2 sept 2018
Israeli naval forces opened fire on a number of fishing boats and detained six Palestinian fishermen on Sunday in the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to local witnesses, Israeli naval forces detained six Palestinian fishermen in the central Gaza Strip as they were working within the permitted zone.
Witnesses identified the detainees as Zaki Ibrahim al-Najjar, Ahmad Mahmoud Abu Ryala, Mahmoud Jihad Abu Awda, Muhammad Jihad Abu Awda, Jihad Muhammad Abu Awda, and Muhammad Bahjat Abu Awda.
The reason for their detention remained unknown.
Several hours after the detention, Israeli naval forces opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza.
Sources added that Israeli naval forces continued to fire and chased down the fishing boats, forcing them to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported.
As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007, the Israeli army, citing security concerns, requires Palestinian fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem recently concluded that Israel’s Gaza closure and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
According to local witnesses, Israeli naval forces detained six Palestinian fishermen in the central Gaza Strip as they were working within the permitted zone.
Witnesses identified the detainees as Zaki Ibrahim al-Najjar, Ahmad Mahmoud Abu Ryala, Mahmoud Jihad Abu Awda, Muhammad Jihad Abu Awda, Jihad Muhammad Abu Awda, and Muhammad Bahjat Abu Awda.
The reason for their detention remained unknown.
Several hours after the detention, Israeli naval forces opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza.
Sources added that Israeli naval forces continued to fire and chased down the fishing boats, forcing them to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported.
As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007, the Israeli army, citing security concerns, requires Palestinian fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem recently concluded that Israel’s Gaza closure and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Six Palestinian fishermen were arrested by the Israeli occupation navy on Saturday evening while saling off Deir al-Balah seashore, in the central Gaza Strip.
Gaza Fishermen’s Union said Israeli gunboats chased down a vessel owned by fisherman Mohamed Abu Reyala and kidnapped six Palestinians onboard.
Israel’s navy troops also seized the fishermen’s boat.
The six fishermen are identified as Zaki Abu Odeh, Ahmad Abu Reyala, Mahmoud Abu Odeh and his brother Mohamed, Jehad Abu Odeh, and Mohamed Abu Odeh.
Gaza Fishermen’s Union said Israeli gunboats chased down a vessel owned by fisherman Mohamed Abu Reyala and kidnapped six Palestinians onboard.
Israel’s navy troops also seized the fishermen’s boat.
The six fishermen are identified as Zaki Abu Odeh, Ahmad Abu Reyala, Mahmoud Abu Odeh and his brother Mohamed, Jehad Abu Odeh, and Mohamed Abu Odeh.
1 sept 2018
A Palestinian child on Saturday evening was struck with bullet fire unleashed by Israeli forces toward non-violent protesters who joined a peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia.
Eight-year-old Mo’men Shteiwi was hit with rubber bullets in the head. He was admitted into Rafidia hospital in Nablus so as to be treated for the Israeli-inflicted wounds. video
Over years, the Palestinians of Qafr Qaddoum, a peaceful village near Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank, decided to rise up against the Israeli military’s closure of a vital and historical access road, which has been closed by the occupation forces for nearly 15 years.
The Israeli military’s reaction to the peaceful protests usually ends up violent. The army fires tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters and homes in the village, causing many suffocation and injuries. Raids are also conducted to detain activists.
Eight-year-old Mo’men Shteiwi was hit with rubber bullets in the head. He was admitted into Rafidia hospital in Nablus so as to be treated for the Israeli-inflicted wounds. video
Over years, the Palestinians of Qafr Qaddoum, a peaceful village near Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank, decided to rise up against the Israeli military’s closure of a vital and historical access road, which has been closed by the occupation forces for nearly 15 years.
The Israeli military’s reaction to the peaceful protests usually ends up violent. The army fires tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters and homes in the village, causing many suffocation and injuries. Raids are also conducted to detain activists.
The Israeli occupation navy on Friday savagely attacked and opened machinegun fire at a group of Palestinian fishermen off the central and northern shores of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that Israeli gunboats tried to sink fishing during their presence within three nautical miles off the central coast of Gaza and kept attacking them with live ammunition and water cannons until they had to go ashore.
Earlier, fishermen reported their exposure to a similar attack off the northern shores of Gaza.
The fishermen said Israeli naval forces attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of Gaza in an attempt to avoid further assault, but the gunboat chased them.
The forces then intercepted and stopped the fishermen and sprayed them with water cannons, pushing one of them off the boat for an approximate distance of 12 meters.
The fisherman then swam back to the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and electronic equipment as well as all the cellphones belonging to the fishermen.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen embarked on salvaging their boat before they managed to return to the shore.
Local sources reported that Israeli gunboats tried to sink fishing during their presence within three nautical miles off the central coast of Gaza and kept attacking them with live ammunition and water cannons until they had to go ashore.
Earlier, fishermen reported their exposure to a similar attack off the northern shores of Gaza.
The fishermen said Israeli naval forces attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of Gaza in an attempt to avoid further assault, but the gunboat chased them.
The forces then intercepted and stopped the fishermen and sprayed them with water cannons, pushing one of them off the boat for an approximate distance of 12 meters.
The fisherman then swam back to the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and electronic equipment as well as all the cellphones belonging to the fishermen.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen embarked on salvaging their boat before they managed to return to the shore.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Friday evening, a Palestinian female medic, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, during their excessive use of force against the Great Return March in the coastal region.
The Health Ministry said the medic, identified as Shorouq Abu Mosameh, was seriously injured after the soldiers shot her with a live round in the chest, which exited through her back. video
She was rushed to the Surgery Room at the Gaza European Hospital, and is currently in very serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit.
The Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 180 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 59 who were rushed to hospitals, including a seriously wounded child, 10 years of age; the rest received treatment at field clinics. video
In an interview after being injured in a previous Israeli attack while performing her humanitarian duties, Shorouq called for international protection to the medics, who are directly and deliberately targeted by the army while performing their duties in aiding wounded Palestinians during the Great Return March procession in the Gaza Strip.
“My message to the world, and the International Community, is to provide protection to us as medics, and to the journalists facing constant Israeli assaults and violations. I was targeted by the army, although I was wearing a white nurses’ gown,” she said, “This is my message to the world, the army continues to target us, and killed our colleague, medic Razan Najjar, and journalist Yasser Mortaja.
Our message to the world is that we demand our legitimate rights as journalists and medics, to be provided with international protection.”
The Health Ministry said the medic, identified as Shorouq Abu Mosameh, was seriously injured after the soldiers shot her with a live round in the chest, which exited through her back. video
She was rushed to the Surgery Room at the Gaza European Hospital, and is currently in very serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit.
The Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 180 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 59 who were rushed to hospitals, including a seriously wounded child, 10 years of age; the rest received treatment at field clinics. video
In an interview after being injured in a previous Israeli attack while performing her humanitarian duties, Shorouq called for international protection to the medics, who are directly and deliberately targeted by the army while performing their duties in aiding wounded Palestinians during the Great Return March procession in the Gaza Strip.
“My message to the world, and the International Community, is to provide protection to us as medics, and to the journalists facing constant Israeli assaults and violations. I was targeted by the army, although I was wearing a white nurses’ gown,” she said, “This is my message to the world, the army continues to target us, and killed our colleague, medic Razan Najjar, and journalist Yasser Mortaja.
Our message to the world is that we demand our legitimate rights as journalists and medics, to be provided with international protection.”
31 aug 2018
180 Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition and tear gas inhalation during confrontations with Israeli forces, on Friday.
According to the Ministry of Health, the number of participants wounded with live bullets, in Gaza’s Great March of Return, including a paramedic who was shot in the chest, to the east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, reached 180.
The Ministry announced that volunteer paramedic Shurooq Abu Musameh was seriously wounded in the chest by direct gunfire. video
Local sources said that a number of journalists and paramedics were wounded by Israeli forces on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip while covering the Great March.
According to medical sources, Mohammed Abu Sultan a cameraman was shot in the foot during his coverage of confrontations in Eastern Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip; journalist Mohammed Zo’rob inhaled gas East of Khan Yunis.
In the West Bank, a number of Palestinians were injured during weekly nonviolent marches condemning Israeli settlement policies.
Israeli forces cracked down on a nonviolent protest near the village of Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to local PNN sources.
Eye witnesses said that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters to disperse protesters who were performing Friday prayers on a land outside the village, which Israeli occupation authorities are planning to confiscate, in order to build a settlement.
Medical sources additionally reported that several cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation occurred among the protesters.
In another Israeli violation, a Palestinian child was injured on Friday, when he was hit by the shrapnel of a stun grenade fired by Israeli soldiers at Palestinian protesters in the village of Ni’iln, west of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades at demonstrators who were protesting near the village, against Israeli settlements and the apartheid wall, injuring an 12-year-old with the shrapnel of a stun grenade.
More than 171 Palestinians have been killed and 17,500 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza border protests on March 30. The protests call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.
According to the Ministry of Health, the number of participants wounded with live bullets, in Gaza’s Great March of Return, including a paramedic who was shot in the chest, to the east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, reached 180.
The Ministry announced that volunteer paramedic Shurooq Abu Musameh was seriously wounded in the chest by direct gunfire. video
Local sources said that a number of journalists and paramedics were wounded by Israeli forces on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip while covering the Great March.
According to medical sources, Mohammed Abu Sultan a cameraman was shot in the foot during his coverage of confrontations in Eastern Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip; journalist Mohammed Zo’rob inhaled gas East of Khan Yunis.
In the West Bank, a number of Palestinians were injured during weekly nonviolent marches condemning Israeli settlement policies.
Israeli forces cracked down on a nonviolent protest near the village of Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to local PNN sources.
Eye witnesses said that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters to disperse protesters who were performing Friday prayers on a land outside the village, which Israeli occupation authorities are planning to confiscate, in order to build a settlement.
Medical sources additionally reported that several cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation occurred among the protesters.
In another Israeli violation, a Palestinian child was injured on Friday, when he was hit by the shrapnel of a stun grenade fired by Israeli soldiers at Palestinian protesters in the village of Ni’iln, west of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades at demonstrators who were protesting near the village, against Israeli settlements and the apartheid wall, injuring an 12-year-old with the shrapnel of a stun grenade.
More than 171 Palestinians have been killed and 17,500 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza border protests on March 30. The protests call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.
An Israeli police officer physically assaulted and badly wounded a Palestinian citizen on Thursday morning outside the Aqsa Mosque compound before rounding him up.
The victim, Nidam Abu Ramuz, said that he was standing as usual at al-Asbat Gate in the morning because the Israeli police do not allow him and many others to enter the Mosque during the presence of Jewish settlers inside.
Abu Ramuz told Quds Press that an Israeli policeman checked his ID and insulted him with no reason before the situation turned into a verbal altercation between him and the officer.
He added that the same policeman subdued him and took him to a police station in al-Asbat area where he embarked on brutally beating him on his head and face before an Israeli police patrol showed up and transferred him as he was bleeding to another police station in western Jerusalem and then to Hadassah hospital.
According to Quds Press, the police will interrogate Abu Ramuz on Friday in al-Qishla police station.
The victim, Nidam Abu Ramuz, said that he was standing as usual at al-Asbat Gate in the morning because the Israeli police do not allow him and many others to enter the Mosque during the presence of Jewish settlers inside.
Abu Ramuz told Quds Press that an Israeli policeman checked his ID and insulted him with no reason before the situation turned into a verbal altercation between him and the officer.
He added that the same policeman subdued him and took him to a police station in al-Asbat area where he embarked on brutally beating him on his head and face before an Israeli police patrol showed up and transferred him as he was bleeding to another police station in western Jerusalem and then to Hadassah hospital.
According to Quds Press, the police will interrogate Abu Ramuz on Friday in al-Qishla police station.
An Israeli navy ship fired, on Thursday evening, live rounds at a Palestinian fishing boat in the Sudaniyya Sea area, west of Gaza city, causing serious damage to the boat, in addition to spraying the fishermen and their boat with water cannons.
The fishermen said the navy attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to avoid further assaults, but the navy chased them.
The navy then stopped the fishermen and ordered them to stand at the edge of the boat before spraying them with water cannons, pushing one of them, identified as Misbah Nafeth Salah, off the boat for an approximate distance of twelve meters.
The fisherman then swam toward the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and GPS system.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen started trying to salvage their boat, and managed to get back to the shore.
The fishermen said the navy attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to avoid further assaults, but the navy chased them.
The navy then stopped the fishermen and ordered them to stand at the edge of the boat before spraying them with water cannons, pushing one of them, identified as Misbah Nafeth Salah, off the boat for an approximate distance of twelve meters.
The fisherman then swam toward the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and GPS system.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen started trying to salvage their boat, and managed to get back to the shore.
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday morning, live rounds at the Great Return Camp, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on military towers near the perimeter fence, east of Khan Younis, fired many live rounds at the Palestinians, and added that the attacks did not lead to casualties.
The attack comes ahead of the Great Return March processions, which will be held today for the 23rd consecutive week since the nonviolent protests started on Palestinian Land Day, March 30th, 2018.
Since then, the army killed 171 Palestinians, including medics, journalists, women and children, and injured at least 18300 others, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on military towers near the perimeter fence, east of Khan Younis, fired many live rounds at the Palestinians, and added that the attacks did not lead to casualties.
The attack comes ahead of the Great Return March processions, which will be held today for the 23rd consecutive week since the nonviolent protests started on Palestinian Land Day, March 30th, 2018.
Since then, the army killed 171 Palestinians, including medics, journalists, women and children, and injured at least 18300 others, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli bulldozers on Friday morning leveled Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers, bulldozed Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar, paving the way for the confiscation of the lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
At nightfall on Thursday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians in the area with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas canisters.
A couple of days earlier, the Israeli military violently attacked Palestinians and journalists as they railed against Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the area.
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers, bulldozed Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar, paving the way for the confiscation of the lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
At nightfall on Thursday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians in the area with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas canisters.
A couple of days earlier, the Israeli military violently attacked Palestinians and journalists as they railed against Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the area.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and shot a government minister with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear, in addition to wounding four other Palestinians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot Minister Walid Assaf, the head of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear.
The PRCS added that the soldiers also assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four of them, during a nonviolent procession against an Israeli military order illegally confiscating private-owned lands in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
They were also protesting the illegal bulldozing and uprooting of the lands when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to hospitals in Ramallah for further treatment. video
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot Minister Walid Assaf, the head of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear.
The PRCS added that the soldiers also assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four of them, during a nonviolent procession against an Israeli military order illegally confiscating private-owned lands in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
They were also protesting the illegal bulldozing and uprooting of the lands when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to hospitals in Ramallah for further treatment. video
Israeli soldiers attacked and injured, Thursday, a Palestinian man after cuffing and detaining him near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Nitham Abu Ramouz, 37, was detained by the soldiers near the Gate of the Tribes as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He was cuffed and blindfolded before the soldiers assaulted him, especially on his face and head, while moving him al-Qashla nearby detention and interrogation center.
The assault left the Palestinian bleeding from the face and head, and the Police later decided to move him to Hadassah hospital, after he suffered cuts and bruises, especially around his left eye, and received eight stitches.
Hours later, Abu Ramouz was released after being ordered to return, Friday, for interrogation.
The Palestinian Nitham Abu Ramouz, 37, was detained by the soldiers near the Gate of the Tribes as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He was cuffed and blindfolded before the soldiers assaulted him, especially on his face and head, while moving him al-Qashla nearby detention and interrogation center.
The assault left the Palestinian bleeding from the face and head, and the Police later decided to move him to Hadassah hospital, after he suffered cuts and bruises, especially around his left eye, and received eight stitches.
Hours later, Abu Ramouz was released after being ordered to return, Friday, for interrogation.
30 aug 2018
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Thursday, Tubas city in northeastern West Bank, injured several Palestinians, including six family members, and abducted a young man.
Media sources in Tubas said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, in addition to directly targeted surrounding homes.
They added that many Palestinians, including six members of one family, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the city, and abducted a young man, identified as Wisam Majeed Sawafta.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers detained a young Palestinian man, and installed many roadblocks, in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday at night, Israeli sources said a colonialist settler was injured after Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at a bus in Pisgat Ze’ev, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian taxi driver, identified as Morad Somrain, suffered cuts and bruises to various parts of his body, including his head and face, after Israeli colonialist settlers assaulted him in Jerusalem, and was rushed to a local hospital.
Media sources in Tubas said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, in addition to directly targeted surrounding homes.
They added that many Palestinians, including six members of one family, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the city, and abducted a young man, identified as Wisam Majeed Sawafta.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers detained a young Palestinian man, and installed many roadblocks, in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday at night, Israeli sources said a colonialist settler was injured after Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at a bus in Pisgat Ze’ev, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian taxi driver, identified as Morad Somrain, suffered cuts and bruises to various parts of his body, including his head and face, after Israeli colonialist settlers assaulted him in Jerusalem, and was rushed to a local hospital.