Israeli occupation soldiers launch arrest campaign in lines of young men in Al-Khalil village

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:52 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up nine Palestinian young men in the village of Bani Naim in Al-Khalil province on Wednesday night. Ali Trayra, the head of the village’s municipal council, said that all of the detainees were in their twenties. He said that IOF soldiers […]

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Report: More than 40 Jerusalemites denied entry to the Aqsa Mosque last month

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The information center of Wadi Hilwa district in occupied Jerusalem said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) last March issued decisions barring more than 40 Jerusalemite men and women from visiting the Aqsa Mosque for different periods, from seven days to six month. In a […]

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Mishaal asserts prisoners’ issue on top priorities of Hamas

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:50 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas’s political bureau stressed that the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is on the top of his movement’s national priorities. Meshaal said at a conference in Cairo on Thursday that the coming period will witness a great victory for the […]

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Israeli forces tell Yatta man to demolish wells

Maan News Agency | April 4, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli forces warned a man from Yatta in the southern West Bank that they would demolish his water wells and uproot his trees, according to a local Palestinian official. Rateb al-Habour, coordinator of the popular and national committee in Yatta, said the troops raided an […]

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Palestinian prisoners in the Naqab refuse to take medication

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:31 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies confirmed that the patient prisoners in the Negev desert prison announced to stop taking their medicines on Wednesday evening. Kaher Abu Kamal, spokesman for the center in the West Bank, said in a statement on Thursday that the prisoners took […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | April 4, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 4, 2013 | 24137 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2122 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Live Blog | Israel assassinated two teens, wounds three near Tulkarem http://wp.me/p16sn9-y0w Resistance in Hebron threatens to […]

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Resistance in Hebron threatens to avenge Abu Hamdiyeh

Maan News Agency | April 4, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) – A military wing affiliated to Fatah in Hebron in the southern West Bank on Thursday threatened to retaliate to the death of Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli custody. A representative of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Hebron said during Abu Hamdiyeh’s funeral that […]

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On Palestinian Children Day, Half of Population under 18, says PCBS (Includes Children of Palestine – in photos)

WAFA News Agency – April 4, 2013 RAMALLAH, April 5, 2011 (WAFA) – Marking the occasion of Palestinian Children Day on April 5, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Thursday said that children under the age of 18 make up almost 2 million of a total 4.29 million Palestinian population in the West Bank […]

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Huwwara checkpoint closed due to clashes, Women and baby hospitalized due to Israeli tear gas inhalation

Maan News Agency | April 4, 2013   NABLUS (Ma’an) – Israeli forces shut down Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus on Thursday afternoon due to clashes between young Palestinians and Israeli troops stationed at the checkpoint. Local sources told a Ma’an reporter that several demonstrators were hurt as Israeli soldiers showered them with tear-gas canisters. […]

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Thousands attend funerals of teenagers shot by Israeli army

BREAKING: Israel kills 2 teenagers at checkpoint east of Tulkarem | Live Blog RTE News | April 4, 2013 Thousands of mourners turned out for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire. There has been an upsurge of unrest in the West Bank, triggered by the death of Maysara […]

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Live Blog | Israel assassinated two teens, wounds three near Tulkarem (Live Updates – Video – Photos)

Will be updated continuously. Related news, footage and updates below this article Update: Aside initial reports of the killing of a 17 year old child, Ma’an News Arabic covers the news about a second shaheed Naji Abdul Karim Balbisi, 18 years old, also shot East of Tulkarm (Article in Arabic here) Reported by the ISM: Two […]

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Haneyya condoles family of Hamdiya, hails his struggle

BREAKING: Israel kills 2 teenagers at checkpoint east of Tulkarem | Live Blog [ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:34 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya reached the son of Maysara Abu Hamdiya, who died of cancer in Israeli jails, on the phone on Wednesday evening. Haneyya extended condolences over the death of the father […]

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Egypt foreign ministry: Israel violates the calm in Gaza (131 times to be exact. Including full list of violations)

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 09:40 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– The Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs warned that the truce between the Palestinians in Gaza and the Israelis would collapse if the latter persisted in violating it. In a press statement on Wednesday, Egyptian foreign minister Mohamed Amr condemned Israel’s air raids on Tuesday night on […]

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Autopsy shows Israel neglected prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh

BREAKING: Israel kills 2 teenagers at checkpoint east of Tulkarem | Live Blog Maan News Agency | April 4, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The results of an autopsy on the body of a Palestinian prisoner who died in Israeli custody show his death was caused by medical negligence, a Palestinian official said. The results show […]

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Israel renews administrative detention of university lecturer

[ PIC 04/04/2013 – 08:40 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed on Wednesday the administrative detention, without trial or charge, of Dr. Mahmoud Ghazzal, a Hamas leader and a lecturer at the Najah university. Osama Makbul, a lawyer at the Tadamun foundation for human rights, said that the IOA renewed the […]

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