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By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A series of ambushes and explosive attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters in Rafah mark a sharp escalation in ground confrontations with invading Israeli forces.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, announced on Sunday that its fighters had launched a series of coordinated operations against Israeli occupation forces in Rafah,…

Country on high alert since MI5 warning last year about ‘potentially lethal’ Iran-backed activities.

The United Kingdom has arrested eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, as part of two investigations regarding alleged threats to national security.

London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrests on Sunday, saying five men, including four of the Iranian nationals, were detained on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act” while the other three are being held under

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers stormed a Palestinian hamlet in Masafer Yatta, south of al-Khalil, and destroyed trees and crops belonging to local residents.

Local activist Osama Makhamra said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Avigayil stormed Khirbet al-Rakeez hamlet in Masafer Yatta and uprooted and damaged about 30 olive and almond trees belonging to Ibrahim Ali.

Crops also sustained extensive damage in the hamlet after the same settlers herded…

Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.

An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea has said it was in talks with Malta’s government about allowing a vessel to enter Maltese waters to repair damage caused by a drone attack.

The ship named Conscience, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), suffered damage to its front section including a loss of power when it was hit by two drones just outside Maltese territorial…

NABLUS, (PIC)

Three Palestinian citizens, including a child, suffered bullet injuries on Sunday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

According to the Red Crescent, a 14-year-old child sustained a gunshot wound to the thigh, while two young men were injured by rubber bullets.

Additionally, 40 other civilians suffered from tear gas exposure during skirmishes between local youths and Israeli forces in Nablus City.

The…

Ramallah /PNN / 

On World Press Freedom Day, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) released a harrowing report detailing what it described as “deliberate and systematic” targeting of Palestinian journalists, revealing that 210 media workers have been killed since the onset of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza on 7 October 2023. An additional 664 of their family members have also lost their lives, many in strikes on journalists’ homes and displacement…