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Palestinian medical sources in in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinians were killed, on Saturday at night and several others injured in an Israeli air strike that targeted a…

Detainee Rabee' Ali Hussein Ali, was paralyzed after soldiers fired on November 24, 2006, several rounds of live ammunition at him, one of the bullets directly hit his spine causing…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday afternoon that Israeli soldiers shelled several houses, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…

One woman was injured by Israeli fire in Al Qarara town north of Khan Younis city, in the souther part of the Gaza strip on Saturday. Fawziyya Al Malaha, 40,…

Israeli troops took prisoner three residents of Beit Ola village, north west of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, on Saturday morning. Troops invaded the village…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed on resident in Al Sehikh Zayid neighborhood in Beit Lahia town, in the noprthern part of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday midday. Ahmad Lubbad, 22,…

Israeli troops shot and critically injured one boy in Sa'er village, north east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday. Jihad Al Furokh, 15, was injured by…

Israeli forces broke into a local TV station and a number houses in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday mourning, Palestinian sources reproted. Eyewitnesses said that troops…

Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and injured another two on Saturday at dawn, Palestinian medical sources reproted. Dr. Muawieh Hasaneen, head of the emergency and ambulances department at the Palestinian…

Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, is to head a delegation to Lebanon, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assess the human rights situation in the area following…

Palestinian sources reported on Friday night after midnight that Israeli soldiers fired a shell at a residential building in Sheikh Zayid city, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part…

Friday evening, Israeli troops took prisoner one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, after he was shot and injured by the army in Ramallah…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip, reported on Friday evening that one resident died of wounds sustained three weeks ago in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file  12.5 MB || 13m35s   This Week in Palestine, a service of…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government's Disengagement Administration (Sela) has paid millions of shekels in compensation to dozens of settlers families who were evacuated from illegal settlement…

This Friday in Bil'in, some 250 Palestinians and 50 Israeli and international peace activists carried the weekly protest against the Israeli annexation Wall in Bil'in village, near the West Bank…

Friday evening, three Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli military fire in Tal Qleibo area, east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One of…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday evening that two residents were injured in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The two were injured after the army,…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territories in the period between November 16 and 22, and…

Palestinian source in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas was shot and…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday afternoon that fifteen residents were killed and forty-seven were injured  in the period between Wednesday until Friday afternoon, after Israeli decided to…

The Israeli army took seven residents prisoner in two separate invasions in Jenin city refugee camp in the north of the West Bank and Taqua village near Bethlehem city in…

The Israeli army shot and killed one resident and critically wounded a 9-year old boy, in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday morning   Palestinian medical sources reported that Ayman…

A senior Palestinian source reported on Thursday evening that Palestinian armed groups offered Israel a limited cease fire in exchange to an Israeli suspension of all attacks and operations in…

A total of six Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire and shelling in several areas in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. One woman was also killed when she detonated…

Palestinian sources reported that two fighters of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were killed,and three residents were injured, on Thursday evening after the…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday at night that one woman from Jabalia town carried a suicide bombing among Israeli troops operating in the town, the woman…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Thursday, November 23rd, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.41MB || time:4m31   Two are killed in…

Palestinian medical sources on Gaza reported on Thursday afternoon that one resident was killed after Israeli plane fired one missile at a group of residents east of Jabalia town north…

Israeli security sources reported that soldiers took four residents prisoner, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. The four according to the Israeli security are Islamic Jihad…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan near the West Bank city of Salfit, demolished one house and one sheep shad on Thursday. The house and the…

Palestinian sources in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that a senior Hamas leader was moderately injured after unknown gunmen opened fire at him earlier on…

Thursday, Israeli soldiers took five residents prisoner in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources in Hebron reported that soldiers broke into several houses,…

Israeli helicopters fired their heavy machine guns towards residents' houses in Jabalyia town in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday at noon. Residents reported a lot of damage to their…

Nidal Mansour, 25, was taken prisoner by the Israeli forces that invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city center,…

The Israeli army invaded the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin north of the West Bank and took prisoner four residents on Thursday morning. A number of army vehicles stormed…

The Israeli forces invaded Ein Beit Al Ma' in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and took prisoner two residents on Thursday morning. Wajdi Barakat, 19, and Mustafa, Abu…

Khaled Mashaal, chief o f the politburo of Hamas arrived in Cairo on Thursday for talks with Egyptian officials, political sources reported. Khaled who heads a delegation of senior Hamas…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Wednesday at night one fighter of the Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin. A senior leader of the…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One…

Israeli Prison Administration (IPA) at the Negev detention facility confined seven Palestinian detainees to solitary without any apparent reason. The detainees were informed that they will be moved to another…

Palestinians sources in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one fighters was killed on Wednesday evening by military fire of the Israeli under-cover forces.…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.41MB || time:5m54s The army continues its offensive…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior decided on Wednesday to suspend and arrest any person who participated in the abduction of internationals since the current government took office. Khaled Abu Hilal,…

All foreign passports belonging to spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders who had applied for visa extensions have recently been marked as “last permit” by the Israeli authorities. One hundred…

The Israeli security cabinet held a session on Wednesday morning and decided to continue the military offensive in the Gaza Strip without any changes to the current operations, but by…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip, reported that several residents were injured on Wednesday morning, among them school children. The Israeli army continued its invasion to the city that…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that an agreement of a National Unity Government is the way to enforce law and order, and ensure security for the Palestinian people.…

As the Israeli military continued its offensive in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli military sources that one soldier was moderately hurt during exchanges…

Israeli troops shot and injured five residents and took one prisoner after invading the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Wednesday morning. At least ten…

Israeli army naval boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats near the coast of Rafah beach,  in southern Gaza and injured one on Wednesday at dawn. The fishermen reported that…

The Israeli forces took prisoner five residents during a dawn invasion to the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Wednesday. Troops entered the city of Nablus from…

  The army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and the nearby Nuor Shams refugee camp, and took prisoner one resident on Wednesday morning. Local residents reported that four…

At least one Palestinian man was killed as a result of the Israeli ongoing shelling at the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources reproted.  The man was identified as…

The many shades of the Palestinian national unity government are subtle.  It is the Palestinian dream, so as to break the unjust international economic siege against the Palestinian people. Hamas,…

Detainee Amna Mona, has been confined to solitary since October 5, 2006, and is facing very harsh conditions, humiliation and deprived of her internationally guaranteed rights, the Palestinian Prisoner Society…

Ten hours after they were abducted by an unknown group in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the two Italian citizens, working with the International Committee…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday night after midnight Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and fired rounds of live ammunition. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers, backed by…

The Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has urged the world community, especially countries hosting Palestinian refugees, to annul those refugees' internationally-recognized right of return to their homeland (what is now…

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders considered Israeli detention of a Palestinian Human Rights fieldworker a flagrant violation of article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil…

The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that the group is developing its military capabilities, and that it will not agree to any truce with Israel as…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Tuesday November 21st, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.78 || time:6m19s Two were killed in southern…

The Syrian government slammed on Monday the assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, who was shot to death near Beirut, on Tuesday. The Syrian official news agency announced the…

A factory in the Israeli town of Sderot, located less than 5 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, caught fire Tuesday morning after being hit by a homemade shell fired by…

Pierre Gemayel, a Lebanese cabinet minister and member of the Christian Phalange party, has been shot dead in Beirut. His convoy was attacked in a Christian neighbourhood. Gemayel, son of…

Palestinian source reported on Tuesday that one Palestinian resident was badly injured in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, after he was violently attacked and beaten…

Israeli troops detained dozens of residents and vehicles at the main entrance of Ithna village, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Local sources reported that…

Israeli troops took prisoner Saleh Jawareesh, the Imam of Ahmad Bin Hanbal mosque in Beit Jala city, near Bethlehem, and his son Azzam, after breaking into their home in the…

Palestinian sources reported that two Italian Red Cross workers were abducted by unknown gunmen in Dir Al Balah town, in the central Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon. Iyad Nasser, a…

Palestinian sources reported that 15 residents were injured in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli air force fired two missiles at residents in Jabal Al Kashef…

During an Israeli court session for the abducted Palestinian ministers and legislators, Palestinian Minister of Finance, Dr. Omar Abdul-Raziq, addressed the court through his lawyer Usama Al Sa'ady, complaining from…

Palestinians have started to employ new tactics to prevent Israeli air attacks on their houses. Hundreds of protesters successfully forced the Israeli air force to halt air strikes on a…

17-year-old Rakan al-Nusairat was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Monday evening near Jericho checkpoint.  According to eyewitnesses, the boy had a plastic gun in his hand when he was…

The Israeli Peace Now movement held a press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday and said that it found in a new study on settlements that approximately 40% of the settlements…

Israeli military helicopters opened fire on people and their homes in  the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at noon.  Residents reported that the helicopters…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Tuesday stating that the number of Gaza Strip residents killed by the Israeli army's continuous attacks since the beginning of November…

Army bulldozers and jeeps stormed on Tuesday at dawn Balata and Ein Beit Al Ma' refugee camps in Nablus city in the northern West Bank, searched homes and damaged residents'…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and took prisoner four children. Several border police and intelligence jeeps stormed the Palestinian village of…

The Israeli forces invaded the village of Obadiya located east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and took prisoner seven residents on Tuesday morning. Army…

The Israeli army conducted a wide scale search campaign to residents during a predawn invasion of the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp and the nearby Qabatiya town,…

Israeli army tanks fired one tank shell at a group of residents in Tal Al Kashef area, east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Zaytoun neighborhood south of Gaza City. Troops opened fire randomly at residents and killed two, including one 70 year old woman, on Tuesday…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that two fighters of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed in an Israeli air…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Abdul-Aziz Shahin “Abu Ali”, member of the Fateh Revolutionary Council, was shot an injured in his leg after unknown…

Palestinians may not ride in cars with Israeli license plates, according to a new rule announced today by Israeli authorities.  Palestinians are already barred from driving on 40% of the…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah), petitioned the Israeli District Court in Haifa, on Monday, to connect the unrecognized Bedouin communities with water supply by connecting…

Palestinians may not ride in cars with Israeli license plates, according to a new rule announced today by Israeli authorities.  Palestinians are already barred from driving on 40% of the…

A statement released by parents of Arab residents of Israeli killed by the Israeli police in October 2000 issued a press release denying Israeli reports that they reached a deal…

Nine Israeli human rights organizations issued an unprecedented joint call to the international community to ensure human rights in the Gaza Strip. The statement comes in light of the dire…

German prosecutes said on Monday that Germany hold six persons under investigation over an alleged plan to blow up a commercial air flight that belongs to the Israeli Airlines EL…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Monday November 20th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.6MB || time:4m46s   . The Israeli…

Monday evening, Israeli soldiers took resident Shareef Abu Hadeed prisoner after surrounding his house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for several hours, and after detaining and interrogating several…

Palestinian source in Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that unknown gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of Janette Michael, mayor of Ramallah, causing damage…

After months of postponements due to lack of evidence, the Israeli Salem Military Court once again put off the trials of elected Palestinian officials this afternoon. The Palestinian Authority Ministry…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, started a five-day visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, and visited Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Israeli troops, supported by tanks and armored vehicles, invaded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The invasion was carried out…

A study conducted by the Near-East Counseling Institution revealed that 71% of the Palestinian refugees are living in extreme poverty; the remaining 29% of the refugees are poor. Jamil Rabah,…

Several senior Palestinian political leaders confirmed that talks on the formation of a National Unity Government are ongoing in spite of the recent set-back regarding some issues especially the distribution…

Talks between Government Workers Union and the government ended on Sunday evening with an offer from the government to pay 1000 New Israeli Shekels to to every employee as part…

The Israeli soldiers detained trucks containing water tanks that were on their way to farmers in Khirbit Samra village, east of Tubas, on Monday morning. The drivers of the water…