On Saturday, Israeli police started an inquiry into assaults on Palestinian mourners attending Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral march in occupied East Jerusalem. According to a police statement quoted by The Times of Israel, the probe was launched on the directives of Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Public Security Minister Omer Barlev. “The … Read more
The United States and the European Union led an international outrage Saturday after Israeli police stormed the burial procession of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and battered pallbearers, nearly causing her coffin to fall. Thousands of mourners gathered in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday for the funeral of the 51-year-old Al Jazeera journalist, who was … Read more
Israeli security forces strengthened their presence within the occupied West Bank on Saturday and made arrests after the killing of defense at a Jewish settlement. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, one of the essential militant groups present in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the murder which — along with the killing of a Palestinian, introduced a lethal … Read more
Jerusalem: Fresh battles between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque complex injured 42 people on Friday, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, following weeks of bloodshed at the sensitive site. The violence occurred on the last Friday of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. According to the Red Crescent, none of the injuries were … Read more
A Palestinian was killed Tuesday when Israeli police invaded a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank in a “counter-terrorism” operation that provoked violent protests. The fatal shooting was the latest in a surge of violence in the West Bank and Israel this month when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday … Read more
Israel stated it’ll close its most effective crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers on Sunday in reaction to overnight rocket fire, preventing quick of engaging in retaliatory moves in an obvious bid to ease tensions. The rocket attacks on Friday night time and Saturday morning observed days of clashes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque … Read more
On Friday, Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem, injuring at least 57 Palestinians, as violence continued by Israeli troops during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. A mob of people hurling rocks was shot at by police following the morning Ramadan prayers, according to Reuters eyewitnesses. They said police used rubber-tipped bullets … Read more
Jerusalem: At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, according to Palestinian doctors. Four Palestinians were hospitalized, two critically, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service. Hundreds of protesters began tossing rocks and fireworks near the Western Wall, where Jews were praying. … Read more
Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police wounded ten protesters on Sunday morning in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the website of the main clashes days earlier. Early on Sunday morning, “masses” of Palestinian demonstrators commenced amassing piles of stones, shortly before the advent of Jewish traffic to the site, the police stated. … Read more
On Friday morning, Palestinian protesters and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound. “Seven injured people were taken to hospital to be treated for upper body injuries,” a Palestinian Red Crescent member told AFP. Witnesses said Palestinian protestors threw stones at Israeli security forces, who responded with rubber bullets. Al-Aqsa is a Muslim holy site. … Read more
JERUSALEM – Israeli police on Wednesday evicted a Palestinian family and demolished their home in East Jerusalem’s flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. At least 18 people were arrested, according to a statement issued by the Jerusalem police. The eviction of the Salhiyeh family began on Monday, but residents and human rights activists refused to leave … Read more
JERUSALEM- Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday, an AFP photographer reported. The looming eviction of other families from Sheikh Jarrah in May last year fuelled an 11-day war between Israel and armed Palestinian factions in Gaza. Before dawn, Israeli officers went … Read more
