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Israeli forces today delivered a military order to seize a Palestinian plot of land located to the east of Yasuf village, northeast of Salfit city, said local sources. The sources confirmed that Israeli forces delivered a military order to seize the plot of land, which occupies approx. 1.5 dunams and …

Israeli bulldozers Monday demolished several Palestinian structures in Izbit Shufa neighborhood, southeast of Tulkarm city, according to witnesses and owners. Amer Hamed, a shack owner, told WAFA that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the neighborhood, where the heavy machinery tore down a shack, the wall surrounding his brother’s parking …

The Israeli military government issued today demolition orders against three Palestinian-owned houses and five barns in a village in the south of the West Bank under the pretext of construction without permit, reported WAFA correspondent. He said soldiers raided the village of Birin, east of the city of Hebron, and …

The Israeli forces detained early this morning 10 Palestinians in the occupied territories, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). The army detained two Palestinian men in Jenin in the north of the West Bank, who are former prisoners, four in Bethlehem, two in Hebron, one in Jericho and one …

The Islamic organizations in East Jerusalem today rejected an Israeli court ruling to close Bab al-Rahma prayer area inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city, stressing that everything within the walled holy compound is purely Islamic and Israel has no rights or authority over it. The organizations, including the …

Confirmed coronavirus cases reached 298 in the last 24 hours, raising the total in Palestine to 7335, of whom 6036 are active, five deaths, raising the total to 41, and 21 recovered, bringing the total in Palestine to 1258, today said the Ministry of Health. It said 16 patients remain …

Israeli settlers continued today their carnage in the occupied West Bank with the cutting down of 70 fully grown olive trees in the town of Sair, in the south of the West Bank, said the owner of the land and trees Yousef Jaradat. He told WAFA that settlers from the …

The Israeli army detained 2330 Palestinians in the first six months of this year, including 1363 detained since the coronavirus outbreak in early March, prisoners’ advocacy groups said today. They said 304 minors and 70 women were among the detained since January, and Israel issued 565 administrative detention orders for …

The growing number of coronavirus cases in Palestine and the government’s decision to extend the latest 10-day lockdown have dominated the front page coverage in the three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today. Al-Ayyam said in its main front-page headline story that the Palestinian government, which extended the ban on travel …

A new corona-related death was recorded in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, which raises the total number of corona deaths in Palestine to 41, said the Ministry of Health. It identified the latest victim as a 60-year-old woman from the town of Beit Ula. Total corona cases in …