12 feb 2015
Violent clashes between Palestinian inhabitants and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke out at dawn Thursday in Beit Forik town to the east of Nablus. The clashes took place after the IOF soldiers raided the town and stormed Palestinian homes.
Aref Hanani, resident of the village, told the PIC reporter that clashes resulted from breaking into the town homes including the house of Afif Sarsak, member of the town’s council. The IOF forced the Sarsak family out of the house and searched it thoroughly.
The Israeli soldiers also broke into, searched and wreaked havoc in the house of Palestinian martyr Bashar Hanani for unrevealed reasons.
Aref Hanani said that no casualties were suffered in the raid that ended with the withdrawal of the troops later in the morning.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli forces raided the petrol station in Beit Forik town and questioned some of the passersby.
Other clashes took place near the industrial area in the town where the Israeli soldiers were deployed, they added.
Aref Hanani, resident of the village, told the PIC reporter that clashes resulted from breaking into the town homes including the house of Afif Sarsak, member of the town’s council. The IOF forced the Sarsak family out of the house and searched it thoroughly.
The Israeli soldiers also broke into, searched and wreaked havoc in the house of Palestinian martyr Bashar Hanani for unrevealed reasons.
Aref Hanani said that no casualties were suffered in the raid that ended with the withdrawal of the troops later in the morning.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli forces raided the petrol station in Beit Forik town and questioned some of the passersby.
Other clashes took place near the industrial area in the town where the Israeli soldiers were deployed, they added.
Large-scale clashes between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces broke out at dawn on Thursday in Zaboubah town to the west of Jenin. The Clashes took place after the IOF stormed the town.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers in six military vehicles raided Zaboubah town and broke into Palestinians’ houses. The IOF fired stun grenades and tear gas, which ignited the clashes, the sources added.
Ten Palestinians suffered suffocation, some of them inside their homes, because of Israeli tear gas. Meanwhile, the IOF set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the town and blocked traffic.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers in six military vehicles raided Zaboubah town and broke into Palestinians’ houses. The IOF fired stun grenades and tear gas, which ignited the clashes, the sources added.
Ten Palestinians suffered suffocation, some of them inside their homes, because of Israeli tear gas. Meanwhile, the IOF set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the town and blocked traffic.
A Palestinian young workman from east Jerusalem survived a murder attempt after extremist Jewish settlers from an Israeli settlement on the western side of the holy city inveigled him into coming to their area.
21-year-old Anas Manasrah, from Silwan district, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that he had survived a physical assault targeting his life after a Jewish settler phoned him and craftily enticed him into coming to his home in Beit Shemesh settlement, west of Jerusalem, in order to install curtains.
Manasrah, who provides curtain installation services, explained further that he had gone along with his father to the home address of the caller in Beit Shemesh where a group of about seven settlers suddenly attacked them, forcing them to engage in a hand-to-hand fight with them.
He added that Israeli policemen came to the area but did not arrest the assailants, noting that an anonymous person talked to him over the phone in Hebrew recently and threatened to burn him alive as happened to the Palestinian child Mohamed Abu Khudair months ago.
In previous killing incidents, the Palestinian natives in the holy city accused the Israeli police of connivance after they did not work seriously on arresting the Jewish killers who burned 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair alive last year and who lynched a Palestinian bus driver in the holy city.
21-year-old Anas Manasrah, from Silwan district, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that he had survived a physical assault targeting his life after a Jewish settler phoned him and craftily enticed him into coming to his home in Beit Shemesh settlement, west of Jerusalem, in order to install curtains.
Manasrah, who provides curtain installation services, explained further that he had gone along with his father to the home address of the caller in Beit Shemesh where a group of about seven settlers suddenly attacked them, forcing them to engage in a hand-to-hand fight with them.
He added that Israeli policemen came to the area but did not arrest the assailants, noting that an anonymous person talked to him over the phone in Hebrew recently and threatened to burn him alive as happened to the Palestinian child Mohamed Abu Khudair months ago.
In previous killing incidents, the Palestinian natives in the holy city accused the Israeli police of connivance after they did not work seriously on arresting the Jewish killers who burned 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair alive last year and who lynched a Palestinian bus driver in the holy city.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday at dawn, that many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Zabbouba town, near Jenin. One Palestinian kidnapped in Jerusalem.
The sources said that local medics provided treatment to several residents, who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs into the streets, and at a number of homes.
Scores of local youths clashed with the invading soldiers, when several armored military vehicles invaded Zabbouba, after surrounding it.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers assaulted a young Palestinian man, in Silwan town south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped him.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said the soldiers stopped Yahya Jum’a al-‘Awar, 22, and Jamal Mousa ‘Awad, 21, while walking in ‘Ein al-Lowza neighborhood, and started kicking and beating them before kidnapping Yahya.
The invasion led to clashes with local youth who threw stones, empty bottle and Molotov cocktails at them while the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The sources said that local medics provided treatment to several residents, who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs into the streets, and at a number of homes.
Scores of local youths clashed with the invading soldiers, when several armored military vehicles invaded Zabbouba, after surrounding it.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers assaulted a young Palestinian man, in Silwan town south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped him.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said the soldiers stopped Yahya Jum’a al-‘Awar, 22, and Jamal Mousa ‘Awad, 21, while walking in ‘Ein al-Lowza neighborhood, and started kicking and beating them before kidnapping Yahya.
The invasion led to clashes with local youth who threw stones, empty bottle and Molotov cocktails at them while the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
11 feb 2015
The Israeli military fired tear gas directly into a playground, Sunday, in the Bethlehem-area Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank.
Camp residents report that this is not the first time the army has fired tear gas into the camp's sole play area for children. The camp itself has no health facilities, and any children overcome from the tear gas would have had to be brought to a clinic in the nearby town of Beit Jalla.
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Established in 1950, the Aida refugee camp is home ot some 3,500 Palestinian refugees, of whom almost 30 percent are children aged 15 and under.
Camp residents report that this is not the first time the army has fired tear gas into the camp's sole play area for children. The camp itself has no health facilities, and any children overcome from the tear gas would have had to be brought to a clinic in the nearby town of Beit Jalla.
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Established in 1950, the Aida refugee camp is home ot some 3,500 Palestinian refugees, of whom almost 30 percent are children aged 15 and under.
Israeli soldiers invaded several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, kidnapped eight Palestinians, including children, wounded at least two, and handed five others military orders for interrogation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, Mohammad Awad, said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar, and kidnapped seven Palestinians after violently breaking into their homes, and searching them.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Issam Mohammad Bahar, 16, Mazen Taleb ‘Awad, 19, Mohammad Ayman Ekhlayyel, 19, Mahmoud Suleiman Ekhlayyel, 18, Amir Yousef Ekhlayyel, 16, Ibrahim Khalil Abu Dayya, 21, and Mohammad Jamil Abu Mariyya, 18.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, and handed him warrants for his sons, Emad, Yousef and Mohammad, ordering them to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Resident Yousef Za’al ‘Alqam, said the soldiers stormed his home, and sprayed his eyes with pepper spray, before handing his son, Jihad, 18 years of age, a military order for interrogation.
The invasion into Beit Ummar led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths; the army fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
A young man, 27 years of age, was shot by a gas bomb in the leg, and was moved to the Hebron governmental hospital. Many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Soldiers also forced some young men out of their homes in the rain, and forced them to remove their clothes in order to search them.
One Palestinian, who remained unidentified, was kidnapped in the al-Karmel area in Masafer Yatta town, after the soldiers invaded and violently searched several homes.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Khirbit al-Jawaya village, and interrogated the families. The homes belong to Ahmad Barghash Shawaheen, Rasmi Nawaj’a, Ahmad Hammad Nawaj’a, and several other families.
In the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, soldiers invaded the home of Amjad Najjar, head of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), assaulted his wife causing her to faint and refused to allow the family to give her water or help her.
The soldiers also confiscated computers, files of Palestinian political prisoners, and other equipment, and tore pictures of late President Yasser Arafat.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, Mohammad Awad, said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar, and kidnapped seven Palestinians after violently breaking into their homes, and searching them.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Issam Mohammad Bahar, 16, Mazen Taleb ‘Awad, 19, Mohammad Ayman Ekhlayyel, 19, Mahmoud Suleiman Ekhlayyel, 18, Amir Yousef Ekhlayyel, 16, Ibrahim Khalil Abu Dayya, 21, and Mohammad Jamil Abu Mariyya, 18.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, and handed him warrants for his sons, Emad, Yousef and Mohammad, ordering them to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Resident Yousef Za’al ‘Alqam, said the soldiers stormed his home, and sprayed his eyes with pepper spray, before handing his son, Jihad, 18 years of age, a military order for interrogation.
The invasion into Beit Ummar led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths; the army fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
A young man, 27 years of age, was shot by a gas bomb in the leg, and was moved to the Hebron governmental hospital. Many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Soldiers also forced some young men out of their homes in the rain, and forced them to remove their clothes in order to search them.
One Palestinian, who remained unidentified, was kidnapped in the al-Karmel area in Masafer Yatta town, after the soldiers invaded and violently searched several homes.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Khirbit al-Jawaya village, and interrogated the families. The homes belong to Ahmad Barghash Shawaheen, Rasmi Nawaj’a, Ahmad Hammad Nawaj’a, and several other families.
In the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, soldiers invaded the home of Amjad Najjar, head of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), assaulted his wife causing her to faint and refused to allow the family to give her water or help her.
The soldiers also confiscated computers, files of Palestinian political prisoners, and other equipment, and tore pictures of late President Yasser Arafat.
10 feb 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot at a Palestinian man near al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Tuesday.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that the man was moderately injured in the shooting by Israeli forces stationed to the east of the camp.
The injured man was taken to hospital in Deir al-Balah, whereas his condition was described as moderate, the sources said.
The IOF often opens fire and storms the eastern outskirts of Gaza Strip in violation of the truce agreement signed last summer between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that the man was moderately injured in the shooting by Israeli forces stationed to the east of the camp.
The injured man was taken to hospital in Deir al-Balah, whereas his condition was described as moderate, the sources said.
The IOF often opens fire and storms the eastern outskirts of Gaza Strip in violation of the truce agreement signed last summer between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday stormed the house of Hamas leader Nazih Abu Oun, in Jenin city, and stole his money and destroyed whatever came in their way.
Dozens of IOF troops broke into the house of the 53-year-old Nazih at around 2.30 a.m. and locked up all the family members in one single room, shortly before they scoured the house and crashed our belongings and furniture under the pretext of search, Abu Oun’s family members told the PIC.
The IOF soldiers misappropriated whatever family funds that had come in their way, estimated at some 2,600 shekels, and refused to hand the family any document corroborating the misappropriation, the family said.
The family said though the assault has not been the first of its kind, as the IOF soldiers have stormed the house over the past few years for over 15 times, it has nevertheless been the most brutal and caused unprecedented damage.
The raid fell in line with a decision issued by the Israeli Salem court afternoon Monday ruling for the adjournment of a court hearing to look into the set of indictments filed against Abu Oun on charges of affiliation with Hamas.
Earlier, Abu Oun had been locked up at the Israeli occupation jails for over 13 years under the same allegations.
Detainee Abu Oun, re-captured 10 months ago, has been diagnosed with critical heath disorders, namely chronic stomachaches and severe back pains.
Dozens of IOF troops broke into the house of the 53-year-old Nazih at around 2.30 a.m. and locked up all the family members in one single room, shortly before they scoured the house and crashed our belongings and furniture under the pretext of search, Abu Oun’s family members told the PIC.
The IOF soldiers misappropriated whatever family funds that had come in their way, estimated at some 2,600 shekels, and refused to hand the family any document corroborating the misappropriation, the family said.
The family said though the assault has not been the first of its kind, as the IOF soldiers have stormed the house over the past few years for over 15 times, it has nevertheless been the most brutal and caused unprecedented damage.
The raid fell in line with a decision issued by the Israeli Salem court afternoon Monday ruling for the adjournment of a court hearing to look into the set of indictments filed against Abu Oun on charges of affiliation with Hamas.
Earlier, Abu Oun had been locked up at the Israeli occupation jails for over 13 years under the same allegations.
Detainee Abu Oun, re-captured 10 months ago, has been diagnosed with critical heath disorders, namely chronic stomachaches and severe back pains.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at noontime Monday opened machinegun fire at two peaceful rallies staged near Gaza’s eastern borders to push for lifting the blockade and pressing ahead with reconstruction.
The mass rallies were staged by the national committee to break the siege and launch reconstruction in eastern Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
“The IOF troops unleashed volleys of gunfire in an attempt to disband the rally-goers, who lifted Palestinian flags and banners calling for breaking the siege and launching reconstruction, a local activist told the Quds Press.
Israeli media outlets claimed the young protesters moved toward the border fence and raised Palestinian flags on it to the northeast of the Gaza Strip.
Observes said the attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August, 26 last year between Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation.
The mass rallies were staged by the national committee to break the siege and launch reconstruction in eastern Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
“The IOF troops unleashed volleys of gunfire in an attempt to disband the rally-goers, who lifted Palestinian flags and banners calling for breaking the siege and launching reconstruction, a local activist told the Quds Press.
Israeli media outlets claimed the young protesters moved toward the border fence and raised Palestinian flags on it to the northeast of the Gaza Strip.
Observes said the attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August, 26 last year between Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation.
9 feb 2015
Israeli warplanes, Monday, carried out mock air raids in a limited incursion over Gaza skies, while Israeli navy gunboats opened fire at fishermen off the Gaza shore, according to WAFA correspondence.
Israeli F16s flew over the Gaza Strip at low altitude and launched mock raids over the region, in addition to sailing heat balloons into the air, which Israel uses to divert intense anti-aircraft fire.
Loud explosions were heard across the Strip, spreading fear and panic among residents, and particularly children.
Meanwhile, Israeli naval troops targeted fishing boats sailing within the six-nautical miles allowed for fishing. However, no injuries were reported among them.
Fishermen were forced to leave the sea for fear of being killed, injured or arrested.
Israel continues to breach the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement reached on August 26th of 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the Strip.
During the ceasefire indirect talks, Israel agreed to extend the fishing zone to six nautical miles, a term that was stipulated under the 2012 ceasefire agreement, but was rescinded by Israel only months later.
The current fishing zone falls drastically short of the twenty nautical miles allocated to Palestinian fishermen under the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Israeli F16s flew over the Gaza Strip at low altitude and launched mock raids over the region, in addition to sailing heat balloons into the air, which Israel uses to divert intense anti-aircraft fire.
Loud explosions were heard across the Strip, spreading fear and panic among residents, and particularly children.
Meanwhile, Israeli naval troops targeted fishing boats sailing within the six-nautical miles allowed for fishing. However, no injuries were reported among them.
Fishermen were forced to leave the sea for fear of being killed, injured or arrested.
Israel continues to breach the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement reached on August 26th of 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the Strip.
During the ceasefire indirect talks, Israel agreed to extend the fishing zone to six nautical miles, a term that was stipulated under the 2012 ceasefire agreement, but was rescinded by Israel only months later.
The current fishing zone falls drastically short of the twenty nautical miles allocated to Palestinian fishermen under the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Scores of Palestinian young men suffered from inhaling tear gas and some others sustained physical injuries during violent clashes last night with Israeli invading troops in Aja town, south of Jenin city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed the town, blocked its entrance near Jenin-Nablus road, and spread in its central neighborhoods.
The military presence in the town angered the local young men and prompted them to throw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who, in turn, fired tear gas grenades at the protesters and caused many of them to suffocate from inhaling gas fumes.
Other young men were physically assaulted by the invading troops, including 22-year-old Mohamed Suleiman, who suffered severe bruises in his head, chest and abdomen.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed the town, blocked its entrance near Jenin-Nablus road, and spread in its central neighborhoods.
The military presence in the town angered the local young men and prompted them to throw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who, in turn, fired tear gas grenades at the protesters and caused many of them to suffocate from inhaling gas fumes.
Other young men were physically assaulted by the invading troops, including 22-year-old Mohamed Suleiman, who suffered severe bruises in his head, chest and abdomen.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) claimed Monday the destruction of a tunnel stretching from Shuja’iyya suburb in Gaza City to Nahal Oz military site.
Weapons and combat equipment were allegedly found in the tunnel, according to Israeli sources.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers advanced on Monday morning into the north of Gaza Strip, where they conducted combing operations in the area.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that four Israeli bulldozers escorted by a number of military vehicles moved into Beit Hanoun town to the north of the besieged Strip.
It was not the first time the Israeli army violated the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Its troops attack Palestinian farmers and their property, and prevent them from reaching their fields almost on a daily basis.
Weapons and combat equipment were allegedly found in the tunnel, according to Israeli sources.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers advanced on Monday morning into the north of Gaza Strip, where they conducted combing operations in the area.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that four Israeli bulldozers escorted by a number of military vehicles moved into Beit Hanoun town to the north of the besieged Strip.
It was not the first time the Israeli army violated the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Its troops attack Palestinian farmers and their property, and prevent them from reaching their fields almost on a daily basis.
8 feb 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire on Sunday at a Palestinian vehicle at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem, claiming the Palestinian driver attempted to run over Israeli soldiers at the barrier.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 claimed that the soldiers stationed at the checkpoint opened gunfire at a Palestinian car while heading toward the military barrier and after its driver had attempted to run over soldiers.
The broadcast said the soldiers hit the vehicle which did not stop and sped away. The IOF as a result launched a search campaign for the driver.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 claimed that the soldiers stationed at the checkpoint opened gunfire at a Palestinian car while heading toward the military barrier and after its driver had attempted to run over soldiers.
The broadcast said the soldiers hit the vehicle which did not stop and sped away. The IOF as a result launched a search campaign for the driver.
7 feb 2015
The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday opened fire on the Gazan farmers east of Deir Al-Balah area in Gaza strip.
Witnesses from the area reported that the Israeli soldiers targeted the Palestinian farmers who were working in their agricultural lands
No injuries were reported.
Witnesses from the area reported that the Israeli soldiers targeted the Palestinian farmers who were working in their agricultural lands
No injuries were reported.
Several Palestinian and international activists were injured as Israeli forces dispersed peaceful marches in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday, according to activists and WAFA correspondence.
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian and foreign activists who marched in protest of the ongoing closure of the road linking Surif with Al-Jaba‘ village, to the southwest of Bethlehem, beating them with the butts of their rifles and firing tear gas canisters and stun grenades at them.
Several Palestinians sustained bruises across their bodies while others suffocated as a result of inhaling tear gas.
Marching activists waived Palestinian flags and chanted slogans demanding the removal of the metal gate that has been separating Surif from Al-Jabʻa for the past fourteen years.
Israel closed off the road with metal gates, rocks and sand barriers to facilitate safe movement for settlers traveling in and out of Gush Etzion settlement bloc, to the north of Hebron, cutting off the two villages from one another.
Despite the deployment of Israeli forces in the area and declaring it a closed military zone, activists managed to plant dozens of olive saplings in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, particularly Malak Al-Khatib, age 14, the youngest female prisoner in Israeli jails, said Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Hebron, Rateb al-Jabour.
Al-Jabour pledged that activists would continue to protect vulnerable Palestinian lands against expanding settlement construction, through farming them and reinforcing farmers’ resilience.
Defiant activists attempted to remove the metal gate that obstruct movement between Surif and Al-Jabʻa and planted an olive sapling dedicated to captured Jordanian fighter pilot Mu‘az al-Kassasbeh, who was burned to death in a cage by the Western-backed "Islamic State" proxy militia.
Also on Saturday, Israeli forces stormed the Ramallah town of Batonia, firing tear gas and sound canisters towards residents’ homes, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said that soldiers chased Palestinian youth, present near Ofer military camp, all the way to the center of the town, firing tear gas and sound canisters towards residents and their homes. No injuries were reported.
An increasing number of unarmed and peaceful Palestinians have either been killed or seriously injured as a result of Israel’s constant use of tear gas against Palestinians.
Additionally, Israeli forces, Saturday morning and Friday evening, kidnapped at least two Palestinians, including a child, from the illegally occupied districts of Hebron and Jenin, according to WAFA security sources.
Forces deployed in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque detained nine-year-old Abdul-Rahman Burqan and led him to an unknown destination.
They also raided Idhna town, to the west of the city, set up roadblocks in various neighborhoods, as well as at the entrances of Sa‘ir and Halhul, where they stopped and examined vehicles with Palestinian registration plates and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
Meanwhile, in Jenin, forces stationed at a checkpoint near Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, also detained a Palestinian young man after stopping the bus he was aboard for over an hour.
The detainee, who is a resident from Markah village, to the south of Jenin, remains unidentified.
Forces also raided two Palestinian homes in the Jenin village of Arqa, searching them and interrogating residents. No abductions were reported.
Forces further stormed Yabod and al-Taybeh, where they conducted a large-scale search campaign, setting up ambushes and patrolling their vehicles in streets and allies; no abductions reported.
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian and foreign activists who marched in protest of the ongoing closure of the road linking Surif with Al-Jaba‘ village, to the southwest of Bethlehem, beating them with the butts of their rifles and firing tear gas canisters and stun grenades at them.
Several Palestinians sustained bruises across their bodies while others suffocated as a result of inhaling tear gas.
Marching activists waived Palestinian flags and chanted slogans demanding the removal of the metal gate that has been separating Surif from Al-Jabʻa for the past fourteen years.
Israel closed off the road with metal gates, rocks and sand barriers to facilitate safe movement for settlers traveling in and out of Gush Etzion settlement bloc, to the north of Hebron, cutting off the two villages from one another.
Despite the deployment of Israeli forces in the area and declaring it a closed military zone, activists managed to plant dozens of olive saplings in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, particularly Malak Al-Khatib, age 14, the youngest female prisoner in Israeli jails, said Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Hebron, Rateb al-Jabour.
Al-Jabour pledged that activists would continue to protect vulnerable Palestinian lands against expanding settlement construction, through farming them and reinforcing farmers’ resilience.
Defiant activists attempted to remove the metal gate that obstruct movement between Surif and Al-Jabʻa and planted an olive sapling dedicated to captured Jordanian fighter pilot Mu‘az al-Kassasbeh, who was burned to death in a cage by the Western-backed "Islamic State" proxy militia.
Also on Saturday, Israeli forces stormed the Ramallah town of Batonia, firing tear gas and sound canisters towards residents’ homes, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said that soldiers chased Palestinian youth, present near Ofer military camp, all the way to the center of the town, firing tear gas and sound canisters towards residents and their homes. No injuries were reported.
An increasing number of unarmed and peaceful Palestinians have either been killed or seriously injured as a result of Israel’s constant use of tear gas against Palestinians.
Additionally, Israeli forces, Saturday morning and Friday evening, kidnapped at least two Palestinians, including a child, from the illegally occupied districts of Hebron and Jenin, according to WAFA security sources.
Forces deployed in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque detained nine-year-old Abdul-Rahman Burqan and led him to an unknown destination.
They also raided Idhna town, to the west of the city, set up roadblocks in various neighborhoods, as well as at the entrances of Sa‘ir and Halhul, where they stopped and examined vehicles with Palestinian registration plates and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
Meanwhile, in Jenin, forces stationed at a checkpoint near Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, also detained a Palestinian young man after stopping the bus he was aboard for over an hour.
The detainee, who is a resident from Markah village, to the south of Jenin, remains unidentified.
Forces also raided two Palestinian homes in the Jenin village of Arqa, searching them and interrogating residents. No abductions were reported.
Forces further stormed Yabod and al-Taybeh, where they conducted a large-scale search campaign, setting up ambushes and patrolling their vehicles in streets and allies; no abductions reported.
Israeli checkpoint soldiers on Friday evening kidnapped a Palestinian citizens hailing from Marka town, south of Jenin, and took him to an unknown place.
Local sources said that Mohamed Mousa was traveling back to his home in Jenin when Israeli soldiers stopped the bus he was aboard at Yitzhar junction near Nablus and rounded him up.
The sources added that the soldiers checked the ID cards of all passengers before kidnapping Mousa and allowing the bus to leave.
The detainee is the brother of Zayed Mousa, a martyr from al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
In a separate incident, an Israeli soldier suffered an injury during violent clashes on Friday afternoon in Bil'in town, west of Ramallah city.
The clashes broke out when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall march in the town.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed yesterday afternoon several marches in different West Bank areas protesting settlement activities and the building of the separation wall on Palestinian land.
According to a statement issued by the popular resistance committees, the IOF used live and rubber bullets and fired tear gas intensively against protestors in the West Bank towns of Bil'in, Ni'lin, Nabi Saleh, Kafr Qaddum, and Masarah.
The statement added that dozens of participants in the marches received field medical treatment for bullet injuries and tear gas suffocation.
Local sources said that Mohamed Mousa was traveling back to his home in Jenin when Israeli soldiers stopped the bus he was aboard at Yitzhar junction near Nablus and rounded him up.
The sources added that the soldiers checked the ID cards of all passengers before kidnapping Mousa and allowing the bus to leave.
The detainee is the brother of Zayed Mousa, a martyr from al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
In a separate incident, an Israeli soldier suffered an injury during violent clashes on Friday afternoon in Bil'in town, west of Ramallah city.
The clashes broke out when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall march in the town.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed yesterday afternoon several marches in different West Bank areas protesting settlement activities and the building of the separation wall on Palestinian land.
According to a statement issued by the popular resistance committees, the IOF used live and rubber bullets and fired tear gas intensively against protestors in the West Bank towns of Bil'in, Ni'lin, Nabi Saleh, Kafr Qaddum, and Masarah.
The statement added that dozens of participants in the marches received field medical treatment for bullet injuries and tear gas suffocation.
