Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions are expected today in Palestine with a further drop in temperature, and with no significant change in weather conditions, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD). Winds are southwesterly to northwesterly, light to moderate, and sea waves are low. Temperature in the capital, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem is expected…
Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Israeli forces and settlers have killed 35 Palestinians, including eight children and an elderly woman during January, 2023, in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry said in a statement issued on Monday that the slain Palestinians had injuries in the upper parts of their bodies, mostly in their…
Israeli forces Monday issued a notice of demolition against a structure in the city of Beit Jala, west of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, sources confirmed. Hasan Breijieh, an activist, told WAFA that the Israeli forces handed Fatima Awwad a notice of demolition against a room in which she lives in the…
Israeli settlers Monday razed a road in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to local sources. Tayseer Abu Mefreh, head of the Tuqu’ municipality, told WAFA that armed settlers raided the area east of the town, accompanied by two bulldozers, and proceeded to raze a settler-only…
Israeli authorities Monday issued six notices that include orders to halt the construction against houses in the village of Deir Ballut, west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit, local sources said. The sources told WAFA that some of these houses are under construction while some others are already inahbited by Palestinian citizens….
The alarming surge in killings committed by the Israeli army against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in 2022 is extremely concerning, warned Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement, stressing the need to activate accountability and end the state of impunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades. In a report issued today entitled…
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today held the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for the escalation in the occupied territories due to its aggression, violations, and daily crimes against the Palestinian people in Jenin refugee camp and occupied East Jerusalem, as well as in all cities, towns, villages, and camps attacked by soldiers and settlers…
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel today filed an objection to the Jerusalem District Planning Committee, the United States Ambassador to Israel, Thomas R. Nides, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken against the plan to build the US embassy in Jerusalem on illegally confiscated Palestinian Land. The objection was filed…
