Settlers Install Outposts In Bethlehem, Hebron
Dozens of settlers installed, on Friday, a number of illegitimate settlement outposts on Palestinian lands in the Bethlehem district and in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West…
Child Missing in Jerusalem Amidst Fear of Abduction
A Palestinian child, 13 years of age, is currently missing in occupied Jerusalem, amidst fears he had been abducted by Israeli extremists in Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood, adjacent to the Walls…
Report: “Egyptian Mediators Secure Ceasefire In Gaza”
According to an unnamed Hamas officials, a ceasefire could be declared in the coming few hours between the Hamas movement in Gaza and Israel, under direct Egyptian mediation.According to a…
Dozens of Arrests and Injuries Reported in Palestinian Neighborhoods and Towns in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that the clashes and confrontations between Israeli occupation soldiers have been ongoing, while hundreds Palestinians have been wounded since a number of extremist…
Dozens Injured in Qalandia and Al-Ram
Palestinian medical sources reported that eleven Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes…
Soldier and Settler Violence Continues Across West Bank
Violence by Israeli soldiers and settlers against the Palestinian community continued across the region, today, beginning with 20 reported kidnappings by occupying forces in the West Bank. At least 640…
Israeli Forces Attack Mosque in Salfit, Detain and Beat Child
At 9 o’clock in the evening of July 2nd, Israeli forces invaded the small Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, approximately 10 km northwest of Salfit in the northern half…
Barghouti: “This is campaign of collective punishment”
The past 24 hours have brought about an unprecedented explosion of settler aggression against Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, says Dr. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative…
Galloway: Where Are Arab Rulers to Help Palestinians?
George Galloway has recently raised the question to Arab officials regarding their silence over Palestinian suffering: ‘Will anyone, any Arab or Muslim leader stand up and lift even a finger…
Israeli Troops Placed Near Gaza Border
A number of Israeli reinforcements have been near the border with Gaza, following last night’s round of airstrikes and rocket fire.’We are moving and we have moved forces in order…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 June – 2 July, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Clashes Renew In Shu’fat
Occupied Jerusalem – More clashes took place as Israeli soldiers invaded Shu’fat neighborhood, once again, on Thursday evening, and clashed with dozens of local youth.Eyewitnesses said Israeli police officers and…
Palestine Today 07 03 2014
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At Least Ten Injured In Israeli Strikes On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least ten Palestinians have been injured, on Thursday at dawn, in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different parts of the besieged…
PCHR Statement On Abduction And Murder Of Palestinian Child
In Heinous Crime by Israeli Settlers, Palestinian Child Kidnapped, Tortured and Killed and His Body Mutilated in Occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible…
Soldiers Kidnap Five In Nablus, One In Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians in the Nablus district, and one Palestinian in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.Media sources in Nablus,…
Several Palestinians Injured By Army Fire Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and clashed with local youths,…
Israeli Soldiers Publish Dozens Of Pictures, Posts, Calling For Murdering Arabs
Israeli soldiers published dozens of pictures on social media networks calling for murdering the Arabs, and murderous acts of what they described as “revenge” against any person who is an…
Israeli Mayor Exploits Incident of 3 Teens to Justify Strategic Settlement
In a blatantly strategical move, a group of Israeli settlers led by mayor of the illegal Ma’ale Adumim settlement, Benny Kashriel, have set up a tent in Area E1, between…
Continued Strikes in Gaza
Israeli warplanes targeted an area east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, today, according to the Israeli army.’An IDF aircraft targeted a launching site which was used to fire…
Palestinian Injured And Kidnapped, Near Bethlehem, One Kidnapped Near Hebron
Wednesday, at night — Palestinian sources have reported that a number of Israeli soldiers attacked and wounde, a young Palestinian man near the Gush Etzion settlement junction, and kidnapped him.…
More Than 212 Palestinians Injured In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that the more than 212 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in ongoing clashes with Israeli soldiers, in different parts of occupied…
Israeli Settlers Burn Farm South of Nablus
Israeli settlers set fire, today, to an agricultural barrack on a sheep farm located in the provincial village of Aqraba, south of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian Authority officer in…
Officials Condemn Murder of Khdeir
UN Special Envoy to the Middle East, Robert Serry, has condemned the killing of Palestinian teen Muhammad Abu Khdeir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shu’fat. Israeli PM Netanyahu has…
Palestine Today 07 02 2014
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Clashes Erupt in Jerusalem, Over 65 Injured
Over 65 Palestinians have been injured in ongoing confrontations with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem, today, after 16-year-old Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir was kidnapped from the Shu’fat region and…
10 Palestinians Injured By Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 10 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in Ithna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after Israeli…
Abbas Demands Netanyahu To Denounce The Killing Of Palestinian Teen
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, demanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to denounce the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teen, who was kidnapped by Israeli fanatics, in occupied Jerusalem, Wednesday.Abbas…
Soldiers Kidnap 44 Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least 44 Palestinians, including a number of political leaders of the…
Palestinian, 16, Found Dead After Israeli Mobs March, Chanting “Death To Arabs’
The body of a Palestinian teenager was found in Jerusalem after a day and evening of Israeli protests that turned into mobs streaming through the streets of the Old City…
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Israeli Aggressions
Human rights groups have condemned the recent Israeli aggressions against Palestinians, which include, in addition to increased settler violence, the killing of a Jenin youth, the demolition of homes in…
Gaza: Energy Authority Warns of Power Cut
Gaza’s Energy and Natural Resources Authority has again warned of a power cut, should imported fuel quantities remain in limited supply.In a recent press statement, Al Ray reports, the Authority…
VIDEO: Soldiers and Settlers Attack Palestinians, ISM Volunteers in Hebron
For the past two days in al-Khalil (Hebron) Israeli soldiers have stopped and searched many Palestinians in Tel Rumeida. At approximately 22:00 two nights ago, a colonial settler began aggressively…
Journalist Kidnapped Near Ramallah
A Palestinian journalist has been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, after dozens of Israeli soldiers stored her home in Um ash-Sharayet area, in al-Biereh town, near the central West Bank…
Raed Moussa on 42nd Day of Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said, Tuesday, that prisoner Raed Faisal Fares Moussa is still engaged in an open-ended hunger strike, in protest of Israel’s administrative detention policies against him.Last week,…
Netanyahu Says Offensive To Be Expanded “If Needed”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of being responsible for the abduction and killing of the three Israeli settlers, adding that Hamas will pay the price, and will…
2478 Palestinians Kidnapped Since The Beginning Of This Year
Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army has kidnapped 2478 Palestinians in the period between January 1 and June…
Palestine Today 07 01 2014
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Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Bethlehem, Storm Stores, Facilities
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, a young Palestinian man in the village of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The soldiers also broke into and searched several…
Israeli settlers attack civilians in Hebron; 9-year old hit by Israeli settler car in Bethlehem
On Monday night, a Palestinian identified as Sajed Sultan, 19, was seriously wounded in the head when Israeli settlers marched through the city of Hebron demanding vengeance.Israeli settlers attack civilians…
Israeli Troops Destroy Homes of Two Men Suspected of Killing 3 Israeli Settlers
Late Monday night, Israeli troops moved into Hebron and forced the families out of two homes. The troops then placed explosives and blew the two homes up, according to eyewitnesses.The…
Palestinian Killed By Undercover Israeli Forces In Jenin
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military infiltrated into Jenin city and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, shot and killed one Palestinian, and…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out 34 Air Strikes Against Gaza Amidst Threats of ‘Vengeance’
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Tuesday before dawn, at least 34 air strikes targeting different areas of the Gaza Strip, causing excessive property damage, and at least four…
Dozens Hurt In Israeli Invasions Into Hebron, Two Kidnapped
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents, including an infant, have been injured and that at least two people were kidnapped, in a series of military invasions into…
Army Carries Out Dozens Of Air Strikes Against Gaza
The Israeli Air Force has escalated its aggression against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip, and conducted dozens of air strikes targeting different areas in the coastal enclave.The…
Ayman Tbeish Ends Hunger Strike
Ayman Tbeish has suspended his hunger strike after 122 days, according to Jawad Bulous, a lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Furthermore, 24 Palestinian prisoners have been placed under new…
Attacks by Soldiers and Settlers in Jenin, Hebron
Israeli forces raided the towns of Araba and Yabod, to the southwest of Jenin, provoking clashes with residents on Monday, according to local and security sources.Forces stormed the two towns…
Jerusalem: Israel to Invest US$90M to Improve Control
The Israeli cabinet, on Sunday, approved a $90 million dollar socio-economic development project for occupied East Jerusalem. The project calls for the monies to be disbursed over a period of…
Further Clashes at Al-Aqsa
As the holy festival of Ramadan begins for the world’s Muslim community, Israeli settlers raided al-Aqsa mosque compound again, this morning, under the protection of Israeli police. Over two dozen…
Cornerstone Laid for Ramallah Settlements
Knesset chairman Yuli Edelstein, Sunday evening, laid the cornerstone for a settlement neighborhood in ‘Kochav Jacob’, near Ramallah. At dawn, demolition orders for three Palestinian houses north of Tulkarem were…
Palestine Today 06 30 2014
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Bodies of Missing Settlers Found
According to various news agencies, the Israeli army has found the bodies of the three missing settlers near Halhoul, north of Hebron. The information is confirmed and the families of…
Army Carries Out An Extensive Invasion Into Hebron
On Monday at dawn, dozens of Israeli military vehicles continued the extensive military operations, and home invasions, into the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and violently searched…
Palestinian Killed, Two Injured, By Army Missile In Southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed and two were injured on Sunday evening, after being struck by an Israeli missile east of the town of al-Qarara,…
Israel Drops anti-Hamas Lollipops in West Bank
The Israeli state has found it appropriate to drop hundreds of anti-Hamas lollipops in Nablus and Ramallah, in what Ma’an News Agency has deemed ‘a renewed attempt to incite Palestinian…
Escalating Attacks, Abductions Continue in WB
Four Palestinians, today, including a teenager, were kidnapped by Israeli forces in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Hebron and Nablus, according to reports by local and security sources. Settler…
African Asylum-Seekers Reject Detention Center
More than 1,000 African asylum seekers in Israel staged a sit-in, Saturday, near the southern border with Egypt, after marching in protest of conditions in the Holot internment camp. 29…
Awne Shamsiyeh: “The camera is like a weapon, so I can resist non-violently.”
In Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the Tel Rumeida area, 15-year old Awne Shamsiyeh lives with his family. After the Hebron Agreement (1997), the city was divided into two areas, H1 (supposedly…
VIDEO: Shepherd Detained by Israeli Soldiers
On June 27th, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian shepherd from the South Hebron Hills village of Saddith Thala. He was accused of throwing stones towards a setter’s car, passing on…
Lands Damaged in Preparation for New Settlements
Israeli bulldozers have flattened numerous agricultural lands in the village Kofr al-Deek, east of Salfit.According to local sources, dozens of trees were uprooted and existing crops were destroyed in the…
Settlers Continue to Storm al-Aqsa Courtyards
This morning, 22 Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque via the Moroccans’ gate under the protection of Israeli police, according to witnesses. Palestinian worshipers were determined to stay inside the courtyards…
PRC Claims Recent Gaza Rocket Fire
The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, has claimed responsibility for the launching of rockets in the Gaza Strip towards Eshkol, in southern Israel.Fighters from…
Army Carries Out Several Air Strikes Against Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Sunday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting different areas in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, causing excessive property damage.The Palestinian…
Hamas: “Israeli Escalation In Gaza, Pushed By Army Failure In West Bank”
The Hamas movement has denounced the latest Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and said that Israel’s failure in the West…
Two Palestinians Injured By Israeli Fire In Southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Saturday evening, that two civilians were injured when the Israeli army fired rounds of live ammunition and shells into a Palestinian area east of Khan…
Ayman Tbeish Enters 5th Month of Hunger Strike
As Palestinian Muslims welcome the beginning of the month-long holy fast of Ramadan on Saturday evening, prisoner Ayman Tbeish enters his fifth month of hunger strike in protest against Israel’s…
Settler Grazes Cattle on Palestinian Crops
An Israeli settler, today, decided to graze his cattle on Palestinian-owned crops at Wadi Al-Rakhim in Yatta, to the south of Hebron, according to local activist.Ratib Jabbour, who is a…
Muslims Urged to Boycott Israeli Dates
During Ramadhan, Israel exports tonnes of dates into Europe and North America. Israelis profit to the tune of hundreds of millions from dates alone, and most of the date farms…
Forces Invade Awarta, Ransack Teacher’s Home
During the early morning hours of June 26, the Israeli army invaded the village of Awarta, 8 km south of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank. According…
Indyk Resigns Following Failure of ‘Peace Talks’
U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Martin Indyk has resigned following the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, the State Department says that he will remain involved in the peace effort.This…
Spain Warns Against Investing in Settlements
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned against domestic investments with illegal Israeli settlements, following suit with Germany, the UK, France and Italy.The Palestinian News Network (PNN) reports that…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out A Series Of Attacks In Gaza
Media sources in the besieged Gaza Strip have reported that the Israeli Air Force attacked several targets and areas in the coastal region, causing excessive property damage.The sources said that…
Child Injured, Four Kidnapped In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, that a child was injured in the Deheishe refugee camp, in Bethlehem, on Saturday at dawn, and four Palestinians were kidnapped in the district, as…
Soldiers Confiscate Surveillance Equipment In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Beit Kahil village, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into several homes and stores, and confiscated surveillance equipment, and also…
Israeli Police Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Umm al-Fahm
As dozens of nonviolent protesters marched, on Friday, in support of Palestinian political prisoners, in Umm al-Fahm Arab town in historic Palestine, Israeli policemen and undercover forces attacked them, firing…
Two Palestinians Killed, Three Injured, As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians have been killed, and three others injured, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car, in the ash-Shati’ refugee camp,…
Family of Hamas Suspect Denies Allegations
Omar Abu Eisha, the father of one of the suspects accused by Israel of taking part in the alleged abduction of three Israeli settlers, has denied that his son was…
Forces Suppress Weekly Marches in Ramallah, Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers attacked a weekly march against the occupation and settlements in Nabi Saleh, on Friday. Another weekly march was attacked in Bilin, and yet another in the village of…
Israeli Forces Demolish Mosque in Jerusalem Refugee Camp
Yesterday, an Israeli bulldozer demolished a mosque that was erected in a refugee camp located in occupied East Jerusalem. Violations against the Palestinian Muslim community continued in the region with…
This Week in Palestine Week 26 2014
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576 Palestinians Kidnapped By The Army In Two Weeks
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinians, kidnapped by the Israeli Army in the last two weeks, has arrived to 576.The PPS stated that the…
Child, Pregnant Woman, Among Seven Injured in Israeli Bombardment
Gaza – Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday, that seven Palestinians, including a child and a pregnant woman, have been injured when the Israeli army fired artillery shells into…
Israeli Vandals Write Racist Graffiti In Be’er As-Sabe’
Israeli vandals wrote, on Friday at dawn, several anti-Arab, racist slogans on the walls of a local school in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Beersheba), in addition to graffiti against Arab member of…
Three Injured By Army Fire In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources have reported that three young Palestinian men were shot and injured, on Friday at dawn, by Israeli army fire, after dozens of soldiers invaded the Balata refugee…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 killed, 14 wounded, 215 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19-25 June 2014, Israeli soldiers killed 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child…
Including Children, 10 Palestinians Injured, And 10 Kidnapped In Hebron
June 26, 2014; A number of f right-wing Israeli settlers, and soldiers, stormed late on Thursday at night a number of homes belong to members of the al-Ja’bary family in…
Two Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
[Thursday, June 26 2014] The Maan News Agency has reported that two Palestinian detainees are ongoing with their hunger strike despite the understanding reached between representatives of the detainees, and…
Israel Claims Identifying Two Palestinians “Responsible For Abducting Missing Settlers”
The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) claimed identifying two Palestinians believed to be behind the reported kidnapping of the three Israeli settlers, and that the two are former political prisoners.…
Jenin Shops Raided, Two Kidnapped
Israeli forces raided several Palestinian-owned shops, today, in the village of Bataʻa Ash-Sahrqiya, to the south of Jenin, provoking residents and inciting further violence, according to security sources.During the raid,…
Settlers and Police Storm al-Aqsa Mosque
At least 18 Israeli settlers, again led by Rabbi Yehuda Glick and guarded by Israeli police, have stormed al-Aqsa mosque through the Moroccans’ gate.Israeli forces arrested, this morning, Ziad Abu…
Army Alleges Arresting A Palestinian Who Opened Fire At Soldier
[Thursday, June 26, 2014] According to reports by Israeli military sources, the army has kidnapped a Palestinian who allegedly opened fire at a soldier, and tried to ram another soldier…
Palestine Today 06 26 2014
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Four More Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Thursday, June 26, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Two Palestinians were kidnapped in Awarta, near Nablus, and…
Elderly Woman Dies After Army Invades Her Home In Hebron
[Thursday, June 26, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly woman died of a heart attack, after dozens of soldiers invaded her home and ransacked it, in the…
Soldiers Invade Various Neighborhoods In Jerusalem, Injuries Reported
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, late on Wednesday night, various Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youth, causing dozens of injuries.…
French Government Warns Against Business With Settlements
France has advised its citizens and companies against doing business with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the Electronic Intifada:Firms were warned that they could face legal…
DCI Report: Growing Up Between Israeli Settlements and Soldiers
A new report published by Defence of Children International-Palestine brings to light the devastating impact on Palestinian children of growing up near increasingly violent Israeli settlements and Israeli military outposts.25…
Gaza Siege: New Supplies Provide Temporary Relief
Gaza’s only power plant is still running today, after fuel was permitted entry into the Strip via Israel, just a day after the power authority warned that the plant would…
250 Children Currently Imprisoned by Israel
Lawyer for the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Hiba Masalha, has declared that the number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails has increased to 250. The reason behind the…
Aharonovitch: “We Did Not Sign Any Agreement With The Detainees”
Israeli Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, stated Wednesday that Israel did not sign any agreement with hunger striking Palestinian detainees, or reach an understanding with them, the Maan News Agency…