Zena Al Tahhan

Jerusalem

TV Reporter and Writer at Freelance

Freelance TV reporter and writer based in occupied Palestine. Eng/ع

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Articles

Israeli soldiers vandalize and desecrate West Bank homes

1 month ago | electronicintifada.net | Zena Al Tahhan

Feces, urine and used condoms – these are just some of the things that Israeli soldiers left behind in Palestinian homes during their 11-day assault on the al-Faraa refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley, south of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank, last month. Fidaa Abu Zeina’s home was one of them. Abu Zeina, 46, his wife and three children were forced out at gunpoint on 2 February, the first day of the assault.
Death, abuse and burnt olive trees - a year in the West Bank

Oct 16, 2024 | trtworld.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank - A year of death and destruction in Gaza, has also been the deadliest year in the occupied West Bank - the common target, Palestinians. Adding to the 41,800 Palestinians killed in Gaza under the guise of ‘war’, the Israeli occupation has also tightened its noose around the occupied West Bank.
Scabies outbreak spurs more suffering for Palestinians in Israeli prisons

Oct 3, 2024 | trtworld.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons are suffering from a severe outbreak of scabies skin disease due to increasingly inhumane and unhygienic conditions towards detainees, particularly since the war on Gaza began. Scabies is a parasitic infestation in which mites burrow and lay eggs below the surface of the skin, causing swelling, intense itching and fluid-filled blisters.
Jenin camp's residents defiant amid devastation

Sep 3, 2024 | trtworld.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank - Nadreh Abu Sbaa is one of the last remaining residents in the Hawasheen neighbourhood of the Jenin refugee camp. Along with her husband and neighbour, the 48-year-old woman has been besieged in her home for the past seven days as Israeli missiles, bombs, and live ammunition pierce the ground and air around them.
Palestinian mothers in occupied West Bank slam Israel's killing of children

Aug 20, 2024 | trtworld.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah occupied West Bank – Mohammad Hoshieh was obsessed with football. His family would fall into a fit of giggles every time he imitated sports commentators, as he often enjoyed doing. So it was particularly tragic when the 12-year-old was fatally shot by Israeli occupation soldiers as he headed home from his cherished football practice on June 14. His mother, Haneen Abu Ghwailah, spent eight days by his side as he lay unconscious in an intensive care unit before he succumbed to his wounds.
'All we prayed for was to come out alive' - life inside an Israeli prison

Aug 5, 2024 | trtworld.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank - Moussa Asi, 58, was forced to strip naked eight times during his four months in Israeli prisons. He was made to do so not only in front of Israeli prison guards, but in front of dozens of his fellow inmates as well. "They would make us stand naked in front of each other in groups.
Occupied Jerusalem: ‘There is no Palestinian male that hasn’t been beaten’

Feb 21, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Violence by Israeli forces against Palestinian men in Jerusalem has increased after October 7. Damascus Gate, occupied East Jerusalem – Samer and Omar* woke up early on Friday morning, hoping to make it to noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The case of Palestine’s longest-serving prisoner exposes Israel’s brutal abuse of Palestinian detainees

Feb 2, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Zena Al Tahhan

Citrus trees bearing plenty of low-hanging fruits dot the lush orchard of the Barghoutis’ home in the occupied West Bank. Perched on a high hill in the village of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah, it overlooks vast green plains. The orchard is alive with the winter rain, yet the hands that planted it never got to see it bloom. Aman Nafi’, a gentle, 59-year-old woman, pulls a stack of photos placed on a cupboard next to the front door.
How Israel has repeatedly rejected Hamas truce offers

Jan 22, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel and its Western allies have long dismissed the Gaza-based Palestinian armed group and political movement, Hamas, as illegitimate and have refused to engage with it, labelling it as a “terrorist organisation”. This narrative has become ever more apparent since October 7, when Hamas launched an attack just outside the besieged Gaza Strip on Israeli territory, killing some 1,140 people, Israeli officials said.
What is Israel’s end game with the Palestinian Authority?

Dec 14, 2023 | aljazeera.com | Zena Al Tahhan

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – At dawn on December 8, the sound of gunshots rang out above al-Manara Square, the central roundabout in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles had raided the area, less than a kilometre (0.6 miles) away from the Palestinian Authority’s (PA’s) headquarters to go into a print shop and shut it down.