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Israeli Soldiers Bulldoze Palestinian Lands In Salfit

Israeli Soldiers Bulldoze Palestinian Lands In Salfit
On Monday, Israeli soldiers continued to bulldoze significant portions of land belonging to the Palestinians in the Thaher Sobeh area, which is part of the towns of Sarta and Bidya, located to the west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Nathmi Salman, a local nonviolent activist against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities, […] Read more

Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron

Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian father his son, and two siblings, in Yatta town, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the National and Popular Committees against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said the soldiers invaded the Al-Faqeer neighborhood in the town, […] Read more

Israeli Colonizers Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus

Israeli Colonizers Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus
On Monday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers burnt large areas of Palestinian lands and attacked Bedouin tents in the Wad Yasuf area, north of the Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Local sources said at least twenty paramilitary colonizers from the Rehelim illegal colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands, […] Read more

Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Al-Walaja

Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Al-Walaja
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Khader Al-A’raj, the head of the Al-Walaja Village Council, said the soldiers invaded the Ein Jweiza in the village, and demolished a home, under the pretext of being built without a permit. Al-A’raj added […] Read more

Day 283 of Israeli Assault on Gaza: Dozens Killed in Pre-Dawn Bombings

Day 283 of Israeli Assault on Gaza: Dozens Killed in Pre-Dawn Bombings
Israeli forces continued their assault on Gaza Monday before dawn, day 283 of the ongoing onslaught against the entire civilian population of 2.24 million people living in the Gaza Strip. Israel continued carrying out several deadly bombings in az-Zawayda, Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency. Read more

Palestinian Family Forced To Demolish Their Home In Silwan

Palestinian Family Forced To Demolish Their Home In Silwan
On Sunday evening, the Israeli army and the police forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in the Ein Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.  Lutfiyah al-Wahidi said her family was forced to demolish the home to avoid the hefty costs, the exaggerated […] Read more

Army Demolishes Gas Station Near Jerusalem

Army Demolishes Gas Station Near Jerusalem
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a gas station. Media sources said several military vehicles, and bulldozers invaded the town, and headed to the gas station, leading to protests. They added that the soldiers surrounded the Salam Gas Station, owned by Palestinians […] Read more

Army Shoots Three, Abducts Three, in the West Bank

Army Shoots Three, Abducts Three, in the West Bank
Israeli forces shot, on Sunday, three Palestinian young men near Qalqilia and Hebron in the southern and northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted three others, including a woman in the goverornates of Ramallah, Jerusalem and Hebron. Before dawn on Sunday, Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men near the village of Nabi […] Read more
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