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HEBRON, Palestine (AA): Israeli authorities closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) to Muslim worshipers for one day for a Jewish holiday, a local Palestinian official said on Thursday. “The Israeli authorities told us the mosque would be closed from Thursday morning to Friday morning,” said Raed Maswadeh, director […]

23rd Apr 2019

Palestine: Israel closes Ibrahimi mosque to Muslims for Passover

HEBRON, Palestine (AA): Israeli authorities closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers for two days on Monday to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover, according to a Palestinian official. “The Israelis have notified us about the closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque as of Monday morning until Tuesday night,” […]

6th Apr 2019

Palestine: Jewish settler runs over Palestinian teen in West Bank

By Aysar al-Aees RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A 16-year-old Palestinian on Friday was seriously injured after being run over by a Jewish settler in the southern West Bank, according to a Palestinian official. “Aysar Mahmoud Houshiyeh, 16, from the city of Hebron [Al-Khalil] was run over by an Israeli settler while he was walking down the […]

13th Feb 2019

Palestine: Jewish settlers attack 25 Palestinian homes in West Bank

By Zeynep Tufekci RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Jewish settlers attacked around 25 Palestinian homes Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil, also known as Hebron. Isa Amr, a Palestinian activist, told Anadolu Agency a group of settlers threw stones at the houses and also tried to set fire to some of them. Meanwhile, […]

26th Oct 2018

Palestine: Israeli forces raid Palestinian school in Hebron, injure students

HEBRON, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Palestinian students were reportedly injured on Thursday after Israeli forces fired teargas at a school in the occupied West Bank. “Israeli forces fired teargas canisters into the Al-Nahda School in the southern West Bank city of Hebron [Al-Khalil],” Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors illegal Israeli settlement activity, […]

26th Sep 2018

Palestine: Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Israel closes Ibrahimi mosque to Muslims

JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Tuesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to a Palestinian official. Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities have closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) to Muslim worshipers for two days during the week long Jewish holiday of Sukkot, […]

2nd Aug 2018

Israel: Arab ‘terror’ vs extreme Jewish ‘underground’

JERUSALEM (AA): An Israeli court this week sentenced Darin Tatour, a prominent Palestinian poet, to five months in jail after convicting her of “inciting terrorism” in a poem she posted on social media. Tatour, a 36-year-old resident of the northern Galilee region, was first detained by the Israeli authorities in 2015 for her poem entitled, […]

12th Jul 2018

Palestine: Israel banned call to prayer 298 times at Ibrahimi mosque

By Esat Firat RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer 298 times in the first half of this year at a historical mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. “Occupying Israeli forces prohibited the Azan, including calls to Friday prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque 298 times in the first […]

7th Apr 2018

Palestine: Israel bans Friday call to prayer at Ibrahimi mosque

By Qais Abu Samra AL-KHALIL [Hebron], Palestine (AA): Israel on Friday banned the Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to Palestinian Religious Endowments Minister Yousef Adais. In a press statement, Adais described the move as “a dangerous precedent” and “a cowardly […]

11th Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians, one with special needs

By Esat Firat NABLUS, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian youth shot by Israeli forces during clashes in a West Bank village succumbed to his wounds on Saturday, health ministry and local media said. On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man who was deaf and could not speak, in the southern West […]

7th Feb 2018

Palestine: Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

HEBRON, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces after an alleged stabbing attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to Palestinian Health Ministry. On Tuesday morning before dawn, Israeli troops invaded the village of al-Yamoun and killed Ahmad Nasr Jarrar, 22, whom they suspected of the murder of an Israeli, without […]

18th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead near Hebron, West Bank

HEBRON, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Murad Abu Ghazi, 16, was killed after being struck in the chest by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier during clashes that occurred in the Al-Aroub refugee […]

2nd Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian killed after alleged West Bank knife attack

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank after allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler, the Israeli military said in a statement. According to the statement, a Palestinian man armed with a knife allegedly stabbed an Israeli settler, injuring him slightly, in the Teneh Omarim settlers’ community south […]

31st Oct 2016

Palestinian killed after 3 Israeli police officers hurt

By Abdurrauf Arnavut JERUSALEM, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian man was killed in the southern West Bank on Sunday evening after allegedly wounding three Israeli police officers, according to Israel’s Channel 2. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a written statement that the man was shot after he attempted to run over three Israeli […]

17th Sep 2016

Palestine: Palestinian, Jordanian shot dead by Israeli troops

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): Two men – a Palestinian and a Jordanian – were shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday during two separate alleged attacks in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. According to the Israeli military, two Palestinians — a man and a woman — were shot and injured by […]

17th Aug 2016

Palestine: Palestinian killed, dozens injured in W. Bank clashes

By Anees Bagouthi HEBRON, (AA): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Mohamed Abu Hashhash, 17, was killed after being struck in the chest by a bullet fired by an Israeli sniper during clashes that […]

24th Jun 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces shoot Palestinian woman dead in W Bank

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian woman was shot dead Friday by Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack, the Israeli army and the Palestinian Health Ministry have said. The Israeli army said in a statement that a Palestinian assailant had driven her […]

22nd Apr 2016

Palestine: Israeli settler runs over Palestinian teen in Hebron

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian teen was injured Thursday when he was run over by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Alaa Rajabi, 17, was hit near the Ibrahimi Mosque, a focal point for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers who live near the center of […]

19th Apr 2016

Palestine: 11 schoolgirls suffer effects of teargas inhalation in Hebron

IMEMC News: Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported Monday that at least eleven children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs on them. The sources said Red Crescent medics provided eleven students of the Zahra’ Elementary School for Girls […]

17th Apr 2016

Palestine: Hundreds attend Hebron funeral for slain Palestinian

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday took part in the funeral of a Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops two days in earlier in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Following the funeral, clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and angry Palestinian youths. Five of the latter sustained rubber bullet injuries and dozens […]

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