17 may 2016
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights warned of the continuous Israeli navy attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the sea of Gaza.
The Center denounced in a statement on Tuesday, the continuous attacks targeting Palestinian fishermen, calling on the international community to intervene to protect them and ensure their right to practice their profession, and stop all forms of collective punishment against them which are "contrary to the rules of international humanitarian law and International Human Rights Law."
The Center mentioned the attacks being systematically practiced against the fishermen, which resulted in the arrest of a number of them and confiscation and destruction of their boats.
It underlined that these assaults on Palestinian fishermen whether by shooting on them, arresting or damaging their equipment have become a daily policy of the Israeli occupation navy.
These attacks are added to a series of violations by the Israeli occupation forces of the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement between the Palestinian resistance and the IOF in August 2014.
The Center denounced in a statement on Tuesday, the continuous attacks targeting Palestinian fishermen, calling on the international community to intervene to protect them and ensure their right to practice their profession, and stop all forms of collective punishment against them which are "contrary to the rules of international humanitarian law and International Human Rights Law."
The Center mentioned the attacks being systematically practiced against the fishermen, which resulted in the arrest of a number of them and confiscation and destruction of their boats.
It underlined that these assaults on Palestinian fishermen whether by shooting on them, arresting or damaging their equipment have become a daily policy of the Israeli occupation navy.
These attacks are added to a series of violations by the Israeli occupation forces of the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement between the Palestinian resistance and the IOF in August 2014.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats, kidnapped two fishers, and confiscated their boat, before towing it to the Ashdod Port.
The Palestinian Fishers Syndicate said the two kidnapped fishers have been identified as Samer Zayed and his brother Ibrahim.
In related news, the army released eight fishers, who were among ten fishers kidnapped in Gaza territorial waters, northwest of Gaza city, on Sunday. The two other fishers remained held by Israel.
There are approximately 3500 fishers in the Gaza Strip; they own around 700 boats, and provide income to more than 70.000 Palestinians.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a statistical report, just a few days ago, documenting 47 Israeli attacks against the Palestinian fishers since the beginning of this year.
The attacks included 24 incidents of live navy fire against the fishers, leading to the injury of five of them, and the abduction of 35 others, in addition to the confiscation of nine boats.
The Palestinian Fishers Syndicate said the two kidnapped fishers have been identified as Samer Zayed and his brother Ibrahim.
In related news, the army released eight fishers, who were among ten fishers kidnapped in Gaza territorial waters, northwest of Gaza city, on Sunday. The two other fishers remained held by Israel.
There are approximately 3500 fishers in the Gaza Strip; they own around 700 boats, and provide income to more than 70.000 Palestinians.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a statistical report, just a few days ago, documenting 47 Israeli attacks against the Palestinian fishers since the beginning of this year.
The attacks included 24 incidents of live navy fire against the fishers, leading to the injury of five of them, and the abduction of 35 others, in addition to the confiscation of nine boats.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (PIC) arrested at dawn Tuesday MP Abdul Jaber Fuqaha of Hamas Movement’s parliamentary bloc after violently storming his house in Ramallah.
Family sources affirmed that the Palestinian lawmaker was severely beaten and brutally attacked during his arrest in front of his home as his wife and kids watched.
The Palestinian lawmaker Fuqaha spent more than six years in Israeli jails during five arrests.
He was released from his last arrest in April 2015. Palestinian lawmakers have been targeted since the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, scored a landslide victory in Palestinian elections in 2006.
Family sources affirmed that the Palestinian lawmaker was severely beaten and brutally attacked during his arrest in front of his home as his wife and kids watched.
The Palestinian lawmaker Fuqaha spent more than six years in Israeli jails during five arrests.
He was released from his last arrest in April 2015. Palestinian lawmakers have been targeted since the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, scored a landslide victory in Palestinian elections in 2006.
16 may 2016
The Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) stationed at Kissufim military site opened their machinegun fire Monday evening at Palestinian homes and farmers northeast of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that the Israeli shooting targeted the eastern outskirts of Qarara town northeast of Khan Younis. No injuries were initially reported. Meanwhile, four Israeli helicopters flew over Sufa military site south of Khan Younis amid unusual military vehicles movement at the site.
On the other hand, Israeli authorities released Monday morning ten Palestinian fishermen after being detained overnight off Beit Lahya shores north of Gaza Strip.
On Sunday evening, Israeli naval forces detained 10 Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip and confiscated their fishing boats. Local sources reported that Israeli gunboats intercepted Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the coast of Beit Lahya on Sunday and detained 10 fishermen, taking them to an unknown location.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Israeli navy detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats in 2015. The center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats.
"These attacks occurred at a time when the fishermen did not pose any threat to the Israeli naval forces, as they were doing their job to secure a living," the center said.
Local sources said that the Israeli shooting targeted the eastern outskirts of Qarara town northeast of Khan Younis. No injuries were initially reported. Meanwhile, four Israeli helicopters flew over Sufa military site south of Khan Younis amid unusual military vehicles movement at the site.
On the other hand, Israeli authorities released Monday morning ten Palestinian fishermen after being detained overnight off Beit Lahya shores north of Gaza Strip.
On Sunday evening, Israeli naval forces detained 10 Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip and confiscated their fishing boats. Local sources reported that Israeli gunboats intercepted Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the coast of Beit Lahya on Sunday and detained 10 fishermen, taking them to an unknown location.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Israeli navy detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats in 2015. The center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats.
"These attacks occurred at a time when the fishermen did not pose any threat to the Israeli naval forces, as they were doing their job to secure a living," the center said.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) set fire Monday afternoon to dozens of Palestinian-owned agricultural dunums planted with olive trees west of Ramallah.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces deliberately set fire to dozens of dunums in Badras town west of Ramallah, burning dozens of olive trees. Palestinian farmers were prevented from reaching their agricultural lands to put down the fire, the sources pointed out.
Two days ago, Israeli forces set fire to 8000 dunums of Palestinian-owned agricultural lands near Nejehot settlement illegally built west of Dura town in al-Khalil.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces deliberately set fire to dozens of dunums in Badras town west of Ramallah, burning dozens of olive trees. Palestinian farmers were prevented from reaching their agricultural lands to put down the fire, the sources pointed out.
Two days ago, Israeli forces set fire to 8000 dunums of Palestinian-owned agricultural lands near Nejehot settlement illegally built west of Dura town in al-Khalil.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday at night, that Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man with a rubber-coated steel in the head, in Abu al-Hummus area, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The sources said the man, Ahmad Omar Abu A’mar, 32, was shot while trying to enter Jerusalem, heading to his work, through Wadi Abu al-Hummus area, near the al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem.
He was suffered a moderate injury after a rubber-coated steel bullet struck him in the head, and was moved to the Beit Jamal governmental hospital for treatment.
Many Palestinian workers were recently injured in the same area, as the army frequently ambushes them while trying to enter Jerusalem to work, after Israel refused to grant them work permits in the occupied city, and other parts of the country.
The sources said the man, Ahmad Omar Abu A’mar, 32, was shot while trying to enter Jerusalem, heading to his work, through Wadi Abu al-Hummus area, near the al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem.
He was suffered a moderate injury after a rubber-coated steel bullet struck him in the head, and was moved to the Beit Jamal governmental hospital for treatment.
Many Palestinian workers were recently injured in the same area, as the army frequently ambushes them while trying to enter Jerusalem to work, after Israel refused to grant them work permits in the occupied city, and other parts of the country.
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fried on Monday morning, at several Palestinian farmers, in their lands, east of Gaza City.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence east of Gaza city, fired many live rounds into the lands, forcing the farmers to leave.
The attack is part of continuous violations targeting Gaza farmers and workers, in Palestinian lands close to the border fence, in addition to the ongoing violations against local fishers and their boats, in Gaza territorial waters.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed in the Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence east of Gaza city, fired many live rounds into the lands, forcing the farmers to leave.
The attack is part of continuous violations targeting Gaza farmers and workers, in Palestinian lands close to the border fence, in addition to the ongoing violations against local fishers and their boats, in Gaza territorial waters.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke into home of Palestinian MP Naser Abdul Jawad in Deir Ballout town west of Salfit city on Sunday.
The IOF stormed the home regardless of the fact that MP Abdul Jawad has been overseas for years.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the IOF soldiers stormed the town in several military jeeps and roamed its streets while deliberately provoking its residents.
The IOF stormed the home regardless of the fact that MP Abdul Jawad has been overseas for years.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the IOF soldiers stormed the town in several military jeeps and roamed its streets while deliberately provoking its residents.
The Israeli occupation navy on Sunday evening kidnapped 10 fishermen and confiscated two fishing boats off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip.
According to a local committee documenting violations against fishermen, Israeli gunboats chased two fishing boats and rounded up everyone aboard them before towing them to an undeclared place.
The committee identified the detainees as Jamil Adas, Adham Ashwah, Hasan Madi, Khaled Baker, and his brothers, Khamis and Ghaleb, as well as four others from the family of Baker.
In a related context, al-Mizan Center for Human Rights said that the Israeli navy has escalated its violations against Palestinian fishermen since April 3, 2016. Those violations included gunfire attacks, arrests and appropriation of fishing gear and boats.
According to a local committee documenting violations against fishermen, Israeli gunboats chased two fishing boats and rounded up everyone aboard them before towing them to an undeclared place.
The committee identified the detainees as Jamil Adas, Adham Ashwah, Hasan Madi, Khaled Baker, and his brothers, Khamis and Ghaleb, as well as four others from the family of Baker.
In a related context, al-Mizan Center for Human Rights said that the Israeli navy has escalated its violations against Palestinian fishermen since April 3, 2016. Those violations included gunfire attacks, arrests and appropriation of fishing gear and boats.
15 may 2016
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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) set fire to 8000 dunums of Palestinian-owned agricultural lands near Nejehot settlement illegally built west of Dura town in al-Khalil.
Israeli forces were deployed overnight in large numbers near the settlement and carried out search operations for “wanted persons” who were allegedly planning to storm the illegal settlement. During the search operation, IOF soldiers heavily fired flare bombs which led to the outbreak of fire in the neighboring agricultural lands. The PIC reporter said that thousands of dunums planted with olive, fig, grape, and almond trees were burnt since the early morning hours. Israeli forces prevented the Palestinian civil defense crews from reaching the area and confiscated a fire truck while trying to put down the fire. |
The fire reached a nearby house owned by Jadallah family. Fortunately, the civil defense crews managed to evacuate the family members. However, three citizens suffered breathing difficulties.
‘The Nakba continues': Israeli forces conduct multiple raids across the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces raided multiple neighborhoods across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, detaining at least three Palestinians, launching tear gas canisters and stun grenades, and setting fire to olive trees, as Palestinians around the world commemorated the 68th anniversary of the Nakba.
In the northern district of Qalqiliya, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation, and several trees caught fire when clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli forces in the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Coordinator for a popular resistance committee in the village Murad Shtewi said the Israeli army "turned Kafr Qaddum's sky into a cloud of poisonous gas" after firing tear gas heavily and randomly. Dozens of olive trees in the area caught fire from Israeli forces-fired tear gas and stun grenades.
Shtewi added that civil defense vehicles were prevented from reaching the fire because Israeli forces had closed the roads with dirt berms, forcing firefighters to walk up a hill to control the fire.
To the south in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, Israeli forces raided the downtown, al-Khila, and al-Thahir areas of the village of Beit Ummar, detaining one Palestinian.
Local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad said Israeli forces raided the house of Ibrahim Abd-al-Hamid Abu Maria, and detained his son Abd Nasir, 19.
In the southern district of Bethlehem, abnormally excessive use of force by Israeli forces was reported during an overnight raid in al-Azza refugee camp.
Locals reported a night of chaos marked by at least three explosions and two sets of exchange of fire while Israeli forces showered the camp with tear gas.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an Israeli forces detained two Palestinians near Bethlehem and one next to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight. She added she was looking into the reports of clashes in al-Azza and Kafr Qaddum.
Saturday night’s raids come as Palestinians around the world commemorated the 68th anniversary of the beginning of the Nakba, or catastrophe, when 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced during the creation of the state of Israel.
Many perceive the 1948 atrocities -- marked by the destruction of 531 Palestinian towns and villages as well as 33 massacres by Israel -- as just the beginning of a Nakba that has continued unabated to this day.
“Since 1948, Israel has employed deliberate and systematic acts of violence, colonialism, and destruction at the expense of the Palestinian people, their rights, lands, and resources,” Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said in a press release published Saturday titled, “The Nakba continues.”
Israel’s systematic dispossession and forced displacement of the Palestinian people entered a new era in 1967 when Israel illegally occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem, creating another 430,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the PLO.
The decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territory is marked by near-nightly raids by Israeli forces into Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, with more than 90 search and arrest operations conducted per week since the start of the year, according to UN documentation.
‘The Nakba continues': Israeli forces conduct multiple raids across the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces raided multiple neighborhoods across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, detaining at least three Palestinians, launching tear gas canisters and stun grenades, and setting fire to olive trees, as Palestinians around the world commemorated the 68th anniversary of the Nakba.
In the northern district of Qalqiliya, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation, and several trees caught fire when clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli forces in the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Coordinator for a popular resistance committee in the village Murad Shtewi said the Israeli army "turned Kafr Qaddum's sky into a cloud of poisonous gas" after firing tear gas heavily and randomly. Dozens of olive trees in the area caught fire from Israeli forces-fired tear gas and stun grenades.
Shtewi added that civil defense vehicles were prevented from reaching the fire because Israeli forces had closed the roads with dirt berms, forcing firefighters to walk up a hill to control the fire.
To the south in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, Israeli forces raided the downtown, al-Khila, and al-Thahir areas of the village of Beit Ummar, detaining one Palestinian.
Local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad said Israeli forces raided the house of Ibrahim Abd-al-Hamid Abu Maria, and detained his son Abd Nasir, 19.
In the southern district of Bethlehem, abnormally excessive use of force by Israeli forces was reported during an overnight raid in al-Azza refugee camp.
Locals reported a night of chaos marked by at least three explosions and two sets of exchange of fire while Israeli forces showered the camp with tear gas.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an Israeli forces detained two Palestinians near Bethlehem and one next to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight. She added she was looking into the reports of clashes in al-Azza and Kafr Qaddum.
Saturday night’s raids come as Palestinians around the world commemorated the 68th anniversary of the beginning of the Nakba, or catastrophe, when 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced during the creation of the state of Israel.
Many perceive the 1948 atrocities -- marked by the destruction of 531 Palestinian towns and villages as well as 33 massacres by Israel -- as just the beginning of a Nakba that has continued unabated to this day.
“Since 1948, Israel has employed deliberate and systematic acts of violence, colonialism, and destruction at the expense of the Palestinian people, their rights, lands, and resources,” Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said in a press release published Saturday titled, “The Nakba continues.”
Israel’s systematic dispossession and forced displacement of the Palestinian people entered a new era in 1967 when Israel illegally occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem, creating another 430,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the PLO.
The decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territory is marked by near-nightly raids by Israeli forces into Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, with more than 90 search and arrest operations conducted per week since the start of the year, according to UN documentation.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens on Sunday suffered from inhaling tear gas after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a festival in al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to the camp attacked a festival held by activists to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe).
They explained that the soldiers showered the hall, where the festival took place, with volleys of tear gas grenades, amid intensive gunfire.
Afterwards, the soldiers closed the northern entrance to the camp after dozens of attendees, including a girl child, suffocated by the gas smoke, according to the eyewitnesses.
Consequently, violent clashes broke out between local young men and soldiers at the entrance to the camp. In a separate incident on the same day, IOF soldiers quelled the "Train of Return" march organized in the afternoon in Bethlehem city to mark the Nakba Day.
The PIC reporter in the city said that Israeli troops fired a hail of tear gas grenades at the participants in the march upon their arrival at the northern entrance to Bethlehem. Several citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas.
"The Train of Return" was made by volunteers from the three refugee camps in Bethlehem city for the march. Demonstrators were waving both Palestinian and the black "right of return" flags and singing national songs while marching with the train through the city.
While most of the marchers stopped after they reached a main intersection in the city, more than one hundred others, along with the train, continued down the road to a military post that lies just behind Israel’s separation wall and clashed with IOF soldiers there.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to the camp attacked a festival held by activists to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe).
They explained that the soldiers showered the hall, where the festival took place, with volleys of tear gas grenades, amid intensive gunfire.
Afterwards, the soldiers closed the northern entrance to the camp after dozens of attendees, including a girl child, suffocated by the gas smoke, according to the eyewitnesses.
Consequently, violent clashes broke out between local young men and soldiers at the entrance to the camp. In a separate incident on the same day, IOF soldiers quelled the "Train of Return" march organized in the afternoon in Bethlehem city to mark the Nakba Day.
The PIC reporter in the city said that Israeli troops fired a hail of tear gas grenades at the participants in the march upon their arrival at the northern entrance to Bethlehem. Several citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas.
"The Train of Return" was made by volunteers from the three refugee camps in Bethlehem city for the march. Demonstrators were waving both Palestinian and the black "right of return" flags and singing national songs while marching with the train through the city.
While most of the marchers stopped after they reached a main intersection in the city, more than one hundred others, along with the train, continued down the road to a military post that lies just behind Israel’s separation wall and clashed with IOF soldiers there.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, searched a home and a clinic, before kidnapping an elderly Palestinian man whose son was taken prisoner a few days ago.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Daoud Ayyad, after invading his home, and violently searching it.
The soldiers also searched the dental clinic of Samer Ayyad, the son of Mahmoud, who was kidnapped by the army several days ago.
Eyewitnesses said the invasion led to clashes between the soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading forces, while the army fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In related news, the soldiers continued the siege on Hizma town, northeast of Jerusalem, for the fifth consecutive day, after closing all of its entrances with concrete blocks.
The soldiers also continued the violent invasions and searches of homes throughout the town, in addition to collecting names and ID cards numbers of dozens of residents.
The army said it initiated its campaign after three of its soldiers were injured near the town.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Daoud Ayyad, after invading his home, and violently searching it.
The soldiers also searched the dental clinic of Samer Ayyad, the son of Mahmoud, who was kidnapped by the army several days ago.
Eyewitnesses said the invasion led to clashes between the soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading forces, while the army fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In related news, the soldiers continued the siege on Hizma town, northeast of Jerusalem, for the fifth consecutive day, after closing all of its entrances with concrete blocks.
The soldiers also continued the violent invasions and searches of homes throughout the town, in addition to collecting names and ID cards numbers of dozens of residents.
The army said it initiated its campaign after three of its soldiers were injured near the town.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening arrested two Palestinian citizens as they were trying to infiltrate from the Gaza Strip into the 1948 occupied territory.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli troops moved from a border post east of al-Bureij refugee camp and rounded up two Palestinians near the security fence.
They added that the soldiers forced the two men to take off their clothes at gunpoint before taking them to an undeclared place inside the 1948 occupied territories.
Later, Hebrew media outlets reported that two young men were arrested in the area and taken to a Shin Bet interrogation center.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation navy kidnapped on the same day two fishermen off the northern coast of Gaza before releasing them.
Chief of the fishermen syndicate Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats chased two brothers on a small rowboat and opened fire near them.
Ayyash added that the navy troops confiscated the fishing boat and detained the brothers for a while before releasing them. The fishermen, identified as Karim and Kayed Kallab, were working within the permitted fishing zone, he noted.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli troops moved from a border post east of al-Bureij refugee camp and rounded up two Palestinians near the security fence.
They added that the soldiers forced the two men to take off their clothes at gunpoint before taking them to an undeclared place inside the 1948 occupied territories.
Later, Hebrew media outlets reported that two young men were arrested in the area and taken to a Shin Bet interrogation center.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation navy kidnapped on the same day two fishermen off the northern coast of Gaza before releasing them.
Chief of the fishermen syndicate Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats chased two brothers on a small rowboat and opened fire near them.
Ayyash added that the navy troops confiscated the fishing boat and detained the brothers for a while before releasing them. The fishermen, identified as Karim and Kayed Kallab, were working within the permitted fishing zone, he noted.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas and several olive trees went on fire during violent confrontations with Israeli soldiers on Saturday in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqiliya city.
According to Murad Shetewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the town, the sky of Kafr Qaddum was clouded with thick toxic smoke because of the intensity of tear gas fired randomly by Israeli troops.
Olive trees and grassland also caught fire as a result of stun grenades fired by the soldiers during the events.
Shetewi said that Palestinian fire trucks were unable to reach the place because the road was closed with dirt mounds, which forced firemen to walk to the area and control the fire manually.
According to Murad Shetewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the town, the sky of Kafr Qaddum was clouded with thick toxic smoke because of the intensity of tear gas fired randomly by Israeli troops.
Olive trees and grassland also caught fire as a result of stun grenades fired by the soldiers during the events.
Shetewi said that Palestinian fire trucks were unable to reach the place because the road was closed with dirt mounds, which forced firemen to walk to the area and control the fire manually.
