19 feb 2018
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, the al-Janiya village, northwest of the central West bank city of Ramallah, and attacked Palestinian protestors before shooting a child who was in his home’s balcony.
Medical sources said the child was shot with a live round in his thigh was he was standing in the balcony of his home.
They added that the child’s home is not even close to the area where the army attacked protesters and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, but one of the soldier’s bullets struck him from a distance.
The wounded child, only thirteen years of age, received the urgently needed treatment and was moved to a hospital in Ramallah.
Medical sources said the child was shot with a live round in his thigh was he was standing in the balcony of his home.
They added that the child’s home is not even close to the area where the army attacked protesters and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, but one of the soldier’s bullets struck him from a distance.
The wounded child, only thirteen years of age, received the urgently needed treatment and was moved to a hospital in Ramallah.
Medical sources in Jenin, in northern West Bank, have reported that many Palestinians suffered, on Monday evening, the severe effects of teargas inhalation in Barta’a town, west of Jenin, after Israeli soldiers invaded it.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers invaded the town from several directions, and drove around its streets and neighborhoods, and conducted provocative acts, pushing many youngsters to hurl stones at them.
The soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics rushed to the town, and provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers invaded the town from several directions, and drove around its streets and neighborhoods, and conducted provocative acts, pushing many youngsters to hurl stones at them.
The soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics rushed to the town, and provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians.
wo Palestinians were shot and injured on Monday by Israeli gunfire east of Qalqilya and in Salfit city in the northern West Bank.
One of the wounded was shot in his thy, during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers on Monday evening in Jayyous town east of Qalqilya.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said, in a brief statement, that the wounded man was moved to Tulkarem governmental hospital.
In another statement, the ministry revealed that another Palestinian man was shot and injured in his abdomen and elbow. He was transferred to Salfit governmental hospital.
One of the wounded was shot in his thy, during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers on Monday evening in Jayyous town east of Qalqilya.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said, in a brief statement, that the wounded man was moved to Tulkarem governmental hospital.
In another statement, the ministry revealed that another Palestinian man was shot and injured in his abdomen and elbow. He was transferred to Salfit governmental hospital.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, at dawn Monday, nineteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It added that many of the abducted Palestinians are children, who were taking prisoner from their homes.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to live rounds, after clashing with Palestinians who protested the invasions in Nablus and Bethlehem.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It added that many of the abducted Palestinians are children, who were taking prisoner from their homes.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Ahmad Zidan Zidani, 14, Silwan – Jerusalem.
- Odai Adnan Gheith, 17, Silwan – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Samer Sarhan, 14, Silwan – Jerusalem.
- Mosallam Mousa Odah, 18, Silwan – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Dia’ Gheith, 20, al-‘Isawiya – Jerusalem.
- Shadi Moheisin, al-‘Isawiya – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Abu Zahra, Nablus.
- Nasser al-‘Aassi, Nablus.
- Mustafa Khader, Nablus.
- Ala Sabri Farahat, Nablus.
- Mahmoud Bodeir, 16, Qalqilia.
- Soheib Abi Hamed, 17, Qalqilia.
- Saed Saqer al-Aqra’, 19, Qalqilia.
- Eyad Nader al-Haras, Bethlehem.
- Ahmad Mahmoud Taqatqa, Bethlehem.
- Hamza al-Badan, Bethlehem.
- Suleiman Abdul-Qader Tamimi, 75, Hebron.
- ‘Ayed Abu Sneina, 13, Hebron.
- Yousef Nasser Ghalma, 13.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to live rounds, after clashing with Palestinians who protested the invasions in Nablus and Bethlehem.
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles into a Palestinian agricultural land, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources in Gaza said the Israeli war jets carried out more than ten air strikes into lands in the an-Nahda neighborhood, in Rafah and its surrounding area, causing serious damage.
The Israeli army said it fired missiles into underground tunnels, run by armed resistance groups in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli sources said that a shell, which was fired from the coastal region, crashed in Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, and claimed that one rocket struck a house in the area causing no damage or casualties.
On Sunday, four Israeli soldiers were injured, including two who suffered serious wounds, when an explosive device detained near their vehicle close to the border fence in southern Gaza.
The Israeli army then struck eighteen targets in the Gaza Strip, including six sites believed to be run by the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, one of them reportedly a tunnel extending from the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza towards Israeli areas across the fence.
Also Sunday, two Palestinians, identified as Salem Mohammed Soliman Sabbah, 17, and ‘Abdullah Ayman Salim Irmeilat, 15, were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the city of Rafah.
|PCHR: “Without Posing Any Threat to Soldiers’ Life, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children and Wound 2 Others in Southern Gaza Strip”|
Media sources in Gaza said the Israeli war jets carried out more than ten air strikes into lands in the an-Nahda neighborhood, in Rafah and its surrounding area, causing serious damage.
The Israeli army said it fired missiles into underground tunnels, run by armed resistance groups in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli sources said that a shell, which was fired from the coastal region, crashed in Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, and claimed that one rocket struck a house in the area causing no damage or casualties.
On Sunday, four Israeli soldiers were injured, including two who suffered serious wounds, when an explosive device detained near their vehicle close to the border fence in southern Gaza.
The Israeli army then struck eighteen targets in the Gaza Strip, including six sites believed to be run by the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, one of them reportedly a tunnel extending from the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza towards Israeli areas across the fence.
Also Sunday, two Palestinians, identified as Salem Mohammed Soliman Sabbah, 17, and ‘Abdullah Ayman Salim Irmeilat, 15, were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the city of Rafah.
|PCHR: “Without Posing Any Threat to Soldiers’ Life, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children and Wound 2 Others in Southern Gaza Strip”|
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday broke into Palestinian homes in Halhoul town to the north of al-Khalil and wreaked havoc inside many of the houses.
IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth of the town and summonsed another to be interrogated in Etzion settlement after withdrawing his work permit.
As part of the Israeli policy of collective punishment, IOF troops withdrew 32 work permits of Palestinians of Zamara family in Halhoul in the wake of the anti-occupation attack that was carried out two weeks ago by Hamza Zamara, who was killed after the attack. Many of the inhabitants were banned from travelling abroad as well.
IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth of the town and summonsed another to be interrogated in Etzion settlement after withdrawing his work permit.
As part of the Israeli policy of collective punishment, IOF troops withdrew 32 work permits of Palestinians of Zamara family in Halhoul in the wake of the anti-occupation attack that was carried out two weeks ago by Hamza Zamara, who was killed after the attack. Many of the inhabitants were banned from travelling abroad as well.
18 feb 2018
In a new war crime and without any justification or reason endangering soldiers’ life, on Saturday afternoon, 17 February 2018, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children and wounded 2 others after the Israeli forces fired artillery shells at them near the border fence with Israel in al-Shokah village, east of Rafah City.
Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) emphasize that the shelling violates the principle of distinction and military necessity, and use of force was unjustifiable, socially that the two killed children and the other wounded were only unarmed civilians who did not carry out any act that would endanger the life of Israeli soldiers.
According to PCHR’s investigations, at approximately 21:30 on Saturday, 17 February 2018, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence with Israeli near al-Shokah village, east of Rafah City, fired around 10 artillery shells and opened fire at 4 Palestinian children, who were 30 to 50 meters away from the fence intending to sneak into Israel to work there, according to the testimony of one of the two wounded children.
Shrapnel of artillery shells and live bullets hit the four children in various parts of their bodies. Two of them were immediately transferred to Abu Yousif Annajar Hospital in Rafah City as they ran to the west until the medical staffs evacuated them. The doctors described their condition as moderate while the medical crews could not reach the two other children as it was very late and increasingly dangerous.
At approximately 06:15 on Sunday, 18 February 2018, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance crews managed to access the area and transfer the bodies of the two children namely Salem Mohammed Soliman Sabbah (17) and ‘Abdullah Ayman Salim Irmeilat (15).
As it turned out, they bled to death after being hit with shrapnel throughout their bodies.
The PRCS crews said that they evacuated two wounded children yesterday afternoon and could not find the two other children. However, in the morning, they could evacuate their bodies that were 30 to 50 meters away from the border fence with Israel. They added that the two children died after being hit with shrapnel throughout their bodies.
PCHR condemns this crime which further proves that the Israeli forces continue to use lethal force against Palestinian civilians to intentionally kill them even without posing any threat to the soldiers’ life.
PCHR indicates that the deteriorating humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip has increasingly frustrated youth, making them think of sneaking into Israel to find jobs. A fact that requires all bear their responsibilities to end this situation resulting from increasingly tightening the Israeli closure for 11 years in addition to the sanctions on the Gaza Strip.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the international community to act immediately to stop the Israeli crimes and upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the oPt.
PCHR
Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) emphasize that the shelling violates the principle of distinction and military necessity, and use of force was unjustifiable, socially that the two killed children and the other wounded were only unarmed civilians who did not carry out any act that would endanger the life of Israeli soldiers.
According to PCHR’s investigations, at approximately 21:30 on Saturday, 17 February 2018, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence with Israeli near al-Shokah village, east of Rafah City, fired around 10 artillery shells and opened fire at 4 Palestinian children, who were 30 to 50 meters away from the fence intending to sneak into Israel to work there, according to the testimony of one of the two wounded children.
Shrapnel of artillery shells and live bullets hit the four children in various parts of their bodies. Two of them were immediately transferred to Abu Yousif Annajar Hospital in Rafah City as they ran to the west until the medical staffs evacuated them. The doctors described their condition as moderate while the medical crews could not reach the two other children as it was very late and increasingly dangerous.
At approximately 06:15 on Sunday, 18 February 2018, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance crews managed to access the area and transfer the bodies of the two children namely Salem Mohammed Soliman Sabbah (17) and ‘Abdullah Ayman Salim Irmeilat (15).
As it turned out, they bled to death after being hit with shrapnel throughout their bodies.
The PRCS crews said that they evacuated two wounded children yesterday afternoon and could not find the two other children. However, in the morning, they could evacuate their bodies that were 30 to 50 meters away from the border fence with Israel. They added that the two children died after being hit with shrapnel throughout their bodies.
PCHR condemns this crime which further proves that the Israeli forces continue to use lethal force against Palestinian civilians to intentionally kill them even without posing any threat to the soldiers’ life.
PCHR indicates that the deteriorating humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip has increasingly frustrated youth, making them think of sneaking into Israel to find jobs. A fact that requires all bear their responsibilities to end this situation resulting from increasingly tightening the Israeli closure for 11 years in addition to the sanctions on the Gaza Strip.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the international community to act immediately to stop the Israeli crimes and upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the oPt.
PCHR
Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman has warned that Israeli aggression in Gaza while continue so long as ‘the score remains unsettled,’ according to a Sunday interview with Ynet.
Lieberman’s warning was issued in response to an explosion along the Israel-Gaza border that wounded 4 IOF soldiers, two of which were considered serious and rushed to the ICU at the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
‘It will take two days, a week, or two weeks. We’ll eliminate anyone behind the attack’s execution,’ Lieberman warned.
In retaliation, PNN further reports, Israel launched a series of 6 airstrikes against Hamas targets late Saturday evening, including an outpost close to the sight of the original explosion and a tunnel in the Zaytun neighbourhood.
The situation continued to escalate when 2 retaliatory rockets were fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Israeli forces to conduct a second air raid.
The second series of attacks raised the total number that evening to 18, according to Liebermann, as well as Palestinian news sources.
Lieberman lauded the attack as ‘perhaps the most significant and widespread strike we carried out since Operation Protective Edge.’
Any incident emanating from the Gaza Strip would be the responsibility of Hamas, that has ruled Gaza since disputed elections in 2007, said Lieberman, even if they were not conducted by Hamas or its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
‘Hamas is the ruler, and we consider Hamas to be responsible for everything that is done in the Gaza Strip and from the Gaza Strip,’ said Liberman.
Previous airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza have been in response to rocket launches conducted by the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad organization in Palestine, as well as other members of the Popular Resistance Committee.
In January, Israeli forces struck multiple Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after the al-Quds Brigade launched a series of mortars into Israeli territory.
Lieberman’s warning was issued in response to an explosion along the Israel-Gaza border that wounded 4 IOF soldiers, two of which were considered serious and rushed to the ICU at the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
‘It will take two days, a week, or two weeks. We’ll eliminate anyone behind the attack’s execution,’ Lieberman warned.
In retaliation, PNN further reports, Israel launched a series of 6 airstrikes against Hamas targets late Saturday evening, including an outpost close to the sight of the original explosion and a tunnel in the Zaytun neighbourhood.
The situation continued to escalate when 2 retaliatory rockets were fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Israeli forces to conduct a second air raid.
The second series of attacks raised the total number that evening to 18, according to Liebermann, as well as Palestinian news sources.
Lieberman lauded the attack as ‘perhaps the most significant and widespread strike we carried out since Operation Protective Edge.’
Any incident emanating from the Gaza Strip would be the responsibility of Hamas, that has ruled Gaza since disputed elections in 2007, said Lieberman, even if they were not conducted by Hamas or its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
‘Hamas is the ruler, and we consider Hamas to be responsible for everything that is done in the Gaza Strip and from the Gaza Strip,’ said Liberman.
Previous airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza have been in response to rocket launches conducted by the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad organization in Palestine, as well as other members of the Popular Resistance Committee.
In January, Israeli forces struck multiple Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after the al-Quds Brigade launched a series of mortars into Israeli territory.
The Hamas Movement has held the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for any consequences resulting from its persistent military escalation against the population and their resistance in the Gaza Strip.
“The scale of the attacks that targeted resistance sites reflects premeditated intents to escalate and strain the atmosphere, so it [Israel] should understand that it is the aggressor and the one that persists in continuing aggression and violations,” spokesman for Hamas Fawzi Barhoum stated in a press release on Saturday night.
Barhoum stressed that the Palestinian resistance would never forsake its duty to protect its people and would act responsibly to defend them and confront any aggression.
“The scale of the attacks that targeted resistance sites reflects premeditated intents to escalate and strain the atmosphere, so it [Israel] should understand that it is the aggressor and the one that persists in continuing aggression and violations,” spokesman for Hamas Fawzi Barhoum stated in a press release on Saturday night.
Barhoum stressed that the Palestinian resistance would never forsake its duty to protect its people and would act responsibly to defend them and confront any aggression.
Two Palestinian citizens suffered injuries on Saturday evening in Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip a few hours after some Israeli soldiers were wounded when an explosive device was detonated at them as they were patrolling a border area inside Gaza.
A spokesman for the health ministry said that two citizens with moderate injuries arrived at the hospital of Abu Yousef Annajar in Rafah city, adding that several ambulances were dispatched to the bombed area east of Rafah.
Earlier, local sources said that the Israeli artillery bombed the areas of al-Shawka and al-Fakhari in the vicinity of the Sufa military post, east of Rafah area in southern Gaza.
Several sites belonging to al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas were also targeted by the Israeli occupation army.
In a communiqué, al-Qassam Brigades said its anti-aircraft defenses were used during Israeli air raids, affirming its right to respond to Israel’s ongoing aggression against its citizens in Gaza.
In a related context, the Hebrew media said that a Palestinian rocket landed near a house in Sha'ar Hanegev settlement, which is located east of Gaza, and caused some damage in the area.
Spokesman for the Israeli army Avichay Adraee claimed that six sites, including a tunnel and training camps, belonging to Hamas were targeted.
According to Palestinian local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed two resistance sites known as Tunis and al-Yarmouk east of Gaza.
Airstrikes also targeted a resistance site belonging to al-Qassam Brigades in central Gaza and another one belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
An agricultural land in Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza was also bombed in an aerial attack.
A spokesman for the health ministry said that two citizens with moderate injuries arrived at the hospital of Abu Yousef Annajar in Rafah city, adding that several ambulances were dispatched to the bombed area east of Rafah.
Earlier, local sources said that the Israeli artillery bombed the areas of al-Shawka and al-Fakhari in the vicinity of the Sufa military post, east of Rafah area in southern Gaza.
Several sites belonging to al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas were also targeted by the Israeli occupation army.
In a communiqué, al-Qassam Brigades said its anti-aircraft defenses were used during Israeli air raids, affirming its right to respond to Israel’s ongoing aggression against its citizens in Gaza.
In a related context, the Hebrew media said that a Palestinian rocket landed near a house in Sha'ar Hanegev settlement, which is located east of Gaza, and caused some damage in the area.
Spokesman for the Israeli army Avichay Adraee claimed that six sites, including a tunnel and training camps, belonging to Hamas were targeted.
According to Palestinian local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed two resistance sites known as Tunis and al-Yarmouk east of Gaza.
Airstrikes also targeted a resistance site belonging to al-Qassam Brigades in central Gaza and another one belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
An agricultural land in Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza was also bombed in an aerial attack.
17 feb 2018
Three Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured when an explosive device was detonated at an Israeli military force on Saturday evening in a border area to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
A spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army said that an explosive device exploded near a military patrol in a border area close the security fence in Gaza, while a Hebrew news website reported the injury of three soldiers in the explosion.
The spokesperson added that an Israeli tank targeted an observation post in southern Gaza in response to the attack.
In this regard, a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) affirmed that the Israeli artillery bombed a nearby observation site belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.
Luckily, no one was injured in the shelling.
According to Palestinian sources, a military helicopter and ambulances arrived on the scene following the explosion.
Four Israeli Soldiers Injured Near The Gaza Border
The Israeli army has reported that four of its soldiers were injured, including two who suffered serious wounds, Saturday, after an explosive device detonated near them, close to the border fence in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
The army said that two of the wounded soldiers suffered serious injuries, and two were moderately wounded, when the explosive device detonated near them. They were airlifted to Soroka University Medical Center.
It claimed that soldiers from the “Golani Brigade, and the Engineering Corps, noticed a Palestinian flag in the area, an approached it before an explosive device exploded near them.”
Israeli daily Haaretz said the army believes that the Popular Resistance Committees is behind the incident, after allegedly “hanging a Palestinian flag during a protest, Friday, to draw the attention of the soldiers who would later invade the border area to remove it.”
The Israeli army said that it also located two tunnels that extend from the border area into Israeli territory, near the explosion area.
Israeli Army Spokesperson Brigadier General Ronen Manelis described the explosion as very serious and said that it undermines what he called “stability in the region.”
Following the explosion, the Israeli army fired a shell at an observation post, run by al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, near the eastern border of Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli Army Bombs Location near Khan Younis
Israeli artillery bombed, with missiles, a location to the east of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondence said Israeli armored tanks and artillery stationed at the borderline to the east of Abasan town, east of Khan Younes, bombed a location with missiles and destroyed it in full.
There were no reports of human casualties, however.
The Israeli military claimed the bombing came after an explosive device detonated in an Israeli military jeep near the border.
No further details have been given, as of yet.
A spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army said that an explosive device exploded near a military patrol in a border area close the security fence in Gaza, while a Hebrew news website reported the injury of three soldiers in the explosion.
The spokesperson added that an Israeli tank targeted an observation post in southern Gaza in response to the attack.
In this regard, a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) affirmed that the Israeli artillery bombed a nearby observation site belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.
Luckily, no one was injured in the shelling.
According to Palestinian sources, a military helicopter and ambulances arrived on the scene following the explosion.
Four Israeli Soldiers Injured Near The Gaza Border
The Israeli army has reported that four of its soldiers were injured, including two who suffered serious wounds, Saturday, after an explosive device detonated near them, close to the border fence in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
The army said that two of the wounded soldiers suffered serious injuries, and two were moderately wounded, when the explosive device detonated near them. They were airlifted to Soroka University Medical Center.
It claimed that soldiers from the “Golani Brigade, and the Engineering Corps, noticed a Palestinian flag in the area, an approached it before an explosive device exploded near them.”
Israeli daily Haaretz said the army believes that the Popular Resistance Committees is behind the incident, after allegedly “hanging a Palestinian flag during a protest, Friday, to draw the attention of the soldiers who would later invade the border area to remove it.”
The Israeli army said that it also located two tunnels that extend from the border area into Israeli territory, near the explosion area.
Israeli Army Spokesperson Brigadier General Ronen Manelis described the explosion as very serious and said that it undermines what he called “stability in the region.”
Following the explosion, the Israeli army fired a shell at an observation post, run by al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, near the eastern border of Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli Army Bombs Location near Khan Younis
Israeli artillery bombed, with missiles, a location to the east of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondence said Israeli armored tanks and artillery stationed at the borderline to the east of Abasan town, east of Khan Younes, bombed a location with missiles and destroyed it in full.
There were no reports of human casualties, however.
The Israeli military claimed the bombing came after an explosive device detonated in an Israeli military jeep near the border.
No further details have been given, as of yet.
Violent clashes erupted on Saturday between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at the southern entrance to Halhoul town after the funeral of martyr Hamza Zamara in al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter said that Palestinian outraged youths headed to Halhoul Bridge area after the funeral, closed the main road and torched car tires in protest at the Israeli repeated crimes and killing of Palestinians.
IOF soldiers showered the protesters with tear gas grenades and rubber bullets resulting in suffocation among many Palestinians who were treated in the field.
In al-Hawawer area north of the city, Palestinian youths also attacked the cars of settlers with stones and empty bottles. Meanwhile, IOF troops rushed to the area, closed all roads leading to Halhoul town and dispersed the protesters with tear gas canisters in addition to rubber and live bullets.
As a result, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy, Khalil Henaihen, was injured by a bullet in his thigh after which he was transferred to the hospital.
The PIC reporter said that Palestinian outraged youths headed to Halhoul Bridge area after the funeral, closed the main road and torched car tires in protest at the Israeli repeated crimes and killing of Palestinians.
IOF soldiers showered the protesters with tear gas grenades and rubber bullets resulting in suffocation among many Palestinians who were treated in the field.
In al-Hawawer area north of the city, Palestinian youths also attacked the cars of settlers with stones and empty bottles. Meanwhile, IOF troops rushed to the area, closed all roads leading to Halhoul town and dispersed the protesters with tear gas canisters in addition to rubber and live bullets.
As a result, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy, Khalil Henaihen, was injured by a bullet in his thigh after which he was transferred to the hospital.
Violent clashes broke out on Friday night during a raid by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) into Zububa town west of Jenin city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed the town and heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the citizens causing a number of suffocation cases.
They added that the IOF soldiers set up a military checkpoint at the town's entrance and searched Palestinian vehicles, pointing out that other groups of soldiers were deployed in the nearby Rummanah town.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed the town and heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the citizens causing a number of suffocation cases.
They added that the IOF soldiers set up a military checkpoint at the town's entrance and searched Palestinian vehicles, pointing out that other groups of soldiers were deployed in the nearby Rummanah town.
Two Palestinian children were injured on Friday after a device, believed to be part of Israel's war remnants, exploded in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that the two children were injured by shrapnel in different parts of their bodies, after an explosive device went off east of Jabalia, and were later transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
The condition of one of the children was described as " serious" and some of his fingers were amputated, according to the sources.
Medical sources said that the two children were injured by shrapnel in different parts of their bodies, after an explosive device went off east of Jabalia, and were later transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
The condition of one of the children was described as " serious" and some of his fingers were amputated, according to the sources.
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, three Palestinians with the Toto expanding bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after the army attacked dozens of protesters, in al-Biereh city, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and al-Biereh.
The soldiers shot three Palestinians with the Toto expanding live rounds and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including several medics who rushed to the aid of wounded Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, while some local youngsters hurled stones at them.
The soldiers shot three Palestinians with the Toto expanding live rounds and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including several medics who rushed to the aid of wounded Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, while some local youngsters hurled stones at them.
