7 mar 2016
Several Palestinian protestors choked on teargas on Monday evening in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) across eastern Jenin province, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said clashes flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Jenin’s eastern town of Masliyeh and sealed off its main entrance with a makeshift roadblock.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protestors and civilian homes with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The IOF further stormed the nearby Zababda town and showered the area with bullet fire and teargas canisters.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said clashes flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Jenin’s eastern town of Masliyeh and sealed off its main entrance with a makeshift roadblock.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protestors and civilian homes with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The IOF further stormed the nearby Zababda town and showered the area with bullet fire and teargas canisters.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Monday evening Beit Furik town east of Nablus and prevented local farmers from reaching their agricultural lands in Aqraba town south of the city.
A PIC news reporter quoted a local activist as saying that nearly six Israeli army patrols stormed the town in two groups, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
During the confrontations, Israeli forces fired heavy teargas bombs towards the youths.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers prevented local farmers in Aqraba town from tilling their lands in Surif area, south of the town. An agricultural tractor belonging to a local farmer was also confiscated.
The farmers appealed to human rights organizations to stop Israeli violations against them and their agricultural lands, which constitute the only source of their livelihood.
A PIC news reporter quoted a local activist as saying that nearly six Israeli army patrols stormed the town in two groups, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
During the confrontations, Israeli forces fired heavy teargas bombs towards the youths.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers prevented local farmers in Aqraba town from tilling their lands in Surif area, south of the town. An agricultural tractor belonging to a local farmer was also confiscated.
The farmers appealed to human rights organizations to stop Israeli violations against them and their agricultural lands, which constitute the only source of their livelihood.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded earlier Monday, a charitable society for orphans, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and violently searched it, causing property damage, and clashes. The soldiers also invaded a barn and searched it.
Mohammad Ayyad Awad, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee in Hebron, said dozens of soldiers invaded the charitable society, in the al-Bayada area, after smashing its front doors.
Awad added that the soldiers smashed doors inside the charitable society, and violently searched it, in addition to holding the guard in one of its rooms.
The soldiers also invaded the office of the head of the charitable society Ahmad al-‘Omari, searched orphans’ files, and confiscated three hard drives.
The invasion of the town led to clashes between the soldiers, and dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The army fired gas bombs, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded a barn in Beit Za’ta area east of Beit Ummar, detained its owner, Na’im Hmeidan Abu Mariya, and searched the property after ordering the family to shut their mobile phones down.
Mohammad Ayyad Awad, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee in Hebron, said dozens of soldiers invaded the charitable society, in the al-Bayada area, after smashing its front doors.
Awad added that the soldiers smashed doors inside the charitable society, and violently searched it, in addition to holding the guard in one of its rooms.
The soldiers also invaded the office of the head of the charitable society Ahmad al-‘Omari, searched orphans’ files, and confiscated three hard drives.
The invasion of the town led to clashes between the soldiers, and dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The army fired gas bombs, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded a barn in Beit Za’ta area east of Beit Ummar, detained its owner, Na’im Hmeidan Abu Mariya, and searched the property after ordering the family to shut their mobile phones down.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the town of Arraba, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before breaking into and searching a coffee shop and a car dealership, near the town’s junction.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked a coffee shop belonging to resident Jihad Mousa, before interrogating him, and several other Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a car dealership, owned by resident Ayman Ghaleb, and searched it.
The soldiers also drove around provocatively, and harassed several residents, pushing many youngsters to hurl stones on the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of soldiers were deployed on the main roads leading to the towns of Ya’bad, Kfeirat, and Um ar-Meehan, and installed many roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also invaded several olive orchards and searched them.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked a coffee shop belonging to resident Jihad Mousa, before interrogating him, and several other Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a car dealership, owned by resident Ayman Ghaleb, and searched it.
The soldiers also drove around provocatively, and harassed several residents, pushing many youngsters to hurl stones on the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of soldiers were deployed on the main roads leading to the towns of Ya’bad, Kfeirat, and Um ar-Meehan, and installed many roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also invaded several olive orchards and searched them.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched homes and stores, and kidnapped six Palestinians, including two children. The army also shot, and seriously injured, a Palestinian in central Gaza.
Several military vehicles invaded Kafr Ra’ey town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped a young man identified as Jamal Mohammad Sayyed.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, and inspected their ID cards.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers invaded ‘Arraba town, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Abdul-Latif Sheebani, 43, and Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Khaleq, 22.
Dozens of soldiers were also deployed around Ya’bad, and several Palestinian communities southwest of Jenin, and installed roadblocks.
Also on Monday, the soldiers invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped Shadi Khaled Rimawi, 20. The Palestinian has a brother who is a political prisoner, held by Israeli since last year.
Several military vehicles also invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched many homes, and interrogated many Palestinians. The invasion led to clashes between local youths, who hurled stones on the army vehicles while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two children, identified as Hamza Amjad Teety, 15, and Mohammad Yousef al-Mezyin, 15.
The army installed many roadblocks in neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the main roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Jouret Bahlas area, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In the Gaza Strip, medical sources said the soldiers shot, and seriously injured, a Palestinian in his land, close to the border fence, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in Central Gaza.
The sources said the wounded Palestinian was instantly moved to the al-Aqsa hospital, in Deir al-Balah, in Central Gaza suffering serious wounds to the upper part of his body.
On Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nasri Salah, 24, from the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem. The Palestinian was first stopped at the Container Roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, and was summoned for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base; he was kidnapped directly after he arrived at the base.
IOF shoots, injures a Palestinian in Gaza
A Palestinian young man was shot and injured Monday morning after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian young man for approaching the border fence.
The injured young man was transferred to hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds in his foot.
Several military vehicles invaded Kafr Ra’ey town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped a young man identified as Jamal Mohammad Sayyed.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, and inspected their ID cards.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers invaded ‘Arraba town, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Abdul-Latif Sheebani, 43, and Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Khaleq, 22.
Dozens of soldiers were also deployed around Ya’bad, and several Palestinian communities southwest of Jenin, and installed roadblocks.
Also on Monday, the soldiers invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped Shadi Khaled Rimawi, 20. The Palestinian has a brother who is a political prisoner, held by Israeli since last year.
Several military vehicles also invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched many homes, and interrogated many Palestinians. The invasion led to clashes between local youths, who hurled stones on the army vehicles while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two children, identified as Hamza Amjad Teety, 15, and Mohammad Yousef al-Mezyin, 15.
The army installed many roadblocks in neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the main roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Jouret Bahlas area, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In the Gaza Strip, medical sources said the soldiers shot, and seriously injured, a Palestinian in his land, close to the border fence, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in Central Gaza.
The sources said the wounded Palestinian was instantly moved to the al-Aqsa hospital, in Deir al-Balah, in Central Gaza suffering serious wounds to the upper part of his body.
On Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nasri Salah, 24, from the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem. The Palestinian was first stopped at the Container Roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, and was summoned for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base; he was kidnapped directly after he arrived at the base.
IOF shoots, injures a Palestinian in Gaza
A Palestinian young man was shot and injured Monday morning after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian young man for approaching the border fence.
The injured young man was transferred to hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds in his foot.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out at dawn Monday a large-scale raid and search campaign in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
Four detainees were arrested after Israeli forces brutally stormed Qalandia refugee camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem. Three other minors were detained in Jabal Makbar area in the occupied city.
Two others including a minor were rounded up in Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, while another detainee was arrested in Beit Rima in Ramallah.
Along the same line, Israeli forces stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and broke into a building belonging to a local charity association after blowing up its gate.
Important files and laptops were confiscated during the violent raid, while the security guard was detained in a room for long hours. Several towns were also stormed overnight in Ramallah, al-Khalil, Tulkarem, Jenin, and occupied Jerusalem. Two local men were arrested in Jenin.
Four detainees were arrested after Israeli forces brutally stormed Qalandia refugee camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem. Three other minors were detained in Jabal Makbar area in the occupied city.
Two others including a minor were rounded up in Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, while another detainee was arrested in Beit Rima in Ramallah.
Along the same line, Israeli forces stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and broke into a building belonging to a local charity association after blowing up its gate.
Important files and laptops were confiscated during the violent raid, while the security guard was detained in a room for long hours. Several towns were also stormed overnight in Ramallah, al-Khalil, Tulkarem, Jenin, and occupied Jerusalem. Two local men were arrested in Jenin.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed overnight Hussan town west of Bethlehem and Araba town southwest of Jenin to the south of occupied West Bank.
Local sources in Hussan town said that the Israeli forces stormed the town amid heavy fire of teargas bombs and live ammunition. Several homes were violently stormed and searched, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli troops broke into Araba town southwest of Jenin and stormed and searched a local café and an auto show. Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli forces who carried out a combing operation between the olive groves.
A 43-year-old local man was arrested after the IOF soldeirs stormed his house in the town. Palestinian youths responded by throwing a home-made explosive at a military watchtower near Mabo Dotan settlement illegally built south of Jenin. Israeli forces were immediately deployed in the area and closed all entrances to Yabad town following the watchtower attack.
Local sources said that nearly 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed the area amid heavy fire of teargas bombs. Several checkpoints were erected at the entrances to Yabad, Kafrit, and Umm Rayhan towns, restricting the people’s movement.
Local sources in Hussan town said that the Israeli forces stormed the town amid heavy fire of teargas bombs and live ammunition. Several homes were violently stormed and searched, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli troops broke into Araba town southwest of Jenin and stormed and searched a local café and an auto show. Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli forces who carried out a combing operation between the olive groves.
A 43-year-old local man was arrested after the IOF soldeirs stormed his house in the town. Palestinian youths responded by throwing a home-made explosive at a military watchtower near Mabo Dotan settlement illegally built south of Jenin. Israeli forces were immediately deployed in the area and closed all entrances to Yabad town following the watchtower attack.
Local sources said that nearly 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed the area amid heavy fire of teargas bombs. Several checkpoints were erected at the entrances to Yabad, Kafrit, and Umm Rayhan towns, restricting the people’s movement.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening opened machinegun fire at Palestinian homes southeast of the Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties.
Israeli soldiers opened fire from watchtowers at homes in agricultural areas to the east of Khan Younis district, according to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza.
The eastern border areas of Gaza are exposed to IOF gunfire attacks almost on a daily basis.
Israeli soldiers opened fire from watchtowers at homes in agricultural areas to the east of Khan Younis district, according to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza.
The eastern border areas of Gaza are exposed to IOF gunfire attacks almost on a daily basis.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) confiscated on Sunday fishing equipment belonging to one of the Palestinian fishermen after being targeted by Israeli gunboats in Gaza sea.
Quds Press quoted one of the Gazan fishermen, Ahmad al-Bardawil, as saying that an Israeli gunboat opened its machinegunfire at the fishermen while fishing in Rafah sea in the southern Gaza Strip.
The heavy shooting forced the fishermen to end fishing and leave sea, he added.
“After the shooting had stopped, we returned back to our fishing boats and did not find the fishing nets and some other equipment; the rest of fishing stuff were spoiled as well", Bardawil said.
He stressed that they have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces despite sailing in the allowed fishing zone of 6 nautical miles. In the same context, Gazan fishing boats which were sailing in the northern Gaza sea were exposed to shooting by Israeli gunboats on Sunday. No casualties have been reported, according to Palestinian sources.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
Quds Press quoted one of the Gazan fishermen, Ahmad al-Bardawil, as saying that an Israeli gunboat opened its machinegunfire at the fishermen while fishing in Rafah sea in the southern Gaza Strip.
The heavy shooting forced the fishermen to end fishing and leave sea, he added.
“After the shooting had stopped, we returned back to our fishing boats and did not find the fishing nets and some other equipment; the rest of fishing stuff were spoiled as well", Bardawil said.
He stressed that they have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces despite sailing in the allowed fishing zone of 6 nautical miles. In the same context, Gazan fishing boats which were sailing in the northern Gaza sea were exposed to shooting by Israeli gunboats on Sunday. No casualties have been reported, according to Palestinian sources.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
6 mar 2016
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have been storming Iraq Burin village every night over the past few days under the pretext of searching for the perpetrators of the stabbing attack carried out in Har Brakha nearby settlement, which resulted in the death of two soldiers.
Iraq Burin is a small quiet village located on a towering rocky hill southwest of Nablus. Har Brakha settlement is located to the east of Iraq Burin.
A part of the settlement is set up on an area of 250 dunums of land which was of Iraq Burin lands. The occupation army leaders believed that the perpetrators of the stabbing attack sought refuge to Iraq Burin village because the settlement and the attack site are near to the village.
“We will storm your village and your homes every night, until we get to the perpetrators of the stabbing attack, even if it lasted a whole year", an Israeli officer said threatening the chairman of the village council of Iraq Burin, Fathi Faqih.
Faqih told a PIC reporter that the IOF continues to carry out raids into the town houses every night. He estimated the homes that were stormed and searched to be about 95% of the homes in the village. The raids are accompanied with interrogations of house owners on whether any of them had information that might lead the IOF to the perpetrators. The house owners are also warned of providing assistance or covering-up the perpetrators.
Under Siege
Immediately after the stabbing attack on Wednesday night, Iraq Burin was turned into a target for the occupation army, which imposed a tight siege on the village and closed the only entrance to the town with sand barriers, and set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town, preventing the entry and the exit in or out of it, and thus turned the village into what looks like a big prison.
The young men of the village removed on Friday morning the sand barriers from the entrance to the town, and reopened the road, challenging the occupation. Faqih said that the occupation officer told him on storming his house, that they have information that the perpetrators had entered into the village after the attack, and did not leave yet.
On the front line
Iraq Burin's area is 5775 acres and is inhabited by 1,000 people, the majority of its population works in agriculture, and the village is famous for the cultivation of olives, figs and grapes. Despite the abundance of agricultural land, 42% of the village land is located within the area (C), which is under full Israeli control according to the Oslo agreements.
The occupation authority prohibits the farmers from cultivating and reclaiming these lands without permission, this caused the lands to become wastelands not suitable except for grazing. In the past few years, the village has witnessed weekly clashes during marches organized by inhabitants of the village with the participation of foreign solidarity activists, towards Har Brakha settlement.
These marches often result in injuries among the participants with bullets and tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces. Faqih said that the settlers attack farmers if they get to the land near the settlement, and often call the Israeli army, which arrives in large numbers from Hawara and fires tear gas canisters on the citizens forcing them to leave their land.
Iraq Burin is one of relatively small villages of the governorate of Nablus, but the village has had a long history in confronting the Israeli occupation and settlers. Since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, five of the village's inhabitants were killed by the IOF, among whom were the two members of Qassam Brigades: Mamoun Ibrahim Qadous and Annan Jabr Qadous, who were killed during an armed clash in 2002.
Iraq Burin is a small quiet village located on a towering rocky hill southwest of Nablus. Har Brakha settlement is located to the east of Iraq Burin.
A part of the settlement is set up on an area of 250 dunums of land which was of Iraq Burin lands. The occupation army leaders believed that the perpetrators of the stabbing attack sought refuge to Iraq Burin village because the settlement and the attack site are near to the village.
“We will storm your village and your homes every night, until we get to the perpetrators of the stabbing attack, even if it lasted a whole year", an Israeli officer said threatening the chairman of the village council of Iraq Burin, Fathi Faqih.
Faqih told a PIC reporter that the IOF continues to carry out raids into the town houses every night. He estimated the homes that were stormed and searched to be about 95% of the homes in the village. The raids are accompanied with interrogations of house owners on whether any of them had information that might lead the IOF to the perpetrators. The house owners are also warned of providing assistance or covering-up the perpetrators.
Under Siege
Immediately after the stabbing attack on Wednesday night, Iraq Burin was turned into a target for the occupation army, which imposed a tight siege on the village and closed the only entrance to the town with sand barriers, and set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town, preventing the entry and the exit in or out of it, and thus turned the village into what looks like a big prison.
The young men of the village removed on Friday morning the sand barriers from the entrance to the town, and reopened the road, challenging the occupation. Faqih said that the occupation officer told him on storming his house, that they have information that the perpetrators had entered into the village after the attack, and did not leave yet.
On the front line
Iraq Burin's area is 5775 acres and is inhabited by 1,000 people, the majority of its population works in agriculture, and the village is famous for the cultivation of olives, figs and grapes. Despite the abundance of agricultural land, 42% of the village land is located within the area (C), which is under full Israeli control according to the Oslo agreements.
The occupation authority prohibits the farmers from cultivating and reclaiming these lands without permission, this caused the lands to become wastelands not suitable except for grazing. In the past few years, the village has witnessed weekly clashes during marches organized by inhabitants of the village with the participation of foreign solidarity activists, towards Har Brakha settlement.
These marches often result in injuries among the participants with bullets and tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces. Faqih said that the settlers attack farmers if they get to the land near the settlement, and often call the Israeli army, which arrives in large numbers from Hawara and fires tear gas canisters on the citizens forcing them to leave their land.
Iraq Burin is one of relatively small villages of the governorate of Nablus, but the village has had a long history in confronting the Israeli occupation and settlers. Since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, five of the village's inhabitants were killed by the IOF, among whom were the two members of Qassam Brigades: Mamoun Ibrahim Qadous and Annan Jabr Qadous, who were killed during an armed clash in 2002.
Clashes flared up at predawn time on Sunday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a civilian home in Yabad town, in Jenin, and showered the area with heavy spates of teargas canisters.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF rolled into Yabad overnight and unleashed heavy spates of teargas grenades on Palestinian citizens and civilian homes.
The IOF further broke into the family home of the Palestinian citizen Yahya Abu Shamleh and his brothers, in the outskirts of Yabad, and wreaked havoc on the building, before they aggressively attacked the native inhabitants.
The assault has not been the only one of its kind as the IOF soldiers have ravaged Abu Shamleh’s family home for dozens of times before and turned it into a military barrack.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF rolled into Yabad overnight and unleashed heavy spates of teargas grenades on Palestinian citizens and civilian homes.
The IOF further broke into the family home of the Palestinian citizen Yahya Abu Shamleh and his brothers, in the outskirts of Yabad, and wreaked havoc on the building, before they aggressively attacked the native inhabitants.
The assault has not been the only one of its kind as the IOF soldiers have ravaged Abu Shamleh’s family home for dozens of times before and turned it into a military barrack.
Three Palestinian young men suffered injuries during clashes on Saturday night with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah, and three others were kidnapped from their homes in al-Khalil.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers stormed Beit Sira and clashed with its young men. They added that three young men were injured by rubber bullets and many others suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
In al-Khalil city, the IOF kidnapped three young men from their homes in al-Jabari neighborhood. The Israeli army claimed that one of the young men was found in possession of a gun.
In separate incidents, one soldier suffered a head injury during violent overnight clashes between invading troops and local young men in al-Ram town, north of Occupied Jerusalem. The young men frustrated the soldiers' attempt to storm the town and showered them with stones and Molotov cocktails, according to SAFA news agency.
Al-Ram town has become a flashpoint after Israel isolated it from east Jerusalem with a separation wall. However, the confrontations have escalated since the outbreak of al-Quds intifada (uprising).
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers stormed Beit Sira and clashed with its young men. They added that three young men were injured by rubber bullets and many others suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
In al-Khalil city, the IOF kidnapped three young men from their homes in al-Jabari neighborhood. The Israeli army claimed that one of the young men was found in possession of a gun.
In separate incidents, one soldier suffered a head injury during violent overnight clashes between invading troops and local young men in al-Ram town, north of Occupied Jerusalem. The young men frustrated the soldiers' attempt to storm the town and showered them with stones and Molotov cocktails, according to SAFA news agency.
Al-Ram town has become a flashpoint after Israel isolated it from east Jerusalem with a separation wall. However, the confrontations have escalated since the outbreak of al-Quds intifada (uprising).
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot and injured one Palestinian and summoned three others for interrogation. The army also kidnapped a Palestinian from the town, as he was crossing a military roadblock.
Media sources in al-Khader said several military vehicles invaded the town before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, causing property damage.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on them while the army fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
A young man suffered a moderate injury after the soldiers shot him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers summoned three Palestinians for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem, after invading and searching their homes.
The soldiers also interrogated them, and their families, prior to abducting them.
The three have been identified as Hazem Jom’a Salah, 40, Mohammad Khader Mousa, 25, and Mohammad Rebhi Mousa, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers stationed at the Container Roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, kidnaped a young Palestinian man, identified as Mahmoud Nasri Salah, 24, from al-Khader, after stopping a car and searching it.
He was interrogated before the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded him, and kidnapped him.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Deir Ghassana village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and summoned one Palestinian, identified as Wahbi Daoud, for interrogation.
Media sources in al-Khader said several military vehicles invaded the town before the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes, causing property damage.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on them while the army fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
A young man suffered a moderate injury after the soldiers shot him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers summoned three Palestinians for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem, after invading and searching their homes.
The soldiers also interrogated them, and their families, prior to abducting them.
The three have been identified as Hazem Jom’a Salah, 40, Mohammad Khader Mousa, 25, and Mohammad Rebhi Mousa, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers stationed at the Container Roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, kidnaped a young Palestinian man, identified as Mahmoud Nasri Salah, 24, from al-Khader, after stopping a car and searching it.
He was interrogated before the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded him, and kidnapped him.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Deir Ghassana village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and summoned one Palestinian, identified as Wahbi Daoud, for interrogation.
5 mar 2016
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Occupation soldiers raided on Wednesday Silwan Boys Secondary School and stormed into classrooms during the second period.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that occupation forces raided Silwan Boys Secondary School and searched classrooms claiming that one student threw stones towards them before entering the school; they detained the 9th grade student Malek Issa Abbasi (14). Witnesses explained to WHIC that the forces took the student outside the school but the school’s surveillance cameras revealed falsified the occupation’s claim as the student arrived to school before the time when they claimed stones were thrown. One of the soldiers filmed the students while storming into classrooms and also filmed the building and school’s corridors. |
Secretary of the Central Committee of students’ parents in Silwan, Isam Abbasi, denounced targeting the schools of Ras Al-Amoud as the forces are stationed around them on a daily basis and continuously attempt to storm into schools which obstructs the educational process and deprives the students from having a calm school day.
Abbasi explained that the soldiers raided the classrooms in Silwan Secondary School under false pretenses only to terrify students; he pointed out that the school has nearly 550 students from 7th-9th grade.
Abbasi appealed for the Ministry of Education and municipality to interfere and prevent the police from daily presence in the Schools’ Street and prevent them from storming into school which has negative consequences on the psyche of students. He noted that this school was raided several times and one student was previously arrested from inside the school not to mention the constant targeting of schools with sound grenades and tear-gas canisters.
Abbasi explained that the soldiers raided the classrooms in Silwan Secondary School under false pretenses only to terrify students; he pointed out that the school has nearly 550 students from 7th-9th grade.
Abbasi appealed for the Ministry of Education and municipality to interfere and prevent the police from daily presence in the Schools’ Street and prevent them from storming into school which has negative consequences on the psyche of students. He noted that this school was raided several times and one student was previously arrested from inside the school not to mention the constant targeting of schools with sound grenades and tear-gas canisters.
The Israeli military, Saturday, targeted with gunfire a group of Palestinian farmers as they attempted to enter their agricultural land situated along the borderline area of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the southeast of Gaza City.
WAFA correspondence reported that soldiers manning military watchtowers along the Israel−Gaza security barrier -- a border barrier first constructed by Israel in 1994 between the Gaza Strip and Israel -- fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at farmers, and prevented them from entering their land. No injuries were reported.
Israel continues to breach a truce agreement reached between them and armed Palestinian groups in August 2014, ending a 51 day of military aggression on the Strip.
In the meantime, an unusual military presence was witnessed along the borderline area to the east of the strip, with military reconnaissance hovering over.
The "buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zone.
According to UNOCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land lie within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gaza residents.
Farmers in farmland on the borders say their situation has only worsened since the last war ended in 2014 summer, pointing to the Israeli military’s frequent incursions into their land and its practice of firing live ammunition at farmers who enter the sizable 'buffer zone’ between Gaza and Israel.
Israel has imposed a tightened blockade since 2007 after Hamas won the democratic legislative elections and took over power in the Strip.
WAFA correspondence reported that soldiers manning military watchtowers along the Israel−Gaza security barrier -- a border barrier first constructed by Israel in 1994 between the Gaza Strip and Israel -- fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at farmers, and prevented them from entering their land. No injuries were reported.
Israel continues to breach a truce agreement reached between them and armed Palestinian groups in August 2014, ending a 51 day of military aggression on the Strip.
In the meantime, an unusual military presence was witnessed along the borderline area to the east of the strip, with military reconnaissance hovering over.
The "buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zone.
According to UNOCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land lie within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gaza residents.
Farmers in farmland on the borders say their situation has only worsened since the last war ended in 2014 summer, pointing to the Israeli military’s frequent incursions into their land and its practice of firing live ammunition at farmers who enter the sizable 'buffer zone’ between Gaza and Israel.
Israel has imposed a tightened blockade since 2007 after Hamas won the democratic legislative elections and took over power in the Strip.
Army To Demolish Residential And Commercial Buildings In Silwan
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday evening, two Palestinian men in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted them. Army also kidnaped a Palestinian man in Silwan; clashes took place in Silwan, and Abu Dis; one child injured.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Daoud Salaima and Ahmad al-Beitouni, after a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked them, an issue that led to a scuffle.
The soldiers did not arrest or detain the Israelis who assaulted the two Palestinians, but instead kidnaped the Palestinians and took them to an interrogation center in the city. The incident took place in Aqbat al-Khaldiyya in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Clashes also took place in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it.
The soldiers invaded at least one home, and kidnapped a man, identified as Ali Abu al-Hamam, 47.
Silwanic said the soldiers attacked women in the invaded home, broke many windows and sprayed several Palestinians with pepper-spray after they rushed to aid the family.
In addition, the army forced many merchants to close their stores without providing any justification, and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, during clashes that took place following in the invasion.
Also in Silwan, the army handed four demolition notices targeting commercial and residential buildings in Silwan. The orders target a store and two homes in Ein al-Louza, in addition to one home in the al-Bustan neighborhood.
Also on Friday, the soldiers shot a child with a live round in his leg, in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, while dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The wounded child was moved to a local hospital while medics provided treatment to scores of residents who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday evening, two Palestinian men in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted them. Army also kidnaped a Palestinian man in Silwan; clashes took place in Silwan, and Abu Dis; one child injured.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Daoud Salaima and Ahmad al-Beitouni, after a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked them, an issue that led to a scuffle.
The soldiers did not arrest or detain the Israelis who assaulted the two Palestinians, but instead kidnaped the Palestinians and took them to an interrogation center in the city. The incident took place in Aqbat al-Khaldiyya in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Clashes also took place in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it.
The soldiers invaded at least one home, and kidnapped a man, identified as Ali Abu al-Hamam, 47.
Silwanic said the soldiers attacked women in the invaded home, broke many windows and sprayed several Palestinians with pepper-spray after they rushed to aid the family.
In addition, the army forced many merchants to close their stores without providing any justification, and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, during clashes that took place following in the invasion.
Also in Silwan, the army handed four demolition notices targeting commercial and residential buildings in Silwan. The orders target a store and two homes in Ein al-Louza, in addition to one home in the al-Bustan neighborhood.
Also on Friday, the soldiers shot a child with a live round in his leg, in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, while dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The wounded child was moved to a local hospital while medics provided treatment to scores of residents who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Saturday a number of towns and villages in Nablus to the north of the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that a number of Israeli troops stormed Awarta and Burin towns and deployed throughout the neighborhoods amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
No arrests were reported during the raid.
In Jenin, several homes were also stormed in Yabad town south of the city including a prisoner’s home. Local sources said that Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers between the olive groves near the town and carried out combing operations in the area.
Local homes located on the outskirts of Yabad town are usually subjected to daily raid and search campaigns as they are located near Mabo Dotan settlement.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed al-Quds University in Jericho to north of the West Bank amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that a number of Israeli troops stormed Awarta and Burin towns and deployed throughout the neighborhoods amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
No arrests were reported during the raid.
In Jenin, several homes were also stormed in Yabad town south of the city including a prisoner’s home. Local sources said that Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers between the olive groves near the town and carried out combing operations in the area.
Local homes located on the outskirts of Yabad town are usually subjected to daily raid and search campaigns as they are located near Mabo Dotan settlement.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed al-Quds University in Jericho to north of the West Bank amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.
