Hamas: “Coalition deal reached between Palestinian factions”
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Salah Bardaweel, head of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, said that a parliamentary agreement had been reached between the movement and other Palestinian factions. He…
Al Husseini: Hamas given two weeks to decide an National Unity Government
Rafiq Al Husseini, a top advisor for the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that Abbas gave Hamas a period of two weeks to sum up the internal talks…
Settlers attack Palestinians harvesting their olive trees
An extremist settlers group of Shvut Rachel settlement, in the northern part of the West Bank, attacked on Thursday several Palestinian residents while picking their olive orchards in the area.…
In a protest in Beit Sahour town: Parents demand to open schools
The students' parents' council in the town of Beit Sahour, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, organized a protest demanding the immediate opening of schools on Thursday. The protesters…
Peace Now describes the Israeli government as “idiotic”
Spokeswoman of the Peace Now movement in Israel, Hagit Ofran, described the Israeli government as idiotic, and slammed the continuous killings and offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.…
Army takes prisoner from Tubass
Israeli forces took prisoner one resident from the city of Tubass in the northern part of the West Bank on Thursday at noon. Troops stormed the city, surrounded the house…
Army takes prisoner one resident from Kufer Saba neighborhood in Qalqilia
Israeli troops invaded Kufer Saba neighborhood in the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Thursday at dawn and took prisoner one resident. Mohamed Jaber, 24, was taken to an unknown…
Army takes two prisoners from Bethlehem
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Rakhmah, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday at dawn and took two prisoners. Soldiers and jeeps deployed around…
Army takes prisoners three residents prisoner from Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp on Thursday morning and took prisoner three residents. Palestinian security sources in Nablus reported that troops…
Army invades Al Far’a village and refugee camp near Tubass, takes one prisoner
The Israeli army took prisoner one resident during an invasion to Al Far'a village and refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubass on Thursday morning. Mohamed Daraghmah…
Army takes one prisoner from Anbata village, east of Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the village of Anbata, east of the city of Tulkarem, north of the West Bank and took prisoner one resident on Thursday at dawn. Troops entered…
One resident taken prisoner at Tayasser military checkpoint
The Israeli soldiers stationed at Tayasser military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tubass took one resident prisoner on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said that the man was stopped at…
Army invades Al Jalazun refugee camp near Rammallah
The Israeli army invaded Al Jalazun refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Rammallah and attacked residents' houses on Thursday at dawn. Local sources said that a number of…
West Bank veterinarian: Zoo animals not safe from occupation
Qalqilia is encircled by the Israeli Wall, with soldiers opening and closing gates for passage at various intervals. Life is this northwestern West Bank city is lived in prison. Veterinarian…
Army invades Al Jalazonerefugee camp in Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday night after midnight Al Jalazonerefugee camp, north of Ramallah city in the northern part of the West Bank. Local sources reported that soldiers, supported by…
Army shells several houses in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers shelled on Wednesday night after midnight several houses in Al Shujaeyya area, east of Gaza city; damage was reported,…
Peretz approves the transfer of 5000 rifles to Abbas’ presidential guard
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved on Wednesday that transfer of 5000 rifles from Jordan to the Palestinian Authority’s presidential guard, and is currently weighing the possibility of allowing Badir…
Palestine Today – November 1, 2006
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Abbas: “Israeli military escalation proves that Israel does not want peace”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip, and the killing of seven Palestinians on Wednesday on Beit Hanoun, proves that Israel…
Haniyya: “Israeli attacks are aimed at foiling the Palestinians democratic process”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Wednesday that the military operation in Beit Hanoun is part of the Israeli campaign against the democratically elected government and the people. The…
Israeli soldier killed in Beit Hanoun
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday afternoon that one soldier was shot and killed during the military offensive carried by the army in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the…
Army takes two children prisoner at Tayasser checkpoint near Tubass
The Israeli army took two children prisoner at Tayasser military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tubass on Wednesday afternoon. Palestinian sources reported that Yasser Abu Mihesen and Kamal…
Israeli Army stops farmers and international volunteers from picking olives in Hebron
The Israeli army stopped Palestinian farmers and French volunteers from picking olives located on lands belonging to the village of Faqaqes, west of the city of Hebron, in the south…
Settlers release wild and dangerous dogs around farm lands in the Jordan valley
A group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Routem released wild and dangerous dogs onto Palestinian farm lands on Wednesday with the intention of killing the farmers' sheep. …
Israeli Army takes over a house and turns it to an army post, south of Hebron
Israeli army troops took over a house in Al Samo'e village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and turned it into an army post in the early morning…
Israeli Army invades Tulkarem refugee camp, injures four civilians and takes three prisoners
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp on Wednesday morning, ransacked residents' homes, injured four residents and took three as prisoners. Soldiers and army…
Army takes one prisoner from Ithna village near Hebron
Israeli troops took one resident prisoner from the village of Ithna located west of the city of Hebron and south of the West Bank on Wednesday morning. Troops…
Army invades Nablus and takes eight prisoners
Israeli forces invaded the city of Nablus, north of the West Bank and took eight residents prisoner on Wednesday morning. The invasion targeted residents' houses in the old town area…
The Israeli army invades Jenin district and takes 9 residents prisoner
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby villages of Kufer Dan and Yabod on Wednesday morning and took prisoner nine residents. In the village…
Army kills six residents and injures 50 in air and ground attacks in the north of Gaza strip
An undercover Israeli army force invaded Beit Hannoun town north of the Gaza Strip, shot and killed six residents and injured another 50 residents by ground by air attacks on…
Ayalon: “Bush’s letter more important than Balfour declaration”
The outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United States, Dani Ayalon, said that that the letter of the US President George W. Bush, dated on April 14, 2004, to the then-Prime…
Israeli army announces plan to expand its attacks in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will convene with the Israeli political-security cabinet on Wednesday to decide the possibility of expanding the military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Yet, the operations…
Rafah Border crossing opened for one day
Palestinian sources reported that the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, was reopened both on Tuesday from eight in the morning until five in the…
Tel Aviv court charges a Palestinian resident of killing a collaborator
The Tel Aviv Central Court charged on Tuesday a Palestinian resident of killing a collaborator with Israel at a Mall in Tel Aviv, nine months ago. The Israeli police claim…
Palestine Today – October 31, 2006
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PCHR slams the abductions carried by gunmen in P.A territories
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza strongly denounced the abductions carried by unknown gunmen against international in the Palestinian territories, and considered these attacks as direct violations to…
Army takes prisoner two brothers in Hebron
The Israeli forces took two brothers prisoners on Tuesday afternoon after attacking residents' houses and ransacking them in the West Bank city of Hebron. The two were known as Firass…
Troops detain Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, two of his aides
The Ramattan news Agency reported that Israeli soldiers detained on Tuesday afternoon the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Qabha, and two of his aides at the Betunia checkpoint, west of…
Army critically wounded in Khuza’a village in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that Mihiar Al Najar, 19, was critically wounded after being shot by the Israeli troops invading the village of Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis,…
Army takes prisoner one resident from Hebron and increases its soldiers in the city
Israeli soldiers attacked and ransacked Palestinian shops in the old city of the West Bank city of Hebron and took prisoner one resident prisoner on Tuesday morning. Ali Al Karaki…
Army invades Tubas, Jenin, and the village of Tammoun, takes three prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the cities of Tubas, Jenin and the nearby village of Tammoun, in the northern part of the West Bank and took three residents prisoner on Tuesday morning. …
Two resistance fighters and one civilian killed, three residents injured in Khan Younis
Two Palestinian resistance fighters from Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and one civilian were killed and seven residents were injured during an army operation in Khuza'a village,…
Israeli air force shells a Palestinian house in Khan Younis
Israeli air force shelled late on Monday at night a Palestinian house that belongs to a member of the Executive Force that belongs to the Ministry of Interior in Bani…
Spanish aid worker abducted in Gaza, freed
Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday night that the Spanish aid worker who was abducted earlier in Gaza by unknown gunmen was released. Palestinian security sources…
Na’im: “Health sector in Gaza on the verge of collapse”
Palestinian Minster of Health, Dr. Bassim Na'im, warned on Monday that the health sector in Gaza is on the verge of collapse as a result of the Israeli and international…
Soldiers abduct eleven residents in Jericho invasion
Palestinian security sources reported on Monday evening that under-cover forces, of the Israeli army, and army units invaded the West Bank city of Jericho and abducted eleven residents, including one…
Troops abduct three fishermen in Gaza
Monday evening, Israeli troops took prisoner three fishermen while they were fishing in an area that extends between Dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, and Khan Younis in…
One resident killed in Khan Younis shelling
Dr. Muawiya Hasanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Monday evening that one resident was killed, two were injured, after the Israeli army…
Palestine Today – October 30, 2006
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Lieberman approved in government in three minutes
The Israeli government approved the inclusion of Avigdor Lieberman as “Minister fro Strategic Affairs, in a three minutes session, Israeli sources reported. The deal will be brought before the Knesset…
Army takes a fourth prisoner from Hebron
The Israeli army has taken a fourth resident prisoner from the city of Hebron south of the West Bank on Monday afternoon. Izat Al Natsha, 22, was taken prisoner…
Olive Harvest campaign starts in Hebron
The National Campaign for Olive harvest, supervised by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees UAWC, France-Palestine Solidarity, and the General Committee for Defending Lands, was kicked off on Monday morning…
Shaath: “Unity government, government of experts, are the same”
Palestinian legislator and member of the Fateh Revolutionary Council, Dr. Nabil Shaath, said on Monday in Ramallah that there is no difference between a National Unity Government and a government…
Haniyya: “Efforts are ongoing to end the current crisis, and form a unity government”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Monday during the thirty-first session of the ministers council in Gaza that there are continuous efforts to end the current internal crisis, and…
Army takes one resident prisoner from Jenin
The Israeli soldiers at the Salem Israeli military court attacked with batons Aymen Qandil, 34, from Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin, and took him prisoner…
Army takes prisoner three residents in Hebron
The Israeli army attacked and ransacked residents' houses in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and the nearby village of Doura, took three resident prisoner, on…
Army attacks shepherds in Tammoun
Israeli troops attacked and chased Palestinian shepherds in Al Baq'a valley in Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Tubas on Monday morning. Soldiers detained some of the shepherds…
Army takes one resident prisoner from Al Obaidiyya village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded Al Obaidiyya village, east of Bethlehem city, in the southern part of the West Bank and took one resident prisoner, on Monday morning. Local sources reported…
Army attacks Palestinian workers near Hebron
Israeli troops chased and attacked Palestinian workers, south of Al Thahria town, near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning. Several army Hummer jeeps chased and attacked scores…
Two brothers taken prison in Nablus’ Balat refugee camp
Mo'ath Al Massimi, 21 and his brother Mahmoud, 24, were taken prisoner during an Israeli military invasion to Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Monday…
Army helicopters open fire at residents’ houses north of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army helicopters opened fire at the residents' houses and farmlands in Biet Lahia town and Sheikh Zayid village, in the norther part of the Gaza strip on Monday…
Army arrests five Palestinians in Um Al Fahim
Sunday evening, the Israeli police and security personnel took five Palestinians, including an Arabic resident of Israel, in Um Al Fahim town, north of the country. The police claims that…
Child detainees facing unbearable conditions in Israeli prisons
Palestinian child detainees held by Israel are facing harsh and unbearable conditions. They are subjected to living conditions that lack the basic rights guaranteed by the International Law and the…
Palestinian students the latest victims of the Israeli arrest campaign
The ongoing arrest campaign being carried out by Israeli forces is striking all segments of the Palestinian population. No one has immunity. The latest development in this campaign is the…
Palestinian resident killed by Israeli military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Sunday that one resident was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza International Airport, in the southern part of the…
Israeli Arab woman from Al Teera charged in foiled attack
Israeli security sources claimed that an Israeli Arab woman from Al Teera assisted Palestinians who attempted to carry an bombing attack in a restaurant in Ra'ananna, north of the country.…
Qassam fighter killed in tunnel accident
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters, in the central Gaza Strip, died after an underground tunnel collapsed on him.…
Egypt plans to deploy 5000 troops on Gaza border
An Egyptian security source reported late on Saturday night that Egypt is planning to deploy additional 5,000 soldiers along the border with the Gaza Strip. The forces will be be…
Palestinian woman dies of wounds sustained last Monday
Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday morning that a 50-year old Palestinian woman died of wounds sustained on Monday, October 23, when the under-cover forces of the Israeli army infiltrated…
Fateh, Hamas, agree to end weapons display, tension
Fateh and Hamas movements agreed, on Friday evening, to end all sorts of weapon display and tension in the Gaza Strip. The agreement came after mediation from the Popular Front…
Child injured after Israeli settler attack near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported that aone child from the town of Tiqoa, east of Bethlehem, was injured when Israeli settlers threw stones at a Palestinian family harvesting their olive crop. The…
Troops bar residents from reaching their homes in Hebron
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Saturday that Israeli soldiers continued, for the third day, to bar residents from reaching their homes in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center…
Soldiers take three senior P.A officials prisoner in Ramallah
Israeli soldiers took on Saturday morning three senior Palestinian Authority officials prisoner after stopping them at a military checkpoint, near Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank.…
PRC: “Shalit crisis might be solved within days”
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), one of three resistance factions holding the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, captive since June 25 said on Saturday that a solution for the crisis is…
Army invades several villages west of Jenin
The Israeli forces invaded the villages of Araba, Kufer Ra'ee and Fahma, west Of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Saturday morning. Troops invaded the three village, searched and…
Army detains scores of residents in the rain, near Tubass
The Israeli army detained scores of Palestinian civilians in the rain, on Saturday morning, near the West Bank city of Tubas. Residents reported that soldiers stationed at the Israeli military…
Army closes a gate in the wall and stops farmers from reaching their lands near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers stationed at a gate in the illegal wall, west of Tulkarem stopped farmers from a nearby village reaching their land on Saturday. Troops refused to open the gate…
Evidence suggests Israel has been using illegal weapons
In a shocking revelation, given headline coverage in a British newspaper, The Independent, it is revealed that there is evidence to suggest that Israel was using uranium based weapons when…
A woman dies in Gaza of wounds from army fire
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza strip announced on Saturday the death of Ni'mah Adwan, 50, from wounds she sustained last Monday. She sustained fatal wounds on Monday and was…
Israeli army injures 16 protesters demanding to be able to harvest their olives in Bil’in
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and dozens of Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly protest in Bil'in Friday, pleading…
This Week in Palestine – October Week 4
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Farmers attacked while picking olives near Har Homa settlement
The Palestine News Network reported that Israeli soldiers stationed near Har Homa settlement (Abu Ghneim) fired at several residents of Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, while trying to pick their…
Awad: “The coming days will see the formation of a national unity government”
Secretary general of the Palestinian Ministers Council, Dr. Mohammad Awad, said on Friday that the coming will see the “dawn of a new National Unity Government based on the Unity…
Injured and sick detainees appeal for medical treatment
Dozens of Palestinian detainees imprisoned in several Israeli prisons and detention centers appealed humanitarian organizations to interfere and practice pressure on the Israeli Prison Authorities in order to provide them…
Prisoners in Negev detention centre mistreated on a daily basis.
Palestinian prisoners, who have recently been released from the Israeli detention Centre in the Prisoners in Negev detention centre mistreated on a daily basis. The Negev detention centre, which…
Army takes one resident prisoner from Qalqilia
Ali Qatshmer from the West Bank city of Qalqilia was taken prisoner by the Israeli Army during a dawn invasion to the city, on Friday. More than 7 Israeli army…
Meshal to Cairo to Discuss Egypt Proposal
Khaled Meshal, the head of Hamas's political bureau, is due to arrive to Cairo Saturday to continue discussing the Egyptian proposal relating to the release of captured Israeli corporal Gilad…
Palestinian village inside Israel goes on strike
The municipality of the Palestinian village of Al Karmel in southern Israel has started to organize a strike for the coming Monday in protest of the Israel's government continued confiscation…
Army attacks residents houses and destroys one house in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army has destroyed one houses north of the Gaza strip and attacked residents' houses east of the strip on Friday at dawn. An Israeli F16 jet fighter fired…
Three residents killed in Israeli invasion into Jenin district
Three Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army during an invasion into Yamoun and Al Far'a towns, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Friday morning. Yammoun, was…
Two residents, international peace activist injured by Hebron settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that two residents, including a child, and one international peace activist were injured when an extremist settlers group attacked them while picking olives in…
Resident killed in the Gaza Strip, three on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
Palestinian killed in the Gaza Strip, three on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
Palestine Today – October 26, 2006
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Report: “Several soldiers killed after requested to take photos faking capture of Lebanese town’
Israeli reports revealed that after the army failed to capture Bint Jbeil town, in southern Lebanon, army leaders requested several soldiers to take pictures showing the Israeli flag on top…
Israeli soldier injured by resistance fighters in Khan Younis
An Israeli soldier was moderately injured during an invasion into Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, on Thursday morning. Israeli army sources reported that, the solider was injured during clashes with…
Mashal is expected in Cairo for talks on prisoner swap deal
Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, Khaled Mashal, is expected to travel to Egypt soon for talks on a prisoner swap deal with Israel. The deal could see the release…
One resident injured in Dier Al Balah town, central Gaza strip
The Israeli army shot and injured one resident near the border of the Gaza Strip, adjacent to Dier Al Balah town, on Thursday afternoon. Asharaf Fatoh, 37, was injured in…
Army helicopter opens fire at residents’ houses, killing one
An Israeli army helicopter opened fire at residents' houses in Khaza'a town, East of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Thursday afternoon, killing one resident.…