A Palestinian worker was shot and injured late last night and anther one detained in an IOF pursuit near the separation barrier in the north of the West Bank, according to local sources and witnesses. They told that soldiers pursued workers near the barrier separating the West Bank from occupied Palestine near the village of Rummaneh, west of Jenin, and …
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Israeli army threatens to displace Palestinians in Jiftlik village
The Israeli occupation army on Thursday notified several Palestinian families in the Jiftlik village in the central Jordan Valley of its intent to demolish their homes and displace them within a few days. Local activist Aref Daraghmeh said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested one of the residents in Khilat al-Fula area in Jiftlik, where the demolitions will take place. …
Read More »Israeli settler opens fire near an anti-corona Palestinian post in south of West Bank
An Israeli settler opened fire in the air today as he approached in his car a post Palestinian volunteers had set up in the south of the West Bank as part of efforts to fight the spread of coronavirus pandemic, according to local sources. The settler fired several shots in the air as he passed near the post set up …
Read More »IOF clashes with Palestinian youths in W. Bank town of Kafr Aqab
Violent clashes broke out on Thursday morning between the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Palestinian young men in Kafr Aqab town in east Jerusalem. According to local sources, the IOF intensively clashed with the young men and fired rubber bullets and a hail of stun and tear gas canisters at them. The sources said that Israeli soldiers used a tool …
Read More »Turkey to send medical, financial aid to Palestine
Turkey has accepted Palestine’s call for medical and financial assistance in the fight against the novel coronavirus, according to an official statement Thursday, Anadolu reports. Turkey announced an aid package for Palestine during an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said in a statement. COVID-19 test kits, masks, special clothing and other basic …
Read More »The state of Israeli occupation approves appropriation of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli occupation government’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit yesterday approved the expropriation of Palestinian land adjacent to the Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied West Bank city of Hebron. According to Arab48, after Mandelblit’s approval, the Palestinian land will be under the control of Defence Minister Naftali Bennett. The land belongs to the Islamic charitable trust in the Palestinian city, which oversees the Ibrahimi Mosque. …
Read More »Israeli occupation forces shoot, arrest Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening arrested a Palestinian youth after shooting him in Tuqu’ town in the West Bank district of Bethlehem. Local sources said that a Palestinian youth was shot and injured at the western entrance to the town, giving no further details about his identity and health condition. They added that the young man was detained …
Read More »Palestinian woman dies of coronavirus, death toll rises to 4
A Palestinian woman from Ras al-Amud neighborhood in Silwan town in Jerusalem died on Monday evening after contracting coronavirus, raising the number of deaths in Palestine to 4. Spokesperson of Silwan’s emergency committee said that Nofouz al-Jolani, 57, died at an Israeli hospital in Jerusalem a few days after being infected with coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in …
Read More »Russia rejects Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank
Russia has confirmed its rejection of Israel’s plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, stressing that this would undermine the settlement of the conflict on the basis of a two-state solution, and especially the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement yesterday that Moscow and other countries that support …
Read More »PA receives coronavirus medical aid from China
Palestinian Authority (PA)’s health ministry yesterday received an assistance package of 50,000 coronavirus testing kits from China’s e-commerce Alibaba Group. The Palestinian Health Minister, Mai Al-Kaila, told local reporters that aid was provided in cooperation with Jack Ma, e-commerce giant Alibaba’s co-founder. Al-Kaila thanked the Chinese president, government and people for their “generous assistance and support in light of the …
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