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HEBRON – Israeli forces raided the family home of 29-year-old Rafat Hirbawi — who was shot dead by Israeli forces earlier on Tuesday after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack — in Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank. Hirbawi was killed after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack …

JERUSALEM – As tensions remained high in the occupied Palestinian territory, with Fatah leaders calling for a Day of Rage to protest Israeli restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem continued to organize sit-ins and perform prayers in the streets outside the holy site’s gates for the …

The Israeli Supreme Court is currently deciding the fate of an unrecognized Bedouin village in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank, scheduled to be demolished and its population transferred to an adjacent village in March 2018, according to a statement released Tuesday by Rabbis for Human Rights …

The administration of Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital in Jerusalem issues an urgent appeal calling on all international bodies and humanitarian organisations to intervene in order to protect the Hospital following on-going raids by Israeli occupation forces since yesterday. A reinforced unit of the Israeli occupation police and security guards …

On Sunday evening, July 16th 2017, a Israeli gunboats, located off Khan Younis shore, started to heavily open fire at a fishing boat manned by 3 fishermen sailing within the limited area allowed for fishing. As a result 2 fishermen, 19-year-old Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Jahjouh and 24-year-old Khader Yasser Abu …

Jeddah – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in cooperation with the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, will hold an international conference on Jerusalem in Baku, Azerbaijan, on July 20-21. The conference will discuss the developments in the city of Jerusalem, especially …

West Bank – Israel has seized solar panels providing power to the Palestinian village of Jub a-Dib, depriving it of all electricity, as the village is not connected to the power grid, B’Tselem reported Monday. The Palestinian village of Jub a-Dib lies southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. It …

New York – A committee of UN experts has completed its annual evaluation of the situation of people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, hearing serious concerns about Israel’s human rights record, including the deteriorating situation in Gaza, inadequate protection for detained children and increasing obstacles being faced by human rights …

HEBRON – The Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday that Rafat Nathmi Hirbawi, 29, was shot dead by Israeli forces at the entrance to the village of Beit Anoun, north of Hebron. Reports said Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle it had approached them claiming it was going …

RAMALLAH – Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem are intrusive and dehumanizing, PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said on Tuesday. “Israel continues to deliberately intensify its violations of international law and conventions in and around Occupied Jerusalem as a result of the lack of effective international intervention and …