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"The Israeli army soldiers are now blockading the mosque; while a number of resistance fighters are inside, where they have taken sanctuary for fear of being attacked.  Dozens of women…

One Israeli soldier was injured on Monday afternoon when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up near soldiers invading Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday afternoon that two Palestinians were killed in two separate Israeli military attacks in Gaza city and Beit Lahia.  At least…

The annual memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin is the moment when we pause for a while to remember Rabin the man, the leader. And we also take a look at…

Commentators in the media and elsewhere proclaimed after the disengagement from Gaza that "the frontier posts in the Strip are now international crossings," and that "removing Israeli control of access…

Leftist member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Khalida Jarrar, confirmed late Sunday that an Israeli military court postponed sentencing of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Secretary General Ahmed…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two schoolchildren were killed after the Israeli air force fired a missile at a vehicle driving beside a school bus; nine…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Gaza Strip on Monday to discuss details of National Unity Government, Palestinian sources said. The sources added that chances to reach an agreement…

For the first time Arab activists and trainers of nonviolence meet to discuss establishing a network of Arab Network for Nonviolence.   Trainers and activists from five Arab countries, Palestine,…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the death on 3 November of two Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics in the Gaza Strip and is deeply shocked…

Member of Knesset Dr. Dov Khenin from the Hadash party demanded the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to sack Avigdor Lieberman from the government after his recent statements against the…

An Israeli far-right politician has called for a near-total separation of Jews and Arabs in the country, saying Israel should follow the example of the divided island of Cyprus. Avigdor…

The Israeli army announced on Sunday evening that troops operating in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday killed 45 Palestinian fighters and took 65 fighters prisoner. A spokesperson of the Israeli…

Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that an elderly woman died on wounds sustained during an Israeli military offensive in the West Bank city of Bethlehem; two residents were killed…

Abu Mojahid, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees, one of three groups holding an Israeli soldier captive since June 25, said that the group will not kill the soldier…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Kafer Dan village, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, and took one resident prisoner. Local source in the village reported…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday morning that two Palestinians were shot and killed by an Israeli military fire Hanoun, in the northern part of the…

Palestinian medical sources stated on Saturday at night that one resident was killed and at least two were injured after the Israeli army fired shells at Beit Hanoun, in the…

Israeli sources reported that of seven homemade shells fired into the Negev desert from the northern Gaza Strip, six hit open areas, and one damaged a farm building near the…

John Ging, UNRWA’s Gaza Field Director, demanded the International Community to ensure the entry of food and humanitarian aid to the surrounded residents in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part…

The terrible imbalance of power between the Israelis and Palestinians makes it impossible for Israel, regardless of which government is in power, to deal with the Palestinians in any way…

19-year-old Ibrahim Basyouni was killed near the northern Gaza Strip town of Jablia on Saturday morning, Palestinian sources reported. Dr. Muawiya Hasaneen Director of the Ambulances and Emergency Rooms in…

In a step to protest the ongoing Israeli invasion to the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun, several Palestinian cities went on strike on Saturday, Palestinian sources reported. In…

Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that at least 39 Palestinians were killed and at least 150 were injured, 23 seriously,…

Number of Palestinian residents killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday arrived to twenty-one residents after the Israeli forces killed on Friday at night twelve residents in several areas of…

When Israel launched its demographic war against Palestinians in 1947, it was carried out through military tactics that were difficult to conceal from the international community. The unresolved result of…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers surrounded and broke int Bethlehem Government Hospital, in Beit Jala town, in Bethlehem district, broke into it and abducted an injured fighter, Palestinian medical and security…

Israeli soldiers broke into the Bethlehem Governmental hospital, in the West Bank city of Beit Jala, Bethlehem District,  abducted a wounded resident and a nurse, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr.…

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Several non-violent protesters were severely beaten by Israeli military and border police today, as a demonstration was staged at the tunnel checkpoint on route 60. At three in the afternoon…

This afternoon's weekly peaceful protest in Bil'in village, in the West Bank, ended once again with one demonstrator in the hospital after being shot by the Israeli military.  Jose, a…

Um Ibrahim [the mother of Ibrahim] lives only several meters away from her olive orchard, but when she wanted to pick her olive trees, she had to travel for more…

Palestinian medical sources reported that nine Palestinians, including two women and one child, died in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, as the army…

In an ongoing protest at Al Khadr village near Bethlehem, 40-50 Palestinians, internationals and Israeli demonstrators have been violently attacked by Israeli soldiers, who beat them and pushed them, injuring…

The Ramattan News Agency reported that one of it crew, a cameraman, was seriously injured after an Israeli sharpshooter shot him in the chest as he was documenting a protest…

Israeli troops evacuated, on Thursday evening, four residents in the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. The attack was carried out after under-cover forces…

At 2am, 12 Israeli military vehicles entered the Al-Safe neighbourhood, five minutes south of the Manger Square city centre of the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Troops surrounded the home…

Ibrahim Sanakreh, 14, was apparently attempting to rescue his brother, Ahmed Sanakreh, 28, who had been shot and injured near Martyr's cemetery in Balata refugee camp, when he was shot…

At 2am, 12 Israeli military vehicles entered the Al-Safe neighbourhood, five minutes south of the Manger Square city centre of the West Bank town of Bethlehem.   Troops surrounded the…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday morning that one elderly woman, was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Bethlehem city, in the West Bank, after the army invaded…

In what the Palestinian government is calling an attempt to undermine the release of its 73 ministers and mayors from Israeli prison camps, Israeli forces invaded the Palestinian city of…

Number of Palestinians residents killed in the ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip, especially in Beit Hanoun, arrived to twenty-five; at least 95 residents were injured, 17 seriously. The…

The Israeli army has killed six Palestinians in overnight attacks. Four casualties occurred in an air strike, east of Gaza City; the battle for Beit Hanoun claims another victim and…

Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that the body of Tha'er Ahmad Hassan, 27, member of the Islamic Jihad was found under the rubble of his home that was demolished…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of Gaza Strip, reported that one child died of wounds sustained earlier on Wednesday at dawn after the Israeli air…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that three fighters were assassinated on Wednesday at night raising the number of residents killed…

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From Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip – 1st Nov 2006 On Wednesday morning, the Israeli army declared Beit Hanoun a closed military zone. All residents were ordered to stay indoors.…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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 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 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…

    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…

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 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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

  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…

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…