Hospitals in Northern Gaza facing blood shortage as injured pile in
The Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday called on Gaza Strip residents to donate blood, reporting that apart from 24 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, 82 Palestinians were wounded…
United Nations Head urges Israeli pullback ‘for the sake of civilians’
In a statement to the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Council to take a stand on the ongoing Israeli incursion into…
Elderly man dies at border crossing; thousands of Palestinians stranded on Egyptian side
As the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip continues, claiming over 40 Palestinian lives this week alone, thousands of Palestinians are stuck at the closed border, sweltering in the heat…
‘Only Israeli lives count?’
The June 25 Palestinian fighters’ raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel “scrambling to defend itself,” the voice of a BBC news reporter declared…
British Jews protest Israeli assault on Gaza
The following paid advertisement was signed by 300 Jews in Britain and placed in The London Times on July 7: WHAT IS ISRAEL DOING? A CALL BY JEWS IN BRITAIN…
Hamas holds Israel responsible for the stalled talks on freeing the captured soldier
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a statement on Friday, directed at the Israeli public and the family of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, saying that the administration of the Israeli Prime…
Child dies of wounds sustained two days ago in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained two days ago after the army shelled Izbit Beit Hanoun area,…
This Week in Palestine, July Week 1
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Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists protest against the Wall in Bil’in
Dozens of residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, along with a Basque Nationalist musical group, protested on Friday against the…
Hundred protest Wall in Al-Khader
Nearly a hundred Palestinians, Israelis, and international peace activists protested the impending construction of the Separation Wall in Al Khader, west of the city of Bethlehem, Friday in what has…
Two more residents killed in Beit Lahia, four injured; at least 30 killed since Thursday
Friday afternoon, two Palestinians were killed and at least four others were injured after the Israeli air force fired missiles at Al Salateen area, in Beit Lahia, in the northern…
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, 28 killed since Thursday
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that Israeli soldiers stepped-up their military assaults in the Gaza Strip and killed three residents, a fourth resident…
Israeli military officials: “Operations in Gaza will diminish, but can’t stop, Qassamsâ€ÂÂ
Senior Israeli military officials reported on Friday that the ongoing military attacks in the Gaza Strip may diminish the firing of homemade shells at Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza…
Resistance fighter killed in Nablus, four residents injured
Friday at dawn, Several Israeli armored vehicles invaded Askar refugee camp north west of the West Bank city of Nablus and surrounded it from all of its sides. One resistance…
Israeli planes renew Gaza attacks
Israel has renewed its aerial assault in northern Gaza, killing a Hamas fighter and wounding three, Hamas and hospital officials said. After the worst day of clashes in Gaza since…
Dahlan: “Israel’s security, stability, cannot be achieved by reoccupying Gazaâ€ÂÂ
Palestinian Legislator, and head of the committee of internal affairs and security at the Legislative Council, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Friday that the Israeli attacks against the residents of the…
24 Palestinians killed, and over 70 wounded in the past 36 hours in Gaza Strip
The Israel Air Force renewed air strikes at armed Palestinians in northern Gaza on Friday morning, hours after the heaviest day of bombardment at the Gaza Strip in the past…
Army invades Anabta village near Tulkarem
Israeli forces have invaded the village of Anabta near the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday morning, Troops stormed the village, searched and fired several rounds into residents homes. No…
Army invades Nablus, arrests one youth
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Friday, arresting one youth. Salah Al Saber, 17, was arrested when troops stormed several areas in the city and conducted…
Army invades Kafer Lobbad village east of Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the village of Kafer Lobbadeast of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday at dawn. Troops entered the village and attempted to arrest Yousif Barhash after…
Palestinian security forces on high alert to confront Israeli forces to Gaza Strip
In a step aimed at confronting the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Interior Ministry gave orders to the Palestinian National Forces to be on highest alert and…
Army war plans attacks Beit Lahya, five residents killed several other injured
At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an air strick at a residential block in Al Salteen area in Beit lahya town in the Gaza steip,…
Army invade Jenin, kills one, wounds 11, arrests 6
One Palestinian was killed and at least 11 were wounded in an Israeli invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin, following a failed assassination attempt by an Israeli undercover…
Palestine Today – July 06, 2006
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22 Palestinians and 1 Israeli soldier killed in Gaza Strip in 22 hours
At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an airstrike that targetted a Al Salateen residential neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahia Thursday evening, raising the…
Father of the captured Israeli soldier calls for prisoner exchange
The father of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made a plea to his government asking for the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of his son,…
Palestinian popular resistance Committees kills an Israeli soldier in Biet Lahya
In a statement issued on Thursday, by Al Naser Salah Al Din Brigade, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, the brigade claimed responsibility of killing of an Israeli…
Captured Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ affairs health deteriorates; Israeli army transfers mos
Thursday morning Israeli army will charge the Ministers and Parliament Members with the affiliation with the Hamas movement in military courts in both detentions of Salem near the West Bank…
Army fires a missile at a crowd of civilians n Al Farahen area, scores injured one died
An Israeli warplane fired one missile at a crowd of civilians who gathered in one of the streets in the Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis Thursday afternoon. Initial…
Army invades the West Bank city of Nablus
The Israeli army carried out two invasions to the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, local sources reproted. Troops invaded the city at the dawn hours, searched several houses…
Seven Palestinian killed since the morning hours
Seven Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the early hours of Thursday morning as the Israeli government gave the army orders to carry out a major offensive…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Thursday at dawn, local sources reported Eyewitnesses said, troops and army vehicles stormed the city from…
Army invades an NGO headquarters in Tubass and confiscates its belongings
The Israeli forces broke into the headquarters of Juthour Culture and Arts center in the West Bank city of Tubass, Thursday morning. More than 8 army vehicles surrounded the building. …
Several residents injured in Beit Lahia invasion
Thursday, several residents were injured in Al A’tatrah area west of Beit Lahia , in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli forces invaded it and fired…
Army invades Al Nabi Elias and Azon villages east of Qalqilia and arrests several residents
Several residents were injured after Israeli army troops invaded Al Nabi Elias and Azon villages east of the West Bank city Qalqilia and searched several houses, Thursday at dawn. Troops…
Army vehicles bulldoze farmlands in Khan Younis area
Israeli military bulldozers started to level wide areas of lands owned by the residents of Al faraheen area east of Khan Younis south of Gaza Strip on Thursday. Local eyewitnesses…
Europe’s response to the siege of Gaza is shameful
The Palestinians have no partner for peace. They will only have one if Israel agrees to recognise Palestine’s right to function. Thank goodness for the Swiss. Alone in Europe, their…
A trip to Erez crossing,
The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…
A trip to Erez crossing,
The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…
A trip to Erez crossing,
The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…
A resident killed in Beit Lahya
Mohamad Ahmad Al Attar,20, was killed and several others were injured Thursday after the Israeli army fired rounds of live ammunition at the residents in the Al Salateen area west…
One killed in the Israeli shelling targeting al Sodaniah PA post
Abdallah Al Zomer, 24, was killed by Israeli shells targeting a naval police post for the Palestinian Authority in Al Sodaniah area north of the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn.
Army arrests eight residents from Atil village near Tulkarem
The Israeli army troops have arrested eight residents from Atil village north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday at dawn. Among the arrestees were Sanad Tahlawi, 18, Mo’men…
Unknown gunmen kill an Islamic university lecturer in Gaza
D. Hassan Abu Agowa was killed Thursday at dawn by unknown gunmen in Al Shoga’ia neighborhood in Gaza city. Abu Agowa was hit with several rounds and was transferred to…
One resident killed in Beit Lahia
Husam Hijazi, 24, was killed near the American school in Beit Lahia town north of the Gaza strip Thursday morning after troops opened fire at him while he was standing…
Nine injured in an army shelling targeting Palestinian navy post in Al Sodaniah area north of Gaza
Nine navy police officers were injured after the Israeli army shelled thier post in Al Sodaniah area north of the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn. The injured were moved to…
Israeli tanks enter Gaza Strip
Palestinian officials and witnesses said at least seven tanks, along with armored personnel carriers, entered the abandoned settlement of Nissanit, one of ‘s former settlements in northern Gaza, on Wednesday…
Palestine Today – July 05, 2006
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Settlers set fire to olive orchards in a Hebron neighborhood
Israeli extremist settlers set a fire to an olive trees orchards Wednesday in Tel Rumiedah neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources in the city reported that…
Army kills a Palestinian man in Jericho
The Israeli army killed Mahmoud Shahin from Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp near the West Bank city of Jericho during an invasion to the city Wednesday morning. A number of Israeli…
Israeli Army breaks into orphan relief society in Salfit village
The Israeli army, backed by military jeeps, invaded the West Bank village of Qarawet Bani Hassan west of the Salfit Wednesday, breaking into an orphan’s and needy relief society building.…
Security Council agrees to expand buffer zone in North Gaza
The security cabinet, after convening in Jerusalem Wednesday morning has agreed to expand operations in Gaza, which will likely include a significant expansion of the buffer zone in the north…
Report:Environmental impact of Israeli Assault on Gaza
PENGON is a local environmental organization with several local and foreign experts working under is auspices. As the news focuses on the human suffering of land confiscation, Wall and settlement…
Arab League transfers USD 50 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority
Secretary General of the Arab League Amer Mousa pledged $50 Million US dollars to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority during a joint press conference in Cairo Tuesday with Nabil Shaath, aide…
Army invades, arrests three residents from Nablus
Israeli forces have arrested three residents from the West Bank city of Nablus in a pre-dawn invasion to the city Wednesday. Fadi Zied, 22, his brother Al’a, 18, and their…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp
Troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Wednesday. Troops stormed the streets and tried to provoke the local youth to throw stones though they did…
Some World Response:Switzerland, Amnesty, Physicians Condemn Israeli War Crimes
Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment that are banned under the…
Army shoots child in mouth in Gaza
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was critically injured on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli army tanks in the north Gaza area. The boy was transferred to a nearby hospital after…
Army invades Qalqilia and arrests several residents
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested several residents Wednesday at dawn. Saher Abu Assap, Yassen Yassen and his brother Talal Yassen, were arrested when…
Hamas MPs hide, Israel fails to kidnap three in Ramallah
A large Israeli force, backed by at least 40 military vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby city of Al-Biereh after midnight in a failed attempt…
Israeli Army bombs, school, university and Ministry of Interior in Gaza
Israeli war planes shelled Dar Al Arkam School in the center of Gaza city Wednesday at dawn. The school was hit with two missiles that completely destroying the building along…
Army invades Beit Sahour and arrests Niveen Douka, 22, after searching her family home
The Israeli army invaded the town of Beit Sahour, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before dawn Wednesday and arrested Niveen Douka, 22. Seven army jeeps invaded the…
San Francisco Shout Out for Palestine
An American Human Rights group organized and sponsored a demonstration in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco Monday to protest the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian population in…
Palestine Today – July 04, 2006
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Army arrests Hamas spokesperson in the West Bank
Israeli army arrested Hamas spokesperson Farahat Assad in the West Bank Tuesday while he was on his way home to the Al Teera neighborhood near the West Bank city of…
Hamas Goes to the International Court of Justice
Palestine Justice Minister Ahmad al-Khalidi said in an interview with the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi. that a decision to press war crime charges against with the International Criminal Court has…
Two Invasions, One Reasoning
What is the common denominator between the decision of the Israeli military to invade the West Bank in March 2002, and their decision to invade Gaza this week? One could…
Army attacks a non-violent demonstration in Hebron, several protestors wounded
The Israeli army attacked a non-violent demonstration conducted by the residents of two towns near the West Bank city of Hebron. The peace activists were protesting the bulldozing of lands…
Army arrests a resident from a village near Nablus
Israeli army posted at a temporary checkpoint arrested on Tuesday a resident from the village of Yaseed north of West Bank city of Nablus. Residents from the village reported that…
Army invades two Hebron villages and arrests a Hebron resident
Israeli army arrested on Tuesday a resident from the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources reported that the Israeli army arrested a resident who was identified as Mohammad Aref…
Army cuts farmers from their land by installing barbed wire fence around a army post
The Israeli army has cut farmers off from their land by installing a barbed wire fence around a military post east of the West Bank city of Tubass. According to…
Settlers attacks farmers from Tubass
A group of Israeli right wing settlers attacked local Palestinian farmers, forcing them off of their lands near the West Bank city of Tubass Tuesday morning. The settlers came from…
Army storms charitable society organization in Al Khader village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army attacked a charitable society organization headquarters and a kindergarden school in Al Khader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Scores of army…
One resident arrested from Bethlehem
Mohamed Nawaora, 48, was arrested when troops invaded the Hindaza neighborhood south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem during a dawn invasion Tuesday. Soldiers and army jeeps closed the…
Army invades the West Bank city of Nablus and arrests two residents
Adli Zalba’e, 23, and another resident was arrested when Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the city , searching several homes before making…
Israeli Report on Discrimination Disputed by Bedouin Sector Rights Groups
When the Justice Ministry submits its report in August in Geneva, social groups will simultaneously submit documents criticizing the state report and elucidating state discrimination against the Bedouin sector. Bedouin…
The Other Side of Palestine: Crime in the Valley
Beyond the barren Judean Mountain range, east from Jerusalem, lies the Jordan Valley, an area which receives almost no media coverage, despite being home to 52,000 Palestinians and accounting for…
Army invades Jenin kills one residents and imposes curfew
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday, killing one resident and imposing a curfew on the entire city during the dawn invasion. Fida’ Qandeel, 18, was…
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."…