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Palestinian hospitals stretched with influx of wounded

More than 900 Palestinians have been injured in confrontations with Israeli forces in the last 10 days over the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Palestinian hospitals, already overstretched, fear a large influx of injured if tensions, which erupted on July 14 after Israel closed the sensitive site in the occupied East Jerusalem, continue. They also highlighted that most of the injuries inflicted by the Israeli forces […]

24 July 2017

International News

Two Palestinians die after clashes with Israeli forces

Two Palestinians have died in separate incidents after clashes with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Oday Nawajaa, 17, died of his injuries on Saturday after being hit by Israeli live fire at al-Eizariya town east of Jerusalem, the ministry said. Palestinian leader freezes contact with Israel Another Palestinian aged 18 died in the West Bank village of Abu Dis when a […]

23 July 2017

International News

Palestinians fear Al-Aqsa closure following attack could affect status quo at holy site

Following a deadly shooting attack in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem on Friday that left two Israeli police officers and three Palestinians dead, Israeli forces imposed widespread closures on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and wider Jerusalem area, sparking widespread condemnation from Palestinian officials who called the moves “terrorist procedures.” Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were deployed across streets around the Old City, preventing people from entering or leaving the […]

14 July 2017

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An account of the clashes at Al Aqsa

Israeli forces attacked and arrested the Muslim worshippers after raiding the Al Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday morning. Many South African Muslims are observing i'tikaaf at the sacred masjid and were eye witnesses to the violence. VOC spoke to SA journalist Ebrahim Moosa on Monday morning https://iono.fm/e/443574

19 June 2017

International News

Palestinian child hospitalized after Israeli forces fire tear gas canister at his head

A seven-year-old Palestinian boy sustained a serious head injury midday Sunday, after being hit in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers in the town of al-Khader in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. Hours later, he was reported to be in a stable condition. Clashes erupted in the town, with Israeli forces firing rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters […]

22 May 2017

International News

Israeli forces injure 11 Palestinians during hunger strike solidarity march

Israeli forces injured at least 11 Palestinians during a solidarity march in Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Thursday, as clashes erupted with Israeli forces near the illegal settlement of Beit El. The march set off from a solidarity tent erected at Yasser Arafat Square in central Ramallah city for the estimated 1,600 Palestinians currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. When protesters began to march toward the […]

12 May 2017

International News

Israeli forces drag 8-year-old Palestinian boy

A video published on Thursday by Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem showed Israeli forces earlier this week in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron dragging an eight-year-old Palestinian boy, wearing only socks on his feet, through a neighborhood in the city in order to identify other children who allegedly threw stones and a Molotov cocktail at a nearby illegal Israeli settlement. The incident took place on March 19 […]

24 March 2017

International News

Palestinian activist ‘executed’ by Israeli forces

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian activist early Monday morning, culminating a two-hour-long gun battle in the Ramallah area of the central occupied West Bank, after Israeli forces had been pursuing the man since he was released from Palestinian prison last September. The raid sparked clashes, which left two Palestinians shot and injured by Israeli forces. No Israelis were injured in the incident. Israeli police identified the slain man as […]

7 March 2017

International News

Israeli forces detained 420 Palestinians in February

Israeli forces detained 420 Palestinians during the month of February, including 70 minors and 22 women and girls, according to a statement released on Saturday by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies. The center said in its monthly report that 12 of the detentions were carried out in the besieged Gaza Strip, including five fishermen whose boats were destroyed by Israeli forces before their detention, two who were detained at […]

5 March 2017

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