10 feb 2020
Israeli occupation forces on Monday pumped large amounts of rainwater into agricultural lands east of besieged Gaza.
Union of Agricultural Work Committees said in a statement that Israeli occupation forces opened rainwater dams along the border with the besieged Gaza Strip, causing farmlands east of Gaza City to sink.
This is the fifth time this season Israeli forces have caused damage to large amounts of crops in the already-starved Gaza.
This repeated move has caused Palestinian farmers in Gaza losses estimated at half a million dollars, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Union of Agricultural Work Committees said in a statement that Israeli occupation forces opened rainwater dams along the border with the besieged Gaza Strip, causing farmlands east of Gaza City to sink.
This is the fifth time this season Israeli forces have caused damage to large amounts of crops in the already-starved Gaza.
This repeated move has caused Palestinian farmers in Gaza losses estimated at half a million dollars, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Israeli soldiers today attacked with teargas canisters Palestinian students and teachers in the schools’ area in the town of Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem, causing many to suffer from suffocation, according to Hani Halabiya, a local activist.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired teargas grenades towards the schools’ complex, causing several suffocation cases among students and teachers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its staff treated at the location 13 suffocation casualties, while one had to be taken to hospital.
The area in which schools as well as Al-Quds University are located witnesses constant interaction with Israeli soldiers, who often provoke the students and deliberately make pursuing education in that town very difficult.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired teargas grenades towards the schools’ complex, causing several suffocation cases among students and teachers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its staff treated at the location 13 suffocation casualties, while one had to be taken to hospital.
The area in which schools as well as Al-Quds University are located witnesses constant interaction with Israeli soldiers, who often provoke the students and deliberately make pursuing education in that town very difficult.
A number of Palestinian residents of Arroub refugee camp in the south of the West Bank suffered suffocation today from teargas inhalation during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces, reported WAFA correspondent.
He said that clashes broke out in the camp during which Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters and showered them with teargas causing many suffocation cases.
They were treated on the location.
He said that clashes broke out in the camp during which Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters and showered them with teargas causing many suffocation cases.
They were treated on the location.
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian farmlands east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, and bulldozed them.
Media sources said the vehicles, including five bulldozers, came from a military base across the perimeter fence and invaded the lands through Abu Safiyya gate, east of al-Maghazi.
They added that the vehicles advanced dozens of meters across the fence, bulldozed large areas of farmlands, and installed sandhills.
During the invasions, military helicopters and drones were seen flying over the area, and several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources said the vehicles, including five bulldozers, came from a military base across the perimeter fence and invaded the lands through Abu Safiyya gate, east of al-Maghazi.
They added that the vehicles advanced dozens of meters across the fence, bulldozed large areas of farmlands, and installed sandhills.
During the invasions, military helicopters and drones were seen flying over the area, and several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes early Monday pounded sites in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah cities in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Israeli warplanes fired some ten missiles towards a site to the northwest of Khan Younis, completely destroying it and causing fires to break out.
Warplanes also targeted a site to the west of Deir al Balah with three missiles, completely destroying it and causing damages to nearby civilian properties. video
Meanwhile, Israeli artillery fired three shells towards a site to the east of the Gaza Strip, destroying it totally and causing damages to close properties and agricultural lands.
No human casualties were reported, however.
Israel claimed that the attack on the war-battered strip came in retaliation to a rocket fire from the coastal enclave.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace.
Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
He said that Israeli warplanes fired some ten missiles towards a site to the northwest of Khan Younis, completely destroying it and causing fires to break out.
Warplanes also targeted a site to the west of Deir al Balah with three missiles, completely destroying it and causing damages to nearby civilian properties. video
Meanwhile, Israeli artillery fired three shells towards a site to the east of the Gaza Strip, destroying it totally and causing damages to close properties and agricultural lands.
No human casualties were reported, however.
Israel claimed that the attack on the war-battered strip came in retaliation to a rocket fire from the coastal enclave.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace.
Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
9 feb 2020
PM says leaders of the terror group should refresh their memories regarding Islamic Jihad commander assassination, while the defense minister claims 'no one is immune' and Israel would have to take a 'different kind of action' if the attacks from Gaza don't cease
Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday issued a thinly-veiled threat against Hamas, warning Israel might have to resort to targeted killings if the terror group continues to launch attacks on Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip.
Tensions on the southern border have risen over the past several weeks, with militants in the Hamas-controlled enclave sporadically firing rockets launching explosives attached to balloons at Israeli cities and towns.
Netanyahu kicked off the weekly cabinet meeting by warning Hamas that its leaders might face the same fate as the military leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Baha Abu Al Atta, killed in an Israeli raid three months ago.
“Only a few weeks ago, we targeted the senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, and I suggest that both Islamic Jihad and Hamas should refresh their memories,” said the prime minister. “I will not go into detail about all of our plans in front of the media, but we are prepared to take devastating action against the terrorist organizations in Gaza.”
Bennett, meanwhile, toured the IDF’s Gaza Division and met with high-profile military officials. He also went on to imply that Israel will go back to targeted killings if the attacks originating in Gaza won’t cease.
“No one is immune,” said Bennett. “The lawless conduct of Hamas leaders is bringing us closer to taking a decisive action against them. We won’t reveal when or where it will happen, but the action we would take will be very different from any previous ones,” he added.
"The State of Israel does not want a war with Hamas, but we have a commitment to the residents of the south.”
The exchanges of fire between the militants in Gaza and the Israeli military have become a near-daily occurrence. On Saturday evening a rocket from Gaza landed in a nearby Israeli community with a rocket alert siren being sounded prior.
The army responded by striking a series of Hamas targets in the enclave.
Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday issued a thinly-veiled threat against Hamas, warning Israel might have to resort to targeted killings if the terror group continues to launch attacks on Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip.
Tensions on the southern border have risen over the past several weeks, with militants in the Hamas-controlled enclave sporadically firing rockets launching explosives attached to balloons at Israeli cities and towns.
Netanyahu kicked off the weekly cabinet meeting by warning Hamas that its leaders might face the same fate as the military leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Baha Abu Al Atta, killed in an Israeli raid three months ago.
“Only a few weeks ago, we targeted the senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, and I suggest that both Islamic Jihad and Hamas should refresh their memories,” said the prime minister. “I will not go into detail about all of our plans in front of the media, but we are prepared to take devastating action against the terrorist organizations in Gaza.”
Bennett, meanwhile, toured the IDF’s Gaza Division and met with high-profile military officials. He also went on to imply that Israel will go back to targeted killings if the attacks originating in Gaza won’t cease.
“No one is immune,” said Bennett. “The lawless conduct of Hamas leaders is bringing us closer to taking a decisive action against them. We won’t reveal when or where it will happen, but the action we would take will be very different from any previous ones,” he added.
"The State of Israel does not want a war with Hamas, but we have a commitment to the residents of the south.”
The exchanges of fire between the militants in Gaza and the Israeli military have become a near-daily occurrence. On Saturday evening a rocket from Gaza landed in a nearby Israeli community with a rocket alert siren being sounded prior.
The army responded by striking a series of Hamas targets in the enclave.
Israeli tanks on Saturday night bombed two Palestinian sites north of the besieged Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli tanks stationed at the border fence east of Gaza fired several missiles at two sites in the northern area of the Gaza Strip with no injuries reported.
The Israeli occupation army claimed that prior to the attack a projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip towards neighboring Israeli settlements.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli tanks stationed at the border fence east of Gaza fired several missiles at two sites in the northern area of the Gaza Strip with no injuries reported.
The Israeli occupation army claimed that prior to the attack a projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip towards neighboring Israeli settlements.
Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians near the illegal Annexation Wall, west of Qaffin Palestinian town, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers attacked many Palestinian protesters on their lands, near the wall and fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
They added that at least two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the injured Palestinians was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the chest, and the other was shot with a similar round to his thigh.
The Palestinian, who was shot in the chest, was rushed to a hospital in Tulkarem, while all other wounded residents received the needed treatment by Red Crescent medics.
Media sources said the soldiers attacked many Palestinian protesters on their lands, near the wall and fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
They added that at least two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the injured Palestinians was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the chest, and the other was shot with a similar round to his thigh.
The Palestinian, who was shot in the chest, was rushed to a hospital in Tulkarem, while all other wounded residents received the needed treatment by Red Crescent medics.
8 feb 2020
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians at the northern entrance of Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, during the funeral procession of a Palestinian Lieutenant, identified as Tareq Badwan, 24, who was shot dead by Israeli army fire at a police headquarters in Jenin, also northern West Bank.
The soldiers closed the main entrance of Azzoun town, and resorted to the excessive use of force against the marchers, by firing a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets. video video
The attack led to several injuries, in addition to causing dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mustafa Husam Hantash, 16, at the northern entrance of Qalqilia, in addition to Yousef Abu ar-Rob, 23, while returning to the city of Ramallah.
The soldiers closed the main entrance of Azzoun town, and resorted to the excessive use of force against the marchers, by firing a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets. video video
The attack led to several injuries, in addition to causing dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mustafa Husam Hantash, 16, at the northern entrance of Qalqilia, in addition to Yousef Abu ar-Rob, 23, while returning to the city of Ramallah.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed Kafr Ni'ma town, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, provoking clashes with local young men.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF spread through the town’s streets, encircled the industrial school before raiding it and confiscated security camera recordings from stores and homes.
Local youths confronted the soldiers and their vehicles by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at them.
The IOF stormed the town as part of its manhunt campaign to look for the Palestinian who shot and injured on Friday an Israeli soldier near the illegal settlement of Dolev, northwest of Ramallah.
The IOF also shut down in the morning the barrier on the Enab road in the west of Deir Ibzi village and blocked movement of citizens and vehicles for some time.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF spread through the town’s streets, encircled the industrial school before raiding it and confiscated security camera recordings from stores and homes.
Local youths confronted the soldiers and their vehicles by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at them.
The IOF stormed the town as part of its manhunt campaign to look for the Palestinian who shot and injured on Friday an Israeli soldier near the illegal settlement of Dolev, northwest of Ramallah.
The IOF also shut down in the morning the barrier on the Enab road in the west of Deir Ibzi village and blocked movement of citizens and vehicles for some time.
Five Palestinian young men suffered rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes last night with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Araqah town, southwest of Jenin in the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers intensively fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at local youths in the town, injuring many of them.
According to the Red Crescent, five young men suffered rubber bullet injuries in their lower extremities and were rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
Five Palestinian citizens were killed and dozens suffered injuries in the last few days during confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The violent events are believed to have been provoked by the US administration’s recent announcement of its pro-Israel peace plan, known as the deal of the century.
Israeli soldiers intensively fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at local youths in the town, injuring many of them.
According to the Red Crescent, five young men suffered rubber bullet injuries in their lower extremities and were rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
Five Palestinian citizens were killed and dozens suffered injuries in the last few days during confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The violent events are believed to have been provoked by the US administration’s recent announcement of its pro-Israel peace plan, known as the deal of the century.
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Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing many injuries, and abducted a Palestinian man.
The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the army initiated the attack against the Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists, just as the nonviolent protesters were gathering to begin their march in front of the local mosque. It added that the soldiers shot many Palestinians and an Israeli peace activist with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing several others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. |
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee, has reported that the soldiers fired many live rounds at the protesters, and even targeted high-voltage electricity transformers.
Many Palestinians started throwing stones at the soldiers who fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eshteiwi added that the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Roshdi Amer, 31, in addition to chasing dozens of residents while firing gas bombs, live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Many Palestinians started throwing stones at the soldiers who fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eshteiwi added that the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Roshdi Amer, 31, in addition to chasing dozens of residents while firing gas bombs, live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
7 feb 2020
A Palestinian citizen was injured on Friday when an Israeli sniper opened fire at him north of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that an Israeli soldier shot a young man in the chest near the border fence east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources described the injured man's condition as "stable".
The PIC reporter said that an Israeli soldier shot a young man in the chest near the border fence east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources described the injured man's condition as "stable".
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the southern area of Jericho city, in the occupied West Bank, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters with gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding many, in addition to abducting two.
Media sources said dozens of residents held a nonviolent procession at the southern entrance of Jericho city, and chanted against the so-called “Deal of the Century,” the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation, its constant escalations, and its illegal colonialist activities.
They called for the liberation of Palestine, and the establishment of a sovereign contiguous Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and for implementing all related United Nations and Security Council resolutions.
Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, and abducted two Palestinians, including one from Aqabat Jaber Refugee camp.
Media sources said dozens of residents held a nonviolent procession at the southern entrance of Jericho city, and chanted against the so-called “Deal of the Century,” the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation, its constant escalations, and its illegal colonialist activities.
They called for the liberation of Palestine, and the establishment of a sovereign contiguous Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and for implementing all related United Nations and Security Council resolutions.
Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, and abducted two Palestinians, including one from Aqabat Jaber Refugee camp.
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while illegal colonialist settlers attacked many Palestinian cars, northwest of the city.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, before breaking and ransacking many homes, and occupied the rooftops of many buildings.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion and hurled stones at the soldiers, while the army fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets. video
Medics rushed to the area and provided the needed treatment to dozens of residents who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, a group of colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked many cars at the entrance of Beit Anoun area, north of Hebron, causing damage.
Furthermore, dozens of Israeli soldiers were deployed in many areas around Hebron city, and several surrounding communities, and closed the main entrance leading to Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, and abducted a lawyer, identified as Ayman Ahmad Abdullah, from his home.
The soldiers also attacked many protesters at the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and closed its main iron gate.
Similar invasions, and protests, took place in Beit Ummar town, and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and the soldiers also fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, before breaking and ransacking many homes, and occupied the rooftops of many buildings.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion and hurled stones at the soldiers, while the army fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets. video
Medics rushed to the area and provided the needed treatment to dozens of residents who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, a group of colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked many cars at the entrance of Beit Anoun area, north of Hebron, causing damage.
Furthermore, dozens of Israeli soldiers were deployed in many areas around Hebron city, and several surrounding communities, and closed the main entrance leading to Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, and abducted a lawyer, identified as Ayman Ahmad Abdullah, from his home.
The soldiers also attacked many protesters at the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and closed its main iron gate.
Similar invasions, and protests, took place in Beit Ummar town, and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and the soldiers also fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
