17 aug 2017
The Israeli occupation state’s crimes and suppressive practices against the Palestinian people have never been stopped since the Nakba (catastrophe) in 1948.
In a new scene on Thursday evening, a group of Israeli soldiers severely beat a Palestinian child, believed to be 12 years old, in Umm ash-Sharayet neighborhood of Ramallah city.
A video published by the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on its Facebook page showed the child being physically assaulted and bundled into a military vehicle.
There is still no information about the identity of the child and where he was taken to.
In a new scene on Thursday evening, a group of Israeli soldiers severely beat a Palestinian child, believed to be 12 years old, in Umm ash-Sharayet neighborhood of Ramallah city.
A video published by the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on its Facebook page showed the child being physically assaulted and bundled into a military vehicle.
There is still no information about the identity of the child and where he was taken to.
Clashes erupted on Thursday evening between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem. The forces arrested a young man and a girl and detained two other youths in the city.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces fired stun grenades in Ain al-Lawza neighborhood in Silwan town during clashes in the area.
A Jerusalemite youth was arrested at the barrier of Shufat refugee camp northeast of Occupied Jerusalem at the pretext of alleged knife possession, according to eyewitnesses.
A young girl, from Tamra city in 1948 Occupied Palestine, was also rounded up at Bab al-Amoud gate in the occupied city.
Two other young men were detained for a while and searched at the vicinity of Bab al-Amoud gate in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces fired stun grenades in Ain al-Lawza neighborhood in Silwan town during clashes in the area.
A Jerusalemite youth was arrested at the barrier of Shufat refugee camp northeast of Occupied Jerusalem at the pretext of alleged knife possession, according to eyewitnesses.
A young girl, from Tamra city in 1948 Occupied Palestine, was also rounded up at Bab al-Amoud gate in the occupied city.
Two other young men were detained for a while and searched at the vicinity of Bab al-Amoud gate in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained at least 13 Palestinians during overnight raids across the West Bank between and occupied Jerusalem, Israeli and Palestinian sources revealed.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the arrest of 12 Palestinians including nine “wanted persons” for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Two activists in Hamas Movement were among the reported arrests, according to the sources.
Two youths were detained in Bethlehem, while three others were rounded up in Tulkarem. Another young man was also arrested in Nablus.
During the raids, a large amount of money was confiscated in Surif town, north of al-Khalil.
Violent raids were also reported in Balata refugee camp where an ex-prisoner was detained after IOF soldiers broke into his family house amid heavy firing of live ammunition. The detainee was shot and injured during his arrest.
Also in Nablus, a young man was arrested after IOF stopped his car at Hawara checkpoint.
In Ramallah, IOF arrested four youths from Rima and Batein towns.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out in Qalqilia when IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched a number of local houses amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
Several locals were interrogated during the raid, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, with a biweekly average of 85 search and detention raids carried thus far in 2017, according to UN documentation.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the arrest of 12 Palestinians including nine “wanted persons” for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Two activists in Hamas Movement were among the reported arrests, according to the sources.
Two youths were detained in Bethlehem, while three others were rounded up in Tulkarem. Another young man was also arrested in Nablus.
During the raids, a large amount of money was confiscated in Surif town, north of al-Khalil.
Violent raids were also reported in Balata refugee camp where an ex-prisoner was detained after IOF soldiers broke into his family house amid heavy firing of live ammunition. The detainee was shot and injured during his arrest.
Also in Nablus, a young man was arrested after IOF stopped his car at Hawara checkpoint.
In Ramallah, IOF arrested four youths from Rima and Batein towns.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out in Qalqilia when IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched a number of local houses amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
Several locals were interrogated during the raid, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, with a biweekly average of 85 search and detention raids carried thus far in 2017, according to UN documentation.
The Israeli occupation army at dawn Thursday detonated a house belonging to a Palestinian family near Ramallah city as part of the mass punishment policy pursued against relatives of Palestinian attackers.
According to local sources, Israeli troops stormed Deir Abu Mash'al village and forced families to evacuate neighboring homes before they embarked on planting explosives inside the house of martyr Adel Ankoush and then blasting it.
The explosion inside the house caused a fire in a nearby home and material damage to others.
Meanwhile, soldiers attacked angry local residents with tear gas. Drones were also seen overflying the village during the events.
Last Thursday, an Israeli military force had demolished two houses belonging to families of martyrs in the same village and sealed up the house of Ankoush for later demolition.
Martyr Adel Ankoush along with two other young men from the village carried out, on June 16, a shooting and stabbing attack in Occupied Jerusalem. One policewoman was killed and others were injured in the attack.
According to local sources, Israeli troops stormed Deir Abu Mash'al village and forced families to evacuate neighboring homes before they embarked on planting explosives inside the house of martyr Adel Ankoush and then blasting it.
The explosion inside the house caused a fire in a nearby home and material damage to others.
Meanwhile, soldiers attacked angry local residents with tear gas. Drones were also seen overflying the village during the events.
Last Thursday, an Israeli military force had demolished two houses belonging to families of martyrs in the same village and sealed up the house of Ankoush for later demolition.
Martyr Adel Ankoush along with two other young men from the village carried out, on June 16, a shooting and stabbing attack in Occupied Jerusalem. One policewoman was killed and others were injured in the attack.
16 aug 2017
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Wednesday morning, targeting several Palestinian fishing boats near the coast of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The attack did not lead to casualties, abductions or property damage, but forced the fishermen back to shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The fishermen are subject to daily violations in the besieged Gaza Strip, while such attacks have led to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to many abductions, property damage, and the illegal confiscation of many boats.
The attack did not lead to casualties, abductions or property damage, but forced the fishermen back to shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The fishermen are subject to daily violations in the besieged Gaza Strip, while such attacks have led to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to many abductions, property damage, and the illegal confiscation of many boats.
Israeli soldiers abducted, early on Wednesday morning, three young Palestinian men in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, while undercover officers abducted a young man in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded Shweika area, and Deir al-Ghsoun town, north of Tulkarem, and abducted three Palestinians.
The PPS stated that the soldiers abducted Rami Eqab Jabr, and his brother Abdul-Rahman, from their homes in Shweika area.
It added that the soldiers also abducted al-Mohtadi-Billah Abu Zeitoun, 25, while he was heading to his orchard, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, near Deir al-Ghsoun village.
In addition, undercover soldiers of the Israeli army abducted Daoud Houshiyya, after ambushing him in Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers drove a car with Palestinian license plates for Anata nearby town, before ambushing and abducting Houshiyya, who has been wanted by the army.
They added that the undercover officers were masked and concealing pistols, which they later pointed at the man, and many Palestinians, before abducting him.
Directly after abducting the Palestinian, a large military forced invaded the area, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, to secure the retreat of the undercover officers.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded Shweika area, and Deir al-Ghsoun town, north of Tulkarem, and abducted three Palestinians.
The PPS stated that the soldiers abducted Rami Eqab Jabr, and his brother Abdul-Rahman, from their homes in Shweika area.
It added that the soldiers also abducted al-Mohtadi-Billah Abu Zeitoun, 25, while he was heading to his orchard, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, near Deir al-Ghsoun village.
In addition, undercover soldiers of the Israeli army abducted Daoud Houshiyya, after ambushing him in Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers drove a car with Palestinian license plates for Anata nearby town, before ambushing and abducting Houshiyya, who has been wanted by the army.
They added that the undercover officers were masked and concealing pistols, which they later pointed at the man, and many Palestinians, before abducting him.
Directly after abducting the Palestinian, a large military forced invaded the area, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, to secure the retreat of the undercover officers.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Kobar, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished a home belonging to the family of a Palestinian who stabbed, last month, three Israelis to death, in their home at a nearby colony. The soldiers also injured 26 Palestinians during ensuing clashes.
Medical sources in Ramallah said the soldiers shot 26 Palestinians during the clashes; one of them is a cameraman, identified as Mohammad Radi, who works for Palestine TV.
The cameraman was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his face, after a soldier shot him from a close range, while he was filming the clashes.
The sources stated that thirteen Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and thirteen others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have recently abducted the parents, and uncle, of Omar al-‘Abed who carried out the stabbing attack last month.
The three slain Israelis have been identified as Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 36.
Medical sources in Ramallah said the soldiers shot 26 Palestinians during the clashes; one of them is a cameraman, identified as Mohammad Radi, who works for Palestine TV.
The cameraman was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his face, after a soldier shot him from a close range, while he was filming the clashes.
The sources stated that thirteen Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and thirteen others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have recently abducted the parents, and uncle, of Omar al-‘Abed who carried out the stabbing attack last month.
The three slain Israelis have been identified as Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 36.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at night, a young Palestinian man in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Kayed Edrees, from the Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
It added that the soldiers alleged finding a knife with the Palestinian, after stopping and searching him. The young man was apparently carrying a pocket knife, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers.
Furthermore, several Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, during clashes that took place following the invasion.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Kayed Edrees, from the Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
It added that the soldiers alleged finding a knife with the Palestinian, after stopping and searching him. The young man was apparently carrying a pocket knife, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers.
Furthermore, several Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, during clashes that took place following the invasion.
14 aug 2017
At least three Israeli army tanks, and three armored military bulldozers, invaded on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, fired live rounds and bulldozed large sections close to the border fence, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the bulldozers uprooted farmlands and created sand hills near the border fence.
It added that the army also fired several live rounds during the invasion, to keep the Palestinians out of their lands.
The invasion is part of ongoing Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians, their lands and property, in addition to attacking fishing boats in Palestinian waters, in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the bulldozers uprooted farmlands and created sand hills near the border fence.
It added that the army also fired several live rounds during the invasion, to keep the Palestinians out of their lands.
The invasion is part of ongoing Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians, their lands and property, in addition to attacking fishing boats in Palestinian waters, in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday morning, a Palestinian worker, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, while trying to enter occupied East Jerusalem for work.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot Anas Hijazi al-Harsh, 25, from the at-Reehiyya village, south of Doura, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
The wounded Palestinians was with several other workers in Wad Abu al-Hummus area, near al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, provided the young man with the needed first aid, and transferred him to Beit Jala governmental hospital for further treatment of a gunshot wound in his right leg.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot Anas Hijazi al-Harsh, 25, from the at-Reehiyya village, south of Doura, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
The wounded Palestinians was with several other workers in Wad Abu al-Hummus area, near al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, provided the young man with the needed first aid, and transferred him to Beit Jala governmental hospital for further treatment of a gunshot wound in his right leg.
13 aug 2017
The Israeli police on Sunday arrested a Palestinian man after shooting him in Occupied Jerusalem for allegedly planning to carry out an attack.
The police claimed in a press statement that they managed to arrest the 52-year-old Jerusalemite in Beit Safafa neighborhood to the south of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Shin Bet after being informed about the presence of a potential attacker in the area.
The Jerusalemite man was shot in the foot before being arrested and taken for interrogation, according to the police.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, arrested or injured at checkpoints in the West Bank and in Jerusalem neighborhoods since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada in early October 2015 under the pretext of attempting or planning attacks on Israeli targets.
The police claimed in a press statement that they managed to arrest the 52-year-old Jerusalemite in Beit Safafa neighborhood to the south of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Shin Bet after being informed about the presence of a potential attacker in the area.
The Jerusalemite man was shot in the foot before being arrested and taken for interrogation, according to the police.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, arrested or injured at checkpoints in the West Bank and in Jerusalem neighborhoods since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada in early October 2015 under the pretext of attempting or planning attacks on Israeli targets.
12 aug 2017
6 Palestinians were injured Friday evening after being attacked by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) east of al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in the Gaza Strip.
Spokesman of the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qedra, said that medical crews treated 5 injuries east of Jabalia and one injury east of al-Bureij.
Earlier, the PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers deployed behind the security fence east of the Gaza Strip fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths demonstrating in the area.
Qedra reported that two minors aged 16 and 17 were shot in the head and leg respectively, describing the head injury as serious.
The area close to the fence separating the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories witnesses regular demonstrations, especially on Fridays, protesting tightening the siege imposed on Gaza.
Spokesman of the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qedra, said that medical crews treated 5 injuries east of Jabalia and one injury east of al-Bureij.
Earlier, the PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers deployed behind the security fence east of the Gaza Strip fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths demonstrating in the area.
Qedra reported that two minors aged 16 and 17 were shot in the head and leg respectively, describing the head injury as serious.
The area close to the fence separating the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories witnesses regular demonstrations, especially on Fridays, protesting tightening the siege imposed on Gaza.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed houses of three Palestinian martyrs in Beit Fajjar town to the south of Bethlehem.
According to the PIC reporter, the IOF broke into the houses of martyrs Esam Thawabteh, Ali Thawabteh and Ali Taqatqa, and wreaked havoc on them, but no arrests were reported.
Esam Thawabteh was killed after carrying out a car-ramming attack near Gush Etzion settlement, while the other two Palestinians were shot dead near Ariel settlement after carrying out a dual anti-occupation attack.
In another context, a group of Palestinians from Aida refugee camp targeted at dawn Saturday an Israeli military tower at the northern entrance of Bethlehem with homemade explosive devices. The IOF soldiers searched and combed the area but they were not able to find any of the attackers.
According to the PIC reporter, the IOF broke into the houses of martyrs Esam Thawabteh, Ali Thawabteh and Ali Taqatqa, and wreaked havoc on them, but no arrests were reported.
Esam Thawabteh was killed after carrying out a car-ramming attack near Gush Etzion settlement, while the other two Palestinians were shot dead near Ariel settlement after carrying out a dual anti-occupation attack.
In another context, a group of Palestinians from Aida refugee camp targeted at dawn Saturday an Israeli military tower at the northern entrance of Bethlehem with homemade explosive devices. The IOF soldiers searched and combed the area but they were not able to find any of the attackers.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs on the protesters.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said the Palestinians and international activists marched from the center of the village, before the soldiers started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs on them.
He added that the soldiers also tried to ambush several young men to abduct them, but locals uncovered the stakeout and foiled the army’s attempts.
The procession started following Friday prayers at the local Omar Bin al-Khattab mosque, when dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by several international peace activists, marched chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation, and escalating violations.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said the Palestinians and international activists marched from the center of the village, before the soldiers started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs on them.
He added that the soldiers also tried to ambush several young men to abduct them, but locals uncovered the stakeout and foiled the army’s attempts.
The procession started following Friday prayers at the local Omar Bin al-Khattab mosque, when dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by several international peace activists, marched chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation, and escalating violations.
Israeli settlers, yesterday, set fire to two Palestinian vehicles and painted racist-vengeance slogans on the walls of local homes, in Ramallah’s northern town of Umm Safa.
The head of the village’s council, Marwan Sabah, said that a group of settlers attacked the town in the early hours of yesterday morning and burned two vehicles belonging to local residents of the village.
Sabah added, according to the PNN, that the Jewish settlers also painted slogans vowing revenge from the town’s residents, following the killing of three in the illegal Helmish settlement, which borders the Palestinian town in the north of Ramallah.
In days past, Israeli settlers of the Helmish and Ateret settlements carried out several attacks against Palestinian properties in the village, he noted.
Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces also broke out today, in Ramallah’s northern village of Kubber, after forces brutally stormed the town amid heavy fire of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas bombs.
According to locals, a young Palestinian was hit by a rubber bullet during the clashes, while two relatives of a Palestinian prisoner were detained. The town’s entrance was also closed.
The head of the village’s council, Marwan Sabah, said that a group of settlers attacked the town in the early hours of yesterday morning and burned two vehicles belonging to local residents of the village.
Sabah added, according to the PNN, that the Jewish settlers also painted slogans vowing revenge from the town’s residents, following the killing of three in the illegal Helmish settlement, which borders the Palestinian town in the north of Ramallah.
In days past, Israeli settlers of the Helmish and Ateret settlements carried out several attacks against Palestinian properties in the village, he noted.
Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces also broke out today, in Ramallah’s northern village of Kubber, after forces brutally stormed the town amid heavy fire of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas bombs.
According to locals, a young Palestinian was hit by a rubber bullet during the clashes, while two relatives of a Palestinian prisoner were detained. The town’s entrance was also closed.
