21 mar 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning banned Palestinian farmers from entering their farms in Madama town south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers prevented the farmers from approaching their lands, with an area estimated at ten dunums, and threatened them with shooting and arrest.
The eyewitnesses pointed out that the farms are located in Area B which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
However, the IOF banned the farmers from entering and plowing their agricultural lands disregard the fact that they had earlier coordinated with Israeli occupation authorities for accessing their farms securely.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers prevented the farmers from approaching their lands, with an area estimated at ten dunums, and threatened them with shooting and arrest.
The eyewitnesses pointed out that the farms are located in Area B which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
However, the IOF banned the farmers from entering and plowing their agricultural lands disregard the fact that they had earlier coordinated with Israeli occupation authorities for accessing their farms securely.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and shot two young men with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming into and violently searching Radwan family building.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes and detained many young men while interrogating them and investigating their ID cards.
Several young men then hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Furthermore, the soldiers took pictures of several homes and buildings in the town.
The army also installed many roadblocks in ‘Azzoun, searched many cars and investigated the ID cards of many Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming into and violently searching Radwan family building.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes and detained many young men while interrogating them and investigating their ID cards.
Several young men then hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Furthermore, the soldiers took pictures of several homes and buildings in the town.
The army also installed many roadblocks in ‘Azzoun, searched many cars and investigated the ID cards of many Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the al-Mughayer Palestinian village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before storming into a school, and a kindergarten, and injured eight, in addition to abducting three young men.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
As Palestinian children were heading to school on Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers entered the central occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, in the Ramallah district, injuring eight people with rubber-coated steel bullets while dozens of others, some kindergarten children, were suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces raided the village as students were heading to their schools, and local residents were heading to work.
Soldiers deployed at the village’s schools, kindergarten, local mosque, and several homes.
The soldiers’ presence prompted confrontations with local youth, who threw rocks while forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, causing many school children to be exposed to the gas on their way to school.
Eight locals were injured by rubber bullets, with one requiring hospitalization for light injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
WAFA reported that undercover Israeli soldiers also raided the local boys’ school, during which they beat 10 students and detained three of them.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released a statement saying that in 2017, at least 8,0279 Palestinian students and 4,929 teachers and school employees were subjected to attacks by Israeli forces.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces raided the village as students were heading to their schools, and local residents were heading to work.
Soldiers deployed at the village’s schools, kindergarten, local mosque, and several homes.
The soldiers’ presence prompted confrontations with local youth, who threw rocks while forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, causing many school children to be exposed to the gas on their way to school.
Eight locals were injured by rubber bullets, with one requiring hospitalization for light injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
WAFA reported that undercover Israeli soldiers also raided the local boys’ school, during which they beat 10 students and detained three of them.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released a statement saying that in 2017, at least 8,0279 Palestinian students and 4,929 teachers and school employees were subjected to attacks by Israeli forces.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
Israeli military vehicles on Wednesday morning launched incursions into different areas east of the Gaza Strip for the third time in 24 hours.
Local sources reported that six Israeli D9 bulldozers moved into Palestinian lands east of Gaza city and started leveling the area.
They added that several Israeli tanks were stationed near Nahal Oz site to provide protection to the bulldozers, while Israeli drones kept hovering over the territory.
A similar incursion was carried out east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Stip. Local sources said that six Israeli bulldozers rolled into Palestinian lands near Kissufim site and leveled them.
These incursions are another chain in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce deal struck in the wake of the 2014 offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that six Israeli D9 bulldozers moved into Palestinian lands east of Gaza city and started leveling the area.
They added that several Israeli tanks were stationed near Nahal Oz site to provide protection to the bulldozers, while Israeli drones kept hovering over the territory.
A similar incursion was carried out east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Stip. Local sources said that six Israeli bulldozers rolled into Palestinian lands near Kissufim site and leveled them.
These incursions are another chain in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce deal struck in the wake of the 2014 offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped 35 Palestinian citizens in raid campaigns launched in the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mo’taz Okasha, Nablus.
- Nayef ash-Shami, Nablus.
- Ayman Abdul-Nasser Hdeib, Ein al-Sultan refugee camp – Jericho.
- Khaled Issa, al-Khader town – Bethlehem.
- Nafeth Ammar Abu Aisha, Hebron.
- Toqai Abboud Jawabra, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
- Islam Asafra, Beit Kahil – Hebron.
- Ahmad Khashan, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Dia’ Awwad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Salam al-Khalidi, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Moheisin, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Abdullah Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Bassem Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Fahed Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Maher ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hasan ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mahdi ad-Dhabit, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Sharha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Khalil ad-Dib’ey, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael Maz’arour, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hamza Taha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim Hamad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Anas Abu Sneina, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
20 mar 2018
Israeli soldiers continued, for the second day, live fire military training in Khirbat at-Tawil Palestinian village, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
The training started on Monday evening, after the soldiers invaded Palestinian lands, installed military tents, before and initiating live fire training maneuvers.
Yousef Deeriyya, a member of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, said the soldiers did not inform the Palestinians about the drills, or even the period they would take.
He added that the army considers the area as a “military zone” meant for live fire training, and frequently carries out drills among the homes, and on Palestinian lands, especially during night hours.
Deeriyya further stated that the soldiers conduct frequent training in the area, and leave massive destruction before they withdraw, to force the Palestinians to leave their lands.
In January, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during “military training” near Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
In several incidents, many Palestinians, including children, were injured and even killed, when explosives dropped by the soldiers during training went off near them.
The training started on Monday evening, after the soldiers invaded Palestinian lands, installed military tents, before and initiating live fire training maneuvers.
Yousef Deeriyya, a member of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, said the soldiers did not inform the Palestinians about the drills, or even the period they would take.
He added that the army considers the area as a “military zone” meant for live fire training, and frequently carries out drills among the homes, and on Palestinian lands, especially during night hours.
Deeriyya further stated that the soldiers conduct frequent training in the area, and leave massive destruction before they withdraw, to force the Palestinians to leave their lands.
In January, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during “military training” near Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
In several incidents, many Palestinians, including children, were injured and even killed, when explosives dropped by the soldiers during training went off near them.
Israeli soldiers fired, on Tuesday morning, many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and invaded farmlands in the area, in addition Beit Hanoun, to the northern part of the coastal region.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, driving an armored military jeep across the border fence, exited their vehicles, and fired many live rounds at the farmers, in the Sanati and al-Qarara areas, east of Khan Younis, forcing the Palestinians to leave their lands in fear of further escalation.
Furthermore, several armored vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded lands, east of Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, and bulldozed areas close to the fence, while military drones hovered overhead.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, driving an armored military jeep across the border fence, exited their vehicles, and fired many live rounds at the farmers, in the Sanati and al-Qarara areas, east of Khan Younis, forcing the Palestinians to leave their lands in fear of further escalation.
Furthermore, several armored vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded lands, east of Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, and bulldozed areas close to the fence, while military drones hovered overhead.
Israeli soldiers fired, on Tuesday morning, several gas bombs at schoolchildren, heading to their schools, in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday continued to carry out military drills in the mountainous area of al-Aqaba village in the northern Jordan Valley, destroying cultivated fields belonging to Palestinian farmers.
Chief of the village Sami Sadeq reported that the local farmers incurred more heavy losses after Israeli armored vehicles wreaked havoc on their agricultural lands.
He added that the Israeli army had been conducting drills for days in their area and its troops deliberately caused widespread damage to rain-fed crops.
Chief of the village Sami Sadeq reported that the local farmers incurred more heavy losses after Israeli armored vehicles wreaked havoc on their agricultural lands.
He added that the Israeli army had been conducting drills for days in their area and its troops deliberately caused widespread damage to rain-fed crops.
19 mar 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening shut down the entrance to al-Lebban al-Sharqiya town south of Nablus city and banned the inhabitants from entering or getting out of the town.
A local sources said that IOF soldiers fired sound bobs at the Palestinian cars in an attempt to make them return back to their homes.
Clashes then erupted in the town between the inhabitants and IOF troopers who fired tear gas grenades at the protesters. Many of the residents suffered from suffocation as a result.
A local sources said that IOF soldiers fired sound bobs at the Palestinian cars in an attempt to make them return back to their homes.
Clashes then erupted in the town between the inhabitants and IOF troopers who fired tear gas grenades at the protesters. Many of the residents suffered from suffocation as a result.
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday morning, many schoolchildren with gas bombs, in a secondary school in Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Media sources said the soldiers fired at least ten gas bombs into the school, an issue that forced the administration to close all its outer gates, to prevent the army from invading it.
They added that the soldiers had no reason for attacking the school, and that the army in constantly deployed around the school, in addition to conducting repeated provocative acts by the soldiers.
The school’s administration said the military’s constant presence in front of the school is causing more tension, endangering the lives of the students and threatening the flow of the educational process.
The soldiers constantly provoke the students, and search them, in addition to installing roadblocks near the school.
Media sources said the soldiers fired at least ten gas bombs into the school, an issue that forced the administration to close all its outer gates, to prevent the army from invading it.
They added that the soldiers had no reason for attacking the school, and that the army in constantly deployed around the school, in addition to conducting repeated provocative acts by the soldiers.
The school’s administration said the military’s constant presence in front of the school is causing more tension, endangering the lives of the students and threatening the flow of the educational process.
The soldiers constantly provoke the students, and search them, in addition to installing roadblocks near the school.
18 mar 2018
Israeli military bulldozers on Sunday morning moved into eastern Khan Younis province, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
A flock of four Israeli bulldozers stationed along Gaza borders moved 90 meters into the eastern corners of Absan al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis.
The Israeli bulldozers also leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
Israeli army vehicles and patrols showed up on the borderland to escort the bulldozers.
A flock of four Israeli bulldozers stationed along Gaza borders moved 90 meters into the eastern corners of Absan al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis.
The Israeli bulldozers also leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
Israeli army vehicles and patrols showed up on the borderland to escort the bulldozers.
Israeli warplanes at dawn Sunday bombed several sites and agricultural lands in different areas of the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza, more than 13 air-to-surface missiles hit training sites belonging to the Palestinian resistance as well as cultivated plots of land.
PIC reporters said there were intensive overflights in different areas of Gaza, adding that the resistance opened anti-aircraft fire at the warplanes.
Several homes near the bombed areas sustained some damage, with no reported casualties.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) in Gaza, more than 13 air-to-surface missiles hit training sites belonging to the Palestinian resistance as well as cultivated plots of land.
PIC reporters said there were intensive overflights in different areas of Gaza, adding that the resistance opened anti-aircraft fire at the warplanes.
Several homes near the bombed areas sustained some damage, with no reported casualties.
