Jail terms extended for seven Palestinian teens held without charge or trial

Ramallah, July 2, 2016—Abdul-Rahman Kmail was hit with a four-month extension to his administrative detention order on June 11. He was only 15 years old when he was incarcerated without charge or trial five months ago. During Kmail’s 15-minutes of questioning at Salem military base, near the West Bank city of Jenin, he admitted to […]

Turkish aid ship reaches Gaza following reconciliation deal with Israel

The first Turkish ship with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip arrived in Israel a week after Turkey and Israel reached an agreement normalizing their diplomatic relations that were suspended in 2010 after a deadly IDF raid against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The Lady Leyla container vessel, carrying more than 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid […]

Israeli forces launch airstrikes on several sites in Gaza

Israeli forces in the early morning on Saturday launched airstrikes at several sites allegedly used by Palestinian political factions in the besieged Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the small Palestinian territory into an Israeli city Friday evening, Israeli and local sources said. Local sources said Israeli warplanes launched rockets at two […]

Army Injures Two Palestinians With Live Fire Near Hebron

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with several local youths, before wounding two with live rounds, and many others with rubber-coated steel bullets, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. Several military vehicles invaded the town, especially Hanina area, and […]

Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians, Including A Journalist, In Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Sunday, at least ten Palestinians, during massive invasions and searches of homes; nine of the kidnapped are from the Old City, and one from Silwan town. The Israeli Radio said quoted army sources claiming that nine of the kidnapped are suspected of involvement in hurling stones on […]

Curfew on Hebron neighborhoods imposed by Israeli forces

Israeli forces, on 30th June 2016 enforced a complete curfew on several neighborhoods in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Deliberately, this curfew was designed to be imposed only on the Palestinian population, with the expressive goal of allowing settlers to move around these neighborhoods without even so much as seeing Palestinians on the street. After a 13-year […]

Mass demonstration in Gaza marks annual Quds Day

Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza yesterday in a massive demonstration to mark the now annual Quds Day and renew their support for occupied Jerusalem and the rest of occupied Palestine. Posters were displayed calling for the Arab and Muslim nations to unite in order to support the occupied holy city and tackle Israel’s […]