8 dec 2019
Violent clashes broke out on Sunday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a Palestinian-owned land in Kafr Laqif village, east of Qalqilya, and embarked on razing it in preparation for its confiscation.
Head of Kafr Laqif's village council Nayef Jaber said that IOF soldiers and settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens who confronted the illegal confiscation attempt of 27 dunums of Palestinian land in favor of settlement expansion.
Jaber said that the Palestinians of Kafr Laqif managed to force the settlers out of the land and stop the razing operation, noting that legal procedures will be taken in the coming days.
He added that the Israeli authorities have been planning to seize Palestinian lands from the village to expand Karni Shamron settlement.
Head of Kafr Laqif's village council Nayef Jaber said that IOF soldiers and settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens who confronted the illegal confiscation attempt of 27 dunums of Palestinian land in favor of settlement expansion.
Jaber said that the Palestinians of Kafr Laqif managed to force the settlers out of the land and stop the razing operation, noting that legal procedures will be taken in the coming days.
He added that the Israeli authorities have been planning to seize Palestinian lands from the village to expand Karni Shamron settlement.
At least two Palestinians sustained moderate injuries, early Sunday morning, as Israeli fighter jets struck several locations in the northern besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.
The two Palestinians were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed a location west of Gaza City, they were rushed to nearby Shifa Hospital for medical treatment.
The warplanes also bombed two other locations east of Gaza City and east of the town of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, causing serious damages to the sites bombed but no human casualties.
The Israeli occupation forces claimed that the airstrikes came in response to the purported firing of three projectiles from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, which were allegedly intercepted by the Iron Dome system.
Israeli Attacks Gaza After Alleged Rocket Fire
The Middle East Eye reported that Israeli aircraft carried out attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, early Sunday, Palestinian security officials said, hours after three rockets were said to have been fired from the enclave.
Israel claims three rockets were launched from the besieged Gaza Strip towards southern Israel and intercepted by its Iron Dome defence system.
The strikes targeted two sites belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, in northern Gaza, with another series of attacks at a Qassam site west of Gaza City, there were no immediate reports of injuries.
All three projectiles were reportedly intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system, the Israeli army said, amending an earlier statement according to which two of the three rockets were shot down.
Medics had treated three people in the southern Israeli town of Sderot who suffered minor injuries while seeking shelter as air raid sirens went off, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
Note the fact that it was not a ‘rocket’ that injured people in Israel, but the air raid siren.
A forum for the local councils of the Gaza border communities and the city of Sderot released a statement decrying “the substandard deterrence and failing policy of managing the security situation in the Gaza border communities”, Haaretz reported.
There were no immediate reports of material damage.
According to KAN Radio, Israeli aircraft were scrambled to the northern Strip three times on Saturday, following reports of suspicious activity near the border, but returned to base after checking that there had been no infiltration into Israel, the Jerusalem Post said.
Israel states that it holds the Hamas movement responsible for all rocket fire coming from the territory, although it has targeted other militant groups there.
Israel has imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, and inflicted three military offensives against the besieged enclave; 2008 – Operation Cast Lead, 2012 – Returning Echo, and 2014 – Operation Protective Edge.
It is important to remember the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3246; the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights.
This resolution reaffirmed the legitimacy of the peoples’ struggle for liberation from colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation by all available means, including armed struggle.
The two Palestinians were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed a location west of Gaza City, they were rushed to nearby Shifa Hospital for medical treatment.
The warplanes also bombed two other locations east of Gaza City and east of the town of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, causing serious damages to the sites bombed but no human casualties.
The Israeli occupation forces claimed that the airstrikes came in response to the purported firing of three projectiles from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, which were allegedly intercepted by the Iron Dome system.
Israeli Attacks Gaza After Alleged Rocket Fire
The Middle East Eye reported that Israeli aircraft carried out attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, early Sunday, Palestinian security officials said, hours after three rockets were said to have been fired from the enclave.
Israel claims three rockets were launched from the besieged Gaza Strip towards southern Israel and intercepted by its Iron Dome defence system.
The strikes targeted two sites belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, in northern Gaza, with another series of attacks at a Qassam site west of Gaza City, there were no immediate reports of injuries.
All three projectiles were reportedly intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system, the Israeli army said, amending an earlier statement according to which two of the three rockets were shot down.
Medics had treated three people in the southern Israeli town of Sderot who suffered minor injuries while seeking shelter as air raid sirens went off, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
Note the fact that it was not a ‘rocket’ that injured people in Israel, but the air raid siren.
A forum for the local councils of the Gaza border communities and the city of Sderot released a statement decrying “the substandard deterrence and failing policy of managing the security situation in the Gaza border communities”, Haaretz reported.
There were no immediate reports of material damage.
According to KAN Radio, Israeli aircraft were scrambled to the northern Strip three times on Saturday, following reports of suspicious activity near the border, but returned to base after checking that there had been no infiltration into Israel, the Jerusalem Post said.
Israel states that it holds the Hamas movement responsible for all rocket fire coming from the territory, although it has targeted other militant groups there.
Israel has imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, and inflicted three military offensives against the besieged enclave; 2008 – Operation Cast Lead, 2012 – Returning Echo, and 2014 – Operation Protective Edge.
It is important to remember the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3246; the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights.
This resolution reaffirmed the legitimacy of the peoples’ struggle for liberation from colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation by all available means, including armed struggle.
7 dec 2019
Dozens of Palestinian citizens on Saturday evening choked on tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during violent quelling of an anti-settlement demonstration in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqilya.
Local sources said that the IOF attacked a peaceful demonstration in Kafr Qaddum protesting the Israeli settlement construction activity and calling for opening the town's main road that has been closed for 16 years.
The IOF heavily fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the peaceful protesters. Dozens of them suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.
Local sources said that the IOF attacked a peaceful demonstration in Kafr Qaddum protesting the Israeli settlement construction activity and calling for opening the town's main road that has been closed for 16 years.
The IOF heavily fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the peaceful protesters. Dozens of them suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.
6 dec 2019
83rd GMR: IOF Shot and Injured 46 Palestinian Civilians, Including 19 Children, a Paramedic and 4 Women; one of them was a Paramedic March protests
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Sixty-Four Palestinian civilians, including 19 children, a paramedic, and 4 women; one of them was a paramedic, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 83rd Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 06 December 2019.
IOF preceded the protests today by describing them as “chaotic and violent”, threatening to target the protesters. Via a video, Colonel Iyad Sarhan, Head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) for Gaza, called upon the Gaza civilian residents “not to go back to the violent way and not to take part again in the riot and protests along the border fence.” He also threatened, “if any of you approached the fence, you will be targeted and pay a heavy price for your wrong choices,” and added, “Being in the border area would endanger your lives.” |
This week, IOF resumed the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors, as 4 civilians were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel in addition to other injuries with rubber bullets, mainly in protesters’ upper bodies. One of those injured was deemed in serious condition after being shot with a rubber bullet to the head, causing a skull fracture in eastern Rafah.
Palestinian civilians started heading at 14:00 to the five GMR encampments in the eastern Gaza Strip to join Today’s protest titled: “GMR Will Continue” and lasted to 16:30.
Since the outbreak of GMR on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 215 civilian killings by IOF, including 47 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,759 civilians, including 3,715 children, 391 women, 255 paramedics and 218 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: demonstrations took part in eastern Jabalia. Protesters threw stones at IOF stationed along the border fence. IOF shot and injured 14 civilians, including 5 children and 2 women: 2 with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. video
Gaza City: hundreds took part in Malaka area in eastern Gaza City. IOF targeted them with teargas canisters and live and rubber bullets. As a result, 5 civilians were injured; 4 of them were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip: protests took part in eastern al-Buriej Camp. Hundreds gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones at IOF, who fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 4 civilians, including a woman, were injured: 1 with a live bullet and the others with teargas canisters.
Khan Younis: Hundreds civilians joined today’s protests in Khuza’ah area in eastern Khan Yunis. Most of the protesters stayed in the encampment for the activities while only dozens gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones and firecrackers. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them in addition to firing skunk at them from water cannons. As a result, 6 civilians, including 3 children and 2 paramedics, were injured with rubber bullets and taken to hospitals. Moreover, many civilians sustained superficial rubber bullets wounds and suffocated due to tear gas inhalation. They received treatment on the spot.
The wounded paramedic, Dalia Bassam Ahmed Abu Reidah (21), working within Watan Medical Team, was shot with a rubber bullet in her left hand while paramedic Mohammed Ziyad Zoghbor(35), a PRCS volunteer paramedic, was shot with a rubber bullet in the right shoulder. It should be noted that some Palestinian young men flocked to today’s protests at 13:00 and were shot with live bullets and hit with tear gas canisters before the crowds headed to the area. As a result, a child was wounded with a rubber bullet.
Rafah: hundreds of protestors gathered in eastern al-Shawka neighborhood while others remained at the protest encampment, where speeches and theatrical performances were performed. Dozens attempted to approach the fence and throw stones and burnt tires. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors and pumped wastewater at them. As a result, 17 civilians, including 11 children, were injured: 2 shot with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 7 were hit with tear gas canisters. RajehMohammed al-Qadi (24) was shot with a rubber bullet to the head, causing fracture in his skull. He was admitted to the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis for his serious condition.
Palestinian civilians started heading at 14:00 to the five GMR encampments in the eastern Gaza Strip to join Today’s protest titled: “GMR Will Continue” and lasted to 16:30.
Since the outbreak of GMR on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 215 civilian killings by IOF, including 47 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,759 civilians, including 3,715 children, 391 women, 255 paramedics and 218 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: demonstrations took part in eastern Jabalia. Protesters threw stones at IOF stationed along the border fence. IOF shot and injured 14 civilians, including 5 children and 2 women: 2 with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. video
Gaza City: hundreds took part in Malaka area in eastern Gaza City. IOF targeted them with teargas canisters and live and rubber bullets. As a result, 5 civilians were injured; 4 of them were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip: protests took part in eastern al-Buriej Camp. Hundreds gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones at IOF, who fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 4 civilians, including a woman, were injured: 1 with a live bullet and the others with teargas canisters.
Khan Younis: Hundreds civilians joined today’s protests in Khuza’ah area in eastern Khan Yunis. Most of the protesters stayed in the encampment for the activities while only dozens gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones and firecrackers. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them in addition to firing skunk at them from water cannons. As a result, 6 civilians, including 3 children and 2 paramedics, were injured with rubber bullets and taken to hospitals. Moreover, many civilians sustained superficial rubber bullets wounds and suffocated due to tear gas inhalation. They received treatment on the spot.
The wounded paramedic, Dalia Bassam Ahmed Abu Reidah (21), working within Watan Medical Team, was shot with a rubber bullet in her left hand while paramedic Mohammed Ziyad Zoghbor(35), a PRCS volunteer paramedic, was shot with a rubber bullet in the right shoulder. It should be noted that some Palestinian young men flocked to today’s protests at 13:00 and were shot with live bullets and hit with tear gas canisters before the crowds headed to the area. As a result, a child was wounded with a rubber bullet.
Rafah: hundreds of protestors gathered in eastern al-Shawka neighborhood while others remained at the protest encampment, where speeches and theatrical performances were performed. Dozens attempted to approach the fence and throw stones and burnt tires. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors and pumped wastewater at them. As a result, 17 civilians, including 11 children, were injured: 2 shot with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 7 were hit with tear gas canisters. RajehMohammed al-Qadi (24) was shot with a rubber bullet to the head, causing fracture in his skull. He was admitted to the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis for his serious condition.
A Palestinian youth was critically injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at Palestinian citizens in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Nour al-Sulaibi, 22, was seriously wounded after being shot in the chest by an IOF soldier.
The Ministry said that al-Sulaibi has been admitted to a local hospital in al-Khalil and doctors there described his condition as "very serious". video
Al-Sulaibi was injured during the IOF quelling of weekly protests in Beit Ummar against the Israeli occupation's settlement policies.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Nour al-Sulaibi, 22, was seriously wounded after being shot in the chest by an IOF soldier.
The Ministry said that al-Sulaibi has been admitted to a local hospital in al-Khalil and doctors there described his condition as "very serious". video
Al-Sulaibi was injured during the IOF quelling of weekly protests in Beit Ummar against the Israeli occupation's settlement policies.
5 dec 2019
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday afternoon, one Palestinian and injured many schoolgirls in Anata Palestinian town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Najwa Refa’ey, the principal of Anata H School for Girls, said many army jeeps invaded the street in front of the school, and attacked many young men who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the soldiers.
She added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades into the area, including the school campus, causing dozens of students to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The schoolgirls could not leave their educational facility after the school day was over, and had to wait for some time until the soldiers left.
Furthermore, the soldiers chased a young man near the school, and abducted him; he remained unidentified at the time of this report.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the same area earlier on Thursday at dawn, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
Najwa Refa’ey, the principal of Anata H School for Girls, said many army jeeps invaded the street in front of the school, and attacked many young men who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the soldiers.
She added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades into the area, including the school campus, causing dozens of students to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The schoolgirls could not leave their educational facility after the school day was over, and had to wait for some time until the soldiers left.
Furthermore, the soldiers chased a young man near the school, and abducted him; he remained unidentified at the time of this report.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the same area earlier on Thursday at dawn, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded and violently searched homes, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Sufian an-Natsha, Islam Rajabi and Mohammad Rajabi, from their homes in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Mahmoud al-Hadra from Jabal az-Zeitoun (Mount Of Olives), and Mohammad Mousa Mustafa, from the al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers also invaded Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, especially in the Salam area, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
It is worth mentioning that, on Wednesday at night, the soldiers abducted a teen, identified as Hamza Abu Sneina, from Silwan town, in Jerusalem.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked homes, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted Mousa Kamal Baradeyya, and Ayman Ali Baradeyya.
The soldiers abducted two siblings, identified as Bashir and Ali Suleiman at-Till, from the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohannad Zoheir al-Allami, 22, in addition to Abdul-Aziz Thiab Awad, 22, and his brother Qassem, 20.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Atallah al-Ghoul, 50, from his home in Deir al-Ghosoun town, north of the city.
The soldiers also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, east of Jenin in northern West Bank, and ransacked many homes, including the home of former political prisoner, Odai Taiseer Ghawadra, 29.
The soldiers could not locate Ghawadra to abduct him, and told his family that he needed to turn himself in to the army, “because if he doesn’t, he will be assassinated.”
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Sufian an-Natsha, Islam Rajabi and Mohammad Rajabi, from their homes in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Mahmoud al-Hadra from Jabal az-Zeitoun (Mount Of Olives), and Mohammad Mousa Mustafa, from the al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers also invaded Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, especially in the Salam area, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
It is worth mentioning that, on Wednesday at night, the soldiers abducted a teen, identified as Hamza Abu Sneina, from Silwan town, in Jerusalem.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked homes, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted Mousa Kamal Baradeyya, and Ayman Ali Baradeyya.
The soldiers abducted two siblings, identified as Bashir and Ali Suleiman at-Till, from the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohannad Zoheir al-Allami, 22, in addition to Abdul-Aziz Thiab Awad, 22, and his brother Qassem, 20.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Atallah al-Ghoul, 50, from his home in Deir al-Ghosoun town, north of the city.
The soldiers also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, east of Jenin in northern West Bank, and ransacked many homes, including the home of former political prisoner, Odai Taiseer Ghawadra, 29.
The soldiers could not locate Ghawadra to abduct him, and told his family that he needed to turn himself in to the army, “because if he doesn’t, he will be assassinated.”
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday stormed Bir al-Basha village, east of Jenin, and raided several homes.
According to local sources, the IOF broke into the house of ex-detainee Oday Ghawadreh, 29, and other homes in the village.
The IOF ransacked the homes and threatened to kill Oday if he did not turn himself in.
According to local sources, the IOF broke into the house of ex-detainee Oday Ghawadreh, 29, and other homes in the village.
The IOF ransacked the homes and threatened to kill Oday if he did not turn himself in.
4 dec 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, a Palestinian school in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, abducted two children and forced the school shut until further notice.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers surrounded the school before invading it, and abducted two children, identified as Dia’ Shehada and Mohammad Safadi.
They added that the soldiers forced all students and staff out of the educational facility and shut it down.
The army invaded the school after the soldiers invaded surrounding areas, and fired at many Palestinians who protested the invasion and hurled stones at them.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers surrounded the school before invading it, and abducted two children, identified as Dia’ Shehada and Mohammad Safadi.
They added that the soldiers forced all students and staff out of the educational facility and shut it down.
The army invaded the school after the soldiers invaded surrounding areas, and fired at many Palestinians who protested the invasion and hurled stones at them.
