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Israel occupation seizes 70 Palestine homes in Hebron’s Old City

Israeli occupation authorities have started plans to confiscate 70 Palestinian homes in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Hebron. Director of the Hebron Construction Committee Imad Hamdan said the Israeli occupation plans to hand over the Palestinian homes to Israeli settlers. Hamdan added: "The Israeli raid of Nasreddine Building is the start of the implementation of the Israeli plan," reiterating that the Palestinians "are the […]

30 April 2023

International

Israel closes Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers for Passover

Israel on Sunday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers for two days due to Jewish holidays, according to the mosque director, Anadolu reports. "Israeli forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque and prevented the entry of Muslim worshipers, while Israeli settlers were allowed," Ghassan Al-Rajabi told Anadolu. He said the mosque will remain closed until Monday evening. Palestinian activist Aref Jaber said the Israeli army erected military […]

10 April 2023

International

Two Israeli soldiers wounded in a stabbing by a Palestinian man

By Kouthar Sambo Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a stabbing by a Palestinian man close to a military base in Israel today. Reports have come in saying that one of the Israeli soldiers was critically injured while the other was mildly hurt. The man, recognized as a 20-year-old Palestinian from Hebron, West Bank, was taken by civilians and officers for further questioning. Officers suspect the man acted on […]

4 April 2023

International

Palestine: Children flee as Israeli forces demolish West Bank elementary school

INTERNATIONAL Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian elementary school near the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Asafat, a boys' and girls' school, was demolished in Asafat al-Fawqa, one of the villages that make up the area of Masafer Yatta, whose Palestinian residents have long been threatened with eviction and demolition orders by Israeli authorities. Footage taken by Israeli activist Itai Feitelson before the demolition shows teachers helping young Palestinian students […]

24 November 2022

International News

Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers during clashes in West Bank city

A 17-year-old boy identified as Mohammad Salman al-Haddad was shot in the heart and immediately killed today during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Witnesses said clashes broke out in Bab al-Zawiyeh, where the heavily-barricaded Israeli-controlled H2 area of Hebron meets the Palestinian-administered H1 section. Soldiers fired live and rubber bullets as well as […]

6 February 2020

International News

Israeli forces detain 21 Palestinians over the course of Rosh Hashanah

Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians in predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, in addition to 21 other Palestinians who were detained over the course of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and the weekend, an Israeli army spokesperson said. The spokesperson did not provide additional details on the locations of the detention raids. Severe restrictions on movement for Palestinians are typically implemented by Israeli […]

25 September 2017

International News

Funerals held for Palestinians slain in July, after bodies returned to families

Thousands of Palestinians marched in funerals on Saturday for four Palestinians slain by Israeli forces in July in the Bethlehem and Hebron districts of the southern occupied West Bank after Israeli authorities returned the Palestinians' bodies on Friday. Muhammad Tnouh The funeral for Muhammad Tnouh, 26, was set off from Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, where Tnouh’s corpse was being examined, and continued towards his hometown of Tuqu in Bethlehem. Mourners […]

6 August 2017

International News

Israeli forces detain Palestinian woman in Hebron for alleged knife possession

Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian woman in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Monday evening, after she allegedly disposed of a knife near a checkpoint. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that border police officers stationed at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron’s Old City "noticed a young woman approaching them in a way that aroused suspicion." When the Israeli […]

13 June 2017

Hebron

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