9 oct 2012
A senior commander in the Israeli occupation army has said that a new war on the Gaza Strip was “inevitable”.
Hebrew daily Maariv on Tuesday quoted the unnamed commander as saying that the new war would include a land invasion similar to operation “Cast Lead” four years ago.
He said that the main goal of the operation would be restoring Israel’s power of deterrence.
Well informed sources in the Israeli occupation army on Monday evening said that an Israeli land invasion of the coastal enclave would be in retaliation to the Palestinian rocket attacks.
Benny Gantz announced on assuming his new post as chief of the Israeli army staff that a war on Gaza during his period in office was “inevitable”.
Other attacks today: Right-wing extremists attack orthodox monastery
More than a hundred Jewish settlers storm the Aqsa esplanade
New Palestinian Nakba in Umm Al-Hieran village in the Negev
Hebrew daily Maariv on Tuesday quoted the unnamed commander as saying that the new war would include a land invasion similar to operation “Cast Lead” four years ago.
He said that the main goal of the operation would be restoring Israel’s power of deterrence.
Well informed sources in the Israeli occupation army on Monday evening said that an Israeli land invasion of the coastal enclave would be in retaliation to the Palestinian rocket attacks.
Benny Gantz announced on assuming his new post as chief of the Israeli army staff that a war on Gaza during his period in office was “inevitable”.
Other attacks today: Right-wing extremists attack orthodox monastery
More than a hundred Jewish settlers storm the Aqsa esplanade
New Palestinian Nakba in Umm Al-Hieran village in the Negev
8 oct 2012
Abdullah Hasan Makkawi, 25
Abdullah Hasan Makkawi, 25, died on Monday from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said.
Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Makkawi died in Shifa Hospital. Makkawi was hit while riding his motorcycle in the Brazil neighborhood in Rafah.
Israel said Makkawi was a member of the Ashora Council of the Martyrs of Jerusalem. The raid also targeted Talaat Halil Muhammad Jarbi, a Global Jihad operative involved in firing rockets and manufacturing weapons, the Israeli military said in a statement.
Al-Qidra said 11 people were injuring in the strike on the busy Rafah neighborhood, including five children.
Hamas' military wing Izz Addin Al-Qassam Brigades and the Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades said they fired rockets at Israeli military bases in response to the airstrike.
Israeli forces fired a barrage of artillery shells on the southern Gaza Strip early Monday injuring another five Palestinians, al-Qidra said.
Israel's military said its forces "targeted Hamas terror activity sites and terrorist squads responsible for the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip."
An army spokeswoman said up to 30 rockets had hit southern Israel early Monday, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
More than 10 Israeli artillery shells landed near Ammar Ibn Yasser Mosque east of Khan Younis, causing damage to the minaret and a water tower, witnesses said.
Later Monday morning, residents said a missile was fired at Rafah by an Israeli military aircraft, with no reports of casualties.
Meanwhile, Education Ministry official Ahmad Najjar said that five schools in the southern Gaza Strip were evacuated for safety reasons.
The Israeli army says over 470 rockets have been fired from Gaza this year, but it was the first time since June that Hamas had acknowledged launching rockets at Israel. A Hamas spokesman said the movement would not remain passive in the face of what it called "one-sided" Israeli violence.
Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Hamas armed wing Izz El-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, said the rocket firing was a message to Israel that it would not accept "a formula of a one-sided aggression by the occupation on flimsy pretexts".
With Egyptian mediation, Hamas has made efforts in the past to clamp down on smaller militant groups that persist in mounting attacks on Israel, partly in order to avoid another devastating war. The Israeli offensive in the winter of 2009 killed more than 1,000 Palestinians.
But on Monday Abu Ubaida said Hamas had displayed a "high level of coordination" with Islamic Jihad in unleashing the latest rocket barrage.
"Should the enemy continue its aggression against the Gaza Strip the reaction by the resistance will be stronger and broader," he said.
other attacks today: Khan Younis evacuated on Monday five schools in light of the escalating Israeli raids on the area.
IOF violate court verdict, establish military base in evacuated settlement
Abdullah Hasan Makkawi, 25, died on Monday from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said.
Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Makkawi died in Shifa Hospital. Makkawi was hit while riding his motorcycle in the Brazil neighborhood in Rafah.
Israel said Makkawi was a member of the Ashora Council of the Martyrs of Jerusalem. The raid also targeted Talaat Halil Muhammad Jarbi, a Global Jihad operative involved in firing rockets and manufacturing weapons, the Israeli military said in a statement.
Al-Qidra said 11 people were injuring in the strike on the busy Rafah neighborhood, including five children.
Hamas' military wing Izz Addin Al-Qassam Brigades and the Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades said they fired rockets at Israeli military bases in response to the airstrike.
Israeli forces fired a barrage of artillery shells on the southern Gaza Strip early Monday injuring another five Palestinians, al-Qidra said.
Israel's military said its forces "targeted Hamas terror activity sites and terrorist squads responsible for the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip."
An army spokeswoman said up to 30 rockets had hit southern Israel early Monday, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
More than 10 Israeli artillery shells landed near Ammar Ibn Yasser Mosque east of Khan Younis, causing damage to the minaret and a water tower, witnesses said.
Later Monday morning, residents said a missile was fired at Rafah by an Israeli military aircraft, with no reports of casualties.
Meanwhile, Education Ministry official Ahmad Najjar said that five schools in the southern Gaza Strip were evacuated for safety reasons.
The Israeli army says over 470 rockets have been fired from Gaza this year, but it was the first time since June that Hamas had acknowledged launching rockets at Israel. A Hamas spokesman said the movement would not remain passive in the face of what it called "one-sided" Israeli violence.
Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Hamas armed wing Izz El-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, said the rocket firing was a message to Israel that it would not accept "a formula of a one-sided aggression by the occupation on flimsy pretexts".
With Egyptian mediation, Hamas has made efforts in the past to clamp down on smaller militant groups that persist in mounting attacks on Israel, partly in order to avoid another devastating war. The Israeli offensive in the winter of 2009 killed more than 1,000 Palestinians.
But on Monday Abu Ubaida said Hamas had displayed a "high level of coordination" with Islamic Jihad in unleashing the latest rocket barrage.
"Should the enemy continue its aggression against the Gaza Strip the reaction by the resistance will be stronger and broader," he said.
other attacks today: Khan Younis evacuated on Monday five schools in light of the escalating Israeli raids on the area.
IOF violate court verdict, establish military base in evacuated settlement
Israeli helicopter gunships raided an area to the east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday morning, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that an Israeli army chopper fired at least one missile at a deserted area near Dar Al-Fadila.
The sources said that no casualties were reported in the attack.
They told the PIC reporter that an Israeli army chopper fired at least one missile at a deserted area near Dar Al-Fadila.
The sources said that no casualties were reported in the attack.
Four Palestinians including a child suffered different wounds in the Israeli artillery attacks east of Khan Younis in Gaza on Monday morning, a medical official source told the Palestinian information center (PIC).
The source added that the bombing of populated areas east of Abasan district in Khan Younis led to the injury of three civilians including a 13-year old girl and the destruction of the district water reservoir.
He also said that one Palestinian resistance fighter from Islamic Jihad sustained injuries in a similar attack on Qarara district in Khan Younis.
In this regard, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, warned that the Palestinian resistance is well geared up to strongly respond to any Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and its people.
Spokesman for the Brigades Abu Obeida stated in a press release posted on Al-Qassam website on Monday that "the resistance attacks on enemy positions are only a message that the resistance will not allow the occupation to impose its formula of aggression unilaterally under flimsy pretexts."
The spokesman emphasized that the joint resistance operations that were and would be carried out against Israeli military posts reflect the high-level coordination between the resistance factions in managing the confrontation with the Israeli military regime.
"The persistence in attacking the Gaza Strip would incur stronger and broader response by the Palestinian resistance," he warned further.
Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad launched Monday morning counterattacks on Israeli targets in retaliation to the Israeli aerial attack on Rafah area on Sunday which rendered many civilians and children wounded.
The source added that the bombing of populated areas east of Abasan district in Khan Younis led to the injury of three civilians including a 13-year old girl and the destruction of the district water reservoir.
He also said that one Palestinian resistance fighter from Islamic Jihad sustained injuries in a similar attack on Qarara district in Khan Younis.
In this regard, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, warned that the Palestinian resistance is well geared up to strongly respond to any Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and its people.
Spokesman for the Brigades Abu Obeida stated in a press release posted on Al-Qassam website on Monday that "the resistance attacks on enemy positions are only a message that the resistance will not allow the occupation to impose its formula of aggression unilaterally under flimsy pretexts."
The spokesman emphasized that the joint resistance operations that were and would be carried out against Israeli military posts reflect the high-level coordination between the resistance factions in managing the confrontation with the Israeli military regime.
"The persistence in attacking the Gaza Strip would incur stronger and broader response by the Palestinian resistance," he warned further.
Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad launched Monday morning counterattacks on Israeli targets in retaliation to the Israeli aerial attack on Rafah area on Sunday which rendered many civilians and children wounded.
Violent Israeli artillery attacks on populated areas east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip Monday morning has rendered one Palestinian civilian wounded and caused damage to two Mosques and a water tank.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli tanks bombed the populated areas east of Khan Younis about 15 times.
The artillery attacks led to the destruction of the minarets of Hidaya Mosque in Khuza'a area and Amar Bin Yaser Mosque in Abasan area as well as a water tank in Abasan.
The Israeli tanks also fired several shells at Qarara area in Khan Younis wounding one civilian who was rushed to Naser hospital.
In an earlier incident, 10 Palestinian citizens including five children were wounded afternoon Sunday in an Israeli air raid that targeted a motorbike in Rafah border area of the Gaza Strip.
In retaliation to yesterday's Israeli military escalation, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, launched on Monday morning rocket attacks on Israeli targets near Gaza border areas.
In a joint communiqué, the two resistance wings said their fighters waged at 06:30 in the morning counterattacks on Israeli military posts of Karam Abu Salem, Kissufim, Isnad Sofa and Al-Ein Atalita.
Awqaf Ministry condemns the bombing of two mosques in Khan Younis
Dr. Ismail Radwan, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, strongly condemned, the Israeli occupation forces' targeting of two mosques east of Khan Yunis, causing serious damage.
The Minister of Awqaf considered, in a statement issued on Monday, that the targeting of mosques as a serious indicator and a flagrant violation to the sanctity of mosques and places of worship stipulated by all laws and international norms and conventions.
The criminal Israeli forces daily committed war crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people, targeting children, women and the elderly and civilian homes, he added.
Dr. Radwan called on Arab and Islamic nations and all the free world for urgent action in order to support Palestine and its people, mosques and holy sites, asking the nation's religious leaders to take their real role in protecting the Palestinian people.
Education ministry evacuates five schools in southern Gaza
The education ministry in the southern Gaza Strip province of Khan Younis evacuated on Monday five schools in light of the escalating Israeli raids on the area.
The ministry said in a press release that a big number of Israeli shells fell in the vicinity of those schools in the early morning hours prompting it to order their evacuation fearing for the lives of the schoolchildren.
The director of the ministry’s office east of Khan Younis Fathi Klub said that the evacuation fell in line with the ministry’s policy of evacuating schools at times of Israeli aggression.
The ministry had earlier made exercises on evacuation of schools at times of war in preparation for any such possibility on the part of the Israeli occupation.
Haneyya gov’t asks UNSC to bridle Israeli aggression
The Gaza government of Ismail Haneyya has asked the UN Security Council to assume its responsibility and bridle the Israeli aggression on civilians in the besieged enclave.
It said in a statement on Monday that Israel was disregarding all international laws and conventions that ban targeting civilians in any conflict.
The government condemned Israel’s deliberately firing of shells and missiles at unarmed citizens using tank, drones, and F-16 warplanes.
The world must shoulder its responsibility and rein-in the Israeli occupation government, it said, pointing to the Israeli shelling of a group of citizens on Sunday evening and a mosque on Monday morning.
The government said that the Israeli occupation authority was trying to divert the attention away from its crimes in occupied Jerusalem and the repeated attacks on the holy Aqsa mosque.
It finally called on the media to expose the Israeli crimes, which did not spare schools, and not to blame the Palestinian resistance for retaliating to those crimes.
The Israeli aerial raids and land shelling wounded 20 Palestinians on Sunday and Monday including children.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli tanks bombed the populated areas east of Khan Younis about 15 times.
The artillery attacks led to the destruction of the minarets of Hidaya Mosque in Khuza'a area and Amar Bin Yaser Mosque in Abasan area as well as a water tank in Abasan.
The Israeli tanks also fired several shells at Qarara area in Khan Younis wounding one civilian who was rushed to Naser hospital.
In an earlier incident, 10 Palestinian citizens including five children were wounded afternoon Sunday in an Israeli air raid that targeted a motorbike in Rafah border area of the Gaza Strip.
In retaliation to yesterday's Israeli military escalation, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, launched on Monday morning rocket attacks on Israeli targets near Gaza border areas.
In a joint communiqué, the two resistance wings said their fighters waged at 06:30 in the morning counterattacks on Israeli military posts of Karam Abu Salem, Kissufim, Isnad Sofa and Al-Ein Atalita.
Awqaf Ministry condemns the bombing of two mosques in Khan Younis
Dr. Ismail Radwan, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, strongly condemned, the Israeli occupation forces' targeting of two mosques east of Khan Yunis, causing serious damage.
The Minister of Awqaf considered, in a statement issued on Monday, that the targeting of mosques as a serious indicator and a flagrant violation to the sanctity of mosques and places of worship stipulated by all laws and international norms and conventions.
The criminal Israeli forces daily committed war crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people, targeting children, women and the elderly and civilian homes, he added.
Dr. Radwan called on Arab and Islamic nations and all the free world for urgent action in order to support Palestine and its people, mosques and holy sites, asking the nation's religious leaders to take their real role in protecting the Palestinian people.
Education ministry evacuates five schools in southern Gaza
The education ministry in the southern Gaza Strip province of Khan Younis evacuated on Monday five schools in light of the escalating Israeli raids on the area.
The ministry said in a press release that a big number of Israeli shells fell in the vicinity of those schools in the early morning hours prompting it to order their evacuation fearing for the lives of the schoolchildren.
The director of the ministry’s office east of Khan Younis Fathi Klub said that the evacuation fell in line with the ministry’s policy of evacuating schools at times of Israeli aggression.
The ministry had earlier made exercises on evacuation of schools at times of war in preparation for any such possibility on the part of the Israeli occupation.
Haneyya gov’t asks UNSC to bridle Israeli aggression
The Gaza government of Ismail Haneyya has asked the UN Security Council to assume its responsibility and bridle the Israeli aggression on civilians in the besieged enclave.
It said in a statement on Monday that Israel was disregarding all international laws and conventions that ban targeting civilians in any conflict.
The government condemned Israel’s deliberately firing of shells and missiles at unarmed citizens using tank, drones, and F-16 warplanes.
The world must shoulder its responsibility and rein-in the Israeli occupation government, it said, pointing to the Israeli shelling of a group of citizens on Sunday evening and a mosque on Monday morning.
The government said that the Israeli occupation authority was trying to divert the attention away from its crimes in occupied Jerusalem and the repeated attacks on the holy Aqsa mosque.
It finally called on the media to expose the Israeli crimes, which did not spare schools, and not to blame the Palestinian resistance for retaliating to those crimes.
The Israeli aerial raids and land shelling wounded 20 Palestinians on Sunday and Monday including children.
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured, on Monday afternoon, by Israeli military fire near Beit Jala city, northwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Local sources reported that undercover soldiers of the Israeli military opened fire at Sakhr Hussein and Al-Allamy, 26, while he was heading to work at the Gilo nearby Israeli settlement, the Maan News Agency reported.
Mohammad Ayyad, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, told Maan that the soldiers shot Al-Allamy, and chased him after he was wounded but did not arrest him.
Al-Allamy was moved to the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital; his wounds were described as moderate.
Man 'shot by undercover Israeli soldiers' near Bethlehem
Undercover Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 26-year-old Palestinian man in Beit Jala on Monday, a local official said.
Plain-clothes soldiers shot Sakhr Husain al-Alami, from Beit Ummar, as he traveled to work in Gilo settlement, said Muhammad Awad, the spokesman for the Beit Ummar popular committee.
Al-Alami is in a stable condition at Beit Jala governmental hospital, Awad told Ma'an.
Settlers Throw Stones at Cars in Hebron, Palestinian Injured
On Monday 8th October, Palestinian was wounded after settlers threw stones at his car, south of Hebron.
Security sources said that Anwar Hussein Ali al-Qaisi was passing through a street adjacent to Hajai settlement when settlers started to throw stones. Al-Qaisi was transferred to Aliya hospital in Hebron for treatment.
Local sources reported that undercover soldiers of the Israeli military opened fire at Sakhr Hussein and Al-Allamy, 26, while he was heading to work at the Gilo nearby Israeli settlement, the Maan News Agency reported.
Mohammad Ayyad, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, told Maan that the soldiers shot Al-Allamy, and chased him after he was wounded but did not arrest him.
Al-Allamy was moved to the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital; his wounds were described as moderate.
Man 'shot by undercover Israeli soldiers' near Bethlehem
Undercover Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 26-year-old Palestinian man in Beit Jala on Monday, a local official said.
Plain-clothes soldiers shot Sakhr Husain al-Alami, from Beit Ummar, as he traveled to work in Gilo settlement, said Muhammad Awad, the spokesman for the Beit Ummar popular committee.
Al-Alami is in a stable condition at Beit Jala governmental hospital, Awad told Ma'an.
Settlers Throw Stones at Cars in Hebron, Palestinian Injured
On Monday 8th October, Palestinian was wounded after settlers threw stones at his car, south of Hebron.
Security sources said that Anwar Hussein Ali al-Qaisi was passing through a street adjacent to Hajai settlement when settlers started to throw stones. Al-Qaisi was transferred to Aliya hospital in Hebron for treatment.
7 oct 2012
Talaat Halil Muhammad Jarbi
At least one Palestinian has been killed and another 10 injured an Israeli attack on Palestinians driving a motorcycle. Initial reports state 2 are wounded severely and among the wounded one child.
Shortly after Shorouk_News reported 2 children among the wounded.
Initial reports can been seen at Wafa (arabic) and Al-Resalah (arabic) PressTV (english)
Shortly after, Ma’an flash arabic reports 11 wounded.
Full (preliminary report by Ma’an:
An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip injured 11 people on Sunday, a medical official said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that the airstrike targeted a motorcycle traveling in a busy neighborhood of Rafah. Two of the wounded were in a critical condition and one person required both legs to be amputated, al-Qidra added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that an attack had taken place but could not provide further details.
At least one Palestinian has been killed and another 10 injured an Israeli attack on Palestinians driving a motorcycle. Initial reports state 2 are wounded severely and among the wounded one child.
Shortly after Shorouk_News reported 2 children among the wounded.
Initial reports can been seen at Wafa (arabic) and Al-Resalah (arabic) PressTV (english)
Shortly after, Ma’an flash arabic reports 11 wounded.
Full (preliminary report by Ma’an:
An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip injured 11 people on Sunday, a medical official said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that the airstrike targeted a motorcycle traveling in a busy neighborhood of Rafah. Two of the wounded were in a critical condition and one person required both legs to be amputated, al-Qidra added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that an attack had taken place but could not provide further details.
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Ten Palestinian citizens including five children were wounded afternoon Sunday in an Israeli air raid that targeted a motorbike in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, sources said.
A local source said that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at a motorbike in Brazil suburb in Rafah city, adding that two men were riding the bike and that ten citizens were injured as a result of the explosions.For his part, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza, told Quds Press that five children were among the casualties. He said that three of the casualties were in a very serious condition while the children, who included a toddler, suffered moderate to light injuries. Qudra said that no one was killed in the raid that targeted an area crowded with civilians and at a time schoolchildren, in the evening schools, were heading back home. |
A Palestinian man was attacked by Israeli forces outside Makassed Hospital in Al-Tur on Saturday, 6 October.
Hani Abu al-Hawa was already heavily injured from an earlier beating by Israeli forces, and was treated in the emergency room of Hadasa Hospital in Assawiye for facial injuries.
Witnesses report that Hawa was accused by Israeli forces of throwing a bottle at them while he was standing across the road from the Makassed Hospital.
He was still recovering from an attack an Hadasa Hospital, when Israeli forces attacked him inside the emergency room, beating his face until his nose bled.
Hawa’s brother Wael Abu al-Hawa stated that his brother remains in hospital and is under arrest there.
He is expected to undergo investigation as soon as he is discharged from hospital. Wael condemned the attack on his brother, adding that he already suffers from diabetes and has received treatment for kidney problems for the past 25 years.
Confrontations at Hitta gate in occupied Jerusalem
Clashes have erupted at Hitta Gate neighborhood and Silsla Gate street in the old town of Jerusalem, on Saturday night, between the occupation forces and settlers and Jerusalemite traders.
A number of settlers in the street Silsla Gate have provoked traders insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, which led to verbal altercations and then a fistfight between the two parties. The Israeli police came to the scene and assaulted the merchant Said Salhi, 55, and his brother Ali, 46, and his son Abbas, 25, who were beaten and pepper-sprayed, locals told PIC.
Ali Salhi and Abbas were transferred to “Chara Tsidaq” hospital, while Said was arrested under the pretext of attacking an Israeli policeman.
Stones and Fireworks were thrown on Israeli occupation forces when they stormed Hutta Gate neighborhood. Two Jerusalemites were arrested.
Hani Abu al-Hawa was already heavily injured from an earlier beating by Israeli forces, and was treated in the emergency room of Hadasa Hospital in Assawiye for facial injuries.
Witnesses report that Hawa was accused by Israeli forces of throwing a bottle at them while he was standing across the road from the Makassed Hospital.
He was still recovering from an attack an Hadasa Hospital, when Israeli forces attacked him inside the emergency room, beating his face until his nose bled.
Hawa’s brother Wael Abu al-Hawa stated that his brother remains in hospital and is under arrest there.
He is expected to undergo investigation as soon as he is discharged from hospital. Wael condemned the attack on his brother, adding that he already suffers from diabetes and has received treatment for kidney problems for the past 25 years.
Confrontations at Hitta gate in occupied Jerusalem
Clashes have erupted at Hitta Gate neighborhood and Silsla Gate street in the old town of Jerusalem, on Saturday night, between the occupation forces and settlers and Jerusalemite traders.
A number of settlers in the street Silsla Gate have provoked traders insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, which led to verbal altercations and then a fistfight between the two parties. The Israeli police came to the scene and assaulted the merchant Said Salhi, 55, and his brother Ali, 46, and his son Abbas, 25, who were beaten and pepper-sprayed, locals told PIC.
Ali Salhi and Abbas were transferred to “Chara Tsidaq” hospital, while Said was arrested under the pretext of attacking an Israeli policeman.
Stones and Fireworks were thrown on Israeli occupation forces when they stormed Hutta Gate neighborhood. Two Jerusalemites were arrested.
Israeli settlers continued their attacks in various parts of the West Bank, where they attacked this morning Palestinian farmers in the village of Kufr Qaddoum while on their way to their fields west of Nablus.
Local sources said that the settlers attacked the farmers in their fields, throwing stones and threatening them at gunpoint under the protection of Israeli soldiers, in the land located along the street that links the districts of Qalqilya and Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers and a large number of settlers from the settlement of Ma'oun established on lands confiscated from Palestinians east of Yatta, near al-Khalil, attacked on Saturday Palestinian farmers, while picking their olive trees in the Hamra area and Alrakiz and Srorah areas east of Yatta town.
Haj Mahmoud Yatim Rob'i told PIC's correspondent that settlers came to their fields and begun threatening them to leave their lands or the Israeli army will be called and that is what the settlers did, where Israeli soldiers came to the scene accompanied with police dogs and threatened the farmers to leave their land or the dogs would be unleashed on them.
We moved to our land in Alrkiz and Srorh near the Hamra area, but the soldiers and settlers also fired stun grenades and threw stones to scare us away, he added
Israeli soldiers and settlers have escalated their attacks against the residents and their lands in the eastern regions of Yatta, south of al-Khalil specifically after the Israeli war minister Ehud Barak's decision to evacuate eight Palestinian villages and to deport their residents in preparation for the establishment of a Israeli military site.
Local sources said that the settlers attacked the farmers in their fields, throwing stones and threatening them at gunpoint under the protection of Israeli soldiers, in the land located along the street that links the districts of Qalqilya and Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers and a large number of settlers from the settlement of Ma'oun established on lands confiscated from Palestinians east of Yatta, near al-Khalil, attacked on Saturday Palestinian farmers, while picking their olive trees in the Hamra area and Alrakiz and Srorah areas east of Yatta town.
Haj Mahmoud Yatim Rob'i told PIC's correspondent that settlers came to their fields and begun threatening them to leave their lands or the Israeli army will be called and that is what the settlers did, where Israeli soldiers came to the scene accompanied with police dogs and threatened the farmers to leave their land or the dogs would be unleashed on them.
We moved to our land in Alrkiz and Srorh near the Hamra area, but the soldiers and settlers also fired stun grenades and threw stones to scare us away, he added
Israeli soldiers and settlers have escalated their attacks against the residents and their lands in the eastern regions of Yatta, south of al-Khalil specifically after the Israeli war minister Ehud Barak's decision to evacuate eight Palestinian villages and to deport their residents in preparation for the establishment of a Israeli military site.
Tensions still prevailed in al-Aqsa mosque, where the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday morning Alaa Haddad, a member of the Jerusalem Prisoners' Families Committee as he entered the mosque yards, while releasing two young men who were arrested in the morning.
Local sources indicated to our correspondent, that Israeli undercover soldiers violently assaulted the citizen Jabarin Abdah from Umm al-Fahm, near the Asbat Gate and they arrested him, in addition they drove 10 young people outside the gates of the old town.
The sources confirmed that Israeli forces surrounded 15 youths inside the mosque to arrest them. In addition the trader Said Sahli had been deported from the old town for four days and fined a thousand shekels. Salihi was arrested yesterday evening in front of his shop where he was beaten and sprayed with pepper with his brother and son after confronting settlers' attack on their shops.
Israel Suspects Hizbullah behind Drone Shot Down over Negev
An unarmed drone shot down by Israel on Saturday after it entered the country's airspace from the Mediterranean Sea could have been sent by Hizbullah, an Israeli official has suggested.
The Israeli army dispelled the notion that the drone might have been launched from the Gaza Strip, and was looking into the possibility that Hizbullah may have dispatched it, a military official told Israeli public radio.
The Ynet news agency said without quoting sources that "Hizbullah launched this drone. It is even possible that Iranians activated its launch and guidance system, and it is apparently of Iranian manufacture."
Ynet added: "The launching of such a craft over such a distance requires advanced means that Hizbullah does not possess up to now."
Asked about the reports by Agence France Presse, an army spokeswoman was unable to confirm or deny them.
In July 2006, the Israeli military shot down an unarmed drone operated by Hizbullah over the Jewish state's territorial waters.
And on April 12, 2005, another pilotless Hizbullah aircraft succeeded in overflying part of northern Israel without being downed.
"An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was identified penetrating Israeli airspace this morning, and was intercepted by the IAF at approximately 10:00 am (0800 GMT)," a military spokesman said on Saturday.
Soldiers were searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the northern Negev, to locate and identify it, the spokesman added.
Army radio said that the aircraft was not carrying explosives.
It quoted a military spokesman as saying troops responsible for monitoring "acted as they should have done after spotting the drone following its intrusion into Israeli airspace."
Military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich later told reporters: "This drone was spotted over the Mediterranean in a sector near the Gaza Strip before entering Israeli airspace, where the air force followed it."
"It was followed from the beginning until the time it was decided to intercept it and shoot it down for operational reasons over the Yatir Forest in the northern Negev, an uninhabited region."
Leibovich called the operation a "success", but she did not say how the drone was shot down.
"Israeli soldiers are at the scene and retrieving pieces of debris," she added.
Local sources indicated to our correspondent, that Israeli undercover soldiers violently assaulted the citizen Jabarin Abdah from Umm al-Fahm, near the Asbat Gate and they arrested him, in addition they drove 10 young people outside the gates of the old town.
The sources confirmed that Israeli forces surrounded 15 youths inside the mosque to arrest them. In addition the trader Said Sahli had been deported from the old town for four days and fined a thousand shekels. Salihi was arrested yesterday evening in front of his shop where he was beaten and sprayed with pepper with his brother and son after confronting settlers' attack on their shops.
Israel Suspects Hizbullah behind Drone Shot Down over Negev
An unarmed drone shot down by Israel on Saturday after it entered the country's airspace from the Mediterranean Sea could have been sent by Hizbullah, an Israeli official has suggested.
The Israeli army dispelled the notion that the drone might have been launched from the Gaza Strip, and was looking into the possibility that Hizbullah may have dispatched it, a military official told Israeli public radio.
The Ynet news agency said without quoting sources that "Hizbullah launched this drone. It is even possible that Iranians activated its launch and guidance system, and it is apparently of Iranian manufacture."
Ynet added: "The launching of such a craft over such a distance requires advanced means that Hizbullah does not possess up to now."
Asked about the reports by Agence France Presse, an army spokeswoman was unable to confirm or deny them.
In July 2006, the Israeli military shot down an unarmed drone operated by Hizbullah over the Jewish state's territorial waters.
And on April 12, 2005, another pilotless Hizbullah aircraft succeeded in overflying part of northern Israel without being downed.
"An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was identified penetrating Israeli airspace this morning, and was intercepted by the IAF at approximately 10:00 am (0800 GMT)," a military spokesman said on Saturday.
Soldiers were searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the northern Negev, to locate and identify it, the spokesman added.
Army radio said that the aircraft was not carrying explosives.
It quoted a military spokesman as saying troops responsible for monitoring "acted as they should have done after spotting the drone following its intrusion into Israeli airspace."
Military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich later told reporters: "This drone was spotted over the Mediterranean in a sector near the Gaza Strip before entering Israeli airspace, where the air force followed it."
"It was followed from the beginning until the time it was decided to intercept it and shoot it down for operational reasons over the Yatir Forest in the northern Negev, an uninhabited region."
Leibovich called the operation a "success", but she did not say how the drone was shot down.
"Israeli soldiers are at the scene and retrieving pieces of debris," she added.
6 oct 2012
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Israeli occupation police closed Ras Al-Amud roundabout in occupied Jerusalem on Friday night and provoked Jerusalemites into clashing with them.
Local sources said that the incident occurred after an Israeli settler fired in the air to terrorize civilians in Ras Al-Amud neighborhood. They said that clashes continued well into the night and spread to other areas including Silwan, south of the Aqsa mosque. The PIC reporter said that the Israeli policemen fired teargas and stun grenades at civilians causing breathing difficulty among a number of them. He said that Jerusalemites attacked in response Beit Yonatan, the |
illegally-built Jewish building in Silwan, and Israeli police chased them in a futile attempt to arrest any one of them.
However, the Israeli special forces managed to arrest a 20-year-old citizen after beating him up.
However, the Israeli special forces managed to arrest a 20-year-old citizen after beating him up.
The Israeli army says its air force has shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle near the Mediterranean Sea.
The military said in a statement on Saturday that the drone "was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force at approximately 10 a.m. (0700 GMT)".
Israeli Soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the northern Negev desert, to locate and identify it, the statement added.
Israel's own drones have also crashed in and around the occupied territories in recent years.
The Israeli regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Israeli reconnaissance planes have usually violated the Lebanese airspace, despite UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which brokered a ceasefire in the war Israel launched against Lebanon in 2006.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violation of the Lebanese territory.
The military said in a statement on Saturday that the drone "was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force at approximately 10 a.m. (0700 GMT)".
Israeli Soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the northern Negev desert, to locate and identify it, the statement added.
Israel's own drones have also crashed in and around the occupied territories in recent years.
The Israeli regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Israeli reconnaissance planes have usually violated the Lebanese airspace, despite UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which brokered a ceasefire in the war Israel launched against Lebanon in 2006.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violation of the Lebanese territory.
5 oct 2012
Large numbers of IOF troops raided the Aqsa Mosque shortly after the end of the Friday prayers and fired teargas canisters and rubber bullets at worshipers, who were mostly women and elderly.
The IOF imposed restrictions on entry to the Aqsa Mosque preventing hundreds of young people from reaching the Mosque this Friday.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that the worshipers inside the Aqsa protested peacefully at the desecration of the Mosque daily by the settlers.
Occupation soldiers stormed the Mosque's plazas and fired stun grenades, teargas and rubber bullets causing dozens of injuries amongst worshipers.
Israeli forces storm al-Aqsa mosque, disperse Palestinian worshipers
Israeli forces have stormed al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem), using stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshipers.
Israeli forces storm al-Aqsa Mosque, disperse Palestinian worshipers
Israeli forces have stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem), dispersing Palestinian worshipers using stun grenades.
Israeli troops stormed the mosque after a group of settlers tried to enter the compound as Palestinians were saying their Friday Prayers, sparking clashes.
At least five people, including two photographers, were injured after Israeli troops intervened and fired stun grenades. Several Palestinians were also arrested.
The situation at the al-Aqsa, which is one of Islam's holiest sites, has been tense over the past week. On Thursday, at least nine people were arrested after Palestinian worshipers and Israeli settlers clashed inside the compound.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and annexed East al-Quds, where the holy al-Aqsa Mosque is located, a move not recognized by the international community.
Palestinians want that part of the city as capital of their future state.
Other attack today: IOF imposes a comprehensive cordon around a school in Tur
The IOF imposed restrictions on entry to the Aqsa Mosque preventing hundreds of young people from reaching the Mosque this Friday.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that the worshipers inside the Aqsa protested peacefully at the desecration of the Mosque daily by the settlers.
Occupation soldiers stormed the Mosque's plazas and fired stun grenades, teargas and rubber bullets causing dozens of injuries amongst worshipers.
Israeli forces storm al-Aqsa mosque, disperse Palestinian worshipers
Israeli forces have stormed al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem), using stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshipers.
Israeli forces storm al-Aqsa Mosque, disperse Palestinian worshipers
Israeli forces have stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem), dispersing Palestinian worshipers using stun grenades.
Israeli troops stormed the mosque after a group of settlers tried to enter the compound as Palestinians were saying their Friday Prayers, sparking clashes.
At least five people, including two photographers, were injured after Israeli troops intervened and fired stun grenades. Several Palestinians were also arrested.
The situation at the al-Aqsa, which is one of Islam's holiest sites, has been tense over the past week. On Thursday, at least nine people were arrested after Palestinian worshipers and Israeli settlers clashed inside the compound.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and annexed East al-Quds, where the holy al-Aqsa Mosque is located, a move not recognized by the international community.
Palestinians want that part of the city as capital of their future state.
Other attack today: IOF imposes a comprehensive cordon around a school in Tur
2 oct 2012
A Palestinian woman and a teenage girl were injured, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers broke into their home in Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, following clashes that took place between dozens of Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
Local sources reported that the clashes erupted after a number of Israeli soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian man identified as Rami Mohammad Ali, 30, from the Anata refugee camp in Jerusalem.
Medical sources said that a Rania Az-Zaghal, 27, and Nadin Az-Zaghal, 13, were injured after the soldiers broke into their home and attacked them. Rania was moved to Hadassah Israeli hospital.
Dozens of youths hurled stones at the invading Israeli soldiers while the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Also on Monday evening, clashes were reported at the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem. The soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at the residents; several Palestinians were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, no arrests were reported.
Clashed erupted, on Sunday at night, in Ras Al-Amoud when soldiers arrested four Palestinian men accused of shooting at settlers. Israeli media announced that four soldiers were lightly wounded in the clashes.
On Sunday evening, Israeli policemen kidnapped Khaldoun Sarhan, from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Sahran was kidnapped after the army broke into a local factory, and was taken to an interrogation center.
It is worth mentioning that Sahran was initially kidnapped on September 22, and was imprisoned for several days as the soldiers wanted to prevent him for marking the anniversary of the death of one of his relatives who was killed by the army.
Israelis can’t continue crimes without being criticized: Erekat
A senior Palestinian official says Israeli authorities think they can continue their crimes against the people of Palestine without being criticized or questioned.
Israeli Foreign Minister, “Lieberman and people like him believe that Israel can continue its crimes without being watched or criticized, but once Palestine becomes a UN member, the opposite will happen," Chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator, Saeb Erekat said on Sunday.
Erekat also criticized Lieberman for saying that Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas would pay a high price for his insistence on recognition of Palestine as a non-member state by the United Nations.
The Palestinian chief negotiator reiterated that the vote on the bid of upgrading the status of Palestine to a non-member state in the UN Security Council will be “very soon.”
The Palestinian delegation in New York have been contacting and consulting with Arab and foreign states over the issue “to gain the largest support for recognizing a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital," he went on to say.
The UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state is the initial step toward full UN membership, which requires approval by the UN Security Council.
The United States and the Israeli regime are opposed to Palestine becoming a full UN member state.
Palestinians will be given the non-member status in case of a majority vote in the 193-member UN General Assembly.
On September 23, 2011, Abbas also submitted an “application of the state of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations” to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. However, the bid for full member status was unsuccessful as Washington said it would veto the move.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has already recognized Palestine as its member.
Other attacks today: Extremists vandalize Franciscan Monastery in Old City
Local sources reported that the clashes erupted after a number of Israeli soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian man identified as Rami Mohammad Ali, 30, from the Anata refugee camp in Jerusalem.
Medical sources said that a Rania Az-Zaghal, 27, and Nadin Az-Zaghal, 13, were injured after the soldiers broke into their home and attacked them. Rania was moved to Hadassah Israeli hospital.
Dozens of youths hurled stones at the invading Israeli soldiers while the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Also on Monday evening, clashes were reported at the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem. The soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at the residents; several Palestinians were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, no arrests were reported.
Clashed erupted, on Sunday at night, in Ras Al-Amoud when soldiers arrested four Palestinian men accused of shooting at settlers. Israeli media announced that four soldiers were lightly wounded in the clashes.
On Sunday evening, Israeli policemen kidnapped Khaldoun Sarhan, from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Sahran was kidnapped after the army broke into a local factory, and was taken to an interrogation center.
It is worth mentioning that Sahran was initially kidnapped on September 22, and was imprisoned for several days as the soldiers wanted to prevent him for marking the anniversary of the death of one of his relatives who was killed by the army.
Israelis can’t continue crimes without being criticized: Erekat
A senior Palestinian official says Israeli authorities think they can continue their crimes against the people of Palestine without being criticized or questioned.
Israeli Foreign Minister, “Lieberman and people like him believe that Israel can continue its crimes without being watched or criticized, but once Palestine becomes a UN member, the opposite will happen," Chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator, Saeb Erekat said on Sunday.
Erekat also criticized Lieberman for saying that Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas would pay a high price for his insistence on recognition of Palestine as a non-member state by the United Nations.
The Palestinian chief negotiator reiterated that the vote on the bid of upgrading the status of Palestine to a non-member state in the UN Security Council will be “very soon.”
The Palestinian delegation in New York have been contacting and consulting with Arab and foreign states over the issue “to gain the largest support for recognizing a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital," he went on to say.
The UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state is the initial step toward full UN membership, which requires approval by the UN Security Council.
The United States and the Israeli regime are opposed to Palestine becoming a full UN member state.
Palestinians will be given the non-member status in case of a majority vote in the 193-member UN General Assembly.
On September 23, 2011, Abbas also submitted an “application of the state of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations” to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. However, the bid for full member status was unsuccessful as Washington said it would veto the move.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has already recognized Palestine as its member.
Other attacks today: Extremists vandalize Franciscan Monastery in Old City
1 oct 2012
A Palestinian young man from a village west of Salfit city was found slaughtered near Beit Aryeh settlement.
Hebrew media reports said that a 19-year old young man named Ashraf Al-Ali was killed by settlers near Aryeh settlement inside the settlement compound Benjamin in Ramallah area.
According to the reports, a gang of Jewish settlers chased the victim before they liquidated him.
Palestinian Youth Found Dead Near Israeli Settlement
Palestinian medical sources reported that the body of a 19-year old Palestinian youth was found near Beit Arieh illegal Israeli settlement, build on Palestinian lands the belong to residents of Aboud village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Initial reports indicated that Ashraf Ali Al-Ali, 16, was killed on Sunday evening near the settlement, and that the cause of death is a sharp blow to the head likely caused by a hit-and-run accident.
His body was first found by two Palestinian youths from Al-Lubban Al-Ghrabiyya village; they alerted security officers of Beit Arieh settlements who sent an ambulance.
Medics tried to give Al-Ali the needed medical attention but he died of his wounds, and his body was moved to the settlement. His family was alerted and was allowed into the settlement.
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank initiated contacts with the Israeli side in order to receive the body to conduct the needed autopsy to determine the cause of death.
The slain youth is a Bedouin living with his family and tribe near Aboud village. Further information is not yet available due to the fact that the body is still with the Israeli side.
PA police: Teenager found dead near Ramallah settlement
A Palestinian teenager was found dead near the Israeli settlement of Bet Arye on Sunday, Palestinian Authority police said.
Ashraf Ali Salih al-Ali, 19, was found by local villagers near the Ramallah-area settlement, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli forces took the victim inside the settlement where his family were called to identify the body, locals said.
Earlier reports by police said that al-Ali was found with gunshot wounds to the head. Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of death.
Other attacks today:
Israel to take over more lands in Palestinian city of Qalqilya
The establishment of new settlements in the West Bank
Hebrew media reports said that a 19-year old young man named Ashraf Al-Ali was killed by settlers near Aryeh settlement inside the settlement compound Benjamin in Ramallah area.
According to the reports, a gang of Jewish settlers chased the victim before they liquidated him.
Palestinian Youth Found Dead Near Israeli Settlement
Palestinian medical sources reported that the body of a 19-year old Palestinian youth was found near Beit Arieh illegal Israeli settlement, build on Palestinian lands the belong to residents of Aboud village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Initial reports indicated that Ashraf Ali Al-Ali, 16, was killed on Sunday evening near the settlement, and that the cause of death is a sharp blow to the head likely caused by a hit-and-run accident.
His body was first found by two Palestinian youths from Al-Lubban Al-Ghrabiyya village; they alerted security officers of Beit Arieh settlements who sent an ambulance.
Medics tried to give Al-Ali the needed medical attention but he died of his wounds, and his body was moved to the settlement. His family was alerted and was allowed into the settlement.
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank initiated contacts with the Israeli side in order to receive the body to conduct the needed autopsy to determine the cause of death.
The slain youth is a Bedouin living with his family and tribe near Aboud village. Further information is not yet available due to the fact that the body is still with the Israeli side.
PA police: Teenager found dead near Ramallah settlement
A Palestinian teenager was found dead near the Israeli settlement of Bet Arye on Sunday, Palestinian Authority police said.
Ashraf Ali Salih al-Ali, 19, was found by local villagers near the Ramallah-area settlement, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli forces took the victim inside the settlement where his family were called to identify the body, locals said.
Earlier reports by police said that al-Ali was found with gunshot wounds to the head. Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of death.
Other attacks today:
Israel to take over more lands in Palestinian city of Qalqilya
The establishment of new settlements in the West Bank
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