agricultural storehouse in Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that…

The Israeli occupation forces, overnight Tuesday, arrested ten Palestinian civilians from the West Bank, including a young man with special needs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. It said that…

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…

The Israeli intelligence agency, Shin Bet, on Wednesday, detained Palestinian activist Aida as-Sidawi, from her home in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Sidawi stated…

Israeli forces demolished, on Wednesday, a number of Palestinian-owned structures in both the northern and southern occupied West Bank, local sources said. Coordinator of the Popular Committees in Hebron, Rateb…

The Israeli forces, on Monday, and Tuesday morning, detained a number of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that Israeli soldiers…

The Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday, demolished two Palestinian-owned homes east of Tubas, in the northern Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem Press reported. In a press…

Israeli forces demolished, on Tuesday, a Palestinian-owned shack in Beita town, south of Nablus city, in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian WAFA News reported. Local official in charge of…

The Israeli forces detained, on Monday, three Palestinian young men from their homes in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said,…

Israeli military court sentenced, on Sunday, a Palestinian child from Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank, to serve 5 years in prison, the Palestinian Information Center reported.…

The Israeli police detained a Palestinian woman and her husband, Al-Maqdisi, on Sunday, after invading their home in Al-‘Isawiya town in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local…

The Israeli authorities announced, last week, a military order to confiscate a large area of Palestinian lands in the Tel Rumeida area, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.…

An armed Israeli settler assaulted, on Sunday, a Palestinian farmer who was working in his land in Asira al-Qiblya village, south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank, Palestinian…

The Egyptian authorities handed over, on Saturday evening, the bodies of two Palestinian fishermen, who were shot by the Egyptian navy, on Friday, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, while…

Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, five Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians in the ath-Thaher area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after several…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): 2 Fishermen Killed and Another Injured by Egyptian Naval Forces: PCHR Calls on Egyptian Authorities to Change Open-Fire Regulations on Persons Crossing the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, late on Friday at night, a Palestinian father, and his son, near the Chain Gate (Bab al-Silsila) one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, seven Palestinians, including a journalist, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town,…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Biweekly Highlights September 8 – 21, 2020 In two separate incidents in Jenin and Qalqilia governorates, northern West Bank, Israeli…

Israeli soldiers transferred, on Friday evening, the corpse of a Palestinian mother who was killed by the army at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, on September 18, 2019,…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, several Palestinians in the Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, many Palestinians while plowing their lands in ‘Asira al-Qibliya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, during a nonviolent activity meant to protect…