3 feb 2020
Soldier hit by makeshift explosive in Hebron manages to put out fire unharmed as unrest on Palestinian side over Trump peace plan continues
Palestinian rioters hurled Molotov cocktails at border police troops near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, hitting one of the officers. video
The officer managed to put out the fire with no injury to himself or others.
The Palestinians protested a proposed peace plan for the Middle East aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was unveiled last week by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
The plan stipulates a demilitarized Palestinian state will be established on 70% of the West Bank and Israel will extend its sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and all Jewish settlements in the disputed territory.
Demonstrations have been taking place daily since the revealing of Trump's so-called "Deal of Century". No injuries have been reported in these events.
Israeli sources said security ties with the Palestinian Authority continue unchanged in Hebron despite statements made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an Arab League emergency meeting in Cairo Saturday, threatening to halt cooperation with Israel and the United States.
“We are informing you that there will be no relations with you (Israel) and the United States, including on security cooperation,” Abbas announced, adding that Israel will have to “bear responsibility as an occupying power.”
Palestinian rioters hurled Molotov cocktails at border police troops near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, hitting one of the officers. video
The officer managed to put out the fire with no injury to himself or others.
The Palestinians protested a proposed peace plan for the Middle East aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was unveiled last week by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
The plan stipulates a demilitarized Palestinian state will be established on 70% of the West Bank and Israel will extend its sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and all Jewish settlements in the disputed territory.
Demonstrations have been taking place daily since the revealing of Trump's so-called "Deal of Century". No injuries have been reported in these events.
Israeli sources said security ties with the Palestinian Authority continue unchanged in Hebron despite statements made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an Arab League emergency meeting in Cairo Saturday, threatening to halt cooperation with Israel and the United States.
“We are informing you that there will be no relations with you (Israel) and the United States, including on security cooperation,” Abbas announced, adding that Israel will have to “bear responsibility as an occupying power.”
Israeli soldiers on Sunday evening rounded up a Palestinian young man in the south of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank on allegations of his attempt to carry out a stabbing attack.
According to the Hebrew media, a young man was arrested near the illegal settlement of Efrat after soldiers saw him approach them while carrying a knife.
However, the soldiers did not open fire at him. They pointed their guns at him and subdued him after he dropped the knife.
In previous similar incidents, Israeli soldiers did not hesitate to shoot and kill Palestinians even when the victims were standing away and posing no threat.
Some victims are believed to have been shot dead on suspicion of carrying things that looked like knives.
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at night, a Palestinian man near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in West Bank, after he reportedly approached a military roadblock carrying a knife.
The army is alleging that the Palestinian man approached a military roadblock while carrying a knife and that he dropped it before the soldiers arrested him.
The army did not report any injuries among the soldiers, or anybody else, in the incident.
Palestinian sources said the Palestinian, who is apparently a teenager, was taken prisoner near a bus station, close to the Nashash Gas station, south of Bethlehem.
The area has several Israeli military monitoring towers and surveillance cameras.
In related news, the army also said that it is investigating another incident that took place after a Palestinian car swerved and crashed into a concrete wall, south of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The army claims the car crashed near several soldiers, and that the military is investigating the incident, the Maan News Agency has reported.
An eyewitness said the Palestinian suffered mild injuries, and that, while he was turning, he was surprised by soldiers in the street, before his vehicle swerved off the road and crashed into a wall.
According to the Hebrew media, a young man was arrested near the illegal settlement of Efrat after soldiers saw him approach them while carrying a knife.
However, the soldiers did not open fire at him. They pointed their guns at him and subdued him after he dropped the knife.
In previous similar incidents, Israeli soldiers did not hesitate to shoot and kill Palestinians even when the victims were standing away and posing no threat.
Some victims are believed to have been shot dead on suspicion of carrying things that looked like knives.
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at night, a Palestinian man near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in West Bank, after he reportedly approached a military roadblock carrying a knife.
The army is alleging that the Palestinian man approached a military roadblock while carrying a knife and that he dropped it before the soldiers arrested him.
The army did not report any injuries among the soldiers, or anybody else, in the incident.
Palestinian sources said the Palestinian, who is apparently a teenager, was taken prisoner near a bus station, close to the Nashash Gas station, south of Bethlehem.
The area has several Israeli military monitoring towers and surveillance cameras.
In related news, the army also said that it is investigating another incident that took place after a Palestinian car swerved and crashed into a concrete wall, south of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The army claims the car crashed near several soldiers, and that the military is investigating the incident, the Maan News Agency has reported.
An eyewitness said the Palestinian suffered mild injuries, and that, while he was turning, he was surprised by soldiers in the street, before his vehicle swerved off the road and crashed into a wall.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday opened fire at a Palestinian citizen driving his car at the pretext of he was trying to carry out a vehicular attack on a road near Jenin in the West Bank.
The Hebrew website Walla claimed that a Palestinian driver tried to ram his car into a group of Israeli soldiers at the junction of Arraba town, south of Jenin, when they shot and injured him.
None of the soldiers was injured in the alleged ramming attack.
Later, other media outlets said that the driver lost control of his car and hit a concrete block when soldiers on the road opened fire at him, adding that he was moderately injured and taken in for interrogation.
The driver was identified as Nour Lahlouh from Arraba town, according to Asra Media Office.
Skirmishes also broke out between local youths and Israeli soldiers in the area after the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road following the incident and embarked on intercepting passing cars.
The Hebrew website Walla claimed that a Palestinian driver tried to ram his car into a group of Israeli soldiers at the junction of Arraba town, south of Jenin, when they shot and injured him.
None of the soldiers was injured in the alleged ramming attack.
Later, other media outlets said that the driver lost control of his car and hit a concrete block when soldiers on the road opened fire at him, adding that he was moderately injured and taken in for interrogation.
The driver was identified as Nour Lahlouh from Arraba town, according to Asra Media Office.
Skirmishes also broke out between local youths and Israeli soldiers in the area after the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road following the incident and embarked on intercepting passing cars.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening violently attacked Palestinian young men as they were rallying at the southern entrance to Qalqilya city.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that angry young men protesting the US deal of the century torched tires on the road leading to Qalqilya and hurled stones at Israeli soldiers there.
Another group of young men also set fire to an Israeli military post at the separation wall’s gate in Jayyous town in northern Qalqilya.
Consequently, an Israeli military force stormed the town and clashed with local youths.
Similar clashes with the IOF also broke out near the separation wall in Qaffin town, north of Tulkarem.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that angry young men protesting the US deal of the century torched tires on the road leading to Qalqilya and hurled stones at Israeli soldiers there.
Another group of young men also set fire to an Israeli military post at the separation wall’s gate in Jayyous town in northern Qalqilya.
Consequently, an Israeli military force stormed the town and clashed with local youths.
Similar clashes with the IOF also broke out near the separation wall in Qaffin town, north of Tulkarem.
30 jan 2020
For the first time, Palestinian young men in Occupied Jerusalem’s Issawiya district released balloons carrying incendiaries towards Israeli settlements and the French Hill on Wednesday in protest at the deal of the century that was announced recently by US president Donald Trump.
The balloon launches happened at the end of a busy day full of confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in different areas of Jerusalem.
Young men from Anata town in the northeast of Jerusalem also set off fireworks at the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev, which is located between Shu'afat refugee camp and the town Anata and Hizma.
Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in different areas of Jerusalem, including Issawiya, Shu’afat camp and Abu Dis.
The balloon launches happened at the end of a busy day full of confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in different areas of Jerusalem.
Young men from Anata town in the northeast of Jerusalem also set off fireworks at the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev, which is located between Shu'afat refugee camp and the town Anata and Hizma.
Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in different areas of Jerusalem, including Issawiya, Shu’afat camp and Abu Dis.
The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday evening closed all the Aqsa Mosque’s doors for about one hour after arresting two Palestinian young men at the holy site on allegations that they were found in possession of a knife.
According to local sources, police officers subdued and hauled two young men to a detention center after chasing them in the Mosque’s main courtyard.
The police claimed that one of the young men was spotted carrying a knife.
They also shut down the Mosque for about one hour and prevented Muslim worshipers from entering or leaving the holy site.
According to local sources, police officers subdued and hauled two young men to a detention center after chasing them in the Mosque’s main courtyard.
The police claimed that one of the young men was spotted carrying a knife.
They also shut down the Mosque for about one hour and prevented Muslim worshipers from entering or leaving the holy site.
Several Palestinian citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during clashes on Wednesday evening with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at the main entrance to Beita town, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Beita mayor Fouad Ma’aali said that Israeli soldiers intensively fired tear gas and stun canisters at young men protesting the US deal of the century at the entrance to his town.
Ma’aali added that seven young men suffered from inhaling tear gas and received on-site medical assistance.
He pointed out that the IOF deployed concrete blocks on both sides of the main road leading to the town a few days ago.
Similar violent clashes also broke out in Azzun town in the east of Qalqilya after local youths threw fire bombs at Jewish settlers’ cars on a road near the main entrance to the town.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that some private cars and one bus carrying settlers caught fire and sustained damage.
Beita mayor Fouad Ma’aali said that Israeli soldiers intensively fired tear gas and stun canisters at young men protesting the US deal of the century at the entrance to his town.
Ma’aali added that seven young men suffered from inhaling tear gas and received on-site medical assistance.
He pointed out that the IOF deployed concrete blocks on both sides of the main road leading to the town a few days ago.
Similar violent clashes also broke out in Azzun town in the east of Qalqilya after local youths threw fire bombs at Jewish settlers’ cars on a road near the main entrance to the town.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that some private cars and one bus carrying settlers caught fire and sustained damage.
26 jan 2020
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday before noon, a young Palestinian man at a military roadblock near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped the Palestinian at a military roadblock near the mosque, and abducted him.
The army claimed that the soldiers searched the Palestinian and “found out that he was carrying a knife.”
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-Hadidiya area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and searched tents owned by a local shepherd, identified as Abdul-Rahim Bisharat.
Bisharat stated that the soldiers detained him and his family nearly for three hours, and ransacked their tents, before releasing them.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers summoned for interrogation a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Hamza Nimir, after he tried to prevent the soldiers from entering the mosque while wearing their shoes.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped the Palestinian at a military roadblock near the mosque, and abducted him.
The army claimed that the soldiers searched the Palestinian and “found out that he was carrying a knife.”
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-Hadidiya area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and searched tents owned by a local shepherd, identified as Abdul-Rahim Bisharat.
Bisharat stated that the soldiers detained him and his family nearly for three hours, and ransacked their tents, before releasing them.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers summoned for interrogation a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Hamza Nimir, after he tried to prevent the soldiers from entering the mosque while wearing their shoes.
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Saturday at night, three missiles into two areas in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources in Khan Younis said the missiles caused damage to structures, apparently used by armed resistance groups, and several homes.
The soldiers also fired missiles into areas northwest of Khan Younis, while Israeli fighter jets were seen flying over Khuza’a town, in Khan Younis.
Palestinian Civil Defense and rescue teams rushed to the bombed areas and confirmed that there have been no civilian casualties.
Israeli media sources claimed that the bombing came after Palestinians launched “a balloon with an explosive attached to it,” and that it landed in the yard of Midreshet Ben-Gurion boarding school.
They also said that two additional explosives, attached to balloons, were found in Ramat HaNegev Regional Council, but did not explode.
Media sources in Khan Younis said the missiles caused damage to structures, apparently used by armed resistance groups, and several homes.
The soldiers also fired missiles into areas northwest of Khan Younis, while Israeli fighter jets were seen flying over Khuza’a town, in Khan Younis.
Palestinian Civil Defense and rescue teams rushed to the bombed areas and confirmed that there have been no civilian casualties.
Israeli media sources claimed that the bombing came after Palestinians launched “a balloon with an explosive attached to it,” and that it landed in the yard of Midreshet Ben-Gurion boarding school.
They also said that two additional explosives, attached to balloons, were found in Ramat HaNegev Regional Council, but did not explode.
