18 jan 2017
A Palestinian truck flipped on Wednesday while being chased by the Israeli police on the bypass road 60 injuring the three citizens who were riding it.
According to local sources, an Israeli police patrol chased the Palestinian truck leading the truck driver to change course and head toward Wadi al-Dour area in Halhul town, north of al-Khalil city.
The truck flipped causing moderate and minor injuries among the three Palestinian citizens in it.
The injured were taken by an ambulance of the Palestinian Red Crescent to the hospital for treatment.
The identities of the three injured citizens are not known as yet.
According to local sources, an Israeli police patrol chased the Palestinian truck leading the truck driver to change course and head toward Wadi al-Dour area in Halhul town, north of al-Khalil city.
The truck flipped causing moderate and minor injuries among the three Palestinian citizens in it.
The injured were taken by an ambulance of the Palestinian Red Crescent to the hospital for treatment.
The identities of the three injured citizens are not known as yet.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), on Wednesday morning, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and fishermen during separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli navy forces opened their machinegun fire at fishermen sailing off the Gaza City shores.
Israeli forces deployed at borderline military outposts east of Juhr al-Deik village, in the central Gaza Strip, also opened fire at farmers who were working on their land.
There were no reports of casualties in both attacks.
People of Gaza come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
Israeli navy forces opened their machinegun fire at fishermen sailing off the Gaza City shores.
Israeli forces deployed at borderline military outposts east of Juhr al-Deik village, in the central Gaza Strip, also opened fire at farmers who were working on their land.
There were no reports of casualties in both attacks.
People of Gaza come under daily attack from Israeli army and naval forces, who interfere in their daily quest for livelihood.
At least one Palestinian young man was injured as clashes broke out Wednesday between Israeli forces and local youths east of Nablus.
The clashes erupted when nearly 15 Israeli buses carrying hundreds of settlers stormed the city under IOF protection to perform Talmudic rituals in Youssef tomb historical site.
The 19-year-old Mohamed Hashash was shot and injured in his left hand during the clashes. He was later taken to hospital for treatment.
Two young men were also detained from their houses for being allegedly involved in the clashes.
The clashes erupted when nearly 15 Israeli buses carrying hundreds of settlers stormed the city under IOF protection to perform Talmudic rituals in Youssef tomb historical site.
The 19-year-old Mohamed Hashash was shot and injured in his left hand during the clashes. He was later taken to hospital for treatment.
Two young men were also detained from their houses for being allegedly involved in the clashes.
A number of Palestinian civilians sustained wounds early on Wednesday as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into the Qalandiya camp and demolished Palestinian structures.
According to local sources, violent clashes flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Qalandiya camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, and knocked down Palestinian commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint.
At least 10 Palestinian protesters sustained bullet wounds after the IOF showered the area with randomly-shot spates of bullet fire.
The attack occurred shortly after the IOF, escorted by two bulldozers and police jeeps, rolled into the camp and razed 11 Palestinian shops to the ground.
The IOF further climbed over the rooftops of Palestinian civilian homes, deluging the area with teargas grenades.
Palestinian gunmen reportedly showed up at the scene in an attempt to thwart the mass-demolition process.
Over recent months, the occupation authorities stepped up demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in retaliation for anti-occupation attacks launched in response to Israel’s escalating terrorism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
According to local sources, violent clashes flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Qalandiya camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, and knocked down Palestinian commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint.
At least 10 Palestinian protesters sustained bullet wounds after the IOF showered the area with randomly-shot spates of bullet fire.
The attack occurred shortly after the IOF, escorted by two bulldozers and police jeeps, rolled into the camp and razed 11 Palestinian shops to the ground.
The IOF further climbed over the rooftops of Palestinian civilian homes, deluging the area with teargas grenades.
Palestinian gunmen reportedly showed up at the scene in an attempt to thwart the mass-demolition process.
Over recent months, the occupation authorities stepped up demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in retaliation for anti-occupation attacks launched in response to Israel’s escalating terrorism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
17 jan 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Tuesday afternoon fired stun grenades into a Palestinian’s home yard in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil, after searching the house.
The activist Mohammad Awad, from the town, revealed that a group of Israeli soldiers broke into the home of Bassam al-Tit and checked the IDs of and took photos for its residents.
He added that the IOF soldiers fired sound bombs in the house's external yard before they went out. The children were frightened, Awad highlighted.
The activist Mohammad Awad, from the town, revealed that a group of Israeli soldiers broke into the home of Bassam al-Tit and checked the IDs of and took photos for its residents.
He added that the IOF soldiers fired sound bombs in the house's external yard before they went out. The children were frightened, Awad highlighted.
Israeli navy forces Tuesday afternoon opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats and injured two fishermen while they were sailing in al-Sudaniya area in Gaza sea.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli gunboats fired rubber pullets at two fishermen identified as Umran Baker and Khaldoun Abu Riyaleh.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of the Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave in August 2014, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli gunboats fired rubber pullets at two fishermen identified as Umran Baker and Khaldoun Abu Riyaleh.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of the Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave in August 2014, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday stormed Qabatiya town, south of Jenin in the West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from their homes.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers aboard nearly 20 military vehicles entered Qabatiya at three o’clock in the morning, spread on its streets and embarked on firing stun grenades, for an unknown reason, and raiding homes.
The sources added that four young men in their 20s from the family of Kamil were taken prisoners following violent raids on their homes.
Meanwhile, another military force stormed al-Hisba area in Qabatiya and set up a roadblock, where it embarked on intercepting Palestinian citizens and vehicles.
In another incident, a group of Israeli troops accompanied by a Shin Bet officer on the same day carried out dawn raids on several homes in Kafr Addik town, west of Salfit.
The PIC was told that soldiers and one officer broke into and ransacked the house of Ayman Jum’ah, interrogated him and assaulted his family.
The same military force raided the house of ex-detainee Jaser Addik and questioned him for about an hour before leaving. Addik was released a few days ago after 13 years in detention.
Another house belonging to Mujahed Addik was also ransacked during the IOF campaign in the town.
Local sources said the soldiers brutalized the family of Mujahid and caused damage to the furniture as they were searching the house.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers aboard nearly 20 military vehicles entered Qabatiya at three o’clock in the morning, spread on its streets and embarked on firing stun grenades, for an unknown reason, and raiding homes.
The sources added that four young men in their 20s from the family of Kamil were taken prisoners following violent raids on their homes.
Meanwhile, another military force stormed al-Hisba area in Qabatiya and set up a roadblock, where it embarked on intercepting Palestinian citizens and vehicles.
In another incident, a group of Israeli troops accompanied by a Shin Bet officer on the same day carried out dawn raids on several homes in Kafr Addik town, west of Salfit.
The PIC was told that soldiers and one officer broke into and ransacked the house of Ayman Jum’ah, interrogated him and assaulted his family.
The same military force raided the house of ex-detainee Jaser Addik and questioned him for about an hour before leaving. Addik was released a few days ago after 13 years in detention.
Another house belonging to Mujahed Addik was also ransacked during the IOF campaign in the town.
Local sources said the soldiers brutalized the family of Mujahid and caused damage to the furniture as they were searching the house.
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning unleashed heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
A PIC news correspondent said the occupation navy targeted Palestinian fishermen sailing off western al-Waha seashore, in northern Gaza Strip, with randomly-shot spates of gunfire.
The Palestinian fishermen reportedly went ashore for fear of being killed in the assault.
On Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released five Palestinian fishermen after they were kidnapped by the occupation navy off Gaza’s northern coast. Their boat was however confiscated by the IOA.
The five fishermen, released at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing, were identified as Mohamed al-Sultan, Ourans al-Sultan, Emad Seyam and his son Anas, along with Mohamed Abu Diyeh.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops deployed at the Sofa military base attacked Palestinian famers in eastern Rafah city, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip, with barrages of machinegun fire, sparking panic among civilians.
A PIC news correspondent said the occupation navy targeted Palestinian fishermen sailing off western al-Waha seashore, in northern Gaza Strip, with randomly-shot spates of gunfire.
The Palestinian fishermen reportedly went ashore for fear of being killed in the assault.
On Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released five Palestinian fishermen after they were kidnapped by the occupation navy off Gaza’s northern coast. Their boat was however confiscated by the IOA.
The five fishermen, released at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing, were identified as Mohamed al-Sultan, Ourans al-Sultan, Emad Seyam and his son Anas, along with Mohamed Abu Diyeh.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops deployed at the Sofa military base attacked Palestinian famers in eastern Rafah city, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip, with barrages of machinegun fire, sparking panic among civilians.
16 jan 2017
Israeli naval forces detained five Palestinian fishermen and seized their fishing boats on Monday morning after opening fire on them off the coast of the northern besieged Gaza Strip, according to local officials.
Spokesperson for the union of Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash identified two fishermen detained of the coast of al-Sudaniya as Auranus al-Sultan and Muhammad al-Sultan, and reported no injuries in the incident.
Meanwhile, Zakariya Bakr, the spokesman for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishermen off the coast of al-Waha in northern Gaza and detained three, identified as Muhammad Abu Dayya, Imad Siyam, and his son Anas Imad Siyam.
Bakr added that the three fishermen’s boats were also confiscated.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking reports.
The incidents came after Israel army tanks shelled alleged Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after unidentified forces from the besieged coastal enclave fired at an Israeli army vehicle, according to the Israeli army, with no injuries reported on either side.
While armed groups inside the Gaza Strip occasionally fire rockets inside Israel, Israeli army incursions inside the Palestinian territory have long been a near-daily occurrence, as the Israeli army regularly opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
There have also been intermittent reports of Israeli forces attempting to sink the boats of fishermen as they approach Israel’s unilaterally declared “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza.
Gazan fishermen, whose numbers are estimated to be around 4,000, have suffered from the near decade-long siege of the Gaza Strip, which limits their incursions to just six nautical miles into the sea in accordance with the ceasefire agreement signed with Palestinian factions in 2014.
Earlier this month, a Palestinian fisherman went missing after an encounter with Israeli forces off the coast of Gaza, with his family announcing his death days later despite his body having yet to be recovered.
Spokesperson for the union of Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash identified two fishermen detained of the coast of al-Sudaniya as Auranus al-Sultan and Muhammad al-Sultan, and reported no injuries in the incident.
Meanwhile, Zakariya Bakr, the spokesman for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishermen off the coast of al-Waha in northern Gaza and detained three, identified as Muhammad Abu Dayya, Imad Siyam, and his son Anas Imad Siyam.
Bakr added that the three fishermen’s boats were also confiscated.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking reports.
The incidents came after Israel army tanks shelled alleged Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after unidentified forces from the besieged coastal enclave fired at an Israeli army vehicle, according to the Israeli army, with no injuries reported on either side.
While armed groups inside the Gaza Strip occasionally fire rockets inside Israel, Israeli army incursions inside the Palestinian territory have long been a near-daily occurrence, as the Israeli army regularly opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
There have also been intermittent reports of Israeli forces attempting to sink the boats of fishermen as they approach Israel’s unilaterally declared “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza.
Gazan fishermen, whose numbers are estimated to be around 4,000, have suffered from the near decade-long siege of the Gaza Strip, which limits their incursions to just six nautical miles into the sea in accordance with the ceasefire agreement signed with Palestinian factions in 2014.
Earlier this month, a Palestinian fisherman went missing after an encounter with Israeli forces off the coast of Gaza, with his family announcing his death days later despite his body having yet to be recovered.
15 jan 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) afternoon Sunday quelled a protest calling for releasing the bodies of slain Palestinian youths.
The IOF soldiers attacked Palestinian marchers as they took to Bethlehem streets to push for the release of the bodies of Palestinian civilians withheld by the occupation authorities.
The IOF soldiers targeted the protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq said in a Facebook statement that the IOF detained him, along the families of the slain Palestinians, in a military jeep right as they joined the march.
The IOF soldiers attacked Palestinian marchers as they took to Bethlehem streets to push for the release of the bodies of Palestinian civilians withheld by the occupation authorities.
The IOF soldiers targeted the protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq said in a Facebook statement that the IOF detained him, along the families of the slain Palestinians, in a military jeep right as they joined the march.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at two Palestinian resistance sites along the border with Gaza. Israeli army claimed Sunday morning that one of the Israeli engineering unit vehicles came under a shooting attack in the same area.
Israeli channel seven reported that shooting from within Gaza border area at the engineering unit has led to the damage of a military vehicle.
The IOF soldiers showered a Palestinian resistance monitoring point to the east of al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, with bullets. No injuries, however, were reported.
Israeli artillery also fired at a field monitoring site to the east of Rafah with no reported injuries.
Israeli channel seven reported that shooting from within Gaza border area at the engineering unit has led to the damage of a military vehicle.
The IOF soldiers showered a Palestinian resistance monitoring point to the east of al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, with bullets. No injuries, however, were reported.
Israeli artillery also fired at a field monitoring site to the east of Rafah with no reported injuries.
Israeli military bulldozers on Sunday morning carried out a limited incursion into an eastern border area in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that armored bulldozers came from Sofa military base and infiltrated about 50 meters into the east of Rafah, where they embarked on digging and leveling mounds of dirt.
They added that soldiers and three tanks watched the bulldozers from a distance as they were advancing into the Palestinian territory. Later, the armored vehicles withdrew.
Without any regard to the 2014 ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Israeli army persists in carrying out limited incursions into the eastern border areas of Gaza to bulldoze lands, and allows its troops to open fire during these operations.
Local sources reported that armored bulldozers came from Sofa military base and infiltrated about 50 meters into the east of Rafah, where they embarked on digging and leveling mounds of dirt.
They added that soldiers and three tanks watched the bulldozers from a distance as they were advancing into the Palestinian territory. Later, the armored vehicles withdrew.
Without any regard to the 2014 ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Israeli army persists in carrying out limited incursions into the eastern border areas of Gaza to bulldoze lands, and allows its troops to open fire during these operations.
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Saturday evening, at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, wounding one fisherman.
Medical sources in Gaza said the fisherman suffered moderate wounds, and was moved to the Indonesian Hospital, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, to receive the urgently needed medical treatment.
The attack is part of frequent Israeli violations against Palestinian fishers in Gaza territorial waters, in addition to farmers and workers in lands close to the border fence of the besieged and impoverished coastal region.
Such attacks have led to many casualties, including fatalities, in addition to dozens of arrests. The navy also frequently illegally confiscates fishing boats after assaulting them.
Medical sources in Gaza said the fisherman suffered moderate wounds, and was moved to the Indonesian Hospital, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, to receive the urgently needed medical treatment.
The attack is part of frequent Israeli violations against Palestinian fishers in Gaza territorial waters, in addition to farmers and workers in lands close to the border fence of the besieged and impoverished coastal region.
Such attacks have led to many casualties, including fatalities, in addition to dozens of arrests. The navy also frequently illegally confiscates fishing boats after assaulting them.
