8 dec 2017
Mahmoud al-Masri 30
Update: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that another Palestinian died from serious wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in northern Gaza.
Update: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that another Palestinian died from serious wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in northern Gaza.
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Maher Atallah 54
The Palestinian, identified as Maher Atallah , 54, was shot in northern Gaza on Friday evening, and died from his serious wounds at a local hospital. 153 Palestinians, including an infant, have been shot and injured, by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip alone, Friday, three of them are in serious condition. This video shows doctors treating the injured baby: Updated (Dec 8, 2017 @ 22:50): Protests grew on Friday throughout the West Bank (including Jerusalem), in Gaza and across the Arab world, against Donald Trump’s Wednesday statement about Jerusalem |
being the ‘capital of Israel’, effectively denying the basic rights of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who live in Jerusalem.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said one man A 30-year old man, identified as Mahmoud al-Masri, after the Israeli army fired live rounds at protesters, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It added that 153 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, including three who suffered serious wounds, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
In related news, the Palestinian Red Crescent said its medics provided treatment to more than than 767 people were injured by Israeli forces on Friday, in several parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
61 of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, at least three of them suffered serious injuries, in addition to 200 Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, 479 who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and 27 who suffered various cuts and bruises.
On Friday at night, at least fifteen Palestinians were injured, including a infant who suffered serious wounds, after the Israeli Air Force fired missiles near Sheikh Zayed residential towers, north of Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Among the wounded are several elderly Palestinians, who suffered moderate wounds, in in their homes in residential towers and surrounding homes, in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the injuries ranged from severe to mild, and included a number of gunshot wounds from live ammunition fired by Israeli troops. Other injuries included asphyxiation from tear gas and injuries from rubber-coated steel bullets.
Protests were held in six areas in the Gaza Strip, along the border with Israel.
Israeli troops attacked all of these protests with live ammunition and so-called non-lethal weapons, resulting in the death of one protester and the critical injury of another. The Israeli military issued a statement, “[Israeli] soldiers are responding with riot dispersal means. During the riots [Israeli] soldiers fired selectively towards two main instigators and hits were confirmed.”
Firing live ammunition at non-violent protesters is a direct violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Tires were burned in the city of Bethlehem, where Christians from around the world had just days ago gathered in celebration of the Christmas tree in Manger Square, the church built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born. To protest the U.S. President’s statement denying Palestinian rights, Christian leaders in the city decided to engage in a ‘Christmas blackout’ protest, turning off the lights of the Christmas tree and other holiday decorations.
The army used live fire, in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades in attacking the protesters.
The soldiers and undercover officers also invaded the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation, in Beit Jala nearby city, looking for wounded Palestinians.
In Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinian Muslim worshipers attempted to reach the al-Aqsa mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, for Friday prayers. Many were blocked by Israeli police checkpoints, and prevented from reaching the mosque.
Protesters gathered outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem – an area that has been a Palestinian area for over 2000 years, until Israeli settlers began to push out the Palestinian population over the past ten years through violent takeovers of Palestinian homes and apartment buildings, forcing out the Palestinian families who lived there and forcing them into homelessness.
Overnight, at least thirteen Palestinians were abducted by Israeli troops in different areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank, as protests that began Thursday continued through the night.
Around the world, protests continued on Friday, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in non-violent marches in Amman, Jordan, in Turkey, in Malaysia, in Istanbul, Turkey and in other cities and towns across the world. At least 10,000 people were estimated at the protest in Istanbul, and more than 5,000 gathered in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. In Jakarta, Indonesia, protesters gathered outside the U.S. embassy, some holding signs reading “Trump is the enemy of humanity”.
All of these protests were peaceful, and none resulted in injuries, except those in the Palestinian Territories, where the protest marchers were violently assaulted by the occupying Israeli military.
Palestinian killed, 379 injured in protests against Trump's move
One Palestinian was killed and 379 were injured on Friday in the "Day of Rage" protests over the US announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of "Israel".
Spokesman for Gaza's Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qedra, announced that a 29-year-old Palestinian was killed and 134 others were injured in confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in several areas east of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent crews also said on Friday that they have attended to at least 245 injuries in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
These confrontations followed calls by Hamas movement and other Palestinian factions on the Palestinian people to take to the streets in protest at Donald Trump's recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Under the instructions of the chief of general staff of the Israeli army, Gadi Eizenkot, a state of alert was announced and reinforcements were summoned as clashes escalated across the West Bank and east of the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said one man A 30-year old man, identified as Mahmoud al-Masri, after the Israeli army fired live rounds at protesters, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It added that 153 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, including three who suffered serious wounds, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
In related news, the Palestinian Red Crescent said its medics provided treatment to more than than 767 people were injured by Israeli forces on Friday, in several parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
61 of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, at least three of them suffered serious injuries, in addition to 200 Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, 479 who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and 27 who suffered various cuts and bruises.
On Friday at night, at least fifteen Palestinians were injured, including a infant who suffered serious wounds, after the Israeli Air Force fired missiles near Sheikh Zayed residential towers, north of Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Among the wounded are several elderly Palestinians, who suffered moderate wounds, in in their homes in residential towers and surrounding homes, in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the injuries ranged from severe to mild, and included a number of gunshot wounds from live ammunition fired by Israeli troops. Other injuries included asphyxiation from tear gas and injuries from rubber-coated steel bullets.
Protests were held in six areas in the Gaza Strip, along the border with Israel.
Israeli troops attacked all of these protests with live ammunition and so-called non-lethal weapons, resulting in the death of one protester and the critical injury of another. The Israeli military issued a statement, “[Israeli] soldiers are responding with riot dispersal means. During the riots [Israeli] soldiers fired selectively towards two main instigators and hits were confirmed.”
Firing live ammunition at non-violent protesters is a direct violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Tires were burned in the city of Bethlehem, where Christians from around the world had just days ago gathered in celebration of the Christmas tree in Manger Square, the church built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born. To protest the U.S. President’s statement denying Palestinian rights, Christian leaders in the city decided to engage in a ‘Christmas blackout’ protest, turning off the lights of the Christmas tree and other holiday decorations.
The army used live fire, in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades in attacking the protesters.
The soldiers and undercover officers also invaded the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation, in Beit Jala nearby city, looking for wounded Palestinians.
In Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinian Muslim worshipers attempted to reach the al-Aqsa mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, for Friday prayers. Many were blocked by Israeli police checkpoints, and prevented from reaching the mosque.
Protesters gathered outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem – an area that has been a Palestinian area for over 2000 years, until Israeli settlers began to push out the Palestinian population over the past ten years through violent takeovers of Palestinian homes and apartment buildings, forcing out the Palestinian families who lived there and forcing them into homelessness.
Overnight, at least thirteen Palestinians were abducted by Israeli troops in different areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank, as protests that began Thursday continued through the night.
Around the world, protests continued on Friday, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in non-violent marches in Amman, Jordan, in Turkey, in Malaysia, in Istanbul, Turkey and in other cities and towns across the world. At least 10,000 people were estimated at the protest in Istanbul, and more than 5,000 gathered in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. In Jakarta, Indonesia, protesters gathered outside the U.S. embassy, some holding signs reading “Trump is the enemy of humanity”.
All of these protests were peaceful, and none resulted in injuries, except those in the Palestinian Territories, where the protest marchers were violently assaulted by the occupying Israeli military.
Palestinian killed, 379 injured in protests against Trump's move
One Palestinian was killed and 379 were injured on Friday in the "Day of Rage" protests over the US announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of "Israel".
Spokesman for Gaza's Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qedra, announced that a 29-year-old Palestinian was killed and 134 others were injured in confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in several areas east of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent crews also said on Friday that they have attended to at least 245 injuries in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
These confrontations followed calls by Hamas movement and other Palestinian factions on the Palestinian people to take to the streets in protest at Donald Trump's recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Under the instructions of the chief of general staff of the Israeli army, Gadi Eizenkot, a state of alert was announced and reinforcements were summoned as clashes escalated across the West Bank and east of the Gaza Strip.
6 dec 2017
Mohammad Saleh Abu Haddaf 4
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child died, on Wednesday morning, from serious wounds he suffered when the soldiers bombarded his family’s home, during the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza, killing three family members.
The sources stated that the child, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Haddaf, 4, remained in a critical condition until his death.
He was injured, on August 8th, 2014, when Israeli army drones fired missiles at his family’s home, and several other homes in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The missile which struck Haddaf’s family home killed three family members and wounded at least six others, including the child, medical sources said.
The slain family members have been identified as:
1. Mahmoud Khaled Abu Haddaf, 15, Khan Younis.
2. Suleiman Samir Abu Haddaf, 21, Khan Younis.
3. Mahmoud Mohamad Abu Haddaf, 9, Khan Younis.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child died, on Wednesday morning, from serious wounds he suffered when the soldiers bombarded his family’s home, during the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza, killing three family members.
The sources stated that the child, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Haddaf, 4, remained in a critical condition until his death.
He was injured, on August 8th, 2014, when Israeli army drones fired missiles at his family’s home, and several other homes in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The missile which struck Haddaf’s family home killed three family members and wounded at least six others, including the child, medical sources said.
The slain family members have been identified as:
1. Mahmoud Khaled Abu Haddaf, 15, Khan Younis.
2. Suleiman Samir Abu Haddaf, 21, Khan Younis.
3. Mahmoud Mohamad Abu Haddaf, 9, Khan Younis.
4 dec 2017
Shomron regional council head Yossi Dagan, in the north of the West Bank, decided to honor the murderer of Mahmoud Odeh, who died in Qasra village, south of Nablus, last Thursday.
Al Ray reports that, according to “04” news site, Dagan said, “He deserved all kind of respect and appreciation as he defended his friends when the Palestinian farmers attack them in Qasra village.”
He called for supporting settlers in “their fair battle” with Palestinians.
The Israel settler is still free; he was interrogated for awhile and, then, Israeli police released him.
Odeh was killed and several others were injured when Israeli settlers attack Oasra village and the citizens tried to confront them.
Violent clashed erupted after this, as Israeli forces opened gunfire and launched tear gas bombs toward Palestinian citizens.
Al Ray reports that, according to “04” news site, Dagan said, “He deserved all kind of respect and appreciation as he defended his friends when the Palestinian farmers attack them in Qasra village.”
He called for supporting settlers in “their fair battle” with Palestinians.
The Israel settler is still free; he was interrogated for awhile and, then, Israeli police released him.
Odeh was killed and several others were injured when Israeli settlers attack Oasra village and the citizens tried to confront them.
Violent clashed erupted after this, as Israeli forces opened gunfire and launched tear gas bombs toward Palestinian citizens.
2 dec 2017
The Palestinian national office for the defense of land and resistance of settlement accused Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman with inciting settlers to kill Palestinians. The office also charged the Israeli government of confiscating Palestinian lands.
In a weekly report on Saturday, the office referred to Lieberman’s remarks in which he praised the Jewish settler who cold-bloodedly murdered martyr Mahmoud Odeh last Thursday near Qusra town to the south of Nablus.
The report also warned that an Israeli committee of the Interior Ministry has recently recommended the establishment of a settlement outpost including 4 settlement neighborhoods near Qalqilya.
It also highlighted that the Israeli government aims at lowering the percentage of Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem through the implementation of “The Greater Jerusalem” project which allows the separation of Shufat refugee camp and Kafr Aqeb town from the city.
In a weekly report on Saturday, the office referred to Lieberman’s remarks in which he praised the Jewish settler who cold-bloodedly murdered martyr Mahmoud Odeh last Thursday near Qusra town to the south of Nablus.
The report also warned that an Israeli committee of the Interior Ministry has recently recommended the establishment of a settlement outpost including 4 settlement neighborhoods near Qalqilya.
It also highlighted that the Israeli government aims at lowering the percentage of Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem through the implementation of “The Greater Jerusalem” project which allows the separation of Shufat refugee camp and Kafr Aqeb town from the city.
1 dec 2017
After resorting to shooting one of the Palestinians assailing him and a group of children he was escorting on a West Bank trip, a settler is questioned by police and released before being told he is under investigation for causing death by negligence.
The settler who shot 47-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Za’al Odeh in Thursday's incident near the village of Qusra has been questioned by police, and is suspected of causing death by negligence.
"Dozens of Palestinians threw stones and rocks at us, we were in a life-threatening situation, and we were trying to protect the children," said the man, whose son was among the group.
"I had to shoot in self-defense. I hope common sense prevails, and people understand what happened here," the father added.
Two of the adults in the group were lightly wounded in the clashes and the children were spirited away from the danger zone under IDF supervision.
According to one of the two fathers who accompanied the children on the trip, the group of children from different communities in the Samaria region was on a bar mitzvah trip.
"We were hiking in an open area, near the road. Some 200 meters from Highway 5 and the Alon road, we were attacked by dozens of Arabs with stones, rocks and clubs. We were busy protecting the children, and I got hit in the head with a stone. The second father was also wounded. Thank God, the children are safe and sound, that's what's important."
The second father who accompanied the trip said he took the children into a nearby cave to protect them from the barrage of stones.
The children, he said, "were determined and brave, but some of them were frightened."
"I was busy protecting them, when at some point the Palestinians came really close, outflanked us and really boxed us in. The second father left his gun with me. I tried to keep them away by shooting into the air, and it didn't help, they kept coming closer."
He noted there were two Palestinians who tried to protect him and the children, but "30 others just tried to lynch (us)."
One of the parents accompanying the children had his gun stolen by one of the Palestinian rioters, but was later recovered by the IDF.
One of the children who came under attack told Ynet the Palestinians "started threatening us with a gun, throwing stones at us, told us 'give us your bags, give us your phones.' They swore at us, slapped us, punched us. I got a stone to my knee, my rabbi got a stone to his head, my friends got slapped and punched. They (the Palestinians) also tried to use tear gas."
"There were also Arabs who chased away the Arabs who wanted to throw stones at us, protected us for a little until the army came and found us," the child added.
Keren Perlman, the mother of one of the children, said her son told her the Palestinians "sprayed pepper spray into the cave" the children were hiding in. "They took their bags, equipment and candy," she added.
"He also told me many children made vows, about the feeling of imminent death, about (children) saying the 'Shema Yisrael' prayer, and about heart-rending crying," Perlman added.
She criticized the IDF for taking too long to arrive to the children's aid. "It took the army an hour and a half. An hour and a half in which the children hid in a crumbling cave with hundreds of Arabs above them. An hour and a half of the heroic parents standing at the entrance, enduring beatings and stones to protect the children, and the army just didn't bother showing up," she lamented.
The settler who shot 47-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Za’al Odeh in Thursday's incident near the village of Qusra has been questioned by police, and is suspected of causing death by negligence.
"Dozens of Palestinians threw stones and rocks at us, we were in a life-threatening situation, and we were trying to protect the children," said the man, whose son was among the group.
"I had to shoot in self-defense. I hope common sense prevails, and people understand what happened here," the father added.
Two of the adults in the group were lightly wounded in the clashes and the children were spirited away from the danger zone under IDF supervision.
According to one of the two fathers who accompanied the children on the trip, the group of children from different communities in the Samaria region was on a bar mitzvah trip.
"We were hiking in an open area, near the road. Some 200 meters from Highway 5 and the Alon road, we were attacked by dozens of Arabs with stones, rocks and clubs. We were busy protecting the children, and I got hit in the head with a stone. The second father was also wounded. Thank God, the children are safe and sound, that's what's important."
The second father who accompanied the trip said he took the children into a nearby cave to protect them from the barrage of stones.
The children, he said, "were determined and brave, but some of them were frightened."
"I was busy protecting them, when at some point the Palestinians came really close, outflanked us and really boxed us in. The second father left his gun with me. I tried to keep them away by shooting into the air, and it didn't help, they kept coming closer."
He noted there were two Palestinians who tried to protect him and the children, but "30 others just tried to lynch (us)."
One of the parents accompanying the children had his gun stolen by one of the Palestinian rioters, but was later recovered by the IDF.
One of the children who came under attack told Ynet the Palestinians "started threatening us with a gun, throwing stones at us, told us 'give us your bags, give us your phones.' They swore at us, slapped us, punched us. I got a stone to my knee, my rabbi got a stone to his head, my friends got slapped and punched. They (the Palestinians) also tried to use tear gas."
"There were also Arabs who chased away the Arabs who wanted to throw stones at us, protected us for a little until the army came and found us," the child added.
Keren Perlman, the mother of one of the children, said her son told her the Palestinians "sprayed pepper spray into the cave" the children were hiding in. "They took their bags, equipment and candy," she added.
"He also told me many children made vows, about the feeling of imminent death, about (children) saying the 'Shema Yisrael' prayer, and about heart-rending crying," Perlman added.
She criticized the IDF for taking too long to arrive to the children's aid. "It took the army an hour and a half. An hour and a half in which the children hid in a crumbling cave with hundreds of Arabs above them. An hour and a half of the heroic parents standing at the entrance, enduring beatings and stones to protect the children, and the army just didn't bother showing up," she lamented.
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Husam Badran has warned that the murder of a Palestinian farmer on his land in Nablus by an armed settler on Thursday will not go without response from the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank.
In a press release, Badran said that the Palestinian resistance would not remain silent on the settlers’ arrogance and aggression against the Palestinians in the West Bank and would retaliate to their crimes.
“The persecution of the West Bank resistance cannot be accepted today in view of the official impotence to defend our people against the occupation’s violations. The Palestinian Authority is demanded to protect and support the resistance rather than suppressing it,” the Hamas official underscored.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation would persist in its crimes against the Palestinians as long as there was no retaliation.
He stressed that the Palestinian people’s armed resistance is a legitimate right and a necessity to protect themselves from the occupation and its crimes.
A 48-year-old Palestinian farmer called Mahmoud Odeh was shot dead on Thursday afternoon by a Jewish settler as he was tending to his land near the village of Qusra, to the south of Nablus.
The crime happened after a horde of settlers from the illegal Yash Kod settlement outpost raided Palestinian land near Qusra and brutalized Odeh as he was working his land.
According to locals, Odeh attempted to prevent the settlers from entering his land, at which point one of the settlers opened fire at him, shooting him in the chest. He succumbed to his wounds a short time later.
In a press release, Badran said that the Palestinian resistance would not remain silent on the settlers’ arrogance and aggression against the Palestinians in the West Bank and would retaliate to their crimes.
“The persecution of the West Bank resistance cannot be accepted today in view of the official impotence to defend our people against the occupation’s violations. The Palestinian Authority is demanded to protect and support the resistance rather than suppressing it,” the Hamas official underscored.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation would persist in its crimes against the Palestinians as long as there was no retaliation.
He stressed that the Palestinian people’s armed resistance is a legitimate right and a necessity to protect themselves from the occupation and its crimes.
A 48-year-old Palestinian farmer called Mahmoud Odeh was shot dead on Thursday afternoon by a Jewish settler as he was tending to his land near the village of Qusra, to the south of Nablus.
The crime happened after a horde of settlers from the illegal Yash Kod settlement outpost raided Palestinian land near Qusra and brutalized Odeh as he was working his land.
According to locals, Odeh attempted to prevent the settlers from entering his land, at which point one of the settlers opened fire at him, shooting him in the chest. He succumbed to his wounds a short time later.
30 nov 2017
Mahmoud Oudeh 48
A Palestinian citizen was shot and killed by extremist Israeli settlers on Thursday in Nablus’s southern town of Qasra.
48-year-old Mahmoud Oudeh was fatally shot by Israelis at around noontime.
Qasra locals locked up some 15 Israeli settlers in a nearby cave at the same as heavily-armed Israeli patrols showed up in the area to protect the Israeli assailants.
The Palestinian Liaison released the settlers and handed them over to the occupation army.
A Palestinian citizen was shot and killed by extremist Israeli settlers on Thursday in Nablus’s southern town of Qasra.
48-year-old Mahmoud Oudeh was fatally shot by Israelis at around noontime.
Qasra locals locked up some 15 Israeli settlers in a nearby cave at the same as heavily-armed Israeli patrols showed up in the area to protect the Israeli assailants.
The Palestinian Liaison released the settlers and handed them over to the occupation army.
26 nov 2017
Israel's former war minister, Moshe Ya'alon, in a symposium in Herzliya city on Saturday said that he has killed in his life more "terrorists", referring to Arabs and Palestinians, than any other Israeli official in the Knesset or the government.
Ya'alon in his speech asked Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to resign over corruption charges leveled against him lately, al-Jazeera reported.
The former war minister led the Israeli force that assassinated Khalil al-Wazir, the commander of the Palestine Liberation Organizations' armed wing, inside his house in Tunisia.
Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, had also boasted in the past about killing the largest number of Arabs in the Israeli army's history.
Ya'alon in his speech asked Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to resign over corruption charges leveled against him lately, al-Jazeera reported.
The former war minister led the Israeli force that assassinated Khalil al-Wazir, the commander of the Palestine Liberation Organizations' armed wing, inside his house in Tunisia.
Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, had also boasted in the past about killing the largest number of Arabs in the Israeli army's history.
25 nov 2017
Abdul-Hamid al-Zuwaidi 12
A Palestinian child on Friday was proclaimed dead of serious injuries he had sustained during Israel’s military aggression against Gaza in 2014.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, the victim is 12-year-old Abdul-Hamid al-Zuwaidi, a resident of Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza.
The child suffered serious injuries during an Israeli artillery attack on al-Buri area of Beit Hanoun in July 2014. Other members of his family, including children, were killed in the attack.
A Palestinian child on Friday was proclaimed dead of serious injuries he had sustained during Israel’s military aggression against Gaza in 2014.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, the victim is 12-year-old Abdul-Hamid al-Zuwaidi, a resident of Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza.
The child suffered serious injuries during an Israeli artillery attack on al-Buri area of Beit Hanoun in July 2014. Other members of his family, including children, were killed in the attack.
20 nov 2017
An Israeli court recently issued a verdict ordering the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian prisoners to pay 62 million shekels ($17.6 million) in compensation to the families of Jewish settlers killed in a 2001 shooting attack.
According to Maariv newspaper, the verdict, which was issued by the Israeli district court in Jerusalem last Friday, accused the PA of funding and providing the means for acts of terrorism.
The ruling referred to a shooting attack that was carried out at the start of the second Intifada (uprising) by resistance fighters affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah.
Such Israeli steps raise a question whether the PA will respond and file compensation lawsuits against Israel with international courts over the death of hundreds of Palestinians at the hands of its troops and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.
According to Maariv newspaper, the verdict, which was issued by the Israeli district court in Jerusalem last Friday, accused the PA of funding and providing the means for acts of terrorism.
The ruling referred to a shooting attack that was carried out at the start of the second Intifada (uprising) by resistance fighters affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah.
Such Israeli steps raise a question whether the PA will respond and file compensation lawsuits against Israel with international courts over the death of hundreds of Palestinians at the hands of its troops and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.
12 nov 2017
Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is set to propose a law that will allow police not to return the bodies of slain Palestinians to their families.
According to Hebrew news sources, the law would allow Israeli police to rule against returning bodies of anti-occupation attackers to their families if the funeral is likely to turn into a mass demonstration, or “if incitement against Israelis will be featured.”
Commenting on the proposal, Erdan claimed that funerals for anti-occupation protesters have turned into “festivals of incitement” that promote further attacks.
Erdan added that Palestinians whose bodies have been withheld by the Israeli authorities will be buried only if families adhere to the conditions set by police.
The Israeli occupation authorities have withheld the bodies of dozens of Palestinian protesters killed by the Israeli forces following alleged anti-occupation attacks. Their families have also been made to endure tough punitive measures.
Ironically, the new law would allow Israeli police to decide if families could be trusted not to turn funerals into riots.
According to Hebrew news sources, the law would allow Israeli police to rule against returning bodies of anti-occupation attackers to their families if the funeral is likely to turn into a mass demonstration, or “if incitement against Israelis will be featured.”
Commenting on the proposal, Erdan claimed that funerals for anti-occupation protesters have turned into “festivals of incitement” that promote further attacks.
Erdan added that Palestinians whose bodies have been withheld by the Israeli authorities will be buried only if families adhere to the conditions set by police.
The Israeli occupation authorities have withheld the bodies of dozens of Palestinian protesters killed by the Israeli forces following alleged anti-occupation attacks. Their families have also been made to endure tough punitive measures.
Ironically, the new law would allow Israeli police to decide if families could be trusted not to turn funerals into riots.
7 nov 2017
Atef Rushad al-Mukwasi 37
A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday after he succumbed to injuries sustained during the anti-occupation uprising of 1991.
Atef al-Mukwasi, from Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza Strip, died of wounds he sustained in the Stone Intifada (Uprising) of 1991.
Mukwasi had gone quadriplegic as a result of the Israeli-inflicted wounds, before he was pronounced dead on Tuesday in the besieged enclave.
Hundreds of Palestinians have gone paralyzed as a result of the aggressive attacks launched by the Israeli army on anti-occupation protesters during the First Intifada.
A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday after he succumbed to injuries sustained during the anti-occupation uprising of 1991.
Atef al-Mukwasi, from Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza Strip, died of wounds he sustained in the Stone Intifada (Uprising) of 1991.
Mukwasi had gone quadriplegic as a result of the Israeli-inflicted wounds, before he was pronounced dead on Tuesday in the besieged enclave.
Hundreds of Palestinians have gone paralyzed as a result of the aggressive attacks launched by the Israeli army on anti-occupation protesters during the First Intifada.