5 jan 2019
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, has affirmed that Israel is seeking to resolve the fate of the northern Jordan Valley by systematically expelling the native residents from their homes and gradually annexing their areas.
In a report published on its website on Friday, Haaretz said that the Israeli army displaced last week the residents of Khirbet Ibzik village from their homes and destroyed their property and cultivated fields during military drills.
In the past month alone, the residents of this little community were ordered to abandon their crude homes multiple times.
Aref Daraghmeh, a field researcher for the human rights organization B’Tselem, the Bedouin communities in the northern Jordan Valley had been ordered to evacuate their homes at least 100 times in the past five years, adding that the shortest eviction lasted five hours and the longest 24 hours.
Over the past three months, the Israeli army had destroyed several Bedouin communities in the northern Jordan Valley and dismantled many renewable energy and infrastructure projects financed by the European Union for the local residents there.
In a report published on its website on Friday, Haaretz said that the Israeli army displaced last week the residents of Khirbet Ibzik village from their homes and destroyed their property and cultivated fields during military drills.
In the past month alone, the residents of this little community were ordered to abandon their crude homes multiple times.
Aref Daraghmeh, a field researcher for the human rights organization B’Tselem, the Bedouin communities in the northern Jordan Valley had been ordered to evacuate their homes at least 100 times in the past five years, adding that the shortest eviction lasted five hours and the longest 24 hours.
Over the past three months, the Israeli army had destroyed several Bedouin communities in the northern Jordan Valley and dismantled many renewable energy and infrastructure projects financed by the European Union for the local residents there.
The Israeli army informed members of the al-Barghouthi family from Kobar village, northwest of central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, on Saturday, that the family would be expelled to the Jericho district, if their son, Assem, does not turn himself in to the Israeli army.
Israel accuses Assem of carrying out an attack killing two Israeli soldiers near Ramallah on December 13, one day after his brother, Saleh, was reportedly shot and killed by Israeli soldiers north of Ramallah.
Assem has been 'wanted' by Israeli forces since then; on December 19th, Israeli forces took measurements of al-Barghouthi's home in preparation for its demolition as punishment.
Saleh's family says that Saleh was detained alive and might have died in custody.
Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq had sent a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures regarding the enforced disappearance of al-Barghouthi.
Israeli soldiers claim that Saleh, who they say was allegedly responsible for shooting and injuring seven Israelis days earlier near Ramallah, was shot and critically injured and later died of his wounds.
Al-Barghouthi's mother said that large numbers of Israeli force raided their home early Saturday morning, interrogated her and told her son, Assem, has three days to turn himself in or the entire family will be expelled to Jericho.
She added that Israeli forces also detained her youngest son, Muhammad, 17, and her brother, Lutfi al-Barghouthi.
Israeli forces had previously detained her husband and other son a day after the alleged attack.
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and locals of Kobar; soldiers fired tear gas, causing tear-gas suffocation cases.
Last week, Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians from Kobar as part of Israel's "collective punishment" policy against the village following al-Bsrghouthi's alleged attack.
Israel accuses Assem of carrying out an attack killing two Israeli soldiers near Ramallah on December 13, one day after his brother, Saleh, was reportedly shot and killed by Israeli soldiers north of Ramallah.
Assem has been 'wanted' by Israeli forces since then; on December 19th, Israeli forces took measurements of al-Barghouthi's home in preparation for its demolition as punishment.
Saleh's family says that Saleh was detained alive and might have died in custody.
Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq had sent a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures regarding the enforced disappearance of al-Barghouthi.
Israeli soldiers claim that Saleh, who they say was allegedly responsible for shooting and injuring seven Israelis days earlier near Ramallah, was shot and critically injured and later died of his wounds.
Al-Barghouthi's mother said that large numbers of Israeli force raided their home early Saturday morning, interrogated her and told her son, Assem, has three days to turn himself in or the entire family will be expelled to Jericho.
She added that Israeli forces also detained her youngest son, Muhammad, 17, and her brother, Lutfi al-Barghouthi.
Israeli forces had previously detained her husband and other son a day after the alleged attack.
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and locals of Kobar; soldiers fired tear gas, causing tear-gas suffocation cases.
Last week, Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians from Kobar as part of Israel's "collective punishment" policy against the village following al-Bsrghouthi's alleged attack.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at some fishermen as they working their land in the east of Qarara town, north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Israeli gunboats also opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the shores of Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
Luckily, no one was hurt in the shooting attacks.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at some fishermen as they working their land in the east of Qarara town, north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Israeli gunboats also opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the shores of Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
Luckily, no one was hurt in the shooting attacks.
4 jan 2019
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, several Palestinians during the weekly procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinians, along with international peace activists, marched from the center of the village while carrying Palestinian flags and chanting for the liberation of Palestine, the release of all detainees, and for the removal of Israel’s illegal colonies and its Annexation Wall.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers invaded the town before storming a few homes, and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts and monitoring towers.
He added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, while many young men hurled stones at them.
Media sources said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also detained the family of Abdul-Razeq Amer in one room in their own home, while searching the property, and occupied its rooftop for several hours.
Waleed Assaf, the head Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, said the Palestinians are ongoing with their popular resistance against Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, its annexation wall and colonies, and against the so-called “Deal of the Century,” in addition to all conspiracies targeting the legitimate Palestinian cause and struggle for full liberation, sovereignty and independence.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold is weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
The Palestinians, along with international peace activists, marched from the center of the village while carrying Palestinian flags and chanting for the liberation of Palestine, the release of all detainees, and for the removal of Israel’s illegal colonies and its Annexation Wall.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers invaded the town before storming a few homes, and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts and monitoring towers.
He added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, while many young men hurled stones at them.
Media sources said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also detained the family of Abdul-Razeq Amer in one room in their own home, while searching the property, and occupied its rooftop for several hours.
Waleed Assaf, the head Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, said the Palestinians are ongoing with their popular resistance against Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, its annexation wall and colonies, and against the so-called “Deal of the Century,” in addition to all conspiracies targeting the legitimate Palestinian cause and struggle for full liberation, sovereignty and independence.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold is weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Orif Palestinian village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and opened fire at a car, before briefly detaining a teenage boy, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Adel Amer, the secretary of Orif Village Council, told the WAFA Palestinian news agency said several army jeeps invaded the village, and fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at local protesters.
He added that several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also detained Mahmoud Zahi Shehada, 16, and opened fire at his father’s car, when he tried to talk to them, causing damage, and released the son shortly afterwards.
Adel Amer, the secretary of Orif Village Council, told the WAFA Palestinian news agency said several army jeeps invaded the village, and fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at local protesters.
He added that several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also detained Mahmoud Zahi Shehada, 16, and opened fire at his father’s car, when he tried to talk to them, causing damage, and released the son shortly afterwards.
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Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces heavily opened fire at the protesters taking part in Gaza's Great March of Return.
The PIC reporter said, quoting the Ministry of Health, that 15 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition and teargas canisters fired by the Israeli forces. According to the Ministry, seven Palestinian journalists and paramedics were among the injured. |
Thousands of Palestinians marched on Friday along the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories for the 41st week in a row.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege had earlier called on the Palestinians in Gaza to take part in Friday's demonstrations protesting the latest wave of normalization of relations between Israel and some Arab countries.
The Palestinians in Gaza on 30 March 2018 started major demonstrations along the border fence to demand the right of return for refugees and call for an end to the 13-year-long blockade on Gaza.
Since the start of the border protests, the Israeli occupation army has killed 256 Palestinians and injured over 25,000, 500 of whom are in a critical condition.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Fifteen Palestinians, Including Medics And A Journalist
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least fifteen Palestinians, including one doctor and six paramedics, during the Great Return Match processions in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, after the army resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters, holding the weekly processions for the 41st consecutive week.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the soldiers shot fifteen Palestinians, including six paramedics, one doctor and one journalist, after targeting them with live fire and high-velocity gas bombs.
It added that the soldiers shot Mohammad Abu Kashef, a medic with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), with a high-velocity gas bomb, fracturing his arm, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also shot Rafi Shaldan, a medic with the PMRS, with a high-velocity gas bomb in his pelvis, east of Gaza city.
In addition, the soldiers shot another medic, identified as Mohammad Abu T’eima, with a gas bomb in his head, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts, bruises and burns.
The army resorted to the excessive use of force against the Palestinians along the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, in addition to Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern part, and Jabalia in northern Gaza.
In a statement, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, strongly denounced the ongoing and escalating Israeli excessive use of force against the unarmed civilians, medical teams and journalists.
Dr. Barghouthi stated that the soldiers injured six of the PMRS medics in several parts of the Gaza Strip, Friday, while they were performing their humanitarian duties in providing the urgently needed medical aid to wounded Palestinians.
He added that the soldiers deliberately target medical teams with live fire, in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and stated that the soldiers use the high-velocity gas bombs as projectiles targeting the Palestinians hundreds of meters away from the perimeter fence.
Dr. Barghouthi denounced these escalating violations, and said the soldiers have killed three medics, and injured dozens, since the Great Return March nonviolent processions started on the Palestinian Land Dar, March 30th, 2018, and called on the International Community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and violations of basic human rights, including its deliberate targeting of medics and journalists.
Last Friday, December 28th 2018, the soldiers killed one Palestinian civilian with disability, and injured eighteen others, including four children and two paramedics.
On Friday, December 21st, the soldiers killed three Palestinians, including one child, and injured 115 others, including two journalists and four medics, in Gaza.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have killed three medics identified as Razan Najjar, 22, Mousa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, and Abdullah al-Qutati, 20, in addition to Photojournalist Yasser Mortaja, and journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, in the Gaza Strip, and injured dozens of journalists, since the Great Return March processions started on Palestinian Land Dar, March 30th 2018.
On December 27th, 2018, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that a total of 295 Palestinians were killed, and over 29,000 were injured in 2018 by Israeli forces.
OCHA added that this is the highest death toll in a single year since the Israeli war on Gaza in the summer, of 2014 and the highest number of injuries recorded since OCHA began documenting casualties in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2005.
About % of the fatalities (180 people) and % the injuries (over 23,000) in the context of Gaza’s ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations by the fence.
Across the occupied territories, 57 of the Palestinian fatalities and about 7,000 of the injuries were under 18 years of age. A total of 14 Israelis were killed during the year by Palestinians, and at least 137 others were injured.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege had earlier called on the Palestinians in Gaza to take part in Friday's demonstrations protesting the latest wave of normalization of relations between Israel and some Arab countries.
The Palestinians in Gaza on 30 March 2018 started major demonstrations along the border fence to demand the right of return for refugees and call for an end to the 13-year-long blockade on Gaza.
Since the start of the border protests, the Israeli occupation army has killed 256 Palestinians and injured over 25,000, 500 of whom are in a critical condition.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Fifteen Palestinians, Including Medics And A Journalist
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least fifteen Palestinians, including one doctor and six paramedics, during the Great Return Match processions in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, after the army resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters, holding the weekly processions for the 41st consecutive week.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the soldiers shot fifteen Palestinians, including six paramedics, one doctor and one journalist, after targeting them with live fire and high-velocity gas bombs.
It added that the soldiers shot Mohammad Abu Kashef, a medic with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), with a high-velocity gas bomb, fracturing his arm, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also shot Rafi Shaldan, a medic with the PMRS, with a high-velocity gas bomb in his pelvis, east of Gaza city.
In addition, the soldiers shot another medic, identified as Mohammad Abu T’eima, with a gas bomb in his head, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts, bruises and burns.
The army resorted to the excessive use of force against the Palestinians along the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, in addition to Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern part, and Jabalia in northern Gaza.
In a statement, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, strongly denounced the ongoing and escalating Israeli excessive use of force against the unarmed civilians, medical teams and journalists.
Dr. Barghouthi stated that the soldiers injured six of the PMRS medics in several parts of the Gaza Strip, Friday, while they were performing their humanitarian duties in providing the urgently needed medical aid to wounded Palestinians.
He added that the soldiers deliberately target medical teams with live fire, in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and stated that the soldiers use the high-velocity gas bombs as projectiles targeting the Palestinians hundreds of meters away from the perimeter fence.
Dr. Barghouthi denounced these escalating violations, and said the soldiers have killed three medics, and injured dozens, since the Great Return March nonviolent processions started on the Palestinian Land Dar, March 30th, 2018, and called on the International Community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and violations of basic human rights, including its deliberate targeting of medics and journalists.
Last Friday, December 28th 2018, the soldiers killed one Palestinian civilian with disability, and injured eighteen others, including four children and two paramedics.
On Friday, December 21st, the soldiers killed three Palestinians, including one child, and injured 115 others, including two journalists and four medics, in Gaza.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have killed three medics identified as Razan Najjar, 22, Mousa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, and Abdullah al-Qutati, 20, in addition to Photojournalist Yasser Mortaja, and journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, in the Gaza Strip, and injured dozens of journalists, since the Great Return March processions started on Palestinian Land Dar, March 30th 2018.
On December 27th, 2018, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that a total of 295 Palestinians were killed, and over 29,000 were injured in 2018 by Israeli forces.
OCHA added that this is the highest death toll in a single year since the Israeli war on Gaza in the summer, of 2014 and the highest number of injuries recorded since OCHA began documenting casualties in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2005.
About % of the fatalities (180 people) and % the injuries (over 23,000) in the context of Gaza’s ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations by the fence.
Across the occupied territories, 57 of the Palestinian fatalities and about 7,000 of the injuries were under 18 years of age. A total of 14 Israelis were killed during the year by Palestinians, and at least 137 others were injured.
At least four Palestinians were injured on Friday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces attacked a peaceful protest in al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that four Palestinians were taken by ambulances to local hospitals for treatment after they suffered injuries by live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The witnesses said that the Israeli occupation forces violently attacked the Palestinian protesters who performed Friday prayer on Palestinian lands threatened with confiscation for settlement purposes.
Eyewitnesses said that four Palestinians were taken by ambulances to local hospitals for treatment after they suffered injuries by live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The witnesses said that the Israeli occupation forces violently attacked the Palestinian protesters who performed Friday prayer on Palestinian lands threatened with confiscation for settlement purposes.
Israeli soldiers and bulldozers on Friday morning carried out a small-scale incursion into the eastern border area of Khan Younis and Rafah, south of Gaza.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that soldiers aboard some armored bulldozers moved from the border crossing of Sufa to an area in eastern Rafah before heading north towards the east of al-Fakhari neighborhood in Khan Younis.
The reporter added that the soldiers bulldozed agricultural land and carried out repairs on the barbed wire fence.
Every once in a while, the Israeli occupation army carries out such limited incursions into Gaza border areas, with no regard for the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire understandings with the Palestinian resistance.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that soldiers aboard some armored bulldozers moved from the border crossing of Sufa to an area in eastern Rafah before heading north towards the east of al-Fakhari neighborhood in Khan Younis.
The reporter added that the soldiers bulldozed agricultural land and carried out repairs on the barbed wire fence.
Every once in a while, the Israeli occupation army carries out such limited incursions into Gaza border areas, with no regard for the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire understandings with the Palestinian resistance.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Thursday at night, several villages and towns in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, and installed roadblocks.
Media sources in Jenin said that soldiers invaded Ya’bad, Ta’nak, Rommana, Aneen and Zabbouba, and drove around their streets and alleys for a few hours.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters and several homes in the eastern neighborhood of Ya’bad, before installing a military roadblock.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the al-Yamoun town junction before the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Jenin said that soldiers invaded Ya’bad, Ta’nak, Rommana, Aneen and Zabbouba, and drove around their streets and alleys for a few hours.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters and several homes in the eastern neighborhood of Ya’bad, before installing a military roadblock.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the al-Yamoun town junction before the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
