22 may 2015
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Friday, a young man trying to cross a military roadblock, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and invaded various Palestinian communities Jenin and Hebron.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Khaled Beida, 22 years of age, while trying to cross the al-Jalama roadblock, north of Jenin.
The young man is from Jayyous village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, and Raba village, and drove around in the two communities before withdrawing later. No arrests were reported.
In related news, soldiers invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, broke into and violently searched at least one home.
Resident Rami al-Fallah stated that the soldiers thoroughly searched his home, causing excessive property damage.
A number of Israeli extremists also invaded neighborhoods in Hebron’s Old City, and marched proactively, before spraying a few Palestinians with pepper-spray.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Khaled Beida, 22 years of age, while trying to cross the al-Jalama roadblock, north of Jenin.
The young man is from Jayyous village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, and Raba village, and drove around in the two communities before withdrawing later. No arrests were reported.
In related news, soldiers invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, broke into and violently searched at least one home.
Resident Rami al-Fallah stated that the soldiers thoroughly searched his home, causing excessive property damage.
A number of Israeli extremists also invaded neighborhoods in Hebron’s Old City, and marched proactively, before spraying a few Palestinians with pepper-spray.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Friday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza City, causing significant property damage.
Eyewitnesses said the Navy fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at fishing boats less than four nautical miles off the Gaza shore. The fishers had to sail back to shore fearing additional Israeli escalation.
The Navy conducts daily assaults and violations against the Palestinian fishers, depriving them from providing livelihood to their families.
On Thursday evening, soldiers fired a number of firebombs into Palestinian farmlands, planted with wheat, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive damage but no injuries.
Eyewitnesses said the Navy fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at fishing boats less than four nautical miles off the Gaza shore. The fishers had to sail back to shore fearing additional Israeli escalation.
The Navy conducts daily assaults and violations against the Palestinian fishers, depriving them from providing livelihood to their families.
On Thursday evening, soldiers fired a number of firebombs into Palestinian farmlands, planted with wheat, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive damage but no injuries.
Israeli soldiers fired, on Thursday evening, a number of firebombs into Palestinian farmlands, planted with wheat, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Civil Defense office in Jabalia said the fire consumed around a Dunam (0.247 Acres) before firefighters managed to contain it.
It added that this Israeli violation was the fourth in 24 hours, targeting the eastern area of northern Gaza, especially around the Shuhada Graveyard, east of Jabalia.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive damage but no injuries.
On Wednesday morning, several Israeli military vehicles, and four armored bulldozers, carried out on a limited invasion into an area, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
The Civil Defense office in Jabalia said the fire consumed around a Dunam (0.247 Acres) before firefighters managed to contain it.
It added that this Israeli violation was the fourth in 24 hours, targeting the eastern area of northern Gaza, especially around the Shuhada Graveyard, east of Jabalia.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive damage but no injuries.
On Wednesday morning, several Israeli military vehicles, and four armored bulldozers, carried out on a limited invasion into an area, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
21 may 2015
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A Palestinian child was critically injured after Israeli forces shot him with a rubber-coated steel bullet near the Shu'fat refugee camp on Thursday, witnesses said.
Yahiya Sami al-Amoudi, age 10, was walking near a checkpoint by the occupied East Jerusalem refugee camp when he was shot by the bullet. He was taken to the Hadassa hospital in Ein Karem with a fractured skull, jaw and left ear, and had surgery to remove his left eye. The child's family said he was heading back home from school, when he was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his eye. A spokesman for Fateh Movement in the camp, Thaer Fasfous, condemned the targeting of children with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets. |
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld claimed that there were "disturbances" in the Shufat area after locals threw stones at municipality workers.
Israeli border police used "non-lethal" weapons and a 10-year-old boy was moderately injured and taken to hospital, he added.
Palestinian kid seriously wounded by Israeli sniper
10-year-old Yahya Sami al-Amoudi, from the Shua’fat refugee camp, sustained on Thursday serious eye injuries after he was shot by an Israeli occupation sniper.
Eye-witnesses said an Israeli sniper targeted a group of Palestinian schoolchildren, on their way back home, with randomly-shot barrages of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. The child Yahya al-Amoudi sustained critical eye injuries in the shooting.
The casualty was rushed by the Red Crescent ambulance to the Hadasah Ein Kerem hospital to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
Head of the ambulance department at the Red Crescent, Amin Abu Ghazala, said the eye injuries resulted in critical brain concussions.
The child’s family said their son fell into a coma and the rubber bullet has not been taken out of his eye yet.
Spokesperson for Fatah Movement at the Shua’fat refugee camp, Thaer al-Fasfous, slammed Israeli snipers for targeting children without reason.
He said live video shots corroborate the deliberate shooting, without any prior notifications whatsoever, of some 50 Palestinian schoolchildren as they went out of a bus.
Yahya’s case is the third of its kind in a month’s time. Earlier, Israeli sniper bullets took away the eye of the 12-year-old Yahya al-Jawalani and left the nine-year-old Noureddine Osama Mohamed Ali with serious thigh strains.
(19 may 2015)
IDF to use 'more humane' non-lethal ammunition
After extensive testing, military approves use of rubber bullets in the West Bank by specially authorized units to disperse riots.
The IDF will soon introduce a new means for riot dispersal. Following a series of experiments recently performed by the military, the use of non-lethal ammunition has been approved as a method to avoid escalations of violence.
An Army officer told Ynet that the rubber bullet "is considered a more humane weapon".
The military has considered using the non-lethal method in the West Bank that is already used by Israeli police, but doubts regarding its lethality prevented its use. Controversy over the issue arose after the death of 16-year-old Mohammed Sinokrot in East Jerusalem last year, whose relatives claimed he was struck by a police rubber bullet.
The tens of thousands of rubber bullets purchased by the IDF are intended for use by the Judea and Samaria Division, and will be deployed in the upcoming weeks, initially as a pilot program for border guard units. Another change in crowd control measures used by IDF is the Ruger firearm, which specially authorized units can use to fire small lead projectiles into the lower body of a central instigator.
The rubber bullets to be used by the IDF will have a diameter of 40 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). Like the Ruger, units will require special authorization to use them. The minimum distance from a demonstrator must be seven meters (about 23 feet), with a range of a few dozen meters.
Israeli border police used "non-lethal" weapons and a 10-year-old boy was moderately injured and taken to hospital, he added.
Palestinian kid seriously wounded by Israeli sniper
10-year-old Yahya Sami al-Amoudi, from the Shua’fat refugee camp, sustained on Thursday serious eye injuries after he was shot by an Israeli occupation sniper.
Eye-witnesses said an Israeli sniper targeted a group of Palestinian schoolchildren, on their way back home, with randomly-shot barrages of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. The child Yahya al-Amoudi sustained critical eye injuries in the shooting.
The casualty was rushed by the Red Crescent ambulance to the Hadasah Ein Kerem hospital to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
Head of the ambulance department at the Red Crescent, Amin Abu Ghazala, said the eye injuries resulted in critical brain concussions.
The child’s family said their son fell into a coma and the rubber bullet has not been taken out of his eye yet.
Spokesperson for Fatah Movement at the Shua’fat refugee camp, Thaer al-Fasfous, slammed Israeli snipers for targeting children without reason.
He said live video shots corroborate the deliberate shooting, without any prior notifications whatsoever, of some 50 Palestinian schoolchildren as they went out of a bus.
Yahya’s case is the third of its kind in a month’s time. Earlier, Israeli sniper bullets took away the eye of the 12-year-old Yahya al-Jawalani and left the nine-year-old Noureddine Osama Mohamed Ali with serious thigh strains.
(19 may 2015)
IDF to use 'more humane' non-lethal ammunition
After extensive testing, military approves use of rubber bullets in the West Bank by specially authorized units to disperse riots.
The IDF will soon introduce a new means for riot dispersal. Following a series of experiments recently performed by the military, the use of non-lethal ammunition has been approved as a method to avoid escalations of violence.
An Army officer told Ynet that the rubber bullet "is considered a more humane weapon".
The military has considered using the non-lethal method in the West Bank that is already used by Israeli police, but doubts regarding its lethality prevented its use. Controversy over the issue arose after the death of 16-year-old Mohammed Sinokrot in East Jerusalem last year, whose relatives claimed he was struck by a police rubber bullet.
The tens of thousands of rubber bullets purchased by the IDF are intended for use by the Judea and Samaria Division, and will be deployed in the upcoming weeks, initially as a pilot program for border guard units. Another change in crowd control measures used by IDF is the Ruger firearm, which specially authorized units can use to fire small lead projectiles into the lower body of a central instigator.
The rubber bullets to be used by the IDF will have a diameter of 40 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). Like the Ruger, units will require special authorization to use them. The minimum distance from a demonstrator must be seven meters (about 23 feet), with a range of a few dozen meters.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have sealed off the main entrances to southern Nablus, in the northern West Bank, on accounts of providing a tight security shield for Israeli settlers.
Member of the Madama village council Bahjat Ziada said the IOF have since Wednesday afternoon been blocking Palestinians access out of and into Nablus’ villages of Madama and Burin. A military checkpoint was pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the villages allegedly to provide security for Israeli settlers passing through the area.
The IOF have also reportedly been closing the Hawara checkpoint for varying periods of time after hordes of Israeli fanatics joined marches staged in illegal settlement outposts in southern Nablus.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli occupation troops rolled into Nablus’ Burin and set up a makeshift roadblock at its crossroads, denying Palestinians entry into and exit from the area.
Dozens of Israeli extremist settlers also partook in a march on the Yitzhar bypass under the pretext that Molotov Cocktails were hurled at settler cars.
Meanwhile, eye-witnesses said a bench of Israeli vandals set up a tent and a makeshift caravan on a hill in Burin, raising concerns over Israeli intents to set the stage for the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only lands.
Overnight Wednesday the IOF pitched a flying checkpoint at the entrance to Deir Sharaf village, west of Nablus, where Palestinian vehicles and passers-by were meticulously inspected, resulting in traffic congestion.
Member of the Madama village council Bahjat Ziada said the IOF have since Wednesday afternoon been blocking Palestinians access out of and into Nablus’ villages of Madama and Burin. A military checkpoint was pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the villages allegedly to provide security for Israeli settlers passing through the area.
The IOF have also reportedly been closing the Hawara checkpoint for varying periods of time after hordes of Israeli fanatics joined marches staged in illegal settlement outposts in southern Nablus.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli occupation troops rolled into Nablus’ Burin and set up a makeshift roadblock at its crossroads, denying Palestinians entry into and exit from the area.
Dozens of Israeli extremist settlers also partook in a march on the Yitzhar bypass under the pretext that Molotov Cocktails were hurled at settler cars.
Meanwhile, eye-witnesses said a bench of Israeli vandals set up a tent and a makeshift caravan on a hill in Burin, raising concerns over Israeli intents to set the stage for the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only lands.
Overnight Wednesday the IOF pitched a flying checkpoint at the entrance to Deir Sharaf village, west of Nablus, where Palestinian vehicles and passers-by were meticulously inspected, resulting in traffic congestion.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed different neighborhoods in al-Khalil, while Palestinian Authority (PA) forces retreated to its headquarters on Thursday.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers in four military vehicles raided four districts in the city, roamed the streets and questioned a number of Palestinian youths. No arrests were carried out.
The PA security forces, however, retreated to its headquarters and nearby streets as they are very active in chasing Palestinians as well, the sources revealed.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers in four military vehicles raided four districts in the city, roamed the streets and questioned a number of Palestinian youths. No arrests were carried out.
The PA security forces, however, retreated to its headquarters and nearby streets as they are very active in chasing Palestinians as well, the sources revealed.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army searched dozens of homes. Israeli settlers attack a man in Hebron, while navy ships open fire on fishing boats in Gaza.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the army invaded the Jenin refugee camp, Qabatia town, and Deir Abu Da’if village, violently searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Ahmad Nazzal from Qabatia, Anas Issa Yassin, Farid Ali Yassin and Mohammad Ziad Sa’adi, from Deir Abu Da’if, and Abed Fadel Jad’oun from the Jenin refugee camp. The kidnapped are all in their twenties.
Soldiers also invaded the home of former political prisoner Ghassan Sa’adi, in Jenin refugee camp, and searched it.
In addition, soldiers invaded ‘Aseera Ash-Shemaliyya town, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mafdi Mohammad ash-Shouli and Bassam Misbah.
The army also invaded various Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped two brothers identified as Ahmad and Yousef Da’ajna from Yatta town.
Local sources in Hebron city said the soldiers invaded Jabal ar-Rahma area, and stormed one home, while fanatic Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian identified as Arafat Shaher al-Fakhoury, near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli military ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive property damage but no injuries.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the army invaded the Jenin refugee camp, Qabatia town, and Deir Abu Da’if village, violently searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Ahmad Nazzal from Qabatia, Anas Issa Yassin, Farid Ali Yassin and Mohammad Ziad Sa’adi, from Deir Abu Da’if, and Abed Fadel Jad’oun from the Jenin refugee camp. The kidnapped are all in their twenties.
Soldiers also invaded the home of former political prisoner Ghassan Sa’adi, in Jenin refugee camp, and searched it.
In addition, soldiers invaded ‘Aseera Ash-Shemaliyya town, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mafdi Mohammad ash-Shouli and Bassam Misbah.
The army also invaded various Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped two brothers identified as Ahmad and Yousef Da’ajna from Yatta town.
Local sources in Hebron city said the soldiers invaded Jabal ar-Rahma area, and stormed one home, while fanatic Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian identified as Arafat Shaher al-Fakhoury, near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli military ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in the al-Waha and as-Sudaniyya areas, in Gaza, causing excessive property damage but no injuries.
20 may 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) set up on Wednesday morning dozens of military tents in Aqraba town in southern Nablus.
Member of the Popular Committee against settlement in Aqraba Yusuf Dairya told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected 50 military tents to the east of the town.
He opined that the tents are probably going to be used in conducting military drills in the area over fertile agricultural lands which would be threatened of great damage.
Two weeks ago, military drills were carried out by IOF soldiers in al-Tawil hamlet in Aqraba town and caused great losses to Palestinian agricultural lands.
Member of the Popular Committee against settlement in Aqraba Yusuf Dairya told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected 50 military tents to the east of the town.
He opined that the tents are probably going to be used in conducting military drills in the area over fertile agricultural lands which would be threatened of great damage.
Two weeks ago, military drills were carried out by IOF soldiers in al-Tawil hamlet in Aqraba town and caused great losses to Palestinian agricultural lands.
Israeli Navy Forces opened their heavy machine gun fire at late hours Tuesday towards Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza Sea. No injuries were reported during the attack.
Local sources told Quds Press that that Israeli war boats targeted overnight Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shores.
The heavy Israeli fire forced the Palestinian fishermen to flee and leave the sea, the sources added.
Israel’s attacks against Palestinian fishermen, who do not pose any threat to Israeli soldiers, in the Gaza Strip constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, relevant to the protection of the civilian population and respect for its rights, including every person’s right to work, and the right to life, liberty and security of person, as codified in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), despite the fact that Israel is a State Party to the Covenant.
Local sources told Quds Press that that Israeli war boats targeted overnight Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shores.
The heavy Israeli fire forced the Palestinian fishermen to flee and leave the sea, the sources added.
Israel’s attacks against Palestinian fishermen, who do not pose any threat to Israeli soldiers, in the Gaza Strip constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, relevant to the protection of the civilian population and respect for its rights, including every person’s right to work, and the right to life, liberty and security of person, as codified in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), despite the fact that Israel is a State Party to the Covenant.
Two children injured in an explosion in Gaza
Several Israeli military vehicles, and four armored bulldozers, carried out on Wednesday morning a limited invasion into an area, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
Media sources said armored vehicles and bulldozers advanced from the Kissufim military base, across the border fence, while Israeli drones flew overhead.
The soldiers advanced a few dozen meters into Palestinian agricultural lands, and withdraw later.
The army conducts frequent limited invasions into border areas in the besieged coastal region, and repeatedly bulldozes farmlands, while navy ships conduct repeated attacks against Palestinian fishers in Gaza territorial waters.
In related news, medical sources said two children were injured, on Wednesday at dawn, in an explosion that took place near the Al-Andalus towers.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene, while the police initiated an investigation into the incident.
Israeli occupation army rolls into central Gaza
The Israeli occupation army forces on early Wednesday morning rolled into the central Gaza Strip, amid heavy discharge of gunfire.
An on-the-spot observer working for the Quds Press said four Israeli bulldozers and a military jeep stationed at the Kisovim military post, northeast of Khan Younis, moved some 100 meters into eastern Deir al-Balah city, in central Gaza while warplanes roared over the Strip’s sky.
Heavy barrages of gunfire were randomly unleashed throughout the incursion while Israeli warplanes whooshed over the blockaded coastal enclave, the field observer added.
Several Israeli military vehicles, and four armored bulldozers, carried out on Wednesday morning a limited invasion into an area, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
Media sources said armored vehicles and bulldozers advanced from the Kissufim military base, across the border fence, while Israeli drones flew overhead.
The soldiers advanced a few dozen meters into Palestinian agricultural lands, and withdraw later.
The army conducts frequent limited invasions into border areas in the besieged coastal region, and repeatedly bulldozes farmlands, while navy ships conduct repeated attacks against Palestinian fishers in Gaza territorial waters.
In related news, medical sources said two children were injured, on Wednesday at dawn, in an explosion that took place near the Al-Andalus towers.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene, while the police initiated an investigation into the incident.
Israeli occupation army rolls into central Gaza
The Israeli occupation army forces on early Wednesday morning rolled into the central Gaza Strip, amid heavy discharge of gunfire.
An on-the-spot observer working for the Quds Press said four Israeli bulldozers and a military jeep stationed at the Kisovim military post, northeast of Khan Younis, moved some 100 meters into eastern Deir al-Balah city, in central Gaza while warplanes roared over the Strip’s sky.
Heavy barrages of gunfire were randomly unleashed throughout the incursion while Israeli warplanes whooshed over the blockaded coastal enclave, the field observer added.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday stormed the northern West Bank city of Jenin, ravaged Palestinian family homes, and assaulted a number of civilians.
Local sources said six Israeli army patrols rolled into Raba town, east of Jenin, at the crack of dawn and scoured the family homes of the Palestinian citizen Adnan Faez Bzour shortly before they interrogated the inhabitants and forced them out of their own house.
The IOF troops further broke into Al-Zababda town, in the city, and cordoned off the vicinities of the Arab American University moments before they moved into the nearby al-Mugheir village and pitched a military roadblock at its main entrance.
Local sources said six Israeli army patrols rolled into Raba town, east of Jenin, at the crack of dawn and scoured the family homes of the Palestinian citizen Adnan Faez Bzour shortly before they interrogated the inhabitants and forced them out of their own house.
The IOF troops further broke into Al-Zababda town, in the city, and cordoned off the vicinities of the Arab American University moments before they moved into the nearby al-Mugheir village and pitched a military roadblock at its main entrance.
19 may 2015
A Palestinian young man was injured Tuesday due to an explosion of a bomb during extinction of fire caused by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in northern Jordan Valley in the morning.
Local official sources said that the 24-year-old man called Ali Kaabneh, from Wadi al-Maleh Bedouin neighborhood, was wounded by a bomb of the remnants of the IOF military drills in the area.
The young man was injured directly in the head and was transferred by an Israeli chopper to Afoleh Hospital, the sources added.
In a press statement on Tuesday, the official of Northern Jordan Valley Mutaz Bsharat said the IOF carried out, in the morning hours, military drills in the area which led to two fires that burnt 700 dunums of Palestinian lands.
In the same context, a third fire spread near Wadi al-Maleh and burned 2000 dunums of pastoral lands.
Local official sources said that the 24-year-old man called Ali Kaabneh, from Wadi al-Maleh Bedouin neighborhood, was wounded by a bomb of the remnants of the IOF military drills in the area.
The young man was injured directly in the head and was transferred by an Israeli chopper to Afoleh Hospital, the sources added.
In a press statement on Tuesday, the official of Northern Jordan Valley Mutaz Bsharat said the IOF carried out, in the morning hours, military drills in the area which led to two fires that burnt 700 dunums of Palestinian lands.
In the same context, a third fire spread near Wadi al-Maleh and burned 2000 dunums of pastoral lands.
Non-lethal ammunition used by the IDF
After extensive testing, military approves use of rubber bullets in the West Bank by specially authorized units to disperse riots.
The IDF will soon introduce a new means for riot dispersal. Following a series of experiments recently performed by the military, the use of non-lethal ammunition has been approved as a method to avoid escalations of violence.
An Army officer told Ynet that the rubber bullet "is considered a more humane weapon".
The military has considered using the non-lethal method in the West Bank that is already used by Israeli police, but doubts regarding its lethality prevented its use.
After extensive testing, military approves use of rubber bullets in the West Bank by specially authorized units to disperse riots.
The IDF will soon introduce a new means for riot dispersal. Following a series of experiments recently performed by the military, the use of non-lethal ammunition has been approved as a method to avoid escalations of violence.
An Army officer told Ynet that the rubber bullet "is considered a more humane weapon".
The military has considered using the non-lethal method in the West Bank that is already used by Israeli police, but doubts regarding its lethality prevented its use.
Controversy over the issue arose after the death of 16-year-old Mohammed Sinokrot in East Jerusalem last year, whose relatives claimed he was struck by a police rubber bullet.
The tens of thousands of rubber bullets purchased by the IDF are intended for use by the Judea and Samaria Division, and will be deployed in the upcoming weeks, initially as a pilot program for border guard units. Another change in crowd control measures used by IDF is the Ruger firearm, which specially authorized units can use to fire small lead projectiles into the lower body of a central instigator.
The rubber bullets to be used by the IDF will have a diameter of 40 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). Like the Ruger, units will require special authorization to use them. The minimum distance from a demonstrator must be seven meters (about 23 feet), with a range of a few dozen meters.
The tens of thousands of rubber bullets purchased by the IDF are intended for use by the Judea and Samaria Division, and will be deployed in the upcoming weeks, initially as a pilot program for border guard units. Another change in crowd control measures used by IDF is the Ruger firearm, which specially authorized units can use to fire small lead projectiles into the lower body of a central instigator.
The rubber bullets to be used by the IDF will have a diameter of 40 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). Like the Ruger, units will require special authorization to use them. The minimum distance from a demonstrator must be seven meters (about 23 feet), with a range of a few dozen meters.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) burned Tuesday morning pastoral lands in Atouf town near Tubas and prevented putting fire down, local sources revealed.
The village council’s president Bashar Bani Odeh said, in a press statement, the IOF soldiers burned pastoral lands in the vicinity of one of the Israeli nearby military camps, but the flames spread to the adjacent Palestinian pastorals which immediately caught on fire, Bani Odeh said.
He added that the Palestinian civil defense were unable to approach the fire locations due to rough roads and the IOF soldiers barred the Palestinians from putting fire down using simple tools.
Bani Odeh pointed out that the spreading fires approached the housing areas after burning hundreds of dunums of Palestinian pastoral lands.
The IOF has almost turned the lands in Northern Jordan Valley into military drills zones which resulted in great damage to the farms and pastoral lands in addition to dangerous remnants of military drills.
The village council’s president Bashar Bani Odeh said, in a press statement, the IOF soldiers burned pastoral lands in the vicinity of one of the Israeli nearby military camps, but the flames spread to the adjacent Palestinian pastorals which immediately caught on fire, Bani Odeh said.
He added that the Palestinian civil defense were unable to approach the fire locations due to rough roads and the IOF soldiers barred the Palestinians from putting fire down using simple tools.
Bani Odeh pointed out that the spreading fires approached the housing areas after burning hundreds of dunums of Palestinian pastoral lands.
The IOF has almost turned the lands in Northern Jordan Valley into military drills zones which resulted in great damage to the farms and pastoral lands in addition to dangerous remnants of military drills.
