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Israeli Soldiers Abduct 42 Palestinians In West Bank

Israeli Soldiers Abduct 42 Palestinians In West Bank
On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted forty-two Palestinians, including siblings, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, mainly from several parts of Bethlehem governorate. The soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, causing damage to many homes, and interrogated scores of Palestinians before abducting at least 38, […] Read more

Funeral Of Slain Teen Held Four Months After Soldiers Killed Him

Funeral Of Slain Teen Held Four Months After Soldiers Killed Him
Four months after Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teen and refused to release his corpse, his family in Jerusalem could finally hold funeral and burial ceremonies under strict conditions. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the funeral was held after midnight, Wednesday, before the mourners buried Wadea Abu Ramouz, 16, at the […] Read more

Israeli Colonizers Attack Homes, Vehicles, And Workers, Near Nablus

Israeli Colonizers Attack Homes, Vehicles, And Workers, Near Nablus
On Wednesday, illegal Israeli colonizers attacked homes and punctured a vehicle’s tires, and hurled Molotov cocktails at a car and workers rehabilitating a road near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said the colonizers attacked […] Read more

Israeli Woman, in Coma since 2001 Bombing, Dies

Israeli Woman, in Coma since 2001 Bombing, Dies
A 52-year-old Israeli woman, who has been on life support in a coma for 21 years, died in a Tel Aviv hospital on Wednesday. Chana Tova Chaya Nachenberg, 52, was seriously injured in 2001 in a deadly bombing that cost the lives of 15 Israelis and a Palestinian attacker. The Times Of Israeli said Chana […] Read more

Army Confiscates Car, Forklift, And Electric Transformer Near Nablus

Army Confiscates Car, Forklift, And Electric Transformer Near Nablus
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers confiscated a car, a forklift, and an electric transformer in Aqraba town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Mayor of Aqraba, Salah Jaber, said the soldiers invaded an area in the eastern part of the town before confiscating the vehicles and the transformer. Jaber […] Read more

Israeli Army Demolishes Structures In Jerusalem

Israeli Army Demolishes Structures In Jerusalem
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished several commercial structures in the Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said several military and police vehicles invaded the neighborhood after isolating it. It added that the army then surrounded […] Read more

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In West Bank

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In West Bank
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least seven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Salim Ibrahim Joneidi from the Jneid area, west of the city. In Asira Al-Qibliyya town, south of Nablus, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Rasem Ahmad from his home. Read more

Israeli Colonizers Damage Palestinian Cars Near Jenin

Israeli Colonizers Damage Palestinian Cars Near Jenin
On Wednesday dawn, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked and caused damage to many Palestinian cars and closed a main street in the Jenin governorate, in the West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said the colonizers hurled stones and attacked Palestinian cars driving on the Zibda village bridge southwest of Jenin, causing excessive damage. The sources […] Read more
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