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By Anees Barghothi BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA): Israeli gunfire killed one Palestinian and left two others injured in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to a local Palestinian NGO. Sajid Abdel Hakim Helmi Mizhir, 17, “a voluntary Palestinian medic in the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC), was martyred by Israeli forces,” the PRC said in […]

27th Mar 2019

Palestine: Israeli airstrikes damaged 500 Palestinian homes

By Mohamad Majeed GAZA (AA): A total of 500 civilian houses in the Gaza Strip were damaged by the latest Israeli airstrikes, Palestine’s public works minister said late Tuesday. “In Israeli airstrikes against Gaza, 30 civilian houses were completely destroyed and 500 houses were damaged,” Mufeed al-Hasayneh said in a statement. Many civilians have […]

26th Mar 2019

Palestine: Israel continues to pound Gaza despite ceasefire injuring many

Palestinians inspect a demolished building after Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City, Gaza on March 26 (Photo: Ali Jadallah/AA) By Moustafa Maged Haboosh,Hamdi Yıldız GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israeli warplanes continue to strike Gaza City wounding eight Palestinians, including two children, Tuesday despite reports of a ceasefire. According to witnesses, the Israeli bombardment targeted a post […]

23rd Mar 2019

Palestine: Israel opens fire on Gaza rally, killing 2, injuring 181 Palestinians

By Zeynep Hilal Karyagdi GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Two Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured, including an Anadolu Agency photojournalist, during a Friday rally along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. In a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra confirmed that two Palestinians — aged 18 and 29 — had […]

13th Mar 2019

Palestine: Palestinian youth shot dead in Israeli-occupied W Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A young Palestinian man was killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said that Mohamed Shaheen, 23, was critically injured after being shot through the heart by Israeli troops during clashes that erupted earlier Tuesday in […]

12th Mar 2019

Palestine: Israel to construct 23,000 illegal buildings in East Jerusalem

By Afra Aksoy and Hamdi Yildiz JERUSALEM (AA): Israel will construct more than 20,000 new illegal houses in occupied East Jerusalem in the next five years, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “We signed an agreement in the framework of construction of 23,000 new housing units in Jerusalem with an investment […]

7th Mar 2019

Israel razes Palestinian’s home over West Bank shooting

By Qays Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine, (AA): The Israeli army demolished the home of a Palestinian activist Thursday who is accused of killing two Israeli soldiers in an armed attack. Israeli forces raided Assem Barghouthi’s house in the town of Kobar in the central West Bank and destroyed it with bulldozers. Violence erupted when […]

5th Mar 2019

Palestine: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Ramallah

JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in an alleged car-ramming attack in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday, according to the Israeli military. In a statement, the army said a third Palestinian was injured when troops fired toward Palestinians, who ran over soldiers northwest of Ramallah. However, witnesses said that the incident […]

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, […]

9th Feb 2019

Palestine: 2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza

By Mohamed Majed GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Two Palestinian teenagers were killed Friday by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza-Israel buffer zone, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said that Hassan Shalabi, 14, and Hamza Ashtiwi, 18, had been “martyred by Israeli forces”. According to the ministry, at least 17 other […]

20th Jan 2019

Palestine: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (10–16 Jan)

Gaza, Palestine, (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory [oPt] (10– 6 January 2019) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip A woman and a child were killed during the 42nd week of the Return and […]

12th Jan 2019

Palestine: Gaza woman shot dead by Israeli troops near buffer zone

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian woman was killed Friday evening by Israeli army gunfire while taking part in ongoing peaceful demonstrations near the Gaza-Israel buffer zone, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. In a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra identified the slain woman as Amal Mustafa Abu Sultan Al Taramisi, 43 from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north […]

11th Jan 2019

Palestine: Israel opens ‘Apartheid Road’ separating Palestinians, Jewish settlers

JERUSALEM (AA): The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned a decision by the Israeli authorities to open a road that separates Palestinian communities from a Jewish-only illegal settlement northeast of Jerusalem. “The opening of this road comes within the framework of Israel’s ongoing efforts to undermine any chance of reaching a political solution,” the ministry said […]

10th Jan 2019

US Muslim group sues Maryland for anti-BDS bill

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): A Muslim rights group filed a lawsuit against the state of Maryland Wednesday to block a measure seeking to stop state agencies from doing business with companies, entities, or individuals who boycott Israel. Software engineer Saqib Ali was seeking to obtain a contract with Maryland to develop a tool […]

9th Jan 2019

Palestine: Israeli settlers destroy olive groves in West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra HEBRON, Palestine (AA): Israeli settlers on Tuesday destroyed 30 olive groves in the al-Hamra area, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, according to a local activist. A group of settlers chopped down the trees east of Yatta, Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Resistance […]

7th Jan 2019

Palestine: Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians triple in 2018

By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Some 482 attacks were staged by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in occupied West Bank in 2018, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday. The daily said that settler attacks targeting Palestinians tripled last year compared to 2017. “As of mid-December, 482 incidents had been reported, compared to 140 for 2017,” […]

5th Jan 2019

Weekly report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (27 Dec 2018 – 2 Jan 2019)

Gaza, Palestine, (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (27 December 2018 – 02 January 2019) Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) A Palestinian with disability was killed in eastern Khan Younis. 25 civilians, including 5 children, a […]

3rd Jan 2019

Palestine: 312 Palestinians killed, 31,500 injured by Israel in 2018

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH (AA): Israeli forces killed 312 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip last year, according to a Palestinian NGO on Wednesday. A total of 53 children and three women were among those killed by the Israeli army in 2018, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Abdullah Hourani Center […]

30th Dec 2018

Palestine: 6489 Palestinians arrested by Israel in 2018

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces rounded up 6,489 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip this year, according to official estimates. A total of 1063 minors and 140 women were among those arrested in 2018, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs said in a […]

26th Dec 2018

Israeli warplanes strike targets in Syria from Lebanon

By Faruk Zorlu, Esat Firat (AA): Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon fired missiles at targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, Syrian state media reported. Most of the missiles were shot down before hitting their targets, although an arms depot was struck and three soldiers were wounded, according to the regime-run […]

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