Israel rejects ultimatum, resistance close discussion over captured soldier
After rejected the offer by the Palestinian resistance to swap the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit with 1000 Palestinian women and children prisoners in Israeli jails, the Palestinian resistance groups…
Israeli forces surround Palestinian police station in Ramallah
Palestinian police arrested several members of the al-Aqsa Brigades who they claim are responsible for killing an Israeli settler last week. The Israeli armed forces then raided the police station…
Two Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks advance on northern Gaza
In the latest attack as part of the "Summer Rain" Operation, Israeli tanks have advanced across the border with the Gaza Strip and attacked the Palestinian village of Beit Hanoun. …
Israeli leadership rejects Palestinian ultimatum; but willing to release some prisoners
The Israeli Minister of Justice Haim Ramon warned Monday of a harsh military response in the Gaza Strip if a captured Israeli soldier is harmed by his Palestinian captors, saying,…
Palestine Today – July 03, 2006
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Israeli Army Raids Nablus Hospital in Search of Resistance Fighter
Physicians for Human Rights condemned the actions of the Israeli Army who raided a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday. The organization stated that in keeping…
Palestinian prisoner’s daughter writes to Gilad Shalit’s mother
In a press conference held on Sunday in Ramallah, 14 year old Iman, the daughter of a Palestinian held in an Israeli prison, revealed the contents of a letter which…
Beit Ummar residents, internationals continue resistance to Israeli bulldozers
For the second consecutive day, the people of the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar, with support from international activists, have blocked Israeli bulldozers attemptings to destroy Palestinian farmland…
Resident injured in Abassan village east of Khan Younis in Gaza strip
Tha’er Abu Doka, 16, was injured in an explosion left by the Israeli army in the Abassan village east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. The boy was moved…
Army attack shepherds in Al Borj area east of Tubass
Israeli army troops chased and attacked shepherds in the Borj area east of the West Bank city of Tubass Monday. Soldiers attacked the shepherds while they were herding their sheep…
Israeli Army arrests three residents from Iskaka village,releasing one after two hours
The Israeli army invaded the village of Iskaka near the West Bank city of Salfit and arrested three residents and releasing only one of the three after two hours. Troops…
Army invades Tulkarem and storms orphanage
Israeli forces have attacked and search Tulkarum orphanage in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Monday morning. At around 4:00 am troops and jeeps stormed the house searched it…
The Israeli Army invade Nablus and damage the fire station and dairy products factory headquarters
On Monday at dawn the Israeli army have invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and attacked the fire station and dairy factory headquarters causing severe damage. Army jeeps and…
Deadline: 6am July 4th
Palestinian factions responsible for the capture of the Israeli soldier released their third military communique setting a deadline for the conclusion of negotiations.Palestinian factions responsible for the capture of the…
Amr Mousa: “International community is not dealing seriously with Israel’s aggression’
Secretary-general of the Arab-League in Cairo, Amr Mousa, slammed the international community for not seriously dealing with the continuous Israeli aggression and attacks against the Palestinian people. Mousa told…
Army invades Tubas, arrests one resident
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Tubas, early Monday morning, and arrested one resident. Morad Khader was arrested when troops stormed the city and fired random rounds…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin
Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin , and fired randomly at residents houses. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city…
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza, five in two days
Monday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was killed in a targeted killing strike while the other is a…
Two fighters killed in Gaza’s Arafat International Airport
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses say that two members of Palestinian resistance were killed Sunday evening as Israeli forces attacked Arafat International Airport in the town of Rafah in the…
Army invades Bethlehem and storms several local NGOs offices
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday morning, storming two local Non-governmental organizations offices and several shops. Scores of army jeeps and soldiers invaded the…
Army arrests two residents from Al Shawaoura village east Bethlehem
Israeli army troops arrested two residents in the village of Al Shawaoura, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, during a invasion at dawn Monday. Army jeeps stormed the…
Olmert: “I instructed the army to hurt anyone who carries attacks against our soldiersâ€ÂÂ
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmet told his cabinet during a meeting Sunday that he instructed the “defense establishment” to "strike and hurt anyone who bears responsibility of attacks against Israel."…
300 Palestinians stuck at the Rafah border crossing
Some three hundred Palestinian residents are currently stuck at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after Israeli closed the Palestinian side. Palestinian officials are currently holding talks with…
Army invades Ramallah, arrests Fateh member
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday morning and exchanged fire with resistance fighters before arresting one member of the Fateh movement. No injuries were reported in…
US-based Palestinian activists and supporters draft the Detroit Declaration
A Connecticut based Palestinian activist, Mazin Qumsiyeh, attended a meeting in Detroit out of which came a document entitled the “Detroit Declaration.” He sent it to PNN and the statement…
Soldiers at Annexation Wall gate delay ambulance carrying sick child for two hours
Israeli soldiers guarding the gate of the annexation Wall near Azoun Atma village, 10 kilometers to the south of Qalqlia in the northern West Bank, stopped an ambulance transferring a…
Amnesty International: Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip are war crimes
PNN is reprinting the latest report released by Amnesty International under the title, “Deliberate attacks a war crime” as Israeli forces continue the onslaught on the Gaza Strip. “Deliberate attacks…
Palestinian Executive Force member killed in Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported that a member of the Palestinian Executive Force was killed Sunday at dawn after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a center belonging to…
Israeli gunships fire missiles at the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister
Sunday at dawn. Israeli air force fired several missiles at the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya in Gaza City; Damage, no injuries, was reported Local sources…
Israeli forces destroy Palestinian leader’s office, kill resistance fighter in separate airstrikes
An Israeli missile struck the Palestinian prime minister’s office in Gaza late Saturday night, marking a new escalation in the crisis over the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian…
Two Palestinians injured in Khan Younis; army occupies Palestinian security post
A Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that twelve Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al Fareheen area, south-east of Kahn Younis in the southern part of the Gaza…
Alliance of seven armed groups announces the formation of an “abduction unitâ€ÂÂ
Seven Palestinian armed factions declared Saturday evening that they have formed a group that will be solely responsible for abducting Israeli soldiers or carrying out attacks against them if they…
Army shells two houses and injures one residents in Abssan village east of Khan Younis
Israeli Army tanks shelled two houses in Abssan village, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip, injuring one resident Saturday afternoon. Fou’ad Al Daghmah, 52, was injured when…
Army fires at dozens of homes east of Khan Younis
Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of home in Abasan Al Jadeeda area, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA,…
Israeli Press: Army May Ban Tourists From Holy Sites
The Israeli army says it will forbid entry foreign visitors access to all of the the occupied territories in the West Bank, according to a June 22nd article in the…
Resistance: “Abducted soldier suffered mild stomach injury, examined by a physicianâ€ÂÂ
Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza reported on Saturday that the abducted Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was examined by a Palestinian physician a few days after his abduction, and that he…
Killing a Nation to Rescue a Soldier
From where I sit, that soldier appears to have become one more pawn in Tel Aviv’s attempt to destroy forever the Palestinian hope of a homeland. I am so tired…
Army seals Al Baq’a area east Tubas
Israeli army troops closed Al Baq’a area east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and stopped the local farmers from reaching there, Saturday morning. Soldiers barred the local residents…
Army invades Abssan village east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza
The Israeli army tanks and bulldozers have invaded the Abssan village, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. More than 10 tanks and several bulldozers invaded the…
South Hebron Villages Persist to Resist
Today, June 30th, the people of Qawawis accompanied by people from Tuwanwi and other neighboring villages as well as Israeli and international activists demonstrated against the settlements and the wall.…
Families flee as Israel’s siege of Gaza continues
Rockets blaze across a pitch-black sky, illuminating Gaza, its empty streets concealing terrified families behind closed doors, praying for an end to the siege. The onslaught commenced early the morning…
More Settler Vandalism in Hebron
Israeli settler youth have continued to trash an internationally funded project intended to make it safer for Palestinian girls living in the Tel Rumeida section of Al-Khalil (Hebron) to reach…
Report: Israel will demolish one of Jerusalem’s seven historic gates
The Israeli Archeology department decided to destroy one of the gates in the Jerusalem old wall, which leads to the Aqsa mosque yards, in the old city, media reports said…
Israeli Army invades Al Aqba village east of Tubas
The Israeli army invaded the Aqba village east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Saturday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the village and deployed troops near the village council…
Army moves Mayor of Qalqilia from Howwara detention center to the hospital
Wajeh Qawas, the Mayor of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, was transferred from Howwara detention center to an Israeli hospital after suffering from a heart condition, on Saturday morning.…
Army installs new ‘temporary’ checkpoint near Ein Al Bida village in the Jordan valley
The Israeli army troops have installed a portable checkpoint near Ein Al Bida village in the valley, Saturday morning, making the number of such checkpoints in the West Bank reach…
Israeli Army invades Jenin and searches houses there
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday morning, ransacked one house and searched several others. Troops surrounded the house of Yousif Al Qubtawi, forced him…
United Church of Canada’s Toronto Branch Announces Boycott of Israeli Products
United Church of Canada’s Toronto branch announced a boycott Thursday of Israeli products and companies that do business with the Israeli Army. Their decision also supports CUPE’s (the National Public…
Palestinian resistance demands 1,000 Palestinian detainees be released in exchange for soldier
A new ultimatum issued by resistance groups holding an Israeli soldier captive demanded the release of 1,000 of the over 8,000 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel – including women,…
The games children play in Gaza
Most areas of the Gaza Strip are currently experiencing an extremely difficult period — Israeli warplanes and tanks never stop, day or night, firing heavy artillery against every target possible.…
Army shells Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired missiles at several targets in Rafah, and Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip an in Gaza City. Israeli military sources claimed…
Member of the Al Aqsa Brigades arrested after an 18-hour battle in Nablus
Israeli soldiers arrested Fuad Al Shahroor, after surrounding him in the eastern Graveyard area in Nablus for eighteen hours. Ongoing clashes resumed between fighters and soldiers in several areas of…
Israel revokes Jerusalem residency rights of top Hamas leaders
The Al Quds Centre for Social-Economic Rights condemned on Friday the decision by the Israeli Interior Minister Ronny Bar-On to revoke the Jerusalem residency of four top Hamas officials. …
Fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades say they abducted a soldier in the West Bank
A statement released by a group that belongs to the Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported that it abducted an Israeli soldier in the west Bank. The…
Army shells electricity generators in central Gaza
Friday after midnight, the Israeli air force fired missiles at electricity generators in the central Gaza Strip causing complete power blackout in the whole area. Eyewitnesses reported that the…
Thousands protest in Arab and Muslim countries against Gaza offensive
Thousands of residents in several of Arab and Muslim countries protested on Friday in support of the Palestinian people facing the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The protests…
Three Islamic Jihad fighters injured in Gaza
Friday night Palestinian medical sources reported that three residents, members of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a…
Army looking into claim of a soldier’s abduction in the West Bank
An Israeli military sources reported on Friday that the Israeli Security is looking into a statement by the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh regarding the abduction of…
Soldiers breake into detainees rooms in Megiddo Detention Facility
A press release issued by the Media Office of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank revealed that prison administration and soldiers at the Megiddo Israeli detention facility broke…
From the moment of their arrest, Palestinian governments begins hunger strike
Palestinian human rights organization sources are reporting identical information regarding an immediate call by Palestinian detainees in Israeli Prisons for hunger strike upon the arrest of Palestinian government officials. The…
Three residents injured in Israeli air strike in northern Gaza
Friday evening, three Palestinians was injured in an Israel air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources reported. An Israeli military source confirmed the attack and said that a…
Palestinians, Israelis and internationals protest in Bil’in against the Israeli attacks in Gaza
Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and protested against the Israeli military operations…
This Week in Palestine, June Week 4
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Palestinian PM: Israeli attacks obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier
The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said that the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier, who was captured by the Palestinian resistance…
Palestinian killed in Nablus, 15 injured 1 seriously
Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Nablus reported that one resident was killed, at least thirty were injured, during clashes that erupted in the city after the…
Israeli Prime Minister: We didn’t reject Hamas conditions for soldier’s release
Friday morning, Israeli authorities announced that they have not rejected a proposal put forth by Hamas for the release of the Israeli soldier captured Sunday, as was stated by Egyptian…
Two Palestinians die of wounds suffered at dawn, several months ago
A Palestinian medical source at the Rafah Governmental Hospital reported that a resident succumbed to serious injuries sustained a few months ago during an air strike that targeted a group…
Israeli forces arrest non-violent anti-Wall organizers in late-night raids
Palestinians active in the non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night, according to a statement from the International…
Archbishop Hanna: Israeli aggression against the Palestinians is an ugly crime
Archbishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, described the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "an ugly crime, an organized…
Shooting Down Chances for Middle East Peace
The chance for peace is such a fleeting thing. Blink and you miss it. Open your eyes again and the guys with the biggest guns have shot peace down. I…
Weather forecast for Gaza: ‘Summer rain’
The Israeli Occupation Forces have called this a "Summer Shower" of their re-occupation (as if they ever left) of Gaza. While I’m hearing this, I feel like I’m watching my…
At least four civilians, one fighter injured by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Thursday after midnight, one Palestinian fighter was seriously injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the souther part of the Gaza Strip. At least four civilians were injured…
Israel bombs Palestinian Interior Ministry, Second Power plant, Charitable societies in Gaza
Airstrikes from Israeli planes have destroyed the Interior Ministry in Gaza City as Israeli forces continue to destroy Palestinian infrastructure and civil installations in a bid to totally destroy the…
Egyptian President: “Israel rejected Hamas’ conditions to release abducted soldierâ€ÂÂ
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that Hamas has conditionally agreed to free the abducted Israeli soldier but Israel rejected the conditions set by the group for the release…
House shelled in Rafah
Israeli air force shelled a civilian house in southern Gaza city of Thursday after midnight, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. The shelled house is located behind the Al Shuhada…
Israeli air force shell the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza City was destroyed shortly after midnight Thursday from Israeli missiles, Palestinian witnesses reported. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building.…
Child injured in Israeli shelling to the northern Gaza Strip
A Palestinian medical source Gaza reported that one Palestinian child was injured, shortly after midnight Thursday when an Israeli F16 fighter jet fired missiles at several areas in the northern…
Palestine Today – June 29, 2006
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PLC Deputy Head: ‘Israeli incursion is an attack on the Palestinian political system’
Deputy Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, said the abduction of eight Hamas ministers and 24 Hamas PLC members is a kidnapping of national personalities, and as…
When is the capture of an enemy soldier a ‘kidnapping’ or an ‘abduction?’
When is the legitimate right to self-defense against a mighty military machine by a defenseless people called ‘terrorism’? The answer, a puzzling one, is that it is called ‘terrorism’ by…
Several residents injured in Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled stones…
Several residents injured in Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas Thursday and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled…
PRC says time is not on the side of the captured Israeli soldier
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) spokesman gave three possible scenarios as to the current status of the captured Israeli soldier at a press conference in Gaza on Thursday. The first…
Fighters blow hole in Gaza-Egypt border wall
Thursday, a group of Palestinian fighters blew a 4-meter hole into the border wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Two Palestinian security men were injured in the border…
Army discovers the body of kidnapped settler
The Israeli army troops discovered the body of kidnapped Israeli settler Eliyahu Asheri in Tira neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday at dawn. A large force stormed…
Israeli army distributes leaflets warning residents of military operations
Israeli warplanes flying over Gaza have been dropping leaflets, in addition to bombs, on the Palestinians living there. The IMEMC managed to obtain a copy of the leaflet, and have…
Israeli Army claims to have found body of abducted settler in Ramallah
In a pre-dawn invasion of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli forces apparently found the body of an Israeli settler abducted on Monday, having been tipped off as to…
Army levels four houses and bulldozes scores of dunams of farming lands in Rafah
The Israeli army bulldozers and tanks leveled four houses and bulldozed scores of dunams of farming lands in Al Shoka area in Rafah city, in the southeastern part of the…
Army arrests five residents in Hebron
Israeli army troops arrested five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mohamed Shabanah, Bilal Ziton, Ahmad Qadimat, Tha’er Al Shalada and…
Israeli Army continues its arrest campaign in Nablus, invading and arresting 14 residents
The Israeli forces continued the arrest campaign in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested 14 residents, Thursday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city, conducted a wide-scale…
8 Ministers, 20 MPs abducted by Israel, PM is not immune
Israeli troops invaded several areas in the West Bank late Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning, abducting 64 Palestinian officials, including 8 ministers, 20 lawmakers, and a…
Army increases its presence in Salfit and invades several villages
Israeli army troops have increased their presences in the West Bank city of Salfit after invading several neighboring village Thursday morning. Soldiers installed military checkpoints on the main city roads…
Army arrests 24 residents from Hebron
The Israeli army has arrested 24 residents from village and town around the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday morning. The Army arrested Abd Al Men’em Mojahed, 36, and Yihia…
One resident injured in Khan-Younis
Salem Al Beih, 45, was injured when Israeli army tanks shelled farm lands at the eastern borders of city of Khan -Younis in the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn. Medical…
Air force fighters throw leaflets warning Gaza residents from moving or gathering
The Israeli air force jet fighters threw leaflets late Wednesday night in northern Gaza Strip, warning residents irom gathering or moving. The leaflets were dropped in Biet Lahia, Beit Hanon,…
Audio: Surviving the Gaza Beach Massacre
The Israeli shelling of Gaza beach is just another episode in the endless carnage that is the holy land’s 21st century manna from heaven, another level of the global war…
Head of Arab League: U.S. Double standard in condemning Iran but not Israel on nuclear question
The United States cannot denounce Iran’s nuclear program while accepting Israel’s possession of nuclear bombs, the Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa told the US Arab Economic Forum in Houston,…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
Thursday at dawn, Israeli F-16 fighters fired several missiles at areas in Gaza city and in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. A local source in…
Israeli settlers paint anti-Islam slogans in Palestinian neighborhoods
Israeli settlers from Shafat neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, scribbled anti-Islamic slogans on cars and shops in nearby Palestinian neighborhoods, according to eyewitnesses. Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief justice of…
Former Israeli Knesset member, mother of slain soldier question Israeli ‘Rambo tactics’
In an exclusive interview with IMEMC, Uri Avnery, a former Member of the Israeli Knesset and founder of the Israeli peace bloc Gush Shalom, warned, "If the Israeli army continues…