28 sept 2018
by Nabil Salem
The government in Israel presents us with more proof, every day, that it represents and adopts an aggressive approach that is not interested in peace, or even willing to respect international laws and conventions. It also gives us evidence that it wages wars for the sake of it and in order to satisfy its rampant desire for aggression and expansion, serving its criminal objectives against the Arabs in general, and the Palestinian people in particular.
Although Israel’s leaders have typically hidden the objectives of their violent wars under various pretexts, such as preventative or pre-emptive action and other justifications that they try to promote to the world, it is noteworthy that, despite their various operational names, these wars are not all that Israel is doing or thinking about. There are wars for other reasons that demonstrate the moral decline of Israel’s ruling establishment and the level of criminality and brutality it has reached.
In a report by Israeli writer Rogel Alpher, in Haaretz, he explains why Israel might launch another war against the people of Gaza.
While the occupying state always tries to justify its aggression as “self-defence”, Alpher reveals that a new war is needed so that the Israeli arms industry and Defence Forces can field test new weapons and ammunition against live targets. This is sickening.
Although he also mentioned that, among the reasons which may lead Israel to war are internal disputes and the upcoming elections, the fact that it can even be talked about testing new weaponry, in this way, is itself criminal and potentially a flagrant violation of all morality and international laws and conventions. It also reaffirms what was revealed by Israeli film-maker Yotam Feldman in his 2013 film, The Lab. So, this is nothing really new.
If we take into account the unjust siege imposed by the Israeli occupation on more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, turning the enclave into the largest prison in the world, the testing of Israeli weapons in the territory adds a new and shameful dimension to the ongoing Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. We can also throw in Israel’s use of internationally banned weapons over a number of years.
We would need a lot of time and effort to record all Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinians, from pre-1948 to today. The state of Israel itself was founded on massacres of Palestinian civilians by Zionist terrorist gangs. Since then, there have been countless crimes committed, including unlawful killings, forced displacement, arbitrary detention, the siege and other unjustifiable restrictions on movement, illegal settlements and discriminatory policies and practices, including openly racist laws.
It goes without saying that Israel would not have been able to commit all of these crimes without the unlimited and unquestioned support of many colonial powers, particularly the US, and the willful disdain for international public opinion and international law. Unfortunately, it seems that such legal restraints are only to be used when it suits the victors of World War Two and the other nuclear powers. They do not intend to restore the rights of oppressed peoples, but to justify persecution or injustice under false slogans and pretexts.
As such, it is logical to say that Israel will not stop committing its crimes, but will intensify them, as long as there is no Arab power ready to stop it or a serious will to contain and limit its criminal role in our region. The colonial state not only threatens peace and security in the Middle East, but also around the whole world. Its weapons testing, on live targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, is a clear demonstration of the fact that Israel will stop at nothing to achieve its aims and objectives.
~ Middle East Monitor/Days of Palestine
Opinion/Analysis 09/25/18 World Bank: Gaza’s Economy Now In ‘Free Fall’
The government in Israel presents us with more proof, every day, that it represents and adopts an aggressive approach that is not interested in peace, or even willing to respect international laws and conventions. It also gives us evidence that it wages wars for the sake of it and in order to satisfy its rampant desire for aggression and expansion, serving its criminal objectives against the Arabs in general, and the Palestinian people in particular.
Although Israel’s leaders have typically hidden the objectives of their violent wars under various pretexts, such as preventative or pre-emptive action and other justifications that they try to promote to the world, it is noteworthy that, despite their various operational names, these wars are not all that Israel is doing or thinking about. There are wars for other reasons that demonstrate the moral decline of Israel’s ruling establishment and the level of criminality and brutality it has reached.
In a report by Israeli writer Rogel Alpher, in Haaretz, he explains why Israel might launch another war against the people of Gaza.
While the occupying state always tries to justify its aggression as “self-defence”, Alpher reveals that a new war is needed so that the Israeli arms industry and Defence Forces can field test new weapons and ammunition against live targets. This is sickening.
Although he also mentioned that, among the reasons which may lead Israel to war are internal disputes and the upcoming elections, the fact that it can even be talked about testing new weaponry, in this way, is itself criminal and potentially a flagrant violation of all morality and international laws and conventions. It also reaffirms what was revealed by Israeli film-maker Yotam Feldman in his 2013 film, The Lab. So, this is nothing really new.
If we take into account the unjust siege imposed by the Israeli occupation on more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, turning the enclave into the largest prison in the world, the testing of Israeli weapons in the territory adds a new and shameful dimension to the ongoing Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. We can also throw in Israel’s use of internationally banned weapons over a number of years.
We would need a lot of time and effort to record all Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinians, from pre-1948 to today. The state of Israel itself was founded on massacres of Palestinian civilians by Zionist terrorist gangs. Since then, there have been countless crimes committed, including unlawful killings, forced displacement, arbitrary detention, the siege and other unjustifiable restrictions on movement, illegal settlements and discriminatory policies and practices, including openly racist laws.
It goes without saying that Israel would not have been able to commit all of these crimes without the unlimited and unquestioned support of many colonial powers, particularly the US, and the willful disdain for international public opinion and international law. Unfortunately, it seems that such legal restraints are only to be used when it suits the victors of World War Two and the other nuclear powers. They do not intend to restore the rights of oppressed peoples, but to justify persecution or injustice under false slogans and pretexts.
As such, it is logical to say that Israel will not stop committing its crimes, but will intensify them, as long as there is no Arab power ready to stop it or a serious will to contain and limit its criminal role in our region. The colonial state not only threatens peace and security in the Middle East, but also around the whole world. Its weapons testing, on live targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, is a clear demonstration of the fact that Israel will stop at nothing to achieve its aims and objectives.
~ Middle East Monitor/Days of Palestine
Opinion/Analysis 09/25/18 World Bank: Gaza’s Economy Now In ‘Free Fall’
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Mohammed al-Houm, 14 video Iyad al-Shaer, 18 video Mohammed Inshasi, 18 video Mohammed Haniyeh 24 Mohammed Shakhsa, 24 Mohammed al-Awawda, 26 At least seven Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation army opened fire at the Palestinians protesting along Gaza border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. Thousands of Palestinians took part in the protests of the 27th Friday of the Great March of Return which was named "Friday of al-Aqsa Intifada". |
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, the martyrs were identified as Mohammed al-Houm, 14, Iyad al-Shaer, 18, Mohammed Shakhsa, 24, Mohammed Inshasi, 18, and Mohammed al-Awawda, 26. The identity of two other martyrs is still unknown.
Spokesman for the ministry Ashraf al-Qedra said that 506 Palestinians were injured, 90 of whom by live ammunition, and three of whom are in critical condition.
Among the injured are 35 children, four women, four paramedics, and two journalists. video
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return earlier this week called for the largest participation in the activities of the 27th Friday of the Great March of Return which would be organized particularly to mark the anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The committee in a statement affirmed that Gaza border protests will continue until the siege is lifted and refugees are allowed to return to their homes from which they were expelled in 1948.
Spokesman for the ministry Ashraf al-Qedra said that 506 Palestinians were injured, 90 of whom by live ammunition, and three of whom are in critical condition.
Among the injured are 35 children, four women, four paramedics, and two journalists. video
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return earlier this week called for the largest participation in the activities of the 27th Friday of the Great March of Return which would be organized particularly to mark the anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The committee in a statement affirmed that Gaza border protests will continue until the siege is lifted and refugees are allowed to return to their homes from which they were expelled in 1948.
A 3-month-old baby was reportedly among several Palestinians injured by Israeli forces suppressing the weekly peaceful anti-settlement march, on Friday, in the Kafr Qaddoum village of the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli forces raided the village before Friday prayers, to suppress the weekly march that typically sets off following prayers.
Ishteiwi added that Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs at protesters participating in the march and inside the homes of local residents.
Seven protesters, a number of whom were from South Korea, the others being Palestinian, were injured along with a 3-month-old baby who suffered from tear-gas inhalation by tear-gas bombs that hit homes of the village.
All of the injured, including the baby, were treated on the scene, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Residents of Kafr Qaddoum began staging weekly protests in 2011, against Israeli land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village’s southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim, in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Addameer, a Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, said that “Before 2003, the residents of Kafr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages.”
Addameer added, “The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social well-being.”
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli forces raided the village before Friday prayers, to suppress the weekly march that typically sets off following prayers.
Ishteiwi added that Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs at protesters participating in the march and inside the homes of local residents.
Seven protesters, a number of whom were from South Korea, the others being Palestinian, were injured along with a 3-month-old baby who suffered from tear-gas inhalation by tear-gas bombs that hit homes of the village.
All of the injured, including the baby, were treated on the scene, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Residents of Kafr Qaddoum began staging weekly protests in 2011, against Israeli land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village’s southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim, in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Addameer, a Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, said that “Before 2003, the residents of Kafr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages.”
Addameer added, “The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social well-being.”
At least 35 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces, during protests at the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that a total of 35 Palestinians were injured until 5:00 p.m. Friday, 20 of whom were transferred to hospitals for treatment, including 15 injured with live ammunition.
The Israeli army opened fire and launched tear-gas bombs at protests near the return camps of eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, injuring several protesters, including an 11-year-old boy.
Medical sources identified the injured boy as Youssef Abu Tharifeh, reporting his injury as critical.
A Ma’an reporter said that thousands of Palestinians headed to return camps alongside the eastern borders of Gaza on the 27th Friday of “The Great March of Return”.
Additional Israeli forces were deployed along the borders, as protesters launched several flaming kites and balloons.
“The Great March of Return” protests were launched on March 30th by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza — which suffers from a decade-long Israeli siege — who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees, to their original homelands, now in present-day Israel.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that a total of 35 Palestinians were injured until 5:00 p.m. Friday, 20 of whom were transferred to hospitals for treatment, including 15 injured with live ammunition.
The Israeli army opened fire and launched tear-gas bombs at protests near the return camps of eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, injuring several protesters, including an 11-year-old boy.
Medical sources identified the injured boy as Youssef Abu Tharifeh, reporting his injury as critical.
A Ma’an reporter said that thousands of Palestinians headed to return camps alongside the eastern borders of Gaza on the 27th Friday of “The Great March of Return”.
Additional Israeli forces were deployed along the borders, as protesters launched several flaming kites and balloons.
“The Great March of Return” protests were launched on March 30th by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza — which suffers from a decade-long Israeli siege — who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees, to their original homelands, now in present-day Israel.
An elderly man was injured after he was hit by a gas canister in his leg, while others suffocated from teargas inhalation, when Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in the village of Bil’in, to the west of Ramallah, according to local WAFA sources.
Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters towards Palestinians who were partaking in a protest against Israeli settlements, injuring an elderly and causing many cases of suffocation among the protesters.
No further details were given, at the time of this report.
Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters towards Palestinians who were partaking in a protest against Israeli settlements, injuring an elderly and causing many cases of suffocation among the protesters.
No further details were given, at the time of this report.
The latest figures provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) indicate that, during the demonstrations between the 10th and 22nd of September, ten Palestinians, including four children, were killed and 1,193 were injured by Israeli forces.
Out of the total 1,193 injured, 690 patients required transfer to the MoH hospitals or NGO clinics, including 127 children and 37 females. Of the hospitalized injured, 19 cases were critically life threatening, 275 moderate, 386 mild, and the remaining 10 were unspecified cases (see also figures 1 and 2 on the following page).
The MoH and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) set up a total of ten Trauma Stabilization Points (TSPs), with the tenth one established at the beach north of Gaza. At least 503 injured patients were managed at the TSPs and discharged at the TSPs. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to strengthen the capacity of the TSPs, across Gaza, to provide life-saving interventions.
According to the PNN, Gaza’s 14 public hospitals rely on donated fuel to run generators during the electricity black-outs, which continue to last up to 18-20 hours per day. The last batch of UN donated fuel has been distributed during August of 2018. Local authorities have since procured 120,000 litres, and a charity organization (Human Appeal International) has provided 10,500 litres, to sustain services at public hospitals throughout the month of September.
Nevertheless, hospitals are rationalizing the use of the remaining fuel reserves by suspending sterilization, laundry, cleaning, catering and selected diagnostic services during electricity cuts.
On 17 September the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), announced the release of US$1.0 million from the humanitarian fund for fuel procurement. This support will ensure uninterrupted electricity supply for up to 250 critical health and water and sanitation facilities for a period of up to 6-7 weeks.
In August of 2018, the Central Drug Store of the MoH in Gaza reported 47% of essential drugs, at less than one month’s supply, and 40% completely depleted. 30% of essential disposables were at less than one month’s supply.
Click here for WHO Situation Report
Out of the total 1,193 injured, 690 patients required transfer to the MoH hospitals or NGO clinics, including 127 children and 37 females. Of the hospitalized injured, 19 cases were critically life threatening, 275 moderate, 386 mild, and the remaining 10 were unspecified cases (see also figures 1 and 2 on the following page).
The MoH and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) set up a total of ten Trauma Stabilization Points (TSPs), with the tenth one established at the beach north of Gaza. At least 503 injured patients were managed at the TSPs and discharged at the TSPs. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to strengthen the capacity of the TSPs, across Gaza, to provide life-saving interventions.
According to the PNN, Gaza’s 14 public hospitals rely on donated fuel to run generators during the electricity black-outs, which continue to last up to 18-20 hours per day. The last batch of UN donated fuel has been distributed during August of 2018. Local authorities have since procured 120,000 litres, and a charity organization (Human Appeal International) has provided 10,500 litres, to sustain services at public hospitals throughout the month of September.
Nevertheless, hospitals are rationalizing the use of the remaining fuel reserves by suspending sterilization, laundry, cleaning, catering and selected diagnostic services during electricity cuts.
On 17 September the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), announced the release of US$1.0 million from the humanitarian fund for fuel procurement. This support will ensure uninterrupted electricity supply for up to 250 critical health and water and sanitation facilities for a period of up to 6-7 weeks.
In August of 2018, the Central Drug Store of the MoH in Gaza reported 47% of essential drugs, at less than one month’s supply, and 40% completely depleted. 30% of essential disposables were at less than one month’s supply.
Click here for WHO Situation Report
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and searched many homes. The soldiers also shot a young man, and caused scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the National and Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, especially in Wad az-Zeitoun area.
He added that the soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while searching their homes; some of them have been identified as Yousef Ashqar Najjar, his brother Ribhi, in addition to Ali Najjar, Bader Rajoub, and Nidal Mousa Younis, and summoned Younes’s son for interrogation.
Jabour also stated that many Palestinians protested the invasion, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, and several surrounding homes, causing many Palestinians, including children, to suffer the teargas inhalation, in addition to shooting and moderately wounding a young man.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the National and Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, especially in Wad az-Zeitoun area.
He added that the soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while searching their homes; some of them have been identified as Yousef Ashqar Najjar, his brother Ribhi, in addition to Ali Najjar, Bader Rajoub, and Nidal Mousa Younis, and summoned Younes’s son for interrogation.
Jabour also stated that many Palestinians protested the invasion, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, and several surrounding homes, causing many Palestinians, including children, to suffer the teargas inhalation, in addition to shooting and moderately wounding a young man.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Thursday evening, at least two young Palestinian men, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds, in Central Gaza.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a live round in the head, before he was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli army sharpshooters, stationed in fortified posts across the perimeter fence, targeted Palestinian protesters, wounding two, including the one who suffered a serious injury.
The second Palestinian was shot with a live round in the thigh, and suffered a moderate wound.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a live round in the head, before he was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli army sharpshooters, stationed in fortified posts across the perimeter fence, targeted Palestinian protesters, wounding two, including the one who suffered a serious injury.
The second Palestinian was shot with a live round in the thigh, and suffered a moderate wound.
27 sept 2018
Israeli soldiers raided, on Thursday, a high school for boys in the northern West Bank village of Einabous, south of the city of Nablus, claiming they were after a student, prompting confrontations with students and suspension of classes, according to a local official.
Ghassan Daghlas, who is responsible for monitoring Israeli settlement and settler activities in the Nablus area, said soldiers raided Einabous School for Boys to detain a student, provoking the rest of the students who tried to keep the soldiers out of their school.
Violent confrontations broke out and soldiers fired tear gas at the students and inside the school, disrupting classes, he said.
Palestinians have regularly complained that Israeli soldiers violate the Palestinians’ right to education by raiding their schools, detaining students and teachers and harassing students on their way to school or home, according to WAFA.
Eight Palestinians, two of whom are journalists, on Wednesday night, were injured during an Israeli incursion into Nablus city, northern West Bank.
PNN security sources said that Israeli occupation forces stormed the eastern area of Nablus, which led to the outbreak of clashes, wounding 8 people.
Palestinian youth also set fire to an Israeli bulldozer, which ran over a Palestinian man who was participating in the clashes. His condition is still unknown. video
Wounds were due to rubber-coated metal bullets and live bullets, mostly in their feet and legs. One sustained an injury in his left eye.
Ghassan Daghlas, who is responsible for monitoring Israeli settlement and settler activities in the Nablus area, said soldiers raided Einabous School for Boys to detain a student, provoking the rest of the students who tried to keep the soldiers out of their school.
Violent confrontations broke out and soldiers fired tear gas at the students and inside the school, disrupting classes, he said.
Palestinians have regularly complained that Israeli soldiers violate the Palestinians’ right to education by raiding their schools, detaining students and teachers and harassing students on their way to school or home, according to WAFA.
Eight Palestinians, two of whom are journalists, on Wednesday night, were injured during an Israeli incursion into Nablus city, northern West Bank.
PNN security sources said that Israeli occupation forces stormed the eastern area of Nablus, which led to the outbreak of clashes, wounding 8 people.
Palestinian youth also set fire to an Israeli bulldozer, which ran over a Palestinian man who was participating in the clashes. His condition is still unknown. video
Wounds were due to rubber-coated metal bullets and live bullets, mostly in their feet and legs. One sustained an injury in his left eye.
Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning attacked Palestinian fishermen off the northern shores of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Fishermen reported that two gunboats intercepted fishing boats off the coast of Beit Lahia before soldiers aboard them started to open machinegun fire around them.
They added that the naval forces prevented the fishermen from sailing beyond three nautical miles in Gaza waters.
Fishermen reported that two gunboats intercepted fishing boats off the coast of Beit Lahia before soldiers aboard them started to open machinegun fire around them.
They added that the naval forces prevented the fishermen from sailing beyond three nautical miles in Gaza waters.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday afternoon attacked school students in Ya’bad town, south of Jenin in the West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that soldiers fired a tear gas grenades onto Izz ad-Din al-Qassam school as the students started to leave their classrooms, causing many of them to suffer from the fumes.
The sources added that the soldiers acted provocatively against the students after teargasing them and clashed with them.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a military checkpoint at the main entrance to the town and intercepted passing cars for security check.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that soldiers fired a tear gas grenades onto Izz ad-Din al-Qassam school as the students started to leave their classrooms, causing many of them to suffer from the fumes.
The sources added that the soldiers acted provocatively against the students after teargasing them and clashed with them.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a military checkpoint at the main entrance to the town and intercepted passing cars for security check.
Israeli military bulldozers on Thursday morning moved into eastern Khan Younis province, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Four Israeli bulldozers stationed at the Sofa military site moved 50 meters into the eastern corners of Khan Younis and leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
Israeli army vehicles and patrols showed up on the borderland shortly afterwards to escort the bulldozers.
Four Israeli bulldozers stationed at the Sofa military site moved 50 meters into the eastern corners of Khan Younis and leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
Israeli army vehicles and patrols showed up on the borderland shortly afterwards to escort the bulldozers.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians from Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, in addition to Qalqilia and Nablus, in northern West Bank, shot two journalists, and injured one Palestinian after ramming him with their jeep.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, before storming and ransacking many homes, and occupied the rooftops of several buildings.
They added that the soldiers abducted Mos’ab Hasan Sajdiyya, and his brother Ahmad, from their homes in the refugee camp.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and abducted Moath Ammawi, 21.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Qais Hamadna and Amir Hamadna, from their homes in Asira al-Qibliyya town, north of Nablus.
In related news, an Israeli military vehicle rammed a young Palestinian man, during protests against an invasion into Nablus, before he was rushed to Rafidia hospital.
During the invasion, the soldiers shot two journalists, identified as Mahmoud Fawzi and Omar Esteitiyya, after directly targeting them while documenting the invasion.
Army Injures Many Palestinians, Including Two Journalists, In Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday at night, many Palestinians, including two journalists, during protests that took place in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Dozens of soldiers accompanied colonialist settlers’ buses invaded Nablus, heading towards Joseph’s Tomb, while the army also closed many roads to block Palestinian traffic.
The invasion was carried out by several armored military jeeps, and bulldozers.
Many Palestinians hurled stones, and Molotov cocktails, at an armored military bulldozer, while the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were shot, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Among the wounded are two journalists, identified as Mohammad Fawzi and Omar Esteitiyya.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike. video video
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, before storming and ransacking many homes, and occupied the rooftops of several buildings.
They added that the soldiers abducted Mos’ab Hasan Sajdiyya, and his brother Ahmad, from their homes in the refugee camp.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and abducted Moath Ammawi, 21.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Qais Hamadna and Amir Hamadna, from their homes in Asira al-Qibliyya town, north of Nablus.
In related news, an Israeli military vehicle rammed a young Palestinian man, during protests against an invasion into Nablus, before he was rushed to Rafidia hospital.
During the invasion, the soldiers shot two journalists, identified as Mahmoud Fawzi and Omar Esteitiyya, after directly targeting them while documenting the invasion.
Army Injures Many Palestinians, Including Two Journalists, In Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday at night, many Palestinians, including two journalists, during protests that took place in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Dozens of soldiers accompanied colonialist settlers’ buses invaded Nablus, heading towards Joseph’s Tomb, while the army also closed many roads to block Palestinian traffic.
The invasion was carried out by several armored military jeeps, and bulldozers.
Many Palestinians hurled stones, and Molotov cocktails, at an armored military bulldozer, while the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were shot, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Among the wounded are two journalists, identified as Mohammad Fawzi and Omar Esteitiyya.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike. video video