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By Hedaya al-Saeidi GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): At least 31 Palestinians have been killed and 2,850 others injured by Israeli gunfire during peaceful protests on border of the Gaza Strip since last week, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. UK Opposition Leader, Jeremy Corbyn condemned the killings by Israeli soldiers in a statement Saturday. […]

7th Apr 2018

Palestine: Israel bans Friday call to prayer at Ibrahimi mosque

By Qais Abu Samra AL-KHALIL [Hebron], Palestine (AA): Israel on Friday banned the Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to Palestinian Religious Endowments Minister Yousef Adais. In a press statement, Adais described the move as “a dangerous precedent” and “a cowardly […]

7th Apr 2018

Palestinian dies of wounds; Gaza death toll rises to 22 with no comment from UK PM

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces shot and killed one Palestinian along the border of the southern Gaza Strip, east of Khan Younis, during mass demonstrations on Friday, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained last week, bringing the death toll in Gaza to 22 since Palestinians in Gaza launched […]

6th Apr 2018

Palestine: Jewish settlers descend on East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for Passover

JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, according to a Palestinian official. “Over 310 Jewish extremists backed by Israeli police officers have forced their way into the compound since morning,” Firas al-Dib, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority, told Anadolu Agency. Settlers, he said, […]

5th Apr 2018

Palestine: Over 500 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Jewish settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday, according to a Palestinian official. “Over 542 Jewish extremists stormed the compound since morning,” Al-Aqsa Mosque Director Omar Kiswani told Anadolu Agency. He said the settlers broke into the compound through Al-Mugharbah gate under the protection […]

4th Apr 2018

Palestine: Another Palestinian killed by Israel gunfire near Gaza border

By Mohammed Majid GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was shot dead Tuesday by the Israeli army near the Gaza Strip’s eastern border with Israel. “Ahmed Omar Arafa, 25, was martyred after being shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers near the eastern border of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza […]

1st Apr 2018

Palestinians observe national mourning over Gaza deaths

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestinians marked a general strike and a day of mourning on Saturday over the death of 15 Palestinians by Israeli gunfire during rallies demanding the right of return to refugees. Shops across the occupied West Bank shuttered their doors, universities and schools suspended their classes and most businesses observed the general strike. […]

2nd Apr 2018

Palestine: 275 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli settlers, guarded by police forces, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, on Sunday morning. Jerusalemite sources reported that 275 settlers stormed the mosque via The Moroccan Gate, carrying out provocative tours in its courtyards, and receiving Talmudic teaching. The settlers daily storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa […]

31st Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli troops kill 17, injure over 1400 Palestinians during peaceful protest

By Ali Semerci and Safiye Karabacak GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces directly fired on Palestinians Friday as they marched in a peaceful demonstration demanding the right of return for refugees, killing 17, injuring 1,416. The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, called for “an independent and transparent investigation” into killings of Palestinians by Israeli […]

30th Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli shelling on Gaza kills Palestinian farmer

By Hani al-Shair GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian farmer was killed and another injured Friday morning by Israeli artillery shelling in farming areas in the southern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the farmer Omar Wahid Samour, 28, from the town of Bani Suheila, was killed by Israeli shelling, while, Ahmed Salim […]

29th Mar 2018

Palestine: Palestinians urge Arabs, Muslims to safeguard Al-Aqsa Mosque

RAMALLAH (AA): Palestine’s Religious Affairs Ministry is urging Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rally to the defense of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by Jewish groups to visit the site — in large numbers — during the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday. In a Wednesday statement, Religious Affairs Minister Youssef Ideis called on Arab and Muslim […]

24th Mar 2018

Weekly Report: Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (15–21 March)

Gaza, Palestine, (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) [15 – 21 March 2018] Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 37 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children and a photojournalist, […]

19th Mar 2018

Palestine: Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

By Said Amouri JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Israeli settlers on Sunday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to an Islamic authority responsible for the site. “Dozens of Jewish extremists stormed the compound this morning,” the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, a Jordan-run agency tasked with overseeing the city’s Islamic sites, said […]

16th Mar 2018

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (07–14 March)

Gaza City, Palestine, (Palestinian Centre for Human Rights): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [oPt] (07 – 14 March 2018) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Two Palestinian civilians were killed in Nablus and Hebron 28 Palestinian […]

11th Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians, one with special needs

By Esat Firat NABLUS, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian youth shot by Israeli forces during clashes in a West Bank village succumbed to his wounds on Saturday, health ministry and local media said. On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man who was deaf and could not speak, in the southern West […]

5th Mar 2018

Palestine: Israel spraying herbicides on Gaza farmlands

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israeli aircraft on Sunday sprayed herbicides along border with the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian official. “These chemicals cause damage to agricultural crops and harm farmlands,” Nizar al-Wahedi of the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry told Anadolu Agency. He said the Palestinian ministry was not aware of […]

1st Mar 2018

Palestine: Israeli settlers mark Purim holiday by storming Al-Aqsa

JERUSALEM (AA):- Dozens of Israeli settlers Wednesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to mark the Jewish holiday of Purim, according to a Palestinian official. In addition, Israeli authorities a security closure is imposed on the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza strip for a period of four days for the […]

26th Feb 2018

Palestine: Israeli Navy kills Palestinian fisherman off Gaza coast

By Said Amouri JERUSALEM (AA): At least one Palestinian fisherman was killed and two others injured when Israeli Navy opened fire at a fishing boat off Gaza’s coast, Israeli media reported. Two Israeli soldiers were also injured in the incident, broadcaster Channel 2 reported, without explaining the nature of the injuries. An Israeli army […]

25th Feb 2018

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (15-21 Feb)

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) – (15 – 21 February 2018) Israeli forces killed 2 children and wounded 2 others in the Gaza Strip without endangering the soldiers’ life. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protests in the […]

12th Feb 2018

Palestine: Israel tortures 60 pct of detained Palestinian minors

By Amjad al-Nabhan RAMALLAH (AA): Sixty percent of Palestinian children detained at Israeli prisons get subjected to physical and psychological torture, Palestinian Society Prisoners Club said Sunday. In a statement, the nongovernmental organization said minors were being exposed to “physical and psychological torture through several ways, including detention during late hours of the night […]

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