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Israeli warplanes opened heavy fire early on Sunday morning at residential houses in the southern Gaza Strip town of Kheza’a. No causalities were reported. Residents expressed fears of broader Israeli…

A large Israeli force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the Deheishe refugee camp Saturday night, and eyewitnesses said that a drone plane was deployed above the area.   …

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that five residents were injured in two separate Israeli air strikes that targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, and…

Two Palestinians opened fire at Israeli security guards and police in Sheikh Sa'ad neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon.    Two Palestinians opened fire at Israeli security guards and…

Wearing a beat-up ratty UNCHR tee-shirt left over from Bint Jbeil and the Israeli-Hezbollah July probably helped. As did, I suspect, the Red Cross jersey, my black and white checkered…

At least one Palestinian has been killed and fifteen injured during clashes between the Palestinian security forces and fighters associated with the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of the Fateh…

The view from the Palestinian village of Nahhalin, in the west Bethlehem area, is sobering. This small village—along with the villages of Husan, Battir, Wadi Fuqin, and Al Walaja—are becoming…

En la última evolución del conflicto que mantiene el ejército libanés con el grupo Fateh Al-Islam en el norte de Líbano, el Gobierno estadounidense ha provisto varios aviones llenos de…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Isma'el Haniyeh stated on Saturday that Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip expresses the political, security and moral dilemma that Israel is living in, stressing that…

Israeli forces attacked and searched a local cultural club and a number of hoses in Hebron and nearby villages in the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning,…

Frequent Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed on Saturday five Palestinians and injured 25 others, medics reported. Local sources confirmed that five Palestinians, of whom are Mohammad Aldiry and Ali…

In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israeli forces surrounded the home of Palestinian Cabinet Minster Wasfi Qabha, who was eventually abducted and taken to an undisclosed location. Local sources…

In the latest development in the conflict between the Lebanese military and the Fateh al-Islam group in northern Lebanon, the US government has shipped several planeloads of weapons to the…

Israeli air strikes carried out in the early morning hours of Saturday have killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least five.  The air strikes were targeting Palestinians connected with the…

Cairo proposed Friday hosting representatives of the rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, over cementing their mid-May ceasefire and reaching a common ground on the ceasefire with Israel. The Egyptian…

France slammed on Friday the Israeli abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister,  Nasser Ed Deen Al Sha’er, and 30 other legislators, ministers and officials, and demanded their immediate release after…

Two Hamas resistance fighters of the Alqassam brigades, have been reportedly killed and nine others, mainly bystanders, wounded in a new Israeli strike on eastern Gaza, medical sources said. Witnesses…

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The Turkish government condemned on Friday the kidnapping of more than 30 high officials of the Palestinian Authority including lawmakers, Mayors and a Minister of Education Nasser Eddin El-Shaer. In…

A number of Palestinians and internationals have been injured, and two others were taken prisoner in the weekly protest in Bilin, on Friday, as army attacked the protestors with tear…

At least two hundred Palestinians, accompanied by a number of Israeli and International peace activists marched to the confiscated land in Artas village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday after the…

300 Palestinian farmers Israeli and international supporters marched on Friday midday to get to confiscated Palestinian land near Artas village south of Bethlehem city in the West Bank. Troops stopped…

An Israeli Military force on Thursday morning kidnapped 3 Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron, Yatta and Taffouh. A boy from Yatta town, south of Hebron city, was…

The growth of the Palestinian economy will continue to be stunted so long as Israel continues to impose restrictions on the freedom of movement and withhold PA-owned money, a report…

President Mahmoud Abbas has called on armed Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to desist from launching Qassam rockets into Israeli territory, claiming such actions are progressively destroying any hope…

Arif al Jabari, the Governor of Hebron, on Thursday met with the head of the Italian Municipalities league, Mr. Georgio Bajono. The consul-general, Mr. Hani Jaber, also attended the meeting.…

Three Arab employees working at an Israeli factory in Acre, manufacturing parts for camions were fired last Monday for holding prayers at the factory.  Acre also known as Akka, is…

On Thursday evening, undercover forces of the Israeli army infiltrated into Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped eights residents, including activists who are…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territories in the period between May…

The parliamentarian Bloc of Fateh movement issued on Thursday a press release slamming the Israeli attacks, shelling and invasion against the Palestinian people, and slammed the recent military escalation after…

Dr. Ahmad Bahar, the acting head of the Palestinian Legislative Council slammed on Thursday that Israeli abduction of several Palestinian ministers, mayors and officials, and slammed the Israeli shelling of…

Taiseer Khalid, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stated on Thursday that…

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Israeli jet fighters fired missiles on Thursday on two Hamas outposts in the Gaza Strip, wounding six bystanders and completely destroying the two compounds.Medical sources said that six bystanders were…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticized Thursday the Palestinian homemade shells fire, calling them ‘idle’. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticized Thursday the Palestinian homemade shells fire, calling them ‘idle’. Abbas’s statement…

Israeli army killed Thursday morning a Palestinian farmer in northern Gaza, confirmed medics. Officials at the Kamal Edwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, said that…

The bulldozing of the land in Artas village near Bethlehem has temporary stopped after an Israeli court ruled a preemptive halt of work in the village on Wednesday and Thursday.The…

The Palestinian coalition government called Thursday upon the international community to place sanctions on Israel after the Israeli army took prisoners earlier in the day 33 Hamas leaders including a…

Two Palestinian men were injured on Thursday midday during rival families fight in the Dier Al Balah town in central Gaza strip. Palestinian medical sources in the town reported that…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Bidia near the northern West Bank city of Salfit and kidnapped the mayor of the village after searching his house on Thursday. Ramadan Shatat,…

The Israeli army invaded several areas in Hebron region searched and ransacked homes injuring one civilian and kidnapping seven others among them three Mayors, on Thursday morning. Ahmad Al Najar,…

Israeli forces kidnapped the vice Mayer of Al Biereh town located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday morning. Troops surrounded the houses of Tayesser Hamail, the…

A massive Israeli force Obadiya village located to the east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank on Thursday morning and kidnapped three civilians. Soldiers searched…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at dawn several Palestinian cities and towns and kidnapped the Palestinian Education Minister along at least thirty mayors, legislators and officials and Hamas supporters. In…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that Israeli soldiers shelled several stores in Gaza City, and a residential area close to the…

The Palestinian General Workers Union slammed the ongoing Israel military attacks against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, saying that , these are violations…

Wasfy Qabha, Palestinian Minister in charge of Settlements and the Wall portfolio reported that Israel has increased its attacks against the Palestinians people, and institutions, and that the Israeli Annexation…

A report by AMNESTY International stated that Israel committed War Crimes against the Palestinian and Lebanese people, and that the number of Palestinians who were killed by the army in…

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and his Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas agreed Wednesday to a joint force to fix a Hamas-Fatah ceasefire, reached last week, said Abbas’s…

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IMEMC has learned that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh began a behind-closed-doors meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday’s meeting comes hours after the two leaders secretly…

Amnesty International, the renowned human rights group, has slammed the actions of the Israeli administration in the Palestinian Territories throughout 2006, stating that “Palestinians in the Occupied Territories suffered wide-ranging…

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Thursday with Javeir Solana, EU’s foreign policy chief in Gaza. Speaking to the Voice of Palestine…

The Israeli military today, under the cover air strikes, implemented an operation in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Israeli forces stormed the area, surrounded a house and kidnapped…

Mussa Al Zughari, 25, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces that stationed at military checkpoints to the east of Bethlehem city on Wednesday.

Palestinian sources have reported that Israel forces attacked a school in Hebron the early hours of Wednesday morning, confiscating much equipment contained within. The sources reported that a massive Israeli…

Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz reaffirmed on Tuesday evening that Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh may be a target for future Israeli attacks, should rocket fire on Sderot and the…

Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Asker refugee camp and the nearby Tull village on Wednesday morning, searching scores of homes and kidnapping six civilians. Omer…

The Black Panther resistance group, linked to the Fatah movement, announced on Monday morning that they attacked Israeli military vehicles in the West Bank City of Jenin with two home-made…

Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon has been the site of fierce fighting between the Lebanese government and the Fatah al-Islam group for several days. The violence has led…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at dawn that at least seven residents, including one pregnant woman and one child, were injured in an Israeli shelling…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday night that Israeli troops carried out several air strikes in Rafah and Khan Younis, and invaded Khazza’a town, all in the…

Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Tuesday that the Israeli government’s rejection of a truce offer from the Palestinian Government proves that Israel is responsible for the military…

The Popular Committees in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have slammed Tuesday’s attacks on several local media outlets by the Israeli military. A number of radio and TV…

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Seven Palestinian intelligence officers injured as the Israeli air force shelled their headquarters located in Gaza city on Tuesday midday. Palestinian sources reported that the injured were moved to nearby…

Palestinian sources reported that a senior leader of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was announced dead on Tuesday after succumbing to wounds sustained during last week’s…

Adel Saleem, 27, was on his way to Jenin city after coming from Ilar village near Tulkarem city on Tuesday morning when Israeli soldiers stopped him at a flying military…

The Israeli Military enacted on Wednesday a military decision to close the Palestinian legislative office belonging to the Refrom and Change bloc, linked to Hamas, in the West Bank city…

The Hamas movement slammed on Tuesday the Arab countries that took part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) alongside Israel, regarding such participation as a part of moves to normalize…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Iba west of Nablus city in the northern part of the West bank and kidnapped one civilian on Tuesday morning. Abdullah Abu Sama’tah,…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank City of Qalqilia in the early hours of Tuesday morning, searching homes, kidnapping civilians, and confiscating the property of local residents and organizations.The…

A massive Israeli force composed of police units and Special Forces, backed with bulldozers and helicopters, stormed the unrecognized Arab Bedouin village of Ater, located in the Negev region, and…

The latest round of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has continued after an Israeli woman died from injuries incurred in a rocket attack on Sderot.The woman, the first Israeli…

In an isolated barely field, located just few hundred meters away from the Israel-Gaza border line in eastern Rafah city, a heap of barely lies in the middle of the…

The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and nearby villages and towns in the early hours of Tuesday morning, searching homes and kidnapping 10 people. The…

Hundreds of Palestinian residents, including the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, and Ahmad Bahar, head of the Legislative Council, participated on Monday in the funeral and burial ceremonies of eight…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Monday night that an elderly man was wounded after the Israeli army fired…

Palestinian Information Minster and official spokesperson of the Palestinian Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Monday that Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip are tantamount to war crimes and…