21 may 2020
A number of Palestinian citizens were injured on Thursday during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and invading settlers in different areas in the West Bank.
Local sources said that two Palestinian citizens were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers in Yatma town in Nablus district.
Activist Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler violations in the northern West Bank, said that Jewish settlers from Rahalim Settlement attacked the home of Palestinian citizen Sharif Snoubar in Yatma.
As Palestinian neighbors confronted the attack, Daghlas said, two citizens suffered fractures and bruises as a result of being brutally assaulted by the settlers.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian young men were injured during IOF arrest campaigns in Tubas and Ramallah.
Local sources said that clashes flared up after the IOF raided several homes and kidnapped citizens in Ramallah and Tubas.
Two Palestinians were injured: one with a live bullet and another with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The health condition of both citizens was described as “stable”.
Local sources said that two Palestinian citizens were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers in Yatma town in Nablus district.
Activist Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler violations in the northern West Bank, said that Jewish settlers from Rahalim Settlement attacked the home of Palestinian citizen Sharif Snoubar in Yatma.
As Palestinian neighbors confronted the attack, Daghlas said, two citizens suffered fractures and bruises as a result of being brutally assaulted by the settlers.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian young men were injured during IOF arrest campaigns in Tubas and Ramallah.
Local sources said that clashes flared up after the IOF raided several homes and kidnapped citizens in Ramallah and Tubas.
Two Palestinians were injured: one with a live bullet and another with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The health condition of both citizens was described as “stable”.
Israeli forces detained early today 27 Palestinians and injured others in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
In Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians, including three teens, after storming their families’ homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Soldiers detained three others in separate raids in Dura and Beit Kahel towns, southwest and north of Hebron, respectively.
In Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces re-arrested a former prisoner after storming his parents’ house in Bethlehem city, and another person in al-Shwawreh village, east of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah district, PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained five undergraduate students enrolled in Birzeit University from several Ramallah-district towns and villages.
It elaborated that Israeli forces raided Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians, an undergraduate student and 62-year-old man. The elderly man was released several hours later.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli troops opened fire towards local youths injuring one with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the neck.
Soldiers also conducted similar raids in Silwad town and the villages of Saffa and Sinjil, resulting in the detention of three other undergraduate students. video
A similar predawn military raid was conducted in Kharbatha Bani Hareth village, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jenin district, Israeli military raided Yabad town, south of Jenin city, where soldiers detained four Palestinians, including a former prisoner and his son and a minor.
The raid triggered confrontations, during which soldiers opened fire towards local teens who attempted to block their passage. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during a predawn raid on May 12.
Another Palestinian, identified as a resident of Anza village, south of Jenin, was detained after he was stopped at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, southwest of Nablus city.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, soldiers re-arrested six former prisoners after ransacking their houses in Qalqilia city. One Palestinian was injured by Israeli military gunfire during ensuing confrontations. video
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a Palestinian from al-Issawiya neighborhood.
In Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians, including three teens, after storming their families’ homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Soldiers detained three others in separate raids in Dura and Beit Kahel towns, southwest and north of Hebron, respectively.
In Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces re-arrested a former prisoner after storming his parents’ house in Bethlehem city, and another person in al-Shwawreh village, east of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah district, PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained five undergraduate students enrolled in Birzeit University from several Ramallah-district towns and villages.
It elaborated that Israeli forces raided Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians, an undergraduate student and 62-year-old man. The elderly man was released several hours later.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli troops opened fire towards local youths injuring one with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the neck.
Soldiers also conducted similar raids in Silwad town and the villages of Saffa and Sinjil, resulting in the detention of three other undergraduate students. video
A similar predawn military raid was conducted in Kharbatha Bani Hareth village, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jenin district, Israeli military raided Yabad town, south of Jenin city, where soldiers detained four Palestinians, including a former prisoner and his son and a minor.
The raid triggered confrontations, during which soldiers opened fire towards local teens who attempted to block their passage. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during a predawn raid on May 12.
Another Palestinian, identified as a resident of Anza village, south of Jenin, was detained after he was stopped at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, southwest of Nablus city.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, soldiers re-arrested six former prisoners after ransacking their houses in Qalqilia city. One Palestinian was injured by Israeli military gunfire during ensuing confrontations. video
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a Palestinian from al-Issawiya neighborhood.
18 may 2020
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday carried out a small-scale incursion into the central area of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that several military bulldozers and vehicles infiltrated at dawn into a border area in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
They added that Israeli drones provided aerial protection for the invading troops.
Recently, the IOF intensified its military incursions into Gaza border areas in order to carry out bulldozing activities.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that several military bulldozers and vehicles infiltrated at dawn into a border area in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
They added that Israeli drones provided aerial protection for the invading troops.
Recently, the IOF intensified its military incursions into Gaza border areas in order to carry out bulldozing activities.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning demolished a structure owned by Palestinian citizen Fayez Abed Rabbo in al-Walaja village in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.
Local sources said that the IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the village in the early morning hours and knocked down Abed Rabbo’s 80 square-meter room.
Confrontations flared up in the area between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers following the demolition.
The IOF fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the youths. No injuries were reported, but a nearby farmland was partially burned.
Al-Walaja village has been always targeted with Israeli land grab and demolition campaigns that serve different settlement projects in the area.
Local sources said that the IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the village in the early morning hours and knocked down Abed Rabbo’s 80 square-meter room.
Confrontations flared up in the area between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers following the demolition.
The IOF fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the youths. No injuries were reported, but a nearby farmland was partially burned.
Al-Walaja village has been always targeted with Israeli land grab and demolition campaigns that serve different settlement projects in the area.
17 may 2020
An Israeli patrol on Sunday opened fire at a shepherd in southeastern Lebanon along the border line and kidnapped him, according to Lebanese media sources.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli army patrol on Sunday shot and wounded Syrian shepherd Mohammed Noureddine Abdul Azim in the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Kfarshouba before abducting him into occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli army meanwhile claimed that troops spotted a suspect who crossed the border line from Lebanon into Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and opened fire at him.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the injured man was evacuated by a helicopter to a hospital in Haifa for treatment. His injury was described as moderate to serious.
It added that an investigation has been opened into the incident by the Israeli army.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli army patrol on Sunday shot and wounded Syrian shepherd Mohammed Noureddine Abdul Azim in the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Kfarshouba before abducting him into occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli army meanwhile claimed that troops spotted a suspect who crossed the border line from Lebanon into Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and opened fire at him.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the injured man was evacuated by a helicopter to a hospital in Haifa for treatment. His injury was described as moderate to serious.
It added that an investigation has been opened into the incident by the Israeli army.
Several Palestinian young men suffered injuries during violent clashes on Saturday evening with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF randomly fired tear gas grenades at the young men during the events, triggering flames in nearby fields.
Every week, Palestinians and foreign activists stage a weekly march in the town of Kafr Qaddum to protest Israel’s closure of the village’s main street and settlement activities.
The Israeli occupation army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
In a separate incident, a horde of Jewish settlers on the same day physically assaulted a Palestinian citizen in Einabus village, south of Nablus city.
Local sources in Einabus said that a local resident called Iyad Fawzi suffered injuries and bruises and received medical assistance in a hospital after settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar severely beat him and escaped the scene.
According to local sources, the IOF randomly fired tear gas grenades at the young men during the events, triggering flames in nearby fields.
Every week, Palestinians and foreign activists stage a weekly march in the town of Kafr Qaddum to protest Israel’s closure of the village’s main street and settlement activities.
The Israeli occupation army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
In a separate incident, a horde of Jewish settlers on the same day physically assaulted a Palestinian citizen in Einabus village, south of Nablus city.
Local sources in Einabus said that a local resident called Iyad Fawzi suffered injuries and bruises and received medical assistance in a hospital after settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar severely beat him and escaped the scene.
16 may 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday night launched flare bombs over the eastern area of Yatta town near the West Bank city of al-Khalil burning tracts of Palestinian farmland.
Local sources said that the IOF bombs burned over two dunums of Palestinian-owned land planted with wheat and barley in Mneizel area east of Yatta.
Palestinian residents in the area rushed to the scene and managed to put off the fire before it could spread further.
IOF and settler attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property are commonplace in the West Bank, but recently they have seen a noticeable escalation.
Local sources said that the IOF bombs burned over two dunums of Palestinian-owned land planted with wheat and barley in Mneizel area east of Yatta.
Palestinian residents in the area rushed to the scene and managed to put off the fire before it could spread further.
IOF and settler attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property are commonplace in the West Bank, but recently they have seen a noticeable escalation.
15 may 2020
Israeli navy Friday morning attacked a fisherman offshore Gaza city, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Israeli naval boats opened gunfire towards a fishing boat sailing within three nautical miles offshore al-Waha area, northwest of Gaza city, injuring the fisherman.
The casualty was rushed to al-Shifaa Hospital for treatment, where medics described his injury as moderate.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
He said that Israeli naval boats opened gunfire towards a fishing boat sailing within three nautical miles offshore al-Waha area, northwest of Gaza city, injuring the fisherman.
The casualty was rushed to al-Shifaa Hospital for treatment, where medics described his injury as moderate.
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace. Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
