Gun battle erupts in Jenin
Fierce gun battle in Jenin after soldiers surrounded a home which belongs to a member of Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. The home belongs to…
Soldiers invade Al Far’a refugee camp in Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at noon, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers invaded the camp,…
Resident injured, three arrested in Husan
One Palestinian was injured and three others were arrested, on Wednesday evening, after the Israeli army invaded Husan village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Soldiers invaded the village…
Hamas will not renew truce if Israel doesn’t halt its attacks
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will not renew its commitment to the truce, which expires at the end of this year, if Israel does not halt its attacks,…
Israeli police releases four settler youth held over abusing a Pal. child
The Israeli police in the West Bank released on Wednesday four settler youth who were held on Monday, October 24, after abusing a Palestinian child and throwing stones at Palestinian…
Jewish Millionaire to Finance constructing a settlement neighborhood in J’lem
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that, Irwin Moskowitz, a Jewish millionaire is behind the project which aims to construct a Jewish neighborhood in the Arab Sheikh Jarrah area, east of…
What do Israelis say about the Arabs?
Last weeks speech of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he said that Israel should be "wiped off the map", and that "anyone who recognizes Israel will burn in…
Army artillery shells Gaza
Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Gaza, while military helicopters also fired several missiles, Israeli TV channel 2 reported. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…
Fighter killed, two residents injured in Jenin
An Israeli military source reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, one resistance fighter and injured two residents, during clashes which erupted in Qabatia town, near the…
Political situation casts shadow over Eid
 The calls of Fares Sawalmeh, the well-known clothes vendor in Martyrs Square in Nablus catch the attention of passersby who are drawn to his wares and convinced to buy…
Pal. source: `“Palestinian-Israeli meeting fails to reopen the Rafah terminal`
A senior Palestinian source, reported on Wednesday, that the joint Palestinian-Israeli meeting which was conducted on Tuesday at night failed to arrive to any deal for reopening the Rafah Border…
One resident arrested in Yatta
Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday, at dawn the village of Yatta in south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested one reisdent. Troops stormed the houses of the…
Israeli troops invades Jenin
Israeli troops, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded on Wednesday at down the West Bank city of Jenin. This invasion is the third in the last 24 hours to the…
Tow brothers arrested in Khribet Marka village
Israeli troops arrested, on Wednesday morning, Zakraia Abu Jalbosh, 26, and his brother Riad, 30, during an invasion to village of Khribet Marka near the West Bank city of Jenin.…
Army arrests 8 residents from Hussan village west of Bethlehem
Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, the village of Hussan west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested eight residents. Troops conducted wide scale search in the village…
Israeli, Palestinian female youth win peace prize
An Israeli and a Palestinian female youth were awarded the King Hussein Prize for promoting peace, during a ceremony held in New York on Tuesday. The prize, which is an…
Azmout residents complain of settlers attacks
Residents of the West Bank village of Azmout, near Nablus, complained of repeated attacks carried out by extremist settler groups Alon Moreh settlement, near the village. Resident Abdul-Ghani Al Azmouti,…
Army to remove `“security perimeter `“ surrounding Yitzhar settlement
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday morning that it intends to dismantle the integrated security perimeter which surrounds Yitzhar settlement, north of the West Bank. The army made this decision…
Qurei: `“current Israeli leadership does not seek peace`
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said on Tuesday that the current Israeli leadership does not seek peace and is still governed by the “arrogance of power”. “This leadership is obsessed…
Israeli soldier killed during an invasion near Jenin
An Israeli soldier was killed in a gun battle with the Palestinian resistance when the troops invaded the northern West Bank village of Mirka near Jenin on Wednesday morning and…
Resistance vows fierce response to the assassination of two fighters
After the Israeli military apaches fired, on Tuesday afternoon, at least one missile at a Palestinian vehicle in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two fighters and…
Israel: `“Mastermind of 2002 bombing also planned poison attack`
Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…
Israeli: `“Mastermind of 2002 bombing also planned poison attack`
Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…
Army assassinates two fighters in Gaza
Israeli air force fired missiles, on Tuesday evening, at a Palestinian car in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, two fighters were killed; at least…
Army air strikes Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported on Tuesday that Israeli war jets fired missiles at a car in the northern part of the Gaza strip. The strike apparently targeted…
Army invades Tubas, Tammoun
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Tubass and the nearby village of Tammoun. Soldiers conducted wide scale search in Tammoun, before invading Tubas and sealing…
Soldiers invade Jenin, arrest two
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp and the near by village of AL Zawia, and arrested two residents. Jamil Abu…
Israeli cabinet approves the Rafah Terminal arrangements
The Israeli Cabinet approved on Tuesday a proposal which aims to enable European Union personnel to operate the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The approved decision…
Cohen suggests a project to annex West Bank settlements to Israel
Member of Knesset, Eliezer Cohen, from the National Union Party submitted a bill, on Monday, which aims to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel. The bill specifically proposes…
Azoun Atma; wall and harsh military procedures
Residents of Azoun Atma village, south of the West Bank city are facing daily hardships after the Israeli Separation Wall isolated them and separated them from the surrounding villages and…
Army invades Jenin, 12 arrested, Israeli soldier wounded
An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by a bomb when Israeli troops invaded the village of Qabatiya and the nearby city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, in the…
Second settler attack on elderly Palestinian
Seventy-year-old Aziz Abdul-Karim Hanini from the village of Beit Djan east of Nablus had barely healed from wounds he sustained two months ago after being attacked by settlers when he…
Army invades Bil’in, arrests three residents
Israeli soldiers invade the village of Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn, attacked and clubbed several residents, and arrested three, inducing a two 14…
White House urges Abbas to act against Islamic Jihad
The U.S. administration demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on the Islamic Jihad movement, in the wake of the latest attacks and counter attacks in the region,…
Qassam shell fired at Sderot
An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that Palestinian resistance fired a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The Israeli police reported that the shell apparently…
Soldiers abduct a resident in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted on Monday evening a Palestinian resident in Tulkarem after breaking into his carpentry workshop, in the southern neighborhood of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…
Sharon to Knesset: `“Separation Wall is a top priority`
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressing the Knesset during the opening of its winter session, said that Israel considers the construction of the Separation Wall in the West Bank as…
Bier Zeit university students suspend all classes
Bier Zeit University students, suspended on Monday all classes until further notice in protest to the violent response of the Palestinian Authority security forces to a protest they held in…
Israel agrees to European Observers presence on Rafah border crossing
Israel has officially agreed to have European observers as a third party on the Gaza – Egypt border crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli official source said…
Israeli army arrests six in Jenin refugee camp
Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, on Monday morning, and arrested six residents. Troops stormed the camp and arrested Ashraf Jaradat 26, Jom’ah…
Two residents arrested in Azzoun
The Israeli army arrested on Monday morning two residents in the village of Azzoun east of the West Bank city of Qulqilia. Troops arrested Ma’mon Katesh, a P.A secourity officer…
Troops invade Tammoun, near Tubas
The Israeli army invaded, n Monday at dawn, the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. Troops broke into several homes and searched them…
Al Quds Brigades: `“Israel assassinated the truce`
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, vowed to retaliate to the assassination of its leader Jihad Zakarna, 21, and his deputies Irshaiyyed Ahmad Kamil, 21,…
Israeli Army arrests two residents in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Monday at dawn, and arrested two residents. Also, soldiers invaded the village of PAzzoun, and arrested Ma’moun…
Israeli Army arrests two residents in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Monday at dawn, and arrested two residents. Also, soldiers invaded the village of PAzzoun, and arrested Ma’moun…
Soldiers invade Tulkarem, arrest one resident
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at noon, the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested one resident. A local source in Tulkarem reported that under-cover army units of the Israeli…
Soldiers arrest a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Ramatan news agency reported that soldiers arrested…
Details of the Assassination of two Islamic Jihad fighters, 6 wounded, 10 arrested
“A Valuable Prey” was how Israeli security sources described the successful assassination the commander of Al Quds Brigades in the Jenin district and his deputy.  Jihad Mohammed Zakarneh has been…
Three Druze youth arrested over throwing cocktails at Israeli military patrols
An Israeli source reported on Monday that the Israeli prosecution filed charges against thee Druze youth from Majdal Shams in the Golan, to the Nazareth District Court on suspicions that…
Resistance shells Sderot and Kibbutz Zakim
Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance…
Three members of the Islamic Jihad killed south of Jenin
Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Monday at dawn, a fighter in Qabatia town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, raising the number of fighters killed in Qabatia since Sunday…
Palestinian FM warns against turning Gaza Strip into an open-air prison
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Al-Kidweh warned on Monday against turning the Gaza Strip into a big open-air prison soon, if the hanging problems were not over come. Al-Kidweh…
Resistance shells Sderot and Kibbutz Zakim
Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance…
Shin Bet: `“We arrested three Qassam manufacturers in the Negev`
After a gag order was lifted on the case, the Israeli Secret Security Services, Shin Bet, reported that it arrested three Palestinians, said to be manufacturers of Qassam homemade shells,…
Sharon threatens to strike hard if resistance shells the coast
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, threatened on Sunday that he will order his army to strike hard if the resistance fires homemade shells at the Israeli coastal areas. Sharon told…
Israel to build checkpoint, devide WB into 3 sections
Israeli army is planning to divide the West Bank into three isolated parts by setting up a checkpoint that separates the northern section of the West Bank with its middle and southern…
Settlers attack residents, homes ion Hebron, one resident injured
One resident was injured in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday at night, after an extremist settlers group attacked dozens of homes in the city, and the neighing…
Soldiers invade Doura, eight residents injured
A medical source at Doura Medical Center, in the village of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, reported that eight residents were injured during clashes which erupted in…
Youth girl arrested on Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday a young girl near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers claimed Hiba Tawfik Issa, 16, was attempting to cross the…
Army resumes its strikes in Gaza
Israeli soldiers resumed, on Saturday evening, the military attacks against the Gaza Strip, and shelled several areas after a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev…
Resistance detonates a wired car in Nablus
An Israeli military source reported, on Saturday evening, that a Palestinian resistance group detonated a wired car near two military vehicles during and invasion which was carried out in the…
Two Israeli prisoners stab an underage Palestinian detainee
A Palestinian underage detainee was mildly injured when an Israeli prisoner stabbed him in Ophik detention facility for underage prisoners, in Hasharon area in the center of Israel. The youth…
Palestinian woman arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Saturday, a Palestinian woman in the West Bank city of Hebron. An Israeli military source claimed that the woman attempted to stab a soldier, and that…
P.A pledges to stop Qassam workshops
Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef issued a statement vowing that the P.A will stop illegal weapon manufacturing workshops, and all weapons storage sites. “We will deal with this issue firmly…
Barghouthi calls for an independent Palestinian judicial system
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative called for comprehensive reforms for the Palestinian security forces in order to end the state of lawlessness in the Palestinian…
Three arrested in Al Rashaida village
The Israeli army invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the village of Al Rashaida south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three residents. Mosalem Rashidah 33, Deifallah Rashidah,…
Army attacks residents in Al Khader village
Israeli army invaded the village of Al Khader near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday at down. Troops barged into the house of Odah Al Tayeh, searched it…
Three arrested near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers’ stationed at Al Kafriyyat checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, arrested on Saturday three residents attempting to cross the checkpoint, local sources reported. Shadi Al…
Troops invade Hebron, several surrounding villages
Israeli soldiers detained dozens of Palestinian residents at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday morning, broke into homes and detained dozens of residents. A…
Four residents arrested in Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded overnight the village of Bil’in, near the Wets Bank city of Ramallah and arrested four residents, Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall…
Abeer and a story of three years in detention
 Featured by Palestine News Network ‘The moments of my release from Hasharon detention facility, and heading back home to Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, were the most touching moments…
New Israeli air strikes in Gaza
Israeli air force gun ships launched two sound bombs over Gaza city Saturday at noon, causing a loud explosion, and dozens of school kids were treated for shock, eyewitnesses reported.…
Army invaded Nablus, resistance detonates explosive
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday morning, the West Bank city of Nablus and conducted military searches of homes. Palestinian resistance detonated an explosive charge near a military patrol during the…
Army plans to create `“security zone` in the central Gaza Strip
The Israeli army is planning to create what was deszcribed as a “security zone” in the Gaza Strip, which includes installing an artillery battery in the southern part of the…
Army plans to create `“security zone` in the central Gaza Strip
The Israeli army is planning to create what was deszcribed as a “security zone” in the Gaza Strip, which includes installing an artillery battery in the southern part of the…
Army plans to create `“security zone` in the central Gaza Strip
The Israeli army is planning to create what was deszcribed as a “security zone” in the Gaza Strip, which includes installing an artillery battery in the southern part of the…
Quartet calls on Syria to expel Islamic Jihad
In a motion led by the United States, the Committee for the Middle East Peace Process known as ‘The Quartet’ called on Syria to expel the Islamic Jihad movement from…
Soldiers attack peaceful procession in Bil’in
Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the Wets Bank city of Ramallah, several residents were…
Two Palestinians arrested allegedly planning of shooting attack
An Israeli army force arrested, on Friday, two Palestinians carrying rifles near the Elon Moreh settlement in the West Bank, Israeli source reported. The sources claimed that the two were…
Army invaded Jenin and its refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded on Friday morning the West Bank city of Jenin and its refuge camp, local sources reported. Troops searched houses in the city and armored vehicles surrounded…
Mofaz: `“There is no Palestinian peace partner`
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Friday that Israeli does not consider the Palestinians as its peace partners. His statements came during his Thursday meeting with the Egyptian President…
Palestinian killed in an Air Strike in Gaza
At least one Palestinian was killed and another seriously wounded in an Israeli air strike that targeted a car he was riding in the northern Gaza Strip, local sources reported.…
This Week in Palestine, October Week 4
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.3 MB This week in Palestine, a service of the…
Army invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, forced the residents and peace activists out of the homes. Twenty military jeeps and dozens…
Schoolgirl arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday a Palestinian Schoolgirl near Qortoba School, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Hadassah, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Isra’ Mohammad Iseed, 15,…
Islamic Jihad: `“Gaza assassinations, a declaration of open war`
The Islamic Jihad movement considered the assassination attack carried out by the Israeli air-force in Gaza, on Thursday at night, an open war declared by Israel against the movement and…
Five residents arrested in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, five residents in the villages of Saida, Allar and Atteel, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, broke into homes and arrested…
Army invades village near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn, the village of Saida, north of the Wets Bank city of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that dozens of military vehicles…
Army air strikes Gaza, seven killed and fifteen injured
Dr. Mahmoud Asaly, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, reported that seven Palestinians were killed, at least fifteen others were injured, some seriously, after the Israeli air-force shelled Tal…
Army air strikes Gaza, seven killed and fifteen injured
Dr. Mahmoud Asaly, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, reported that seven Palestinians were killed, at least fifteen others were injured, some seriously, after the Israeli air-force shelled Tal…
Sharon voids his meeting with Abbas
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to cancel his meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and said that he will not meet with him before he “acts against terrorism”.…
Sharon’s Final Solution
 A somewhat insolent but nonetheless honest comment was published in Israeli daily Haaretz in late September. It discussed Israel’s need of support (or rather its lack of), from the…
Israeli forces invade Jenin and arrest Islamic Jihad leader
As part of its campaign targeting Islamic Jihad operatives, some 50 Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested Sheikh Abdulhalim Izziddin, 37, leader of the…
Sharon vows nonstop offensive, soldiers shell Gaza, arrest residents in W. Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to carry out a “broad and nonstop” offensive in the Palestinian territories in retaliation to the Hadera suicide bombing which was carried out on…
Soldiers invade Hebron, arrest two
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, the West Bank city of Hebron and the villages of Doura and Al Shiokh, broke into dozens of homes and arrested two residents. The WAFA…
Resident arrested south of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers arrested a resident in Faroun village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Ali Sameer Al Lubbadi,…
Army bars Peace Now activists from entering Hebron
Israeli soldiers barred, on Wednesday, dozens of activists of the Israeli Peace Now movement from entering the West Bank city of Hebron to protest against Jewish settlements there. Soldiers closed…
Palestinian factions slam accusing a Palestinian group in Harriri’s assassination
The Palestinian factions slammed the section in the report of the UN investigator Detlev Mehlis, which accuses a Palestinian group of being involved in the assassination of the former Lebanese…
Six, including bombers’ father, arrested near Jenin
Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday at dawn, six residents in Qabatia and Anza villages, near the west Bank city of Jenin. Among the arrestees, the father of Hadera suicide bombing…
Abbas demands legislators to keep government until elections
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinian legislators to drop their demand to reform the government before the elections, saying it is a waste of time to form a…