Newly-released statistics show a sharp rise in the building and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Quds Press reported on Sunday. According to a report issued to mark Palestine Land […]
A Palestinian fisherman was injured today after he was shot by Israeli navy off the shore of the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that a fisherman was injured […]
Israeli forces on Thursday entered a Palestinian village in the northern Jordan Valley to confiscate materials designated to build a clinic to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak. Officials from the Israeli Civil Administration came […]
Israeli warplanes and artillery attacked late last night several locations in the northern Gaza Strip, causing damage but no injuries, reported WAFA correspondent. Missiles fired by Israeli warplanes hit several locations northwest of Gaza City […]
Gaza’s medical facilities have switched their focus from protest casualties to the coronavirus pandemic. With nine coronavirus cases already confirmed in the Gaza Strip, hospitals that were once overwhelmed by gunshot wounds and amputations are […]
Jewish settlers today attacked Palestinian herders and other civilians in the village of Al-Tuwani, south of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to a local activist. Fo’ad Amour, a local rights activist, told WAFA that Jewish settlers, along […]
Dozens of Israeli soldiers on Friday stormed several neighborhoods in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) and deliberately spat at Palestinian houses’ doors and cars to intimidate the residents amid Coronavirus outbreak. Eyewitnesses reported […]
Israeli forces today demolished a residential building and seized tents and other equipment in the Jordan Valley village of Ibziq, north of the occupied West Bank city of Tubas, according to Wafa news agency. Abdul Majeed Khdeirat, […]
Seven new cases of coronavirus were confirmed early this morning in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian government spokesman Ibrahim Milhem. The seven patients in Gaza came down with the virus after coming […]
Israel’s constitutional crisis deepened today as Knesset (parliament) speaker, Yuli Edelstein abruptly quit his post. Edelstein, an ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had refused to hold a vote on a new government that […]
Jewish settlers attacked several homes in the Palestinian village of Madama, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, local sources said. Settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar attacked homes in […]
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday prevented Palestinian volunteers from disinfecting the old town in Hebron (Al-Khalil) and from educating the local population on the coronavirus pandemic. Local activist Muhannad Jabari told the Palestinian news agency WAFA […]
A Palestinian worker exhibiting coronavirus symptoms was found dumped by Israeli authorities at the Beit Sira checkpoint that connects Israel and the occupied West Bank. Footage recorded by 25-year-old Ibrahim Abu Safiya, who found him […]
The Commission for Prisoners Affairs at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on the United Nations to urge Israeli authorities to release Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jail amid fears of the spread of […]
Israeli soldiers today opened fire and injured a Palestinian youth near the village Deir Nitham, west of Ramallah, and closed its entrance, according to local sources. A local resident told WAFA that soldiers shot the […]
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank late Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry announced. The man was shot near Nilin west of Ramallah in the West Bank, the […]
A World Health Organisation delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to assess the situation after the Gazan health ministry announced that two people have tested positive for coronavirus, the Palestinian news agency Shehab reported. Headed […]
Jewish settlers today attacked a Palestinian motorist with stones in the northern West Bank, causing damage but no injuries. A resident of Silat al-Dahr village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, told […]
Israeli authorities announced on Saturday the full closure of all crossings with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as part of ongoing precautions against the spread of novel COVID-19 (coronavirus). PPS: #Israel Uses #Coronavirus […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Sunday the first two cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the besieged Gaza Strip. Deputy Health Minister Youssef Abulreesh said that the […]
Illegal Jewish settlers set up tents and a caravan today on Palestinian land near the village of Khallet Hamad in the Jordan Valley region, according to a local source. Aref Daraghmeh, a local Palestinian human […]
Israeli forces on Thursday demolished two Palestinian homes and a livestock shelter on the outskirts of as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya, near Jerusalem. Israel demolishes a Palestinian vegetable & fruit market, & steals a family's trailer home pic.twitter.com/fnGk3RWqTq […]
Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) leader Benny Gantz is “inclined to form a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu serving as a prime minister first in a rotation”, reported Haaretz. The Israeli newspaper cited “political sources”, […]
The Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs Authority said yesterday that the Israeli Prisons Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Health have denied reports that four Palestinian detainees had tested positive for the coronavirus. Speaking to […]
Four Palestinian prisoners have been diagnosed with coronavirus today, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Information Office. Israeli Prison Service informed that four Palestinian prisoners at the Israeli prison of Megiddo, three of whom are imprisoned […]
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated last night from teargas inhalation during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, according to witnesses. Israeli forces raided the neighborhood, stopped Palestinian youths while […]
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday that it urgently needed $14 million to prepare and respond to the coronavirus outbreak. In an appeal posted on its website, the agency outlined the […]
Israeli police today summoned Sheikh Omar Kiswani, director of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, for questioning at the Russian Compound interrogation center in West Jerusalem, according to the Islamic Waqf department. #Israeli Forces Arrest Two #Palestinians, […]
Israeli forces on Wednesday arrested two Palestinian young men from occupied Jerusalem, while illegal Jewish settlers stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa mosque. Israeli police officers arrested Muhammad Gheith and Yazan Rajabi from the neighborhood […]
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) accused the Israeli prison administration of using the Coronavirus as a pretext to impose even more abusive measures upon Palestinian prisoners, rather than providing the necessary tools to help stop […]
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