6 june 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out Monday morning a limited incursion into the east of Gaza City, Quds Press reported.
The agency reported that five Israeli military vehicles moved 50 meters from Taqa military site into Tufah neighborhood east of Gaza City.
Bulldozing operations were carried out in the area, it added.
The incident is the latest in the series of Israeli violations of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian mediation on August 26, 2014.
The agency reported that five Israeli military vehicles moved 50 meters from Taqa military site into Tufah neighborhood east of Gaza City.
Bulldozing operations were carried out in the area, it added.
The incident is the latest in the series of Israeli violations of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian mediation on August 26, 2014.
Sunday June 5th marks the 49th anniversary of the day known to Palestinians as the ‘Naksa’, the day that the Israeli military occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and Sinai peninsula.
49 years later, the military occupation continues.
During the Naksa, around 300,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes, and became refugees.
The occasion was marked by a number of rallies throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which were assaulted by Israeli forces who attacked with so-called ‘less than lethal weapons’ including tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, the Hebron Defense Committee held a march that began near the Israeli-only settler bypass road near Hebron, but as they marched down the road Israeli troops blocked their way and prevented them from moving forward.
The group held a rally where they were blocked, and a number of local leaders gave speeches. A local representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stated, “We will continue to struggle until the last Israeli soldier and the last settler leaves Palestinian land”.
Bassam Shweiki, coordinator of the Hebron Defense Committee, told the IMEMC that the protest was held in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, to express rejection of this illegal occupation.
“Our demonstration today came to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Zionist occupation, declaring we are a living nation, in our land, seeking our right of independence,” Shweki said, “The Zionist occupation must end for it is the last occupation under the sun.”
Shweiki added that Hebron is the only town in the West Bank, besides Jerusalem, were Israeli settler live in the city itself, even occupying home in the Old City, dividing neighborhoods, and causing more suffering to the people.
“One of our targets in the Hebron Defense Committee is to raise awareness on the issue,” he stated, “liberty and human rights defenders need to be aware of it, we have ties with many international solidarity movements and organizations.
Rallies were also held in other towns and villages, and were similarly attacked.
Palestinians remembered the day on June 5th, 1967, when Israeli forces attacked all parts of Palestine. In a piece written in the Electronic Intifada in 2013, reporter Rami Almeghari interviewed a survivor of that assault in Gaza, who said that on June 5th 1967, “As the Israeli tanks fired at and hit the western parts of our camp, I took my three children and wife and fled to the nearby coastal village of Zawaida, to the west of al-Maghazi. Not only did we flee, but the majority of the camp’s inhabitants [did too]. We stayed in Zawaida about one week, until the attacks by the Israeli tanks and warplanes calmed down.”
The 1967 Naksa followed the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes or fled in terror when massacres were carried out by the newly-formed Israeli army and armed militia groups like the Haganah. The Palestinian residents became refugees, and have been unable to return to their homes since that time.
In Almeghari’s account, the survivor of the 1967 Naksa who he interviewed stated, “Neither the Naksa nor the Nakba has killed my dream of returning home.
Whatever solutions politicians might bring to us, we can never accept them unless they involve the right to return to our homes, where our ancestors were born and raised.”
IOF suppresses Naksa Day march in al-Khalil
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed on Sunday the Naksa Day march in al-Khalil to the south of the West Bank.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces and border guard offices violently attacked the participants with rifle butts and prevented them from marching forward. Several injuries were reported during the attack.
One of the organizers Muhammad Abulrahman al-Jibrini, 38, was reportedly injured by Israeli soldiers.
The rally, organized by al-Khalil Defense Committee, kicked off in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil to mark the 49th anniversary of the “Naksa,” when Israeli forces occupied Eastern Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Syria’s Golan Heights and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 1967.
Israeli forces obstructed the rally by stopping military vehicles in the middle of the road, as the participants raised Palestinian flags and carried posters denouncing the Israeli occupation.
The slogans included: “Down with occupation” … “After 49 years, we say enough to occupation.” A representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Badran Jaber delivered a speech during the event.
“We will continue to struggle until the last Israeli soldier and the last settler leave the Palestinian land,” he told the crowd, calling for adopting a national unity plan to confront the Israeli occupation.
Palestinians commemorate June 5 as the “Naksa,” meaning "setback," in remembrance of the Palestinian displacement that accompanied the 1967 war defeat of Arab armies.
During the Naksa, around 300,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes, as well as thousands of Syrians from the Golan Heights.
49 years later, the military occupation continues.
During the Naksa, around 300,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes, and became refugees.
The occasion was marked by a number of rallies throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which were assaulted by Israeli forces who attacked with so-called ‘less than lethal weapons’ including tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, the Hebron Defense Committee held a march that began near the Israeli-only settler bypass road near Hebron, but as they marched down the road Israeli troops blocked their way and prevented them from moving forward.
The group held a rally where they were blocked, and a number of local leaders gave speeches. A local representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stated, “We will continue to struggle until the last Israeli soldier and the last settler leaves Palestinian land”.
Bassam Shweiki, coordinator of the Hebron Defense Committee, told the IMEMC that the protest was held in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, to express rejection of this illegal occupation.
“Our demonstration today came to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Zionist occupation, declaring we are a living nation, in our land, seeking our right of independence,” Shweki said, “The Zionist occupation must end for it is the last occupation under the sun.”
Shweiki added that Hebron is the only town in the West Bank, besides Jerusalem, were Israeli settler live in the city itself, even occupying home in the Old City, dividing neighborhoods, and causing more suffering to the people.
“One of our targets in the Hebron Defense Committee is to raise awareness on the issue,” he stated, “liberty and human rights defenders need to be aware of it, we have ties with many international solidarity movements and organizations.
Rallies were also held in other towns and villages, and were similarly attacked.
Palestinians remembered the day on June 5th, 1967, when Israeli forces attacked all parts of Palestine. In a piece written in the Electronic Intifada in 2013, reporter Rami Almeghari interviewed a survivor of that assault in Gaza, who said that on June 5th 1967, “As the Israeli tanks fired at and hit the western parts of our camp, I took my three children and wife and fled to the nearby coastal village of Zawaida, to the west of al-Maghazi. Not only did we flee, but the majority of the camp’s inhabitants [did too]. We stayed in Zawaida about one week, until the attacks by the Israeli tanks and warplanes calmed down.”
The 1967 Naksa followed the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes or fled in terror when massacres were carried out by the newly-formed Israeli army and armed militia groups like the Haganah. The Palestinian residents became refugees, and have been unable to return to their homes since that time.
In Almeghari’s account, the survivor of the 1967 Naksa who he interviewed stated, “Neither the Naksa nor the Nakba has killed my dream of returning home.
Whatever solutions politicians might bring to us, we can never accept them unless they involve the right to return to our homes, where our ancestors were born and raised.”
IOF suppresses Naksa Day march in al-Khalil
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed on Sunday the Naksa Day march in al-Khalil to the south of the West Bank.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces and border guard offices violently attacked the participants with rifle butts and prevented them from marching forward. Several injuries were reported during the attack.
One of the organizers Muhammad Abulrahman al-Jibrini, 38, was reportedly injured by Israeli soldiers.
The rally, organized by al-Khalil Defense Committee, kicked off in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil to mark the 49th anniversary of the “Naksa,” when Israeli forces occupied Eastern Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Syria’s Golan Heights and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 1967.
Israeli forces obstructed the rally by stopping military vehicles in the middle of the road, as the participants raised Palestinian flags and carried posters denouncing the Israeli occupation.
The slogans included: “Down with occupation” … “After 49 years, we say enough to occupation.” A representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Badran Jaber delivered a speech during the event.
“We will continue to struggle until the last Israeli soldier and the last settler leave the Palestinian land,” he told the crowd, calling for adopting a national unity plan to confront the Israeli occupation.
Palestinians commemorate June 5 as the “Naksa,” meaning "setback," in remembrance of the Palestinian displacement that accompanied the 1967 war defeat of Arab armies.
During the Naksa, around 300,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes, as well as thousands of Syrians from the Golan Heights.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday in an abduction sweep launched across the West Bank.
Reporting from al-Khalil province, a PIC journalist said the IOF rolled into al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the southwest of the city, and kidnapped the Hamas activist Dr. Adnan Younes Abu Tabaneh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abu Tabaneh’s son, Muhammad, was released a few hours earlier from the Palestinian Authority (PA) jails while his other son, Younes, is still held in custody by the PA forces. Other Palestinians were also kidnapped in the raid.
The IOF further stormed Bethlehem and kidnapped the citizen Ibrahim Atiyeh Manasra from Wadi Fukin. 15-year-old Ahmad Hani Dar Saleem was also kidnapped by the IOF from Jaba’ town.
Clashes flared up at predawn time in Nablus city where the occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with stun grenades.
Nine Israeli border police patrols have sealed off the main entrances to Hawara town, in southern Nablus, blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out on allegations that gunmen opened fire at a settler bus overnight.
Israeli settlers were, meanwhile, caught as wielding weapons in the presence of Israeli army troops.
A few hours earlier, an Israeli settler gang attempted to attack the 58-year-old Palestinian farmer Fawzi Mahmoud al-Haj Muhammad from southern Nablus.
Reporting from al-Khalil province, a PIC journalist said the IOF rolled into al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the southwest of the city, and kidnapped the Hamas activist Dr. Adnan Younes Abu Tabaneh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abu Tabaneh’s son, Muhammad, was released a few hours earlier from the Palestinian Authority (PA) jails while his other son, Younes, is still held in custody by the PA forces. Other Palestinians were also kidnapped in the raid.
The IOF further stormed Bethlehem and kidnapped the citizen Ibrahim Atiyeh Manasra from Wadi Fukin. 15-year-old Ahmad Hani Dar Saleem was also kidnapped by the IOF from Jaba’ town.
Clashes flared up at predawn time in Nablus city where the occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with stun grenades.
Nine Israeli border police patrols have sealed off the main entrances to Hawara town, in southern Nablus, blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out on allegations that gunmen opened fire at a settler bus overnight.
Israeli settlers were, meanwhile, caught as wielding weapons in the presence of Israeli army troops.
A few hours earlier, an Israeli settler gang attempted to attack the 58-year-old Palestinian farmer Fawzi Mahmoud al-Haj Muhammad from southern Nablus.
5 june 2016
Israeli navy ships opened fired, on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza City, causing serious property damage.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers fired many live rounds targeting the boats while they were less than six nautical miles from the shore in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City.
WAFA added that the attack caused excessive property damage in a number of boats, forcing the fishers back to shore, in fear of further violations.
The navy frequently attacks Gaza fishers and their boats, including the repeated abduction of the fishers and the confiscation of their boats. Such attacks led to dozens of casualties, including fatalities.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers fired many live rounds targeting the boats while they were less than six nautical miles from the shore in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City.
WAFA added that the attack caused excessive property damage in a number of boats, forcing the fishers back to shore, in fear of further violations.
The navy frequently attacks Gaza fishers and their boats, including the repeated abduction of the fishers and the confiscation of their boats. Such attacks led to dozens of casualties, including fatalities.
4 june 2016
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers and shepherds in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers near the border fence got out of their patrol jeeps and opened fire at the farmers working in their land and shepherds rearing their sheep to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
They said that the intensive shooting forced the farmers and shepherds to leave the area, adding that no casualties were suffered.
Palestinians working near the Gaza border areas are constant targets for IOF shooting in violation of the 2014 calm agreement.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers near the border fence got out of their patrol jeeps and opened fire at the farmers working in their land and shepherds rearing their sheep to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
They said that the intensive shooting forced the farmers and shepherds to leave the area, adding that no casualties were suffered.
Palestinians working near the Gaza border areas are constant targets for IOF shooting in violation of the 2014 calm agreement.
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian teen with a live round, while dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, east of Gaza city.
The sources said that soldiers, stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood in Gaza, fired many live rounds targeting Palestinian protestors, wounding a young man in his leg.
The wounded young man was moved to the Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza city, a suffering moderate injury.
Medics also provided the needed treatment to many Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that Palestinians in border areas in the besieged coastal region are subject to repeated Israeli assaults, and ongoing invasions into their agricultural lands, in addition to frequent attacks against the fishers in Gaza territorial waters.
The sources said that soldiers, stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood in Gaza, fired many live rounds targeting Palestinian protestors, wounding a young man in his leg.
The wounded young man was moved to the Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza city, a suffering moderate injury.
Medics also provided the needed treatment to many Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that Palestinians in border areas in the besieged coastal region are subject to repeated Israeli assaults, and ongoing invasions into their agricultural lands, in addition to frequent attacks against the fishers in Gaza territorial waters.
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Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and assaulted the weekly protesters, wounding two siblings with live rounds.
The army also sprayed many homes with wastewater mixed with chemicals. Morad Eshteiwy, media coordinator of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers invaded the town while firing live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades against the protesters, and homes. Eshteiwy added that the soldiers shot a young man, Hikmat, 19, and his brother, Omran, 20, with live rounds in their thighs, before local medics moved them to Rafidia governmental hospital. |
Eshteiwy added that clashes took place between the soldiers and local youths, after many army vehicles, including a large armored bulldozer, invaded the town, and sprayed several homes with wastewater mixed with chemicals, a substance frequently used against the residents and their homes as an act of collective punishment.
The week, the protestors marked the 49th anniversary of the Naksa, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.
Hundreds marched carrying Palestinian flags, and posters calling for liberation and independence, and the release of all political prisoners.
The residents of Kufur Qaddoum hold weekly protesters also demanding army to reopen the town’s main road that was completely closed more than 13 years ago, to grant the colonizers easy access to their illegal Kedumim Israeli colony, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
The week, the protestors marked the 49th anniversary of the Naksa, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.
Hundreds marched carrying Palestinian flags, and posters calling for liberation and independence, and the release of all political prisoners.
The residents of Kufur Qaddoum hold weekly protesters also demanding army to reopen the town’s main road that was completely closed more than 13 years ago, to grant the colonizers easy access to their illegal Kedumim Israeli colony, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protest, causing dozens of injures, and leading to burning farmlands.
The committee said that dozens of soldiers were deployed at the western entrance of the village, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the local, Israeli and international protesters.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while fires broke out in olive orchards, and wheat fields in Khallet al-Fool area, west of the village, due to the intensity of Israeli gas bombs. The lands are owned by a Palestinian identified as Awad Yassin.
The protesters marched from the center of the village carrying Palestinian flags and posters, calling for the release of all political prisoners, especially journalists, and ongoing resistance against the occupation, until liberation and independence.
They also marched marking the 49th anniversary of the Naksa, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967, and marking the 15th anniversary of the death of senior political leader from occupied Jerusalem, Faisal Husseini.
They denounced the continued imprisonment of the General Secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), Omar Nazzal, along with around 20 other journalists, in addition to calling for the immediate release of hunger striking detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
In addition, the protesters carried posters denouncing Airbnb and Remax for listing vacation rentals in illegal Israeli colonies, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and called for national unity, liberation and independence.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, Abdullah Abu Rahma, called for ongoing popular resistance against the Israeli occupation, and its government that is accelerating the confiscation and theft of Palestinian lands in order to build and expand illegal colonies, and the demolition of homes.
The committee said that dozens of soldiers were deployed at the western entrance of the village, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the local, Israeli and international protesters.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while fires broke out in olive orchards, and wheat fields in Khallet al-Fool area, west of the village, due to the intensity of Israeli gas bombs. The lands are owned by a Palestinian identified as Awad Yassin.
The protesters marched from the center of the village carrying Palestinian flags and posters, calling for the release of all political prisoners, especially journalists, and ongoing resistance against the occupation, until liberation and independence.
They also marched marking the 49th anniversary of the Naksa, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967, and marking the 15th anniversary of the death of senior political leader from occupied Jerusalem, Faisal Husseini.
They denounced the continued imprisonment of the General Secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), Omar Nazzal, along with around 20 other journalists, in addition to calling for the immediate release of hunger striking detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
In addition, the protesters carried posters denouncing Airbnb and Remax for listing vacation rentals in illegal Israeli colonies, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and called for national unity, liberation and independence.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, Abdullah Abu Rahma, called for ongoing popular resistance against the Israeli occupation, and its government that is accelerating the confiscation and theft of Palestinian lands in order to build and expand illegal colonies, and the demolition of homes.
3 june 2016
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with many local youths, wounding two Palestinians with live fire, while one of them suffered a life-threatening head injury. One Palestinian was kidnapped In Qalqilia.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers, and settlers invaded the city, and headed towards ‘Joseph Tomb,’ east of Nablus,
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers, who fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, and local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading vehicles.
Medical sources said Jamal Mohammad Dweikat, 20, from Balata, was shot with a live round in the head, leading to a very serious injury, while another young man suffered a moderate injury after the soldiers shot him in the leg.
Both Palestinians were rushed to a hospital in Nablus, while the soldiers also invaded several neighborhoods.
Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, the site was to remain under Israeli control. However, the Israeli army evacuated the premises in October 2000 shortly after the start of the Second Intifada.
Following security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli army allows Jewish worshipers to make monthly nocturnal pilgrimages to the site; the Palestinians are not allowed access.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph.
The area is sacred to Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike. Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The soldiers also fired several flares, gas bombs and concussion grenades during the invasion.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers, and settlers invaded the city, and headed towards ‘Joseph Tomb,’ east of Nablus,
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers, who fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, and local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading vehicles.
Medical sources said Jamal Mohammad Dweikat, 20, from Balata, was shot with a live round in the head, leading to a very serious injury, while another young man suffered a moderate injury after the soldiers shot him in the leg.
Both Palestinians were rushed to a hospital in Nablus, while the soldiers also invaded several neighborhoods.
Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, the site was to remain under Israeli control. However, the Israeli army evacuated the premises in October 2000 shortly after the start of the Second Intifada.
Following security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli army allows Jewish worshipers to make monthly nocturnal pilgrimages to the site; the Palestinians are not allowed access.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph.
The area is sacred to Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike. Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The soldiers also fired several flares, gas bombs and concussion grenades during the invasion.
2 june 2016
Israeli military vehicles invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in Central Gaza, and fired live rounds and smoke bombs.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said four Israeli tanks, and three bulldozers, advanced more than 150 meters into agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp.
It added that the bulldozes installed sand hills, close to the border fence, in the invaded lands, and uprooting some of them.
The army also fired many smoke bombs and several rounds of live ammunition, while surveillance drones hovered overhead.
The invasion is part of daily violations carried out by the Israeli army in Palestinian lands, in border areas in the coastal region, and constant assaults by the navy against fishers and their boats in Gaza’s territorial waters.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said four Israeli tanks, and three bulldozers, advanced more than 150 meters into agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp.
It added that the bulldozes installed sand hills, close to the border fence, in the invaded lands, and uprooting some of them.
The army also fired many smoke bombs and several rounds of live ammunition, while surveillance drones hovered overhead.
The invasion is part of daily violations carried out by the Israeli army in Palestinian lands, in border areas in the coastal region, and constant assaults by the navy against fishers and their boats in Gaza’s territorial waters.
1 june 2016
Several Palestinian Bedouins were forced out of their native homes due to the wildfires that broke out in Wadi al-Maleh area, in the Northern Jordan Valley, as a result of Israeli military drills.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that wildfires burst out across the woods and mountains of the Northern Jordan Valley due to Israeli shells unleashed during military maneuvers.
Local activist Abdullah Besharat also told a journalist that large-scale Israeli maneuvers have been carried out in Wadi al-Maleh, a home to seven Palestinian Bedouin communities.
“Dozens of native Palestinian families have gone homeless after they had been deported of their own and only lands.
Several among them were forced out of their homes via prior notifications,” the activist added. He sounded the alarm over the striking surge in Israeli military drills in the area, saying they rather make part of an Israeli plan of ethnic cleansing against Palestinian Bedouin communities.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that wildfires burst out across the woods and mountains of the Northern Jordan Valley due to Israeli shells unleashed during military maneuvers.
Local activist Abdullah Besharat also told a journalist that large-scale Israeli maneuvers have been carried out in Wadi al-Maleh, a home to seven Palestinian Bedouin communities.
“Dozens of native Palestinian families have gone homeless after they had been deported of their own and only lands.
Several among them were forced out of their homes via prior notifications,” the activist added. He sounded the alarm over the striking surge in Israeli military drills in the area, saying they rather make part of an Israeli plan of ethnic cleansing against Palestinian Bedouin communities.
Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, close to the border fence, in the southern and central parts of the Gaza Strip.
Several tanks and bulldozers, stationed in the Kissufim military base, east of Khan Younis, invaded Palestinian lands, northeast of al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younis, while three tanks were positioned behind sand hills, across the border fence.
In addition, six armored Israeli military vehicles, including four tanks, advanced more than 150 meters into agricultural lands, east of Deir al-Balah in Central Gaza, and bulldozed Palestinian them, while surveillance drones hovered overhead.
The vehicles fired several live rounds at random, media sources in Khan Younis had reported. They also came from the Kissufim military base.
Several tanks and bulldozers, stationed in the Kissufim military base, east of Khan Younis, invaded Palestinian lands, northeast of al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younis, while three tanks were positioned behind sand hills, across the border fence.
In addition, six armored Israeli military vehicles, including four tanks, advanced more than 150 meters into agricultural lands, east of Deir al-Balah in Central Gaza, and bulldozed Palestinian them, while surveillance drones hovered overhead.
The vehicles fired several live rounds at random, media sources in Khan Younis had reported. They also came from the Kissufim military base.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers started the illegal eviction and removal of 42 Palestinian families, out of their homes and villages, in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, in order to conduct live fire training in their communities.
The Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign said dozens of soldiers, driving tanks, armored vehicles and personnel carriers invaded Khirbet al-Maleh, Hamma and Ras al-Ahmar, and ordered the families to leave their homes and dwellings.
The families have no alternatives for shelter, and will be left under extremely high temperatures, as high as 40° (104 Fahrenheit).
|Families Displaced As Israeli Soldiers Conduct Training In Jordan Valley|
The Israeli military frequently conducts life fire training, including explosives, in the Jordan Valley, after ordering the Palestinians out of their dwellings, an issue that repeatedly led to casualties, including death, when explosives dropped by the army during training, exploded near the residents.
|Israeli Forces Seize Over 2,300 Acres near Jericho|
Such types of military activities in civilian areas violate International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, especially articles related to the protection of the population.
|20 Left Homeless by Jordan Valley Demolitions|
While repeatedly displacing the Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, continuously putting them in serious risk, and even causing deaths and injuries, Israel continues to develop and construct illegal colonies, companies and factories, in large areas of illegally-confiscated Palestinian lands.
|Mass Demolitions In Jordan Valley|
The Jordan Valley Solidarity called on the European Union and rest of the international community, to stop Israel’s violations of the basic Palestinian rights, to provide the needed protection for the civilians in occupied Palestine.
@jvsolidarity — https://www.facebook.com/JordanValleySolidarityOrg/
The Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign said dozens of soldiers, driving tanks, armored vehicles and personnel carriers invaded Khirbet al-Maleh, Hamma and Ras al-Ahmar, and ordered the families to leave their homes and dwellings.
The families have no alternatives for shelter, and will be left under extremely high temperatures, as high as 40° (104 Fahrenheit).
|Families Displaced As Israeli Soldiers Conduct Training In Jordan Valley|
The Israeli military frequently conducts life fire training, including explosives, in the Jordan Valley, after ordering the Palestinians out of their dwellings, an issue that repeatedly led to casualties, including death, when explosives dropped by the army during training, exploded near the residents.
|Israeli Forces Seize Over 2,300 Acres near Jericho|
Such types of military activities in civilian areas violate International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, especially articles related to the protection of the population.
|20 Left Homeless by Jordan Valley Demolitions|
While repeatedly displacing the Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, continuously putting them in serious risk, and even causing deaths and injuries, Israel continues to develop and construct illegal colonies, companies and factories, in large areas of illegally-confiscated Palestinian lands.
|Mass Demolitions In Jordan Valley|
The Jordan Valley Solidarity called on the European Union and rest of the international community, to stop Israel’s violations of the basic Palestinian rights, to provide the needed protection for the civilians in occupied Palestine.
@jvsolidarity — https://www.facebook.com/JordanValleySolidarityOrg/
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Tuesday at night, two Palestinians in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in the city said several military vehicles invaded it, late at night, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and interrogated many Palestinians.
The invasion led to clashes with many local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the army fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and many others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched homes and kidnapped fourteen Palestinians.
In addition, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, wounding one fisher, and kidnapped him, along with four others.
Media sources in the city said several military vehicles invaded it, late at night, before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, and interrogated many Palestinians.
The invasion led to clashes with many local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the army fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and many others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched homes and kidnapped fourteen Palestinians.
In addition, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, wounding one fisher, and kidnapped him, along with four others.
