21 aug 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday broke into Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem amid heavy firing of tear gas bombs.
Local sources said that dozens of patients and medical workers suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas, and many patients were evacuated to other rooms. video video
According to the same sources, the IOF violently stormed the hospital and started to search the rooms and offices while firing tear gas canisters.
The IOF further held field interrogations with a number of Palestinian citizens before they withdrew from the place.
This attack is not the first of its kind. Makassed Hospital’s administration has repeatedly complained to the International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights organizations about the IOF’s regular attacks on the hospital and its patients and staff, yet all calls for action have fallen on deaf ears.
Local sources said that dozens of patients and medical workers suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas, and many patients were evacuated to other rooms. video video
According to the same sources, the IOF violently stormed the hospital and started to search the rooms and offices while firing tear gas canisters.
The IOF further held field interrogations with a number of Palestinian citizens before they withdrew from the place.
This attack is not the first of its kind. Makassed Hospital’s administration has repeatedly complained to the International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights organizations about the IOF’s regular attacks on the hospital and its patients and staff, yet all calls for action have fallen on deaf ears.
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At least two Palestinians were injured and many others suffocated from teargas today, as Israeli occupation forces attacked several protests against Israeli settlements and against the UAE-Israel normalization deal, which set off in many areas across the occupied West Bank.
In Qalqilia district, the occupation forces attacked dozens of protesters taking part in the weekly anti-settlements protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, injuring two protesters by rubber-coated rounds and many others by teargas. In Salfit district, Israeli soldiers attacked protesters who were demonstrating against Israel’s plan to confiscate large swathes of Palestinian-owned land in the village. video |
Some of the protesters were beaten and injured by the soldiers. The protesters held the weekly Friday prayer on the land threatened with confiscation.
In Hebron, south of the West Bank, hundreds of Palestinians performed the Friday prayer on a land threatened with Israeli confiscation in Masafer Yatta area. The protest and prayer were attacked by Israeli soldiers and settlers, but no injuries were reported. video
A similar protest also took place in the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, where several cases of inhalation from teargas were reported.
In Hebron, south of the West Bank, hundreds of Palestinians performed the Friday prayer on a land threatened with Israeli confiscation in Masafer Yatta area. The protest and prayer were attacked by Israeli soldiers and settlers, but no injuries were reported. video
A similar protest also took place in the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, where several cases of inhalation from teargas were reported.
A Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli warplanes launched pre-dawn Friday airstrikes on different areas of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that a Palestinian farmer was moderately injured when Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at daybreak at an agricultural land east of Khan Yunis City in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
Other airstrikes hit the central and northern areas of the Gaza Strip with no reported casualties.
Palestinian resistance groups responded to the attack by firing rockets towards Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli media sources said that a Palestinian rocket landed on a house in Sderot, while three others were intercepted by the Iron Dome. No injuries were reported. video
Over the past 10 days, the Israeli occupation army has launched daily air raids on the Gaza Strip, injuring citizens, including children, and partially damaging houses and other structures.
Local sources said that a Palestinian farmer was moderately injured when Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at daybreak at an agricultural land east of Khan Yunis City in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
Other airstrikes hit the central and northern areas of the Gaza Strip with no reported casualties.
Palestinian resistance groups responded to the attack by firing rockets towards Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli media sources said that a Palestinian rocket landed on a house in Sderot, while three others were intercepted by the Iron Dome. No injuries were reported. video
Over the past 10 days, the Israeli occupation army has launched daily air raids on the Gaza Strip, injuring citizens, including children, and partially damaging houses and other structures.
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For the eighth day in a row, Israeli warplanes early Friday morning bombed several sites across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Israeli warplane fired three missiles at a site to the west of Gaza city, causing heavy destruction to the site and the neighboring houses and causing fires to break out. video The warplanes also targeted a site to the northwest of Beit Lahia town in the northern coastal enclave with two missiles, causing major damage to the site as well as to nearby property. Meanwhile, Israeli used the artillery against farmlands to the east of Gaza city. |
Late Thursday, Israeli combat helicopters targeted a site to the west of Khan Younes city in the southern enclave with at least six missiles. video video
The airstrikes and artillery shelling resulted in material damage. No human casualties were reported though. video
The latest attacks follows eight days of heightened tensions, during which Israel closed the Karem Abu Salem goods crossing with the strip, shut down the coastal fishing zone, and halted the supply of fuel, forcing Gaza’s sole power plant to stop operating.
Israel claims the attacks and other punitive measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
The airstrikes and artillery shelling resulted in material damage. No human casualties were reported though. video
The latest attacks follows eight days of heightened tensions, during which Israel closed the Karem Abu Salem goods crossing with the strip, shut down the coastal fishing zone, and halted the supply of fuel, forcing Gaza’s sole power plant to stop operating.
Israel claims the attacks and other punitive measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
20 aug 2020
The Israeli occupation army at dawn Thursday shelled three observation posts in the besieged Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties.
According to local sources, the Israeli artillery bombed an observation post in the east of al-Qarara town, east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Similar posts were also bombed in the east of Juhor ad-Dik and al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
No one was reportedly hurt in the artillery attacks.
Dozens of aerial and artillery attacks targeted different areas of Gaza during the last 10 days and resulted in material damage to homes, infrastructure and one UNRWA school.
The Israeli occupation state also closed border crossings, banned fishing in Gaza sea and refused to allow in fuel shipments as part of multiple punitive measures against Gaza after incendiary balloon launches from Gaza sparked fires in Israeli areas in recent days.
According to local sources, the Israeli artillery bombed an observation post in the east of al-Qarara town, east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Similar posts were also bombed in the east of Juhor ad-Dik and al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
No one was reportedly hurt in the artillery attacks.
Dozens of aerial and artillery attacks targeted different areas of Gaza during the last 10 days and resulted in material damage to homes, infrastructure and one UNRWA school.
The Israeli occupation state also closed border crossings, banned fishing in Gaza sea and refused to allow in fuel shipments as part of multiple punitive measures against Gaza after incendiary balloon launches from Gaza sparked fires in Israeli areas in recent days.
At least 11 Palestinian citizens suffered bullet injuries on Wednesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked them in Ramallah.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli soldiers opened fire at three young men as they were torching tires on Road 465 near Deir Abu Masha'al village in Ramallah and injured one of them seriously.
Israeli news reports claimed the wounded young man died of a serious injury, but there was no confirmation in this regard by the Palestinian medical or security authorities.
For its part, the Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided assistance for two young men after they were wounded by Israeli gunfire in Deir Abu Masha’al clashes and affirmed that another wounded young man was detained by soldiers.
Earlier, at least eight Palestinians suffered injuries from live and rubber bullets when the IOF attacked the participants in a national event against normalization and annexation held in Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah. Many others also suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli soldiers opened fire at three young men as they were torching tires on Road 465 near Deir Abu Masha'al village in Ramallah and injured one of them seriously.
Israeli news reports claimed the wounded young man died of a serious injury, but there was no confirmation in this regard by the Palestinian medical or security authorities.
For its part, the Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided assistance for two young men after they were wounded by Israeli gunfire in Deir Abu Masha’al clashes and affirmed that another wounded young man was detained by soldiers.
Earlier, at least eight Palestinians suffered injuries from live and rubber bullets when the IOF attacked the participants in a national event against normalization and annexation held in Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah. Many others also suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
19 aug 2020
The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday night waged aerial attacks on a Palestinian resistance site in the Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that eight Israeli airstrikes targeted the same resistance site in the south of al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. video
The aerial aggression caused damage to civilian property and panic among families in the bombed area.
The Israeli army claimed the new airstrikes were in response to rocket fire from Gaza on Tuesday evening. video
For over a week, the Israeli army has been attacking Gaza in response to incendiary balloon launches by young protesters from the besieged coastal enclave.
The authorities in Gaza describe the flying of balloons carrying incendiaries towards Israel by young men as acts of protest against Israel’s failure to honor previous ceasefire pledges to ease the blockade on Gaza and its persistence in attacking fishermen.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that eight Israeli airstrikes targeted the same resistance site in the south of al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. video
The aerial aggression caused damage to civilian property and panic among families in the bombed area.
The Israeli army claimed the new airstrikes were in response to rocket fire from Gaza on Tuesday evening. video
For over a week, the Israeli army has been attacking Gaza in response to incendiary balloon launches by young protesters from the besieged coastal enclave.
The authorities in Gaza describe the flying of balloons carrying incendiaries towards Israel by young men as acts of protest against Israel’s failure to honor previous ceasefire pledges to ease the blockade on Gaza and its persistence in attacking fishermen.
18 aug 2020
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man during protests that erupted in the as-Sal’a neighborhood, in Jabal al-Mokabber, south of occupied East Jerusalem, after the army demolished an under-construction six-story residential building. video
Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who marched in condemnation of the Israeli escalation, including the demolition of homes, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
They added that the soldiers shot a young man, identified as Mohammad Moammar Ja’abis, in his twenties, with a live round in the chest. video
Palestinian medics rushed the seriously wounded young man to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, before he was immediately admitted to surgery and intensive care. His condition remains critical.
In addition, the soldiers surrounded the hospital in an attempt to abduct the wounded man and were still there at the time of this report.
The escalation started in the town, on Tuesday morning, after the soldiers invaded the as-Sal’a neighborhood, and demolished the six-story under-construction building owned by a local Palestinian, identified as Aziz Jamil Ja’abis.
Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who marched in condemnation of the Israeli escalation, including the demolition of homes, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
They added that the soldiers shot a young man, identified as Mohammad Moammar Ja’abis, in his twenties, with a live round in the chest. video
Palestinian medics rushed the seriously wounded young man to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, before he was immediately admitted to surgery and intensive care. His condition remains critical.
In addition, the soldiers surrounded the hospital in an attempt to abduct the wounded man and were still there at the time of this report.
The escalation started in the town, on Tuesday morning, after the soldiers invaded the as-Sal’a neighborhood, and demolished the six-story under-construction building owned by a local Palestinian, identified as Aziz Jamil Ja’abis.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday arrested 12 Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem and the West Bank, including the mother and brothers of a Palestinian young man who was shot dead by the Israeli police on Monday night in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 12 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Tubas.
Among the detainees were the mother and two brothers of the Palestinian martyr Ashraf Halsa, 30, who was murdered by the Israeli police on Monday night near al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police shot Halsa and prevented Palestinian medical crews from providing first aid to him, leaving him to bleed to death.
They claimed that Halsa stabbed and injured an Israeli police officer before he was shot.
Meanwhile, clashes were witnessed between the IOF and Palestinian citizens during home raids in different parts of the West Bank. A number of Palestinians were arrested, including minors, but no injuries were reported. video
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 12 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Tubas.
Among the detainees were the mother and two brothers of the Palestinian martyr Ashraf Halsa, 30, who was murdered by the Israeli police on Monday night near al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police shot Halsa and prevented Palestinian medical crews from providing first aid to him, leaving him to bleed to death.
They claimed that Halsa stabbed and injured an Israeli police officer before he was shot.
Meanwhile, clashes were witnessed between the IOF and Palestinian citizens during home raids in different parts of the West Bank. A number of Palestinians were arrested, including minors, but no injuries were reported. video
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Tuesday at dawn, several missiles into Palestinian lands, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the besieged coastal region.
Media sources said the missiles caused excessive property damage to the targeted area, but did not lead to casualties.
They added that the soldiers also fired a few artillery shells into Palestinian lands, near Rafah. video
In addition, the soldiers fired live rounds and shells at a site, north of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, while the Navy fired a few shells into Palestinian waters nearby.
The Israeli army claimed it fired missiles targeting what it called “an observation post,” run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
It added that the attack came “in retaliation to flammable balloons,” reportedly flown from Gaza during the day, and landed near Israeli colonies across the perimeter fence.
Media sources said the missiles caused excessive property damage to the targeted area, but did not lead to casualties.
They added that the soldiers also fired a few artillery shells into Palestinian lands, near Rafah. video
In addition, the soldiers fired live rounds and shells at a site, north of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, while the Navy fired a few shells into Palestinian waters nearby.
The Israeli army claimed it fired missiles targeting what it called “an observation post,” run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
It added that the attack came “in retaliation to flammable balloons,” reportedly flown from Gaza during the day, and landed near Israeli colonies across the perimeter fence.
