21 aug 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning opened fire at a Palestinian young man near Ariel settlement and the junction of Jit town in the north of the West Bank.
The Hebrew media said the young man was subdued and arrested after he was shot at, without stating if he was injured or the reason that prompted the IOF to open fire at him.
There is still no information about the fate of the young man and his identity.
The Hebrew media said the young man was subdued and arrested after he was shot at, without stating if he was injured or the reason that prompted the IOF to open fire at him.
There is still no information about the fate of the young man and his identity.
20 aug 2019
Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu with Ukrainian Prseident Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kiev
Official says Gazans could even depart from Israeli airports, subject been raised in cabinet meetings but no nation willing to take them in; PM says he is 'advancing a broad campaign in Gaza' in wake of recent tensions
KIEV, Ukraine - Israel is ready to open the border crossings from Gaza and is even ready to allow Gazans to fly out of its territory so long as there are countries that will absorb them, a government source said Monday.
"Israel is even willing to arrange transportation for them, at least to one of the airports in the Negev (Desert) and arrange for them to travel out of the country," the source said.
According to the official, this issue has been brought up several times to the Cabinet.
"Attempts have been made with certain nations (to persuade them to accept them) but they have not succeeded," the source said.
He said that 35,000 Palestinians voluntarily left the Gaza Strip last year without the aid of Israel.
"They are being held hostage in Gaza," he said. "Today countries are not raising the humanitarian situation in Gaza."
Israel has for years kept its border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip closed and guarded and has imposed a land, sea and air blockade of the coastal enclave, arguing that it needs to prevent terrorist groups from smuggling in weapons.
Meanwhile, the tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip continue following the recent violence, which saw both rocket strikes on Israel and retaliatory attacks as well as several attempted armed infiltrations into Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Ukraine, on Monday addressed the likelihood of a fresh military operation in Gaza.
"I am advancing a broad campaign in Gaza. I cannot tell you what we are doing and what preparations we have made and how much we are preparing, but some of our critics know too well that we are doing things that we have not done before and that we are ready for action," the prime minister said.
"On the other hand, I am not hiding my objective of maintaining quiet and security on the Gaza front," he said|.
"To say that we have no deterrence is nonsense, because Hamas is issuing fatwas (religious Islamic rulings) against terrorist attacks. We are preparing for a broad campaign. If that happens and it may, you will see exactly what it is. It will be different than before."
Netanyahu also denied reports that he has earmarked Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as possible successors in the Likud party.
"I am not appointing an heir, and I did not say anything of the sort. It is the public who decides who the prime minister is," he said.
He denied allegations that the visit to Ukraine was planned out of electoral considerations ahead of the September 17 vote, and part of his efforts to win over the votes of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
"The visit was decided after the April elections and before the repeat elections," Netanyahu said.
Official says Gazans could even depart from Israeli airports, subject been raised in cabinet meetings but no nation willing to take them in; PM says he is 'advancing a broad campaign in Gaza' in wake of recent tensions
KIEV, Ukraine - Israel is ready to open the border crossings from Gaza and is even ready to allow Gazans to fly out of its territory so long as there are countries that will absorb them, a government source said Monday.
"Israel is even willing to arrange transportation for them, at least to one of the airports in the Negev (Desert) and arrange for them to travel out of the country," the source said.
According to the official, this issue has been brought up several times to the Cabinet.
"Attempts have been made with certain nations (to persuade them to accept them) but they have not succeeded," the source said.
He said that 35,000 Palestinians voluntarily left the Gaza Strip last year without the aid of Israel.
"They are being held hostage in Gaza," he said. "Today countries are not raising the humanitarian situation in Gaza."
Israel has for years kept its border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip closed and guarded and has imposed a land, sea and air blockade of the coastal enclave, arguing that it needs to prevent terrorist groups from smuggling in weapons.
Meanwhile, the tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip continue following the recent violence, which saw both rocket strikes on Israel and retaliatory attacks as well as several attempted armed infiltrations into Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Ukraine, on Monday addressed the likelihood of a fresh military operation in Gaza.
"I am advancing a broad campaign in Gaza. I cannot tell you what we are doing and what preparations we have made and how much we are preparing, but some of our critics know too well that we are doing things that we have not done before and that we are ready for action," the prime minister said.
"On the other hand, I am not hiding my objective of maintaining quiet and security on the Gaza front," he said|.
"To say that we have no deterrence is nonsense, because Hamas is issuing fatwas (religious Islamic rulings) against terrorist attacks. We are preparing for a broad campaign. If that happens and it may, you will see exactly what it is. It will be different than before."
Netanyahu also denied reports that he has earmarked Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as possible successors in the Likud party.
"I am not appointing an heir, and I did not say anything of the sort. It is the public who decides who the prime minister is," he said.
He denied allegations that the visit to Ukraine was planned out of electoral considerations ahead of the September 17 vote, and part of his efforts to win over the votes of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
"The visit was decided after the April elections and before the repeat elections," Netanyahu said.
19 aug 2019
Israeli officials continued to threaten with a massive military operation against the Gaza Strip while Israel still refuses to ease the blockade.
Israeli Minister of Energy, Yuval Steinitz, also a member of Israel’s cabinet, said on Monday that they “are planning a large-scale military operation in Gaza,” adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working “firmly but in a wise and deliberate manner.”
Speaking to Israeli public radio, Steinitz said that the thee Palestinian men who were killed on Saturday night were killed before they approached the security fence.
“We also bombed inside Gaza to clarify who is responsible, ”he said, referring to the bombing of Hamas positions.
“None of the former generals had and will not be a long-term solution to the Gaza problem. But when we try to achieve a long-term truce, we demand a calm in the Gaza envelope and the return of the (Israeli citizens) prisoners and the bodies of the two soldiers.
The truth is that Israel has never succeeded in preventing terrorism, ”he said, referring to Palestinian resistance operations.
Two reports said yesterday that the Israeli security service estimates that the storming of Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday night – Sunday was not planned by Hamas but “a local initiative.”
“Hamas is trying to maintain calm, but there are those who are not interested in calm,” an Israeli security official told Israel Radio. He said the Israeli army expects rocket fire from Gaza to continue in the coming days.
Israeli Minister of Energy, Yuval Steinitz, also a member of Israel’s cabinet, said on Monday that they “are planning a large-scale military operation in Gaza,” adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working “firmly but in a wise and deliberate manner.”
Speaking to Israeli public radio, Steinitz said that the thee Palestinian men who were killed on Saturday night were killed before they approached the security fence.
“We also bombed inside Gaza to clarify who is responsible, ”he said, referring to the bombing of Hamas positions.
“None of the former generals had and will not be a long-term solution to the Gaza problem. But when we try to achieve a long-term truce, we demand a calm in the Gaza envelope and the return of the (Israeli citizens) prisoners and the bodies of the two soldiers.
The truth is that Israel has never succeeded in preventing terrorism, ”he said, referring to Palestinian resistance operations.
Two reports said yesterday that the Israeli security service estimates that the storming of Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday night – Sunday was not planned by Hamas but “a local initiative.”
“Hamas is trying to maintain calm, but there are those who are not interested in calm,” an Israeli security official told Israel Radio. He said the Israeli army expects rocket fire from Gaza to continue in the coming days.
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Israeli forces and intelligence officers on Sunday raided Burj al-Laqlaq stadium in the Old City of Jerusalem and removed all banners put up inside the building for the Jerusalem families league season.
The Israeli forces attacked the Palestinian citizens who were there and assaulted a number of them before forcing them all out of the stadium. They further arrested a Palestinian youth who was supposed to play in the sports event. This came only a day after Israeli forces banned a conference that was scheduled for Saturday in the same place to discuss the Israeli policy of home demolition in Jerusalem. video |
The Israeli military abducted 21 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Monday, 15 of them from the Ramallah governorate, in the central West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the previously released prisoner Awad Abu Ein from Ramallah.
The same sources added that the Israeli occupation forces abducted Mohammed Najeh Ayyad, Mohammed Raed Hamed, Fakhri Abdel Raouf Hamed, Jamil Hamed, Musa Mohammed Hammad from the town of Silwad in the east, Issam Ahmed Abu Alia from al-Mughayer and Luqman Hamayel from Kafr Malek.
The Israeli occupation forces also abducted Mahmoud Hassan Odeh for Dadwa, Mohammed Issa Al-Ali from the Western Farm, Hussein Shabana from Singel to the north, Montaser Qadah from Shuqba to the west, and Yaqoub Thalji Al-Rimawi and Hamam Munir Al-Rimawi from Beit Rima town to the north of Ramallah.
Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Rima between the Israeli soldiers and a number of young men after the incursion.
During the clashes, the occupation fired sound bombs and gas, but no injuries were reported.
Israeli occupation forces also abducted on Monday a citizen from the town of Dura, south of Hebron.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli occupation forces raided the town and abducted Jihad Yousef Ali Faqousa, after searching his house and tampering with its contents.
They also raided several neighborhoods in the city and the towns of Deir Samet and Beit ‘Awwa.
An Israeli special force kidnapped three youths from Al ‘Eizariya village east of occupied Jerusalem on Sunday night.
According to eyewitnesses, members of the special forces kidnapped the following youth in two vehicles: Shawkat Khader al-Sheikh (16 years), Amir Shishtawi and Mahmoud Erekat, after they raided Yasser Arafat Square in the center of the town.
The Israeli occupation forces had earlier summoned Khader al-Sheikh, the brother of the accused bomber, Mohammed Khader al-Sheikh, in order to interrogate him at the Zaytuna crossing..
Israeli occupation forces raided on Monday morning a number of houses in Beit Ta’mar village east of Bethlehem.
According to local sources, a large force of the Israeli army stormed the houses of Beit Ta’mar, and launched a large-scale raid on a number of houses belonging to: Jamal Abu Muhaimid, Adnan Ali Mubarak, Hashim Abu Muhaimid, Amir Hassan Abu Muhaimid, and ransacked their property, without abducting any of the residents of the homes.
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the previously released prisoner Awad Abu Ein from Ramallah.
The same sources added that the Israeli occupation forces abducted Mohammed Najeh Ayyad, Mohammed Raed Hamed, Fakhri Abdel Raouf Hamed, Jamil Hamed, Musa Mohammed Hammad from the town of Silwad in the east, Issam Ahmed Abu Alia from al-Mughayer and Luqman Hamayel from Kafr Malek.
The Israeli occupation forces also abducted Mahmoud Hassan Odeh for Dadwa, Mohammed Issa Al-Ali from the Western Farm, Hussein Shabana from Singel to the north, Montaser Qadah from Shuqba to the west, and Yaqoub Thalji Al-Rimawi and Hamam Munir Al-Rimawi from Beit Rima town to the north of Ramallah.
Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Rima between the Israeli soldiers and a number of young men after the incursion.
During the clashes, the occupation fired sound bombs and gas, but no injuries were reported.
Israeli occupation forces also abducted on Monday a citizen from the town of Dura, south of Hebron.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli occupation forces raided the town and abducted Jihad Yousef Ali Faqousa, after searching his house and tampering with its contents.
They also raided several neighborhoods in the city and the towns of Deir Samet and Beit ‘Awwa.
An Israeli special force kidnapped three youths from Al ‘Eizariya village east of occupied Jerusalem on Sunday night.
According to eyewitnesses, members of the special forces kidnapped the following youth in two vehicles: Shawkat Khader al-Sheikh (16 years), Amir Shishtawi and Mahmoud Erekat, after they raided Yasser Arafat Square in the center of the town.
The Israeli occupation forces had earlier summoned Khader al-Sheikh, the brother of the accused bomber, Mohammed Khader al-Sheikh, in order to interrogate him at the Zaytuna crossing..
Israeli occupation forces raided on Monday morning a number of houses in Beit Ta’mar village east of Bethlehem.
According to local sources, a large force of the Israeli army stormed the houses of Beit Ta’mar, and launched a large-scale raid on a number of houses belonging to: Jamal Abu Muhaimid, Adnan Ali Mubarak, Hashim Abu Muhaimid, Amir Hassan Abu Muhaimid, and ransacked their property, without abducting any of the residents of the homes.
18 aug 2019
A number of Palestinian citizens were injured and arrested on Saturday evening during clashes in Tarabin village in the Negev after Israeli forces stormed the area.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces violently searched several homes in the village and arrested 10 residents, including minors.
The sources reported that scores of Palestinian citizens were wounded after being beaten by the Israeli forces during the attack.
About 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev desert in villages and communities that were established hundreds of years ago. Israel does not recognize these communities and refuses to provide them with basic services in an attempt to push the residents to leave the area and make way for settlement construction.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces violently searched several homes in the village and arrested 10 residents, including minors.
The sources reported that scores of Palestinian citizens were wounded after being beaten by the Israeli forces during the attack.
About 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev desert in villages and communities that were established hundreds of years ago. Israel does not recognize these communities and refuses to provide them with basic services in an attempt to push the residents to leave the area and make way for settlement construction.
With a month to go until the elections, a host of prominent politicians go on the offensive, calling the prime minister 'weak' after 2 rocket attacks and an infiltration attempt within 24 hours; 'Deterrence against Hamas hasn’t been eroded, it’s been erased,' says Gantz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the defense portfolio, faces growing criticism over his handling of the security situation in southern Israel. A host of prominent Israeli politician went on the offensive Sunday, attacking Netanyahu after a tense weekend on the Gaza border, with just a month to go until the September 17 elections.
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired at least four rockets into the southern city of Sderot within 24 hours over the weekend, with three projectiles being intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.
In addition, medical sources in the enclave said Sunday that three Palestinians, who according to Israeli military were trying to infiltrate the border with Israel, were killed by IDF fire and another was left seriously wounded.
Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman was among the first to come out against the prime minister. "He is an excellent presenter but a weak leader who lacks leadership and is incapable of making decisions in times of crisis," wrote the Yisrael Beytenu chairman on his Facebook page.
"Again, we are faced with the unbridled behavior of the prime minister, who is currently on his way to the Ukraine to film an election propaganda, while the residents of the south are being held hostage,” Liberman added.
Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz joined in on the criticism when he visited the Israeli communities bordering the Strip on Sunday morning. “The deterrence hasn’t been eroded, it’s been erased,” said the former IDF chief.
“We will defeat Hamas militarily, we’ll bring quiet to the residents of the south, and will not allow this to spill over into the West Bank.”
Gantz’s fellow Blue and White party member and another former IDF chief of staff, Gaby Ashkenazi, said the prime minister is “only preoccupied with himself.”
"The prime minister is weak, only preoccupied with himself and just wants quiet ahead of the elections,” said Ashkenazi. “This situation has been dragging on for over a decade. It’s incomprehensible that residents have to run to bomb shelters while they’re eating dinner. It's not just a strategic issue, it's every country’s basic duty to protect its residents.”
Finally, Former Education Minister Naftali Bennett visited the scene of Saturday’s car-ramming attack in Gush Etzion in the West Bank that wounded two Israeli youths.
"We will back the prime minister in any military action that needs to be done, but we must turn the situation on its head,” said the Yamina party member. “We need to move on to a policy of persistent attacks, chasing after the terror leaders. They have to start fearing for their lives.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the defense portfolio, faces growing criticism over his handling of the security situation in southern Israel. A host of prominent Israeli politician went on the offensive Sunday, attacking Netanyahu after a tense weekend on the Gaza border, with just a month to go until the September 17 elections.
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired at least four rockets into the southern city of Sderot within 24 hours over the weekend, with three projectiles being intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.
In addition, medical sources in the enclave said Sunday that three Palestinians, who according to Israeli military were trying to infiltrate the border with Israel, were killed by IDF fire and another was left seriously wounded.
Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman was among the first to come out against the prime minister. "He is an excellent presenter but a weak leader who lacks leadership and is incapable of making decisions in times of crisis," wrote the Yisrael Beytenu chairman on his Facebook page.
"Again, we are faced with the unbridled behavior of the prime minister, who is currently on his way to the Ukraine to film an election propaganda, while the residents of the south are being held hostage,” Liberman added.
Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz joined in on the criticism when he visited the Israeli communities bordering the Strip on Sunday morning. “The deterrence hasn’t been eroded, it’s been erased,” said the former IDF chief.
“We will defeat Hamas militarily, we’ll bring quiet to the residents of the south, and will not allow this to spill over into the West Bank.”
Gantz’s fellow Blue and White party member and another former IDF chief of staff, Gaby Ashkenazi, said the prime minister is “only preoccupied with himself.”
"The prime minister is weak, only preoccupied with himself and just wants quiet ahead of the elections,” said Ashkenazi. “This situation has been dragging on for over a decade. It’s incomprehensible that residents have to run to bomb shelters while they’re eating dinner. It's not just a strategic issue, it's every country’s basic duty to protect its residents.”
Finally, Former Education Minister Naftali Bennett visited the scene of Saturday’s car-ramming attack in Gush Etzion in the West Bank that wounded two Israeli youths.
"We will back the prime minister in any military action that needs to be done, but we must turn the situation on its head,” said the Yamina party member. “We need to move on to a policy of persistent attacks, chasing after the terror leaders. They have to start fearing for their lives.”
