15 jan 2020
Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a number of areas in the north and the northwest of the coastal enclave.
Palestinian media reported on Wednesday night that one of the airstrikes targeted a position belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. The attack caused an explosion and material damage to the nearby buildings.
Another attack targeted areas in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in Gaza’s north. video video
Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed that the attacks were in response to a rocket launch by Palestinians. It also announced that it had intercepted two of the alleged four incoming projectiles via Iron Dome missile system.
Last month, Israeli warplanes, choppers, and navy boats conducted a series of attacks on the Gaza Strip, targeting several positions in the north, west and south of the besieged enclave.
The attacks were reportedly aimed at the positions of the Hamas, including its "military complexes."
There were no immediate reports of casualties from Gazan authorities as the sites were empty.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
Israeli warplanes target posts in besieged Gaza enclave
Israeli warplanes Thursday overnight targeted at least two posts across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that an Israeli drone bombed a post, located to the northwest of Gaza city, causing fires to break out in the post.
He added that Israeli F-16 fighter jets pounded the same post with two missiles, causing extensive material damage to the nearby civilian houses.
An additional strike was confirmed at a post in Jabalia town in the northern besieged enclave.
No human casualties were reported, however.
Israel claimed the attack in the war-battered strip came in retaliation to a rocket fire from the enclave.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy opened fire towards Palestinian fishermen and their fishing boats off shore al-Sudaniya area, northwest of the Gaza City. No injuries were reported though.
The attack rattled the shaky ceasefire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations that ended the flare-up triggered by the targeted assassination of Islamic Jihad leader in last November.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
Palestinian media reported on Wednesday night that one of the airstrikes targeted a position belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. The attack caused an explosion and material damage to the nearby buildings.
Another attack targeted areas in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in Gaza’s north. video video
Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed that the attacks were in response to a rocket launch by Palestinians. It also announced that it had intercepted two of the alleged four incoming projectiles via Iron Dome missile system.
Last month, Israeli warplanes, choppers, and navy boats conducted a series of attacks on the Gaza Strip, targeting several positions in the north, west and south of the besieged enclave.
The attacks were reportedly aimed at the positions of the Hamas, including its "military complexes."
There were no immediate reports of casualties from Gazan authorities as the sites were empty.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
Israeli warplanes target posts in besieged Gaza enclave
Israeli warplanes Thursday overnight targeted at least two posts across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that an Israeli drone bombed a post, located to the northwest of Gaza city, causing fires to break out in the post.
He added that Israeli F-16 fighter jets pounded the same post with two missiles, causing extensive material damage to the nearby civilian houses.
An additional strike was confirmed at a post in Jabalia town in the northern besieged enclave.
No human casualties were reported, however.
Israel claimed the attack in the war-battered strip came in retaliation to a rocket fire from the enclave.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy opened fire towards Palestinian fishermen and their fishing boats off shore al-Sudaniya area, northwest of the Gaza City. No injuries were reported though.
The attack rattled the shaky ceasefire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations that ended the flare-up triggered by the targeted assassination of Islamic Jihad leader in last November.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Bil’in Palestinian village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted two siblings.
Abdullah Abu Rahma, a former political prisoner and the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted Ahmad, 43, and his brother Mustafa Khatib, 48.
He added that the soldiers fired live rounds, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians who protested the invasion.
Abdullah Abu Rahma, a former political prisoner and the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted Ahmad, 43, and his brother Mustafa Khatib, 48.
He added that the soldiers fired live rounds, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians who protested the invasion.
Israeli forces today detained five Palestinians and ransacked several civilian houses in multiple overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinian brothers after ransacking their houses in Bilin village, located to the west of Ramallah city.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli soldiers opened fire towards local youngsters who gathered to block the troops’ passage. No injuries were reported though.
In Bethlehem district, PPS confirmed an Israeli military raid into Aida refugee camp, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
Security sources elaborated that Israeli military vehicles also stormed Beit Fajjar and al-Ubeidiya towns, located to the south and east of Bethlehem city, where soldiers thoroughly searched several houses, including the family house of a journalist, turning them upside down.
Soldiers also barged their way to the Bethlehem city neighborhoods of Hindaza and Wadi Shaheen, where they inspected the identity cards of pedestrians and checked the recordings of surveillance cameras installed on a local mosque.
Another Palestinian was detained from Nablus district and another from Hebron district.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinian brothers after ransacking their houses in Bilin village, located to the west of Ramallah city.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli soldiers opened fire towards local youngsters who gathered to block the troops’ passage. No injuries were reported though.
In Bethlehem district, PPS confirmed an Israeli military raid into Aida refugee camp, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
Security sources elaborated that Israeli military vehicles also stormed Beit Fajjar and al-Ubeidiya towns, located to the south and east of Bethlehem city, where soldiers thoroughly searched several houses, including the family house of a journalist, turning them upside down.
Soldiers also barged their way to the Bethlehem city neighborhoods of Hindaza and Wadi Shaheen, where they inspected the identity cards of pedestrians and checked the recordings of surveillance cameras installed on a local mosque.
Another Palestinian was detained from Nablus district and another from Hebron district.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
14 jan 2020
Dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas on Tuesday evening when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a mosque and several houses in Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF stormed al-Daher area in the town and heavily and randomly fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian homes.
Dozens of residents suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas and were treated in the field.
In the same area the IOF attacked a mosque with tear gas canisters and stun grenades. A number of Palestinian worshipers who were inside choked on tear gas.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF stormed al-Daher area in the town and heavily and randomly fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian homes.
Dozens of residents suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas and were treated in the field.
In the same area the IOF attacked a mosque with tear gas canisters and stun grenades. A number of Palestinian worshipers who were inside choked on tear gas.
12 jan 2020
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the Gaza Strip with no reported casualties.
Local sources said that Israeli tanks in the morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Beit Lahia town, north of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats attacked fishermen sailing off the shore of northern Gaza.
No injuries were reported in the attacks.
Local sources said that Israeli tanks in the morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Beit Lahia town, north of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats attacked fishermen sailing off the shore of northern Gaza.
No injuries were reported in the attacks.
Several Palestinian citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening attacked a market in Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah city.
Journalist Shada Hammad reported that Israeli troops stormed Silwad town through its western entrance and embarked on firing a volley of tear gas grenades at Palestinian citizens in a market there, with no reason.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a makeshift checkpoint at the western entrance to Silwad town and intercepted vehicles for security check.
Journalist Shada Hammad reported that Israeli troops stormed Silwad town through its western entrance and embarked on firing a volley of tear gas grenades at Palestinian citizens in a market there, with no reason.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a makeshift checkpoint at the western entrance to Silwad town and intercepted vehicles for security check.
11 jan 2020
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The Israeli occupation authorities for the second time in a week has opened rainwater dams east of the Gaza Strip permitting water to flood Palestinian farmland, Gaza's Ministry of Agriculture said on Saturday.
The ministry said in a press statement that the Israeli authorities have deliberately channeled rainwater into Palestinian farmlands in Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City. It added that the rainwater flooded about 1,000 dunums of farmland planted with wheat, barley, cabbage, peas and cauliflower. Israel has built several dams to benefit from rainwater but once large quantities of water are accumulated it opens the dams without prior warning, damaging Palestinian farmlands and crops in Gaza. |
10 jan 2020
Dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during the weekly demonstration in Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqilya.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF attacked the peaceful demonstrators with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas grenades.
Dozens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas, Shtewi added.
Every Friday, the Palestinian residents of Kafr Qaddum hold a march in protest at the Israeli seizure of Palestinian land in favor of settlement construction. The demonstration also calls for opening the main road of the village which has been closed for 16 years.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF attacked the peaceful demonstrators with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas grenades.
Dozens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas, Shtewi added.
Every Friday, the Palestinian residents of Kafr Qaddum hold a march in protest at the Israeli seizure of Palestinian land in favor of settlement construction. The demonstration also calls for opening the main road of the village which has been closed for 16 years.
Violent confrontations broke out on Thursday evening when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Qalqilya City, north of the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF clashed with Palestinian youths near the southern entrance of the city.
The IOF heavily fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones and burning car tires. No injuries were reported.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF clashed with Palestinian youths near the southern entrance of the city.
The IOF heavily fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones and burning car tires. No injuries were reported.
8 jan 2020
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, southwest of Jericho city in the occupied West Bank, and injured many Palestinians during ensuing protests.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot six Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including one who was shot with three bullets in his left leg, and another Palestinian was shot in the forehead, before they were rushed to Jericho Governmental hospital.
They added that many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, especially at the entrance of the refugee camp, and in its center; most of them were in their owned homes.
Furthermore, a Palestinian car crashed into an electricity pole after its driver lost control on his vehicles, due to the severe effects of teargas inhalation and concussion grenades fired by the soldiers.
The soldiers also invaded and violently searched many homes in the refugee camp, and interrogated the families.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot six Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including one who was shot with three bullets in his left leg, and another Palestinian was shot in the forehead, before they were rushed to Jericho Governmental hospital.
They added that many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, especially at the entrance of the refugee camp, and in its center; most of them were in their owned homes.
Furthermore, a Palestinian car crashed into an electricity pole after its driver lost control on his vehicles, due to the severe effects of teargas inhalation and concussion grenades fired by the soldiers.
The soldiers also invaded and violently searched many homes in the refugee camp, and interrogated the families.
Israeli police forces on Tuesday evening assaulted a group of Palestinian worshipers at Bab Hitta, one of al-Aqsa Mosque's gates.
A local source said that the Israeli police attacked a number of worshipers who were preparing to attend the evening prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested two of them. video
The Israeli police further tightened restrictions at the site and prevented many Palestinian citizens from entering the Mosque.
A local source said that the Israeli police attacked a number of worshipers who were preparing to attend the evening prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested two of them. video
The Israeli police further tightened restrictions at the site and prevented many Palestinian citizens from entering the Mosque.
