28 july 2018
Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday, eight Palestinians, including a journalist, in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, after the army resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters, marching against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them.
He added that the soldiers shot Palestine TV cameraman Luay Samhan, and four other Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Two Palestinians, including Fateh Revolutionary Council member, Abdul-Elah al-Ateera, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Another Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Ali, suffered fractures in both arms after falling down while the soldiers were chasing him.
The soldiers also invaded his home and smashed many of its windows, in addition to breaking windows in his car, before invading the home of Mohammad Tahboush, broke its windows too, and used the rooftops of the two properties as firing posts against the protesters.
On its part, the Palestinian Information Ministry denounced the Israeli attack against the nonviolent properties, especially the attack against cameraman Luay Samhan, who was shot in his leg, and said that the assault of part of Israel’s policies against the media in Palestine, as they expose its ongoing crimes and violations.
In a press release, the Ministry said Israel’s ongoing aggression against the journalists, and media agencies, is an outcome of the inability of the Security Council to implement its own resolution #2222 regarding the protection of journalists, and punishing the parties that attack them.
It called on the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and Reporters Without Borders, to act on ensuring the Palestinian journalists and media outlets are protected from “this Israeli terror that does not respect International Law, and constantly violates all treaties which protect the journalists.”
Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing weekly processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them.
He added that the soldiers shot Palestine TV cameraman Luay Samhan, and four other Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Two Palestinians, including Fateh Revolutionary Council member, Abdul-Elah al-Ateera, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Another Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Ali, suffered fractures in both arms after falling down while the soldiers were chasing him.
The soldiers also invaded his home and smashed many of its windows, in addition to breaking windows in his car, before invading the home of Mohammad Tahboush, broke its windows too, and used the rooftops of the two properties as firing posts against the protesters.
On its part, the Palestinian Information Ministry denounced the Israeli attack against the nonviolent properties, especially the attack against cameraman Luay Samhan, who was shot in his leg, and said that the assault of part of Israel’s policies against the media in Palestine, as they expose its ongoing crimes and violations.
In a press release, the Ministry said Israel’s ongoing aggression against the journalists, and media agencies, is an outcome of the inability of the Security Council to implement its own resolution #2222 regarding the protection of journalists, and punishing the parties that attack them.
It called on the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and Reporters Without Borders, to act on ensuring the Palestinian journalists and media outlets are protected from “this Israeli terror that does not respect International Law, and constantly violates all treaties which protect the journalists.”
Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing weekly processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Israeli forces injured four Palestinian civilians on Saturday, during confrontations which erupted in the occupied West Bank.
Three Palestinian youth were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers after the latter raided the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank, according to local sources.
Mohammad Awad, a local media activist, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds at the protesting youth, injuring three of them in the foot, neck and hand respectively.
He said a paramedic was also lightly injured from the shrapnel of the bullets fired by the soldiers.
Additionally, on Saturday evening, a photographer was injured after being shot by Israeli soldiers while they were attacking Palestinian protesters in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, near Qalqilia city, in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Lo’ai Samhan of Palestine TV was reportedly injured during the events in Kafr Qaddoum, and was moved to a nearby medical center for treatment.
Three Palestinian youth were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers after the latter raided the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank, according to local sources.
Mohammad Awad, a local media activist, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds at the protesting youth, injuring three of them in the foot, neck and hand respectively.
He said a paramedic was also lightly injured from the shrapnel of the bullets fired by the soldiers.
Additionally, on Saturday evening, a photographer was injured after being shot by Israeli soldiers while they were attacking Palestinian protesters in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, near Qalqilia city, in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Lo’ai Samhan of Palestine TV was reportedly injured during the events in Kafr Qaddoum, and was moved to a nearby medical center for treatment.
A large Israeli military force invaded, earlier Saturday, many homes in Kobar Palestinian village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and illegally confiscated cash from homes.
Media sources in Kobar said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes in the village, and interrogated many Palestinians.
They added that the solders illegally confiscated 1850 Shekels from the home of Na’el al-Fahel, 2400 Shekels from the homes of Sarhan Barghouthi, and another sum of cash from the home of Mohammad Mashal.
Medical sources said the soldiers also shot five young Palestinian men, during protests against the ongoing invasions.
The entire village has been isolated and subject to ongoing invasions and searches of homes , and other types of collective punishment, since the death of Yotam Ovadia, 31, who was stabbed, on Thursday at night, in Adam nearby illegal colony.
Israeli sources said Mohammad Tareq dar Yousef, 17, from Kobar, allegedly managed to climb over the fence into the settlement of “Adam,” and stabbed three people before he was shot and killed.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim, Abu Qash and al-Mazra’a al-Qibliya villages, and Birzeit town, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at locals, protesting the invasions.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Rokon, from his home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, in Silwan town, and took him to an interrogation facility.
Media sources in Kobar said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes in the village, and interrogated many Palestinians.
They added that the solders illegally confiscated 1850 Shekels from the home of Na’el al-Fahel, 2400 Shekels from the homes of Sarhan Barghouthi, and another sum of cash from the home of Mohammad Mashal.
Medical sources said the soldiers also shot five young Palestinian men, during protests against the ongoing invasions.
The entire village has been isolated and subject to ongoing invasions and searches of homes , and other types of collective punishment, since the death of Yotam Ovadia, 31, who was stabbed, on Thursday at night, in Adam nearby illegal colony.
Israeli sources said Mohammad Tareq dar Yousef, 17, from Kobar, allegedly managed to climb over the fence into the settlement of “Adam,” and stabbed three people before he was shot and killed.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim, Abu Qash and al-Mazra’a al-Qibliya villages, and Birzeit town, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at locals, protesting the invasions.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Rokon, from his home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, in Silwan town, and took him to an interrogation facility.
27 july 2018
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and assaulted the Palestinian worshipers, wounding at least forty of them, in addition to abducting twenty others.
Medical sources said at least 40 Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers, accompanied by groups of extremist colonialist settlers, stormed the courtyards of the holy site, and started their assault by attacking its guards.
The sources said that most of the injuries were caused by Israel’s gas bombs and concussion grenades, while many of the wounded suffered minor cuts and bruises.
They also stated that several injured worshipers were rushed to Palestinian hospitals in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Waqf and Endowment Department slammed this serious violation, and said that the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the worshipers and the guards, wounding 40, in addition to abducting many others.
The Ministry said that, the fact that this invasion was carried out on a Friday, while the mosque and its courtyards were packed with hundreds of Muslim worshipers is a serious escalation, and an act of provocation.
The Ministry stated that the soldiers turned the holy site into a war zone with their extensive fire, and the use of excessie force against unarmed worshipers.
It added that the army also carried out another serious violation and escalation by closing the Dome of the Rock and the al-Qibli Mosque with chains and iron bars.
The Palestinian worshipers protested this serious violation, and forced the army to reopen the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Friday evening.
The army then withdrew from the mosque and the surrounding areas, after abducting twenty Palestinians.
Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, said that attack was part of ongoing and serious violations against the holy sites, and constant desecration of the mosque.
Sheikh Hussein added that the attack also came on the first anniversary since the Palestinian managed to foiled Israel’s attempts to permanently install iron and electronic gates around the holy site. video
Medical sources said at least 40 Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers, accompanied by groups of extremist colonialist settlers, stormed the courtyards of the holy site, and started their assault by attacking its guards.
The sources said that most of the injuries were caused by Israel’s gas bombs and concussion grenades, while many of the wounded suffered minor cuts and bruises.
They also stated that several injured worshipers were rushed to Palestinian hospitals in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Waqf and Endowment Department slammed this serious violation, and said that the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the worshipers and the guards, wounding 40, in addition to abducting many others.
The Ministry said that, the fact that this invasion was carried out on a Friday, while the mosque and its courtyards were packed with hundreds of Muslim worshipers is a serious escalation, and an act of provocation.
The Ministry stated that the soldiers turned the holy site into a war zone with their extensive fire, and the use of excessie force against unarmed worshipers.
It added that the army also carried out another serious violation and escalation by closing the Dome of the Rock and the al-Qibli Mosque with chains and iron bars.
The Palestinian worshipers protested this serious violation, and forced the army to reopen the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Friday evening.
The army then withdrew from the mosque and the surrounding areas, after abducting twenty Palestinians.
Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, said that attack was part of ongoing and serious violations against the holy sites, and constant desecration of the mosque.
Sheikh Hussein added that the attack also came on the first anniversary since the Palestinian managed to foiled Israel’s attempts to permanently install iron and electronic gates around the holy site. video
Two Palestinian children were injured with rubber bullets on Friday after the Israeli occupation forces violently quelled the peaceful anti-settlement march staged in Kafr Kaddum, east of Qalqilya.
Israeli patrols attacked the marchers right as they joined the march, kick-started from Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque.
Two minors reportedly sustained injuries in the raging clashes.
Israeli patrols attacked the marchers right as they joined the march, kick-started from Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque.
Two minors reportedly sustained injuries in the raging clashes.
Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries at noontime Friday after Israeli policemen attacked Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces fired bullet shots toward hundreds of non-violent worshipers in the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque. video
Heavily-armed Israeli soldiers stormed the site via the Maghareba Gate and chased down the worshipers. video
The Muslim worshipers kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” and “Oh Aqsa, you are worth our lives and souls” in protest at the attack. video video
Israeli policemen unleashed barrages of bullet fire and acoustic grenades shortly after a group of worshipers headed for the Maghareba Gate in an attempt to force the Israelis out of the holy site. video
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces fired bullet shots toward hundreds of non-violent worshipers in the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque. video
Heavily-armed Israeli soldiers stormed the site via the Maghareba Gate and chased down the worshipers. video
The Muslim worshipers kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” and “Oh Aqsa, you are worth our lives and souls” in protest at the attack. video video
Israeli policemen unleashed barrages of bullet fire and acoustic grenades shortly after a group of worshipers headed for the Maghareba Gate in an attempt to force the Israelis out of the holy site. video
Violent clashes broke out after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Kobar village near Ramallah at dawn Friday.
Local sources reported that the IOF broke into a number of houses in the village and wreaked havoc on them, including the house of the Palestinian martyr Mohammed Dar Yousef who carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack on Friday.
Dar Yousef was killed on Friday evening inside the Israeli settlement of Adam, built by force on Palestinian lands in Jaba' town north of Occupied Jerusalem, after he carried out a stabbing attack in which an Israeli settler was killed and two others were wounded.
Kobar's mayor Izzat Badwan said that IOF soldiers in large numbers stormed the village, raided Dar Yousef's house, searched it and took its measurements in preparation for its demolition.
Badwan added that the IOF soldiers arrested three Palestinians in the village: Nasrallah Mesh'al, 17, Mohammed Mesh'al, 21, and Khaldoun al-Barghouti, 42.
He pointed out that the IOF further blocked the road between Kobar and Burham villages with sand barriers.
Local residents said that fierce clashes erupted in Kobar and neighboring villages between IOF soldiers and Palestinian youths. A number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties as the soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters. video
Local sources reported that the IOF broke into a number of houses in the village and wreaked havoc on them, including the house of the Palestinian martyr Mohammed Dar Yousef who carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack on Friday.
Dar Yousef was killed on Friday evening inside the Israeli settlement of Adam, built by force on Palestinian lands in Jaba' town north of Occupied Jerusalem, after he carried out a stabbing attack in which an Israeli settler was killed and two others were wounded.
Kobar's mayor Izzat Badwan said that IOF soldiers in large numbers stormed the village, raided Dar Yousef's house, searched it and took its measurements in preparation for its demolition.
Badwan added that the IOF soldiers arrested three Palestinians in the village: Nasrallah Mesh'al, 17, Mohammed Mesh'al, 21, and Khaldoun al-Barghouti, 42.
He pointed out that the IOF further blocked the road between Kobar and Burham villages with sand barriers.
Local residents said that fierce clashes erupted in Kobar and neighboring villages between IOF soldiers and Palestinian youths. A number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties as the soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters. video
26 july 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian man from Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and also invaded and searched many homes in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.
The WAFA Palestinian news agency said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Omar Abu Hussein, after storming his home and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and installed roadblocks in Hebron and several surrounding Palestinian communities, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In related news, the soldiers accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and headed towards Nabi Younis mosque.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded Safa area, in Beit Ummar town, before storming and ransacking many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians, questioning them about “a fire that broke out near Beit Ayin” illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers who fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, some striking homes and causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The WAFA Palestinian news agency said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Omar Abu Hussein, after storming his home and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and installed roadblocks in Hebron and several surrounding Palestinian communities, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In related news, the soldiers accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and headed towards Nabi Younis mosque.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded Safa area, in Beit Ummar town, before storming and ransacking many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians, questioning them about “a fire that broke out near Beit Ayin” illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers who fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, some striking homes and causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
25 july 2018
Several Israeli military bulldozers on Wednesday morning entered a Palestinian border area east of Gaza City, amid intensive gunfire.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza said six armored bulldozers infiltrated limitedly into the eastern border area of Gaza City.
The PIC added that there were drone overflights and intensive shooting during the incursion.
The bulldozers are now embarking on leveling and digging land on the Palestinian side of the border fence.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza said six armored bulldozers infiltrated limitedly into the eastern border area of Gaza City.
The PIC added that there were drone overflights and intensive shooting during the incursion.
The bulldozers are now embarking on leveling and digging land on the Palestinian side of the border fence.
In a raid on the Wadi Ma’ali neighborhood, at 4:30 a.m., near Bethlehem’s Old City, Israeli soldiers raided the homes of Palestinian prisoner Ayyad al-Hreimi’s family, resulting in two hospitalizations from dog bites, and the arrest of al-Hreimi’s 19-year-old cousin, Mohannad.
Two of al-Hreimi’s brothers were already imprisoned when al-Hreimi’s cousin was arrested last night.
The soldiers destroyed property belonging to the prisoners’ family and neighbors before leaving, even though the purpose of the raid remains unknown, according to the PNN.
The mother and sister of the Mohannad Hreimi, the youth who was arrested, arrived late in the morning, from the hospital, with gauze covering their hands, showing the damage that Israeli canine unit, called the “Oketz” Unit, can inflict upon the Palestinian people.
Two of al-Hreimi’s brothers were already imprisoned when al-Hreimi’s cousin was arrested last night.
The soldiers destroyed property belonging to the prisoners’ family and neighbors before leaving, even though the purpose of the raid remains unknown, according to the PNN.
The mother and sister of the Mohannad Hreimi, the youth who was arrested, arrived late in the morning, from the hospital, with gauze covering their hands, showing the damage that Israeli canine unit, called the “Oketz” Unit, can inflict upon the Palestinian people.
The Oketz unit uses the Belgian Shepard, or the Malinois, because of the breed’s large size.
The father also showed cuts from the dogs on his legs, going from his knee to his ankle.
Ayyad al-Hreimi gained prominence when his 52-day hunger strike was reported, while he was in prison. Hunger strikes are a common form of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and against the conditions for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Ayyad al-Hreimi has been imprisoned without an open trial since December 7, 2018. Reason for a detention is often kept secret under the pretext of national security.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem reports that the purpose of these “administrative” detentions is said to be for the purpose of preventing actions that Israeli authorities believe would be carried out by detained Palestinians, had they not been imprisoned.
This is problematic, because the charges for such arrests are, more often than not, kept secret, and regularly do not involve any crime committed. This makes a forming a defense, in court, nearly impossible.
Night Raids are a common way of carrying out such arrests. Al Jazeera reports that most Palestinians understand night raids as merely a form of intimidation. Communities where a high profile arrest has happened often find an increase in night raids and Israeli patrol.
Night raids can have an intense psychological effect on the people who experience them. Ranging from difficulty sleeping to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the repeated exposure to this type of campaign can create intense distress for the people in occupied Palestine.
The father also showed cuts from the dogs on his legs, going from his knee to his ankle.
Ayyad al-Hreimi gained prominence when his 52-day hunger strike was reported, while he was in prison. Hunger strikes are a common form of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and against the conditions for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Ayyad al-Hreimi has been imprisoned without an open trial since December 7, 2018. Reason for a detention is often kept secret under the pretext of national security.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem reports that the purpose of these “administrative” detentions is said to be for the purpose of preventing actions that Israeli authorities believe would be carried out by detained Palestinians, had they not been imprisoned.
This is problematic, because the charges for such arrests are, more often than not, kept secret, and regularly do not involve any crime committed. This makes a forming a defense, in court, nearly impossible.
Night Raids are a common way of carrying out such arrests. Al Jazeera reports that most Palestinians understand night raids as merely a form of intimidation. Communities where a high profile arrest has happened often find an increase in night raids and Israeli patrol.
Night raids can have an intense psychological effect on the people who experience them. Ranging from difficulty sleeping to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the repeated exposure to this type of campaign can create intense distress for the people in occupied Palestine.