3 june 2020
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Wednesday stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem and kidnaped several citizens.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Tubas province.
In Nablus, Israeli officers at the Za’atara crossing kidnaped a young man called Hisham Bashkar, a resident of Askar refugee camp, as he was on his way to hand out invitations to his wedding, which was to be held in three days.
Two other citizens were taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Qatanna village, northwest of Jerusalem, and Ramallah city.
The IOF also stormed Shu’afat refugee camp in east Jerusalem and carried out widespread raids on homes and property.
In al-Khalil, violent clashes reportedly broke out overnight between Israeli soldiers and local youths near the military watchtower at the main entrance to al-Arroub refugee camp.
Local sources said that many citizens and young protesters suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Tubas province.
In Nablus, Israeli officers at the Za’atara crossing kidnaped a young man called Hisham Bashkar, a resident of Askar refugee camp, as he was on his way to hand out invitations to his wedding, which was to be held in three days.
Two other citizens were taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Qatanna village, northwest of Jerusalem, and Ramallah city.
The IOF also stormed Shu’afat refugee camp in east Jerusalem and carried out widespread raids on homes and property.
In al-Khalil, violent clashes reportedly broke out overnight between Israeli soldiers and local youths near the military watchtower at the main entrance to al-Arroub refugee camp.
Local sources said that many citizens and young protesters suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events.
Israeli military training on Tuesday caused a wide area of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to burn, Quds News Network reported.
Local sources said that the Israeli military’s use of live ammunition caused fire to burn nearly 180 dunams of agricultural land and 8200 dunams of pastoral land, used for the purpose of grazing livestock.
Israeli military training was the cause of the fire which destroyed Palestinian crops of wheat and barley, as well as land for the grazing of livestock.
The loss of land and crops will have a detrimental effect on the Palestinian farmer’s ability to make a living.
The occupation state of Israel seeks to displace the indigenous Palestinian people from their land, in order to make room for illegal settlers.
Israel has openly admitted plans to annex the occupied West Bank, as such, taken into context, this incident could be seen as a intentional act and not a mere accident as Israeli authorities may claim.
Local sources said that the Israeli military’s use of live ammunition caused fire to burn nearly 180 dunams of agricultural land and 8200 dunams of pastoral land, used for the purpose of grazing livestock.
Israeli military training was the cause of the fire which destroyed Palestinian crops of wheat and barley, as well as land for the grazing of livestock.
The loss of land and crops will have a detrimental effect on the Palestinian farmer’s ability to make a living.
The occupation state of Israel seeks to displace the indigenous Palestinian people from their land, in order to make room for illegal settlers.
Israel has openly admitted plans to annex the occupied West Bank, as such, taken into context, this incident could be seen as a intentional act and not a mere accident as Israeli authorities may claim.
2 june 2020
Israeli navy today targeted Palestinian fishermen in the sea off Gaza City, while soldiers infiltrated the borders east of the city and razed land, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that the Israeli navy opened fire towards fishermen as they were sailing within the allowed three nautical miles inside the Mediterranean Sea, forcing them to return to shore to avoid being hurt.
A large number of Gazans rely on fishing for daily living in light of the tight decade-old blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, and for the second straight day, Israeli military vehicles breached the northern Gaza borders and entered dozens of meters into Gaza territory as bulldozers razed lands and set up dirt barricades, said WAFA correspondent.
He said that the Israeli navy opened fire towards fishermen as they were sailing within the allowed three nautical miles inside the Mediterranean Sea, forcing them to return to shore to avoid being hurt.
A large number of Gazans rely on fishing for daily living in light of the tight decade-old blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, and for the second straight day, Israeli military vehicles breached the northern Gaza borders and entered dozens of meters into Gaza territory as bulldozers razed lands and set up dirt barricades, said WAFA correspondent.
1 june 2020
Armored Israeli military vehicles incurred, earlier on Monday morning, into farm lands east of Gaza city.
Media sources and witnesses said that several armored Israeli vehicles including bulldozers incurred into the Mallaka area, tens of meters, just east of Gaza city.
Witnesses added that the invading force began razing farm lands, close to the border fence between Israel and Gaza, at the same time Israeli drones were seen hovering over the area. No casualties were reported.
The Mallaka area, east of Gaza city, was one of the main places of weekly gatherings by peaceful Palestinian protestors, before national Palestinian factions announced the suspension of the Great March of Return several months ago.
Media sources and witnesses said that several armored Israeli vehicles including bulldozers incurred into the Mallaka area, tens of meters, just east of Gaza city.
Witnesses added that the invading force began razing farm lands, close to the border fence between Israel and Gaza, at the same time Israeli drones were seen hovering over the area. No casualties were reported.
The Mallaka area, east of Gaza city, was one of the main places of weekly gatherings by peaceful Palestinian protestors, before national Palestinian factions announced the suspension of the Great March of Return several months ago.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening arrested a Palestinian child after opening fire at him in Kafr Malik village in the West Bank district of Ramallah.
Local sources said that the IOF opened fire at Palestinian boy Rasem Ghorra, injuring him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the leg.
Gorra was detained while injured and transferred to an undeclared destination.
Kafr Malik witnesses regular confrontations between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers and settlers over growing land seizure and settlement expansion campaigns.
Local sources said that the IOF opened fire at Palestinian boy Rasem Ghorra, injuring him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the leg.
Gorra was detained while injured and transferred to an undeclared destination.
Kafr Malik witnesses regular confrontations between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers and settlers over growing land seizure and settlement expansion campaigns.
31 may 2020
Dozens of Palestinian citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes on Saturday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the weekly march in Kafr Qaddum village, east of Qalqilya.
Local official Murad Shetaiwi said that clashes broke out with Israeli soldiers a few minutes after the weekly march started, adding that the soldiers showered the participants with tear gas and stun grenades and fired rubber bullets at them. video video
Dozens of protesters suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum started staging weekly marches in 2011 to protest Israeli settlement activities and land grabs and to demand, in particular, the reopening of their village’s southern road, which has been blocked by the IOF for 14 years.
This road is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Local official Murad Shetaiwi said that clashes broke out with Israeli soldiers a few minutes after the weekly march started, adding that the soldiers showered the participants with tear gas and stun grenades and fired rubber bullets at them. video video
Dozens of protesters suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum started staging weekly marches in 2011 to protest Israeli settlement activities and land grabs and to demand, in particular, the reopening of their village’s southern road, which has been blocked by the IOF for 14 years.
This road is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
30 may 2020
In two separate incidents this morning, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian youth in occupied East Jerusalem and a man in the north of the West Bank, according to witnesses and medical sources.
Initial reports said Israeli police opened fire at a youth, said to be of special needs, outside Lions’ Gate, one of the gates to the old city of Jerusalem that leads into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and injured him, said witnesses.
The youth was left bleeding on the ground for a while, said the witnesses, who said they believe his injury was serious.
The police closed all gates leading to the old city following the incident, the circumstances of which and the condition of the youth remain unclear.
In the north of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 31-year-old Palestinian man at Jabara military checkpoint south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to the Red Crescent.
It said its crews transferred the injured man to hospital for treatment.
The circumstances of the shooting and the condition of the injured man were not immediately known.
Initial reports said Israeli police opened fire at a youth, said to be of special needs, outside Lions’ Gate, one of the gates to the old city of Jerusalem that leads into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and injured him, said witnesses.
The youth was left bleeding on the ground for a while, said the witnesses, who said they believe his injury was serious.
The police closed all gates leading to the old city following the incident, the circumstances of which and the condition of the youth remain unclear.
In the north of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 31-year-old Palestinian man at Jabara military checkpoint south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to the Red Crescent.
It said its crews transferred the injured man to hospital for treatment.
The circumstances of the shooting and the condition of the injured man were not immediately known.
29 may 2020
Fadi Adnan Sarhan Samara, 37
Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father of five children, including an infant, allegedly after he tried to ram them with his car near Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
His family denied the military allegations and said the man lost control of his car after Israeli colonialist settlers opened fire at it.
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers fired live rounds at the Palestinian car after the driver reportedly tried to ram them, and that the soldiers “neutralized the threat,” a term Israel and various Israeli media outlets frequently use when the soldiers fatally shoot a Palestinian.
The slain man has been identified as Fadi Adnan Sarhan Samara, 37, a father of five children, including an infant (two months of age) from Abu Qash village, north of Ramallah.
He works in Israel and came back home to Nabi Saleh to celebrate the Muslim feast of al-Fitr with his family.
His brothers stated that he left his home in the evening heading to the az-Zawiya village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, to drive his wife and children back home, as they were visiting her family there.
The Israeli army claimed that the man tried to ram soldiers with his car near a natural spring in the Ramallah governorate. He was shot in the leg and was left to bleed for about an hour, without any first aid. video
Palestinian media outlets and residents in the area said the man lost control of his car when illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, who repeatedly invade the area, opened fire at his car, before the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at it, claiming that he was attempting to ram them.
One of his brothers, and one of his cousins, were both detained by the army, and after being released, they stated that an army officer told them, after confirming his identity, that they cannot take his corpse for burial.
They stated that the military was taunting them by stating that the family can have his corpse back “maybe in an hour or two, a month or two, a year or two….”
His family, and the residents of his village, strongly denounced his murder, and stated that the Israeli soldiers are always “trigger happy” when it comes to shooting Palestinians, and that the army tries to justify these crimes by making false allegations.
They called for a serious investigation into the fatal shooting and called on international organizations to act and hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its escalating crimes and ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, their homes and property.
Protests erupted after the fatal shooting of the Palestinian man, and the soldiers fired live rounds and rubber-coated steel rounds.
A Palestinian man with Downs Syndrome was struck with a live round in his leg. video
Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Troops after Alleged Car-ramming Attack
Israeli troops reportedly opened fire, on Friday evening, towards a Palestinian man, near the Al-Nabi Saleh (Prophet Saleh) village, northwest of Ramallah city, in the central occupied West Bank.
An Israeli army spokesperson was quoted as saying “a short while ago, we received a notification that someone driving a vehicle, has attempted to crush a number of our soldiers operating in Ramallah”.
The army spokesperson stated that the soldiers responded to the incident by opening fire, adding that there were no causalities among the soldiers.
Israel’s TV channel 12 claimed that a Palestinian young man, near the illegal Halamish Settlement, attempted to run over soldiers with his vehicle.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the young man’s vehicle, killing the driver instantly, the Palestinian Information Center reported.
The young man’s identity was not yet released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health at the time of this report.
In the ensuing confrontations, Palestinian civilians, protesting the shooting, were met with live and rubber-coated steel rounds fired by the soldiers.
A Palestinian man with Downs Syndrome was struck with a live round in his foot. He was rushed to hospital for medical intervention, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.
Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father of five children, including an infant, allegedly after he tried to ram them with his car near Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
His family denied the military allegations and said the man lost control of his car after Israeli colonialist settlers opened fire at it.
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers fired live rounds at the Palestinian car after the driver reportedly tried to ram them, and that the soldiers “neutralized the threat,” a term Israel and various Israeli media outlets frequently use when the soldiers fatally shoot a Palestinian.
The slain man has been identified as Fadi Adnan Sarhan Samara, 37, a father of five children, including an infant (two months of age) from Abu Qash village, north of Ramallah.
He works in Israel and came back home to Nabi Saleh to celebrate the Muslim feast of al-Fitr with his family.
His brothers stated that he left his home in the evening heading to the az-Zawiya village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, to drive his wife and children back home, as they were visiting her family there.
The Israeli army claimed that the man tried to ram soldiers with his car near a natural spring in the Ramallah governorate. He was shot in the leg and was left to bleed for about an hour, without any first aid. video
Palestinian media outlets and residents in the area said the man lost control of his car when illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, who repeatedly invade the area, opened fire at his car, before the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at it, claiming that he was attempting to ram them.
One of his brothers, and one of his cousins, were both detained by the army, and after being released, they stated that an army officer told them, after confirming his identity, that they cannot take his corpse for burial.
They stated that the military was taunting them by stating that the family can have his corpse back “maybe in an hour or two, a month or two, a year or two….”
His family, and the residents of his village, strongly denounced his murder, and stated that the Israeli soldiers are always “trigger happy” when it comes to shooting Palestinians, and that the army tries to justify these crimes by making false allegations.
They called for a serious investigation into the fatal shooting and called on international organizations to act and hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its escalating crimes and ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, their homes and property.
Protests erupted after the fatal shooting of the Palestinian man, and the soldiers fired live rounds and rubber-coated steel rounds.
A Palestinian man with Downs Syndrome was struck with a live round in his leg. video
Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Troops after Alleged Car-ramming Attack
Israeli troops reportedly opened fire, on Friday evening, towards a Palestinian man, near the Al-Nabi Saleh (Prophet Saleh) village, northwest of Ramallah city, in the central occupied West Bank.
An Israeli army spokesperson was quoted as saying “a short while ago, we received a notification that someone driving a vehicle, has attempted to crush a number of our soldiers operating in Ramallah”.
The army spokesperson stated that the soldiers responded to the incident by opening fire, adding that there were no causalities among the soldiers.
Israel’s TV channel 12 claimed that a Palestinian young man, near the illegal Halamish Settlement, attempted to run over soldiers with his vehicle.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the young man’s vehicle, killing the driver instantly, the Palestinian Information Center reported.
The young man’s identity was not yet released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health at the time of this report.
In the ensuing confrontations, Palestinian civilians, protesting the shooting, were met with live and rubber-coated steel rounds fired by the soldiers.
A Palestinian man with Downs Syndrome was struck with a live round in his foot. He was rushed to hospital for medical intervention, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.
