28 apr 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday afternoon, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked protests held in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, leading to clashes with local youths, wounding at least nine with, including two with Toto expanding bullets, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Hebron said hundreds of Palestinians marched in the center of the town, following Friday noon prayers, before the soldiers invaded it from several directions and opened fire on them.
The incident led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, including the Toto expanding bullets, moderately wounding two young men in the legs, and one who suffered a chest injury after being stuck by fragments of an expanding bullet.
Local medics rushed the three Palestinians to the Hebron governmental hospital, suffering moderate wounds.
The medics also provided the needed treatment to six Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also sprayed many homes with wastewater mixed with chemicals, occupied some rooftops, and withdrew from the town approximately two hours after invading it.
Media sources in Hebron said hundreds of Palestinians marched in the center of the town, following Friday noon prayers, before the soldiers invaded it from several directions and opened fire on them.
The incident led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, including the Toto expanding bullets, moderately wounding two young men in the legs, and one who suffered a chest injury after being stuck by fragments of an expanding bullet.
Local medics rushed the three Palestinians to the Hebron governmental hospital, suffering moderate wounds.
The medics also provided the needed treatment to six Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also sprayed many homes with wastewater mixed with chemicals, occupied some rooftops, and withdrew from the town approximately two hours after invading it.
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli army infiltrated, Friday, an area close to the Hebron Governmental Hospital, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted five young Palestinian men.
Eyewitnesses said clashes took place between local youngsters and Israeli soldiers, who invaded the Zawiya area, and the area surrounding the hospital.
They added that undercover soldiers infiltrated the area through King Talal Street, next to the hospital, and ambushed five young men, before repeatedly assaulting them, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also threw a sound bomb at the Emergency Unit of the hospital, shattering its windows.
Eyewitnesses said clashes took place between local youngsters and Israeli soldiers, who invaded the Zawiya area, and the area surrounding the hospital.
They added that undercover soldiers infiltrated the area through King Talal Street, next to the hospital, and ambushed five young men, before repeatedly assaulting them, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also threw a sound bomb at the Emergency Unit of the hospital, shattering its windows.
Israeli soldiers stand guard in front of Palestinian stone throwers during clashes in Bethlehem.
Ongoing clashes have erupted across the occupied West Bank on Friday, with several Palestinians injured, on what Palestinians are calling the Day of Rage — initially called for by the Fateh movement — in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners who entered the 12th day of a mass hunger strike on Friday.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire, during the clashes, which have erupted following Friday prayers in cities, villages and refugee camps in various districts of the West Bank.
The Israeli army said that some 2,000 Palestinians participated in “violent riots in several locations throughout the day,” adding that Israeli forces had responded to the “riots” with “crowd control means.”
This is a developing story.
Ramallah district
Several Palestinian youth were injured while dozens of others suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes across the Ramallah and al-Bireh district.
A march set off from the Nabi Saleh village, in northwestern Ramallah, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinians. Israeli forces opened live fire and tear gas cannisters on the protesters, injuring three Palestinians.
Locals in Nabi Saleh told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces were firing the once-banned “tutu” ammunition on protesters, which explode once they come in contact with the body.
Sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that one youth was injured in the head with a tear gas cannister while two others were injured in the legs with tutu bullets.
The identity and conditions of the injured Palestinians remained unknown.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that they would look into reports of the use of tutu ammunition.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers near Ofer prison, in western Ramallah, and at the northern entrance of Silwad, in eastern Ramallah. Witnesses said that three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets.
In Silwad, a Palestinian was injured with live fire in the leg, while tens of others suffered from tear gas inhalation, as Israeli forces fired live bullets, rubber bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas canisters, after violent clashes broke out in the area.
In the Sinjil village of northern Ramallah, Palestinian youth threw rocks at Israeli settler vehicles passing by the main road near the village, causing damages to the vehicles, while Israeli soldiers closed all roads leading to the village and set up checkpoints at the main road adjacent to the village which connects the Nablus and Ramallah districts.
At the Qalandia checkpoint, which connects Ramallah with occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces suppressed a solidarity march with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets leaving four injured with live fire shrapnel and two injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, according to witnesses.
However, a statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that two Palestinians were injured with bullet shrapnel, while one was injured with a rubber-coated bullet.
Israeli soldiers also fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades at young protesters, as forces closed the checkpoint and prevented all pedestrians and vehicles from passing.
In the village of Bilin, the weekly march was launched from the village and headed towards Israel’s separation wall, with the participation of Palestinians and foreign activists.
Protesters held pictures of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel and shouted national slogans calling for national unity, ending the occupation, and releasing all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
Palestinian protesters threw rocks at Israeli forces, during the march, and set fire to rubber tires at the separation wall’s gate.
Nablus district
Clashes erupted at the Beita crossroads south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank following Friday prayers, in which hundreds of Palestinian worshipers took part in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners.
Israeli forces fired dozens of tear-gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians while youths threw rocks at armed forces.
More than ten Palestinians suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation while one youth was injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet, according to witnesses.
Among those who suffered tear-gas inhalation was a father of three prisoners, Hajj Ihsan Adili Abu Waddah. Secretary of the Fateh movement in Nablus Jihad Ramadan was injured with a stun grenade in the leg.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a statement, that 20 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation.
In the town of al-Naqura, clashes erupted following Friday prayers, with medical sources reporting that several Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation.
Several trees in the village caught on fire from tear-gas bombs and stun grenades fired by Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a statement, that 10 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation during the clashes.
In the Awarta village in southern Nablus, dozens of Palestinians took part in Friday prayers near the Huwwara Israeli military base.
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of tear-gas bombs at Palestinians following prayers. No injuries were reported.
In the New Askar area of Nablus, adjacent to the Askar refugee camp, one Palestinian suffered tear gas inhalation during clashes, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Hebron district
Israeli forces opened fire on a solidarity sit-in tent in the al-Arrub refugee camp of northern Hebron, causing clashes to erupt between locals and the armed forces.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers raided the center of the camp, with Palestinian youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers who fired tear-gas, causing several to suffer from suffocation.
In the village of Beit Ummar in the north of Hebron, Israeli forces injured two Palestinians with live bullets and another with rubber-coated bullets after clashes broke out amid a solidarity march in the village. Five Palestinians also suffered from tear gas inhalation, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
However, witnesses said that six Palestinians had been injured with rubber-coated bullets, one was injured with shrapnel from a live bullet in the chest, and two were injured with tutu bullets in their legs and were transferred to the Hebron governmental hospital.
The solidarity march was launched in the village following Friday prayers and headed to the entrance of the village where Israeli forces had stationed themselves.
According to witnesses, Israeli soldiers took over the roof tops of 10 Palestinian homes in the village and turned them into temporary military posts, where the witnesses said the soldiers shot tutu bullets, rubber-coated bullets, and live ammunition at Palestinians.
Israeli forces also sprayed waste water at Palestinians before retreating from the village two hours after the clashes broke out, witnesses said.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces dressed up as Palestinian civilians and detained five Palestinians while assaulting them near the Hebron governmental hospital during clashes that erupted in the area around the hospital, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said that clashes had erupted from Bam al-Zawiya area and reached the area of the Hebron governmental hospital.
Israeli soldiers also fired a sound bomb at the hospital, causing the front glass door of the emergency section to shatter, witnesses added.
Qalqilia district
In southern Qalqilia city, located in the northern West Bank, clashes broke out near an Israeli military checkpoint. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that two Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation near the checkpoint.
Clashes also broke out between Israeli forces and local Palestinians in the Qalqilia-area village of Kafr Qaddum. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, two Palestinians were injured in the village with rubber-coated bullets shot by Israeli forces.
Salfit district
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said, in a statement, that three Palestinians arrived at the Salfit hospital, one of them injured with a live bullet in the knee, another with a live bullet in the foot, while another Palestinian was stuck with a tear gas canister in the head and was reported as being in stable condition.
Ongoing clashes have erupted across the occupied West Bank on Friday, with several Palestinians injured, on what Palestinians are calling the Day of Rage — initially called for by the Fateh movement — in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners who entered the 12th day of a mass hunger strike on Friday.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire, during the clashes, which have erupted following Friday prayers in cities, villages and refugee camps in various districts of the West Bank.
The Israeli army said that some 2,000 Palestinians participated in “violent riots in several locations throughout the day,” adding that Israeli forces had responded to the “riots” with “crowd control means.”
This is a developing story.
Ramallah district
Several Palestinian youth were injured while dozens of others suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes across the Ramallah and al-Bireh district.
A march set off from the Nabi Saleh village, in northwestern Ramallah, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinians. Israeli forces opened live fire and tear gas cannisters on the protesters, injuring three Palestinians.
Locals in Nabi Saleh told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces were firing the once-banned “tutu” ammunition on protesters, which explode once they come in contact with the body.
Sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that one youth was injured in the head with a tear gas cannister while two others were injured in the legs with tutu bullets.
The identity and conditions of the injured Palestinians remained unknown.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that they would look into reports of the use of tutu ammunition.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers near Ofer prison, in western Ramallah, and at the northern entrance of Silwad, in eastern Ramallah. Witnesses said that three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets.
In Silwad, a Palestinian was injured with live fire in the leg, while tens of others suffered from tear gas inhalation, as Israeli forces fired live bullets, rubber bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas canisters, after violent clashes broke out in the area.
In the Sinjil village of northern Ramallah, Palestinian youth threw rocks at Israeli settler vehicles passing by the main road near the village, causing damages to the vehicles, while Israeli soldiers closed all roads leading to the village and set up checkpoints at the main road adjacent to the village which connects the Nablus and Ramallah districts.
At the Qalandia checkpoint, which connects Ramallah with occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces suppressed a solidarity march with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets leaving four injured with live fire shrapnel and two injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, according to witnesses.
However, a statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that two Palestinians were injured with bullet shrapnel, while one was injured with a rubber-coated bullet.
Israeli soldiers also fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades at young protesters, as forces closed the checkpoint and prevented all pedestrians and vehicles from passing.
In the village of Bilin, the weekly march was launched from the village and headed towards Israel’s separation wall, with the participation of Palestinians and foreign activists.
Protesters held pictures of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel and shouted national slogans calling for national unity, ending the occupation, and releasing all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
Palestinian protesters threw rocks at Israeli forces, during the march, and set fire to rubber tires at the separation wall’s gate.
Nablus district
Clashes erupted at the Beita crossroads south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank following Friday prayers, in which hundreds of Palestinian worshipers took part in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners.
Israeli forces fired dozens of tear-gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians while youths threw rocks at armed forces.
More than ten Palestinians suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation while one youth was injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet, according to witnesses.
Among those who suffered tear-gas inhalation was a father of three prisoners, Hajj Ihsan Adili Abu Waddah. Secretary of the Fateh movement in Nablus Jihad Ramadan was injured with a stun grenade in the leg.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a statement, that 20 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation.
In the town of al-Naqura, clashes erupted following Friday prayers, with medical sources reporting that several Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation.
Several trees in the village caught on fire from tear-gas bombs and stun grenades fired by Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a statement, that 10 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation during the clashes.
In the Awarta village in southern Nablus, dozens of Palestinians took part in Friday prayers near the Huwwara Israeli military base.
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of tear-gas bombs at Palestinians following prayers. No injuries were reported.
In the New Askar area of Nablus, adjacent to the Askar refugee camp, one Palestinian suffered tear gas inhalation during clashes, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Hebron district
Israeli forces opened fire on a solidarity sit-in tent in the al-Arrub refugee camp of northern Hebron, causing clashes to erupt between locals and the armed forces.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers raided the center of the camp, with Palestinian youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers who fired tear-gas, causing several to suffer from suffocation.
In the village of Beit Ummar in the north of Hebron, Israeli forces injured two Palestinians with live bullets and another with rubber-coated bullets after clashes broke out amid a solidarity march in the village. Five Palestinians also suffered from tear gas inhalation, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
However, witnesses said that six Palestinians had been injured with rubber-coated bullets, one was injured with shrapnel from a live bullet in the chest, and two were injured with tutu bullets in their legs and were transferred to the Hebron governmental hospital.
The solidarity march was launched in the village following Friday prayers and headed to the entrance of the village where Israeli forces had stationed themselves.
According to witnesses, Israeli soldiers took over the roof tops of 10 Palestinian homes in the village and turned them into temporary military posts, where the witnesses said the soldiers shot tutu bullets, rubber-coated bullets, and live ammunition at Palestinians.
Israeli forces also sprayed waste water at Palestinians before retreating from the village two hours after the clashes broke out, witnesses said.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces dressed up as Palestinian civilians and detained five Palestinians while assaulting them near the Hebron governmental hospital during clashes that erupted in the area around the hospital, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said that clashes had erupted from Bam al-Zawiya area and reached the area of the Hebron governmental hospital.
Israeli soldiers also fired a sound bomb at the hospital, causing the front glass door of the emergency section to shatter, witnesses added.
Qalqilia district
In southern Qalqilia city, located in the northern West Bank, clashes broke out near an Israeli military checkpoint. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that two Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation near the checkpoint.
Clashes also broke out between Israeli forces and local Palestinians in the Qalqilia-area village of Kafr Qaddum. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, two Palestinians were injured in the village with rubber-coated bullets shot by Israeli forces.
Salfit district
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said, in a statement, that three Palestinians arrived at the Salfit hospital, one of them injured with a live bullet in the knee, another with a live bullet in the foot, while another Palestinian was stuck with a tear gas canister in the head and was reported as being in stable condition.
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at Palestinian protesters in Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing massive fires in nine warehouses, including one used for storing and selling plastic and cardboard boxes and sheets.
The fire started in the warehouse, which was used for storing and selling plastic and cardboard boxes, and within minutes, spread to more than eight nearby warehouses, completely burning and destroying them.
Palestinian firefighters of the Civil Defense department and the Nablus City Council, managed to contain and extinguish the fire before it reached more nearby stores.
The estimated losses resulting from these fires are said to be in the millions of shekels, especially since the stores are commercial and are used for storing large quantities of supplies.
The fire started in the warehouse, which was used for storing and selling plastic and cardboard boxes, and within minutes, spread to more than eight nearby warehouses, completely burning and destroying them.
Palestinian firefighters of the Civil Defense department and the Nablus City Council, managed to contain and extinguish the fire before it reached more nearby stores.
The estimated losses resulting from these fires are said to be in the millions of shekels, especially since the stores are commercial and are used for storing large quantities of supplies.
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, at least fifteen Palestinians in different communities in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, after the army assaulted processions in solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.
In Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah, the soldiers fired many live rounds, including the Toto hollow-point bullets, wounding five Palestinians, while two others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians in Nabi Saleh village was shot with a live round in the knee, one with a Toto expanding bullet in the head, and one was shot with a similar round in his leg.
Local youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, who invaded the town, and assaulted the procession.
In Silwad town, east of Ramallah, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a live round in the leg, and caused scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, several Palestinians hurled stones at army vehicles and colonists’ cars, driving on a bypass road, near Sinjel village, north of Ramallah, causing damage, while the soldiers closed many roads and installed roadblocks.
Three Palestinians were also shot by live army fire, during clashes that took place, after the soldiers assaulted a precession near Ofer prison, while dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhaling, and four others were shot near Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem.
In Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah, the soldiers fired many live rounds, including the Toto hollow-point bullets, wounding five Palestinians, while two others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians in Nabi Saleh village was shot with a live round in the knee, one with a Toto expanding bullet in the head, and one was shot with a similar round in his leg.
Local youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, who invaded the town, and assaulted the procession.
In Silwad town, east of Ramallah, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a live round in the leg, and caused scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, several Palestinians hurled stones at army vehicles and colonists’ cars, driving on a bypass road, near Sinjel village, north of Ramallah, causing damage, while the soldiers closed many roads and installed roadblocks.
Three Palestinians were also shot by live army fire, during clashes that took place, after the soldiers assaulted a precession near Ofer prison, while dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhaling, and four others were shot near Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Thursday evening, two young men with live fire in Deir Abu Mashal village, west of Ramallah, and one in Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah, during clashes that took place after the army invaded the two villages.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the main entrance of Deir Abu Mashal, and fired dozens of live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two young men with live fire.
The soldiers also closed the village’s main road, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Furthermore, a young man was also shot with live Israeli army fire, during clashes that took place after the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the main entrance of Deir Abu Mashal, and fired dozens of live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two young men with live fire.
The soldiers also closed the village’s main road, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Furthermore, a young man was also shot with live Israeli army fire, during clashes that took place after the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah.
27 apr 2017
Israeli military forces deployed east of Deir Balah, in central Gaza Strip, struck on Thursday morning Palestinian security sites with artillery shells
Two artillery shells were fired by the Israeli army causing heavy material damage, local sources said.
Sometime earlier, Hebrew media sources claimed that two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an Israeli military patrol near the border fence in southern Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, no injuries were reported in the alleged shooting attack.
Two artillery shells were fired by the Israeli army causing heavy material damage, local sources said.
Sometime earlier, Hebrew media sources claimed that two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an Israeli military patrol near the border fence in southern Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, no injuries were reported in the alleged shooting attack.
Heavy blasts rocked the vicinity of Damascus International Airport after Israeli air raids targeted the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Thursday.
According to preliminary reports that have emerged in the morning, Israeli air raids targeted an arms supply hub near Damascus International Airport.
Live snapshots of heavy blasts at the international airport have been circulated on social media networks.
Russian Sputnik news agency attributed the blasts to five airstrikes launched by the Israeli fighter jets on an armed squadron at Damascus Airport.
The nature of the damage to the airport has not been revealed yet, but the strikes reportedly occurred at around 03:25 a.m. local time.
SOHR added that the reasons for the blasts remain unverified.
According to preliminary reports that have emerged in the morning, Israeli air raids targeted an arms supply hub near Damascus International Airport.
Live snapshots of heavy blasts at the international airport have been circulated on social media networks.
Russian Sputnik news agency attributed the blasts to five airstrikes launched by the Israeli fighter jets on an armed squadron at Damascus Airport.
The nature of the damage to the airport has not been revealed yet, but the strikes reportedly occurred at around 03:25 a.m. local time.
SOHR added that the reasons for the blasts remain unverified.
26 apr 2017
Israeli naval forces opened fire Wednesday morning on several Palestinian fishing boats while sailing off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats north of the al-Sudaniya area and forced them to retreat ashore.
There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damage caused in the attack.
On a near-daily basis, the Israeli army fires at Palestinian fisherman, farmers, and shepherds for allegedly entering the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone,” a unilaterally declared area implemented after Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
Due to the high frequency of the attacks, live fire often goes unreported.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats north of the al-Sudaniya area and forced them to retreat ashore.
There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damage caused in the attack.
On a near-daily basis, the Israeli army fires at Palestinian fisherman, farmers, and shepherds for allegedly entering the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone,” a unilaterally declared area implemented after Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
Due to the high frequency of the attacks, live fire often goes unreported.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Kifl Hares, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and prevented the Palestinians from using the streets, while Israeli colonists visited sites in the area.
The Maan News Agency said many army vehicles invaded the town, fire many concussion grenades before forcing all stores to shut down, and ordered the Palestinians to remain indoors.
The invasion was carried out as the soldiers were transporting dozens of colonialist settlers, who wanted to visit ancient sites in the area.
Maan added that dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main entrance of the town, searched many Palestinian cars and examined the ID cards of the passengers.
The Maan News Agency said many army vehicles invaded the town, fire many concussion grenades before forcing all stores to shut down, and ordered the Palestinians to remain indoors.
The invasion was carried out as the soldiers were transporting dozens of colonialist settlers, who wanted to visit ancient sites in the area.
Maan added that dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main entrance of the town, searched many Palestinian cars and examined the ID cards of the passengers.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday evening, that at least four young men were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens of residents suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said hundreds of Palestinians marched in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, held by Israel, before the soldiers started firing dozens of gas bombs on them, especially when they reached an area close to the terminal, leading to clashes.
The attack caused scores of residents to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, while four Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Some youngsters later hurled Molotov cocktails at the soldiers, who fired many live rounds, in addition to gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Media sources said hundreds of Palestinians marched in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, held by Israel, before the soldiers started firing dozens of gas bombs on them, especially when they reached an area close to the terminal, leading to clashes.
The attack caused scores of residents to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, while four Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Some youngsters later hurled Molotov cocktails at the soldiers, who fired many live rounds, in addition to gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Tuesday evening, the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and clashed with many youngsters, who hurled stones on the army vehicles.
Media sources in Nabi Saleh said the clashes took place in the eastern area of the village, and that the soldiers used launchers, mounted on their jeeps, to fire dozens of gas bombs.
Despite the extensive gas fire, and rubber-coated steel bullets, the local youngsters managed to prevent the military from invading the center of the village, and the army withdrew later.
The soldiers also closed the Iron Gate, at the eastern entrance of the village, and installed roadblocks in the area, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Two days ago, the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh, violently searched many homes, causing excessive damage, and abducted six Palestinians, including three children.
Media sources in Nabi Saleh said the clashes took place in the eastern area of the village, and that the soldiers used launchers, mounted on their jeeps, to fire dozens of gas bombs.
Despite the extensive gas fire, and rubber-coated steel bullets, the local youngsters managed to prevent the military from invading the center of the village, and the army withdrew later.
The soldiers also closed the Iron Gate, at the eastern entrance of the village, and installed roadblocks in the area, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Two days ago, the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh, violently searched many homes, causing excessive damage, and abducted six Palestinians, including three children.
25 apr 2017
A Palestinian young man was shot and injured by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Tuesday afternoon over an alleged anti-occupation attack in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus.
Palestinian media sources said that IOF soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian youngster after he allegedly attempted to stab one of them while stationed at Hawara checkpoint, south of the city.
Palestinian medical sources told a PIC field reporter that Israeli soldiers prevented medical personnel and ambulance crews from reaching the area, while allowing an Israeli ambulance to transfer him from the shooting scene.
Israeli media sites claimed that the incident occurred when a Palestinian young man approached a group of soldiers near Hawara checkpoint while holding a knife in his hand.
The IOF soldiers immediately opened fire at the young man, seriously injuring him, the sources added.
"No injuries were reported, presumably with the exception of the Palestinian,” according to the sources.
Army Seriously Injures A Palestinian Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Tuesday, a Palestinian teenager from the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, after he reportedly attempted to stab soldiers, near a military base, close to Huwwara junction.
The Israeli army said the Palestinian “attempted to stab Israelis, but was shot by the soldiers,” before being moved to a hospital in Petah Tikva.” The army added that no Israelis were hurt in the incident.
The Palestinian teen was later identified as Amjad Maher Salah, 17, from Balata refugee camp, in Nablus. His injuries have been described as critical, while some sources said he was clinically dead.
Palestinian media sources said that IOF soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian youngster after he allegedly attempted to stab one of them while stationed at Hawara checkpoint, south of the city.
Palestinian medical sources told a PIC field reporter that Israeli soldiers prevented medical personnel and ambulance crews from reaching the area, while allowing an Israeli ambulance to transfer him from the shooting scene.
Israeli media sites claimed that the incident occurred when a Palestinian young man approached a group of soldiers near Hawara checkpoint while holding a knife in his hand.
The IOF soldiers immediately opened fire at the young man, seriously injuring him, the sources added.
"No injuries were reported, presumably with the exception of the Palestinian,” according to the sources.
Army Seriously Injures A Palestinian Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Tuesday, a Palestinian teenager from the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, after he reportedly attempted to stab soldiers, near a military base, close to Huwwara junction.
The Israeli army said the Palestinian “attempted to stab Israelis, but was shot by the soldiers,” before being moved to a hospital in Petah Tikva.” The army added that no Israelis were hurt in the incident.
The Palestinian teen was later identified as Amjad Maher Salah, 17, from Balata refugee camp, in Nablus. His injuries have been described as critical, while some sources said he was clinically dead.
The Israeli occupation army carried out artillery exercises last night and at dawn Tuesday in Khirbet at-Tawil hamlet, east of Aqraba town in the West Bank province of Nablus, with no regard to the safety of local residents.
Eyewitnesses from Aqraba town reported seeing hundreds of soldiers near the homes of Khirbet at-Tawil Bedouins and on the nearby eastern plains ahead of the drills.
They also said loud explosions rocked their area throughout the night as a result of the firing of artillery shells in at-Tawil area.
Local farmers complained that conducting military drills in their area would ruin the grazing season, which comes before the summer.
Eyewitnesses from Aqraba town reported seeing hundreds of soldiers near the homes of Khirbet at-Tawil Bedouins and on the nearby eastern plains ahead of the drills.
They also said loud explosions rocked their area throughout the night as a result of the firing of artillery shells in at-Tawil area.
Local farmers complained that conducting military drills in their area would ruin the grazing season, which comes before the summer.
