8 apr 2012
Palestinian resistance fighters survive Israeli raid
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters survived at dawn Sunday an Israeli raid that targeted them in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, local sources said.
The raid comes only few hours after a similar one that wounded two Palestinian citizens to the north east of Rafah, south of the Strip, on Saturday evening.
Medical sources said that the two were hospitalized in moderate condition after an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at their motorbike.
The raid comes only few hours after a similar one that wounded two Palestinian citizens to the north east of Rafah, south of the Strip, on Saturday evening.
Medical sources said that the two were hospitalized in moderate condition after an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at their motorbike.
Palestinian child, two foreign activists wounded in IOF quelling of march
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful anti-wall march in Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil on Saturday wounding a Palestinian child and two foreign activists.
The national committee against the wall in the village said that the IOF soldiers beat up Hamza Abu Hashem, 14, with rifle butts and batons. It added that both his feet were bruised in the assault.
It said that an American activist was injured when shrapnel of a sound bomb hit her feet while another foreigner was bruised after the soldiers beat him.
Local and foreign activists waved Palestinian flags while heading to village land threatened with confiscation near the Jewish settlement of Karmi Tzur. They protested the confiscation of Palestinian land, settlement activity, and the separation wall. They also expressed solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The national committee against the wall in the village said that the IOF soldiers beat up Hamza Abu Hashem, 14, with rifle butts and batons. It added that both his feet were bruised in the assault.
It said that an American activist was injured when shrapnel of a sound bomb hit her feet while another foreigner was bruised after the soldiers beat him.
Local and foreign activists waved Palestinian flags while heading to village land threatened with confiscation near the Jewish settlement of Karmi Tzur. They protested the confiscation of Palestinian land, settlement activity, and the separation wall. They also expressed solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Occupation threatens military operations in the Sinai
Israeli occupation threatened Egypt's ruling military council to launch operations in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on the pretext of preventing attacks against Zionist targets.
According to "Haaretz", in its edition of Sunday (8/4) "Israel sent a resolute “and even threatening” message to the Egyptian Military Council regarding the council’s responsibility for attacks carried out from the Sinai Peninsula.
According to the newspaper; the warning message included hints that Israel might be forced into taking military action in the Sinai, if attacks against Israeli targets continue to be launched from the Sinai.
The reported message was sent days after the fall of a Grad rocket in the area of Eilat in southern 1948- occupied Palestine, last weekend and after Cairo's denial that the launched rockets was fired from the Sinai region.
Responsible Israeli political sources confirmed that the Zionist entity had allowed the deployment of Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula, which the peace agreement between the two sides prevents, in the framework of what the sources called "prevention of terrorist attacks."
The Israeli radio quoted, on Saturday, the sources as saying that "Israel agreed to Cairo's request to deploy seven battalions of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai," noting that "the ratification of the size of the forces deployed there is to be renewed every month."
It pointed out that "there is fruitful cooperation between Israel and Egypt in efforts to thwart terrorist attacks emanating from the Sinai Peninsula," according to the Zionist radio.
It is noteworthy that the head of the occupation's military intelligence Aviv Kochavi said that "During the past two months, more than ten terrorist infrastructures have been discovered in the Sinai peninsula, where planned attacks have been aborted," according to his claim.
Haneyya: Efforts underway to bridle Israeli escalation
Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya has said that his government was exerting big efforts to avert further escalation in the Israeli occupation forces’ aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Haneyya, who was attending a celebration to lay down foundation stone of a hospital for the elderly people in Gaza, also congratulated Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, for the court ruling that rejected the British government’s deportation decision.
He said that the court verdict, which ruled against his deportation, constituted a victory over the Zionist lobby in Britain and over attempts to smear his reputation and curb his diplomatic moves.
Ahrar warns of Israeli intention to attack Gaza
The Palestinian Ahrar movement has warned that the Israeli occupation was preparing for launching a new war on the Gaza Strip.
It said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli war threats would not terrorize the Palestinian people who would defend themselves in face of any new Israeli military adventure.
Ahrar held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the consequences of any military escalation against Gaza.
It said that the Palestinian factions were abiding by calm while the Israeli occupation forces were escalating militarily against the Strip after claiming that rockets were fired from the Strip at Israeli targets on Saturday night.
According to "Haaretz", in its edition of Sunday (8/4) "Israel sent a resolute “and even threatening” message to the Egyptian Military Council regarding the council’s responsibility for attacks carried out from the Sinai Peninsula.
According to the newspaper; the warning message included hints that Israel might be forced into taking military action in the Sinai, if attacks against Israeli targets continue to be launched from the Sinai.
The reported message was sent days after the fall of a Grad rocket in the area of Eilat in southern 1948- occupied Palestine, last weekend and after Cairo's denial that the launched rockets was fired from the Sinai region.
Responsible Israeli political sources confirmed that the Zionist entity had allowed the deployment of Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula, which the peace agreement between the two sides prevents, in the framework of what the sources called "prevention of terrorist attacks."
The Israeli radio quoted, on Saturday, the sources as saying that "Israel agreed to Cairo's request to deploy seven battalions of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai," noting that "the ratification of the size of the forces deployed there is to be renewed every month."
It pointed out that "there is fruitful cooperation between Israel and Egypt in efforts to thwart terrorist attacks emanating from the Sinai Peninsula," according to the Zionist radio.
It is noteworthy that the head of the occupation's military intelligence Aviv Kochavi said that "During the past two months, more than ten terrorist infrastructures have been discovered in the Sinai peninsula, where planned attacks have been aborted," according to his claim.
Haneyya: Efforts underway to bridle Israeli escalation
Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya has said that his government was exerting big efforts to avert further escalation in the Israeli occupation forces’ aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Haneyya, who was attending a celebration to lay down foundation stone of a hospital for the elderly people in Gaza, also congratulated Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, for the court ruling that rejected the British government’s deportation decision.
He said that the court verdict, which ruled against his deportation, constituted a victory over the Zionist lobby in Britain and over attempts to smear his reputation and curb his diplomatic moves.
Ahrar warns of Israeli intention to attack Gaza
The Palestinian Ahrar movement has warned that the Israeli occupation was preparing for launching a new war on the Gaza Strip.
It said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli war threats would not terrorize the Palestinian people who would defend themselves in face of any new Israeli military adventure.
Ahrar held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the consequences of any military escalation against Gaza.
It said that the Palestinian factions were abiding by calm while the Israeli occupation forces were escalating militarily against the Strip after claiming that rockets were fired from the Strip at Israeli targets on Saturday night.
7 apr 2012
Two Palestinian citizens injured in Israeli air raid
Two Palestinian citizens were wounded on Saturday evening after an Israeli warplane targeted their motorbike to the east of Rafah, south of Gaza Strip.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency in Gaza, said that an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at the motorbike.
He added that ambulance crews rushed to evacuate the wounded.
The Israeli air strike comes amidst prevailing calm in the besieged enclave.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency in Gaza, said that an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at the motorbike.
He added that ambulance crews rushed to evacuate the wounded.
The Israeli air strike comes amidst prevailing calm in the besieged enclave.
Two Palestinian children wounded in explosion of IOF ordnance
Two Palestinian children were wounded on Saturday in the explosion of an army ordnance, left over by the Israeli occupation forces east of Rafah to the south of the Gaza Strip.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency, said that the two children were injured from shrapnel of the explosive object.
He said that the children were hospitalized in Abu Yousef Annajar hospital in Rafah in moderate condition.
Eyewitnesses said that the children were playing near the border area to the east of Rafah when the explosion occurred.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency, said that the two children were injured from shrapnel of the explosive object.
He said that the children were hospitalized in Abu Yousef Annajar hospital in Rafah in moderate condition.
Eyewitnesses said that the children were playing near the border area to the east of Rafah when the explosion occurred.
IOF quelling of peaceful marches wounds dozens
Dozens of Palestinians were wounded or suffered breathing difficulty in the Israeli occupation forces’ violent quelling of peaceful marches in a number of West Bank villages on Friday.
Three Palestinians were injured in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, including a journalist while protesting the Israeli settlement activity and separation wall.
The popular committee in the village said in a statement that participants chanted slogans in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who are on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention, without trial or charge.
They also carried Palestinian flags and when they arrived at the entrance to the village the IOF soldiers showered them with gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets in addition chemical waste material, the statement said.
It pointed out that journalist Mohammed Daghlas was hit with a teargas canister in his head and was carried to hospital, while another youth was hit with another canister in his chest, and a third young man was hit with a rubber bullet in his right hand. Many others were treated for breathing problems, it added.
IOF soldiers had stormed the village at dawn Friday and arrested a 16-year-old boy before announcing through loudspeakers in the village streets that the village and its environs were a closed military zone.
In Ma’sara, another village near Ramallah, IOF soldiers clashed with citizens and prevented their march to their land, locals said, adding that fistfights raged between the two parties.
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists were treated for suffocation after IOF soldiers fired tear gas bombs at them in another village near Ramallah on Friday.
Local sources in Bilin said that a 10-year-old child was treated for suffocation in that march.
In Kufr Qaddoum, IOF soldiers used force to disperse the peaceful anti wall march in the village, a local activist said.
He added that the soldiers fired teargas at the demonstrators and sprayed them with waste water, adding that three citizens were treated for breathing problems.
Villagers confront IOF attempt to storm their village
Citizens in Beit Uwa village, west of Al-Khalil, resisted the Israeli occupation forces’ attempt to storm their village on Friday night, locals said.
They said that IOF soldiers boosted their presence at entrance to the village and tried to storm it but were confronted by villagers who threw stones and firebombs at them.
The sources said soldiers fired sound bombs and teargas at houses and vehicles passing in the village’s main road and blocked the road leading to the nearby village of Majd.
Three Palestinians were injured in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, including a journalist while protesting the Israeli settlement activity and separation wall.
The popular committee in the village said in a statement that participants chanted slogans in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who are on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention, without trial or charge.
They also carried Palestinian flags and when they arrived at the entrance to the village the IOF soldiers showered them with gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets in addition chemical waste material, the statement said.
It pointed out that journalist Mohammed Daghlas was hit with a teargas canister in his head and was carried to hospital, while another youth was hit with another canister in his chest, and a third young man was hit with a rubber bullet in his right hand. Many others were treated for breathing problems, it added.
IOF soldiers had stormed the village at dawn Friday and arrested a 16-year-old boy before announcing through loudspeakers in the village streets that the village and its environs were a closed military zone.
In Ma’sara, another village near Ramallah, IOF soldiers clashed with citizens and prevented their march to their land, locals said, adding that fistfights raged between the two parties.
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists were treated for suffocation after IOF soldiers fired tear gas bombs at them in another village near Ramallah on Friday.
Local sources in Bilin said that a 10-year-old child was treated for suffocation in that march.
In Kufr Qaddoum, IOF soldiers used force to disperse the peaceful anti wall march in the village, a local activist said.
He added that the soldiers fired teargas at the demonstrators and sprayed them with waste water, adding that three citizens were treated for breathing problems.
Villagers confront IOF attempt to storm their village
Citizens in Beit Uwa village, west of Al-Khalil, resisted the Israeli occupation forces’ attempt to storm their village on Friday night, locals said.
They said that IOF soldiers boosted their presence at entrance to the village and tried to storm it but were confronted by villagers who threw stones and firebombs at them.
The sources said soldiers fired sound bombs and teargas at houses and vehicles passing in the village’s main road and blocked the road leading to the nearby village of Majd.
4 apr 2012
IOF soldiers wound Palestinian, arrest two others in Gaza
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired a tank shell at a Palestinian who was seen approaching the border fence to the east of Gaza city at dawn Wednesday.
The Israeli radio said that the man was wounded in the shelling, but no official Palestinian report was announced on the incident.
It said that two other Palestinians were arrested at the hands of IOF soldiers in a nearby area while trying to infiltrate through the borders.
The Israeli radio said that the man was wounded in the shelling, but no official Palestinian report was announced on the incident.
It said that two other Palestinians were arrested at the hands of IOF soldiers in a nearby area while trying to infiltrate through the borders.
3 apr 2012
IDF sets up battalion to launch rockets into populated areas
Artillery troops practicing firing missiles in the desert.
Planned battalion, part of the Artillery Corps, will carry out missions that so far only the Israel Air Force could execute.
The Israel Defense Forces is setting up a battalion for launching rockets into populated areas. The battalion, part of the Artillery Corps, will carry out missions that so far only the Israel Air Force could execute, IDF sources told Haaretz.
Two weeks ago the ground forces approved in principle an Artillery Corps plan for setting up the IDF's first short-range rocket battalion next year. The battalion will first fire rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers and will proceed to long-range rockets in the coming years, military sources said.
The plan is expected to alter the IDF's modus operandi. At present, striking a terror organization's headquarters, for example, requires the air force to drop a bomb weighing between hundreds of kilograms to a ton on it. The new rocket, designed to carry a 20-kilogram warhead, will be launched by artillery officers.
The rocket, made by Israel Military Industries, is estimated to cost between NIS 100,000 and NIS 200,000. With a precision of up to 10 meters of its target, it is seen as highly accurate.
However, when a rocket is fired into a built-up, densely populated area, a 10-meter deflection can wreak destruction and kill uninvolved people, the sources said. For this reason the IDF intends to evacuate a targeted building before launching the rocket, in a bid to minimize damage. Then it will reevaluate the target to ascertain whether it contains terrorists or serves as a terror headquarters before firing the rocket, the sources said.
"With this device, which is a sort of mini-bomb, we can control the extent of the damage," a senior artillery officer said.
"Today we are totally dependent on the air force, as we were in Operation Cast Lead [in Gaza, in December 2008] and the Second Lebanon War. We want the ground forces to be autonomous in exercising fire," he said.
Most Western armies today operate rockets to aid their ground forces. The IDF has refrained from doing so until now due to the rockets' imprecision, with the exception of the Artillery Corps' multiple launch rocket system, MLRS rockets - the corps' cluster bombs.
The rockets' advantage lies mainly in their range and relatively low cost.
At first the rockets will have a GPS-based guiding system.
Later on the Artillery Corps expects to use improved rockets that will be controlled without a GPS.
In the future the corps plans to use long-range and very-long-range rockets that can travel up to 160 kilometers and dozens of explosives. An artillery officer said the new rockets "will fly to almost any range the ground forces need - and beyond."
Air force officers voiced reservations in discussions about the long-range rockets, saying their use would overlap some of the air force's missions.
The Artillery Corps is planning to upgrade the accuracy of artillery shells in the near future. In the meantime, the IDF is expected to purchase precise artillery rockets in the coming years, an officer said.
Israel Forms New Batallion to Fire Rockets into Residential Areas
The Israeli army Tuesday revealed that it approved the formation of a new batallion, which mission is to fire rockets into residential areas to strike terror organization’s headquarters, according to the Israeli newspaper Haartez.
It said that Israel’s military leadership approved a plan to form a new batallion, which started training on firing higly accurate targeting rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers.
Planned battalion, part of the Artillery Corps, will carry out missions that so far only the Israel Air Force could execute.
The Israel Defense Forces is setting up a battalion for launching rockets into populated areas. The battalion, part of the Artillery Corps, will carry out missions that so far only the Israel Air Force could execute, IDF sources told Haaretz.
Two weeks ago the ground forces approved in principle an Artillery Corps plan for setting up the IDF's first short-range rocket battalion next year. The battalion will first fire rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers and will proceed to long-range rockets in the coming years, military sources said.
The plan is expected to alter the IDF's modus operandi. At present, striking a terror organization's headquarters, for example, requires the air force to drop a bomb weighing between hundreds of kilograms to a ton on it. The new rocket, designed to carry a 20-kilogram warhead, will be launched by artillery officers.
The rocket, made by Israel Military Industries, is estimated to cost between NIS 100,000 and NIS 200,000. With a precision of up to 10 meters of its target, it is seen as highly accurate.
However, when a rocket is fired into a built-up, densely populated area, a 10-meter deflection can wreak destruction and kill uninvolved people, the sources said. For this reason the IDF intends to evacuate a targeted building before launching the rocket, in a bid to minimize damage. Then it will reevaluate the target to ascertain whether it contains terrorists or serves as a terror headquarters before firing the rocket, the sources said.
"With this device, which is a sort of mini-bomb, we can control the extent of the damage," a senior artillery officer said.
"Today we are totally dependent on the air force, as we were in Operation Cast Lead [in Gaza, in December 2008] and the Second Lebanon War. We want the ground forces to be autonomous in exercising fire," he said.
Most Western armies today operate rockets to aid their ground forces. The IDF has refrained from doing so until now due to the rockets' imprecision, with the exception of the Artillery Corps' multiple launch rocket system, MLRS rockets - the corps' cluster bombs.
The rockets' advantage lies mainly in their range and relatively low cost.
At first the rockets will have a GPS-based guiding system.
Later on the Artillery Corps expects to use improved rockets that will be controlled without a GPS.
In the future the corps plans to use long-range and very-long-range rockets that can travel up to 160 kilometers and dozens of explosives. An artillery officer said the new rockets "will fly to almost any range the ground forces need - and beyond."
Air force officers voiced reservations in discussions about the long-range rockets, saying their use would overlap some of the air force's missions.
The Artillery Corps is planning to upgrade the accuracy of artillery shells in the near future. In the meantime, the IDF is expected to purchase precise artillery rockets in the coming years, an officer said.
Israel Forms New Batallion to Fire Rockets into Residential Areas
The Israeli army Tuesday revealed that it approved the formation of a new batallion, which mission is to fire rockets into residential areas to strike terror organization’s headquarters, according to the Israeli newspaper Haartez.
It said that Israel’s military leadership approved a plan to form a new batallion, which started training on firing higly accurate targeting rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers.
Father of two martyrs survives Israeli shelling
A 67-year-old Palestinian man survived on Tuesday an Israeli shelling of his home to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, human rights sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Mohammed Sharab was in his home, which is only 350 meters away from the separation barrier, when the Israeli occupation forces opened machinegun fire from their tanks.
They said that many bullets penetrated the house’s windows and rooms, adding that Sharab knew that the Israelis wanted him to abandon his house but was adamant on staying in it.
Sharab was seriously wounded during the Israeli war on Gaza on 16/1/2009 and his two sons were killed in the same war. When he recovered he insisted on returning to his home.
They told the PIC reporter that Mohammed Sharab was in his home, which is only 350 meters away from the separation barrier, when the Israeli occupation forces opened machinegun fire from their tanks.
They said that many bullets penetrated the house’s windows and rooms, adding that Sharab knew that the Israelis wanted him to abandon his house but was adamant on staying in it.
Sharab was seriously wounded during the Israeli war on Gaza on 16/1/2009 and his two sons were killed in the same war. When he recovered he insisted on returning to his home.
2 apr 2012
Israeli planes dropped pamphlets in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday morning, warning Palestinians not to enter a no-go zone on its southern border.
The leaflet, signed by Israeli forces general command, included a map of the zone, a Ma'an correspondent said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the leaflets were dropped in several locations, and "reiterated to the citizens of the Gaza Strip to keep a 300-meter distance," from the border area.
Israeli soldiers "will operate in accordance with the rules of engagement, and will use live fire if they need when the security fence is approached," the leaflet warned, according to the spokeswoman.
It also warned against "cooperation with terror organizations, involvement in violent riots, and approaching the security fence," she said.
The Israeli army said soldiers shot dead a Palestinian they suspected of trying to plant explosives beneath a fence at the border with Gaza late on Saturday.
"It should be noted that during the past week, (Israeli) soldiers uncovered three explosive devices adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip. All three devices were diffused in a controlled manner," an army statement said on Sunday.
None of the armed groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip claimed responsibility for the purported incident.
The killing of the unidentified Palestinian on Saturday came a day after troops at the border shot dead one person and injured over 30 others as Palestinians marked the annual Land Day anniversary.
Mahmoud Zakot, 20, was shot and killed near the Erez crossing, a medical official said. Thirty-one others were injured in that incident and in Khan Younis, six people were hospitalized.
Medics said the Israeli army used live fire to prevent protesters from approaching the border.
The leaflet, signed by Israeli forces general command, included a map of the zone, a Ma'an correspondent said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the leaflets were dropped in several locations, and "reiterated to the citizens of the Gaza Strip to keep a 300-meter distance," from the border area.
Israeli soldiers "will operate in accordance with the rules of engagement, and will use live fire if they need when the security fence is approached," the leaflet warned, according to the spokeswoman.
It also warned against "cooperation with terror organizations, involvement in violent riots, and approaching the security fence," she said.
The Israeli army said soldiers shot dead a Palestinian they suspected of trying to plant explosives beneath a fence at the border with Gaza late on Saturday.
"It should be noted that during the past week, (Israeli) soldiers uncovered three explosive devices adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip. All three devices were diffused in a controlled manner," an army statement said on Sunday.
None of the armed groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip claimed responsibility for the purported incident.
The killing of the unidentified Palestinian on Saturday came a day after troops at the border shot dead one person and injured over 30 others as Palestinians marked the annual Land Day anniversary.
Mahmoud Zakot, 20, was shot and killed near the Erez crossing, a medical official said. Thirty-one others were injured in that incident and in Khan Younis, six people were hospitalized.
Medics said the Israeli army used live fire to prevent protesters from approaching the border.
1 apr 2012
Israeli jailers stormed the desert prison of Nafha on Sunday and wounded 61 Palestinian prisoners, prisoners said in a leaked message.
They said that the guards stormed the prison’s various wards and assaulted prisoners.
They said that the attack followed the prisoners’ refusal to undergo DNA tests.
They said that the guards stormed the prison’s various wards and assaulted prisoners.
They said that the attack followed the prisoners’ refusal to undergo DNA tests.
IOF soldiers open machinegun fire at residential quarters south of Gaza
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian citizens and residential quarters east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning, local sources said.
The PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the soldiers stationed in Kissufim opened fire at a number of citizens in Farahin area.
He added that ambulance cars headed to the site of the attack to evacuate casualties if any were suffered. None were reported so far.
In another incident in Gaza Strip, four citizens were wounded on Saturday evening in Rafah, also south of the Strip, when a bomb they were trying to cut into small pieces exploded in them.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the workers, who collect and trade in scrap metal, were hospitalized with one of them in serious condition.
The PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the soldiers stationed in Kissufim opened fire at a number of citizens in Farahin area.
He added that ambulance cars headed to the site of the attack to evacuate casualties if any were suffered. None were reported so far.
In another incident in Gaza Strip, four citizens were wounded on Saturday evening in Rafah, also south of the Strip, when a bomb they were trying to cut into small pieces exploded in them.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the workers, who collect and trade in scrap metal, were hospitalized with one of them in serious condition.
30 mar 2012
Palestinian youth killed and dozens, including journalist injured in Gaza
Mahmoud Zakout 20
A young Palestinian man was killed on Friday afternoon after participating in the Global March to Jerusalem at the Gaza borders near the Beith Hanoun crossing into 1948 occupied Palestine.
Dozens of Palestinian young men managed to draw close to the border fence at the Beit Hanoun border crossing in the north and Kissufim military post in the south and threw stones at IOF soldiers stationed at the two positions. The IOF troops responded by firing live bullets.
Adham Abu Selmeyyah, spokesman for Emergency Services, said that Mahmoud Zakout, 20 years, was killed by IOF fire at the Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.
He added that the number of wounded people rose to 37, mostly from the northern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses also said that amongst the wounded is journalist Yousef Hammad, who works as a correspondent for al-Watan local radio station, And who was wounded in his foot as he covered the events at Beit Hanoun crossing.
Medics: Palestinian Mahmoud Zaqout, 20 years old killed by Israel in Gaza rally
Israeli fire killed one young Palestinian man and injured over 30 others in clashes at two sites in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical official said Friday evening. Adham Abu Salmiya identified the victim as Mahmoud Zaqout, 20. He was shot and killed near the Erez crossing, the official said.
Thirty-one others in the Erez area were injured and taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital. In Khan Younis, six people were hospitalized.
Three people were critically injured, Abu Salmiya added.
Medics said the Israeli army used live fire to prevent protesters from approaching frontier barriers in the small coastal territory.
An Israeli army spokesman said a Palestinian man approached the Erez crossing before soldiers opened fire. Forces acted within the rules of engagement, firing warning shots before directly targeting him, he said.
The military official said 23 people were injured in the Erez area and six more in Khan Younis.
Hamas forces had set up checkpoints to prevent protesters reaching the border area, but many of the activists bypassed them, an activist who attended protests in Beit Hanoun said.
Ebaa Rezeq says she witnessed at least six of the injuries which came after Israeli forces fired on a crowd that arrived at the border area.
Rezeq says Israeli forces used live fire after they managed to remove a part of a metal fence near the wall.
“People are falling here like flies,” she wrote on Twitter. “Blood everywhere”.
A young Palestinian protester in Bethlehem, meanwhile, was seriously injured on Friday afternoon after being hit in the face by a tear-gas canister, a Ma’an correspondent said.
Muhammad Arafa, 20, was taken to hospital in Hebron. He was injured when Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinians who threw stones at a checkpoint in a rally marking Land Day.
Two other people have been seriously injured, the head of the Red Crescent in Bethlehem reported. Eleven people were hospitalized in total at a demonstration outside an Israeli checkpoint.
Activists had called for the Global March to Jerusalem to commemorate the Land Day anniversary of Israel’s killing of six Palestinians protesting against land confiscation in 1976. Thousands rallied at checkpoints around Jerusalem and in Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, stun grenades, sprayed foul-smelling water and used a “scream” acoustic device against stone-throwing Palestinians at Qalandia near Ramallah.
Red Crescent spokesman Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that medics treated 249 protesters at Qalandiya and 20 were transferred to hospital.
Israeli forces injured nine medics and damaged three ambulances at the protest, he added.
Over 15,000 people gathered in Kafrein in Jordan, around 10 kilometers from the border with the West Bank, Agence France-Presse reported.
Israeli forces were put on high alert on the frontiers with Lebanon and Syria, but there were no reports of anyone nearing the border fences.
Previous Land Day remembrances have mostly passed quietly, but Israel decided to reinforce its defenses this year following deadly clashes along the Lebanese and Syrian borders in May and June that appeared to catch the military off guard.
Protest organizers called for peaceful rallies Friday against “the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state” and said solidarity protests were planned in some 80 nations.
“When crowds from 80 countries move towards Jerusalem, they send a strong message to the Israeli occupation that no one can accept what they are doing in Jerusalem,” said Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh.
A young Palestinian man was killed on Friday afternoon after participating in the Global March to Jerusalem at the Gaza borders near the Beith Hanoun crossing into 1948 occupied Palestine.
Dozens of Palestinian young men managed to draw close to the border fence at the Beit Hanoun border crossing in the north and Kissufim military post in the south and threw stones at IOF soldiers stationed at the two positions. The IOF troops responded by firing live bullets.
Adham Abu Selmeyyah, spokesman for Emergency Services, said that Mahmoud Zakout, 20 years, was killed by IOF fire at the Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.
He added that the number of wounded people rose to 37, mostly from the northern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses also said that amongst the wounded is journalist Yousef Hammad, who works as a correspondent for al-Watan local radio station, And who was wounded in his foot as he covered the events at Beit Hanoun crossing.
Medics: Palestinian Mahmoud Zaqout, 20 years old killed by Israel in Gaza rally
Israeli fire killed one young Palestinian man and injured over 30 others in clashes at two sites in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical official said Friday evening. Adham Abu Salmiya identified the victim as Mahmoud Zaqout, 20. He was shot and killed near the Erez crossing, the official said.
Thirty-one others in the Erez area were injured and taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital. In Khan Younis, six people were hospitalized.
Three people were critically injured, Abu Salmiya added.
Medics said the Israeli army used live fire to prevent protesters from approaching frontier barriers in the small coastal territory.
An Israeli army spokesman said a Palestinian man approached the Erez crossing before soldiers opened fire. Forces acted within the rules of engagement, firing warning shots before directly targeting him, he said.
The military official said 23 people were injured in the Erez area and six more in Khan Younis.
Hamas forces had set up checkpoints to prevent protesters reaching the border area, but many of the activists bypassed them, an activist who attended protests in Beit Hanoun said.
Ebaa Rezeq says she witnessed at least six of the injuries which came after Israeli forces fired on a crowd that arrived at the border area.
Rezeq says Israeli forces used live fire after they managed to remove a part of a metal fence near the wall.
“People are falling here like flies,” she wrote on Twitter. “Blood everywhere”.
A young Palestinian protester in Bethlehem, meanwhile, was seriously injured on Friday afternoon after being hit in the face by a tear-gas canister, a Ma’an correspondent said.
Muhammad Arafa, 20, was taken to hospital in Hebron. He was injured when Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinians who threw stones at a checkpoint in a rally marking Land Day.
Two other people have been seriously injured, the head of the Red Crescent in Bethlehem reported. Eleven people were hospitalized in total at a demonstration outside an Israeli checkpoint.
Activists had called for the Global March to Jerusalem to commemorate the Land Day anniversary of Israel’s killing of six Palestinians protesting against land confiscation in 1976. Thousands rallied at checkpoints around Jerusalem and in Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, stun grenades, sprayed foul-smelling water and used a “scream” acoustic device against stone-throwing Palestinians at Qalandia near Ramallah.
Red Crescent spokesman Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that medics treated 249 protesters at Qalandiya and 20 were transferred to hospital.
Israeli forces injured nine medics and damaged three ambulances at the protest, he added.
Over 15,000 people gathered in Kafrein in Jordan, around 10 kilometers from the border with the West Bank, Agence France-Presse reported.
Israeli forces were put on high alert on the frontiers with Lebanon and Syria, but there were no reports of anyone nearing the border fences.
Previous Land Day remembrances have mostly passed quietly, but Israel decided to reinforce its defenses this year following deadly clashes along the Lebanese and Syrian borders in May and June that appeared to catch the military off guard.
Protest organizers called for peaceful rallies Friday against “the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state” and said solidarity protests were planned in some 80 nations.
“When crowds from 80 countries move towards Jerusalem, they send a strong message to the Israeli occupation that no one can accept what they are doing in Jerusalem,” said Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh.
29 mar 2012
Israel has launched an air and ground assault on the southern Gaza Strip, as it continues to step up its attacks on the besieged Palestinian territory, Press TV reports.
A Press TV correspondent said on Thursday that Israeli troops entered the eastern part of the town of Rafah with tanks and bulldozers. Israeli helicopters also opened fire on the same area.
Over the past few months, Tel Aviv has increased its attacks on the besieged coastal strip, killing tens of Palestinian people and injuring many more.
The Israeli military frequently attacks the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation which has caused a decline in the standards of living, and has triggered unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
A Press TV correspondent said on Thursday that Israeli troops entered the eastern part of the town of Rafah with tanks and bulldozers. Israeli helicopters also opened fire on the same area.
Over the past few months, Tel Aviv has increased its attacks on the besieged coastal strip, killing tens of Palestinian people and injuring many more.
The Israeli military frequently attacks the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation which has caused a decline in the standards of living, and has triggered unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
27 mar 2012
Israli Occupying Force raids Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians after storming their houses in the Hebron and Bethlehem area.
The raids took place before dawn, with soldiers searching the houses and sealing the roads around them before making the arrests. Two of the Palestinians were taken from Husan town, and three were removed from the Hebron area.
In a separate incident on Monday night, the Israeli military stormed a house in the village of Aqqaba and abducted one of the residents. A house was also raided in Rommana village, near Jenin.
The raids took place before dawn, with soldiers searching the houses and sealing the roads around them before making the arrests. Two of the Palestinians were taken from Husan town, and three were removed from the Hebron area.
In a separate incident on Monday night, the Israeli military stormed a house in the village of Aqqaba and abducted one of the residents. A house was also raided in Rommana village, near Jenin.
An Israeli settler shot an 18-year-old Palestinian in Hebron's Old City on Tuesday morning, leaving him moderately injured, locals said.
Medics at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said Muhammad Hisham Abu Aker was shot in his right leg and is undergoing surgery.
On Saturday, a Palestinian man was moderately injured when armed settlers stormed Burqa village east of Ramallah and attempted to vandalize property, witnesses said. Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen, they said.
Settler violence is on the rise. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent over the previous year.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the ancient city that are under Israeli control.
Medics at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said Muhammad Hisham Abu Aker was shot in his right leg and is undergoing surgery.
On Saturday, a Palestinian man was moderately injured when armed settlers stormed Burqa village east of Ramallah and attempted to vandalize property, witnesses said. Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen, they said.
Settler violence is on the rise. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent over the previous year.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the ancient city that are under Israeli control.
Three brothers injured during Israeli raid on their house
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) deliberately at dawn Tuesday opened fire at three Palestinian brothers during a violent raid on their house in Ramon village, Ramallah city, and wounded them, one of them seriously.
Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops stormed the village and broke into the house of Deeb Shukha to kidnap the three brothers.
They said that the family members were shocked to see Israeli soldiers rush into their bedrooms after smashing the main door of the house.
During the raid, the troops opened fire inside one of the rooms injuring three brothers from the family, Rashad, Anwar and Akram, and took them by a military ambulance to an unknown destination.
The Israeli troops prevented Palestinian paramedics from using their ambulance to transfer the injured to hospital.
On the same day at dawn, the IOF also kidnapped a Palestinian citizen called Bajes Amro from Al-Khalil a few hours after his release from a Palestinian authority prison in Al-Adahiriya.
The family of Amro said the PA preventive security agency released its son on Monday after he spent about one and a half year in their jail, noting that he had been kidnapped in 2010 by the PA a few days after his wedding.
Amro received one year ago a court decision ordering the PA preventive security to release him immediately, but this apparatus refused to comply with the decision as it did before with many Palestinian prisoners who had been released by courts.
Four others citizens were also taken prisoners during Israeli dawn raids on several homes in different West Bank areas.
In a separate incident, the PA security forces, as part of their cooperation with the Israeli occupation, kidnapped eight Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement in the cities of Tulkarem, Nablus and Jenin.
Three Palestinians shot by the IOF in Ramallah
Three Palestinians have been shot and critically wounded in response to an Israeli soldier being stabbed during an overnight operation in the west of Ramallah last night.
Three Palestinian brothers, Rashad, Akram and Anouar Deeb have been arrested and a military spokesman stated that "Soldiers were carrying out a routine operation near Ramallah, when one of them was attacked and wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife.
The Palestinians suffered being shot in the neck and one in the stomach and all are currently being treated in hospital.
Three Palestinians shot in West Bank, one Israeli stabbed
Three Palestinians were shot and an Israeli soldier was stabbed during a confrontation near the West Bank town of Ramallah overnight, sources on both sides said.
According to the Israeli army, the soldier was lightly wounded in the incident but the condition of the three Palestinians was not immediately clear
Palestinian witnesses and security sources said the three men, Rashad Deeb and his brothers Akram and Anwar, were injured during an incident in Rammun village, 10 kilometers northeast of Ramallah.
They said the men had heard someone moving around during the night and had gone out to confront a group they believed were thieves.
But the “thieves” turned out to be Israeli soldiers working undercover, who were dressed to look like Palestinians and opened fire after one of the Palestinians attacked them with a knife, they said.
“The Israeli army shot at my husband and his brothers Akram and Anwar,” the wife of Rashad Deeb told AFP.
“I saw my husband was hurt but I don’t know if Akram and Anwar were hurt too. The army took the three of them,” she said.
The army confirmed the incident but did not say whether or not the soldiers were working undercover.
“Soldiers were carrying out a routine operation near Ramallah, when one of them was attacked and wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife,” a spokeswoman said.
“His comrades responded by opening fire, wounding three Palestinians,” she adding, saying all of them had been taken to hospitals in Israel.
“The circumstances of the whole incident are being investigated.”
Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops stormed the village and broke into the house of Deeb Shukha to kidnap the three brothers.
They said that the family members were shocked to see Israeli soldiers rush into their bedrooms after smashing the main door of the house.
During the raid, the troops opened fire inside one of the rooms injuring three brothers from the family, Rashad, Anwar and Akram, and took them by a military ambulance to an unknown destination.
The Israeli troops prevented Palestinian paramedics from using their ambulance to transfer the injured to hospital.
On the same day at dawn, the IOF also kidnapped a Palestinian citizen called Bajes Amro from Al-Khalil a few hours after his release from a Palestinian authority prison in Al-Adahiriya.
The family of Amro said the PA preventive security agency released its son on Monday after he spent about one and a half year in their jail, noting that he had been kidnapped in 2010 by the PA a few days after his wedding.
Amro received one year ago a court decision ordering the PA preventive security to release him immediately, but this apparatus refused to comply with the decision as it did before with many Palestinian prisoners who had been released by courts.
Four others citizens were also taken prisoners during Israeli dawn raids on several homes in different West Bank areas.
In a separate incident, the PA security forces, as part of their cooperation with the Israeli occupation, kidnapped eight Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement in the cities of Tulkarem, Nablus and Jenin.
Three Palestinians shot by the IOF in Ramallah
Three Palestinians have been shot and critically wounded in response to an Israeli soldier being stabbed during an overnight operation in the west of Ramallah last night.
Three Palestinian brothers, Rashad, Akram and Anouar Deeb have been arrested and a military spokesman stated that "Soldiers were carrying out a routine operation near Ramallah, when one of them was attacked and wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife.
The Palestinians suffered being shot in the neck and one in the stomach and all are currently being treated in hospital.
Three Palestinians shot in West Bank, one Israeli stabbed
Three Palestinians were shot and an Israeli soldier was stabbed during a confrontation near the West Bank town of Ramallah overnight, sources on both sides said.
According to the Israeli army, the soldier was lightly wounded in the incident but the condition of the three Palestinians was not immediately clear
Palestinian witnesses and security sources said the three men, Rashad Deeb and his brothers Akram and Anwar, were injured during an incident in Rammun village, 10 kilometers northeast of Ramallah.
They said the men had heard someone moving around during the night and had gone out to confront a group they believed were thieves.
But the “thieves” turned out to be Israeli soldiers working undercover, who were dressed to look like Palestinians and opened fire after one of the Palestinians attacked them with a knife, they said.
“The Israeli army shot at my husband and his brothers Akram and Anwar,” the wife of Rashad Deeb told AFP.
“I saw my husband was hurt but I don’t know if Akram and Anwar were hurt too. The army took the three of them,” she said.
The army confirmed the incident but did not say whether or not the soldiers were working undercover.
“Soldiers were carrying out a routine operation near Ramallah, when one of them was attacked and wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife,” a spokeswoman said.
“His comrades responded by opening fire, wounding three Palestinians,” she adding, saying all of them had been taken to hospitals in Israel.
“The circumstances of the whole incident are being investigated.”
24 mar 2012
A Palestinian man was shot and injured Saturday during clashes with Israeli settlers who attacked his village in the central West Bank, medical officials said.
Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen after armed settlers stormed the Burqa village east of Ramallah and attempted to vandalize property, witnesses said.
Muatan was evacuated to the Palestine Medical Compound. His wounds were described as moderate.
According to residents of the village, locals confronted the settlers who then opened fire. Security forces also intervened and themselves fired at the villagers, they said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was aware of the incident but uninvolved.
Settler violence is on the rise. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent over the previous year.
In a separate development Saturday, settlers uprooted about 85 olive trees in the Bethlehem village of al-Khader, the local anti-wall committee reported.
In 2011, around 10,000 Palestinian-owned trees were destroyed by settlers, OCHA says.
Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen after armed settlers stormed the Burqa village east of Ramallah and attempted to vandalize property, witnesses said.
Muatan was evacuated to the Palestine Medical Compound. His wounds were described as moderate.
According to residents of the village, locals confronted the settlers who then opened fire. Security forces also intervened and themselves fired at the villagers, they said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was aware of the incident but uninvolved.
Settler violence is on the rise. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent over the previous year.
In a separate development Saturday, settlers uprooted about 85 olive trees in the Bethlehem village of al-Khader, the local anti-wall committee reported.
In 2011, around 10,000 Palestinian-owned trees were destroyed by settlers, OCHA says.
Israeli soldiers attack South African and Portuguese ambassadors with tear gas
The South African and Portuguese ambassadors to occupied Palestine were reportedly attacked with tear gas grenades by Israeli soldiers during their participation in Kafr Qaddum march near Qalqiliya city on Friday afternoon.
The two ambassadors suffocated after inhaling tear gas smoke and received immediate medical treatment as the soldiers were intensifying their attacks on other protestors.
Other Palestinian and foreign activists also suffered from the tear gas attacks. One French peace activist called Meta sustained injuries when a tear gas canister was shot directly at her.
European ambassadors and senior officials along with Palestinian lawmakers took part in this peaceful march and walked with other protestors towards the main entrance of the village where an Israeli gate was established many years ago for the sake of Qedumim settlement.
The Israeli occupation forces also quelled the peaceful anti-wall march held in Bil'in village west of Ramallah city.
According to Bil'iin popular committee, the soldiers fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets intensively when the march arrived at Abu Laimun area near the segregation wall causing many Palestinian and foreign activists to severely suffer tear gas suffocation.
The two ambassadors suffocated after inhaling tear gas smoke and received immediate medical treatment as the soldiers were intensifying their attacks on other protestors.
Other Palestinian and foreign activists also suffered from the tear gas attacks. One French peace activist called Meta sustained injuries when a tear gas canister was shot directly at her.
European ambassadors and senior officials along with Palestinian lawmakers took part in this peaceful march and walked with other protestors towards the main entrance of the village where an Israeli gate was established many years ago for the sake of Qedumim settlement.
The Israeli occupation forces also quelled the peaceful anti-wall march held in Bil'in village west of Ramallah city.
According to Bil'iin popular committee, the soldiers fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets intensively when the march arrived at Abu Laimun area near the segregation wall causing many Palestinian and foreign activists to severely suffer tear gas suffocation.
Palestinian child injured in explosion of Israeli army ordnance
A Palestinian child was moderately wounded in the explosion of an Israeli sonic bomb near his village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, on Friday, local sources said.
They said that the 8-year-old child arrived in Rafidia hospital in Nablus with burns in his abdomen, and his condition was described as moderate.
The sources said that the child was with his father in their field near the Israeli settlement of Shilo where he discovered the ordnance with a green tape on it. He picked it up and put it in his pocket and when he tried to remove the tape it blew up, they added.
They said that the safety pin of the Israeli sonic grenade was deliberately taken off and a green tape was put in its place so that when anyone removes the tape it explodes.
Medics: Explosion near Gaza City injures 2 children
An explosion near Gaza City wounded two children on Saturday, medical officials said.
Medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the five-year-olds were moderately injured by "Israeli remnants" east of Shujaiyeh neighborhood, and were evacuated to Shifa hospital.
Two children were killed in the West Bank in early March, in what medics and police described as the explosion of an old Israeli mortar.
They said that the 8-year-old child arrived in Rafidia hospital in Nablus with burns in his abdomen, and his condition was described as moderate.
The sources said that the child was with his father in their field near the Israeli settlement of Shilo where he discovered the ordnance with a green tape on it. He picked it up and put it in his pocket and when he tried to remove the tape it blew up, they added.
They said that the safety pin of the Israeli sonic grenade was deliberately taken off and a green tape was put in its place so that when anyone removes the tape it explodes.
Medics: Explosion near Gaza City injures 2 children
An explosion near Gaza City wounded two children on Saturday, medical officials said.
Medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the five-year-olds were moderately injured by "Israeli remnants" east of Shujaiyeh neighborhood, and were evacuated to Shifa hospital.
Two children were killed in the West Bank in early March, in what medics and police described as the explosion of an old Israeli mortar.
22 mar 2012
Gaza health official Adham Abu Salmiya reported an airstrike Thursday in an open area east of Gaza City, which he said caused no injuries or damage.
An Israeli army spokesman denied the account and said there was no activity on Thursday.
He said a rocket landed in the Negev on Tuesday, causing no injuries or damage.
IOF raid Jenin city, search house of senior Islamic Jihad figure
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday stormed Jenin city and ransacked the house of Islamic Jihad official Bassam Assa'di, a prisoner in Israeli jails.
Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops were deployed at different hubs of Jenin before raiding its refugee camp.
They added that the invading Israeli troops broke into and rummaged through
the house of prisoner Assa'di after smashing its front door and forcing the children and women out.
In a separate incident, the IOF stormed several towns and neighborhoods in Al-Khalil city at night Thursday and clashed with Palestinian young men in Dura town.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF set up roadblocks at the entrances to Idna and Beit Kahel towns, searched passing cars, checked IDs and detained some young men for many hours.
An Israeli army spokesman denied the account and said there was no activity on Thursday.
He said a rocket landed in the Negev on Tuesday, causing no injuries or damage.
IOF raid Jenin city, search house of senior Islamic Jihad figure
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday stormed Jenin city and ransacked the house of Islamic Jihad official Bassam Assa'di, a prisoner in Israeli jails.
Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops were deployed at different hubs of Jenin before raiding its refugee camp.
They added that the invading Israeli troops broke into and rummaged through
the house of prisoner Assa'di after smashing its front door and forcing the children and women out.
In a separate incident, the IOF stormed several towns and neighborhoods in Al-Khalil city at night Thursday and clashed with Palestinian young men in Dura town.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF set up roadblocks at the entrances to Idna and Beit Kahel towns, searched passing cars, checked IDs and detained some young men for many hours.
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