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Youth arrested in Budros, elderly woman injured
International Middle East Media Center 7/28/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday afternoon, a Palestinian youth, and injured his 80-year-old grandmother, in the village of Budros, west of Ramallah. A...

Six Injured in anti-wall protest in WB
International Middle East Media Center 7/28/2005
Six anti-wall protestors were wounded on Thursday when Israeli troops and police attempted to disperse a demonstration in the West Bank villages of Bil''in...

Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Trees and Raze Land in Hebron
WAFA 7/27/2005
BETHLEHEM, July 27, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers uprooted on Wednesday trees and razed vast areas of Palestinian arable land in Hebron, witnesses said. They...

50 Colonizers Attack Palestinian Family
WAFA 7/27/2005
KHANYOUNIS, July 27, 2005, (WAFA)-At least 50 Israeli colonizers attacked overnight a Palestinian family at al-Mawassi area, west Khanyounis city, local sources said...

Israel Plans Jewish Colony in Palestinian Heart of Old City
Palestine Media Center 7/27/2005
Qurei Warns: No Peace with Israel without Jerusalem -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei warned Tuesday that, “without Jerusalem there will be no peace” with...

Palestinians Slam New Jewish Homes in Al-Quds
Islam Online 7/27/2005
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, July 27, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Palestinians lambasted Wednesday, July 27, an Israeli decision to build 21 homes and a synagogue for...

A Jewish Settler rams his Car into a Palestinian Child, Killing him
International Press Center 7/27/2005
PALESTINE, July27,2005 (IPC+Agencies)-A child from Beit Ummar village was killed Tuesday at night after a settlers'' car run over him near the...

PNIC: Seven Killed and 17 Wounded During 24th Week of Ceasefire
International Press Center 7/28/2005
GAZA, Palestine, July 28, 2005 (IPC) - - A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed seven Palestinians and...

Teen Killed in Jenin and Others Wounded by Israeli Fire, Including Child in Rafah
International Press Center 7/28/2005
JENIN, Palestine, July 28, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed a teenager and wounded eight others in Jenin, while another child was wounded...

Israeli Bulldozer Demolishes Agricultural Home in Bethlehem
WAFA 7/28/2005
BETHLEHEM, July 28, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished today an agricultural home at Hossan village, west Bethlehem city. WAFA correspondent said that...

Palestinian Killed and Three Others Wounded in Tulkarem
International Press Center 7/28/2005
TULKAREM, Palestine, July 28, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian and wounded three others during confrontations in Tulkarem province, while a...

New Jewish homes may go in east J-lem
YNetNews 7/28/2005
Project has several additional planning and approval hurdles to face, but activists already decry project -- JERUSALEM - Jerusalem planners have approved the construction of a...

Palestinian armed group abducts security official in Gaza
Ha''aretz 7/28/2005
A Palestinian armed group abducted a senior Palestinian security official in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, witnesses and security sources said, in the latest...

Court acquits suspect of security crimes
YNetNews 7/28/2005
Panel of three judges rules to release Palestinian suspected of ties to terror group, premeditated murder and shooting attacks after identity questioned during trial...

Mofaz: Pullout will take two to three weeks
Ha''aretz 7/29/2005
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz believes that the settlers of the Gaza Strip are beginning to come to terms with the idea of evacuating their...

Palestinian shot dead by Israelis
BBC 7/28/2005
A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli troops who suspect he was involved in a recent suicide bombing. The victim, identified as...

3 Qassams fired at Sderot; no injuries
YNetNews 7/28/2005
Red Dawn’ warning system activated; some residents demand inclusion in Evacuation-Compensation Law, others put up ‘For Sale’ signs in front of homes in protest...

IDF: Only 1,200 activists have entered Gush Katif, not 2,000
Ha''aretz 7/29/2005
The IDF Southern Command believes that the number of right-wing activists who have succeeded in infiltrating the Gaza Strip since its closure on July...

Soldiers, settlers clash in West Bank
YNetNews 7/28/2005
Troops arrive at West Bank settlement to place iron gate for security reasons; settlers say installation of gate part of IDF preparations for upcoming...

IDF shoots and kills unarmed Islamic Jihad man near Tul Karm
Ha''aretz 7/29/2005
An undercover Border Police unit yesterday shot dead an unarmed Islamic Jihad member near Tul Karm. The man was suspected of helping to drive...

Terrorist or innocent civilian?
YNetNews 7/29/2005
IDF: We killed Islamic Jihad man who drove suicide bomber. Palestinians: He wasn’t involved -- TEL AVIV - An elite Border Guard unit killed an Islamic...

IDF and police upbeat about resistence during pullout
Ha''aretz 7/29/2005
Violent resistance to the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip is most likely to come from residents of Kfar Darom, students of the...

Police may seal off South
YNetNews 7/29/2005
Police top brass convene marathon session to discuss planned mass anti-pullout rally, march scheduled for next week; officials may decide to ban both events...

Mofaz rejects IDF call for Gaza attack before withdrawal
Ha''aretz 7/29/2005
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has thus far rejected a recommendation by senior Israel Defense Forces officers that Israel launch a major offensive in the...

Palestinians protest Gaza smokescreen
AlJazeera 7/28/2005
Palestinians have burned rubber tyres along the trail of the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank in a symbolic protest against its ongoing...

Jerusalem OKs Neighborhood Destruction
Yahoo! News 7/26/2005
JERUSALEM - (AP) Jerusalem planners have approved the construction of a new Jewish neighborhood in the city''s Muslim Quarter, officials said Tuesday, threatening to further...

Army prepares a plan to shell Gaza if the PA does not control it
International Middle East Media Center 7/25/2005
Israeli sources reported, on Monday, that the Israeli army is preparing a plan to foil any attempt to fire at settlers and soldiers during...

New settlement in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
The Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Tuesday that the Israeli government plans to construct a settlement at Bab al-Zahera area, in the old city...

Driver hits IDF officer while running Green Line checkpoint
Ha''aretz 7/26/2005
Qassam rockets land in Sderot -- A driver tried to break through an Israel Defense Forces checkpoint on the Green Line at Oranit on Tuesday...

Border Police shoot, seriously wound unarmed Jihad activist
Ha''aretz 7/27/2005
The Border Police yesterday shot and seriously wounded an unarmed Jihad activist in Hebron. In another incident, an IDF officer was lightly hurt when...

Resident arrested at the Rafah Border Crossing
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday evening, a resident at the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on his way...

Army reopens abu Holy, al-Matahin checkpoints
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
After three days of full closure, Israeli soldiers reopened abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The closure...

Nine arrested in Tulkarem
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, nine residents in the West Bank city of Tulkarem and Thannaba area near the city. A local...

Army invades Haris village high school in Salfit area
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
Army invaded, on Tuesday at down, Haris village in Salfit area, broke into Haris High School and conducted searches coursing some damages to the...

House demolished in Jerusalem, allegedly illegal built
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
The west Jerusalem municipality demolished a house, allegedly illegal built, in Jabal AL Mokaber village south west of Jerusalem under the army and police...

Nights of Fire, Uneasy Days
Rafah Today 7/19/2005
With photos] The whine of bullets, the unearthly shrieks of missiles streaking through the air, the sky painted red with garish fire unknown in...

Home leveled in Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
Head of al-Fundoq Village council Lo’ay Tayyim reported that three army bulldozers, supported by ten military jeeps invaded the Fundoq village on Tuesday, and...

36,000 Trees Set Ablaze by Occupation Forces in Qaffin and Akkaba
StopTheWall.org 7/25/2005
Thousands of dunums of agricultural lands have been scorched in a series of devastating fires ignited by Occupation Forces and their settlers in the...

Shin Bet: Hamas, Jihad have no cause to stop attacks
Ha''aretz 7/27/2005
There''s a 50-50 chance that the disengagement from Gush Katif and the northern West Bank will not be a quiet affair and that...

Shin Bet may put far-right leaders in administrative detention
Ha''aretz 7/26/2005
The Shin Bet domestic security service is considering placing leaders of extreme right-wing movements in administrative detention prior to Israel''s disengagement from the Gaza...

Jewish homes planned in Arab East Jerusalem
Daily Star 7/27/2005
Jerusalem''s municipality gave preliminary approval for the building of 21 homes for Jews in an Arab quarter of Jerusalem''s Old City, a city spokesman...

Resident injured, arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
A Palestinian security source in Hebron reported on Monday that soldiers fired and seriously injured a resident in al-Hawouz area, south of Hebron, and...

Resident arrested, another injured in Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested a resident in Azzoun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia; another resident was badly bruised east of the...

Child killed by settlers’ car in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2005
A medical source at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in Hebron, reported, on Tuesday at night, that a child from Beit Ummar village, was...

Palestinian Wounded Critically as Arrest Campaigns Continue in West Bank
International Press Center 7/26/2005
HEBRON, Palestine, July 26, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded a Palestinian critically in Hebron then nabbed him, while several others...

Qassam hits Sderot; no injuries reported
YNetNews 7/26/2005
Light damage done to local homes, cars; IDF troops nab wanted Islamic Jihad member in Hebron -- SDEROT - The “Red Dawn” alert system was activated...

Extremists put pulsa denura death curse on PM Ariel Sharon
Ha''aretz 7/27/2005
A group of extreme-right activists said Tuesday that they had held a ceremony to place a pulsa denura, a halakhic curse, on Prime Minister...

Settler runs over soldier
YNetNews 7/26/2005
Gush Katif resident Oz Kadmon, known as leading anti-pullout activist, detained following pursuit -- GAZA – A Gaza settler was detained Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of...

Israeli forces train for Gaza pullout
AlJazeera 7/26/2005
About 5000 Israeli troops have practiced the forcible removal of Jewish settlers from their homes, carrying away pretend resisters in the largest dress rehearsal...

Resident arrested in Hebron, dozens of homes searched
International Middle East Media Center 7/25/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday, one resident in the old city of Hebron, and resumed its house-to-house searches in the old city for the...

Two Killed in Hebron and Gaza, Six Protesters Injured In Bilin''s Anti -Wall Rally
International Press Center 7/23/2005
GAZA, Palestine, July 23,2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Israeli soldiers shot killed, a Palestinian youth, on Friday at night, in the southern West Bank city of...

Palestinian Factions Jointly Attack Israeli Settlements in South Gaza Strip
International Press Center 7/24/2005
GAZA,Palestine. July 24, 2005.(IPC+Agencies)--- Israeli military sources reported today morning that an attack was conducted overnight in Salah Al-Din road on...

IOF Kills 2 Citizens in Khanyounis, Closes Abu Holi Checkpoint
WAFA 7/24/2005
GAZA, July 24, 2005, (WAFA)- Medical sources that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed today at pre-down 2 citizens in the Gaza Strip city...

IOF Wounded a Citizen in Rafah
WAFA 7/24/2005
GAZA, July 24, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Monday a citizen in the Gaza Strip (GS) city of Rafah, sources said...

Ten Residents Arrested in W. Bank, Gaza Strip Remain Divided for a Second Day
International Press Center 7/25/2005
PALESTINE, July25, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) ---Israeli occupation forces invaded Bethlehem, Jenin and Tulkarem arrested several residents on Monday morning and keep Gaza Strip cut...

IOF Storms 3 Cities, Arresting 8 Citizens
WAFA 7/25/2005
JENIN, July 25, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 8 citizens in different cities of the West Bank (WB), security sources said. They...

2 Prisoners Stripped & Photographed by Israeli Prison''s Guards
WAFA 7/25/2005
JERUSALEM, July 25, 2005, (WAFA)-Two Palestinian prisoners, in Atsion Israeli prison, said that Israeli prison''s guards assaulted, stripped and filmed them. Palestinian Prisoner...

IOF and Colonizers Seize Land in Hebron
WAFA 7/25/2005
HEBRON, July 25, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and armed Israeli colonizers seized Palestinian-owned land in Hebron, in the West Bank, witnesses said...

Israeli Colonizers Beat Up Elderly Man in Tulkarem
WAFA 7/25/2005
TULKAREM, July 25, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli armed colonizers assaulted a 70-year-old Palestinian man leaving him in critical case in the West Bank city...

Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 20 - 21 July 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 7/21/2005
JERUSALEM:Closure: Israeli troops positioned at checkpoints set up at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem continue to prevent civilians from other districts...

IOF Demolishes Store in Jerusalem, Sentences Citizens to Prison in WB
WAFA 7/25/2005
JERUSALEM, July 25, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished on Monday a construction tools store in Jerusalem, witnesses said. They added that IOF...

Army slams late-night Gaza protest
YNetNews 7/25/2005
Settlers protest army''s inability to curb Gaza terrorism; IDF officials say marchers risked themselves, soldiers -- GUSH KATIF - Several dozen Gush Katif settlers marched Sunday...

Sharon threatens harsh reprisals for killing of Israeli couple
The Guardian 7/25/2005
Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis yesterday as they drove home to Jerusalem from the Gush Katif settlements in Gaza which are due to be...

Sa-Nur: Shin Bet `provocateurs'' trying to move in
Ha''aretz 7/26/2005
A spokesman for residents of Sa-Nur, one of the West Bank settlements slated for evacuation, said yesterday that residents recently identified two suspected Shin...

Intelligence is key to Israeli tactics
The Guardian 7/25/2005
Israel''s long experience of being targeted by suicide bombers made it the obvious place for senior Scotland Yard officers to go when they began...

Thousands of troops start pullout training
Ha''aretz 7/26/2005
Thousands of soldiers and policemen began intensive training Monday for the pullout from the Gaza Strip, 20 days before the start of the operation...

97 million to expand settlements in the Jordan Valley
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
The economic ministerial council at the Knesset approved a plan to provide 97 million shekels in aid to improve infrastructure, agriculture and for settlement...

Fighting IDF Shabbat desecration
Jerusalem Post 7/22/2005
Against the backdrop of rapidly deteriorating relations between religious soldiers and the IDF, leading rabbis have demanded but have not received assurances from officers...

Resident dies of wounds sustained last week in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
A Palestinian medical source has said that a resident of Gaza died on Thursday of wounds sustained last week. Dr. Jom’a al-Saqqa, head of...

P.A police arrest armed Israelis in Beit Jala
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
The Palestinian police arrested on Thursday evening an armed group of Israeli youths after they entered Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. The youths were then...

Citizen Dies of Wounds in Gaza
WAFA 7/22/2005
GAZA, July 22, 2005 (WAFA)- A citizen died Friday of wounds he sustained a week ago in an Israeli air strike, medical sources said...

Palestinians: Israel to steal artifacts
Jerusalem Post 7/21/2005
Palestinian archaeologists say they fear that when Israel withdraws from Gaza it will also take priceless archeological artifacts. Israeli officials have acknowledged this is...

Six injured, five arrested in Bel’in
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers fired on Friday afternoon, at a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bel’in, west of Ramallah; six residents were injured, and...

Resident arrested in Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested installed a military checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. A local source in Qalqilia reported...

Army invades Jenin - one arrested, two injured
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, barged into the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, in the early hours of Friday...

The second front
Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 7/21/2005
With the IDF poised for a full-scale offensive in Gaza, right wing settlers battling their own government give Abbas a temporary reprieve -- The escalation...

Two arrested in Qabatia
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested two residents of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin.A local source in Qabatia reported that soldiers invaded the...

Two residents forced out of al-Maleh area
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Wadi al-Maleh area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and expelled two residents. Aref Dharaghma, head of...

250 arrested as three-day Gaza settler protest ends
The Guardian 7/22/2005
Police arrested 250 anti-disengagement protesters as a mass demonstration in Kefar Maymon came to an end yesterday having failed to reach the Gaza Strip...

IDF soldier lightly wounded in south Gaza mortar attack
Ha''aretz 7/21/2005
One Israel Defense Forces soldier was lightly wounded when a mortar shell hit him in the southern Gaza Strip before dawn on Thursday, Israel...

Settlers attack old man, injuring him in the head
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Three Israeli settlers today attacked a 75-year-old man, Mahmoud Shousha, from Housan village near Bethlehem. The settlers came by car to Shousha’s land...

Citizen Killed in Hebron by IOF
WAFA 7/22/2005
HEBRON, July 22, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces killed on Friday a citizen in the West Bank city of Hebron, WAFA reporter said. He...

2 IDF soldiers hurt as gunman opens fire on troops in Hebron
Ha''aretz 7/23/2005
Two Israel Defense Forces paratroopers were hurt when gunmen opened fire on troops in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening. A...

Photostory: The face of occupation
By Tom Kay, Electronic Intifada 7/22/2005
BIL''IN, 3 June 2005 -- When I got home from Bili''in, I dumped some pictures onto the computer. Going through them, I was surprised to...

At least 49 dead in blasts in Egyptian Red Sea resorts
Ha''aretz 7/22/2005
Explosions in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of Saturday morning killed at least 49 people and wounded...

Palestine youth shot dead in Hebron
AlJazeera 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers in the divided West Bank city of Hebron have shot and killed a Palestinian bystander after gunmen opened fire on the troops...

Apartheid Wall Continues near Qalandia Refugee Camp
WAFA 7/21/2005
RAMALLAH, July 21, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continuing the construction of the Apartheid Wall near Qalandia refugee near Jerusalem. Witnesses said...

Resident arrested in Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/22/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested installed a military checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. A local source in Qalqilia reported...

Army closes Zatara Checkpoint in the middle of the West Bank
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
Palestinians confirmed that the Israeli soldiers assigned to the Zatara checkpoint closed the checkpoint and forced people to go back. Zatara Checkpoint lies in...

Army invaded Aida Refugee camp north of Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
An eyewitness reported that the army force backed up with heavy army vehicles and blocked the entrances of the camp. Troops searched the houses...

IOF Tightens Siege on Iktaba Village
WAFA 7/21/2005
TULKAREM, July 21, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) tightened its siege on Iktaba village of Tulkarem, separating it from its neighboring villages. Witnesses...

Army invades Jenin, surrounds several vilages
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, installed roadblocks, and conducted military searches. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers...

Army to annex 15 dunams near Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
The Israeli army decided to grab 15 Dunams of farmlands which belong to residents of villages south east of Qalqilia. The army intends to...

Two arrested in Hebron, dozens of homes searched
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
On Thursday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Yatta, al-Sammoa, and Beit Kahil, south and west of the West bank city of...

Abu Holy, al-Matahin checkpoints closed
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
Israeli soldiers closed on Thursday evening, abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, on Salah Ed-deen Road, the main link between northern Gaza Strip areas with...

Soldiers abuse taxi drvier, urinate on him
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2005
Israeli soldiers abused a Palestinian taxi driver from Dir Samit village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at a military...

Cousin arrested over child''s murder
YNetNews 7/21/2005
Palestinian sources initially reported 12-year-old Arab boy killed by settlers; now, victim''s 13-year-old cousin detained in connection with murder -- The cousin of...

Boy dies as rocket hits Gaza refugee camp
Ha''aretz 7/22/2005
A Palestinian rocket aimed at a Gaza Strip settlement fell short yesterday, killing a Palestinian boy when it hit his home at the edge...

Yesha Council vows to resume efforts to enter Gush Katif next week
Ha''aretz 7/22/2005
The Yesha Council of settlements intends to resume efforts to dispatch people to Gush Katif at the beginning of next week. Yesha leaders said...

PNA–Hamas Crisis Over ahead of Rice Visit
Palestine Media Center 7/21/2005
Jewish Settlers Stab to Death 12-year Old Palestinian Boy -- Two days ahead of US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s visit to the Palestinian...

IDF admits unable to seal off Gaza hermetically
Ha''aretz 7/22/2005
The struggle between the army and opponents of disengagement changed direction Thursday, following the end of the mass protest at Moshav Kfar Maimon, with...

In Pictures: Fatah, Hamas clash in Gaza
AlJazeera 7/19/2005
AlJazeera photo report on fighting between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority...

Teenager killed at Israeli checkpoint
By Laila El-Haddad, Electronic Intifada/Al-Jazeera 7/21/2005
A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead while trying to pass an Israeli occupation forces checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. The shooting on Monday...

Seven arrested in Bil’in, six injured
International Middle East Media Center 7/20/2005
Soldiers arrested on Wednesday seven residents and international peace activists in the village of Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, six residents...

Soldiers to grab lands in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/20/2005
Israeli Authorities issued on Wednesday, two military orders to grab hundreds of Dunams of farmlands near the settlements of Keryat Arba’ and Kharseena, east...

Haniyya: “Hamas ended tension, ready to meet Abbas”
International Middle East Media Center 7/20/2005
Ismail Haniyya, one of the prominent political leaders of Hamas, said that the movement ended all forms of tension, and is ready to meet...

Army invades al-Thahiriyya
International Middle East Media Center 7/20/2005
Israeli soldiers on Wednesday invadedthe town of al-Thahiriyya, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and broke into dozens of homes and stores. A...

Israeli army leftover kills Palestinian girl, injures two
AlJazeera.com 7/19/2005
An Israeli leftover ordnance killed a nine-year-old Palestinian girl and injured two of her brothers in Gaza City, Palestinian sources said. The ordnance exploded...

Citizens Lives in the "Circle of Danger"
WAFA 7/20/2005
TOBAS, July 20, 2005, (WAFA)- Citizens of Al-Bqi''a plain, east of the northern West Bank city of Tammoun, lives in tension and worry as...

Security Personnel Dies of His Wounds in Tulkarem
International Press Center 7/20/2005
PALESTINE, July20, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--a Pslestinian National Security member died of his wounds today morning in Tulkarem city of the West Bank he...

PRCS: 10 Citizens Killed, 81 Injured during Period 09-15 July
WAFA 7/20/2005
RAMALLAH, July 20, 2005, (WAFA)-Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said today that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed 10 citizens and injured 81...

Will media coverage victimize Israeli settlers?
AlJazeera.com 7/20/2005
A different kind of media coverage will prevail as the planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and some West Bank enclaves approaches. The...

Settlers stab a child to death near Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 7/20/2005
A Palestinian medical source in Qaryout village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Wednesday evening, that an extremist settlers group...

Israeli Authorities Bargains Islamic Movement for Ending Protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque
WAFA 7/20/2005
UM ALFAHIM, (Israel), July 20, 2005, (WAFA)- Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, said Wednesday that the Israeli official establishment...

Many Gaza demonstrators go home: Israeli police
ReliefWeb 7/21/2005
JERUSALEM, July 21 (AFP) - Many opponents of the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip demonstrating at Kfar Maimon in the south of Israel went...

Israeli Bulldozers Destroy Remains of Byzantium Church in Gaza
WAFA 7/20/2005
GAZA, July 20, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MTA) revealed Wednesday that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) destroyed a very important archeological site...

5 Palestinians hurt in internal clashes
Ha''aretz 7/21/2005
Five Palestinians were injured yesterday in clashes between armed members of Hamas and armed Fatah members, and the Palestinian security forces, in Gaza city...

IDF: Settlers infiltrating into Gaza
Ha''aretz 7/21/2005
The Yesha Council of settlements reneged on a verbal agreement with security officials by deciding to continue the demonstration at Kfar Maimon, senior army...

Double blow for settlers in Gaza protest
The Guardian 7/21/2005
Demonstrators corralled as vote to delay pullout fails -- Opponents of Ariel Sharon''s plan to evacuate thousands of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and...

Blues take to streets
YNetNews 7/20/2005
Blue ribbon disengagement supporters cover 200 intersections as orange, anti-pullout crowd marches in Kfar Maimon; Vice Premier Peres commends activists, saying ‘soldiers are protecting...

Youth ambushed by settlers
YNetNews 7/21/2005
Palestinian sources report 12-year-old Arab boy killed by settlers near Kfar Krayot, north of West Bank settlement of Ofra -- Twelve-year-old Yazan Juhar was...

Hamas gunmen ''breach ceasefire''
BBC 7/20/2005
Hamas militants have fired on the home of a Palestinian police chief in Gaza despite a newly announced ceasefire, Palestinian security sources say. Gunfire...

Analysis: Hamas'' challenge to PA
BBC 7/20/2005
The Gaza Strip has endured days of tension - witnessing some of the worst violence between Palestinians for years. The powerful militant movement Hamas has...

Protest march on Gaza called off
BBC 7/21/2005
An attempted protest march by thousands of Israelis to the largest Jewish settlement in Gaza has been called off. Organisers told supporters gathered in...

Police: Most of the pullout foes leave Kfar Maimon
Ha''aretz 7/21/2005
Police said before dawn on Thursday that most of the anti-pullout demonstrators had left their encampment at Kfar Maimon, according to an Israel Radio...

Hamas calls to end Palestinian clashes
AlJazeera 7/20/2005
Hamas has said it wants to end a bout of internal Palestinian clashes after its cadre attacked the homes of a security chief and...

Six arrested near Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 7/18/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday six residents in Azzoun village, near the northern West BAnk city of Qalqilia. The WAFA news agency reported that...

Palestinian youth stabs an Israeli in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
A Palestinian youngster stabbed a 30-year-old Jewish man in Jerusalem early Tuesday, an Israeli military source in Jerusalem reported. The man, who sustained...

Special army unit invades Bethlehem, one arrested
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
A special army unit, backed by four military vehicles invaded Bethlehem old city Tuesday at noon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that soldiers were driving a...

Palestinian attacks decrease as army lifts closure inside Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
There has been a decrease in Palestinian mortar and qassam shell attacks, as the Israeli army decided to lift the internal closure of the...

Israeli Sewage Covers Palestinian Agricultural Land
WAFA 7/19/2005
KHANYOUNIS, July 19, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Colonizers have been evacuating waste and solid waste in the Palestinian agricultural land in the city of Khanyounis...

Audio:''Illegal'' Gaza protest halted
The Guardian 7/19/2005
Conal Urqhart reports on the anti-withdrawal protests...

Resident injured east of Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
Ahmad As’ad Issa. 22, from Salem village, east of Nablus, was shot and wounded on Monday evening by an Israeli soldier, as he was...

Two children killed in G. Strip, Seven Arrested in Qulqelia
International Press Center 7/19/2005
GAZA, Palestine, July19,2005 (IPC+WAFA)---A boy was killed on Wednesday afternoon when Israeli occupation soldiers fired at residents trying to cross Abu Holy...

In Pictures: Israeli Forces Kills Two Palestinians
Islam Online 7/19/2005
Israeli occupation forces shot dead two Palestinians on Tuesday, July 19, near the West Bank town of Jenin. The two Palestinians, members of Al-Aqsa...

Elderly man and his two sons arrested in al-Yamoun
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
On Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers invaded al-Yamoun village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested a father and his two sons...

Two Islamic Jihad members assassinated near Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
Israeli soldiers killed two leaders of the Islamic Jihad in al-Yamoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, an Israeli military source...

Israel lifts traffic blockade on Gaza Palestinians
ReliefWeb 7/19/2005
JERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Tuesday it was lifting restrictions on Palestinian traffic in the Gaza Strip imposed at the...

Palestinian groups reconcile after week of fighting
Yahoo! News 7/19/2005
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas''s Fatah party and the Hamas militant group agreed on Wednesday to stop fighting among themselves after clashes that...

Four arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday, four residents in Hebron and the neighboring village of Kharas, northwest of the city. A local source in Hebron...

Soldiers invade Shweika area, north of Tulkarem
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2005
Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles, invaded on Tuesday afternoon, Shweika area, and conducted military searches of homes, a Palestinian security source reported...

Hamas agrees to resume truce
Ha''aretz 7/19/2005
Hamas agreed yesterday to stop the rocket and mortar fire and resume the truce agreed upon four months ago, according to Palestinian sources. During...

Fatah and PFLP clash at Ain al-Hilweh
Daily Star 7/20/2005
SIDON: Two Palestinians were wounded in clashes between members of the Fatah Movement and supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine...

Palestinians and Israelis plagued by infighting
Daily Star 7/20/2005
Supporters of Jewish settlers ignore orders to disperse and vow to defy ban on Gaza march -- As the Israeli police confronted supporters of Jewish...

Another fake bomb found
YNetNews 7/19/2005
Once again police sappers called to disarm dummy bomb placed by anti-pullout protesters, this time at Geha junction near Tel Aviv -- TEL AVIV - A...

Video: Israeli settlers in Gaza march stand-off
BBC 7/19/2005
Israeli police are on high alert as a stand-off develops between security forces and opponents of the Gaza withdrawal plan. Pro-settlement activists have vowed...

Palestinians clash in Lebanese camp
AlJazeera 7/19/2005
Five Palestinians have been wounded in clashes between members of the Palestinian mainstream Fatah faction and another group in Lebanon''s largest refugee camp, Palestinian...

Hamas takes part of northern Gaza
YNetNews 7/19/2005
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigade terrorists shot a Fatah member in the head, and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades members burned down a Hamas religious institution-- GAZA...

Settler leaders vow to push on to Gush Katif
Ha''aretz 7/20/2005
Yesha Council settler leaders said Tuesday night they would resume the pullout protest march toward the Gaza Strip settlement bloc of Gush Katif, which...

Israeli army kills two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank
Middle East Online 7/19/2005
Nine wounded in clashes between Palestinians security forces and Hamas members Jabaliya refugee camp. -- JENIN, West Bank & GAZA CITY - Two Islamist gunmen were shot...

Israeli police encircle marchers
BBC 7/19/2005
Israeli police have surrounded an encampment of thousands of Israelis opposed to the Gaza pullout. Police forced back a surging crowd trying to march...

Palestinian groups end Gaza infighting
AlJazeera 7/20/2005
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas''s Fatah party and the Hamas have ordered their gunmen off the streets in Gaza to end inflighting that left 13...

Israeli police, pullout protesters scuffle
AlJazeera 7/19/2005
Scuffles have erupted between Jewish protesters and police who surrounded a campsite set up as a base for a mass march on the Gaza...

Warring Fatah and Hamas factions agree to end clashes
Ha''aretz 7/20/2005
GAZA CITY - The ruling Fatah movement and Hamas announced agreement early Wednesday to end several days of clashes in northern Gaza that took the...

Charge: killing a child; Sentence: a scolding and a promotion
International Middle East Media Center 7/18/2005
An Israeli military court sentenced a soldier charged of killing a Palestinian resident in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, to disciplinary...

Resident, child injured in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 7/16/2005
Saturday at dawn, one resident and a child were injured after Israeli air-force fired missiles Gaza city. The missile targeted a workshop in a...

IOF Continues Arrests in the WB
WAFA 7/18/2005
RAMALLAH, July 18, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Monday several Palestinian citizens in the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses said. They...

17 residents arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/16/2005
At least 17 Palestinians were arrested on Saturday after the Israeli army conducted wide-scale house-to-house searches south of the West Bank city of Hebron...

Four residents arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/17/2005
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded several villages around the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents. A local source in Hebron...

Israeli air force carries out a failed assassination attempt in Jabalia, Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 7/17/2005
Sunday evening, a Palestinian security source in Khan Younis reported that the Israeli air-force had fired at least two missiles at a car in...

Hamas Leader Assassinated in Khan Younis
International Middle East Media Center 7/17/2005
Palestinian sources reported that Sa’id Syam, a prominent leader of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas was assassinated in Khan Younis on...

Six Hamas members arrested in the West Bank
International Middle East Media Center 7/18/2005
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested six members of Hamas in several West Bank areas. An Israeli military source reported that soldiers invaded areas in...

IOF Thrusts into Nablus, Arrests Six West Bank Residents
International Press Center 7/17/2005
Palestine. July 17, 2005. (WAFA+IPC)--- Early in the morning, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) thrust into Nablus city, North West Bank amid heavy...

Two children killed, five residents injured in the Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 7/18/2005
Wednesday at night, a Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that a child was shot killed on Wednesday afternoon, after soldiers fired at residents...

Resident Critically Wounded, Several Arrested In Rammallah
International Press Center 7/18/2005
PALESTINE, July18, 2005 (IPC+WAFA) ---Medics reported that the youth Mohammed Ahmad al Helo, 14, from Gaza city has been in serious condition and...

Immatin Latest Target of Apartheid Wall Destruction and Zionist Settlement Expansion
StopTheWall.org 7/14/2005
On July 6th, Occupation Forces began razing agricultural lands in the village of Immatin, Qalqiliya District for the Apartheid Wall. Villagers mobilized immediately and...

9 IDF soldiers refuse to block Gaza, two go AWOL in Gush Katif
Ha''aretz 7/18/2005
Nine Israel Defense Forces soldiers refused on Saturday night to follow orders and participate in an operation to prevent Israeli citizens from entering the...

Abbas in TV peace plea as violence puts Israel''s Gaza withdrawal at risk
The Guardian 7/17/2005
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas went on television yesterday to try to stem militant attacks on Israel and the spiralling violence that threatens to derail...

Palestinian, 14, killed by IDF fire; Gaza shelling slowing
Ha''aretz 7/18/2005
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy, Ra''ab al Masri, was killed by Israel Defense Forces fire Monday near the Gush Katif intersection in the Gaza...

Former Givati commander rapped for troops'' deterrent fire
Ha''aretz 7/18/2005
A former battalion commander of the Givati Brigade received a severe reprimand at a disciplinary hearing following the shooting death of a Palestinian youth...

IDF to increase checks on Israeli cars at Green Line
Ha''aretz 7/17/2005
GOC Central Command Yair Naveh has ordered the increase of security checks on Israeli cars entering Israel around the Green Line. Israel Defense Forces...

Soldiers, settlers clash at Gaza''s Kissufim Crossing
Ha''aretz 7/17/2005
Dozens of settlers and anti-disengagement supporters gathered at the Kissufim crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening to protest the closure of the...

Two killed, dozens hurt in PA-Hamas clashes in Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 7/17/2005
Two Palestinians were killed and more than 30 wounded, at least half of them security personnel, in clashes over the weekend in Gaza between...

Teenager killed at Israeli checkpoint
AlJazeera 7/19/2005
A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead while trying to pass an Israeli occupation forces checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. The shooting on Monday...

Video: Abbas pledges end to Gaza attacks
BBC 7/18/2005
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will "do his utmost" to stop Palestinian rocket attacks on Jewish communities. His comments come on a day...

Abbas pledges end to Gaza attacks
BBC 7/18/2005
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will "do his utmost" to stop Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Jewish communities. His comments come on...

5 hurt in Gaza mortar attack
YNetNews 7/17/2005
Five settlers injured by mortar bomb, two moderately, as terrorists continue their barrages against Israelis and forces stand down for Gaza offensive to allow...

Soldiers arrested for J''lem device
YNetNews 7/18/2005
Police arrest two ultra-orthodox soldiers for suspicion of planing fake device in Jerusalem''s central bus station; device caused massive delays, came with anti-pullout note...

Israel masses troops along Gaza border
The Guardian 7/18/2005
Israel yesterday massed thousands of troops along the border of the Gaza Strip and warned that it would invade unless the Palestinian Authority acted...

Protesters reach Kfar Maimon
YNetNews 7/19/2005
Thousands overcome police, army presence to enter southern moshav, will spend night in community as planned; Yesha Council spokesman calls police actions a ''crime...

Israeli-Palestinian truce put to test
By Laila El-Haddad, Electronic Intifada/AlJazeera 7/17/2005
After a bloody day that saw 10 Palestinians killed, the fragile five-month Israeli-Palestinian truce seems to be in danger of unraveling. But analysts on...

Police allow protesters to camp on way to Gaza
Ha''aretz 7/19/2005
The police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon hours after protesters began their Gush Katif solidarity...

Israeli protesters defy police ban on march
The Guardian 7/19/2005
The Israeli government last night appeared to give ground to thousands of anti-disengagement protesters by allowing them to continue an illegal march to the...

Gaza settler arrested after breaking through checkpoints
Ha''aretz 7/15/2005
A resident of the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim was arrested Friday afternoon after attempting to drive through police checkpoints at the entrance...

''Prepare to operate in Gaza''
YNetNews 7/16/2005
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz tells senior security establishment officials to begin preparations for wide-scale offensive in Gaza; earlier two Hamas terrorists killed in Air...

Israel fires at Palestinian refugee camp
AlJazeera 7/16/2005
Israeli forces have fired two missiles into a Gaza refugee camp, hours after the military killed six Hamas fighters in air strikes and a...

Palestinian civilians die in Gaza battle
AlJazeera 7/15/2005
Two Palestinian bystanders have been killed and more than a dozen people wounded in gunbattles between Palestinian security forces and resistance factions, hospital sources...

Israeli forces kill Hamas activists in Gaza clashes
The Independent 7/16/2005
Israel has assassinated at least six Hamas militants in an apparent shift of policy. They were executed only hours after the Palestinian Authority had...

Inter-Palestinian Fighting Kills Two
Islam Online 7/15/2005
GAZA, July 15, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in clashes between the Palestinian security forces and members...

Six injured, eighteen arrested in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists conducted the weekly peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah...

Fire breaks out in Negev Industrial Zone
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Israeli radio reported on Friday afternoon that fire broke out in an industrial zone in the Sha’ar Hanegev area, in the Negev desert in...

Ex-chief rabbis forbid troops from enforcing Gaza Strip closure
Ha''aretz 7/15/2005
Two former chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Avraham Shapiro and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, Friday issued a Halakhic ruling forbidding soldiers to enforce Prime Minister...

Settlers `tattoo'' ID numbers on their arms
Ha''aretz 7/15/2005
In a renewed comparison of the Gaza pullout to the Holocaust, residents of the Gaza settlement bloc of Gush Katif are writing their identity...

Military roadblock installed on Tubas-Tammoun road
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock on Tubas-Tammoun road, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that...

Army invades Azzoun
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the village reported that soldiers...

Army invades Amateen, east of Qalqilia, and imposes curfew on the village
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Soldiers are harassing the residents by throwing sound bombs at the houses and at children in the streets. They are trying to trap the...

Army invades Ibadia village east of Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
The Israeli Army invaded Ibadia, a village east of Bethlehem, and conducted house-to-house searches. The army entered the home of the Saadah family and...

Tulkarem invasion continues
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
The Israeli Army continued its invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Residents reported that the army invaded Tulkarem refugee camp in the...

More shells fired on Friday
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group fired two “Qassam” homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. One landed near the town, while...

Curfew imposed over Amateen
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday curfew over the village of Amateen, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the...

Resident arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident from al-Majd village, south west of Hebron, after invading it. A local source in the village reported...

Army shells Khan Younis, three injured
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Israeli military choppers shelled the Austrian neighborhood, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan...

Soldiers break into a hospital in Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers broke into the Emergency Hospital in Salfit, and used it as a military post. Also, soldiers broke into several branches...

Two killed in Gaza Strip clashes between PA troops and Hamas
Ha''aretz 7/15/2005
Palestinian Authority police and Hamas group militants clashed in fierce gun battles on Friday morning in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Two men...

PA declares state of emergency in Gaza
Ha''aretz 7/15/2005
The Palestinian Authority declared a state of emergency in the Gaza Strip last night, hours after an Israeli woman was killed when a Qassam...

Army prepares to invade Gaza Strip
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
A large Israeli military force has positioned itself at the entrances of the Gaza Strip in apparent preparation for an invasion, Israeli military sources...

Rocket barrages continue
YNetNews 7/15/2005
Palestinians fire eight Qassam rockets at southern town of Sderot and vicinity Friday morning; slight damage reported in latest attack. Early Friday, Air Force...

Hamas blames Yousef for Gaza clashes
International Middle East Media Center 7/15/2005
The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas said on Friday that it is investing serious efforts to curb the latest violence in the Gaza Strip between...

Al-Aqsa Martyrs'' rocket attack kills Israeli woman
Daily Star 7/15/2005
Abbas urges factions to respect cease-fire -- A rocket fired from Gaza killed a young Israeli woman, hours after Israeli forces raided the home of...

Seven Palestinians killed in W.B and Gaza air strikes
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