Israeli Occupation Forces

Israel arrests 19 Palestinians including 6 Fatah activists

Bethlehem - Emirates Voice

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale arrest campaign at dawn on Tuesday arresting 19 people most of them in Jerusalem and targeted girls and leaders from Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that the occupation arrested 13 Palestinians from Jerusalem. According to an attorney with the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Mufeed al-Haj, Israeli police is also interrogating sixRead more

IOF arrest seven Palestinians including woman and child

Ramallah - Emirates Voice

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Tuesday overnight detained seven Palestinians from areas all over the West Bank and Jerusalem in a raid and arrest campaign. Among the detainees were a woman and a minor. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that IOF raided Yatta town, south of Hebron, and detained a 30 year old woman. IOF then moved to BeitRead more

(IOF) set up a barbed-wire fence around lands

Jenin - Emirates Voice

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) set up a barbed-wire fence around an agriculture land in the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin, West Bank. The Israeli Occupation Forces began to place a fence with barbed wires and cement cubes around an agricultural land and prevented its owners from entering their lands along the main street linking the town of Tulkarem andRead more

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem - Emirates Voice

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Muslim worshipers and students from entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the ban was “selective,” including high school students, noting that IOF placed iron barricades at the gates of al-Aqsa, searched the worshipers and examined their ID cards. Occupation forces set up barricades at the gates leading to the old city of Jerusalem andRead more

IOF storm houses, arrest Palestinians in West Bank

West Bank - West Bank

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 18 Palestinians during raids in several areas of the West Bank cities of Qalqiliya, Tulkarem, Hebron, Bethlehem and in Jerusalem. In the West Bank area, IOF arrested a father and his son from Khallet al-Ra’i area, east of Qalqilya after they raided and searched their homes. IOF also stormed Azzun town, east of Qalqilya forRead more

Israeli occupation forces arrest 14 Palestinians in West Bank

Ramallah - Emirates Voice

Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested 14 Palestinians in various areas of the West Bank. The Israeli occupation army said that 13 of the detainees were arrested for throwing stones, adding that all the detainees were transferred to the investigation centres of the Israeli Internal Security Service, Shabak. The Israeli army spokesman claimed that an M-16 weapon was found inRead more

Qurei highlights importance of Jordanian-Palestinian

Ramallah - Emirates Voice

PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei stressed the importance of joint Jordanian- Palestinian-Arab cooperation and coordination to face Israeli judaization schemes as well as settlements in occupied Jerusalem. Qurei said in a press statement on Sunday that coordination between the Jordanian and Palestinian leaderships as well as Jordan’s role in protecting theRead more

Israeli occupation forces intensify presence in preparation

Jerusalem - Emirates Voice

Israeli occupation forces have reinforced their presence in the occupied city of Jerusalem and its environs in preparation for Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque following an announcement allowing worshipers to enter the mosque grounds. This comes following weeks of tense clashes between Palestinians and the occupation forces against the backdrop of installing electronic gates on the mosque compound.Read more

Israel removes metal detectors, surveillance cameras

Ramallah - Emirates Voice

Israeli occupation forces, Thursday dawn, started removing metal detector gates and surveillance cameras it had placed at the entrances of al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem after July 14. A state of joy and happiness prevailed in Jerusalem neighborhoods, mainly at Bab al-Asbat Gate, due to the victory and steadfastness of the of Palestinians including al-Murabetoun, worshippers as wellRead more