24 aug 2018
press crews who have been repeatedly attacked during their work near the border over the past weeks.
Since the launch of the Great March of Return on 30th March, 171 Palestinians have been killed, including 27 children, three girls, three paramedics, and two journalists.
Gaza Ministry of Health said that nine Palestinian youths were killed near the border fence during the same period and their bodies are currently detained by the IOF.
The Ministry added in a statement that at least 18,300 Palestinian citizens have been injured, including 3,600 children and 1,750 women.
Since the launch of the Great March of Return on 30th March, 171 Palestinians have been killed, including 27 children, three girls, three paramedics, and two journalists.
Gaza Ministry of Health said that nine Palestinian youths were killed near the border fence during the same period and their bodies are currently detained by the IOF.
The Ministry added in a statement that at least 18,300 Palestinian citizens have been injured, including 3,600 children and 1,750 women.
Dozens were injured, including a child, on Friday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the weekly anti-settlement demonstration in Kafr Qaddum village in Qalqilya.
Popular resistance coordinator Murad Shtewi said that the IOF soldiers heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters injuring nine of them, including an eight-year-old boy and a Norwegian activist.
Meanwhile in Bil'in village in Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians marching against Israel's settlement construction activity and the Deal of the Century chocked on teargas after the IOF attacked them with sound bombs and teargas canisters.
The marchers raised Palestinian flags, sang national songs, and chanted slogans calling for achieving national unity and resisting the occupation.
The IOF violently quelled another demonstration organized in Ni'lin village against the settlement and in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured after they were showered with rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs, and teargas canisters.
Popular resistance coordinator Murad Shtewi said that the IOF soldiers heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters injuring nine of them, including an eight-year-old boy and a Norwegian activist.
Meanwhile in Bil'in village in Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians marching against Israel's settlement construction activity and the Deal of the Century chocked on teargas after the IOF attacked them with sound bombs and teargas canisters.
The marchers raised Palestinian flags, sang national songs, and chanted slogans calling for achieving national unity and resisting the occupation.
The IOF violently quelled another demonstration organized in Ni'lin village against the settlement and in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured after they were showered with rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs, and teargas canisters.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at night, two young Palestinian men near Jenin and Nablus, in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, and attacked protesters with gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, especially when the army targeted a number of homes.
The soldiers also searched homes, and abducted Rabea’ Zohri Jabarin, from Tayba nearby village, while visiting his brother to celebrate the Al-Adha Muslim feast.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and abducted a young man, identified as Ibrahim Sha’er, in the archeological area.
Mohammad Azem, the head of the Local Council in Sebastia, said many soldiers and colonialist settlers invaded the area, and assaulted several Palestinians.
In related news, a young man from Aseera al-Qibliyya village, south of Nablus, was in injured in his head after colonialist settlers assaulted him, and was moved to Rafidia hospital.
The soldiers invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, and attacked protesters with gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, especially when the army targeted a number of homes.
The soldiers also searched homes, and abducted Rabea’ Zohri Jabarin, from Tayba nearby village, while visiting his brother to celebrate the Al-Adha Muslim feast.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and abducted a young man, identified as Ibrahim Sha’er, in the archeological area.
Mohammad Azem, the head of the Local Council in Sebastia, said many soldiers and colonialist settlers invaded the area, and assaulted several Palestinians.
In related news, a young man from Aseera al-Qibliyya village, south of Nablus, was in injured in his head after colonialist settlers assaulted him, and was moved to Rafidia hospital.
22 aug 2018
Israeli military vehicles on Wednesday morning launched a limited incursion into al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
The PIC reporter said that four Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, moved 50 meters into the neighborhood and started to level Palestinian lands in the area.
A similar incursion was carried out in eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday as Palestinians in Gaza were celebrating the first day of Eid al-Adha.
The Israeli occupation forces every now and then carry out military incursions or shooting attacks targeting Palestinian farmers near Gaza's eastern border or fishermen sailing off Gaza shore, in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement reached after the 2014 assault.
The PIC reporter said that four Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, moved 50 meters into the neighborhood and started to level Palestinian lands in the area.
A similar incursion was carried out in eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday as Palestinians in Gaza were celebrating the first day of Eid al-Adha.
The Israeli occupation forces every now and then carry out military incursions or shooting attacks targeting Palestinian farmers near Gaza's eastern border or fishermen sailing off Gaza shore, in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement reached after the 2014 assault.
20 aug 2018
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Israeli municipality staff have assaulted Palestinian farmers and vendors in the streets of occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, a day before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Locals said, according to Ma’an, that Israeli municipality staff, under armed security by Israeli forces, targeted Palestinian farmers in the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem and in the Salah al-Din Street of the city. Sources confirmed that Israeli municipality authorities stormed the areas, issuing tickets to the farmers and vendors forcefully removing them. Meanwhile, Israeli forces assaulted an elderly Palestinian woman with several other farmers, and destroyed their crops, including grapes, apples and peaches. |
It is noteworthy, that farmers in Jerusalem are subjected to such assaults on a daily basis, preventing them from selling their crops in the street. In addition, the proceeds of selling these crops support dozens of needy or less fortunate Palestinian families in various neighborhoods.
The assault on farmers and vendors in occupied East Jerusalem coincides with preparations for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The assault on farmers and vendors in occupied East Jerusalem coincides with preparations for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The municipality of the French city of Dunkirk has strongly denounced Israel’s recent attacks on the Gaza Strip, which killed and injured many civilians, expressing its regret for the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave.
This came in response to a letter sent by the Union of Gaza Municipalities to several European twin towns and sister cities as well as friendly international institutions, which were briefed on Israel’s crimes and violations against Gaza.
The French municipality, which has twinning relations with the Gaza municipality, expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially in the embattled Strip, who suffer from Israel’s aggressive practices.
The municipality denounced the international silence on what is happening to the civilians in Gaza, and hoped that the appeals launched by the Union of Gaza Municipalities would receive a response from the international community and other European municipalities.
This came in response to a letter sent by the Union of Gaza Municipalities to several European twin towns and sister cities as well as friendly international institutions, which were briefed on Israel’s crimes and violations against Gaza.
The French municipality, which has twinning relations with the Gaza municipality, expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially in the embattled Strip, who suffer from Israel’s aggressive practices.
The municipality denounced the international silence on what is happening to the civilians in Gaza, and hoped that the appeals launched by the Union of Gaza Municipalities would receive a response from the international community and other European municipalities.
An Israeli occupation army claimed that one of its patrols came under fire by a Palestinian gunman in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday morning.
According to The Times of Israel website, the patrol soldiers returned fire and hit the gunman, apparently killing him.
There were no injuries among the Israeli soldiers, according to a military statement.
For its part, Yedioth Ahronoth website quoted army sources as saying that the gunman opened fire at the soldiers from close range, from a distance of 10-20 meters from the border fence.
The sources added that soldiers fired back and shot down the gunman.
His body were seen lying near the fence on the Gazan side, according to the website.
The Israeli army also said its forces were trying to check the identity of the gunman.
There is still no confirmation from the health ministry in Gaza about the killing or injury of a Palestinian citizen in northern Gaza.
According to The Times of Israel website, the patrol soldiers returned fire and hit the gunman, apparently killing him.
There were no injuries among the Israeli soldiers, according to a military statement.
For its part, Yedioth Ahronoth website quoted army sources as saying that the gunman opened fire at the soldiers from close range, from a distance of 10-20 meters from the border fence.
The sources added that soldiers fired back and shot down the gunman.
His body were seen lying near the fence on the Gazan side, according to the website.
The Israeli army also said its forces were trying to check the identity of the gunman.
There is still no confirmation from the health ministry in Gaza about the killing or injury of a Palestinian citizen in northern Gaza.
Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of illegal colonialist settlers, invaded a Palestinian land, Monday, removed a tent and assaulted a man, in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and colonies, said the soldiers and colonialist settlers, removed a residential tent, owned by Yousef Abu Arram, and illegally confiscated wound meant for renovating a room used as a residence by the man and his family.
Jabour added that the colonists attempted to occupy the room, while the soldiers assaulted Bassel Mohammad Abu Arram, causing various cuts and bruises.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and colonies, said the soldiers and colonialist settlers, removed a residential tent, owned by Yousef Abu Arram, and illegally confiscated wound meant for renovating a room used as a residence by the man and his family.
Jabour added that the colonists attempted to occupy the room, while the soldiers assaulted Bassel Mohammad Abu Arram, causing various cuts and bruises.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnapped a Palestinian ex-detainee from his home in Ein Beit al-Ma' refugee camp in Nablus.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli troops stormed the camp and raided several homes.
The IOF kidnapped one young man identified as Wafa al-Damouni from his home in the camp. He is an ex-detainee and the nephew of a martyr.
During the IOF campaign in the camp, violent clashes reportedly took place between Israeli soldiers and local young men.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli troops stormed the camp and raided several homes.
The IOF kidnapped one young man identified as Wafa al-Damouni from his home in the camp. He is an ex-detainee and the nephew of a martyr.
During the IOF campaign in the camp, violent clashes reportedly took place between Israeli soldiers and local young men.
19 aug 2018
Israeli naval forces opened fire at dozens of Gaza flotilla boats that set sail on Saturday from the besieged Gaza Strip port in attempt to break the maritime blockade imposed by Israel.
According to local sources, Israeli naval forces opened fire a while after five boats of the Gaza flotilla set sail towards the northern borders of Gaza to break the nearly 12-year siege.
Sources mentioned that the Gaza flotilla consisted of 40 boats, with patients and students on board, carrying Palestinian flags and signs demanding the lift of the siege on Gaza.
The Gaza flotilla was forced to sail back to the Gaza port after shots were fired.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza announced the launch of the demonstration by the Gaza flotilla in multiple letters to the international community.
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza said the demonstration reflected the demands of the Palestinian people to lift the siege completely.
According to local sources, Israeli naval forces opened fire a while after five boats of the Gaza flotilla set sail towards the northern borders of Gaza to break the nearly 12-year siege.
Sources mentioned that the Gaza flotilla consisted of 40 boats, with patients and students on board, carrying Palestinian flags and signs demanding the lift of the siege on Gaza.
The Gaza flotilla was forced to sail back to the Gaza port after shots were fired.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza announced the launch of the demonstration by the Gaza flotilla in multiple letters to the international community.
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza said the demonstration reflected the demands of the Palestinian people to lift the siege completely.
18 aug 2018
A Norwegian activist, Saturday, was shot and injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, said WAFA correspondence.
Confrontations reportedly broke out between demonstrators who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that connects the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus, since 2003.
Subsequently, Israeli forces cracked down on the peaceful rally, using excessive force against demonstrators.
A forty five-year-old Norwegian activist was struck in the abdomen area with a rubber-coated steel bullet. Her medical status remains unknown until the moment.
No other injuries or arrests were reported.
“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 well being, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said. Although Kufr Qaddum’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.
Confrontations reportedly broke out between demonstrators who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that connects the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus, since 2003.
Subsequently, Israeli forces cracked down on the peaceful rally, using excessive force against demonstrators.
A forty five-year-old Norwegian activist was struck in the abdomen area with a rubber-coated steel bullet. Her medical status remains unknown until the moment.
No other injuries or arrests were reported.
“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 well being, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said. Although Kufr Qaddum’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.
Israeli naval forces on Saturday morning opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that Israeli forces targeted the Palestinian boats off Beit Lahia region in the northern part of the enclave.
No initial injuries or arrests were reported during the armed attack.
Local sources said that Israeli forces targeted the Palestinian boats off Beit Lahia region in the northern part of the enclave.
No initial injuries or arrests were reported during the armed attack.
17 aug 2018
Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear-gas inhalation, as Israeli forces suppressed the weekly Kafr Qaddoum march in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, on Friday afternoon.
Coordinator of the local popular committee of Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli forces showered protesters with tear-gas bombs, in addition to opening fire with both live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Ishteiwi added, according to Ma’an, that confrontations erupted between hundreds of Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers, during which Palestinians threw rocks and empty bottles.
Israeli soldiers went up a mountain overlooking the homes of the village, and proceeded to throw tear-gas bombs.
The march was set off from the Omar Bin al-Khattab Mosque, following Friday prayers; hundreds of locals and international and Israeli activists took part in the march, along with a group of Korean journalists who are filming a documentary on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Residents of Kafr Qaddoum began staging weekly protests in 2011, against Israeli land seizures, as well as the closure of the village’s southern road, by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Coordinator of the local popular committee of Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli forces showered protesters with tear-gas bombs, in addition to opening fire with both live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Ishteiwi added, according to Ma’an, that confrontations erupted between hundreds of Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers, during which Palestinians threw rocks and empty bottles.
Israeli soldiers went up a mountain overlooking the homes of the village, and proceeded to throw tear-gas bombs.
The march was set off from the Omar Bin al-Khattab Mosque, following Friday prayers; hundreds of locals and international and Israeli activists took part in the march, along with a group of Korean journalists who are filming a documentary on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Residents of Kafr Qaddoum began staging weekly protests in 2011, against Israeli land seizures, as well as the closure of the village’s southern road, by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
A number of Palestinian citizens chocked on teargas during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Jenin and Qalqilya at dawn Friday.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinian youths clashed with the IOF soldiers who raided many Palestinian houses in al-Yamun town, west of Jenin, and wreaked havoc on them.
The IOF soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones, the PIC reporter said.
The IOF further installed makeshift barriers on Jenin-Haifa road and blocked the movement of Palestinian citizens.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF erected another checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road, searched the Palestinian vehicles passing in the area, and scrutinized the passengers' IDs.
Violent clashes later flared up as the IOF soldiers fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets at the Palestinian citizens. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out in Qalqilya after the IOF stormed Shreim neighborhood, searched a number of houses, and arrested a Palestinian youth.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that many Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties as the IOF heavily fired teargas canisters in the area.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinian youths clashed with the IOF soldiers who raided many Palestinian houses in al-Yamun town, west of Jenin, and wreaked havoc on them.
The IOF soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones, the PIC reporter said.
The IOF further installed makeshift barriers on Jenin-Haifa road and blocked the movement of Palestinian citizens.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF erected another checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road, searched the Palestinian vehicles passing in the area, and scrutinized the passengers' IDs.
Violent clashes later flared up as the IOF soldiers fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets at the Palestinian citizens. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out in Qalqilya after the IOF stormed Shreim neighborhood, searched a number of houses, and arrested a Palestinian youth.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that many Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties as the IOF heavily fired teargas canisters in the area.