31 dec 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out at dawn Thursday a large-scale raid campaign across West Bank cities and towns, where six Palestinian citizens were detained.
Local sources said that a young man was arrested from his family house in Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem.
Two other youths from Nahalin town, east of the city, were detained for entering occupied Jerusalem without Israeli permit.
During the Israeli raid in Nahalin, IOF served summonses to five local youths for investigation.
In Nablus, IOF soldiers arrested two youngsters after storming different areas of the city. A disabled young man was among the detainees.
Several homes were also stormed and violently searched in Beit Furik town, east of the city.
A similar raid campaign was carried out in Joboa town, south of Jenin, amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. At least one detainee was taken during the campaign.
On the other hand, a make-shift checkpoint was erected overnight at the road linking between Jenin and Nablus. Palestinian vehicles’ movement was restricted in the area.
Local sources said that a young man was arrested from his family house in Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem.
Two other youths from Nahalin town, east of the city, were detained for entering occupied Jerusalem without Israeli permit.
During the Israeli raid in Nahalin, IOF served summonses to five local youths for investigation.
In Nablus, IOF soldiers arrested two youngsters after storming different areas of the city. A disabled young man was among the detainees.
Several homes were also stormed and violently searched in Beit Furik town, east of the city.
A similar raid campaign was carried out in Joboa town, south of Jenin, amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs. At least one detainee was taken during the campaign.
On the other hand, a make-shift checkpoint was erected overnight at the road linking between Jenin and Nablus. Palestinian vehicles’ movement was restricted in the area.
30 dec 2015
Ureiba Mazin Hasan 37
Clashes broke out in Abu Dis, late Tuesday, following a funeral held for a Palestinian killed earlier this month, whose body was held by Israeli authorities for 26 days.
Locals said that 24 Palestinians were shot and injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, while 19 others suffered from severe tear gas inhalation, when clashes erupted between residents and Israeli military forces.
Hani Halbiya, a spokesperson of a local popular resistance committee, told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli authorities handed over the body of Mazin Hasan, 37, near the town of al-Eizariya.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics transferred the body to the Abu Dis medical center, where the funeral procession set off to Ureiba’s family home before mourners carried his body to the local cemetery for burial. An Israeli army spokesperson did not have immediate information on Tuesday’s clashes.
Ureiba’s body was one of three to be returned by Israeli authorities Tuesday evening. The bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis have been withheld in line with a decision made in October by Israel's security cabinet to return the bodies on a case-by-case basis.
The practice has not been used in such frequency since the Second Intifada, according to Israeli rights group Hamoked.
Ureiba, 37, was shot and killed on Dec. 3 after opening fire on Israeli soldiers stationed near the Hizma military checkpoint north of Jerusalem.
According to reports from the Israeli army following the attack, an Israeli soldier was shot in the hand during the attack.
A 47-year-old Palestinian bystander was shot and critically injured when Israeli forces opened fire on Ureiba.
Clashes broke out in Abu Dis, late Tuesday, following a funeral held for a Palestinian killed earlier this month, whose body was held by Israeli authorities for 26 days.
Locals said that 24 Palestinians were shot and injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, while 19 others suffered from severe tear gas inhalation, when clashes erupted between residents and Israeli military forces.
Hani Halbiya, a spokesperson of a local popular resistance committee, told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli authorities handed over the body of Mazin Hasan, 37, near the town of al-Eizariya.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics transferred the body to the Abu Dis medical center, where the funeral procession set off to Ureiba’s family home before mourners carried his body to the local cemetery for burial. An Israeli army spokesperson did not have immediate information on Tuesday’s clashes.
Ureiba’s body was one of three to be returned by Israeli authorities Tuesday evening. The bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis have been withheld in line with a decision made in October by Israel's security cabinet to return the bodies on a case-by-case basis.
The practice has not been used in such frequency since the Second Intifada, according to Israeli rights group Hamoked.
Ureiba, 37, was shot and killed on Dec. 3 after opening fire on Israeli soldiers stationed near the Hizma military checkpoint north of Jerusalem.
According to reports from the Israeli army following the attack, an Israeli soldier was shot in the hand during the attack.
A 47-year-old Palestinian bystander was shot and critically injured when Israeli forces opened fire on Ureiba.
Violent clashes erupted late Tuesday evening in occupied Jerusalem and near Qalqilia, while Israeli settlers performed Talmudic rituals east of Tulkarem.
In Occupied Jerusalem, confrontations broke out between Israeli forces and local youths at the entrance to Shufat refugee camp, north of the city, amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Tear gas suffocation cases were reported during the clashes.
In the West Bank, an Israeli bus was allegedly targeted with three Molotov cocktails near Azzoun town east of Qalqilia.
Large numbers of Israeli forces rushed to the area and carried out search and combing operations. No arrests were reported.
Following the Israeli raid campaign, clashes erupted between local youths and invading soldiers which led to the injury of two youths with rubber bullets.
Meanwhile, a group of Israeli settlers gathered late yesterday at Bawabet Shofa, southeast of Tulkarem, and started performing Talmudic rituals under Israeli forces' protection.
Palestinian inhabitants' movement was restricted in the area.
In Occupied Jerusalem, confrontations broke out between Israeli forces and local youths at the entrance to Shufat refugee camp, north of the city, amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Tear gas suffocation cases were reported during the clashes.
In the West Bank, an Israeli bus was allegedly targeted with three Molotov cocktails near Azzoun town east of Qalqilia.
Large numbers of Israeli forces rushed to the area and carried out search and combing operations. No arrests were reported.
Following the Israeli raid campaign, clashes erupted between local youths and invading soldiers which led to the injury of two youths with rubber bullets.
Meanwhile, a group of Israeli settlers gathered late yesterday at Bawabet Shofa, southeast of Tulkarem, and started performing Talmudic rituals under Israeli forces' protection.
Palestinian inhabitants' movement was restricted in the area.
Eight Palestinian civilians suffered injuries and 19 others choked on tear gas overnight Tuesday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into Beit Daqu and Abu Dis towns, in Occupied Jerusalem.
Red Crescent sources said eight Palestinian protesters sustained live ammunition and rubber bullet injuries while 19 more suffered effects of tear gas inhalation in the clashes that burst out following the assault.
The IOF reportedly attacked the Palestinian protesters in Beit Daqu village with heavy spates of bullet fire and tear gas canisters, wounding three civilians.
Several casualties received field treatment after the IOF cordoned off Palestinian neighborhoods and were deployed across the main access roads to the area, preventing Palestinian ambulances from reaching the scene and evacuating the casualties to hospital.
A Palestinian protester was directly shot in his eye while another injured protester was kidnapped by the IOF in the same clashes.
Violent confrontations further rocked Abu Dis town and the Shu’fat refugee camp, where the Israeli occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters and anti-occupation activists with bullet fire and tear gas grenades.
Red Crescent crews said they treated five protesters for rubber bullet wounds and 19 others for critical breathing disorders in the town.
Over recent weeks, the Israeli occupation army and settlers stepped up aggression and terrorism against Palestinian citizens in Occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in an attempt to smother the underway anti-occupation intifada, which started in early October.
Red Crescent sources said eight Palestinian protesters sustained live ammunition and rubber bullet injuries while 19 more suffered effects of tear gas inhalation in the clashes that burst out following the assault.
The IOF reportedly attacked the Palestinian protesters in Beit Daqu village with heavy spates of bullet fire and tear gas canisters, wounding three civilians.
Several casualties received field treatment after the IOF cordoned off Palestinian neighborhoods and were deployed across the main access roads to the area, preventing Palestinian ambulances from reaching the scene and evacuating the casualties to hospital.
A Palestinian protester was directly shot in his eye while another injured protester was kidnapped by the IOF in the same clashes.
Violent confrontations further rocked Abu Dis town and the Shu’fat refugee camp, where the Israeli occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters and anti-occupation activists with bullet fire and tear gas grenades.
Red Crescent crews said they treated five protesters for rubber bullet wounds and 19 others for critical breathing disorders in the town.
Over recent weeks, the Israeli occupation army and settlers stepped up aggression and terrorism against Palestinian citizens in Occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in an attempt to smother the underway anti-occupation intifada, which started in early October.
A Palestinian ex-prisoner was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after an Israeli occupation patrol stormed his family home and unleashed an untamed dog on its inhabitants.
The Ad-Dameer Institution for Human Rights said in a statement the Israeli occupation forces stormed the family home of 26-year-old ex-prisoner Muayad Makhlouf, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, and set a dog attack, causing him serious wounds.
The casualty was evacuated to the Palestine Medical Complex after the dog bit his left hand.
Muayad was later quoted by the Ad-Dameer group as stating that over 15 Israeli soldiers, escorted by an undomesticated dog, broke into his family home. The dog kept biting his hand several times and for over five minutes.
Muayad said the occupation soldiers turned blind eyes and deaf ears to his appeals to save him and pull the dog.
The occupation patrol further kidnapped Muayad’s 22-year-old younger brother, Mu’men, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Muayad, an ex-prisoner, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in 2005 and sentenced to nine years in jail before he was released in 2014. He was re-arrested on November 8, 2015 and released a couple of weeks later, during which he had reportedly been subjected to exhausting questioning.
The Ad-Dameer Institution for Human Rights said in a statement the Israeli occupation forces stormed the family home of 26-year-old ex-prisoner Muayad Makhlouf, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, and set a dog attack, causing him serious wounds.
The casualty was evacuated to the Palestine Medical Complex after the dog bit his left hand.
Muayad was later quoted by the Ad-Dameer group as stating that over 15 Israeli soldiers, escorted by an undomesticated dog, broke into his family home. The dog kept biting his hand several times and for over five minutes.
Muayad said the occupation soldiers turned blind eyes and deaf ears to his appeals to save him and pull the dog.
The occupation patrol further kidnapped Muayad’s 22-year-old younger brother, Mu’men, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Muayad, an ex-prisoner, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in 2005 and sentenced to nine years in jail before he was released in 2014. He was re-arrested on November 8, 2015 and released a couple of weeks later, during which he had reportedly been subjected to exhausting questioning.
29 dec 2015
A Palestinian youth was wounded in southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening during the Israeli occupation forces’ shooting at an area east of Khan Younis.
Palestinian medical sources said that the young man was hit with a live bullet in his left foot in Farahin border area, describing his condition as “moderate”.
They said that the casualty was transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis.
Palestinian medical sources said that the young man was hit with a live bullet in his left foot in Farahin border area, describing his condition as “moderate”.
They said that the casualty was transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis.
Violent clashes broke out Tuesday morning between school students and Israeli soldiers in the southern neighborhoods of al-Khalil city as well as in al-Khader town, west of Bethlehem city.
Local sources told Quds Press that dozens of students suffered from effects of inhaling tear gas during skirmishes with Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
Similar clashes also took place between school students and soldiers in al-Khader town in Bethlehem.
Local sources said the events started after Israeli soldiers deployed near some schools in the town behaved provocatively with students.
Local sources told Quds Press that dozens of students suffered from effects of inhaling tear gas during skirmishes with Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
Similar clashes also took place between school students and soldiers in al-Khader town in Bethlehem.
Local sources said the events started after Israeli soldiers deployed near some schools in the town behaved provocatively with students.
Violent clashes flared up on Monday evening between a group of Palestinian protestors and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the central West Bank, and in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said violent confrontations burst out on the main entrance to Azzoun town, in eastern Qlaqilya, where the IOF attacked Palestinian civilians with spates of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
The clashes were triggered after the IOF aggressively disbanded a peaceful march calling for the release of 15-year-old Kariman Sweidan, kidnapped on Sunday on allegations of carrying a knife.
Youngster Basem Nabil Umran sustained live bullet wounds in his hand in the same clashes.
Violent confrontations also rocked the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem, shortly after the IOF rolled into the area and targeted the locals with tear gas canisters.
Simmering Israeli terrorism across the occupied Palestinian territories took away the lives of at least 142 Palestinians, including 27 children and seven women, since the outbreak of the anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada in early October.
Local sources said violent confrontations burst out on the main entrance to Azzoun town, in eastern Qlaqilya, where the IOF attacked Palestinian civilians with spates of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
The clashes were triggered after the IOF aggressively disbanded a peaceful march calling for the release of 15-year-old Kariman Sweidan, kidnapped on Sunday on allegations of carrying a knife.
Youngster Basem Nabil Umran sustained live bullet wounds in his hand in the same clashes.
Violent confrontations also rocked the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem, shortly after the IOF rolled into the area and targeted the locals with tear gas canisters.
Simmering Israeli terrorism across the occupied Palestinian territories took away the lives of at least 142 Palestinians, including 27 children and seven women, since the outbreak of the anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada in early October.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained Monday evening a Palestinian girl and her cousin after he tried to prevent her arrest.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces chased the girl Haya Abu Ramouz in the industrial area, south of the city, after shooting live rounds at her.
The girl was then detained and investigated.
Her cousin Muhaned Abu Ramouz was also arrested after he tried to prevent her detention.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces chased the girl Haya Abu Ramouz in the industrial area, south of the city, after shooting live rounds at her.
The girl was then detained and investigated.
Her cousin Muhaned Abu Ramouz was also arrested after he tried to prevent her detention.
28 dec 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire Monday evening at Gazan citizens to the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that no injuries were reported during the armed attack.
The attack fell in line with Israel’s violations of the ceasefire agreement that ended its 51-day aggression on Gaza in summer 2014.
Local sources said that no injuries were reported during the armed attack.
The attack fell in line with Israel’s violations of the ceasefire agreement that ended its 51-day aggression on Gaza in summer 2014.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the Qalandia Refugee Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped three Palestinians and injured two others.
Local sources said several military vehicles invaded Qalandia, approximately at 4 at dawn, stormed and violently searched several homes, and kidnapped three young men.
The soldiers smashed the doors of many homes, and ransacked the properties, causing excessive damage.
The army also invaded several stores in the refugee camp, after breaking into them, and searched them.
The invasion led to clashes with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, while the army fired several live rounds, wounding two Palestinians.
Local sources said several military vehicles invaded Qalandia, approximately at 4 at dawn, stormed and violently searched several homes, and kidnapped three young men.
The soldiers smashed the doors of many homes, and ransacked the properties, causing excessive damage.
The army also invaded several stores in the refugee camp, after breaking into them, and searched them.
The invasion led to clashes with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, while the army fired several live rounds, wounding two Palestinians.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at night, the town of ‘Azzoun, east of the northern West bank city of Qalqilia, clashed with local youths and injured dozens, including three with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Monther Nazzal, head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) in Qalqilia, medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Nazzal said the soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, during clashes that took place after the army invaded Azzoun.
The clashes took place after the soldiers invaded the town to suppress a protest demanding that Israel release Kariman Akram Sweidan, 15, from Azzoun, after the army arrested her, allegedly for carrying the knife.
Violent clashes erupt in Bethlehem
Violent clashes erupted late Sunday throughout Bethlehem to the south of occupied West Bank.
Local sources said that the clashes broke out at the northern entrance to the city when Israeli forces stormed the city amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Local youths responded by throwing stones at the invading soldiers after they closed the main road, north of the city.
A nearby Israeli military watchtower was also targeted with Molotov cocktails, while Israeli forces opened their gunfire at the protesters.
Also in Bethlehem, Israeli settlers fired live ammunition at Palestinian youths in al-Khuder town after their cars were allegedly stoned in the area.
On the other hand, Israeli forces targeted local homes in Beit Jabarin refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, with tear gas bombs, causing a number of tear gas suffocation cases among locals.
In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed Sunday evening al-Lubban town and heavily fired tear gas bombs at the citizens.
The IOF soldiers also closed the main entrance to the town and prevented the people’s movement in both directions.
Israeli soldiers earlier claimed that an Israeli settler was attacked with Molotov cocktails with no injuries reported.
Monther Nazzal, head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) in Qalqilia, medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Nazzal said the soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, during clashes that took place after the army invaded Azzoun.
The clashes took place after the soldiers invaded the town to suppress a protest demanding that Israel release Kariman Akram Sweidan, 15, from Azzoun, after the army arrested her, allegedly for carrying the knife.
Violent clashes erupt in Bethlehem
Violent clashes erupted late Sunday throughout Bethlehem to the south of occupied West Bank.
Local sources said that the clashes broke out at the northern entrance to the city when Israeli forces stormed the city amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Local youths responded by throwing stones at the invading soldiers after they closed the main road, north of the city.
A nearby Israeli military watchtower was also targeted with Molotov cocktails, while Israeli forces opened their gunfire at the protesters.
Also in Bethlehem, Israeli settlers fired live ammunition at Palestinian youths in al-Khuder town after their cars were allegedly stoned in the area.
On the other hand, Israeli forces targeted local homes in Beit Jabarin refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, with tear gas bombs, causing a number of tear gas suffocation cases among locals.
In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed Sunday evening al-Lubban town and heavily fired tear gas bombs at the citizens.
The IOF soldiers also closed the main entrance to the town and prevented the people’s movement in both directions.
Israeli soldiers earlier claimed that an Israeli settler was attacked with Molotov cocktails with no injuries reported.
Israeli gunboats at dawn Monday opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing west of the Sudaniya shores, in northern Gaza Strip.
The attack cropped up hours after the Israeli navy gunboats on Sunday evening dragged a Palestinian fishing boat toward the western shores, resulting in material damage, the commission to document Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, reported.
The Israeli occupation has reduced the fishing zone off Gaza to three nautical miles and attacked Palestinian fishermen on a quasi-daily basis, adding fuel to fire in a territory already beleaguered by a nine-year-old blockade, poverty, and unemployment. Video
The attack cropped up hours after the Israeli navy gunboats on Sunday evening dragged a Palestinian fishing boat toward the western shores, resulting in material damage, the commission to document Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, reported.
The Israeli occupation has reduced the fishing zone off Gaza to three nautical miles and attacked Palestinian fishermen on a quasi-daily basis, adding fuel to fire in a territory already beleaguered by a nine-year-old blockade, poverty, and unemployment. Video
At least 30 Palestinian civilians sustained injuries on Sunday evening in a wave of violent clashes that rocked Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the central occupied West Bank.
The Red Crescent in Qalqilya said 30 Palestinians suffered injuries and effects of gas inhalation after the Israeli occupation forces attacked them with heavy spates of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
The Red Crescent emergency crews said they treated 13 civilians for rubber bullet injuries and 17 others for breathing disorders.
Violent clashes flared up following a march staged after al-Isha (evening) prayers to demand the release of 15-year-old Kariman Sweidan, kidnapped by the occupation troops near northern Qalqilya.
The Red Crescent in Qalqilya said 30 Palestinians suffered injuries and effects of gas inhalation after the Israeli occupation forces attacked them with heavy spates of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
The Red Crescent emergency crews said they treated 13 civilians for rubber bullet injuries and 17 others for breathing disorders.
Violent clashes flared up following a march staged after al-Isha (evening) prayers to demand the release of 15-year-old Kariman Sweidan, kidnapped by the occupation troops near northern Qalqilya.
