16 oct 2018
At least seven Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when the Israeli occupation forces heavily opened fire at peaceful protesters near the border fence east of Deir al-Balah city in the middle area of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that as a group of Palestinian youths approached the border fence, the Israeli forces showered them with live ammunition and teargas canisters.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since 30 March have been protesting in the Great March of Return on a daily basis along Gaza border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
So far 204 Palestinian protesters have been killed by the Israeli army, including 30 children, and over 22,000 injured.
Local sources said that as a group of Palestinian youths approached the border fence, the Israeli forces showered them with live ammunition and teargas canisters.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since 30 March have been protesting in the Great March of Return on a daily basis along Gaza border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
So far 204 Palestinian protesters have been killed by the Israeli army, including 30 children, and over 22,000 injured.
Violent confrontations flared up on Tuesday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, north of the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes erupted between the IOF soldiers and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The sources said that the IOF heavily fired teargas canisters in the area and blocked the Palestinian citizens' movement.
The IOF further installed checkpoints at the entrances of Tulkarem city, stopped Palestinian vehicles, and scrutinized the passengers' IDs.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes erupted between the IOF soldiers and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The sources said that the IOF heavily fired teargas canisters in the area and blocked the Palestinian citizens' movement.
The IOF further installed checkpoints at the entrances of Tulkarem city, stopped Palestinian vehicles, and scrutinized the passengers' IDs.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians, including three children, and a young man with special needs, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians.
One of the abducted Palestinians, Mahdi Farouq Abu Haniyya, 36, is a Palestinian with special needs, from Azzoun town, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, interrogated passengers and drivers while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the army fired many live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the invasions in Beit Bajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Qotna village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, and several areas in Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked the family home of Elias Saleh Shahin, 22, as killed by Israeli soldiers, Monday, near an illegal colony, north of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
The PPS said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians.
One of the abducted Palestinians, Mahdi Farouq Abu Haniyya, 36, is a Palestinian with special needs, from Azzoun town, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, interrogated passengers and drivers while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the army fired many live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the invasions in Beit Bajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Qotna village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, and several areas in Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked the family home of Elias Saleh Shahin, 22, as killed by Israeli soldiers, Monday, near an illegal colony, north of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Sanad Bahhour Abdo, Kufur Ni’ma – Ramallah.
- Morad Eshteyya, Kufur Ni’ma – Ramallah.
- Sanad Mo’in, Kufur Malek – Ramallah.
- Bassem Abu Radi, Biddu – Jerusalem.
- Ehab Issa al-‘Allami, 22, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
- Ahmad Mohammad al-‘Allami, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
- Mohammad No’man Shakarna, 15, Nahhalin – Bethlehem.
- Mousa Ahmad Najajra, 14, Nahhalin – Bethlehem.
- Ali Mousa Zawahra, 31, Doha – Bethlehem.
- Ameed Azmi Sarhan, 22, Tulkarem.
- Mohammad Rajeh Shbeita, 11, Azzoun – Qalqilia.
- Kathem Radwan, Azzoun – Qalqilia.
- Mo’tasem Mohammad Radwan, 33, Azzoun – Qalqilia.
- Sa’ed Mohammad Sweidan, 40, Azzoun – Qalqilia.
- Mahdi Farouq Abu Haniyya, 36, Azzoun Qalqilia.
- Ala’ Bassam Gharaba, Kafr Qalil – Qalqilia.
- Waqqass Bassam Gharaba, 14, Kafr Qalil – Qalqilia.
- Arkan Yousef Abu Safiyya, Kafr Thulth – Qalqilia.
The defense minister continues calling for military campaign in the Gaza Strip, insisting Israel has exhausted all other options; 'We are not willing to accept the level of violence we see one week after another,' he says during visit to Gaza Division.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman reiterated his position on Tuesday that only a "serious blow" to Hamas will put an end to the violent rioting on the Gaza border and the arson terrorism.
"We are not willing to accept the level of violence we see one week after another," the defense minister told reporters during a visit to the Gaza Division, adding "a serious blow to Hamas could bring us at least five more years of quiet."
The defense minister held a situation assessment at the Gaza Division with deputy IDF chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Gaza Division commander Brig. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, and brigade and battalion heads in the division. Later, he also met with the combat soldiers.
"The defense establishment has done everything to reach the situation before March 29, before the violence (on the border) broke out—we did this our way, by using force, by using persuasion, by cooperating with those who wanted to help," he explained. "There were all sorts of attempts to reach an arrangement led by Egypt and the UN and UN envoy. We tried all of the other ways, I didn't see any results unfortunately."
The "serious blow" he's calling for "must be a decision of the Cabinet. Unfortunately neither the defense minister nor the prime minister can make such a decision on their own."
Lieberman explained the last straw was last Friday's rioting, when "after allowing the UN to bring in four tankers of gas (into Gaza) in the morning, in the evening we got a wave of violence, at a level I don't remember."
He also quoted Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, who said neither fuel nor salaries will stop the violence.
"Their goal is to lift the siege, which means one thing: uninterrupted free ability to bring in weapons, Hezbollah fighters, Iranians into the Gaza Strip—and we will never allow that," Lieberman said.
"They want to get salaries, fuel, all of the benefits without giving anything back, without an arrangement on the MIAs and POWs, without giving up the article in their charter that calls for the annihilation of the State of Israel, and of course without giving up the manufacturing of weapons and the digging of tunnels," the defense minister explained. "To me, there's only one formula: reconstruction in return for disarmament."
Lieberman accused Hamas of inflaming the tensions. "15,000 people don't just come of their own accord to the border fence. Hamas is bringing them, paying for the buses, Hamas members go out and call on residents to get in the buses, then they drive them there. Hamas set up tents there and is trying to turn it into an event. This isn't the spontaneous action of innocent residents; it's the Hamas members who bring people almost by order. Had Hamas not paid for the transportation, no one would've come on foot to the border," he asserted.
"They think they figured out a new trick—putting pressure on the Israeli government, on Israeli society. They think they're eroding our steadfastness, our deterrence," Lieberman added. "It's time to put an end to it."
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman reiterated his position on Tuesday that only a "serious blow" to Hamas will put an end to the violent rioting on the Gaza border and the arson terrorism.
"We are not willing to accept the level of violence we see one week after another," the defense minister told reporters during a visit to the Gaza Division, adding "a serious blow to Hamas could bring us at least five more years of quiet."
The defense minister held a situation assessment at the Gaza Division with deputy IDF chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Gaza Division commander Brig. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, and brigade and battalion heads in the division. Later, he also met with the combat soldiers.
"The defense establishment has done everything to reach the situation before March 29, before the violence (on the border) broke out—we did this our way, by using force, by using persuasion, by cooperating with those who wanted to help," he explained. "There were all sorts of attempts to reach an arrangement led by Egypt and the UN and UN envoy. We tried all of the other ways, I didn't see any results unfortunately."
The "serious blow" he's calling for "must be a decision of the Cabinet. Unfortunately neither the defense minister nor the prime minister can make such a decision on their own."
Lieberman explained the last straw was last Friday's rioting, when "after allowing the UN to bring in four tankers of gas (into Gaza) in the morning, in the evening we got a wave of violence, at a level I don't remember."
He also quoted Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, who said neither fuel nor salaries will stop the violence.
"Their goal is to lift the siege, which means one thing: uninterrupted free ability to bring in weapons, Hezbollah fighters, Iranians into the Gaza Strip—and we will never allow that," Lieberman said.
"They want to get salaries, fuel, all of the benefits without giving anything back, without an arrangement on the MIAs and POWs, without giving up the article in their charter that calls for the annihilation of the State of Israel, and of course without giving up the manufacturing of weapons and the digging of tunnels," the defense minister explained. "To me, there's only one formula: reconstruction in return for disarmament."
Lieberman accused Hamas of inflaming the tensions. "15,000 people don't just come of their own accord to the border fence. Hamas is bringing them, paying for the buses, Hamas members go out and call on residents to get in the buses, then they drive them there. Hamas set up tents there and is trying to turn it into an event. This isn't the spontaneous action of innocent residents; it's the Hamas members who bring people almost by order. Had Hamas not paid for the transportation, no one would've come on foot to the border," he asserted.
"They think they figured out a new trick—putting pressure on the Israeli government, on Israeli society. They think they're eroding our steadfastness, our deterrence," Lieberman added. "It's time to put an end to it."
An Israeli warplane on Tuesday morning opened fire at a group of Palestinian citizens north of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said, quoting eyewitnesses, that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at Palestinian youths gathering east of Beit Hanoun city in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
No injuries have been reported in the attack, according to the witnesses.
Israeli media sources claimed, based on an Israeli army statement, that the youths were flying fire balloons toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said, quoting eyewitnesses, that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at Palestinian youths gathering east of Beit Hanoun city in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
No injuries have been reported in the attack, according to the witnesses.
Israeli media sources claimed, based on an Israeli army statement, that the youths were flying fire balloons toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Ashraf Na’luwa
The Israeli occupation forces have stepped up at daybreak Tuesday abduction sweeps across Tulkarem as they rummaged around for Ashraf Na’luwa, who allegedly carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
According to local sources, heavily armed Israeli patrols raided Na’luwa neighborhood in Shweika area and come down heavily on the locals.
Young man Amid Sarhan was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers from his family home in the area.
At the same time, clashes burst out in Tulkarem’s eastern corners, where Israeli troops attacked Palestinian civilians with randomly-discharged barrages of teargas.
Occupation patrols have been deployed around the western entrance to the city.
The Israeli occupation forces have stepped up at daybreak Tuesday abduction sweeps across Tulkarem as they rummaged around for Ashraf Na’luwa, who allegedly carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
According to local sources, heavily armed Israeli patrols raided Na’luwa neighborhood in Shweika area and come down heavily on the locals.
Young man Amid Sarhan was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers from his family home in the area.
At the same time, clashes burst out in Tulkarem’s eastern corners, where Israeli troops attacked Palestinian civilians with randomly-discharged barrages of teargas.
Occupation patrols have been deployed around the western entrance to the city.
15 oct 2018
An Israeli aircraft bombed on Monday afternoon a resistance position east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
There were no immediate reports of Palestinian injuries in the airstrike.
“The strike was carried out after two Palestinians approached the security fence in the southern Strip and placed an explosive device near the fence,” the Israeli army said.
“The device exploded inside Gaza and damaged the fence. No troops were injured,” the army added.
There were no immediate reports of Palestinian injuries in the airstrike.
“The strike was carried out after two Palestinians approached the security fence in the southern Strip and placed an explosive device near the fence,” the Israeli army said.
“The device exploded inside Gaza and damaged the fence. No troops were injured,” the army added.
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Israeli navy and soldiers attacked, Monday, dozens of Palestinian protesters, demanding an end to the deadly siege on the Gaza Strip, and injured 19 Palestinians with live fire, in addition to causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The procession was organized by the Higher National Committee for the Great Return March, in the Gaza Strip, and was attended by hundreds of Palestinians along the eastern parts of the coastal region. Media sources said the protesters gathered the shore, while many boarded boats that sailed in Gaza territorial waters, before the soldiers and the navy opened fire at them. video video The sources added that 19 Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. |
Most of the injuries tool place near Zikim military base, especially when some protesters managed to briefly cross through the northern Gaza, and the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at them. video
Some protesters also managed to cut sections of the barb-wire fence in northern Gaza, and raised Palestinian flags.
Many protesters also burnt dozens of tires to limit the vision of the Israeli army sharpshooters, in the sea, and across the perimeter fence.
The Higher National Committee said the participation in today’s processions was the largest since the naval protests started, and added that the Palestinians are determined to continue the struggle for their legitimate rights, despite the escalating military violations, the fatal use of force, and the repeated threats by Israeli political leaders to wage a comprehensive war on the besieged coastal region.
It also called on the international community, and the United Nations, to uphold their responsibilities, and act on ending the deadly Israeli siege on two million Palestinians, living in poverty and “in the largest open-air prison on earth.”
Some protesters also managed to cut sections of the barb-wire fence in northern Gaza, and raised Palestinian flags.
Many protesters also burnt dozens of tires to limit the vision of the Israeli army sharpshooters, in the sea, and across the perimeter fence.
The Higher National Committee said the participation in today’s processions was the largest since the naval protests started, and added that the Palestinians are determined to continue the struggle for their legitimate rights, despite the escalating military violations, the fatal use of force, and the repeated threats by Israeli political leaders to wage a comprehensive war on the besieged coastal region.
It also called on the international community, and the United Nations, to uphold their responsibilities, and act on ending the deadly Israeli siege on two million Palestinians, living in poverty and “in the largest open-air prison on earth.”
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Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded the al-Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem, and started bulldozing adjacent lands, before attacking nonviolent solidarity activists, abducted four and injured seven other. video
Eyewitnesses said seven nonviolent activist suffered various lacerations after being assaulted by the Israeli soldiers and police officers. They added that the soldiers abducted Riyad Salahat, the head of the Public Relations Department of the Palestinian National Security, in addition to two Israeli peace activists, identified as Koby and Jonathan, in addition to Robin, a peace activist from Holland. The Palestinians, along with dozens of Israeli and international peace activists, have been holding constant nonviolent protests, and solidarity |
activities with the Bedouin Palestinian villages of the al-Khan al-Ahmar, facing demolition and displacement.
Despite constant Israeli military assaults and violations against them, the peace activists continue to maintain a permanent presence in the community to prevent its demolition.
On September 5th, the Israeli supreme court denied an appeal against the demolition of the Palestinian community, and ordered its removal and displacement.
The first ruling by the court was made in May of this year, when it granted the military a green light for demolishing it.
There are approximately 200 Palestinians living in al-Khan al-Ahmar, %53 of them are children, and %95 of the population are refugees officially registered by the UNRWA. The community has one school providing education to 170 children.
It is worth mentioning that al-Khan al-Ahmar is surrounded by several illegal Israeli colonies, while Israel wants to remove it as part of its E1 colonialist project, which aims at surrounding occupied Jerusalem with a chain of Jewish-only colonies, and blocking the geographical contiguity of the occupied West Bank, and completely isolating the Palestinians from Jerusalem.
Despite constant Israeli military assaults and violations against them, the peace activists continue to maintain a permanent presence in the community to prevent its demolition.
On September 5th, the Israeli supreme court denied an appeal against the demolition of the Palestinian community, and ordered its removal and displacement.
The first ruling by the court was made in May of this year, when it granted the military a green light for demolishing it.
There are approximately 200 Palestinians living in al-Khan al-Ahmar, %53 of them are children, and %95 of the population are refugees officially registered by the UNRWA. The community has one school providing education to 170 children.
It is worth mentioning that al-Khan al-Ahmar is surrounded by several illegal Israeli colonies, while Israel wants to remove it as part of its E1 colonialist project, which aims at surrounding occupied Jerusalem with a chain of Jewish-only colonies, and blocking the geographical contiguity of the occupied West Bank, and completely isolating the Palestinians from Jerusalem.
A number of Palestinians, including officials who defied an Israeli army order to close al-Sawiyeh/al-Lubban School in the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus, were injured on Monday when Israeli soldiers attacked protesters.
Local sources said the head of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyeh village council, Samer Owais, was injured after Israeli soldiers hit the locals with bullet fire and teargas. Many others choked on teargas.
Photojournalist Jaafar Eshtiyeh, working for France Press, was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his head. video
Dozens of schoolchildren were prevented from joining their classes.
Israeli soldiers closed off the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired teargas canisters at the students, their parents as well as the teaching staff, causing several injuries and suffocation cases. They also closed the school gates locking the students and people inside.
The Israeli occupation authorities decided on Sunday to shut down the school until further notice under the pretext that students threw stones at Israeli soldiers. video
Local sources said the head of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyeh village council, Samer Owais, was injured after Israeli soldiers hit the locals with bullet fire and teargas. Many others choked on teargas.
Photojournalist Jaafar Eshtiyeh, working for France Press, was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his head. video
Dozens of schoolchildren were prevented from joining their classes.
Israeli soldiers closed off the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired teargas canisters at the students, their parents as well as the teaching staff, causing several injuries and suffocation cases. They also closed the school gates locking the students and people inside.
The Israeli occupation authorities decided on Sunday to shut down the school until further notice under the pretext that students threw stones at Israeli soldiers. video