14 may 2012
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other organizations said Monday that Israel destroyed various infrastructures built with European funds across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2011.
This came in a report compiled by a group of local and international NGOs chaired by OCHA, and published just ahead of a meeting of the European union foreign ministers in Brussels.
Israel demolished dozens of Palestinian homes, water cisterns and farm buildings built with European funds in 2011, and over 100 such structures are at risk, the humanitarian groups stated in a report.
The displacement working group (DWG) said Israel razed 62 European-funded structures last year and another 110 such projects are at risk of demolition.
The DWG said the affected structures were financed by France, the Netherlands, Britain, Poland, Ireland and the European commission.
France last month protested to Israel's ambassador in Paris over the demolition of two water cisterns in Al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank, which were financed as part of a French agricultural cooperation project.
OCHA said a total of 620 structures in the West Bank were demolished in 2011, 62 of them were European-funded.
600 were razed in Area C, where Israel has full civilian and security control. 20 of the demolitions were in Area B, where Israel and the Palestinian Authority share responsibility.
Spokeswoman for the UK Oxfam Willow Heske said that "the permit regime is discriminatory and is in contradiction of international law… In our experience trying to work within the permit regime, it can sometimes take up to two years... just to get a denial."
"We see that settlers are getting zoning and building permission in these areas with no trouble, this is obviously discriminatory and is in contradiction of international law."
The humanitarian groups who compiled the report called on the European union to take action.
"Aid from the international community, including European governments, is wasted when aid-funded projects are demolished," Oxfam's director Nishant Pandey said in a statement attached to the report.
This came in a report compiled by a group of local and international NGOs chaired by OCHA, and published just ahead of a meeting of the European union foreign ministers in Brussels.
Israel demolished dozens of Palestinian homes, water cisterns and farm buildings built with European funds in 2011, and over 100 such structures are at risk, the humanitarian groups stated in a report.
The displacement working group (DWG) said Israel razed 62 European-funded structures last year and another 110 such projects are at risk of demolition.
The DWG said the affected structures were financed by France, the Netherlands, Britain, Poland, Ireland and the European commission.
France last month protested to Israel's ambassador in Paris over the demolition of two water cisterns in Al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank, which were financed as part of a French agricultural cooperation project.
OCHA said a total of 620 structures in the West Bank were demolished in 2011, 62 of them were European-funded.
600 were razed in Area C, where Israel has full civilian and security control. 20 of the demolitions were in Area B, where Israel and the Palestinian Authority share responsibility.
Spokeswoman for the UK Oxfam Willow Heske said that "the permit regime is discriminatory and is in contradiction of international law… In our experience trying to work within the permit regime, it can sometimes take up to two years... just to get a denial."
"We see that settlers are getting zoning and building permission in these areas with no trouble, this is obviously discriminatory and is in contradiction of international law."
The humanitarian groups who compiled the report called on the European union to take action.
"Aid from the international community, including European governments, is wasted when aid-funded projects are demolished," Oxfam's director Nishant Pandey said in a statement attached to the report.
13 may 2012
A father and his two children were treated for breathing difficulty after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at Palestinian homes in Shalalde street in downtown Al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that Zakaria Yaghmur and his two children were hospitalized on Sunday after they inhaled the gas fired into their home by the soldiers.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers set Palestinian farmland on fire in Buweira area to the east of Al-Khalil near to Kiryat Arba settlement.
Locals said that the fire was put off an hour later, adding that the blaze damaged crops and cultivated land lots.
IOF soldiers also raided four villages to the north of Al-Khalil, installed roadblocks, and searched passengers for IDs.
Other IOF units stormed three villages to the east of Jenin on Saturday night and launched similar search campaigns.
Eyewitnesses said that Zakaria Yaghmur and his two children were hospitalized on Sunday after they inhaled the gas fired into their home by the soldiers.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers set Palestinian farmland on fire in Buweira area to the east of Al-Khalil near to Kiryat Arba settlement.
Locals said that the fire was put off an hour later, adding that the blaze damaged crops and cultivated land lots.
IOF soldiers also raided four villages to the north of Al-Khalil, installed roadblocks, and searched passengers for IDs.
Other IOF units stormed three villages to the east of Jenin on Saturday night and launched similar search campaigns.
12 may 2012
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) mainly quelled Palestinian protests, organized in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, over the past week, an international report said.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian land (OCHA) said in a report on Friday that 28 children were among those wounded.
It said that the IOF troops attacked the semi daily protest marches in various West Bank areas in solidarity with the hunger strikers, noting that most of the injuries were suffered in clashes near Ofer jail to the west of Ramallah.
The report said that Jewish settlers attacked Palestinians and their property injuring one Palestinian and destroying dozens of trees and private cars in the provinces of Al-Khalil, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Nablus.
OCHA report, covering the period 2-8 May, said that IOF soldiers served demolition notices and destroyed around 500 olive and almond trees in Beit Ola village in Al-Khalil.
Jewish settlers seize Palestinian land in Bethlehem
Jewish settlers seized Palestinian land in Khader village, south of Bethlehem, on Saturday and started farming it.
Ahmed Salah, the coordinator of the popular committee in the village, said that settlers from Hanania settlement took control over six dunums of Mustafa Ghunaim’s land and ploughed it to impose a de facto situation.
The Israeli occupation forces had closed a number of routes leading to farmlands in Bethlehem making it impossible for farmers to reach them. Owners of those land fear that the step might herald confiscating the land lots.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian land (OCHA) said in a report on Friday that 28 children were among those wounded.
It said that the IOF troops attacked the semi daily protest marches in various West Bank areas in solidarity with the hunger strikers, noting that most of the injuries were suffered in clashes near Ofer jail to the west of Ramallah.
The report said that Jewish settlers attacked Palestinians and their property injuring one Palestinian and destroying dozens of trees and private cars in the provinces of Al-Khalil, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Nablus.
OCHA report, covering the period 2-8 May, said that IOF soldiers served demolition notices and destroyed around 500 olive and almond trees in Beit Ola village in Al-Khalil.
Jewish settlers seize Palestinian land in Bethlehem
Jewish settlers seized Palestinian land in Khader village, south of Bethlehem, on Saturday and started farming it.
Ahmed Salah, the coordinator of the popular committee in the village, said that settlers from Hanania settlement took control over six dunums of Mustafa Ghunaim’s land and ploughed it to impose a de facto situation.
The Israeli occupation forces had closed a number of routes leading to farmlands in Bethlehem making it impossible for farmers to reach them. Owners of those land fear that the step might herald confiscating the land lots.
11 may 2012
IOF troops, on Thursday raided the eastern region of Yatta city south of Al-Khalil, in the occupied West Bank, and notified its residents to evacuate the area, as preparations for the demolition of houses within one month from the notification's date.
Hajj Essam Mohammed Abu Musab told PIC reporter that the occupation forces, accompanied by a Jeep belonging to the so-called the Israeli Civil Administration, raided areas in the eastern hamlets to the south of al-Khalil and notified its residents to completely leave the area so that the occupation could demolish the houses and artesian wells.
Haj Mahmoud al-Yatim Rabi told our reporter that the notifications were handed over to all the families that live in caves, homes and tents, and that they were warned that anyone who does not comply with the decision will face arrest and confiscation of all his properties and belongings.
It has been mentioned that since four months, the occupation forces have deliberately humiliated and maltreated the residents of the eastern regions of Yatta to push them to leave their lands through demolishing a mosque and a school, arresting teachers and confiscating private properties.
Meanwhile, Haji Mohammad Jaber Abu Aram, the mayor in "Al-Berka" East of Yatta, said that during these days the occupation is deliberately abusing citizens of several villages to push them to leave their lands.
Thus, he called on the international and official institutions to support the residents as well as the eastern regions, revealing the occupation's attempt to strangle the city of Yatta by expanding 11 settlements surrounding it at the expense of the citizens' lands.
Hajj Essam Mohammed Abu Musab told PIC reporter that the occupation forces, accompanied by a Jeep belonging to the so-called the Israeli Civil Administration, raided areas in the eastern hamlets to the south of al-Khalil and notified its residents to completely leave the area so that the occupation could demolish the houses and artesian wells.
Haj Mahmoud al-Yatim Rabi told our reporter that the notifications were handed over to all the families that live in caves, homes and tents, and that they were warned that anyone who does not comply with the decision will face arrest and confiscation of all his properties and belongings.
It has been mentioned that since four months, the occupation forces have deliberately humiliated and maltreated the residents of the eastern regions of Yatta to push them to leave their lands through demolishing a mosque and a school, arresting teachers and confiscating private properties.
Meanwhile, Haji Mohammad Jaber Abu Aram, the mayor in "Al-Berka" East of Yatta, said that during these days the occupation is deliberately abusing citizens of several villages to push them to leave their lands.
Thus, he called on the international and official institutions to support the residents as well as the eastern regions, revealing the occupation's attempt to strangle the city of Yatta by expanding 11 settlements surrounding it at the expense of the citizens' lands.
10 may 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) destroyed vast areas of Palestinian cultivated land lots south of Al-Khalil on Thursday.
Othman Jabarin, the coordinator of the popular committee in Janba to the south east of Yatta town, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers deployed in a large area of land and pitched tents to launch military exercises.
He said that the soldiers destroyed one thousand square dunum of land cultivated with wheat and barley.
Jabarin underlined that the IOF soldiers’ act inflicted heavy losses on farmers who were about to reap their crops.
Other attacks Jewish settler assault Jerusalemite
Othman Jabarin, the coordinator of the popular committee in Janba to the south east of Yatta town, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers deployed in a large area of land and pitched tents to launch military exercises.
He said that the soldiers destroyed one thousand square dunum of land cultivated with wheat and barley.
Jabarin underlined that the IOF soldiers’ act inflicted heavy losses on farmers who were about to reap their crops.
Other attacks Jewish settler assault Jerusalemite
9 may 2012
Jewish settlers set hundreds of Palestinian olive trees on fire in Jamaeen and Yasuf villages to the south of Nablus.
Fathi Hamdan, a farmer, said on Wednesday that Jewish settlers from the Tafuh settlement started the blaze that destroyed more than 300 olive trees owned by farmers of the two villages.
He charged that the settlers routinely attack Palestinian land in those villages in a bid to terrorize citizens into abandoning their land, which the settlers seek to annex to their settlement.
Fathi Hamdan, a farmer, said on Wednesday that Jewish settlers from the Tafuh settlement started the blaze that destroyed more than 300 olive trees owned by farmers of the two villages.
He charged that the settlers routinely attack Palestinian land in those villages in a bid to terrorize citizens into abandoning their land, which the settlers seek to annex to their settlement.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out Tuesday evening military exercises and helicopter landings in different area of Dura town in Al-Khalil city and terrorized its Palestinian residents.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops and three helicopters took part in the drills which included landing troopers in Kerisa area, combing mountains and raiding homes in Tarusa area.
They added that the Israeli troops erected barriers at the entrances to the areas where the exercises happened.
The IOF also stormed Idna town and raided stores and homes without any reported kidnappings.
They also closed on the same day many entrances to Yatta town and Al-Khalil city.
In another incident, violent clashes broke out on the same day between dozens of Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Kharsa village west of Dura town.
Local sources told the PIC that more than seven military jeeps invaded Dura town and the nearby Kharsa village and started to fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian citizens at the entrance to Tabaka village between Dura and Kharsa.
Other eyewitnesses also said that a group of Israeli troops with maps and documents invaded the area between Dura town and Beit Awa town and embarked on demarcating Palestinian lands.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops and three helicopters took part in the drills which included landing troopers in Kerisa area, combing mountains and raiding homes in Tarusa area.
They added that the Israeli troops erected barriers at the entrances to the areas where the exercises happened.
The IOF also stormed Idna town and raided stores and homes without any reported kidnappings.
They also closed on the same day many entrances to Yatta town and Al-Khalil city.
In another incident, violent clashes broke out on the same day between dozens of Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Kharsa village west of Dura town.
Local sources told the PIC that more than seven military jeeps invaded Dura town and the nearby Kharsa village and started to fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian citizens at the entrance to Tabaka village between Dura and Kharsa.
Other eyewitnesses also said that a group of Israeli troops with maps and documents invaded the area between Dura town and Beit Awa town and embarked on demarcating Palestinian lands.
8 may 2012
Zionist bulldozers bulldozed, on Tuesday morning, large areas of agricultural land in the town of Beit Ula north-west of Al-Khalil.
Local sources confirmed that the bulldozers stormed the town under the protection of dozens of IOF soldiers, adding that they bulldozed 20 dunums of agricultural lands in west of the town, uprooted hundreds of trees, and demolished the walls around them.
The sources said that the land belong to Al-Omla family, stating that the occupation claims its ownership saying that it is "state properties", pointing out the occupation forces confiscated 400 almond and olive trees in that area.
Other attacks IOF serves demolition notices to Palestinian families in Al-Khalil
Local sources confirmed that the bulldozers stormed the town under the protection of dozens of IOF soldiers, adding that they bulldozed 20 dunums of agricultural lands in west of the town, uprooted hundreds of trees, and demolished the walls around them.
The sources said that the land belong to Al-Omla family, stating that the occupation claims its ownership saying that it is "state properties", pointing out the occupation forces confiscated 400 almond and olive trees in that area.
Other attacks IOF serves demolition notices to Palestinian families in Al-Khalil
7 may 2012
The Israeli authorities razed the Palestinian village of Araqib in the Negev desert for the 38th time running.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli army and police forces escorted military bulldozers and heavy tractors and encircled the village.
They said that the troops tore down the tents that the inhabitants had pitched over their destroyed homes.
Araqib, located between Beersheba and Rahet in the Negev and not recognized by the Israeli authorities, was destroyed since 2010 several times and the inhabitants rebuilt it after each destruction time.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli army and police forces escorted military bulldozers and heavy tractors and encircled the village.
They said that the troops tore down the tents that the inhabitants had pitched over their destroyed homes.
Araqib, located between Beersheba and Rahet in the Negev and not recognized by the Israeli authorities, was destroyed since 2010 several times and the inhabitants rebuilt it after each destruction time.
6 may 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished an ancient water well to the south west of Bani Naim village, Al-Khalil, on Sunday, local sources said.
Press sources said that the IOF soldiers also destroyed three old olive trees in the same area, noting that the soldiers regularly level land in Bani Naim areas overlooking the bypass road citing security pretexts.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers escorted civil administration employees who served notices to farmers in Khirbat Al-Tawil, near Aqraba village in Nablus, and told them that their tents and animal pens would be razed.
Hamza Deiriya, a member of the committee for the defense of Aqraba land, said that the employees delivered the notices to two farmers, warning them that they should knock down their animal pens and tents pitched to provide shelter for their families.
He said that the occupation forces gave the farmers 72 hours to evacuate before the soldiers demolish them, adding that the IOF considers the area a closed military zone that no installations should be erected in it.
Other attacks Jewish settlers sneak into Aqsa mosque
Press sources said that the IOF soldiers also destroyed three old olive trees in the same area, noting that the soldiers regularly level land in Bani Naim areas overlooking the bypass road citing security pretexts.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers escorted civil administration employees who served notices to farmers in Khirbat Al-Tawil, near Aqraba village in Nablus, and told them that their tents and animal pens would be razed.
Hamza Deiriya, a member of the committee for the defense of Aqraba land, said that the employees delivered the notices to two farmers, warning them that they should knock down their animal pens and tents pitched to provide shelter for their families.
He said that the occupation forces gave the farmers 72 hours to evacuate before the soldiers demolish them, adding that the IOF considers the area a closed military zone that no installations should be erected in it.
Other attacks Jewish settlers sneak into Aqsa mosque
3 may 2012
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Gaza government has warned of the Zionist brutal practices against the agriculture sector in Gaza, condemning the systematic destruction of farmers' land and the deliberate burning of agricultural crops.
The ministry stated, in a statement on Wednesday, that the occupation is committing "agricultural holocaust" each year against the farmers' lands through the deliberate burning of large areas of agricultural crops of wheat and barley.
The IOF, along the eastern and northern borders between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied territories, are daily opening fire to burn the cultivated corps especially wheat and barley, the ministry confirmed, saying that the Israeli soldiers are targeting Palestinian farmers while going to their lands near the border.
The ministry added that the eastern region of Khan Younis witnesses crop-fires every day due to the deliberate arbitrary occupation measures that aim to damage the harvest season and inflict heavy losses on farmers, in addition to threatening farmers' lives who live within their farms.
Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that IOF had targeted not only Palestinian farmers but also international activists, praising the activists' roles in facing the arrogant occupation practices against the Palestinian people.
The ministry stated, in a statement on Wednesday, that the occupation is committing "agricultural holocaust" each year against the farmers' lands through the deliberate burning of large areas of agricultural crops of wheat and barley.
The IOF, along the eastern and northern borders between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied territories, are daily opening fire to burn the cultivated corps especially wheat and barley, the ministry confirmed, saying that the Israeli soldiers are targeting Palestinian farmers while going to their lands near the border.
The ministry added that the eastern region of Khan Younis witnesses crop-fires every day due to the deliberate arbitrary occupation measures that aim to damage the harvest season and inflict heavy losses on farmers, in addition to threatening farmers' lives who live within their farms.
Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that IOF had targeted not only Palestinian farmers but also international activists, praising the activists' roles in facing the arrogant occupation practices against the Palestinian people.
2 may 2012
Jewish settlers threw stones at a Palestinian vehicle near Etzion settlement complex on the Jerusalem-Al-Khalil road smashing its windshield and injuring its driver in his eyes.
Eyewitnesses said that the settlers threw rocks at the truck driven by Ahmed Sabarne, from Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil, and wounded him in his eyes and face from the flying glass.
In another incident, settlers from Susiya settlement, south of Yatta village in Al-Khalil, destroyed 28 trees of peach, olives, almond, and cherry in Khirbat Susiya near Yatta.
Ibrahim Makhamre told the PIC that Israeli occupation forces were protecting the settlers.
He appealed to all human rights groups to immediately act to stop such “ferocious acts”, which take place with IOF protection.
Other attacks Jewish settlers destroy 200 olive trees in Nablus village
Eyewitnesses said that the settlers threw rocks at the truck driven by Ahmed Sabarne, from Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil, and wounded him in his eyes and face from the flying glass.
In another incident, settlers from Susiya settlement, south of Yatta village in Al-Khalil, destroyed 28 trees of peach, olives, almond, and cherry in Khirbat Susiya near Yatta.
Ibrahim Makhamre told the PIC that Israeli occupation forces were protecting the settlers.
He appealed to all human rights groups to immediately act to stop such “ferocious acts”, which take place with IOF protection.
Other attacks Jewish settlers destroy 200 olive trees in Nablus village
1 may 2012
Citizen Aisha al-Hawamda from Kom al-Basha in Quneitra governorate was injured on Tuesday when a landmine left over by the Israeli occupation near Kodna dam exploded, disfiguring her face and upper body severely.
The 60 year-old woman, who was rushed to Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Qunaitera, said that she was herding cows in the area when a landmine was set off by one of the cows, knocking her out and causing her to pass out.
Aisha's daughter Sabha said that several people who were nearby heard the explosion and rushed her mother to the hospital.
Quneitra Governor Hussein Arnous paid a visit to the hospital and checked on the injured woman, reiterating calls for international organizations to put an end to the Israeli occupation's practices, saying that the occupation's disregard for international laws which calls for submitting maps of landmines counts as first degree murder of women and children.
In turn, director of the hospital Dr. Ali Kanaan said that al-Hawamde suffered injuries to the head and upper body as shrapnel entered the body, causing severe disfigurement.
For his part, Chairman of the General Society of Israeli Landmine Survivors Dr. Omar al-Luhaibi said that this is the third such injury caused by Israeli landmines this year, and that these landmines claimed the lives of more than 219 people, most of them children, and that they caused disabilities to more than 300 people.
Occupation decides to uproot 1000 olive trees
Occupation authorities decided to uproot 1000 olive trees in an area under the control of the Israeli occupation and is branded by the Israeli occupation as a nature reserve.
Israeli occupation military authority which runs the West Bank confirmed that there was an order to uproot the trees, confirming reports published in Ha'aretz.
The trees in question are in Nahal Qana, to the West of Nablus in the northern West Bank, which is an area consisting mostly of Palestinian privately owned land which has been confiscated by the occupation.
The 60 year-old woman, who was rushed to Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Qunaitera, said that she was herding cows in the area when a landmine was set off by one of the cows, knocking her out and causing her to pass out.
Aisha's daughter Sabha said that several people who were nearby heard the explosion and rushed her mother to the hospital.
Quneitra Governor Hussein Arnous paid a visit to the hospital and checked on the injured woman, reiterating calls for international organizations to put an end to the Israeli occupation's practices, saying that the occupation's disregard for international laws which calls for submitting maps of landmines counts as first degree murder of women and children.
In turn, director of the hospital Dr. Ali Kanaan said that al-Hawamde suffered injuries to the head and upper body as shrapnel entered the body, causing severe disfigurement.
For his part, Chairman of the General Society of Israeli Landmine Survivors Dr. Omar al-Luhaibi said that this is the third such injury caused by Israeli landmines this year, and that these landmines claimed the lives of more than 219 people, most of them children, and that they caused disabilities to more than 300 people.
Occupation decides to uproot 1000 olive trees
Occupation authorities decided to uproot 1000 olive trees in an area under the control of the Israeli occupation and is branded by the Israeli occupation as a nature reserve.
Israeli occupation military authority which runs the West Bank confirmed that there was an order to uproot the trees, confirming reports published in Ha'aretz.
The trees in question are in Nahal Qana, to the West of Nablus in the northern West Bank, which is an area consisting mostly of Palestinian privately owned land which has been confiscated by the occupation.
24 apr 2012
The Israeli authorities, on Monday morning, destroyed, for the 37th time, the unrecognized Palestinian village of Araqib in the Negev in southern 1948- occupied Palestine .
Local sources confirmed that large numbers of occupation troops and police, as well as Special Forces raided the village, in the early morning hours, escorted the bulldozers used in the destruction of the village, imposed a siege on it before storming it, surrounded its residents in the Muslim cemetery, and demolished all the houses.
Salah Turi, the village's Sheikh, told Quds press "We will not give up despite the current arbitrary demolitions; we will not cede the land of our fathers and forefathers". The Sheikh added that the village residents started immediately rebuilding their homes challenging the Zionist expulsion plan and showing a great determination to stay.
He stated that the occupation forces show no mercy to the Palestinian residents and had continued their demolition process for several times even in times of rain and funerals.
This process is within the framework of Judaization by ethnically cleansing and uprooting Palestinians from their lands, he said.
Other attacks
Settlers attacked Chilean delegation in Al-Khalil
Jewish settlers storm Yousuf’s tomb
Local sources confirmed that large numbers of occupation troops and police, as well as Special Forces raided the village, in the early morning hours, escorted the bulldozers used in the destruction of the village, imposed a siege on it before storming it, surrounded its residents in the Muslim cemetery, and demolished all the houses.
Salah Turi, the village's Sheikh, told Quds press "We will not give up despite the current arbitrary demolitions; we will not cede the land of our fathers and forefathers". The Sheikh added that the village residents started immediately rebuilding their homes challenging the Zionist expulsion plan and showing a great determination to stay.
He stated that the occupation forces show no mercy to the Palestinian residents and had continued their demolition process for several times even in times of rain and funerals.
This process is within the framework of Judaization by ethnically cleansing and uprooting Palestinians from their lands, he said.
Other attacks
Settlers attacked Chilean delegation in Al-Khalil
Jewish settlers storm Yousuf’s tomb
22 apr 2012
Six Palestinian workers injured in Israeli army chase of their vehicle
Six Palestinian workers were injured when an Israeli military jeep chased their vehicle near Beit Awwa village, south west of Al-Khalil, on Sunday morning.
Local sources said that five of the six workers were taken to Al-Ahli hospital in Al-Khalil while the sixth was taken to an Israeli hospital in view of the seriousness of his condition.
Palestinian workers trying to reach their jobs in 1948 occupied Palestine are always the target of shooting and detention on the part of the Israeli occupation forces and are mostly forced to pay heavy fines.
Local sources said that five of the six workers were taken to Al-Ahli hospital in Al-Khalil while the sixth was taken to an Israeli hospital in view of the seriousness of his condition.
Palestinian workers trying to reach their jobs in 1948 occupied Palestine are always the target of shooting and detention on the part of the Israeli occupation forces and are mostly forced to pay heavy fines.
Israeli navy intercepts ship at sea
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship in the Mediterranean on Sunday night on suspicion of smuggling weapons to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli TV channel Ten quoted military sources as saying that special navy forces launched the operation.
The sources said that the vessel was controlled 260 kilometers off the shores of Palestine occupied in 1948, adding that the forces searched the ship but did not find weapons.
The sources described the operation as “routine” but would not mention the fate of the ship or its crew after the incident.
The Israeli TV channel Ten quoted military sources as saying that special navy forces launched the operation.
The sources said that the vessel was controlled 260 kilometers off the shores of Palestine occupied in 1948, adding that the forces searched the ship but did not find weapons.
The sources described the operation as “routine” but would not mention the fate of the ship or its crew after the incident.
21 apr 2012
IOF artillery shelling targets Beit Hanun
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened artillery fire at Beit Hanun town to the north of the Gaza Strip on Friday, local sources said. They told the PIC reporter that the IOF army tanks fired a number of shells at the town without causing any human or material losses.
The sources said that the shells fell in agricultural fields.
The sources said that the shells fell in agricultural fields.
20 apr 2012
Zionist Occupation Forces Storm Al-Khalil and Jenin
IOF troops stormed Yatta town southern Al-Khalil and Kavret village west south Jenin , on Thursday, breaking into several houses and damaging their contents.
Yatta municipality has confirmed, in a statement, that the occupation forces stormed Yatta town, surrounded and searched a number of houses using police dogs and damaging their contents. Residents were dragged out of their houses and were held for five hours leaving them shivering in very cold temperatures, with extensive deployment of occupation soldiers on rooftops of neighboring houses.
In Jenin district, Israeli occupation forces stormed kferet town south west the city, raiding and photographing a number of homes and historical buildings and marking them on maps they had, which provoked the local residents.
Meanwhile, settlers raided two farms in the village of Bardala near Toubas in the northern Jordan valley and damaged crops. Settlers also attacked farmers in the area and threatened them with expulsion and confiscation of their lands.
Yatta municipality has confirmed, in a statement, that the occupation forces stormed Yatta town, surrounded and searched a number of houses using police dogs and damaging their contents. Residents were dragged out of their houses and were held for five hours leaving them shivering in very cold temperatures, with extensive deployment of occupation soldiers on rooftops of neighboring houses.
In Jenin district, Israeli occupation forces stormed kferet town south west the city, raiding and photographing a number of homes and historical buildings and marking them on maps they had, which provoked the local residents.
Meanwhile, settlers raided two farms in the village of Bardala near Toubas in the northern Jordan valley and damaged crops. Settlers also attacked farmers in the area and threatened them with expulsion and confiscation of their lands.
18 apr 2012
Israeli soldiers stationed along the borders with the Gaza Strip Wednesday shot a Palestinian woman in the head while she was working in her land in Khazza’a, a town east of Khan Younis south of Gaza, according to local sources.
Witnesses said Israeli soldiers opened fire at local farmers in the border-adjacent area, injuring Rinad Qadeh, 25, in the head.
Qadeh was transferred to hospital for treatment and reported in moderate condition.
Israeli soldiers recently escalated their attacks against Palestinians in areas close to the borders, the last of which was shooting and injuring a Palestinian man in the foot in the same town on Tuesday.
Witnesses said Israeli soldiers opened fire at local farmers in the border-adjacent area, injuring Rinad Qadeh, 25, in the head.
Qadeh was transferred to hospital for treatment and reported in moderate condition.
Israeli soldiers recently escalated their attacks against Palestinians in areas close to the borders, the last of which was shooting and injuring a Palestinian man in the foot in the same town on Tuesday.
17 apr 2012
Palestinian man wounded in IOF shooting
A Palestinian man was wounded on Tuesday morning when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at Khuza’a area to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that Walid Eshneno, 27, was walking near the Khuza’a dispensary when the IOF opened fire and injured him in his right thigh.
He quoted local sources as saying that Eshneno was taken to the European hospital, adding that the IOF soldiers opened fire at residential quarters and at farmers.
The PIC reporter said that Walid Eshneno, 27, was walking near the Khuza’a dispensary when the IOF opened fire and injured him in his right thigh.
He quoted local sources as saying that Eshneno was taken to the European hospital, adding that the IOF soldiers opened fire at residential quarters and at farmers.
16 apr 2012
IOF soldiers fire at residents in Nabi Saleh in night raid
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Nabi Saleh, to the north west of Ramallah, on Sunday night and fired at young men who confronted them.
Local sources said that the IOF troops randomly fired rubber bullets and sound bombs spreading panic in the village.
Sources in the popular resistance committee in Nabi Saleh said that the soldiers were deployed in the village streets and that young men threw stones at them.
IOF soldiers have been closing entrances to the village for weeks and raiding it routinely each night to frustrate further organization of its weekly anti wall and anti-settlement rallies.
Local sources said that the IOF troops randomly fired rubber bullets and sound bombs spreading panic in the village.
Sources in the popular resistance committee in Nabi Saleh said that the soldiers were deployed in the village streets and that young men threw stones at them.
IOF soldiers have been closing entrances to the village for weeks and raiding it routinely each night to frustrate further organization of its weekly anti wall and anti-settlement rallies.
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Sunday that one youth from Al-Esawiyya town, in the Jerusalem district, was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire during clashes that took place after the army invaded the town.
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Sunday that one youth from Al-Esawiyya town, in the Jerusalem district, was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire during clashes that took place after the army invaded the town.
The sources stated that the soldiers invaded the town from its eastern entrance, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades; one youth was directly hit by a gas bomb in his head and was moved to a local hospital.
Al- Esawiyya is subject to frequent Israeli invasions, while more than 30 residents were kidnapped by the soldiers in recent invasions.
In other news, settlers of the Maoun illegal outpost, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, opened fire at a number of Palestinians crossing a road close to the illegal settlement; no injuries were reported.
Also, settlers of the Beit Hadassah illegal outpost, in the heart of Hebron city, attacked a Palestinian store causing damages. Israeli policemen arrived at the scene and removed the settlers.
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Sunday that one youth from Al-Esawiyya town, in the Jerusalem district, was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire during clashes that took place after the army invaded the town.
The sources stated that the soldiers invaded the town from its eastern entrance, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades; one youth was directly hit by a gas bomb in his head and was moved to a local hospital.
Al- Esawiyya is subject to frequent Israeli invasions, while more than 30 residents were kidnapped by the soldiers in recent invasions.
In other news, settlers of the Maoun illegal outpost, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, opened fire at a number of Palestinians crossing a road close to the illegal settlement; no injuries were reported.
Also, settlers of the Beit Hadassah illegal outpost, in the heart of Hebron city, attacked a Palestinian store causing damages. Israeli policemen arrived at the scene and removed the settlers.
Israeli reconnaissance plane fires missile at Palestinian field
An Israeli reconnaissance plane fired a missile at a cultivated land lot to the east of Gaza city at dawn Monday but no casualties were reported, local sources said.
The sources told the PIC reporter that the missile exploded in an area between Zaitun and Shujaiah suburbs in Gaza city.
They said that the same area was the target of artillery shelling on Sunday night.
Medical sources said that ambulance crews combed the area and did not find any casualties after the bombing.
The Israeli army claimed that a projectile fired from Gaza blasted in the vicinity of Askalan without causing any casualties or damage.
The sources told the PIC reporter that the missile exploded in an area between Zaitun and Shujaiah suburbs in Gaza city.
They said that the same area was the target of artillery shelling on Sunday night.
Medical sources said that ambulance crews combed the area and did not find any casualties after the bombing.
The Israeli army claimed that a projectile fired from Gaza blasted in the vicinity of Askalan without causing any casualties or damage.
15 apr 2012
On Thursday and Friday in the West Bank, groups of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and their property. In the northern West Bank on Thursday, armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers, injuring three; and in the southern West Bank Friday, a group of settlers destroyed a Palestinian olive grove by chopping down all of the trees.
The incident on Thursday took place in the village of Yanun, near Nablus, where Palestinian farmers were working on their land when several Israeli settlers came onto the land and attacked them.
One of the settlers involved in the attack was identified as Matan Fogel, the brother of an Israeli man who was murdered along with his family in the settlement of Itamar last year in an attack that was blamed on local Palestinians.
Fogel and the other settlers called the Israeli military to assist them in dispersing the Palestinian farmers. When the military arrived, soldiers fired tear gas at the Palestinians and abducted five Palestinian farmers, according to local sources.
The Israeli settlers claimed that the Palestinian farmers initiated the attack, and injured two settlers with farming tools. The settlers were all armed with military-grade weapons. None of the Palestinians involved in the incident were armed.
In the attack on Friday, Israeli settlers from the settlement of Maol, near Hebron, entered an olive grove near the village of Kharoubeh and chopped down trees belonging to local Palestinian landowner Jebril Mousa Khalil, according to the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
Palestinian shepherds and international non-violent activists who were in the area came to the olive grove to try to stop the destruction, and were chased by the settlers to Tuwani village. According to eyewitnesses, the settlers ran after the activists and shepherds and threw stones at them and at Palestinian homes.
Israeli troops then arrived in the area to ‘protect the Israeli settlers’, as they are mandated to do – even when the settlers are the ones engaging in acts of violence.
Israeli settler attacks increased by 50% in 2011, and have continued to increase in the first months of 2012, although official numbers are not yet available.
The incident on Thursday took place in the village of Yanun, near Nablus, where Palestinian farmers were working on their land when several Israeli settlers came onto the land and attacked them.
One of the settlers involved in the attack was identified as Matan Fogel, the brother of an Israeli man who was murdered along with his family in the settlement of Itamar last year in an attack that was blamed on local Palestinians.
Fogel and the other settlers called the Israeli military to assist them in dispersing the Palestinian farmers. When the military arrived, soldiers fired tear gas at the Palestinians and abducted five Palestinian farmers, according to local sources.
The Israeli settlers claimed that the Palestinian farmers initiated the attack, and injured two settlers with farming tools. The settlers were all armed with military-grade weapons. None of the Palestinians involved in the incident were armed.
In the attack on Friday, Israeli settlers from the settlement of Maol, near Hebron, entered an olive grove near the village of Kharoubeh and chopped down trees belonging to local Palestinian landowner Jebril Mousa Khalil, according to the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
Palestinian shepherds and international non-violent activists who were in the area came to the olive grove to try to stop the destruction, and were chased by the settlers to Tuwani village. According to eyewitnesses, the settlers ran after the activists and shepherds and threw stones at them and at Palestinian homes.
Israeli troops then arrived in the area to ‘protect the Israeli settlers’, as they are mandated to do – even when the settlers are the ones engaging in acts of violence.
Israeli settler attacks increased by 50% in 2011, and have continued to increase in the first months of 2012, although official numbers are not yet available.
14 apr 2012
Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishing boats, destroy one
Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats to the northwest of Gaza on Friday and destroyed one of them.
Sources in the Palestinian fishermen syndicate told the PIC that the fishing boats were fishing in the allowed zone off the Gaza coasts when they were attacked.
They said that the gunfire destroyed one of the fishing boats that capsized as a result, adding that those on board managed to escape unharmed.
Sources in the Palestinian fishermen syndicate told the PIC that the fishing boats were fishing in the allowed zone off the Gaza coasts when they were attacked.
They said that the gunfire destroyed one of the fishing boats that capsized as a result, adding that those on board managed to escape unharmed.
9 apr 2012
IOF artillery shells Juhr Al-Deek
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired two artillery shells at Juhr Al-Deek area to the south east of Gaza city at a late Sunday night hour.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF armored vehicles stationed to the east of Juhr Al-Deek then opened heavy machinegun fire at residential quarters but no casualties were reported.
Locals noted irregular moves for the IOF troops at the borders of the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew paper Yediot Ahronot said that a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza slammed into an open area in Sderot on Sunday night without causing casualties or damages.
Israeli aerial raids on Gaza earlier Sunday and Saturday night injured two Palestinian citizens.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF armored vehicles stationed to the east of Juhr Al-Deek then opened heavy machinegun fire at residential quarters but no casualties were reported.
Locals noted irregular moves for the IOF troops at the borders of the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew paper Yediot Ahronot said that a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza slammed into an open area in Sderot on Sunday night without causing casualties or damages.
Israeli aerial raids on Gaza earlier Sunday and Saturday night injured two Palestinian citizens.
Palestinian worker wounded in IOF shooting
A Palestinian young man was shot and wounded to the east of Gaza city on Monday at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), medical sources said.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency, said the youth was collecting gravel when the IOF troops shot at him, adding that he was taken to Shifa hospital.
IOF armored vehicles and tractors advanced into three areas to the east, central, and south of Gaza Strip on Monday morning amidst sporadic firing and bulldozing of land.
Nabi Saleh villagers confront IOF incursion
Young men in Nabi Saleh village, to the north west of Ramallah, confronted on Sunday night an attempt by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to storm the village.
IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at the youths who responded throwing stones and empty bottles.
A spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the village said that the soldiers broke into the home of Palestinian photographer Bilal Al-Tamimi and terrorized the women and children in their savage search.
He said that the IOF soldiers fired sound bombs in abundance in the village streets spreading fear among the inhabitants. He added that the soldiers have been manning a roadblock to the entrance of the village for the past week and harassing villagers on their way out and into the village.
Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for ambulance and emergency, said the youth was collecting gravel when the IOF troops shot at him, adding that he was taken to Shifa hospital.
IOF armored vehicles and tractors advanced into three areas to the east, central, and south of Gaza Strip on Monday morning amidst sporadic firing and bulldozing of land.
Nabi Saleh villagers confront IOF incursion
Young men in Nabi Saleh village, to the north west of Ramallah, confronted on Sunday night an attempt by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to storm the village.
IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at the youths who responded throwing stones and empty bottles.
A spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the village said that the soldiers broke into the home of Palestinian photographer Bilal Al-Tamimi and terrorized the women and children in their savage search.
He said that the IOF soldiers fired sound bombs in abundance in the village streets spreading fear among the inhabitants. He added that the soldiers have been manning a roadblock to the entrance of the village for the past week and harassing villagers on their way out and into the village.
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