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Abdul Mohsen Shalaldeh, Palestinian journalist. (Courtesy)

‘I asked if he broke into my home to stop me from being a journalist’

Israeli forces arrested Abdul Mohsen Shalaldeh in his house at night, frightening his family, before interrogating him about his reporting.

By Basel Adra February 5, 2023

Golani Brigade soldiers during a nighttime operation in a West Bank village, August 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

The Israeli army promised to avoid arresting kids at night. It never even tried

Despite committing to new procedures to reduce the practice, the army is still using night arrests as a default against Palestinian children, says rights group.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra January 17, 2023

Israeli soldiers seen during a raid on the Palestinian village of A-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. (Basil al-Adraa)

Why can’t my sister sleep at night? Because soldiers keep raiding our home

Israeli soldiers have been harassing, assaulting, and arresting my family and neighbors in almost weekly night raids. For them, it's all just a training exercise.

By Basel Adra March 27, 2022

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A Palestinian woman examines the damage in her house after a night raid by Israeli soldiers, Balata Refugee Camp, West Bank, January 3, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

‘We were armed, we destroyed her kitchen, and we moved on’

Israelis like to think that military home invasions are only for security reasons. Former soldiers — and Palestinian families — know that's not the truth.

By Nadav Weiman December 10, 2020

Israeli soldiers raid a Palestinian house as hundreds of demonstrators march in the West Bank city of Hebron calling to open Shuhada Street, February 20, 2019. (Activestills.org)

‘I can’t fall asleep’: The trauma of Israeli raids on Palestinian homes

A new report by human rights groups highlights the arbitrary nature and psychological harm of the Israeli army's home invasions on Palestinian families.

By Oren Ziv December 2, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations headquarters, New York City, September 26, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

What Netanyahu’s idea of peace looks like

Although he may publicly reiterate his support for a two-state solution, Netanyahu’s vision for a future Palestinian state is one that would lack nearly all sovereignty. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he favors two states as a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, during a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New…

By Haggai Matar September 27, 2018

Palestinian workers squeeze themselves to pass through the Israeli checkpoint of Bethlehem while heading to their work in Israeli cities, Bethlehem, West Bank, March 19, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Shin Bet: Lose your job if your kid throws stones

Israel’s security service publishes notices in the Palestinian village of Beit Omar threatening to revoke work permits from families whose children are suspected of stone throwing. By Yali (Yael) Marom Residents of the Palestinian village Beit Omar in the West Bank discovered last week that the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, had posted threatening notices on…

By Yali (Yael) Marom January 4, 2018

Soldiers patrol one of the entrances to the West Bank village Hizma. (photo: Tamar Fleishman)

IN PHOTOS: A life of constant dread for one Palestinian village

The West Bank village of Hizma, surrounded entirely by the separation wall, is the victim of daily harassment by the army and the police. That hasn’t stopped the residents from opening their homes and businesses to Israeli Jews — even the settlers who live next door. Text and photos by Tamar Flesichman For the 7,000 residents of the West…

By +972 Magazine July 9, 2016

Night raid in Nabi Saleh 2011 (Tamimi Press)

Pilot limiting night arrests of Palestinian kids falls short

The Israeli army implemented a pilot program last year to serve Palestinian children with summonses instead of snatching them from their beds in the middle of the night. Some of those summonses, however, were delivered by soldiers in the middle of the night. By Gerard Horton Following widespread criticism of the the Israeli army’s use…

By +972 Magazine November 5, 2015

Israeli Border Police officer detains a Palestinian child at a protest in Kufr Qaddum, January 25, 2013. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Business as usual for children arrested by the IDF

Despite lofty promises and pilot programs aimed at improvement, evidence points to little change in the patterns of abuse Palestinian children are subjected to when arrested by the Israeli army. By Gerard Horton The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in March 2013 that it would study the conclusions of a UNICEF report on children…

By +972 Magazine September 13, 2015

"Night Raid", from the times when soldiers would go on nightly invasion to Bil'in to arrest activists (Hamde Abu Rahma, from the book)

The devastating effects of night raids on Palestinian families

IDF night raids, an everyday occurrence in the occupied territories, ensure that Palestinians cannot feels safe in the one place where safety should be assured. By Salwa Duaibis Over the years, the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) has collected testimonies from Palestinian women in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza on…

By +972 Magazine August 31, 2015

The IDF presents: Looting West Bank homes under the guise of a search

In the West Bank, IDF soldiers have in numerous instances burst into a Palestinian house, wreaked havoc, and disappeared with the money and the gold. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz The place: the West Bank village of Kalil. The time: 1:30 a.m., the beginning of June 2015. Athmad Aziz Shakhada Mansour, a social activist…

By +972 Magazine August 27, 2015

Relatives point to blood spatter on the retainer wall of the roof on which Muhammad Abu Latifa was shot during an Israeli arrest raid, Qalandiya Refugee Camp, July 27, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) The blood stains lead back toward the Abu Latifa home, suggesting that Israeli forces carried him back and that he did not fall as Israeli police claimed.

Family, blood stains challenge Israeli account of Qalandiya killing

Muhammad Abu Latifa was killed during an early morning arrest raid. Israeli security forces say he died after falling from a roof but witness accounts and blood stains seen by +972 appear to contradict that narrative. Abu Latifa was the third Palestinian to be killed in Israeli arrest raids in one week. Text and photos…

By Activestills July 27, 2015