26 jan 2016
The Israeli occupation navy on Monday night opened machinegun fire randomly at the beach of al-Sudaniya neighborhood, north of the Gaza Strip, simultaneously with a similar shooting attack from watchtowers in the eastern border of Gaza.
According to Quds Press, Israeli gunboats at a very late hour last night opened fire, with no reason, at the northern shores of Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers opened fire from watchtowers at agricultural areas and homes along the eastern border of Gaza.
Luckily, no one was injured or killed in both gunfire attacks.
According to Quds Press, Israeli gunboats at a very late hour last night opened fire, with no reason, at the northern shores of Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers opened fire from watchtowers at agricultural areas and homes along the eastern border of Gaza.
Luckily, no one was injured or killed in both gunfire attacks.
25 jan 2016
Israeli warplanes, predawn Monday, launched multiple airstrikes targeting different locations in the southern Gaza Strip, in yet another act of aggression against the besieged enclave, local sources said.
WAFA correspondence said that an F16 warplane targeted an empty land and the Israeli ex-settlement area to the southwest of Khan Younis, with at least two missiles, causing destruction and a large hole in the said areas.
Israeli warplanes targeted another location to the south of Deir al Balah in the center of the strip, causing destruction and spreading fear and panic among Palestinians living nearby.
There were no reports of casualties.
According to Haaretz, a rocket allegedly hit Israel’s southern settlements and exploded near the border with the Gaza in an open area, Sunday night, causing no damages.
Israel continues to breach the truce agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza on August 26th, 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the strip, which claimed the lives of about 2,200 Palestinians, and left more than 10,000 others injured. Hundreds of thousands others are currently displaced and live in makeshift caravans or in UNRWA-run schools.
Since 2007, Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza, which has caused a serious decline in the standard of living, poverty and unprecedented levels of unemployment.
WAFA correspondence said that an F16 warplane targeted an empty land and the Israeli ex-settlement area to the southwest of Khan Younis, with at least two missiles, causing destruction and a large hole in the said areas.
Israeli warplanes targeted another location to the south of Deir al Balah in the center of the strip, causing destruction and spreading fear and panic among Palestinians living nearby.
There were no reports of casualties.
According to Haaretz, a rocket allegedly hit Israel’s southern settlements and exploded near the border with the Gaza in an open area, Sunday night, causing no damages.
Israel continues to breach the truce agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza on August 26th, 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the strip, which claimed the lives of about 2,200 Palestinians, and left more than 10,000 others injured. Hundreds of thousands others are currently displaced and live in makeshift caravans or in UNRWA-run schools.
Since 2007, Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza, which has caused a serious decline in the standard of living, poverty and unprecedented levels of unemployment.
The Palestinian Reconstruction Committee in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil warned on Monday of Israeli intents to take over a home in the city in favor of illegal settlers.
Al-Khalil’s Reconstruction Committee said historical documents prove that Palestinians are the only owners of the homes built in the Old City of al-Khalil and that none of these houses shall turn into a bargaining chip with the Israeli occupation government.
Reports have recently been released by Israeli news outlets on an underway agreement between the occupation government and the settlers to hold sway over one of two homes that were misappropriated sometime earlier and to move the settlers back into the house.
The committee held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the projected upshots of such an “illegitimate decision” which infringes all international laws, and fans the flames of the simmering violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories.
Al-Khalil’s Reconstruction Committee said historical documents prove that Palestinians are the only owners of the homes built in the Old City of al-Khalil and that none of these houses shall turn into a bargaining chip with the Israeli occupation government.
Reports have recently been released by Israeli news outlets on an underway agreement between the occupation government and the settlers to hold sway over one of two homes that were misappropriated sometime earlier and to move the settlers back into the house.
The committee held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the projected upshots of such an “illegitimate decision” which infringes all international laws, and fans the flames of the simmering violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli municipality crews Sunday morning stormed the area between at-Tayba and Qalansawe Arab towns in 1948 Occupied Palestine and razed two homes out of ten houses threatened with demolition.
Local sources revealed that the homes of Ibrahim Zabarqa and Ahmad Nasasra were demolished for the usual pretext of lacking construction permits.
Israeli police barred the inhabitants of both towns from heading to the demolition locations after closing off the roads that lead to the houses. Policemen also assaulted some of the residents.
The sources affirmed that clashes erupted between Israeli policemen and the people of the towns who tried to stop the demolition process.
Local sources revealed that the homes of Ibrahim Zabarqa and Ahmad Nasasra were demolished for the usual pretext of lacking construction permits.
Israeli police barred the inhabitants of both towns from heading to the demolition locations after closing off the roads that lead to the houses. Policemen also assaulted some of the residents.
The sources affirmed that clashes erupted between Israeli policemen and the people of the towns who tried to stop the demolition process.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped and others were aggressively attacked by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in overnight sweeps across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli 0404 news site said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight allegedly wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
Two among the captives were kidnapped on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
According to the same source, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinians from the Jenin refugee camp, three from Nablus and the Balata refugee camp, and two others from Qalqilya city.
One more Palestinian was kidnapped by the IOF from Bethlehem.
Clashes burst out between the occupation troops and Palestinian protesters shortly after the IOF rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and carried out the abductions.
The IOF further raked through the city’s residential alleys at 4 a.m. and wreaked havoc on civilian homes, before they aggressively attacked the native inhabitants.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of bullet fire and teargas canisters.
A series of checkpoints was also pitched by the IOF across western Jenin.
Similar assaults on Palestinian civilian homes cropped up in eastern Nablus, moments before the IOF kidnapped the three Palestinians.
Earlier, on Sunday evening, the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Fadi Nidal Abu al-Saoud at the Karama border-crossing.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Atiyeh and Hamada Hreiz, from the Occupied Jerusalem town of al-Issawiya.
Over recent months, the Israeli occupation army stepped up arbitrary abductions of Palestinian protesters in an attempt to quell anti-occupation activism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli 0404 news site said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight allegedly wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
Two among the captives were kidnapped on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
According to the same source, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinians from the Jenin refugee camp, three from Nablus and the Balata refugee camp, and two others from Qalqilya city.
One more Palestinian was kidnapped by the IOF from Bethlehem.
Clashes burst out between the occupation troops and Palestinian protesters shortly after the IOF rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and carried out the abductions.
The IOF further raked through the city’s residential alleys at 4 a.m. and wreaked havoc on civilian homes, before they aggressively attacked the native inhabitants.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of bullet fire and teargas canisters.
A series of checkpoints was also pitched by the IOF across western Jenin.
Similar assaults on Palestinian civilian homes cropped up in eastern Nablus, moments before the IOF kidnapped the three Palestinians.
Earlier, on Sunday evening, the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Fadi Nidal Abu al-Saoud at the Karama border-crossing.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Atiyeh and Hamada Hreiz, from the Occupied Jerusalem town of al-Issawiya.
Over recent months, the Israeli occupation army stepped up arbitrary abductions of Palestinian protesters in an attempt to quell anti-occupation activism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday launched two air strikes on southern and central Gaza Strip, in a flagrant violation of the Cairo-brokered ceasefire deal.
According to a PIC news reporter, Israeli fighter jets slammed two rockets into a Palestinian land in southwestern Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, at 2.15 a.m.
Shortly afterwards, another air strike rocked Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip.
Remarkable material damage has reportedly been inflicted on the area.
The raids were launched a few hours after the Israeli occupation army, overnight Sunday, claimed a rocket had hit an open area in Western Negev, in southern 1948 Occupied Palestine.
According to a PIC news reporter, Israeli fighter jets slammed two rockets into a Palestinian land in southwestern Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, at 2.15 a.m.
Shortly afterwards, another air strike rocked Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip.
Remarkable material damage has reportedly been inflicted on the area.
The raids were launched a few hours after the Israeli occupation army, overnight Sunday, claimed a rocket had hit an open area in Western Negev, in southern 1948 Occupied Palestine.
24 jan 2016
Violent clashes erupted on Sunday afternoon between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Kafr al-Deek village to the west of Salfit city.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli soldiers intentionally provoked Palestinians by searching some of the residents and deploying Israeli patrols in the village's roads. The Israeli provocative practices made Palestinian youths throw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers and closed off some of the villages’ roads by barricades of burnt tires.
The IOF soldiers routinely raid the towns and villages of Salfit governorate under the pretext of searching for stone throwers.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli soldiers intentionally provoked Palestinians by searching some of the residents and deploying Israeli patrols in the village's roads. The Israeli provocative practices made Palestinian youths throw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers and closed off some of the villages’ roads by barricades of burnt tires.
The IOF soldiers routinely raid the towns and villages of Salfit governorate under the pretext of searching for stone throwers.
Five Palestinian youths sustained injuries on Sunday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the Occupied Jerusalem town of Abu Dis.
Clashes burst out after the Israeli occupation troops attacked the funeral procession of 17-year-old Muhammad Nabil Halabiyeh, killed in an anti-occupation attack on Saturday evening.
Local sources said the IOF attacked the mourners with rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Red Crescent crews said they treated three Palestinians for bullet wounds and two others for breathing disorders due to teargas inhalation.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Palestinian detainee Saleem Ju’ba, 42, after he had served four years in jail.
Ex-prisoner Ju’ba, a native of Jerusalem’s eastern town of Silwan, was arrested by the IOF on March 27, 2012 and sentenced to a four-year prison-term on charges of affiliation with Hamas and assisting prisoners’ and their families.
Clashes burst out after the Israeli occupation troops attacked the funeral procession of 17-year-old Muhammad Nabil Halabiyeh, killed in an anti-occupation attack on Saturday evening.
Local sources said the IOF attacked the mourners with rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Red Crescent crews said they treated three Palestinians for bullet wounds and two others for breathing disorders due to teargas inhalation.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Palestinian detainee Saleem Ju’ba, 42, after he had served four years in jail.
Ex-prisoner Ju’ba, a native of Jerusalem’s eastern town of Silwan, was arrested by the IOF on March 27, 2012 and sentenced to a four-year prison-term on charges of affiliation with Hamas and assisting prisoners’ and their families.
23 jan 2016
Israeli forces Saturday evening shot Yahya Enaizat, 30, with a rubber bullet in his back and arrested his brother, Anwar, after storming the town of Silwan in Occupied Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center revealed that Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and unleashed tear gas canisters at Palestinians in Silwan’s streets. Israeli soldiers also assaulted Anwar Enaizat, 25, before arresting him.
Israeli troops along with municipality teams broke into Palestinians' commercial and housing structures in ِAin al-Lawzeh and Beir Ayyoub districts and handed summonses to their owners to be interviewed by Israeli authorities.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center revealed that Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and unleashed tear gas canisters at Palestinians in Silwan’s streets. Israeli soldiers also assaulted Anwar Enaizat, 25, before arresting him.
Israeli troops along with municipality teams broke into Palestinians' commercial and housing structures in ِAin al-Lawzeh and Beir Ayyoub districts and handed summonses to their owners to be interviewed by Israeli authorities.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday evening threatened to kill any Palestinian approaching al-Sahal road in Yabad town, south of Jenin city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed the house of Mohamed al-Asmar in al-Qibliya neighborhood in Yabad and told his family that everyone entering al-Sahal road will be vulnerable to sniper fire.
The sources added that local young men in the neighborhood clashed with the invading troops during their campaign. Some youths suffered from inhaling tear gas.
The IOF had already fenced areas near al-Sahal road and declared them a closed military zone. The road is located near Dotan settlement.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed the house of Mohamed al-Asmar in al-Qibliya neighborhood in Yabad and told his family that everyone entering al-Sahal road will be vulnerable to sniper fire.
The sources added that local young men in the neighborhood clashed with the invading troops during their campaign. Some youths suffered from inhaling tear gas.
The IOF had already fenced areas near al-Sahal road and declared them a closed military zone. The road is located near Dotan settlement.
Clashes broke out Friday afternoon between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and Palestinian youths across occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
Palestinian medical sources affirmed that 57 injuries were reported during the clashes, including three live shot wounds, nine rubber bullet injuries, and 45 tear gas suffocation cases.
The sources pointed out that 10-year-old Bashar Mustafa al-Khatib was injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his head while dozens of others suffered from effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes that erupted in Bilin town.
The clashes broke out when Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful anti-settlement march in the town.
In Nablus, similar confrontations broke out in Beit Furik town east of the city, which resulted in at least one injury.
A Palestinian identified as Sharif Haneni was shot in the foot with a rubber-coated steel bullet during Beit Furik clashes, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
Owners of nearby shops were used by Israeli forces as human shields to stop stone-throwing attacks by locals.
In Qalqilia, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians with live fire, one of whom was a child, during clashes in Kafr Qaddum town.
Spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the village, Murad Shtewei, affirmed that 9-year-old Ayat Zahi was shot in the hand while standing on the porch of her house in the area where clashes were taking place.
She was taken to Rafidia hospital in a moderate condition.
Two other citizens were injured with live fire in their feet and taken to Rafidia hospital for treatment, Shtewei added.
Separately, undercover forces detained three Palestinians participating in a demonstration at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, witnesses said.
One of the three detainees was shot in the foot while the two others were severally beaten before being arrested, the sources added.
Medical sources said another Palestinian was injured by a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot in Bethlehem and was taken to Beit Jala hospital for treatment.
Clashes also broke out in Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, no injuries were reported.
On the other hand, IOF closed Friday afternoon the entrance to Nabi Saleh village west of Ramallah, while violent clashes broke out near Ofer jail amid heavy firing of tear gas bombs.
Palestinian medical sources affirmed that 57 injuries were reported during the clashes, including three live shot wounds, nine rubber bullet injuries, and 45 tear gas suffocation cases.
The sources pointed out that 10-year-old Bashar Mustafa al-Khatib was injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his head while dozens of others suffered from effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes that erupted in Bilin town.
The clashes broke out when Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful anti-settlement march in the town.
In Nablus, similar confrontations broke out in Beit Furik town east of the city, which resulted in at least one injury.
A Palestinian identified as Sharif Haneni was shot in the foot with a rubber-coated steel bullet during Beit Furik clashes, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
Owners of nearby shops were used by Israeli forces as human shields to stop stone-throwing attacks by locals.
In Qalqilia, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians with live fire, one of whom was a child, during clashes in Kafr Qaddum town.
Spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the village, Murad Shtewei, affirmed that 9-year-old Ayat Zahi was shot in the hand while standing on the porch of her house in the area where clashes were taking place.
She was taken to Rafidia hospital in a moderate condition.
Two other citizens were injured with live fire in their feet and taken to Rafidia hospital for treatment, Shtewei added.
Separately, undercover forces detained three Palestinians participating in a demonstration at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, witnesses said.
One of the three detainees was shot in the foot while the two others were severally beaten before being arrested, the sources added.
Medical sources said another Palestinian was injured by a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot in Bethlehem and was taken to Beit Jala hospital for treatment.
Clashes also broke out in Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, no injuries were reported.
On the other hand, IOF closed Friday afternoon the entrance to Nabi Saleh village west of Ramallah, while violent clashes broke out near Ofer jail amid heavy firing of tear gas bombs.
Israeli forces, Friday morning, evicted dozens of Israeli settlers from two buildings believed to belong to Palestinians in Hebron's Old City, a day after the settlers forced their way into them.
An Israeli police spokesperson said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that Border Police had removed more than 80 settlers from the homes. "All the people that illegally entered the buildings have been removed," he said. He added that the homes were afterward "sealed and closed off," and that Israeli courts would determine their future status.
Israeli far-right news site Arutz Sheva reported, Thursday, that the settlers claim to have purchased the buildings from Palestinians.
The settlers stormed the homes in the tense city center, on Thursday afternoon, under the protection of the Israeli army and police forces. Arutz Sheva published video footage of the settlers thanking the soldiers and officers. Jawad Abu Aisheh, deputy head of local activist group Youth Against Settlements, said that dozens of settlers broke through the buildings' back doors and stormed the buildings.
He said: "The Border Police did not do anything to stop them."
Instead, he said that police forces began firing tear gas canisters at Palestinians protesting the settlers' actions. He said that at least five Palestinians had to be treated for excessive tear gas inhalation.
Abu Aisheh added that the buildings belonged to Hebron's al-Zakari family, and were being rented out to members of the al-Qafisheh family.
The decision by Israeli courts regarding the status of the homes comes as the Old City continues to stand at the heart of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The area -- known as H2 and under full Israeli military control -- is home to an enclave of Jewish settlers living in the center of the West Bank’s largest Palestinian city.
The flashpoint Old City was declared a closed military zone in November following the recent wave of unrest, and Palestinian residents have come under higher-than-average restrictions by the Israeli military that Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called “draconian.”
Friday’s settler eviction from the homes raised a row among Israeli politicians, with members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, threatening to leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition if the buildings remain evacuated.
Israeli media reported that MK’s from political parties Likud and Habayit Hayehudi said they would no longer be obligated to stay in the coalition and would work to bring down the government if the eviction continues.
An Israeli police spokesperson said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that Border Police had removed more than 80 settlers from the homes. "All the people that illegally entered the buildings have been removed," he said. He added that the homes were afterward "sealed and closed off," and that Israeli courts would determine their future status.
Israeli far-right news site Arutz Sheva reported, Thursday, that the settlers claim to have purchased the buildings from Palestinians.
The settlers stormed the homes in the tense city center, on Thursday afternoon, under the protection of the Israeli army and police forces. Arutz Sheva published video footage of the settlers thanking the soldiers and officers. Jawad Abu Aisheh, deputy head of local activist group Youth Against Settlements, said that dozens of settlers broke through the buildings' back doors and stormed the buildings.
He said: "The Border Police did not do anything to stop them."
Instead, he said that police forces began firing tear gas canisters at Palestinians protesting the settlers' actions. He said that at least five Palestinians had to be treated for excessive tear gas inhalation.
Abu Aisheh added that the buildings belonged to Hebron's al-Zakari family, and were being rented out to members of the al-Qafisheh family.
The decision by Israeli courts regarding the status of the homes comes as the Old City continues to stand at the heart of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The area -- known as H2 and under full Israeli military control -- is home to an enclave of Jewish settlers living in the center of the West Bank’s largest Palestinian city.
The flashpoint Old City was declared a closed military zone in November following the recent wave of unrest, and Palestinian residents have come under higher-than-average restrictions by the Israeli military that Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called “draconian.”
Friday’s settler eviction from the homes raised a row among Israeli politicians, with members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, threatening to leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition if the buildings remain evacuated.
Israeli media reported that MK’s from political parties Likud and Habayit Hayehudi said they would no longer be obligated to stay in the coalition and would work to bring down the government if the eviction continues.
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli army infiltrated, Friday, into the northern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot and injured one Palestinian youngster, and kidnapped him, along with two others. Another Palestinian was also injured, and many suffered effects of tear gas inhalation.
Red Crescent medics said the soldiers shot a Palestinian, near Jasser Palace Hotel, after they infiltrated local protesters. The Palestinian was shot in his leg before the soldiers took him to an unknown destination.
The undercover officers also assaulted two other Palestinians, repeatedly struck them on various parts of their bodies, mainly on their heads, and abducted them.
Another Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, before Palestinian medics took him to the Beit Jala governmental hospital.
Many Palestinians also suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at the protesters, and several homes.
Red Crescent medics said the soldiers shot a Palestinian, near Jasser Palace Hotel, after they infiltrated local protesters. The Palestinian was shot in his leg before the soldiers took him to an unknown destination.
The undercover officers also assaulted two other Palestinians, repeatedly struck them on various parts of their bodies, mainly on their heads, and abducted them.
Another Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, before Palestinian medics took him to the Beit Jala governmental hospital.
Many Palestinians also suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at the protesters, and several homes.
