Press Releases

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(MENAFN) Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, appeared before Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday via video link from his prison cell — his first public hearing in nearly a year — demanding his immediate...

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities released Palestinian football player Rand al-Halawani on Monday after she spent nearly a week in detention, according to Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has accused Israel of what it described as “systematically targeting” Palestinian football players, following the detention of two members of its women’s national team, according to reports.

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Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi - a Palestinian mother from Jerusalem living in the West Bank - addressed the UN Security Council in New York today, warning that the ceasefire in Gaza is failing and urging member states to...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian attorney revealed Sunday that the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza is being held in Israeli solitary confinement under what is described as severely deteriorating conditions, with access to life-sustaining...

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(MENAFN) A succession of Israeli settler attacks and military raids swept across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Saturday, leaving numerous Palestinians wounded and several detained, according to local sources and medical personnel....

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(MENAFN) Palestinians have expressed growing concern over what they view as increasing Israeli efforts to take control of Solomon’s Pools, a historic landmark and tourist destination located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian church affairs committee has issued a statement condemning what it described as Israeli violations against Christian religious sites in southern Lebanon, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers burned Palestinian-owned farmland in the occupied West Bank on Monday night under military escort, a Palestinian news agency reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli occupiers set fire Monday evening to Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank while under the protection of Israeli forces, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Monday, including arson targeting a livestock shelter in Hebron, destruction of olive trees near Ramallah, and harassment of Palestinian schoolchildren,...

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(MENAFN) Crowds numbering in the hundreds converged on central Stockholm on Saturday to voice fierce opposition to Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, in one of the Swedish capital's most visible recent displays...

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(MENAFN) An Israeli organization advocating for Palestinian rights, Adalah, urged on Monday that legal teams must be given immediate access to activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid vessel after they were detained by Israel.

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(MENAFN) The United Nations stated on Monday that it hopes all individuals aboard the Global Sumud flotilla heading toward Gaza remain “unharmed” after Israeli forces once again stopped the humanitarian convoy in international waters and took 100...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian was killed and eight others wounded by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip within a single 24-hour period, pushing the death toll across the Eid al-Adha holiday to 33, Gaza's Health Ministry announced Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israel’s military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.

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(MENAFN) A flotilla of 25 vessels converged on Lake Geneva Saturday in a symbolic act of defiance against the G7 summit being held across the water in the French city of Evian, drawing roughly 100 activists from 15 nations, a Swiss newspaper...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian officials warned Friday that conditions in the Gaza Strip are continuing to deteriorate as a result of Israel’s military operations, ongoing blockade, and restrictions on humanitarian assistance, describing the situation as a...

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(MENAFN) A group of around 25 boats gathered on Lake Geneva on Saturday in a symbolic demonstration targeting the G7 summit taking place in the nearby French town of Evian, with roughly 100 activists from 15 countries participating, according to...

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(MENAFN) At least 70 Palestinian children have lost their lives in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of 2025, averaging nearly one child killed every week, UNICEF said Tuesday.