Category: Israeli Settlement

Original Arabic Feature Story By Ala’ Moqadi – WAFA News A farmer’s despair On the damp soil, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the tracks of the cart owned…

Military Orders to Seize 16,000 Dunams for Pastoral Colonialism The Chairman of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Moayyad Sha’ban, announced that the Israeli occupation state has started building a…

On Saturday, Israeli forces invaded the northern, central and southern West Bank, driving military vehicles through villages, terrorizing civilians, and closing roads and bridges. A young man was injured on…

BRUSSELS, February 4, 2025 (WAFA) – Over 160 NGOs and trade unions Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to ban trade and business with Israeli colonies in the occupied…

On Sunday evening, several illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands in Kisan village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and pumped sewage water. Ahmad Ghazal, the…

On Sunday evening, a group of paramilitary illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted three Palestinians in Ein Al-Hilwa in the occupied West Bank’s Northern Plains. Media sources said the colonizers invaded Ein…

On Thursday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities forced the Ja’abis family to demolish their building in the town of Jabal al-Mukaber, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media…

On Saturday, January 18, 2024, day 470 of Israel’s ongoing assault against the entire civilian population of 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza prison camp, Israel increased its already relentless…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers injured three Palestinians in two separate incidents, and stole 53 heads of sheep from a citizen's land, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian children, on Sunday, near the village of Jaba', southwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, coinciding with a settler incursion in the nearby…

On Saturday, at least four Palestinians were injured and one abducted during separate attacks carried out by illegal Israeli colonizers, under the protection of the occupation forces.

On Wednesday, a group of fanatic paramilitary Israeli colonizers infiltrated Bardala village in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley, and attempted to steal cows before the…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation authorities forced a Jerusalem resident to demolish his home in the Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital.…

On Saturday, January 4, 2025, Day 456 of its brutal and protracted military onslaught against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military continued its genocidal bombing campaign in various regions, killing…

On Friday, January 3, 2025, day 455 of Israel’s ongoing, relentless assault on the entire Palestinian population of 2.2 million people in the Gaza prison camp, Israeli forces continued their…

“The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. And day after day, that brutal reality is reinforced. “Over the past 48 hours, the…

The Palestinian Government Media Office published an update on the most important statistics. The Israeli occupation forces (with US tax money and munitions) did this: – Dropped 88,000 tons of…

By: Ruwaida Amer in Gaza, occupied Palestine – Middle East Eye Earlier this year, when a rumour spread that Palestinians could travel from southern Gaza to the north, Sabreen Lashin was one…

United Nations spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, announced that Secretary-General António Guterres will participate in the Palestinian conflict resolution conference next June, and said that a resolution must be achieves to end…

The United Nations Human Rights Office reported that Israel is accelerating actions to entrench its illegal annexation of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. These actions include seizing Palestinian…

On Sunday night, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded and plowed Palestinian lands in the Khallet Khader area, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley in the…

On Monday, Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of Palestinian olive trees in Al-Minya village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Zayed Kawazba, the head of the Al-Minya Village…

On Saturday evening, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers fired live rounds at Palestinian homes in the village of At-Tabaqa, southwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Eyewitnesses said…

On Saturday evening, groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked many cars at intersections in the Salfit governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Media sources said the colonizers,…

On Friday, Israeli forces invaded a number of West Bank towns and villages, attacking Palestinian non-violent demonstrators, invading and ransacking homes, and firing tear gas at residents, causing several people…

On Thursday, illegal paramilitary colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers while they were harvesting olives in Salem village, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, causing injuries. Local sources…

On Wednesday, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded Palestinian orchards in Yasuf village, east of Salfit in the occupied West Bank’s central part, and cut down at least 100 olive trees.…

On Wednesday evening, a group of paramilitary colonizers stormed Khirbet Hamsa in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank. According to human rights activist Aref Daraghma, the paramilitary colonizers…

Government Minister Moayad Shaaban, head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, revealed that the Israeli army and paramilitary colonizers have carried out 407 attacks against olive harvesters since the…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Burj area in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank and demolished residential structures. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Deir Dibwan town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before demolishing an agricultural room and a wall. Local sources reported that several…

Mo’in Sha’ban, the head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, reported that Israeli occupation authorities have illegally seized more than 52,000 dunams of Palestinian land in the occupied West…

On Saturday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted and injured two Palestinian citizens in their homes in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, while Israeli…

On Saturday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers stormed the Islamic cemetery and the streets and alleys of Hebron’s Old City, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources…

On Saturday dawn, fanatic illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers cut down dozens of olive trees in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.…

Updated: On Saturday, fanatic illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by soldiers, attacked homes and injured one Palestinian in Beit Furik town, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern…

On Tuesday, Israeli military bulldozers demolished two rooms and uprooted dozens of trees in the New Nablus area, in Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Local farmer Hamza…

On Tuesday, illegal paramilitary colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attacked farmers and shepherds in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Jihad Nawaj’a, the head…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers confiscated three Palestinian cars while Israeli paramilitary colonizers attacked shepherds in the Hebron governorate in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated that the demolition of the Bustan Association headquarters in the Silwan, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, is…

On Thursday, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a residential structure. Anar Abu At-Teen, a member of the…

On Thursday morning, illegal paramilitary colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers while they were harvesting olives in the village of Shufa, southeast of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part. Farmer…

On Thursday morning, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinians olive harvesters in the village of Jalud, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources reported that…

On Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Yatma town, south of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Ahmad Snobar, the head of…

The State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have condemned recent statements by an Israeli minister advocating for the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces seized caravans belonging to farmers in Bardala village, in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank. Mutaz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and injured many Palestinians. Media sources reported that several military vehicles invaded the town,…

On Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities announced the illegal annexation of 546 Dunams of private Palestinian lands, northeast of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. The Wall &…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers demolished a mosque and several structures in the Arab Ara’ra Bedouin community, near Jaba’ town, east of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media…

On Thursday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded a Palestinian home and attacked the family near Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part and stole the olive harvest near Salfit…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Surge in State-Backed Settler Violence: PCHR Condemns Settler Attack on Two Villages and Burning of 19 Vehicles in Ramallah The Palestinian Centre for Human…

On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of Jabal al-Mukaber and Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. In addition, armed Israeli colonial settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in…

On Monday dawn, groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers burned twenty-one Palestinian cars in Al-Bireh city and Deir Dibwan town, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, in the occupied West…

On Sunday morning, a group of illegal paramilitary colonizers fenced two Palestinian homes in the Arab Al-Mleihat community northwest of Jericho in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.…

Israeli occupation authorities have approved the confiscation of 64 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Um Tuba, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. This would result…

A Report by Rami Samara – Translated From WAFA News: The Israeli Knesset is expected to vote within hours on the second and third readings of two bills that threaten…

On Sunday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers injured two Palestinian women near the Deir Sharaf Junction, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Eyewitnesses said the colonizers…

On Sunday, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian students heading to their schools and colleges, near Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. Local…

Early Tuesday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers uprooted approximately 30 olive trees in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Wael Abu Madi, head…

On Sunday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers set fire to a residential room in the Shuab al-Batem area, attempted to assault Palestinians in Khirbet al-Halawa, and invaded Bedouin dwellings and…

Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular and National Committees Against the Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, stated that a group of…

On Thursday evening, illegal paramilitary colonizers caused a power outage in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Wael Abu Madi, head of…

Dozens of Lebanese citizens were killed and injured on Tuesday evening, as Israeli warplanes bombed various towns in Lebanon, causing widespread destruction to buildings, facilities and infrastructure. According to the…

On Tuesday, Israeli forces demolished a commercial facility in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources reported that many military vehicles and bulldozers invaded…

Illegal paramilitary colonizers stormed the Khirbet Samra Bedouin community in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank on Monday evening and began terrorizing the families. Ayman Gharib, an…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has warned of escalating crimes by illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers against Palestinians and their property, especially during the olive harvest season. These…

On Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked many Palestinian homes and cut olive trees near Bethlehem and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, the paramilitary colonizers attacked several…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers caused several Palestinians, including children and a woman, to suffocate due to the effects of tear gas inhalation and caused damage to an ambulance after firing…

On Monday evening, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the village of Jamma’in, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured eight Palestinians, including an…

Jerusalem Governorate: Israeli occupation soldiers Killed eight Palestinians, abducted 304, and 16,138 colonizers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to many demolition and expulsion orders, among numerous serious violations against the…

The Israeli occupation authorities have illegally confiscated 57,252 dunams of land in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, under a military and security…

On Monday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the village of Rantis, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, and trapped a young man in an agricultural…

On Monday, a group of fanatic, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, stole olive harvest in the Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a town, northwest of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, before bulldozing and uprooting Palestinian lands. Ghassan Kabaha, the mayor of Barta’a, stated…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Beit Ula, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, bulldozed over 20 dunams of land, uprooting more than 600…

On Tuesday, illegal Israeli colonizers attacked and caused damage to Palestinian cars, and bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian lands in Hebron, Salfit, and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday…

On Monday, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers bulldozed Palestinian lands in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Eyewitnesses said a group…

Israeli forces continued their genocide against the Palestinian civilian population of the Gaza Strip for the 352nd straight day on Sunday, launching multiple airstrikes in the early hours of Sunday,…

On Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the village of Al-Tiwani in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, assaulted a citizen, and attempted to…

On Thursday, a young man was injured when paramilitary illegal Israeli colonizers invaded Kisan village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that colonizers assaulted 19-year-old…