Israeli security forces fatally shot two teenage Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestine’s health ministry and the Islamic Jihad militant group have said. The violence in the streets erupted after Israeli special forces encircled the house of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi in Nablus. The senior Palestinian militant …
Read More »Palestinian militants confirm truce – media
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) confirmed on Sunday that it had reached a ceasefire deal with Israel, the Times of Israel reported. Israel reportedly agreed to the Egyptian-brokered deal earlier in the afternoon, after three days of airstrikes on Gaza. The militant group said that the ceasefire would come into …
Read More »Palestinian militants vow imminent revenge on Israel
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhala said on Friday that his group would target the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv with missiles “in the coming hours.” Earlier, Israel killed a senior commander of the militant organization in an airstrike. “Metropolitan Tel Aviv will be one of the targets of the resistance …
Read More »Biden’s response to the killing of Palestinian-American journalist encourages more of the same
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s death should have marked a turning point for the United States government’s approach to the protection of journalists overseas – but when an allied nation could be to blame, that becomes a problem. Abu Akleh, a veteran journalist who worked for Al-Jazeera, was many things: …
Read More »Unarmed Palestinian woman shot by Israeli forces (VIDEO)
A 47-year-old Palestinian woman has been shot to death in the West Bank after allegedly approaching Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in a “suspicious manner” on Sunday, the IDF reported. “The force opened fire as part of a suspect arrest procedure that included firing into the air. After she did …
Read More »Tied up naked and starving for 3 days – ex-Palestinian prisoner on Israeli jail
Prisoner advocacy groups say female Palestinians face a wide range of human rights violations in Israeli jails. Earlier in December, three female Palestinian prisoners – Shorooq Douyat, Marah Bakir, and Muna Kaadan – were brutalized and thrown into solitary confinement, according to Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, an organization representing political prisoners. …
Read More »Massive fire, explosions rock Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
The fire erupted at the Burj el-Shemali camp located just outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre late on Friday. The camp is the second-largest settlement of 12 Palestinian refugee camps scattered across the country. Unverified footage from the scene circulating online shows a building engulfed in flames, with a …
Read More »Palestinian gunned down in Jerusalem after stabbing Orthodox Jewish man (VIDEO)
The stabbing attack occurred near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday. Footage from the scene, released by Israeli law enforcement, shows the assailant, identified as 25-year-old Mohammed Shawkat Salima, crossing the road, with his would-be-victim, a 20-year-old Haredi man approaching him from behind. The Palestinian man then abruptly turns around, stabbing …
Read More »4 Palestinian militants captured by police after escaping from Israeli prison by tunnel earlier this week, 2 remain at large
Fugitives Zakaria Zubeidi, the former leader of militant group Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and Mohammed al-Arida were detained at a parking lot in the early hours of Saturday near the northern town of Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam, Israeli media reported, citing police. The Times of Israel quoted a local resident as saying that …
Read More »This week’s Palestinian prison break from Israeli jail could threaten the country’s entire security establishment and Fatah
The great escape has sparked outrage among Israelis, celebrations amongst Palestinians, and represents an embarrassing failure for Israel’s security apparatus, which could lead to an explosion of violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. On Monday at approximately 1am local time, guards at Israel’s Gilboa prison realized that six detainees were …
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