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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on the Israeli Army to explain a shooting incident Wednesday in Nablus, in which a news crew of TV satellite channel Al Jazeera…

American marines arrived at the Beirut shore to evacuate the remaining American citizens from Lebanon, while those Lebanese unable to evacuate are facing shortages in food and medicine, according to…

The disparity between Israel’s public narrative and its actual intents cannot possibly be any more palpable than in the current Gaza onslaught following the capture by Palestinians of an Israeli…

TYRE, Lebanon – Soldiers laid 72 coffins in two trenches, a mass grave for victims of the Israeli bombardment. Elsewhere, mounds of rubble sat undisturbed; rescue workers were too fearful…

In an interview with the pan-Arab satellite television channel "Al Jazeera", the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, denied the Israeli reports that 50 percent of Hezbollah’s military force have been…

Israeli air power alone is capable of damaging Hezbollah but not of defeating the Lebanese resistance movement, leaving Israel with a choice of a ground offensive in southern Lebanon or…

Al Arabiya television said on Friday the Israeli army had found the body of an Israeli soldier who had previously been reported missing, in southern Lebanon.  Earlier on Friday, Israel…

Since the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip started on June 27th, Israeli ground forces and warplanes have been killing Palestinian men, women and children, destroying the Palestinian economy…

Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in northern the West Bank, reported that a nurse died after the Israeli army charged the Palestinian Security Headquarters in the city with explosives and…

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Israeli sources reported on Thursday that one Israeli pilot was killed and another three were injured after a collision of two Israeli Apache helicopters.       Israeli authorities are…

Israeli sources reported on Thursday around midnight that one Israeli pilot was killed and  three others were injured after a collision of two Israeli Apache helicopters. Israeli authorities are investigating…

One pilot killed and tow injured I an Army helicopter collision Israeli sources reported on Thursday midnight that one Israeli pilot was killed and another three were injured after a…

The Israeli army released several female criminal prisoners from Nablus Central Prison on Thursday evening. After the intervention of the Red Cross, the army released 13 female prisoners from the…

We, the undersigned Israeli filmmakers, greet the Arab filmmakers who have gathered in Paris for the Arab Film Biennial. Through you, we wish to convey a message of camaraderie and…

Friday at around 1:00 P.M fighters of the Lebanon based Hezbollah party fired Katusha shells at Haifa city, in the north of Israel, two Israelis were seriously injured, four moderately…

In Bil’in village Palestinians, Israelis and internationals peacefully protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza, Lebanon Two-hundred-fifty Palestinian residents, 100 international supporters and 20 Israeli peace activists held a silent protest…

The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, along with two Arab members in the Israeli parliament, have called upon the Arab and Muslim community to stand up to…

The Secretary for the Committee for Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue, Latif Dori, has officially called for an end to the "Israeli massacres" in Lebanon and Gaza. In a press statement, Dori noted…

B’Tselem’s (The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) initial investigation indicates that, during an incursion by Israeli forces into Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip,…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights released a report today calling attention to the 26 Palestinians killed during the past week by Israeli forces. The report highlighted the lack of…

Despite Koffi Annan’s statement to the Security Council which reflect the deep-seated international unease about the human cost of ‘s aerial onslaught on Lebanon, Israeli warplanes continued their bombardment yesterday,…

16 Palestinians were killed early Friday morning, four  of them are from the same family, when Israeli forces shelled a house in Shajaiyeh district, east of Gaza City. The four…

Dr. Jom’a Al Saka, the spokesperson of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza, said in an interview with the IMEMC that if the Israeli "Summer Rain" military operation continues, Gaza will…

 Israeli reconnaissance warplanes bombed a gathering of citizens near a grade school this morning in Maghazi Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. The bombing killed one Palestinian civilian, and injured…

Saraya Al Quds, the armed resistance wing of the Islamic Jihad party, claimed responsbility today for the bombing of the southern Israeli town of Sderot.. Members of the group told…

Bilal Abu Hamid, a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, met today in Nablus with officials from the Palestinian Committee on Foreign…

Fadwa Al Eroki, 10, died on Thursday afternoon due to wounds she sustained during Wednesday’s Israeli shelling of Al Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. Al Eroki was injured by…

The Israeli Navy shelled a bus that belongs to the Palestinian Presidential Guards while it was driving on the costal road in Gaza on Thursday afternoon. One person was injured,…

Yousif Al Lili, 24, died and two others were injured in the early hours of Thursday morning raising the death toll in Al Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza to…

Residents of Nazareth complained of the lack of shelters and warning systems in the city after a Katyusha rocket killed two brothers aged nine and three on Wednesday. The mayor…

Hizbollah took two Israeli soldiers prisoner in Lebannon, a legitmate act of state protection as these were military personel from a hostile state on Lebanese territory. This security precaution is…

At least two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded as Israeli forces attack a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, for the second day in…

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has worsened significantly since March 2006, especially since the massive Israeli offensive that began in late July, stated John Dugard, the United Nations…

In a major military operation in Nablus this morning, Israeli forces attacked the Palestinian Security Headquarters and arrested over 150 national security officials. Eyewitnesses said that the operation began around…

 The Israeli Army arrested two residents from E’baiat village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem Thursday at dawn. Army vehicles, troops, and undercover soldiers stormed the village from the…

An Israeli settler hit  Wafa’ Zobaidi, 19, with his car while she attempted to cross the Howwara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus late Wednesday night. Zobaidi is…

Israel has opened "windows" for the foreign powers to evacuate their terrified nationals from Lebanon. Obligingly, the foreign media have turned these "windows" into an opportunity to avert their gaze…

Hizbollah took two Israeli soldiers prisoner in Lebanon, a legitimate act of state protection as these were military personel from a hostile state on Lebanese territory. This security precaution is…

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Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Israeli security arrested a Palestinian resident Wednesday in the Israeli town of Hod Hasharon that is suspected of planning to carry out a suicide…

Israeli jets have dropped bombs on a bunker in southern Beirut where senior Hezbollah leaders were thought to be sheltering. Military officials said dozens of aircrafts dropped 23 tons of…

Palestinian and medical sources reported the Israeli army has killed fourteen Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Wednesday. In a recent attack carried out on Wednesday evening,…

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Leaders from the Muslim and Christian communities are uniting in condemnation of continued Israeli aggression against the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Taysir Rajab Al Tamimi and…

The Israeli invasion in the west Bank city of Nablus continued leaving three residents killed, and 26, including two reporters injured, as well as over 150 taken prisoner.  Among the…

A cameraman for Al-Jazeera television was shot in Nablus, and a reporter with Al Hurrah television was also shot by Israeli forces today in separate incidents.  These attacks follow a…

Israeli sources reported on Wednesday that Hezbollah fighters continued launching Katyusha rockets into Northern Israel, with one landing in an empty building in Haifa. One Israeli was slightly injured by…

The Israeli military offensive continued in the West Bank city of Nablus with army bulldozers starting to demolish a Palestinian Security Forces facility and the builidng of the Ministry of…

The Israeli army started to build new sections of the Annexation Wall south of the West Bank city of Hebron and surveyed the area there and installed signs in order…

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were injured in clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops in Avivim area, close to Keryat Shmoneh settlement, north of the country.…

Israeli warplanes pounded bases of a pro-Damascus Palestinian militant group near the Syrian border Wednesday as they pressed a week-old air offensive in Lebanon, police said. There were no immediate…

Israeli warplanes pounded bases of a pro-Damascus Palestinian militant group near the Syrian border Wednesday as they pressed a week-old air offensive in Lebanon, police said. There were no immediate…

Israeli warplanes pounded bases of a pro-Damascus Palestinian militant group near the Syrian border Wednesday as they pressed a week-old air offensive in Lebanon, police said. There were no immediate…

One Israeli civilian was slightly injured by flying shrapnal after two Katyusha rocket hit an empty building in Haifa Wednesday. Six other residents were treated for shock. The towns of…

“We are at war!” claimed the Israeli leaders five years ago. A unique kind of war: a unilateral war, where only one side, Israel, is fighting, hitting, destroying, assassinating, arresting,…

The Israeli army installed three military checkpoints at the Jenin-Nablus road on Wednesday morning. Troops stopped residents and cars, searching and checking ID cards,  local residents said. Soldiers held up…

Israeli aircrafts hit central Beirut for the first time since the conflict broke out one week ago and continued air raids in southern Lebanon have killed dozens and caused wide-spread…

American Muslims have criticised the US government for its reluctance to condemn Israel, as they worry about countless relatives and friends trapped in Lebanon. US officials have said Israel "has…

United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said he expects European countries to contribute troops to expand the current 2,000- member UN force in southern Lebanon, and has called on "countries…

The Israeli Prime Minister told United Nations envoys, trying to broker a ceasefire, that its offensive would continue until Hezbollah releases its two soldiers and rocket attacks end. "Israel will…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday at dawn and stormed the WAFA news agency headquarters in the city and arrested five residents. The Israeli army…

Lebanon’s Information Minister Ghazi Aridi has accused Israel of using banned weapons in violation of international law. Reports in the Lebanese media have claimed that has used phosphorus incendiary bombs…

Israeli air strikes targeting the north and east suburbs of Beirut have killed at least 29 people Tuesday, raising the deathtoll to more than 254 Lebanese since the Israeli offensive…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning and took one resident as a prisoner. Mohamed Zoghbi, 30, was taken prisoner when more than ten…

A new report by the Lebanese government shows that the Israeli air strikes have devastated the country’s infrastructure.   Lebanon’s airports and seaports have been destroyed. Thirty-Eight roads have been…

Israeli ‘s army deputy chief of staff, Major-General Moshe Kaplinsky, said Wednesday that Israel has not ruled out deploying "massive ground forces" in the country, Al Jazeera TV reported."At this…

Wednesday morning, Israeli troops invaded Al Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza, killing 6 Palestinians. The victims are Mohammad Al-Bashiti 25, Omar Sarhan Abu Emhesen 21, Mohammad Abu Sheba 21, Said…

President Bush, backed by British PM Tony Blair, is granting Israel around one week to continue its attacks on Lebanon before joining the international community in calling for a stop…

Less than one hour after the Washington-based Pacifica network had phoned me about a live interview about Maghazi camp, where I live, I laid down my head on the pillow,…

According to medical sources in the West Bank city of Nablus reported that injures toll until the noon time reached to 23 injuries, two critical one of them a child.…

The General Staff of the Israeli Army said that Israel needs 10 to 14 more days to end the offensive in Lebanon, and that it will be concentrating attacks on…

IMEMC Exclusive interview with Karen Abu Zeid, director of UNRWA – the United Nations Refugee ans Works Agency in Gaza, about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Q. Could…

Dear Family and Friends, Ha! I think I am becoming a reporter now! First, we are still safe, but hardly anyone sleeps. The bombing has been continuous, day and night…

Israeli sources reported that Palestinian fighters fired homemade shells at Israeli towns, south of the country. The sources stated that five Qassam homemade shells at Kibbutz Nativ Haasarah late Tuesday,…

Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers fired artillery shells on areas in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, most of the shells areas are industrial zones, no injuries were…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that Israeli soldiers fired artillery shells that fell close to a United Nations convoy for the Middle East while driving out of the Gaza…

Israeli Public Security Minister, Avi Dichter, said on Tuesday that Israel may have to consider prisoners swap deal, and negotiate with Hezbollah over the issue in order to end the…

For the first time since 1967, Israel is preventing the entry of Palestinians with foreign citizenship, most of them Americans, who are arriving from abroad, but have lived and worked…

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, met with a special United Nations delegation led by political advisors of the UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan. Olmert initially refused to meet with the…

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Israeli sources reported on Tuesday afternoon that one Israeli was killed and five others were injured on Nahariya, north of Israel, and five others were injured after Hezbollah fighters launched…

I have seen so many photos of war and dead people and I can say that I got used to see these photos,, however, I was never disgusted more than…

The spokesman for the Hamas parliamentary bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Salah Bardawil, denied any organizational relationship between the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah. In a press statement,…

According to official sources from the Hebron Municipality, about 22,000 Palestinian citizens living in the villages just south of Hebron will face a water crisis in the upcoming weeks. This…

According to officials sources from the Hebron Municipality, about 22,000 Palestinian citizens living in the villages just south of Hebron will face a water crisis in the upcoming weeks. This…

Israeli prison authorities are reporting today that they have extended the Administrative Detention of Palestinian Minister of Finance Dr. Omar Abdul Razzaq. The prison authorities will be detaining Dr. Razzaq…

Despite calls from the international community for a truce, and worldwide protests against Israeli aggression, Major Moshe Kaplinsky, Israel’s deputy armed forces chief of staff, stated that the offense could…

Abd Al Rahman Sahbon, 44, was injured when heavy artillery from the Israeli army shelled residential areas in Al Zahr’a town, in the south of the Gaza strip, on Tuesday…

Abd Al Rahman Sahbon, 44, was injured when the Israeli army heavy artillery shelled residential areas in Al Zahr’a town south of the Gaza strip, Tuesday afternoon. Medical sources in…

The Israeli army struck several targets across Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least 23 Lebanese, including nine members of one family, raising the death toll to more than 220 Lebanese,…

Abd Al Rahman Sahbon, 44, was injured when heavy artillery from the Israeli army shelled residential areas in Al Zahr’a town, in the south of the Gaza strip, on Tuesday…

The Rafah-Egypt border crossing was partially reopened on Tuesday morning to allow Palestinians who had been trapped for the past 23 days on the Egyptian side of the crossing, to…

Israeli forces have officially pulled out of Beit Hanoun after two days of occupying the northern Gaza Strip town. Over the course of two days, the Israeli military caused extensive…

The Israeli army took four residents as prisoners in a pre-dawn invasion of the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Bani No’em and Beity Omer, on…

TUESDAY 18 JULY — he Israeli forces invaded the village of Jayues near the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took Bajess Bida as a prisoner this morning at dawn.…

In Montreal, a coordinated response to Israeli agression began last week and continues indefinitely. This is the message that was sent out by those involved. Montreal-based organisations and individuals have…

TUESDAY 18 JULY — Palestinian resistance fighters shot one home made Qassam shell into the housing compound of Israeli intelligence officers in Ovikim, the Negev town east of the Gaza…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday at dawn and turned the municipality building into an army post. In addition, local security sources warned that…