19 mar 2020
Israeli forces detained today six Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.
Israeli forces detained three young Palestinians after storming the houses of their families in Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, they said.
The raid triggered confrontations during which soldiers fired teargas and concussion bombs towards the stone-throwing youths.
No injuries were reported though.
The raid into Bethlehem came as the district is placed under complete lockdown and nighttime curfew as part of the precautionary measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, an Israeli army force raided Hebron city and detained one Palestinian.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli military stormed Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, where soldiers detained one person.
Soldiers conducted a similar predawn raid in Qalqilia city, resulting in the detention of another.
Israeli forces detained three young Palestinians after storming the houses of their families in Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, they said.
The raid triggered confrontations during which soldiers fired teargas and concussion bombs towards the stone-throwing youths.
No injuries were reported though.
The raid into Bethlehem came as the district is placed under complete lockdown and nighttime curfew as part of the precautionary measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, an Israeli army force raided Hebron city and detained one Palestinian.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli military stormed Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, where soldiers detained one person.
Soldiers conducted a similar predawn raid in Qalqilia city, resulting in the detention of another.
A Palestinian farmer on Thursday morning suffered a bullet injury as he was working his land in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to media sources, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at a group of farmers in an agricultural area in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza, wounding one of them.
The victim was moderately wounded and rushed to the Indonesia Hospital for medical assistance.
Despite the renewed ceasefire understandings over Gaza, the Israeli occupation army keeps targeting — sometimes injuring and killing — civilians, farmers and fishermen almost on a daily basis.
According to media sources, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at a group of farmers in an agricultural area in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza, wounding one of them.
The victim was moderately wounded and rushed to the Indonesia Hospital for medical assistance.
Despite the renewed ceasefire understandings over Gaza, the Israeli occupation army keeps targeting — sometimes injuring and killing — civilians, farmers and fishermen almost on a daily basis.
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated late last night from teargas inhalation during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, according to witnesses. video
They said that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood, stopped Palestinian youths while walking in the streets, and stopped and searched dozens of vehicles before they randomly lunched teargas and stun grenades at peoples’ homes.
They added that Israeli forces broke into homes, assaulted residents and arrested a Palestinian youth.
The neighborhood has been subjected to constant assault by the Israeli forces because its residents keep protesting Israeli occupation measures against them.
They said that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood, stopped Palestinian youths while walking in the streets, and stopped and searched dozens of vehicles before they randomly lunched teargas and stun grenades at peoples’ homes.
They added that Israeli forces broke into homes, assaulted residents and arrested a Palestinian youth.
The neighborhood has been subjected to constant assault by the Israeli forces because its residents keep protesting Israeli occupation measures against them.
17 mar 2020
Fierce clashes flared up on Monday evening between Palestinian citizens and Israeli settlers after the latter attacked Palestinian houses in Burin village in Nablus district, north of the West Bank.
Local sources said that a group of Palestinian youths rushed to defend the targeted homes and managed to fend off the attack, which sparked clashes with the settlers.
Israeli occupation forces provided protection to the settlers as they withdrew, heavily firing tear gas grenades at the Palestinian residents of Burin.
A number of citizens choked on tear gas and were treated in the field, local sources reported.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is witnessed on a regular basis in Burin and other villages in southern Nablus.
Local sources said that a group of Palestinian youths rushed to defend the targeted homes and managed to fend off the attack, which sparked clashes with the settlers.
Israeli occupation forces provided protection to the settlers as they withdrew, heavily firing tear gas grenades at the Palestinian residents of Burin.
A number of citizens choked on tear gas and were treated in the field, local sources reported.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is witnessed on a regular basis in Burin and other villages in southern Nablus.
A Palestinian boy was wounded when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at Palestinian citizens on Monday evening in Qalqilya district, north of the West Bank.
Local sources said a Palestinian boy was moderately injured when violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian citizens and IOF soldiers south of Qalqilya City.
The boy suffered a bullet wound in the leg as the IOF met the Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters, they added.
Local sources said a Palestinian boy was moderately injured when violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian citizens and IOF soldiers south of Qalqilya City.
The boy suffered a bullet wound in the leg as the IOF met the Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters, they added.
16 mar 2020
Adham al-Nabulsi
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday assaulted and kidnapped four Palestinian young men in different areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said IOF soldiers stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, raided Palestinian homes and arrested Karim Obeid and Majd Dari after violently beating them. video
A third Palestinian youth from Jerusalem identified as Adham al-Nabulsi was physically attacked and detained by the IOF near Hitta Gate in al-Aqsa Mosque area.
Local residents said that the IOF at dawn raided several neighborhoods in al-Isawiya and Silwan towns in Jerusalem and attacked Palestinian homes with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
Meanwhile in the West Bank district of Qalqilya, the IOF stopped a Palestinian vehicle at the northern entrance to Azzun town, forced a Palestinian young man out of it and assaulted him.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed yet, was later detained and transferred to an undeclared destination.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday assaulted and kidnapped four Palestinian young men in different areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said IOF soldiers stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, raided Palestinian homes and arrested Karim Obeid and Majd Dari after violently beating them. video
A third Palestinian youth from Jerusalem identified as Adham al-Nabulsi was physically attacked and detained by the IOF near Hitta Gate in al-Aqsa Mosque area.
Local residents said that the IOF at dawn raided several neighborhoods in al-Isawiya and Silwan towns in Jerusalem and attacked Palestinian homes with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
Meanwhile in the West Bank district of Qalqilya, the IOF stopped a Palestinian vehicle at the northern entrance to Azzun town, forced a Palestinian young man out of it and assaulted him.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed yet, was later detained and transferred to an undeclared destination.
15 mar 2020
A Palestinian young man suffered a shrapnel wound in his back, on Saturday, when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired towards a peaceful group, marching in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, a local official reported.
Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies, said Israeli soldiers opened fire at the participants, injuring one Palestinian man in the back with shrapnel from live ammunition, Days of Palestine reported.
Red Crescent ambulance crew stabilized the injured man before transporting him to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus city, located east of the town.
Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies, said Israeli soldiers opened fire at the participants, injuring one Palestinian man in the back with shrapnel from live ammunition, Days of Palestine reported.
Red Crescent ambulance crew stabilized the injured man before transporting him to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus city, located east of the town.
By Gideon Levy for Haaretz
They’re the best of our boys. One is a “musician from a good high school,” another a “boy scout” who majored in theater.” They’re the snipers who have shot thousands of unarmed protesters along the Gaza border fence.
In the Gaza Strip there are 8,000 permanently disabled young men as a result of the snipers’ actions. Some are leg amputees, and the shooters are very proud of that.
None of the snipers interviewed for Hilo Glazer’s frightening story in Haaretz (March 6) has any regrets. If they are feeling at all apologetic it’s because they didn’t spill more blood.
One was mocked in his battalion with “here comes the killer.” They all act like murderers. If their actions don’t show it – more than 200 dead as a result of them – then their statements prove that these young men have lost their moral compass.
They are lost.
They will go on to study, to have careers and to raise families – and will never recover from their blindness. They disabled their victims physically, but their own disabilities are more severe. Their souls were completely twisted.
They will never again be moral individuals. They are a danger to society. They lost their humanity, if they ever had it, on the shooting berms facing the Gaza Strip. They are the sons of our friends and the friends of our sons, the young people from the apartment across the hall. Look how they talk.
The soldiers’ talk we once knew – the collection of testimonies on the Six-Day War published in English as “The Seventh Day” – turned into the talk of butchers. Perhaps that’s for the best – we have spared ourselves some hypocrisy – but it’s hard not to be shocked at the depths to which we have sunk.
They recalled the number of knees they shot. “I brought in seven-eight knees in one day. Within a few hours, I almost broke his record.” “He got around 28 knees.”
They shot at unarmed young men and women who were trying in vain to struggle for their freedom, an issue that couldn’t be more just. “The regular scenario is supposed to be that you hit, break a bone – in the best case, break the kneecap – within a minute an ambulance comes to evacuate him, and after a week he gets a disability pension.”
Not enough for you?
“The objective is to cause the inciter minimal damage, so he will stop doing what he’s doing. So I, at least, would try to aim at a fattier place, in the muscle region.”
Still not enough?
“If you mistakenly hit the main artery of the thigh instead of the ankle, then either you intended to make a mistake or you shouldn’t be a sniper. There are snipers, not many, who ‘choose’ to make mistakes.”
They knew who they were facing. They don’t even refer to their victims as “terrorists,” only “inciters.” One compared them to members of a youth movement.
“Even if you don’t know their precise ‘ranks,’ you can tell by the charisma who the group leader is.”
They chose their victims by their charisma, with a sniper’s precision. Their “leadership aura” has destined young men to a life of disability in the cage that is Gaza.
But that was not enough. They become bloodthirsty as only young incited people can be. They wanted more blood, not just blood, a child’s blood. Not just a child’s blood, but in front of his family.
They’re the best of our boys. One is a “musician from a good high school,” another a “boy scout” who majored in theater.” They’re the snipers who have shot thousands of unarmed protesters along the Gaza border fence.
In the Gaza Strip there are 8,000 permanently disabled young men as a result of the snipers’ actions. Some are leg amputees, and the shooters are very proud of that.
None of the snipers interviewed for Hilo Glazer’s frightening story in Haaretz (March 6) has any regrets. If they are feeling at all apologetic it’s because they didn’t spill more blood.
One was mocked in his battalion with “here comes the killer.” They all act like murderers. If their actions don’t show it – more than 200 dead as a result of them – then their statements prove that these young men have lost their moral compass.
They are lost.
They will go on to study, to have careers and to raise families – and will never recover from their blindness. They disabled their victims physically, but their own disabilities are more severe. Their souls were completely twisted.
They will never again be moral individuals. They are a danger to society. They lost their humanity, if they ever had it, on the shooting berms facing the Gaza Strip. They are the sons of our friends and the friends of our sons, the young people from the apartment across the hall. Look how they talk.
The soldiers’ talk we once knew – the collection of testimonies on the Six-Day War published in English as “The Seventh Day” – turned into the talk of butchers. Perhaps that’s for the best – we have spared ourselves some hypocrisy – but it’s hard not to be shocked at the depths to which we have sunk.
They recalled the number of knees they shot. “I brought in seven-eight knees in one day. Within a few hours, I almost broke his record.” “He got around 28 knees.”
They shot at unarmed young men and women who were trying in vain to struggle for their freedom, an issue that couldn’t be more just. “The regular scenario is supposed to be that you hit, break a bone – in the best case, break the kneecap – within a minute an ambulance comes to evacuate him, and after a week he gets a disability pension.”
Not enough for you?
“The objective is to cause the inciter minimal damage, so he will stop doing what he’s doing. So I, at least, would try to aim at a fattier place, in the muscle region.”
Still not enough?
“If you mistakenly hit the main artery of the thigh instead of the ankle, then either you intended to make a mistake or you shouldn’t be a sniper. There are snipers, not many, who ‘choose’ to make mistakes.”
They knew who they were facing. They don’t even refer to their victims as “terrorists,” only “inciters.” One compared them to members of a youth movement.
“Even if you don’t know their precise ‘ranks,’ you can tell by the charisma who the group leader is.”
They chose their victims by their charisma, with a sniper’s precision. Their “leadership aura” has destined young men to a life of disability in the cage that is Gaza.
But that was not enough. They become bloodthirsty as only young incited people can be. They wanted more blood, not just blood, a child’s blood. Not just a child’s blood, but in front of his family.
