وكالة الأنباء الفلسطينية وتعرف اختصارا ب- وفا. وقد أنشأت في نيسان / ابريل عام 1972 تطبيقاً للقرار الصادر عن المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني في دورته الاستثنائية المنعقدة في القاهرة. ثم صدر قرار اللجنة التنفيذية لمنظمة التحرير ...

Colonists renew attack on Arab al-Malihat Bedouin community northwest of Jericho; Extremist colonists attack Palestinian residents’ homes in Masafer Yatta

1 day ago · JENIN, February, 8 2024 (WAFA) – For the 9th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation continues its offensive against the city of Jenin and its camp, which has resulted so far in the killing of 25 Palestinians. The Israeli occupation forces continue to storm the towns and villages of Jenin governorate, where they detained three local citizens from the town of Yamoun in the west, while last ...

About Us. Pursuant to the decision adopted by the Palestinian National Council in its extraordinary session, held in Cairo in April 1972, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee issued a decision establishing the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) on June 5, 1972.

1 day ago · RAMALLAH, February 8, 2025 (WAFA) – The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) announced late on Friday that Israel is set to release 183 Palestinian detainees on Saturday as part of the fifth batch of Palestinian detainees to be freed under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

3 days ago · RAMALLAH, February, 5 2024 (WAFA) – Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, reiterated the Palestinian leadership's firm position that the two-state solution, in accordance with international legitimacy and international law, is the guarantee of security, stability and peace. He also stressed in a post on X platform the Palestinian ...

RAMALLAH, January 13, 2025 (WAFA) – The Government Communication Center at the Prime Minister’s Office today released its 20th weekly Situation Report, offering a comprehensive overview of the ongoing developments in occupied Palestine, with a particular focus on the escalating humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

GAZA, January 19, 2025 (WAFA) – After prolonged delays and continued Israeli aggression, the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip finally took effect at 11:15 am today, following 15 months of relentless Israeli genocide, siege and starvation that left …

GAZA, January 6, 2025 (WAFA) - Palestinian headmen, dignitaries, tribal leaders and reform figures from the Gaza and North Gaza governorates issued an urgent appeal and mandate to President Mahmoud Abbas, urging him to take all necessary measures and actions to save the Palestinian people in Gaza governorates and to confront the forced displacement project being planned by the occupation ...

RAMALLAH, January, 8, 2024 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa stressed during the weekly cabinet session today that with the continuation of the occupation's crimes in the Gaza Strip for the 460th consecutive day and the suffering of the Palestinian people from displacement and shortages of food and medicine, the government is closely monitoring credible reports concerning the ...