AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan announced Thursday that it will not sign a deal with Israel to exchange solar energy for desalinated water in light of Israel’s war against Hamas. “The energy for water deal was supposed to have been done last month, but we’re not going to sign it,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi [&hell...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN human rights chief on Thursday decried allegations of serious rights violations in Gaza and suggested an international investigation was needed. Volker Turk said “extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches of international humanitarian law, whoever commits them, demand rigorous ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up another 78 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a local nongovernmental organization said. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said 17 female university students from Hebron city were among the detainees. Tensions have been running high across th...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank overnight, Palestine’s official media reported on Tuesday. Seven Palestinians were killed in the Tulkarem city in an Israeli airstrike, which also left 12 others injured – including four in critical condition, according to the Wafa news agenc...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Tuesday that the Israeli army detained a Palestinian from inside an ambulance while on the way to a hospital. The Red Crescent said the incident took place in Tulkarem in the northern the occupied West Bank, and Israeli forces are hindering the work of medical […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian detainee has died at the Megiddo prison in northern Israel, the Israeli prison authorities have declared. In a statement, the Israeli Prison Service said the 33-year-old detainee, from the West Bank died after “feeling unwell.” The statement, however, did not provide any further details There are more...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 66-year-old man was killed by a bullet in the head. Palestinians shared a video on social media platforms of a taxi driver covered in […]
ANKARA (AA) – Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a humanitarian healthcare organization, has said that the majority of the young Palestinians it received at Jenin Hospital in the West Bank had life-threatening bullet wounds in their abdomens and lower thighs. “Most of the patients we receive have been shot in the abdomen and legs,” Dr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained at least 90 Palestinians from different areas across the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, a nongovernmental organization said. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said the new arrests, including a Palestinian woman, brought the total number of Palestinians de...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A video that went viral on social media has shown the Israeli military using a Palestinian detainee as a human shield in the southern occupied West Bank. The blindfolded detainee is seen seated on the ground, with military vehicles behind him using him as a shield, and an Israeli soldier aiming […]
