Israeli forces detained five Palestinians in overnight end early morning raids in the West Bank and another in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said today. Two of the detainees were from the Nablus district, […]
Two Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger for 49 days to protest their administrative detention, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said today. Odeh Hroub and Hasan Awawi are having serious health issues as a result […]
Israeli authorities have decided to drastically reduce the permitted fishing zone off Gaza’s coast “until further notice,” on Thursday. Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, told Ma’an that Israeli authorities reduced […]
Israel committed the highest number of attacks on healthcare facilities, workers and vehicles last year, according to a new report authored by international human rights and medical groups. Worldwide there were at least 973 attacks […]
Israeli naval forces on Saturday detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza City and arrested […]
At least one Palestinian was killed and 32 others, including four children, were injured by Israeli forces while demonstrating along the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, according to medical sources. Israeli troops fired […]
Israeli forces attacked worshippers leading the old city through Damascus Gate after performing night prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque last night. In video footage which has circulated on social media, occupation officers could be seen assaulting […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered “massive strikes” on the Gaza Strip after a two-day escalation that killed 24 Palestinians and four Israelis. Israeli warplanes and gunboats continued to target the Gaza Strip on […]
Israel’s army on Sunday waged fresh air raids on various parts of the blockaded Gaza Strip for a third day straight, Anadolu reports. The strikes left at least four Palestinians wounded after an Israeli warplane struck a […]
The Palestinian movements of Hamas and Fatah on Saturday slammed recent Israeli offensives on the blockaded Gaza strip since Friday which have killed at least five Palestinians and left dozens wounded, reports Anadolu Agency. Hamas on […]
Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested 15 Palestinian and foreign solidarity activists who took part in efforts to fix a road in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the Anadolu Agency reported. Occupation forces raided […]
Scores of fishermen in the occupied Gaza Strip yesterday staged a rally demanding international intervention “to stop the Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen”. The protest, which took place at the Deir Al-Balah harbor, was organized […]
Two Israelis were sentenced to just one year in prison yesterday for a series of racially-motivated assaults against Palestinian citizens, reported Haaretz. The pair, named as Koren Elkayam, 22, and Tamir Bartal, 20, from Beersheva, […]
The Israeli government will subsidize hotels in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as part of a plan to attract more tourists to the area. According to an article in Arutz Sheva, citing a […]
Israel today more than halved the fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip “until further notice”. According to a statement by Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) – which administers […]
The Israeli Minister of Agriculture, Uri Ariel, raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, the third day of the Jewish holiday of Passover, along with dozens of Jewish settlers. Head of […]
Over 100 Palestinian prisoners enter their fifth day of open hunger strike, on Friday, following the failure of talks with the Israel Prison Services (IPS) over the deteriorating situation in Israeli prisons earlier this week. […]
Israeli forces opened heavy fire towards Palestinian farmers and fishermen, on Sunday, in the besieged Gaza Strip. A Ma’an reporter said that Israeli forces deployed in military watchtowers opened fire towards Palestinian agricultural lands east […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel used force “wisely” in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli soldiers have killed “more than 300” Palestinians near the eastern fence of the besieged enclave. In an interview […]
Palestinian prisoners are to begin a mass hunger strike tomorrow, April 7, in protest against the deteriorating situation inside Israel’s prisons and its recent crackdowns on inmates. The prisoners said in a statement yesterday: “In […]
Dozens of birds suffocated to death due to an excessive amount of tear-gas bombs fired by Israeli forces throughout the Sebastia village, northwest of the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, on Thursday. Mayor […]
One outcome is certain when it comes to the forthcoming Israeli elections – Gaza will remain a top target for the new government. Amid the sparring between contenders for the elections, former IDF chief Benny […]
Israeli forces detained a leader in the Hamas movement and lawmaker, on predawn Tuesday, from his home in Beituniya City west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Locals reported that Israeli forces raided […]
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded at least three others during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said. Mohammed Edwan, 23, was shot near the Qalandiya […]
At the UN Security Council last Friday, US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt failed to garner support for Israel’s decision to deduct $11 million from the tax revenues to be transferred to the […]
What should we make of a media outlet that praises those who join or give money to a foreign army, which occupies territory belonging to another people, terrorizes the local population by destroying houses, restricting […]
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man and a teenage boy and wounded 33 protesters, according to Palestinian medical officials. The protests mark the first anniversary of the often violent weekly border demonstrations in which […]
Israel has imposed heavy fines on Palestinian prisoners in Al-Naqab (Ketziot) and Ramon prisons as part of a series of crackdowns which have seen their cells raided and phone signals jammed. The Israeli Prison Service […]
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were assaulted and injured by Israeli prison guards, Sunday night, in the Negev prison in southern Israel, after two prisoners allegedly carried out a stabbing attack against two Israeli prison guards. […]
Israeli forces shot and injured one Palestinian east of al-Breij refugee camp, in the central besieged Gaza Strip, on Thursday evening. Medical sources confirmed that Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths […]
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