JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli troops detained four Palestinian teenagers from the al-Isawiya and Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhoods of East Jerusalem during predawn raids Sunday. Addameer human rights group lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud identified the detainees as 15-year-old Munthir Uweisat and 14-year-old Ali Uweisat from Jabal al-Mukabbir as well as 16-year-old Hisham Dweik …
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Israeli troops detain 8 Palestinians in Hebron area
HEBRON (Ma-an) – Israeli forces carried out predawn detention raids in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby Idhna town detaining eight young Palestinian men. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli troops stormed the al-Salam neighborhood, Ein Sarah and Wadi al-Hariyya in Hebron and detained Musab Nidal al-Zghayyar, …
Read More »Israeli forces arrest 2 Palestinians 'crossing Gaza barrier'
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday detained two young Palestinians from Gaza who crossed the separation barrier into Israel, witnesses said. Witnesses told Ma’an Israeli troops fired warning gunshots at the Palestinians after they crossed into Israel east of al-Bureij refugee camp. The two were then detained and …
Read More »OCHA: Heavy Rains and Severe Flooding Further Aggravated the Already Poor Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
JERUSALEM, December 6, 2014 (WAFA) – Heavy rains and severe flooding, exacerbated the already poor humanitarian situation in Gaza following the July-August Israeli aggression on the strip, over seven years of intensified blockade, and an ongoing acute fuel and energy crisis, reported the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
Read More »Palestinian man injured after being hit by settler car
HEBRON (Ma’an) — A 55-year-old Palestinian man was injured late Thursday after being knocked down by a settler car east of Yatta in the southern Hebron region. Locals said Muhammad Khalil Hamamdeh, 55, was riding a horse pulling a cart when he was hit by the settler vehicle. He was …
Read More »Israeli troops detain 13 Palestinians, most teenagers
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Israeli forces carried out predawn raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem Thursday detaining 13 young men and teenage boys, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society reported. Four of the detainees are from the al-Umour family in the village of Tuqu in southeast Bethlehem which Israeli troops raided …
Read More »Israeli warships 'shell Gaza coast,' critically injure fisherman
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian fisherman was critically injured on Wednesday after Israeli warships fired several shells toward the coast near Gaza City, a union official said. Nizar Ayyash, head of the Gaza fishermen’s union, told Ma’an that fisherman Fakher Nizar Abu Riyaleh, 32, was critically injured in the …
Read More »Consensus Government Condemns Imposing Any Fees on Entering Construction Materials to Gaza
The Palestinian Consensus Government confirmed on Tuesday that imposing any fees on construction materials, particularly the cement in the Gaza Strip by any Palestinian party is nationally rejected and illegal. The Consensus Government also stressed that such actions would adversely affect efforts exerted by the national Consensus Government to meet …
Read More »PA security officer found dead in northern Gaza
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian Authority security officer was found dead in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, an official told Ma’an. The Palestinian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Ma’an that 40-year-old Zaki al-Ghandour, a major in the PA preventative security services, was found dead on …
Read More »Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian teenager near Nablus
NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was shot and injured by Israeli troops early Wednesday morning in clashes in Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces stormed the city of Nablus as well as Askar camp and the …
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