9 may 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, many Palestinian communities in various parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, in addition to three lathe workshops, and abducted at least sixteen Palestinians.
The soldiers also summoned one Palestinian, identified as Jom’a Mohammad Abdul-Jalil, 24, from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the army invaded three lathe workshops in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, and confiscated their machines, reportedly for “manufacturing weapons.”
Furthermore, the soldiers shot and mildly injured two young Palestinian men, during clashes that erupted after the army invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) identified the abducted Palestinians as:
The soldiers also summoned one Palestinian, identified as Jom’a Mohammad Abdul-Jalil, 24, from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the army invaded three lathe workshops in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, and confiscated their machines, reportedly for “manufacturing weapons.”
Furthermore, the soldiers shot and mildly injured two young Palestinian men, during clashes that erupted after the army invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Emad Jadallah, from Doura – Hebron.
- Monir Abu Sharara, from Doura – Hebron.
- Ja’far Abu ‘Arqoub, from Doura – Hebron.
- Osama Abu ‘Arqoub, from Doura – Hebron.
- Jamal Talahma, from Doura – Hebron.
- Husam Yousef al-‘Amayra, from Doura – Hebron.
- Amjad Essam al-Ja’bari, from Hebron.
- Bilal al-Mohtasib, from Hebron.
- Mohammad Aref al-Amour, 18, Teqoua town – Bethlehem.
- Riyad Aref al-Amour, 14, Teqoua town – Bethlehem.
- Omar Jihad Salim, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
- Jihad Sobhi Khreisha, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
- Ahmad Adel, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
- Sa’id Miskawi, Balata refugee camp, Nablus.
Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, locals told Ma’an.
Fishermen said that Israeli forces shot at Palestinian fishing boats in two separate incidents off the northern coast of Gaza on Tuesday morning.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that they were looking into the reports.
Tuesday morning’s events came a day after Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman with live fire off the coat of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Gaza farmers told Ma’an that Israeli drones sprayed pesticides on Palestinian crops along the border with Israel in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning.
The pesticides, they said, damage crops in the area, which is Gaza's main agricultural region.
The army spokesperson also said she would look into the case.
Earlier this year, Gazan farmers said that Israeli forces regularly sprayed weed killers on both sides of the border fence to guarantee a clear view of the area for the army.
However, Gaza Ministry of Agriculture agronomist Wael Thabet told Ma’an at the time that the chemicals could travel up to 1,200 meters through the air away from the buffer zone, burning crops and causing Palestinian farmers huge economic losses.
Palestinians who work near the Israeli-designated “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, often come under fire from Israeli military forces, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Fishermen said that Israeli forces shot at Palestinian fishing boats in two separate incidents off the northern coast of Gaza on Tuesday morning.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that they were looking into the reports.
Tuesday morning’s events came a day after Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman with live fire off the coat of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Gaza farmers told Ma’an that Israeli drones sprayed pesticides on Palestinian crops along the border with Israel in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning.
The pesticides, they said, damage crops in the area, which is Gaza's main agricultural region.
The army spokesperson also said she would look into the case.
Earlier this year, Gazan farmers said that Israeli forces regularly sprayed weed killers on both sides of the border fence to guarantee a clear view of the area for the army.
However, Gaza Ministry of Agriculture agronomist Wael Thabet told Ma’an at the time that the chemicals could travel up to 1,200 meters through the air away from the buffer zone, burning crops and causing Palestinian farmers huge economic losses.
Palestinians who work near the Israeli-designated “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, often come under fire from Israeli military forces, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
8 may 2017
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday evening, several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding a fisherman.
Medical sources said the fisherman, identified as Mohammad Abu Ryala, suffered moderate wounds, and was moved to the Indonesian hospital, in northern Gaza.
The attack pushed the fishermen back to shore in fear additional Israeli escalation against them, and their boats.
The fishermen in Gaza are subject to daily Israeli assaults and violations, including many fatal attacks, and incidents that led to injuries, property damage and many abductions, in addition to the illegal confiscation of their boats.
Medical sources said the fisherman, identified as Mohammad Abu Ryala, suffered moderate wounds, and was moved to the Indonesian hospital, in northern Gaza.
The attack pushed the fishermen back to shore in fear additional Israeli escalation against them, and their boats.
The fishermen in Gaza are subject to daily Israeli assaults and violations, including many fatal attacks, and incidents that led to injuries, property damage and many abductions, in addition to the illegal confiscation of their boats.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank, and clashed with local youngsters, wounding one with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The soldiers also broke into and ransacked homes.
Bilal Tamimi, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Nabi Saleh, said the soldiers invaded the village from several directions, and clashed with local youngsters, who hurled stones on the military vehicles.
Tamimi added that the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding a young man with two rounds in the chest and back.
The soldiers also invaded the homes of Naji Tamimi and Bassam Tamimi, and violently searched them, causing excessive damage, looking for their sons Anan and Wa’ad.
Nabi Saleh village is subject to constant Israeli military invasions and assaults, and continues its weekly nonviolent protests against the Annexation Wall and colonies, built on their own lands.
Bilal Tamimi, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Nabi Saleh, said the soldiers invaded the village from several directions, and clashed with local youngsters, who hurled stones on the military vehicles.
Tamimi added that the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding a young man with two rounds in the chest and back.
The soldiers also invaded the homes of Naji Tamimi and Bassam Tamimi, and violently searched them, causing excessive damage, looking for their sons Anan and Wa’ad.
Nabi Saleh village is subject to constant Israeli military invasions and assaults, and continues its weekly nonviolent protests against the Annexation Wall and colonies, built on their own lands.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a young man in Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, in addition to a child and two siblings from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the city, abducted Mos’ab Ma’zouz Dallal, 22, and withdrew while military vehicles invaded the city.
The soldiers also invaded Hijja village, east of Qalqilia, and fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of the city, searched several homes and abducted Mahmoud Ali Sabah, 18, in addition to Ja’far Yousef Sabah, 22, and his brother Yassin, 18.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the city, abducted Mos’ab Ma’zouz Dallal, 22, and withdrew while military vehicles invaded the city.
The soldiers also invaded Hijja village, east of Qalqilia, and fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of the city, searched several homes and abducted Mahmoud Ali Sabah, 18, in addition to Ja’far Yousef Sabah, 22, and his brother Yassin, 18.
7 may 2017
Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded during morning hours, Sunday, Palestinian farmlands, close to the border fence, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central part of the Gaza Strip.
The invasion was carried out by three tanks and three bulldozers that came from Kissufim military base, across the border fence, southeast of Deir al-Balah.
The military vehicles advanced approximately 150 meters into the Palestinian agricultural lands, and bulldozed some areas close to the fence.
The bulldozers placed sand hills near the border fence, and withdrew later, while military drones hovered overhead.
The invasion was carried out by three tanks and three bulldozers that came from Kissufim military base, across the border fence, southeast of Deir al-Balah.
The military vehicles advanced approximately 150 meters into the Palestinian agricultural lands, and bulldozed some areas close to the fence.
The bulldozers placed sand hills near the border fence, and withdrew later, while military drones hovered overhead.
Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, nine Palestinians marching in solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian detainees, at Beita junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and fired rubber-coated steel bullets at them, wounding at least one, and causing eight to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Ahmad Jibreel, the head of the Emergency Unit of the Red Crescent in Nablus, said the medics provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians, without the need to hospitalize any of them.
The soldiers used force against approximately 200 Palestinians, who marched from the solidarity tent in the center of Beita village, leading to clashes that lasted for around two hours.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, at the protesters, who responded with stones and empty bottles.
On Friday, 28 Palestinians were injured, mainly due to the effects of teargas inhalation, at the same junction, while the soldiers also placed concrete blocks on the town’s main roads, completely closing it.
Ahmad Jibreel, the head of the Emergency Unit of the Red Crescent in Nablus, said the medics provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians, without the need to hospitalize any of them.
The soldiers used force against approximately 200 Palestinians, who marched from the solidarity tent in the center of Beita village, leading to clashes that lasted for around two hours.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, at the protesters, who responded with stones and empty bottles.
On Friday, 28 Palestinians were injured, mainly due to the effects of teargas inhalation, at the same junction, while the soldiers also placed concrete blocks on the town’s main roads, completely closing it.
6 may 2017
Violent clashes broke on Friday night after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Haris town, northwest of Salfit province.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of Israeli soldiers set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance to the town, spread across its streets, stopped citizens and interrogated them.
They added that the soldiers showered local young men with tear gas, provoking them to respond by throwing stones at them.
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers kidnapped at night a Palestinian citizen, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, at a makeshift checkpoint on road leading to Ramallah city.
The detainee was identified as 20-year-old Adham Qarqish and was kidnapped after intercepting a public car he was aboard, according to eyewitnesses.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of Israeli soldiers set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance to the town, spread across its streets, stopped citizens and interrogated them.
They added that the soldiers showered local young men with tear gas, provoking them to respond by throwing stones at them.
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers kidnapped at night a Palestinian citizen, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, at a makeshift checkpoint on road leading to Ramallah city.
The detainee was identified as 20-year-old Adham Qarqish and was kidnapped after intercepting a public car he was aboard, according to eyewitnesses.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed Iraq Burin town, south of Nablus and clashed with local young men.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing IOF patrol vehicles entering the eastern neighborhood of the town before a brigade of soldiers stormed on foot the old district and spread near its Mosque, where local young men hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the young men before they withdraw to the main entrance of the town and set up a makeshift checkpoint there.
Meanwhile, the main entrance to Beita town, south of Nablus, has been blocked with mounds of dirt and rocks for about three weeks.
The Israeli army claimed its closure of this entrance aimed to prevent the local residents from organizing protests there on Fridays.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing IOF patrol vehicles entering the eastern neighborhood of the town before a brigade of soldiers stormed on foot the old district and spread near its Mosque, where local young men hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the young men before they withdraw to the main entrance of the town and set up a makeshift checkpoint there.
Meanwhile, the main entrance to Beita town, south of Nablus, has been blocked with mounds of dirt and rocks for about three weeks.
The Israeli army claimed its closure of this entrance aimed to prevent the local residents from organizing protests there on Fridays.
