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…
Lebanese Relief Effort Stalled
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…
Settlers threaten to refuse service in Lebanon if called up
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. …
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,…
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,…
Army takes one prisoner at Bel’a checkpoint east of Tulkarem
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…
Poll shows 70% approval rating for President Abbas, 62% for PM Haniyyeh
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…
Two residents taken prisoners in Hebron
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…
Israeli Airstrike on Lebanese Power Plant Leaves Toxic Oil Spill
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…
The refugees’ fury will be felt for generations to come
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…
Israeli warplanes flatten home in Gaza’s Bureij Refugee Camp
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 warplanes flatten home in Gaza’s Bureij Refugee Camp
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…
Army Jet fighters lunches missiles at areas in Gaza Strip
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…
One resident injured in army shelling to Rafah
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…
Israeli Supreme Court decides to allow Jewish extremist groups into Al Aqsa Mosque
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…
Army invades Nablus
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…
Army invades Qabatia village
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…
At Asira Al Shamaliyeh checkpoint, soldiers cheat and rob Palestinians
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…
Army troops chase residents on roads between Nablus and Tulkarem
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…
Army invades Al Fa’a village and refugee camp south of Tubas
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 calls in Sixth Brigade to South Lebanon, 15 000 troops ready for combat
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…
Battle in Baalbek:Conflicting Reports on Outcome
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…
Army naval boats, F16 and heavy artillery attacks Gaza strip
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…
Israel’s Wall of Horrors
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…
Report: “176 residents, including 40 children, killed; 872 injured since June 27â€ÂÂ
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…
Interview: Adel Samara
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…
Tuesday: two residents, including a child, killed in the Gaza Strip; another child dies of wounds
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…
Israeli government’s organized efforts to manipulate public forums on internet:Cyber soldiers:
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…
Palestine Today – August 1 2006
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Army takes one prisoner from Dora village near Hebron
Mayesser Abu Zneid, 40, was taken prisoner when Israeli troops invaded the village of Dora near the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. Abu Zneid is a mother…
Hundreds protest in front of the Holy Sepulchre Church against the Qana massacre
Hundreds of Jerusalem residents protested Tuesday morning in front of the Holy Sepulchre Church in the Old City of Jerusalem against the Qana massacre committed by the Israeli army on…
Army continues to confiscate residents’ IDs in Tubas
The Israeli army continued confiscating the ID cards of residents in the northern West Bank city of Tubas Tuesday morning. Troops set up a checkpoint between the city and…
Army invades Al-Shoka town east of Rafah
Israeli army troops and tanks invaded the town of Al-Shoka, east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday morning, with random heavy machine gun fire causing heavy damage to resident’s…
Three Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon
Qatar based Al Jazeera TV reported three Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon Tuesday. Troops shelled Ba’labak area near the Syrian borders and several…
Yousef is No Longer There!!!
"The Israelis at the Ekhelof hospital appeared ashamed and disappointed of their government’s horrible actions in Gaza, due to the deadly injuries it has been inflicting on Palestinians." “Yousef, Yousef,…
Palestinians living in exile urge leaders for a comprehensive prisoner exchange
Palestinians living in exile have united to urge Palestinian and Lebanese leaders to resolve the current conflict in the region. The Palestinian citizens sent letters to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Israeli forces storm humanitarian and media organizations in Tulkarem
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that about 15 Israeli troops invaded the town of Tulkarem at dawn Tuesday morning. Sources say that the forces raided the offices of The…
The army continues to close the villages of Proqen and Kofr Al-Deek
The Israeli troops continued Tuesday morning to close the main entrances of Proqen and Kofr Al-Deek villages west of the West Bank city of Salfit by erecting several check points…
Army detains scores of residents at the southern entrance of Nablus
Israeli soldiers detained scores of residents at the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that troops stopped civilian cars and residents on their…
Nelson Mandela Foundation visits Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons
A delegation from the Nelson Mandela Foundation visited Palestinian political prisoners at two Israeli prisons over the weekend. The delegation visited the Hadareem and Telmond Prisons to investigate living conditions…
Iran to Israel: disarmament of Israeli force for lasting peace
Tehran Post reports that Iran’s Defense minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar claims that the nuclear disarmament of the Israeli force would be the best way to establish lasting peace and security…
Arab street rallies behind Hezbollah
{mosimage)The capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and the ensuing Israeli retaliation against has created shock waves in the Middle East which are likely to bring about considerable changes,…
Interview: Ghassan Andoni – ‘The Palestinian Gandhi’
"Israel has actually from the early days of the invasion lost most of its deterrence cards against Hezbollah but apparently Hezbollah still has the possibility of disrupting life in central…
Palestinian children demonstrate solidarity with their Lebanese counterparts
The children of Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus took to the streets on Monday to protest the war crimes being committed by the Israeli military and to demonstrate their solidarity…
Israeli Army ransacks Media center in Tulkarem.
On Tuesday at dawn the Israeli army ransacked the offices of the Mass Press media center in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Soldiers forced their way into the office’s…
Army invades Jenin city and the near by Qabatia village
Israeli forces invaded the west bank city of Jenin and the nearby Qabatia village on Tuesday morning. Troops and army jeeps entered both Jenin and Qabatia village from different directions…
Palestine Today – July 31 2006
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‘We never said we would suspend all air strikes completely’
Although Israel had declared a 48-hour suspension of air raids after it was universally condemned for the bombing in Qana, the IAF has continued to bomb Southern villages on the…
Hezbollah claims destroying an Israeli warship
Hezbollah said it had managed to destroy an Israeli military boat near the shores of Tyre Tuesday night. The ship’s model is Sa’ar 4.5 and had some 53 crew members…
Israeli Prime Minister: No ceasefire; prepare for blood, pain and tears
"We are fighting against murderous terrorists and the war will not stop until we clear them from the border. The fighting continues. There is no ceasefire and there will not…
600 Palestinians taken prisoner by Israel over the past month
In an official report, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israeli soldiers took 600 Palestinian residents prisoners since the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from a…
600 Palestinians taken prisoner by Israel over the past month
In an official report, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israeli soldiers took 600 Palestinian residents prisoners since the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from a…
Qana Massacre again: A Message to fellow Americans
It is almost unbelievable that after the US speeded delivery of guided bombs to Israel, Israel forces shell civilians in Qana killing at least 37 children, the same city in…
Detainees in the Negev on Hunger Strike protesting attacks in Gaza, Lebanon
The Palestine News Network reported on Monday that at least 2320 detainees in the Israeli Negev detention Facility, announced a one day Hunger Strike in protest to the Israeli attacks…
‘Day of Mourning’ observed in Lebanon for victims of Sunday’s ‘Qana Massacre’
The nation of Lebanon observed a national day of mourning following the ‘Qana massacre’ on Sunday, in which 58 civilians, including 38 children, were killed by an Israeli airstrike. Rescue…
Israeli airforce violates commitment to pause airstrikes in Lebanon; bombs have not stopped falling
Local sources in southern Lebanon have reported that Israeli air strikes have continued unabated despite public promises made by Israeli officials Sunday night that the strikes would pause for 48…
Resident dies of wounds suffered last week in Gaza, two reportedly killed in Dir Al Balah
Palestinian sources reported on Monday afternoon that one resident died of wounds suffered ten days ago during an Israeli military shelling to Al Maghazi refugee camp. Two residents were reportedly…
Arms shipment from United States to Israel forced to re-route flight due to protests
Two US cargo planes believed to be carrying bombs bound for Israel have failed to land for refuelling at a Scottish airport, where a protest was staged at the expected…
Child killed in Beit Hanoun, five injured in Gaza City
Monday afternoon, Israeli soldiers fired tank and artillery shells at Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one child while he was standing in front…
15 Palestinian local radio stations participate in joint broadcast in solidarity with Lebanon
Fifteen Palestinian local radio stations from all over the West Bank and Gaza strip have designated Monday as a day of solidarity with the Lebanese people. The joint broadcast, called…
Army installs a military checkpoint to the south of Al Far’a village near Salfit
Israeli army troops installed a military checkpoint to the south of the Al Far’a village near Salfit for the second day in row Monday. Soldiers stopped residents and civilian cars,…
Army takes one prisoner at military checkpoint near Yatta village north of Hebron
The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Yatta village military checkpoint took one man prisoner Monday. Troops stopped Mossa Dawoed, 35, at the checkpoint, searched him, then checked his ID card…
Army jets continue attack on Lebanon
Israeli air force jet fighters continued their air strikes Monday on the eastern areas of Lebanon, only hours after the Israel military announced it will suspend its bombardment on the…
Army takes one prisoner at a checkpoint near Hebron
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Hebron have taken one residents prisoner Monday. Ahmad Ebiat, who lives in the near by city…
Army stops residents and students from Nablus to enter Ramallah
Israeli soldiers stationed at several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Nablus have stopped residents and students from traveling to Ramallah Monday. Troops at Za’tara and Howwara checkpoints…
Army takes a prisoner from Alar village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli army took Ala’ Houssen, 20, prisoner during a predawn invasion to the village of Alar, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Monday. Houssen was taken to…
Army invades Iktaba area in Tulkarem and takes three prisoners
The Israeli army troops invaded Iktaba area east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and took three residents as prisoners, Monday morning. The three were identified as; Mohamed Alariah,…
Army invades Iktaba area in Tulkarem and takes three prisoners
The Israeli army troops invaded the Iktaba area east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday morning, taking three residents prisoners. The three were identified as: Mohamed Alariah, 18,…
Army takes three prisoners from Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Monday at dawn, taking three residents prisoners, local sources reported. Troops and jeeps entered the city from several directions and searched…
Israeli contravention of international law: delaying ambulances at all costs amid myriad excuses
At military roadblocks between Palestinian cities in the West Bank Israeli forces continue to contravene international law, specifically the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit interference in medical procedures. Dr. Ali Al…
Resident dies of wounds from last week attack
Yousif Al Maghari, 22, died Monday morning of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army invasion to the Al Maghazi refugee camp last week. Al Maghari was shot by Israeli…
Army jet fighter shell a house in Gaza city
An Israeli jet fighter fired several missiles into a house in Gaza city Monday at dawn, completely destroying the Al Shikh Radwan area home in central Gaza.
Army takes one prisoner from Bethlehem
Israeli army troops took Awwad Friha, 38, as prisoner during predawn invasion to the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday. Troops and several army jeeps stormed the city, surrounded Friha’s…
Israeli forces creating ‘Dead zone’ in southern Lebanon while airstrikes on hold
"By Wednesday we are going to establish a two-kilometer (one-mile) wide ‘security zone’ in which there will be no infrastructure or sign of Hezbollah’s presence," Israeli army operations chief General…
Arab women reporters on frontlines of Lebanon war
A male news anchor appeared on screen from the safety of Arabic station Al-Jazeera’s studio in Doha as two female correspondents in full war gear reported live from both sides…
Israeli forces withdraw from Bint Jbeil
Israeli forces pulled out of the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil yesterday on the 18th day of the Middle East crisis. Israeli troops had raided the Hizbollah stronghold, 2.5…
Gaza in darkness; quickly running out of water
The irony is almost beyond belief. Since the capture of an Israeli soldier, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to a large-scale military operation, what Israel calls “Summer Rain”. Because…
Israeli checkpoint procedures tightened throughout West Bank
With Israeli invasions ongoing in both Lebanon and Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank report that Israeli forces have begun tightening already strict procedures that Palestinians must endure at the…
From New Orleans to Gaza
On Sunday, August 29th of last year, the hurricane we’d been watching metastasize in the Gulf of Mexico crossed from sea to land, disfiguring and permanently altering the city of…
Debunking Israeli myths about its war on Lebanon
It is an accepted theory that truth is the first casualty of war. In the present Israeli war on Lebanon spin is certainly the first victor. The misinformation and the…
Palestinian Prisoners Society demands release of all detainees from Israel prisons
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) released a report stating there are currently dozens of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons who were arrested “in peace times” and before the Oslo agreements,…
Haniiya slams Israeli crimes in Lebanon, demands sanctions on Israel
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, expressed shock over “the Israeli crimes against the Lebanese people”, and demanded the International Community to impose sanctions on Israel after the army killed 58…
Israeli soldiers arrest five Palestinians and loot shops in Qalqilia
In a large-scale campaign against the northwestern West Bank city of Qalqilia Sunday, Israeli soldiers terrorized residents on myriad levels. Beginning by invading the city at 2:00 am, Israeli forces…
Israeli settlers and soldiers beat several Palestinians and make arrests in Hebron
Israeli soldiers beat three Dura Village residents, southwest of Hebron Sunday. Medical sources at the southern West Bank’s city hospital reported that the victims are covered in contusions and bruises…
Israeli ‘elite unit’ averted in attempted invasion of At-Taybah; 8 soldiers killed
As Israeli airplanes continue to rain bombs down upon all parts of southern Lebanon, killing dozens of civilians today alone, the attempts at ground invasions have continued to prove difficult,…
Army shells houses in Rafah
Sunday, Israeli soldiers fired artillery shells at several houses in Al Shouka town, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers stationed…
Residents injured in Beit Hanoun, army shells a house, a hospital, in Gaza, child injured in Rafah
Saturday after midnight, Israeli forces shelled several houses in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, several residents were injured. In Gaza city, soldiers shelled house Al…
Army assassinates Islamic Jihad activist in Nablus
Saturday evening, under-cover units of the Israeli army assassinated a member of the Islamic Jihad and injured another fighter in Al Habla neighborhood, in the Old City of Nablus, north…
Army closes Beit Iba checkpoint, west of Nablus
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Beit Iba checkpoint, located at the western entrance of the west bank city of Nablus, closed it on Saturday morning for over four hours. Troops…
Army invades Al Fokharee neighbourhood, Khan Younis
On Saturday morning, Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Fokharee neighborhood, south of Khan Younis town, in the eastern Gaza strip. Odah Al Omor, the mayor of Al Fokharee village…
Army closes entrance of Wadi Al Far’a village, south of Tubas
Israeli army forces closed the entrance of Wadi Al Far’a village, south of the West Bank city of Tubas, early on Saturday morning. Troops and jeeps sealed the area and…
Army invades Jenin, its refugee camp and the nearby Qabatia village
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp and the outlying village of Qabatia, on Saturday at dawn. Army vehicles and bulldozers stormed the city and…
Army invades Tuqa village, east of Bethlehem
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Tuqa on Saturday at dawn, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Security sources in the village reported that several armored jeeps…
Rice to meet Olmert on Saturday night
Israeli sources reported that the United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, headed to the Middle East in order to hold talks with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to…
Troops arrest a Palestinian Military Medic in Hebron
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian military medic in southern Hebron, in the west Bank, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The agency stated that troops arrested Ahmad Noah…
Israeli court sentences two young Bethlehem men to 21 life terms
An Israeli military court sentenced two young Bethlehem men to 21 life terms and additional 15 Ahmed Salah from Deheisha Refugee Camp, 24, and Zaher Mekdad from Bethlehem City, 26,…
Army shells several areas in southern Lebanon
Israeli air force fired missiles, on Saturday, at the area of Al Safeer, in Al Dahia Al Janoubiyya area in Beirut, and shelled Jarhou’ area in southern Lebanon. Also, troops…
Six Israeli soldiers injured in southern Lebanon
Friday afternoon, fighters of Hezbollah party attacked several Israeli military vehicles and tanks stationed in Maroun Al Ras and Eitaron areas in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah fighters said they shot down…
Israeli police fire stun grenades, tear gas at worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police, who control the entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, have been preventing anyone under 40 years old from praying on Thursday and Friday, today firing tear gas…
Resident dies of wounds suffered on Thursday, elderly man injured in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian residents died of wounds sustained on Thursday evening, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, while an elderly…