Israeli troops in Hebron, West Bank on August 10, 2017 [Wisam Hashlamoun/Apaimages]
October 24-25 news reports from the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC:
Israeli Soldiers Injure Eleven Palestinians In Abu Dis
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, wounding eleven. Media sources in Abu Dis said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades. They added that eleven Palestinians […]
Army Injures Many Schoolchildren In Hebron
Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, several gas bombs into the Nahda Basic School for Boys, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing dozens of students and teacher to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including some students who fainted. Rawhi az-Zaro, the principal of the school, said the soldiers […]
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18 – 24 October 2018)
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of (18 – 24 October, 2018. Israeli soldiers continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian youngster was killed in eastern Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, […]
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 15 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID […]
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Man In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while the military prosecutors’ office demanded remanding a detained child. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the police summoned Jadallah Rajabi for […]
Israeli Forces Repress March at Jerusalem Gate
Dozens of solidarity activists and journalists, on Wednesday evening, suffered from tear gas inhalation, during Israeli occupation forces’ repression of a peaceful march at the Jerusalem Gate, in the town of Abu Dis, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. Resistance to the wall and settlements, along with activists of the Popular Resistance […]
Bedouins Ordered to Stop Erecting Tents and Barns in Jordan Valley
Bedouin families in the northern Jordan Valley were ordered, by the Israeli military, to stop setting up tents and barns in Khirbet Thra’a Awad, under the pretext they do not have permits for them, Aref Daraghmeh, a local rights activist, said on Thursday. Daraghmeh told WAFA that the army informed the […]
Protests Erupt Following West Bank Invasions
Israeli forces, on Thursday, carried out invasions and violent searches in several Palestinian cities, which lead to confrontations between soldiers and Palestinian youth. The most intense of these confrontations took place in Nablus, where soldiers stormed a building in the Rafidia neighborhood. Soldiers fired sound and tear gas canisters, while […]
Army Carried Out Several Air Strikes In Gaza
Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrikes’ campaign across the besieged Gaza Strip, predawn Thursday. Local sources said, according to Ma’an, that Israeli warplanes fired two missiles towards a military site belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in Rafah district, in southern Gaza. Sources confirmed […]
Israeli Forces Storm Ramon Prison over Detainee Interview with Egyptian News
On Tuesday evening, Israeli restraining forces of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) stormed the prisoners’ chambers in Section 5 of Ramon Prison, where the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmed Sa’adat, is detained. They raided and vandalized the chambers, on the backdrop of an […]
Holy Land Churches Denounce Israeli Police Conduct in Jerusalem
Churches in Jerusalem denounced, on Wednesday, Israeli police conduct with Coptic monks, demanding to hold accountable police officers involved in using force against the monks, according to a press release. Contacts were held since the morning with many local, regional and international entities on the incident involving misconduct by Israeli policemen […]
Abu Rodeina: “No Peace, No Security, Without An Independent Palestinian State”
In response to statements by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the official spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Nabil Abu Rodeina, said that there can be no peace or security without establishing an independent and contiguous Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Abu Rodeina stated that Israel, and its […]
Army Injures Eight Palestinians In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, eight young Palestinian men, protesting east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza has reported. The eight wounded Palestinians were rushed to Abu Yousef an-Najjar hospital in Rafah. Dozens of […]
Illegal Colonialist Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa
Dozens of Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, escorted by a large police and military force. Eyewitnesses said the attack was carried out by at least 59 colonists, in addition to the soldiers and officers, and took place through the al-Magharba Gate. The Waqf and […]
Israel Confiscates Thousands Of Dunams To Expand Colonialist Road
The Israeli government has approved, Wednesday, the expansion of Road #60, used by illegal colonialist settlers, between Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the National Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bethlehem, has reported that Israeli Transportation Minister, Yisrael Katz, has authorized […]
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, Wednesday, the town of al-‘Isawiya, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted three Palestinians, including two children child. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Adam Mustafa, in addition to two children, Ahmad […]
Army Abducts Seven Palestinians In Tulkarem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn several areas and communities in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, searched homes and buildings, and abducted seven Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded and violently searched homes and buildings, before interrogating many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. They […]
Israeli Soldiers Surround Jerusalem Affairs Ministry
Israeli soldiers invaded Dahiat al-Barid area, south of the ar-Ram town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, surrounded the building of the Palestinian Governorate and Jerusalem Affairs Ministry, and prevented the employees from entering or leaving it. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, and police officers, encircled the entire […]
Israeli Soldiers, Police Attack Coptic Priests, Abduct One, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and police officers attacked, on Wednesday morning, several Coptic Christian priests in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in occupied Jerusalem and abducted one of them, the Maan News Agency has reported. The attack took place after the Coptic Church in occupied Jerusalem organized a peaceful protest near […]
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Tubas
Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Tammoun town, and injured eleven others, east of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank. Medial sources said the young man, identified as Mohammad Mahmoud Bsharat, 21, was shot with a live round in the back, and died from his […]
Shots Fired At Israel Soldiers Near Hebron
Israeli sources have reported that several shots were fired, on Tuesday at night, at soldiers near Halhoul town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. The sources said that the shots were fired from a moving vehicle, adding that the incident did not lead to any […]
Updated: Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Abducts Four Fishermen In Gaza
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement strongly condemning the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and the illegal confiscation of their boats, and called for the release of four fishermen, who were taken prisoner by the navy, on Tuesday, in two separate attacks. Al-Mezan said its […]
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian Teen, Injures Five, In Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed, Tuesday, that Israeli soldiers killed a teen, and injured five other Palestinian, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. The Ministry said Montaser Mohammad Ismael al-Baz, 17, was shot and seriously injured with a live round in the head. The seriously wounded Palestinian was […]
