Category: 1. Palestine

JENIN / TULKAREM / PNN / 

 Israeli military forces have intensified systematic demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure in the Palestinian governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem, including their refugee camps, amid international silence.

Destruction in Jenin

In Jenin, Israeli bulldozers carried out extensive leveling operations around the old cemetery in Jenin refugee camp and parts of the Al-Hadaf neighborhood in the city.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces…

A few hours after Israel abruptly shattered the ceasefire in Gaza, members of the Sha’ar Begin hostage families group woke up in their tents near one of the entrances to the Israeli military headquarters. For the past 10 days, they had been camping at the location in central Tel Aviv as part of what Einav Zangauker, the group’s unofficial figurehead and mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, called the “Otef Kirya” operation (Hebrew for “surrounding the…

BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank / PNN /

— A majority of Palestinians oppose former U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed displacement plan and fear it could further destabilize the region, according to a new public opinion poll released by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO).

The survey, conducted by pollster Dr. Nabil Kukali, polled 1,500 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between March 5 and March 15. The results indicate widespread opposition to the…

RAMALLAH /PNN / 

The Palestinian Finance Ministry stated on Thursday that Israel was withholding approximately ILS 7 billion (equivalent to $1.917 billion) of clearance tax revenues for the period from 2019 to February 2025.

The Finance Ministry said that Israel, which refuses to transfer these funds to the State of Palestine, unilaterally deducted this sum under several flimsy pretexts. As part of this sum of tax revenues, Israel deducted ILS 2 billion under the claim…

On Monday evening, Oday Al-Zaigh was catching up with his friend and neighbor, Motasim Zain Eldeen, in central Gaza City. They spoke with pride about how the residents of their neighborhood, Al-Moghrabi, had cleaned the streets and rebuilt what they could in recent weeks, trying their best to make it beautiful again after it had been severely damaged by Israeli attacks during 15 months of genocide. After parting ways, Al-Zaigh went to sleep — until he was abruptly…

GAZA / PNN /

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were killed and injured last night and early Thursday morning as a result of the continued Israeli bombing of various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Local Sources reported that seven citizens were killed when the Israeli occupation forces targeted the Abu Deeb family home in Bani Suhaila.

Eight citizens were also killed when the Israeli occupation forces targeted the Abu Daqqa family home in Abasan al-Kabira.

The local source said that…

 GAZA / PNN/

A UN employee was killed, and five others were injured on Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a UN headquarters in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

Local Sources reported that a UN employee was killed, and five others were critically injured when the Israeli occupation forces bombed their UN headquarters. They were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) announced the death of one of its employees…

LISBON / PNN /

Hundreds of protesters Wednesday took to the streets in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, to condemn the Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza.

Heeding the calls of civil society organizations to participate in the demonstration, the protestors gathered in central Lisbon, wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and carrying signs reading “Ethnic cleansing is not self-defense” and “Stop Israeli genocide and illegal occupation.”

They also carried a large Palestinian flag,…

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…