Tag Archives: West Bank

Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, as tensions continue to escalate across the occupied territories. Palestinian media outlets reported that Israeli military forces stormed the camp on Thursday morning, triggering violent confrontations with local residents. The …

Israeli military forces have shot and killed two young Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, only a few hours after another young Palestinian died from injuries sustained when Israeli troops opened fire in another part of the occupied …

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian gunman on Wednesday, both sides said, and in a separate incident in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian was shot while carrying out what Israeli authorities described as a stabbing attack on a Jewish settler. The West Bank, among areas where Palestinians seek a state, …

UN Security Council members have underscored the need to maintain a decades-old status quo at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds after the recent Israeli desecration of the holy site. The move was prompted on Thursday after a contentious visit by far-right Israeli minister Itamar …

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian youths during a nocturnal raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian medical sources said the fatalities were caused as the regime’s forces stormed the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin. They identified …

The Israeli occupation forces launched a number of armed incursions on Thursday across the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, arresting a number of young Palestinian men, amid ongoing illegal settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in Nablus and al-Khalil. Israeli soldiers arrested thirteen Palestinians who were taken away for …

Israeli raids on Monday arrive after a wave of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on Saturday when dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron’s old city in the southwest Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded five other Palestinians on Monday during a morning raid in the …

The Detainees Affairs Commission of the Palestine Liberation Organization says the Israeli regime has detained over 50,000 Palestinian children since the occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967. The PLO Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday the majority of children were arrested from their homes at night …

Israeli forces have shot dead a young Palestinian man in Ariel settlement in the West Bank city of Salfit after he allegedly killed three settlers in a stabbing and car-ramming attack. Palestinian media outlets identified the young man as 19-year-old Mohammad Murad Souf from the town of Hares, near Nablus. …

Israeli forces detained a number of Palestinians on Wednesday morning before withdrawing from areas near the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin. Occupying Israeli forces on Wednesday morning withdrew from the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin after detaining six more Palestinians, including the brother of a slain …

The UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process says at least 100 Palestinians, including children, have been killed by the Israeli regime’s forces in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the year. Tor Wennesland made the remark in a statement on Saturday as he sounded the …

In yet another act of aggression against Palestinians, the Israeli regime’s forces have violently attacked Palestinian citizens, including women, commemorating the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. The violence broke out late on Saturday after the Israeli soldiers …

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank after an alleged firebomb attack on the regime’s troops. According to a brief statement by the Health Ministry on Saturday, Fayez Khaled Damdum, 18, was killed on the spot by Israeli occupation forces who shot him …

A Palestinian boy from the central part of the occupied West Bank has lost his life after falling from a high place while running away from Israeli police forces who were chasing him, medical sources say. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing medical staff at Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, reported …

Four Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others injured after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing security sources, reported that Israeli forces raided Jenin and its refugee camp in the early hours of …

A prisoners’ advocacy group says the Israeli regime has detained more than 135,000 Palestinians since the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Prisoners Affairs Commission (PAC) said that some 20,000 children and 2,500 women had also been among those detained …

The United Nations says Israeli forces shot dead at least four Palestinians and demolished 55 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds in a time span of over two weeks. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory said in …

Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian man in what is claimed to be a response to a stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency said the killing was carried out on Friday afternoon as the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on …

More than two dozen Palestinians have been injured in the town of Rujeib, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, as clashes erupted after Israeli forces raided a house. Skirmishes started after the Israeli forces encircled a house in the early hours of Tuesday looking for two people who …

Israel has demolished eight under-construction houses owned by Palestinians in the village of al-Dyouk al-Tahta of the occupied West Bank. The official Wafa news agency reported that the military forces of the regime raided the village on Monday. Issam Smeirat, a veteran activist against Israeli settlements, said most of the …