RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli authorities have shut the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Palestinian Muslims Wednesday for four days to allow illegal settlers to celebrate two Jewish holidays. “Israeli occupation authorities closed the sacred precincts of the mosque on Wednesday to celebrate the Sukkot and Yom Kipp...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian grandfather has been brutally beaten to death by Israeli forces after they stormed his home in the town of Dura in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that “Ziad Abu Halil, 66, was martyred after Israeli forces assaulted him […]...
Israel has shut down the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old West Bank city of Hebron. The closure came as Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Head of mosques at the Hebron Endowments Administration Akram al-Tamimi says strict military measures were implemented to prevent Palestinians from entering the city. He says he condemns the...
Despite Israeli restrictions, Muslims at the Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron celebrated the Mawlid al-Nabi, the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Mutez Abu Suneyne is director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Foundation. He said that Israeli soldiers closed the doors of the mosque and conducted strict security inspections.
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers demolished 47 agricultural structures and homes last week in the Taybe area in the west of Hebron in the southern West Bank. The destruction was discovered by the Palestinians upon their return to their properties after being barred from accessing them by Israeli forces since early Sept...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army stormed the city of Hebron on Saturday, shutting down the Ibrahimi Mosque and preventing worshippers from entering, according to eyewitnesses and local authorities. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces raided the Wadi al-Hariya neighborhood, searching several homes. The incursion also targ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied southern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Eyad Ayed Abdel-Najjar, 46, died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the Jinba area near Yatta, south of Hebron, a ministry statement said. Witnesses said that [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Around 40,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Adha prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, but there was no festive atmosphere. The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that about 40,000 worshippers performed Eid al-Adha prayers. The Palestinian news agency WAFA repo...
Hebron, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The incident, after numerous deaths during an Israeli raid further north in the Palestinian territory, added to a two-year surge of violence in the West Bank that has accelerated...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army demolished 58 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank in January, said a local organization on Sunday. “The demolished structures included 22 inhabited houses and 16 agricultural facilities,” the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement. It said most of the demolitions...
