17 aug 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday arrested a Palestinian citizen and wounded others in Shoufa village in the West Bank district of Tulkarem.
Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian citizens took to the streets to prevent the IOF from razing privately-owned lands to build a new settler road in Shoufa village.
The IOF violently assaulted the protesting citizens and showered them with tear gas canisters.
An anti-settlement activist named Omar Hamed, 40, was beaten and arrested in the attack, while a number of citizens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.
All those affected by the IOF tear gas were treated in the field, according to eyewitnesses.
Local residents told the Palestinian Information Center’s reporter that the Israeli authorities are planning to establish a large industrial area on seized lands from the village.
They added that, with the help of human rights institutions, they have filed a petition with an Israel court against the land seizure and the planned move, and they are still waiting for the court’s decision.
Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian citizens took to the streets to prevent the IOF from razing privately-owned lands to build a new settler road in Shoufa village.
The IOF violently assaulted the protesting citizens and showered them with tear gas canisters.
An anti-settlement activist named Omar Hamed, 40, was beaten and arrested in the attack, while a number of citizens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.
All those affected by the IOF tear gas were treated in the field, according to eyewitnesses.
Local residents told the Palestinian Information Center’s reporter that the Israeli authorities are planning to establish a large industrial area on seized lands from the village.
They added that, with the help of human rights institutions, they have filed a petition with an Israel court against the land seizure and the planned move, and they are still waiting for the court’s decision.
A Palestinian young man was injured by Israeli gunfire last night and many others were kidnaped at dawn Monday by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different West Bank areas. video video
According to local sources, an 18-year-old young man was wounded in his right leg on Sunday night when an Israeli soldier shot him from a watchtower in the vicinity of Bilal bin-Rabah Mosque at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
The wounded young man was rushed to a hospital in Bethlehem city.
Later, Israeli plain-clothes soldiers kidnaped 28-year-old Saddam Dar al-Hajj near al-Khader International Stadium in southern Bethlehem.
The IOF also stormed at dawn Monday the towns of Beit Sahour and Dawha in Bethlehem province, raided several homes and kidnaped three young men.
In Nablus, the IOF kidnaped a young man identified as Othman Qatnani from Askar area.
Other three young men were kidnaped by the IOF from their homes during dawn campaigns in Qalqilya city, al-Khalil city and Az-Zawiya town in Salfit.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped a young man called Mutasem Obeid and clashed with local youths in Issawiya district.
According to local sources, an 18-year-old young man was wounded in his right leg on Sunday night when an Israeli soldier shot him from a watchtower in the vicinity of Bilal bin-Rabah Mosque at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
The wounded young man was rushed to a hospital in Bethlehem city.
Later, Israeli plain-clothes soldiers kidnaped 28-year-old Saddam Dar al-Hajj near al-Khader International Stadium in southern Bethlehem.
The IOF also stormed at dawn Monday the towns of Beit Sahour and Dawha in Bethlehem province, raided several homes and kidnaped three young men.
In Nablus, the IOF kidnaped a young man identified as Othman Qatnani from Askar area.
Other three young men were kidnaped by the IOF from their homes during dawn campaigns in Qalqilya city, al-Khalil city and Az-Zawiya town in Salfit.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped a young man called Mutasem Obeid and clashed with local youths in Issawiya district.
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Israeli occupation forces today shot and injured a mute and deaf elderly Palestinian man at Qalandia checkpoint located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, according to witnesses and Israeli reports.
Witnesses said Israeli security guards opened fire at a Palestinian said to be 60 years of age as he walked the car lane of the checkpoint injuring him in the leg. video video The army closed the checkpoint and evacuated the injured Palestinian to a hospital in Jerusalem before reopening it for traffic. Israeli police said in a statement that security guards at the checkpoint saw a man walking through the car lane and when they called on him to stop he kept on walking before shooting him in the leg after suspecting he had a knife. |
It turned out that the man was deaf and mute and that he was not in possession of a knife, said the police.
Several Palestinians were shot and killed or injured at Israeli checkpoints in Jerusalem and the West Bank before any attempt to verify if they were armed or not. Israelis are allowed to shoot and kill a Palestinian even at the least suspicion of an attack.
Several Palestinians were shot and killed or injured at Israeli checkpoints in Jerusalem and the West Bank before any attempt to verify if they were armed or not. Israelis are allowed to shoot and kill a Palestinian even at the least suspicion of an attack.
Israeli artillery today shelled two sites to the north and south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA correspondent said, causing heavy damage but no casualties.
Israeli artillery stationed to the east of Beit Hanon, north of the Gaza Strip, fired three shells at a site east of the city, causing damage to the site and nearby property but no injuries.
Moreover, Israeli artillery fired three more missiles at a site to the east of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it. No casualties were reported, however.
Israel has recently escalated its punitive measures against the besieged Gaza Strip, including halting the supply of fuel and therefore forcing Gaza’s power plant to stop operating, and closing the sea to Gaza fishermen.
It claims the measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
Israeli artillery stationed to the east of Beit Hanon, north of the Gaza Strip, fired three shells at a site east of the city, causing damage to the site and nearby property but no injuries.
Moreover, Israeli artillery fired three more missiles at a site to the east of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it. No casualties were reported, however.
Israel has recently escalated its punitive measures against the besieged Gaza Strip, including halting the supply of fuel and therefore forcing Gaza’s power plant to stop operating, and closing the sea to Gaza fishermen.
It claims the measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
16 aug 2020
A Palestinian was seriously injured after an explosive device left behind by the Israeli army exploded near al-Zaytoun neighborhood to the southeast of Gaza, said sources.
Sources said a 35-year-old man was critically injured after an Israeli army remnant exploded near his home to the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood.
Sources said a 35-year-old man was critically injured after an Israeli army remnant exploded near his home to the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that five residents were injured, on Saturday at night, by live rounds fired by Israeli soldiers, stationed in a military base across the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city. video
The incidents took place while the army also fired several missiles into various parts of the coastal region.
The Palestinians were injured when the Israeli army fired it rounds at many homes, and into farmlands in the besieged coastal region, and were rushed to local medical centers.
In addition, an Israeli drone fired missiles into a site and farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, causing excessive damage.
The army also fired at least one missile into a building, west of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, causing property damage.
Some of the targeted sites are run by armed resistance groups near Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources said.
Meanwhile, Israeli sources claimed that Palestinian shells, which were allegedly fired from Gaza, caused five injuries in Sderot, near Gaza, after a shell landed near a home.
The Israeli army said its soldiers observed two shells fired from Gaza, before one of them landed near a home, causing damage and the injuries.
On its part, armed resistance groups in Gaza said they fired shells in retaliation to continued Israeli bombardment, and the injury of two young Palestinian men, who were shot earlier Saturday, while working on their lands, near the perimeter fence in eastern Gaza.
The incidents took place while the army also fired several missiles into various parts of the coastal region.
The Palestinians were injured when the Israeli army fired it rounds at many homes, and into farmlands in the besieged coastal region, and were rushed to local medical centers.
In addition, an Israeli drone fired missiles into a site and farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, causing excessive damage.
The army also fired at least one missile into a building, west of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, causing property damage.
Some of the targeted sites are run by armed resistance groups near Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources said.
Meanwhile, Israeli sources claimed that Palestinian shells, which were allegedly fired from Gaza, caused five injuries in Sderot, near Gaza, after a shell landed near a home.
The Israeli army said its soldiers observed two shells fired from Gaza, before one of them landed near a home, causing damage and the injuries.
On its part, armed resistance groups in Gaza said they fired shells in retaliation to continued Israeli bombardment, and the injury of two young Palestinian men, who were shot earlier Saturday, while working on their lands, near the perimeter fence in eastern Gaza.
A Palestinian worker was injured today after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near the Israeli apartheid barrier, to the west of Far'un village in the occupied West Bank district of Tulkarm, local sources said.
Staff from the Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm told WAFA that Suhair Ebeit, 35, was shot in the foot by Israeli occupation soldiers as he was heading to his work inside Israel.
His condition was described as stable.
Attacks by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian workers and farmers are almost a daily occurrence under the Israeli military regime in the occupied West Bank.
Staff from the Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm told WAFA that Suhair Ebeit, 35, was shot in the foot by Israeli occupation soldiers as he was heading to his work inside Israel.
His condition was described as stable.
Attacks by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian workers and farmers are almost a daily occurrence under the Israeli military regime in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes last night targeting multiple locations across the besieged Gaza Strip, as the Israeli occupation's navy imposed a ban on Palestinian navigation off the shores of the enclave, said WAFA correspondent. video video
Israeli navy fired a barrage of gunfire early today morning at groups of fishermen sailing about 1.5 miles off the Gaza Strip, and forced them to leave to the shore.
The fishermen were told by the Israeli navy that they were no longer able to sail until further notice.
Earlier last night, warplanes bombed with six missiles a location near the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip, causing damages but no casualties. video video video
Israeli fighter jets also bombed multiple targets and an agricultural land across the coastal enclave, also causing damages but no casualties.
For four days now, Israeli occupation authorities have escalated their aggression against Gaza, bombing targets and firing at fishermen and farmers at times.
Israeli navy fired a barrage of gunfire early today morning at groups of fishermen sailing about 1.5 miles off the Gaza Strip, and forced them to leave to the shore.
The fishermen were told by the Israeli navy that they were no longer able to sail until further notice.
Earlier last night, warplanes bombed with six missiles a location near the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip, causing damages but no casualties. video video video
Israeli fighter jets also bombed multiple targets and an agricultural land across the coastal enclave, also causing damages but no casualties.
For four days now, Israeli occupation authorities have escalated their aggression against Gaza, bombing targets and firing at fishermen and farmers at times.
