31 aug 2012
Five Palestinians were wounded on Friday morning after a group of settlers threw stones at their bus near Ramallah, witnesses said.
The bus was traveling from Nablus, when it was attacked by the settlers from a hill near Burqa village, one of those injured, Raed Ewais, said.
Settlers threw stones, damaging the bus and injuring passengers, witnesses said.
The incident came after settlers gathered on the same road on Thursday night near Sinjil, throwing stones at passing vehicles.
Locals said a number of vehicles were damaged by rocks. The group caused the road to close for over an hour, they added.
A Palestinian Authority official on Monday warned Palestinians to be cautious of settler attacks ahead of a planned evacuation of an illegal Israeli outpost near Ramallah.
The hilltop settler outpost Migron is set to be evacuated this Tuesday.
The bus was traveling from Nablus, when it was attacked by the settlers from a hill near Burqa village, one of those injured, Raed Ewais, said.
Settlers threw stones, damaging the bus and injuring passengers, witnesses said.
The incident came after settlers gathered on the same road on Thursday night near Sinjil, throwing stones at passing vehicles.
Locals said a number of vehicles were damaged by rocks. The group caused the road to close for over an hour, they added.
A Palestinian Authority official on Monday warned Palestinians to be cautious of settler attacks ahead of a planned evacuation of an illegal Israeli outpost near Ramallah.
The hilltop settler outpost Migron is set to be evacuated this Tuesday.
Malek Tamimi Injured
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, injuries were reported.
Local protesters, accompanied by International peace activists, marched while chanting slogans against the illegal wall and settlements, and demanded the international community to intervene and stop the ongoing Israeli violations.
Some protesters carried Palestinian flags while others carried the picture of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who was killed by the Israeli army in 2003, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The army violently attacked the nonviolent protesters and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at them, in addition to spraying the protesters with wastewater, the Maan News Agency reported.
Resident Omar At-Tamimi suffered moderate injuries after being shot with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head, resident Malek Talal Tamimi was also shot by live rounds army and abdomen, while a young Palestinian woman was shot by a gas bomb in her leg; dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protest started following Friday prayers at the village’s mosque, and the protesters marched towards lands and a spring that the army intends to illegally confiscate for the benefit of Israeli settlements and the Annexation Wall.
The soldiers attacked the peaceful protesters and the journalists and even the medics, and claimed that the area is a “closed military zone”.
Furthermore, the army detained Mohammad Al-Khatib, a local Palestinian activist, in addition to Mariam Al-Barghouthi, cameraman Bilal Tamimi and an internal activist.
Maan said that the army stopped an ambulance, and held it for one hour, preventing the medics from entering the village; the army installed roadblocks on all roads leading to the village since early morning hours in an attempt to prevent the residents and their international supporter from conducting their weekly nonviolent protest.
Later on, clashes were reported between local youths who hurled stones at the army; the soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, injuries were reported.
Local protesters, accompanied by International peace activists, marched while chanting slogans against the illegal wall and settlements, and demanded the international community to intervene and stop the ongoing Israeli violations.
Some protesters carried Palestinian flags while others carried the picture of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who was killed by the Israeli army in 2003, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The army violently attacked the nonviolent protesters and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at them, in addition to spraying the protesters with wastewater, the Maan News Agency reported.
Resident Omar At-Tamimi suffered moderate injuries after being shot with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head, resident Malek Talal Tamimi was also shot by live rounds army and abdomen, while a young Palestinian woman was shot by a gas bomb in her leg; dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protest started following Friday prayers at the village’s mosque, and the protesters marched towards lands and a spring that the army intends to illegally confiscate for the benefit of Israeli settlements and the Annexation Wall.
The soldiers attacked the peaceful protesters and the journalists and even the medics, and claimed that the area is a “closed military zone”.
Furthermore, the army detained Mohammad Al-Khatib, a local Palestinian activist, in addition to Mariam Al-Barghouthi, cameraman Bilal Tamimi and an internal activist.
Maan said that the army stopped an ambulance, and held it for one hour, preventing the medics from entering the village; the army installed roadblocks on all roads leading to the village since early morning hours in an attempt to prevent the residents and their international supporter from conducting their weekly nonviolent protest.
Later on, clashes were reported between local youths who hurled stones at the army; the soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters.
30 aug 2012
An Israeli policeman shot and killed a Palestinian man in his thirties in Tel Aviv at midnight Wednesday, Radio Israel reported on Thursday.
It said that the man was from Tulkarem and had no permission to be in Tel Aviv, adding that the policeman detected the presence of the two men near his house and suspected their presence there.
It claimed that the policeman flashed his ID and tried to arrest them but a quarrel ensued and one of the two Palestinians brandished a knife prompting the policeman to shoot him.
Israel police: Palestinian killed after knife threat
Witness: "The cop called the police, yelling, 'I shot him, he's dead, he's dead.'"
An off-duty Israeli police officer shot dead a Palestinian man in Tel Aviv early Thursday, saying he had been threatened with a knife.
Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the officer saw the Palestinian, from Tulkarem in the West Bank, trying to rob a car.
When the policeman approached him, the suspected car thief pulled out a knife and the officer fired a shot at him, Rosenfeld said.
Israeli daily Haaretz quoted a witness saying: "We heard a man yelling at another man to freeze. A few seconds later, we saw the same cop shooting at the man, who was running away. The cop called the police, yelling, 'I shot him, he's dead, he's dead.'"
The Palestinian man was taken to Israeli hospital but died of his wounds, Rosenfeld said.
Rosenfeld said a knife had been found at the scene, but police would conduct a standard inquiry into the officer's conduct.
It said that the man was from Tulkarem and had no permission to be in Tel Aviv, adding that the policeman detected the presence of the two men near his house and suspected their presence there.
It claimed that the policeman flashed his ID and tried to arrest them but a quarrel ensued and one of the two Palestinians brandished a knife prompting the policeman to shoot him.
Israel police: Palestinian killed after knife threat
Witness: "The cop called the police, yelling, 'I shot him, he's dead, he's dead.'"
An off-duty Israeli police officer shot dead a Palestinian man in Tel Aviv early Thursday, saying he had been threatened with a knife.
Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the officer saw the Palestinian, from Tulkarem in the West Bank, trying to rob a car.
When the policeman approached him, the suspected car thief pulled out a knife and the officer fired a shot at him, Rosenfeld said.
Israeli daily Haaretz quoted a witness saying: "We heard a man yelling at another man to freeze. A few seconds later, we saw the same cop shooting at the man, who was running away. The cop called the police, yelling, 'I shot him, he's dead, he's dead.'"
The Palestinian man was taken to Israeli hospital but died of his wounds, Rosenfeld said.
Rosenfeld said a knife had been found at the scene, but police would conduct a standard inquiry into the officer's conduct.
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A press cameraman working for Media Town film company was able to videotape Israeli gunboats chasing and trying to capsize some Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of northern Gaza.
The videotape that was taken by cameraman Mohamed Al-Meshharawi and posted on YouTube website shows large speedy gunboats chasing Palestinian fishermen and trying to capsize their boats, while the fishermen were attempting to escape with their live. One of the fishing boats capsized during the attack by the Israeli navy. The assault scene showed one side of Israel's repeated violations against the Palestinian fishermen who are exposed to various forms of harassment by its navy. |
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Biereh, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah and fired gas bombs.
PNN said that the soldiers invaded Um Ash-Sharayet neighborhood, in Al-Biereh, broke into several homes and handed a number of residents notices to head to the nearest security center for interrogation.
The army also fired gas bombs near the Palestinian TV and Radio building, leading to a number of injuries among the journalists and employees in the building.
Soldiers withdrew from the area later on; no arrests were reported. The attack is part of daily invasions and assaults carried out by the army against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
PNN said that the soldiers invaded Um Ash-Sharayet neighborhood, in Al-Biereh, broke into several homes and handed a number of residents notices to head to the nearest security center for interrogation.
The army also fired gas bombs near the Palestinian TV and Radio building, leading to a number of injuries among the journalists and employees in the building.
Soldiers withdrew from the area later on; no arrests were reported. The attack is part of daily invasions and assaults carried out by the army against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
29 aug 2012
A Palestinian women was critically injured on Wednesday when Israeli soldiers stationed along the borders with the Gaza Strip opened fire at an area east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to local sources.
Witnesses said Safiya Abu Mughesib, 41, was injured in the abdomen and foot when Israeli soldiers opened fire at Wadi Salqa area near Deir al-Balah.
Mughesib was reported in a critical condition and was transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Palestinian farmer seriously injured in IOF shooting
A Palestinian woman was seriously wounded when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at her while tending to her land in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, medical sources said.
Ashraf Al-Qudra, the spokesman for the health ministry, said that a 42-year-old woman was hit with multiple shots to the east of Deir Al-Balah.
He said that ambulance teams evacuated the farmer to hospital where she was admitted to ICU.
Israeli Forces Shots a Female Farmer from Gaza
On Wednesday 29th August, a Palestinian female farmer was shot by an Israeli bullet east of Deir al-Balah governorate, center of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qadra, said that Israeli border soldiers shot the 42 years old citizen- Name was not revealed- while she was preparing her land.
The ambulance crew said that the wounded was transferred to Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital and the doctors described her health condition with the 'serious', and was admitted to the ICU.
Group claims 5 missiles targeting Ashkelon
A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack on the Israeli city of Ashkelon with five Grad missiles the previous evening.
"The Mujahadeen consultative council in Jerusalem and its environs" said it would continue its attacks targeting Israeli areas near Gaza in response to its crimes against Palestinians.
Israeli authorities said two rockets and a mortar shell were fired into southern Israel late Tuesday. There were no reports of injury or damage in the attacks.
Also Wednesday, medics in the Gaza Strip said a woman was injured by Israeli gunfire near Deir al-Balah. The woman was seriously wounded and hospitalized, a health ministry spokesman said.
Meanwhile residents of the Gaza neighborhood of Tal al-Hawa said Israeli aircraft fired at an open area leaving a large crater in an empty swath of land. No injuries were reported.
Other attacks: Israeli forces issue demolition orders for Qalqiliya building (the only school in this residential)
Witnesses said Safiya Abu Mughesib, 41, was injured in the abdomen and foot when Israeli soldiers opened fire at Wadi Salqa area near Deir al-Balah.
Mughesib was reported in a critical condition and was transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Palestinian farmer seriously injured in IOF shooting
A Palestinian woman was seriously wounded when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at her while tending to her land in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, medical sources said.
Ashraf Al-Qudra, the spokesman for the health ministry, said that a 42-year-old woman was hit with multiple shots to the east of Deir Al-Balah.
He said that ambulance teams evacuated the farmer to hospital where she was admitted to ICU.
Israeli Forces Shots a Female Farmer from Gaza
On Wednesday 29th August, a Palestinian female farmer was shot by an Israeli bullet east of Deir al-Balah governorate, center of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qadra, said that Israeli border soldiers shot the 42 years old citizen- Name was not revealed- while she was preparing her land.
The ambulance crew said that the wounded was transferred to Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital and the doctors described her health condition with the 'serious', and was admitted to the ICU.
Group claims 5 missiles targeting Ashkelon
A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack on the Israeli city of Ashkelon with five Grad missiles the previous evening.
"The Mujahadeen consultative council in Jerusalem and its environs" said it would continue its attacks targeting Israeli areas near Gaza in response to its crimes against Palestinians.
Israeli authorities said two rockets and a mortar shell were fired into southern Israel late Tuesday. There were no reports of injury or damage in the attacks.
Also Wednesday, medics in the Gaza Strip said a woman was injured by Israeli gunfire near Deir al-Balah. The woman was seriously wounded and hospitalized, a health ministry spokesman said.
Meanwhile residents of the Gaza neighborhood of Tal al-Hawa said Israeli aircraft fired at an open area leaving a large crater in an empty swath of land. No injuries were reported.
Other attacks: Israeli forces issue demolition orders for Qalqiliya building (the only school in this residential)
Israeli warplanes launched a series of mock raids on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning.
Citizens in various areas of the Strip told the PIC that women and children were scared because the mock raids shook their homes as the warplanes broke the sound barrier.
The raids fell in line with the recent escalation in attacks and raids on the Strip.
Clashes erupt in Beit Ummar in al-Khalil
Clashes erupted in the early morning hours of Wednesday between Palestinian youths on the one hand and the Israeli occupation troops on the other in the town of Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that more than seven patrols of Israeli soldiers raided the town of Beit Ummar in the early morning hours, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes, during which Palestinians threw stones and Molotov cocktails on soldiers who responded firing tear gas and stun grenades.
The witnesses added that the Israeli soldiers broke into several houses during the raid.
The Israeli occupation forces had also notified on Tuesday the residents of an area south of al-Khalil city in the occupied West Bank of their intention to demolish "Abu Obeida Jarrah" mosque, said PIC's reporter.
He added that the mosque had opened to worshipers few days before the month of Ramadan, and that it consists of two floors built on an area up to 700 square meters.
The reporter pointed out that the Israeli occupation authorities had previously reported the confiscation of nearly two thousand dunums in the same region; because of its proximity to Hagai settlement.
Citizens in various areas of the Strip told the PIC that women and children were scared because the mock raids shook their homes as the warplanes broke the sound barrier.
The raids fell in line with the recent escalation in attacks and raids on the Strip.
Clashes erupt in Beit Ummar in al-Khalil
Clashes erupted in the early morning hours of Wednesday between Palestinian youths on the one hand and the Israeli occupation troops on the other in the town of Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that more than seven patrols of Israeli soldiers raided the town of Beit Ummar in the early morning hours, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes, during which Palestinians threw stones and Molotov cocktails on soldiers who responded firing tear gas and stun grenades.
The witnesses added that the Israeli soldiers broke into several houses during the raid.
The Israeli occupation forces had also notified on Tuesday the residents of an area south of al-Khalil city in the occupied West Bank of their intention to demolish "Abu Obeida Jarrah" mosque, said PIC's reporter.
He added that the mosque had opened to worshipers few days before the month of Ramadan, and that it consists of two floors built on an area up to 700 square meters.
The reporter pointed out that the Israeli occupation authorities had previously reported the confiscation of nearly two thousand dunums in the same region; because of its proximity to Hagai settlement.
28 aug 2012
A wounded woman is wheeled into a hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City August 28, 2012
Two Palestinians were injured early Tuesday as Israel shelled the Gaza Strip , medical officials said.
The shelling early on Tuesday came from Israeli military aircraft and naval ships and targeted two compounds in Gaza City, Hamas officials said. Two women in nearby homes were injured by flying debris, hospital officials said.
"The shelling targeted the northern Gaza Strip, and an agricultural area in Wadi Gaza," spokesman of the Gaza ministry of health Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Eyewitnesses said at least five missiles struck a Hamas building in Gaza City.
Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches from the coastal enclave.
Ghussein: Aggression on Gaza Zionist organized terrorism
Palestinian interior ministry spokesman, Ihab al-Ghussein, said that the Israeli aggression yesterday evening on Gaza Strip confirms the continuation of Israel’s “organized terrorism” against civilians.
Ghussein said in a press statement on Tuesday: "This escalation has taken place shortly after the threats of the Zionist Deputy Prime Minister, Shaul Mofaz, which reflected the profound crisis experienced by the Zionist entity."
Israeli warplanes launched two air strikes on two separate targets in Gaza City on Monday night.
For his part, Youssef Rizqa, political advisor to the Palestinian premier, told Quds Press that the objective of the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip is to force it to stick by the so-called "undeclared truce".
He pointed out that Israel aims, through this aggression and through causing painful losses for the Palestinian people, to prove that it has high firepower and to drive the resistance fighters to think about their mechanisms in order to deter them from resisting the occupation.
He also noted that Israel has been deliberately trying to launch its attacks when there is a meeting of Arab Summit, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, or the Non-Aligned movement, as if it wants to tell these institutions that their conferences are useless.
Rizqa expressed his regret concerning the inaction of the international, regional and Arabic institutions stressing that their silence has been encouraging the Israeli aggression.
Two Palestinians were injured early Tuesday as Israel shelled the Gaza Strip , medical officials said.
The shelling early on Tuesday came from Israeli military aircraft and naval ships and targeted two compounds in Gaza City, Hamas officials said. Two women in nearby homes were injured by flying debris, hospital officials said.
"The shelling targeted the northern Gaza Strip, and an agricultural area in Wadi Gaza," spokesman of the Gaza ministry of health Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Eyewitnesses said at least five missiles struck a Hamas building in Gaza City.
Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches from the coastal enclave.
Ghussein: Aggression on Gaza Zionist organized terrorism
Palestinian interior ministry spokesman, Ihab al-Ghussein, said that the Israeli aggression yesterday evening on Gaza Strip confirms the continuation of Israel’s “organized terrorism” against civilians.
Ghussein said in a press statement on Tuesday: "This escalation has taken place shortly after the threats of the Zionist Deputy Prime Minister, Shaul Mofaz, which reflected the profound crisis experienced by the Zionist entity."
Israeli warplanes launched two air strikes on two separate targets in Gaza City on Monday night.
For his part, Youssef Rizqa, political advisor to the Palestinian premier, told Quds Press that the objective of the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip is to force it to stick by the so-called "undeclared truce".
He pointed out that Israel aims, through this aggression and through causing painful losses for the Palestinian people, to prove that it has high firepower and to drive the resistance fighters to think about their mechanisms in order to deter them from resisting the occupation.
He also noted that Israel has been deliberately trying to launch its attacks when there is a meeting of Arab Summit, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, or the Non-Aligned movement, as if it wants to tell these institutions that their conferences are useless.
Rizqa expressed his regret concerning the inaction of the international, regional and Arabic institutions stressing that their silence has been encouraging the Israeli aggression.
Israeli warplanes have launched at least three airstrikes on several targets in the northern Gaza Strip, injuring several Palestinians, security sources say.
Israeli F-16 warplanes carried out the attacks on the blockaded coastal enclave on Monday night.
Several powerful explosions were also heard in the area.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israel launched over 58 air and ground assaults on the Gaza Strip in June that killed over a dozen Palestinians and injured many others.
The Israeli military frequently bombs 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, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
joseph dana Israeli warships attacked multiple targets in the Gaza Strip with rockets last night.
Israeli F-16 warplanes carried out the attacks on the blockaded coastal enclave on Monday night.
Several powerful explosions were also heard in the area.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israel launched over 58 air and ground assaults on the Gaza Strip in June that killed over a dozen Palestinians and injured many others.
The Israeli military frequently bombs 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, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
joseph dana Israeli warships attacked multiple targets in the Gaza Strip with rockets last night.
Air Force bombs weapons production and storage facilities in northern Strip after repeated rocket attacks in past two days. Palestinians report of two injuries.
The IDF retaliated to the recent firing of rockets at Sderot and bombed two weapons production and storage facilities in the northern Gaza Strip overnight. The IDF confirmed the report.
According to reports, Air Force jets struck a number posts belonging to Hamas' military wing as well as Hamas government security posts. Two Palestinian officers were injured.
It was also reported that Gaza security forces evacuated all of their posts for fear of additional attacks.
On Monday, two rockets hit open areas in Sderot and Shaar Hanegev just minutes after President Shimon Peres had left the area after visiting a local school.
Several hours earlier, a rocket was fired at Sderot shortly after the new school year began. Rockets were fired at the southern city on Sunday as well, hitting two factories. No injuries were reported.
The IDF retaliated to the recent firing of rockets at Sderot and bombed two weapons production and storage facilities in the northern Gaza Strip overnight. The IDF confirmed the report.
According to reports, Air Force jets struck a number posts belonging to Hamas' military wing as well as Hamas government security posts. Two Palestinian officers were injured.
It was also reported that Gaza security forces evacuated all of their posts for fear of additional attacks.
On Monday, two rockets hit open areas in Sderot and Shaar Hanegev just minutes after President Shimon Peres had left the area after visiting a local school.
Several hours earlier, a rocket was fired at Sderot shortly after the new school year began. Rockets were fired at the southern city on Sunday as well, hitting two factories. No injuries were reported.
A Jewish settler stabbed a Palestinian elderly man in Khirbet Msafer in Yatta south of al-Khalil on Monday causing him serious injuries.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of popular and national committees against the wall and settlements in Yatta, told Quds Press that a settler from "Mitzpe Yair" settlement stabbed Ismael Ibrahim al-Abra, 65, in Khirbet Beer al-Adra near Yatta town.
He pointed out that the settler stabbed Abra in the head and that a Red Crescent ambulance transferred him to a hospital in the territories occupied in 1948 where his injuries were described as serious.
Meanwhile, groups of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian lands in Salfit governorate and bulldozed lands for settlement expansion.
Local sources said that settlers from Brochin settlement, established on the village of Bruqin's lands, bulldozed new lands in the west of the village in preparation for the establishment of new settlement neighborhoods.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) also stormed the village of Deir Estia and issued orders to uproot 176 olive trees in Wadi Qana owned by the village's farmers, at the pretext that they had been planted in an area classified as "a natural reserve".
Deir Estia's mayor, Nadhmi Salman, recalled in a press statement that the IOF soldiers uprooted 1300 olive trees in the same district last year, and destroyed irrigation channels project.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of popular and national committees against the wall and settlements in Yatta, told Quds Press that a settler from "Mitzpe Yair" settlement stabbed Ismael Ibrahim al-Abra, 65, in Khirbet Beer al-Adra near Yatta town.
He pointed out that the settler stabbed Abra in the head and that a Red Crescent ambulance transferred him to a hospital in the territories occupied in 1948 where his injuries were described as serious.
Meanwhile, groups of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian lands in Salfit governorate and bulldozed lands for settlement expansion.
Local sources said that settlers from Brochin settlement, established on the village of Bruqin's lands, bulldozed new lands in the west of the village in preparation for the establishment of new settlement neighborhoods.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) also stormed the village of Deir Estia and issued orders to uproot 176 olive trees in Wadi Qana owned by the village's farmers, at the pretext that they had been planted in an area classified as "a natural reserve".
Deir Estia's mayor, Nadhmi Salman, recalled in a press statement that the IOF soldiers uprooted 1300 olive trees in the same district last year, and destroyed irrigation channels project.
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Euro-Mid denounced Israeli warships' deliberate act of attacking and dumping Palestinian fishing boats within the permissible fishing zone; endangering the lives of fishermen and civilians onboard the boats.
Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has distributed a video recording captured by a journalist working for Media Town. The Video shows two Israeli worships pursuing five Palestinian fishing boats owned by Gazan citizens in the Gazan waters. The footage was recorded at 10: 30 Tuesday morning, August 28. Euro-Mid condemned the ruthless attack of the Israeli warships which directly endangered the lives of Palestinian fishermen. |
Meanwhile, Euro-Mid warned against the continuation of such barbarous practices in the absence of international monitoring and deterrence. Euro-Mid considered the attack one of the many systematic practices used by Israel to destroy the fishing sector in the Gaza Strip, a sector that sustains more than 70,000 residents at time of high levels of unemployment and poverty due to Israeli siege.
Euro-Mid noted the attack occurred within the three nautical mile limit set by Israeli military. The fishing boats shown in the video, in fact, were chased at a distance of less than two nautical miles from shore which is an evident violation of the international law and the Israel's own law.
A detailed report by Euro-Mid was issued last May concluded that Israeli authorities did not only limit the permissible fishing zone, but also intended to prevent a great number of fishermen( around 3600) from practicing their own trade freely and safely, even within the permissible 3-mile limit, using its warships.
Euro-Mid report documented an estimate number of 150 violations per year committed by Israel against Gaza fishermen including arbitrarily arrests and shootings, in addition to dumping, vandalizing, and confiscating fishing boats.
Euro-Mid noted the attack occurred within the three nautical mile limit set by Israeli military. The fishing boats shown in the video, in fact, were chased at a distance of less than two nautical miles from shore which is an evident violation of the international law and the Israel's own law.
A detailed report by Euro-Mid was issued last May concluded that Israeli authorities did not only limit the permissible fishing zone, but also intended to prevent a great number of fishermen( around 3600) from practicing their own trade freely and safely, even within the permissible 3-mile limit, using its warships.
Euro-Mid report documented an estimate number of 150 violations per year committed by Israel against Gaza fishermen including arbitrarily arrests and shootings, in addition to dumping, vandalizing, and confiscating fishing boats.
(1 sept 2012)
The Euro-Mid observer for human rights strongly denounced the Israeli navy for attacking Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza and deliberately exposing the lives of fishermen to danger.
Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has distributed a video recording captured by a journalist working for Media Town. The Video shows two Israeli warships chasing five Palestinian fishing boats in the Gazan waters. The footage was recorded at 10:30 Tuesday morning, August 28.
Euro-Mid condemned the ruthless attack of the Israeli warships which directly endangered the lives of Palestinian fishermen. It also warned that the absence of international monitoring and deterrence would encourage more such barbarous practices.
Euro-Mid considered the attack one of the many systematic practices used by Israel to destroy the fishing sector in the Gaza Strip, a sector that sustains more than 70,000 residents in Gaza which suffers from high rates of unemployment and poverty due to the siege.
Euro-Mid noted the attack occurred within the three nautical miles limit set previously by the Israeli regime. The fishing boats shown in the video, in fact, were chased at a distance of less than two nautical miles from shore which is an evident violation of international law and Israel's own law.
A detailed report by Euro-Mid issued last May concluded that the Israeli occupation authorities did not only limit the permissible fishing zone, but also intended to prevent a great number of fishermen, about 3600, from practicing their own trade freely and safely, even within the permissible miles.
Its report documented an estimated number of 150 violations per year committed by Israel against Gaza fishermen including arbitrary arrests and shootings, in addition to capsizing, vandalizing, and confiscating fishing boats.
Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has distributed a video recording captured by a journalist working for Media Town. The Video shows two Israeli warships chasing five Palestinian fishing boats in the Gazan waters. The footage was recorded at 10:30 Tuesday morning, August 28.
Euro-Mid condemned the ruthless attack of the Israeli warships which directly endangered the lives of Palestinian fishermen. It also warned that the absence of international monitoring and deterrence would encourage more such barbarous practices.
Euro-Mid considered the attack one of the many systematic practices used by Israel to destroy the fishing sector in the Gaza Strip, a sector that sustains more than 70,000 residents in Gaza which suffers from high rates of unemployment and poverty due to the siege.
Euro-Mid noted the attack occurred within the three nautical miles limit set previously by the Israeli regime. The fishing boats shown in the video, in fact, were chased at a distance of less than two nautical miles from shore which is an evident violation of international law and Israel's own law.
A detailed report by Euro-Mid issued last May concluded that the Israeli occupation authorities did not only limit the permissible fishing zone, but also intended to prevent a great number of fishermen, about 3600, from practicing their own trade freely and safely, even within the permissible miles.
Its report documented an estimated number of 150 violations per year committed by Israel against Gaza fishermen including arbitrary arrests and shootings, in addition to capsizing, vandalizing, and confiscating fishing boats.
Four Palestinians were injured during violent clashes on Tuesday morning between citizens in the village of Laban, southern Nablus, and a group of Jewish settlers.
Local sources confirmed that the clashes erupted after the arrival of ten cars carrying a number of settlers to Al-Khan area located at the village entrance, where they made provocative actions, which led to the outbreak of a fight between the people of the region and the settlers. Four Palestinians and one settler were injured during the scuffle.
The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces that arrived to the scene arrested Samih Daraghmeh and his son Khaled, while two citizens were injured.
In the meantime, Palestinian sources reported that Jewish settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles this morning on the road between Nablus and Ramallah.
Jewish settlers set Palestinian cars on fire
Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked and set three Palestinian cars on fire in Sa’ir village to the east of Al-Khalil city on Tuesday.
Village municipality officials told the PIC that the settlers sneaked into the village before dawn Tuesday and wrote racist slogans on buildings such as “Death to Arabs and Palestinians”.
They said that the settlers set three cars on fire before fleeing the village.
Israeli occupation forces were seen deployed in the vicinity of Sa’ir, which indicated that they were escorting the settlers.
In the same context, other groups of Jewish settlers attacked a house in Laban village in Nablus province while trying to seize control of a nearby water spring.
Local sources confirmed that the clashes erupted after the arrival of ten cars carrying a number of settlers to Al-Khan area located at the village entrance, where they made provocative actions, which led to the outbreak of a fight between the people of the region and the settlers. Four Palestinians and one settler were injured during the scuffle.
The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces that arrived to the scene arrested Samih Daraghmeh and his son Khaled, while two citizens were injured.
In the meantime, Palestinian sources reported that Jewish settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles this morning on the road between Nablus and Ramallah.
Jewish settlers set Palestinian cars on fire
Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked and set three Palestinian cars on fire in Sa’ir village to the east of Al-Khalil city on Tuesday.
Village municipality officials told the PIC that the settlers sneaked into the village before dawn Tuesday and wrote racist slogans on buildings such as “Death to Arabs and Palestinians”.
They said that the settlers set three cars on fire before fleeing the village.
Israeli occupation forces were seen deployed in the vicinity of Sa’ir, which indicated that they were escorting the settlers.
In the same context, other groups of Jewish settlers attacked a house in Laban village in Nablus province while trying to seize control of a nearby water spring.
27 aug 2012
A member of the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad has been killed in an Israel drone attack inside Egypt, security sources say.
According Egyptian security sources in northern Sinai, Ibrahim Owida Nasser was hit by a missile fired by an Israeli drone on Sunday while riding his motorcycle in the Bedouin area south of the village of Al-Kasia, about 15 kilometers far from the Israeli-Egyptian border.
Nasser had been detained briefly last week as part of a sweeping military crackdown in the Sinai Peninsula. The crackdown came after gunmen killed 16 soldiers and injured many others in an attack on a border outpost on August 5.
Palestinian sources have quoted Egyptian officials as saying that Tel Aviv decided to carry out assassination drone attacks inside Egypt after Cairo failed to counter gunmen in the Sinai region near Egypt’s border with Israel and was forced to agree a deal with them.
Hundreds of Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israeli drone attacks in Gaza. But Israel's targeted killings in Egypt are almost rare.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 825 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli drone strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past five years.
The group also said that most of the victims had been targeted mistakenly or caught in the shrapnel shower resulting from the strikes.
On August 5, Eid Hijazi, a member of the Popular Resistance Committees, was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Another person was also injured in the attack.
According Egyptian security sources in northern Sinai, Ibrahim Owida Nasser was hit by a missile fired by an Israeli drone on Sunday while riding his motorcycle in the Bedouin area south of the village of Al-Kasia, about 15 kilometers far from the Israeli-Egyptian border.
Nasser had been detained briefly last week as part of a sweeping military crackdown in the Sinai Peninsula. The crackdown came after gunmen killed 16 soldiers and injured many others in an attack on a border outpost on August 5.
Palestinian sources have quoted Egyptian officials as saying that Tel Aviv decided to carry out assassination drone attacks inside Egypt after Cairo failed to counter gunmen in the Sinai region near Egypt’s border with Israel and was forced to agree a deal with them.
Hundreds of Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israeli drone attacks in Gaza. But Israel's targeted killings in Egypt are almost rare.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 825 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli drone strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past five years.
The group also said that most of the victims had been targeted mistakenly or caught in the shrapnel shower resulting from the strikes.
On August 5, Eid Hijazi, a member of the Popular Resistance Committees, was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Another person was also injured in the attack.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into the home of Kiswani family in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday at the pretext of searching for weapons.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF soldiers detained two members of the family, both in their 70s, during the search.
They said that the soldiers prevented ambulance teams along with neighbors from entering the house to check on the old man and his wife.
The locals said that the soldiers assaulted a number of women who were among the neighbors trying to enter the house and one of them was injured in her head after she fell on the ground when a soldier pushed her.
Ambulance teams later evacuated the old couple after the soldiers withdrew from the area.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF soldiers detained two members of the family, both in their 70s, during the search.
They said that the soldiers prevented ambulance teams along with neighbors from entering the house to check on the old man and his wife.
The locals said that the soldiers assaulted a number of women who were among the neighbors trying to enter the house and one of them was injured in her head after she fell on the ground when a soldier pushed her.
Ambulance teams later evacuated the old couple after the soldiers withdrew from the area.
Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Monday that those firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel "will pay".
Speaking at the opening of the Sha'ar Hanegev Technological High School, at the start of the Israeli school year, Peres said, "If they fire, we will fire. Hamas and all terrorist organizations affiliated with Hamas in Gaza will pay the price for trying to harm innocent people and disrupt the opening of the school year in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip."
"Hamas needs to know that there will be strong repercussions from Israel if it persists in firing rockets at Israeli children," the President said, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Seven rockets have been fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in recent days, including three on Monday. No one was injured in the attacks.
Israel invaded the Gaza Strip at the end of 2008, using rocket attacks from Gaza as justification. 28 Israelis were killed, and hundreds more injured, by rockets between 2001 and 2009, according to the BBC. Over 1300 Palestinians, the majority civilians, were killed in the Gaza War.
Peres praised the students of the school, and those who live in the south of Israel in general, for continuing with their lives as normal, despite the attacks. "The State of Israel is proud of you," he said.
Speaking at the opening of the Sha'ar Hanegev Technological High School, at the start of the Israeli school year, Peres said, "If they fire, we will fire. Hamas and all terrorist organizations affiliated with Hamas in Gaza will pay the price for trying to harm innocent people and disrupt the opening of the school year in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip."
"Hamas needs to know that there will be strong repercussions from Israel if it persists in firing rockets at Israeli children," the President said, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Seven rockets have been fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in recent days, including three on Monday. No one was injured in the attacks.
Israel invaded the Gaza Strip at the end of 2008, using rocket attacks from Gaza as justification. 28 Israelis were killed, and hundreds more injured, by rockets between 2001 and 2009, according to the BBC. Over 1300 Palestinians, the majority civilians, were killed in the Gaza War.
Peres praised the students of the school, and those who live in the south of Israel in general, for continuing with their lives as normal, despite the attacks. "The State of Israel is proud of you," he said.
25 aug 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at eastern Khuza'a town at dawn Saturday, local sources told the PIC reporter.
They said that the soldiers fired at the vicinity of a school in Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip.
The sources said that the school sustained damage as a result of the shooting but no casualties were reported.
They said that the soldiers fired at the vicinity of a school in Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip.
The sources said that the school sustained damage as a result of the shooting but no casualties were reported.
24 aug 2012
Israeli forces then handcuffed me and continued to tase me.
Israeli police ruthlessly attack Palestinian picnicker with tasers
A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem was attacked by Israeli police in a park near Tel Aviv last Tuesday, 14 August, while picnicking with his friends and family. Talal al-Sayad was attacked by Israeli police when attempting to intervene in a police attack on another man in Mimadyon Park in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv while he celebrated the end of Ramadan there.
Israeli police ruthlessly attack Palestinian picnicker with tasers
A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem was attacked by Israeli police in a park near Tel Aviv last Tuesday, 14 August, while picnicking with his friends and family. Talal al-Sayad was attacked by Israeli police when attempting to intervene in a police attack on another man in Mimadyon Park in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv while he celebrated the end of Ramadan there.
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Sayad told Silwan that he witnessed police, armed with tasers and pepper spray, attacking a man in the park that day.
When he attempted to help the man and offered to wash his face from the pepper spray, police screamed at Sayad and aimed their guns at him, despite the fact that Sayad was carrying his 3-year old son in his arms. Israeli forces then handcuffed me and continued to tase me.” Said Sayad: “Many of us, both Israelis and Palestinians, gathered around the injured man. The police threatened me, then shot me with a taser. It seemed like a new weapon they had, attached to the end of their gun, and hit me in four sharp shots. |
They can shoot the taser at someone from 10 meter away – I was tased until I fainted.
When I came to all I remember is a crushing pressure on my stomach, burns on my body and that I was unable to breathe. When I tried to get up they tased me again.
Sayad was taken to Ramat Gan Police Station and held for five hours, during which he threw up continually was denied the medical attention he urgently required.
Two of his friends were also taken by police, all of them accused of attempting to help the initial man they witnessed the attack upon escape police custody.
Sayad states that he intends to press charges against the Mahash police department. He considers his case strong, given that the entire attack was caught on camera. “I was attacked in front of my two children,” he says. “They are 13 and 3 years old.”
Witnesses: Man wounded in army raid on Hebron home
A Palestinian man was wounded when Israeli forces raided his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron overnight Thursday, witnesses told Ma'an.
Hosni Matrabeh, 48, lost consciousness when a soldier threw a sound bomb which exploded near his head, his relative Jamal Asaifan Matrabeh told Ma'an.
He said around 30 soldiers had raided their home in the Wadi Husain district, near the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba.
The troops said they were searching for someone who had shot at a building in the area which is controlled by the Israeli army, Matrabeh added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
IOF arrests Palestinian, injures three others
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian and injured three others at dawn Friday after storming several houses in Al-Khalil's neighborhoods.
Local sources reported that IOF troops stormed Wadi Al-Nasara area near Kiryat Arba settlement, east of Al-Khalil, using stun grenades and stones in door-knocking, causing panic among the women and children. They added that a man was injured when a stun grenade hit him.
The sources added that the Israeli troops searched the neighborhoods in that area.
In Yatta village, southern Al-Khail, two citizens were wounded after storming their houses and damaging their belongings.
Dozens of Israeli jeeps accompanied by sniffer dogs broke into Deir al-Hawa neighborhood west of Yatta and searched a number of houses and damaged their furniture.
Furthermore, Israeli forces arrested a citizen in Beit Ummar, while soldiers carried out raids and searches.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested dozens of citizens of Al-Khalil city since the beginning of last week.
Peaceful W. Bank marches still violently quelled by Israeli troops
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign peace activists sustained tear gas suffocation and injuries when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked on Friday afternoon their weekly marches against the segregation wall and settlement activities in different West Bank villages.
The popular committee against the wall and settlement in Bil'in village said a force of Israeli troops showered the weekly peaceful march with a barrage of tear gas grenades and fired rubber bullet at the protestors to disperse them.
Dozens of protestors suffered injuries including a Canadian journalist David Katzenberg who was wounded in one of his legs and hands as they reached near the segregation wall near Abu Leimun land in the village.
An armored Israeli vehicle also sprayed the Bil'in protestors with wastewater causing many of them to vomit and suffocate.
A large agricultural area was also burned as a result of the random firing of tear gas grenades.
In Kafr Qaddum village west of Nablus city, many protesters were reportedly injured including a French activist named Luisa as they marched towards the main entrance of the village to protest its closure for years.
The Israeli troops opened fire from tear gas launchers and prevented the protestor from getting closer to the entrance which Israel annexed many years ago to its illegal Qedumim settlement.
The IOF also suppressed the peaceful march against the segregation wall that was organized yesterday afternoon in Masarah village southwest of Bethlehem and caused injuries among protestors.
When I came to all I remember is a crushing pressure on my stomach, burns on my body and that I was unable to breathe. When I tried to get up they tased me again.
Sayad was taken to Ramat Gan Police Station and held for five hours, during which he threw up continually was denied the medical attention he urgently required.
Two of his friends were also taken by police, all of them accused of attempting to help the initial man they witnessed the attack upon escape police custody.
Sayad states that he intends to press charges against the Mahash police department. He considers his case strong, given that the entire attack was caught on camera. “I was attacked in front of my two children,” he says. “They are 13 and 3 years old.”
Witnesses: Man wounded in army raid on Hebron home
A Palestinian man was wounded when Israeli forces raided his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron overnight Thursday, witnesses told Ma'an.
Hosni Matrabeh, 48, lost consciousness when a soldier threw a sound bomb which exploded near his head, his relative Jamal Asaifan Matrabeh told Ma'an.
He said around 30 soldiers had raided their home in the Wadi Husain district, near the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba.
The troops said they were searching for someone who had shot at a building in the area which is controlled by the Israeli army, Matrabeh added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
IOF arrests Palestinian, injures three others
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian and injured three others at dawn Friday after storming several houses in Al-Khalil's neighborhoods.
Local sources reported that IOF troops stormed Wadi Al-Nasara area near Kiryat Arba settlement, east of Al-Khalil, using stun grenades and stones in door-knocking, causing panic among the women and children. They added that a man was injured when a stun grenade hit him.
The sources added that the Israeli troops searched the neighborhoods in that area.
In Yatta village, southern Al-Khail, two citizens were wounded after storming their houses and damaging their belongings.
Dozens of Israeli jeeps accompanied by sniffer dogs broke into Deir al-Hawa neighborhood west of Yatta and searched a number of houses and damaged their furniture.
Furthermore, Israeli forces arrested a citizen in Beit Ummar, while soldiers carried out raids and searches.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested dozens of citizens of Al-Khalil city since the beginning of last week.
Peaceful W. Bank marches still violently quelled by Israeli troops
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign peace activists sustained tear gas suffocation and injuries when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked on Friday afternoon their weekly marches against the segregation wall and settlement activities in different West Bank villages.
The popular committee against the wall and settlement in Bil'in village said a force of Israeli troops showered the weekly peaceful march with a barrage of tear gas grenades and fired rubber bullet at the protestors to disperse them.
Dozens of protestors suffered injuries including a Canadian journalist David Katzenberg who was wounded in one of his legs and hands as they reached near the segregation wall near Abu Leimun land in the village.
An armored Israeli vehicle also sprayed the Bil'in protestors with wastewater causing many of them to vomit and suffocate.
A large agricultural area was also burned as a result of the random firing of tear gas grenades.
In Kafr Qaddum village west of Nablus city, many protesters were reportedly injured including a French activist named Luisa as they marched towards the main entrance of the village to protest its closure for years.
The Israeli troops opened fire from tear gas launchers and prevented the protestor from getting closer to the entrance which Israel annexed many years ago to its illegal Qedumim settlement.
The IOF also suppressed the peaceful march against the segregation wall that was organized yesterday afternoon in Masarah village southwest of Bethlehem and caused injuries among protestors.
23 aug 2012
An Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in the southern West Bank of Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove off in what appears to be a ramming attack, medical sources reported.
Nasser Qabaja, a Red Crescent official in Hebron, said that the child was moved to an Israeli hospital upon request of her family.
Medical sources said that the child suffered moderate injuries, and that she suffered various cuts and bruises.
Late in January this year, an Israeli driver hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off in an apparent ramming attack.
Some of the witnesses present at the scene were able to document the license number of the vehicle, but Israeli police did not take the information when it was presented to them.
Although several previous ramming incidents have been reported to the Israeli police and military, no investigations of these incidents have been carried out by the Israeli authoritie.
Nasser Qabaja, a Red Crescent official in Hebron, said that the child was moved to an Israeli hospital upon request of her family.
Medical sources said that the child suffered moderate injuries, and that she suffered various cuts and bruises.
Late in January this year, an Israeli driver hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off in an apparent ramming attack.
Some of the witnesses present at the scene were able to document the license number of the vehicle, but Israeli police did not take the information when it was presented to them.
Although several previous ramming incidents have been reported to the Israeli police and military, no investigations of these incidents have been carried out by the Israeli authoritie.
File - Soldiers Chasing Palestine Woman
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that an elderly Palestinian woman was wounded, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers attacked her and her family, in Atarot area north of Jerusalem, and kidnapped two family members.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency, WAFA, reported that Israeli soldiers attacked members of Al-Bazian family and hurled gas bombs at their home.
Resident Sobeh Al-Bazian, 66, suffocated after inhaling gas and was moved to Hadassah Israeli Hospital in the city. The soldiers went on to kidnap two members of her family.
Bilal Yousef al-Bazian, the son of Sobeh, said that the attack was unprovoked and fast, as the soldiers attacked the young men of the family and sprayed them with gas before kidnapping Talal Yousef al-Bazian, 40, and Yousef Zuheir al-Bazian, 23.
Bilal added that soldiers attacked his mother who tried to defend her sons, and her grandson, “but the soldiers did not show any respect to her age; they threw her on the ground and sprayed her with gas”. His mother was hospitalized suffered suffering bruises and pain in her back.
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that an elderly Palestinian woman was wounded, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers attacked her and her family, in Atarot area north of Jerusalem, and kidnapped two family members.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency, WAFA, reported that Israeli soldiers attacked members of Al-Bazian family and hurled gas bombs at their home.
Resident Sobeh Al-Bazian, 66, suffocated after inhaling gas and was moved to Hadassah Israeli Hospital in the city. The soldiers went on to kidnap two members of her family.
Bilal Yousef al-Bazian, the son of Sobeh, said that the attack was unprovoked and fast, as the soldiers attacked the young men of the family and sprayed them with gas before kidnapping Talal Yousef al-Bazian, 40, and Yousef Zuheir al-Bazian, 23.
Bilal added that soldiers attacked his mother who tried to defend her sons, and her grandson, “but the soldiers did not show any respect to her age; they threw her on the ground and sprayed her with gas”. His mother was hospitalized suffered suffering bruises and pain in her back.
Victim required eight stitches
East Jerusalem residents claim three armed men assaulted them in Tel Aviv parking lot. MK Tibi: Hunting season for Arabs is upon us.
Two east Jerusalem teens are claiming they were assaulted by three men in Tel Aviv earlier this week in what could be another case of racist violence after last week's Jerusalem lynch. One suffered a head injury and required eight stitches and the other sustained light wounds.
Suhib Hushia, 19, said he and his friend were assaulted on their way back from a Tel Aviv beach as they stopped at a parking lot to ask for directions.
"Suddenly three armed men approached us and started yelling at us," he recalled. "We explained we were looking for directions but they shouted at us to leave."
According to Hushia, one of the men was wearing a spike glove and slapped his friend. The three then assaulted Hushia using various objects he was unable to see.
Suhib's brother reported that damage was caused to the victims' car. He noted that the two had called the police and Magen David Adom but that no forces were sent to the scene as the operators could not understand the two who do not speak Hebrew.
He noted that officers at the Jerusalem police station, where they tried to file a complaint after the incident, told them to return later in the day as there was no Arabic-speaking officer. "This shows us the police's powerlessness in dealing with racist assaults against Arabs."
"I thought I was going to die," Subib said, adding that the assailants had called him a "dirty Arab" and other swear words.
MK Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List Ta'al) said in response, "Hunting season for Arabs is at its height with support from a rightist government and racist Knesset." He blamed the Israel Police for allowing hate crimes against Arabs to happen.
"Imagine Israel's response had the tables been turned and a Jew was lynched at an Arab town. We are outraged and appalled over the wave of racist violence sweeping the country sponsored by the Right."
Police said that no complaint was made in the case.
"Three men arrived at the station. An officer noticed contusions on their bodies and advised them to get medical treatment and then file a complaint at the Jerusalem police station, which is nearer to their place of residence," the Tel Aviv District Police spokeswoman said. She added that police are working to trace the assailants.
East Jerusalem residents claim three armed men assaulted them in Tel Aviv parking lot. MK Tibi: Hunting season for Arabs is upon us.
Two east Jerusalem teens are claiming they were assaulted by three men in Tel Aviv earlier this week in what could be another case of racist violence after last week's Jerusalem lynch. One suffered a head injury and required eight stitches and the other sustained light wounds.
Suhib Hushia, 19, said he and his friend were assaulted on their way back from a Tel Aviv beach as they stopped at a parking lot to ask for directions.
"Suddenly three armed men approached us and started yelling at us," he recalled. "We explained we were looking for directions but they shouted at us to leave."
According to Hushia, one of the men was wearing a spike glove and slapped his friend. The three then assaulted Hushia using various objects he was unable to see.
Suhib's brother reported that damage was caused to the victims' car. He noted that the two had called the police and Magen David Adom but that no forces were sent to the scene as the operators could not understand the two who do not speak Hebrew.
He noted that officers at the Jerusalem police station, where they tried to file a complaint after the incident, told them to return later in the day as there was no Arabic-speaking officer. "This shows us the police's powerlessness in dealing with racist assaults against Arabs."
"I thought I was going to die," Subib said, adding that the assailants had called him a "dirty Arab" and other swear words.
MK Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List Ta'al) said in response, "Hunting season for Arabs is at its height with support from a rightist government and racist Knesset." He blamed the Israel Police for allowing hate crimes against Arabs to happen.
"Imagine Israel's response had the tables been turned and a Jew was lynched at an Arab town. We are outraged and appalled over the wave of racist violence sweeping the country sponsored by the Right."
Police said that no complaint was made in the case.
"Three men arrived at the station. An officer noticed contusions on their bodies and advised them to get medical treatment and then file a complaint at the Jerusalem police station, which is nearer to their place of residence," the Tel Aviv District Police spokeswoman said. She added that police are working to trace the assailants.
A Palestinian man from East Jerusalem is in hospital after he was severely beaten by undercover Israeli police forces, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Thursday.
Mohammad Mahmoud Abdullah, 20, from al-Issawiya, is in Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital with fractures to his skull and ribs and an injured eye, the PPS said in a statement.
Abdullah told PPS that Israeli police handcuffed and blindfolded him before attacking him. They also took photos with him before detaining him, he said, according to the group.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld did not return a call seeking comment.
The prisoners society condemned the attack and said Israeli police had acted barbarically toward Palestinians, particularly those living in Jerusalem. It called for an investigation into the incident.
Israeli Police Severely Batters Youth in East Jerusalem
Israeli police Thursday severely battered and arrested a 20 year-old Palestinian from Issawiya, an East Jerusalem neighborhood, according to a statement issued by the Palestinian prisoner’s club (PPC).
PPC said Israeli police battered Mohammad Abdallah before arresting him, injuring him seriously; serious bruises, injuries and critical fractures all over his body, including in the skull and his ribs.
Abdallah told PPC that Israeli police handcuffed and blindfolded him, as well as took pictures of him before arresting him. He was transferred to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem for treatment.
PPC said the police requested to extend the arrest of Abdallah and keep him under police guard in the hospital despite his critical condition.
It condemned this attack and called to open an investigation into the incident.
Mohammad Mahmoud Abdullah, 20, from al-Issawiya, is in Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital with fractures to his skull and ribs and an injured eye, the PPS said in a statement.
Abdullah told PPS that Israeli police handcuffed and blindfolded him before attacking him. They also took photos with him before detaining him, he said, according to the group.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld did not return a call seeking comment.
The prisoners society condemned the attack and said Israeli police had acted barbarically toward Palestinians, particularly those living in Jerusalem. It called for an investigation into the incident.
Israeli Police Severely Batters Youth in East Jerusalem
Israeli police Thursday severely battered and arrested a 20 year-old Palestinian from Issawiya, an East Jerusalem neighborhood, according to a statement issued by the Palestinian prisoner’s club (PPC).
PPC said Israeli police battered Mohammad Abdallah before arresting him, injuring him seriously; serious bruises, injuries and critical fractures all over his body, including in the skull and his ribs.
Abdallah told PPC that Israeli police handcuffed and blindfolded him, as well as took pictures of him before arresting him. He was transferred to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem for treatment.
PPC said the police requested to extend the arrest of Abdallah and keep him under police guard in the hospital despite his critical condition.
It condemned this attack and called to open an investigation into the incident.
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