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144 Palestinian civilians, including 53 children, 3 women, 2 paramedics and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 81st Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 01 November 2019.
The increased number of injuries in this week’s GMR protest reflects an escalation in IOF use of excessive force, as 73 civilians sustained live-bullet-injuries – including 4 in critical condition- in addition to other injuries by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters mainly in protesters’ upper bodies. Today’s protest was titled “Down with the Balfour Declaration” as it coincided with its 102nd anniversary. The Balfour Declaration was made by former British Foreign Affairs Secretary Arthur Balfour declaring “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” Large crowds |
participated in the protest, as thousands of civilians joined across the 5 GMR encampments raising the Palestinian flag and chanting.
The protests lasted from 14:00 to 18:30 and involved speeches and folklore performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the Gaza border with Israel, where some protestors set tires attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at IOF, who responded with live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters.
Since the outbreak of GMR on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 214 civilian killings by IOF, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,599 civilians, including 3,646 children, 386 women, 252 paramedics and 218 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
IOF shot and injured 47 civilians, including 20 children, 2 women and a paramedic: 24 with live bullets and shrapnel; 19 with rubber bullets; and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Shady Fayez Awadallah Awadallah (33), a paramedic, was shot with a rubber bullet in his right leg. Also, Moath Mohammed Mohammed Abu-Amira (25) was shot in the head with a live bullet; he is in extremely critical condition.
Gaza City:
IOF shot and injured 12 civilians, including 3 children: 7 with live bullets and shrapnel and 5 with rubber bullets.
Central Gaza Strip:
IOF shot and injured 13 civilians, including 5 children and a woman: 8 with live bullets, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
IOF shot and injured 33 civilians, including 13 children and a paramedic: 7 shot with live bullets. In addition, many civilians suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; they received treatment on the spot. A few protestors set tires on fire adjacent to the border fence. Sami Moussa Abu-Moustafa (35), a paramedic, sustained a rubber-bullet-wound to his left hand. Abu-Moustafa volunteers with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS); IOF targeted a PRCS ambulance with rubber bullets, shattering its windshield with no injuries.
Rafah:
IOF shot and injured 39 civilians, including 10 children and a journalist; three injuries were deemed critical: 27 with live bullet and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Abdulrahman Mohammed Deeb al-Khatib (42), a freelance journalist, sustained a rubber-bullet wound to his right arm. Ahmed Jum’a al-Lolahy (20) and Mohammed Saleh Ahmed Abu-Jarbou’ (20) were shot in their lower extremities with live bullets, and Mahmoud Abdulrahman Ramadan Abu-Taim (18) sustained a live bullet to the head; all three are in critical condition.
The protests lasted from 14:00 to 18:30 and involved speeches and folklore performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the Gaza border with Israel, where some protestors set tires attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at IOF, who responded with live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters.
Since the outbreak of GMR on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 214 civilian killings by IOF, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,599 civilians, including 3,646 children, 386 women, 252 paramedics and 218 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
IOF shot and injured 47 civilians, including 20 children, 2 women and a paramedic: 24 with live bullets and shrapnel; 19 with rubber bullets; and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Shady Fayez Awadallah Awadallah (33), a paramedic, was shot with a rubber bullet in his right leg. Also, Moath Mohammed Mohammed Abu-Amira (25) was shot in the head with a live bullet; he is in extremely critical condition.
Gaza City:
IOF shot and injured 12 civilians, including 3 children: 7 with live bullets and shrapnel and 5 with rubber bullets.
Central Gaza Strip:
IOF shot and injured 13 civilians, including 5 children and a woman: 8 with live bullets, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
IOF shot and injured 33 civilians, including 13 children and a paramedic: 7 shot with live bullets. In addition, many civilians suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; they received treatment on the spot. A few protestors set tires on fire adjacent to the border fence. Sami Moussa Abu-Moustafa (35), a paramedic, sustained a rubber-bullet-wound to his left hand. Abu-Moustafa volunteers with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS); IOF targeted a PRCS ambulance with rubber bullets, shattering its windshield with no injuries.
Rafah:
IOF shot and injured 39 civilians, including 10 children and a journalist; three injuries were deemed critical: 27 with live bullet and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Abdulrahman Mohammed Deeb al-Khatib (42), a freelance journalist, sustained a rubber-bullet wound to his right arm. Ahmed Jum’a al-Lolahy (20) and Mohammed Saleh Ahmed Abu-Jarbou’ (20) were shot in their lower extremities with live bullets, and Mahmoud Abdulrahman Ramadan Abu-Taim (18) sustained a live bullet to the head; all three are in critical condition.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West bank city of Qalqilia, wounding many Palestinians and international peace activists.
Medical sources said many Palestinians and international suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers invaded the town and fired a barrage of gas bombs on the protesters, in addition to chasing many young men.
The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum said the soldiers also fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at many young men, who hurled stones at them after the army invaded the town and attacked the procession.
It added that the soldiers stormed a home, and tried to use it to ambush the protesters, but their hideout was discovered, and the soldiers fled the scene.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold its weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Medical sources said many Palestinians and international suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers invaded the town and fired a barrage of gas bombs on the protesters, in addition to chasing many young men.
The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum said the soldiers also fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at many young men, who hurled stones at them after the army invaded the town and attacked the procession.
It added that the soldiers stormed a home, and tried to use it to ambush the protesters, but their hideout was discovered, and the soldiers fled the scene.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold its weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Abdullah Jamal Mubarak, 34
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday and Thursday arrested six Palestinian citizens during large-scale raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the IOF summoned four Palestinian citizens to Huwara military center for interrogation and arrested them upon their arrival.
A Palestinian ex-prisoner who was released from Israeli jails months ago was arrested after the IOF raided his home in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Local residents said that violent clashes broke out in the camp between the IOF soldiers and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The IOF raided several Palestinian homes and wreaked havoc on them, they added.
On Thursday night, the IOF broke into the house of the Palestinian activist Hanadi al-Halawani, searched it and kidnapped her husband.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the IOF soldiers seize equipment from al-Halawani's home.
Soldiers Abduct A Former Political Prisoner Near Ramallah
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Friday at dawn, the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched many homes and abducted a former political prisoner.
Local sources said a large military force invaded the refugee camp, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, causing excessive property damage.
They added that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Abdullah Jamal Mubarak, 34, who was only released just a few months ago, after serving many months under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges.
Several Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the invading army jeeps before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday and Thursday arrested six Palestinian citizens during large-scale raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the IOF summoned four Palestinian citizens to Huwara military center for interrogation and arrested them upon their arrival.
A Palestinian ex-prisoner who was released from Israeli jails months ago was arrested after the IOF raided his home in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Local residents said that violent clashes broke out in the camp between the IOF soldiers and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The IOF raided several Palestinian homes and wreaked havoc on them, they added.
On Thursday night, the IOF broke into the house of the Palestinian activist Hanadi al-Halawani, searched it and kidnapped her husband.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the IOF soldiers seize equipment from al-Halawani's home.
Soldiers Abduct A Former Political Prisoner Near Ramallah
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Friday at dawn, the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched many homes and abducted a former political prisoner.
Local sources said a large military force invaded the refugee camp, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, causing excessive property damage.
They added that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Abdullah Jamal Mubarak, 34, who was only released just a few months ago, after serving many months under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges.
Several Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the invading army jeeps before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.
Israeli soldiers resorted, on Thursday evening, to the excessive use of force against Palestinians, holding a nonviolent activity in solidarity with hunger-striking detainees, in Bab al-‘Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted three, including one lawyer. video
Media sources said dozens of Palestinians gathered in Bab al-‘Amoud area, carrying posters of the hunger-striking detainees, and chanting “Freedom, Freedom,” expressing solidarity with all political prisoners, especially the hunger-striking detainees, facing serious health complications. video video video
They added that the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters, and assaulted some of them, before abducting a lawyer, identified as Farah Bayadsa, in addition to Dana Roweidi, and Omar al-Khatib.
The soldiers were also trying to force the Palestinians out of Bab al-‘Amoud area, but most of them remained despite the use of force by the military.
It is worth mentioning that four detainees, held under the illegal Administrative Detention orders without charges, remain on hunger strike against their indefinite incarceration without charge or trial, including one who has been consistently refusing food for 97 days in a row, the Palestinian Prisoners Commission said, today.
Palestinian-Jordanian detainee, Hiba al-Labadi, was moved to a hospital due to various complications, but remains determined to continue the strike.
Al-Labadi was arrested upon her arrival at Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan, on her way into the West Bank, and has been on hunger strike since then, protesting her torture and detention.
Media sources said dozens of Palestinians gathered in Bab al-‘Amoud area, carrying posters of the hunger-striking detainees, and chanting “Freedom, Freedom,” expressing solidarity with all political prisoners, especially the hunger-striking detainees, facing serious health complications. video video video
They added that the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters, and assaulted some of them, before abducting a lawyer, identified as Farah Bayadsa, in addition to Dana Roweidi, and Omar al-Khatib.
The soldiers were also trying to force the Palestinians out of Bab al-‘Amoud area, but most of them remained despite the use of force by the military.
It is worth mentioning that four detainees, held under the illegal Administrative Detention orders without charges, remain on hunger strike against their indefinite incarceration without charge or trial, including one who has been consistently refusing food for 97 days in a row, the Palestinian Prisoners Commission said, today.
Palestinian-Jordanian detainee, Hiba al-Labadi, was moved to a hospital due to various complications, but remains determined to continue the strike.
Al-Labadi was arrested upon her arrival at Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan, on her way into the West Bank, and has been on hunger strike since then, protesting her torture and detention.
Israeli tanks and warplanes on Thursday night bombed several resistance sites in the Gaza Strip with no casualties reported.
An Israeli army spokesman said that they targeted two Hamas-owned posts near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
He claimed in a brief statement that the attacks came in response to a rocket fired earlier from the Gaza Strip toward neighboring Israeli settlements.
Army Fires Artillery Shells Into Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Thursday at night, several artillery shells and rounds of live ammunition, east of Gaza city, causing excessive property damage.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired shells into two buildings, reportedly used by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, causing damage to the structures and some surrounding buildings.
They added that the attack did not lead to casualties, while firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the two sites.
In addition, the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live fire at a site east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, while military drones flew across the eastern parts of the coastal region.
The Israeli army issued a brief statement claiming it was responding to shells fired from the Gaza Strip, into nearby Israeli areas.
An Israeli army spokesman said that they targeted two Hamas-owned posts near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
He claimed in a brief statement that the attacks came in response to a rocket fired earlier from the Gaza Strip toward neighboring Israeli settlements.
Army Fires Artillery Shells Into Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Thursday at night, several artillery shells and rounds of live ammunition, east of Gaza city, causing excessive property damage.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired shells into two buildings, reportedly used by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, causing damage to the structures and some surrounding buildings.
They added that the attack did not lead to casualties, while firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the two sites.
In addition, the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live fire at a site east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, while military drones flew across the eastern parts of the coastal region.
The Israeli army issued a brief statement claiming it was responding to shells fired from the Gaza Strip, into nearby Israeli areas.
30 oct 2019
A Palestinian workman on Wednesday morning suffered bullet injuries when Israeli soldiers opened fire at him as he was trying to cross into Israel through the separation fence’s gate in Dhaher al-Abed village near Ya’bad town in Jenin.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that soldiers opened fire at a young worker in his 20s as he was trying to infiltrate into Israel from Dhaher al-Abed village.
They added that the young man suffered injuries in one of his feet and was subdued and taken by soldiers to the nearby checkpoint of Barta’a.
Many Palestinian workmen suffered injuries in recent weeks as they were trying to cross into Israel through gates in the separation wall or fence in the West Bank after they failed to obtain work permits from the Israeli occupation authority.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that soldiers opened fire at a young worker in his 20s as he was trying to infiltrate into Israel from Dhaher al-Abed village.
They added that the young man suffered injuries in one of his feet and was subdued and taken by soldiers to the nearby checkpoint of Barta’a.
Many Palestinian workmen suffered injuries in recent weeks as they were trying to cross into Israel through gates in the separation wall or fence in the West Bank after they failed to obtain work permits from the Israeli occupation authority.
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Tuesday evening, eight Palestinians, including one child, in the al-‘Isawiya town, and one in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers assaulted in al-Isawiya several young men with batons and pepper-spray, causing various cuts and bruises.
Silwanic added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked many stores, causing damage, before forcing many shops to close, and abducted the owners.
It stated that the soldiers abducted Moath al-Ajlouni, Morad al-Ajlouni, Ahmad Asfour, Saed Abu Sneina, ‘Abboud Abu Sneina, Mahmoud Abu Sneina and Hazem al-Qassas.
All the abducted Palestinians were as assaulted by the soldiers and suffered cuts and bruises.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Abdullah Da’na 15, while standing in front his home in al-‘Isawiya. video
Furthermore, a young man, identified as Ahmad Ala Sweidan, 20, was abducted from his home in Silwan.
In addition, the Israeli police released one of the civilian guards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, who was abducted earlier in the day.
The guard, Ehab Abu Ghazala, was taken prisoner for filming large groups of soldiers and colonialist settlers who stormed the courtyards of the holy site and conducted provocative tours in Bab ar-Rahma Mosque in Al-Aqsa Compound.
In related news, the army issued orders preventing Ramzi Obeisan from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for two weeks, after summoning him for interrogation, Monday.
The Palestinian was initially abducted on the first day of Al-Adha Muslim feast this past August, after the police assaulted him, causing fractures in his foot, when they accompanied dozens of illegal colonists in a provocative tour into the holy site’s compound.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers assaulted in al-Isawiya several young men with batons and pepper-spray, causing various cuts and bruises.
Silwanic added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked many stores, causing damage, before forcing many shops to close, and abducted the owners.
It stated that the soldiers abducted Moath al-Ajlouni, Morad al-Ajlouni, Ahmad Asfour, Saed Abu Sneina, ‘Abboud Abu Sneina, Mahmoud Abu Sneina and Hazem al-Qassas.
All the abducted Palestinians were as assaulted by the soldiers and suffered cuts and bruises.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Abdullah Da’na 15, while standing in front his home in al-‘Isawiya. video
Furthermore, a young man, identified as Ahmad Ala Sweidan, 20, was abducted from his home in Silwan.
In addition, the Israeli police released one of the civilian guards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, who was abducted earlier in the day.
The guard, Ehab Abu Ghazala, was taken prisoner for filming large groups of soldiers and colonialist settlers who stormed the courtyards of the holy site and conducted provocative tours in Bab ar-Rahma Mosque in Al-Aqsa Compound.
In related news, the army issued orders preventing Ramzi Obeisan from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for two weeks, after summoning him for interrogation, Monday.
The Palestinian was initially abducted on the first day of Al-Adha Muslim feast this past August, after the police assaulted him, causing fractures in his foot, when they accompanied dozens of illegal colonists in a provocative tour into the holy site’s compound.
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after she allegedly “attempted to stab them.”
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers shot the Palestinian woman and left her bleeding on the ground without allowing Palestinian medics to approach her.
They added that the soldiers closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to the Palestinians and installed many roadblocks in all surrounding areas, before completely sealing them.
According to the Israeli army in occupied Hebron, the Palestinian woman allegedly “pulled out and knife and attempted to stab an officer, before she was neutralized.” video
It claimed that, according to its preliminary investigation, the woman crossed several military roadblocks before she “attempted to stab the soldiers,” and added that the attack “appears to be preplanned.”
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers shot the Palestinian woman and left her bleeding on the ground without allowing Palestinian medics to approach her.
They added that the soldiers closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to the Palestinians and installed many roadblocks in all surrounding areas, before completely sealing them.
According to the Israeli army in occupied Hebron, the Palestinian woman allegedly “pulled out and knife and attempted to stab an officer, before she was neutralized.” video
It claimed that, according to its preliminary investigation, the woman crossed several military roadblocks before she “attempted to stab the soldiers,” and added that the attack “appears to be preplanned.”
