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Israel Kills Child, Injures Youth amid Escalating Violence in West Bank
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On Tuesday night, 11-year-old Abdullah Jamal Hawash was killed by the Israeli occupation army’s gunfire during a raid in Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank. The Israeli occupation forces […]
Cutting Down Olive Trees – Israel’s Way to Steal Palestinian Land
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Illegal Jewish settlers carry out these illegal practices in various areas of the occupied West Bank with the full protection of the Israeli army. Abdul Muti Yassin was surprised by […]
Israeli Forces Injure Five Palestinians, Including Children, amid Escalating Violence in West Bank
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Over the last 24 hours, the Israeli forces injured five Palestinians, including three children, in the occupied West Bank. Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at two young men on […]
Settler Mob Attack – Two Palestinians Injured, Three Homes Set Alight in West Bank
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The attack is the latest in an upsurge of settler violence in the occupied territory, including an increase in assaults on families trying to harvest their olive crops. Two Palestinians […]
‘International Crimes’ – UN Launches Probe into Role of Private Sector in Enabling Israeli Occupation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The investigation’s focus will include “how the private sector is linked to, invests in and contributes to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation and apartheid regime in the oPt and the […]
‘Most Dangerous Olive Season’ – Palestinian Woman Killed, Foreign Activist Beaten as Settler Attacks Escalate
By Palestine Chronicle Staff UN Experts have warned that Palestinian farmers in the West Bank are facing “the most dangerous olive season ever.” Israeli forces have shot and killed a 59-year-old Palestinian woman as […]
PA Forces Target Resistance in Tubas – Palestinian Shot, Injured
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The commander of the Tubas battalion, wanted by Israel, was detained by PA forces on Tuesday. Local reports indicated that he was wounded before being arrested and his current condition […]
West Bank Violence – Jewish Settlers Carry out Attacks against Palestinian Properties, Mosque
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Illegal settlers blocked late Wednesday an agricultural road with earth mounds in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus. Illegal Jewish settlers carried out their violent attacks on Wednesday often […]
Beaten to Death – Israel Brutally Kills 66-Year-Old Palestinian Activist in Hebron
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Abu Ehlayyel was reportedly rushed to the Dura Hospital but succumbed to his severe injuries soon after his arrival. Israeli occupation forces brutally beat to death Monday morning sixty-six-year-old Palestinian […]
West Bank Escalations – One Child Killed, Several Raids and Arrests by Israeli Forces
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A 12-year-old Palestinian child has been killed and eight others injured during an Israeli military incursion into the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem. Hatem Ghaith was killed on […]
‘Unfinished Business’ – Protesters Demand South Africa Sanctions Israel
By Nurah Tape – The Palestine Chronicle “As long as children are being murdered by the apartheid regime in Israel, we have unfinished business.” The South African government is being called upon to boycott, […]
Scores Killed, Wounded in Israeli Airstrike in West Bank Refugee Camp – UPDATE
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded when an Israeli fighter jet struck a crowd in the Palestinian Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Videos of the chaotic […]
West Bank Escalations – Ambulance Crew Shot and Injured, Scores Detained by Israeli Forces
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The PRCS condemned “the deliberate targeting of its crews by the Israeli occupation forces.” Israeli occupation forces opened fire on an ambulance, injuring six paramedics, as they tried to evacuate […]
‘Natural Response’ – Israelis Killed, Wounded in Yaffa Attack
Palestinians carried out an armed operation in the center of Yaffa (Jaffa), killing and wounding a number of people, according to Israeli media. Initial reports on the number of dead and wounded conflicted. Israel Hayom […]
‘Nearly 90%’ of Gaza Aid Efforts Denied or Impeded in September – UN Official
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Displaced communities “live in overcrowded shelters and lack cleaning supplies, hygiene kits and diapers, as well as clothes and infant formula for babies.” Stephane Dujarric Nearly 90 percent of coordinated […]
West Bank Raids – Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in Hebron, Storm Jenin
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Al-Fawar refugee camp, south of Hebron (al Khalil), in the early hours of Wednesday, while […]
Aysenur Ezgi’s Killing – American Lawmakers Demand Independent Probe
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A group of 103 American lawmakers demand the US government open “a thorough, credible, and transparent investigation into Eygi’s killing.” American lawmakers on Tuesday called on the United States President […]
Umm Safa is Dying – Palestinian Village Left without Land, under Lock and Key
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah The Palestinian residents of the Umm Safa village, north of Ramallah, are constantly fighting Israeli attempts to seize their lands. Throughout the years, these attempts have taken different forms, such […]
West Bank Raids – Four Palestinians Shot with Live Ammunition, including Doctor
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution last week demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine within the next twelve months. A Palestinian doctor has been seriously injured […]
‘Go to Jordan’ – Jewish Settlers Intensify Campaign to Force Palestinians Out of West Bank
“You do not exist in the land of our ancient ancestors… Go to Jordan before our holy army wakes up.” The Israeli Promised Land settler association has intensified its campaign to displace Palestinians in the […]
‘Heinous Crime’ – Hamas Condemns Israel’s Desecration of Bodies in Qabatiya
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hamas said in a statement that this comes to prove again “the savagery and brutality of this occupation.” The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas strongly condemned on Thursday the latest Israeli […]
West Bank Escalations – Three Killed in Jenin, Students Trapped in Besieged Schools
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Nearly 1,000 students are besieged in the two schools, while eight schools have been evacuated.” Ahmad Jarara’a, Qabatiya Education Director At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation […]
Israel’s True Objectives in Gaza, and Why It Will Fail
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s new plans will not succeed simply because Israel continues to face the same obstacle: the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. Never in its history of war, and military occupation has […]
‘Within 12 Months’ – UNGA Passes Resolution Demanding End of Israeli Occupation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine within the next twelve months. The vote came in the middle of its […]
‘Shot Fired from a Distance’ – Autopsy Results on Israel’s Killing of Turkish-American Activist
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “According to the skin and subcutaneous findings of the firearm bullet core entry wound … the shot was fired from a distance.” The results of an official forensic autopsy have […]
‘Targeting Steadfastness of Palestinian Women’ – Israel Detains Wife of PFLP Leader, Ahmad Sa’adat
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Abla Sa’adat’s detention “comes as part of a systematic policy targeting leaders of the national and women’s movement, as well as their families, in a desperate attempt to deter them […]
Violence in West Bank – Settlers Attack Primary School near Jericho, Leave Children Trapped inside
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Armed Jewish settlers targeted the village of Arab al-Ka’abneh, assaulting an elderly man before storming the primary school. Illegal Jewish settlers attacked students and staff at Arab al-Ka’abneh Elementary School […]
Three-Day Israeli Military Offensive in Tulkarm, Tubas – 14 Palestinians Killed
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The occupation carried on “its attacks on the camp and its residents, raiding homes and forcing their owners to leave them, blowing up a number of them and burning them.” […]
Cartography of Genocide: Why Netanyahu Erased Palestine from the Map
By Ramzy Baroud For him, Palestinians are nomadic beings who, by mere historical incident, ventured into his biblical land, in which they have no claim or right. When asked why his latest map has […]
Israeli Military Storms Hospital, Detain Injured Palestinian – West Bank Offensive Continues
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli occupation raids and detention of Palestinians continued in various cities across the West Bank. The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Governmental Hospital in Halhul, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil), […]