29 aug 2015
A number of Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers, with both rubber-coated metal bullets and live ammunition, in clashes which broke out between Friday and Saturday, across the occupied West Bank. In Nablus, a Palestinian man was shot dead by an unknown assailant during a brawl at the Askar refugee camp.
Israeli forces shot four young Palestinian men with rubber-coated steel bullets and an elderly man suffered from tear gas inhalation during clashes early Saturday morning in the northern West Bank village of Tell, south of Nablus, Palestinian security sources told Ma'an News Agency.
Palestinian security sources said that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the village of Tell at 1 a.m. on Saturday morning before local youths responded to their presence and clashes broke out.
The security sources, as well as locals, said young Palestinian men threw stone and empty bottles at the the intruding soldiers, who then fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at the young men.
The sources said Israeli forces hit 19-year-old Amir Basil al-Hindi with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head, Yahya Abdul-Karim, 21, in the hand, Anas Yousif Hamdi, 21, in the foot and Ahmad Abdul-Fattah Asidi, 21, in the thigh.
The source highlighted that several people suffered from tear-gas inhalation, including Adnan Khalid Ramadan, 65, who needed medical treatment because of the gas.
Israeli forces have injured 1,307 Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory since the start of the year, with an average of 39 Palestinians injured every week, according to documentation by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
WAFA further reports that three Palestinians, including two children, were shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others suffocated during clashes that broke out with Israeli soldiers in the town of Silwad to the east of Ramallah late Friday night, according to local sources.
Sources said that Israeli army fired banned ‘Tutu’ and rubber-coated steel bullets, as well as tear gas canisters at the town’s locals, shooting three with live ammunition. They were transferred to hospital for medical treatment, where they are expected to undergo surgeries.
Six other locals were shot and injured with rubber-coated bullets, causing them light injuries. They were all treated at the scene.
The clashes also led to the suffocation of dozens others due to tear gas inhalation.
An increasing number of unarmed and peaceful Palestinians were either killed or seriously injured as a result of Israel’s constant use of tear gas against them.
In early December of 2014, a Palestinian minister without a portfolio, Zeyad Abu Ein, died due to tear gas inhalation and after being directly hit in the chest by an Israeli soldier during a peaceful protest marking the United Nations International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. He was transferred to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
On December 2011, Mustafa Tamimi, 28 from Ramallah’s village of Nabi Saleh, died from critical wounds he sustained when an Israeli soldier fired a tear gas canister directly at his head from a short distance.
B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights information center, stated that “[Israeli] soldiers and Border Police often fire tear-gas grenades directly at demonstrators with the aim of hitting them, or fire carelessly, without ensuring that demonstrators are not in the direct line of fire, in direct contravention of regulations.”
The legal center, in a summary report published in 2013, demanded that Israeli security forces “completely prohibit the firing of 40mm tear-gas canisters either directly at individuals or horizontally, in a way that could cause result in injuries.”
To be noted, Tutu bullets are banned under international law but occupation forces continue to use it.
According to media, Tutu bullets are classified by Israeli army as non-lethal weapon. However many Palestinians were killed due to being shot by Tutu bullets.
Near Nablus, in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian man was shot dead and six others were injured Saturday morning during a brawl, Palestinian officials told Ma'an.
Palestinian security sources said 37-year-old Samir al-Nadi was shot in the head during a brawl in Askar refugee camp east of Nablus. He was evacuated to Rafidia Hospital in the city where he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived.
Six other men were moderately injured during the same brawl, and were taken to the hospital. Police said the main suspect in the shooting death had not yet been detained.
Separately, a Palestinian man was shot and injured on Saturday morning by an unidentified gunman in the village of Qusra, near Nablus.
Security sources said the victim was hit in the upper extremities and was evacuated to hospital. Medics said his injuries were moderate to serious.
Security sources said police arrested suspects in relation to the shooting without adding further detail.
Last month, 12 Palestinians were shot and injured during an armed clash between two families in the northern West Bank village of Rujeib, east of Nablus.
Israeli forces shot four young Palestinian men with rubber-coated steel bullets and an elderly man suffered from tear gas inhalation during clashes early Saturday morning in the northern West Bank village of Tell, south of Nablus, Palestinian security sources told Ma'an News Agency.
Palestinian security sources said that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the village of Tell at 1 a.m. on Saturday morning before local youths responded to their presence and clashes broke out.
The security sources, as well as locals, said young Palestinian men threw stone and empty bottles at the the intruding soldiers, who then fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at the young men.
The sources said Israeli forces hit 19-year-old Amir Basil al-Hindi with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head, Yahya Abdul-Karim, 21, in the hand, Anas Yousif Hamdi, 21, in the foot and Ahmad Abdul-Fattah Asidi, 21, in the thigh.
The source highlighted that several people suffered from tear-gas inhalation, including Adnan Khalid Ramadan, 65, who needed medical treatment because of the gas.
Israeli forces have injured 1,307 Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory since the start of the year, with an average of 39 Palestinians injured every week, according to documentation by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
WAFA further reports that three Palestinians, including two children, were shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others suffocated during clashes that broke out with Israeli soldiers in the town of Silwad to the east of Ramallah late Friday night, according to local sources.
Sources said that Israeli army fired banned ‘Tutu’ and rubber-coated steel bullets, as well as tear gas canisters at the town’s locals, shooting three with live ammunition. They were transferred to hospital for medical treatment, where they are expected to undergo surgeries.
Six other locals were shot and injured with rubber-coated bullets, causing them light injuries. They were all treated at the scene.
The clashes also led to the suffocation of dozens others due to tear gas inhalation.
An increasing number of unarmed and peaceful Palestinians were either killed or seriously injured as a result of Israel’s constant use of tear gas against them.
In early December of 2014, a Palestinian minister without a portfolio, Zeyad Abu Ein, died due to tear gas inhalation and after being directly hit in the chest by an Israeli soldier during a peaceful protest marking the United Nations International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. He was transferred to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
On December 2011, Mustafa Tamimi, 28 from Ramallah’s village of Nabi Saleh, died from critical wounds he sustained when an Israeli soldier fired a tear gas canister directly at his head from a short distance.
B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights information center, stated that “[Israeli] soldiers and Border Police often fire tear-gas grenades directly at demonstrators with the aim of hitting them, or fire carelessly, without ensuring that demonstrators are not in the direct line of fire, in direct contravention of regulations.”
The legal center, in a summary report published in 2013, demanded that Israeli security forces “completely prohibit the firing of 40mm tear-gas canisters either directly at individuals or horizontally, in a way that could cause result in injuries.”
To be noted, Tutu bullets are banned under international law but occupation forces continue to use it.
According to media, Tutu bullets are classified by Israeli army as non-lethal weapon. However many Palestinians were killed due to being shot by Tutu bullets.
Near Nablus, in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian man was shot dead and six others were injured Saturday morning during a brawl, Palestinian officials told Ma'an.
Palestinian security sources said 37-year-old Samir al-Nadi was shot in the head during a brawl in Askar refugee camp east of Nablus. He was evacuated to Rafidia Hospital in the city where he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived.
Six other men were moderately injured during the same brawl, and were taken to the hospital. Police said the main suspect in the shooting death had not yet been detained.
Separately, a Palestinian man was shot and injured on Saturday morning by an unidentified gunman in the village of Qusra, near Nablus.
Security sources said the victim was hit in the upper extremities and was evacuated to hospital. Medics said his injuries were moderate to serious.
Security sources said police arrested suspects in relation to the shooting without adding further detail.
Last month, 12 Palestinians were shot and injured during an armed clash between two families in the northern West Bank village of Rujeib, east of Nablus.
Israeli naval boats opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishing boats while sailing within the Israeli-imposed six-nautical-miles fishing zone offshore Gaza City on Saturday morning.
Palestinian sources said that no injuries were reported during the armed attack. However, the fishermen were forced to leave the sea.
Israeli naval boats routinely open fire at Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-miles zone in flagrant violation of the calm agreement.
Israel and the Palestinian resistance reached a calm agreement on August 26, 2014 ending Israel’s summer aggression on Gaza that claimed the lives of over 2,200 people, mostly children and women.
Palestinian sources said that no injuries were reported during the armed attack. However, the fishermen were forced to leave the sea.
Israeli naval boats routinely open fire at Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-miles zone in flagrant violation of the calm agreement.
Israel and the Palestinian resistance reached a calm agreement on August 26, 2014 ending Israel’s summer aggression on Gaza that claimed the lives of over 2,200 people, mostly children and women.
Clashes broke out at dawn Saturday in Yabad town, south of Jenin, as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently stormed the town and stationed at its main entrance.
Heavy tear gas and sound bombs were fired during the clashes, which resulted in the injury of several local youths who took to the streets to protest the Israeli raid.
A Palestinian citizen was arrested for few hours at a make-shift military checkpoint before being released, local sources said.
The neighboring towns of Yamoun and Silat Harthiya were also subjected to similar raids since the early morning hours. No arrests were reported.
Heavy tear gas and sound bombs were fired during the clashes, which resulted in the injury of several local youths who took to the streets to protest the Israeli raid.
A Palestinian citizen was arrested for few hours at a make-shift military checkpoint before being released, local sources said.
The neighboring towns of Yamoun and Silat Harthiya were also subjected to similar raids since the early morning hours. No arrests were reported.
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Palestinian activists on social media networks shared Friday photos showing a Palestinian family while quarreling with an Israeli soldier who tried to arrest their child during Nabi Salah village weekly march.
Nariman Tamimi, one of the family members, told Palestine 48 website that Israeli soldiers were hidden behind trees and suddenly appeared and attacked the peaceful march that is weekly organized in the village against settlement construction. The soldiers brutally attacked the participants amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs and rubber bullets, injuring some of them, she added. Few moments later, she continued, one of the Israeli soldiers swooped down on "my little boy Mohamed" in an attempt to arrest him. |
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"We immediately intervened to liberate him especially that he broke his hand after being hit with a rubber bullet during last week march", the mother added.
“During the clashes, the soldier hit my daughter Ahed with his rifle butt on her head. However, we managed to liberate Mohamed after a long confrontation,” she elaborated. Nabi Salah weekly march marked ongoing efforts by local residents to protest the Israeli occupation’s daily violations, including land disputes, the separation wall, freedom of movement, and water claims. Israeli version |
28 aug 2015
A Palestinian journalist was shot and injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet, while another was abducted during clashes which erupted, in Ramallah’s village of Bil'in, between Palestinian locals and the Israeli army, as the latter suppressed the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration. Injuries were also reported east of Qalqilia.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
27 aug 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday rolled into Jenin’s towns of Ya’bad and al-Yamoun and came down heavily on Palestinian civilians.
Local sources said the IOF stormed Ya’bad twice overnight and cracked down on the Palestinian natives, threatening to force them out of their homes.
A series of home break-ins was carried out on the outskirts of al-Maloul town, where Palestinian citizens were subjected to exhaustive interrogation.
The IOF troops further stormed al-Houshiya neighborhood, in al-Yamoun, and raked through residential streets and alleys.
Local sources said the IOF stormed Ya’bad twice overnight and cracked down on the Palestinian natives, threatening to force them out of their homes.
A series of home break-ins was carried out on the outskirts of al-Maloul town, where Palestinian citizens were subjected to exhaustive interrogation.
The IOF troops further stormed al-Houshiya neighborhood, in al-Yamoun, and raked through residential streets and alleys.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, three Palestinians in the at-Tour village, in occupied East Jerusalem, following clashes with dozens of local youths, who allegedly threw stones as the army invaded their village.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Khader Wael Abu Ghannam, 15, Ahmad Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, 22, and Mohammad Abu Ghannam.
Silwanic said that unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails targeting a police vehicle, driving on the main road of at-Tour, causing it to catch fire, and also hurled a Molotov cocktail on a jeep owned by illegal settlers.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, and conducted military searches in various neighborhoods.
They added that the army invaded the Abu Ghannam Coffee Shop, and kidnapped Khader after assaulting and beating him.
Silwanic said Israeli concussion grenades caused fires in the yard of a home belonging to members of Abu Laban family. It is worth mentioning that the army have kidnapped 32 Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank Wednesday.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Khader Wael Abu Ghannam, 15, Ahmad Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, 22, and Mohammad Abu Ghannam.
Silwanic said that unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails targeting a police vehicle, driving on the main road of at-Tour, causing it to catch fire, and also hurled a Molotov cocktail on a jeep owned by illegal settlers.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, and conducted military searches in various neighborhoods.
They added that the army invaded the Abu Ghannam Coffee Shop, and kidnapped Khader after assaulting and beating him.
Silwanic said Israeli concussion grenades caused fires in the yard of a home belonging to members of Abu Laban family. It is worth mentioning that the army have kidnapped 32 Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank Wednesday.
Rockets being fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge in 2014
No injuries or damage reported in rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council; IAF strikes Hamas weapons facility in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility in central Gaza Strip early Thursday morning in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the Palestinian enclave and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council earlier in the night.
No injuries or damage was reported in the rocket fire and the results of Israel's retaliation were unclear. The IDF said that the targeted facility belonged to Hamas, the extremist Palestinian faction currently in control of the Strip.
The IDF also confirmed the rocket attack, adding that one projectile had landed near the border fence and that code red sirens meant to alert residents of incoming rocket fire were not triggered.
According to the IDF, code red sirens failed to sound because the rocket did not pose a threat to inhabited areas.
Residents reported hearing an explosion from the rocket just after midnight. Security forces spent the night searching the field for the projectile.
The last incident of rocket fire from Gaza occurred three weeks ago on August 7 when code red sirens also remained silent and one projectile landed inside Israel with another falling short, landing in Gaza.
Israeli aircraft also retaliated to this incident, attacking the Gaza Strip and wounding two Hamas militants, according to the organization.
Israeli aerial raid on blockaded Gaza targets Hamas site
The Israeli occupation military launched an airstrike on the central Gaza Strip at predawn time Thursday, claiming a rocket fired from Gaza Wednesday night landed in the Eshkol settlement council.
The Israeli occupation army said it struck a Hamas "weapons production facility" in the territory in response to a Palestinian rocket attack launched sometime earlier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on the Israeli side.
Local residents said no warning sirens had sounded prior to the explosion.
The Israeli missile attack has not been the only one of its kind as the occupation army has ceaselessly targeted the blockaded enclave with random airstrikes, flagrantly violating the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord signed with Palestinian resistance factions in the wake of last summer’s offensive.
An Israeli military aggression last summer took away the lives of at least 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilian women and children, and left thousands of others severely wounded.
No injuries or damage reported in rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council; IAF strikes Hamas weapons facility in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility in central Gaza Strip early Thursday morning in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the Palestinian enclave and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council earlier in the night.
No injuries or damage was reported in the rocket fire and the results of Israel's retaliation were unclear. The IDF said that the targeted facility belonged to Hamas, the extremist Palestinian faction currently in control of the Strip.
The IDF also confirmed the rocket attack, adding that one projectile had landed near the border fence and that code red sirens meant to alert residents of incoming rocket fire were not triggered.
According to the IDF, code red sirens failed to sound because the rocket did not pose a threat to inhabited areas.
Residents reported hearing an explosion from the rocket just after midnight. Security forces spent the night searching the field for the projectile.
The last incident of rocket fire from Gaza occurred three weeks ago on August 7 when code red sirens also remained silent and one projectile landed inside Israel with another falling short, landing in Gaza.
Israeli aircraft also retaliated to this incident, attacking the Gaza Strip and wounding two Hamas militants, according to the organization.
Israeli aerial raid on blockaded Gaza targets Hamas site
The Israeli occupation military launched an airstrike on the central Gaza Strip at predawn time Thursday, claiming a rocket fired from Gaza Wednesday night landed in the Eshkol settlement council.
The Israeli occupation army said it struck a Hamas "weapons production facility" in the territory in response to a Palestinian rocket attack launched sometime earlier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on the Israeli side.
Local residents said no warning sirens had sounded prior to the explosion.
The Israeli missile attack has not been the only one of its kind as the occupation army has ceaselessly targeted the blockaded enclave with random airstrikes, flagrantly violating the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord signed with Palestinian resistance factions in the wake of last summer’s offensive.
An Israeli military aggression last summer took away the lives of at least 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilian women and children, and left thousands of others severely wounded.
26 aug 2015
Clashes erupted at dawn Wednesday during Israeli storming of Beit Ummar town to the north of al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
The spokesman of the Popular Committees against Settlement, Mohammad Awad, said the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), escorted by a police vehicle, stormed two districts in Beit Ummar.
Dozens of IOF soldiers roamed the town’s streets and knocked the doors of Palestinians’ houses in al-Bayyada and Bahr neighborhoods, he elaborated.
Awad said clashes broke out in al-Bayyada region after Palestinian youths confronted the IOF soldiers who fired teargas and stun grenades at inhabitants’ houses.
The spokesman of the Popular Committees against Settlement, Mohammad Awad, said the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), escorted by a police vehicle, stormed two districts in Beit Ummar.
Dozens of IOF soldiers roamed the town’s streets and knocked the doors of Palestinians’ houses in al-Bayyada and Bahr neighborhoods, he elaborated.
Awad said clashes broke out in al-Bayyada region after Palestinian youths confronted the IOF soldiers who fired teargas and stun grenades at inhabitants’ houses.
580 incidents against both civilians and security forces recorded in June-July 2015, including hundreds of stone and firebomb throwing, as well as desecration of graves on the Mount of Olives.
Jerusalem has seen a sharp increase in violent security incidents, with 580 such incidents against civilians or security forces recorded over the past two months, according to new data released on Tuesday.
The data, gathered by the Construction Ministry, only includes security incidents that occurred in the Old City Basin - the three neighborhoods inside the walls: The Mount of Olives, Silwan and the City of David. The data does not include security incidents that occurred in villages and neighborhoods in East Jerusalem - including Shuafat, Beit Hanina, Isawiya, Jebel Mukabar and others - meaning that the situation in the capital is likely much worse than this data indicates.
During June and July of 2015, 477 incidents of stone-throwing at vehicles were recorded, as well as 28 incidents of Molotov cocktail throwing at Jewish-owned vehicles and homes. Other incidents included hurling of empty glass bottles, firing fireworks and vandalism.
Out of the 359 incidents recorded in June, 213 were in the City of David, 125 were on the Mount of Olives and 21 in the Old City. In addition to throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails, four instances of tombstone desecration occurred on the Mount of Olives, while six Jews were attacked in the Old City (five civilians and one Border Policeman). July saw a decline in incidents, with 108 of the total 221 incidents occurring in the City of David, 92 on the Mount of Olives, and 21 in the Old City. In addition to 170 cases of stone-throwing and 16 of Molotov cocktail throwing, one grave was desecrated, there were four instances of glass bottles being thrown at Jews in the Old City, and there were also several incidents of fireworks being fired at security forces.
Despite the decline noted in July, Jerusalem is still facing a difficult reality, in which not a day goes by without several violent incidents happening in the Old City Basin area. Jerusalem city councilman Aryeh King claimed that the increasing terrorism in the city is happening because the political leadership "ties the hands of security forces." He said police can't respond properly to violent incidents, while the judicial system either releases suspects or gives them lenient punishments. He called on the government to open police stations in the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, residents from the Ma'ale ha-Zeitim neighborhood started an organization called "Anti-Terror TV," that aims to document the violent incidents on video and distribute it to increase awareness of the situation in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Police said in response: "We are operating based on a plan that includes the deployment of increased forces, both covert and public activity, the incorporation of special units to conduct arrests and the incorporation of many technological measures against rioting in East Jerusalem, in order to protect the residents of the city and its visitors and increase their security.
"Police operates determinedly, and holds a dialogue with local leaders, which has led to an ongoing decline in stone and firebomb throwing incidents in recent months. Most of the violent incidents are done against security forces due to the friction with rioters in East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
"It's important to stress that despite the ongoing trend of decline, dealing with rioters cannot be done only by police enforcement. The violence is a general problem, and therefore should be handled by police, as well as the judicial system, the prosecution, the municipality, welfare, education and more - persistently and long-term."
Jerusalem has seen a sharp increase in violent security incidents, with 580 such incidents against civilians or security forces recorded over the past two months, according to new data released on Tuesday.
The data, gathered by the Construction Ministry, only includes security incidents that occurred in the Old City Basin - the three neighborhoods inside the walls: The Mount of Olives, Silwan and the City of David. The data does not include security incidents that occurred in villages and neighborhoods in East Jerusalem - including Shuafat, Beit Hanina, Isawiya, Jebel Mukabar and others - meaning that the situation in the capital is likely much worse than this data indicates.
During June and July of 2015, 477 incidents of stone-throwing at vehicles were recorded, as well as 28 incidents of Molotov cocktail throwing at Jewish-owned vehicles and homes. Other incidents included hurling of empty glass bottles, firing fireworks and vandalism.
Out of the 359 incidents recorded in June, 213 were in the City of David, 125 were on the Mount of Olives and 21 in the Old City. In addition to throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails, four instances of tombstone desecration occurred on the Mount of Olives, while six Jews were attacked in the Old City (five civilians and one Border Policeman). July saw a decline in incidents, with 108 of the total 221 incidents occurring in the City of David, 92 on the Mount of Olives, and 21 in the Old City. In addition to 170 cases of stone-throwing and 16 of Molotov cocktail throwing, one grave was desecrated, there were four instances of glass bottles being thrown at Jews in the Old City, and there were also several incidents of fireworks being fired at security forces.
Despite the decline noted in July, Jerusalem is still facing a difficult reality, in which not a day goes by without several violent incidents happening in the Old City Basin area. Jerusalem city councilman Aryeh King claimed that the increasing terrorism in the city is happening because the political leadership "ties the hands of security forces." He said police can't respond properly to violent incidents, while the judicial system either releases suspects or gives them lenient punishments. He called on the government to open police stations in the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, residents from the Ma'ale ha-Zeitim neighborhood started an organization called "Anti-Terror TV," that aims to document the violent incidents on video and distribute it to increase awareness of the situation in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Police said in response: "We are operating based on a plan that includes the deployment of increased forces, both covert and public activity, the incorporation of special units to conduct arrests and the incorporation of many technological measures against rioting in East Jerusalem, in order to protect the residents of the city and its visitors and increase their security.
"Police operates determinedly, and holds a dialogue with local leaders, which has led to an ongoing decline in stone and firebomb throwing incidents in recent months. Most of the violent incidents are done against security forces due to the friction with rioters in East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
"It's important to stress that despite the ongoing trend of decline, dealing with rioters cannot be done only by police enforcement. The violence is a general problem, and therefore should be handled by police, as well as the judicial system, the prosecution, the municipality, welfare, education and more - persistently and long-term."
Palestinian residents of the Old City, in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with Israeli forces on Tuesday, as settlers began construction work on a new door for a synagogue, locals said.
Activist Alaa al-Haddad told Ma'an News Agency that Jewish settlers in the Old City tore down a brick wall and began building a door for synagogue which leads directly into a private alley belonging to the Awad family.
"After the wall had been torn down, it was revealed that the settlers had already prepared a new wall with a steel door already installed behind the brick wall," he said.
Palestinian residents say that the new door will affect access to their homes and impose restrictions on their freedom to move in the area.
Scuffles broke out with Israeli police at the scene, who reportedly threatened to use tasers on the residents.
East Jerusalem was occupied by Israel in 1967 in a move never recognized by the international community, and four decades of Israeli policy in the area have neglected the Palestinian community while fostering the growth of Jewish settlements.
Activist Alaa al-Haddad told Ma'an News Agency that Jewish settlers in the Old City tore down a brick wall and began building a door for synagogue which leads directly into a private alley belonging to the Awad family.
"After the wall had been torn down, it was revealed that the settlers had already prepared a new wall with a steel door already installed behind the brick wall," he said.
Palestinian residents say that the new door will affect access to their homes and impose restrictions on their freedom to move in the area.
Scuffles broke out with Israeli police at the scene, who reportedly threatened to use tasers on the residents.
East Jerusalem was occupied by Israel in 1967 in a move never recognized by the international community, and four decades of Israeli policy in the area have neglected the Palestinian community while fostering the growth of Jewish settlements.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Wednesday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across occupied West Bank. 26 detainees were reported during the campaign.
The PIC reporter said that 11 Palestinian youths were detained after Israeli forces stormed at dawn today Hussan town in Bethlehem.
Clashes broke out in Bethlehem as IOF violently stormed several homes amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. No injuries were reported during the clashes.
In Nablus, 15 arrests were carried out when Israeli forces raided several towns east of the city. A state of panic prevailed among the local residents after IOF violently stormed several homes accompanied with police dogs.
During the raid, IOF stole 21 thousand shekels and jewelry worth two thousand dinars from a local home after blowing up its door and detaining the family members in one room for several hours.
In Jenin, IOF raided Yabod town and its surrounding areas amid threats to demolish Palestinian private homes.
Palestinians in Yabod town have been subjected for almost two years to a collective punishment under the pretext of stoning and attacking settlers’ vehicles while passing near the town. Nearly 100 arrests were carried out in the town over the past period.
The PIC reporter said that 11 Palestinian youths were detained after Israeli forces stormed at dawn today Hussan town in Bethlehem.
Clashes broke out in Bethlehem as IOF violently stormed several homes amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. No injuries were reported during the clashes.
In Nablus, 15 arrests were carried out when Israeli forces raided several towns east of the city. A state of panic prevailed among the local residents after IOF violently stormed several homes accompanied with police dogs.
During the raid, IOF stole 21 thousand shekels and jewelry worth two thousand dinars from a local home after blowing up its door and detaining the family members in one room for several hours.
In Jenin, IOF raided Yabod town and its surrounding areas amid threats to demolish Palestinian private homes.
Palestinians in Yabod town have been subjected for almost two years to a collective punishment under the pretext of stoning and attacking settlers’ vehicles while passing near the town. Nearly 100 arrests were carried out in the town over the past period.
Israeli media outlets on Tuesday claimed that the occupation army had thwarted a planned attack on Jews praying at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus.
According to the Shin Bet, which nabbed the four members of the cell in conjunction with the Israeli occupation forces, the alleged attackers were directed and provided arms by an Islamic Jihad operative in the Gaza Strip.
During the interrogation, the captives admitted their intention to carry out the alleged attack at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, Shin Bet further claimed.
Shin Bet further alleged that the four nabbed members are affiliated with different Palestinian resistance factions.
According to a PIC’s expert in Israeli affairs, the version propagated by Israeli media is not only paradoxical but is also at odds with facts on the ground for at least a couple of reasons; one of them is that it is difficult, almost impossible, to have more than one faction operating in the same resistance cell.
Another reason why the Israeli version is inconsistent with reality has to do with the nature of the ethics adopted by the Palestinian resistance factions themselves for none of them ever attempted to attack worshipers in a holy place of worship.
In addition, the fact that such allegedly secret data were released for publication is a proof that Shin Bet attempts to incite against the Palestinian people and inflame antagonism perpetrated by such Israeli terror gangs as the price tag, who have been torching synagogues, mosques, and civilian homes to irrigate the germs of their thirst for aggression and sadism.
According to the Shin Bet, which nabbed the four members of the cell in conjunction with the Israeli occupation forces, the alleged attackers were directed and provided arms by an Islamic Jihad operative in the Gaza Strip.
During the interrogation, the captives admitted their intention to carry out the alleged attack at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, Shin Bet further claimed.
Shin Bet further alleged that the four nabbed members are affiliated with different Palestinian resistance factions.
According to a PIC’s expert in Israeli affairs, the version propagated by Israeli media is not only paradoxical but is also at odds with facts on the ground for at least a couple of reasons; one of them is that it is difficult, almost impossible, to have more than one faction operating in the same resistance cell.
Another reason why the Israeli version is inconsistent with reality has to do with the nature of the ethics adopted by the Palestinian resistance factions themselves for none of them ever attempted to attack worshipers in a holy place of worship.
In addition, the fact that such allegedly secret data were released for publication is a proof that Shin Bet attempts to incite against the Palestinian people and inflame antagonism perpetrated by such Israeli terror gangs as the price tag, who have been torching synagogues, mosques, and civilian homes to irrigate the germs of their thirst for aggression and sadism.
