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Hamas'' Election Celebrations Turns Violent, 20 Hurt
International Middle East Media Center 1/30/2005
A Hamas''s political rally turned violent Saturday, as supporters of the Islamic movement and those of Fatah clashed. At least 30 people were hurt...
A Palestinian Resident Killed in Rafah
International Press Center 1/30/2005
RAFAH, Palestine, January30, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-A Palestinian resident from the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah was shot dead on Sunday after the...
New settlement road north of Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 1/31/2005
Dozens of military bulldozers started paving a new settlement road, north of Jerusalem in order to link Nabi Yacob settlement with the settlements of...
News Briefs January 29 - 31, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/31/2005
Six homemade shells fired at the Gush Katif settlement Bloc / Family appeals the release of their ill detained son / Dozens of resident withheld in...
Israel Plans to Tear Down a Neighborhood in Jerusalem
International Press Center 1/31/2005
GAZA, January 31, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - A new plot to tear down an entire neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem was revealed yesterday by the...
Israeli Police conduct raids, investigations in East Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 1/31/2005
In a crackdown on Palestinian businesses and individuals, the Israeli police and military have raided offices, shops and restaurants whose owners or employees have...
Border Police plans to destroy Arab neighborhood in J''lem
Ha''aretz 1/30/2005
The Border Police is planning to demolish an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem to protect the separation fence built in the area. Commander Amitai Levy...
Police launch tax crackdown on Fatah in East J''lem
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
Despite warming relations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority, in Jerusalem, the police are leading a concentrated effort by the Tax Authority...
Ya''alon puts hold on IDF operations in Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon issued new directives to the Israel Defense Forces on Friday regarding offensive activity in the West Bank and Gaza...
Death strains informal Gaza truce
BBC 1/31/2005
A fledgling truce has been punctured in Gaza after Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian schoolgirl and Hamas responded with mortar fire. Ten-year-old Nuran...
A School Girl Shot Dead by an Israeli Tank in Rafah
International Press Center 1/31/2005
RAFAH, Palestine, January 31, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Israeli occupation troops shot and killed on Monday a Palestinian little girl in the southern Gaza Strip...
Israelis use barrier and 55-year-old law to quietly seize Palestinians'' land
The Guardian 1/31/2005
The Israeli government has quietly seized thousands of acres of Palestinian-owned land in and around east Jerusalem after a secret cabinet decision to use...
Villagers of Huwwara Complain of Continuous Settlers Attacks
International Middle East Media Center 1/27/2005
Palestine News Network (PNN) reported on Thursday that dozens of villagers from Huwwara, south of Nablus , complain of the continuous settlers attacks against them...
Child dies of wounds sustained earlier in Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 1/27/2005
Thursday afternoon, a medical source at Sheikh Zayed hospital in the northern West Bank city of Ramallah reported that a child died of wounds...
Mentally-Retarded Civilian Dies of Israeli Wounds in Gaza
International Press Center 1/27/2005
GAZA CITY, Palestine, January 27, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Medical sources in Gaza Strip declared today that a mentally-retarded civilian died today of wounds he...
Israeli Sources: Settlers bought land in Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 1/28/2005
The Israeli news website ArabYnet reported that Israeli settlers in Gaza Strip bought a piece of land approximately 30 Dunams, (7.5 Acres) adjacent to...
Palestinian girl, 3, killed in Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 1/27/2005
The territories yesterday saw the stormiest day since the Palestinian Authority began taking steps to crack down on the violence about a week ago...
News Briefs, January 27 - 28, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/28/2005
Protest against the annexation wall in Salfit and Iskaka / Army announces Iskaka area a closed military zone / Curfew resumes over Saida, near Tulkarem for...
IDF kills unarmed Gaza civilian
Ha''aretz 1/28/2005
Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed an unarmed Palestinian civilian at the Netzarim Junction in Gaza yesterday. Palestinian sources said the man, whom they identified...
IDF doctor used body of Palestinian for lesson in anatomy
Ha''aretz 1/28/2005
The Breaking the Silence organization has collected new testimony from Israel Defense Forces soldiers on harsh actions carried out during the course of the...
Israel Army chief orders halt to Gaza operations
Daily Star 1/29/2005
Israel announced Friday an end to offensive operations in Gaza after 2,000 Palestinian troops were deployed in the south and center of the territory...
Settlers attack Palestinian officials
AlJazeera 1/26/2005
Jewish settlers attacked a car carrying a Palestinian security delegation which had just met with their Israeli counterparts at the Tufah crossing on Wednesday...
Israeli Arab convicted of driving suicide bombers to TA
Ha''aretz 1/26/2005
An Israeli Arab from the Galilee village of Yafia was convicted Wednesday by the Nazareth District Court for his role in a suicide bombing...
A Palestinian Girl Shot Dead In Gaza Strip
International Press Center 1/26/2005
DEIRAL BALAH, Palestine, January 26,2005 (IPC)---A Palestinian girl was shot dead and three others were wounded today morning AS they came under a...
Ongoing Acts Of The Wall In Salfeet Disappoints PNA
International Press Center 1/26/2005
GAZA, Palestine, January 26, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---The Palestinian National Authority drew a rebuke for the Israeli restoration of building the Apartheid Wall. The...
Palestinian Agreement on Calmness, Israeli Forces Escalate Aggression
International Press Center 1/26/2005
GAZA, January 26, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - As Palestinian factions agreed with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) headed by President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to...
At least one militant shot dead in Qalqilya
Middle East Online 1/26/2005
Three-year-old Palestinian girl shot dead by Israeli troops in Deir el-Balah region of Gaza Strip. -- RAMALLAH, West Bank - At least one Palestinian militant was...
Baby killed by Israeli military fire in Dir Al-Balah
International Middle East Media Center 1/26/2005
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of homes in Dir Al-Balah killing a 3-year-old baby girl, and wounding three others residents, one...
Despite Previous Claims, Israel Resumes Extrajudicial Executions
International Press Center 1/26/2005
QALQILYA, Palestine, January 26, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Only hours after declaring that they will stop extrajudicial executions of Palestinian resistance activists, undercover Israeli special...
Resident killed in Qalqilia, three injured
International Middle East Media Center 1/26/2005
Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a resident and injured three others after firing at a car in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia...
IDF plans electronic fence on Egyptian border
Ha''aretz 1/26/2005
The Israel Defense Forces plans to build an electronic fence along the Israeli-Egyptian border, from Eilat all the way to Kerem Shalom, on the...
The rise of Israel''s pious warriors
Christian Science Monitor 1/26/2005
Some rabbis say soldiers should ignore orders to evacuate Gaza. -- BEIT YATIR, WEST BANK – Inside a stone citadel atop a panoramic hilltop, prospective Israeli...
Israel plans to raze more Gaza homes
AlJazeera 1/26/2005
The Israeli army has renewed plans to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in Rafah at the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, according to...
Israeli Moves Threaten to Torpedo Abbas Peace Efforts
Palestine Media Center 1/25/2005
Israel Thrusts Wall Deeper in WB, Annexes Jerusalem Territory -- As the world remains preoccupied with the landslide electoral victory of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Karni cargo terminal attack caused NIS 4 million in damages
Ha''aretz 1/25/2005
The Karni cargo terminal suffered NIS 4 million in financial damage as a result of the terror attack that took place January 13, according...
Relative quiet in Gaza Strip, as PA policemen do their job
Ha''aretz 1/25/2005
Another day of relative quiet passed in the Gaza Strip yesterday with only a few cases of isolated gunfire and no casualties. Southern Command...
Israel kills Palestinian as Abbas acts
AlJazeera 1/25/2005
The body of a Palestinian teenager, shot dead by Israeli troops, has been recovered, while Mahmud Abbas sends bulldozers into Gaza to demolish illegal...
IDF asks AG to okay wider Philadelphi route
Ha''aretz 1/26/2005
The Israel Defense Forces have asked Attorney General Menachem Mazuz for permission to clear completely a 300-meter-wide strip along the Gazan-Egyptian border. This...
IDF reviving psychological warfare unit
Ha''aretz 1/25/2005
The Israel Defense Forces is reestablishing its psychological warfare unit, after a lengthy period in which the unit was dormant. It operates mostly in...
News Briefs, January 25, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/25/2005
Israeli soldiers invade Aida refugee camp / Army invades Husan, near Bethlehem/ Six injured near Khan Younis / Palestinian-Israeli security meeting in Gaza / 12 Hamas members...
Sharon tells Israeli army to shell Palestinian cities and villages in the Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 1/25/2005
A push by Ariel Sharon earlier this month to launch a large-scale military assault on all of the Palestinian Gaza Strip has been toned...
Israel to wage pyschological warfare
AlJazeera 1/25/2005
The Israeli army has decided to activate a special unit skilled in waging information warfare and influencing Israeli and Palestinian public opinion, reports say...
Israeli Tanks Invade Tulkarem
International Press Center 1/25/2005
TULKAREM, Palestine, January 25, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces invaded the province of Tulkarem and launched a wide arrest campaign in other provinces...
Israeli Forces Kill Civilian and Continue Aggression on Palestinian Territories
International Press Center 1/25/2005
GAZA STRIP, Palestine, January 25, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Medical sources declared today that Israeli forces will hand over an unidentified dead body of a...
Israeli barrier move sparks anger
BBC 1/25/2005
Israel has resumed construction of one of the most controversial parts of its separation barrier in the West Bank - deep inside the occupied territory...
Israel plans big Jerusalem land grab
AlJazeera 1/20/2005
The Sharon government intends to strip thousands of West Bank Palestinians of their property in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli press quoting...
News Briefs, January 23 - 24, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/24/2005
Israeli border troops arrest two Palestinians and their Israeli employer / Resident arrested near Hebron / Female detainee from Hebron sentenced to six and a half...
You Pick the Houses, I''ll Send the Bulldozers
International Middle East Media Center 1/24/2005
The conclusions an investigation of army home demolition practices and policies, described as “explosive”, would be submitted to Israeli army Chief of Staff Moshe...
Three handicapped residents targeted by military fire in Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 1/24/2005
In less than a month, Israeli soldiers shot three handicapped residents in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and the surrounding villages killing...
Resident died near Hebron of earlier wounds
International Middle East Media Center 1/24/2005
Monday afternoon, a Hebron resident died in Soroka hospital in Bir Shiva of wounds sustained December, 27th 2004, in the village of Al-Thaheriyya near...
Israeli Troops Launch a Series of Arrests Across West Bank
International Press Center 1/24/2005
WEST BANK, Palestine, January 24, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)-- Israeli occupation troops launched over the past 24 hours a series of arrests throughout different parts...
Rafah: Israeli troops fire into crowd of shoppers
Rafah Today 1/22/2005
Last Sunday in Rafah, a simple shopping trip to the outdoor market turned dangerous. Umm Samier, 42, was in the open-air souk to get...
Handicapped Teenager Killed by Israeli Gunfire
International Press Center 1/24/2005
QALQILYA, Palestine, January 24, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on different parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, during the fourth...
Israeli rabbi stokes pullout tensions
AlJazeera 1/24/2005
A senior rabbi has said he sympathised with Jewish colonists who are willing to lay down their lives rather than submit to Israel''s plan...
Israel resumes work on illegal wall
AlJazeera 1/24/2005
Israeli bulldozers have resumed work on one of the most controversial sections of the illegal separation wall deep in the northern West Bank. The...
News Briefs, January 21, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/21/2005
Resident wounded near Jenin / Army closes the coastal road in Gaza / Army steps up military procedures east of Tubas / Homemade shell fired at a...
Child dies of wounds sustained December 29
International Middle East Media Center 1/21/2005
Friday at noon, a Palestinian child from a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin died of wounds sustained on December, 29...
Israeli troops kill Palestinian boys
AlJazeera 1/21/2005
Israeli occupation troops have shot dead two Palestinian boys - one 14-year-old and the other 13 - in two separate incidents. In the northern West...
Israel to Carry Out Assassinations in Other Countries
Undernews 1/19/2005
UPI - Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States...
News Briefs, January 19 - 20, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2005
Army invades Beit Hanoun / Resident arrest north of Bethlehem / One building leveled, 22 residents arrested in Nablus / 25 residents injured south of Dir Al-Balah...
Suicide bomb in Gush Katif kills Shin Bet officer
Ha''aretz 1/20/2005
Israel will not - for now - change its current policy in Gaza despite the suicide bombing last night at the Gush Katif junction, where a...
Two Palestinians killed, 25 injured in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2005
Wednesday evening, a Palestinian source two Palestinians were killed, near the Nahal Oz settlement, east of the Gaza Strip. The two residents were killed...
Israeli Bullets Steal `Eid Joy
Islam Online 1/17/2005
GAZA, January 17 (IslamOnline.net) – A few days before Muslims across the world celebrate `Eid Al-Adha, Israeli bullet stole the feast joy from yet another...
Knesset Official: Mashal is Still Marked for Assassination
International Middle East Media Center 1/19/2005
Uval Steints, chair of the Knesset foreign and security affairs committee said that Israel might retry to assassinate the secretary general of Hamas Khaled...
Army withdraws from Nablus, 16 arrested and one building leveled
International Middle East Media Center 1/19/2005
Israeli soldiers withdrew from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after invading and breaking into it dozens of homes and apartments on Tuesday...
Israeli troops raid W Bank town
BBC 1/19/2005
Israeli troops arrested at least 13 Hamas members during a major overnight raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said. The army...
Shin Bet opens probe into bombing that killed its agent
Ha''aretz 1/20/2005
The Shin Bet launched a preliminary probe yesterday into the suicide bombing that killed Shin Bet agent Oded Sharon on Tuesday night at the...
Two Palestinians killed trying to infiltrate kibbutz
Ha''aretz 1/20/2005
Two Palestinians affiliated with Fatah were killed in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday and two soldiers were wounded. For the first time in a...
PA troops deployed in Gaza to stop Qassam fire
Ha''aretz 1/20/2005
Israeli and Palestinian officers met at the Erez crossing last night to coordinate the Palestinian troops'' deployment to halt the Qassam rocket fire at...
Child killed in Tubas
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2005
Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers killed a 12-year-old, child in the northern West Bank city of Tubas after invading it. The WAFA news Agency...
Child killed in Rafah, five residents arrested
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2005
Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a child when they fired at dozens of homes near Salah Ed-Deen border crossing in Rafah, in the southern...
Boy with toy gun shot by Israelis
BBC 1/20/2005
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian boy who was playing with a toy rifle, after apparently mistaking him for a gunman.Troops patrolling Tubas...
News Briefs, January 18, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/18/2005
Five arrested in Ramallah / Coastal road in Gaza closed / Soldiers invade villages near Hebron, arrest three / Settler girl announced clinically dead / Homemade shells fired...
Israeli army invades Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 1/19/2005
Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers supported by at least 100 armored vehicles and jeeps invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus . The soldiers occupied...
5000 trees uprooted in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 1/18/2005
During the siege imposed over the villages surrounding Hebron, Israeli soldiers bulldozed and uprooted at least 5000 olive trees and other kinds of trees...
17-year-old wounded by Qassam clinically dead
Ha''aretz 1/18/2005
Doctors on Tuesday pronounced a 17-year-old girl wounded by a Qassam rocket strike in Sderot on Saturday night brain dead, although she remains...
Background / Gunmen for God: Palestine''s militias, a profile
Ha''aretz 1/18/2005
Now that the Palestinian elections are over, the real campaign begins. For Mahmoud Abbas, it is the campaign swing of his life. The voters...
Ya''alon Commands the army top prepare large operation in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 1/18/2005
Chief of Staff of the Israeli army Moshe Ya''alon ordered the army on Monday to prepare for a wide scaled military operation in the...
Sderot residents hold day of mourning
Ha''aretz 1/18/2005
Sderot yesterday became the first Jewish town in Israel to declare a municipal day of mourning. City leaders decided to take the step after...
Hamas attacks settlement as Abbas arrives in Gaza
Daily Star 1/19/2005
Sharon warns time running out for PA -- A suicide bomber wounded at least six Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, shortly after...
Hezbollah sets off another land mine
Ha''aretz 1/18/2005
The tension on the northern border continued yesterday, when Hezbollah blew up a third land mine in less than a week at Mount Dov...
One Shin Bet agent killed, seven Israeli soldiers wounded in attack near Gush Katif
International Middle East Media Center 1/19/2005
In an attack Tuesday evening, a Palestinian resistance fighter blew himself up at al-Matahin checkpoint, near Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. The attack...
Israel bombs Hezbollah outposts
BBC 1/17/2005
Israel has carried out air strikes on suspected targets of the Shia militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. In the first raid a fighter-bomber...
Israeli Troops Wound a Teen Boy in Deir Elbalah
International Press Center 1/18/2005
DEIR ELBALAH, Palestine, January 18, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Abdullah Jalal Hassan,15 years-old, from the middle Gaza Strip city of Deir Elbalah, was shot...
Sharon Foils Abbas’ Efforts to Secure Ceasefire
Palestine Media Center 1/17/2005
Palestinian Death Toll Tops 41 Since Presidential Campaign -- As the PLO was calling on Israel to refrain from using “pretexts to obstruct dialogue and...
Anger in Israeli town under fire
BBC 1/18/2005
Hundreds of Israelis have marched to the border fence surrounding the Gaza Strip to demand stronger military action against Palestinian militants. Carrying mock Qassam...
When death gets closer, mothers start lamenting
Rafah Today 1/16/2005
Few days after the Palestinians elections: The Israeli Occupation Forces continued invading many parts of Gaza Strip, where many tens of people were injured...
Palestinian bomber kills Israeli soldier
AlJazeera 1/19/2005
A Palestinian has blown himself up near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding seven, Aljazeera reported. Correspondent...
UAV flocks to be operated against terrorists
Globes 1/17/2005
Elad Kivelevitch, who is working towards his M.Sc. at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology under the guidance of Dr. Pini Gurfil, developed the method...
Back to ''normal'' in Balata
Electronic Intifada 1/17/2005
Nablus, 15 January 2005 -- Lately the Israeli army has been showing up regularly at night, but after some quiet days following the elections, military...
News Briefs, January 17, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/17/2005
Curfew imposed over a village south of Tubas / Army conducts military searches in Hebron, arrests four / Two arrested in Aida refugee camp in B''lehem...
Israeli army demolished two houses near Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 1/17/2005
IMEMC correspondent in Bethlehem reported that the Israeli army has demolished two houses on Monday morning in the village of Walajeh near Bethlehem. Eyewitnesses...
Israeli aircraft raid south Lebanon
AlJazeera 1/17/2005
An Israeli jet has launched a bombing raid on an area adjacent to the disputed Shebaa Farms, following an attack by Hizb Allah on...
Two Palestinians killed near kissufim crossing
International Middle East Media Center 1/17/2005
Monday morning, Israeli killed two Palestinians near Kissufim crossing in the Gaza Strip after firing at them; army claims the two residents were trying...
Four Citizens Killed In Two Separate Incidents
International Press Center 1/17/2005
GAZA, Palestine, January 17,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---Palestinian medics reported today that two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli troops at the illegal outpost of...
News Briefs, January 15 - 16, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/16/2005
Two injured in Balata refugee camp / Palestinian receives harsh prison sentence / Two residents arrested in Bethlehem / Three homes leveled in Khan Younis / Resident arrested...
Tank shell kills woman and her son in the Gaza Strip, 10 killed in 2 days
International Middle East Media Center 1/16/2005
Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers stationed at a military camp in Naveh Dkalim settlement fired a tank shell at a Palestinian home in Khan Younis...
Sharon Gives The Occupation Troops "Carte Blanche" to Attack Gaza
International Press Center 1/16/2005
GAZA, Palestine, January 16, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---The Israeli prime minister Arial Sharon threatened today Sunday to escalate his deadly offensive against the Palestinians...
Rafah Today: Strange Democracy
Rafah Today 1/16/2005
In the eyes of the world, Palestine''s January 9th presidential election, won by Yasser Arafat''s long-time associate and former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, changed...
Soldiers allegedly break into settlers'' homes
Ha''aretz 1/17/2005
Soldiers of an elite unite who were guarding the settlement of Mevo Dotan in the West Bank are suspected of breaking into settlers'' homes...
Report: Israel Claims PA Security Complicit in Karni attack
International Middle East Media Center 1/15/2005
According to The Washington Post, Israel accused the Palestinian Authority of complicity in Thursday night''s attack on the Karni crossing in Gaza. A senior...
Probe: Karni attackers had false permits
Ha''aretz 1/16/2005
The terrorists who carried out the attack at the Karni crossing last Thursday had false entry permits and were let in by Palestinian security...
Eight Citizens Killed As the Israeli Occupation Goes On Rampage
International Press Center 1/16/2005
GAZA STRIP, Palestine, January 16,2005 (IPC+ Agencies)----The Israeli occupation forces continued its onslaught against the Palestinian people killing eight Palestinian wounding several during...
Analysis / Gaza''s security chaos
Ha''aretz 1/16/2005
The Palestinian side of the Karni crossing is controlled entirely by the Palestinian security forces. They have policemen stationed at permanent positions so the...
IDF to investigate house demolitions in Gaza
Ha''aretz 1/17/2005
Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Moshe Ya''alon has appointed Major General (res.) Ze''ev Livneh to head an inquiry into the Israel Defense Forces'' destruction...
Security forces fear bombers may learn how to bypass fence
Ha''aretz 1/16/2005
Terror organizations in the West Bank''s Samaria region carried out two terror attacks in Israel in 2004, killing 14 people - a sharp drop from...
Israel holds off on Gaza operation
Ha''aretz 1/16/2005
Israel is refraining from carrying out a widespread military operation in the Gaza Strip, despite having threatened to do so over the weekend in...
Six Palestinians die as President takes office
The Guardian 1/16/2005
Mahmoud Abbas yesterday formally took up his position as Yasser Arafat''s successor as Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in a...
News Briefs, January 14, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2005
Al-Aqsa brigades'' kills a collaborator with the Israeli security / Resident wounded south of the Gaza strip/ Israeli soldiers attack an anti-wall protest in Hebron...
IAF fires missiles at suspected Palestinian car bomb in Gaza
Ha''aretz 1/14/2005
Palestinian civilian killed during arrest raid -- An Israel Air Force helicopter fired missiles Thursday at a suspected Palestinian car bomb in the Gaza Strip...
Resident killed in Khan Younis
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2005
Resident, child die of wounds sustained in the Gaza Strip -- Friday at night, Israeli soldiers killed a resident in Khan Younis, in the southern...
Gaza completely sealed
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2005
Following Thursday night''s attack, the Israeli foreign ministry Shaul Mofaz decided to impose a strict closure over the Gaza Strip, closing its border crossings...
Army Officer Wounded in Confrontation with Settlers
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2005
An Israel army officer was lightly wounded overnight in a confrontation with Jewish settlers near the West Bank city of Nablus. Three settlers posting...
2 Palestinians killed by IDF in Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 1/14/2005
Two Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip yesterday and five sustained injuries from Israel Defense Forces gunfire. Said Abd al-Salam, a 24-year-old...
Palestinians: IDF troops kill militant near Khan Yunis
Ha''aretz 1/15/2005
Israel Defense Forces troops on Friday night shot dead a Palestinian militant near the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian...
Analysis: Karni attack part of Palestinian power struggle
Ha''aretz 1/15/2005
The timing of Thursday night''s terror attack at the Karni crossing between Israel and Gaza, together with the identities of the three organizations that...
News Briefs, January 13, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/13/2005
Three arrested north of the West Bank / Homemade shell fired at Sderot / sraeli soldiers invade Tulkarem, arrest ten residents / Resident arrested in Tiqua, south...
One killed, four wounded in al-Boreij refugee camp in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 1/13/2005
The Israeli army invaded the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza Thursday morning with dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, killing one Palestinian and...
Israel Steps Up Aggressions, Kills More Palestinians
Islam Online 1/13/2005
GAZA CITY, January 13 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation forces Thursday, January 13, gunned down a Palestinian as he drove his pregnant wife to...
Three soldiers killed, 10 wounded in a double bombing in the northern Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 1/13/2005
Thursday at night, three Israeli soldiers were killed, at least 12 injured; three seriously, and two sustained in a double bombing in Karni Netzarim...
A Palestinian Civilian Killed by Israeli Helicopter Shelling
International Press Center 1/13/2005
ALBURAIJ, Palestine, January 13, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinain civilian and wounded six others in the middle Gaza...
Civilian Killed in Beit Lahya and Others Wounded
International Press Center 1/13/2005
BEIT LAHYA, Palestine, January 13, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a civilian in the town of Beit Lahya, north of...
Israeli army kills Palestinians in Gaza
AlJazeera 1/13/2005
Israeli occupation forces have killed two Palestinians, including a man who was driving his pregnant wife to hospital in the north of the Gaza...
AG assesses calls for demolitions in Gaza
Ha''aretz 1/13/2005
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz visited the Philadelphi Road on the Gazan-Egyptian border yesterday to get a first-hand view of the Israel Defense Forces'' reasons...
Hamas leader says group may halt attacks
Daily Star 1/14/2005
Abbas prepares Cabinet reshuffle, welcomes new Israeli government -- Sensing a growing yearning for calm among ordinary Palestinians, Hamas is open to stopping violence against...
Several die in Gaza crossing attack
AlJazeera 1/13/2005
At least five Israelis and three Palestinians have been killed in an explosion set off by Palestinian resistance fighters at a vital Gaza crossing...
Five Israelis Die in Gaza Suicide Bombing
The Guardian 1/13/2005
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants set off a large truck bomb as gunmen stormed an Israeli base at a vital Gaza crossing...
Gaza: Hours after Abbas speech, Israel shells children picking strawberries
Rafah Today 1/8/2005
Only few hours after Abbas''s speech , Israel shelled 8 children under 17 years of age, all from one family in North Gaza near Beit...
Rafah Today: 14-year-old killed while placing poster of Al-Barhgouti
Rafah Today 1/8/2005
Little Isra Abu Shaluof (3) is the latest civilian fatality here in Rafah. She died during the ongoing shelling of civilian neighborhoods near the...
News Briefs, January 12, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/12/2005
Army confiscates 400 Dunams, uproots 1500 trees near Hebron / Homes shelled near Khan Younis / Two arrested in Tulkarem / Woman inured in Qarawa Bani Zeid...
Two Palestinians Shot Dead, a Woman Wounded In Ramallah
International Press Center 1/12/2005
RAMMALLAH, Palestine, January 12,2005 (IPC+Agencies)----In a fresh incursion, the Israeli occupation forces launched a blitz today morning on Bni Zaid village, north...
Israel to Demolish 3,000 Palestinian Homes
Islam Online 1/12/2005
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, January 11 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – No sooner had the Palestinians elected their next president in a poll hailed by Washington as an...
Two killed in the West Bank
International Middle East Media Center 1/12/2005
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers killed two residents in the village of Qarawa Bani Zeid, near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah after breaking...
Israeli Forces Shell Houses in Khan Younis, Arrest Civilians in West Bank
International Press Center 1/12/2005
KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine, January 12, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shelled today civilians'' houses southeast of Khan Younis province and arrested many civilians...
World in Pictures: Four Palestinians, Israeli Settler Killed
Islam Online 1/12/2005
The Israeli occupation army continued its raids and incursions of the Palestinian territories Wednesday, January 12, 2005, killing two Palestinians in Gaza and two...
Palestinians killed in new Israeli raids
AlJazeera 1/12/2005
Two Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank hours after Israeli troops, tanks and helicopters raided a Gaza district in the first reported...
Israeli dies of wounds from mortar attack
Ha''aretz 1/12/2005
Nissim Arbiv, 26, from the Gaza Strip settlement of Nissanit, died yesterday of wounds sustained from a mortar shell attack nine days ago. Arbiv...
Israel''s moat threat to Gaza homes
The Guardian 1/12/2005
The Israeli attorney general is to visit the Gaza border with Egypt shortly to see for himself the army''s proposal for a 25-metre-deep...
Cop hurt, Tanzim man killed near Tul Karm
Ha''aretz 1/12/2005
A police officer was lightly wounded and a wanted gunman was killed yesterday afternoon when Palestinians opened fire on Israeli security troopers near Tul...
Senior IDF officer: Pullout foes more dangerous than rockets
Ha''aretz 1/12/2005
Northern Command Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz warned yesterday that the wave of threats from pro-settlement elements to refuse to obey army orders to evacuate...
IDF: Pullout to expose 46 Negev towns to Qassams
Ha''aretz 1/12/2005
Forty-six communities in the western Negev will be exposed to Qassam rocket fire after the disengagement plan is implemented, a Home Front Command official...
Army seeks Gaza trench consent
BBC 1/11/2005
The Israeli army is seeking permission to build a trench along the Gaza-Egypt border, to curb Palestinian efforts to smuggle in arms through tunnels...
IDF planning mobile presence after W. Bank pullout
Ha''aretz 1/11/2005
The Israel Defense Forces is planning to maintain a mobile presence in the area of the four settlements to be evacuated from the northern...
Army demands authorization to demolish 3000 homes in Rafah
International Middle East Media Center 1/11/2005
The Israeli security said on Tuesday, that the army demanded the Israeli High Court to approve the leveling of 3000 Palestinian homes in Rafah...
News Briefs, January 11, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/11/2005
Army invads Biddu, one resident wounded / Army to demolish 4 homes in Hebron/ 14 detainees transferred to administrative detention / Child wounded in Tubas / Settler...
Israeli Troops Wound Several Citizens in Gaza Strip
International Press Center 1/11/2005
GAZA STRIP, Palestine, January 10, 2005(IPC+ Agencies)-- The Israeli occupation troops shot and wounded on Monday morning local Palestinian farmer Ahmad Meqat, 19...
Civilian Killed and Two Wounded by Israeli Gunfire
International Press Center 1/11/2005
TULKAREM, Palestine, January 11, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a civilian and wounded another in the city of Tulkarem, while...
Resident killed in Tulkarem, two wounded
International Middle East Media Center 1/11/2005
Tuesday evening, undercover military units from the Israeli army shot a resident near Al-Salaam junction in the southern entrance to Tulkarem refugee camp, two...
Hebron women sentenced for risking children to block pullout
Ha''aretz 1/10/2005
Three women from Hebron were given suspended sentences yesterday for endangering their children by involving them in an attempt to block security forces from...
Population Increase in Settlements, especially Gaza Strip Ones
International Middle East Media Center 1/10/2005
The number of settlers living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements increased by 6 percent last year. According to statistics published Sunday...
Hamas Changes Resistance Tactics to Adapt
Islam Online 12/15/2004
GAZA, December 15 (Islamonline.net) – The nature of the latest operations by the Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas), targeting only Israeli military targets within the territories...
News Briefs, January 9 - 10, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/10/2005
Five homes leveled in the Negev / Youth injured in the northern Gaza strip / Taxi driver inured near Bait Hanoun / Army blocks traffic north of...
Palestinian Death Toll Due to Israeli Fire Climbs to 5
International Press Center 1/8/2005
PALESTINE, January 8, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- With the killing by Israeli troops on Saturday morning of Palestinian senior man Mahmoud Alfarra, 65, from the...
IDF: Few complaints from Palestinians
Ha''aretz 1/10/2005
The Israel Defense Forces reported few Palestinian complaints about voting hitches yesterday. As of 6 P.M., 34 complaints had reached the joint operations room...
IDF officer killed when Hezbollah bomb hits jeep
Ha''aretz 1/10/2005
An Israel Defense Forces officer was killed yesterday morning when an armored jeep hit an explosive device during an army patrol in the Har...
Dichter: Some settlers will fire on evacuating forces
Ha''aretz 1/5/2005
A few dozen extremists are planning to spread rumors that the Israel Defense Forces is going to position sharpshooters to fire on settlers during...
News Briefs, January 5, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/5/2005
Soldiers attack field election teams in J''lem / Soldiers impose curfew over a village near Bethlehem/ Homemade shell fired at Doughit settlement / Five resistance fighters...
Israeli Far-Right to Use Fake Blood to Encourage Settlers to Fire at Soldiers
International Middle East Media Center 1/5/2005
Far-right activists are planning to create a pretext to open fire on soldiers during the planned evacuation of settlements, Israeli Shin Bet chief Avi...
Army conducts military searches in Hebron, arrests 12
International Middle East Media Center 1/5/2005
Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the city of Hebron and the neighboring village of Doura , conducted military searches of homes and arrested twelve...
At least two resistance fighters killed in the Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 1/5/2005
Wednesday morning, the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility of...
Hamas hits Israeli military base
AlJazeera 1/5/2005
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades have claimed responsibility for firing two mortar shells at an Israeli military base, according to a statement. Aljazeera''s correspondent in...
Local media silent on IDF shooting of Channel 10 cameraman in Gaza
Ha''aretz 1/5/2005
The condition of a Channel 10 television cameraman, who was shot on Sunday by Israel Defense Forces troops in the Gaza Strip, has improved...
Viva Ukraine! Gush Katif hopes Orange Revolution works for them as well
Ha''aretz 1/5/2005
Orange, the color of the flag of the Gush Katif Regional Council, has become the hallmark of the residents of the Gush. They wear...
Israelis injured in rocket attack
BBC 1/5/2005
Twelve Israeli soldiers have been injured after Palestinian militants fired two rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The rockets landed inside an army...
Gaza rockets hit base in Israel in defiance of Abbas
Daily Star 1/6/2005
Sharon raises doubts about peace -- Palestinian fighters wounded 12 soldiers in a rocket attack on Israel on Wednesday, defying calls for a cease-fire from...
Two Palestinians Shot Dead While A Third Dies Of His Wounds
International Press Center 1/5/2005
GAZA, January 5, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The Israeli occupation forces shot dead today at least two Palestinians and wounded scores when the soldiers opened...
14 Civilians Arrested and Others Detained in West Bank
International Press Center 1/5/2005
HEBRON, Palestine, January 5, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces arrested 14 civilians in different parts of the West Bank, detained others and wounded...
Death Stalks the People of Khan Younis
Rafah Today 1/4/2005
includes graphic photographs] It is pitch dark in the al Nimsawi neighborhood of Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, an area...
Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling
AlJazeera 1/4/2005
Israeli occupation forces have killed at least seven Palestinians, six of them children, after tanks fired artillery shells on a northern Gaza family farm...
Seven Palestinians killed in Gaza attack
The Guardian 1/4/2005
The Israeli military today killed seven Palestinians and wounded six others in response to Palestinian rocket fire, with the death toll prompting moderate Palestinian...
News Briefs, January 4, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/4/2005
Army closes a village near Nablus / Al-Quds brigades detonates a shell under a military bulldozer in Gaza / Resident arrested in the north of Khan...
The Jenin Leader of Al-Quds Brigades arrested
International Middle East Media Center 1/4/2005
Tuesday morning, undercover military units from the Israeli army arrested the Jenin head of Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. A...
Palestinian factions criticize Abbas'' call to stop shelling settlements
International Middle East Media Center 1/4/2005
A Hamas spokesperson criticized a recent statement by interim Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that resistance groups cease firing homemade Qassam shells at...
Resident killed in Gaza , at least twelve injured
International Middle East Media Center 1/4/2005
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the emergency unit at the ministry of health reported that Israeli soldiers fired a tank shell at a group...
Anonymous Source: “Israeli Officer, one soldier abducted near Ma`aleh Adumim settlement “
International Middle East Media Center 1/5/2005
Tuesday at night, Palestinian and Israeli sources reported that according to initial information provided by an anonymous phone call , one Israeli officer and one...
Israeli Premier Declares Settlement Activities in West Bank
International Press Center 1/4/2005
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, January 4, 2005 (IPC+ HAARETZ)-- The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his defense minister Shaul Mofaz, have gone ahead in a...
Carnage in Northern Gaza: At Least Eight Civilians Killed in Israeli Shelling
International Press Center 1/4/2005
NORTH GAZA, Palestine, January 4, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Medical sources and eyewitnesses said that at least eight civilians were killed and four others wounded...
Seven children die in crossfire as Israelis target suspected militants
The Guardian 1/5/2005
Mahmoud Abbas, who is expected to win Sunday''s election for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, condemned "the Zionist enemy" yesterday after seven children...
Child killed by a tank shell in Jabalia
International Middle East Media Center 1/1/2005
A Palestinian medical source in Jabalia stated that Israeli soldiers stationed near Abu Kas, east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, shelled dozens...
14 Hebron residents arrested
International Middle East Media Center 1/2/2005
Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested fourteen residents of Hebron after invading the city and several surrounding villages, and conducting military searches of homes. A...
Hilltops Settlers Gathering in Gaza Settlements to Obstruct Pullout
International Middle East Media Center 1/2/2005
The Israeli army has reported that young West Bank settlers are arriving in numbers into Gaza settlements to join attempts to disrupt the implementation...
News Briefs, January 2 - 3, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 1/3/2005
Resident wounded in Rafah / Al-Aqsa brigades claims responsibility of killing a security guard near Hebron / Six detainees, including one girl sentenced to administrative detention...
Resistance fighter killed in the northern Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 1/3/2005
A Palestinian medical source reported that Israeli soldiers operating near the outskirts of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, killed a member of...
Israeli troops withdraw from three Gaza areas
Middle East Online 1/3/2005
Army halts incursion into north of Gaza Strip to avoid stirring trouble ahead of Palestinian election. -- GAZA CITY - The Israeli army on Sunday withdrew...
Israeli pullback from north Gaza
BBC 1/3/2005
Israeli forces have pulled out of parts of the northern Gaza Strip, which they occupied on Sunday. The troops abandoned rooftop positions they had...
Army, reservist rabbis say they will refuse to uproot settlements
Ha''aretz 1/3/2005
Military chaplains and reservist rabbis have come out against the willingness of the military rabbinate and IDF Chief Rabbi Israel Weiss to cooperate in...
Qassams fired from Gaza hurt several, one critically
Ha''aretz 1/3/2005
Three Israeli citizens were injured yesterday from mortar shells and Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into the Western Negev. The condition of...
17 Palestinians killed by Israeli army since start of Palestinian election campaign
Electronic Intifada/PCHR 1/3/2005
Report, PCHR -- PCHR is gravely concerned at the escalation of attacks by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and the...
Settlers warn Ya''alon: Religious soldiers won''t obey orders
Ha''aretz 1/3/2005
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya''alon met yesterday evening with settler leaders, who warned him that thousands of religious soldiers "would not...
A Palestinian Girl and a Man Killed by Israeli Troops
International Press Center 1/3/2005
JABALYA, Palestine, January 1, 2005 (IPC+ Agencies)-- Ibtihal Abu Daher, 10 years-old girl, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jablya, was killed early...
Israeli Forces Re-invade Northern Gaza
International Press Center 1/2/2005
BEIT HANOUN, Palestine, January 2, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces re-invaded the town of Beit Hanoun early this morning, shortly after redeploying outside...
Israeli Troops Targets a Journalist North Gaza
International Press Center 1/3/2005
BEITHANOON,Palestine, January 3, 2005 (IPC + Agencies)-- A medical source at Be''er Sheva''s Soroka Medical Center said that the Palestinian journalist Majdi al-Arabeid is...
IOF Push into Khan Yunis, 5 Palestinians Killed
Palestine Media Center 12/30/2004
PIC: 172 Children, 36 Women among 950 Palestinians Killed in 2004 -- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed five Palestinians during an ongoing large-scale invasion...
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U.S. Eager to Revive Trilateral Security Cooperation
International Middle East Media Center 1/30/2005
Israeli senior officials said Saturday that the United States is eager to revive the trilateral security cooperation, involving Israel , Palestinians and the CIA in...
Mofaz: IDF will quit W. Bank towns when Gaza is quiet
Ha''aretz 2/1/2005
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Monday night told Mohammed Dahlan that there would be no transfer of West Bank cities to the Palestinian Authority without...
Palestinians prepare to take control in West Bank towns
ReliefWeb 1/31/2005
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan 31 (AFP) - Palestinians were preparing on Monday to assume security control from Israel in four West Bank cities as their...
Shaath: “Hamas is committed to the agreement reached with Abbas
International Middle East Media Center 1/31/2005
Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said that Hamas gave him its full commitment to the agreement reached with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; the...
Israel may withdraw from West Bank towns Tuesday: Palestinians
ReliefWeb 1/31/2005
RAMALLAH, West Bank Jan 31 (AFP) - The Israeli army could hand over security control over four West Bank towns and cities as early as...
Hamas, Hezbollah, to Uphold Resistance, Islamic Jihad might conditionally freeze attacks
International Middle East Media Center 1/31/2005
Israeli media source reportedly said on Monday the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the Lebanese resistance party Hezbollah have agreed to sustain resistance against...
Russia backs Abbas as hopes for Middle East peace build
Daily Star 2/1/2005
Top Sharon advisers meet with Rice in Washington to discuss Palestinian-Israeli talks -- Russia pledged its "active" support Monday for the Palestinians amid growing signs...
Israelis, Palestinians meet in Davos to discuss region''s future
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
DAVOS, Switzerland - After several years of avoiding public discussions, members of Israel''s government and the Palestinian Authority agreed to participate in a joint public...
Court extends remand of Danish spy suspect
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
The Petah Tikva Magistrate''s Court yesterday extended the detention of a Danish citizen suspected of spying for Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and prosecutors intend to...
Israel tells U.S. it will look into East J''lem land seizure
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
Israel has promised the United States that it will reexamine a decision made last summer to confiscate East Jerusalem property owned by Palestinians, who...
CIA set to oversee the PA-Israel security cooperation
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
The Central Intelligence Agency is set to resume its role in security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in an effort to stabilize...
Mofaz, Dahlan discuss security control for five W. Bank towns
Ha''aretz 1/31/2005
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was meeting with Palestinian security adviser Mohammed Dahlan in Herzliya on Monday evening, their second meeting in three days. Mofaz...
Abbas visits Moscow for Putin talks
The Guardian 1/31/2005
The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, was today holding talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin as he attempted to win Moscow''s...
Abbas stresses need for swift ceasefire
The Guardian 1/28/2005
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has appealed to Israel to agree swiftly to a joint ceasefire that would halt more than four years of...
Gaza ''to stay under Israeli rule
BBC 1/28/2005
International law will continue to view Israel as an occupying force in Gaza, even after its planned withdrawal, says a United Nations human-rights envoy...
Sharon to meet Abbas, present goodwill gestures
Ha''aretz 1/27/2005
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia in about two weeks and present a package...
Israeli envoy: U.S. will help finance pullout
Ha''aretz 1/27/2005
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