Tag: Beit Jala

The PA has ordered the closure of all educational institutions, and banned all public events planned in these areas, including prayers in mosques and churches.

PA health officials decided to impose a quarantine on the employees and residents of the Beit Jala hotel.

Israel's health ministry expects that in the coming days there will be many suspected cases of Coronavirus in arrivals from China, most of which will likely turn out to be other diseases.

“The troops fired towards the terrorist and a hit was identified," the IDF Spokesperson said. The terrorist tried to escape but he was captured and arrested.

Ori's friends called on “youth, children and adults, to take a walk this week all over our beautiful country."

The victim was evacuated to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem with an injury to his face.

Two helium balloons attached to matches and incendiary substance were found in the backyard of a house in the Gilo neighborhood of southern Jerusalem.

The 5-man terror cell were hiding in multiple villages.

The two child-terrorists threw firebombs at a patrol and had a school knapsack with more bombs in it.

“The goal of the world and the Palestinians is to create Palestinian territorial continuity through Givat Hamatos from Beit Jala to Malha,” continued Minister Bennett.

Three were arrested for throwing the bomb that injured the soldier at teh "Panorama" checkpoint.

The Arab terrorist threw a bomb at an IDF position above the Gush Etzion Tunnel Road.

BDS anarchists threaten to disrupt an Israeli-Palestinian civilian peace meeting slated for Thursday near Bethlehem.

A girl is under investigation for possibly falsely reporting a kidnapping. IDF and Police went into Beit Jala to rescue her after her call.

Today he might be terrorist, a peace-loving Arab. Or maybe he is a dead suicide bomber. In 1990, he was 8 years old when he hurled rocks at the bus I was guarding.

One expects to see harrowing pictures of Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the crossfire between Israeli forces and the Palestinian Authority terrorists chosen as illustrations for stories about the intifada. These instances certainly abound, especially since the Palestinian leaders cynically place their own people in harm's way to elicit sympathy in the world media. And the media, in any event, seem hell-bent to spin the story of Palestinian provocation and Israeli response in terms of the hardships visited on Palestinian civilians. Thus, although Israeli territory is far more open to journalists than Palestinian controlled areas, it is rare that pictures of Israeli civilians under fire ever accompany any of the stories. But last Thursday, The New York Times "picked a beaut" to illustrate a story about Jews under fire in Gilo.

Getty Images Israeli tank sits between a mosque and a church during exchange of gunfire with Palestinians in the middle of Beit Jala.

In what Israeli officials were calling the first artillery attack on greater Jerusalem since the 1967 Six-Day War, Palestinians in Beit Jala fired a mortar shell Tuesday night at Jerusalem?s Gilo neighborhood.

Police told reporters that the shell landed in the center of Gilo, which previously was thought to be beyond the range of Palestinian armaments.

Getty Images Israeli tank sits between a mosque and a church during exchange of gunfire with Palestinians in the middle of Beit Jala.

In what Israeli officials were calling the first artillery attack on greater Jerusalem since the 1967 Six-Day War, Palestinians in Beit Jala fired a mortar shell Tuesday night at Jerusalem?s Gilo neighborhood.

Police told reporters that the shell landed in the center of Gilo, which previously was thought to be beyond the range of Palestinian armaments.