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Girl arrested in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday a young girl near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers claimed Hiba Tawfik Issa...
Israel to build checkpoint, divide West Bank into 3 sections
International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005
includes map] Israeli army is carrying a plan which aims to divide the West Bank into three isolated parts, with roadblocks, settlement constructions and...
Soldiers arrest a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Ramatan...
Soldiers invade Doura, eight residents injured
International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005
A medical source at Doura Medical Center, in the village of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, reported that eight residents were...
Al Quds Brigades: “Israel assassinated the truce”
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, vowed to retaliate to the assassination of its leader Jihad Zakarna, 21, and...
Details of the Assassination of two Islamic Jihad fighters, 6 wounded, 10 arrested
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
A Valuable Prey” was how Israeli security sources described the successful assassination the commander of Al Quds Brigades in the Jenin district and his...
Resistance shells Sderot and Kibbutz Zakim
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the...
Israeli Settlers Wound Three Residents in Hebron
International Press Center 10/29/2005
HEBRON, Palestine, October 29, 2005 (IPC) - - Israeli settlers wounded today two residents, including a woman, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Our correspondent...
IOF Detain 120 Residents Last Week
International Press Center 10/30/2005
RAMALLAH, Palestine, October 30, 2005 (IPC) - - The Head of the Palestinian Prisoner''s Society (PPS), Easa Karaka stated that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), detained...
IOF Leaflets and Recorded Massages Urge the Residents to Inform on the Resistance Fighters
International Press Center 10/30/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October 30,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---For the second time since its redeployment on 12 August, the Israeli jetfighters dropped thousands of leaflets Saturday...
IOF Continues dismembering the occupied West Bank
International Press Center 10/31/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October 30,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--- Israeli occupation forces are implementing a scheme aiming at dismemberment the territorial contiguity of the West Bank by...
Khan Younis''s Governor: Economic Losses Stand At $600 Million since Al Aqsa Intifada
International Press Center 10/31/2005
KHANYOUNIS,Palestine, October 31, 2005, (IPC) --- The Governor of Khan Younis, Hosny Zorob announced today that the direct and indirect losses has amounted to...
Troops invade Tammoun, near Tubas
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
The Israeli army invaded, n Monday at dawn, the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. Troops broke...
IOF Arrests 8 Citizens in WB
WAFA 10/31/2005
JENIN, October 31, 2005, (WAFA)-At least eight citizens were arrested Monday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank (WB) cities of...
Israel to build security buffer zone in Gaza Strip
ReliefWeb 10/29/2005
GAZA, Oct 29, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - The Israeli army is intending to build a buffer zone in northern Gaza Strip following Palestinian rocket...
IDF kills Hadera bomb mastermind, one other, in West Bank operation
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
At least two Palestinians were killed yesterday in a shootout with Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank town of Qabatiyah. The army...
Israeli jets bombard Gaza
Palestine Monitor/Al-Jazeera 10/29/2005
Israeli aircraft have bombarded open areas and roads in northern Gaza as part of an ongoing offensive. The occupation army continued its assault into...
Soldiers abduct a resident in Tulkarem
International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005
Israeli soldiers abducted on Monday evening a Palestinian resident in Tulkarem after breaking into his carpentry workshop, in the southern neighborhood of Tulkarem. The...
IDF arrests militant "responsible" for the death of 10 Israelis
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday arrested a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Tul Karm suspected of membership in a terrorist...
Analysis / Calm rests on the shoulders of the IDF
By Danny Rubinstein, Ha''aretz 10/30/2005
Judging by the actions of the Palestinian public and its leaders this weekend in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are trying...
IDF positions artillery near southern Gaza
Ha''aretz 10/30/2005
Exchanges of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinians continued throughout the weekend. On Friday afternoon, the IDF deployed an artillery battery opposite...
Palestinians killed in shootout
BBC 10/31/2005
Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinian militants in operations near the West Bank city of Jenin. The incidents occurred late on Sunday and overnight...
Palestinians bury Jihad members
AlJazeera 10/31/2005
Thousands of Palestinian mourners have buried two Islamic Jihad activists shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank after Israel vowed to carry...
Settler leader indicted over assault of police officer
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Settler leader Daniella Weiss and two other female right-wing activists were indicted Monday afternoon at the Kfar Sava Magistrate''s Court on charges of assaulting...
Soldiers to be jailed for hitchhiking
YNetNews 10/31/2005
Military police, IDF operations branch stage ‘fake kidnappings’ following warnings that terror groups may try to abduct soldiers. 54 soldiers caught hitchhiking, one MP...
Druze youth admit to throwing Molotov cocktails at IDF patrols
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Three Druze youths from the Golan are to be charged Monday morning in the Nazareth District Court on suspicions that they threw Molotov cocktails...
Three face trial for bid to set up Qassam factory in West Bank
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Three senior operatives of the radical armed Popular Resistance Committees, suspected of trying to set up factories for Qassam rockets and mortar shells in...
Jihad renews Qassam fire after IDF kills 3 members
Ha''aretz 10/31/2005
Islamic Jihad resumed Qassam rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday evening, following a shoot-out with Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the...
Sharon vows to develop settlements
AlJazeera 10/31/2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to develop Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights, one month after withdrawing troops...
Israel Kills Fighters as Jihad Agrees to Truce
Arab News 10/31/2005
GAZA CITY, 31 October 2005 — Israel killed two Islamic Jihad activists hours after the group agreed to halt rocket attacks on Israel. Earlier Tel...
Army invades Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and forced the residents and peace activisms out of...
Five residents arrested in Tulkarem
International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, five residents in the villages of Saida, Allar and Atteel, north of the West Bank city of...
Army invaded Jenin and its refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005
The Israeli army invaded on Friday morning the West Bank city of Jenin and its refuge camp, local sources reported. Troops searched houses in...
Islamic Jihad vows revenge for Gaza strike
Ha''aretz 10/28/2005
Islamic Jihad vowed revenge Thursday night for an Israel Air Force strike that killed seven Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad militants and at least...
Army invades village near Tulkarem
International Middle East Media Center 10/29/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn, the village of Saida, north of the Wets Bank city of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA...
Two Palestinians arrested allegedly planning of shooting attack
International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005
An Israeli army force arrested, on Friday, two Palestinians carrying rifles near the Elon Moreh settlement in the West Bank, Israeli source reported. Thesources...
Scores of Children Go into Shock Because of Israeli Sonic Booms in Gaza
WAFA 10/28/2005
GAZA, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed Friday that 59 citizen, including 37 children, went into psychological disturbances or complications of...
IOF Prevents Worshippers from Reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque
WAFA 10/28/2005
EAST JERUSALEM, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) forcibly prevented Friday hundreds of Palestinian worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied...
Mysterious blasts rattle Israelis
YNetNews 10/28/2005
Dozens of readers tell Ynet about loud ‘explosions’ heard overnight. Police: Likely sonic booms created by Air Force planes. Army: It wasn’t us -- Late-night...
Thousands join Gaza Strip funeral
BBC 10/28/2005
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the northern Gaza Strip for the funerals of eight people killed in Israeli air strikes late on...
Israel fires missiles into Gaza Strip
AlJazeera 10/29/2005
Israeli missiles have struck a car in northern Gaza killing one Palestinian fighter, witnesses said. The strike on Friday came as part of an...
Police use stun grenades to keep Palestinians out of J''lem
Ha''aretz 10/28/2005
Police and Border Police officers threw stun grenades at hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the A-Ram checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Friday morning, in...
New Israeli-Palestinian Violence Puts Truce in Doubt
New York Times 10/29/2005
JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 - Israel launched new airstrikes on Friday evening on northern Gaza, killing a Palestinian militant in his white Subaru and wounding another...
Palestinian militant killed in IAF missile strike in Gaza
Ha''aretz 10/29/2005
Israel Defense Forces aircraft struck Gaza twice early Saturday, launching 14 missiles at open areas and roads it said were used by Palestinian militants...
Settlers attack Jett village east of Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 10/25/2005
Settlers of Qadumim attacked, on Tuesday morning, the village of Jett, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Settlers lashed the civilian''s houses...
16 Residents Arrested In Hebron and Tobass
International Press Center 10/25/2005
HEBRON, Palestine, October 25, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---Israeli Occupation Forces launched Monday a wide scale of arrest raid in the West Bank provinces in...
Israel declares ''war to the bitter end'' against Jihad
ReliefWeb 10/27/2005
JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (AFP) - Israel declared all-out war on Islamic Jihad on Thursday, launching air strikes on its Gaza Strip stronghold and putting its...
Israeli Warplanes Continue Sonic Boom Raids as Three Civilians Arrested in Bethlehem
International Press Center 10/26/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October 26, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli warplanes continued launching fake sonic-boom raids over Gaza Strip for the third consecutive days, while arrest...
Settlers Set up Six New Illegal Outposts in the West Bank
International Press Center 10/28/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October27,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--Hundreds of settler set up six new settlement outposts on several West Bank hills, Israeli online daily Yeodit Ahranot...
Occupation Troops Incur Into Qabatia, Arrest Six Residents
International Press Center 10/27/2005
JENIN, Palestine, October27, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Israeli occupation forces invaded toady dawn Qabatia town, of Jenin district from all directions, cordoned off the house...
Israeli Provocations undermine Palestinian moderates, promote extremism
Palestine Monitor 10/27/2005
Since a ceasefire was declared on February 8 in Sharm el-Sheikh, around 100 Palestinians and 22 Israelis have been tragically killed. The Palestinians killed...
IAF kills 7 Palestinians in northern Gaza air strike
Ha''aretz 10/28/2005
An Israel Air Force aircraft fired missiles at the Gaza Strip on Thursday night, killing seven Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad militants and at...
Suicide bomber rocks Hadera market
Ha''aretz 10/27/2005
The suicide bomber struck in the open air market in the coastal city of Hadera a little before 4 P.M. Wednesday afternoon, killing five...
Islamic Jihad vows to avenge killing of West Bank leader
Ha''aretz 10/26/2005
Islamic Jihad yesterday threatened to avenge Monday''s killing of senior West Bank leader Luay Sa''adi as tens of thousands of Palestinian mourners buried him...
Two Arab dentists charged with working for Hamas
Ha''aretz 10/26/2005
Two Galilee dentists suspected of cooperation with Hamas were indicted Monday in the Haifa District Court. -- The indictment states that the pair, Nazmi Hsayn...
Analysis / Uprooting terror
YNetNews 10/27/2005
IDF to fight terror like it did during Arafat era; infantry units prepare for large-scale operation -- Yesterday, after the terror attack in Hadera, we...
IDF officials slam lax fence security
YNetNews 10/27/2005
Army officials say lax security at West Bank fence crossings could be easily utilized by terrorists -- West Bank security fence crossings have become a...
Police arrest second Israeli Arab for the murder of Hadera guard
Ha''aretz 10/25/2005
Police arrested on Tuesday afternoon a second Israeli Arab man in connection to the murder of Hadera security guard Kati David. The suspect is...
Jenin: Islamic Jihad leader arrested
YNetNews 10/27/2005
Border Guard arrest Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Abd al-Hilam Az a-Din. Palestinians claim man is religious, political leader not related to military activities -- In...
Fatah splinter group shoots, wounds accused collaborators
Ha''aretz 10/25/2005
An armed Palestinian splinter group on Tuesday released two Gaza men it had abducted after accusing them of collaborating with Israel, but not before...
Hamas'' Zahar: More kidnappings if Israel doesn''t release prisoners
Ha''aretz 10/26/2005
Hamas will increase the number of kidnappings of Israelis if Israel does not release Palestinian prisoners, Gaza Strip Hamas leader, Dr. Mahmoud Zahar, told...
Barrier under fire for security failings
The Guardian 10/27/2005
Israeli commentators have united in criticising the government for the failure of the security barrier to protect Israel from suicide bombers after three years...
4 settlers indicted over assault of Palestinian vegetable seller
Ha''aretz 10/27/2005
Four residents of the West Bank settlement of Kedumim were charged Thursday with assaulting a 13-year-old Palestinian boy and throwing rocks at Palestinian...
IDF slams settler ''bullying'' as troops evacuate illegal outposts
Ha''aretz 10/27/2005
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz on Thursday condemned the "violence and bullying" of settler youths resisting the evaucation of four illegal...
Mofaz: Back to targeted killings
YNetNews 10/27/2005
Defense minister decides on series of actions against Islamic Jihad; rejects security establishment''s recommendation to launch simultaneous wide-scale activity against terror group -- Defense Minister...
Sharon vows to avenge bombing attack
AlJazeera 10/27/2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has promised an open-ended offensive against Palestinian armed groups after a suicide bomber killed five Israelis in the coastal...
7 killed in Gaza strike
YNetNews 10/28/2005
Missile fired at vehicle carrying senior Islamic Jihad terrorist in Jabalya refugee camp; terrorist, Shadi Mohanna, killed in attack along with six others. Al-Aqsa...
IDF arrests five near Nablus; infant used to conceal grenade
Ha''aretz 10/23/2005
The Israel Defense Forces arrested five wanted men near Nablus yesterday, one of whom had concealed a grenade in his infant son''s blanket. In...
Israel fires missiles into Gaza
AlJazeera 10/25/2005
Israeli army combat helicopters have fired two rocket into Gaza Strip in response to a series of attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters, witnesses and...
Israeli artillery, aircraft strike at Qassam crews
Ha''aretz 10/25/2005
The Israel Air Force launched a number of air strikes at Gaza Strip targets early Tuesday after Islamic Jihad men there fired a slew...
10 residents, including 2 women, arrested in the W. Bank
International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested overnight ten Palestinian residents, including two women, in several West Bank areas. Soldiers claim that the two women are potential suicide...
Israeli Forces Arrest Two Women, Close the Ibraheimi Mosque in Hebron
International Press Center 10/20/2005
Gaza, October 20, 2005. (IPC) --- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested, at night two women when 20 military vehicles attacked Jenin Camp, carrying out...
News briefs from the occupation, Oct. 20-21, 2005
International Middle East Media Center 10/21/2005
a>Four residents arrested south of Jenin / Two residents arrested near Ramallah / Four settlers injured near Jerusalem / Army...
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 17 - 18 October 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 10/19/2005
ALL DISTRICTS: Beginning on 16 October 2005 in the evening, the Israeli army has reimposed a complete closure on the West Bank and Gaza...
Settlement Report: Eastern Strip of the West Bank - September 2005
Peace Now 10/20/2005
What is the difference between the Jordan Valley and the “Eastern Strip”? Why is this important? -- The Jordan Valley technically refers to a very...
Israeli troops kill Palestinians
AlJazeera 10/22/2005
Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinians in a confrontation in the West Bank, sources say. An Israeli military spokesman said forces found...
IDF soldiers kill two armed Palestinians near Tul Karm
Ha''aretz 10/22/2005
Israel Defense Forces troops shot dead Friday two armed Palestinians near the West Bank town of Tul karm, Israel Radio reported. No IDF soldiers...
Military court: Release Hamas leader
YNetNews 10/20/2005
Judges says Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef will be released if military prosecution doesn''t appeal decision within three days -- Hamas leader Sheikh...
IDF kills Palestinian youth near J''lem
YNetNews 10/21/2005
Confrontation near Bethlehem: Troops kill 15-year-old Palestinian youth after he threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli vehicle. During funeral, village residents throw...
Israel accused of ''road apartheid'' in West Bank
The Guardian 10/20/2005
Army seals off main route to Palestinian vehicles - Opponents say plan is to carve out new borders -- The Israeli military has blocked Palestinians from...
Settlers attack homes, properties in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
An extremist settlers group of the Ma’oun illegal settlement outpost, which is constructed on Palestinian annexed lands, east of Yatta village south of Hebron...
IOF Tightens Measures around Jerusalem
WAFA 10/19/2005
JERUSALEM, October 19, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) tightened on Wednesday its aggressive military measures against Palestinian citizens in and around Occupied Jerusalem...
Jewish extremists pray in al-Aqsa yard
UPI 10/19/2005
GAZA, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Jewish extremists entered Jerusalem''s al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam''s third holiest shrine, Wednesday escorted by Israeli police, Palestinian sources said. Al-Aqsa Institution...
Army invades Deheishe and Aida refugee camps, arrests one resident
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, Deheishe and Aida refugee camps, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded Deheishe refugee camp and...
Soldiers fire at two residents near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday evening that Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at two Palestinians at a highway north-east of...
Army invades Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
Israeli Army invaded, on Wednesday, morning the West Bank city of Jenin, local sources reported. Troops took over the roof a building in the...
Three children injured in Beit Awwa village
International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005
Three children were injured, on Tuesday at night, in the village of Beit Awwa near the West Bank city of Hebron during clashes which...
Army invades Kharass village, apprehends three
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
Israeli army invaded the village of Kharass near the West Bank city of Hebron and apprehended three residents, local sources reported. Two of the...
Clashes erupted in Al Aroob refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005
Clashes erupted, on Tuesday night, in Al Aroob refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported. Troops closed the camp...
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
Dozens of extremist settlers stormed, on Wednesday, the esplanade of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The guards of the...
Soldiers invade Hebron, three children injured
International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005
Soldiers forced the family of Hanani out of their home, and kept them under the rain for several hours, before arresting him, the source...
Did teacher assault IDF officer?
YNetNews 10/19/2005
Resident of West Bank settlement of Yitzhar detained on suspicion he hurled stones at IDF Personnel Directorate Head Elazar Stern last week -- Police arrested...
Grapevine Project in Aboud village Uprooted by Israeli Settlers
Palestine Monitor 10/19/2005
Aboud, a picturesque half-Christian half-Muslim village northwest of Ramallah, used to be renowned for it’s high-quality grape production. On Friday, October 7, a new...
IDF stops military escort of Palestinian children in Hebron Hills
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 10/19/2005
The Israel Defense Force''s Central Command has decided to cancel the military escort for Palestinian children on their way to school in the area...
Site dedicated to minister''s killers
YNetNews 10/20/2005
Popular Front activists erect site in honor of minister Rehavam Zeevi killers, currently serving jail time -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine...
Israel plans W Bank ''apartheid'' roads
AlJazeera 10/19/2005
Israel is considering a permanent ban on Palestinians using major roads in the occupied West Bank, security sources have said, drawing Palestinian condemnation of...
Army invades Aida refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, Aida refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops conducted a wide scale search in...
IDF imposes restrictions on Palestinian traffic in W. Bank
Ha''aretz 10/19/2005
For the first time in several months, Israel Defense Forces troops began restricting Palestinian traffic yesterday on the road linking Nablus and Hebron with...
Three Israeli border policemen injured in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
The Israeli Radio reported, on Tuesday evening, that three border policemen were injured south of Jerusalem after a Palestinian group hurled a bomb at...
Army seals off Hebron for the second day in row, arrests two
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
Closure imposed by the Israeli army over the West Bank city of Hebron continued for the second day, local sources reported. Troops closed all...
300 Dunams of Palestinian Olive Trees Burned by Settlers
Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005
In Salem village, near Nablus, settlers from the nearby illegal mountaintop settlement of Elon Moreh set fire to 300 dunams (75 acres) of olive...
MONTHLY SUMMARY OF ISRAELI VIOLATIONS 01 September 2005 – 30 September 2005
Palestine Media Center 10/15/2005
The following summary table and overview of events is a survey of Israeli violations during the period 01 September 2005 to 30 September 2005...
Mofaz: “The army will operate in the Palestinian territories”
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday that the Israeli army will operate inside the Palestinian controlled areas adding that “the Palestinians will...
Settlers burn olive trees east of Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
Ja’far Eshtiyya, member of Salem village council, east of Nablus, reported that dozens of settlers of Alone Moreh settlement burnt olive orchards in 180...
Hamas: “We aren’t responsible for the Jabalia explosion”
International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005
Hamas officials denied on Tuesday that Hamas had admitted responsibility for what was described as “mysterious explosion” in Jabalia Refugee Camp one month ago...
Gaza gunmen abduct two men accused of collaborating with Israel
Ha''aretz 10/18/2005
Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip seized two men they accused of collaborating with Israel on Tuesday in another sign of lawlessness in the...
Four residents, including an infant, injured in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
Four Palestinian residents, including an infant, were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron, during separate attacks carried out by settlers and soldiers...
1000 Dunams annexed to a West Bank settlement
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
A Palestinian organization which monitors settlement activities reported on Monday that the Israeli Authorities annexed 1000 Dunams of Palestinian orchards to Rotem settlement in...
Three arrested in Betunia
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday evening three residents in Betunia town, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke...
Five arrested south of Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/16/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinian residents in Al Thaheriyya village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local...
Twenty Palestinians arrested for “illegal entry” into Israel
International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005
The Israeli police arrested, on Saturday afternoon, twenty Palestinian workers after stopping a GNC van close to Eyal junction, near Al Teera in Al...
Army invades the city of Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 10/16/2005
The Israeli army, invaded late on Saturday at night, the West Bank city of Qalqilia, local sources reported. Soldiers conducted military searches of homes...
Army invades Qaffeen village, arrests four
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
The Israeli army invaded, on Monday morning, the village of Qaffeen, north the west Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested four residents. Soldiers conducted...
Army invades three villages in Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005
Israeli army invaded the villages of Qarawa Bani Zeid, Deir Istia and Marda near the West Bank city of Salit on Monday. Five residents...
IOF Arrests 7 Citizens in WB
WAFA 10/16/2005
HEBRON, October 16, 2005 (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday five citizens in the West Bank (WB) town of al-Dhahiria south of...
IOF Officially Strangulates Palestinian Cities
WAFA 10/17/2005
RAMALLAH, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) strengthened its stranglehold against the Palestinian citizens in the occupied East Jerusalem and the West...
Armed Colonizers Share Oppressing Palestinian Civilians
WAFA 10/17/2005
HEBRON, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli armed colonizers set fire to Palestinian property and terrified citizens in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron...
Unexploded Qassam rocket found at Sharon''s Negev ranch
Ha''aretz 10/16/2005
Shin Bet security service guards found an unexploded Palestinian Qassam rocket Saturday on the property of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon''s Negev ranch in the...
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 14 - 15 October 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 10/16/2005
JENIN: Checkpoint: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at Tayasir checkpoint east of the town of Tubas and to impede civilian access...
Undercover troops kill top Islamic Jihad leader in clash near Jenin
Ha''aretz 10/16/2005
Undercover Border Police troops killed a top Islamic Jihad leader while attempting to arrest him near Jenin in the West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian...
Police probe two suspects in attack on senior IDF officer at Western Wall
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
Police on Sunday began investigating two suspects in last Friday evening''s attack on Israel Defense Forces Personnel Directorate chief Major General Elazar Stern by...
High Court permits building of separation barrier north of Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
The High Court of Justice on Sunday accepted a state petition to cancel a temporary injunction preventing the building of the separation barrier through...
Fatah units rush to take credit for shootings
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
A number of factions inside the Fatah''s Al-Aqsa Martyrs'' Brigades last night took responsibility for the two shooting attacks in which three Israelis were...
Three killed in W. Bank drive-by shootings
Ha''aretz 10/17/2005
Three Israeli civilians were killed and another three Israelis were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank yesterday, while a fourth Israeli...
Palestinians hurl pipe bomb at Border Police near J''lem fence
Ha''aretz 10/18/2005
Palestinians hurled a pipe bomb at Border Policemen patrolling near the separation fence in southern Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported before dawn on Tuesday. According...
Wailing Wall mob stones general who oversaw expulsions
The Guardian 10/17/2005
Fury at insistence soldiers must evict Gaza settlers - Police step in; Sharon denounces act of violence -- Scores of worshippers at Judaism''s holiest site stoned...
PA: Hamas admits responsibility for march blast
YNetNews 10/17/2005
Tensions between the PA and Hamas continue amid claims that Hamas has compensated families of those affected by the parade Qassam blasts killing 21...
Israel clamps down after West Bank attacks
The Guardian 10/17/2005
The Israeli government suspended contacts with the Palestinian Authority and imposed travel restrictions on the West Bank today after gunmen killed three people in...
Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly
The Guardian 10/18/2005
Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza -- At the northern edge of Jerusalem, on the main...
Israel re-imposes W Bank travel ban
AlJazeera 10/17/2005
Israeli occupation forces have sealed off Palestinian towns in the West Bank and banned private vehicles from intercity roads with a decision to officially...
Settlers attack a Pal. Family near Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the illegal “Al Qana” settlement outpost, west of the West Bank city of Salfit, attacked...
Four arrested at a military roadblock near Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening, four residents at a military roadblock south of the West Bank city of Jenin. A local source in...
Al Aqsa Brigades denies military allegation of dispatching a 14-year-old bomber
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, denied the Israeli security service allegations that the Brigades have dispatched a 14...
Army invades Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005
Israeli army invaded, on Friday morning, the west bank city of Ramallah. Troops invaded Al Ersal area in the city and fired rubber-coated bullets...
Soldiers bulldoze small hill, grazing land, near Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005
A local source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported, that Israeli military bulldozers bulldozed a small hill and grazing land near the...
IOF Arrests 4 Citizens in WB
WAFA 10/14/2005
TUBAS, October 14, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday three citizens in Tubas and another in Jenin, witnesses said. Witnesses from Tubas...
3 residents injured, 4 internationals arrested in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005
Three Palestinian residents were injured and four international peace activists were arrested in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, during the weekly protest against the Separation...
Undercover troops "help quell protest"
YNetNews 10/14/2005
Left-wing activists claim Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs served as provocateurs during anti-security fence demonstration -- Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs threw stones at IDF...
Worshippers at Western Wall attack IDF General
Ha''aretz 10/15/2005
Dozens of Jewish worshippers attacked head of the Israel Defense Forces Manpower Branch Major General Elazar Stern at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem...
Israeli police to level a home in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 10/13/2005
Israeli Border Guard Policemen handed a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem a military order informing him that Jerusalem municipality intends to level his home located...
PNIC: Five Killed and 11 Wounded by 35th Week of Ceasefire
International Press Center 10/13/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October 13, 2005 (IPC) - - A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians and...
IOF Razes Lands in Tubas, Closes Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
WAFA 10/13/2005
TUBAS, October 13, 2005 (WAFA)- Local sources in Tubas town, north of the West Bank, asserted on Thursday that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) razed...
More Palestinians killed in internal strife this year
Ha''aretz 10/14/2005
For the first time since the start of the intifada, more Palestinians have been killed in internal violence since the start of the year...
Plans to Build a new Israeli settlement near Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
Dr. Jad Isaac, head of the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem said on Wednesday that Israel is planning to build a new Jewish settlement...
Soldiers invade Huwwara, impose curfew
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, Huwwara village south of the West Bank city of Nablus and imposed curfew barring the residents from...
Army invades Yasouf village, east of Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Yasouf village, east of the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported...
Four residents arrested in Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
Four residents were arrested on Tuesday at dawn in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the WAFA news Agency reported. The agency stated...
Five residents arrested in Tulkarem area
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, five residents in Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp, and Dir Al Ghsoun village. The WAFA news agency reported...
Two youths arrested near Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Kafer Ra’ey village, south west of Jenin and arrested two youths. A local source in the village...
Army invades Nablus, two arrested
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
The Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Nablus and Askar refugee camp, to the east of the city, local...
20 residents arrested in the West Bank
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
An Israeli source reported on Tuesday that thearmy arrested 20 Palestinians during its arrests campaign in the West Bank. The residents are allegedly members...
IOF Turns Home into Military Post
WAFA 10/11/2005
HEBRON, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke on Tuesday into a house in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron, sources...
Army invades Kafer Qaddoum village
International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005
The Israeli army invaded the village of Kafer Qaddoum, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late on Monday at night. Soldiers broke...
IOF Arrests 13 Citizens in WB
WAFA 10/11/2005
TULKAREM, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) mounted on Tuesday its military aggression against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian territories...
“Palestinian girl attempts to stab a soldier in Hebron”
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday morning that a 17-year-old Palestinian girl attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, north of the West...
IOF arrests 24 Residents
International Press Center 10/12/2005
WEST BANK, Palestine, October 12, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested today and late night 24 residents in Bethlehem, Tamoun, Hebron...
IOF Arrests 8 Citizens in WB
WAFA 10/12/2005
HEBRON, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) escalated on Wednesday its military aggression against citizens in different areas and cities of the...
Two arrested in Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested two residents of Bethlehem after invading it overnight. An Israeli military source reported that the two are members of the Tanzim...
Soldiers invade Al Azza refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Azza refugee camp north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident. A local...
Senior Hamas fugitive nabbed
YNetNews 10/12/2005
Ibrahim Ranimat has been on Israel''s wanted list for the last ten years for his involvement in a series of terrorist attacks, including Apropos...
J''lem stabbing - to ''avenge pig in mosque''
YNetNews 10/11/2005
Yeshiva student Shmuel Mett stabbed to death in Jerusalem in August. On Saturday police detain Hebron citizen who admits: ''I murdered him in revenge...
Trucks held up at Gaza border terminal
YNetNews 10/12/2005
Northern Gaza Strip crossing used for transport of goods finally opens Wednesday following three hour delay -- Gaza''s Karni border terminal, used for the transportation...
Hostage journalists in Gaza freed
AlJazeera 10/13/2005
Palestinian armed men have released a US and British journalist unharmed, hours after kidnapping them in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said...
Shin Bet reveals arrest of female bombmaker
The Guardian 10/12/2005
Hamas''s first female bombmaker is a 22-year-old university graduate recruited in Gaza and sent to the West Bank to teach others to assemble...
Settlers grab lands near Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005
Settlers of Nave Daniel settlement, which was constructed on Palestinian confiscated lands which belong to residents of Al Khaader village near Bethlehem, grabbed farmlands...
Settlers’ sewerage destroys farmlands near Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 10/8/2005
Sewerage waste became a nightmare threatening the farmlands of the Palestinian residents north of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Farmers in this area...
Soldiers arrest shepherds east of Tubas
International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at noon, several shepherds in Wadi Al Malih area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas.Aref Dharaghma, head...
Child injured, arrested in Surif village, near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Saturday at night, in Surif village, northwest of Hebron. A local source in Hebron reported...
Army invades village near Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night, Beta village, north of the West Bank city of Nablus and fired rounds of live ammunition and...
I00 Palestinian Houses Destroyed in Jerusalem in 2005
WAFA 10/9/2005
JERUSALEM, October 9, 2005, (WAFA)- At least 100 Palestinian houses were demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the occupied East Jerusalem during the...
Soldiers attack 30 residents near Nablus
International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005
Israeli soldiers attacked 30 residents of Sorra village, south west of Nablus while they were heading towards the nearby village of Tal. Radwan Abdullah...
Tel Aviv Court indicts three Arab residents of planning attacks
International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005
An Israeli source reported that the Tel Aviv District Court indicted on Sunday three Arab residents of Israel of planning to place explosives on...
Israeli Soldiers Arrest 5 Citizens, Storm Ibrahimi Mosque
WAFA 10/10/2005
HEBRON, October 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Sunday the Holy Ibrahimi Mosque and arrested five citizens in the West Bank (WB...
Sources: IDF kills 3 Palestinians crawling along Gaza border
Ha''aretz 10/10/2005
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead three Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza frontier on Monday, Palestinian medics and military sources said, while internal violence in...
IOF Murders a Member of Fateh''s Military Wing in Nablus
International Press Center 10/9/2005
NABLUS, Palestine, October 9, 2005 (IPC) --The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) lynched today morning a member of Al Aqsa martyr brigade, the military wing...
Israeli gunfire wounds Negev man along Egyptian border
Ha''aretz 10/11/2005
The gunfire that wounded an Israeli man Monday night at the Sinai border came from Israel''s security forces, and not from Egyptian border police...
Shin Bet nabs 117 Hamas members in West Bank
Ha''aretz 10/11/2005
The Shin Bet security service has recently uncovered three Hamas networks in the West Bank that are suspected of responsibility for a series of...
Twenty youths detained near Salfit
International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005
Israeli soldiers detained twenty youth in Marda village near the West Bank city of Salfit after invading it on Friday morning.Soldiers claims that the...
Resident arrested in Hebron, another injured
International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005
Israeli soldiers attacked and severely clubbed a Palestinian resident in old city of Hebron, and arrested another resident. The WAFA news agency reported that...
Intifada toll Sept 2000 - Sept 2005
BBC 9/30/2005
The five years of the Palestinian intifada have cost more than 4,000 lives. Btselem, an Israeli human rights group, has been tracking casualty figures...
Unknown group claims Hamas kidnap
BBC 10/7/2005
A previously unknown Palestinian group has said it was behind the abduction of three senior members of the militant group Hamas in the West...
Gaza: Alert level increased following anarchy
YNetNews 10/7/2005
As internal clashes continue, Abbas promised his police chiefs that the PA would provide whatever assisstance they needed in their struggle against Hamas -- The...
Palestinians release abducted Hamas militants unharmed
Ha''aretz 10/8/2005
Three Hamas members who were abducted by Palestinians were released Friday night unharmed in Bethlehem. One of the Hamas members said that his captors...
Wave of kidnappings in PA
YNetNews 10/7/2005
3 Hamas members kidnapped in West Bank following abduction of PA security man on Thursday. One person released early Friday. -- A wave of kidnappings...
Yesha Council admits mistakes
YNetNews 10/7/2005
Settler group to distribute letter on eve of Yom Kippur to West Bank residents, will discuss ''mistakes'' made during Gaza disengagement. Leaders say hugs...
New group claims Hamas kidnapping
AlJazeera 10/7/2005
A hitherto unknown group has claimed to have kidnapped three top Hamas figures in the West Bank. Riad Ras, Hassan Safi and Bassem Obeido...
Mines found on Sea of Galilee shore
YNetNews 10/7/2005
Three police officer find mines on shore of Sea of Galilee; police estimate the mines were placed prior to the Six Day War when...
Army installs a checkpoint east of Qalqila
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of...
Two settlers indicted of Abducting two Arab youth from the Negev
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
The Israeli Central Court, in Jerusalem, indicted two settlers from Keryat Araba’ settlement, in the West Bank city of Hebron, of abducting and abducting...
7 Israeli right-wingers detained in Jericho
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
Palestinian police in Jericho detained seven Israeli right-wingers after entering a synagogue in the West Bank city without coordinating their entry with the Israeli...
Army invades Tubas
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
Israeli army invaded the West Bank town of Tubas, on Wednesday at night. Troops invaded the town, installed one checkpoint on the main road...
Fatah gunmen shoot, seriously wound senior Palestinian official
Ha''aretz 10/6/2005
Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a senior Palestinian miltary intelligence official before dawn Thursday in the Gaza Strip. The gunmen, who appear to be...
State prosecution to reexamine death of ''first Druze terrorist''
Ha''aretz 10/6/2005
The State Prosecutor''s Office announced Thursday it will reexamine the death of a Druze man who was fatally shot by Israel Defense Forces troops...
Norwegian woman says was Mossad counteragent in ''80s
Ha''aretz 10/7/2005
Norwegian media reported yesterday on a woman they described as a "Mossad agent" who they said provided information to Israel about "central activists" in...
Clashes erupt between school students and soldier in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
Clashes erupted on Thursday morning between dozens of school students and the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported...
Disgruntled troops abandon guard duty
YNetNews 10/6/2005
Soldiers abandon surveillance towers, leave home on New Year’s Eve in protest of dire service conditions; IDF appoints officer to investigate event -- It doesn’t...
Sharp rise in no. of Palestinians killed in internal disputes
Ha''aretz 10/7/2005
The number of Palestinians slain in vigilante killings and other internal violence has nearly quadrupled in four years, from 43 in 2002 to 151...
P.A intelligence head in Gaza released after gunmen abducted him
International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005
A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday at night that gunmen released Sami Ajouz, head of the Palestinian Intelligence in Gaza, shortly after abducting...
Israeli Forces Storm Towns in West Bank, Bulldoze Lands in Gaza
International Press Center 10/6/2005
GAZA, Palestine, October 6, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces stormed and arrested several civilians in a number of West Bank cities and towns...
Hamas leader abducted in West Bank
AlJazeera 10/7/2005
A local leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has been kidnapped by a group of armed men from his home in northern West...
Hamas ''to blame'' for Gaza unrest
BBC 10/6/2005
Palestinian militant groups have issued a statement blaming the Islamic resistance movement Hamas for a recent wave of violence in the Gaza Strip. The...
Army installs a checkpoint east of Qalqila
International Middle East Media Center 10/5/2005
Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of...
Army invades Kafer AL Diek village
International Middle East Media Center 10/5/2005
Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at night, the village of Kafer AL Diek near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops broke into dozens...
Israeli Bulldozers Raze Arable Land South of Gaza Strip
WAFA 10/5/2005
ABASSAN (GAZA STRIP), October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers have razed Wednesday, for the second day running, vast areas of arable land in the...
IOF Wounds Citizen, Arrests Child in Nablus
WAFA 10/5/2005
NABLUS, October 5, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Wednesday a citizen and arrested a child at Fourik checkpoint in the West...
IOF to Seize more Palestinian Land in WB
WAFA 10/5/2005
HEBRON, October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), sent on Wednesday "notifications" to citizens in two Hebron villages, informing them that the IOF...
Palestinian, 18, tries to stab woman IDF soldier at checkpoint
Ha''aretz 10/5/2005
A knife-wielding 18-year-old Palestinian tried to stab a woman IDF soldier at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Nablus Wednesday, and...
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 3 - 4 October 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 10/5/2005
JERUSALEM:Closure: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and has set... | |