3 mar 2018
An Israeli human rights organization published a video that shows Israeli occupation forces (IOF) firing a sound bomb at a Palestinian couple and their infant in Bourin town near Nablus.
In a post shared on its Facebook page, the human rights organization said that a number of IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters at the houses of the inhabitants during clashes that erupted in the town. As a result, many families had to evacuate their homes and buildings for safety.
The Israeli organization also highlighted that IOF troops targeted the baby who was carried by his parents by a stun grenade, despite constituting no threat to the soldiers, as the family were trying to avoid the IOF tear gas canisters.
Israeli Soldiers Fire A Gas Bomb At A Palestinian Couple Carrying Infant
A video published by the Israeli “Volunteers For Human Rights” (Yesh Din) organization, documented Israeli soldiers firing a gas bomb at a Palestinian father and mother, carrying their infant child, during a military invasion into Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday evening.
Eyewitnesses told Yesh Din that the soldiers fired gas bombs, and hurled concussion grenades at local youngsters, who gathered in the area, after noticing a group of illegal Israeli colonizers gathered there, apparently to carry out an attack.
They added that Israeli soldiers invaded the village, and fired a barrage of gas bombs, including at least of them fired into a home, where an extended family lives, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Palestinian medics rushed to the area and provided many with the needed treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to transferring others to nearby medical centers.
Although the video documents the soldiers directly firing a gas bomb at the Palestinian father, mother and infant, the Israeli paramilitary “Border Police,” claimed that the “soldiers did not see the family when they fired the gas bomb,” and that they “fired it on the side of the road.”
The allegation clearly does not represent what really happened, and what was documenting on film, especially since the Palestinian family was in direct view of the soldiers.
In a post shared on its Facebook page, the human rights organization said that a number of IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters at the houses of the inhabitants during clashes that erupted in the town. As a result, many families had to evacuate their homes and buildings for safety.
The Israeli organization also highlighted that IOF troops targeted the baby who was carried by his parents by a stun grenade, despite constituting no threat to the soldiers, as the family were trying to avoid the IOF tear gas canisters.
Israeli Soldiers Fire A Gas Bomb At A Palestinian Couple Carrying Infant
A video published by the Israeli “Volunteers For Human Rights” (Yesh Din) organization, documented Israeli soldiers firing a gas bomb at a Palestinian father and mother, carrying their infant child, during a military invasion into Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday evening.
Eyewitnesses told Yesh Din that the soldiers fired gas bombs, and hurled concussion grenades at local youngsters, who gathered in the area, after noticing a group of illegal Israeli colonizers gathered there, apparently to carry out an attack.
They added that Israeli soldiers invaded the village, and fired a barrage of gas bombs, including at least of them fired into a home, where an extended family lives, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Palestinian medics rushed to the area and provided many with the needed treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to transferring others to nearby medical centers.
Although the video documents the soldiers directly firing a gas bomb at the Palestinian father, mother and infant, the Israeli paramilitary “Border Police,” claimed that the “soldiers did not see the family when they fired the gas bomb,” and that they “fired it on the side of the road.”
The allegation clearly does not represent what really happened, and what was documenting on film, especially since the Palestinian family was in direct view of the soldiers.
A 59-year-old Gaza farmer was shot and injured by Israeli gunfire on Saturday east of Khan Younis along the southern border of Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The un-identified farmer was transferred to hospital with a bullet wound to the back, spokesman for the ministry said.
He was described in moderate condition, he added.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile zone and farmers working in farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was struck following 2014’s offensive on the Gaza enclave.
The un-identified farmer was transferred to hospital with a bullet wound to the back, spokesman for the ministry said.
He was described in moderate condition, he added.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile zone and farmers working in farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was struck following 2014’s offensive on the Gaza enclave.
A number of Palestinians were arrested in large-scale raids launched by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The IOF arrested the two brothers Suhaib and Anas Abu Turki from their family house in Khirbet Qilqis south of al-Khalil city.
The IOF soldiers stormed in large numbers several neighborhoods in al-Khalil, Halhul and Sa'ir, erected checkpoints and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Two Palestinian youths named Siraj and Ahmad al-Khatib were arrested in Hizma town east of Jerusalem, while a third Palestinian identified as Musheer Abu Baker was arrested at a checkpoint near Ya'bad town south of Jenin.
The IOF at daybreak broke into the house of the Palestinian youth Yousuf Abu Khashaba in Bethlehem and handed him an order to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation.
Violent clashes broke out on Friday night in al-Isawiya northeast of Jerusalem after which all entrances to the village were closed by the Israeli forces.
A general closure has been imposed on the West Bank since Wednesday to facilitate Israeli settlers' celebrations for Purim Holiday.
The IOF arrested the two brothers Suhaib and Anas Abu Turki from their family house in Khirbet Qilqis south of al-Khalil city.
The IOF soldiers stormed in large numbers several neighborhoods in al-Khalil, Halhul and Sa'ir, erected checkpoints and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Two Palestinian youths named Siraj and Ahmad al-Khatib were arrested in Hizma town east of Jerusalem, while a third Palestinian identified as Musheer Abu Baker was arrested at a checkpoint near Ya'bad town south of Jenin.
The IOF at daybreak broke into the house of the Palestinian youth Yousuf Abu Khashaba in Bethlehem and handed him an order to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation.
Violent clashes broke out on Friday night in al-Isawiya northeast of Jerusalem after which all entrances to the village were closed by the Israeli forces.
A general closure has been imposed on the West Bank since Wednesday to facilitate Israeli settlers' celebrations for Purim Holiday.
About 2,982 Israeli violations were reported in February 2018 against Palestinians in the West Bank including 374 violations in Jerusalem alone.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out 1,241 raids and break-ins in addition to 26 demolition and confiscation operations during the same period.
According to statistics by Hamas's information department in the West Bank, the IOF in February killed five Palestinians in the West Bank and injured 468 others, twice the number of those injured in January.
The same statistics revealed that 129 arrests were documented in Jerusalem, 84 in Ramallah, 72 in Bethlehem, 62 in Nablus, 59 in Jenin, 55 in al-Khalil, 25 in Qalqilya, 25 in Salfit, 24 in Tulkarem, 17 in Jericho and 6 in Tubas.
The IOF demolished 8 houses, expelled 3 Palestinians from Jerusalem and prevented 211 Palestinians from travel, while nearly 24 break-ins were reported into al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers.
Five Palestinians were killed by the IOF in February named Ahmad Abu Obeid, 19, Ahmad Jarrar, 22, Khalid al-Tayeh, 22, Hamza Zama'ra, 19, and Yasin al-Saradih, 33, who died after being severely beaten by the Israeli soldiers during his arrest.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out 1,241 raids and break-ins in addition to 26 demolition and confiscation operations during the same period.
According to statistics by Hamas's information department in the West Bank, the IOF in February killed five Palestinians in the West Bank and injured 468 others, twice the number of those injured in January.
The same statistics revealed that 129 arrests were documented in Jerusalem, 84 in Ramallah, 72 in Bethlehem, 62 in Nablus, 59 in Jenin, 55 in al-Khalil, 25 in Qalqilya, 25 in Salfit, 24 in Tulkarem, 17 in Jericho and 6 in Tubas.
The IOF demolished 8 houses, expelled 3 Palestinians from Jerusalem and prevented 211 Palestinians from travel, while nearly 24 break-ins were reported into al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers.
Five Palestinians were killed by the IOF in February named Ahmad Abu Obeid, 19, Ahmad Jarrar, 22, Khalid al-Tayeh, 22, Hamza Zama'ra, 19, and Yasin al-Saradih, 33, who died after being severely beaten by the Israeli soldiers during his arrest.
2 mar 2018
Update: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, fifteen young men protesting on Palestinian lands near the border fence in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, and in central Gaza.
It said that the soldiers, stationed on military towers and tanks around Nahal Oz base, across the border fence east of Gaza city, fired dozens of live rounds at the protesters, wounding a young man in his leg, before he was rushed to the Shifa medical center, suffering moderate wounds.
Many Palestinians also suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
The soldiers also attacked protesters near the border fence east of Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, and moderately shot four with live fire, before they were rushed to the Indonesian hospital, in nearby Beit Lahia city, while many others suffered the effects if teargas inhalation.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, the soldiers shot seven Palestinians with live fire, before they were rushed to Nasser and the European Hospitals, while many residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the army shot a young man with a live fire in the leg, near Beit Hanoun (Erez) terminal in northern Gaza, causing a moderate injury.
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Army Injures Eleven Palestinians In Gaza
Mar 2, 2018 @ 17:26
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot at least eleven Palestinians after the army, stationed across the border fence, attacked dozens of protesters in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry, said the soldiers shot a Palestinian with a live round in the leg, and another in his shoulder, in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
He added that the soldiers also shot another Palestinian near Karni (Nahal Oz) crossing, east the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in Gaza city.
Furthermore, the soldiers shot one Palestinian in both legs, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Three other Palestinians were also shot with live fire, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The soldiers also fired a barrage of gas bombs at protesters in the al-Farahin area, and Abasan as-Sagheera, east of Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that protests were also held across the West Bank for the thirteenth consecutive week, since the American President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as a unified capital of Israel in direct violation of International Law and numerous United Nations resolutions.
It said that the soldiers, stationed on military towers and tanks around Nahal Oz base, across the border fence east of Gaza city, fired dozens of live rounds at the protesters, wounding a young man in his leg, before he was rushed to the Shifa medical center, suffering moderate wounds.
Many Palestinians also suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
The soldiers also attacked protesters near the border fence east of Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, and moderately shot four with live fire, before they were rushed to the Indonesian hospital, in nearby Beit Lahia city, while many others suffered the effects if teargas inhalation.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, the soldiers shot seven Palestinians with live fire, before they were rushed to Nasser and the European Hospitals, while many residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the army shot a young man with a live fire in the leg, near Beit Hanoun (Erez) terminal in northern Gaza, causing a moderate injury.
Updated From:
Army Injures Eleven Palestinians In Gaza
Mar 2, 2018 @ 17:26
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot at least eleven Palestinians after the army, stationed across the border fence, attacked dozens of protesters in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry, said the soldiers shot a Palestinian with a live round in the leg, and another in his shoulder, in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
He added that the soldiers also shot another Palestinian near Karni (Nahal Oz) crossing, east the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in Gaza city.
Furthermore, the soldiers shot one Palestinian in both legs, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Three other Palestinians were also shot with live fire, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The soldiers also fired a barrage of gas bombs at protesters in the al-Farahin area, and Abasan as-Sagheera, east of Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that protests were also held across the West Bank for the thirteenth consecutive week, since the American President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as a unified capital of Israel in direct violation of International Law and numerous United Nations resolutions.
Haaretz newspaper on Friday said that the Israeli soldiers had been ordered to assault Palestinian journalists to disrupt their coverage of the Israeli violations committed against Palestinian protesters.
Acting on their commanders' orders, Israeli soldiers beat five Palestinian journalists with batons, broke their cameras, and arrested them during a demonstration in Kafr Qaddum village east of Qalqilya in August 2012.
The journalists were threatened not to come to Kafr Qaddum anymore. Part of the assault was filmed by a photographer for B'Tselem organization.
The Foreign Press Association demanded an investigation of the incident. An Israeli soldier admitted under questioning that the five journalists did not throw stones, were not armed, did not interfere with the soldiers and did not photograph classified military operations.
He said that orders were to arrest anyone who violated the military closure order, including journalists, and to beat anyone who resisted arrest.
In November 2016, the convicted soldiers were only reprimanded and the battalion's commander was promoted to colonel.
According to statistics by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), 27 Israeli violations of media freedom were documented in the Palestinian territories in February 2018.
Acting on their commanders' orders, Israeli soldiers beat five Palestinian journalists with batons, broke their cameras, and arrested them during a demonstration in Kafr Qaddum village east of Qalqilya in August 2012.
The journalists were threatened not to come to Kafr Qaddum anymore. Part of the assault was filmed by a photographer for B'Tselem organization.
The Foreign Press Association demanded an investigation of the incident. An Israeli soldier admitted under questioning that the five journalists did not throw stones, were not armed, did not interfere with the soldiers and did not photograph classified military operations.
He said that orders were to arrest anyone who violated the military closure order, including journalists, and to beat anyone who resisted arrest.
In November 2016, the convicted soldiers were only reprimanded and the battalion's commander was promoted to colonel.
According to statistics by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), 27 Israeli violations of media freedom were documented in the Palestinian territories in February 2018.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured many protesters.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of locals, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched from the center of the town, heading towards their lands near the illegal Kedumim colony.
He added that the army fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, before chasing some of them, while several local youngsters hurled stones at the soldiers.
Many protesters suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by Palestinian medics, who also moved some of them to the local clinic.
The popular weekly processions in Kufur Qaddoum started fifteen years ago after the military blockaded the town’s main road to enable east access for colonizers, driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
The protest also comes as part of ongoing processions across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, denouncing the illegal U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel, which was declared by Donald Trump in early December of last year.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of locals, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched from the center of the town, heading towards their lands near the illegal Kedumim colony.
He added that the army fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, before chasing some of them, while several local youngsters hurled stones at the soldiers.
Many protesters suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by Palestinian medics, who also moved some of them to the local clinic.
The popular weekly processions in Kufur Qaddoum started fifteen years ago after the military blockaded the town’s main road to enable east access for colonizers, driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
The protest also comes as part of ongoing processions across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, denouncing the illegal U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel, which was declared by Donald Trump in early December of last year.
Israeli navy gunboats on Thursday targeted Palestinian fishing vessels sailing off al-Sudaniya seashore, north of besieged Gaza Strip, with randomly-unleashed barrages of machinegun fire.
Israeli warships discharged machinegun bulletfire toward Palestinian fishing boats setting sail within the allowed six-nautical-mile zone and posing no threat to the occupation navy.
Palestinian fishermen in the blockaded Gaza Strip have been ceaselessly targeted by the Israeli navy on a quasi-daily basis as they put out to sea in the hunt for livelihoods to feed their families in the besieged enclave.
For thousands of Gazans, fishing is the only source of living in an area blockaded by the Israeli occupation from air, land, and sea for over a decade’s time.
Israeli warships discharged machinegun bulletfire toward Palestinian fishing boats setting sail within the allowed six-nautical-mile zone and posing no threat to the occupation navy.
Palestinian fishermen in the blockaded Gaza Strip have been ceaselessly targeted by the Israeli navy on a quasi-daily basis as they put out to sea in the hunt for livelihoods to feed their families in the besieged enclave.
For thousands of Gazans, fishing is the only source of living in an area blockaded by the Israeli occupation from air, land, and sea for over a decade’s time.
1 mar 2018
The father of Mohamed al-Tamimi, the boy who suffered last December a rubber bullet injury in the head during skirmishes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Nabi Saleh, said that the Israeli army’s claim that his son was injured after he fell off his bike was untrue.
Yoav Mordechai, Israel’s military coordinator of government activities in the occupied territories, claimed on his Facebook page that Tamimi, aged 15, had confessed during an interrogation session with him that he got injured after he accidentally fell off his electric bike.
The father, however, affirmed that the false story of Mordechai had been taken from his son under physical abuse and threat, adding that the shooting incident that led to his son’s injury happened in full view of eight eyewitnesses.
There are also medical reports, X-rays, and doctors’ testimonies that confirm his injury by a rubber bullet, the father added.
The father accused Israeli intelligence interrogators of forcing his son to make such story after exposing him to psychological and physical pressure.
How the Israeli Army Got a Teen Who Was Shot in the Head to Say He Fell Off a Bike
COGAT chief Yoav Mordechai wants us to believe that friends, relatives, doctors and left-wing activists cooked up a huge lie about Mohammed Tamimi. But he was just telling investigators what they wanted to hear
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, expects us to believe that tens of Palestinians and a few Israelis conspired to concoct a huge lie in order to slander the Israel Defense Forces.
According to him, the liar is not only 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi. The liars are also his parents, members of his extended family in the village of Nabi Saleh, and friends – including Israeli leftist activist Jonathan Pollak. The latter were with Tamimi when he climbed a ladder on December 15 to see what the soldiers, ensconced in an empty house in his village, were up to. The teen was shot in the head and fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood.
In his Facebook post on Tuesday, Mordechai claims, in effect, that the Palestinians are stupid because so many of them collaborated in creating a lie that is so very easy to expose. If indeed there was a lie.
He is relying on things Tamimi told his police interrogators on Monday, just hours after a large military force burst into Nabi Saleh and into his home, before dawn, rousing him from his sleep and arresting him. Five other minors and five adults were arrested along with him, under similar conditions.
Still in the dark, half asleep and shaken, surrounded by rifles pointing at him, with air reeking of tear gas and the disgusting smell of the skunk-water sprayed by the troops – Mohammed Tamimi was taken in for interrogation. It is easy to guess what went through the mind of the wounded boy, who is slated to undergo yet another operation to reconstruct his skull in the coming weeks.
He must have been thinking: Perhaps I'll be held under arrest for many weeks. Perhaps my medical condition will get worse. Perhaps I won't even be released before going into surgery.
Mohammed Tamimi's surgical report
Tamimi told the investigators and representatives of the Civil Administration Coordination and Liaison Office, who for some reason made a point of being present, what they wanted to hear: that he was injured when he fell off his bike.
The security forces carry out hundreds of arrests and interrogations every week in Jerusalem and the West Bank. No one disputes the fact that one of their aims is to expose those who plan or carry out armed attacks. A second aim is to gather information, even of the most innocent sort, about as many people as possible and about social and political activities. Very banal, sometimes even embarrassing, information is extracted – even years later and under unexpected circumstances: when a person travels abroad, or when someone applies for an entry permit into Israel or for a residency permit for non-Palestinian spouse.
A third aim (though not necessarily the third most important) is to quash popular activity against the occupation, of which the village of Nabi Saleh has become a symbol. Palestinians are forbidden to demonstrate their resistance to the occupation, in any manner.
One of the ways of deterring individuals who may be potential participants in popular struggles is to wreak serious harm on people who are already taking part in them – by means ranging from injuring to killing; to detention under conditions harsher than those encountered by graft suspect Nir Hefetz; sleep deprivation; painful handcuffing; humiliating interrogations; ridiculous accusations like those based on "evidence" like empty tear-gas cannisters or visits to book exhibitions; administrative detentions (arrest without charges being filed); arrest until the conclusion of proceedings; and exorbitant fines.
Mass arrests, interrogations and collecting of information – these are an integral part of the control Israel wields over the Palestinians. Many of the arrests are another means whereby Israel attempts, systematically, to undermine and unravel the Palestinian social fabric in order to weaken its ability to withstand and defy the occupation.
When the detainees are minors, their jailers have a greater ability – with the help of a few slaps, painful positions during questioning and psychological pressure – to extract false incriminations and exaggerated, boastful descriptions of events from them. It is easy to manipulate and break them.
Among themselves the Palestinians are debating participation of minors in protest activities against the occupation. The ethos of the struggle is dear to them, and the loathing of the occupation runs too deep for this debate to be conducted in public, but the high price that is being paid by minors and their families is clear to everyone.
It is too early to say if a post like Yoav Mordechai’s will encourage the debate and whether it will be taken into the public domain or strengthen the position of those who say that Israel stops at nothing in order to oppress and therefore youngsters should not be denied their right to revolt.
Yoav Mordechai, Israel’s military coordinator of government activities in the occupied territories, claimed on his Facebook page that Tamimi, aged 15, had confessed during an interrogation session with him that he got injured after he accidentally fell off his electric bike.
The father, however, affirmed that the false story of Mordechai had been taken from his son under physical abuse and threat, adding that the shooting incident that led to his son’s injury happened in full view of eight eyewitnesses.
There are also medical reports, X-rays, and doctors’ testimonies that confirm his injury by a rubber bullet, the father added.
The father accused Israeli intelligence interrogators of forcing his son to make such story after exposing him to psychological and physical pressure.
How the Israeli Army Got a Teen Who Was Shot in the Head to Say He Fell Off a Bike
COGAT chief Yoav Mordechai wants us to believe that friends, relatives, doctors and left-wing activists cooked up a huge lie about Mohammed Tamimi. But he was just telling investigators what they wanted to hear
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, expects us to believe that tens of Palestinians and a few Israelis conspired to concoct a huge lie in order to slander the Israel Defense Forces.
According to him, the liar is not only 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi. The liars are also his parents, members of his extended family in the village of Nabi Saleh, and friends – including Israeli leftist activist Jonathan Pollak. The latter were with Tamimi when he climbed a ladder on December 15 to see what the soldiers, ensconced in an empty house in his village, were up to. The teen was shot in the head and fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood.
In his Facebook post on Tuesday, Mordechai claims, in effect, that the Palestinians are stupid because so many of them collaborated in creating a lie that is so very easy to expose. If indeed there was a lie.
He is relying on things Tamimi told his police interrogators on Monday, just hours after a large military force burst into Nabi Saleh and into his home, before dawn, rousing him from his sleep and arresting him. Five other minors and five adults were arrested along with him, under similar conditions.
Still in the dark, half asleep and shaken, surrounded by rifles pointing at him, with air reeking of tear gas and the disgusting smell of the skunk-water sprayed by the troops – Mohammed Tamimi was taken in for interrogation. It is easy to guess what went through the mind of the wounded boy, who is slated to undergo yet another operation to reconstruct his skull in the coming weeks.
He must have been thinking: Perhaps I'll be held under arrest for many weeks. Perhaps my medical condition will get worse. Perhaps I won't even be released before going into surgery.
Mohammed Tamimi's surgical report
Tamimi told the investigators and representatives of the Civil Administration Coordination and Liaison Office, who for some reason made a point of being present, what they wanted to hear: that he was injured when he fell off his bike.
The security forces carry out hundreds of arrests and interrogations every week in Jerusalem and the West Bank. No one disputes the fact that one of their aims is to expose those who plan or carry out armed attacks. A second aim is to gather information, even of the most innocent sort, about as many people as possible and about social and political activities. Very banal, sometimes even embarrassing, information is extracted – even years later and under unexpected circumstances: when a person travels abroad, or when someone applies for an entry permit into Israel or for a residency permit for non-Palestinian spouse.
A third aim (though not necessarily the third most important) is to quash popular activity against the occupation, of which the village of Nabi Saleh has become a symbol. Palestinians are forbidden to demonstrate their resistance to the occupation, in any manner.
One of the ways of deterring individuals who may be potential participants in popular struggles is to wreak serious harm on people who are already taking part in them – by means ranging from injuring to killing; to detention under conditions harsher than those encountered by graft suspect Nir Hefetz; sleep deprivation; painful handcuffing; humiliating interrogations; ridiculous accusations like those based on "evidence" like empty tear-gas cannisters or visits to book exhibitions; administrative detentions (arrest without charges being filed); arrest until the conclusion of proceedings; and exorbitant fines.
Mass arrests, interrogations and collecting of information – these are an integral part of the control Israel wields over the Palestinians. Many of the arrests are another means whereby Israel attempts, systematically, to undermine and unravel the Palestinian social fabric in order to weaken its ability to withstand and defy the occupation.
When the detainees are minors, their jailers have a greater ability – with the help of a few slaps, painful positions during questioning and psychological pressure – to extract false incriminations and exaggerated, boastful descriptions of events from them. It is easy to manipulate and break them.
Among themselves the Palestinians are debating participation of minors in protest activities against the occupation. The ethos of the struggle is dear to them, and the loathing of the occupation runs too deep for this debate to be conducted in public, but the high price that is being paid by minors and their families is clear to everyone.
It is too early to say if a post like Yoav Mordechai’s will encourage the debate and whether it will be taken into the public domain or strengthen the position of those who say that Israel stops at nothing in order to oppress and therefore youngsters should not be denied their right to revolt.
On Thursday morning, several armored Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, carried out a limited invasion into Palestinian lands, southeast of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said the military vehicles left the Sofa army base, across the border fence, and invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Fakhari town, northeast of Khan Younis, and started bulldozing sections near the fence.
They added that the soldiers fired many rounds of live ammunition, while military drones flew overhead.
The Israeli army carries out frequent invasion into Palestinian lands near the border fence, placed sand hills and bulldozes sections near the border fence, an issue that prevents the farmers from entering these areas, or even approach them.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, north of Gaza city, forcing the fishermen back to shore without being able to fish and provided for their families.
Eyewitnesses said the military vehicles left the Sofa army base, across the border fence, and invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Fakhari town, northeast of Khan Younis, and started bulldozing sections near the fence.
They added that the soldiers fired many rounds of live ammunition, while military drones flew overhead.
The Israeli army carries out frequent invasion into Palestinian lands near the border fence, placed sand hills and bulldozes sections near the border fence, an issue that prevents the farmers from entering these areas, or even approach them.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, north of Gaza city, forcing the fishermen back to shore without being able to fish and provided for their families.
28 feb 2018
Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning during clashes at al-Amari refugee camp, southwest of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two Palestinians were admitted to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah after they sustained injuries from live bullets.
One protester was injured in the upper abdomen and will undergo an urgent surgery, and the other was injured in the ankle.
Israeli soldiers raided the camp at daybreak to arrest anti-occupation protesters when the clashes broke out. Three Palestinians were detained.
At the same time, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian schoolchildren south of al-Khalil province with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
A number of school children received field treatment while several others were rushed to Mohamed Ali al-Mohtasib local hospital.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two Palestinians were admitted to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah after they sustained injuries from live bullets.
One protester was injured in the upper abdomen and will undergo an urgent surgery, and the other was injured in the ankle.
Israeli soldiers raided the camp at daybreak to arrest anti-occupation protesters when the clashes broke out. Three Palestinians were detained.
At the same time, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian schoolchildren south of al-Khalil province with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
A number of school children received field treatment while several others were rushed to Mohamed Ali al-Mohtasib local hospital.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Wednesday between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Nablus city after hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the area of Joseph’s Tomb to perform rituals.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops entered the eastern district of Nablus aboard military vehicles and on foot before midnight on Tuesday to secure its streets for the arrival of settlers.
However, dozens of local young men were able to close roads leading to Joseph’s Tomb with burning tires and hurl stones at soldiers, who spread through different streets and at junctions.
Eyewitnesses said that skirmishes took place on the streets of Amman and al-Quds and at the entrance of Balata refugee camp, where soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas and stun grenades at the young men to disperse them.
Consequently, scores of young men suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
Israeli troops and settlers storm every week the eastern area of Nablus to perform rituals at the tomb, which they claim to be the resting-place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, while locals and Palestinian historians affirm that the grave belongs to a local medieval Muslim Sheikh called Yousef al-Duwaik.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops entered the eastern district of Nablus aboard military vehicles and on foot before midnight on Tuesday to secure its streets for the arrival of settlers.
However, dozens of local young men were able to close roads leading to Joseph’s Tomb with burning tires and hurl stones at soldiers, who spread through different streets and at junctions.
Eyewitnesses said that skirmishes took place on the streets of Amman and al-Quds and at the entrance of Balata refugee camp, where soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas and stun grenades at the young men to disperse them.
Consequently, scores of young men suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
Israeli troops and settlers storm every week the eastern area of Nablus to perform rituals at the tomb, which they claim to be the resting-place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, while locals and Palestinian historians affirm that the grave belongs to a local medieval Muslim Sheikh called Yousef al-Duwaik.
27 feb 2018
The Israeli occupation forces at nightfall Tuesday kidnapped a Palestinian boy after they aggressively beat him and left dozens of civilians injured in clashes rocking the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Israeli army patrols rolled into al-Harika al-Kasara area, near Kiryat Arba illegal settlement outpost, built on Palestinian lands east of al-Khalil, and attacked the Palestinian locals with randomly-discharged spates of bullet fire, teargas canisters, and toxic gas grenades, resulting in dozens of suffocation cases.
The clashes culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian boy Rani al-Rajabi after he fell unconscious as a result of the violent beating he had been made to endure by the occupation soldiers.
Israeli army patrols rolled into al-Harika al-Kasara area, near Kiryat Arba illegal settlement outpost, built on Palestinian lands east of al-Khalil, and attacked the Palestinian locals with randomly-discharged spates of bullet fire, teargas canisters, and toxic gas grenades, resulting in dozens of suffocation cases.
The clashes culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian boy Rani al-Rajabi after he fell unconscious as a result of the violent beating he had been made to endure by the occupation soldiers.
Clashes erupted on Tuesday morning between Palestinian citizens and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Jahir area west of Salfit.
Local sources reported that four Israeli patrols broke into a site where an artesian well is being dug in al-Jahir and combed the area.
The sources added that Palestinian youths threw stones at the IOF vehicles before they withdrew from the area with no injuries reported.
Without giving reasons, the Israeli forces launch raids into the same area on a regular basis.
Local sources reported that four Israeli patrols broke into a site where an artesian well is being dug in al-Jahir and combed the area.
The sources added that Palestinian youths threw stones at the IOF vehicles before they withdrew from the area with no injuries reported.
Without giving reasons, the Israeli forces launch raids into the same area on a regular basis.
Several Israeli bulldozers entered into the “buffer zone” along the northern Gaza border, on Monday morning, where they razed lands under heavy military protection.
Locals told Ma’an News Agency that four Israeli military bulldozers raided lands in the town of Beit Lahiya.
As the bulldozers razed and leveled lands, military drones reportedly flew overhead.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone,” which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for 10 years.
Locals told Ma’an News Agency that four Israeli military bulldozers raided lands in the town of Beit Lahiya.
As the bulldozers razed and leveled lands, military drones reportedly flew overhead.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone,” which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for 10 years.
26 feb 2018
Extremist Jewish settlers of Yitzhar settlement on Monday evening leveled Palestinian agricultural lands in Madama town south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli occupation forces stormed the southern area of the town and fired stun grenades at the Palestinian youths while offering protection for the attacking settlers.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli occupation forces stormed the southern area of the town and fired stun grenades at the Palestinian youths while offering protection for the attacking settlers.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance to Bediya town to the west of Salfit in the northern West Bank.
The IOF soldiers blocked traffic and gave expensive tickets to many Palestinian drivers.
Eyewitnesses said that many Palestinian drivers had to take long bypass roads in order to avoid receiving unaffordable traffic tickets.
The IOF soldiers blocked traffic and gave expensive tickets to many Palestinian drivers.
Eyewitnesses said that many Palestinian drivers had to take long bypass roads in order to avoid receiving unaffordable traffic tickets.
Clashes broke out on Monday evening between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) who raided Jayyous town east of Qalqilya.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the youth threw stones at IOF soldiers who were deployed in the town. The soldiers erected a barrier between Jayyous and Azzoun neighbor towns.
In a similar context, IOF troops erected a military checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road near the junction of Arrabah town to the south of Nablus city. The IOF blocked traffic and checked the IDs of Palestinians.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the youth threw stones at IOF soldiers who were deployed in the town. The soldiers erected a barrier between Jayyous and Azzoun neighbor towns.
In a similar context, IOF troops erected a military checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road near the junction of Arrabah town to the south of Nablus city. The IOF blocked traffic and checked the IDs of Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at noon, five young Palestinian men in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, bringing the number of abducted Palestinians since dawn hours to 24, including many children.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many several jeeps invaded Shu’fat refugee camp and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at many youngsters, who hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers abducted five young men and took them to an interrogation facility in the city.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many several jeeps invaded Shu’fat refugee camp and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at many youngsters, who hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers abducted five young men and took them to an interrogation facility in the city.