Category: 1. Palestine

On the first day of Ramadan, Yasser Abu Aram sat and stared despondently at his plot of land in Khirbet Samra in the occupied West Bank. Months of relentless harassment by young Israeli settlers — who stole his livestock and encircled the small shepherding community day and night — had taken their toll.

“Everything that is happening here is also happening in the surrounding communities,” Abu Aram told +972 Magazine. “Today it’s me. Tomorrow it’s someone…

On Tuesday night, in the Qarara area east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, brothers Muhammad and Ibrahim Hamidi decided to take their children and flee to a less dangerous location east of the city. The sound of heavy gunfire from tanks stationed near their home after a brutal night of nonstop shelling and bombardment pushed them to head toward the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, the same coastal stretch of land that had served as a so-called “safe zone” throughout the war.

The…

Hebron / PNN / 

 Sami Huraini, a Palestinian youth activist from the Masafer Yatta region in the southern Hebron hills, has been leading grassroots resistance efforts to help local communities remain on their land in the face of Israeli settlement expansion and military policies. Several years ago, he co-founded Youth of Sumud (“Youth of Steadfastness”), a collective dedicated to nonviolent resistance against Israeli occupation measures, which aims to bolster…

Jenin / PNN / Story by Yara Mansour – 

More than 3,000 families—totaling around 40,000 residents—remain displaced in Jenin city and its refugee camp as Israel’s military offensive stretches past 50 days. Israeli forces continue to forcibly displace residents from the camp and nearby areas, pushing them into temporary shelters while demolishing, burning, and destroying homes.

Among the thousands of displaced families is the Abu Qatneh family, one of those forced to…

I heard the missile before it exploded. It was 2 a.m., and I had just woken up to pray and read the Quran. I went to the bathroom, when suddenly the door swung open: our home shook with the bomb’s impact. We later learned that one of our neighbors’ houses, in the Al-Fukhari neighborhood in Khan Younis, had been directly targeted.

Across the Gaza Strip, Palestinians awoke to the resumption of Israel’s genocidal war. The army claimed to be targeting “terrorist…

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Two months after agreeing to a ceasefire deal that should have ended the war, Israel has resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip with an intensity that recalls the earliest days of the onslaught. Israeli airstrikes have killed over 400 Palestinians and wounded hundreds more since the early hours of this morning, and the army has ordered thousands of residents of the towns and neighborhoods spanning the perimeter of the Strip to flee their homes. 

Israel has again…

BRUSSELS / PNN /

The European Union on Saturday condemned the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza and the deaths of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes.

In a statement, the EU urged Israel to halt its military operations and called on Hamas to immediately release all hostages. It also pressed Israel to show restraint and allow the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid and electricity into the besieged territory.

“We call on all parties to abide by their…

Israel resumed heavy airstrikes across the Gaza Strip after two weeks of systematic Israeli violations of the terms of the ceasefire and the stalling of negotiations over the agreement’s second phase. The Israeli army began bombing numerous targets in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday past midnight, including civilian homes and tents for the displaced. As of the time of writing, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that over 404 people have been killed in Gaza and 562 were injured…

TULKARM / PNN/

The Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 51st consecutive day, and on the Nur Shams camp for the 38th day, amid military reinforcements, home demolitions, and the forced displacement of residents.

Media Sources reported that last night, the occupation forces continued to send military reinforcements, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, toward the city and its two camps.

Meanwhile, infantry units…