7 feb 2016

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Sunday evening a Palestinian young man from Jenin camp after heading to Salem military camp where he was earlier summoned for investigation.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the young man Hashem Natur, 22, was arrested after being questioned for several hours in Salem military camp. Israeli forces had earlier stormed Natur’s house and summoned him for investigation.
A second young man, meanwhile, was injured Sunday morning in an Israeli police chase.
Locals affirmed that the young man suffered moderate injuries after falling off his bike in Wadi Joz area east of al-Khalil as he was chased by Israeli police vehicles.
Live rounds were fired into the air during the police chase, the sources added. The injured young man was then taken to a local hospital in al-Khalil.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the young man Hashem Natur, 22, was arrested after being questioned for several hours in Salem military camp. Israeli forces had earlier stormed Natur’s house and summoned him for investigation.
A second young man, meanwhile, was injured Sunday morning in an Israeli police chase.
Locals affirmed that the young man suffered moderate injuries after falling off his bike in Wadi Joz area east of al-Khalil as he was chased by Israeli police vehicles.
Live rounds were fired into the air during the police chase, the sources added. The injured young man was then taken to a local hospital in al-Khalil.

The Palestinian chamber of commerce in Jenin said that the Israeli army threatened to stop issuing permits for the travel of workmen and businessmen from Qabatiya town to the 1948 occupied lands.
However, a source from the chamber told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the chamber was not officially informed about such measure.
He asserted that the Israeli army in Salem camp had told the Palestinian Authority liaison office of its intention to suspend all commercial and labor permits for Qabatiya residents as well as the BMC cards issued for businessmen.
The source expressed his belief that this measure could be a temporary punitive measure against Qabatiya residents. The Israeli occupation army ended on Saturday night a four-day blockade on Qabatiya town, during which it had carried out arrests, raids on homes, and attacked citizens and property.
However, a source from the chamber told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the chamber was not officially informed about such measure.
He asserted that the Israeli army in Salem camp had told the Palestinian Authority liaison office of its intention to suspend all commercial and labor permits for Qabatiya residents as well as the BMC cards issued for businessmen.
The source expressed his belief that this measure could be a temporary punitive measure against Qabatiya residents. The Israeli occupation army ended on Saturday night a four-day blockade on Qabatiya town, during which it had carried out arrests, raids on homes, and attacked citizens and property.

The Israeli occupation army started on Saturday evening to end its blockade on Qabatiya town in Jenin, which lasted for four days.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) started to withdraw gradually from the vicinity of the town after violent clashes in the evening, which led to the injury of eight Palestinians.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Jenin said that scores of Jenin and Qabatiya residents held marches in celebration of the withdrawal of the IOF from the town.
Local sources told the PIC that the Israeli side had informed the Palestinian Authority liaison office of its intention to start withdrawing from the vicinity of the town after 10 o'clock at night.
The Israeli army started to pull out its troops from the central district of the town as well as the areas of al-Hesba and Muthalath al-Shuhada, which had seen violent clashes during the previous days, locals said. Earlier on the same day, violent clashes broke out in evening in Qabatiya after the IOF suppressed an attempt by local young men to break the blockade imposed on the town.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a group of young men headed aboard cars towards the northern entrance of the town at three o'clock in the evening in an attempt to break the siege on Qabatiya. They added that a large number of Israeli soldiers spread through the area and fired volleys of bullets and tear gas grenades at the cars, which provoked clashes with them.
The eyewitnesses also said that several young men suffered injuries during the events. The IOF had imposed its blockade on Qabatiya after three young men from the town carried out last Wednesday a stabbing and shooting attack in Bab al-Amud area in east Jerusalem. The attack rendered one Israeli police officer killed and others wounded while the three youths were gunned down on the spot.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) started to withdraw gradually from the vicinity of the town after violent clashes in the evening, which led to the injury of eight Palestinians.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Jenin said that scores of Jenin and Qabatiya residents held marches in celebration of the withdrawal of the IOF from the town.
Local sources told the PIC that the Israeli side had informed the Palestinian Authority liaison office of its intention to start withdrawing from the vicinity of the town after 10 o'clock at night.
The Israeli army started to pull out its troops from the central district of the town as well as the areas of al-Hesba and Muthalath al-Shuhada, which had seen violent clashes during the previous days, locals said. Earlier on the same day, violent clashes broke out in evening in Qabatiya after the IOF suppressed an attempt by local young men to break the blockade imposed on the town.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a group of young men headed aboard cars towards the northern entrance of the town at three o'clock in the evening in an attempt to break the siege on Qabatiya. They added that a large number of Israeli soldiers spread through the area and fired volleys of bullets and tear gas grenades at the cars, which provoked clashes with them.
The eyewitnesses also said that several young men suffered injuries during the events. The IOF had imposed its blockade on Qabatiya after three young men from the town carried out last Wednesday a stabbing and shooting attack in Bab al-Amud area in east Jerusalem. The attack rendered one Israeli police officer killed and others wounded while the three youths were gunned down on the spot.

Several Palestinians sustained rubber bullet wounds and others choked on teargas on Saturday evening in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Salfit.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF rolled into Salfit and sealed off the city with makeshift checkpoints. The occupation troops were reportedly deployed at the Huda petrol station in the city.
The Israeli soldiers further seized surveillance cameras after an Israeli settler claimed he was shot near Salfit’s eastern entrance.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF rolled into Salfit and sealed off the city with makeshift checkpoints. The occupation troops were reportedly deployed at the Huda petrol station in the city.
The Israeli soldiers further seized surveillance cameras after an Israeli settler claimed he was shot near Salfit’s eastern entrance.

Israeli soldiers resorted, Saturday, to the excessive use of force against dozens of Palestinians, protesting the ongoing Israeli onslaught and siege, targeting Qabatia town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. The soldiers shot and injured a legislator, and many other Palestinians.
Hundreds of Palestinians participated in the procession, driving dozens of cars from Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp, and headed towards the besieged Qabatia town.
The soldiers used excessive force against the nonviolent protesters, fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, wounding elected legislator Jamal ash-Shati, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his abdomen, while dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinians were trying to enter Qabatia through the Shuhada Triangle junction, north of the town, when the soldiers assaulted them.
Qabatia has been the target of a massive Israeli military invasion following Wednesday's shooting attack in Jerusalem, that led to the death of an Israeli policewoman, identified as Hadar Cohen, 19, and three Palestinians who carried the attack out.
The three Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarna, 22, Mohammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil, 20, and Ahmad Najeh Ibrahim Abu al-Rob, from Qabatia.
Eight Palestinians injured in clashes in besieged Qabatya
Eight Palestinians Saturday evening were injured in severe clashes in Qabatya town to the south of Jenin city. Local sourced told the PIC reporter that the injuries resulted from firing live bullets by Israeli soldiers.
Dozens of others choked on tear gas; meanwhile, Israeli troops assaulted other Palestinians by beating. The director of the Red Crescent's ambulance services in Jenin Mahmoud al-Sadi told the PIC reporter that most injuries were in the limbs.
There was a child among those injured, he pointed out. In a similar context, Israeli forces are still barring eight families in Qabatya from leaving their homes in al-Hesba area where the clashes took place.
Meanwhile, the municipality affirmed that great damage has resulted from shutting off the main vegetable market in the town by Israeli troops. Quds Press revealed that dozens of Palestinian youths were heading, in their cars, to the northern entrance of the town in order to break the Israeli siege which has been imposed on it for four days, when Israeli soldiers confronted them with gunfire leading to injuries.
Israeli forces have been imposing a siege on Qabatya town since last Wednesday following the anti-occupation stabbing and shooting operation in Damascus gate in Occupied Jerusalem that was carried out by young men from the town.
Hundreds of Palestinians participated in the procession, driving dozens of cars from Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp, and headed towards the besieged Qabatia town.
The soldiers used excessive force against the nonviolent protesters, fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, wounding elected legislator Jamal ash-Shati, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his abdomen, while dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinians were trying to enter Qabatia through the Shuhada Triangle junction, north of the town, when the soldiers assaulted them.
Qabatia has been the target of a massive Israeli military invasion following Wednesday's shooting attack in Jerusalem, that led to the death of an Israeli policewoman, identified as Hadar Cohen, 19, and three Palestinians who carried the attack out.
The three Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarna, 22, Mohammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil, 20, and Ahmad Najeh Ibrahim Abu al-Rob, from Qabatia.
Eight Palestinians injured in clashes in besieged Qabatya
Eight Palestinians Saturday evening were injured in severe clashes in Qabatya town to the south of Jenin city. Local sourced told the PIC reporter that the injuries resulted from firing live bullets by Israeli soldiers.
Dozens of others choked on tear gas; meanwhile, Israeli troops assaulted other Palestinians by beating. The director of the Red Crescent's ambulance services in Jenin Mahmoud al-Sadi told the PIC reporter that most injuries were in the limbs.
There was a child among those injured, he pointed out. In a similar context, Israeli forces are still barring eight families in Qabatya from leaving their homes in al-Hesba area where the clashes took place.
Meanwhile, the municipality affirmed that great damage has resulted from shutting off the main vegetable market in the town by Israeli troops. Quds Press revealed that dozens of Palestinian youths were heading, in their cars, to the northern entrance of the town in order to break the Israeli siege which has been imposed on it for four days, when Israeli soldiers confronted them with gunfire leading to injuries.
Israeli forces have been imposing a siege on Qabatya town since last Wednesday following the anti-occupation stabbing and shooting operation in Damascus gate in Occupied Jerusalem that was carried out by young men from the town.
6 feb 2016

The Israeli occupation police on Saturday morning kidnapped a Palestinian young man from Ras al-Amud neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem and clashed with others in the same area.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the clashes started after policemen stormed al-Shamela school in the neighborhood and fired stun grenades inside it.
They added that the police also stormed Ras al-Amud neighborhood at dawn today and kidnapped a young man called Mohamed al-Za'tari from his home.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the clashes started after policemen stormed al-Shamela school in the neighborhood and fired stun grenades inside it.
They added that the police also stormed Ras al-Amud neighborhood at dawn today and kidnapped a young man called Mohamed al-Za'tari from his home.

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued on Saturday to seal the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya, amid a large-scale raid and arrest campaign.
The PIC reporter affirmed that the Jenin-district town has been closed since late Wednesday, while sporadic clashes were still ongoing throughout its neighborhoods.
Israeli forces also prevented at dawn today local farmers from reaching their agricultural lands. Agricultural roads that locals had opened yesterday for using them as detours to cross out of the town were also closed, the PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying.
During the raid campaign, three youths were arrested after Israeli forces violently broke into a local fueling station. One of the detainees was shot and injured in his abdomen during his arrest.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed Yabad town in Jenin and arrested a young man. A similar raid campaign was carried out in Beit Furik town in Nablus at 1 a.m., where two locals were arrested from their homes. Laptops and mobile phones belonging to the detainees were confiscated during the raid, eyewitnesses reported.
The detainees were bloggers and social media activists who were covering the West Bank and Jerusalem events online.
The PIC reporter affirmed that the Jenin-district town has been closed since late Wednesday, while sporadic clashes were still ongoing throughout its neighborhoods.
Israeli forces also prevented at dawn today local farmers from reaching their agricultural lands. Agricultural roads that locals had opened yesterday for using them as detours to cross out of the town were also closed, the PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying.
During the raid campaign, three youths were arrested after Israeli forces violently broke into a local fueling station. One of the detainees was shot and injured in his abdomen during his arrest.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed Yabad town in Jenin and arrested a young man. A similar raid campaign was carried out in Beit Furik town in Nablus at 1 a.m., where two locals were arrested from their homes. Laptops and mobile phones belonging to the detainees were confiscated during the raid, eyewitnesses reported.
The detainees were bloggers and social media activists who were covering the West Bank and Jerusalem events online.

Palestinian citizens launched a cry for help calling on the Red Cross and international institutions to immediately intervene to deliver food aid to the families trapped in Qabatiya town that is under Israeli control.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have taken control of a number of Palestinian buildings in Qabatiya town for the second day in a row which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
On the other hand, Israeli forces have imposed a number of punitive measures against eight families who were trapped in a four-story building.
The Israeli forces cut off water and electricity supply to the building after storming it on Thursday amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. Children, pregnant women, and elderly people are trapped in the building, the sources added.
The trapped citizens have launched a cry for help calling for international intervention to end their children suffering. Qabatiya town has been witnessing a violent IOF campaign over the past two days after the Israeli government declared it a closed military zone following Wednesday's attack in Jerusalem, which was carried out by three young men, two of them from the town.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have taken control of a number of Palestinian buildings in Qabatiya town for the second day in a row which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
On the other hand, Israeli forces have imposed a number of punitive measures against eight families who were trapped in a four-story building.
The Israeli forces cut off water and electricity supply to the building after storming it on Thursday amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. Children, pregnant women, and elderly people are trapped in the building, the sources added.
The trapped citizens have launched a cry for help calling for international intervention to end their children suffering. Qabatiya town has been witnessing a violent IOF campaign over the past two days after the Israeli government declared it a closed military zone following Wednesday's attack in Jerusalem, which was carried out by three young men, two of them from the town.
5 feb 2016

Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, wounding two with live rounds.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in the town Morad Eshteiwy, said the army invaded the town, and tried to prevent the Palestinians from holding their weekly protest.
He added that two Palestinians, identified as Rezeq Eshteiwy, 29, and Mohammad Rayyan, 24, were shot with live rounds in their thighs, and suffered moderate wounds.
Eshteiwy added that several army sharpshooters were deployed in the town, preventing the protesters from marching further, and fired live rounds targeting a home belonging to resident Abdul-Razeq Amer, causing damage to its window.
The Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum have been protesting for more than 13 years, demanding Israel to reopen the main road of the village, after the army closed it to allow the illegal Israeli settlers a faster and easier access to Kedumim colony, built on the villagers' lands.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in the town Morad Eshteiwy, said the army invaded the town, and tried to prevent the Palestinians from holding their weekly protest.
He added that two Palestinians, identified as Rezeq Eshteiwy, 29, and Mohammad Rayyan, 24, were shot with live rounds in their thighs, and suffered moderate wounds.
Eshteiwy added that several army sharpshooters were deployed in the town, preventing the protesters from marching further, and fired live rounds targeting a home belonging to resident Abdul-Razeq Amer, causing damage to its window.
The Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum have been protesting for more than 13 years, demanding Israel to reopen the main road of the village, after the army closed it to allow the illegal Israeli settlers a faster and easier access to Kedumim colony, built on the villagers' lands.

For the second consecutive day, families living in a residential building in Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, remain isolated, running out of food and water, after the soldiers surrounded the building and occupied its rooftop.
The building is inhabited by eight families, and is located near the Central Market, at the northern entrance of the town; its residents are not allowed to leave, and the army also destroyed the water network.
The inhabitants are the families of Mohammad Badran, Majdi Nazzal, Rezeq Alawna, Adham Tazaz’a, Mohammad Asasa, and Mohammad al-Johari, with a total of 35 Palestinians, including 23 children, and are running out of basic food supplies and water.
On Thursday, medics evacuated a pregnant woman from the building and took her to a hospital after she suffered severe effects of tear gas inhalation. The army initially refused to allow her to leave but the families, and medics, remained persistent.
They voiced an appeal to the Red Cross and various human rights groups to intervene, and save the lives of the families, especially due to the large number of children.
|Ten Palestinian Injured In Qabatia|
Qabatia has been the target of a massive Israeli military invasion following the Wednesday deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem, that led to the death of an Israeli policewomen, identified as Hadar Cohen, 19, and three Palestinians who carried the attack out.
The three Palestinians killed were identified as Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarneh,22, Mohammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil, 20, and Ahmad Najeh Ibrahim Abu al-Rob, from the village of Qabatia, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The building is inhabited by eight families, and is located near the Central Market, at the northern entrance of the town; its residents are not allowed to leave, and the army also destroyed the water network.
The inhabitants are the families of Mohammad Badran, Majdi Nazzal, Rezeq Alawna, Adham Tazaz’a, Mohammad Asasa, and Mohammad al-Johari, with a total of 35 Palestinians, including 23 children, and are running out of basic food supplies and water.
On Thursday, medics evacuated a pregnant woman from the building and took her to a hospital after she suffered severe effects of tear gas inhalation. The army initially refused to allow her to leave but the families, and medics, remained persistent.
They voiced an appeal to the Red Cross and various human rights groups to intervene, and save the lives of the families, especially due to the large number of children.
|Ten Palestinian Injured In Qabatia|
Qabatia has been the target of a massive Israeli military invasion following the Wednesday deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem, that led to the death of an Israeli policewomen, identified as Hadar Cohen, 19, and three Palestinians who carried the attack out.
The three Palestinians killed were identified as Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarneh,22, Mohammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil, 20, and Ahmad Najeh Ibrahim Abu al-Rob, from the village of Qabatia, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

Israeli soldiers used excessive force, Friday, against the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The protest started following noon prayers, when locals, along with Israeli and international peace activists, marched from the center of the village towards the villagers orchards, in the western part of the village.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags, and pictures of hunger striking detainee Mohammad al-Qeeq -- who is in a near-death situation -- demanding his release, and the release of all political prisoners.
The soldiers instantly resorted to force, started chasing the protesters in the street and orchards, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said many protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall, Abdullah Abu Rahma, denounced the Israeli escalation, and the nightly invasions into the village, especially Thursday's demolitions in the village, and said these violations as illegal acts of collective punishment.
He added the Israeli occupation is constantly trying to end the protests, that started eleven years ago, and are ongoing and gaining more support, locally and internationally.
Abu Rahma also said that such Israeli military escalation, and all sorts of collective punishment, will only push the Palestinians to remain steadfast and continue their legitimate struggle for liberation and independence.
The protest started following noon prayers, when locals, along with Israeli and international peace activists, marched from the center of the village towards the villagers orchards, in the western part of the village.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags, and pictures of hunger striking detainee Mohammad al-Qeeq -- who is in a near-death situation -- demanding his release, and the release of all political prisoners.
The soldiers instantly resorted to force, started chasing the protesters in the street and orchards, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said many protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall, Abdullah Abu Rahma, denounced the Israeli escalation, and the nightly invasions into the village, especially Thursday's demolitions in the village, and said these violations as illegal acts of collective punishment.
He added the Israeli occupation is constantly trying to end the protests, that started eleven years ago, and are ongoing and gaining more support, locally and internationally.
Abu Rahma also said that such Israeli military escalation, and all sorts of collective punishment, will only push the Palestinians to remain steadfast and continue their legitimate struggle for liberation and independence.

Several Palestinian young men suffered injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Friday afternoon in different West Bank areas.
Local sources said that two young men suffered live bullet injuries during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the besieged Qabatiya town, south of Jenin.
The clashes were concentrated at the northern entrance to Qabatiya, where scores of young men also suffered from inhaling tear gas. In Bethlehem, similar clashes broke out between young men and soldiers at the northern entrance to the city. A photojournalist was reportedly wounded by a live bullet in his leg.
In Ramallah, tens of Palestinian and foreign activists suffocated from inhaling tear gas during the weekly anti-wall march in Bil'in town.
Local sources said that two young men suffered live bullet injuries during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the besieged Qabatiya town, south of Jenin.
The clashes were concentrated at the northern entrance to Qabatiya, where scores of young men also suffered from inhaling tear gas. In Bethlehem, similar clashes broke out between young men and soldiers at the northern entrance to the city. A photojournalist was reportedly wounded by a live bullet in his leg.
In Ramallah, tens of Palestinian and foreign activists suffocated from inhaling tear gas during the weekly anti-wall march in Bil'in town.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday morning opened machinegun fire at Palestinian citizens east of Gaza City.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli soldiers opened fire from military watchtowers at farmers and shepherds working southeast of al-Zeitoun neighborhood.
Luckily, no one was injured in the gunfire attack. The Israeli occupation army committed hundreds of violations against the Palestinians in Gaza since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement with the resistance in August 2014.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli soldiers opened fire from military watchtowers at farmers and shepherds working southeast of al-Zeitoun neighborhood.
Luckily, no one was injured in the gunfire attack. The Israeli occupation army committed hundreds of violations against the Palestinians in Gaza since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement with the resistance in August 2014.

A renewed wave of violent clashes broke out at dawn Friday in the besieged Qalandiya town, south of Jenin city, which saw widespread raids on homes by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that confrontations took place between angry young men and Israeli soldiers near the main entrance to Qabatiya.
Similar events happened in the areas of al-Maqahi, Jabal al-Damuni and al-Zakarneh. The IOF also raided several homes in different areas of the town and threatened families to take mass punitive measures against them if their young men continued to attack Israelis.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is still imposing a cordon on Qabatiya and closing all entrances, according to different local sources. The IOF also kidnapped last night and during its dawn raids on homes today five Palestinian young men from the town.
Qabatiya town has been seeing for two days a violent IOF campaign after the Israeli government declared it a closed military zone following Wednesday's attack in Jerusalem, which was carried out by three young men, two of them from the town. The young men killed an Israeli police officer and critically wounded another.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that confrontations took place between angry young men and Israeli soldiers near the main entrance to Qabatiya.
Similar events happened in the areas of al-Maqahi, Jabal al-Damuni and al-Zakarneh. The IOF also raided several homes in different areas of the town and threatened families to take mass punitive measures against them if their young men continued to attack Israelis.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is still imposing a cordon on Qabatiya and closing all entrances, according to different local sources. The IOF also kidnapped last night and during its dawn raids on homes today five Palestinian young men from the town.
Qabatiya town has been seeing for two days a violent IOF campaign after the Israeli government declared it a closed military zone following Wednesday's attack in Jerusalem, which was carried out by three young men, two of them from the town. The young men killed an Israeli police officer and critically wounded another.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped 11 Palestinian youngsters and notified the demolition of six civilian homes in an arbitrary sweep launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem overnight Thursday and at dawn Friday.
A PIC journalist said the IOF kidnapped 20-year-old Hassan Urduniyeh after they wreaked havoc on his family home in eastern Nablus province.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Nablus. The IOF further kidnapped a Palestinian citizen from his own home in the central West Bank province of Ramallah and two others from their family homes in Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the occupation troops from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya at predawn time. Jenin’s deputy governor Kamal Abu al-Rub said the occupation army tightened the siege imposed on Qabatiya and closed its access roads before Palestinian passengers and merchants.
He added that the heavy spates of teargas canisters discharged by the IOF on Wednesday burned down dozens of fruit and vegetable packages. The IOF also notified the confiscation and demolition of prisoner Amjad Aleiwi’s home on allegations of his connection with an anti-occupation attack carried out in eastern Nablus a few months earlier.
A similar notification was handed to the family of prisoner Zayd Amer in Amman Street, in Nablus. Some three months ago, the Israeli occupation knocked down the family homes of Palestinian prisoners on the same charges.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers raided the family homes of the two slain Palestinians Ihab and Abdul Rahman Msudi in al-Sharif Mount, in al-Khalil, and ravaged the buildings at the crack of dawn, before they forced out the native inhabitants and took measurements of the homes.
The IOF further threatened to raze the homes of the two slain anti-occupation activists Omar Assaf and Anan Abu Habseh in the Qalandiya refugee camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC journalist said the IOF kidnapped 20-year-old Hassan Urduniyeh after they wreaked havoc on his family home in eastern Nablus province.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Nablus. The IOF further kidnapped a Palestinian citizen from his own home in the central West Bank province of Ramallah and two others from their family homes in Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the occupation troops from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya at predawn time. Jenin’s deputy governor Kamal Abu al-Rub said the occupation army tightened the siege imposed on Qabatiya and closed its access roads before Palestinian passengers and merchants.
He added that the heavy spates of teargas canisters discharged by the IOF on Wednesday burned down dozens of fruit and vegetable packages. The IOF also notified the confiscation and demolition of prisoner Amjad Aleiwi’s home on allegations of his connection with an anti-occupation attack carried out in eastern Nablus a few months earlier.
A similar notification was handed to the family of prisoner Zayd Amer in Amman Street, in Nablus. Some three months ago, the Israeli occupation knocked down the family homes of Palestinian prisoners on the same charges.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers raided the family homes of the two slain Palestinians Ihab and Abdul Rahman Msudi in al-Sharif Mount, in al-Khalil, and ravaged the buildings at the crack of dawn, before they forced out the native inhabitants and took measurements of the homes.
The IOF further threatened to raze the homes of the two slain anti-occupation activists Omar Assaf and Anan Abu Habseh in the Qalandiya refugee camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem.

At least 30 Palestinian civilians sustained wounds on Thursday evening in fresh clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya, in the northern occupied West Bank.
A PIC reporter quoted local medics as stating that four Palestinians were hit with live ammunition and three others were injured with rubber bullets while the other casualties choked on teargas.
A young protester was also hit by an Israeli army jeep.
Eye-witnesses said violent clashes flared up near the western entrance to Qabatiya, where the occupation patrols attacked the protesters with randomly-shot barrages of bullet fire.
The IOF summoned military reinforcement on the access roads to the town, denying Palestinians access out of and into the area. The IOF kidnapped over 15 Palestinians in the ongoing clashes that have been rocking Qabatiya.
Qabatiya rescue paramedics also said the clashes culminated in injuries among 30 Palestinians. The IOF prevented the Red Crescent ambulances from reaching the scene to evacuate the casualties to hospitals.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, gave instructions to impose a tight siege on Qabatiya and step up arrests against Palestinian anti-occupation activists.
Tension has been running high after three Palestinian youngsters were murdered by the Israeli troops on Wednesday following an anti-occupation operation that killed an Israeli soldier and left three others wounded in Jerusalem’s Bab al-Amoud area.
The three slain youths are natives of Qabatiya. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authorities ordered the cancellation of the work permits of the families and relatives of the three slain Palestinian youths, in the first move of its kind since the start of the Jerusalem Uprising, on October 1.
A PIC reporter quoted local medics as stating that four Palestinians were hit with live ammunition and three others were injured with rubber bullets while the other casualties choked on teargas.
A young protester was also hit by an Israeli army jeep.
Eye-witnesses said violent clashes flared up near the western entrance to Qabatiya, where the occupation patrols attacked the protesters with randomly-shot barrages of bullet fire.
The IOF summoned military reinforcement on the access roads to the town, denying Palestinians access out of and into the area. The IOF kidnapped over 15 Palestinians in the ongoing clashes that have been rocking Qabatiya.
Qabatiya rescue paramedics also said the clashes culminated in injuries among 30 Palestinians. The IOF prevented the Red Crescent ambulances from reaching the scene to evacuate the casualties to hospitals.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, gave instructions to impose a tight siege on Qabatiya and step up arrests against Palestinian anti-occupation activists.
Tension has been running high after three Palestinian youngsters were murdered by the Israeli troops on Wednesday following an anti-occupation operation that killed an Israeli soldier and left three others wounded in Jerusalem’s Bab al-Amoud area.
The three slain youths are natives of Qabatiya. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authorities ordered the cancellation of the work permits of the families and relatives of the three slain Palestinian youths, in the first move of its kind since the start of the Jerusalem Uprising, on October 1.

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Thursday morning advanced into Palestinian lands to the east of Rafah in southern Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip and leveled lands for unknown reasons.
The PIC reporter revealed that three Israeli military bulldozers advanced into lands near the Karm Abu Salem military camp in Rafah for a limited distance estimated at 100 meters.
Another Israeli engineering unit set up its equipment near the red watchtower of the camp.
The incursion falls in line with the repeated Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
The PIC reporter revealed that three Israeli military bulldozers advanced into lands near the Karm Abu Salem military camp in Rafah for a limited distance estimated at 100 meters.
Another Israeli engineering unit set up its equipment near the red watchtower of the camp.
The incursion falls in line with the repeated Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) quelled a peaceful march of students called for by the youth movement in Mount Scopus in Occupied Jerusalem.
The march demanded the delivery of Palestinian martyrs’ bodies detained by Israeli authorities.
Quds Press quoted the activist Shadi Elaiyan as saying that clashes with IOF soldiers erupted after firing fireworks at the Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.
He pointed out that the Israeli troops arrested one of the Palestinian demonstrators and unleashed tear gas canisters as well as sound grenades at the participants. Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding the bodies of ten Jerusalemite martyrs including three from Mount Scopus town.
The march demanded the delivery of Palestinian martyrs’ bodies detained by Israeli authorities.
Quds Press quoted the activist Shadi Elaiyan as saying that clashes with IOF soldiers erupted after firing fireworks at the Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.
He pointed out that the Israeli troops arrested one of the Palestinian demonstrators and unleashed tear gas canisters as well as sound grenades at the participants. Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding the bodies of ten Jerusalemite martyrs including three from Mount Scopus town.