Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus

Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed four Palestinians, including two brothers, and wounded four others while providing protection to a group of...

As Part of the Ongoing Genocide: Israel Escalates Targeting and Killing of Civilians in Gaza Strip

As Part of the Ongoing Genocide: Israel Escalates Targeting and Killing of Civilians in Gaza Strip

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to carry out widespread and systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians across the Gaza Strip by tar...

Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah

Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of two Palestinian civilians by Israeli Occupation Forces (...

Israel’s Siege Pushes Gaza’s Ambulance and Emergency Response System to the Brink of Collapse

Israel’s Siege Pushes Gaza’s Ambulance and Emergency Response System to the Brink of Collapse

The ambulance, emergency response, and medical transport system in the Gaza Strip is facing an unprecedented and critical deterioration as a result of...

Press Releases

Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus

Israeli Violations in West Bank Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus July 25, 2026

As Part of the Ongoing Genocide: Israel Escalates Targeting and Killing of Civilians in Gaza Strip

Genocide Against Gaza Updates As Part of the Ongoing Genocide: Israel Escalates Targeting and Killing of Civilians in Gaza Strip July 24, 2026

Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah

Israeli Violations in West Bank Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah July 23, 2026

Testimonies

Lafi al-Najjar: A Blind Man Arrested by Israeli Forces and Bereaved of Two Children in the Genocide

Testimonies from Genocide Against Gaza

Lafi al-Najjar: A Blind Man Arrested by Israeli Forces and Bereaved of Two Children in the Genocide

July 16, 2026

A Journey of Pain: From the Martyrdom of My Son to Torture and the Loss of My Mother and Sister

Testimonies from Genocide Against Gaza

A Journey of Pain: From the Martyrdom of My Son to Torture and the Loss of My Mother and Sister

January 26, 2026

Women in Gaza Enduring Compound Loss

Women in Gaza Enduring Compound Loss

January 19, 2026

In Gaza, War Violates Women’s Bodies and Dignity

In Gaza, War Violates Women’s Bodies and Dignity

January 18, 2026

Targeting Education in Gaza: A Systematic Crime of Genocide

Targeting Education in Gaza: A Systematic Crime of Genocide

January 17, 2026

Publications

All Israeli Violations in West Bank Thematic Reports Fact Sheets Annual Reports Position Papers Interventions UN Interventions Weekly Reports ICC / Universal Jurisdiction External Publications Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021 Israeli Offensive on Gaza Strip August 2022 Narratives Submissions to the UN Updates

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Israeli Violations in West Bank Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus July 25, 2026

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Israeli Violations in West Bank Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah July 23, 2026

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Israeli Violations in West Bank Baby Killed by Israeli Forces’ Fire in Hebron Amid Continued Use of Unlawful Lethal Force June 9, 2026

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Annual Reports PCHR Releases Its 2025 Annual Report May 16, 2026

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Press Releases Four Palestinians Killed in Joint Attack by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Nablus July 25, 2026

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Press Releases Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces’ Gunfire During Joint Raid with Settlers in Deir Jarir, East of Ramallah July 23, 2026

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Press Releases Baby Killed by Israeli Forces’ Fire in Hebron Amid Continued Use of Unlawful Lethal Force June 9, 2026

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Press Releases Four Palestinians, Including Two Children, Killed in Settler Attacks Over Two Days in the West Bank April 25, 2026

Genocide Against Gaza Reports PCHR Issues Study on ” Israeli Violations and International Inaction: Women in Gaza Shattered by Compound Violence” February 20, 2025

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Freedom of Expression / Peaceful Assembly PCHR Releases Report on the Targeting of Journalists and Media Institutions in Gaza During the 2023-2024 Genocide October 17, 2024

Special Reports & Studies PCHR Issues New Report: Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip March 9, 2024

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Death Penalty Gaza Military Court Issues 5 New Death Sentences August 7, 2023

“Israel’s Policy of Starvation During its Genocidal Campaign: Impact on Women and Girls in Northern Gaza Strip” August 22, 2024

Genocide Against Gaza Reports “Israel’s Policy of Starvation During its Genocidal Campaign: Impact on Women and Girls in Northern Gaza Strip” August 22, 2024

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“Israel Weaponizes Water in its Genocidal Campaign against Civilians in Gaza Strip” August 14, 2024

2nd Anniversary of the Great March of Return: Impunity Continues to Prevail. March 30, 2020

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News PCHR Releases Its 2025 Annual Report May 16, 2026

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Annual Report 2024 July 22, 2025

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Annual Report 2023 March 22, 2024

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Annual Report 2022 June 26, 2023

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Genocide Against Gaza Reports Position Paper on Trump’s 2025 Plan March 30, 2026

Genocide Against Gaza Updates Position Paper Issued by Palestinian Human Rights Organizations: An Israeli Draft Bill Imposing Death Penalty Against Palestinians November 7, 2025

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Genocide Against Gaza Reports “Israel Weaponizes Water in its Genocidal Campaign against Civilians in Gaza Strip” August 14, 2024

Position Paper: ICC Prosecutor Ought Respond Immediately to Escalating IOF War Crimes against Palestinians April 19, 2022

Main Obligations Owed and Not Demands to Negotiate: Legal Characterization of Palestinian Hunger Striking Prisoners’ Demands in the Israeli Jails May 23, 2017

Interview with Raji Sourani in Gaza “We are just soft targets: we are very cheap” July 17, 2014

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PHROC Open Letter to UN Secretary-General on Hostilities in the Gaza Strip July 16, 2014

End impunity in Palestine: calling for investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court December 10, 2012

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Impact of Israeli Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Right to Health of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, PCHR’s Submission to Professor Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights February 26, 2023

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Rights Groups submit to UN Special Procedures on the Abuse of Muhammad Al-Na’em by an Israeli Bulldozer and the Injury of Palestinians in Gaza March 6, 2020

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Press Releases Human rights organisations welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on racial segregation and apartheid on both sides of the Green Line December 21, 2019

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Press Releases Palestinian, regional, and international groups submit report on Israeli apartheid to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination November 14, 2019

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 27 September- 04 October 2023) October 5, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 21- 26 September 2023) September 27, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 14-20 September 2023) September 21, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 07-13 September 2023) September 14, 2023

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Press Releases Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute December 13, 2022

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Press Releases Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Submit File to the ICC, Urge Prosecutor to Open Cases from Attack on Palestinians in Gaza in May 2021 May 24, 2022

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Press Releases Al-Haq Joint Statement at the General Debate of the 20th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court December 21, 2021

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News Unwilling and Unable Israel’s Whitewashed Investigations of the Great March of Return Protests December 1, 2021

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ICC’s “Landmark Decision” Could Open Door to Prosecuting Israel for War Crimes in Palestine February 8, 2021

NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work January 28, 2021

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The Biden Administration Should Engage with the ICC – the Evidence Shows That It Saves Lives January 28, 2021

U.S.-ICC Relations Under a Biden Administration: Room to Be Bold January 22, 2021

Home Demolition / Destruction of Property Israeli Military Aggression on the Gaza Strip May 2021: House Demolitions November 17, 2021

Israeli Military Aggression on the Gaza Strip: Economic Sector Destruction September 3, 2021

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Press Releases In Light of Complete and Unprecedented Closure of Gaza Strip, PCHR Obtains Travel Permit for Treating Man Injured Upon Petition Filed to Court June 13, 2021

News PCHR Holds Conference on: The Humanitarian Conditions in Gaza Post-IOF Aggression June 9, 2021

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Updated Figures of Casualties in Israeli Strikes on Gaza Strip (05-07 August 2022) August 30, 2022

Filed Update 5: 4 Palestinian Civilians Killed August 8, 2022

Field Update 4: 7 Palestinians Killed, including 2 Women and Child, and 49 Others Wounded, including 14 Women and 21 Children August 7, 2022

Field Update 3: 2 Palestinians Killed and 11 Others Wounded, including 3 Women and 3 Children August 6, 2022

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Main Green Riding Hood… Pain Dwells within Her Ribs December 4, 2018

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Main Dreams Amputated.. Nazihah… Attempts to Adjust to Amputation November 27, 2018

Main Life under siege: Electricity cuts put dialysis patients at risk July 16, 2017

Main Life under Siege: Indiscriminate killing of farmers June 18, 2017

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In a Joint Submission to UN Special Rapporteur, Organisations Highlight the Role of Israel’s Colonial Settlements in the Entrenchment of its Settler-Colonial and Apartheid Regime May 8, 2021

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Publications Joint Parallel Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Israel’s Seventeenth to Nineteenth Periodic Reports November 14, 2019

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Field Updates Citizen Killed in Family Dispute in Qusin Village in Nablus September 26, 2023

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Field Updates PCHR Condemns Assault by Gunmen on Hebron Municipal Council Member, ‘Abdel Karim Farrah September 25, 2023

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Field Updates PCHR Condemns Assault by Unknown on Public Figures and Property September 21, 2023

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Closure Update State of the Gaza Strip Border Crossings (01 – 31 August 2023) September 19, 2023

Media

Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, in an exclusive interview with TRT World, speaks on the latest developments concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, in an exclusive interview with TRT World, speaks on the latest developments concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Women in Gaza Enduring Compound Loss

In Gaza, War Violates Women’s Bodies and Dignity

Targeting Education in Gaza: A Systematic Crime of Genocide

Left Alone to Face Their Grief with None to Lean on

Mechanism for Registering Newborns in the Gaza Strip

None but Me

Shrapnel of the Soul

Shattered Futures: Testimonies of Torture and Genocide in Gaza

The Suffering of Thalassemia Patients in Gaza Strip: When Treatment Becomes A Distant Dream

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PCHR Issues Study on ” Israeli Violations and International Inaction: Women in Gaza Shattered by Compound Violence”

Genocide Against Gaza Reports PCHR Issues Study on ” Israeli Violations and International Inaction: Women in Gaza Shattered by Compound Violence” February 20, 2025

As Part of Their Ongoing Genocide, Israel Intensifies Bombardment and Killings of Displaced Civilians and Continues to Erase Entire Neighborhoods in Gaza Strip

Genocide Against Gaza Updates As Part of Their Ongoing Genocide, Israel Intensifies Bombardment and Killings of Displaced Civilians and Continues to Erase Entire Neighborhoods in Gaza Strip May 26, 2025

PCHR Meets with Ministry of Health Departments and Discusses Challenges due to Lack of Specialized Medical Personnel and its Effect on Right to Health in Gaza Strip

News PCHR Meets with Ministry of Health Departments and Discusses Challenges due to Lack of Specialized Medical Personnel and its Effect on Right to Health in Gaza Strip April 6, 2023