31 july 2015
Palestinian seriously wounded by gunfire after throwing fire bomb at IDF troops
A Palestinian was seriously wounded in the chest by gunfire from IDF troops on Friday after he threw a fire bomb at security forces near Birzeit north of Ramallah. No soldiers were reported wounded in the incident.
A Palestinian was seriously wounded in the chest by gunfire from IDF troops on Friday after he threw a fire bomb at security forces near Birzeit north of Ramallah. No soldiers were reported wounded in the incident.
Attack comes in wake of arson that killed Palestinian baby overnight; Hamas calls for demonstrations in West Bank leading to clashes with police.
Two Israelis were fired upon from a passing vehicle in the West Bank Friday afternoon while driving to Jerusalem, just hours after Hamas called on Palestinians to take to the streets in protest against an attack in Duma overnight when a Palestinian baby was burned to death in a fire suspectedly started by Jewish settlers.
Neither of the Israelis were harmed in the attack, but the vehicle was damaged by the gun fire.
Yona Betzalel, one of the Israelis traveling in the car, said the gun shots had come from a vehicle passing in the opposite direction. "We heard gun fire. The driver stopped immediately; neither of us were hurt. I pulled out my pistol and the driver pulled out his rifle and we ran at the car that had fired at us. I fired in the air and the driver shot at their car."
The duo was apparently unable to stop the vehicle however, and IDF troops were rushed to the scene to begin searching for the perpetrators. A suspected act of arson also occurred near the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar in wake of the attack overnight that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Dawabsheh and put his parents and brother in critical condition in the hospital.
Two fire trucks were brought to the scene to combat the flames. Additional clashes and protests erupted in the West Bank Friday, giving rise to intense fears of further escalation. Riots first began in Jerusalem where Hamas had already declared a "Day of Rage" following clashes at the Temple Mount. The Palestinian organization based in Gaza then called on West Bank residents to demonstrate in response to the Duma attack.
A Palestinian was seriously wounded in the chest by gunfire from IDF troops in the late afternoon after he threw a fire bomb at security forces near Birzeit north of Ramallah.
No soldiers were reported wounded in the incident.
One police officer was lightly wounded by broken glass from a bottle thrown at security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem alongside rocks and other objects. One Palestinian was arrested.
Several young Palestinians threw rocks at the entrance to Qalandiya, just north of Jerusalem. Israel border police responded with tear gas, dispersing the crowd.
In the Isawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem, border police clashed with dozens of Palestinians who threw fire bombs and stones at security forces. The rioters were met with riot-control measures and pushed back toward the center of the neighborhood.
Two Israelis were fired upon from a passing vehicle in the West Bank Friday afternoon while driving to Jerusalem, just hours after Hamas called on Palestinians to take to the streets in protest against an attack in Duma overnight when a Palestinian baby was burned to death in a fire suspectedly started by Jewish settlers.
Neither of the Israelis were harmed in the attack, but the vehicle was damaged by the gun fire.
Yona Betzalel, one of the Israelis traveling in the car, said the gun shots had come from a vehicle passing in the opposite direction. "We heard gun fire. The driver stopped immediately; neither of us were hurt. I pulled out my pistol and the driver pulled out his rifle and we ran at the car that had fired at us. I fired in the air and the driver shot at their car."
The duo was apparently unable to stop the vehicle however, and IDF troops were rushed to the scene to begin searching for the perpetrators. A suspected act of arson also occurred near the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar in wake of the attack overnight that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Dawabsheh and put his parents and brother in critical condition in the hospital.
Two fire trucks were brought to the scene to combat the flames. Additional clashes and protests erupted in the West Bank Friday, giving rise to intense fears of further escalation. Riots first began in Jerusalem where Hamas had already declared a "Day of Rage" following clashes at the Temple Mount. The Palestinian organization based in Gaza then called on West Bank residents to demonstrate in response to the Duma attack.
A Palestinian was seriously wounded in the chest by gunfire from IDF troops in the late afternoon after he threw a fire bomb at security forces near Birzeit north of Ramallah.
No soldiers were reported wounded in the incident.
One police officer was lightly wounded by broken glass from a bottle thrown at security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem alongside rocks and other objects. One Palestinian was arrested.
Several young Palestinians threw rocks at the entrance to Qalandiya, just north of Jerusalem. Israel border police responded with tear gas, dispersing the crowd.
In the Isawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem, border police clashed with dozens of Palestinians who threw fire bombs and stones at security forces. The rioters were met with riot-control measures and pushed back toward the center of the neighborhood.
Several persons have been injured, Friday, after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah.
The protesters, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched towards the wall before Israeli soldiers started firing dozens of gas bombs on them, causing many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Army also fired rubber-coated metal bullets.
The protesters chanted against the deadly attack carried out by a group of Israeli fanatics against a Palestinian home near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, burning to death an 18-month old infant, identified as Ali Dawabsha,
The family home was burnt to the ground, causing severe burns to the baby’s four-year-old brother, in addition to his mother and father.
The protesters also called for apprehending the attackers.
This week’s protest also came in condemnation of the ongoing Israeli violations and invasions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Friday, soldiers assaulted the protesters in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, causing many injuries, and burning Palestinian olive trees.
The protesters, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched towards the wall before Israeli soldiers started firing dozens of gas bombs on them, causing many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Army also fired rubber-coated metal bullets.
The protesters chanted against the deadly attack carried out by a group of Israeli fanatics against a Palestinian home near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, burning to death an 18-month old infant, identified as Ali Dawabsha,
The family home was burnt to the ground, causing severe burns to the baby’s four-year-old brother, in addition to his mother and father.
The protesters also called for apprehending the attackers.
This week’s protest also came in condemnation of the ongoing Israeli violations and invasions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Friday, soldiers assaulted the protesters in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, causing many injuries, and burning Palestinian olive trees.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing scores of injuries.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements In Bil’in has reported that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets on the Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists as they marched towards the Wall.
The soldiers also chased the protesters into the village’s olive orchards, and fired gas bombs at them, causing scores of injuries, while army fire set several trees ablaze in an orchard belonging to resident Khalil Abu Rahma.
The protesters marched from the center of the village, heading towards the Wall, carrying Palestinian flags and posters while chanting for steadfastness, liberation and the removal of Israel’s illegal colonies.
They also called for ongoing popular resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, and for the liberation of all detainees.
The Popular Committee strongly denounced the attack by Israeli fanatics on a Palestinian family near Nablus as they slept, by hurling firebombs on their home, torching it and leading to the death of an 18-month-old baby, and seriously wounding his family.
It said such criminal attacks are taking place under Israeli military protection, and called on all human rights and legal groups around the world to hold Israel accountable for its escalating massacres and crimes against the Palestinian people.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements In Bil’in has reported that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets on the Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists as they marched towards the Wall.
The soldiers also chased the protesters into the village’s olive orchards, and fired gas bombs at them, causing scores of injuries, while army fire set several trees ablaze in an orchard belonging to resident Khalil Abu Rahma.
The protesters marched from the center of the village, heading towards the Wall, carrying Palestinian flags and posters while chanting for steadfastness, liberation and the removal of Israel’s illegal colonies.
They also called for ongoing popular resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, and for the liberation of all detainees.
The Popular Committee strongly denounced the attack by Israeli fanatics on a Palestinian family near Nablus as they slept, by hurling firebombs on their home, torching it and leading to the death of an 18-month-old baby, and seriously wounding his family.
It said such criminal attacks are taking place under Israeli military protection, and called on all human rights and legal groups around the world to hold Israel accountable for its escalating massacres and crimes against the Palestinian people.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the West Bank districts of Jericho and Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians. Soldiers also invaded a town near Qalqilia, while a man was injured in Jerusalem after being rammed by a settler’s car.
Media sources in Jericho said several Israeli military vehicles invaded the city, before breaking into, and violently searching, the home of ‘Ala Zoheir Badawi, 27 years of age, and kidnapped him.
Soldiers also kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Wisam Sider, in Bab Hatta area, in occupied Jerusalem, and took him to an interrogation center in the city.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and closed its main road, in addition to the road that leads to Ezbet at-Tabib village.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and scores of youths.
In Jerusalem, a Palestinian man was injured after being struck by a speeding Israeli settler’s car, in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Israeli driver “deliberately struck the Palestinian man, and fled the scene.”
It added that after Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene, the Israeli driver fled to an illegal colony in Ras al-‘Amoud.
Media sources in Jericho said several Israeli military vehicles invaded the city, before breaking into, and violently searching, the home of ‘Ala Zoheir Badawi, 27 years of age, and kidnapped him.
Soldiers also kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Wisam Sider, in Bab Hatta area, in occupied Jerusalem, and took him to an interrogation center in the city.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and closed its main road, in addition to the road that leads to Ezbet at-Tabib village.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and scores of youths.
In Jerusalem, a Palestinian man was injured after being struck by a speeding Israeli settler’s car, in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Israeli driver “deliberately struck the Palestinian man, and fled the scene.”
It added that after Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene, the Israeli driver fled to an illegal colony in Ras al-‘Amoud.
30 july 2015
Undercover Israeli forces have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, several Palestinian children, after invading their homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also clashed with local youths causing injuries.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said clashes took place in the town, after the soldiers invaded it and started breaking into homes and searching them.
It added that the soldiers kidnapped several children; three of them have been identified as Amir Mahmoud, 16, Mohammad al-Kiswani and Majd Nasser.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers kidnapped Baha’ Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour neighborhood on Jerusalem, after stopping him at the Zaim roadblock, east of the city.
The soldiers claimed he “tried to attack them," and started beating him up, before cuffing him, and took him to an interrogation center in the city.
Mohammad abu al-Hummus of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Eesawiyya said the clashes mainly took place in the Schools neighborhood, Mahmoud neighborhood and Dari neighborhood, and that undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the town and fired rounds of live ammunition.
He added that regular units of the army also fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades; several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said clashes took place in the town, after the soldiers invaded it and started breaking into homes and searching them.
It added that the soldiers kidnapped several children; three of them have been identified as Amir Mahmoud, 16, Mohammad al-Kiswani and Majd Nasser.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers kidnapped Baha’ Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour neighborhood on Jerusalem, after stopping him at the Zaim roadblock, east of the city.
The soldiers claimed he “tried to attack them," and started beating him up, before cuffing him, and took him to an interrogation center in the city.
Mohammad abu al-Hummus of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Eesawiyya said the clashes mainly took place in the Schools neighborhood, Mahmoud neighborhood and Dari neighborhood, and that undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the town and fired rounds of live ammunition.
He added that regular units of the army also fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades; several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
A Palestinian youth was assaulted by an Israeli soldier as he was crossing Jabara police station to cross into Hebron, for simply wishing the soldier a ‘good day’, the Palestinian detainees and ex-detainees affairs committee reported Wednesday.
The committee said, according to WAFA, that after Naser Jaber, aged 22, got his identity card checked by an Israeli soldier at the police station in order to allow him to cross into Hebron, Jaber wished the soldier a ‘good day’, when the soldier stopped him immediately, asking him, ‘Am I your friend to wish me a good day?’ The soldier then smacked Jaber on his chin and on the back of his head with his riffle, causing him serious cuts and fractures in his chin and jaw, as well as an intensive internal bleeding in his head.
Jaber was then detained and left to bleed for two hours before transferring him to hospital for treatment. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, where he received medical care. Jaber was then transferred to Etzion Israeli jail in Hebron, however, the prison administration refused to take him due to the severity of his health condition. He was taken back to Jabara police station and back to Etzion jail shortly after.
Jaber told the committee that he has not been provided with any additional treatment despite of his bad condition following the assault; he said that he suffers from severe pain in his head, a high fever, and walking problems.
Incidents of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians, including children and women, have regularly been reported, either during Israeli arrest operations, home searches and raids, violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations, or while serving jail sentences in Israeli jails.
Many Palestinians have been injured or shot dead on sight for allegedly committing assaults against Israelis despite the fact that they posed no threat to the lives of soldiers.
In December 2014, a Palestinian woman in her early twenties was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli soldiers who opened fire on her for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler near Bethlehem.
In April 2015, a youth from the village of al-‘Arqa to the west of Jenin died of critical injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces while he was tending his land near the separation wall. He was identified as Mohammad Morad Yahya, 21.
The committee said, according to WAFA, that after Naser Jaber, aged 22, got his identity card checked by an Israeli soldier at the police station in order to allow him to cross into Hebron, Jaber wished the soldier a ‘good day’, when the soldier stopped him immediately, asking him, ‘Am I your friend to wish me a good day?’ The soldier then smacked Jaber on his chin and on the back of his head with his riffle, causing him serious cuts and fractures in his chin and jaw, as well as an intensive internal bleeding in his head.
Jaber was then detained and left to bleed for two hours before transferring him to hospital for treatment. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, where he received medical care. Jaber was then transferred to Etzion Israeli jail in Hebron, however, the prison administration refused to take him due to the severity of his health condition. He was taken back to Jabara police station and back to Etzion jail shortly after.
Jaber told the committee that he has not been provided with any additional treatment despite of his bad condition following the assault; he said that he suffers from severe pain in his head, a high fever, and walking problems.
Incidents of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians, including children and women, have regularly been reported, either during Israeli arrest operations, home searches and raids, violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations, or while serving jail sentences in Israeli jails.
Many Palestinians have been injured or shot dead on sight for allegedly committing assaults against Israelis despite the fact that they posed no threat to the lives of soldiers.
In December 2014, a Palestinian woman in her early twenties was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli soldiers who opened fire on her for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler near Bethlehem.
In April 2015, a youth from the village of al-‘Arqa to the west of Jenin died of critical injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces while he was tending his land near the separation wall. He was identified as Mohammad Morad Yahya, 21.
29 july 2015
A blast targets the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Koussaya, July 29, 2015
At least six people have been injured after an Israeli drone attacked the base of a Palestinian group in east Lebanon.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Israeli military targeted the base belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) near the Lebanese border with Syria on Wednesday, the Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star reported.
Abu Imad Ramez Mustafa, the PFLP-GC’s spokesperson in Lebanon, confirmed that the Israeli drone targeted the group's base in the Zahle district of the border town of Qousaya.
Mustafa also described the Israeli regime as the avowed enemy of the group.
“It was simply because they are one of our primary enemies.”
The Wednesday's strike caused a large blast, stirring panic among the residents.
Also in August 2013, an Israeli warplanes bombed a PFLP-GC base south of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Earlier on Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike reportedly killed at least two members of the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, located on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, according to Lebanon's al-Manar TV.
However, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an Israeli plane had hit a car, killing two men from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and three men from pro-government popular committees in the Druze town.
At least six people have been injured after an Israeli drone attacked the base of a Palestinian group in east Lebanon.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Israeli military targeted the base belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) near the Lebanese border with Syria on Wednesday, the Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star reported.
Abu Imad Ramez Mustafa, the PFLP-GC’s spokesperson in Lebanon, confirmed that the Israeli drone targeted the group's base in the Zahle district of the border town of Qousaya.
Mustafa also described the Israeli regime as the avowed enemy of the group.
“It was simply because they are one of our primary enemies.”
The Wednesday's strike caused a large blast, stirring panic among the residents.
Also in August 2013, an Israeli warplanes bombed a PFLP-GC base south of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Earlier on Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike reportedly killed at least two members of the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, located on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, according to Lebanon's al-Manar TV.
However, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an Israeli plane had hit a car, killing two men from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and three men from pro-government popular committees in the Druze town.
The three killed militants.
Lebanese media claims IAF attacked a vehicle on the outskirts of Quneitra in the Syrian Golan, killing three pro-Assad militants; PFLP claims Israeli drone attacked arms depot in Bekaa Valley.
Three pro-Assad militants were killed in Syria, and a weapons warehouse attacked in Lebanon, in two separate incidents on Wednesday, both of which were attributed to Israel by a Syrian army official.
"As part of its support of terror organizations, an Israeli aircraft attacked a civilian vehicle near the village of Hader at the outskirts of Quneitra at 10:45am. As a result, three civilians from the village were killed," the Syrian army source told Syria's state news agency, SANA.
"In addition, enemy planes attacked one of the bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the border between Syria and Lebanon at 3:15pm. As a result, six militants were wounded in different levels of severity," he added.
Israel allegedly conducted an airstrike in the Syrian Golan Heights, killing three militants from the Popular Resistance Committees, a group loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to a report on Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV.
The Hezbollah-owned Al Manar channel claimed that an Israeli drone conducted the attack in the village of Hader, on the outskirts of Quneitra, killing two people.
A reporter from Al Mayadeen in Damascus said that the attack was done at around 11:30am at the southern entrance to the Druze village Hader, on the Israeli-Syrian border.
Syrian opposition officials in Quneitra said on social media that in addition to the three killed PRC militants, there were Hezbollah militants in the vehicle as well. According to AFP, a total of five people were killed in the attack.
Arab media claimed the three killed PRC militants are Mohanned Said Barakeh, Wassim Badreya and Nader al-Tawil.
The IDF refused to comment on the reports, but earlier reports in Lebanon also mentioned IAF sorties in the Bekaa Valley.
In a separate incident, the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is led by Ahmed Jibril, claimed that an attack by an Israeli drone caused explosions in a weapons warehouse in the organization's camp in the Bekaa Valley.
The PFLP claims that six of its men were lightly wounded in the alleged attack in the al-Qusayr mountains range.
Hezbollah-affiliated media denied this was an Israeli attack.
The official Lebanese news agency reported that the explosions occurred as a result of spillover of two rockets from the fighting across the border in the Syrian city of Al-Zabadani between Assad forces and rebels. The Lebanese news agency also claimed that one PFLP militant was killed and six others were wounded, one of them seriously, while two vehicles were destroyed.
Several airstrikes have been attributed to Israel over the past few years, the last one in Syria in January killing Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of Lebanese terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah's commander in the Golan Heights until he was allegedly killed by Israel in Damascus in 2008.
Reports last April suggested that the IAF had attacked targets in Syria, but it later emerged that Syrian rebels were responsible for the attacks.
'Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Syria'
At least two members of the Syrian Armed Forces have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in a village in Syria’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, located on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, Lebanon's al-Manar TV says.
The official television station of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said on Wednesday that "two members of Syria's National Defense Forces (a branch of Syrian Armed Forces) were killed when an Israeli drone targeted their car at the entrance of Hader, in Quneitra Province."
However, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five people in total were killed in the airstrike.
The UK-based group said an Israeli plane had hit a car, killing two men from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and three men from pro-government popular committees in the Druze town.
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the attack.
Hader borders the line separating Syria’s side of the Golan Heights from the Israeli section, occupied since the war of 1967.
The Druze town has been witnessing clashes between militants and members of pro-Syrian government groups in recent weeks.
The attack in Syria on Wednesday is not the first to be carried out by Israel.
Back in January, an Israeli attack claimed the lives of six Hezbollah fighters near Quneitra.
The Tel Aviv regime has carried out at least five airstrikes against the region over the past year.
Along with Syrian forces, Hezbollah fighters are fighting ISIL and other foreign-backed militant groups, which have been operating in Syria against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since March 2011.
Lebanese media claims IAF attacked a vehicle on the outskirts of Quneitra in the Syrian Golan, killing three pro-Assad militants; PFLP claims Israeli drone attacked arms depot in Bekaa Valley.
Three pro-Assad militants were killed in Syria, and a weapons warehouse attacked in Lebanon, in two separate incidents on Wednesday, both of which were attributed to Israel by a Syrian army official.
"As part of its support of terror organizations, an Israeli aircraft attacked a civilian vehicle near the village of Hader at the outskirts of Quneitra at 10:45am. As a result, three civilians from the village were killed," the Syrian army source told Syria's state news agency, SANA.
"In addition, enemy planes attacked one of the bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the border between Syria and Lebanon at 3:15pm. As a result, six militants were wounded in different levels of severity," he added.
Israel allegedly conducted an airstrike in the Syrian Golan Heights, killing three militants from the Popular Resistance Committees, a group loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to a report on Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV.
The Hezbollah-owned Al Manar channel claimed that an Israeli drone conducted the attack in the village of Hader, on the outskirts of Quneitra, killing two people.
A reporter from Al Mayadeen in Damascus said that the attack was done at around 11:30am at the southern entrance to the Druze village Hader, on the Israeli-Syrian border.
Syrian opposition officials in Quneitra said on social media that in addition to the three killed PRC militants, there were Hezbollah militants in the vehicle as well. According to AFP, a total of five people were killed in the attack.
Arab media claimed the three killed PRC militants are Mohanned Said Barakeh, Wassim Badreya and Nader al-Tawil.
The IDF refused to comment on the reports, but earlier reports in Lebanon also mentioned IAF sorties in the Bekaa Valley.
In a separate incident, the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is led by Ahmed Jibril, claimed that an attack by an Israeli drone caused explosions in a weapons warehouse in the organization's camp in the Bekaa Valley.
The PFLP claims that six of its men were lightly wounded in the alleged attack in the al-Qusayr mountains range.
Hezbollah-affiliated media denied this was an Israeli attack.
The official Lebanese news agency reported that the explosions occurred as a result of spillover of two rockets from the fighting across the border in the Syrian city of Al-Zabadani between Assad forces and rebels. The Lebanese news agency also claimed that one PFLP militant was killed and six others were wounded, one of them seriously, while two vehicles were destroyed.
Several airstrikes have been attributed to Israel over the past few years, the last one in Syria in January killing Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of Lebanese terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah's commander in the Golan Heights until he was allegedly killed by Israel in Damascus in 2008.
Reports last April suggested that the IAF had attacked targets in Syria, but it later emerged that Syrian rebels were responsible for the attacks.
'Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Syria'
At least two members of the Syrian Armed Forces have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in a village in Syria’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, located on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, Lebanon's al-Manar TV says.
The official television station of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said on Wednesday that "two members of Syria's National Defense Forces (a branch of Syrian Armed Forces) were killed when an Israeli drone targeted their car at the entrance of Hader, in Quneitra Province."
However, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five people in total were killed in the airstrike.
The UK-based group said an Israeli plane had hit a car, killing two men from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and three men from pro-government popular committees in the Druze town.
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the attack.
Hader borders the line separating Syria’s side of the Golan Heights from the Israeli section, occupied since the war of 1967.
The Druze town has been witnessing clashes between militants and members of pro-Syrian government groups in recent weeks.
The attack in Syria on Wednesday is not the first to be carried out by Israel.
Back in January, an Israeli attack claimed the lives of six Hezbollah fighters near Quneitra.
The Tel Aviv regime has carried out at least five airstrikes against the region over the past year.
Along with Syrian forces, Hezbollah fighters are fighting ISIL and other foreign-backed militant groups, which have been operating in Syria against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since March 2011.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday rolled into al-Khalil’s neighborhood of al-Shyoukh, scoured the family home of prisoner Moussa Halayqa, and kidnapped a 24-year-old youth.
Wife of prisoner Halayqa, also mother of the two detainees Qassam and Majd, said an IOF patrol cordoned off the family home at around 1 a.m. and kept scouring the building for over three hours before they ultimately backtracked.
Halayqa’s 16-year-old son Mohamed was subjected to exhaustive interrogation, a few weeks after a similar break-in by the IOF troops left him wounded on the Eid Day.
The mother added that the Israeli occupation soldiers rummaged into her family home for the sixth time in less than three weeks.
She said the earlier break-ins culminated in the abduction of her two sons and the wounding of another.
Prisoner Halayqa, serving a 22-year prison-term, has been incarcerated in the Israeli occupation jails since 2005.
Meanwhile, an Israeli intelligence unit stormed a lodging housing Palestinian workers in Kafr Kasem area and nabbed the youngster Fahmi Abdullah Halayqa, 24.
Wife of prisoner Halayqa, also mother of the two detainees Qassam and Majd, said an IOF patrol cordoned off the family home at around 1 a.m. and kept scouring the building for over three hours before they ultimately backtracked.
Halayqa’s 16-year-old son Mohamed was subjected to exhaustive interrogation, a few weeks after a similar break-in by the IOF troops left him wounded on the Eid Day.
The mother added that the Israeli occupation soldiers rummaged into her family home for the sixth time in less than three weeks.
She said the earlier break-ins culminated in the abduction of her two sons and the wounding of another.
Prisoner Halayqa, serving a 22-year prison-term, has been incarcerated in the Israeli occupation jails since 2005.
Meanwhile, an Israeli intelligence unit stormed a lodging housing Palestinian workers in Kafr Kasem area and nabbed the youngster Fahmi Abdullah Halayqa, 24.
The Joint List of Arab parties at the Knesset has warned that the Israeli government's intents to divide the Aqsa Mosque spatially and temporally between the Muslims and Jews would lead to a religious conflict and a bloody war in the region.
This came in press remarks made by Knesset member Ayman Odeh who visited along with other Arab members on Tuesday the Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.
Odeh affirmed that the attempts by the Israeli government to turn the political issue in Jerusalem into a religious conflict over the Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews would escalate the tension in the city and lead to further fighting in the region.
"The Aqsa Mosque with all its courtyards and premises inside al-Haram al-Sharif of Jerusalem is a sacred place for the Muslims and a pivotal site for the Palestinian people, and it has to be preserved and protected," he emphasized.
The MK deplored the recent "provocative" visit of agriculture minister Uri Ariel to the Aqsa Mosque and the protection provided by the Israeli police for such visits by Jewish settlers and officials.
This came in press remarks made by Knesset member Ayman Odeh who visited along with other Arab members on Tuesday the Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.
Odeh affirmed that the attempts by the Israeli government to turn the political issue in Jerusalem into a religious conflict over the Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews would escalate the tension in the city and lead to further fighting in the region.
"The Aqsa Mosque with all its courtyards and premises inside al-Haram al-Sharif of Jerusalem is a sacred place for the Muslims and a pivotal site for the Palestinian people, and it has to be preserved and protected," he emphasized.
The MK deplored the recent "provocative" visit of agriculture minister Uri Ariel to the Aqsa Mosque and the protection provided by the Israeli police for such visits by Jewish settlers and officials.
28 july 2015
Israeli occupation army continued its large-scale arrest campaigns against Palestinians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) broke into Palestinians’ houses and clashes erupted to stop Israeli violations.
In Occupied Jerusalem, IOF soldiers arrested 9 Palestinians whereas Israeli policemen and Special Forces along with Shin Bet agents stormed, searched and wreaked havoc in dozens of houses east of Jerusalem.
The committee of the families of Jerusalemite Prisoners revealed that 6 minors (14-15 year old) were rounded up on Tuesday. They were transferred to the Russian Compound investigation center to be brought to court to look into the renewal of their detention.
Earlier on Monday, clashes erupted between IOF soldiers and Palestinians youths in al-Issawiya town in Occupied Jerusalem in response to the martyrdom of the young man Mohammad Abu Latifa after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in an attempt to arrest him.
Three other minors got arrested by IOF soldiers last night in the Old City of Jerusalem after assaulting them by severe beatings. One minor suffered internal bleeding then he was released to be taken to hospital. The other two were held under house arrest as well as deportation from the Aqsa Mosque.
In al-Khalil, IOF arrested on Tuesday one young man from al-Fawwar refugee camp to the south of the city whereas clashes erupted during the Israeli storming operation.
Another 18-year-old Palestinian was arrested in al-Khalil city.
Ten Palestinians were arrested in a large-scale campaign in the West Bank on Monday. Seven of them were accused of indulging in resistance actions against the Israeli Occupation while the other three were charged of belonging to Hamas Movement.
Eyewitnesses in al-Khalil city disclosed that sound of explosions was heard in the western outskirts of the city due to military drills behind the Israeli Separation Wall along with intensive shooting of live bullets.
Israeli forces usually conduct military exercises in Palestinians’ lands confiscated by Israel for the establishment of the Wall or settlement expansion.
In Occupied Jerusalem, IOF soldiers arrested 9 Palestinians whereas Israeli policemen and Special Forces along with Shin Bet agents stormed, searched and wreaked havoc in dozens of houses east of Jerusalem.
The committee of the families of Jerusalemite Prisoners revealed that 6 minors (14-15 year old) were rounded up on Tuesday. They were transferred to the Russian Compound investigation center to be brought to court to look into the renewal of their detention.
Earlier on Monday, clashes erupted between IOF soldiers and Palestinians youths in al-Issawiya town in Occupied Jerusalem in response to the martyrdom of the young man Mohammad Abu Latifa after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in an attempt to arrest him.
Three other minors got arrested by IOF soldiers last night in the Old City of Jerusalem after assaulting them by severe beatings. One minor suffered internal bleeding then he was released to be taken to hospital. The other two were held under house arrest as well as deportation from the Aqsa Mosque.
In al-Khalil, IOF arrested on Tuesday one young man from al-Fawwar refugee camp to the south of the city whereas clashes erupted during the Israeli storming operation.
Another 18-year-old Palestinian was arrested in al-Khalil city.
Ten Palestinians were arrested in a large-scale campaign in the West Bank on Monday. Seven of them were accused of indulging in resistance actions against the Israeli Occupation while the other three were charged of belonging to Hamas Movement.
Eyewitnesses in al-Khalil city disclosed that sound of explosions was heard in the western outskirts of the city due to military drills behind the Israeli Separation Wall along with intensive shooting of live bullets.
Israeli forces usually conduct military exercises in Palestinians’ lands confiscated by Israel for the establishment of the Wall or settlement expansion.
Abdul-Karim Aziz al-Haddad 15
Israeli police officers assaulted and kidnapped, late on Monday at night, a Palestinian child in his home, and while holding him in the police station in the Chain Gate area, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The police invaded the family home of Abdul-Karim Aziz Haddad, 15 years of age, and started beating him up, in front of his family.
The Child’s uncle ‘Ala al-Haddad said the soldiers invaded the home, in the Sa’diyya neighborhood, around 11:30 before midnight, to ensure he is at home and abiding by a house arrest order that was enforced against him four days ago.
“Although Abdul-Karim was at home, the soldiers accused him of violating the house arrest order,” the uncle said, “They started provoking him, and tried to invade every room, resulting in an argument before the police attacked the child and abducted him.”
The uncle added that the police also assaulted the child while moving him to the police station, and held him in the toilet room of the station, in addition to beating him on his private parts.
The child was later moved to the al-Qashla Police station for interrogation, where the officers realized his urine has blood in it, and released him.
The family instantly took him to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, for treatment.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped late at night two Palestinians, identified as ‘Abada Khatib and Mohammad Abu Sneina, and assaulted them while moving them to an interrogation center.
Israeli police officers assaulted and kidnapped, late on Monday at night, a Palestinian child in his home, and while holding him in the police station in the Chain Gate area, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The police invaded the family home of Abdul-Karim Aziz Haddad, 15 years of age, and started beating him up, in front of his family.
The Child’s uncle ‘Ala al-Haddad said the soldiers invaded the home, in the Sa’diyya neighborhood, around 11:30 before midnight, to ensure he is at home and abiding by a house arrest order that was enforced against him four days ago.
“Although Abdul-Karim was at home, the soldiers accused him of violating the house arrest order,” the uncle said, “They started provoking him, and tried to invade every room, resulting in an argument before the police attacked the child and abducted him.”
The uncle added that the police also assaulted the child while moving him to the police station, and held him in the toilet room of the station, in addition to beating him on his private parts.
The child was later moved to the al-Qashla Police station for interrogation, where the officers realized his urine has blood in it, and released him.
The family instantly took him to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem, for treatment.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped late at night two Palestinians, identified as ‘Abada Khatib and Mohammad Abu Sneina, and assaulted them while moving them to an interrogation center.
At least 14 Palestinian youths were injured, including six with live bullets, while dozens others suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas during clashes that erupted late Monday near Qalandia checkpoint.
The clashes broke out following the funeral of the Palestinian teen Mohamed Abu Latifa, 18, who was shot killed during an Israeli raid campaign in Qalandia refugee camp on Monday morning.
During the clashes, local youths threw stones and empty bottles at Israeli soldiers stationed in large numbers at the military checkpoint.
On the other hand, Israeli soldiers heavily fired live and rubber bullets towards the youths in addition to tear gas bombs. No arrests were reported during the confrontations.
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession in Qalandia camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem amid calls for revenge.
The martyr Abu Latifa was shot dead after Israeli soldiers stormed his home and tried to detain him. He was arrested despite his critical injuries and then delivered after three hours to the Palestinian Red Crescent a dead body.
The clashes broke out following the funeral of the Palestinian teen Mohamed Abu Latifa, 18, who was shot killed during an Israeli raid campaign in Qalandia refugee camp on Monday morning.
During the clashes, local youths threw stones and empty bottles at Israeli soldiers stationed in large numbers at the military checkpoint.
On the other hand, Israeli soldiers heavily fired live and rubber bullets towards the youths in addition to tear gas bombs. No arrests were reported during the confrontations.
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession in Qalandia camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem amid calls for revenge.
The martyr Abu Latifa was shot dead after Israeli soldiers stormed his home and tried to detain him. He was arrested despite his critical injuries and then delivered after three hours to the Palestinian Red Crescent a dead body.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened heavy fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Sudania area, north of Gaza City.
Local sources reported that the gunboats fired indiscriminately at the fishermen’s boats. There were no reported injuries.
This is the third time Israeli Occupation Naval Forces have opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coats of Gaza in the past three weeks.
These attacks have been ongoing since the fire truce between Israeli occupation authorities and Hamas in Gaza, following the 51-day attack on Gaza which killed over 2,200 people.
Local sources reported that the gunboats fired indiscriminately at the fishermen’s boats. There were no reported injuries.
This is the third time Israeli Occupation Naval Forces have opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coats of Gaza in the past three weeks.
These attacks have been ongoing since the fire truce between Israeli occupation authorities and Hamas in Gaza, following the 51-day attack on Gaza which killed over 2,200 people.
