Peretz: Israel will not hold back because of diplomatic efforts
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Haaretz Tuesday that Israel would not hold back because of diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis. Israel is prepared to do whatever it takes…
Turkey cancels USD 500 million deal with aircraft industry
In protest at the Israeli attacks against , has canceled a deal with Israel Aircraft Industries to upgrade aircraft, Israeli sources said on Tuesday. The cancellation of this deal is…
Palestine Today – August 08, 2006
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Number of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon Tuesday rises to five
An Israeli military sources reported on Tuesday that one soldier died on Tuesday afternoon during in clashes with Hezbollah fighters. A medical source in Zef Hospital in Safad reported and…
Dozens of Katusha shells fired into northern Israel
Israeli sources reported tat at least two Israelis were wounded after Hezbollah gunmen fired some 100 Katusha shells into northern Israel on Tuesday, damage to constructions was reported. The two…
Lebanese sources: `“1000 Lebanese killed, 3369 injured sine July 12`
According to official Lebanese sources, at least 1000 residents were killed and 3369 were injured since the clashes started in July 12, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The Higher Relief…
Army takes one prisoner from Bir Al Bash village near Jenin
Israeli army troops took, Sami Ghawadra, 20, prisoner during an invasion to Bir Al Bash village near the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday. Soldiers searched several houses and…
One child injured by Israeli military fire in Beit Lahia
One child was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in Beit Lahia twon in the northern part of the Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon. The child was injured when army…
Fighting Rages as Diplomats at U.N. Exert Efforts to Work Out Plan More Favorable to Lebanon
Battles between Israeli forces and Hizbullah fighters raged Tuesday across south Lebanon as diplomats at the United Nations worked frantically to hammer out a peace plan that would take into…
The Draft UN Resolution on Lebanon
It is impossible to speak of a Hizbullah victory’ when nearly a thousand Lebanese civilians have been killed, thousands more injured, a million people internally displaced; and Lebanon’s infrastructure, environment…
Toll of a war that shames the world
It is 28 days since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, prompting a ground and air assault on by the Israeli army. In that time, 932 people have been killed in…
Army takes three prisoners and injures two in Qabatia village
The Israeli army conducted a wide scale military offensive in the village of Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday morning, which led to the imprisonment of three…
Army takes one prisoner from Qarowwit Beni Hasan village
The Israeli army took one prisoner during an invasion of Qarowwit Beni Hasan village near Sulfit city in the West Bank late Monday night. The prisoner was identified as Aziz…
Army takes one prisoner from Deheisha refugee camp.
Israeli army forces stormed Deheisha refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday morning and took one prisoner. Nader Abd Rabu, 24, who works as a security…
Army takes five prisoners from Taqua village near Bethlehem.
Five residents were taken prisoner when Israeli army troops invaded the village of Taqua located east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem early Tuesday morning. The prisoners were identified…
Army invades Jenin city and its refugee camp
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Tuesday at dawn. According to local residents, a massive number of army vehicles and jeeps stormed…
Intense fighting in Qabatiya Village as Israeli forces invade and arrest Al Aqsa leader
Israeli forces arrested Al Aqsa Brigades leader Mohammad Adib Hanaish while invading Qabatiya Village southwest of Jenin Tuesday. Members of the armed Palestinian resistance began fighting back at dawn as…
Army continues to shell northern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli heavy artillery continued shelling northern parts of the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning. The shelling targeted residential areas in Beit Lahya, Jabalia refugee camp and Beit Hanoun. No injuries…
Army takes four prisoners from Nablus
Four residents, including the wife of a political prisoner, were taken prisoner during an Israeli invasion of the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday morning. A massive army force stormed…
Army invades Kofer Daann village near Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Kofer Daann west of the West Bank city of Jenin late Monday night. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village from several directions…
Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights issued its report for the month of July on Israeli violations in the Governorate of Occupied Jerusalem. A sample of the report…
Three Moroccan Jews sue Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz for War Crimes
Lawyers for leftist activist Abraham Tsarfati, author Amran al-Malich and human rights group official Zion Asidon filed a petition against Peretz, a Moroccan-born Israeli, to Rabat’s high court. They say…
Bethlehem children hold nonviolent demonstration in support of Gaza and Lebanon
The Young Men’s Christian Association and the Ministry of Sport and Youth helped organize Monday’s event which condemned “the massacres being carried out by against the children, women and the…
Ultimate act of Palestinian nonviolent resistance: We refuse to leave our home
In the southern Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis Refugee Camp 72 year old Mohammad Salameh received notice to evacuate his family home. Israeli warplanes were overhead and intended to continue the…
Solidarity from the south: Chilean group calls for withdrawal of ambassador to Israel
It is clear that Israel, the occupying power, does not care about the international condemnation of its actions in the occupied Territories, nor of its constant violations of international law.…
Boston Man Walks 123 Miles to Send Medical Supplies to Palestine
Marty Wrin, Boston-based activist and Grassroots International staff member walked over 120 miles in 36 hours to raise money and awareness to ship medical supplies to hospitals and clinics in…
UEFA bars Israel from hosting international soccer games until further notice
The European football governing body, UEFA, decided on Monday to bar Israel from hosting international soccer matches until further notice, as a result of violence in the region. The UEFA…
Palestine Today – August 07, 2006
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Death toll in Lebanon rises to 769 people, mostly civilians, 94 Israelis
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…
Funeral for UN, Arab League and International Conscience in Palestine
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…
Israeli Offensive To Continue Until Ceasefire Agreement
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…
Two residents injured in Nuba village near Hebron
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…
Army invades Kafr Ra’ee village, west of Jenin
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 invade Hebron and take five Palestinians prisoners
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…
One resident taken prisoner in Nablus
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…
Israel attempts to assassinate Palestinian P.M, by an envelope containing suspicious material
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, …
Dozens killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
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…
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
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…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp
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…
Three Israelis injured in Hezbollah shelling across the north
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…
Five residents taken prisoners from Hebron
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…
Army jetfighters fire missiles into a house in Beit Lahia
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…
Army invades the West Bank city of Bethlehem
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…
Army takes one resident as prisoner from Tubas
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…
PLC Member taken prisoner from Ramallah
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…
In evening shelling, 13 killed in a village in Al Biqa’, 15 in al Dahiya, 69 total on Monday
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…
Three residents taken prisoners In Jenin refugee camp
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,…
Soldiers assassinate a leader of the Al Quds brigades near Jenin
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…
Soldiers invade Nablus, take two Palestinians prisoners
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…
Child killed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah
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…
Four Palestinians, including two teen brothers, killed in Rafah
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…
Soldiers fire at electricity network near Jenin
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…
Israeli commando raid in Tyre
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…
Palestinian killed in the West Bank city of Nablus
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…
Twelve Israeli soldiers killed, fifteen injured, near Keryat Shmoneh settlement
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…
International News Safety Institute: attacks on journalists are war crimes
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.…
Four Palestinians, including two teen brothers, killed in Rafah
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…
Palestinian Ministry of Health: Israeli forces kill 177 & injure 1,010 Palestinians in July
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…
Mother, two daughters, killed in Katusha strike that hit a Bedouin village
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…
Bil’in residents, peace activists protest the Wall, Israel’s offensive in Lebanon and Palestine
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…
UN Says Water, Fuel Shortages could lead to Epidemics in Lebanon
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.…
Israeli air strikes hit several areas across the Lebanese border, five killed and twenty injured
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…
Israeli shells kill 33 Syrian and Lebanese farmworkers
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…
This Week in Palestine, August Week 1
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At least 23 Lebanearm farm workers killed by Israeli strikes
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…
Danger of Epidemics in South Lebanon
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. …
Analysis: Was the capturing of the Israeli soldiers interceptive?
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…
Demonstration in Al-Khader Changes Course
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…
UN Agencies Say Friday’s Raids Cut off Routes for Aid, Escape for Refugees
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…
Four Palestinians, including a 5-day old infant, killed in Rafah, 12 killed since Thursday
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…
Jenin women protest Israeli aggression in Lebanon and Palestine
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 injured in Bil’in protest against annexation wall
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…
Palestinian prisoners participate in hunger strike at Jalameh Prison
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…
Six Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon
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…
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
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…
Moroccan Jews call for trial of war criminal , Moroccan citizen,Amir Peretz
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…
Venezuela withdraws its ambassador from Israel before any Arab countries
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…
Israel bombs four bridges in Lebanon, killing five people
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, Gaza
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…
Three more Palestinians killed; making total of 11, including child, killed Thursday in Rafah
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…
Hezbollah leader warns Israel that if they ‘hit Beirut’, Hezbollah will ‘hit Tel Aviv’
"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…
B’Tselem Report: Almost Half the Palestinian Fatalities in July were Civilians
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 slams Israel for targeting Lebanese civilians
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…
Lebanon death toll ‘exceeds 900’, 250.000 displaced
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…
Seven killed by Hezbollah shells into northern Israel
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…
Palestine Today – August 3 2006
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Filmmakers bring Palestinian struggle to London
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…
Army takes one prisoner from Al-Biereh town near Ramallah
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…
Israeli police close the old city of Jerusalem, bars residents under 45 from entering Al Aqsa Mosque
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…
Palestinian resistance fighters fire homemade shells into Sderot, and at a nearby army post
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…
Following threats by Israeli extremist groups to attack the mosque, Israeli police closes it
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…
2 Israeli soldiers killed, 13 injured in clashes with Hezbollah fighters, shell kills one Israeli
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…
Army attacks a family in Beit Awwa village in Hebron, three family members injured
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…
Army shells east and north Gaza
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…
Settlers continue their attacks in the northern Jordan Valley areas
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,…
Israeli military withdraws original claim that ‘rockets had been fired’ from Qana
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…
11 Soldiers injured in clashes with Hezbollah fighters, several Israelis injured by Katyusha shells
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…
Protest in Al-Jedayda and Al-Makar villages against the Israeli attacks on Palestine
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…