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JERUSALEM (AA): A settler flew the Israeli flag on Monday as he forced his way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. According to the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees the holy sites in Jerusalem, more than 1,000 Israeli settlers broke into the site […]

23rd Sep 2021

Palestine: Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa to celebrate Sukkot

By Abdelraouf Arna’out JERUSALEM (AA): Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees the holy sites in Jerusalem, said 530 settlers […]

11th Aug 2021

Palestine: Israel demolishes Palestinian home in East Jerusalem’s Silwan

By Abdelraouf Arna’out JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli forces on Tuesday tore down a Palestinian house in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a local official. “Israeli bulldozers backed by police forces demolished the two-apartment house,” Fakhri Abu Diab, a member of a local land committee in Silwan, told Anadolu Agency. The Wadi Hilweh […]

29th Jul 2021

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian child in West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra HEBRON, Palestine (AA): An 11-year-old Palestinian child, who was shot and injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, succumbed to his wounds, according to local residents and the Palestinian Health Ministry. The child, Mohammed al-Allami, was injured in the chest when Israeli forces opened fire on […]

23rd Jul 2021

Palestinian groups accuse Israel of torturing detainee to death

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Human rights groups on Thursday accused Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death. Abdu Yousef al-Khatib Tamimi, 43, lost his life during interrogation at al-Moscobiyeh interrogation center in occupied East Jerusalem. “Testimonies gathered from his families and other detainees show that he was electrified and beaten,” […]

3rd Jun 2021

Palestine: Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. The Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said in a brief statement that 61 settlers stormed the flashpoint complex this morning, guarded by Israeli police. It is expected that more settlers […]

28th May 2021

Palestine: 120 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of settler Jews accompanied by Israeli police on Thursday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Some 120 Jews raided Haram al-Sharif from the Al-Maqaribe (Moroccans) Gate southwest of the flashpoint mosque, the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf said in a statement. Protected by the Israeli police, the […]

12th May 2021

Israeli forces resume attacks against Palestinians in Al-Aqsa mosque & Gaza

JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli forces on Wednesday resumed their attacks against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. In addition,, Israeli warplanes on Wednesday bombed security centers and police headquarters of Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of bombs were dropped within a few minutes in the south, north, and central […]

11th May 2021

Palestine: Israeli air raids & shelling into Gaza kills 24, incl children, 612 injured in E Jerusalem

By Hamdi Yildiz GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): The number of those killed in attacks by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip late on Monday rose to 24 and the wounded to 103, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. UK condemned Hamas for the retaliatory rocket attacks against Israelis, however, did not condemn attacks by […]

8th May 2021

Palestine: 205 Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks across East Jerusalem

By Gulsen Topcu JERUSALEM (AA): The number injured rose to 205 in Israeli attacks late Friday at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Damascus Gate of the Old City and the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Eighty-eight were taken to hospitals in Jerusalem, while others were treated as outpatients, said a […]

9th Apr 2021

Palestine: Israeli settlers seize 3 Palestinian buildings in E Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AA): In a pre-dawn raid, more than 100 Israeli settlers protected by police Thursday seized control of three Palestinian-owned buildings and a piece of land in occupied East Jerusalem. The settlers immediately raised Israeli flags on the seized properties in the middle of the crowded Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, south of Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa […]

17th Nov 2020

Palestine: UAE ‘suspicious’ role in Jerusalem raises Palestinian fears

By Ali Abo Rezeg and Zehra Nur Duz (AA): Attempts by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to increase its role in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have caused outcry among the Palestinian authorities and researchers. “We think that the UAE is playing a serious role in Jerusalem and the West Bank,” Hamas […]

16th Nov 2020

Palestine: Israel to build new illegal settlement units in East Jerusalem

By Zein Khalil JERUSALEM (AA): Israel on Sunday issued a tender for the construction of 1,257 settlement homes in the occupied East Jerusalem, according to local media. The Walla news website said the new settlement units will be constructed in the Givat HaMatos settlement in East Jerusalem, which was occupied by Israel during the 1967 […]

15th Sep 2020

Palestine: Israel to demolish mosque in Jerusalem

By AbdelRaouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Israel on Monday issued a demolition order for a mosque in the town of Silwan in east Jerusalem for “lack of a construction permit,” according to local residents. Israeli authorities gave the curators of the Qa’qaa Bin Amr mosque 21 days to challenge the order. However, an Israeli court […]

26th Aug 2020

Palestine: Israeli army demolishes 10 Palestinian homes

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): The Israeli army on Tuesday demolished two Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem and eight east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, In Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem knocked down a house owned by Khaled al-Khales, witnesses said. Israeli authorities […]

9th Oct 2019

Palestine: Israeli minister, ex-Knesset member storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli minister and former member of Knesset (Parliament) along with dozens of Jewish settlers on Tuesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex accompanied by Israeli police, read a statement. “More than 230 extremist Jews stormed Al-Aqsa today accompanied by Israeli police,” said the statement by the […]

22nd Aug 2019

Palestine: Fires still engulfing Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Abdel Raouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Although 50 years have passed since extremist Australian tourist Denis Michael Rohan set fire to East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, Palestinians say the flames are still engulfing the flashpoint site. The 1969 fire 50 years this month, has destroyed nearly third of the al-Qiblah mosque, including the 1,000-year old […]

16th Aug 2019

Palestine: Palestinian killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces on Thursday in Jerusalem, according to a statement issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. In a statement, the ministry, said that the Israeli police opened fire at the Palestinian men, injuring at least three. The ministry further said while one of the Palestinian died […]

13th Aug 2019

Palestine: 1,700 Jewish settlers storm the Al-Aqsa mosque during Eid al Adha prayers

By Anees Barghoti JERUSALEM (AA): Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with support from Israeli police forces, as Muslims were praying Eid al-Adha prayers. The worshippers had to flee in fear of their lives. “Since the morning, over 1,729 Jewish settlers have entered the compound,” […]

10th Aug 2019

Weekly Report: Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (1– 7 Aug)

Gaza, Palestine, (Palestinian Center for Human Rights): Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, 01 – 07 August 2019 Great March of Return in Eastern Gaza Strip: 72 civilians injured, including 30 children, 3 women, one of them is a paramedic, and 2 journalists by Israeli forces. West Bank, including occupied […]

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