10 apr 2015
Ziad ‘Omar ‘Awad, 28
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday afternoon, a young Palestinian man during the funeral ceremony of a former detainee, who was denied access to proper medical attention, while being held by Israel, and died approximately at 2:45 am Friday.
Medical sources said resident Ziad ‘Omar ‘Awad, 28 years of age, died by live Israeli army fire in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The soldiers attacked the Palestinians, during the funeral procession of former political prisoner, Ja’far Ibrahim Awad, 22
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday afternoon, a young Palestinian man during the funeral ceremony of a former detainee, who was denied access to proper medical attention, while being held by Israel, and died approximately at 2:45 am Friday.
Medical sources said resident Ziad ‘Omar ‘Awad, 28 years of age, died by live Israeli army fire in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The soldiers attacked the Palestinians, during the funeral procession of former political prisoner, Ja’far Ibrahim Awad, 22
Thousands of Palestinians from Beit Ummar, and various areas of the occupied West Bank, participated in the massive funeral procession that started in front of the Big Mosque in Beit Ummar.
They marched carrying Palestinian flags, and posters of the Ja’far, before the soldiers used excessive force against them.
The attack led to clashes with local youths, who hurled stones on them and their armored military vehicles.
The army fired dozens of gas bombs, in addition to live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, also sprayed the Palestinians with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
Ziad ‘Awad died in a Palestinian ambulance shortly after his injury, while many residents were moved to local hospitals, including some who suffered serious injuries, the Hebron News has reported.
Three Palestinians were shot with live rounds, around 10 with rubber-coated metal bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protesters held Israel fully responsible for the death of the former detainee, and demanded holding it accountable for its ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people, including all political prisoners facing constant assaults, harassment and abuse in addition to being denied access to professional medical treatment.
They called for forming an independent International Committee to investigate the Ja’far’s death, especially since he was denied access to the urgently needed and specialized, medical treatment, an issue that eventually led to his death following major complications.
Another Martyr Killed During Funeral of Released Prisoner, Jafar Awad
Ziad Musleh (25) Friday afternoon was announced dead after he was shot in clashes with Israeli forces, during the funeral of martyr Jafar Awad (22), the released prisoner who was announced dead after given wrong Insulin shot in Ishel Israeli prison.
Israeli forces have attacked the mourners in Martyr Jafar Awad's funeral in Beit Ommar south Hebron. The soldiers attacked the youngsters on the entrance of the village with sewage water and teargas grenades, asphyxiating dozens of the attendees.
The funeral was launched from the Village mosque with thousands of villages and refugees.
Mourners raised the Palestinian flags in addition to slogans pictures of the martyr Jafar, denouncing the Israeli crimes against the prisoners and praising the prisoners.
They marched carrying Palestinian flags, and posters of the Ja’far, before the soldiers used excessive force against them.
The attack led to clashes with local youths, who hurled stones on them and their armored military vehicles.
The army fired dozens of gas bombs, in addition to live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, also sprayed the Palestinians with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
Ziad ‘Awad died in a Palestinian ambulance shortly after his injury, while many residents were moved to local hospitals, including some who suffered serious injuries, the Hebron News has reported.
Three Palestinians were shot with live rounds, around 10 with rubber-coated metal bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protesters held Israel fully responsible for the death of the former detainee, and demanded holding it accountable for its ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people, including all political prisoners facing constant assaults, harassment and abuse in addition to being denied access to professional medical treatment.
They called for forming an independent International Committee to investigate the Ja’far’s death, especially since he was denied access to the urgently needed and specialized, medical treatment, an issue that eventually led to his death following major complications.
Another Martyr Killed During Funeral of Released Prisoner, Jafar Awad
Ziad Musleh (25) Friday afternoon was announced dead after he was shot in clashes with Israeli forces, during the funeral of martyr Jafar Awad (22), the released prisoner who was announced dead after given wrong Insulin shot in Ishel Israeli prison.
Israeli forces have attacked the mourners in Martyr Jafar Awad's funeral in Beit Ommar south Hebron. The soldiers attacked the youngsters on the entrance of the village with sewage water and teargas grenades, asphyxiating dozens of the attendees.
The funeral was launched from the Village mosque with thousands of villages and refugees.
Mourners raised the Palestinian flags in addition to slogans pictures of the martyr Jafar, denouncing the Israeli crimes against the prisoners and praising the prisoners.
Jaafar Ibrahim Awad, 22
Former prisoner Jaafar Ibrahim Awad, 22, died on Friday after developing health complications while serving time in an Israeli jail, medics said.
Awad was released from Israeli custody three months ago after his health rapidly declined and was moved to an intensive care unit this week.
Doctors at al-Mizan hospital in Hebron pronounced him dead at 2:45 a.m. on Friday.
Awad suffered from severe pneumonia, heart problems, and thyroid and pancreas complications. Israeli authorities had agreed to release Awad only after the director of the Prisoners' Society's legal department submitted an appeal. He was released with a fine of 40,000 shekels ($10,200).
Ibrahim Awad, the prisoner's father, told PPS when he first saw his son after his release, "I was shocked by my son's health condition when I saw him; we could only use eye contact to communicate with him."
"This has been the most difficult visit for us as a family," Awad said at the time.
Awad was from Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, and spent a total of three years in Israeli jails, most recently detained in November 2013.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society in Hebron held the Israeli government responsible for his death. His funeral will take place after Friday prayers.
Former prisoner Jaafar Ibrahim Awad, 22, died on Friday after developing health complications while serving time in an Israeli jail, medics said.
Awad was released from Israeli custody three months ago after his health rapidly declined and was moved to an intensive care unit this week.
Doctors at al-Mizan hospital in Hebron pronounced him dead at 2:45 a.m. on Friday.
Awad suffered from severe pneumonia, heart problems, and thyroid and pancreas complications. Israeli authorities had agreed to release Awad only after the director of the Prisoners' Society's legal department submitted an appeal. He was released with a fine of 40,000 shekels ($10,200).
Ibrahim Awad, the prisoner's father, told PPS when he first saw his son after his release, "I was shocked by my son's health condition when I saw him; we could only use eye contact to communicate with him."
"This has been the most difficult visit for us as a family," Awad said at the time.
Awad was from Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, and spent a total of three years in Israeli jails, most recently detained in November 2013.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society in Hebron held the Israeli government responsible for his death. His funeral will take place after Friday prayers.
8 apr 2015
Mohammed Karakra 27
20-year-old man in serious condition, second victim sustains minor injuries; attacker shot dead at site; security forces searching area.
Two Israelis were stabbed Wednesday morning in an attack in the northern West Bank. One was seriously hurt and the second sustained light wounds. The Palestinian attacker was killed at the scene.
The victim in serious condition, a 20-year-old man, was stabbed in the neck in the attack, which occurred close to the settlement of Shilo. He received emergency treatment at the site before being evaucated to a hospital in Jerusalem, most likely Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Karem.
The second victim shot the assailant dead. Large numbers of security forces were searching the area in the wake of the attack.
"At 10:07, Magen David Aomd's Jerusalem district received a message that a 20-year-old man had been stabbed on Route 60, close to the entrance to the Ma'ale Levona settlement. Medics and paramedics treated him at the site and evacuated him to a hospital in Jerusalem in serious condition with stab wounds to his upper body," said an MDA spokesman.
There have been a spate of terror attacks involving stabbings in Israel in recent months. This is the second stabbing attack in the West Bank in one week.
Last Thursday, a Palestinian stabbed Yoav Leitman, an IDF paratrooper, near to the Oranit checkpoint in the northern West Bank. The soldier was lightly hurt and the Palestinian quickly overpowered.
Palestinian Killed Near Ramallah Allegedly After Stabbing Two Soldiers
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he stabbed two soldiers, causing serious wounds to one of them.
The sources said the attack took place, nearly at 10 in the morning, close to Ma’ale Levona settlement, and that the Palestinian is from Sinjel nearby village.
The wounded soldiers received treatment by Israeli medics, and were moved to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem.
According to Israeli reports, the Palestinian approached the two soldiers before stabbing one in the neck, causing serious wounds, while the second soldier, who is also a medic, sustained minor injuries to the head and shoulders.
The Maan News agency said the army invaded several Palestinian towns in Ramallah, including Sinjel, Tormos ‘Ayya and the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyya, and detained seven young Palestinians.
The soldiers asked the seven to identify the slain Palestinian, especially since he did not carry an ID card, but they could not identify him.
They said the Palestinian was shot in the head, and next to him was a clean knife that did not carry any trace of blood.
Close to two hours after his death, the Palestinian was identified as Mohammad Jasser Abdullah Karakra, 27 years of age, from Sinjel village.
Palestinian shot dead by IOF after he stabbed two soldiers
A Palestinian youngster was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shortly after he stabbed two Israeli soldiers near an illegal settlement in southern Nablus on Wednesday morning.
Israeli media sources said the IOF fired at an unidentified Palestinian young man near Shilo settlement after he stabbed two soldiers.
The sources said the wounded Israelis were two soldiers, one of whom was in serious condition after being stabbed in the neck.
The Palestinian youth, a native of Ramallah’s town of Sinjel, succumbed to wounds shortly after he was shot by the IOF. The Israeli authorities have reportedly been seizing his body.
The IOF summoned military reinforcements and sealed off the area to rescue the soldiers. Both were rushed to Israeli hospitals shortly afterwards.
20-year-old man in serious condition, second victim sustains minor injuries; attacker shot dead at site; security forces searching area.
Two Israelis were stabbed Wednesday morning in an attack in the northern West Bank. One was seriously hurt and the second sustained light wounds. The Palestinian attacker was killed at the scene.
The victim in serious condition, a 20-year-old man, was stabbed in the neck in the attack, which occurred close to the settlement of Shilo. He received emergency treatment at the site before being evaucated to a hospital in Jerusalem, most likely Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Karem.
The second victim shot the assailant dead. Large numbers of security forces were searching the area in the wake of the attack.
"At 10:07, Magen David Aomd's Jerusalem district received a message that a 20-year-old man had been stabbed on Route 60, close to the entrance to the Ma'ale Levona settlement. Medics and paramedics treated him at the site and evacuated him to a hospital in Jerusalem in serious condition with stab wounds to his upper body," said an MDA spokesman.
There have been a spate of terror attacks involving stabbings in Israel in recent months. This is the second stabbing attack in the West Bank in one week.
Last Thursday, a Palestinian stabbed Yoav Leitman, an IDF paratrooper, near to the Oranit checkpoint in the northern West Bank. The soldier was lightly hurt and the Palestinian quickly overpowered.
Palestinian Killed Near Ramallah Allegedly After Stabbing Two Soldiers
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he stabbed two soldiers, causing serious wounds to one of them.
The sources said the attack took place, nearly at 10 in the morning, close to Ma’ale Levona settlement, and that the Palestinian is from Sinjel nearby village.
The wounded soldiers received treatment by Israeli medics, and were moved to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem.
According to Israeli reports, the Palestinian approached the two soldiers before stabbing one in the neck, causing serious wounds, while the second soldier, who is also a medic, sustained minor injuries to the head and shoulders.
The Maan News agency said the army invaded several Palestinian towns in Ramallah, including Sinjel, Tormos ‘Ayya and the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyya, and detained seven young Palestinians.
The soldiers asked the seven to identify the slain Palestinian, especially since he did not carry an ID card, but they could not identify him.
They said the Palestinian was shot in the head, and next to him was a clean knife that did not carry any trace of blood.
Close to two hours after his death, the Palestinian was identified as Mohammad Jasser Abdullah Karakra, 27 years of age, from Sinjel village.
Palestinian shot dead by IOF after he stabbed two soldiers
A Palestinian youngster was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shortly after he stabbed two Israeli soldiers near an illegal settlement in southern Nablus on Wednesday morning.
Israeli media sources said the IOF fired at an unidentified Palestinian young man near Shilo settlement after he stabbed two soldiers.
The sources said the wounded Israelis were two soldiers, one of whom was in serious condition after being stabbed in the neck.
The Palestinian youth, a native of Ramallah’s town of Sinjel, succumbed to wounds shortly after he was shot by the IOF. The Israeli authorities have reportedly been seizing his body.
The IOF summoned military reinforcements and sealed off the area to rescue the soldiers. Both were rushed to Israeli hospitals shortly afterwards.
5 apr 2015
The Palestinian Ministry of Health disclosed that 561 Palestinian children were killed and thousands others were injured due to Israeli aggressions in Gaza Strip and both of the West Bank and Jerusalem just in one year.
The Ministry confirmed in a statement on Sunday, which marks the Palestinian Child Day, that the Israeli last aggression on Gaza, in summer 2014, had resulted in 550 deaths of Palestinian children in addition to injuries of thousands others including permanent disabilities and amputations of extremities.
The Ministry revealed that it has recorded Israeli aggressive practices that led to the death of 11 Palestinian children in the West Bank areas in addition to the arrest of 800 others by Israeli forces in 2014.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health called on the human rights and other concerned organizations, especially those concerned with childcare, to prosecute the Israeli occupation authority for committing crimes against Palestinian children.
It also called on those institutions to work on obliging Israel to release, without any conditions, the Palestinian minors who are imprisoned in its jails.
Besides, the Ministry called for providing a safe educational environment for the Palestinian children whose schools have become isolated by the Israeli Separation Wall.
The Ministry confirmed in a statement on Sunday, which marks the Palestinian Child Day, that the Israeli last aggression on Gaza, in summer 2014, had resulted in 550 deaths of Palestinian children in addition to injuries of thousands others including permanent disabilities and amputations of extremities.
The Ministry revealed that it has recorded Israeli aggressive practices that led to the death of 11 Palestinian children in the West Bank areas in addition to the arrest of 800 others by Israeli forces in 2014.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health called on the human rights and other concerned organizations, especially those concerned with childcare, to prosecute the Israeli occupation authority for committing crimes against Palestinian children.
It also called on those institutions to work on obliging Israel to release, without any conditions, the Palestinian minors who are imprisoned in its jails.
Besides, the Ministry called for providing a safe educational environment for the Palestinian children whose schools have become isolated by the Israeli Separation Wall.
29 mar 2015
Khaled Youssef Sweiti 42
An Israeli fanatic settler ran over the 42-year-old Palestinian citizen Khaled Youssef Sweiti in the 1948 occupied land on Sunday morning, leaving him dead.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that Sweiti, originally from Beit Uwa village to the southwest of al-Khalil and works in the 1948 occupied territories, breathed his last after he was hit by a settler’s car as he crossed an access road near Kiryat Malakhi in eastern Ashkelon.
The casualty is a father of three children, the same sources further reported.
The Israeli police, meanwhile, claimed in a statement that the “accident” cropped up as a passenger’s car came at high speed, saying further investigations are underway to determine the circumstances of the death. The police did not apprehend the perpetrator.
The hit-and-run is one among several other attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians residing or working in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
An Israeli fanatic settler ran over the 42-year-old Palestinian citizen Khaled Youssef Sweiti in the 1948 occupied land on Sunday morning, leaving him dead.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that Sweiti, originally from Beit Uwa village to the southwest of al-Khalil and works in the 1948 occupied territories, breathed his last after he was hit by a settler’s car as he crossed an access road near Kiryat Malakhi in eastern Ashkelon.
The casualty is a father of three children, the same sources further reported.
The Israeli police, meanwhile, claimed in a statement that the “accident” cropped up as a passenger’s car came at high speed, saying further investigations are underway to determine the circumstances of the death. The police did not apprehend the perpetrator.
The hit-and-run is one among several other attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians residing or working in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
26 mar 2015
Report expresses 'serious concerns... over the conduct of hostilities of both Israeli forces and Palestinian actors', calling on Israel to halt settlement construction on disputed territories.
The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United Nations said Thursday, in a damning report on the humanitarian situation.
Meanwhile, rights group Amnesty International criticized the "flagrant disregard" by Palestinian armed groups for the lives of Israeli civilians, fingering the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip as a culprit. In 2014, Israel and Hamas fought a devastating war in Gaza that killed nearly 2,200 people, while intense violence in East Jerusalem and the West Bank killed dozens of Palestinians and several Israelis.
A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) entitled "Fragmented Lives" called for more restraint on both sides. "All parties to the conflict... must fulfil their legal obligations to conduct hostilities in accordance with international law to ensure the protection of all civilians and to ensure accountability for acts committed," it said.
"Palestinian civilians continue to be subject to threats to their life, physical safety and liberty," with 2014 witnessing the "highest civilian death toll since 1967," OCHA said. "In the Gaza Strip, 1.8 million Palestinians endured the worst escalation of hostilities since 1967: over 1,500 Palestinian civilians were killed, more than 11,000 injured and some 100,000 remain displaced."
More than 550 children were among the dead, it added. "On the Israeli side, five civilians, including a child, as well as a security guard were killed," it added, expressing "serious concerns... over the conduct of hostilities of both Israeli forces and Palestinian actors."
In addition to the casualties among Palestinians, 73 died on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers. The Palestinians are to sue Israel next month in the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes as early as next month. That could open up Hamas to criminal investigation as well.
In the West Bank and Jerusalem, 58 Palestinians were killed, mostly in clashes with Israeli forces, and more than 6,000 wounded. Palestinian attacks on Israelis, including incidents in which cars ran into pedestrians in Jerusalem, killed 12 people.
Meanwhile, OCHA said "a record number of 1,215 Palestinians were displaced due to home demolitions," adding that "settlement and settler activity continued, in contravention of international law, and contributed to humanitarian vulnerability of affected Palestinian communities." The international community urges Israel to halt Jewish settlement building on disputed territory, seeing it as an obstacle to peace.
Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem shortly after.
The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United Nations said Thursday, in a damning report on the humanitarian situation.
Meanwhile, rights group Amnesty International criticized the "flagrant disregard" by Palestinian armed groups for the lives of Israeli civilians, fingering the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip as a culprit. In 2014, Israel and Hamas fought a devastating war in Gaza that killed nearly 2,200 people, while intense violence in East Jerusalem and the West Bank killed dozens of Palestinians and several Israelis.
A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) entitled "Fragmented Lives" called for more restraint on both sides. "All parties to the conflict... must fulfil their legal obligations to conduct hostilities in accordance with international law to ensure the protection of all civilians and to ensure accountability for acts committed," it said.
"Palestinian civilians continue to be subject to threats to their life, physical safety and liberty," with 2014 witnessing the "highest civilian death toll since 1967," OCHA said. "In the Gaza Strip, 1.8 million Palestinians endured the worst escalation of hostilities since 1967: over 1,500 Palestinian civilians were killed, more than 11,000 injured and some 100,000 remain displaced."
More than 550 children were among the dead, it added. "On the Israeli side, five civilians, including a child, as well as a security guard were killed," it added, expressing "serious concerns... over the conduct of hostilities of both Israeli forces and Palestinian actors."
In addition to the casualties among Palestinians, 73 died on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers. The Palestinians are to sue Israel next month in the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes as early as next month. That could open up Hamas to criminal investigation as well.
In the West Bank and Jerusalem, 58 Palestinians were killed, mostly in clashes with Israeli forces, and more than 6,000 wounded. Palestinian attacks on Israelis, including incidents in which cars ran into pedestrians in Jerusalem, killed 12 people.
Meanwhile, OCHA said "a record number of 1,215 Palestinians were displaced due to home demolitions," adding that "settlement and settler activity continued, in contravention of international law, and contributed to humanitarian vulnerability of affected Palestinian communities." The international community urges Israel to halt Jewish settlement building on disputed territory, seeing it as an obstacle to peace.
Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem shortly after.
The cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh have seen on Thursday morning a general strike in tribute to 20-year-old Ali Safi, who died of a bullet injury he sustained during clashes a week ago in Ramallah.
Several commercial stores and businesses responded to popular calls for the strike and closed their doors at 11 o'clock in the morning as a gesture of tribute to the funeral and soul of the slain young man.
A joint statement released by grassroots groups stated that the Palestinian people would not be dissuaded by Israel's persistent killing of its young men from continuing their struggle until the attainment of their national rights.
The statement called on the international community to intervene to stop Israel's systematic killing of the Palestinians in cold blood.
Ali Safi was proclaimed dead on Thursday afternoon after he succumbed to a serious bullet injury in the chest he sustained during confrontations between young men and Israeli soldiers one week ago in Jalazone refugee camp.
Several commercial stores and businesses responded to popular calls for the strike and closed their doors at 11 o'clock in the morning as a gesture of tribute to the funeral and soul of the slain young man.
A joint statement released by grassroots groups stated that the Palestinian people would not be dissuaded by Israel's persistent killing of its young men from continuing their struggle until the attainment of their national rights.
The statement called on the international community to intervene to stop Israel's systematic killing of the Palestinians in cold blood.
Ali Safi was proclaimed dead on Thursday afternoon after he succumbed to a serious bullet injury in the chest he sustained during confrontations between young men and Israeli soldiers one week ago in Jalazone refugee camp.
25 mar 2015
Ali Muhammad Safi 20
20-year-old Ali Muhammad Safi was proclaimed dead on Wednesday night in a Ramallah hospital one week after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) critically shot him, medical sources reported.
Ahmed al-Beitawi, the director of the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, said that Safi died afternoon today one week after an IOF soldier shot him with a bullet in his torso during confrontations in Jalazoun refugee camp, his birthplace, which led to severe bleeding.
The youth had suffered a critical relapse three days ago during which his heart stopped functioning for a few minutes before the doctors managed to resuscitate him. His condition remained critical, however, until he breathed his last today.
20-year-old Ali Muhammad Safi was proclaimed dead on Wednesday night in a Ramallah hospital one week after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) critically shot him, medical sources reported.
Ahmed al-Beitawi, the director of the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, said that Safi died afternoon today one week after an IOF soldier shot him with a bullet in his torso during confrontations in Jalazoun refugee camp, his birthplace, which led to severe bleeding.
The youth had suffered a critical relapse three days ago during which his heart stopped functioning for a few minutes before the doctors managed to resuscitate him. His condition remained critical, however, until he breathed his last today.
11 mar 2015
Omar Sobeh 45
Medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that a Palestinian man died of sharp complications resulting from injuries he suffered after being shot by Israeli soldiers in November of 2008.
On November 7 2008, the soldiers invaded the home Omar Sobeh, in al-Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and shot him in the abdomen and intestines.
The soldiers claimed they stormed his home searching for a “wanted Palestinians,” believed to be hiding there.
Sobeh, 45 years of age, suffered repeated infections, and underwent various surgeries due to ongoing complications.
His family said he was recently moved to the Rafidia Hospital, in Nablus, due to a sharp deterioration in his health condition, but died due to various complications.
Medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that a Palestinian man died of sharp complications resulting from injuries he suffered after being shot by Israeli soldiers in November of 2008.
On November 7 2008, the soldiers invaded the home Omar Sobeh, in al-Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and shot him in the abdomen and intestines.
The soldiers claimed they stormed his home searching for a “wanted Palestinians,” believed to be hiding there.
Sobeh, 45 years of age, suffered repeated infections, and underwent various surgeries due to ongoing complications.
His family said he was recently moved to the Rafidia Hospital, in Nablus, due to a sharp deterioration in his health condition, but died due to various complications.
7 mar 2015
Tawfiq Abu Riyala 25
Israeli naval forces shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman, and arrested two others while they were sailing in small fishing boats off the coast south of Gaza City early Saturday morning.
Speaker of the union of Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash told Ma'an that Israeli gunboats opened machine gun fire at a group of Palestinian fishermen. Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra confirmed to Ma'an that Tawfiq Abu Riyala died from injuries sustained by the fire.
Ayyash added that Israeli navy then seized two fishing boats and took them to unknown destination.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that after four vessels deviated from the fishing zone this morning, Israeli forces ordered the vessels to halt. Warning shots were fired towards the engines of the vessels, and two hits were confirmed. Two of the vessels were detained by Israeli forces, the other two turning back.
The spokeswoman added that every deviation by fishing boats from the fishing zone is perceived by Israeli forces as a security threat, citing an incident last month in which a vessel was caught outside of the fishing zone with arms intended for Hamas.
The Aug. 26 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant groups stipulated that Israel would immediately expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore, and would continue to expand the area gradually.
Since then, there have been widespread reports that Israeli forces have routinely opened fire at fishermen within those new limits, and the zone has not been expanded.
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that since the ceasefire agreement Israeli forces have detained 49 Palestinian fishermen, injured 17, confiscated 12 fishing boats and damaged fishing tools in nine other incidents.
Recent targeting of Gazan fishermen comes at a time when economic growth in the coastal enclave is near frozen and 80 percent of the population is food insecure, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
Israeli naval forces shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman, and arrested two others while they were sailing in small fishing boats off the coast south of Gaza City early Saturday morning.
Speaker of the union of Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash told Ma'an that Israeli gunboats opened machine gun fire at a group of Palestinian fishermen. Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra confirmed to Ma'an that Tawfiq Abu Riyala died from injuries sustained by the fire.
Ayyash added that Israeli navy then seized two fishing boats and took them to unknown destination.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that after four vessels deviated from the fishing zone this morning, Israeli forces ordered the vessels to halt. Warning shots were fired towards the engines of the vessels, and two hits were confirmed. Two of the vessels were detained by Israeli forces, the other two turning back.
The spokeswoman added that every deviation by fishing boats from the fishing zone is perceived by Israeli forces as a security threat, citing an incident last month in which a vessel was caught outside of the fishing zone with arms intended for Hamas.
The Aug. 26 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant groups stipulated that Israel would immediately expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore, and would continue to expand the area gradually.
Since then, there have been widespread reports that Israeli forces have routinely opened fire at fishermen within those new limits, and the zone has not been expanded.
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that since the ceasefire agreement Israeli forces have detained 49 Palestinian fishermen, injured 17, confiscated 12 fishing boats and damaged fishing tools in nine other incidents.
Recent targeting of Gazan fishermen comes at a time when economic growth in the coastal enclave is near frozen and 80 percent of the population is food insecure, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
