RAMALLAH – Over the past two days, internet access in the occupied Palestinian territory has been under the “fiercest” cyber attack since 2012, the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said that the ongoing cyber attack was targeting internet providers in …
Read More »Israeli settlers attack Hebron neighborhood, injure 4 Palestinians
HEBRON – A group of Israeli settlers injured four Palestinians in Hebron city overnight on Friday as they raided the Wadi al-Hassin neighborhood, located directly beside Israel’s illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. The Palestinians sustained light to moderate wounds in the attack, according to locals. Palestinian Red Crescent sources said that …
Read More »Palestinian toddler killed, 3 injured in road accident in southern West Bank
HEBRON – A Palestinian toddler was killed, while three adults were injured in a car accident on Saturday on the main road connecting the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the southern occupied West Bank. Palestinian police spokesman Luay Irzeiqat said that Muhammad Samer Tablishi, 2, was killed in the accident, …
Read More »Border Police assault a father and son from East Jerusalem, break the 58-year-old father’s arm and arrest him and his 15-year-old son
S.H., 58, lives in Silwan, East Jerusalem. He is a metalsmith and has five children. On 13 June 2017, at around 12:00 noon, S.H. was watering the garden in front of his home, while his 15-year-old son was sitting in the family car, in front of the house, listening to …
Read More »Corpses of two Palestinians released by Israel buried in their hometown
BETHLEHEM – Hundreds of Palestinians in the Bethlehem district participated on Saturday in the funeral of two Palestinians shot dead by Israel in recent days after their corpses were released. Muhammad Tnouh, 26, was buried in Tuqou, and Abdallah Taqatqa, 24, was buried in Marah Maala, two villages in the …
Read More »PLO official describes as political farce attempts to give Israel seat in Security Council
RAMALLAH – If Israel is chosen to fill a seat in the United Nations Security Council as non-permanent member state, it will be a political farce and a scandal, Ahmad Majdalani, member of the PLO Executive Committee, said on Saturday. He said that there are efforts now to allow Israel …
Read More »Israeli soldiers raid Jenin area town, clash with residents
JENIN – A number of Palestinians Saturday suffocated from tear gas inhalation during clashes that broke out following an Israeli army raid of the town of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, said the town’s mayor Samer Abu Baker. Soldiers stormed the town after midnight, said Abu Baker, and clashed with residents. …
Read More »Information ministry says July violations by Israel against journalists highest this year
RAMALLAH – The Ministry of Information said Saturday that Israel committed 76 violations against journalists in July, more than 60 per cent of them in East Jerusalem, the highest since the start of the year. It said that most of the violations were related to coverage of events at Al-Aqsa …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Israeli release of Palestinian corpses focus of daily
RAMALLAH – Israel released on Friday corpses of four Palestinians shot and killed by its forces over the last 30 days and which have been withheld since then. The three Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted this subject in their Saturday issue and said Israel released the corpses of Abdallah Taqatqa, Mohammad …
Read More »Des cas d’asphyxie dans des affrontements près de Jénine
Jénine – Hier, plusieurs cas d’asphyxie de palestiniens, pendant les affrontements la nuit dernière avec les forces israéliennes, dans la localité d’Ya’bad, au sud-ouest de Jénine. Notre correspondant a rapporté que les forces israéliennes ont envahi la localité, ouvrant intensivement le feu, les bombes sonores et le gaz lacrymogène sur …
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