20 dec 2016
The Israeli occupation police shot a Palestinian young man on Tuesday and arrested 10 others during clashes that broke out in Shufat refugee camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem.
The spokesman of Fatah movement in Shufat camp, Thaer al-Fasfoos, said that dozens of heavily armed Israeli policemen stormed the camp and fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the young men who confronted the raid.
He said that a group of undercover Israeli soldiers sneaked among those young men, ambushed five of them and took them prisoners after beating them.
Al-Fasfoos told Quds Press news agency that the policemen fired live bullets during the raid injuring a young man whose health condition is unknown yet.
The Israeli police claimed, in a statement, that its forces stormed Shufat camp to arrest Palestinian workers who don't have legal permits to enter the territory.
It said that four Palestinian workers were arrested in one of the shops in addition to the ship-owner who is a resident of Shufat camp.
In the same statement, the police claimed that a group of Palestinian youths threw stones at the police and the latter responded using different means and arrested 5 boys aged between 16 to 17 years old and took them for investigation.
The Israeli police raids in Shufat camp happen on a daily basis allegedly to pursue young men throwing stones or Molotov Cocktails at the police patrols.
The spokesman of Fatah movement in Shufat camp, Thaer al-Fasfoos, said that dozens of heavily armed Israeli policemen stormed the camp and fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the young men who confronted the raid.
He said that a group of undercover Israeli soldiers sneaked among those young men, ambushed five of them and took them prisoners after beating them.
Al-Fasfoos told Quds Press news agency that the policemen fired live bullets during the raid injuring a young man whose health condition is unknown yet.
The Israeli police claimed, in a statement, that its forces stormed Shufat camp to arrest Palestinian workers who don't have legal permits to enter the territory.
It said that four Palestinian workers were arrested in one of the shops in addition to the ship-owner who is a resident of Shufat camp.
In the same statement, the police claimed that a group of Palestinian youths threw stones at the police and the latter responded using different means and arrested 5 boys aged between 16 to 17 years old and took them for investigation.
The Israeli police raids in Shufat camp happen on a daily basis allegedly to pursue young men throwing stones or Molotov Cocktails at the police patrols.
The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday ordered 15 Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the northern Jordan Valley for a couple of days for military drills.
Head of the local village council Aref Daraghma said the occupation army forced Palestinians out of their homes in Wad Ibziq area, in the northern Jordan Valley, in preparation for Israeli military maneuvers in the area.
Daraghma said the Palestinian natives of the area have been subjected to arbitrary demolitions, confiscation of agricultural equipment, forced displacement, and mass evacuation orders slapped by the occupation army on a permanent basis.
According to the activist, at least 200 Palestinian families have been evacuated out of their homes in the northern Jordan Valley since the start of December and under the same pretext.
He further spoke out against the serious damage inflicted by such Israeli military drills in the area as the occupation army often overuses heavy arms, machineguns, and shells during the maneuvers damaging cultivated land lots in the process.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation forces announced their decision to carry out large-scale military drills for three days in Ashkelon city, near to the blockaded Gaza Strip, as of Tuesday evening.
The Israeli Channel 7 quoted the army’s spokesman as stating that the drills make part of a preplanned training scheme.
Air raid sirens were, meanwhile, sounded Tuesday morning as part of an Israeli Home Front Command drill in the HaSharon region, in 1948 Occupied Palestine. The drills make part of emergency-response maneuvers.
Head of the local village council Aref Daraghma said the occupation army forced Palestinians out of their homes in Wad Ibziq area, in the northern Jordan Valley, in preparation for Israeli military maneuvers in the area.
Daraghma said the Palestinian natives of the area have been subjected to arbitrary demolitions, confiscation of agricultural equipment, forced displacement, and mass evacuation orders slapped by the occupation army on a permanent basis.
According to the activist, at least 200 Palestinian families have been evacuated out of their homes in the northern Jordan Valley since the start of December and under the same pretext.
He further spoke out against the serious damage inflicted by such Israeli military drills in the area as the occupation army often overuses heavy arms, machineguns, and shells during the maneuvers damaging cultivated land lots in the process.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation forces announced their decision to carry out large-scale military drills for three days in Ashkelon city, near to the blockaded Gaza Strip, as of Tuesday evening.
The Israeli Channel 7 quoted the army’s spokesman as stating that the drills make part of a preplanned training scheme.
Air raid sirens were, meanwhile, sounded Tuesday morning as part of an Israeli Home Front Command drill in the HaSharon region, in 1948 Occupied Palestine. The drills make part of emergency-response maneuvers.
An Israeli military force on Monday evening raided an apartment building in Birzeit town, north of Ramallah, and a bank branch office down the building and clashed with local young men.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers stormed the branch office of Iskan Bank and confiscated the recording equipment of its security cameras.
They added that the military force came from Atara checkpoint, north of Birzeit, and attacked local young men, who threw them with stones.
During skirmishes with the troops, one young man reportedly suffered a bullet injury in the leg and was evacuated by a Red Crescent ambulance to Ramallah hospital
The Israeli army stormed and besieged several towns near Ramallah on Monday after Israeli vehicles came under gunfire attacks in nearby areas.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers stormed the branch office of Iskan Bank and confiscated the recording equipment of its security cameras.
They added that the military force came from Atara checkpoint, north of Birzeit, and attacked local young men, who threw them with stones.
During skirmishes with the troops, one young man reportedly suffered a bullet injury in the leg and was evacuated by a Red Crescent ambulance to Ramallah hospital
The Israeli army stormed and besieged several towns near Ramallah on Monday after Israeli vehicles came under gunfire attacks in nearby areas.
19 dec 2016
Armed clashes broke out on Monday morning between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and local resistance fighters in Gaza after the IOF carried out an incursion east of Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
According to the PIC reporter, three Israeli military jeeps carried out this morning a limited incursion east of Bureij camp, which led to the outbreak of the armed clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces shelled the border area.
No injuries were initially reported during the clashes.
Following the confrontation, Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers in the area and carried out combing operations.
According to the PIC reporter, three Israeli military jeeps carried out this morning a limited incursion east of Bureij camp, which led to the outbreak of the armed clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces shelled the border area.
No injuries were initially reported during the clashes.
Following the confrontation, Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers in the area and carried out combing operations.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian merchant from the besieged and improvised Gaza Strip, while trying to cross the Erez border terminal. Israeli Navi ships open fire on fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters.
Media sources in Gaza said the abducted merchant has been identified as Hasan Shehada, from Gaza city.
It is worth mentioning that Shehada is the third Palestinian merchant to be abducted by the soldiers in the past five days.
The two other merchants have been identified as Ahmad Khalil and Nofal Abu Sirryya.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, close to the shore in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
Media sources in Gaza said the abducted merchant has been identified as Hasan Shehada, from Gaza city.
It is worth mentioning that Shehada is the third Palestinian merchant to be abducted by the soldiers in the past five days.
The two other merchants have been identified as Ahmad Khalil and Nofal Abu Sirryya.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, close to the shore in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the village of ‘Aboud, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and closed its main road.
The head of Aboud village council Yousef Mos’ad said the soldiers closed the main entrance of the village, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
He added that the Palestinians had to take alternate, longer and unpaved roads to enter and leave the village.
The army frequently installs roadblocks near the village, especially close to Halamish illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, northwest of Ramallah.
The head of Aboud village council Yousef Mos’ad said the soldiers closed the main entrance of the village, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
He added that the Palestinians had to take alternate, longer and unpaved roads to enter and leave the village.
The army frequently installs roadblocks near the village, especially close to Halamish illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, northwest of Ramallah.
18 dec 2016
Israeli army patrols at dawn Sunday stormed eastern areas in Nablus province and combed Palestinian lands.
According to eyewitnesses, four Israeli army patrols rolled into Kafr Kalil, Balata camp, and Sahl Rujeeb in Nablus at 2 a.m., before they retreated to the Hawara military camp.
Sounds of stun grenades had been heard in the area all the way through the assault.
Overnight, Israel’s so-called environment protection troops scoured Khirbet Tana, to the east of Beit Furik, in eastern Nablus, without prior notifications.
Beit Furik farmers said the occupation patrols raked through Palestinian farms and ranches as they allegedly rummaged around for new agricultural structures.
According to eyewitnesses, four Israeli army patrols rolled into Kafr Kalil, Balata camp, and Sahl Rujeeb in Nablus at 2 a.m., before they retreated to the Hawara military camp.
Sounds of stun grenades had been heard in the area all the way through the assault.
Overnight, Israel’s so-called environment protection troops scoured Khirbet Tana, to the east of Beit Furik, in eastern Nablus, without prior notifications.
Beit Furik farmers said the occupation patrols raked through Palestinian farms and ranches as they allegedly rummaged around for new agricultural structures.
Ahmed al-Rimawi 19
A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli gunfire early on Sunday near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
In a press statement, the ministry said that 19-year-old Ahmed al-Rimawi, from Ramallah’s northwestern village of Beit Rima, was killed during clashes between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli soldiers who stormed the village at the crack of dawn.
The casualty was hit with live ammunition in his chest and breathed his last on the way to the Yasser Arafat Hospital in Salfit.
The victim is the son of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Hazem al-Rimawi, who had been locked up for 14 years and a half in Israeli jails and was released three months ago.
Two more youngsters sustained wounds in the clashes and were rushed to Salfit public hospital for urgent treatment.
Since October last year, 269 anti-occupation protesters have been killed and hundreds of others injured by the Israeli occupation army across the occupied Palestinian territories.
A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli gunfire early on Sunday near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
In a press statement, the ministry said that 19-year-old Ahmed al-Rimawi, from Ramallah’s northwestern village of Beit Rima, was killed during clashes between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli soldiers who stormed the village at the crack of dawn.
The casualty was hit with live ammunition in his chest and breathed his last on the way to the Yasser Arafat Hospital in Salfit.
The victim is the son of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Hazem al-Rimawi, who had been locked up for 14 years and a half in Israeli jails and was released three months ago.
Two more youngsters sustained wounds in the clashes and were rushed to Salfit public hospital for urgent treatment.
Since October last year, 269 anti-occupation protesters have been killed and hundreds of others injured by the Israeli occupation army across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, shot and injured two Palestinians, and abducted two others. The soldiers also abducted one Palestinian in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem.
In Deheishe refugee camp, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs, at many youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading armored vehicles.
Medical sources said two young men were shot with live rounds in the abdomen and arms, and were moved to a local hospital, suffering moderate-but-stable injuries, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and violently searched many homes in the refugee camp, abducted two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’ad Saifi, 24, and Khalil Mohammad Banna, 22, and took them to Etzion military base and security center.
Furthermore, many army vehicles invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, before the soldiers searched homes, and abducted a young man identified as Mojahed Sheikh.
In Deheishe refugee camp, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs, at many youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading armored vehicles.
Medical sources said two young men were shot with live rounds in the abdomen and arms, and were moved to a local hospital, suffering moderate-but-stable injuries, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and violently searched many homes in the refugee camp, abducted two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’ad Saifi, 24, and Khalil Mohammad Banna, 22, and took them to Etzion military base and security center.
Furthermore, many army vehicles invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, before the soldiers searched homes, and abducted a young man identified as Mojahed Sheikh.
Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that one man was injured, on Saturday evening, after being shot by an Israeli guard in Silwan, and three children were sprayed with gas, while Israeli soldiers also abducted three young men, and summoned two others for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said Israeli settlement guards shot a man, identified as Mousa Ali Qara’in, 40, with several bullets in his limbs, and sprayed many children with pepper-spray.
Silwanic added that Qara’in was moved to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, suffering moderate wounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers closed the entire area, declared curfew, forcing the Palestinians under house arrest, and abducted three young men in addition to summoning three others for interrogation.
Local resident Zoheir Rajabi told Silwanic that armed Israeli guards of illegal colonies in Silwan, fired many live rounds at the residents, and several homes, especially at several youngsters who were sitting around a fire near the local mosque in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood.
He added that one of the armed Israeli guards threw a chair towards the Palestinians, leading to arguments and a scuffle.
Rajabi further said that the armed colonists then started firing live rounds, and used pepper spray, wounding Qara’in with live rounds in his limbs, while a child, identified as Malek Monther Rajabi, 7, and two youngsters, identified as Hazem Rajabi and Jadallah Rajabi, suffocated after being pepper-sprayed.
Israeli soldiers then invaded the neighborhood, and abducted Yazan Rajabi, 17, Mohammad Jamal Gheith, 18, and Rawhi Da’na, 20, in addition to summoning Zoheir Rajabi and Jadallah Rajabi for interrogation.
The soldiers also stormed and searched many homes in the area, and assaulted several young men while inspecting their ID cards.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said Israeli settlement guards shot a man, identified as Mousa Ali Qara’in, 40, with several bullets in his limbs, and sprayed many children with pepper-spray.
Silwanic added that Qara’in was moved to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, suffering moderate wounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers closed the entire area, declared curfew, forcing the Palestinians under house arrest, and abducted three young men in addition to summoning three others for interrogation.
Local resident Zoheir Rajabi told Silwanic that armed Israeli guards of illegal colonies in Silwan, fired many live rounds at the residents, and several homes, especially at several youngsters who were sitting around a fire near the local mosque in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood.
He added that one of the armed Israeli guards threw a chair towards the Palestinians, leading to arguments and a scuffle.
Rajabi further said that the armed colonists then started firing live rounds, and used pepper spray, wounding Qara’in with live rounds in his limbs, while a child, identified as Malek Monther Rajabi, 7, and two youngsters, identified as Hazem Rajabi and Jadallah Rajabi, suffocated after being pepper-sprayed.
Israeli soldiers then invaded the neighborhood, and abducted Yazan Rajabi, 17, Mohammad Jamal Gheith, 18, and Rawhi Da’na, 20, in addition to summoning Zoheir Rajabi and Jadallah Rajabi for interrogation.
The soldiers also stormed and searched many homes in the area, and assaulted several young men while inspecting their ID cards.
