Army takes four prisoners from two villages near Rammallah
Israeli forces stormed the villages of Dir Ghassanah and Beit Liqia, searched scores of residents' houses and took prisoner four residents on Wednesday. In Dir Ghassanah, more than 14 army…
Egypt Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman Arrives in Israel, meets with Peretz
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's Intelligence Chief, arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli officials over a prisoner swap deal that would see the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit…
Army attacks farmers east of Tamoun village near Tubas
Israeli troops attacked Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops chased and attacked the farmers, and forced them…
Several school girls injured and army takes over one house in a village near Hebron
Several school girls were injured when army fired tear gas bombs at their school in Al Samu'a village south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning. …
One house leveled by the army in Hebron
The Israeli army has demolished one house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning. Army bulldozers and vehicles stormed Wadi Al Suman neighborhood in the city, closed…
Army takes prisoner from Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli forces took prisoner one resident from the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Yousif Al Aref, 38, was taken…
The Rafah border crossing re-closed on Wednesday
The Israeli army re-closed the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday morning south of the Gaza strip after opening it Tuesday after noon. On Tuesday Palestinian sources reproted that an agreement…
Army invades Kufer Al Lubad village east of Tulkarem
Israeli forces invaded the village of Kufer Al Lubad east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday morning. An army convoy stormed the village searched and ransacked…
One resident taken prisoner from Beit Jala town near Bethlehem
The Israeli forces invaded the town of Beit Jala west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner one residents on Wednesday at dawn. Troops and army…
Army shells areas northern Gaza strip
Israeli army tanks stationed at the northern side of the Gaza Strip fired several shells hitting open areas in Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza strip, on Wednesday morning. No…
Foreign National Palestinians describe Israel’s actions against them as ethnic cleansing
Palestinian legal experts explained the options available to foreign nationals in light of Israel’s refusal to permit them to access to the Palestinian areas, said a news release published by…
90 detainees transferred from Ofer prison to solitary in Ayalon
Tuesday night, dozens of Israeli soldiers and the Israeli Prison Authorities broke into Ofer Israeli detention facility, attacked dozens of detainees, and transferred 90 to solitary confinement in Ayalon prison…
Settlers in Hebron abduct a Palestinian woman for seven hours
Palestinian sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the west Bank, reported on Monday evening that extreme settlers abducted a twenty-year old woman from Hebron, in the souther part…
Haniyya meets Egyptian Intelligence Cheif Omar Suleiman
Ghazi Hamad, spokesperson of the Palestinian Government, said on Tuesday night that Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, met in Egypt with the Egyptian Intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman. Hamad stated that the…
The Al Aqsa Brigades fighters parade in Nablus, present homemade shell
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, paraded on Tuesday in the northern West Bank City of Nablus, and presented new homemade shells they called Jund-Allah “the…
Abbas, Rice to meet in Jericho Thursday
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, head of the Palestinian President's Office, said on Tuesday that president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to meet with the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, in the…
Israeli-planted minefield discovered in southern Lebanon
Israel has been accused of placing a number of landmines in its invasion of southern Lebanon this summer, in addition to leaving behind one million unexploded cluster bomblets. The accusation…
International Academy of Art Palestine to launch Next Week
The International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP) will be launched in Ramallah on Tuesday, December 7, shifting Palestinian artists from dream to reality, a press release by the administration of…
Knesset Foreign and Security Committee criticizes ceasefire
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, criticized during a meeting to the Knesset Foreign and Security Committee the decision making process that led to the declaration of ceasefire with…
Palestine Today – November 28, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Tuesday, November 28th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.0MB || time:5m18s Twenty-one prisoners are taken…
Detainees facing harsh living and health condition in Be’er Shiva and Nafha prisons
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) published a report on the living conditions of the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Be’er Shiva and Nafha prisons. According to the report, the detainees…
Does It Matter What You Call It? Genocide or Erasure of Palestinians
During an appearance in late October on Ireland's Pat Kenny radio show, a popular national program broadcast daily on Ireland's RTE Radio, we were asked as the opening question if…
Army uproots trees to install a Wall section near Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers started on Tuesday to construct a section of the Annexation Wall near Artas village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The army uprooted dozens of…
Israeli forces kill woman as she attempts to save man bleeding at her doorstep
A woman in Jenin gave her life on Monday to save a young man. Israeli forces shot Mahmoud Abdul Razik Baker Nasser in front of Fatima Mahmoud Ahmed Shriem's northern…
Haniyya leaves Gaza on his first tour as a Prime Minister
In his first trip outside of the Gaza Strip since he took office, Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, left Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing in a tour that aims…
Scores of Palestinian public sector employees take the streets in Gaza city
Scores of public sector employees in Gaza city took the streets on Tuesday morning in protesting of the delayed over due salaries. The protest took place near the headquarters of…
Army invades the city of Nablus and attacks residents’ homes
The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and attacked residents' houses in Balata refugee camp and in the eastern side of the city on Tuesday morning. Troops…
21 taken prisoner and three are injured in morning invasion by the army in the West Bank
The Israeli army conducted a number of invasions across West Bank cities, towns and villages and took prisoner 21 residents and injured another three on Tuesday morning. In Siliat Al…
Palestinian elderly refugee abducted, killed in Iraq
Last Wednesday, a 70-year old Palestinian refugee in Iraq was abducted by a group that carried repeated attacks against the Palestinian refugees living in Iraq. The man, Tawfiq Abdul-Khaliq, Abu…
Islamic Jihad members taken prisoner near Jenin
Israeli sources reported on Monday that the army took prisoner several members of the Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Qabatia town, near the West…
Palestine Today – November 27, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Monday, November 27th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.0MB || time:5m29s A fighter and a…
Three residents taken prisoner by the army in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, attacked residents' homes, then took prisoner three residents on Monday at dawn. Troops attackled scores of houses in several neighborhoods…
A group of settlers attack and injure one child in Hebron
A group of illegal settlers attacked Palestinian school kids going back home to the Tell Rumeida neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday afternoon. Wourod Shabanah,…
Three residents taken prisoner from Hebron
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian residents of the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning at took prisoner three residents. Troops have been conducting a search campaign since the early…
‘Democrats Rebut Carter on Israeli ‘Apartheid’
Neither Democrats nor Republicans are prepared to say a word in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to add far-right Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beiteinu…
Hamas fires head of Na’lin municipality and his assistant for visiting a West Bank settlement
A senior source at the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, reported on condition of anonymity that the movement fired the head of Na'lin village council, west of Ramallah, after…
Olmert demands the Palestinians to drop the Right of Return
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Monday that Israel insists on unilaterally drawing its borders, totally rejecting the Right of Return of the Palestinian Refugees, and that Israel will…
Haniyya to meet Egyptian officials in Cairo Tuesday
Senior Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, will head to Cairo on Tuesday for meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss the issues of National Unity Government,…
Three residents taken prisoner in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus attacked residents' houses then took prisoner three residents on Monday at dawn. Troops attackled scores of houses in several neighborhoods…
Islamic Jihad demands rejecting any truce that does not include the West Bank
Mahmoud Al Sa’dy, one of the prominent leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, demanded the Palestinian factions to reject any truce with Israel if it does not include the…
Olmert: “Ceasefire could lead too negotiations”
Israeli Prime Minster, Ehud Olmert, stated on Monday that ceasefire is practical level that could create a suitable environment for negotiations with the Palestinians and possible talks on a final…
Army invades Bethlehem, takes one prisoner
An Israeli army convoy invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, surrounded a house and took prisoner one resident on Monday morning. Army vehicles invaded Wad Saheen neighborhood in…
Army takes four prisoners from Nahalen village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the village of Nahalen village, west of Bethlehem City, south of the West Bank and took prisoner four residents on Monday morning. Army vehicles and soldiers…
Army takes prisoner three residents from Qalqilia
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and took prisoner three residents on Monday at dawn. Troops stormed and searched several houses and took Lu'ai Furij, 32,…
Fighter, woman killed near Jenin
Palestinian sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank report on Monday morning that one fighter and one woman were killed in an Israeli invasion to the…
Due to Israeli Closure, Palestine volleyball team can not join the Doha Asiad
Palestine will not be able to join the Fifteenth Asian Games in Qatar 2006 due to the Israeli closure imposed on the Gaza Strip, media sources reported. Palestine’s participation was…
PA Gov’t to Spend 50 K for Christmas decoration in Bethlehem
Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Eng. Judeh Markus said the Paestinian Authority decided to allocate 50 thousand dollars to decorate Bethlehem on Christmas, Palestine News Network reported on Sunday. The decorations…
Israeli court rejects petitions to change route of Jerusalem Wall
An expanded panel of the Israeli High Court of Justice, headed by Justice Aharon Barak, rejected on Sunday petitions against the route of the Annexation Wall near the village of…
Government spokesperson: “We will not allow breach to the ceasefire”
Ghazi Hamad, Palestinian Government spokesperson from the Hamas movement, said on Sunday that the government will not allow any faction to violate the ceasefire as long as Israel is committed…
Army withdraws from northern Gaza as a fragile ceasefire takes effect
After three days of continuous military offensive in the norther part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops withdrew leaving scenes of destruction, twenty-three Palestinian dead and hundreds of injuries. The…
Palestinian resistance groups offer truce, Israel says it accepted the offer
Palestinian armed groups offered a ceasefire with Israel starting on Sunday at 6 a.m, in exchange to an Israeli halt of all attacks, assassinations, and military escalation. Israel said that…
Two killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
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…
PPS visits an injured detainee, suffering paralysis, in Hadassah Israeli hospital
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…
Troops shell houses, target a vehicle in Jabalia refugee camp
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.…
Woman injured east of Al Qarara village north of Khan Younis
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,…
Army takes prisoner three residents form Beit Ola near Hebron
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…
One resident killed in Beit Lahia by army fire
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,…
Child critically injured by military fire in Sa’ir village near Hebron
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…
Army invades Nablus, attacks local TV station and took prisoners four residents
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…
One killed two injured near Al Mintar ( Karen A) border crossing east of Gaza
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…
Amnesty International head to visit Palestine
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…
Army shells a residential building near Beit Lahia
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…
Fighter taken prisoner in Ramallah
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…
Resident dies of wounds suffered three weeks ago, three injured in Jabalia, two in Beit Lahia
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…
This Week In Palestine – November Week 3
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…
Illegal settlers in Gaza were also paid millions to evacuate
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…
Bil’in peaceful protest marks agriculture season, demands free accesses to isolated orchards
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…
Three residents injured in Jabalia
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…
Two residents injured in Beit Lahia
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,…
PCHR report: “19 Palestinians, including 5 children, killed last week”
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…
Qassam member killed by Israeli sharpshooter in Beit Lahia
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…
P.A Ministry of Health: “15 killed, 47 injured in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday”
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…
Army takes seven residents prisoner in two separate invasions in the West Bank
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…
One killed, one critically wounded, death toll stands at nine, military offensive continues
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…
Palestinian factions offer limited cease fire with Israel
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…
Seven Palestinians killed on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, over twenty residents injured
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…
Two fighters assassinated in Gaza
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…
Female suicide bomber injures three soldiers in the Gaza Strip
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 – November 23, 2006
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…
Two killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, several residents injured
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…
Army claims arresting four Islamic Jihad members who planned suicide bombing
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…
Army levels one house and one sheep shad in Qarawit Bani Hassan village near Salfit
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…
Senior Hamas leader shot and injured by unknown gunmen
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…
Five residents taken prisoner in Hebron
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,…
Army shells residents’ houses, east of Jabalyia in the northern Gaza Strip
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…
Residents taken prisoner in Jericho
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,…
Four residents taken prisoners by Israeli troops in Qabatiya town near Jenin
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…
Army takes two prisoners from Ein Beit Al Ma’ in Nablus
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 in Cairo for talks over unity government
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…
Fighter killed in Jenin
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…
Child, woman killed in the Gaza Strip
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…
Seven detainees confined to solitary at the Negev detention facility
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…
Fighter killed in Beit Lahia, second Palestinian to be killed Wednesday
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 – November 22, 2006
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…
P.A Interior Ministry decides to suspend, arrest any person who took part in abducting international
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,…
Israel denies visas to foreigners living in Palestine
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…
Israeli security cabinet decides to continue offensive in Gaza
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…
In Gaza; several injuries reported as army offensive is ongoing
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…
Abbas: “National Unity Government will enforce law and order”
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.…
Soldier moderately injured in the Gaza Strip
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…