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Israeli settlers sneaked during the night into a Palestinian village in the north of the West Bank and vandalized several Palestinian-owned vehicles, according to a local official. The settlers sneaked into al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of the city of Nablus, and slashed tires of 12 vehicles parked in the village …

A large Israeli army force raided early this morning several neighborhoods in the city of Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, and detained a university student and others, according to local sources. They said Israeli forces were seen in several neighborhoods of the city in the pre-dawn hours as …

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed victim number 25 in Palestine, today said the Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. She said a 59-year-old man from the northern West Bank village of Hajja has died of coronavirus complications at a hospital in nearby Nablus. Of the 25 corona-related deaths in Palestine, 20 …

The Israeli Prison Service has not yet officially informed the Palestinians or the Red Cross of the death of a Palestinian detainee in prison, while the current information reveals that the detainee is likely clinically dead, but so far, there has been no official confirmation, despite various conflicting reports. Former …

In an open letter, Christian clergy from the Bethlehem area today warned of catastrophic results to their community if Israel annexes land in their cities. “We are writing this letter in our capacity as spiritual leaders of various Christian communities in the Bethlehem Area. The Israeli Government is planning to …

Church leaders in Jerusalem said today in a joint statement that an Israeli court’s ruling on property of the Greek Orthodox Church at Jaffa Gate of the occupied old city of Jerusalem threatens Christian presence in the holy city. “We, the Heads of the Churches and Christian Communities in Jerusalem, …

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said today it recorded 306 new cases of coronavirus in the West Bank in the last 24 hours, the majority in the Hebron district, raising the overall total in Palestine to 5092. It said in its daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in Palestine that …

Three Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are currently on hunger strike in protest against their administrative detention without charge or trial, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Odi Shehadeh, from Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, has been on hunger strike for 15 days in a row at Ofer military …

Israeli settlers attacked this morning Palestinian vehicles commuting on a northern West Bank road, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a local official. He said that settlers threw rocks at vehicles travelling near the village of Duma, south of the city of Nablus, causing damage to cars and threatening people’s life. At …

Israeli forces detained today at least 19 Palestinians in multiple raids in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Most of the raids took place in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm were seven Palestinians, mainly former prisoners, were rounded up in early morning raids at …