Since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has stepped up its efforts to drive dozens of Palestinian shepherding communities in the northern Jordan Valley out of their homes and...
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Israel is drastically restricting movement in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, disrupting the lives of 2 million Palestinians [EN/AR/HE]
Restricting movement is a major tool Israel uses to enforce its apartheid regime and control the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. The limitations are imposed on Palestinians...
Establishing a “security zone” in Gaza is a war crime [EN/AR/HE]
During the very first month of the war in Gaza, in early November 2023, Israel started working on a buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip. According to media reports, it will be about one kilometer wide,...
Israel-based civil society and human rights organizations call for a ceasefire [EN/AR/HE]
We, the undersigned Israel-based civil society and human rights organizations, call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and demand the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip...
Epidemics on the rise and masses injured and ill – yet Gaza’s healthcare system is barely functioning [EN/AR/HE]
Gaza’s healthcare system was already struggling to function before the war; after 100 days of fighting, it has reached a catastrophic low. With more than 60,000 people injured and tens of thousands...
In two days, settlers killed five Palestinians from Qusrah, one of them 17, and soldiers killed another [EN/AR/HE]
On Wednesday, 11 October 2023, at around 1:30 P.M., several settlers drove on two ATVs along the road that leads to the southeastern entrance to the village of Qusrah in Nablus District, and attacked...
Israel is starving Gaza [EN/AR/HE]
Everyone in Gaza is going hungry. About 2.2 million people are surviving day by day on almost nothing, routinely going without meals. The desperate search for food is relentless, and usually...
In three weeks in October, Israeli soldiers and police killed at least 115 Palestinians, 37 of them minors in the West Bank [EN/AR/HE]
Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel has continued to implement a lethal open-fire policy in the West Bank. In the first three weeks of the war, throughout October, this policy...
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B’Tselem calls for ceasefire in Gaza Strip [EN/AR/HE]
In more than 70 days of war in Gaza, Israel has waged an unconstrained attack on the population that includes bombing on an unprecedented scale. Thousands of tons of bombs have been dropped on...
Humanitarian catastrophe as policy [EN/AR/HE]
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not a side effect. It is the policy In a new report, B'Tselem briefs on the humanitarian crisis Israel has created in the Gaza Strip, and concludes: denying entry...
Israel is not fighting against Hamas but against civilians, implementing a criminal policy of bombings [EN/AR/HE]
On Saturday, 2 December 2023, Israel bombed the neighborhood of Shuja’iyeh in Gaza City. The IDF Spokesperson declared that the goal was to kill Wissam Farhat, defining him as “the commander of...
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International community has to clarify red lines Israel must not cross again [EN/AR/HE]
The renewal of fighting in the Gaza Strip expected in the coming days is extremely alarming. Reality in Gaza is already incomprehensible: Israel has killed more than 15,000 residents, about 10,000 of...
Nowhere to go: Israeli military evacuation order for east of Khan Yunis unfeasible [EN/AR/HE]
Yesterday, the Israeli military told Gaza residents living near the border, east of the city of Khan Yunis, to evacuate. The announcement was made by dropping flyers in the neighborhoods of...
Israel using Gaza war to forcibly transfer Palestinians from South Hebron Hills [EN/AR/HE]
Since the war in Gaza began, Israel has greatly increased its efforts to drive Palestinian shepherding communities out of their homes and land in the South Hebron Hills, including in the area...
The pogroms are working - the transfer is already happening [EN/AR/HE]
B’Tselem: Israel carries out forcible transfer in the West Bank, liable for war crime At least six Palestinian communities have already fled their homes, terrorized by settlers working in the service...
Emergency Call to the International Community - Stop the Forcible Transfer in the West Bank [EN/AR/HE]
With grave concern and with a clear understanding of the political landscape, we recognize that the only way to stop this forcible transfer in the West Bank is a clear, strong and direct intervention...
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A Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza must be Averted [EN/HE]
Two million people live in Gaza. The desire to take revenge on everyone, to starve them, deprive them of drinking water, keep them in darkness, reflects a criminal policy that defies international...
A humanitarian disaster in Gaza must be averted [EN/AR/HE]
Ever since the horrifying war crimes perpetrated by Hamas on Saturday, Israel has been bombing Gaza relentlessly and indiscriminately. Thousands of tons of bombs have been dropped, and residents have...
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Joint statement, October 2023
We, members of the undersigned human rights organizations in Israel, are shocked and horrified in these dreadful days. Hamas’ horrific crimes against innocent civilians – including children, women,...
Parched: Israel’s policy of water deprivation in the West Bank [EN/AR/HE]
Executive summary, May 2023 Israelis, including those living in settlements, use an average of 247 liters of water a day per person – three times the quantity used by Palestinians in the West Bank,...