21 dec 2017
A Palestinian youth was injured and another man was arrested in clashes that erupted with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Thursday evening in al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes have been ongoing for the third day in a row in Wad Khenais area near the city.
The sources pointed out that the wounded man was identified as Aboud Jaradat who was injured by Israeli gunfire after IOF showered the protesters with live bullets and tear gas grenades.
Clashes also broke out at the entrance to al-Fuwar refugee camp to the southwest of al-Khalil. IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets in addition to tear gas canisters towards the Palestinians.
On Thursday evening, clashes also took place near an IOF watchtower in Sidat al-Fahs area to the south of al-Khalil.
The IOF closed Street 60 which leads to the settlements of Jabal al-Khalil and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian man, Khalil al-Atrash, after severely beating him.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes have been ongoing for the third day in a row in Wad Khenais area near the city.
The sources pointed out that the wounded man was identified as Aboud Jaradat who was injured by Israeli gunfire after IOF showered the protesters with live bullets and tear gas grenades.
Clashes also broke out at the entrance to al-Fuwar refugee camp to the southwest of al-Khalil. IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets in addition to tear gas canisters towards the Palestinians.
On Thursday evening, clashes also took place near an IOF watchtower in Sidat al-Fahs area to the south of al-Khalil.
The IOF closed Street 60 which leads to the settlements of Jabal al-Khalil and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian man, Khalil al-Atrash, after severely beating him.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Sa’ir town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and shot two Palestinians with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing many others to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and assaulted dozens of protesters, before shooting one Palestinian with live fire, before he was rushed to Hebron governmental hospital.
The soldiers also shot another Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in the western part of the town, and caused scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and fired gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects if teargas inhalation.
Many students also suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after the soldiers invaded Palestine Technical University, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a child, identified as Islam Ayman al-Hijja.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and assaulted dozens of protesters, before shooting one Palestinian with live fire, before he was rushed to Hebron governmental hospital.
The soldiers also shot another Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in the western part of the town, and caused scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and fired gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects if teargas inhalation.
Many students also suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after the soldiers invaded Palestine Technical University, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a child, identified as Islam Ayman al-Hijja.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, one child, and shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in the Al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah.
Media sources said a large military force invaded the village, and attacked Palestinian protesters, before firing dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, and at many surrounding homes.
Medics in the village said the soldiers shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, only eleven years of age, just as he was exiting his school, on his way back home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and assaulted a child, identified as Islam Ayman Hamad, 15, before abducting him.
Media sources said a large military force invaded the village, and attacked Palestinian protesters, before firing dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, and at many surrounding homes.
Medics in the village said the soldiers shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, only eleven years of age, just as he was exiting his school, on his way back home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and assaulted a child, identified as Islam Ayman Hamad, 15, before abducting him.
A group of undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, late on Wednesday at night, Deir Jarir village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted six young Palestinian men, during confrontations that were taking place between regular army units, and locals.
Eyewitnesses said that several young men hurled stones at armored Israeli army vehicles, invading their village, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullet and gas bombs.
The soldiers were trying to break through crowds of protesters, and deployed the undercover units, who infiltrated into the town, and abducted six young men, before taking them to the military jeeps.
Th abducted Palestinians have been identified as Qais Nasser Hashish, Abdul-Rahman Thayer Mokho, Mohammad Faisal Alawi, Wa’ad Nayef Azmi, Qussai Taleb and Aymara Ziad Shejaeyya.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, searched several homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Eyewitnesses said that several young men hurled stones at armored Israeli army vehicles, invading their village, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullet and gas bombs.
The soldiers were trying to break through crowds of protesters, and deployed the undercover units, who infiltrated into the town, and abducted six young men, before taking them to the military jeeps.
Th abducted Palestinians have been identified as Qais Nasser Hashish, Abdul-Rahman Thayer Mokho, Mohammad Faisal Alawi, Wa’ad Nayef Azmi, Qussai Taleb and Aymara Ziad Shejaeyya.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, searched several homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli Navy ships attacked, on Thursday morning, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the costal region, and abducted two fishermen.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds at fishing boats, and abducted Orans Sultan and Mohammad Sultan, before taking them, along with their bots, to Asdod (Ashdod) Port.
It is worth mentioning that, several months ago, Orans was abducted by the navy, when the navy ships attacked a number of fishing boats in the same area, and as released later.
Israeli navy arrests two Palestinian fishermen
The Israeli navy arrested on Thursday morning two Palestinian fishermen while fishing off the northern Gaza Strip shores.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported in a statement that Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the morning while sailing off the Waha area, northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya.
The Center noted that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at the Palestinian boats, and captured one of them with two fishermen on board. The arrested fishermen are Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Sultan, 25, and Orans Sharif Al-Sultan, 21, from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Center asserted, according to its field researchers, that the Israeli navy forced the fishermen to take off their clothes, jump in the water and swim towards the Israeli war boats, where they were arrested.
He pointed out that the Israeli gunboats tried to sink the fishing boat by firing at it directly, causing a serious damage, but the fishermen who were in the area managed to reach the boat and pulled it towards the Gaza beach after about two hours of the incident.
The Center condemned the ceaseless Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen, calling for an immediate end of the policy of hunting down the fishermen and allowing them to fish in the sea and practice their work freely.
The Center called for the release of arrested fishermen, and compensating victims for the physical damage they suffered.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds at fishing boats, and abducted Orans Sultan and Mohammad Sultan, before taking them, along with their bots, to Asdod (Ashdod) Port.
It is worth mentioning that, several months ago, Orans was abducted by the navy, when the navy ships attacked a number of fishing boats in the same area, and as released later.
Israeli navy arrests two Palestinian fishermen
The Israeli navy arrested on Thursday morning two Palestinian fishermen while fishing off the northern Gaza Strip shores.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported in a statement that Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the morning while sailing off the Waha area, northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya.
The Center noted that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at the Palestinian boats, and captured one of them with two fishermen on board. The arrested fishermen are Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Sultan, 25, and Orans Sharif Al-Sultan, 21, from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Center asserted, according to its field researchers, that the Israeli navy forced the fishermen to take off their clothes, jump in the water and swim towards the Israeli war boats, where they were arrested.
He pointed out that the Israeli gunboats tried to sink the fishing boat by firing at it directly, causing a serious damage, but the fishermen who were in the area managed to reach the boat and pulled it towards the Gaza beach after about two hours of the incident.
The Center condemned the ceaseless Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen, calling for an immediate end of the policy of hunting down the fishermen and allowing them to fish in the sea and practice their work freely.
The Center called for the release of arrested fishermen, and compensating victims for the physical damage they suffered.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, 23 Palestinians, after the army attacked protesters, near Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The PRC said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them.
It added that one Palestinian was shot with a live round, and four others with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to seventeen Palestinians who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation; one of them was shot with a gas bomb in the head.
It is worth mentioning that one Palestinian was also injured after falling from an altitude while the soldiers were chasing him.
The PRC said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them.
It added that one Palestinian was shot with a live round, and four others with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to seventeen Palestinians who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation; one of them was shot with a gas bomb in the head.
It is worth mentioning that one Palestinian was also injured after falling from an altitude while the soldiers were chasing him.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the towns of ‘Anata and Abu Dis, near occupied East Jerusalem, and closed Hizma military roadblock, southeast of Jerusalem.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many army jeeps invaded Anata, and Abu Dis, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinians, who were marching against the illegal U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel.
They added that the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers, and Border Guard officers, were deployed in and around the two towns, and closed Hizma military roadblock, preventing the Palestinians from crossing, and forcing them to take alternate, longer and unpaved roads.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many army jeeps invaded Anata, and Abu Dis, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinians, who were marching against the illegal U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel.
They added that the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers, and Border Guard officers, were deployed in and around the two towns, and closed Hizma military roadblock, preventing the Palestinians from crossing, and forcing them to take alternate, longer and unpaved roads.
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, a teen with live fire, two with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The Palestinians were marching near the military roadblock when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against them.
The sources said that the soldiers shot the teenage boy, 16 years of age, with a live round in his thigh, after the army invaded ‘Aseeda area in Beit Ummar.
They added that the soldiers also shot two other Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also closed ‘Aseeda area, at the entrance of Beit Ummar, and forced all stores shut, before breaking into homes and occupying their rooftops.
The Palestinians were marching near the military roadblock when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against them.
The sources said that the soldiers shot the teenage boy, 16 years of age, with a live round in his thigh, after the army invaded ‘Aseeda area in Beit Ummar.
They added that the soldiers also shot two other Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also closed ‘Aseeda area, at the entrance of Beit Ummar, and forced all stores shut, before breaking into homes and occupying their rooftops.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening arrested a Palestinian teenager during clashes with young men at Huwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus in the West Bank.
A Palestinian security official said that Israeli soldiers rounded up 18-year-old Alaa Abu Mustafa, from Balata refugee camp, during skirmishes at Huwara checkpoint.
He added that several young men suffered injuries after they were attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Widespread clashes with the IOF broke out recently in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories after US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A Palestinian security official said that Israeli soldiers rounded up 18-year-old Alaa Abu Mustafa, from Balata refugee camp, during skirmishes at Huwara checkpoint.
He added that several young men suffered injuries after they were attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Widespread clashes with the IOF broke out recently in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories after US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
At least 25 Palestinians were left injured Wednesday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem’s Salah al-Deen Street.
Paramedics said 25 protesters were treated for injuries sustained in the clashes. Five among the protesters were rushed to Maqasid Hospital for urgent treatment.
A group of anti-occupation youth sustained bruises and breathing disorders after the occupation forces showered the area with teargas and pepper spray.
The Israeli forces attacked the protesters after they raised the Palestinian flag and heavily beat them, shortly before they pepper-sprayed them.
At the same time, the head of Elia for Media institution, Ahmed al-Safady, was arrested by the occupation forces.
Cavalry troops also chased down Palestinian civilians and forced them out of the area, discharging teargas grenades all the way through the assault.
Paramedics said 25 protesters were treated for injuries sustained in the clashes. Five among the protesters were rushed to Maqasid Hospital for urgent treatment.
A group of anti-occupation youth sustained bruises and breathing disorders after the occupation forces showered the area with teargas and pepper spray.
The Israeli forces attacked the protesters after they raised the Palestinian flag and heavily beat them, shortly before they pepper-sprayed them.
At the same time, the head of Elia for Media institution, Ahmed al-Safady, was arrested by the occupation forces.
Cavalry troops also chased down Palestinian civilians and forced them out of the area, discharging teargas grenades all the way through the assault.
20 dec 2017
Nour Tamimi, left, in an undated photo posted on Facebook by her father
Israel has escalated its revenge against the extended family of Muhammad Tamimi, the boy who is lying in a coma after occupation forces shot him in the head last Friday.
Soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh detained 21-year-old Nour Naji Tamimi from her home in a night raid.
Naji Tamimi posted on Facebook on Wednesday that “occupation gangs raided my house at dawn and arrested my daughter Nour, on accusations of attacking a soldier.”
Affirming the family’s pride and support for Nour, Naji Tamimi said he believed the arrest was an effort by Israel to “lift morale” and restore the “lost dignity” of its army.
Nour was seen in a viral video filmed last Friday, along with her 17-year-old cousin Ahed Tamimi. It shows them ordering Israeli soldiers off the family’s property and then attempting to physically remove the soldiers when they refuse to comply.
The soldiers were reportedly from the Israeli army’s Givati Brigade, which has also been involved in serious war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a night raid early Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Ahed from her home.
Israeli forces later arrested her mother Nariman.
On Wednesday, Ahed was brought to an Israeli military court which extended her detention at least until Monday.
The military judge denied a request to release Ahed despite acknowledging that she posed no danger.
Israel has arrested at least 17 people in Nabi Saleh in an ongoing sweep, the newspaper Haaretz reported.
Israeli forces also summoned Ahed’s father Bassem Tamimi for questioning Wednesday when he went to the Ofer military court to see his daughter.
But they had not formally arrested him at that point, according to a Wednesday afternoon tweet from family member Manal Tamimi.
Later on Wednesday, prisoner solidarity group Samidoun stated that Bassem Tamimi remains in Israeli custody.
Bassem is a well-known activist and former prisoner of conscience, part of a family renowned for their resistance and sacrifices in Nabi Saleh’s struggle to defend itself against Israeli occupation and colonization.
Shot in the head
Earlier on Friday, before the videotaped confrontation, soldiers in the village shot 14-year-old Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, another member of the extended family, in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet, gravely injuring him.
Manal Tamimi, a cousin of the victim, told Al Jazeera that “the blood was pouring from his face like a fountain.”
The bullet entered the boy’s face below his nose and broke his jaw before getting lodged into his skull, Al Jazeera reported.
Muhammad underwent six hours of surgery at a hospital near the West Bank city of Ramallah and remains in a medically induced coma. Doctors fear he may be left with permanent disabilities as a result of the attack.
In a Facebook post early Tuesday, Bassem Tamimi alleged that one of the soldiers involved in the incident on the video was responsible for the shooting of Muhammad.
Muhammad Tamimi is another victim of Israel’s allegedly “less lethal” weapons – including rubber-coated, sponge-tipped and 22-caliber bullets – that have regularly caused death and serious injury to Palestinians, especially children.
He was among hundreds of Palestinians injured on Friday alone, a day when Israeli forces also killed four Palestinians amid ongoing protests sparked by US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Incitement, revenge and collective punishment
Israel’s revenge against the Tamimi family does indeed appear – as Naji Tamimi asserted – to be an Israeli effort to restore some kind of lost honor at seeing Palestinian women and girls courageously challenging heavily armed men.
As noted by The Electronic Intifada on Tuesday, the Israeli army posted a video of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, but only on its Hebrew, not its English, Twitter account – suggesting the detention was meant to appease a domestic appetite for retribution.
An analysis in Haaretz observed that the order to arrest Ahed Tamimi only after the video appeared across Israeli media, “was an exercise in damage control and in satisfying the urge of the Israeli public to somehow expunge the humiliation.”
Israeli leaders are publicly inciting against the Tamimi family.
Haaretz reported that one former lawmaker responded to the incident by tweeting that he “missed [Elor] Azarya,” the army medic who received a hero’s response and a lenient sentence for the cold-blooded execution in March 2016 of an injured, incapacitated Palestinian.
Education minister Naftali Bennett told army radio that Ahed and the Tamimi women seen in the video “should finish their lives in prison.”
Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman promised collective punishment, telling Israeli media that “Everyone involved, not only the girl but also her parents and those around them will not escape from what they deserve.”
But the Tamimi family is not bowing to Israel’s threats.
In his Facebook posting announcing the arrest of his daughter Nour, Naji Tamimi said: “We confirm that that the crimes of the terrorist state will not deter us from our legitimate struggle until liberation and victory, and the establishment of a free state on all Palestinian soil in which everyone enjoys freedom, justice and equality.”
Israel has escalated its revenge against the extended family of Muhammad Tamimi, the boy who is lying in a coma after occupation forces shot him in the head last Friday.
Soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh detained 21-year-old Nour Naji Tamimi from her home in a night raid.
Naji Tamimi posted on Facebook on Wednesday that “occupation gangs raided my house at dawn and arrested my daughter Nour, on accusations of attacking a soldier.”
Affirming the family’s pride and support for Nour, Naji Tamimi said he believed the arrest was an effort by Israel to “lift morale” and restore the “lost dignity” of its army.
Nour was seen in a viral video filmed last Friday, along with her 17-year-old cousin Ahed Tamimi. It shows them ordering Israeli soldiers off the family’s property and then attempting to physically remove the soldiers when they refuse to comply.
The soldiers were reportedly from the Israeli army’s Givati Brigade, which has also been involved in serious war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a night raid early Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Ahed from her home.
Israeli forces later arrested her mother Nariman.
On Wednesday, Ahed was brought to an Israeli military court which extended her detention at least until Monday.
The military judge denied a request to release Ahed despite acknowledging that she posed no danger.
Israel has arrested at least 17 people in Nabi Saleh in an ongoing sweep, the newspaper Haaretz reported.
Israeli forces also summoned Ahed’s father Bassem Tamimi for questioning Wednesday when he went to the Ofer military court to see his daughter.
But they had not formally arrested him at that point, according to a Wednesday afternoon tweet from family member Manal Tamimi.
Later on Wednesday, prisoner solidarity group Samidoun stated that Bassem Tamimi remains in Israeli custody.
Bassem is a well-known activist and former prisoner of conscience, part of a family renowned for their resistance and sacrifices in Nabi Saleh’s struggle to defend itself against Israeli occupation and colonization.
Shot in the head
Earlier on Friday, before the videotaped confrontation, soldiers in the village shot 14-year-old Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, another member of the extended family, in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet, gravely injuring him.
Manal Tamimi, a cousin of the victim, told Al Jazeera that “the blood was pouring from his face like a fountain.”
The bullet entered the boy’s face below his nose and broke his jaw before getting lodged into his skull, Al Jazeera reported.
Muhammad underwent six hours of surgery at a hospital near the West Bank city of Ramallah and remains in a medically induced coma. Doctors fear he may be left with permanent disabilities as a result of the attack.
In a Facebook post early Tuesday, Bassem Tamimi alleged that one of the soldiers involved in the incident on the video was responsible for the shooting of Muhammad.
Muhammad Tamimi is another victim of Israel’s allegedly “less lethal” weapons – including rubber-coated, sponge-tipped and 22-caliber bullets – that have regularly caused death and serious injury to Palestinians, especially children.
He was among hundreds of Palestinians injured on Friday alone, a day when Israeli forces also killed four Palestinians amid ongoing protests sparked by US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Incitement, revenge and collective punishment
Israel’s revenge against the Tamimi family does indeed appear – as Naji Tamimi asserted – to be an Israeli effort to restore some kind of lost honor at seeing Palestinian women and girls courageously challenging heavily armed men.
As noted by The Electronic Intifada on Tuesday, the Israeli army posted a video of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, but only on its Hebrew, not its English, Twitter account – suggesting the detention was meant to appease a domestic appetite for retribution.
An analysis in Haaretz observed that the order to arrest Ahed Tamimi only after the video appeared across Israeli media, “was an exercise in damage control and in satisfying the urge of the Israeli public to somehow expunge the humiliation.”
Israeli leaders are publicly inciting against the Tamimi family.
Haaretz reported that one former lawmaker responded to the incident by tweeting that he “missed [Elor] Azarya,” the army medic who received a hero’s response and a lenient sentence for the cold-blooded execution in March 2016 of an injured, incapacitated Palestinian.
Education minister Naftali Bennett told army radio that Ahed and the Tamimi women seen in the video “should finish their lives in prison.”
Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman promised collective punishment, telling Israeli media that “Everyone involved, not only the girl but also her parents and those around them will not escape from what they deserve.”
But the Tamimi family is not bowing to Israel’s threats.
In his Facebook posting announcing the arrest of his daughter Nour, Naji Tamimi said: “We confirm that that the crimes of the terrorist state will not deter us from our legitimate struggle until liberation and victory, and the establishment of a free state on all Palestinian soil in which everyone enjoys freedom, justice and equality.”
Violent clashes with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) erupted Wednesday afternoon in al-Nakkar neighborhood, west of Qalqilya city, resulting in suffocation among Palestinian protesters.
The clashes flared up as Wednesday was declared by Palestinian factions a day of anger against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the youths in Qalqilya were engaged in violent clashes with Israeli soldiers who were stationed at a military point in the neighborhood.
The IOF opened gunfire and intensively unleashed tear gas canisters at the protesters leading to breathing problems among many of them. Some of IOF tear gas grenades were fired at Palestinian homes as well.
The clashes flared up as Wednesday was declared by Palestinian factions a day of anger against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the youths in Qalqilya were engaged in violent clashes with Israeli soldiers who were stationed at a military point in the neighborhood.
The IOF opened gunfire and intensively unleashed tear gas canisters at the protesters leading to breathing problems among many of them. Some of IOF tear gas grenades were fired at Palestinian homes as well.
Clashes continued for the second week on Wednesday between Palestinian citizens and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) over the US recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Confrontations flared up between dozens of Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers near Huwara checkpoint to the south of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers heavily fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the youths.
In the same context, the IOF closed Huwara checkpoint and prevented movement in both directions.
A Palestinian young man was injured after being hit with a tear gas canister in the face during the violent clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers at the northern entrance to Bethlehem following a demonstration protesting the US Jerusalem move.
A Palestinian woman choked on tear gas while a number of Palestinian youths suffered rubber bullet wounds during the same clashes.
Confrontations flared up between dozens of Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers near Huwara checkpoint to the south of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers heavily fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the youths.
In the same context, the IOF closed Huwara checkpoint and prevented movement in both directions.
A Palestinian young man was injured after being hit with a tear gas canister in the face during the violent clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers at the northern entrance to Bethlehem following a demonstration protesting the US Jerusalem move.
A Palestinian woman choked on tear gas while a number of Palestinian youths suffered rubber bullet wounds during the same clashes.
Violent clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) erupted on Wednesday afternoon in the vicinity of Palestine Technical University (Khadouri) to the west of Tulkarem city in the northern West Bank.
The PIC reporter revealed that the inhabitants were called on to participate in a massive march that was aimed at denouncing and protesting the US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
The protesters headed to an Israeli military checkpoint near the university campus where clashes broke out with IOF soldiers who were stationed at the barrier.
IOF troops have summoned reinforcements since morning hours and unleashed gunfire and tear gas grenades towards the protesters resulting in suffocation among the outraged Palestinians.
The PIC reporter revealed that the inhabitants were called on to participate in a massive march that was aimed at denouncing and protesting the US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
The protesters headed to an Israeli military checkpoint near the university campus where clashes broke out with IOF soldiers who were stationed at the barrier.
IOF troops have summoned reinforcements since morning hours and unleashed gunfire and tear gas grenades towards the protesters resulting in suffocation among the outraged Palestinians.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the al-Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before attacking Palestinian protesters, wounding three, and abducted three in the governorate, in addition to abducting one Palestinian in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, north of Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers and colonist settlers, invaded the city heading towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The invasion was carried out by at least 40 Israeli military jeeps and trucks, in addition to twelve buses, carrying around 500 colonists, while many Palestinians burnt tires, closed some roads, and hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs, especially in Amman Street, and the entrance of Balata refugee camp, next to the Tomb.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including Nidal al-Ka’bi, 16, who was shot in the head, before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital, in Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, from their homes, in Nablus city; one o them has been identified as Mahmoud at-Tabouq.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters.
Several youngsters then hurled stones at the invading armored jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs.
In related news, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Ghatasha, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock, which was installed by the army on one of Hebron’s entrances, and moved him to an unknown destination.
According to initial reports, the army invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched many homes, and abducted seventeen Palestinians.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers and colonist settlers, invaded the city heading towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The invasion was carried out by at least 40 Israeli military jeeps and trucks, in addition to twelve buses, carrying around 500 colonists, while many Palestinians burnt tires, closed some roads, and hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs, especially in Amman Street, and the entrance of Balata refugee camp, next to the Tomb.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including Nidal al-Ka’bi, 16, who was shot in the head, before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital, in Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, from their homes, in Nablus city; one o them has been identified as Mahmoud at-Tabouq.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters.
Several youngsters then hurled stones at the invading armored jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs.
In related news, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Ghatasha, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock, which was installed by the army on one of Hebron’s entrances, and moved him to an unknown destination.
According to initial reports, the army invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched many homes, and abducted seventeen Palestinians.
