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By Awad Rjoob RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel has shut the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslims in the West Bank city of Hebron for marking Jewish holidays, according to the mosque director on Saturday. “Israeli forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque on Friday night to Muslim worshippers, while it was opened to Israeli settlers,” Ghassan al-Rajabi told […]

10th Sep 2023

Palestine: 16-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in refugee camp

Palestine, Agencies: Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday evening, 16-year-old Palestinian at the entrance to the Al-Aroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to Ministry of Health. The killing occured when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian youths protesting Israeli military presence in the camp. Israeli soldiers opened […]

30th Nov 2022

Palestine: 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra, Awad Rajoub, Abdel Raouf Arnaout and Ekrem Biceroglu HEBRON, RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry and Israeli media. A ministry statement said that one fatality occurred in the town of Beit Ummar near Hebron […]

20th Nov 2022

Palestine: Over 9,300 Palestinian minors held by Israel since 2015

By Awad al-Rujoub RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): More than 9,300 Palestinian minors have been detained by Israel since 2015, according to a local NGO on Saturday. In a statement marking World Children’s Day, the Palestinian Prisoners Society NGO said Israeli forces rounded up 750 minors in 2022. “Around 160 children are still in Israeli custody,” […]

31st Oct 2022

Palestine: 5 Israeli soldiers injured in car-ramming attack in West Bank

By Ahmed Asmar ANKARA (AA): Five Israeli soldiers were injured on Sunday in a car-ramming attack near Jericho city in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, a general strike paralyzed the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday amid Israeli settlers attacks on Palestinian property. Police and the army said in […]

12th Oct 2022

Palestine: Over a thousand Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA, Wafa News Agency): Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a brief statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said 1032 settlers stormed the flashpoint site in […]

10th Aug 2022

Palestine: Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Abdelraouf Arna’out and Qais Abu Samra HEBRON, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said. The new fatality came hours after Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including activist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, in a raid in Nablus city early Tuesday. A […]

29th Jul 2022

Palestine: Israeli settlers seize Palestinian home in Hebron

By Qais Abu Samra HEBRON, Palestine (AA): Israeli settlers on Thursday seized a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to a local Palestinian official. The home of Jraiwi family south of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron’s Old City was taken by settlers, Emad Hamdan, the head of Hebron Reconstruction Committee, said […]

1st Jun 2022

Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Awad al-Rajoub RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian woman was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health. A ministry statement said the woman, identified as Ghufran Harun Warasneh, 31,was shot in the chest near Al-Aroub camp, north of Hebron. Pictures and a video clip […]

24th May 2022

Palestine: 96 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa complex, Israel demolish Ibrahimi mosque staircase

By AbdelRaouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In Hebron, Israeli authorities demolished parts of a historic staircase that leads to Ibrahimi mosque. In a statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said 96 settlers […]

6th May 2022

Palestine: Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa complex, police fire at Muslim worshippers

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Many Palestinians were injured after Israeli police fired rubber bullets at them and detained 51 Muslims, including an Algerian-origin French Muslim, while guarding hundreds of Israeli settlers that invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday . On the occasion of Israel’s foundation anniversary, Israeli settlement groups […]

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 […]

28th Jan 2021

Palestine: Israel condemned for demolishing mosque

By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Palestine’s acting minister of religious affairs condemned Israel’s demolition of a mosque Wednesday in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank. “This is a crime and a blatant attack on Muslims’ feelings,” Hussam Abu al-Rub said in a statement, according to […]

26th Nov 2020

Palestine: Israel tears down Palestinian homes in West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra HEBRON CITY, Palestine (AA):- Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished a number of Palestinian homes in the southern occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have transferred ownership of two Palestinian homes in Silwan district in the outskirts of the old city of Jerusalem to Israeli settlers. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the […]

22nd Jul 2020

Palestine: Israel demolishes Coronavirus quarantine center in Hebron

By Lubaba Zawkan RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished a structure used as a quarantine center for people suspected of contracting coronavirus in the West Bank city of Hebron. Local residents said Israeli authorities claimed the lack of a building permit for razing the 700-meter center. “The center was being prepared over […]

1st Jul 2020

Palestine: Illegal Israeli settlements being built in West Bank

By Cagri Kosak RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) : Jewish settlers began building illegal settlements Tuesday in the south of the occupied West Bank after seizing Palestinian lands. Eyewitnesses said a large number of settlers raided the northern part of Halhul village in Hebron. The invaded lands are in small hill area, known as Tallat al-Jomjoma, […]

15th Jun 2020

Palestine: Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa complex

By Said Amouri JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Israeli settlers on Sunday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to a Palestinian NGO. Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinians and their homes in Hebron. The settlers toured the holy site under the protection of Israeli police, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in […]

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 […]

15th Apr 2020

Palestine: CCTV catches Israeli soldiers spitting near Arab homes, fears of Covid-19

By Salam Abu Sharar RAMALLAH (AA): The behavior of Jewish settlers and of late now by Israeli soldiers caught on camera spitting on the doors of Palestinian homes have raised fears of the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic spreading in Palestinian areas. The close circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the streets of the Hebron […]

23rd Nov 2019

Palestine: Jewish settlers storm Hebron’s Ibrahimi mosque

HEBRON, Palestine (AA): Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Saturday forced their way into the Ibrahimi mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to celebrate the Chayevi Sarah Jewish holiday. Meanwhile, on Thursday 50 Palestinian vehicles were vandalized in the latest series of Jewish settler attacks in the West Bank district of Salfit. Dozens of Israeli […]

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