4 sept 2015
Several Special Forces personnel assaulted on Wednesday the 13-year old Ahmad Anwar Jamjoom after he left his school located inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the forces assaulted Jamjoom upon arrival to Al-Majles Gate and kicked him for no reason. They injured him with several bruises in different parts of his body especially his left arm.
Abu Asab pointed out that Ahmad is the son of Anwar Jamjoom who is sentenced for 17 months on charges of confronting the settlers’ break-ins to Al-Aqsa Mosque; he is a resident of the village of Esawyeh.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the forces assaulted Jamjoom upon arrival to Al-Majles Gate and kicked him for no reason. They injured him with several bruises in different parts of his body especially his left arm.
Abu Asab pointed out that Ahmad is the son of Anwar Jamjoom who is sentenced for 17 months on charges of confronting the settlers’ break-ins to Al-Aqsa Mosque; he is a resident of the village of Esawyeh.
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The occupation forces targeted on Wednesday late night a “special needs” vehicle with grenades and rubber bullets while passing through the main street in Al-Tur.
Mahmoud Abu Jom’a explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces targeted the family’s car while passing through the main street in Al-Tur and fired sound and tear-gas grenades and rubber bullets towards the car. Abu Jom’a added that the car has the special needs sticker on it and was transporting his paralyzed brother Qusai (26) and his brother Wisam. |
One of the rubber bullets went through the rear window and miraculously no one was injured.
Abu Jom’a confirmed that there were no clashes in Al-Tur Main Street but the Israeli authorities were provoking the locals by firing grenades and rubber bullets for no reason.
Abu Jom’a added that his brother Qusai was extremely afraid and suffered a hypertension after the windows were broken; he was transferred to Hadassah hospital for treatment.
Abu Jom’a confirmed that there were no clashes in Al-Tur Main Street but the Israeli authorities were provoking the locals by firing grenades and rubber bullets for no reason.
Abu Jom’a added that his brother Qusai was extremely afraid and suffered a hypertension after the windows were broken; he was transferred to Hadassah hospital for treatment.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot and injured a Palestinian child overnight near the shores of the Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip.
Medics said that Bilal Abu Amr, 12, suffered moderate injuries when Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian homes near Beit Lahia.
He was immediately taken to Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment, the sources added.
The attack is a new violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance signed in August 2014 under Egyptian mediation.
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Injure Child in Gaza
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian child near the shores of the Beit Lahiya village in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.
Medics told Ma'an News Agency that Bilal Abu Amro, aged 11, was shot in the thigh while he was with his father, a fisherman.
He was taken to Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were unaware of the incident.
. Palestinian fishermen making a living off of the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip face daily risks, including routine harassment from Israeli naval forces, confiscation of boats and materials, detention, and potentially death.
At least three Palestinian fishermen have been shot dead by Israeli forces since September. Israeli forces often allege that fishermen deviate from the designated fishing zone and pose a security threat.
The exact limits of the zone set by Israeli authorities are often ambiguous, and authorities have not abided by the fishing zone agreed upon in last summer's ceasefire agreement, rights groups say.
The attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of last summer's ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border region near the "security buffer zone".
On July 31, Mohammad Hamid al-Masri, 17, was shot by Israeli forces and died instantly north of Beit Lahiya near the border fence.
Medics said that Bilal Abu Amr, 12, suffered moderate injuries when Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian homes near Beit Lahia.
He was immediately taken to Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment, the sources added.
The attack is a new violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance signed in August 2014 under Egyptian mediation.
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Injure Child in Gaza
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian child near the shores of the Beit Lahiya village in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.
Medics told Ma'an News Agency that Bilal Abu Amro, aged 11, was shot in the thigh while he was with his father, a fisherman.
He was taken to Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were unaware of the incident.
. Palestinian fishermen making a living off of the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip face daily risks, including routine harassment from Israeli naval forces, confiscation of boats and materials, detention, and potentially death.
At least three Palestinian fishermen have been shot dead by Israeli forces since September. Israeli forces often allege that fishermen deviate from the designated fishing zone and pose a security threat.
The exact limits of the zone set by Israeli authorities are often ambiguous, and authorities have not abided by the fishing zone agreed upon in last summer's ceasefire agreement, rights groups say.
The attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of last summer's ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border region near the "security buffer zone".
On July 31, Mohammad Hamid al-Masri, 17, was shot by Israeli forces and died instantly north of Beit Lahiya near the border fence.
A round of violent confrontations flared up overnight Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into Jenin’s eastern town of Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, and attacked the unarmed Palestinian protesters with rubber bullets.
Local sources said the IOF soldiers stormed Qabatiya late evening and cordoned off residential neighborhoods before they provocatively inspected Palestinian vehicles and passers-by.
The assault culminated in a wave of clashes spreading across the town and in heavy deployment of IOF troops, the same sources further reported.
Local sources said the IOF soldiers stormed Qabatiya late evening and cordoned off residential neighborhoods before they provocatively inspected Palestinian vehicles and passers-by.
The assault culminated in a wave of clashes spreading across the town and in heavy deployment of IOF troops, the same sources further reported.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday afternoon stormed some neighborhoods of Bethlehem city and clashed with young men.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) was told that Israeli soldiers and officers aboard military vehicles stormed neighborhoods in the city and embarked on stopping citizens and interrogating them.
Local sources said that the unwelcome presence of Israeli troops in the city angered some local young men, who showered them with stones and empty bottles.
The invading troops, in turn, responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades at the angry young men, with no reported injuries among them.
In a separate incident, four Jewish settlers on the same day were injured when a Palestinian young man threw a Molotov cocktail at their moving car in Tareq Ibn Ziyad neighborhood, south of al-Khalil city.
Consequently, the Israeli army cordoned off the area of the attack and launched a manhunt for the assailant.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) was told that Israeli soldiers and officers aboard military vehicles stormed neighborhoods in the city and embarked on stopping citizens and interrogating them.
Local sources said that the unwelcome presence of Israeli troops in the city angered some local young men, who showered them with stones and empty bottles.
The invading troops, in turn, responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades at the angry young men, with no reported injuries among them.
In a separate incident, four Jewish settlers on the same day were injured when a Palestinian young man threw a Molotov cocktail at their moving car in Tareq Ibn Ziyad neighborhood, south of al-Khalil city.
Consequently, the Israeli army cordoned off the area of the attack and launched a manhunt for the assailant.
A Palestinian car on Thursday afternoon overturned and burst into flames after Israeli policemen opened fire at it near al-Eizariya town, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The police claimed that a Palestinian driver drove his car fast into a security checkpoint near the town, which forced the policemen there to open fire at him.
According to them, the driver lost control of his car during the shooting and flipped over before he was rounded up.
The police also said that the car went on fire, but it did not state if the driver suffered injuries during the incident.
The channel said that the Israeli police launched an investigation into the incident to know the motive behind it.
The police claimed that a Palestinian driver drove his car fast into a security checkpoint near the town, which forced the policemen there to open fire at him.
According to them, the driver lost control of his car during the shooting and flipped over before he was rounded up.
The police also said that the car went on fire, but it did not state if the driver suffered injuries during the incident.
The channel said that the Israeli police launched an investigation into the incident to know the motive behind it.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was shot and injured, , on Friday at dawn, and four others have been kidnapped, after dozens of soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Qalandia Media Center said a large military force, accompanied by armored vehicles and trucks, invaded the camp before breaking into several homes, including homes of political prisoners, and violently searched them.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and tall buildings, and used them as monitoring towers.
The Israeli army said the invasion was carried out after shots were fired, on Thursday evening, targeting the monitoring tower of the Qalandia Terminal, and that the shots came from the ar-Ram neighborhood.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails on them, while the army fired several rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The soldiers then kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ebzea’, 21, ‘Ali Khaled Hamad, 19, ‘Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyala, 20.
IOF shoots Palestinian, detains 4 others in Qalandia
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Friday between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and local youths in Qalandia refugee camp to the south of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that IOF soldiers fired live shots, tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets towards local homes during the clashes.
Medics said a young man was shot in the leg by sniper fire as soldiers took over rooftops and deployed snipers.
Four other young men were arrested after breaking into their homes. The detainees were identified as Muhammad Ibzei, 21, Ali Khalid Hamad, 19, Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyaleh, 20.
Several local homes were stormed during the raid including homes belonging to ex-detainees.
The Qalandia Media Center said a large military force, accompanied by armored vehicles and trucks, invaded the camp before breaking into several homes, including homes of political prisoners, and violently searched them.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and tall buildings, and used them as monitoring towers.
The Israeli army said the invasion was carried out after shots were fired, on Thursday evening, targeting the monitoring tower of the Qalandia Terminal, and that the shots came from the ar-Ram neighborhood.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails on them, while the army fired several rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The soldiers then kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ebzea’, 21, ‘Ali Khaled Hamad, 19, ‘Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyala, 20.
IOF shoots Palestinian, detains 4 others in Qalandia
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Friday between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and local youths in Qalandia refugee camp to the south of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that IOF soldiers fired live shots, tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets towards local homes during the clashes.
Medics said a young man was shot in the leg by sniper fire as soldiers took over rooftops and deployed snipers.
Four other young men were arrested after breaking into their homes. The detainees were identified as Muhammad Ibzei, 21, Ali Khalid Hamad, 19, Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyaleh, 20.
Several local homes were stormed during the raid including homes belonging to ex-detainees.
3 sept 2015
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Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the Israeli army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier. The incident took place during the Nabi Saleh village’s weekly demonstration against the illegal confiscation of their land, according to a report in Midde East Monitor. In a Facebook statement, she said that the unarmed protesters should have been shot. Regev called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change the army’s policy on the use of live-fire because of the “humiliation” the soldier endured.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
Local sources revealed that the Palestinian young man, who was arrested on Wednesday after being injured for trying to sneak into the Israeli Zikkim military base near Gaza, suffers mental disorders.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Thursday that the 24-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Tanira, from Khan Younis, is suffering from mental disorders. He was visiting his aunt in Sheikh Radwan district when he lost his way and headed towards the Israeli military security fence northwest of Beit Lahia, the sources added.
They said that the Israeli forces shot the mentally unstable man when he approached the security fence before arresting him. Later on, the forces informed his family that he was shot in his foot and held at Barzilai Hospital.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Thursday that the 24-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Tanira, from Khan Younis, is suffering from mental disorders. He was visiting his aunt in Sheikh Radwan district when he lost his way and headed towards the Israeli military security fence northwest of Beit Lahia, the sources added.
They said that the Israeli forces shot the mentally unstable man when he approached the security fence before arresting him. Later on, the forces informed his family that he was shot in his foot and held at Barzilai Hospital.
Clashes broke out Wednesday evening between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in al-Issawiya town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem leading to the burning of a Palestinian house.
An eyewitness revealed that clashes erupted in Abu Riyaleh district in the town and that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs directly and randomly at Palestinians’ houses.
One of the houses caught fire due to a tear gas canister shot by the soldiers. A fire extinguishing vehicle immediately started its work. No casualties have been reported. The fire, however, caused big damage to the house.
Israeli police said, in a statement, that the Palestinians threw stones at an Israeli patrol, but no injuries were reported.
This is the fourth Palestinian house to catch fire because of Israeli tear gas bombs.
An eyewitness revealed that clashes erupted in Abu Riyaleh district in the town and that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs directly and randomly at Palestinians’ houses.
One of the houses caught fire due to a tear gas canister shot by the soldiers. A fire extinguishing vehicle immediately started its work. No casualties have been reported. The fire, however, caused big damage to the house.
Israeli police said, in a statement, that the Palestinians threw stones at an Israeli patrol, but no injuries were reported.
This is the fourth Palestinian house to catch fire because of Israeli tear gas bombs.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed late yesterday Nablus city under heavy protection of Israeli forces who imposed a tight security cordon on the eastern neighborhoods of the city.
The settlers arrived in several buses at Balata town, heavily escorted by Israeli military vehicles, in order to perform Jewish prayers at the site of Yossef Tomb east of the city. Their break-in lasted for several hours.
Clashes broke out between Israeli forces and local youths who protested against the settlers’ provocative break-in into their town.
During the clashes, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the young men to disperse them, which resulted in dozens of breathing problems due to tear gas inhalation.
Israeli settlers routinely break into Youssef Tomb, believing that it belongs to the biblical patriarch, Joseph. However, archeologists said that the site is only a few centuries old, while Palestinians affirm that it contains the remains of a Muslim sheikh named Yossef Dweikat.
Following the 1967 War, Israel confiscated the site and a small Jewish seminary was built there in the eighties of the past century. The site was also used as a military outpost.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces stormed at dawn today a Palestinian home to the south of the city after blowing up its door. Money and jewelry were confiscated during the raid.
Several neighboring towns were also stormed amid heavy presence of Israeli soldiers. No arrests were reported.
Along the same line, dozens of Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched during the raids.
In Jenin, similar raids were carried out in Yabad town at dawn today, while make-shift checkpoints were erected across the town.
During the raid, Israeli soldiers threatened to evacuate a whole neighborhood in the town under the pretext of being located near an Israeli outpost.
Soldiers Invade Nablus
Israeli soldiers and dozens of illegal Israeli settlers invaded, Thursday, the Joseph Tomb area, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to clashes with local youths; many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Eyewitnesses said several Israeli buses, and military jeeps, invaded the eastern area of Nablus, heading toward the Joseph Tomb area, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
Medical sources said scores of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
In related news, Israeli soldiers interrogated a wounded Palestinian child, from the 'Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, while receiving treatment at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
The child, identified as Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, was shot with a live round, on Wednesday evening.
The settlers arrived in several buses at Balata town, heavily escorted by Israeli military vehicles, in order to perform Jewish prayers at the site of Yossef Tomb east of the city. Their break-in lasted for several hours.
Clashes broke out between Israeli forces and local youths who protested against the settlers’ provocative break-in into their town.
During the clashes, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the young men to disperse them, which resulted in dozens of breathing problems due to tear gas inhalation.
Israeli settlers routinely break into Youssef Tomb, believing that it belongs to the biblical patriarch, Joseph. However, archeologists said that the site is only a few centuries old, while Palestinians affirm that it contains the remains of a Muslim sheikh named Yossef Dweikat.
Following the 1967 War, Israel confiscated the site and a small Jewish seminary was built there in the eighties of the past century. The site was also used as a military outpost.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces stormed at dawn today a Palestinian home to the south of the city after blowing up its door. Money and jewelry were confiscated during the raid.
Several neighboring towns were also stormed amid heavy presence of Israeli soldiers. No arrests were reported.
Along the same line, dozens of Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched during the raids.
In Jenin, similar raids were carried out in Yabad town at dawn today, while make-shift checkpoints were erected across the town.
During the raid, Israeli soldiers threatened to evacuate a whole neighborhood in the town under the pretext of being located near an Israeli outpost.
Soldiers Invade Nablus
Israeli soldiers and dozens of illegal Israeli settlers invaded, Thursday, the Joseph Tomb area, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to clashes with local youths; many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Eyewitnesses said several Israeli buses, and military jeeps, invaded the eastern area of Nablus, heading toward the Joseph Tomb area, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
Medical sources said scores of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
In related news, Israeli soldiers interrogated a wounded Palestinian child, from the 'Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, while receiving treatment at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
The child, identified as Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, was shot with a live round, on Wednesday evening.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two young men were injured, on Thursday at dawn, after Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
The sources said the two young men were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. Local sources said clashes took place in the refugee camp as dozens of youths hurled stones, empty bottles and several Molotov cocktails on the invading soldiers.
The army fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, also targeting homes in the camp, and nearby neighborhoods. Many residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
The sources said the two young men were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. Local sources said clashes took place in the refugee camp as dozens of youths hurled stones, empty bottles and several Molotov cocktails on the invading soldiers.
The army fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, also targeting homes in the camp, and nearby neighborhoods. Many residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, two missiles into a site for the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attack led to excessive property damage; no injuries were reported until the time of this report.
The Israeli army earlier claimed a Palestinian bullet, allegedly fired by a sharpshooter, hit the outside of a home in Netiv HaAsara colony, under the jurisdiction of the "Hof Ashkelon Regional Council of Settlements."
The Israeli attack led to excessive property damage; no injuries were reported until the time of this report.
The Israeli army earlier claimed a Palestinian bullet, allegedly fired by a sharpshooter, hit the outside of a home in Netiv HaAsara colony, under the jurisdiction of the "Hof Ashkelon Regional Council of Settlements."
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Wednesday evening, in the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped him.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, allegedly after a Molotov cocktail was hurled on a military vehicle near the camp.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding ‘Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, in the leg.
The soldiers then attacked the wounded child, and kidnapped him before moving him to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, allegedly after a Molotov cocktail was hurled on a military vehicle near the camp.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding ‘Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, in the leg.
The soldiers then attacked the wounded child, and kidnapped him before moving him to an unknown destination.
2 sept 2015
Dozens of young men from Silwan attempted to confront the settlers of Ateret Cohanim and prevent them from taking over and seizing the apartment of the late Jihad Sarhan in the “Middle Neighborhood” in Batn Al-Hawa. The young men were able to force the settlers who broke into the apartment using ropes to leave but the occupation forces provided the settlers with full protection enabling them to break into the apartment again and take it over.
Breaking into the apartment of Jihad Sarhan using ropes
Sarhan’s family explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that a group of settlers living in the building of Jamal Sarhan (sold to Ateret Cohanim last week) raided the apartment of Jihad Sarhan using ropes.
The settlers broke into the apartment through the windows of Jamal Sarhan’s building and dropped some furniture. The neighbors heard the noise only to find out that several settlers had already broken into the apartment.
Sarhan’s family added that a group of settler had broken into their uncle’s apartment and were able to reach the area of “Al-Hosh” (courtyard) within minutes; settlers were forced to leave after clashes broke out between the two sides.
The occupation forces outburst the door of Sarhan’s family’s “Hosh”
The family added that large forces including Special Forces outburst the main door of the apartment which had been closed for a while and provided the settlers with full protection to seize the apartment under the pretext of having an order from the Israeli court; note that the apartment has been empty for the last three years.
Arrests, clashes and the injury of 21 young men
The Information Center added that violent clashes and altercations using hands broke out in the “Hosh” between the forces and settlers on one side and the young men who attempted to confront the take-over process on another. During the clashes, the forces severely beat the young men with the butts of their guns and batons, and fired tear-gas and sound grenades in addition to rubber bullets.
Eight members of Sarhan family and one young man were injured with rubber bullets in the face, back and limbs. They also suffered several bruises due to being beat up with the butts of guns on their heads.
After seizing and taking over the apartment, the forces raided the house of Ahmad Sarhan and precisely searched it. They arrested the 16-year old Maher Samer Sarhan and the 22-year old Samah Sarhan. In the morning hours, the forces raided the house Mohammad Maher Sarhan and Ali Sarhan in provocative way.
Clashes spread to the neighborhoods of Batn Al-Hawa and Bi’er Ayoub and Al-Ein Street where 13 young men were injured by rubber bullets and shrapnel of sound grenades. Also, dozens of locals suffocated during the clashes due to random firing of tear gas by the occupation forces.
The center explained that the apartment is adjacent to the building of Jamal Sarhan that was sold to the settlers last Thursday and it is possible that the apartment of Jihad Sarhan was part of the deal done by Jamal.
Eight settlement outposts in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa
The number of settlement outposts in the Middle Neighborhood increased to 8 where all of them were sold by their owners. The first was taken over in 2005 (Bet Yonatan), the second is House of Honey and three buildings were seized last year (Qawasmi and Rajabi), three apartments owned by Abu Nab family were seized this year as well as Jamal Sarhan’s building and Jihad Sarhan’s apartment.
Breaking into the apartment of Jihad Sarhan using ropes
Sarhan’s family explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that a group of settlers living in the building of Jamal Sarhan (sold to Ateret Cohanim last week) raided the apartment of Jihad Sarhan using ropes.
The settlers broke into the apartment through the windows of Jamal Sarhan’s building and dropped some furniture. The neighbors heard the noise only to find out that several settlers had already broken into the apartment.
Sarhan’s family added that a group of settler had broken into their uncle’s apartment and were able to reach the area of “Al-Hosh” (courtyard) within minutes; settlers were forced to leave after clashes broke out between the two sides.
The occupation forces outburst the door of Sarhan’s family’s “Hosh”
The family added that large forces including Special Forces outburst the main door of the apartment which had been closed for a while and provided the settlers with full protection to seize the apartment under the pretext of having an order from the Israeli court; note that the apartment has been empty for the last three years.
Arrests, clashes and the injury of 21 young men
The Information Center added that violent clashes and altercations using hands broke out in the “Hosh” between the forces and settlers on one side and the young men who attempted to confront the take-over process on another. During the clashes, the forces severely beat the young men with the butts of their guns and batons, and fired tear-gas and sound grenades in addition to rubber bullets.
Eight members of Sarhan family and one young man were injured with rubber bullets in the face, back and limbs. They also suffered several bruises due to being beat up with the butts of guns on their heads.
After seizing and taking over the apartment, the forces raided the house of Ahmad Sarhan and precisely searched it. They arrested the 16-year old Maher Samer Sarhan and the 22-year old Samah Sarhan. In the morning hours, the forces raided the house Mohammad Maher Sarhan and Ali Sarhan in provocative way.
Clashes spread to the neighborhoods of Batn Al-Hawa and Bi’er Ayoub and Al-Ein Street where 13 young men were injured by rubber bullets and shrapnel of sound grenades. Also, dozens of locals suffocated during the clashes due to random firing of tear gas by the occupation forces.
The center explained that the apartment is adjacent to the building of Jamal Sarhan that was sold to the settlers last Thursday and it is possible that the apartment of Jihad Sarhan was part of the deal done by Jamal.
Eight settlement outposts in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa
The number of settlement outposts in the Middle Neighborhood increased to 8 where all of them were sold by their owners. The first was taken over in 2005 (Bet Yonatan), the second is House of Honey and three buildings were seized last year (Qawasmi and Rajabi), three apartments owned by Abu Nab family were seized this year as well as Jamal Sarhan’s building and Jihad Sarhan’s apartment.
Rules of engagement may change after recent attacks in and around Jerusalem; two border police companies and 400 police officers will be added to protect Route 443 and West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting Wednesday in his office to discuss the security situation in Jerusalem and on Route 443 (part of which goes through the West Bank), where several terrorist attacks have occurred during the last month.
The Prime Minister said that he would not accept a situation in which stones and Molotov cocktails are thrown at a central route to Jerusalem and in the capital itself, and said to participants in the discussion: "The policy is zero tolerance for stone-throwing and zero tolerance for terrorism".
At the meeting, attended by the defense minister, public security minister, intelligence and transportation minister, justice minister, the head of Shin Bet and other officials, Netanyahu ordered the reinforcement of forces on Route 443 and in the West Bank and an increase in the number of observation and intelligence resources.
It was also decided to add two border police companies and 400 police officers to the area, and to explore the possibility of placing cameras and lighting along Route 443.
Moreover, it was decided to consider changing the rules of engagement and establishing minimum sentences for throwers of stones and Molotov cocktails.
The Prime Minister said: "Since the legal system is finding it difficult to deal with stone-throwing by minors, changing rules of engagement regarding the throwing of stones and firebombs will be considered, as will be the imposition by law of minimum sentences for those who throw stones and firebombs."
In the past month there have been several attacks on Route 443. Two weeks ago, a Palestinian came to the checkpoint on the road, near Beit Horon, asked a soldier for water and stabbed him with a sharp object. The soldier was lightly wounded, and his fellow soldier shot the terrorist in the shoulder. A few days earlier, a 26-year-old Israeli was stabbed by a Palestinian at a gas station nearby and was moderately injured in the shoulder. IDF forces shot and killed the Palestinian.
Jerusalem has also recently suffered from a succession of terrorist attacks. Last week at the Damascus Gate, a Palestinian resident of Hebron stabbed a Border Guard officer and lightly wounded him. It turned out that the same terrorist murdered Professor Menachem Stern in 1989 but was was released in 2013 as part of an ultimately unsuccessful round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The same day a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Border Police vehicle in Al-Tur. The soldiers managed to escape the vehicle and one of them was lightly injured
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting Wednesday in his office to discuss the security situation in Jerusalem and on Route 443 (part of which goes through the West Bank), where several terrorist attacks have occurred during the last month.
The Prime Minister said that he would not accept a situation in which stones and Molotov cocktails are thrown at a central route to Jerusalem and in the capital itself, and said to participants in the discussion: "The policy is zero tolerance for stone-throwing and zero tolerance for terrorism".
At the meeting, attended by the defense minister, public security minister, intelligence and transportation minister, justice minister, the head of Shin Bet and other officials, Netanyahu ordered the reinforcement of forces on Route 443 and in the West Bank and an increase in the number of observation and intelligence resources.
It was also decided to add two border police companies and 400 police officers to the area, and to explore the possibility of placing cameras and lighting along Route 443.
Moreover, it was decided to consider changing the rules of engagement and establishing minimum sentences for throwers of stones and Molotov cocktails.
The Prime Minister said: "Since the legal system is finding it difficult to deal with stone-throwing by minors, changing rules of engagement regarding the throwing of stones and firebombs will be considered, as will be the imposition by law of minimum sentences for those who throw stones and firebombs."
In the past month there have been several attacks on Route 443. Two weeks ago, a Palestinian came to the checkpoint on the road, near Beit Horon, asked a soldier for water and stabbed him with a sharp object. The soldier was lightly wounded, and his fellow soldier shot the terrorist in the shoulder. A few days earlier, a 26-year-old Israeli was stabbed by a Palestinian at a gas station nearby and was moderately injured in the shoulder. IDF forces shot and killed the Palestinian.
Jerusalem has also recently suffered from a succession of terrorist attacks. Last week at the Damascus Gate, a Palestinian resident of Hebron stabbed a Border Guard officer and lightly wounded him. It turned out that the same terrorist murdered Professor Menachem Stern in 1989 but was was released in 2013 as part of an ultimately unsuccessful round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The same day a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Border Police vehicle in Al-Tur. The soldiers managed to escape the vehicle and one of them was lightly injured
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man near the Gazan border Wednesday morning after they said he crossed the border into Israel. An Israeli army spokeswoman said that soldiers went to the scene after they "identified a suspect infiltrating Israel from the sea."
She could not confirm how he crossed the border, but said he reached the Israeli side. She said that soldiers fired warning shots and ordered him to halt. When he "did not comply," she said that they fired "at his lower extremities" and a hit was confirmed.
She said the Palestinian "was evacuated for medical treatment in an Israeli hospital." Sources at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon told Ma'an that the Gazan had been brought to them. They said he had been hit in the leg and was in a stable condition.
Israeli news site Walla reported that he was shot while approaching a border sea fence off the coast of northern Gaza, although this could not be confirmed. Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinian fisherman and farmers since the ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
In July alone, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted 27 incidents of shootings, incursions into the territory, and arrests. This included 18 shootings on land and at sea that left nine Palestinians injured, PCHR reported.
The attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of the ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border region near the "security buffer zone."
She could not confirm how he crossed the border, but said he reached the Israeli side. She said that soldiers fired warning shots and ordered him to halt. When he "did not comply," she said that they fired "at his lower extremities" and a hit was confirmed.
She said the Palestinian "was evacuated for medical treatment in an Israeli hospital." Sources at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon told Ma'an that the Gazan had been brought to them. They said he had been hit in the leg and was in a stable condition.
Israeli news site Walla reported that he was shot while approaching a border sea fence off the coast of northern Gaza, although this could not be confirmed. Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinian fisherman and farmers since the ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
In July alone, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted 27 incidents of shootings, incursions into the territory, and arrests. This included 18 shootings on land and at sea that left nine Palestinians injured, PCHR reported.
The attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of the ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border region near the "security buffer zone."
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked Wednesday a Palestinian woman while trying to prevent the arrest of a group of shepherds in Salem village eat of Nablus.
Head of the village council Adli Shtayyeh told PIC reporter that nearly ten Israeli jeeps attacked eight shepherds while grazing their flocks and forced them at gunpoint to go back to their homes.
The shepherds were brutally attacked and beaten after refusing to leave the area. They were then violently pushed into a military vehicle and taken to an Israeli detention center, he added.
A Palestinian elderly woman was also beaten and hit over the head with a rifle butt as she struggled with the Israeli soldiers in an attempt to prevent the shepherds’ arrest.
The elderly woman was then taken to Rafidia Hospital for treatment as she suffered moderate injuries and bruises all over her body.
Head of the village council Adli Shtayyeh told PIC reporter that nearly ten Israeli jeeps attacked eight shepherds while grazing their flocks and forced them at gunpoint to go back to their homes.
The shepherds were brutally attacked and beaten after refusing to leave the area. They were then violently pushed into a military vehicle and taken to an Israeli detention center, he added.
A Palestinian elderly woman was also beaten and hit over the head with a rifle butt as she struggled with the Israeli soldiers in an attempt to prevent the shepherds’ arrest.
The elderly woman was then taken to Rafidia Hospital for treatment as she suffered moderate injuries and bruises all over her body.
A human rights campaigner active in Palestinian refugees' rights on Tuesday slammed the UNRWA and the UN Chief, Ban Ki-moon, for having remained mum over the violent Israeli assault on the Jenin refugee camp.
Ali Huweidi, regional coordinator for the London-based Palestine Return Center, urged the UNRWA and the UN Chief to issue a statement condemning Israeli break-ins on the Jenin refugee camp, saying this is a legitimate and necessary step to expose Israel’s arbitrary practices and violations of Palestinian refugees' rights.
He said according to international laws, the Israeli occupation is responsible for the safety of Palestinian civilians residing in places it occupies.
According to the activist, the increasing assaults on the Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territories, along with those in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, require an urgent intervention to provide physical protection for Palestinian refugees.
The Jenin refugee camp is one among 19 refugee camps set up in the occupied West Bank. Established in 1953 on a Palestinian land tract covering about half a square kilometer, the Jenin refugee camp has been a shelter to over 16,000 Palestinian refugees.
Ali Huweidi, regional coordinator for the London-based Palestine Return Center, urged the UNRWA and the UN Chief to issue a statement condemning Israeli break-ins on the Jenin refugee camp, saying this is a legitimate and necessary step to expose Israel’s arbitrary practices and violations of Palestinian refugees' rights.
He said according to international laws, the Israeli occupation is responsible for the safety of Palestinian civilians residing in places it occupies.
According to the activist, the increasing assaults on the Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territories, along with those in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, require an urgent intervention to provide physical protection for Palestinian refugees.
The Jenin refugee camp is one among 19 refugee camps set up in the occupied West Bank. Established in 1953 on a Palestinian land tract covering about half a square kilometer, the Jenin refugee camp has been a shelter to over 16,000 Palestinian refugees.
