RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Nine Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces opened fire with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas grenades during clashes with in the town of al-Ram south of Ramallah on Friday. Israeli soldiers used live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear-gas grenades, and stun grenades against Palestinian youths and …
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28 injured as clashes rage across Jerusalem overnight
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — At least 28 Palestinians were injured as clashes with Israeli forces continued into the late hours of the night on Friday across Jerusalem, as anger over a series of killings by Israeli police boiled over into the streets of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. Clashes broke out in …
Read More »Palestinians injured as Israeli forces disperse march
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens choked on tear gas as clashes erupted at the western entrance of Silwad in eastern Ramallah. Dozens of Palestinians took part in a march that set off from the mosques of the town toward the western entrance …
Read More »Autopsy shows Hijazi shot more than 20 times
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The initial autopsy report of a Palestinian man slain by Israeli soldiers early Thursday shows that he was shot all over the body at least 20 times and that his death was caused by severe bleeding from his chest, neck, hands, legs, lungs, and heart. The report …
Read More »Clashes erupt in Tuqu near Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers on Friday on the western entrance of Tuqu southeast of Bethlehem. Samer Abu Mifreh, a member of the general relations department of Tuqu municipality, told Ma’an that Israeli forces fired dozens of tear-gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at …
Read More »Report: Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians across Silwan
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians from across the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan late Thursday, as well as another from the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood north of the Old City. Israeli forces raided the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan and detained the head of the Wadi Hilweh Information …
Read More »Tensions rise in Jerusalem as Israel imposes restrictions on Aqsa
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities continued to impose strict restrictions on Palestinian worshippers entering the al-Aqsa mosque compounds for prayers on Friday. The Israeli police said in a statement late Thursday that men under 50 were not allowed to enter the compounds to pray on Friday. The statement said that …
Read More »Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian in Jerusalem by dawn
Palestinian youngster, Mutaz Hijazi 32, from Thuri neighbourhood in Jerusalem was shot in his house by Israeli forces today Thursday before dawn. Mutaz was killed after clashes took place in their neighbourhood (Thuri), East Jerusalem. Haaretz newspaper said Thursday that Mu’taz was killed by elite Border Guard unit (Yamam) while …
Read More »Civil servants of former Hamas govt receive salary payments
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Civil servants of the former Hamas-run government in Gaza received a payment of $1,200 on Wednesday after the Palestinian Authority transferred millions of dollars to the Strip to pay long-overdue salaries. As of 8:00 a.m., former civil servants were able to go to post offices across …
Read More »PA security to launch crackdown on Hebron outlaws
HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security services are set to carry out large-scale security operations to target outlaws in Hebron, a statement released Tuesday said. PA security forces said that outlaws in the Hebron district have been committing robberies, shootings, dealing weapons, drugs, and selling Palestinian land to Israelis. The …
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