6 june 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning stormed al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police presence.
Quds Press reported, quoting an Islamic Awqaf source, that 128 settlers since the early morning hours started to enter the Mosque in consecutive groups via al-Maghareba Gate which has been under Israeli control since 1967.
The Israeli police on Tuesday arrested 12 Palestinian worshipers while they were reading the Holy Quran in al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards. The police released nine of the detainees following hours of interrogation and extended the detention of the remaining three.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, over 3,700 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque during May 2018.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Nature Authority crews have been carrying out excavations in Bab a-Rahma cemetery near al-Aqsa Mosque in a prelude to turning it into biblical gardens for Jewish settlers.
The Islamic Awqaf Department in a statement condemned the racist policies pursued by the Israeli authorities to change the status quo in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Islamic Awqaf called on Palestinians to intensify their presence in al-Aqsa Mosque, especially during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan, in defiance of the Israeli restrictions and stepped-up settler break-ins.
Quds Press reported, quoting an Islamic Awqaf source, that 128 settlers since the early morning hours started to enter the Mosque in consecutive groups via al-Maghareba Gate which has been under Israeli control since 1967.
The Israeli police on Tuesday arrested 12 Palestinian worshipers while they were reading the Holy Quran in al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards. The police released nine of the detainees following hours of interrogation and extended the detention of the remaining three.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, over 3,700 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque during May 2018.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Nature Authority crews have been carrying out excavations in Bab a-Rahma cemetery near al-Aqsa Mosque in a prelude to turning it into biblical gardens for Jewish settlers.
The Islamic Awqaf Department in a statement condemned the racist policies pursued by the Israeli authorities to change the status quo in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Islamic Awqaf called on Palestinians to intensify their presence in al-Aqsa Mosque, especially during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan, in defiance of the Israeli restrictions and stepped-up settler break-ins.
5 june 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday evening arrested a Palestinian citizen and his child in al-Khalil, south of the West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF arrested Hussein al-Nahnoush and his 8-year-old son Samer in Wad al-Husain neighborhood east of al-Khalil city.
Meanwhile, hordes of Israeli settlers stormed Beit Einun village, north of al-Khalil, and stayed there for hours under the protection of the IOF soldiers.
In a related context, a local source reported that the IOF on Tuesday arrested two Palestinian youths from Nablus and Qalqilya and detained others at Salem military camp, west of Jenin, while they were heading to Salem military court to attend trials of their relatives.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF arrested Hussein al-Nahnoush and his 8-year-old son Samer in Wad al-Husain neighborhood east of al-Khalil city.
Meanwhile, hordes of Israeli settlers stormed Beit Einun village, north of al-Khalil, and stayed there for hours under the protection of the IOF soldiers.
In a related context, a local source reported that the IOF on Tuesday arrested two Palestinian youths from Nablus and Qalqilya and detained others at Salem military camp, west of Jenin, while they were heading to Salem military court to attend trials of their relatives.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, assaulted many worshipers and abducted fifteen young men.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians were siting and walking in the yard of the al-Qibli Mosque, in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, before the soldiers stormed it through the al-Magharba gate, to accompany groups of colonialist settlers in a provocative tour into the holy site.
They added that the soldiers attacked many young men with clubs and batons and tried to remove them from the holy site compound, before abducting fifteen of them.
Five of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as Assad Mifleh, Ezzeddin Zyoud, Mohammad Tafesh, Amjad al-Ashqar and Obeida ‘Ayesh.
The worshipers were just sitting, reading from the holy Quran and reciting its verses, in yet another day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, when the soldiers assaulted them. video video
Furthermore, the soldiers stopped many Palestinians, who were filming the invasion and the unfolding attack, and threatening to abduct them.
Israeli police arrest 15 worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli police on Tuesday arrested 15 Palestinian worshipers from inside al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards in Occupied Jerusalem.
Wafa news agency said, quoting an Aqsa guard, that the worshipers were arrested for reciting the Holy Quran while a group of Israeli settlers were roaming al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
The guard described Tuesday's break-in as a "dangerous escalation" since settler visits to the holy site are halted in the last ten days of Ramadan because of the intensified presence of Muslim worshipers in the Mosque these days.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli police in the morning hours opened al-Maghareba Gate and deployed its forces in large numbers in the Mosque courtyards in preparation for the settler break-in.
The witnesses added that during the break-in the police attacked a group of worshipers who were reciting the Holy Quran, arrested 15 young men and transferred them to an Israeli interrogation center in the Old City.
About 66 Israeli settlers forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate Tuesday morning.
The Israeli Temple Mount extremist groups earlier this week held a meeting in which they called for stepped-up break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday to break the tradition of suspending settler visits to the site during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians were siting and walking in the yard of the al-Qibli Mosque, in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, before the soldiers stormed it through the al-Magharba gate, to accompany groups of colonialist settlers in a provocative tour into the holy site.
They added that the soldiers attacked many young men with clubs and batons and tried to remove them from the holy site compound, before abducting fifteen of them.
Five of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as Assad Mifleh, Ezzeddin Zyoud, Mohammad Tafesh, Amjad al-Ashqar and Obeida ‘Ayesh.
The worshipers were just sitting, reading from the holy Quran and reciting its verses, in yet another day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, when the soldiers assaulted them. video video
Furthermore, the soldiers stopped many Palestinians, who were filming the invasion and the unfolding attack, and threatening to abduct them.
Israeli police arrest 15 worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli police on Tuesday arrested 15 Palestinian worshipers from inside al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards in Occupied Jerusalem.
Wafa news agency said, quoting an Aqsa guard, that the worshipers were arrested for reciting the Holy Quran while a group of Israeli settlers were roaming al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
The guard described Tuesday's break-in as a "dangerous escalation" since settler visits to the holy site are halted in the last ten days of Ramadan because of the intensified presence of Muslim worshipers in the Mosque these days.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli police in the morning hours opened al-Maghareba Gate and deployed its forces in large numbers in the Mosque courtyards in preparation for the settler break-in.
The witnesses added that during the break-in the police attacked a group of worshipers who were reciting the Holy Quran, arrested 15 young men and transferred them to an Israeli interrogation center in the Old City.
About 66 Israeli settlers forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate Tuesday morning.
The Israeli Temple Mount extremist groups earlier this week held a meeting in which they called for stepped-up break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday to break the tradition of suspending settler visits to the site during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, including a member of the City Council in Hebron, and shot one Palestinian, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers invaded many communities in the West Bank, searched many homes, and abducted at least twelve, after interrogating them and their families.
In addition, the soldiers installed many roadblocks, especially in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, while the army claimed that its soldiers located homemade weapons in Doura town.
The soldiers abducted a member of Hebron City Council, identified as Suzan Ahmad al-‘Oweiwi, in addition to Mo’men Mousa al-Atrash, and Karam Mahmoud Amro.
One of the abducted Palestinians is the brother of Ameer Omar Shehada, 22, who was killed by Israeli army fire on March 10, 2018.
The soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and shot a young Palestinian man, in his twenties, with a live round in his thigh, during protests that took place after the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes.
In Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, the soldiers summoned a child, identified as Ahmad Fahed Abu Mfarreh, 15, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, northern of Bethlehem, after abducting his father Fahed, 47, in addition to Hussein Khaled Abdul-Khalil, 19, Mohammad Khaled Hajahja, 19.
On Tuesday morning, Israeli colonizers bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands near Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The bulldozed lands are in the same area where the colonizers installed an illegal colonialist outpost, several months ago, before it was removed.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The soldiers invaded many communities in the West Bank, searched many homes, and abducted at least twelve, after interrogating them and their families.
In addition, the soldiers installed many roadblocks, especially in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, while the army claimed that its soldiers located homemade weapons in Doura town.
The soldiers abducted a member of Hebron City Council, identified as Suzan Ahmad al-‘Oweiwi, in addition to Mo’men Mousa al-Atrash, and Karam Mahmoud Amro.
One of the abducted Palestinians is the brother of Ameer Omar Shehada, 22, who was killed by Israeli army fire on March 10, 2018.
The soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and shot a young Palestinian man, in his twenties, with a live round in his thigh, during protests that took place after the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes.
In Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, the soldiers summoned a child, identified as Ahmad Fahed Abu Mfarreh, 15, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, northern of Bethlehem, after abducting his father Fahed, 47, in addition to Hussein Khaled Abdul-Khalil, 19, Mohammad Khaled Hajahja, 19.
On Tuesday morning, Israeli colonizers bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands near Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The bulldozed lands are in the same area where the colonizers installed an illegal colonialist outpost, several months ago, before it was removed.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Luay Zoheir al-Qarm, 34, from Jilqamous village, east of Jenin.
- Mohammad Mahmoud Ayyad, from Abu Dis – Jerusalem.
- Suzan al-‘Oweiwi – from Hebron.
- Mo’men Mousa al-Atrash, Hebron.
- and Karam Mahmoud Amro, Hebron.
- Ibrahim Shehada, from Orif village, south of Nablus.
- Mahmoud Wajeeh Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.
- Mo’tasem Khalil Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh.
- ‘Assem Sameeh Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh.
- Baha’ Mohammad Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh.
- Wisam Eyad Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh.
- Fahed Abu Mfarreh, 47, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem.
- Hussein Khaled Abdul-Khalil, 19, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem.
- Mohammad Khaled Hajahja, 19, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem.
Scores of Jewish settlers started on Tuesday morning to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque under tight police escort.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that about 27 settlers entered the Mosque and more others were seen gathering in groups outside al-Maghariba Gate as a prelude to escorting them into the holy site by police officers.
They added that the Israeli occupation police intensified the presence of its forces inside the Mosque compound ahead of these morning tours.
Extremist Jewish settlers deliberately defile the Aqsa Mosque every early morning during the holy month of Ramadan, taking advantage of the small numbers of Muslim worshipers at the Islamic holy shrine at this time of day.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that about 27 settlers entered the Mosque and more others were seen gathering in groups outside al-Maghariba Gate as a prelude to escorting them into the holy site by police officers.
They added that the Israeli occupation police intensified the presence of its forces inside the Mosque compound ahead of these morning tours.
Extremist Jewish settlers deliberately defile the Aqsa Mosque every early morning during the holy month of Ramadan, taking advantage of the small numbers of Muslim worshipers at the Islamic holy shrine at this time of day.
4 june 2018
Extremist Israeli settlers, on Monday afternoon, took over a new house on Al-Sahla Street, in the old city of Hebron.
The house is part of the Qaitoun neighborhood and is in need of reconstruction. A group of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by soldiers, took over the house.
The soldiers facilitated the settlers’ entry into the house, according to the PNN.
The area has been closed since 2001, and while shop owners and closed-door owners are not allowed access, settlers are allowed to use the area.
Staff from the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee removed an Israeli flag Jewish settlers had earlier put the house as a prelude to take it over, according to WAFA correspondence.
A complaint was also filed against the break in.
The house is part of the Qaitoun neighborhood and is in need of reconstruction. A group of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by soldiers, took over the house.
The soldiers facilitated the settlers’ entry into the house, according to the PNN.
The area has been closed since 2001, and while shop owners and closed-door owners are not allowed access, settlers are allowed to use the area.
Staff from the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee removed an Israeli flag Jewish settlers had earlier put the house as a prelude to take it over, according to WAFA correspondence.
A complaint was also filed against the break in.
Israeli settlers on Monday morning opened fire in the vicinity of a Palestinian elementary school east of Bethlehem province, in the southern occupied West Bank, causing panic among schoolchildren.
According to anti-wall activist Hasan Brijiyah, a gang of Israeli settlers approached al-Tahadi School in the area of Beit Taamer, to the east of Bethlehem, while workers were opening a road to facilitate students’ access to the institution, before they opened fire in the air, terrorizing the children.
Brijiyah described the assault as an act of bullying aiming to terrorize the locals and force Palestinian students out of the school.
The targeted school had reportedly been demolished by the Israeli occupation authorities on more than one occasion in favor of projected settlement plans.
According to anti-wall activist Hasan Brijiyah, a gang of Israeli settlers approached al-Tahadi School in the area of Beit Taamer, to the east of Bethlehem, while workers were opening a road to facilitate students’ access to the institution, before they opened fire in the air, terrorizing the children.
Brijiyah described the assault as an act of bullying aiming to terrorize the locals and force Palestinian students out of the school.
The targeted school had reportedly been demolished by the Israeli occupation authorities on more than one occasion in favor of projected settlement plans.
The Israeli police on Monday morning secured a break-in by dozens of Israeli settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate.
Media official at the Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs told Quds Press that the Israeli police at 7:00 am opened al-Maghareba Gate in preparation for the first round of settler incursions which lasts for four hours.
Al-Dibs said that 92 Israeli settlers entered the Mosque and roamed its courtyards under the protection of special police forces.
At the same time, he added, the Israeli police tightened restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the holy site.
The police usually allow another one-hour break-in following noon prayer.
Media official at the Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs told Quds Press that the Israeli police at 7:00 am opened al-Maghareba Gate in preparation for the first round of settler incursions which lasts for four hours.
Al-Dibs said that 92 Israeli settlers entered the Mosque and roamed its courtyards under the protection of special police forces.
At the same time, he added, the Israeli police tightened restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the holy site.
The police usually allow another one-hour break-in following noon prayer.
3 june 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
A horde of 50 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours. Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site.
Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform Ramadan prayers.
A horde of 50 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours. Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site.
Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform Ramadan prayers.
2 june 2018
Several Palestinian citizens suffered injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers on Saturday evening in Urif village, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian official Ghassan Daglas, specialist in settlement affairs, said that a horde of Jewish settlers stormed the village and physically assaulted an elderly man called Salim Shehadeh as he was grazing his cattle and wounded him.
Daglas also said that local young men responded to the settlers’ assault and confronted them before Israeli soldiers intervened and attacked them.
He added three young men suffered live and rubber bullet injuries, while another was injured when a settler hit him in the head with an iron rod.
Israeli Soldiers, Colonialist Settlers, Injure Six Palestinians, Including An Elderly Man, Near Nablus
Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Saturday evening, ‘Orif Palestinian village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian man, and two young men, before the soldiers invaded the village and injured three others.
Media sources in Nablus said the colonialist settlers invaded the village, and attacked Salim Shehada, in his seventies, causing various cuts and bruises, before he was rushed to Rafidia Hospital.
They added that the colonialist settlers also attacked a young man, identified as Bahjat Safadi, and injured him in the pelvis, in addition to striking another Palestinian with an iron bar on his head.
Furthermore, the soldiers attacked many Palestinians, who protested the invasion and assaults, before shooting one of them with a live round in his pelvis, and two others with rubber-coated steel bullets.
Palestinian official Ghassan Daglas, specialist in settlement affairs, said that a horde of Jewish settlers stormed the village and physically assaulted an elderly man called Salim Shehadeh as he was grazing his cattle and wounded him.
Daglas also said that local young men responded to the settlers’ assault and confronted them before Israeli soldiers intervened and attacked them.
He added three young men suffered live and rubber bullet injuries, while another was injured when a settler hit him in the head with an iron rod.
Israeli Soldiers, Colonialist Settlers, Injure Six Palestinians, Including An Elderly Man, Near Nablus
Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Saturday evening, ‘Orif Palestinian village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian man, and two young men, before the soldiers invaded the village and injured three others.
Media sources in Nablus said the colonialist settlers invaded the village, and attacked Salim Shehada, in his seventies, causing various cuts and bruises, before he was rushed to Rafidia Hospital.
They added that the colonialist settlers also attacked a young man, identified as Bahjat Safadi, and injured him in the pelvis, in addition to striking another Palestinian with an iron bar on his head.
Furthermore, the soldiers attacked many Palestinians, who protested the invasion and assaults, before shooting one of them with a live round in his pelvis, and two others with rubber-coated steel bullets.
31 may 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday morning forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of police forces.
Jerusalemite sources said that 62 settlers stormed al-Aqsa via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh gate flanked by heavily armed police forces.
The settlers performed Talmudic prayers and religious rituals during their tours, the sources added.
On the other hand, Israel's Nature And Parks Authority (INPA) continues to demolish parts of the outer wall of Bab al-Rahma cemetery in occupied Jerusalem as a prelude to confiscate parts of the cemetery for a national park trail.
Jerusalemite sources said that 62 settlers stormed al-Aqsa via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh gate flanked by heavily armed police forces.
The settlers performed Talmudic prayers and religious rituals during their tours, the sources added.
On the other hand, Israel's Nature And Parks Authority (INPA) continues to demolish parts of the outer wall of Bab al-Rahma cemetery in occupied Jerusalem as a prelude to confiscate parts of the cemetery for a national park trail.
