17 june 2020
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Kafr ‘Aqab Palestinian town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and injured five Palestinians during ensuing protests. video
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that its medics provided treatment four Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The PRCS added that a fifth Palestinian was injured after falling while the soldiers were chasing him.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that its medics provided treatment four Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The PRCS added that a fifth Palestinian was injured after falling while the soldiers were chasing him.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
16 june 2020
A large Israeli army force raided early this morning the city of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority and seat of its president and government, and an archeological site in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to sources.
Witnesses said the forces raided several neighborhoods in Ramallah while youths pelted them with stones and shot fire crackers at the army vehicles.
The soldiers responded by opening gun fire and shooting teargas canisters in their direction. There were no reports of injuries.
The soldiers also raided Amari refugee camp in the city and detained a 20-year-old youth after raiding and ransacking his family home.
This is the first raid of Ramallah since the Palestinian Authority has ended security coordination with Israel on May 19.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the archeological town of Sebastia in the north of the West Bank, said Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, and ordered the archeological site closed to visitors without giving any reason for its action.
He said that the town has repeatedly been attacked and raided by both Israeli settlers and forces in a clear attempt to take control of the area.
Witnesses said the forces raided several neighborhoods in Ramallah while youths pelted them with stones and shot fire crackers at the army vehicles.
The soldiers responded by opening gun fire and shooting teargas canisters in their direction. There were no reports of injuries.
The soldiers also raided Amari refugee camp in the city and detained a 20-year-old youth after raiding and ransacking his family home.
This is the first raid of Ramallah since the Palestinian Authority has ended security coordination with Israel on May 19.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the archeological town of Sebastia in the north of the West Bank, said Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, and ordered the archeological site closed to visitors without giving any reason for its action.
He said that the town has repeatedly been attacked and raided by both Israeli settlers and forces in a clear attempt to take control of the area.
Israeli artillery and warplanes struck many targets throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday night Quds News Network reported.
No casualties were reported at the time of this report.
Local sources said the Israeli heavy weaponry fired shelled two shells, at an area to the east of Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, causing a fire and destroying the target, no casualties were reported.
Sources added that the Israeli military fired two shells into Palestinian territory, in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Palestinian airport that Israeli forces destroyed in 2000.
Israeli warplanes also bombed an area in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, with no reports of human casualties.
The Israeli army attempted to justify its aggression by claiming that a missile fell into an open area in Eshkol settlement.
The army alleged that the missile was fired from the isolated coastal enclave.
No casualties were reported at the time of this report.
Local sources said the Israeli heavy weaponry fired shelled two shells, at an area to the east of Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, causing a fire and destroying the target, no casualties were reported.
Sources added that the Israeli military fired two shells into Palestinian territory, in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Palestinian airport that Israeli forces destroyed in 2000.
Israeli warplanes also bombed an area in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, with no reports of human casualties.
The Israeli army attempted to justify its aggression by claiming that a missile fell into an open area in Eshkol settlement.
The army alleged that the missile was fired from the isolated coastal enclave.
15 june 2020
The Israeli occupation army on Monday morning carried out a limited incursion into the northern area of the Gaza Strip, razing tracts of Palestinian farmland.
Local sources reported that two Israeli military bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, and razed Palestinian lands.
The Israeli army every once in a while launch incursions into the besieged Gaza Strip, razing lands and terrorizing farmers.
Local sources reported that two Israeli military bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, and razed Palestinian lands.
The Israeli army every once in a while launch incursions into the besieged Gaza Strip, razing lands and terrorizing farmers.
Two Palestinian workers were injured today during a pursuit by Israeli soldiers near the separation barrier in the north of the West Bank, according to local sources.
They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers chased a number of workers near the village of Anin, west of Jenin, as they apparently were trying to enter Israel through the separation barrier in search of work.
Two of the workers fell off cliff during the pursuit and suffered fractures and bruises. They were detained and taken to hospital in Israel, said the sources.
They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers chased a number of workers near the village of Anin, west of Jenin, as they apparently were trying to enter Israel through the separation barrier in search of work.
Two of the workers fell off cliff during the pursuit and suffered fractures and bruises. They were detained and taken to hospital in Israel, said the sources.
13 june 2020
Confrontations renewed on Friday evening between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police in Jaffa over a plan to demolish an ancient Muslim cemetery to build a Jewish shelter. video
Israeli police forces blocked several roads and deployed in large numbers in the city, while the angry protesters set trash cans on fire and launched fireworks, local sources reported. video
Tension has prevailed in Jaffa since last Monday when Israeli bulldozers, escorted by the police, began digging up graves in the cemetery, which is known by the native citizens as “al-Is’af” graveyard, in preparation for the construction of a Jewish shelter. video
Earlier on Friday, dozens of Palestinian residents of Jaffa gathered in a protest tent near al-Is’af graveyard for the Friday prayer, which was led by al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri.
The worshipers took to the streets after the prayer to protest the demolition of the cemetery, and later in the evening, confrontations intensified.
Israeli police forces blocked several roads and deployed in large numbers in the city, while the angry protesters set trash cans on fire and launched fireworks, local sources reported. video
Tension has prevailed in Jaffa since last Monday when Israeli bulldozers, escorted by the police, began digging up graves in the cemetery, which is known by the native citizens as “al-Is’af” graveyard, in preparation for the construction of a Jewish shelter. video
Earlier on Friday, dozens of Palestinian residents of Jaffa gathered in a protest tent near al-Is’af graveyard for the Friday prayer, which was led by al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri.
The worshipers took to the streets after the prayer to protest the demolition of the cemetery, and later in the evening, confrontations intensified.
12 june 2020
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The procession started from the center of the village, and headed towards the illegal Annexation Wall, isolating the villagers from their own lands, before the soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and a few others sustained cuts and bruises; they all received the needed treatment without the need for hospitalization.
Some of the concussion grenades and gas bombs caused many trees and farmlands to catch fire before Palestinian firefighters rushed to extinguish them.
The nonviolent protesters were carrying Palestinian flags, and marched while chanting against Israel’s escalating violations, including its illegal annexation plans.
The procession started from the center of the village, and headed towards the illegal Annexation Wall, isolating the villagers from their own lands, before the soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and a few others sustained cuts and bruises; they all received the needed treatment without the need for hospitalization.
Some of the concussion grenades and gas bombs caused many trees and farmlands to catch fire before Palestinian firefighters rushed to extinguish them.
The nonviolent protesters were carrying Palestinian flags, and marched while chanting against Israel’s escalating violations, including its illegal annexation plans.
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Ayman Nubani, WAFA photojournalist, receives treatment at an ambulance due to an injury from a rubber-coated bullet
At least five Palestinians, including three journalists, were injured today by Israeli occupation forces today during the weekly protest against Israeli settlement construction, in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank, local sources said. Morad Shtewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the village, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters by rubber-coated rounds and teargas, injuring five of them, including journalists Ayman Nubani, the photojournalist of WAFA; Jaafar Shtayyeh, of the Agence France-Presse; and Fadi Jayyusi, of Palestine TV. |
The injured were treated at the scene of the protest.
For years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been protesting every Friday against illegal Israeli settlements, and to call on Israeli authorities to reopen the village’s main road which has been sealed off by the occupation authorities since 2002.
For years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been protesting every Friday against illegal Israeli settlements, and to call on Israeli authorities to reopen the village’s main road which has been sealed off by the occupation authorities since 2002.
Israeli armored tanks last night destroyed a water pipe serving Palestinian communities in the northern Jordan Valley region, northeast of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Derar Sawafta, member of the local council of Bardala village, in the northern Jordan Valley, told WAFA that a 200-meter-long water pipe was destroyed as the Israeli armored vehicles ran over it during a military exercise, which involved the use of gunfire, in the area.
In the meantime, dozens of armored vehicles deployed for the first time at the outskirts of the villages of Tayasir and al-Aqaba, east of Tubas town.
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley regularly face evictions due to Israeli military exercises on or near their land. Only last month, Israeli forces evicted the village’s population three times for the same purpose.
The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, and at least 44 percent of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been appropriated by Israeli forces for military exercises.
Derar Sawafta, member of the local council of Bardala village, in the northern Jordan Valley, told WAFA that a 200-meter-long water pipe was destroyed as the Israeli armored vehicles ran over it during a military exercise, which involved the use of gunfire, in the area.
In the meantime, dozens of armored vehicles deployed for the first time at the outskirts of the villages of Tayasir and al-Aqaba, east of Tubas town.
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley regularly face evictions due to Israeli military exercises on or near their land. Only last month, Israeli forces evicted the village’s population three times for the same purpose.
The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, and at least 44 percent of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been appropriated by Israeli forces for military exercises.
