28 dec 2017
A Palestinian school student suffered a rubber bullet injury on Thursday morning after Israeli soldiers stormed Burin town in Nablus to provide protection for extremist Jewish settlers, who infiltrated into the town and clashed with local residents.
Eyewitnesses explained the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that at first, a horde of violent settlers entered the town and encircled the school of Burin before attempting to storm it to attack students and teachers, who were busy doing semester exams.
The settlers also caused damage to three parked cars outside the school, and brutalized and detained several teachers on the main road of the town.
Soon later, local residents rushed to the school to fend off the settlers and clashed with them before soldiers showed up and started to fire volleys of tear gas as well as rubber and live bullets randomly to protect the settlers.
Consequently, one student was injured and several others inside and outside the school suffered from their exposure to teargas fumes.
The administration of the school also had to postpone the exams and dismiss the students following the events.
In a separate incident, a large number of Israeli soldiers stormed Rujeib town, southeast of Nablus, amid intensive shooting of tear gas and stun grenades near homes.
Eyewitnesses reported that the soldiers detained some students on the streets of the town for a while and searched them before letting them go.
The soldiers also clashed with local young men during their campaign in the town and withdrew without making arrests.
Eyewitnesses explained the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that at first, a horde of violent settlers entered the town and encircled the school of Burin before attempting to storm it to attack students and teachers, who were busy doing semester exams.
The settlers also caused damage to three parked cars outside the school, and brutalized and detained several teachers on the main road of the town.
Soon later, local residents rushed to the school to fend off the settlers and clashed with them before soldiers showed up and started to fire volleys of tear gas as well as rubber and live bullets randomly to protect the settlers.
Consequently, one student was injured and several others inside and outside the school suffered from their exposure to teargas fumes.
The administration of the school also had to postpone the exams and dismiss the students following the events.
In a separate incident, a large number of Israeli soldiers stormed Rujeib town, southeast of Nablus, amid intensive shooting of tear gas and stun grenades near homes.
Eyewitnesses reported that the soldiers detained some students on the streets of the town for a while and searched them before letting them go.
The soldiers also clashed with local young men during their campaign in the town and withdrew without making arrests.
Large-scale military maneuvers are expected to be held by the Israeli occupation army near Gaza borders in the next few days, Hebrew speaking media has reported.
According to Mivzak Live news site, Israeli soldiers will be put through simulated war scenarios to test particular skill sets needed to combat attacks against Israeli targets in the internal front or on Gaza borders.
The same source quoted a senior military officer as stating that the maneuvers will provide a sort of battle lab in which forces can hone a spectrum of skills to be used in projected wars in Gaza.
The drills are slated to be wrapped up on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Israel’s war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, popped in a drill camp.
According to Mivzak Live news site, Israeli soldiers will be put through simulated war scenarios to test particular skill sets needed to combat attacks against Israeli targets in the internal front or on Gaza borders.
The same source quoted a senior military officer as stating that the maneuvers will provide a sort of battle lab in which forces can hone a spectrum of skills to be used in projected wars in Gaza.
The drills are slated to be wrapped up on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Israel’s war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, popped in a drill camp.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fired many gas bombs at students and pedestrians, causing dozens of Palestinian to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the refugee camp, and fired many gas bombs at Palestinians, who hurled stones at the military jeeps.
They added that the soldiers fired many gas bombs at random, causing dozens of Palestinian to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a girl, who fainted due to gas inhalation, before locals took her away from the gas, until local medics reached her and provided her with the needed treatment.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the refugee camp, and fired many gas bombs at Palestinians, who hurled stones at the military jeeps.
They added that the soldiers fired many gas bombs at random, causing dozens of Palestinian to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a girl, who fainted due to gas inhalation, before locals took her away from the gas, until local medics reached her and provided her with the needed treatment.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night until dawn hours Thursday, many towns in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local youngsters, protesting the invasions.
Update: On Thursday at noon, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Dari, from his home in al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town from several directions, while local youths closed roads with rocks and sand hills, in addition to burning tires, and the soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and the al-Ram town, north of the city, and fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live rounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis and al-Ezariyya towns, southeast of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinian protesters.
On Wednesday at night, several Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an armored military vehicle in Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, causing it to burn.
Update: On Thursday at noon, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Dari, from his home in al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town from several directions, while local youths closed roads with rocks and sand hills, in addition to burning tires, and the soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and the al-Ram town, north of the city, and fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live rounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis and al-Ezariyya towns, southeast of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinian protesters.
On Wednesday at night, several Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an armored military vehicle in Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, causing it to burn.
Israeli navy ships attacked, Thursday, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza Strip, and abducted two fishermen, before confiscating their boat.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the shore, and abducted two fishermen after forcing them to undress and jump in the cold water.
The two, identified as Sameh Haidar al-Qoqa and Shawqi Saleh Bakr, were abducted before the soldiers took them, and their boat, to Ashdod Port.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the shore, and abducted two fishermen after forcing them to undress and jump in the cold water.
The two, identified as Sameh Haidar al-Qoqa and Shawqi Saleh Bakr, were abducted before the soldiers took them, and their boat, to Ashdod Port.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday morning, at least two young Palestinian men, after dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources in Qalandia said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
They added that the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers also abducted at least two young Palestinian men, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in the refugee camp, and attacked many Palestinians, while looking for what the soldiers called “wanted Palestinians,” and withdrew three hours later.
Media sources in Qalandia said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
They added that the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers also abducted at least two young Palestinian men, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in the refugee camp, and attacked many Palestinians, while looking for what the soldiers called “wanted Palestinians,” and withdrew three hours later.
27 dec 2017
Israeli military bulldozers on Wednesday morning infiltrated into a border area to the southeast of the besieged Gaza Strip, seemingly to carry out diggings or level raised areas of land.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that four bulldozers advanced several meters into the eastern border area of Khuza’a town, south of Gaza, amid smoke screens to mask the incursion.
The Israeli occupation army carries out such small-scale incursions into Gaza border areas every once in a while, claiming they are aimed to look for tunnels or to flatten land.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that four bulldozers advanced several meters into the eastern border area of Khuza’a town, south of Gaza, amid smoke screens to mask the incursion.
The Israeli occupation army carries out such small-scale incursions into Gaza border areas every once in a while, claiming they are aimed to look for tunnels or to flatten land.
The Israeli occupation army has warned senior government ministers that the situation in the Gaza Strip is incendiary and could lead to a new round of violence with Hamas.
Senior military officials told ministers at Sunday’s briefing for the high-level security cabinet that the Gaza-based Hamas group has no interest in starting another conflict with Israel, but the situation may nonetheless get out of hand, the Israeli TV Channel Two reported on Tuesday.
Ministers told the TV station they were informed by the military of a feeling of despair in Gaza due to the persistent humanitarian crisis there, the failure of the reconciliation deal between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, and the ongoing tensions in recent weeks over Jerusalem after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the city as the capital of Israel.
The occupation army told the ministers the situation is reminiscent of the tensions on the eve of the 2014 Gaza war, according to the TV report.
In response to the army’s warnings, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the head of the Israel National Security Council to form a plan of action and present it to the security cabinet within three weeks, the report said.
Senior military officials told ministers at Sunday’s briefing for the high-level security cabinet that the Gaza-based Hamas group has no interest in starting another conflict with Israel, but the situation may nonetheless get out of hand, the Israeli TV Channel Two reported on Tuesday.
Ministers told the TV station they were informed by the military of a feeling of despair in Gaza due to the persistent humanitarian crisis there, the failure of the reconciliation deal between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, and the ongoing tensions in recent weeks over Jerusalem after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the city as the capital of Israel.
The occupation army told the ministers the situation is reminiscent of the tensions on the eve of the 2014 Gaza war, according to the TV report.
In response to the army’s warnings, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the head of the Israel National Security Council to form a plan of action and present it to the security cabinet within three weeks, the report said.
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Israeli forces, on Wednesday, detained the head of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee activist, Munther Amira, while he participated in a resistance march at the northern entrance of Bethlehem city.
PNN sources said that Israeli occupation forces took into custody the activist Munther Amira, at the northern entrance to the Bethlehem, during his participation in a march organized by the factions, the Palestine Women’s Union and other popular organizations in Bethlehem, against the US decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Soldiers fired tear gas and sound grenades towards the protesters, causing them to flee the scene. |
26 dec 2017
Israeli military bulldozers leveled lands in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to locals.
Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that six Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, raided Gaza east of the Jabaliya refugee camp, in the north, where they leveled lands near the border fence with Israel.
No shootings or injuries were reported.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone,” which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for 10 years.
Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that six Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, raided Gaza east of the Jabaliya refugee camp, in the north, where they leveled lands near the border fence with Israel.
No shootings or injuries were reported.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone,” which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for 10 years.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that many schoolchildren suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, and stormed the school while firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at the Ezzeddin Al-Qassam School, after invading its yard, while the students were behind their desks during the mid-term exams.
They added that dozens of children suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, while many others suffered anxiety attacks, before Red Crescent medics rushed to the school and provided them with the needed treatment.
Tareq Alawna, the head of the Education Department in Jenin, said the soldiers have been sporadically carrying out these provocative invasions and violations, and added that the soldiers shot and killed a student, identified as Fuad Turkman, during an invasion into the school seven years ago.
Alawna stated that the army deliberately targets the students, and the educational process, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers are constantly deployed near the school, and conduct ongoing violations and provocative acts against the students.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at the Ezzeddin Al-Qassam School, after invading its yard, while the students were behind their desks during the mid-term exams.
They added that dozens of children suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, while many others suffered anxiety attacks, before Red Crescent medics rushed to the school and provided them with the needed treatment.
Tareq Alawna, the head of the Education Department in Jenin, said the soldiers have been sporadically carrying out these provocative invasions and violations, and added that the soldiers shot and killed a student, identified as Fuad Turkman, during an invasion into the school seven years ago.
Alawna stated that the army deliberately targets the students, and the educational process, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers are constantly deployed near the school, and conduct ongoing violations and provocative acts against the students.
Four Palestinians were shot and injured with live bullets while others suffocated from teargas exposure on Tuesday, during separate clashes with Israeli forces in the town of Sa’ir and nearby al-Arroub refugee camp, to the north of Hebron, according to local and security sources.
Israeli forces raided al-Aroub refugee camp, spurring clashes with locals. Forces fired live bullets at residents, shooting and injuring three in the foot. They were transferred to hospital for medical treatment. Their medical condition is still unknown, WAFA reported, according to the PNN.
Forces further attacked residents’ homes with tear gas canisters, causing many to suffocate as a result of teargas inhalation.
A fourth Palestinian was also shot and injured with live ammunition during similar clashes that broke out in the town of Sa’ir. Israeli forces also reportedly prevented the ambulance crews from providing the injured youth with first aid and from transferring him to a hospital.
Army Injures Three Palestinians, Abducts Five, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday at noon, three Palestinians, and abducted five others, after the army invaded many areas in Sa’ir town, and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
Medical source said the soldiers shot three young Palestinian men with live fire in their legs, after many army jeeps invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and attacked Palestinian protesters, and added that the three were rushed to a hospital in Hebron city.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, shot a young man with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
In addition, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians in the town; they have been identified as Abdullah Jaradat, Yasser Jaradat, Odai Jaradat, Qoteiba Jaradat and Mohammad Warasna.
Furthermore, the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at several homes, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli forces raided al-Aroub refugee camp, spurring clashes with locals. Forces fired live bullets at residents, shooting and injuring three in the foot. They were transferred to hospital for medical treatment. Their medical condition is still unknown, WAFA reported, according to the PNN.
Forces further attacked residents’ homes with tear gas canisters, causing many to suffocate as a result of teargas inhalation.
A fourth Palestinian was also shot and injured with live ammunition during similar clashes that broke out in the town of Sa’ir. Israeli forces also reportedly prevented the ambulance crews from providing the injured youth with first aid and from transferring him to a hospital.
Army Injures Three Palestinians, Abducts Five, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday at noon, three Palestinians, and abducted five others, after the army invaded many areas in Sa’ir town, and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
Medical source said the soldiers shot three young Palestinian men with live fire in their legs, after many army jeeps invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and attacked Palestinian protesters, and added that the three were rushed to a hospital in Hebron city.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, shot a young man with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
In addition, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians in the town; they have been identified as Abdullah Jaradat, Yasser Jaradat, Odai Jaradat, Qoteiba Jaradat and Mohammad Warasna.
Furthermore, the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at several homes, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Violent clashes burst out at daybreak Tuesday in the West Bank provinces of Jenin and Qalqilya between Palestinian anti-occupation youth and heavily-armed Israeli patrols.
A PIC news correspondent said dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and showered the area with teargas canisters. Several Palestinians sustained breathing disorders in the assault.
The occupation soldiers ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Rashid Redwan and threatened to kill his son Mohamed in case he does not turn himself in to the occupation army.
Another round of fierce confrontations flared up in Jenin’s towns of Rumana and Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, where the Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged spates of teargas grenades.
A checkpoint was also set up by the occupation soldiers on the Jenin-Haifa access road, where Palestinian civilians and vehicles have been subjected to intensive inspection.
At the same time, Israeli military patrols rummaged into the homes of Palestinian prisoners’ families in the hunt for alleged cash funneled to resistance groups.
A PIC news correspondent said dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and showered the area with teargas canisters. Several Palestinians sustained breathing disorders in the assault.
The occupation soldiers ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Rashid Redwan and threatened to kill his son Mohamed in case he does not turn himself in to the occupation army.
Another round of fierce confrontations flared up in Jenin’s towns of Rumana and Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, where the Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged spates of teargas grenades.
A checkpoint was also set up by the occupation soldiers on the Jenin-Haifa access road, where Palestinian civilians and vehicles have been subjected to intensive inspection.
At the same time, Israeli military patrols rummaged into the homes of Palestinian prisoners’ families in the hunt for alleged cash funneled to resistance groups.
Several Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Reporting from the West Bank, a PIC news correspondent said dozens of Palestinians were arrested by the occupation army in Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Jenin, and Jerusalem. Several others were summoned to questioning.
The list of arrestees included Abdullah Hamad, Adham Aweis, Amar Abu Akr, Dergham Alariya, Ahmad Hamdan, Amr Ghanem, and Abdul Rahman Mer’I, among several others.
Four young men from al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar received interrogation writs.
The IOF also stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and violently attacked an elderly Palestinian woman before they wreaked havoc on her home and ordered her to turn her son in.
Fierce clashes also rocked Jenin’s towns of Qabatiya and Rumana at the crack of dawn.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of Palestinian citizens Mufeed al-Abassi, Mohamed al-Sheyoukhi, Mohamed Serhan, Fuad al-Kak, and Udai Abu Tayeh, among several others, from Occupied Jerusalem.
Reporting from the West Bank, a PIC news correspondent said dozens of Palestinians were arrested by the occupation army in Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Jenin, and Jerusalem. Several others were summoned to questioning.
The list of arrestees included Abdullah Hamad, Adham Aweis, Amar Abu Akr, Dergham Alariya, Ahmad Hamdan, Amr Ghanem, and Abdul Rahman Mer’I, among several others.
Four young men from al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar received interrogation writs.
The IOF also stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and violently attacked an elderly Palestinian woman before they wreaked havoc on her home and ordered her to turn her son in.
Fierce clashes also rocked Jenin’s towns of Qabatiya and Rumana at the crack of dawn.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of Palestinian citizens Mufeed al-Abassi, Mohamed al-Sheyoukhi, Mohamed Serhan, Fuad al-Kak, and Udai Abu Tayeh, among several others, from Occupied Jerusalem.
