Weather today in Palestine is clear, dry and hot in the daytime and warm at night with no change in temperature, which remains 2°C above the seasonal average, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD). Winds are northwesterly and light to moderate, while sea waves are low. Temperature in the capital, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem is expected to reach a high of 30°C and a low of 20°C, and in Ramallah

The Israeli Prison Service rejected today a petition submitted by the attorneys of Palestinian detainees Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayyan demanding their clients’ immediate transfer to hospital after 95 and 60 respectively on hunger strike, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Awawdeh, 40, from the town of Idna in the southern West Bank Hebron district, has been on hunger strike for 95 days in protest of his prolonged administrative

Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on President Mahmoud Abbas’s call yesterday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron which discussed the latest political developments in the region. Al-Ayyam said it its main headline: “President Abbas tells Macron: We’re about to take a series of steps in response to the Israeli escalation.” Al-Quds reported on the same topic: “President [Abbas] discusses the situation [in Palestine] in a telephone call with Macron.” Al-Hayat

Palestinian residents of the village of Nabi Saleh to the north of Ramallah managed tonight to foil an Israeli settlers’ attack against their village, according to security sources. Sources told WAFA that a group of settlers, backed by military soldiers, gathered at the main entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh in an attempt to break into the village, however, their attack was foiled by the locals. In many cases

Israeli occupation forces stationed at Tura military checkpoint to the southwest of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, forced a Palestinian mother to undress her three-year-old child because he was wearing a T-shirt with a riffle drawing on it. The child’s parents said during a telephone call with WAFA that the mother was stopped by Israeli soldiers stationed at the aforementioned checkpoint, and forced to undress her child for

Israeli military forces today stormed the village of Shufa to the southeast of Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank, and removed all the Palestinian flags hoisted on the poles and walls throughout the village, according to the security of Fatah movement in Shufa, Murad Droubi. Over the previous few days, the Israeli army has been storming the village and taking down all Palestinian flags, he said. To be noted,

A Palestinian was hurt and wounded today when his vehicle crashed while being chased by the Israeli occupation’s police in Masafer Yatta area, south of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Rateb Jabour, a local Palestinian activist, told WAFA that a Palestinian from Al-Tuwani village in Masafer Yatta area was driving his vehicle in the area when he lost control of it while being chased by an Israeli

Israeli settlers tonight attacked Palestinian vehicles in occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources. Sources said that settlers attacked with stones Palestinian cars driving on Highway 1, the main highway which separates West and East Jerusalem, causing damage to several cars. SOURCE: PALESTINE NEWS & INFORMATION AGENCY

Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire today at Palestinian farmers and herders to the east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, said WAFA correspondent. He said Palestinian farmers were forced to leave after Israeli soldiers fired several live bullets and gas bombs at areas near the Israel-Gaza fence to the east of Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis. No one was hurt in the attack. Under a strict siege,