Israeli settlers Wednesday morning attacked Palestinian shepherds and stormed their houses in Khirbet Zanuta village, southwest of Hebron city, according to local sources. They confirmed that a group of settlers forced their way into the village, which forms a part of Adh-Dhahiriya town, physically assaulted shepherds and broke into houses in order to terrorize and expel them out of the area to seize their land for colonial settlement expansion. No

Israeli forces Wednesday overnight detained at least six Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to security sources. They confirmed that Israeli forces rounded up a father and his son after storming their family house in al-Balou‘ neighborhood of al-Bireh city. The soldiers also kicked into the doors of several other houses, wreaked havoc inside and rounded up another from other neighborhoods of the city. In the northern

Israeli police Wednesday morning quelled a rally against the forced expulsions of Palestinian families from the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, according to an information center and witnesses. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that heavily-armed Israeli police violently cracked down on the participants in the rally against the forced dispossession of Palestinian families of their houses in Batn al-Hawa, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, beating

Israeli settlers today seized an old building to serve as in Arab Ar-Rashayida village, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local official. Mayor of Arab Ar-Rashayida, Fawz Rashayida, told WAFA that the a group of settlers took over a 400-square-meter old building, which previously served as base for Jordanian army before 1967, cleaning it, connecting it to the electrical and water supply networks, and

Ireland’s government Tuesday supported a parliamentary motion condemning the “de facto annexation” of Palestinian lands by Israel in what it said was the first use of the phrase by a European Union government in relation to Israel. Irish Foreign Minister, Simon Coveney, who has represented Ireland on the United Nations Security Council in debates on Israel in recent weeks, supported the motion and condemned what he described as Israel’s “manifestly

The Israeli authorities today forced a Palestinian citizen of Israel to demolish his own house in the Palestinian city of Tayibe in central Israel, according to a news website. The Arabs 48 news website, which reports on Palestinians in present-day Israel, said that Nabil Amrour was forced to tear down his own house to avoid paying exorbitant costs if the Israeli Interior Ministry’s bulldozers accompanied by police special forces. The

Palestine today recorded 461 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths, according to Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh. She announced that 461 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and three others died of it in the occupied territories. Among the new 461 cases, 58 cases were recorded in the West Bank and 403 others in the besieged Gaza Strip. Al-Kaileh identified the deaths as two deaths from the West Bank

Fatah Central Committee member, Hussein al-Sheikh, today welcomed the US decision to reopen its consulate in East Jerusalem. Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio, al-Sheikh stated that the decision announced by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, that his country will go ahead with reopening its consulate in the occupied city of East Jerusalem is “deemed the most important decision taken by the new US administration” and “sends a clear

Four days after the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, Humanity & Inclusion teams are distributing assistive devices and hygiene kits to civilians in the Gaza Strip, and supporting reconstruction initiatives, according to a statement. “At this time, it appears the ceasefire is being respected by both sides of the conflict,” says Laurent Palustran, Humanity & Inclusion’s country manager for the Palestinian territories. After 11 days of violence resulted in

The European Union (EU) has increased its humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people in Palestine by €8 million, taking the total to €34.4 million this year, according to a European Commission press release. The additional funding will be dedicated to supporting victims of the recent violence. EU humanitarian funding for 2021 will help protect the most vulnerable Palestinians, provide life-saving assistance and uphold human dignity, said the statement. Commissioner