Evacuation of last Gaza settlement to be concluded Tuesday
The Israeli army expects to complete the evacuation of all settlements in the Gaza Strip, and four West Bank settlements by the end of next week, a senior source at…
Abbas: `“Gaza International Airport will be reopened soon`
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, addressed on Friday hundreds of residents who gathered at the Gaza airport, saying that it will be reopened as soon as its reconstruction is…
Army court sentences one Palestinian to a high term
Salem Israeli military court, south of the West Bank, sentenced Mohamed Abd Raboo 20 from Nablus to 20 years consecutive years. Mohamed was charged of membership in AL Aqsa brigades…
Army invades Nablus
Israeli army invaded the West bank city of Nablus on Saturday at down Troops backed up by army vehicles and one helicopter invaded the city, and conducted search there, local…
Hamas has an armed group for women
A prominent source at the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement has an armed wing for women. According to the source,…
Mazuz orders arrest on settlers who return to Gaza
Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, and Eren Shendar, the Israeli State Prosecutor, instructed the police to arrest any settler who return to the Gaza Strip, and charge any Gush Katif…
Pig’s head in a Jaffa Mosque Yard
Muslim worshippers were shocked to find a pigs head in the yard of the Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel, on Friday night. As worshippers were…
Abbas: Gaza pullout is the result of Palestinian ‘sacrifices’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is not a gift that Israel wanted to give to the Palestinians, but it is a…
This Week in Palestine, August Week 3
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 6.2 MB This week in Palestine- A service of the International…
Army attacks a peaceful procession in Bil’in, 30 injured
Israeli soldiers used excessive forced against a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah; 30 protestors were injured; seven international peace activists and four Israelis were…
Jewish Protestors flee into Gaza, army digs trench in Gush Katif
A group of right wing protesters against Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza have escaped from a bus as they were being removed from a settlement, military sources say. The activists fled…
Pullout foe torches gas depot in Tel Aviv
An Israeli police source reported on Friday that the police averted a disaster in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, after a pullout foe torched gas depot close to a residential…
Army imposes curfew over Al Mawassi
Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over Al Mawassi area in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; army claims that curfew was imposed over the Palestinian areas in…
Explosions in Eilat, Aqaba ` no major injuries
An Israeli police source reported that a Katyusha rocket was fired at the Israeli city of Eilat, while another blast apparently from rockets hit Aqaba port in Jordan, near a…
Hamas condemns kidnapping French Journalist
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned on Friday the kidnapping of the French journalist, Mohammad Wadouhi, by unknown gunmen in the Gaza strip few days ago, Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Army to grab 1200 Dunams near Nablus
Israeli soldiers handed several residents of Qaryout village, south east of the West Bank city of Nablus military orders informing them of annexing 1200 Dunams of farmlands in Al Hamra…
Gadid Settlement to be evacuated by Jewish Sabath
The Gaza settlement of Gadid, will be evacuated by sundown before Sabath starts, Israeli military sources said on Friday morning. According to an earlier figures report by the Israeli newspaper…
Settlers use Acid against soldiers in Kfar Darom
As the Israeli soldiers were attempting to clear settlers on roof of Kfar Darom settlement Synagogue, pullout foes started pouring burning chemicals on the soldiers who started to scream and…
Sharon: `“Settlement evacuation will be completed by Monday`
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said that the evacuation process of Gaza settlers will be completed by Monday. The statements of Sharon came during a meeting with his ministerial committee…
Army enters Neveh Dekalim synagogue for evacuation
After the 10-minute warning given to the protestor in Neveh Dekalim synagogue to leave, the unarmed soldiers entered into the building and started evacuating the protestors on Thursday afternoon, ending…
158 settlers forcedly evacuated from Kfar Darom
Israeli security forces forcedly evacuated 158 settlers and right-wing activists from 20 buildings in the Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom known which is the most hardliner settlement in Gaza,…
Settlers of Shirat Hayam hurl stones at Palestinians in Al Mawassi
An Israeli military source reported that settlers of Shirat Hayam settlement, in the Gaza strip, hurled stones at the Palestinian neighborhood of Al Mawassi. The settlers, mainly right-wing extremists, were…
Fearing further settler attacks, army intensifies presence in W. Bank
An Israeli military source reported on Thursday morning that soldiers intensified their presence in the West Bank fearing further terrorist attacks carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinian residents, in…
Army arrests two in AL Fara’a refugee camp
Army invaded AL Fara’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning and arrested two residents.  Local sources reported that the army invaded the camp,…
Rice: Gaza pullout is only a first step
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Israel will be expected to carry out further withdrawals that would ultimately lead to an independent Palestinian state, Israeli sources…
Army invades Tubas and Tamon
Israeli army invaded, in the early hours of Thursday morning, the villages of Tubas and Tamon near the west bank city of Jenin. Troops conducted military searches of homes after…
Settlers attack Sabstia village near Nablus
Scores of settlers attacked the village of Sabstia near the West Bank city of Nablus late Wednesday night. Settlers threw stones at the houses and were chanted slogans calling for…
Army arrests five in Tulkarem
Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday at down and arrested five residents. Troops invaded the city and conducted house-to-house search there, arrested Amar Shar’a, Rami Shlbaia,…
Four killed in Shilo terrorist attack, four injured
An Israeli medical source reported that a fourth Palestinian resident died of wounds sustained after an extremist settler opened fire at Palestinian workers in the industrial area of the northern…
Ganei Tal settlement completely evacuated
Israeli soldiers and security forced completed the evacuation of Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc late on Wednesday night after the remaining two families agreed to leave.…
Army claims uncovering explosive belt in Gaza
General Dan Harel, head of the Southern Command at the Israeli Army claimed that the Israeli security discovered an explosive belt in Al Mawassi areas, close to Shirat Hayam settlement,…
Resistance exchanges fire with the army in Gaza
Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza, no injuries were reported. The shooting…
Hamas vows to avenge Shilo terrorist attack
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers. Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas spokesperson said…
Wall falls in Al Damoun detention facility
Palestinian detainee in Al Damoun detention facility, north of the country, complained to lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Raed Mahameed, that one of the inner walls in the prison…
Army arrests one resident in Bethlehem
The army invaded on Tuesday Al Asakra village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Troops invaded the village and surrounded the house of…
Four brothers injured due to explosion south of Hebron
 An explosive, apparently left by the army detonated on Wednesday afternoon, at a field near Hebron injuring four brothers. The blast took place in Yata village south of Hebron. The…
Resident arrested in Hebron, home occupied
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also invaded the neighboring village of Al…
Army closes Al Matahen, Abu Holy checkpoints in the Gaza strip
Army closed on Wednesday Al Matahen and Abu Holy checkpoints in the central Gaza strip. Residents were detained at the two checkpoints under inhuman conditions, while unable to reach their…
Settler escalate resistance; woman set herself on fire, soldier stabbed
A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan Adom ambulance evacuated her to a…
Islamic Jihad: `“Israel resumed arrests against our members`
The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the media spokesperson of the movement, who…
Army invades Bethlehem and surrounding villages
Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami’a located between Bethlehem city and the near by settlement of Har-Homa, built on…
Resident arrested at military checkpoint in Nablus
Army arrested one resident at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers at the checkpoint arrested one resident from Nablus after detaining him since the morning…
Army arrests two Palestinains west of Khan Younis
Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area and searched several houses int he…
Israeli Army bulldozes farms in Jerusalem
On Tuesday night, the Israeli Army bulldozed on Tuesday night lands in the area of Sahel Beddu, in the southwest part of Jerusalem, in preparation for continuing the construction of…
Homesh setters attack two homes near Jenin
Settlers of Homesh settlement, near Jenin, attacked several Palestinians homes in Borqa village, and occupied two. Activists of an Israeli Humanitarian Organization reported that settlers forced the residents out and…
Army invades Qabatia village, arrests three
The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the village and conducted searches of…
Neveh Dekalim settlers resort to violence
Israeli security forces who began forcibly evacuating the settlers of Neveh Dekalim, the largest settlement in the Gaza Strip, are facing a violent resistance on the part of the settlers…
Settlers collect intelligence info on army movements
An Israeli military source reported, on Wednesday morning, that settlers in Shirat Hayam settlement are collecting intelligence info on army movements expecting a possible close attack. The settlers are aware…
Bulk of Gaza settlers’ resistance is non-residents
Israeli army said, its troops will evacuate all the settlers in the Gaza Strip and the four small northern West Bank settlements within 10 days. Recent reports said that more…
Deadline expires, Israeli army flood Neveh Dekalim settlement
Thousands of Israeli soldiers started flooding into Naveh Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip after the midnight deadline for voluntary evacuation expired. The Army expects to complete the evacuation process…
So-Called `“Disengagement` Is a Ruse
The American, Israeli and even Palestinian media have been raving this week about Israel’s “move toward peace†with their plan of “disengagement†from the Gaza Strip. Look a bit more…
Forced evacuation by midnight
Israeli army Major General Dan Harel, the Higher Commander of the Disengagement, said on Tuesday evening, that the army will start the “forced evacuation†of Neveh Dekalim and other settlement…
Disengagement Official: `“Nearly half of the settlers left`
Senior Israeli disengagement official, Eival Giladi, said on Tuesday that about half of the settlers in the Gaza Strip, have left the Gaza strip of their own will. “Nearly 50…
Disengagement, where would it lead to?
As the implementation of the disengagement plan begun, a major question is raised among the Palestinians, regarding what would this step, which took Israel 38 years to take, lead to.…
Ze’evi: `“Palestinians might resume attacks in April`
Israeli Director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze’evi, claimed on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance may renew its attacks in April if the peace talks do not progress. The…
Four residents injured, four arrested, near Hebron
A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by the Israeli army in the villages…
Army opens fire on peaceful procession near AL Tufah Checkpoint
Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. The protest…
Army levels barns and three commercial structures west of Hebron
Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were the destruction took place, reported that…
Detainees and deportees file to be closed after pullout
Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, in charge of the file of the Wanted and Deported Fighters in the Gaza Strip, stated that their file will be closed following the Israeli withdrawal from the…
Army invades Deir AL-Balah in the Gaza strip
Army invaded Wadi Al Salaqa east of Deir AL-Balah in the Gaza strip Tuesday morning. A local source reported that army jeeps entered the area from the near by Kissufim…
Two soldiers caught ransacking settlers’ homes in Gush Katif
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested two soldiers trying to ransack home in Pe’at Sadeh settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. This marks the third…
Shobaky: `“Local elections delayed in 27 areas in the W. Bank and Gaza`
Head of the Higher Elections Committee, Jamal Shobaky, said that the committee decided to postpone the local election in 27 areas out of 132 in the West Bank and the…
Army invades Beit Lahia
Army invaded AL Atara area west of Beit Lahia south of the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Soldiers, backed up with tanks and army jeeps, invaded the area from the…
Army invades AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis, one resident arrested
Army invaded AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis west of the Gaza strip on Tuesday at down. Troops invaded the residents houses in the area, conducted wide scale searches and…
Army seals off Jericho
Israeli army imposed a strict closure, on Tuesday morning, in the West Bank city of Jericho, and barred the residents from entering or leaving it, a Palestinian security source reported…
Meanwhile, Israel grabs the rest of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM After more than 38 years of its oppressive military occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israel will soon begin evacuating the few thousand settlers who have been denying freedom to…
Women Protest Tuesday morning at Qalandia checkpoint
A Women’s protest at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah began at 10:30 on Tuesday morning  Hundreds of women from all over the globe, in addition to Palestinian and Israeli…
Yesha leaders arrested in Gush Katif
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements, among nearly 500 right-wing activists while trying to infiltrate into the Gush Katif settlements Bloc via…
Settlers attack al-Mawassi area
Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday at dawn, al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in al-Mawassi reported that hundreds of…
Ghanim and Kadim settlements completely evacuated
An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening, that the evacuation of Kadim and Ghanim settlements, north of the West Bank, was completed. Most of the settlers of the two…
Sharon: `“We will response harshly to attacks during pullout`
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, addressed the Israelis on Monday at night and said that “Israel is leaving the Gaza Strip from “position of strength, not weakness†and vowed harsh…
Extremist settlers attempt to attack al-Aqsa mosque
A group of 100 extremist settlers gathered in the “Jewish Quarter†in Jerusalem on Monday evening in an attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem said…
23 years in detention, Jordanian detainee appeals Jordan to act for his release
Jordanian detainee Sultan al-Ajlouny, who was arrested 23 years ago, appealed the Jordanian government and parliament and the Jordanian media in order to intensify their efforts in order to end…
Rajoub: `“Gaza pullout is the first step, the US says`
Palestinian National Security Advisor, Jebril Rajoub, said that the United States has pledged to continue the implementation of the Road Map Plan, and added that he hopes the Arab countries…
Army detains youth at a portable checkpoint near Ramallah
Israeli army installed a portable checkpoint, on Monday morning, at the entrance of Sorda village south of Ramallah. Troops installed the checkpoint and stopped dozens of vehicles, detaines and interrogated…
Abbas to settlers: `“Go in peace, and visit us as tourists and guests`
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip telling them “Go in peace, and come to visit us as guests and touristsâ€Â. The statements of Abbas…
Settlers attack homes in Hebron
A local source in Hebron reported on Monday afternoon, that settlers attacked several Palestinian homes in al-Shuhada Street, and around the “Jewish Cemetery†area in the city. The settlers broke…
Soldiers invade Tulkarem, arrest six including one child
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday afternoon, the villages of Atteel, Dir al-Ghsoun, and Sheika area, north of Tulkarem, and arrested six residents, including a 14-year-oild child. A local source in…
Army invades al-Thaheriyya
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, al- Thaheriyya town, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the town reported…
Israeli government approves evicting Gush Katif
The Israeli government approved on Monday the evacuation of the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported on Monday. This is the…
PCHR reports on military violations against medical teams
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published a report on the Israeli violations and assaults against the medical teams in the period between September 1, 2002 until December 31, 2004.…
Soldiers close abu Holy, al-Matahin checkpoints
Israeli soldiers closed abu holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers closed…
Soldiers poach settlers’ homes in Gaza
Israeli TV, Channel 10, published a report on Sunday at night showing videos of soldiers poaching the evacuated settlers’ homes in Beat Sadeh settlement, in the southern part of the…
Mofaz confirms Israel’s intention to enforce settlements in W.B.
Israel intends to keep major settlement blocs under its control despite no matter what the agreement with the Palestinians over final status will be, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told…
Army arrests six residents in Tulkarem
Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and the near by village of Dir Al Ghsson on Monday at down. Soldiers conducted wide scaled searches in the city…
Reporter arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday a Palestinian reporter in the village of al-Shiokh, near Hebron, while he was trying to cross through a military checkpoint near the village. The Palestinian…
Army occupy two houses near Nablus
Army invaded, on Monday at down, the village of Bezaria near the West Bank city of Nablus and took over two houses that belong to residents there. Hussein Salem, member…
A day-long anti-pullout rally opposite Sharon’s office
A group of Israeli right-wing anti-pullout protestors started a day-long rally opposite to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office in West Jerusalem, in the early hours of on Monday…
Army closes Shaveh Shamron checkpoint
Army closed on Monday morning Shaveh Shamron checkpoint, which connects the West Bank Cities of Jenin and Nablus together, eyewitness reported. Israeli sources reported that clashes erupted between the settlers…
Yousef instructs security officers to act to release nabbed Journalist
Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef instructed the Palestinian security forces to act to find and release the French journalist kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Sunday night, Palestine News Network…
Disengagement begins, first eviciton orders issued
The Israeli army issued eviction notices to the settlers of the Nissanit settlement in the northern Gaza Strip, as the first step on the ground after sealing off the Strip…
Report: More than half of the Gaza Strip settlers already left
Israeli sources reported that more than half of the Gaza Strip settlers have already left their houses in the settlement two days before the start of the disengagement plan. According…
P.A security completed deployment around Gaza settlements
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Palestinian security forces completed their deployment around the settlements in the Gaza Strip. General Jamal Kayed, head of the Palestinian Security…
ISR police starts closing Gaza roads, settlements to be isolated by midnight
As hundreds of settlers started to evacuate from the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, thousands of Israeli police men closed the entrances of Gaza in a bid to bar pullout…
Soldiers invade village east of Tulkarem
A local source in Tulkarem reported on Sunday, that soldiers supported by eight armored vehicles invaded Bal’a village, east of Tulkarem in the West Bank, and conducted military searches of…
Army shells homes in Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers shelled, on Sunday, several homes west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers based at…
Four children injured near Hebron
A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital, in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers shot injured four children in Doura village, west of the city of Hebron after invading it…
Five Israeli soldiers injured by ‘Friendly Fire’
Five Israeli soldiers were injured when an Israeli tank crew opened fire at them responding to an attack claimed to be by a Palestinian group near the Kfar Darom settlement…
P.A: `“Israel to hand over three settlements on Monday`
Tawfeeq abu Khousa, spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior said on Saturday at night that Israel will hand three settlements in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority on…
`“Sixth ring` of pullout forces to be deployed Sunday
The Israeli police reported on Saturday that it will start deploying the “sixth ring†of disengagement forces, and will install dozens of roadblocks in the south of the country in…