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Five Lebanese civilians were killed and eight Israeli soldiers were wounded after a raid that took place in the south of Tyre.  Israeli commandos clashed with Hezbollah fighters after raiding…

Hundreds of Palestinian and International demonstrators took part in the symbolic funeral procession in the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, Sunday. The event was organized to protest the silence…

Israel will continue its offensive until a UN-sponsored ceasefire is agreed upon, sources from the Israeli military General Staff confirm, adding that the military will recommend a considerable expansion of…

Monday morning, Naseem Abu Amoud, 34, and Mahmoud Abu Amoud, 19, were injured due to an explosion by an unidentified object in Nuba village, south of the West Bank city…

The Israeli army troops invaded the village of Kafr Ra’ee, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday at dawn. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers stormed the village, conducted a…

Israeli forces took five Palestinians from the west Bank city of Hebron prisoners after invading the city on Monday. The invasion began in the northeast and including breaking into several…

The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and took Mohammed Al Tubassyi, 20,  prisoner. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city and searched several homes before…

Five Palestinian Government employees were hospitalized in the West Bank city of Ramallah after inhaling suspicious material that was in an envelope addressed to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, …

Lebanese security and medical sources reported that dozens of people were killed as Israeli warplanes fired missiles at several houses in a village at the Lebanese border. The sources estimate…

During Monday’s early dawn hours Israeli settlers shot and killed a man, and injured his son south of Nablus in the West Bank. Palestinian security sources report that the Qalqilia…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Monday at dawn. Local sources said that troops fired their guns randomly at residents’ homes and…

Israeli sources reported on Monday that three Israelis were injured after Hezbollah fighters fired some 25 Katusha rockets at northern Israel. The sources added that eight Katusha shells landed in…

The Israeli army took five prisoners from the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby Al-Shiokh village, Monday at dawn. Troops stormed residents’ homes in the city and the…

Monday morning, an Israeli F-16 jetfighter fired missiles at a house in Bait Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that the…

Israeli army troops and jeeps invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday morning. Soldiers stormed residents’ homes and ransacked them in the Al Midbesa neighborhood in the center of…

Saed Ibrahim was taken as prisoner, late Sunday night from the West Bank city of Tubas, after being attacked by the Israeli soldiers. Local residents said that the boy Ibrahim…

Fadil Hamdan, Hamas Legislator in the Palestinian Legislative Council, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army from the West Bank city of Ramallah, late Sunday night. Soldiers surrounded Hamdan’s home…

Monday evening, Israeli air force shelled several civilian houses in Bretal village, in Al Biqa’ area in Lebanon killing at least 13 civilians; 23 were injured. In Al Shayyah neighborhood…

Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, and took three Palestinians prisoners. One of the arestees is Mohammad Al Tubassy,…

Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers assassinated Rashid Al Omary, 24, of the leaders of the Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in Sielet Al Harthiyya town, west…

Sunday morning, Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and took two residents prisoners, eyewitnesses reported. Soldiers broke into the homes of Ibrahim Al Mazni, and Ali…

Palestinian medical sources and eyewitnesses in Gaza reported that one child was killed after midnight Saturday night, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The sources…

Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, reported on Saturday that Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians, including two children, in three air strikes in the city. The…

Saturday, Israeli soldiers deliberately fired at a main electricity network in Fahma village, south west of Jenin in the West Bank. Residents of the village reported that two Israeli military…

At least five people have been killed and eight Israeli commandos injured in a raid near the Lebanese port city of Tyre. Israel said the troops landed in Tyre by…

Sunday evening, Israeli settlers opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle south of the West bank city of Nablus, killing one resident and injuring his brother, Palestinian medical and security sources…

Israeli military and medical sources reported on Sunday that Hezbollah fighters fired, on Sunday afternoon, Katusha shells at soldiers in an open area in the northern settlement of Kfar Giladi…

The International News Safety Institute appealed last week to all parties in the current Middle East debacle to respect the safety and security of journalists and other news media staff.…

Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, reported on Saturday that Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians, including two children, in three air strikes in the city. The…

Gaza’s health and environment statistics are reaching record lows. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Israeli forces killed 177 Palestinians in military operations during the month of July. This…

Israeli sources reported on Saturday that a mother and her two daughters were killed when a Katusha rocket hit their home in the in the Western Galilee Bedouin village of…

Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the Israeli Annexation Wall, and the ongoing military offensive in Palestine and Lebanon that claimed the…

Southern Lebanon faces dire drinking water and fuel shortages which threaten the outbreak of epidemics if Israel keeps up attacks on the country, a senior U.N. official warned on Friday.…

At least five Lebanese people were killed and twenty were injured in a recent Israeli air strike that targeted several areas across Lebanon. At the same time, heavy fighting between…

Lebanese officials reported on Friday that at least 33 Lebanese and Syrian farmworkers were killed after the Israeli air force fired missiles at vehicles in a farm near the Lebanon-Syrian…

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At least 23 farm workers have died after Israeli aircraft fired missiles at vehicles on a farm near the Lebanon-Syria border, Lebanese officials said on Friday. An additional 20 people…

Southern Lebanon faces dire drinking water and fuel shortages which threaten the outbreak of epidemics if keeps up attacks on the country, a senior U.N. official warned on Friday.  …

Israeli and Western sources agree on defining the start of the current round of hostilities in Gaza and Lebanon as an unprovoked act of hostility from the side of Hamas…

The non-violent demonstration in Al-Khader village changed course Friday when Israeli soldiers erected a metal barrier encased in barbed wire.  Heavily armed and protected by the barrier, the soldiers allowed…

Israel’s bombings on Friday have created a nightmare for international and UN agencies trying to deliver supplies to Lebanese refugees in villages. The bombings have prevented evacuations from the country…

Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Friday that four Palestinians, including a 5-day old infant, were killed. The number of residents…

Members of the Women’s Organization of Jenin gathered outside the city’s International Red Cross office Thursday afternoon to protest Israeli aggression against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.  The women proudly…

One person was injured Friday afternoon in Bil’in, west of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers fired sound bombs and tear gas at demonstrators, Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular Committee…

In a statement released yesterday, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that more than 30 Palestinian political prisoners in Jalameh Prison are carrying out a hunger strike in protest against harsh…

Hezbollah fighters said on Friday that six Israeli soldiers were killed in Markaba, and Eita Al Sha’ab villages in southern Lebanon. Number of Israeli soldiers killed in two days rises…

Dozens of Palestinians farmers living adjacent to the Israeli Wall in Jenin have been issued warnings saying that Israeli forces will soon come to uproot hundreds of olive trees on…

Three prominent Jewish Moroccans, a leftist activist, an author and a human rights official, have submitted a petition to the Moroccan high court in Rabat. The petition accuses the Moroccan-born…

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, citing  the Israeli brutal war on the Lebanese people has decide to withdraw the Venezuelan ambassador to Israel. He said: "It really causes indignation…

Israeli warplanes bombed four bridges early Friday, killing 5 people and wounding nearly 20, AlJazeera reported. The bridges, located on the coastal highway in Northern Beirut were practically the last…

Interview with George Abu Zulif, Defense for Children International, about GazaQ:  Could you speak briefly on the effects of the latest Israeli attacks, the invasion into Gaza on children in…

Local medical sources reported that at least one bystander was seriously injured in addition to the two killed in the missile fired into Rafah city, in southern Gaza, Palestine.  An…

"If you want to fight like an army, we will fight you army to army – but if you continue to hit our cities, killing innocents, we will strike back…

According to a B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) report issued Thursday, the Israeli military killed 163 Palestinians in Gaza in July, 78 of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on the Israel’s killing of civilians in its aerial bombardment of Lebanon during the past three weeks. The U.S-based rights group said Thursday…

The Lebanese prime minister has said more than 900 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in Israeli attacks since the crisis in Lebanon began three weeks ago. Fuad Siniora…

Thursday, at least seven Israeli residents  were killed and many injured during a series of rocket attacks on northern Israel by Hezbollah fighters. At least 100 rockets landed inside northern…

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Three Palestinian filmmakers participated in a cultural evening in London sponsored by the Foundation of Southampton last Monday. The event showcased Palestinian film and addressed the many issues of the…

Ziyad Daihya, 41, was taken prisoners after the Israeli soldiers broke into his home after invading the town of Al-Biereh near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses reported that…

The Israeli police closed all entrances to the old city of Jerusalem om Thursday morning, and closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque for residents under 45 years old. Local residents in the…

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for firing two…

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An Israeli police sources in Jerusalem, reported that the police announced on Wednesday that the Al Aqsa Mosque will be closed to non-Muslim visitors on Thursday. Yet, any Muslim man…

Thursday, two Israeli soldiers were killed and at least 13 were injured in fierce gun battles with Hezbollah fighters in Eita Al Sha’ab area, and in several villages in southern…

Israeli army troops broke into the house of Awwad Al-Masalma, located in the village of Beit Awa, west of the West Bank city of Hebron, late on Wednesday night. According…

Thursday, Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery areas in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza strip. Scores of tank shells hit residential areas in Al Sha’af area north…

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

After an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Qana, Lebanon Sunday, killing 56 Lebanese civilians, including 38 children, Israeli military spokespeople attempted to excuse their targeting of civilians by saying…

Eleven Israeli soldiers were injured in Wednesday clashes with Hezbollah fighters as the army expanded its ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Several Israelis were injured by Katusha rockets fired into…

Scores of residents from the villages of Al-Jedayda and Al-Makar, located inside the green line, protested on Wednesday against the Israeli attacks on the Lebanese and Palestinians.  Among the participants…

Aid groups have been unable to deliver supplies to southern Lebanon due to Israel’s and Hezbollah’s failure to assure their safety.   For nearly three weeks the UN World Food…

At least ten Israeli army reservists living in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank have threatened to refuse service if called up to fight in Lebanon, Haaretz newspaper reported. …

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

Zakaria Hammad, 25, was taken prisoner at Bel’a checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Wednesday afternoon.   Eyewitnesses reported that Hammad was in a taxi trying to…

The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) survey, released Wednesday, showed 70 percent of Palestinians showing various degrees of support for current President Mahmoud Abbas, a member of the Fatah…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby village of Doura, and took two residents prisoners, the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society…

The fires continued to burn this week at a seaside power plant, the source of 15,000 tons of heavy fuel oil that spilled into pristine Mediterranean waters after an Israeli…

People walk the dusty, broken roads in scorching summer heat, taking shelter in the basements of empty buildings. In Gaza and , in the refugee camps of Khan Younis, Rafah…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli military aircraft raided the Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Wednesday. Sources say that the Israeli military was…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli military aircraft raided the Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Wednesday. Sources say that the Israeli military was…

Israeli army jet fighters fired several missiles at areas west of Gaza city, no injures were reported yet. Two missiles hit Palestinian police station in the Sudaniya area North West…

Soliman Amran, 65, was injured, Wednesday noon, after being hit by an Israeli army tank shell fired at residential area in Al Shoka village east of Rafah city in the…

Top Islamic leaders, including Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, are meeting in Jerusalem today to discuss yesterday’s decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to allow members of Jewish…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday at noon. Troops entered the city from several directions and fired randomly at the residents houses, eyewitnesses reported. The…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Troops and jeeps invaded the village, clashed with resistance fighters, and residents…

Asira Al Shamaliyeh, a town of about 12,000 located a few kilometers north of the mountains from Nablus, has come to suffer under a new aspect of occupation. Asira has…

Israeli soldiers in army humvees chased local residents using hilly farm roads that bypass the army checkpoint set up on the main road between the West Bank cities of Nablus…

The Israeli army invaded the Al Fa’a village and its refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas, Wednesday at dawn. Army jeeps entered the village from several…

Israel called in a sixth ground force brigade early Wednesday as the army prepares for a major ground invasion, the Guardian reported. According to army sources, the 15 000 reserve…

A battle between Hezbollah and Israeli paratroopers raged in Baalbek from Tuesday evening to early this morning. The fighting ended at about 4 a.m. after jets pounded parts of the…

The Israeli army conducted an air, sea and land attacks on several areas in the Gaza strip Wednesday at dawn. In Al Boraj refugee camp, central Gaza, F-16 jet fighters…

The rage and extremism of the Islamic militants in Lebanon and the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza appear incomprehensible to the outside world. The wanton murder, the…

In a detailed report on the Israeli military violations and attacks against the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Israeli soldiers have killed…

Adel Samara is one of thousands of Palestinian-Americans living in the West Bank who have been the targets of what appears to be a new Israeli policy denying them re-entry…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that three two residents, including a child, were killed in the Gaza Strip. A 13-year old child died of wounds…

The Israeli government’s Foreign Ministry is involved in efforts to influence public opinion on the Internet. ‘s Foreign Ministry orders Internet propagandists, so called "trainee diplomats," to skew online polls…

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