RAMALLAH: Several Prisoners’ institutions, including the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), the Ramallah-based Addameer – Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Wadi Hilweh Informat…
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Around 87K Irregular Would-be Migrants Intercepted in 2023 (Statement)
As part of their efforts to monitor borders and maritime areas and combat cross-border threats, Royal Armed Forces units, in conjunction with law enforcement authorities, intercepted some 87,000 would-be irregular migrants in 2023, the majority of wh…
Read moreIsraeli colonists place caravans on Palestinian-owned land south of Nablus, a prelude for takeover
NABLUS: Israeli colonists set up several caravans on Palestinian-owned land in the town of Qasra, south of Naples, in an apparent prelude to taking over the land, according to a local activist.
Fouad Hasan, an anti-settlement activist, said colonists…
Read moreWater Desalination, Priority for Managing Water Shortage (Minister)
Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, said, on Tuesday at the House of Advisors, that water desalination remains a priority for managing the water deficit, which has become structural, given the repercussions of global warming.
Responding t…
Read moreTo demolish structures, Israeli forces raid Jerusalem town, injuries reported
JERUSALEM: A number of Palestinians were injured on Wednesday morning during the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the town of Jabal Mukaber, south of Jerusalem.
WAFA correspondent said that confrontations broke out in the town after the occupat…
Read moreIsraeli settlers set up utility poles near Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM: Israeli colonists set up a number of utility poles in the Tuqu’ wilderness, southeast of Bethlehem, in preparation for establishing a new colonial outpost.
The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Beth…
Read moreIsraeli troops conduct ongoing aggression against Tulkarm city and camps
TULKARM: The Israeli occupation forces have been conducting an aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, Tulkarm and Nour Shams, for more than 10 hours, during which they detained a number of citizens, after beating them, extensively d…
Read moreIsraeli forces raid Qaqilya, shoot three Palestinians with live bullets
QALQILYA: Three youths were Wednesday injured by live bullets during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces, following the storming of the city of Qalqilya.
Local sources reported to WAFA that the occupation forces with military reinforcem…
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