On 2 June, Aaref Jaber witnessed Israeli forces shooting and killing 37-year old Palestinian construction worker Rami Wahid Sabarneh. The incident took place just down the street from his home, which sits east of the Ibrahimi Mosque (also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. He filmed the entire thing. “A soldier saw me film the shooting and he approached me, telling […]
At least 109 Palestinians, including four children, were injured by Israeli forces on Friday during protests along the Gaza border fence with Israel, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Three protesters are in critical condition after Israeli forces shot them in the head and medics cited by a Reuters report said live rounds wounded at least 10 civilians. A Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson said other injuries included suffocation from tear gas. […]
Thousands of Palestinians were heading into a fifth Friday of protests in the besieged Gaza Strip as part of the "Great March of Return", as the UN's human rights chief slammed the Israeli army for the "deplorable" killing of 42 Palestinians in four weeks. Israeli forces fired live ammunition and large amounts of tear gas towards demonstrators in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, an MEE correspondent reported. In separate […]
Palestinians headed into a third Friday of large-scale demonstrations in the besieged Gaza Strip, gearing up for renewed violence, as Israeli forces reportedly killed one Palestinian and injured dozens. Tens of thousands of demonstrators in the besieged enclave, where almost 1.3 million of the small territory’s two million inhabitants are refugees, have been participating in the "Great March of Return" to demand their right of return to their pre-1948 homes. […]
Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, according to Palestinian authorities, as protesters were demonstrating across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel on Friday on "Land Day", notably marking the beginning of the "Great March of Return" in Gaza. The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed that eight Palestinian demonstrators had been killed by Israeli forces on the border with Israel, identifying the slain […]
Israeli forces on Tuesday detained a 16-year-old Palestinian girl during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank. Ahed al-Tamimi was taken into custody after Israeli forces raided her home in Nabi Saleh village in the northern West Bank, her father said. "A large Israeli force raided our house at dawn and arrested Ahed while she was sleeping in her bed," Basem al-Tamimi told Anadolu Agency. "Israeli forces have beaten […]
The number of injured Palestinians continues to climb on Thursday as clashes with Israeli forces continue to escalate across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinian and world leaders warned Trump against making the announcement, for fear of instability and violence across the region, that is now expected to continue in the […]
Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians, including at least three minors, in predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) reported in a statement that Israeli forces detained six Palestinian from the Jerusalem district, identified as Muhammad Tutanji, Ahmad Mteir, Faisal Shabanah, Uday Hidra, Adnan Hidra, and 18-year-old Anas Basta, also known as Anas Shatara. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that […]
Just one hour after thousands of Palestinian worshipers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for the first time in nearly two weeks, clashes erupted inside the holy site, as Israeli forces fired tar gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshipers. The Palestinian Red Crescent released a statement saying that its crews had provided at least 37 worshipers with medical care. According to the group, some worshipers were […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
