29 jan 2017
The Israeli army started on Sunday large-scale military drills along the border of Gaza Strip.
Radio Israel quoted the spokesman of the Israeli army as saying that the exercises, which will last until Thursday, fall in line with the annual military drills to maintain the efficiency and readiness of the Israeli forces.
Radio Israel quoted the spokesman of the Israeli army as saying that the exercises, which will last until Thursday, fall in line with the annual military drills to maintain the efficiency and readiness of the Israeli forces.
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired many live rounds at Palestinian homes, property, and farmlands, east of Gaza city, causing excessive damage.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed on towers in the Nahal Oz military base, fired dozens of rounds at homes and lands, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, causing serious damage.
The attack also forced Palestinian farmers and workers, out of their lands, especially in areas close to the border fence.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed on towers in the Nahal Oz military base, fired dozens of rounds at homes and lands, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, causing serious damage.
The attack also forced Palestinian farmers and workers, out of their lands, especially in areas close to the border fence.
28 jan 2017
A number of Palestinians on Saturday evening sustained injuries in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the southern West Bank province of Bethlehem.
Reporting from Bethlehem, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops rolled into Tekou’ town and attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Several Palestinians were treated for breathing disorders.
The Palestinians responded by hurling stones and empty bottles at the occupation troops.
A few hours earlier, two Palestinian youths were detained by the occupation soldiers for over a couple of hours at a flying military checkpoint pitched in Bethlehem’s town of al-Khader.
At the same time, the IOF stormed the Aida refugee camp and set up ambushes in and around the camp in the hunt for Palestinian anti-occupation youths.
Reporting from Bethlehem, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops rolled into Tekou’ town and attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Several Palestinians were treated for breathing disorders.
The Palestinians responded by hurling stones and empty bottles at the occupation troops.
A few hours earlier, two Palestinian youths were detained by the occupation soldiers for over a couple of hours at a flying military checkpoint pitched in Bethlehem’s town of al-Khader.
At the same time, the IOF stormed the Aida refugee camp and set up ambushes in and around the camp in the hunt for Palestinian anti-occupation youths.
27 jan 2017
Dozens of Palestinians along with foreign solidarity activists choked on tear gas after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Friday afternoon violently attacked the weekly marches staged in Bilin and Kafr Qaddoum towns in Ramallah and Qalqilya, against Israel’s Separation Wall and settlement.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers showered the participants in the marches with tear gas resulting in cases of suffocation among the Palestinians and foreign activists. Meanwhile, the marchers carried Palestinian flags and chanted anti-occupation slogans.
Coordinator of popular resistance in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Eshtaiwi, said that Israeli forces targeted children while quelling the march which was held to demand reopening the main road in the town that has been closed by these forces for 14 years.
Palestinian Red Crescent reported that five cases of suffocation due to tear gas were treated among the participants in Kafr Qaddoum march.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers showered the participants in the marches with tear gas resulting in cases of suffocation among the Palestinians and foreign activists. Meanwhile, the marchers carried Palestinian flags and chanted anti-occupation slogans.
Coordinator of popular resistance in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Eshtaiwi, said that Israeli forces targeted children while quelling the march which was held to demand reopening the main road in the town that has been closed by these forces for 14 years.
Palestinian Red Crescent reported that five cases of suffocation due to tear gas were treated among the participants in Kafr Qaddoum march.
Three Palestinian youths sustained wounds at dawn Friday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank province of Jenin.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said three youngsters were rushed to a hospital so as to be urgently treated for the moderate wounds sustained in confrontations rocking the Jenin refugee camp.
Tension flared up in the area shortly after the IOF rolled into the camp and cracked down on Palestinian protesters, sparking violent.
The anti-occupation protesters responded by hurling stones, Molotov cocktails, and homemade elbows at the occupation troops.
Sounds of heavy gunfire were detected in the area all the way through the assault.
On Thursday, an Israeli soldier was injured in similar clashes that burst out in the area and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said three youngsters were rushed to a hospital so as to be urgently treated for the moderate wounds sustained in confrontations rocking the Jenin refugee camp.
Tension flared up in the area shortly after the IOF rolled into the camp and cracked down on Palestinian protesters, sparking violent.
The anti-occupation protesters responded by hurling stones, Molotov cocktails, and homemade elbows at the occupation troops.
Sounds of heavy gunfire were detected in the area all the way through the assault.
On Thursday, an Israeli soldier was injured in similar clashes that burst out in the area and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
26 jan 2017
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, earlier Thursday, two Palestinian teenagers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, during clashes that erupted after several army vehicles invaded it. The soldiers also abducted three Palestinians in Nablus, and one near Bethlehem.
Media sources said the Israeli army vehicles invaded several areas in Nablus, leading to clashes, mainly in al-Eman and Mo’ta Streets, in the city, in addition to ‘Askar refugee camp.
The sources added that the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at local youngsters who hurled stones at the invading army vehicles.
Medical sources in Nablus said one Palestinian, identified as Khaled Abdul-Qader Sharqawi, 17, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his neck, while Ahmad Jihad Abu Hashi, 19, was shot with a similar round in his head.
During the invasion, the soldiers broke into and violently searched many homes, and abducted three Palestinians identified as Husam Abu Ni’ma, from Askar refugee camp, Maher Taher Salah, from Mo’ta Street, and Wael Nael Bishtawi, from al-Eman Street.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem in the West Bank, searched many homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Yousef Ezzat Abu Dayya, 20.
Clashes also took place in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, after dozens of soldiers invaded it.
In related news, the army installed several roadblocks at main junctions leading to al-Hajeriyya town, and al-Fawwar refugee camp, Wad al-Qomra, east of Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers, while interrogating them.
Dozens of army vehicles were also deployed at junctions and roads leading to several villages and towns, south of Hebron city.
Media sources said the Israeli army vehicles invaded several areas in Nablus, leading to clashes, mainly in al-Eman and Mo’ta Streets, in the city, in addition to ‘Askar refugee camp.
The sources added that the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at local youngsters who hurled stones at the invading army vehicles.
Medical sources in Nablus said one Palestinian, identified as Khaled Abdul-Qader Sharqawi, 17, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his neck, while Ahmad Jihad Abu Hashi, 19, was shot with a similar round in his head.
During the invasion, the soldiers broke into and violently searched many homes, and abducted three Palestinians identified as Husam Abu Ni’ma, from Askar refugee camp, Maher Taher Salah, from Mo’ta Street, and Wael Nael Bishtawi, from al-Eman Street.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem in the West Bank, searched many homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Yousef Ezzat Abu Dayya, 20.
Clashes also took place in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, after dozens of soldiers invaded it.
In related news, the army installed several roadblocks at main junctions leading to al-Hajeriyya town, and al-Fawwar refugee camp, Wad al-Qomra, east of Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers, while interrogating them.
Dozens of army vehicles were also deployed at junctions and roads leading to several villages and towns, south of Hebron city.
A number of Palestinians were injured Thursday afternoon after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently suppressed a peaceful march in Bethlehem calling for the release of slain Palestinians’ bodies from Israeli morgues.
The Israeli forces heavily fired teargas bombs at the participants once they approached the northern entrance to the city.
Breathing problems among the demonstrators were reported during the attack.
During the march, the participants held Palestinian flags and slain Palestinians’ photos.
They also chanted slogans calling for the return of their dead sons’ bodies.
Israeli occupation authorities continue to detain bodies of nine Palestinians who were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers for allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks during the Jerusalem Intifada.
The Israeli forces heavily fired teargas bombs at the participants once they approached the northern entrance to the city.
Breathing problems among the demonstrators were reported during the attack.
During the march, the participants held Palestinian flags and slain Palestinians’ photos.
They also chanted slogans calling for the return of their dead sons’ bodies.
Israeli occupation authorities continue to detain bodies of nine Palestinians who were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers for allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks during the Jerusalem Intifada.
Armed clashes broke out at dawn Thursday in Jenin refugee camp when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the camp in large numbers and carried out arrests.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the camp at 3 a.m. which led to the outbreak of armed clashes with local resistance fighters.
Israeli forces opened heavy fire at Palestinian houses while explosions were heard from time to time, the sources added.
The two brothers Mohamed and Ahmed Abu Khalifa, who spent more than ten years in Israeli jails for being affiliated to Hamas Movement, were arrested after Israeli forces broke into their houses.
Neighboring houses were also stormed and searched.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying that traces of an Israeli soldier’s blood were found.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the camp at 3 a.m. which led to the outbreak of armed clashes with local resistance fighters.
Israeli forces opened heavy fire at Palestinian houses while explosions were heard from time to time, the sources added.
The two brothers Mohamed and Ahmed Abu Khalifa, who spent more than ten years in Israeli jails for being affiliated to Hamas Movement, were arrested after Israeli forces broke into their houses.
Neighboring houses were also stormed and searched.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying that traces of an Israeli soldier’s blood were found.
Israeli army bulldozers early on Thursday launched a limited incursion into eastern al-Qarara town, in southern Gaza Strip.
Speaking with PIC, local sources said four Israeli army bulldozers deployed at the Israeli Kissufim military base raked through Palestinian lands in eastern al-Qarara, to the northeast of Khan Younis province, near the borderline.
A flock of military tanks and jeeps escorted the bulldozers all the way through the infiltration, at the same time as Israeli drones kept hovering over the territory.
A heavy damage has often been inflicted by such arbitrary incursions by the Israeli occupation army on Palestinian cultivated land tracts near the border fence.
Speaking with PIC, local sources said four Israeli army bulldozers deployed at the Israeli Kissufim military base raked through Palestinian lands in eastern al-Qarara, to the northeast of Khan Younis province, near the borderline.
A flock of military tanks and jeeps escorted the bulldozers all the way through the infiltration, at the same time as Israeli drones kept hovering over the territory.
A heavy damage has often been inflicted by such arbitrary incursions by the Israeli occupation army on Palestinian cultivated land tracts near the border fence.
Many armored Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of ‘Aboud, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and clashed with many youngsters.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the village from several directions, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading vehicles.
Some of the gas bombs directly struck homes in the village, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The invasion was carried out after a young man, identified as Omar Natheer Barghouthi, 26, from ‘Aboud, was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, after the soldiers claimed he fired many live rounds from a speeding vehicle, targeting a military roadblock. Barghouthi was moved to a hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers killed a young Palestinian man, identified as Hussein Salem Abu Ghosh, 24, after he reportedly drove his car off the road and crashed into a bus station, close to “Adam” Israeli colony, where many soldiers and settlers were waiting.
The army also claimed that Abu Ghosh “carried a knife, but did not leave his car, and did not report any injuries among the soldiers or settlers.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the village from several directions, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading vehicles.
Some of the gas bombs directly struck homes in the village, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The invasion was carried out after a young man, identified as Omar Natheer Barghouthi, 26, from ‘Aboud, was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, after the soldiers claimed he fired many live rounds from a speeding vehicle, targeting a military roadblock. Barghouthi was moved to a hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers killed a young Palestinian man, identified as Hussein Salem Abu Ghosh, 24, after he reportedly drove his car off the road and crashed into a bus station, close to “Adam” Israeli colony, where many soldiers and settlers were waiting.
The army also claimed that Abu Ghosh “carried a knife, but did not leave his car, and did not report any injuries among the soldiers or settlers.
