21 jan 2017
Israeli forces shot a 12-year-old Palestinian boy with a rubber-coated steel bullet during clashes in the village of Kafr Qaddum west of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday afternoon.
Spokesman of the village's local popular committee Murad Shteiwi told Ma'an that 12-year-old Awad Mansour was shot in the hand during clashes as Israeli troops forcibly dispersed a rally held in the village to protest settlements and to urge Israeli authorities to reopen a road that was closed there 14 years ago.
According to Shteiwi, Israeli troops stormed the village firing live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets as they chased Palestinian youth in the alleys.
He added that soldiers detained 40-year-old Mamoon Shteiwi.
Just a day prior, Israeli forces also suppressed a protest in Kafr Qaddum.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been detained during the demonstrations since their start in 2011, and at least 84 protesters have been injured by live fire, including 12 children, Shteiwi told Ma'an during a similar protest last year.
Some 120 others have been detained at demonstrations and were subsequently held in Israeli custody for periods ranging between four and 24 months, Shteiwi said at the time, adding that they have paid fines totaling some 25,000 shekels (approximately $6,488).
Over the course of five years, an elderly protester was killed after suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation, one youth lost his eyesight, and another his ability to speak, he added.
Israeli forces last month became the focus of international condemnation when Israeli forces, wearing matching plain clothes and black ski masks detained a seven-year-old Palestinian during a weekly protest in the village.
A video of the incident was taken by a volunteer of B’Tselem and quickly went viral. Rights groups and activists pointed out that the video seems to show the soldiers using the child as a human shield during clashes.
B’Tselem strongly condemned the incident at the time, saying that “it does not take a lawyer to know that the detention of a seven-year-old child by soldiers, keeping him by their side as they shoot at his friends, is deplorable and utterly unnacceptable."
Spokesman of the village's local popular committee Murad Shteiwi told Ma'an that 12-year-old Awad Mansour was shot in the hand during clashes as Israeli troops forcibly dispersed a rally held in the village to protest settlements and to urge Israeli authorities to reopen a road that was closed there 14 years ago.
According to Shteiwi, Israeli troops stormed the village firing live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets as they chased Palestinian youth in the alleys.
He added that soldiers detained 40-year-old Mamoon Shteiwi.
Just a day prior, Israeli forces also suppressed a protest in Kafr Qaddum.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been detained during the demonstrations since their start in 2011, and at least 84 protesters have been injured by live fire, including 12 children, Shteiwi told Ma'an during a similar protest last year.
Some 120 others have been detained at demonstrations and were subsequently held in Israeli custody for periods ranging between four and 24 months, Shteiwi said at the time, adding that they have paid fines totaling some 25,000 shekels (approximately $6,488).
Over the course of five years, an elderly protester was killed after suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation, one youth lost his eyesight, and another his ability to speak, he added.
Israeli forces last month became the focus of international condemnation when Israeli forces, wearing matching plain clothes and black ski masks detained a seven-year-old Palestinian during a weekly protest in the village.
A video of the incident was taken by a volunteer of B’Tselem and quickly went viral. Rights groups and activists pointed out that the video seems to show the soldiers using the child as a human shield during clashes.
B’Tselem strongly condemned the incident at the time, saying that “it does not take a lawyer to know that the detention of a seven-year-old child by soldiers, keeping him by their side as they shoot at his friends, is deplorable and utterly unnacceptable."
Israeli forces opened live fire on Palestinian land in eastern Khan Younis of the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
On Friday, a six-year-old girl in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip was injured in the stomach with a bullet by Israeli forces deployed at towers on the border area in northern Beit Lahiya. While her injuries were initially reported as medium, she was transferred to the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city after her condition became critical.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone. The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
On Friday, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman with a rubber bullet off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats.
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights condemned Israeli army violations against Palestinian fishermen, saying that they posed a real threat to the rights of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Mezan said that fishermen had a right to exercise their profession in Gaza, and that Israeli forces were breaching international humanitarian law by preventing fishermen from gaining their livelihood.
The group added that Palestinian fishermen were continuously at risk of being killed, injured or arbitrarily detained, and called upon the international community to intervene.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
On Friday, a six-year-old girl in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip was injured in the stomach with a bullet by Israeli forces deployed at towers on the border area in northern Beit Lahiya. While her injuries were initially reported as medium, she was transferred to the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city after her condition became critical.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone. The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
On Friday, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman with a rubber bullet off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats.
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights condemned Israeli army violations against Palestinian fishermen, saying that they posed a real threat to the rights of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Mezan said that fishermen had a right to exercise their profession in Gaza, and that Israeli forces were breaching international humanitarian law by preventing fishermen from gaining their livelihood.
The group added that Palestinian fishermen were continuously at risk of being killed, injured or arbitrarily detained, and called upon the international community to intervene.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Saturday in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after an Israeli military force stormed its neighborhoods and handed some young men summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Local sources said that soldiers raided homes in the town and handed summonses to two young men called Yousef Thawabteh and Musaab Taqatiqa.
Meanwhile, the same soldiers fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades to disperse angry local young men, who responded by throwing stones.
Israeli soldiers also stormed at dawn Nahalin town, west of Bethlehem, and delivered similar summonses issued against two young men identified as Mohamed Najajera and Bilal Abu Fannuna.
Local sources said that soldiers raided homes in the town and handed summonses to two young men called Yousef Thawabteh and Musaab Taqatiqa.
Meanwhile, the same soldiers fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades to disperse angry local young men, who responded by throwing stones.
Israeli soldiers also stormed at dawn Nahalin town, west of Bethlehem, and delivered similar summonses issued against two young men identified as Mohamed Najajera and Bilal Abu Fannuna.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed after midnight Friday Aqraba town, southeast of Nablus city, and fired tear gas grenades intensively on its streets with no known reason.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers aboard military vehicles deployed themselves in Adiriya neighborhood and near the Grand Mosque in the town and embarked on showering homes and alleys randomly with tear gas canisters.
They added that several citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas during this wanton attack.
Still no information if the Israeli military force carried out any arrests during its presence in the town.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers aboard military vehicles deployed themselves in Adiriya neighborhood and near the Grand Mosque in the town and embarked on showering homes and alleys randomly with tear gas canisters.
They added that several citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas during this wanton attack.
Still no information if the Israeli military force carried out any arrests during its presence in the town.
20 jan 2017
A five-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and injured when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened their machinegun fire Friday evening at a group of people in Beit Lahia town, north of the Gaza Strip.
According to Quds Press, the child Rimas Hamdouna, 5, was deliberately shot and injured in her abdomen during the shooting.
She was immediately taken to hospital in very critical condition, the sources added.
Palestinians living along the border areas between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces in violation of a ceasefire agreement that ended Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
According to Quds Press, the child Rimas Hamdouna, 5, was deliberately shot and injured in her abdomen during the shooting.
She was immediately taken to hospital in very critical condition, the sources added.
Palestinians living along the border areas between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces in violation of a ceasefire agreement that ended Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
Israeli police Friday afternoon arrested two Palestinian young men in the wake of violent clashes that erupted after Israeli police forces stormed al-Eizariya town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli policemen showered the Palestinian youths with tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber bullets resulting in suffocation cases among the young men, who were treated in the field.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli policemen showered the Palestinian youths with tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber bullets resulting in suffocation cases among the young men, who were treated in the field.
A score of Palestinians along with foreign solidarity activists choked on tear gas after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Friday afternoon violently attacked the weekly march staged in Nilin and Bilin towns, west of Ramallah, against Israel’s segregation wall and settlement.
Local sources revealed that the IOF soldiers showered the participants in the march with tear gas resulting in cases of suffocation among the marchers as well as Palestinians inside their homes including an 8-month-old infant.
For his part, Mohammad Amera, member of the Popular Committee against the Separation Wall and Settlement in Nilin, said that the participants carried the Palestinian flag along with photos of martyrs and prisoners and chanted slogans against Israeli occupation and its crimes against the Palestinian people after they performed Friday prayer near the wall area.
Participants in the march in Bilin carried slogans against the new US president Donald Trump's declared intention of relocating his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem along with Palestinian flags.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers blocked the march from leaving the village via its western entrance and ordered them back, saying that the area is a closed military zone.
Local sources revealed that the IOF soldiers showered the participants in the march with tear gas resulting in cases of suffocation among the marchers as well as Palestinians inside their homes including an 8-month-old infant.
For his part, Mohammad Amera, member of the Popular Committee against the Separation Wall and Settlement in Nilin, said that the participants carried the Palestinian flag along with photos of martyrs and prisoners and chanted slogans against Israeli occupation and its crimes against the Palestinian people after they performed Friday prayer near the wall area.
Participants in the march in Bilin carried slogans against the new US president Donald Trump's declared intention of relocating his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem along with Palestinian flags.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers blocked the march from leaving the village via its western entrance and ordered them back, saying that the area is a closed military zone.
The Israeli occupation forces at noontime Friday attacked Palestinian activists as they reconstructed the Palestinian Bab al-Shams village, near the illegal Ma'aleh Adumim settlement, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
At least four Palestinians, including a female activist, were arrested by the IOF in an attack on the newly-reconstructed Bab al-Shams village.
The IOF soldiers aggressively disbanded the group of Palestinians who flocked to the area.
A PIC news reporter quoted the activists as saying that the move makes part of underway endeavors to thwart Israeli attempts to annex Palestinian lands, which were seized in favor of the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement, to Occupied Jerusalem.
The move coincides with the swearing-in of the US 45th president Donald Trump, who pledged to transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.
Makeshift tents topped with Palestinian flags have been set up in the village.
Bab al-Shams is a symbolic makeshift village established by Palestinian activists on lands threatened with confiscation in favor of illegal settlement activity.
Since 2013, the village has witnessed nonstop demolitions (by the Israelis) and reconstruction attempts (by the Palestinians).
At least four Palestinians, including a female activist, were arrested by the IOF in an attack on the newly-reconstructed Bab al-Shams village.
The IOF soldiers aggressively disbanded the group of Palestinians who flocked to the area.
A PIC news reporter quoted the activists as saying that the move makes part of underway endeavors to thwart Israeli attempts to annex Palestinian lands, which were seized in favor of the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement, to Occupied Jerusalem.
The move coincides with the swearing-in of the US 45th president Donald Trump, who pledged to transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.
Makeshift tents topped with Palestinian flags have been set up in the village.
Bab al-Shams is a symbolic makeshift village established by Palestinian activists on lands threatened with confiscation in favor of illegal settlement activity.
Since 2013, the village has witnessed nonstop demolitions (by the Israelis) and reconstruction attempts (by the Palestinians).
The Israeli occupation army early on Friday opened heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian farmers in eastern Rafah and Khan Younis cities, in southern Gaza Strip.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops deployed in the Kissufim military base, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip, opened heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian farmers.
No injuries were reported in the attack.
The Israeli occupation army and naval forces have often targeted Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the blockaded Gaza Strip with randomly-unleashed spates of machinegun fire, in a flagrant violation of the ceasefire accord struck with the Palestinian resistance factions following the 2014 offensive on the besieged coastal enclave.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops deployed in the Kissufim military base, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip, opened heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian farmers.
No injuries were reported in the attack.
The Israeli occupation army and naval forces have often targeted Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the blockaded Gaza Strip with randomly-unleashed spates of machinegun fire, in a flagrant violation of the ceasefire accord struck with the Palestinian resistance factions following the 2014 offensive on the besieged coastal enclave.
A Palestinian fisherman was shot, on Thursday morning, after Israeli navy ships opened fire on several fishing boats, near the shore of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the coastal region.
Medical sources said the wounded fisherman has been identified as Abed Hisham Sultan, and that the man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
The fishers said the navy ships fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, targeting many fishing boats, causing damage and forcing them to sail back to shore in fear of additional escalation.
Zakariyya Bakr, the head of the Fishermen’s Committees at the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate, said the assault is the latest of ongoing and escalating Israeli violations.
He added that the navy is constantly harassing and assaulting the fishers and their boats in areas designated for fishing, in Gaza terrestrial waters.
Medical sources said the wounded fisherman has been identified as Abed Hisham Sultan, and that the man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
The fishers said the navy ships fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, targeting many fishing boats, causing damage and forcing them to sail back to shore in fear of additional escalation.
Zakariyya Bakr, the head of the Fishermen’s Committees at the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate, said the assault is the latest of ongoing and escalating Israeli violations.
He added that the navy is constantly harassing and assaulting the fishers and their boats in areas designated for fishing, in Gaza terrestrial waters.
