4 june 2017
Two Palestinian youths were injured and many others chocked on tear gas during demonstrations on Sunday evening in several flashpoints with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) east of the Gaza Strip in rejection of the siege.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinian youths gathered east of Khuza'a town in the southern Gaza Strip, set tires on fire, raised Palestinian flags, and approached the security fence between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
They added that the IOF soldiers deployed behind the security fence fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. A 21-year-old youth was injured with a bullet in the foot and a number of suffocation cases were reported in the scene.
In the same context, dozens of Palestinian youths demonstrated near Nahal Oz military site east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza city and they were attacked by the IOF with live bullets and tear gas canisters.
According to a local source, one of the youths was directly hit with a gas bomb and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The National Committee to Break the Siege and the youth movement called for daily demonstrations in the various points of contact with the Israeli occupation east of the Gaza Strip in rejection of the siege and in protest at the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the crises plaguing the Gaza Strip especially the electricity crisis.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinian youths gathered east of Khuza'a town in the southern Gaza Strip, set tires on fire, raised Palestinian flags, and approached the security fence between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
They added that the IOF soldiers deployed behind the security fence fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. A 21-year-old youth was injured with a bullet in the foot and a number of suffocation cases were reported in the scene.
In the same context, dozens of Palestinian youths demonstrated near Nahal Oz military site east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza city and they were attacked by the IOF with live bullets and tear gas canisters.
According to a local source, one of the youths was directly hit with a gas bomb and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The National Committee to Break the Siege and the youth movement called for daily demonstrations in the various points of contact with the Israeli occupation east of the Gaza Strip in rejection of the siege and in protest at the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the crises plaguing the Gaza Strip especially the electricity crisis.
The Israeli navy forces opened fire on Sunday at Palestinian fishermen off the shores of the central and southern Gaza Strip with no injuries reported.
Fishermen told the PIC reporter in the southern Gaza Strip that Israeli navy gunboats opened fire at the boats of a number of fishermen who were sailing within the allowed fishing distance forcing them to return to the shore.
They added that the Israeli occupation boats deliberately target fishermen in the Gaza Sea and prevent them from practicing their work by shooting at them, chasing them, and seizing their boats.
Dozens of Gazan fishermen were killed, injured and arrested as a result of such practiceover the past few years.
Fishermen told the PIC reporter in the southern Gaza Strip that Israeli navy gunboats opened fire at the boats of a number of fishermen who were sailing within the allowed fishing distance forcing them to return to the shore.
They added that the Israeli occupation boats deliberately target fishermen in the Gaza Sea and prevent them from practicing their work by shooting at them, chasing them, and seizing their boats.
Dozens of Gazan fishermen were killed, injured and arrested as a result of such practiceover the past few years.
Two Palestinian young men were injured on Sunday morning after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked Palestinian youths north of Ramallah with teargas canisters.
The Palestinian Healthy Ministry said in a press statement that two Palestinian young men were shot with live ammunition in the clashes that rocked al-Mugheir village, north of Ramallah.
The wounded youths were transferred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to be treated for wounds sustained in their legs. Other civilians choked on teargas in the clashes.
Shortly before the clashes, heavily-armed Israeli troops stormed al-Mugheir and sealed off the main entrances to the village before they attacked the Palestinian anti-occupation protesters with live bullets and teargas canisters.
The Palestinian Healthy Ministry said in a press statement that two Palestinian young men were shot with live ammunition in the clashes that rocked al-Mugheir village, north of Ramallah.
The wounded youths were transferred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to be treated for wounds sustained in their legs. Other civilians choked on teargas in the clashes.
Shortly before the clashes, heavily-armed Israeli troops stormed al-Mugheir and sealed off the main entrances to the village before they attacked the Palestinian anti-occupation protesters with live bullets and teargas canisters.
Skirmishes broke out on Saturday afternoon between young protesters and Israeli soldiers east of Khan Younis City, south of the Gaza Strip, on the second day of anti-siege activities organized by youth groups in the besieged enclave.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza, the confrontations happened after soldiers attacked with tear gas a group of young men rallying in an eastern border area of Khan Younis to protest the inhumane blockade on Gaza.
The young men torched tires and threw stones at Israeli military posts. No one was reportedly injured during the events.
Last Friday, several protesters and seven paramedics suffered injuries when Israeli soldiers showered their rallies with tear gas and opened fire at them in different border areas east of Gaza.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza, the confrontations happened after soldiers attacked with tear gas a group of young men rallying in an eastern border area of Khan Younis to protest the inhumane blockade on Gaza.
The young men torched tires and threw stones at Israeli military posts. No one was reportedly injured during the events.
Last Friday, several protesters and seven paramedics suffered injuries when Israeli soldiers showered their rallies with tear gas and opened fire at them in different border areas east of Gaza.
3 june 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at Zaatara barrier east of Salfit city launched on Saturday a surveillance blimp over the barrier, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
The airship, which was supplied with cameras, was launched in the early morning hours and clearly seen in the skies of the towns and villages located between Nablus and Salfit governorates in the West Bank.
The airship, which was supplied with cameras, was launched in the early morning hours and clearly seen in the skies of the towns and villages located between Nablus and Salfit governorates in the West Bank.
Israeli navy Saturday opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza coast forcing the boats to return to shore, said local sources.
There were no reports of casualties, however, according to WAFA correspondence.
Despite the signed agreements between Palestinians and Israel, which allow fishermen to go 12 nautical miles inside the Mediterranean Sea, the Israeli navy targets Gaza fishermen almost daily.
Boats cannot venture any further than three nautical miles, which the fishermen say is not enough to catch fish.
There were no reports of casualties, however, according to WAFA correspondence.
Despite the signed agreements between Palestinians and Israel, which allow fishermen to go 12 nautical miles inside the Mediterranean Sea, the Israeli navy targets Gaza fishermen almost daily.
Boats cannot venture any further than three nautical miles, which the fishermen say is not enough to catch fish.
2 june 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, leading to clashes.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Local youths burnt tires, to obstruct the invading army vehicles, and hurled stones at the soldiers. There have been no reports of injuries, while some Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Today’s protest also comes to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, when Israeli occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967 – the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
It was held by dozens of locals, in addition to several Israeli and international peace activists, who marched chanting for ending the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The protesters also demanded the army to reopen the main town’s road, which was blockaded fourteen years ago to enable easy access to the illegal colonist Israeli settlers, driving to and from Kedumim colony, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Local youths burnt tires, to obstruct the invading army vehicles, and hurled stones at the soldiers. There have been no reports of injuries, while some Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Today’s protest also comes to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, when Israeli occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967 – the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
It was held by dozens of locals, in addition to several Israeli and international peace activists, who marched chanting for ending the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The protesters also demanded the army to reopen the main town’s road, which was blockaded fourteen years ago to enable easy access to the illegal colonist Israeli settlers, driving to and from Kedumim colony, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that three young men were shot with live Israeli army fire, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, including seven medics, during clashes that erupted along the border fence, in the besieged Gaza Strip.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, the soldiers shot two young men with live fire, during clashes that took place after the soldiers attacked protesters, marching close to the border fence, in the eastern part of the city.
Medical sources said the two received the needed treatment by field medics, and were transferred to Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also shot one Palestinian, in his thirties, with a live round in her right leg, before local medics rushed him to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
Furthermore, soldiers stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in the eastern part of Gaza city, fired many gas bombs at Palestinian protesters, including some that directly struck three ambulances, causing seven medics to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, the soldiers shot two young men with live fire, during clashes that took place after the soldiers attacked protesters, marching close to the border fence, in the eastern part of the city.
Medical sources said the two received the needed treatment by field medics, and were transferred to Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also shot one Palestinian, in his thirties, with a live round in her right leg, before local medics rushed him to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
Furthermore, soldiers stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in the eastern part of Gaza city, fired many gas bombs at Palestinian protesters, including some that directly struck three ambulances, causing seven medics to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
The Israeli occupation police on Thursday night violently attacked Palestinian participants in a Ramadan evening gathering held in Bab al-Amud area of east Jerusalem.
According to a Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter, Israeli policemen viciously attacked the Palestinian citizens attending the Ramadan evening, beating them with batons and showering them with tear gas.
Local sources reported that several citizens suffered injuries in the wanton police attack.
Consequently, the police brutality provoked clashes with Palestinian youths in the area.
According to a Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter, Israeli policemen viciously attacked the Palestinian citizens attending the Ramadan evening, beating them with batons and showering them with tear gas.
Local sources reported that several citizens suffered injuries in the wanton police attack.
Consequently, the police brutality provoked clashes with Palestinian youths in the area.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in the town, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted Ahmad Abdul-Salam Jom’a, 21.
Eshteiwy added that owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Akram Abdullah, Abdul-Razeq Amer and Mofeed Barham.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in the town, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted Ahmad Abdul-Salam Jom’a, 21.
Eshteiwy added that owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Akram Abdullah, Abdul-Razeq Amer and Mofeed Barham.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
1 june 2017
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Thursday, a young Palestinian woman near Mavo Dotan illegal Israeli colony, built on Palestinian lands, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, reportedly after she stabbed a soldier.
Israeli sources said the young woman suffered a severe injury, after the soldiers shot her in the stomach, while the wounded soldier sustained a mild injury and was moved to a hospital.
The Palestinian woman was receiving treatment at the scene, and was later moved to a hospital.
Israeli daily Haaretz quoted colonist settlers claiming that the soldiers demanded that she stays away from the post, “but she approached them, and stabbed one, before she was shot.”
Following the incident, the army closed the main Palestinian road, linking between the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem, also blocking traffic to all villages and towns near Jenin city.
Israeli sources said the young woman suffered a severe injury, after the soldiers shot her in the stomach, while the wounded soldier sustained a mild injury and was moved to a hospital.
The Palestinian woman was receiving treatment at the scene, and was later moved to a hospital.
Israeli daily Haaretz quoted colonist settlers claiming that the soldiers demanded that she stays away from the post, “but she approached them, and stabbed one, before she was shot.”
Following the incident, the army closed the main Palestinian road, linking between the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem, also blocking traffic to all villages and towns near Jenin city.
30 may 2017
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday at dawn, on several fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, close to the shore in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, and injured a fisherman.
Medical sources said the wounded fisherman, 24 years of age, was shot in the leg, and suffered a moderate injury, before the medics moved him to the Shifa Medical Center, in Gaza city.
Following the attack, the fishermen had to sail back, without being able to fish, in fear of further Israeli escalation.
The attack is part of ongoing Israeli violations, targeting the fishermen and their boats, including deliberately destroying their boats and nets, in addition to frequently abducting them and confiscating their boats.
Medical sources said the wounded fisherman, 24 years of age, was shot in the leg, and suffered a moderate injury, before the medics moved him to the Shifa Medical Center, in Gaza city.
Following the attack, the fishermen had to sail back, without being able to fish, in fear of further Israeli escalation.
The attack is part of ongoing Israeli violations, targeting the fishermen and their boats, including deliberately destroying their boats and nets, in addition to frequently abducting them and confiscating their boats.
28 may 2017
A group of Israeli colonists and soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the village of Madama, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured one Palestinian in the head.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers, and a group of colonist settlers, invaded the al-Be’er area, in Madama, before one of them hurled a stone at a Palestinian man, wounding him in the head.
Local medics rushed to the scene, and moved the wounded young man to a hospital for further treatment and checkup.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and colonists, and several Palestinian youngsters, after the colonists invaded a privately-owned Palestinian land, and installed a tent, to illegally seize the land and establish a new colonialist outpost.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers, and a group of colonist settlers, invaded the al-Be’er area, in Madama, before one of them hurled a stone at a Palestinian man, wounding him in the head.
Local medics rushed to the scene, and moved the wounded young man to a hospital for further treatment and checkup.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and colonists, and several Palestinian youngsters, after the colonists invaded a privately-owned Palestinian land, and installed a tent, to illegally seize the land and establish a new colonialist outpost.
