27 may 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the town of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, assaulted nonviolent protesters, marching in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, and shot one Palestinian with live fire.
The Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Nablus, said the soldiers shot a Palestinian, 19 years of age, with a live round in his shoulder, before the medics transferred him to Rafidia hospital.
It added that at least nine Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also surrounded the town, and prevented the residents from entering or leaving it.
The Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Nablus, said the soldiers shot a Palestinian, 19 years of age, with a live round in his shoulder, before the medics transferred him to Rafidia hospital.
It added that at least nine Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also surrounded the town, and prevented the residents from entering or leaving it.
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, Friday, the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank, and attacked nonviolent protesters, marching in solidarity with the hunger-striking Palestinian detainees, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The procession was held by many Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists.
The army fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, in addition to spraying many protesters with gas and assaulting several others.
The soldiers also assaulted many protesters, including international activists, and fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to spraying him, and several homes, with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers closed the main gate of the village, and prevented the Palestinians from driving into it or leaving it, forcing them to take longer, unpaved routes.
The procession was held by many Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists.
The army fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, in addition to spraying many protesters with gas and assaulting several others.
The soldiers also assaulted many protesters, including international activists, and fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to spraying him, and several homes, with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers closed the main gate of the village, and prevented the Palestinians from driving into it or leaving it, forcing them to take longer, unpaved routes.
Medical sources have reported that many Palestinians suffered, Friday, the severe effects of teargas inhalation in Hebron city, and Beit Ummar town, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after Israeli soldiers invaded them.
The soldiers invaded neighborhoods in the center of Hebron city, and ‘Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones on them.
The army fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to spraying protesters and homes with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
Similar clashes took place in al-Hawawer area, north of Hebron, while the soldiers surrounded neighborhoods, reportedly after some youngsters hurled stones on a settler’s car, and army jeeps.
On Friday at night, several extremist Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian shop in the al-Ras and Wad al-Hassen areas, close to Keryat Arba illegal colony, in the center of Hebron city.
The assailants threw rocks and trash at the stores, and attempted to attack many Palestinians, while Israeli soldiers stood and watched without intervening.
The soldiers invaded neighborhoods in the center of Hebron city, and ‘Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones on them.
The army fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to spraying protesters and homes with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
Similar clashes took place in al-Hawawer area, north of Hebron, while the soldiers surrounded neighborhoods, reportedly after some youngsters hurled stones on a settler’s car, and army jeeps.
On Friday at night, several extremist Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian shop in the al-Ras and Wad al-Hassen areas, close to Keryat Arba illegal colony, in the center of Hebron city.
The assailants threw rocks and trash at the stores, and attempted to attack many Palestinians, while Israeli soldiers stood and watched without intervening.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, wounding one Palestinian in the arm, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades targeting protesters and homes.
The invasion and attack led to clashes between the soldiers and several youngsters, who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
He added that a young man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his arm, while dozens of Palestinians received the needed treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The protest also comes in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees who are ongoing with the hunger strike they started on April 17, demanding basic rights guaranteed by International Law and all related agreements.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades targeting protesters and homes.
The invasion and attack led to clashes between the soldiers and several youngsters, who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
He added that a young man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his arm, while dozens of Palestinians received the needed treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The protest also comes in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees who are ongoing with the hunger strike they started on April 17, demanding basic rights guaranteed by International Law and all related agreements.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Rommana Palestinian village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired many concussion grenades near homes, and into olive orchards and caves, causing many olive trees to burn.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers broke into and searched many homes in the village, leading to clashes with many youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading soldiers.
The soldiers fired many concussion grenades at homes in the village, and into several caves, in addition to Palestinian olive orchards, causing many trees to burn.
The army withdrew from the village without conducting any arrests. Israeli military sources claimed that the invasion was carried out after local youths cut a section of a barbed-wire fence leading to a military base, built on the villagers’ lands.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock on the road that links Rommana with nearby Taybeh village.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers broke into and searched many homes in the village, leading to clashes with many youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading soldiers.
The soldiers fired many concussion grenades at homes in the village, and into several caves, in addition to Palestinian olive orchards, causing many trees to burn.
The army withdrew from the village without conducting any arrests. Israeli military sources claimed that the invasion was carried out after local youths cut a section of a barbed-wire fence leading to a military base, built on the villagers’ lands.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock on the road that links Rommana with nearby Taybeh village.
Israeli soldiers conducted, Friday, military training in ‘Atouf village, south of Tubas governorate in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Local Council in ‘Atouf said the soldiers installed a roadblock in front of the Council’s building, and occupied the rooftop of one home, after invading it.
It added that the soldiers then started training on invasions, searches, and surrounding buildings while simulating arrests; many Palestinians, especially the children, suffered anxiety attacks.
The army usually conducts live-fire training near the village, as well as many Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities, especially in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank.
In several incidents, many Palestinians, including children, were injured and even killed, when explosives dropped by the soldiers during training went off near them.
The Local Council in ‘Atouf said the soldiers installed a roadblock in front of the Council’s building, and occupied the rooftop of one home, after invading it.
It added that the soldiers then started training on invasions, searches, and surrounding buildings while simulating arrests; many Palestinians, especially the children, suffered anxiety attacks.
The army usually conducts live-fire training near the village, as well as many Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities, especially in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank.
In several incidents, many Palestinians, including children, were injured and even killed, when explosives dropped by the soldiers during training went off near them.
26 may 2017
Four Palestinians were shot and injured in their limbs by Israeli gunfire and dozens of others suffered breathing problems in clashes that erupted on Friday afternoon in the flashpoints east of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter in Khan Younis said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) showered Palestinian youths with bullets and tear gas grenades. The wounded were transferred to the hospital while those who suffered suffocation were treated in the field, he added.
The Palestinian youths were demonstrating near the security fence which separates the city from 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The PIC reporters in Gaza said that demonstrations, which were organized in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees in Israeli jails and in protest at the ongoing Gaza siege, took place in five flashpoints with IOF soldiers east of Khan Younis, al-Bureij refugee camp, Gaza city, and in northern Gaza Strip.
The youths torched car tires at al-Awdah Street east of the Gaza Strip and managed to hoist the Palestinian flags at the Israeli security fence.
The PIC reporter in Khan Younis said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) showered Palestinian youths with bullets and tear gas grenades. The wounded were transferred to the hospital while those who suffered suffocation were treated in the field, he added.
The Palestinian youths were demonstrating near the security fence which separates the city from 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The PIC reporters in Gaza said that demonstrations, which were organized in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees in Israeli jails and in protest at the ongoing Gaza siege, took place in five flashpoints with IOF soldiers east of Khan Younis, al-Bureij refugee camp, Gaza city, and in northern Gaza Strip.
The youths torched car tires at al-Awdah Street east of the Gaza Strip and managed to hoist the Palestinian flags at the Israeli security fence.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many protesters to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs at the Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists as they started marching towards isolated Palestinian orchards, local sources said.
The soldiers then chased the protesters into the village, and fired many gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs at the Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists as they started marching towards isolated Palestinian orchards, local sources said.
The soldiers then chased the protesters into the village, and fired many gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fired many gas bombs during ensuing clashes, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The soldiers also broke into many homes and searched them.
Mohammad Awad, a media activist in Beit Ummar, said the soldiers invaded the center of the town, and attempted to break the locks of a local recording studio, owned by Ayesh Ahmad Awad.
The soldiers also invaded two homes, owned by Myassar Hasan al-‘Allami and Mohammad Issa Awad, and occupied their rooftops, before firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades on Palestinian protesters.
Clashes also took place near the Big Mosque of the town, and the soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The local Red Crescent said it provided treatment to many Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Mohammad Awad, a media activist in Beit Ummar, said the soldiers invaded the center of the town, and attempted to break the locks of a local recording studio, owned by Ayesh Ahmad Awad.
The soldiers also invaded two homes, owned by Myassar Hasan al-‘Allami and Mohammad Issa Awad, and occupied their rooftops, before firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades on Palestinian protesters.
Clashes also took place near the Big Mosque of the town, and the soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The local Red Crescent said it provided treatment to many Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and fired gas bombs at an Emergency Response Center, causing three medics to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Qalqilia said that soldiers invaded the city, and clashed with local youths, before firing rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, wounding a young man with a rubber-coated metal bullet.
The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs, including many that struck a medical emergency response center, hundreds of meters away from the area of clashes, causing three medics to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
The Palestinian, who was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, was moved to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and violently searched several homes in the city, and interrogated many Palestinians. The army withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
Media sources in Qalqilia said that soldiers invaded the city, and clashed with local youths, before firing rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, wounding a young man with a rubber-coated metal bullet.
The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs, including many that struck a medical emergency response center, hundreds of meters away from the area of clashes, causing three medics to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
The Palestinian, who was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, was moved to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and violently searched several homes in the city, and interrogated many Palestinians. The army withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
25 may 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, five Palestinians from a local mosque in Hizma town, east of occupied West Bank, after surrounding the mosque and invading it.
Local sources said the soldiers surrounded the mosque, after the Palestinians held evening prayers, and stormed into it before abducting Amjad Omar Kanaan, Ghassan Omar Kanaan, Ghazi Badr Khatib, Ishaq Mohammad and Mustafa Jabr.
The invasion and abductions led to clashes between local youngster and the soldiers who’d fired many gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Although the soldiers withdrew of the town, they are still surrounding it, installed roadblocks and are preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Local sources said the soldiers surrounded the mosque, after the Palestinians held evening prayers, and stormed into it before abducting Amjad Omar Kanaan, Ghassan Omar Kanaan, Ghazi Badr Khatib, Ishaq Mohammad and Mustafa Jabr.
The invasion and abductions led to clashes between local youngster and the soldiers who’d fired many gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Although the soldiers withdrew of the town, they are still surrounding it, installed roadblocks and are preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
24 may 2017
Tension prevailed in Bab al-Amud in Occupied Jerusalem as thousands of settlers stormed the Old City on Wednesday evening as part of the "march of flags" marking the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of Jerusalem in 1967.
The march was accompanied by provocative dances and racist chants calling for death for Arabs while tight security measures were imposed on the mainly-Arab quarters of the holy city.
The Israeli police closed Bab al-Amud with iron barriers to protect the settlers and to prevent the Palestinian citizens from entering or leaving through it during the Israeli march, according to the PIC reporter.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli police attacked a march launched by Jerusalemite citizens in conjunction with the settlers' march.
Earlier in the day the Israeli police ordered the merchants of Bab al-Amud and the surrounding area to close their shops at 4 pm to make room for the settlers' tumultuous marches during which they attack the Jerusalemites and their property.
A central march for settler gangs will take place later on Wednesday from the courtyard of al-Buraq Wall to the Old City and the areas around al-Aqsa Mosque. Massive celebrations will be held in the settlement outposts of Jerusalem especially those in Silwan town to the south of al-Aqsa Mosque and they are expected to continue until Thursday morning.
According to sources from Jerusalem, activists of different nationalities organized a protest at Bab al-Amud to thwart the settlers' march but they were violently attacked by the Israeli police. At least one female activist was injured.
At the same time, a Palestinian march was launched on Nablus Street, which is opposite to Bab al-Amud, to confront another settlers' march.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli police attacked the Palestinian march and assaulted the protesters.
The march was accompanied by provocative dances and racist chants calling for death for Arabs while tight security measures were imposed on the mainly-Arab quarters of the holy city.
The Israeli police closed Bab al-Amud with iron barriers to protect the settlers and to prevent the Palestinian citizens from entering or leaving through it during the Israeli march, according to the PIC reporter.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli police attacked a march launched by Jerusalemite citizens in conjunction with the settlers' march.
Earlier in the day the Israeli police ordered the merchants of Bab al-Amud and the surrounding area to close their shops at 4 pm to make room for the settlers' tumultuous marches during which they attack the Jerusalemites and their property.
A central march for settler gangs will take place later on Wednesday from the courtyard of al-Buraq Wall to the Old City and the areas around al-Aqsa Mosque. Massive celebrations will be held in the settlement outposts of Jerusalem especially those in Silwan town to the south of al-Aqsa Mosque and they are expected to continue until Thursday morning.
According to sources from Jerusalem, activists of different nationalities organized a protest at Bab al-Amud to thwart the settlers' march but they were violently attacked by the Israeli police. At least one female activist was injured.
At the same time, a Palestinian march was launched on Nablus Street, which is opposite to Bab al-Amud, to confront another settlers' march.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli police attacked the Palestinian march and assaulted the protesters.
