18 oct 2019
A Palestinian young man was cold-bloodedly killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday evening at a military checkpoint near the village of Khirbet Jabara, south of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
According to Isreali media reports, a young man in his 20s suffered serious bullet injuries at Te'enim checkpoint near Tulkarem city and was left to bleed to death before soldiers allowed a Red Crescent ambulance to reach him.
The Israeli occupation army claimed in a statement the young man ran with a knife in his hand toward the checkpoint to attack soldiers, when one of them called on him stop, but after he failed to do so, he was shot at.
There is still no information about the identity of the young man or if the checkpoint soldiers allowed the Palestinian ambulance crew to evacuate the body.
Last Thursday night, a Palestinian young man was shot by undercover Israeli police after he his car collided with an unmarked vehicle of the police unit that was making arrests in Ramallah's Al-Amari refugee camp, leading to clashes between the Israeli force and local residents.
The victim, an east Jerusalem resident in his 20s, was evacuated to a hospital in critical condition.
According to Isreali media reports, a young man in his 20s suffered serious bullet injuries at Te'enim checkpoint near Tulkarem city and was left to bleed to death before soldiers allowed a Red Crescent ambulance to reach him.
The Israeli occupation army claimed in a statement the young man ran with a knife in his hand toward the checkpoint to attack soldiers, when one of them called on him stop, but after he failed to do so, he was shot at.
There is still no information about the identity of the young man or if the checkpoint soldiers allowed the Palestinian ambulance crew to evacuate the body.
Last Thursday night, a Palestinian young man was shot by undercover Israeli police after he his car collided with an unmarked vehicle of the police unit that was making arrests in Ramallah's Al-Amari refugee camp, leading to clashes between the Israeli force and local residents.
The victim, an east Jerusalem resident in his 20s, was evacuated to a hospital in critical condition.
Ninety-seven Palestinian civilians, including 45 children and 2 women, were injured due to Israeli soldiers’ excessive use of force against peaceful protestors at the 79th Great March of Return, this Friday, 18 October 2019.
This week witnessed an increase in injuries, particularly children, comparing with last week; as well as Israeli soldiers’ ongoing use of excessive force against protesters. A young man sustained serious injuries and 35 others were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel in addition to other injuries in the upper body due to direct targeting with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
Hundreds of civilians took part in the Great March of Return (GRM) in the five encampments across the Gaza Strip.
Titled this week as “”No to Normalization with Israel,” the protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
PCHR documented 214 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,355 were wounded, including 3,549 children, 382 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces’ attacks against protestors resulted in the injury of 23 civilians, including 16 children: 6 were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 13 were shot with rubber bullets; and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City: Israeli forces’ attacks against protestors resulted in the injury of 23 civilians, including 10 children: 7 with live bullets and shrapnel; 11 with rubber bullets and 5 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip: Israeli shooting and firing teargas canisters at protestors resulted in the injury of 21 civilians, including 7 children and 2 women: 10 were shot with live bullets, 10 were hit with teargas canisters and 1 was shot with a rubber bullet.
Khan Younis: Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors; some of them burnt tires near the fence. As a result, 5 civilians, including 1 child, were wounded, and all of them were transferred to hospitals. Among those wounded, a civilian sustained shrapnel wounds, and 4 were shot with rubber bullets and hit with teargas canisters. In addition, many civilians sustained superficial rubber bullet wounds and suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; they received treatment on the spot.
Rafah: Israeli shooting and firing teargas canisters at protestors resulted in the injury 25 civilians, including 11 children and a young man sustaining serious wounds. Eleven of those wounded were shot with live bullets and shrapnel, 13 were shot with rubber bullets, and one was directly hit with a tear gas canister. The young man sustaining serious, Iyad Ibrahim Hussein Zanoun (24), was shot with a live bullet to the back.
73 Palestinians Wounded as Israeli Forces Attack Gaza Protests
Israeli forces assaulted protesters who gathered at a number of points along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday for the 79th weekly ‘March of Return’ calling for a return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland and an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza.
At least 31 of those injured on Friday were hit by live ammunition fired by Israeli snipers stationed in military observation towers on the Gaza-Israel border.
The rest were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, or suffered from severe tear gas inhalation.
According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency, Israeli soldiers positioned in military towers and behind earth mounds along the eastern fence fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters at Palestinian civilians, who had flocked to the five communities where the events took place.
In addition, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats near the al-Sudaniya area northwest of Gaza City, despite the fact that they were within the 6 mile zone allowed by the Israeli military (previously the zone was 20 miles).
The fishers were forced to abandon their boats and swim to shore, according to local sources. But no injuries were reported.
This week witnessed an increase in injuries, particularly children, comparing with last week; as well as Israeli soldiers’ ongoing use of excessive force against protesters. A young man sustained serious injuries and 35 others were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel in addition to other injuries in the upper body due to direct targeting with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
Hundreds of civilians took part in the Great March of Return (GRM) in the five encampments across the Gaza Strip.
Titled this week as “”No to Normalization with Israel,” the protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
PCHR documented 214 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,355 were wounded, including 3,549 children, 382 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces’ attacks against protestors resulted in the injury of 23 civilians, including 16 children: 6 were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 13 were shot with rubber bullets; and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City: Israeli forces’ attacks against protestors resulted in the injury of 23 civilians, including 10 children: 7 with live bullets and shrapnel; 11 with rubber bullets and 5 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip: Israeli shooting and firing teargas canisters at protestors resulted in the injury of 21 civilians, including 7 children and 2 women: 10 were shot with live bullets, 10 were hit with teargas canisters and 1 was shot with a rubber bullet.
Khan Younis: Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors; some of them burnt tires near the fence. As a result, 5 civilians, including 1 child, were wounded, and all of them were transferred to hospitals. Among those wounded, a civilian sustained shrapnel wounds, and 4 were shot with rubber bullets and hit with teargas canisters. In addition, many civilians sustained superficial rubber bullet wounds and suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; they received treatment on the spot.
Rafah: Israeli shooting and firing teargas canisters at protestors resulted in the injury 25 civilians, including 11 children and a young man sustaining serious wounds. Eleven of those wounded were shot with live bullets and shrapnel, 13 were shot with rubber bullets, and one was directly hit with a tear gas canister. The young man sustaining serious, Iyad Ibrahim Hussein Zanoun (24), was shot with a live bullet to the back.
73 Palestinians Wounded as Israeli Forces Attack Gaza Protests
Israeli forces assaulted protesters who gathered at a number of points along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday for the 79th weekly ‘March of Return’ calling for a return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland and an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza.
At least 31 of those injured on Friday were hit by live ammunition fired by Israeli snipers stationed in military observation towers on the Gaza-Israel border.
The rest were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, or suffered from severe tear gas inhalation.
According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency, Israeli soldiers positioned in military towers and behind earth mounds along the eastern fence fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters at Palestinian civilians, who had flocked to the five communities where the events took place.
In addition, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats near the al-Sudaniya area northwest of Gaza City, despite the fact that they were within the 6 mile zone allowed by the Israeli military (previously the zone was 20 miles).
The fishers were forced to abandon their boats and swim to shore, according to local sources. But no injuries were reported.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Sur Baher Palestinian town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and assaulted many Palestinians attending a wedding party.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before storming a wedding party, and assaulted many Palestinians.
They added that the soldiers struck and clubbed many Palestinians, especially those who objected to the invasion into a wedding party, where the families were celebrating. video
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before storming a wedding party, and assaulted many Palestinians.
They added that the soldiers struck and clubbed many Palestinians, especially those who objected to the invasion into a wedding party, where the families were celebrating. video
Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers and soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian farmers while trying to enter their own orchards to pick their olive trees in the ash-Shu’ab area, between the villages of Burqa and Beitin, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The head of Burqa Village Council, Adnan Barakat, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that around sixteen colonists invaded the Palestinian orchards, and started assaulting them while forcing them out of their lands.
He added that the Israel soldiers were present during the attack, and fired many gas bombs at the Palestinians, causing four to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation before they were moved to a local clinic.
On Tuesday, the armed colonists attacked the Palestinians in the same area, and stoke their olive harvest, while the soldiers stood and watched.
The head of Burqa Village Council, Adnan Barakat, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that around sixteen colonists invaded the Palestinian orchards, and started assaulting them while forcing them out of their lands.
He added that the Israel soldiers were present during the attack, and fired many gas bombs at the Palestinians, causing four to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation before they were moved to a local clinic.
On Tuesday, the armed colonists attacked the Palestinians in the same area, and stoke their olive harvest, while the soldiers stood and watched.
The Israeli occupation forces conducted night raids on Friday morning before dawn, abducting two young men from Jenin and raiding several houses.
According to local sources, Israeli forces abducted the editor Fuad Aghbarieh, as well as the civilian Marwan Hashash, after storming the city of Jenin and raiding their homes while they were asleep in their beds.
In addition to abducting Fuad from his home, they ordered the journalist to hand over his son Majdi within 74 hours.
The abductions came after the soldiers wreaked havoc and shattered the doors of the houses amid the firing of sound bombs inside.
Earlier that night, Israeli forces raided a wedding party in the town of Sur Baher, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. video
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the ceremony, and deliberately terrorized the participants, amid skirmishes with the residents.
Also Friday morning before dawn, Israeli forces closed the Ramallah-Nablus Street to secure a marathon for settlers.
The Israeli army announced Thursday that the closure would continue from five in the morning until 12:30 pm, in order to allow a marathon run by illegal Israeli settlers from the junction of the village of Turmus’aya to the junction of Zaatara village.
According to the Wafa correspondent that the occupation forces closed the main entrance of Salfit (in the northern West Bank) and prevented citizens from using the main roads to secure the marathon settlers.
According to local sources, Israeli forces abducted the editor Fuad Aghbarieh, as well as the civilian Marwan Hashash, after storming the city of Jenin and raiding their homes while they were asleep in their beds.
In addition to abducting Fuad from his home, they ordered the journalist to hand over his son Majdi within 74 hours.
The abductions came after the soldiers wreaked havoc and shattered the doors of the houses amid the firing of sound bombs inside.
Earlier that night, Israeli forces raided a wedding party in the town of Sur Baher, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. video
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the ceremony, and deliberately terrorized the participants, amid skirmishes with the residents.
Also Friday morning before dawn, Israeli forces closed the Ramallah-Nablus Street to secure a marathon for settlers.
The Israeli army announced Thursday that the closure would continue from five in the morning until 12:30 pm, in order to allow a marathon run by illegal Israeli settlers from the junction of the village of Turmus’aya to the junction of Zaatara village.
According to the Wafa correspondent that the occupation forces closed the main entrance of Salfit (in the northern West Bank) and prevented citizens from using the main roads to secure the marathon settlers.
17 oct 2019
Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats with live ammunition and water cannons.
Media sources said that Israeli naval forces fired live bullets and blasted water from cannons at fishing boats during their presence within three nautical miles off the shore of al-Sudaniya area in the northwest of Gaza City.
Luckily, no one of the fishermen was hurt in the attack, which only caused damage to some boats
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
Media sources said that Israeli naval forces fired live bullets and blasted water from cannons at fishing boats during their presence within three nautical miles off the shore of al-Sudaniya area in the northwest of Gaza City.
Luckily, no one of the fishermen was hurt in the attack, which only caused damage to some boats
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
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Israeli soldiers shot, Thursday, two Palestinian workers near the military gate, which was installed on Barta’a town lands, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, as they were on their way to work.
Mahmoud Sa’adi, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s office in Jenin, said the soldiers shot Mohammad Ahmad Nawasra, 24, from Fahma town, and Omar Jamal Obeid, 23, from Arraba town, near Jenin. Nawasra was shot with live rounds in his legs, while Obeid was shot in his left leg, before the soldiers interrogated them, and handed them to Palestinian medics. The two were trying to cross a gate of the illegal Annexation Wall in the area. video It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have injured seven Palestinians in the last two weeks in the same area, and under similar circumstances. |
At least two Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and dozens others suffocated by tear gas as Israeli forces violently quelled a peaceful demonstration in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah city, said WAFA correspondent.
Israeli army attacked a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian residents to protest the Israeli establishment of a new settlement outpost on Turmus Ayya land.
Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters toward Palestinians who gathered near the town’s municipality to protest the building of a new settlement outpost on the town’s land, leading to violent clashes. video video
Settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who attempted to reach their land threatened with seizure for the benefit of the new settlement outpost.
Israeli soldiers brutally assaulted and injured QNN correspondent Mutasem Saqf el-Heit while at his work near the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, today.
Israeli occupation soldiers attacked journalists during confrontations in Turmus Ayya.
The video footage shows QNN reporter Mutasem Saqfel Heit being assaulted by Israeli soldiers while covering the confrontations.
Israeli soldiers brutally assault and injure QNN correspondent Mutasem Saqf el-Heit while reporting from an anti-Israeli settlements protest near the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, today. video
Daring Palestinian youths confront with stones IOF vehicles in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, today. video
Israeli army attacked a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian residents to protest the Israeli establishment of a new settlement outpost on Turmus Ayya land.
Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters toward Palestinians who gathered near the town’s municipality to protest the building of a new settlement outpost on the town’s land, leading to violent clashes. video video
Settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who attempted to reach their land threatened with seizure for the benefit of the new settlement outpost.
Israeli soldiers brutally assaulted and injured QNN correspondent Mutasem Saqf el-Heit while at his work near the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, today.
Israeli occupation soldiers attacked journalists during confrontations in Turmus Ayya.
The video footage shows QNN reporter Mutasem Saqfel Heit being assaulted by Israeli soldiers while covering the confrontations.
Israeli soldiers brutally assault and injure QNN correspondent Mutasem Saqf el-Heit while reporting from an anti-Israeli settlements protest near the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, today. video
Daring Palestinian youths confront with stones IOF vehicles in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, today. video
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, after injuring two of them, including one who suffered serious wounds, near the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Media sources said the soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car near the refugee camp, and abducted the two young men, before moving them to an unknown destination.
The Israeli army claimed that the driver of the car “attempted to ram under-cover soldiers with his car,” and that he then stepped out of the vehicle “before attempting to attack them with a knife.
The invasion was carried out by at least twenty armored military vehicles, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Bara’ Badra, and Islam Nimir.
Palestinian seriously injured by Israeli gunfire in Am’ari camp
A Palestinian young man, from Occupied Jerusalem, was seriously wounded last night after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him on allegations that he carried out a car-ramming attack in Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah city.
A statement released by the Israeli border police claimed the young man deliberately rammed his car into a military vehicle and caused material damage to it during the presence of its forces in Am’ari camp.
Although no one of the soldiers was injured in the collision, they cold-bloodedly opened fire at him.
In order to justify their shooting of the young man, soldiers claimed the young man was carrying a knife and intended to kill soldiers with his vehicle
Later, the victim was transferred in critical condition to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. His identity is still unknown.
The incident happened after the Israeli occupation forces stormed the camp and arrested two Palestinian citizens at the pretext of their affiliation with a Palestinian faction and their involvement in activities against Israel.
The shooting incident also provoked local young men into hurling stones at the soldiers, who responded by opening fire at them upon their withdrawal from the camp.
However, local sources said later that two young men were injured, one critically, when soldiers opened fire at a car they were aboard in the camp.
Media sources said the soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car near the refugee camp, and abducted the two young men, before moving them to an unknown destination.
The Israeli army claimed that the driver of the car “attempted to ram under-cover soldiers with his car,” and that he then stepped out of the vehicle “before attempting to attack them with a knife.
The invasion was carried out by at least twenty armored military vehicles, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Bara’ Badra, and Islam Nimir.
Palestinian seriously injured by Israeli gunfire in Am’ari camp
A Palestinian young man, from Occupied Jerusalem, was seriously wounded last night after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him on allegations that he carried out a car-ramming attack in Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah city.
A statement released by the Israeli border police claimed the young man deliberately rammed his car into a military vehicle and caused material damage to it during the presence of its forces in Am’ari camp.
Although no one of the soldiers was injured in the collision, they cold-bloodedly opened fire at him.
In order to justify their shooting of the young man, soldiers claimed the young man was carrying a knife and intended to kill soldiers with his vehicle
Later, the victim was transferred in critical condition to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. His identity is still unknown.
The incident happened after the Israeli occupation forces stormed the camp and arrested two Palestinian citizens at the pretext of their affiliation with a Palestinian faction and their involvement in activities against Israel.
The shooting incident also provoked local young men into hurling stones at the soldiers, who responded by opening fire at them upon their withdrawal from the camp.
However, local sources said later that two young men were injured, one critically, when soldiers opened fire at a car they were aboard in the camp.
After dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied many buses and cars, loaded with illegal colonialist settlers, into Joseph Tomb area, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to protests, medical sources said the soldiers have injured 51 Palestinians, including four infants, and one journalist. The soldiers also abducted several Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire, 14 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and 34 who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRCS added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at random, causing many Palestinians, including four infants, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in their homes.
Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Yousef Hazem Fuqaha’, 23, from his home in Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ashraf Fathi Abu Hashem, from Doura city, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while crossing Jaba’ military roadblock, near Jenin, in northern West Bank.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Ibrahim As’ad Baddad, and Farid Salim ‘Alawna, from their homes in Jaba’ town, south of Jenin.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted several Palestinians in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, after searching their homes; one of them is a former political prisoner, identified as Bara’ Badra.
Another Palestinians, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, was shot by the soldiers in the refugee camp, before the soldiers abducted him and took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday at night, four Palestinians with live fire, in addition to causing many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus to accompany buses and cars of colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb area in the city.
Medical sources in Nablus said local medics rushed four Palestinians, who were shot with live Israeli army fire, to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. video video
One of the wounded Palestinians was shot with a “Toto” expanding bullets.
They added that the medics provided treatment to many other Palestinians, who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to cuts and bruises. video
The Palestinians were injured during protests, which erupted after the soldiers and the colonialist settlers invaded Joseph’s Tombs, near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.
Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire, 14 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and 34 who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRCS added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at random, causing many Palestinians, including four infants, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in their homes.
Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Yousef Hazem Fuqaha’, 23, from his home in Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ashraf Fathi Abu Hashem, from Doura city, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while crossing Jaba’ military roadblock, near Jenin, in northern West Bank.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Ibrahim As’ad Baddad, and Farid Salim ‘Alawna, from their homes in Jaba’ town, south of Jenin.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted several Palestinians in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, after searching their homes; one of them is a former political prisoner, identified as Bara’ Badra.
Another Palestinians, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, was shot by the soldiers in the refugee camp, before the soldiers abducted him and took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday at night, four Palestinians with live fire, in addition to causing many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus to accompany buses and cars of colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb area in the city.
Medical sources in Nablus said local medics rushed four Palestinians, who were shot with live Israeli army fire, to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. video video
One of the wounded Palestinians was shot with a “Toto” expanding bullets.
They added that the medics provided treatment to many other Palestinians, who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to cuts and bruises. video
The Palestinians were injured during protests, which erupted after the soldiers and the colonialist settlers invaded Joseph’s Tombs, near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.
Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.
16 oct 2019
A few armored Israeli army vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed several sections while firing live rounds to force the Palestinians away.
Media sources said the invading vehicles came from Abu Safiyya military base, across the perimeter fence.
They added that the soldiers advanced dozens of meters into the Palestinian lands, and bulldozed several sections, in addition to installing sand hills, while sporadically firing rounds of live ammunition.
The soldiers carry out repeated invasions and violations against the Palestinians and their lands, near the perimeter fence in the northern and eastern parts of the coastal region.
Media sources said the invading vehicles came from Abu Safiyya military base, across the perimeter fence.
They added that the soldiers advanced dozens of meters into the Palestinian lands, and bulldozed several sections, in addition to installing sand hills, while sporadically firing rounds of live ammunition.
The soldiers carry out repeated invasions and violations against the Palestinians and their lands, near the perimeter fence in the northern and eastern parts of the coastal region.
Israeli soldiers shot, earlier Wednesday, a young Palestinian man near the gate of the Annexation Wall, close to Qaffin village, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot Bara’ Mohammad Es’eed, 17, while he was on his way to occupied Jerusalem.
They added that Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, and transferred Es’eed to Thabet Thabet hospital, in Tulkarem.
In the past few days, the soldiers shot and injured five young Palestinian men, in the same area.
In related news, the soldiers invade a home in Bal’a town, east of Tulkarem, and violently searched a home, belonging to Abdul-Qader Salama.
The family said the soldiers destroyed the main door, and several other doors, before storming and ransacking the property, and took 10.000 Shekels from the property.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot Bara’ Mohammad Es’eed, 17, while he was on his way to occupied Jerusalem.
They added that Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, and transferred Es’eed to Thabet Thabet hospital, in Tulkarem.
In the past few days, the soldiers shot and injured five young Palestinian men, in the same area.
In related news, the soldiers invade a home in Bal’a town, east of Tulkarem, and violently searched a home, belonging to Abdul-Qader Salama.
The family said the soldiers destroyed the main door, and several other doors, before storming and ransacking the property, and took 10.000 Shekels from the property.
15 oct 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning carried out a small-scale incursion into the east of Gaza City and opened fire at Palestinian farmers on the northern border.
Local sources said that two military bulldozers advanced from a military post behind the security fence in the east of Gaza City towards an agricultural area, where they embarked on leveling lands.
Meanwhile, the IOF opened machinegun fire at Palestinian homes and plots of land in the east of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Luckily, no one was injured in the shooting attack.
The eastern border areas of Gaza are repeatedly exposed to Israeli military incursions and gunfire attacks, which are seen as violations of the last ceasefire understandings between the Palestinian resistance and Israel.
Local sources said that two military bulldozers advanced from a military post behind the security fence in the east of Gaza City towards an agricultural area, where they embarked on leveling lands.
Meanwhile, the IOF opened machinegun fire at Palestinian homes and plots of land in the east of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Luckily, no one was injured in the shooting attack.
The eastern border areas of Gaza are repeatedly exposed to Israeli military incursions and gunfire attacks, which are seen as violations of the last ceasefire understandings between the Palestinian resistance and Israel.