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(The Muslim News): A large Israeli army force invaded, in the early morning hours of Sunday, the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, killing a disabled Palestinian man and abducting nine young men. Thirteen Palestinians have been killed since Thursday in West Bank. In the predawn hours of Sunday, at least […]

21st Jun 2023

5th Dec 2022

Palestine: Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Bethlehem, West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces on Monday in the occupied West Bank, authorities said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that the Palestinian was shot dead with live bullets in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli forces stormed […]

1st Oct 2022

Palestine: Palestinian child falls to death in Israeli army chase

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) A 7-year-old Palestinian child died Thursday while being chased by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health. A ministry statement said Rayyan Suleiman, from the town of Tuqu near Bethlehem city, had fallen from a height while running away from Israeli soldiers. […]

11th Apr 2022

Palestine: Unarmed Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli forces in Bethlehem

By Qais Abu Samra BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA): An unarmed Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. Israeli forces also killed two Palestinian men in the West Bank Sunday. A ministry statement said that the woman, 35, was shot […]

22nd Jun 2021

Palestine: Israeli settlers hold Israeli flag marches in occupied West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Hundreds of Israeli settlers held Israeli flag marches Monday in the occupied West Bank, which were secured by a heavy deployment of Israeli forces. An Anadolu Agency correspondent reported that the settlers started their march from Za’tara square near the city of Nablus in the northern West […]

3rd May 2021

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman in West Bank

By Mustafa Deveci, Awad al-Rujoub and Aysar al-Ais JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH, (AA): Israeli soldiers killed a 60-year-old Palestinian woman in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Earlier, the Israeli army and a Palestinian security source confirmed that a woman, Rihab Mohammad Mousa Za’oul, was shot and […]

27th May 2020

Palestine reopens mosque, church after 3-month Corona closure

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine on Tuesday reopened a prominent church and mosque in the occupied West Bank as part of easing coronavirus lockdown measures. The Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem opened for worshipers after three months. Dozens of Palestinians performed morning prayer at […]

31st May 2018

Palestine: Israeli gov’t approves new West Bank illegal settlement units

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli government on Wednesday approved construction of 450 new Jewish-only illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank. According to Israel’s Channel 7, the government’s planning and building committee approved construction of the new housing units in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem. The new units will […]

13th Jan 2017

Palestine: Israel aims to ‘Judaize’ historical Bethlehem village

By Qais Abu Samra BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA): The Palestinian village of Al-Walaja on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the West Bank has been described by visitors as “paradise on earth”. The village — occupied by Israel in 1967 — is known for its natural springs, especially the historical Al-Haniyah spring. Palestinian residents of the […]

24th Aug 2016

Palestine: 5 Palestinians injured in Israeli raid in Bethlehem

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Five Palestinians were injured early Tuesday when Israeli forces raided a number of shops in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces confiscated lathing and blacksmith machines from several shops in Bethlehem and the northern Doha town on claims they were being used to manufacture […]

20th Feb 2016

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill 2 Palestinians in Bethlehem & Ramallah

IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday, a young Palestinian man, in Beit Fajjar town, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it. The army also killed a young man in Silwad town, east of Ramallah. The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the soldiers shot and seriously […]

14th Feb 2016

Palestine: 3 Palestinian teens shot dead in Israeli-occupied W Bank

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Palestinians teenagers were killed by Israeli troops on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli military, troops shot two Palestinians dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin after the former had come under fire after responding to reports […]

8th Jan 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians near illegal settlement

[Photo: Israeli security forces make crime scene investigation after Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed Israeli person, at a trolley station in Jerusalem on January 4, 2016. Photographer: Mahfouz Abu Turk/AA] Aness Suheil Barghoti RAMALLAH, (AA): Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians near the Gush Etzion settlement close to southern occupied West […]

10th Dec 2015

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in Hebron

IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers killed, Wednesday, a young Palestinian man in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after an alleged stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier and a settler. The slain Palestinian’s cousin was killed, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, Monday. Medical sources said the Palestinian has been identified as Yosri Zakariyya Miswada, 21; […]

9th Dec 2015

Palestine: Bethlehem killing using illegal explosive bullet brings Palestinian death toll to 117

JERUSALEM (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces since Oct. 1 reached 117 on Tuesday after a young man was shot dead near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. He was killed by an explosive bullet fired at his head, medical sources at the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital told Ma’an. According […]

6th Oct 2015

Palestine: Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli forces

JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian child has died after being shot by Israeli forces, according to local media. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement Monday that Abd al-Rahman Mustafa, 13, died after being shot in the stomach. According to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency, the boy was shot during overnight clashes between Palestinian youth […]

20th Jul 2015

Palestine: Israeli settlers uproot vegetable crops in Bethlehem

IMEMC & Agencies: Several fanatic Israeli settlers invaded, on Saturday evening, Palestinian farmlands in the town of al-Khader, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted hundreds of tomato and cauliflower plants and seedlings, in addition to destroying an entire field planted with Okra. Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the […]

16th Jul 2015

Palestine: 6 Palestinians detained by soldiers in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin

IMEMC News: Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped four family members. The army also kidnapped two Palestinians from Bethlehem and Jenin. The Jerusalem Detainees’ Committee has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the ath-Thoury neighborhood in an […]

15th Jul 2015

Palestine: Cover up on illegal settlement allocation

[Photo: Archive: Betar Illit, one of the four biggest illegal settlements in the West Bank. Creative Commons] IMEMC News & Agencies: Israel’s Civil Administration secretly allocated land for 800 housing units in an illegal settlement south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, a rights group said Tuesday. Despite orders by Israeli Prime Minister […]

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