27 july 2019
Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Friday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy in the Bab az-Zawiya area, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said dozens of soldiers invaded the area, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers detained Ezz Yousef al-Atrash, and repeatedly assaulted him, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
The soldiers were extensively deployed in the area, and closed many roads in and around Bab az-Zawiya, before stopping and searching local Palestinians and vehicles.
Media sources in Hebron said dozens of soldiers invaded the area, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers detained Ezz Yousef al-Atrash, and repeatedly assaulted him, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
The soldiers were extensively deployed in the area, and closed many roads in and around Bab az-Zawiya, before stopping and searching local Palestinians and vehicles.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 71 Palestinians, including 30 children, one medic and three women, after the army attacked the Great Return March processions in the Gaza Strip.
The PCHR said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, especially by using live fire against unarmed civilians, protesting along the perimeter fence in the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
It stated that 39 of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live fire, including one who suffered life-threatening injuries, and four who sustained moderate-to-serious injuries.
This Friday’s processions came in solidarity with the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and lasted three hours, from 4:30 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the evening.
The PCHR added that the protesters mostly gathered in and around the five protest encampments and were hundreds, and in some cases, dozens of meters away from the perimeter fence, yet, were faced with the excessive use of force by the soldiers who were not in any form of danger.
It also said that, despite Israeli media reports about the open fire regulations when dealing with the Great Return March procession, such as using sniper fire to wound protesters in the lower extremities, the PCHR documented many cases where the Israeli sharpshooters wounded protesters in the chest and upper extremities, causing several injuries, including four that were described as moderate-to-severe.
The PCHR also said that these cases prove that the army has not changed its policies of the excessive use of force against the unarmed protesters.
In addition, the PCHR referred to a report published last Tuesday by the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Aharonot, in which is said that the army has, in recent months, been training the soldiers on a new type of a sniper rifle, which indicates that the military is using the Palestinians as target practice for its weapons, in direct violation of all international laws and regulations, including human rights treaties and International Humanitarian Law.
According to extensive and ongoing PCHR documentation, the Israeli army has killed 207 Palestinians, including 44 children, two women, 9 persons with special needs, four medics and two journalists, in addition to wounding 13323 Palestinians, including 2742 children, 409 women, 221 medics and 207 journalists, since the Great Return March processions started on March 30 2018.
196 of the wounded Palestinians. Including 28 children and 5 women, suffered permanent disabilities. 149 of them suffered amputations as a result of Israeli gunfire, 21 suffered paralysis, 26 lost their hearing or vision, and 9 suffered permanent damage to reproductive organs.
The PCHR said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, especially by using live fire against unarmed civilians, protesting along the perimeter fence in the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
It stated that 39 of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live fire, including one who suffered life-threatening injuries, and four who sustained moderate-to-serious injuries.
This Friday’s processions came in solidarity with the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and lasted three hours, from 4:30 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the evening.
The PCHR added that the protesters mostly gathered in and around the five protest encampments and were hundreds, and in some cases, dozens of meters away from the perimeter fence, yet, were faced with the excessive use of force by the soldiers who were not in any form of danger.
It also said that, despite Israeli media reports about the open fire regulations when dealing with the Great Return March procession, such as using sniper fire to wound protesters in the lower extremities, the PCHR documented many cases where the Israeli sharpshooters wounded protesters in the chest and upper extremities, causing several injuries, including four that were described as moderate-to-severe.
The PCHR also said that these cases prove that the army has not changed its policies of the excessive use of force against the unarmed protesters.
In addition, the PCHR referred to a report published last Tuesday by the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Aharonot, in which is said that the army has, in recent months, been training the soldiers on a new type of a sniper rifle, which indicates that the military is using the Palestinians as target practice for its weapons, in direct violation of all international laws and regulations, including human rights treaties and International Humanitarian Law.
According to extensive and ongoing PCHR documentation, the Israeli army has killed 207 Palestinians, including 44 children, two women, 9 persons with special needs, four medics and two journalists, in addition to wounding 13323 Palestinians, including 2742 children, 409 women, 221 medics and 207 journalists, since the Great Return March processions started on March 30 2018.
196 of the wounded Palestinians. Including 28 children and 5 women, suffered permanent disabilities. 149 of them suffered amputations as a result of Israeli gunfire, 21 suffered paralysis, 26 lost their hearing or vision, and 9 suffered permanent damage to reproductive organs.
26 july 2019
Scores of Palestinian citizens on Friday choked on tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces during a protest in Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood in Sur Baher village, east of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian citizens who performed Friday prayer in a protest tent in Wadi al-Hummus in solidarity with the Palestinian families who lost their homes in the Israeli demolition campaign that took place a few days ago.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday demolished 11 residential buildings in Wadi al-Hummus in Sur Baher, leaving dozens of families homeless.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian citizens who performed Friday prayer in a protest tent in Wadi al-Hummus in solidarity with the Palestinian families who lost their homes in the Israeli demolition campaign that took place a few days ago.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday demolished 11 residential buildings in Wadi al-Hummus in Sur Baher, leaving dozens of families homeless.
Three Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the weekly demonstration of Kafr Qaddum village in Qalqilya.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at the peaceful protesters.
Shtewi said that three Palestinians suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds and were treated in the field.
He added that the IOF raided several homes in the village during the demonstration and used them as lookouts.
Hundreds of Palestinian citizens and foreign peace activists following Friday prayer took to the streets in Kafr Qaddum to call for opening the village's main road that has been closed for 16 days and to protest the latest home demolition campaign in Sur Baher in Jerusalem.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at the peaceful protesters.
Shtewi said that three Palestinians suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds and were treated in the field.
He added that the IOF raided several homes in the village during the demonstration and used them as lookouts.
Hundreds of Palestinian citizens and foreign peace activists following Friday prayer took to the streets in Kafr Qaddum to call for opening the village's main road that has been closed for 16 days and to protest the latest home demolition campaign in Sur Baher in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers abducted and injured, overnight until dawn hours Friday, many Palestinians during extensive and violent invasions and searches of homes and property in Fasayel village, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers in armored jeeps, and vehicles, invaded the village from several directions, and stormed all its neighborhoods, before violently searching homes and interrogating the families.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
During the invasions and searches of homes, the soldiers abducted many Palestinians; four of them have been identified as Ahmad Mousa Nawawra, Fathi Ahmad Nawawra, Zakariya Khaled Nawawra and Fahmi Mohammad Sourka.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers in armored jeeps, and vehicles, invaded the village from several directions, and stormed all its neighborhoods, before violently searching homes and interrogating the families.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
During the invasions and searches of homes, the soldiers abducted many Palestinians; four of them have been identified as Ahmad Mousa Nawawra, Fathi Ahmad Nawawra, Zakariya Khaled Nawawra and Fahmi Mohammad Sourka.
The Israeli occupation police on Thursday resumed their repressive campaign against the Palestinians in Issawiya district, east of Jerusalem, brutalizing and arresting a number of them.
According to local sources, Israeli police forces stormed and ransacked homes in Issawiya and assaulted some young citizens before arresting them.
The detainees were identified as Adham Sibta, Mohamed Khallaf, Mohamed Abd Atiya, Nasim Muheisen, Tha’er Mahmoud and his sons, Mohamed and Abdul-Rahman.
For over 40 days, the residents of Issawiya have been exposed to several Israeli repressive measures, including violent raids on homes, physical assaults, arrests, harassments and threats to demolish their homes and displace them.
According to local sources, Israeli police forces stormed and ransacked homes in Issawiya and assaulted some young citizens before arresting them.
The detainees were identified as Adham Sibta, Mohamed Khallaf, Mohamed Abd Atiya, Nasim Muheisen, Tha’er Mahmoud and his sons, Mohamed and Abdul-Rahman.
For over 40 days, the residents of Issawiya have been exposed to several Israeli repressive measures, including violent raids on homes, physical assaults, arrests, harassments and threats to demolish their homes and displace them.
25 july 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Jenin refugee camp, in addition to the towns of al-Yamoun, Wad Burqin, Anza and Sielet al-Harithiyya, shot one Palestinian and abducted six others.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, and shot a young man, identified as Ehab Sharif Abu Bakr, with a gas bomb in his face, causing moderate wounds, before he was rushed to a hospital in Jenin city.
They added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and abducted three former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Al-Atrash Miqdad and Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yahia Turkman, from his home in Wad Burqin town, in addition to Mohammad Awni Obeid, from Anza town, and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam, from Sielet al-Harithiya, after invading their homes and ransacking them.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, and shot a young man, identified as Ehab Sharif Abu Bakr, with a gas bomb in his face, causing moderate wounds, before he was rushed to a hospital in Jenin city.
They added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and abducted three former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Al-Atrash Miqdad and Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yahia Turkman, from his home in Wad Burqin town, in addition to Mohammad Awni Obeid, from Anza town, and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam, from Sielet al-Harithiya, after invading their homes and ransacking them.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least nineteen Palestinians, mostly former political detainees who spent years in prison, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes, causing property damage, and assaulted several Palestinians.
The PPS office in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four former political prisoners.
It identified them as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash, Miqdad Ahmad Nawahda, Yahia Turkman, Mohammad ‘Awni ‘Obeid and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted seven Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.
They have been identified as Tha’er Abed Mahmoud, his sons Mohammad and Abdul-Rahman, in addition to Adham Sabta, Mohammad Amin Khallaf, Mohammad Abed Atiyya and Nassim Amjad Mohsin.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Wadea’ Qar’an, ‘Atef Abu Thabet and Ahmad Mahmoud Qatrawi.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ekrima Abu Elba.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as former legislator Azzam Salhab, and Mohammad Mahmoud Ghneimat.
16 West Bankers kidnaped in overnight IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Thursday kidnaped 16 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
A statement released by the IOF said that 16 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank.
The IOF claimed it found and confiscated an M16 rifle, a handgun and three homemade explosive devices during campaigns in Nablus and Qalqilya.
The IOF also confiscated equipment from two turneries in Nablus on allegations they were used in the production of weapons.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped Palestinian lawmaker Azzam Salhab from his home in al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Deir Sammit village, southwest of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of ex-detainee Ismail al-Harroub, with no reported arrests.
Three citizens were also taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Surif town (al-Khalil) and Balata refugee camp in Nablus, amid clashes in the latter.
The IOF also raided the house of ex-detainee Qutaiba Azem in Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus, and confiscated metalwork equipment belonging to ex-detainees Mohamed Sharai’ah during a raid on his home near Salem junction in the east of Nablus.
In Jenin, four citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in different areas.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes, causing property damage, and assaulted several Palestinians.
The PPS office in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four former political prisoners.
It identified them as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash, Miqdad Ahmad Nawahda, Yahia Turkman, Mohammad ‘Awni ‘Obeid and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted seven Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.
They have been identified as Tha’er Abed Mahmoud, his sons Mohammad and Abdul-Rahman, in addition to Adham Sabta, Mohammad Amin Khallaf, Mohammad Abed Atiyya and Nassim Amjad Mohsin.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Wadea’ Qar’an, ‘Atef Abu Thabet and Ahmad Mahmoud Qatrawi.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ekrima Abu Elba.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as former legislator Azzam Salhab, and Mohammad Mahmoud Ghneimat.
16 West Bankers kidnaped in overnight IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Thursday kidnaped 16 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
A statement released by the IOF said that 16 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank.
The IOF claimed it found and confiscated an M16 rifle, a handgun and three homemade explosive devices during campaigns in Nablus and Qalqilya.
The IOF also confiscated equipment from two turneries in Nablus on allegations they were used in the production of weapons.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped Palestinian lawmaker Azzam Salhab from his home in al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Deir Sammit village, southwest of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of ex-detainee Ismail al-Harroub, with no reported arrests.
Three citizens were also taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Surif town (al-Khalil) and Balata refugee camp in Nablus, amid clashes in the latter.
The IOF also raided the house of ex-detainee Qutaiba Azem in Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus, and confiscated metalwork equipment belonging to ex-detainees Mohamed Sharai’ah during a raid on his home near Salem junction in the east of Nablus.
In Jenin, four citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in different areas.
24 july 2019
The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday morning launched a limited incursion into northern Gaza and razed Palestinian lands.
Local sources said that eight Israeli military bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia and leveled Palestinian-owned lands.
Shots were fired by the Israeli force that accompanied the bulldozers, they added.
Local sources said that eight Israeli military bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia and leveled Palestinian-owned lands.
Shots were fired by the Israeli force that accompanied the bulldozers, they added.
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The Palestinian township of Ar’ara, located on the Israeli side of the Green Line (1967 Armistice Line), and an area targeted for Israeli colonial expansion, on Wednesday became the latest site of Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes.
Early Wednesday morning, Israeli forces invaded the village of Khor Saqr, located in the Ar’ara township in the northern part of Israel, in the ‘Triangle’ region near Umm al-Fahm. The soldiers brought with them armored vehicles and Caterpillar-brand armored D9 bulldozers, which they used to destroy the family home of Ibrahim Marzouk. Marzouk had been issued a demolition order by Israeli forces just days earlier. |
According to local sources, the Israeli military forces invaded the area with Israeli police and special units, as well as numerous armored vehicles.
During the invasion of the village, they were confronted by local village youth, who threw stones at the soldiers and shouted at them to leave their town.
The Israeli soldiers abducted three youth and wounded several others during the confrontation.
Numerous Palestinian homeowners in the neighborhood of Khor Saqr have recently received demolition notices over the past year – totaling more than 50 homes and shops.
The demolition notices are part of an overall Israeli plan to displace Palestinians from their ancestral homes in Ar’ara and Ara townships, located in what is now Israel, and force the residents into the already-crowded West Bank – thus creating more internally displaced refugees in an area that already houses one of the largest refugee populations on earth.
In 2017, columnist Ali Abunimah wrote about Netanyahu’s ‘Prawer Plan’, which would force the transfer of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship into the West Bank. The Palestinian residents of the Ar’ara township are among those targeted by the Israeli government for forced relocation.
“Netanyahu’s plan would take Palestinians in Israel, who currently possess rights as citizens – albeit limited by law and inferior to Jews – and move them to a situation where like the rest of the Palestinians under perpetual Israeli military occupation they would have no rights at all”, wrote Abunimah.
During the invasion of the village, they were confronted by local village youth, who threw stones at the soldiers and shouted at them to leave their town.
The Israeli soldiers abducted three youth and wounded several others during the confrontation.
Numerous Palestinian homeowners in the neighborhood of Khor Saqr have recently received demolition notices over the past year – totaling more than 50 homes and shops.
The demolition notices are part of an overall Israeli plan to displace Palestinians from their ancestral homes in Ar’ara and Ara townships, located in what is now Israel, and force the residents into the already-crowded West Bank – thus creating more internally displaced refugees in an area that already houses one of the largest refugee populations on earth.
In 2017, columnist Ali Abunimah wrote about Netanyahu’s ‘Prawer Plan’, which would force the transfer of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship into the West Bank. The Palestinian residents of the Ar’ara township are among those targeted by the Israeli government for forced relocation.
“Netanyahu’s plan would take Palestinians in Israel, who currently possess rights as citizens – albeit limited by law and inferior to Jews – and move them to a situation where like the rest of the Palestinians under perpetual Israeli military occupation they would have no rights at all”, wrote Abunimah.
