24 dec 2016
34 Palestinians choked on teargas in the violent clashes that broke out with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday afternoon at the entrances of Aroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil to the south of the West Bank.
According to the PIC reporter, four Israeli soldiers were slightly to moderately wounded in the clashes as they were thrown with stones, empty bottles, and Molotov cocktails.
Palestinian medical sources said that 34 Palestinian citizens were treated for breathing problems and gunshot wounds following the clashes that erupted after the funeral of Mustafa Baradeiah and Ahmed Khlail whose bodies were held by the Israeli occupation for months before they were released on Friday.
The non-governmental Palestinian Red Crescent association said that its crews dealt with 20 cases of teargas suffocation, 10 injuries with rubber-coated metal bullets, and 1 injury with live bullet in Beit Ummar in addition to 3 cases of teargas suffocation in Aroub camp.
The spokesman of the Popular Committee against the Settlement in Beit Ummar Mohammed Awad told the Quds Press news agency that the Israeli soldiers initiated the attack on Khlail's funeral with teargas canisters and rubber and live bullets.
Other limited clashes broke out in Aroub camp between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers after the latter fired teargas canisters during the funeral of Baradeiah.
Meanwhile, confrontations between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers were witnessed in Beit Dajan village to the east of Nablus city following the incursion of several Israeli patrols into the village.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village and hindered the movement of Palestinian vehicles.
Beit Dajan village has been recently exposed to intense Israeli raids.
According to the PIC reporter, four Israeli soldiers were slightly to moderately wounded in the clashes as they were thrown with stones, empty bottles, and Molotov cocktails.
Palestinian medical sources said that 34 Palestinian citizens were treated for breathing problems and gunshot wounds following the clashes that erupted after the funeral of Mustafa Baradeiah and Ahmed Khlail whose bodies were held by the Israeli occupation for months before they were released on Friday.
The non-governmental Palestinian Red Crescent association said that its crews dealt with 20 cases of teargas suffocation, 10 injuries with rubber-coated metal bullets, and 1 injury with live bullet in Beit Ummar in addition to 3 cases of teargas suffocation in Aroub camp.
The spokesman of the Popular Committee against the Settlement in Beit Ummar Mohammed Awad told the Quds Press news agency that the Israeli soldiers initiated the attack on Khlail's funeral with teargas canisters and rubber and live bullets.
Other limited clashes broke out in Aroub camp between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers after the latter fired teargas canisters during the funeral of Baradeiah.
Meanwhile, confrontations between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers were witnessed in Beit Dajan village to the east of Nablus city following the incursion of several Israeli patrols into the village.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village and hindered the movement of Palestinian vehicles.
Beit Dajan village has been recently exposed to intense Israeli raids.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Saturday different areas throughout the West Bank and broke into several local homes.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces surrounded the house of Hassan Fasfous for the second consecutive day, demanding him to hand himself in.
Another house was also stormed and searched west of Salfit.
In Bethlehem, IOF soldiers violently broke into Wad Rahal area, south of the city, following an alleged stabbing attack against a settler in a nearby settlement.
Along the same line, Israeli forces stormed overnight Massila and Zababda towns, south of Jenin, where military checkpoints were erected at their entrances.
A young man was detained during the raid before being shortly released, according to the PIC reporter.
Combing operations were also carried out in both towns.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces surrounded the house of Hassan Fasfous for the second consecutive day, demanding him to hand himself in.
Another house was also stormed and searched west of Salfit.
In Bethlehem, IOF soldiers violently broke into Wad Rahal area, south of the city, following an alleged stabbing attack against a settler in a nearby settlement.
Along the same line, Israeli forces stormed overnight Massila and Zababda towns, south of Jenin, where military checkpoints were erected at their entrances.
A young man was detained during the raid before being shortly released, according to the PIC reporter.
Combing operations were also carried out in both towns.
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Israeli forces, on Friday, suppressed Bethlehem’s “Santa Claus March,” shooting tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at participants, with many suffering from tear gas inhalation.
A number of demonstrators, including five journalists and foreigners, participated in a march near Israeli checkpoint 300, in the north of Bethlehem, which separates residents from Jerusalem. The march, which includes participants dressing up as Santa Claus, close to the Christian holiday of Christmas, was launched under the banner “Terrorism and Occupation are Two Sides of the Same Coin,” and demanded the opening |
of Israeli checkpoints for Christian tourists to celebrate the holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ.
A Ma’an News Agency reporter witnessed Israeli forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas into the crowd, which caused a number of participants to suffer from inhalation. Five journalists were also injured, including the cameraman for the Jordanian al-Roya TV Muhammad Shoudha. Israeli forces reportedly fired tear gas canisters directly at his foot.
An Israeli border police spokesperson was reported to have said that “15 men in the afternoon threw rocks at Israeli soldiers,” he said, adding that “some of them were dressed as Santa Claus and tried to cross the checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.”
The spokesperson also said that two Israeli soldiers were injured by rocks being thrown at them. The injuries were reported as light.
This was the second such march to be organized this year, in Bethlehem, for the Christian holidays. Israeli-imposed restrictions on Palestinian movement, regulated by more than 196 illegal Israeli settlements scattered across Palestinian territory, more than a hundred Israeli checkpoints and physical obstacles, and the construction of the Israeli separation wall has continued to strain the movement of Palestinians, and has caused the tourism industry to plummet.
Christmas is typically a time of year where Bethlehem receives droves of Christian tourists visiting the Nativity Church in the Old City. However, activists have pointed out that the tourism industry has severely declined, with Israeli authorities continuing to tighten control over Palestinian movement, as the Israeli occupation now enters its 50th year.
A Ma’an News Agency reporter witnessed Israeli forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas into the crowd, which caused a number of participants to suffer from inhalation. Five journalists were also injured, including the cameraman for the Jordanian al-Roya TV Muhammad Shoudha. Israeli forces reportedly fired tear gas canisters directly at his foot.
An Israeli border police spokesperson was reported to have said that “15 men in the afternoon threw rocks at Israeli soldiers,” he said, adding that “some of them were dressed as Santa Claus and tried to cross the checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.”
The spokesperson also said that two Israeli soldiers were injured by rocks being thrown at them. The injuries were reported as light.
This was the second such march to be organized this year, in Bethlehem, for the Christian holidays. Israeli-imposed restrictions on Palestinian movement, regulated by more than 196 illegal Israeli settlements scattered across Palestinian territory, more than a hundred Israeli checkpoints and physical obstacles, and the construction of the Israeli separation wall has continued to strain the movement of Palestinians, and has caused the tourism industry to plummet.
Christmas is typically a time of year where Bethlehem receives droves of Christian tourists visiting the Nativity Church in the Old City. However, activists have pointed out that the tourism industry has severely declined, with Israeli authorities continuing to tighten control over Palestinian movement, as the Israeli occupation now enters its 50th year.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man in the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east if Gaza city, medical sources said.
The sources stated that the soldiers, stationed at the “Nahal Oz” military base across the border fence, east of Gaza, fired many live rounds at protesters, in Palestinian lands.
They added that a young man was shot with a live round in his leg, and described his injury as moderate.
The sources stated that the soldiers, stationed at the “Nahal Oz” military base across the border fence, east of Gaza, fired many live rounds at protesters, in Palestinian lands.
They added that a young man was shot with a live round in his leg, and described his injury as moderate.
(Photo: Masked members of the Israeli security forces briefly detain a Palestinian boy during clashes following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land, by Israel, in the village of Kfar Qaddoum, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on December 23, 2016. / AFP / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
Today, Friday December 23rd, 2016, the village started its march, as usual, toward the blocked road. Suddenly, 12 soldiers from a special unit of the Israeli occupation force surprised them in an ambush, and attacked and arrested a 7-year-old Palestinian child.
Twelve heavily armed soldier’s surrounded the boy, attacking him. One of them forcefully grabbed the boy from his neck, questioning him about his father.
Three Palestinians were also injured with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Today, Friday December 23rd, 2016, the village started its march, as usual, toward the blocked road. Suddenly, 12 soldiers from a special unit of the Israeli occupation force surprised them in an ambush, and attacked and arrested a 7-year-old Palestinian child.
Twelve heavily armed soldier’s surrounded the boy, attacking him. One of them forcefully grabbed the boy from his neck, questioning him about his father.
Three Palestinians were also injured with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Kafr Qaddoum’s weekly protests have been occurring since July of 2011, in the attempt to take back the road that connects their village to the city of Nablus, elongating Palestinians’ commute by 14 kilometers.
These demonstrations are always met by Israeli occupation forces and/or border police, who throw sound grenades, tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and, at times, live ammunition to prevent the nonviolent protesters from executing their democratic rights.
The young boy was released after one hour, and he told his father, “I was very afraid. I didn’t know what to do. I just began shouting between 12 huge soldiers, and one of them hanged me from my neck and asked me about my father”.
The boy continues to experience the effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome, shaking continuously, while sharing more of the experience to his family.
These demonstrations are always met by Israeli occupation forces and/or border police, who throw sound grenades, tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and, at times, live ammunition to prevent the nonviolent protesters from executing their democratic rights.
The young boy was released after one hour, and he told his father, “I was very afraid. I didn’t know what to do. I just began shouting between 12 huge soldiers, and one of them hanged me from my neck and asked me about my father”.
The boy continues to experience the effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome, shaking continuously, while sharing more of the experience to his family.
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, Palestinian, Israeli and international activists, holding the weekly nonviolent protest in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Popular Committee in Ni’lin said the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs, against the nonviolent protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Member of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Ni’lin Mohammad ‘Amira, said the soldiers also fired gas bombs at homes in the southern part of the village.
Ni’lin holds weekly protests against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, and colonies, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
The Popular Committee in Ni’lin said the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs, against the nonviolent protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Member of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Ni’lin Mohammad ‘Amira, said the soldiers also fired gas bombs at homes in the southern part of the village.
Ni’lin holds weekly protests against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, and colonies, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
23 dec 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), on Friday morning, opened fire at Palestinian farmers, bird hunters, and fishermen during separate incidents, in the eastern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces deployed at the eastern border near the neighborhood of al-Shujayya opened live fire at Palestinian agricultural lands where Palestinian farmers were working on their lands.
Fortunately, there were no reports of casualties.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces also targeted bird hunters east of Jabalia town north of Gaza.
The bird hunters were forced to leave the area in fear for their lives.
Along the same line, Israeli naval forces opened live fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Sudaniya area early in the morning.
No injuries were reported during the shooting attack.
Gazans come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
Israeli forces deployed at the eastern border near the neighborhood of al-Shujayya opened live fire at Palestinian agricultural lands where Palestinian farmers were working on their lands.
Fortunately, there were no reports of casualties.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces also targeted bird hunters east of Jabalia town north of Gaza.
The bird hunters were forced to leave the area in fear for their lives.
Along the same line, Israeli naval forces opened live fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Sudaniya area early in the morning.
No injuries were reported during the shooting attack.
Gazans come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
At least five Palestinian youths were kidnapped and two others were injured in a predawn assault launched by the Israeli occupation forces across the West Bank on Friday.
The IOF rolled into al-Nabi Ilyas town, in the northern West Bank province of Qalqilya, and kidnapped four Palestinian youths while they gathered at their friend’s home.
A PIC news correspondent identified the four captives as Hussam Hanun, Ossama Khalif, Hakam Khalif, and Assaad Khalif.
A military checkpoint was also pitched by the occupation soldiers between Azzoun town and Azbat Al-Tabib area.
The assault was carried out just a few hours before an Israeli occupation soldier was allegedly wounded by resistance fighters in the Balata refugee camp, in eastern Nablus province.
Eye-witnesses said sounds of a gunfire exchange were detected shortly after the IOF stormed the area at 2 a.m.
Israeli news outlets said an occupation soldier sustained mild injuries.
The occupation army wreaked havoc on dozens of Palestinian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Jaber Abu Hamada from his family home.
Two Palestinian youngsters sustained injuries in the assault.
The occupation troops prevented Red Crescent ambulances from entering the Balata camp to evacuate the injured Palestinians.
The IOF rolled into al-Nabi Ilyas town, in the northern West Bank province of Qalqilya, and kidnapped four Palestinian youths while they gathered at their friend’s home.
A PIC news correspondent identified the four captives as Hussam Hanun, Ossama Khalif, Hakam Khalif, and Assaad Khalif.
A military checkpoint was also pitched by the occupation soldiers between Azzoun town and Azbat Al-Tabib area.
The assault was carried out just a few hours before an Israeli occupation soldier was allegedly wounded by resistance fighters in the Balata refugee camp, in eastern Nablus province.
Eye-witnesses said sounds of a gunfire exchange were detected shortly after the IOF stormed the area at 2 a.m.
Israeli news outlets said an occupation soldier sustained mild injuries.
The occupation army wreaked havoc on dozens of Palestinian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Jaber Abu Hamada from his family home.
Two Palestinian youngsters sustained injuries in the assault.
The occupation troops prevented Red Crescent ambulances from entering the Balata camp to evacuate the injured Palestinians.
22 dec 2016
The Israeli army on Wednesday displaced 15 Palestinian Bedouin families from their homes in Ibziq hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley.
A local activist reported that Israeli troops stormed with their military vehicles in the morning the area where the families live and forced them to leave in order to carry out drills.
The activist added that the families had to stay out in the cold until four o’clock in the evening before they were able to return to their homes.
The Israeli army frequently conducts live fire exercises after displacing many Bedouin families in the Jordan Valley and the central West Bank.
Many Palestinians, including children, have been injured or killed by unexploded ordnance left by the army during training.
The displacement of civilians, firing of live ammunition, explosions and road closures that take place during such drills are not reported by the Israeli and international media.
A local activist reported that Israeli troops stormed with their military vehicles in the morning the area where the families live and forced them to leave in order to carry out drills.
The activist added that the families had to stay out in the cold until four o’clock in the evening before they were able to return to their homes.
The Israeli army frequently conducts live fire exercises after displacing many Bedouin families in the Jordan Valley and the central West Bank.
Many Palestinians, including children, have been injured or killed by unexploded ordnance left by the army during training.
The displacement of civilians, firing of live ammunition, explosions and road closures that take place during such drills are not reported by the Israeli and international media.
21 dec 2016
Israeli forces, on Tuesday morning, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and fishermen during separate incidents, in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, local sources said.
Israeli forces deployed at borderline military outposts east of Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and east of Khan Younis, south of the Strip, opened fire at farmers who were working on their land, said the sources.
There were no reports of casualties, according to WAFA correspondence, but the farmers left the area in fear for their lives.
Israeli navy forces also opened fire at fishermen sailing off the northern coast of the Strip. No injuries were reported, however.
Residents say that they come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes flew low over several areas of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and, for the second day, said residents, breaking the sound barrier and making loud sonic booms, causing panic in the streets.
Israeli forces deployed at borderline military outposts east of Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and east of Khan Younis, south of the Strip, opened fire at farmers who were working on their land, said the sources.
There were no reports of casualties, according to WAFA correspondence, but the farmers left the area in fear for their lives.
Israeli navy forces also opened fire at fishermen sailing off the northern coast of the Strip. No injuries were reported, however.
Residents say that they come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes flew low over several areas of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and, for the second day, said residents, breaking the sound barrier and making loud sonic booms, causing panic in the streets.
