Two brothers arrested in Jenin
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two brothers. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city from several directions…
Army invades Jenin, arrests 2 brothers
 Army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  Troops conducted house-to-house search destroying some of the residents’ property.   Eyewitnesses…
Pullout foes plant dummy bomb in Jerusalem bus
Right-wing activists opposed to Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip planted a fake bomb in a Jerusalem bus Monday evening. Israeli officials described the planting as a terrorist action. ‘This…
Bomb explodes near military jeep in Gaza, two soldiers injured
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that two soldiers were lightly injured when a roadside bomb exploded beside their jeep near a settlement in the Gaza Strip. The two…
Soldier released after admitting to deliberately firing at Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who admitted that he deliberately shot a Palestinian who was simply observing a peaceful protest has been released from custody. The incident took place two months ago in Bil’in,…
Troops can fire on pullout foes as last resort only
The Israeli army recently put together a “code of ethics†for the pullout from the Gaza Srip, including guidance to soldiers on how to handle anti-pullout activists. A special team…
Resident arrested in Hebron, dozens of homes searched
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday one resident in al-Qasaba neighborhood in the old city of Hebron, after he attempted to convince the soldiers release a 17-year-old girl. A Palestinian security…
Nine Palestinians injured by homemade shell in Khan Younis
Nine residents Gaza Strip residents were injured when a homemade shell fired by the resistance at the Gush Katif settlement bloc accidentally exploded near them, according to a Palestinian security source.…
Detainee sentenced to life term
Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a detainee from al-Tabaqa village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, to a life term. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner society…
EU foreign policy chief, PA slam Jerusalem Wall
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana slammed Israel for the Wall Israel is building around and through Jerusalem. The 60-kilometer section of the wall is half built. Two days…
Court re-sentence pullout Refusenik
An Israeli army corporal who refused to participate in the Gaza disengagement was sentenced to 56 days in jail by a second Israeli military court Sunday. The corporal, Avi Bieber,…
Israel to ask U.S. for $2.2 billion in aid for pullout
An Israeli diplomatic delegation, currently visiting the U.S., is to ask for $2.2 billion in special aid for the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip settlements and four northern…
Temporary homes for settlers who apply before Wednesday
The Israeli Disengagement Authority said on Monday that settler families who apply for temporary houses, and submit compensation claims by Wednesday, will receive temporary housing units. The Disengagement Authority announced…
Army to grab land in Qalqilia
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers handed out orders to residents of Azoun village, west of Qalqilia, informing them that the army intends to annex their lands for the Wall. The army…
Explosive left by army detonates near child in Rafah
 A Palestinian security source in Rafah reported that one child lost one of his hands after an explosive fired left by the army detonated near him. The child was…
Two residents badly bruised in Bethlehem
Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and attacked two residents badly bruising and injuring them. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied…
Army invades Qalqilia, arrests four
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested four residents Monday at dawn. The soldiers, supported by thirty military vehicles and jeeps, searched homes and arrested Ahmad Hilal, 26,…
Curfew imposed over village near Ramallah
Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over al-Mogheer village, north east of Ramallah, after invading it and sealing its entrances with sand hills. The WAFA news agency reported that…
Soldier mildly injured in the W. Bank
Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line. The soldier was injured when…
Soldier mildly injured in the W. Bank
Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line. The soldier was injured when…
Bethlehem to P.A control this week
The Israeli army is expected hand over control of Bethlehem to the Palestinian Authority this week, Israeli military sources reported on Sunday, adding that the transfer could take place as early…
Resident arrested east of Qalqilia
Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested Isam Jaber, 54, in the village of Kafer Laqif, east of Qalqilia in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that Jaber…
Hadarim detainees facing harsh conditions
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that detainees in Hadarim Israeli prison are facing harsh living conditions and repeated attacks carried out by the soldiers. Hanan al-Khateeb,…
Army invades Aida refugee camp
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied the home of…
Seven arrested in Hebron
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested six residents in the villages of Ithna, Doura, al-Thahiriyya, and al-Arroub refugee camp, and one resident in the West Bank city of Hebron. The…
Knesset: ‘Wall will isolate 55.000 residents around Jerusalem’
Israeli ministers decided during a weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that the Separation Wall will cut off 55.000 Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem. Also, the cabinet decided that the construction…
Abu al-Gheit: `“deploying our soldiers, should not trouble Israel`
Ahmad Abu al-Gheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, strongly criticized Israeli officials who appose the upcoming Israeli-Egyptian agreement to deploy Egyptian forces along the borders of the Gaza Strip. Israel and…
Islamic Jihad leader survives an assassination attempt
Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad reported that the Israeli army attempted to assassinate one of its prominent leaders in Gaza. “One of our leaders survived on…
Dozens injured near Qalqilia
Saturday evening, a medical source in Qalqilia reported that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, while they were protesting against…
Army invades village near Jenin
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers broke into several homes in the village,…
Two arrested west of Bethlehem
Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem and arrested two youth. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…
Soldiers storm a home near Tul-Karim
Israeli troops stormed the home of Said Al-Ashkar in Sida village north of Tulkarem on Saturday afternoon. Al-Ashkar, a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, was away from the home when…
Yousif reviews pullout monitoring posts in Gaza
Palestinian Minister of Interior, Nasser Yousif, visited three security posts in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Special PA security forces will use the newly established three posts to monitor…
Blair links London bombings to ME conflict
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday that the situation in the Middle East was one of the essential causes of Thursday’s London bombings. ‘The solution cannot only be security…
Amidst the burning sun, extreme settlers and bad conditions
The burning sun lefts its own ‘finger prints†on the face of Khalil Ibrahim, 11 years old, from al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, near Nablus, while he walks between the cars at Za’tara…
UCC to selectively divest from companies supporting the occupation
The General Assembly of the United Church of Christ, (UCC) decided in it 25 convention to selectively divest from companies involved with Israel’s occupation of the west bank and Gaza,…
$3 billion in aid to the PA from the G8 nations
In their summit, the G8 leaders approved $3 billion in aide to the Palestinian Authority to support the economy over the next three years. The plan was submitted to the…
Army invades two villages near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, two villages near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded the villages of Allar and Saida, after surrounding…
Army detonates military posts in Gaza settlements
Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers started to detonate military posts in Naveh Dikalim, and Gani Tal settlements, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Huge sounds…
16 members of the Islamic Jihad arrested in two days
A senior source at the Islamic Jihad movement, in the West Bank, reported that the Israeli army arrested 16 members of the movement over the last two days. Two members…
Eight residents arrested in Hebron
Saturday morning, a Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers arrested eight residents, including a child, in three villages near the West Bank city of Hebron. The source…
Army closes Beit Eeba checkpoint
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers closed Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of Nablus, and barred hundreds of residents from crossing. Soldiers interrogated dozens of youth, and students for several hours, and barred…
Sheikh Yousef: `“Truce, peace, do not exist with settlements and the wall`
Sheikh Hasan Yousef, one of Hamas’ political leaders in the west Bank demanded the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the truce approved by the P.A and the Palestinian factions, in protest…
Army shells Khan Younis, child seriously injured
Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shelled West Khan Younis refugee camp, one child was seriously injured. A medical source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis identified the child as Ghazi…
Child clinically dead in Nablus
A medical source in Rafidia hospital in Nablus reported that the child, Nour Fares, who was shot dead two days ago buy the Israeli army, is clinically dead.
Two youth arrested in Gaza
Israeli army arrests 2 young Palestinians in Gaza for allegedly attempting to infiltrate through a fence which surrounds the Gaza Strip.
Elderly man tied, forced to undress
Friday at night, Israeli soldiers detained an 80-year-old man on Tiaseer checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and forced him to take his clothes off. A resident…
17 residents injured west of Ramallah
Hundreds of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall in the village of Bel’in, west of Ramallah, soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the…
Four soldiers injured south of the Gaza Strip
Friday evening, four Israeli soldiers were injured after an explosive charge detonated near the jeep in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The shells exploded as a military patrol…
Youth killed near Ramallah
Friday evening, an Israeli soldier guarding the Separation Wall shot killed a Palestinian teen in the village of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah. According to the Israeli army, one of…
Homes shelled west of Khan Younis
Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens of homes west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source reported…
Two arrested in Jenin refugee camp
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin and its refugee camp, and arrested two residents. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city and the camp, conducted military…
Settlers attack residents in Hebron
Settlers of Tal Rmeida illegal settlement outpost in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron attacked dozens of residents, and homes in the area. A local source in…
This Week in palestine, July Week 1
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 6.6 MB This week in Palestine – a service of the…
London death jumps to 50, 700 wounded
Head of the metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, said in the wake of the London bombing that it will be very difficult now to determine the death toll, but it…
Hamas, National Committee, not Unity government
International media sources reported on Thursday that the ruling Fatah party rejected an offer by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, to form a national committee to oversee the intended Israeli…
Army invades Jenin, arrests three
 Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, at the early hours of Friday morning, Palestinian sources reported.  Eyewitness reports said that three residents were arrested in…
Settlers set up new Gush Katif stronghold
Israeli right-wing protestors have begun establishing a new stronghold in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in southern Gaza, Israeli sources reported Friday. This move comes week after the Israeli army…
Seven Palestinians Arrested in Hebron
Lat last night Israeli army sources said that the army arrested seven residents of Hebron city. According to the army clams, three are wanted for involvement with Islamic Jihad group,…
Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for shelling Sderot
Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The brigades said that it fired the…
Soldiers occupy two homes near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invade the village of al-Shiokh, north east the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and occupied two homes, using them as military posts. A local source in the…
High court rules freeze on wall section
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Supreme Court issues an order to freeze the construction of a section of the West Bank separation wall in a village near Hebron. Resdients…
Yossi Beilin: hesder yeshivas should be dismantled
Meretz-Yahad leader Yossi Beilin said on Thursday that Israeli society is divided over the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The divide, said Beilin, demonstrates the gravity of the problem of…
London rocked by series of attacks
At least 2 people have been killed in a series of explosions that rocked the British capitol of London on Thursday morning, a ccording to the BBC news website. Blasts occurred between Aldgate…
19 residents injured in Amateen
19 Palestinians were injured Thursday in clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Amateen, east of Qalqilia. The fighting erupted after the army began bulldozing villagers’ farmlands to…
Father, his son arrested in Tammoun
The Israeli army arrested today a Palestinian and his son near Tamon village in southern part of the West Bank. According to an eye wetness, Israeli army invaded Tamon village…
Resident arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday the village of Yatta, near the West Bank city of Hebron, conducted military searches of homes and arrested one resident. A local source in the…
Soldiers invaded Nablus
Thursday at noon, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and broke into two institutions in a building in the center of the city. The WAFA news agency…
Army invades village near Tubas
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded an area adjacent to Wadi al-Maleh, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes,…
Five arrested, two injured south of Hebron
Five Palestinians were arrested and two injured when the Israeli army attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Mnezel, south of Hebron, on Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of…
Five arrested, two injured south of Hebron
Wednesday afternoon, five residents were arrested, two injured, after the Israeli army attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Mnezel, south of the West Bank…
Farmers wounded by army fire near Qalqilia
19 Palestinian farmers from a village near Qalqilia were wounded Thursday morning by Israeli troops as they tried to prevent bulldozers from uprooting their orchards. Soldiers invaded the village of…
12 Palestinians, one peace activist injured in Aida refugee camp
Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida Refugee camp to the west of Bethlehem. 12 Palestinians, most of them children under 14 years old, and one international peace activist, were injured…
Child, resident injured in Kahn Younis
Wednesday at night, Israeli soldiers based at military camps surround Morag settlement, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired at dozens of homes in Qeizan…
Greek Patriarchate to replace the ousted Irineos I
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem announced its intention to select a new patriarch to replace Irineos I, who was ousted by the church last month. The selection process will…
Palestinian detainee deported to Jordan
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Mohand Khaled Abu Moeis was deported to Jordan after serving 33 months in Israeli administrative detention centers. The detainee was…
Youth killed, two injured in Balata refugee camp
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers killed a 17-year-old youth in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and injured two others after invading the camp and exchanging fire with a resistance group.…
Serious Hamas-PA rift on the eve of pullout
Mahmoud al-Zahar, believed to be the leader of Hamas inside the Palestinian territories, launched the severest-ever verbal attack on the Palestinian Authority, signaling a serious rift over the issue of…
Palestinian Intelligence officer killed in Gaza
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that Abdullah al-Loh, 40, was found killed in a street in Gaza city. Marks of severe torture were apparent on his body. The…
Islamic Jihad Fighter killed, another injured in the Gaza Strip
Al-Quds martyrs’ brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing at military posts near Morag settlement in the Gaza Strip, and added that the fighter who…
Soldiers: `“Two Palestinian youngsters arrested carrying 11 pipe bombs`
Wednesday at night, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers recovered 11 pipe bombs after detaining two Palestinian youngsters at a flying checkpoint near the West Bank city of Qalqilia.…
Palestinians caught with 150 bullets
Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested several Palestinians residents carrying 150 bullets. The residents were arrested near the settlement of Morag, in the Gaza Strip, army…
Army: `“Palestinian teen caught smuggling two explosives`
Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers of the Nahal infantry unit, arrested a 17-year-old youth from the village of Qaffin, near Tulkarem; army claims that the teen…
Settlers, soldiers clash in Homesh settlement
Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source reported that dozens of settlers of Homesh settlement, in the West Bank, clashed with Israeli soldiers and took over an army bulldozer preventing the…
Mofaz proposes changes on wall route
In bid to overcome some legal difficulties that would delay the completion of the West Bank separation wall, Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz proposed some changes on the wall…
Two homes leveled near Nablus
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled two home in al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, accompanied by…
Settlers plan a three-day march to Gush Katif
The Council of Settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip called on settlers and disengagement opponents to participate in a three-day march on Gush Katif starting on July…
Abbas says he’ll meet Sharon again before pullout
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before the pullout from the Gaza Strip begins, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. According to the…
Janata deputy mayor transferred to administrative detention
An Israeli military court decided to transfer deputy head of Janata village council, near Bethlehem, to six months in administrative detention. Ibrahim Asakra, 43, and his brother Kamal were arrested…
Settler rams a Gaza resident with his car
A settler rammed his car into a resident of the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, causing moderate injuries, including fractures to several parts of the victim’s body. A medical source in…
Peace now: ‘145 tenders for new settlement housing units in 2005’
The Peace Now movement in Israel reported that during the first half of 2005, the so-called Israeli Lands Authority issued tenders for the construction of 142 new homes in settlements in the…
Resistance fires a shell at Gaza settlement
Wednesday morning, a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at Kfar Darom settlement, in the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli military source, the shell exploded in a Palestinian…
Army invades Aida refugee camp
Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and fired rounds of live ammunition. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers invaded the camp in an attempt to…
Only settlers who ask will get compensation
In an effort to get more settlers to cooperate with the Israeli government’s official Disengagement Administration, the government has decided that only those who file applications for compensation will receive…
Israel to speed up wall construction
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet Wednesday with the heads of the defense establishment to discuss the progress of the separation wall. On Tuesday his Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, ordered…
Pullout and Pull in
To date, the northern section of the wall, consisting of 213 kilometers, has been completed. It extends from Tirat Zvi in the north to Elkana in the center plus two…
Two injured, four arrested near Jerusalem
Two Palestinian children were injured and four residents arrested Tuesday evening in Qutna village, northwest of Jerusalem, as soldiers fired on and attacked dozens of residents who were attempting to stop…
Mofaz: `“Army will remain in the G. Strip until the end of 2005`
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the Israeli army will remain in the Gaza Strip until the end of this year, even though all Israeli settlers are scheduled to be…
Curfew imposed east of Tubas
Tuesday at night, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the village of Ein al-Baidha, near the West Bank city of Tubas, after surrounding and invading it. A local source in the…
Sharon reiterates warning to PA over gunfire during pullout
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated warning to the Palestinian Authority over gunfire during the planned Israeli pullout from Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements. During a special session…