21 dec 2012
Thousands of Jewish worshipers accompanied by Israeli soldiers stormed the town of Kifl Haris to the north of Salfit on Friday morning, locals said.
The occupation army forces set up control points and checkpoints at the entrances to the town in order to protect more than two thousand settlers who stormed Muslim shrines in the village, claiming that they are "Jewish shrines that belong to Jewish prophets."
Kifl Haris mayor Issam Abu Yaqoub said the Israelis behaved provocatively during the break-ins, shouting at villagers and dancing in the streets.
Izzat Shuqour, Yaqoub's deputy, added that the group of settlers posted stickers on Palestinian homes and public places in the village.
Al-Hindi: the occupation will not dare to wage a new war on Gaza
Mohammed al-Hindi, a member of the political bureau of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, excluded the possibility that the Israeli occupation will wage a new war on the Gaza Strip during the current stage.
Al-Hindi said, in a speech he delivered during a political forum organized by the Islamic Jihad movement in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, that the recent aggression was one of the rounds of the conflict against the occupation and that it was neither the first nor the last round.
He called for resorting to the option of resistance, because it "has proved, over the years of the conflict, that it is the most effective in deterring the occupation and halting its continuous aggressions against the Palestinian people."
Al-Hindi also called for escalating the solidarity steps with the hunger striking prisoners in the Israeli jails, stressing that the occupation has repeatedly failed to weaken their will during the battle of dignity.
Occupation army orders its soldiers to increase alertness in West Bank
The leadership of the Israeli occupation army has issued strict instructions ordering the soldiers in the West Bank, especially in the city of Jerusalem, to increase their alertness.
This came following the escalation of the Palestinian resistance operations which are targeting Israeli sites and soldiers, most recently the attack on a soldier guarding a military site.
The occupation army pointed out, according to what was published by the Hebrew media, that the Palestinian attacks in the West Bank have increased, and reported that three Molotov cocktails were hurled at an Israeli military site near Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Friday morning.
Israeli sources have recently reported that the resistance operations in the West Bank that target the occupation army and the settlers have significantly increased, especially after the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, during which the occupation killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.
The Israeli sources have also revealed their anticipations that a third Palestinian Intifada (uprising) will break out within the first three months of 2013.
Two Palestinian resistance fighters attacked, yesterday evening, an Israeli soldier while he was guarding a military site near the Ram checkpoint northern Jerusalem, and they succeeded to disarm him and seize his weapon.
The occupation army forces set up control points and checkpoints at the entrances to the town in order to protect more than two thousand settlers who stormed Muslim shrines in the village, claiming that they are "Jewish shrines that belong to Jewish prophets."
Kifl Haris mayor Issam Abu Yaqoub said the Israelis behaved provocatively during the break-ins, shouting at villagers and dancing in the streets.
Izzat Shuqour, Yaqoub's deputy, added that the group of settlers posted stickers on Palestinian homes and public places in the village.
Al-Hindi: the occupation will not dare to wage a new war on Gaza
Mohammed al-Hindi, a member of the political bureau of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, excluded the possibility that the Israeli occupation will wage a new war on the Gaza Strip during the current stage.
Al-Hindi said, in a speech he delivered during a political forum organized by the Islamic Jihad movement in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, that the recent aggression was one of the rounds of the conflict against the occupation and that it was neither the first nor the last round.
He called for resorting to the option of resistance, because it "has proved, over the years of the conflict, that it is the most effective in deterring the occupation and halting its continuous aggressions against the Palestinian people."
Al-Hindi also called for escalating the solidarity steps with the hunger striking prisoners in the Israeli jails, stressing that the occupation has repeatedly failed to weaken their will during the battle of dignity.
Occupation army orders its soldiers to increase alertness in West Bank
The leadership of the Israeli occupation army has issued strict instructions ordering the soldiers in the West Bank, especially in the city of Jerusalem, to increase their alertness.
This came following the escalation of the Palestinian resistance operations which are targeting Israeli sites and soldiers, most recently the attack on a soldier guarding a military site.
The occupation army pointed out, according to what was published by the Hebrew media, that the Palestinian attacks in the West Bank have increased, and reported that three Molotov cocktails were hurled at an Israeli military site near Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Friday morning.
Israeli sources have recently reported that the resistance operations in the West Bank that target the occupation army and the settlers have significantly increased, especially after the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, during which the occupation killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.
The Israeli sources have also revealed their anticipations that a third Palestinian Intifada (uprising) will break out within the first three months of 2013.
Two Palestinian resistance fighters attacked, yesterday evening, an Israeli soldier while he was guarding a military site near the Ram checkpoint northern Jerusalem, and they succeeded to disarm him and seize his weapon.
20 dec 2012
A 12-year-old Palestinian child was wounded when an Israeli army ordnance exploded near Jericho in the northern Jordan Valley on Thursday.
Aref Daraghme, the mayor of Malih and rural areas in the northern Jordan Valley, said that Najiya Zamel suffered injuries in her limbs as a result of the explosion of the ordnance left over by Israeli occupation forces.
He said that the blast took place in Hamamat Al-Malih that is frequently used by the IOF troops to exercise, adding that many victims fell as a result of similar explosions over the past few years.
Aref Daraghme, the mayor of Malih and rural areas in the northern Jordan Valley, said that Najiya Zamel suffered injuries in her limbs as a result of the explosion of the ordnance left over by Israeli occupation forces.
He said that the blast took place in Hamamat Al-Malih that is frequently used by the IOF troops to exercise, adding that many victims fell as a result of similar explosions over the past few years.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinian youths near the Shufat refugee camp north of occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses said that undercover IOF soldiers ambushed Palestinian young men in the camp and captured seven of them.
They said that the detainees included a 14-year-old child and a vendor, adding that the IOF soldiers were wearing plain clothes.
They said that the agents beat up the seven detainees before holding them for two hours then taking them to Nabi Yaakov police station for questioning.
IOF soldiers storm Hebron village, serves summonses
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Thursday and served summonses to two brothers.
The spokesman for the popular anti-settlement committee in the village said that the soldiers broke into many homes and searched them.
He said that the soldiers thoroughly searched the home of Adib Jafar before dawn and served summonses to both his sons Adham and Haithem for intelligence questioning in Gush Etzion army barracks, north of Al-Khalil.
The committee said that the soldiers’ practices provoked citizens who threw stones at the soldiers after they fired stun grenades and teargas at them and at their homes.
Eyewitnesses said that undercover IOF soldiers ambushed Palestinian young men in the camp and captured seven of them.
They said that the detainees included a 14-year-old child and a vendor, adding that the IOF soldiers were wearing plain clothes.
They said that the agents beat up the seven detainees before holding them for two hours then taking them to Nabi Yaakov police station for questioning.
IOF soldiers storm Hebron village, serves summonses
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Thursday and served summonses to two brothers.
The spokesman for the popular anti-settlement committee in the village said that the soldiers broke into many homes and searched them.
He said that the soldiers thoroughly searched the home of Adib Jafar before dawn and served summonses to both his sons Adham and Haithem for intelligence questioning in Gush Etzion army barracks, north of Al-Khalil.
The committee said that the soldiers’ practices provoked citizens who threw stones at the soldiers after they fired stun grenades and teargas at them and at their homes.
19 dec 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) severely battered Palestinian workers from Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, after intercepting their vehicles south of Nablus on Tuesday evening.
Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular anti-settlement committee in Yatta, said that the soldiers suddenly started beating the workers after stopping their vehicle in Asurin village to the south east of Nablus.
He said that the soldiers savagely beat all ten workers with batons and rifle butts for an hour.
He said that the workers, all from the Jabour family, were left in a very bad condition with bruises all over their bodies.
Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular anti-settlement committee in Yatta, said that the soldiers suddenly started beating the workers after stopping their vehicle in Asurin village to the south east of Nablus.
He said that the soldiers savagely beat all ten workers with batons and rifle butts for an hour.
He said that the workers, all from the Jabour family, were left in a very bad condition with bruises all over their bodies.
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported Wednesday that several residents have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the army fired gas bombs at them near the southern entrance of the city. Two children were kidnapped in a nearby village.
The sources said that the army installed a sudden roadblock near Jannat Park, stopped dozens of Palestinian vehicles, and detained the residents while interrogating them.
The soldiers also forced the several residents against a wall for an extended period an issue that pushed some residents to hurl stones at the soldiers and their jeeps.
The army then fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, and withdrew from the area.
Late on Tuesday at evening, the army kidnapped two Palestinian children from Arbona village, east of Jenin.
Local sources reported that the army kidnapped Mohammad Zoheir Bani Hasan, 12, and Ayman Abdul-Nasser Bani Hasan, 11, while they were in their family’s farmland, and took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, the army violently attacked, on Tuesday evening, ten Palestinian day laborers from Hebron after stopping them near Nablus city. The attack took place in Asourin village, southeast of Nablus.
The soldiers stopped a vehicle transporting the workers and violently attacked, kicked and struck them with their weapons for more than one hour, eyewitnesses said.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against Settlements in Yatta, near Hebron, said that the workers, all of the Jabour family, suffered bruises to various parts of their bodies.
In related news, the army kidnapped one Palestinian near Beit El settlement, east of the central West Bank city of Nablus; soldiers claim the Palestinian “intended to stab a Jewish settler”.
The Israeli Police stated that the soldiers noticed a Palestinian walking near the settlement, and after stopping him “due to suspicious behavior” the soldiers found a knife in his possession, and transferred him to an interrogation center.
The Police also claimed that the Palestinian “confessed” during interrogation that he “intended to stab a settler”.
Army Besieges Al-Eesawiyya, Removes Protest Tent
Palestinian sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Wednesday that Israeli soldiers imposed a full siege on the El-Eesawiyya town, in the center of the city, conducted searches of Palestinian vehicles while inspecting the residents ID card, and removed the protest tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy of Al-Eesawiyya.
For the second time, Israeli soldiers broke into and removed the protest tent and attacked several locals while interrogating them and inspecting their ID cards.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers and personnel of the Israeli Tax department broke into several local shops an issue that pushed the shop owners to close their business.
Dozens of soldiers and policemen were deployed in the area, and completely isolated it from its surrounding areas, and the rest of occupied Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, the army kidnapped lawyer Shireen Al-Eesawy, the sister of Samer; she will be arraigned today, Thursday, as the army claims that she “attacked security personnel”.
The soldiers also attacked several family members of Al-Eesawy during the court session.
Al-Eesawy has been on hunger strike for 143 days demanding an end to his illegal detention, and is facing a sharply deteriorating health condition.
The sources said that the army installed a sudden roadblock near Jannat Park, stopped dozens of Palestinian vehicles, and detained the residents while interrogating them.
The soldiers also forced the several residents against a wall for an extended period an issue that pushed some residents to hurl stones at the soldiers and their jeeps.
The army then fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, and withdrew from the area.
Late on Tuesday at evening, the army kidnapped two Palestinian children from Arbona village, east of Jenin.
Local sources reported that the army kidnapped Mohammad Zoheir Bani Hasan, 12, and Ayman Abdul-Nasser Bani Hasan, 11, while they were in their family’s farmland, and took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, the army violently attacked, on Tuesday evening, ten Palestinian day laborers from Hebron after stopping them near Nablus city. The attack took place in Asourin village, southeast of Nablus.
The soldiers stopped a vehicle transporting the workers and violently attacked, kicked and struck them with their weapons for more than one hour, eyewitnesses said.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against Settlements in Yatta, near Hebron, said that the workers, all of the Jabour family, suffered bruises to various parts of their bodies.
In related news, the army kidnapped one Palestinian near Beit El settlement, east of the central West Bank city of Nablus; soldiers claim the Palestinian “intended to stab a Jewish settler”.
The Israeli Police stated that the soldiers noticed a Palestinian walking near the settlement, and after stopping him “due to suspicious behavior” the soldiers found a knife in his possession, and transferred him to an interrogation center.
The Police also claimed that the Palestinian “confessed” during interrogation that he “intended to stab a settler”.
Army Besieges Al-Eesawiyya, Removes Protest Tent
Palestinian sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Wednesday that Israeli soldiers imposed a full siege on the El-Eesawiyya town, in the center of the city, conducted searches of Palestinian vehicles while inspecting the residents ID card, and removed the protest tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy of Al-Eesawiyya.
For the second time, Israeli soldiers broke into and removed the protest tent and attacked several locals while interrogating them and inspecting their ID cards.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers and personnel of the Israeli Tax department broke into several local shops an issue that pushed the shop owners to close their business.
Dozens of soldiers and policemen were deployed in the area, and completely isolated it from its surrounding areas, and the rest of occupied Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, the army kidnapped lawyer Shireen Al-Eesawy, the sister of Samer; she will be arraigned today, Thursday, as the army claims that she “attacked security personnel”.
The soldiers also attacked several family members of Al-Eesawy during the court session.
Al-Eesawy has been on hunger strike for 143 days demanding an end to his illegal detention, and is facing a sharply deteriorating health condition.
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that clashes took place, on Tuesday evening, between local youths of Aida refugee camp, in the city, and Israeli soldiers; several residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation while one resident was hit by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
The Palestinian Red Crescent in Bethlehem reported that medics transported a 25-year-old youth to the nearby Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, after he was shot in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers.
The youth is currently in a moderate but a stable health condition.
The Red Crescent added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades into the alleys of the refugee camp, and that dozens were treated, by local medics, for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The soldiers also chased, and tried to kidnap several youths at the entrance of the camp, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
The clashes in Aida started six days ago after and Israeli soldier shot and killed Mohammad Salayma, 17, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Salayma was killed on his birthday as he went to buy a cake to celebrate with his family and friends.
His murder led to clashes between local youths in the city and Israeli soldiers invading it; dozens of injuries have been reported. Clashes also took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank; dozens of injuries and several arrests have been reported.
The Palestinian Red Crescent in Bethlehem reported that medics transported a 25-year-old youth to the nearby Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, after he was shot in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers.
The youth is currently in a moderate but a stable health condition.
The Red Crescent added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades into the alleys of the refugee camp, and that dozens were treated, by local medics, for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The soldiers also chased, and tried to kidnap several youths at the entrance of the camp, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
The clashes in Aida started six days ago after and Israeli soldier shot and killed Mohammad Salayma, 17, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Salayma was killed on his birthday as he went to buy a cake to celebrate with his family and friends.
His murder led to clashes between local youths in the city and Israeli soldiers invading it; dozens of injuries have been reported. Clashes also took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank; dozens of injuries and several arrests have been reported.
A human rights organization confirmed that the Israeli naval forces wounded and arrested, since the truce a month ago, 34 Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Sea, destroying and confiscating ten fishing boats.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said in a statement that the Israeli marines opened fire on Monday morning towards a Palestinian fishing boat in the waters of the Sea of Gaza, wounding and arresting the two fishermen who were on the boat and confiscated their boat to the port of Ashdod.
The occupation forces transferred the injured fisherman to hospital and released the other at a late hour of the same day, after interrogating him.
The center said that it monitors the developments that have taken place in the waters of the Gaza Sea, since the declaration of the truce between Palestinian resistance and the occupation under Egyptian and international auspices.
A number of Palestinian fishermen told PIC that they were fishing in the sea at a distance of six nautical miles, where the Israeli gunboats were so close to them despite the Israeli decision to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish and sail six nautical miles off the Gaza coast.
PCHR strongly condemned the continuing Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the sea of the Gaza Strip, including the use of excessive force against the fishermen.
The center called on the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, related to the protection of civilians in time of war, to intervene in order to stop all the Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen immediately, and allow them to fish freely in the strip's water.
The human rights center also called to stop the Israeli prosecution policy against Palestinian fishermen, and to let them sail and fish freely.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said in a statement that the Israeli marines opened fire on Monday morning towards a Palestinian fishing boat in the waters of the Sea of Gaza, wounding and arresting the two fishermen who were on the boat and confiscated their boat to the port of Ashdod.
The occupation forces transferred the injured fisherman to hospital and released the other at a late hour of the same day, after interrogating him.
The center said that it monitors the developments that have taken place in the waters of the Gaza Sea, since the declaration of the truce between Palestinian resistance and the occupation under Egyptian and international auspices.
A number of Palestinian fishermen told PIC that they were fishing in the sea at a distance of six nautical miles, where the Israeli gunboats were so close to them despite the Israeli decision to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish and sail six nautical miles off the Gaza coast.
PCHR strongly condemned the continuing Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the sea of the Gaza Strip, including the use of excessive force against the fishermen.
The center called on the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, related to the protection of civilians in time of war, to intervene in order to stop all the Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen immediately, and allow them to fish freely in the strip's water.
The human rights center also called to stop the Israeli prosecution policy against Palestinian fishermen, and to let them sail and fish freely.
18 dec 2012
Jewish settlers attacked, on Monday afternoon, a group of Palestinian farmers in the village of Madama, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Ihab al-Kot, the head of the village council in Madama, told Quds Press agency that a group of settlers from the "Yitzhar" settlement attacked, yesterday afternoon, Palestinian farmers in the south of the village while they were working in their lands.
The attackers had also kidnapped one of the farmers, Maamoun Nasser, after abusing him, the head of the village council added.
He continued that the settlers shot Amir Nasser, 27 the brother of the kidnapped farmer, in his foot, noting that he had been taken to one of the hospitals in Nablus to receive treatment.
"Meanwhile, clashes erupted in the village after the intervention of a force of the occupation army, which started firing rubber bullets, tear gas grenades and Stun grenades at the Palestinian citizens, who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles," said al-Kot.
Ihab al-Kot, the head of the village council in Madama, told Quds Press agency that a group of settlers from the "Yitzhar" settlement attacked, yesterday afternoon, Palestinian farmers in the south of the village while they were working in their lands.
The attackers had also kidnapped one of the farmers, Maamoun Nasser, after abusing him, the head of the village council added.
He continued that the settlers shot Amir Nasser, 27 the brother of the kidnapped farmer, in his foot, noting that he had been taken to one of the hospitals in Nablus to receive treatment.
"Meanwhile, clashes erupted in the village after the intervention of a force of the occupation army, which started firing rubber bullets, tear gas grenades and Stun grenades at the Palestinian citizens, who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles," said al-Kot.
Majed Hassan
A group of Israeli settlers attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian farmers near the town al-Rihiya in the south of al-Khalil.
Local sources said that settlers from the settlement of "Beit Haggai", set up on Palestinian land in the south of al-Khalil, attacked Palestinian farmers and citizens, under the protection of the occupation forces, which had prevented the farmers from entering their lands located near the settlement.
The sources added that the occupation arrested a Palestinian citizen during the attacks, and transferred him to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, local sources in the south of al-Khalil said that the occupation forces handed over on Tuesday to a number of citizens in Deir Samet, Beit Awwa and Marah Bakar area demolition notices for five installations, including houses, under the pretext that they have been built without permits.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that the Israeli soldiers also raided the areas in the west of al-Khalil where they handed over to the owner of an installation a demolition notice.
The Israeli soldiers have been intensively deployed in several areas in the east of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, and at the military checkpoint, which had been set up near the northern entrance of the city.
The policy of abuses adopted against Palestinians at the checkpoints has recently escalated through stopping and searching the vehicles, with no justification, and causing traffic disruption
IOF breaks into the house of leader Majed Hassan
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn Tuesday the city of Ramallah in the center of the occupied West Bank, then broke into the house of one of Hamas leaders and summoned him to the Israeli intelligence headquarters.
According to private sources, a large force of the occupation army broke into the home of leader Majed Hassan, 50, at dawn and terrorized his kids.
The source added that the IOF also searched the leader's private car before confiscating it, and then summoned him to the occupation's intelligence headquarters for next Monday.
Majed Hassan was detained several times by the occupation and the PA's security services in the West Bank, as he had served more than nine years in detention. He is considered as one of the leading figures in the Islamic action in the West Bank.
A group of Israeli settlers attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian farmers near the town al-Rihiya in the south of al-Khalil.
Local sources said that settlers from the settlement of "Beit Haggai", set up on Palestinian land in the south of al-Khalil, attacked Palestinian farmers and citizens, under the protection of the occupation forces, which had prevented the farmers from entering their lands located near the settlement.
The sources added that the occupation arrested a Palestinian citizen during the attacks, and transferred him to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, local sources in the south of al-Khalil said that the occupation forces handed over on Tuesday to a number of citizens in Deir Samet, Beit Awwa and Marah Bakar area demolition notices for five installations, including houses, under the pretext that they have been built without permits.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that the Israeli soldiers also raided the areas in the west of al-Khalil where they handed over to the owner of an installation a demolition notice.
The Israeli soldiers have been intensively deployed in several areas in the east of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, and at the military checkpoint, which had been set up near the northern entrance of the city.
The policy of abuses adopted against Palestinians at the checkpoints has recently escalated through stopping and searching the vehicles, with no justification, and causing traffic disruption
IOF breaks into the house of leader Majed Hassan
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn Tuesday the city of Ramallah in the center of the occupied West Bank, then broke into the house of one of Hamas leaders and summoned him to the Israeli intelligence headquarters.
According to private sources, a large force of the occupation army broke into the home of leader Majed Hassan, 50, at dawn and terrorized his kids.
The source added that the IOF also searched the leader's private car before confiscating it, and then summoned him to the occupation's intelligence headquarters for next Monday.
Majed Hassan was detained several times by the occupation and the PA's security services in the West Bank, as he had served more than nine years in detention. He is considered as one of the leading figures in the Islamic action in the West Bank.
A number of young men in Madma village, south of Nablus, were injured on Monday night in an Israeli army raid on their village.
The village’s municipality chairman, Ihab Al-Qut, said that confrontations erupted after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and seriously injured a shepherd while rearing his flock of sheep near the village.
He said that the shepherd, Mamun Nasser, was arrested despite his serious injury while two other young men were lightly wounded in the IOF heavy shooting of live and rubber bullets at the youths who were protesting Nassar’s detention.
IOF soldiers also arrested another citizen, Sami Rifat, after storming and searching his home in the village.
The village’s municipality chairman, Ihab Al-Qut, said that confrontations erupted after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and seriously injured a shepherd while rearing his flock of sheep near the village.
He said that the shepherd, Mamun Nasser, was arrested despite his serious injury while two other young men were lightly wounded in the IOF heavy shooting of live and rubber bullets at the youths who were protesting Nassar’s detention.
IOF soldiers also arrested another citizen, Sami Rifat, after storming and searching his home in the village.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at a funeral procession for a child in Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil on Tuesday wounding three participants.
A spokesman for the popular anti settlement committee in the village said that the soldiers fired at the procession that was on its way to bury the 13-year-old child Mohammed Sabarna who died of a chronic disease.
The spokesman said that the intensified presence of IOF soldiers at the north eastern entrance to the village provoked the villagers and led to confrontations with those soldiers.
He said that the soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters wounding three youths while a number of other citizens were treated for breathing difficulty.
A spokesman for the popular anti settlement committee in the village said that the soldiers fired at the procession that was on its way to bury the 13-year-old child Mohammed Sabarna who died of a chronic disease.
The spokesman said that the intensified presence of IOF soldiers at the north eastern entrance to the village provoked the villagers and led to confrontations with those soldiers.
He said that the soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters wounding three youths while a number of other citizens were treated for breathing difficulty.
17 dec 2012
Violent confrontations between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and inhabitants of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem continued for the second day on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of citizens suffered breathing problems while three were injured with IOF metal bullets.
They said that the soldiers fired metal bullets and teargas canisters at citizens and their homes in the refugee camp.
Young men in the camp tossed a firebomb at the IOF military watchtower at the entrance of the camp on Saturday, torched tires near the watchtower, and threw stones at the soldiers, who responded by firing rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the youths.
Clashes Reported Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the town of Ya’bod, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs leading to dozens of injuries among the residents.
Local sources reported that the army invaded the Al-Raas area in the town, and provoked the residents leading to clashes.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers, and the army fired dozens of gas bombs; dozens were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, the army broke into a local coffee shop that belongs to resident Ahmad Abu Bakr, searched the place and interrogated all of the customers while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Al-Maloul area, west of the town, before imposing curfew on the entire town forcing the residents under house arrest.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped four youths before taking them to an unknown destination.
On Saturday, the army shot and wounded several Palestinians in Hebron, and kidnapped several local youths.
Last Wednesday, an Israeli soldier shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian youth on his birthday while he was on his way to buy a birthday cake.
The slain youth was identified as a Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah, 17, a student of the Palestine Circus School in the city.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions and assaults targeting different parts of the occupied West Bank, such invasions include arrests, breaking into Palestinian homes and property and installing roadblocks.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of citizens suffered breathing problems while three were injured with IOF metal bullets.
They said that the soldiers fired metal bullets and teargas canisters at citizens and their homes in the refugee camp.
Young men in the camp tossed a firebomb at the IOF military watchtower at the entrance of the camp on Saturday, torched tires near the watchtower, and threw stones at the soldiers, who responded by firing rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the youths.
Clashes Reported Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the town of Ya’bod, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs leading to dozens of injuries among the residents.
Local sources reported that the army invaded the Al-Raas area in the town, and provoked the residents leading to clashes.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers, and the army fired dozens of gas bombs; dozens were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, the army broke into a local coffee shop that belongs to resident Ahmad Abu Bakr, searched the place and interrogated all of the customers while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Al-Maloul area, west of the town, before imposing curfew on the entire town forcing the residents under house arrest.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped four youths before taking them to an unknown destination.
On Saturday, the army shot and wounded several Palestinians in Hebron, and kidnapped several local youths.
Last Wednesday, an Israeli soldier shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian youth on his birthday while he was on his way to buy a birthday cake.
The slain youth was identified as a Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah, 17, a student of the Palestine Circus School in the city.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions and assaults targeting different parts of the occupied West Bank, such invasions include arrests, breaking into Palestinian homes and property and installing roadblocks.
Israeli occupation forces shot a young Palestinian from Beit Rima village northwest of Ramallah, during clashes launched between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the village.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces arrested the injured Palestinian and transferred him to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. The forces also arrested three brothers: Ibrahim, Firas and Mohammad al-Rimawi, after raiding their houses in the same village.
Four, Including A Wounded Resident, Kidnaped Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Reema village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four residents, including three brothers, and a resident who was shot by the army.
Local sources reported that clashes were reported between dozens of youths and Israeli soldiers invading their village, and that the army fired rounds of live ammunition wounding one resident, who was also kidnapped by the army.
The sources added that military helicopters participated in the invasion, and fired flares over different parts of the village.
The wounded resident was reportedly moved by the army to the Sheba Medical Center in Tal Hashomer; he remained unidentified until the time of this report.
The three kidnapped brothers have been identified as Ibrahim, Firas and Mohammad Ar-Reemawy, the Maan News Agency reported.
Soldiers also broke into and searched several homes in the village; damage was reported.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian fisherman in Palestinian territorial waters in the Gaza Strip moderately wounding one fisherman.
The army claimed that it opened fire at a fishing boat that “sailed past the allocated area for Palestinian fishermen”, and added that the soldiers towed the boat and moved to the wounded Palestinians to Barzilai Medical Center in Asqalan.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces arrested the injured Palestinian and transferred him to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. The forces also arrested three brothers: Ibrahim, Firas and Mohammad al-Rimawi, after raiding their houses in the same village.
Four, Including A Wounded Resident, Kidnaped Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Reema village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four residents, including three brothers, and a resident who was shot by the army.
Local sources reported that clashes were reported between dozens of youths and Israeli soldiers invading their village, and that the army fired rounds of live ammunition wounding one resident, who was also kidnapped by the army.
The sources added that military helicopters participated in the invasion, and fired flares over different parts of the village.
The wounded resident was reportedly moved by the army to the Sheba Medical Center in Tal Hashomer; he remained unidentified until the time of this report.
The three kidnapped brothers have been identified as Ibrahim, Firas and Mohammad Ar-Reemawy, the Maan News Agency reported.
Soldiers also broke into and searched several homes in the village; damage was reported.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian fisherman in Palestinian territorial waters in the Gaza Strip moderately wounding one fisherman.
The army claimed that it opened fire at a fishing boat that “sailed past the allocated area for Palestinian fishermen”, and added that the soldiers towed the boat and moved to the wounded Palestinians to Barzilai Medical Center in Asqalan.
Lebanon in 2006.
A massive explosion has rocked an area near a town in southern Lebanon close to the border with the Israeli occupied territories, Lebanese security sources say.
The sources reported on Monday that the explosion occurred at 6:45 a.m. local time near the town of Tair Harfa. The blast was caused by Israeli ammunition that had been unexploded and left over from the Tel Aviv regime’s 33-day war on Lebanon in 2006.
The border town was heavily bombarded by Israeli forces during the war.
Local residents said the blast caused no casualties.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah denied reports that the explosion had hit its weapons depot.
Lebanese media said Hezbollah had cordoned off the site of the explosion, preventing the army and the United Nations peacekeeping forces to enter the area.
At least 1,400 Lebanese civilians were killed and around 3,000 others wounded when Israeli forces launched a deadly war on Lebanon in 2006.
However, Hezbollah was able not only to confront the Israeli war machine, but also to create a balance of fear by firing rockets into Israeli cities in an unprecedented way to retaliate against the Tel Aviv regime’s bombardments.
A massive explosion has rocked an area near a town in southern Lebanon close to the border with the Israeli occupied territories, Lebanese security sources say.
The sources reported on Monday that the explosion occurred at 6:45 a.m. local time near the town of Tair Harfa. The blast was caused by Israeli ammunition that had been unexploded and left over from the Tel Aviv regime’s 33-day war on Lebanon in 2006.
The border town was heavily bombarded by Israeli forces during the war.
Local residents said the blast caused no casualties.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah denied reports that the explosion had hit its weapons depot.
Lebanese media said Hezbollah had cordoned off the site of the explosion, preventing the army and the United Nations peacekeeping forces to enter the area.
At least 1,400 Lebanese civilians were killed and around 3,000 others wounded when Israeli forces launched a deadly war on Lebanon in 2006.
However, Hezbollah was able not only to confront the Israeli war machine, but also to create a balance of fear by firing rockets into Israeli cities in an unprecedented way to retaliate against the Tel Aviv regime’s bombardments.
16 dec 2012
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped four youths before taking them to an unknown destination.
The Youth Coalition Against Settlements stated that infantry troops invaded Jabal Al-Rahma area in the city and broke into several homes, forcing the families out and violently searched their homes before kidnapping the four youths. The kidnapped youths were cuffed and blindfolded and were taken to the police station in Keryat Arba’ settlement built on Palestinian lands in the occupied city. The army claimed that a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a military tower in the area; the |
Youth Coalition said that the military claim is false, and is part of a continuous Israeli policy targeting the residents in the city.
It is worth mentioning that the army also invaded Wad Al-Harya area in the city, installed several roadblocks and searched dozens of vehicles while interrogating the residents and inspecting their ID cards.
On Saturday, the army shot and wounded several Palestinians in Hebron, and kidnapped several local youths.
Dozens of soldiers were deployed in the streets of the occupied city and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, and at a number of homes in the city.
Last Wednesday, an Israeli soldier shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian youth on his birthday while he was on his way to buy a birthday cake.
The slain youth was identified as a Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah, 17, a student of the Palestine Circus School in the city.
The murder of the youth led to repeated clashes between the residents and the Israeli army leading to dozens of injuries.
It is worth mentioning that the army also invaded Wad Al-Harya area in the city, installed several roadblocks and searched dozens of vehicles while interrogating the residents and inspecting their ID cards.
On Saturday, the army shot and wounded several Palestinians in Hebron, and kidnapped several local youths.
Dozens of soldiers were deployed in the streets of the occupied city and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, and at a number of homes in the city.
Last Wednesday, an Israeli soldier shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian youth on his birthday while he was on his way to buy a birthday cake.
The slain youth was identified as a Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah, 17, a student of the Palestine Circus School in the city.
The murder of the youth led to repeated clashes between the residents and the Israeli army leading to dozens of injuries.
Palestinian medical sources reported, Sunday, that clashes continued, for the second day, between local youths in the camp and Israeli soldiers who fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets leading to dozens of injuries.
The sources said that three residents were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets and dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Local sources said that the army also targeted several homes in the camp with gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets leading to damages and several injuries.
The clashes started Saturday when the army invaded the camp and local youths clashed with them and hurled several Molotov cocktails at a nearby military tower.
The sources said that three residents were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets and dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Local sources said that the army also targeted several homes in the camp with gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets leading to damages and several injuries.
The clashes started Saturday when the army invaded the camp and local youths clashed with them and hurled several Molotov cocktails at a nearby military tower.
15 dec 2012
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that 15 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and five residents have been kidnapped after the army invaded the area and conducted provocative acts against the residents.
Local sources reported that hundreds of residents were holding a nonviolent procession in solidarity with Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
The sources added that the soldiers violently assaulted the nonviolent protesters after the army invaded the area, and issue that led to clashes with the soldiers.
The army also demolished and removed that protest tent that was held in solidarity with detainee Samer Al-Esaawy, from Al-Esawiyya, who started his hunger strike more than 86 days ago, and his health condition witnessed a sharp deterioration.
The protest tent was installed near the Arba’een Mosque, in the town; the army confiscated the tent and whatever was in it.
The attack led to clashes with local youths who hurled stones at them while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades leading to fifteen injuries. The soldiers went on to kidnap five residents and took them to an unknown destination.
Amani Sarahna, spokesperson of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), stated Thursday that the health condition of Safady is dangerously deteriorating.
She added that Sarahna agreed, on Thursday, to take liquids, but refused medications and vitamins.
Safady was kidnapped by the army more than six months ago, and was placed under solitary confinement without any charges.
He also participated in the previous massive hunger strike conducted by the detainees in July this year, and Israel promised to release him when his six-month administrative detention order ends.
But when the order expired, the Israeli Authorities issued four additional months of Administrative detention instead of releasing him as promised.
He is one of four Palestinian political prisoners who are currently holding open-ended hunger strikes; one of them is identified as Samer Al-Barq, 38; he also holds Jordanian citizenship and is married to a woman from Pakistan.
Al-Barq has been held under administrative detention orders, without charges or trial, since more than 18 months.
Israeli forces quell solidarity march, injure 15, arrest 5
Israeli soldiers used force to quell a peaceful solidarity march in Issawiye to the north of occupied Jerusalem on Friday evening in solidarity with detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi.
Palestinian sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested five Palestinians after breaking into the village and tore down a tent pitched in solidarity with Issawi.
They said that the soldiers used rubber-coated bullets and teargas to disperse the march and during storming of the village wounding 15 Jerusalemites in the process.
Local sources reported that hundreds of residents were holding a nonviolent procession in solidarity with Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
The sources added that the soldiers violently assaulted the nonviolent protesters after the army invaded the area, and issue that led to clashes with the soldiers.
The army also demolished and removed that protest tent that was held in solidarity with detainee Samer Al-Esaawy, from Al-Esawiyya, who started his hunger strike more than 86 days ago, and his health condition witnessed a sharp deterioration.
The protest tent was installed near the Arba’een Mosque, in the town; the army confiscated the tent and whatever was in it.
The attack led to clashes with local youths who hurled stones at them while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades leading to fifteen injuries. The soldiers went on to kidnap five residents and took them to an unknown destination.
Amani Sarahna, spokesperson of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), stated Thursday that the health condition of Safady is dangerously deteriorating.
She added that Sarahna agreed, on Thursday, to take liquids, but refused medications and vitamins.
Safady was kidnapped by the army more than six months ago, and was placed under solitary confinement without any charges.
He also participated in the previous massive hunger strike conducted by the detainees in July this year, and Israel promised to release him when his six-month administrative detention order ends.
But when the order expired, the Israeli Authorities issued four additional months of Administrative detention instead of releasing him as promised.
He is one of four Palestinian political prisoners who are currently holding open-ended hunger strikes; one of them is identified as Samer Al-Barq, 38; he also holds Jordanian citizenship and is married to a woman from Pakistan.
Al-Barq has been held under administrative detention orders, without charges or trial, since more than 18 months.
Israeli forces quell solidarity march, injure 15, arrest 5
Israeli soldiers used force to quell a peaceful solidarity march in Issawiye to the north of occupied Jerusalem on Friday evening in solidarity with detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi.
Palestinian sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested five Palestinians after breaking into the village and tore down a tent pitched in solidarity with Issawi.
They said that the soldiers used rubber-coated bullets and teargas to disperse the march and during storming of the village wounding 15 Jerusalemites in the process.
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Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protests against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in different parts of the occupied West Bank; dozens of injuries were reported.
The army sprayed the protesters with chemicals in addition to firing dozens of gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullet, and several rounds of live ammunition. In Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, two nonviolent protesters were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets while dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. |
This Friday, the protest was titled “The Friday on Anger”; local, Israeli and International peace activists marched towards the Abu Lemon area, that was returned to the residents of Bil’in after a lengthy legal battle, and the soldiers showered them with wastewater mixed with chemicals and fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted slogans calling for national unity and for remaining steadfast on all national standards until liberation and independence, and called for the release of all political prisoners held by Israel, especially those held without charges under the illegitimate Administrative Detention orders that violate basic human rights.
Resident Tareq Adnan Abu Rahma, 16, was shot by a rubber-coated bullet in his arm, while Mohammad Adeeb Abu Rahma, 18, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his back. Dozens of protesters, including Israelis and international were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
The protesters stressed on rejecting Israel’s illegal policies of the deliberate killing of the Palestinians by allowing the army to fire rounds of live ammunition against unarmed nonviolent protesters, and against the Palestinian civilians in general.
The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in strongly denounced the killing of Mohammad Salaymah, 17, who was shot and killed on his birthday, Thursday, by an Israeli soldier who shot him with a live rounds as he was on his way to buy a cake.
The Committee said that this crime is part of ongoing Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, and that such crimes are acts of “state-sponsored terrorism” that is meant to force the Palestinians to submit to the occupation, its illegal Wall and settlements, and also called for “increasing the nonviolent popular protests in different parts of occupied Palestine to expose Israel’s racist policies”, PNN added.
In Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, the residents and their Israeli and international supporters also marched against the Wall and settlements, and reiterated their demand that the army must open the main road of the village that was blocked and sealed by the military several years ago sharply restricting the residents freedom of movement.
Israeli peace activists also expressed their rejection to Israeli statements that that tried to portray the protesters as violent, after pictures of Israeli soldiers, attacking the protesters last week, fleeing the area running away from unarmed protesters, were published.
Dozens were also treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the army attacked the nonviolent protest in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah.
The protesters marched against the Wall and settlements, and in condemnation of the killing of Mohammad Salaymah, and dubbed this week's protest as “the Friday of loyalty with Salaymah, the son of Hebron”.
They marched in the streets of the village chanting slogans against the occupation and settlements, and expressing determination to continue resisting the illegal Israeli occupation.
The army showered the protesters with gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and wastewater mixed with chemicals. The attack led to clashes between the soldiers and the residents and dozens of injuries were reported.
The army also used rounds of live ammunition targeting the protesters and fired several gas bombs at Palestinian homes in the village.
The Popular Committee in Nabi Saleh denounced the ongoing Israeli crimes, including the murder of Salaymah, and condemned the seriously and dangerously escalating attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against the residents, their homes, lands and their holy sites.
Media Coordinator of the Nonviolent Protests in Kufur Qaddoum, Murad Shteiwy, stated that the soldiers installed a roadblock, earlier on Friday, and tried to prevent journalists from reaching the village under the pretext that it is a “closed military zone”, an issue that forced the journalists to take a rough bypass road.
Shteiwy said that preventing the reporters from reaching the village increased fears among the residents that the army intends to implement its threats by using live rounds against the nonviolent protests and against the residents in general.
In Bethlehem, the army used excessive force against nonviolent protesters in Aida refugee camp, leading to clashes near the eastern entrance of the camp, close to the Bilal Bin Rabah mosque. The soldiers fired gas bombs leading to several injuries.
In Al-Ma’sara village, also in the Bethlehem district, the army prevented the protesters from reaching the Wall’s construction site, and violently attacked them.
Coordinator of the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in the Bethlehem district, Hasan Breijiyya, reported that the protest also marked the anniversary of the first Intifada, and came in solidarity with hunger striking detainees held by Israel, and facing ongoing violations and aggression.
Breijiyya called for wider protests in solidarity with the detainees, and added that the detainees’ case requires more international actions, not only conferences in Baghdad or elsewhere, as it needs to be highlighted on the international level to raise awareness to this ongoing plight, and demanded the International Community to perform its duties in protecting the detainees and the Palestinian people facing all sorts of violations and abuse by the occupation.
Two injured, dozens suffocate in IOF attacks on W. Bank peaceful marches
Two Palestinian protestors sustained injuries and many others suffered tear gas suffocation when their weekly peaceful marches against Israel's segregation wall and settlement activities were violently suppressed on Friday by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
In Bil'in village near Ramallah city, the IOF intensively fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at young protestors injuring two of them, one in his hand and another in his back. Many others also suffered suffocation after they inhaled tear gas.
The Palestinian and foreign activists had just arrived at Abu Leimun area near the segregation wall when the Israeli troops attacked them.
The IOF also quelled the peaceful march organized yesterday afternoon in Masara village south of Bethlehem and prevented it from reaching the segregation wall.
East of Qalqiliya, hundreds of Kafr Qaddum villagers along with foreign activists also participated in the weekly march staged to protest the Israeli closure of the main entrance to the village.
Their march was subdued with tear gas attacks by the IOF.
Settlers Attack Residents, Vehicles, Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several injuries took place in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after extremist Israeli settlers, and soldiers attacked Palestinian homes and vehicles;
the army also fired dozens of gas bombs at civilian homes leading to dozens of injuries.
The sources said that a young Palestinian woman was injured, Saturday evening, when dozens of extremist settlers attacked a home in Einabous village, south of Nablus, and assaulted its inhabitants.
Extremist settlers also hurled stones at dozens of Palestinian vehicles driving on a road west of Nablus; damage was reported, no injuries.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern West Bank, reported that settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement invaded the home of Hamdan Ahmad Hussein in Einabous, attacked and injured his wife Lialy Odah, 25, and destroyed furniture and property. Lialy was moved to a local hospital suffering cuts and bruises.
Daghlas further stated that the army did not attempt to remove the settlers, and instead fired dozens of gas bombs at the residents who suffocated and were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
He also said that dozens of settlers continued to gather at the main road, that leads to the village, and continued to throw stones at Palestinian vehicles until evening hours Saturday, causing damage to several vehicles.
Meanwhile in Orif, near Nablus, clashes took place when a number of extremist settlers tried to invade the village, but local residents clashed with them and hurled stones and empty bottles; the army arrived at the scene and fired gas bombs at the residents, but did not force the settlers away.
The protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted slogans calling for national unity and for remaining steadfast on all national standards until liberation and independence, and called for the release of all political prisoners held by Israel, especially those held without charges under the illegitimate Administrative Detention orders that violate basic human rights.
Resident Tareq Adnan Abu Rahma, 16, was shot by a rubber-coated bullet in his arm, while Mohammad Adeeb Abu Rahma, 18, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his back. Dozens of protesters, including Israelis and international were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
The protesters stressed on rejecting Israel’s illegal policies of the deliberate killing of the Palestinians by allowing the army to fire rounds of live ammunition against unarmed nonviolent protesters, and against the Palestinian civilians in general.
The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in strongly denounced the killing of Mohammad Salaymah, 17, who was shot and killed on his birthday, Thursday, by an Israeli soldier who shot him with a live rounds as he was on his way to buy a cake.
The Committee said that this crime is part of ongoing Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, and that such crimes are acts of “state-sponsored terrorism” that is meant to force the Palestinians to submit to the occupation, its illegal Wall and settlements, and also called for “increasing the nonviolent popular protests in different parts of occupied Palestine to expose Israel’s racist policies”, PNN added.
In Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, the residents and their Israeli and international supporters also marched against the Wall and settlements, and reiterated their demand that the army must open the main road of the village that was blocked and sealed by the military several years ago sharply restricting the residents freedom of movement.
Israeli peace activists also expressed their rejection to Israeli statements that that tried to portray the protesters as violent, after pictures of Israeli soldiers, attacking the protesters last week, fleeing the area running away from unarmed protesters, were published.
Dozens were also treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the army attacked the nonviolent protest in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah.
The protesters marched against the Wall and settlements, and in condemnation of the killing of Mohammad Salaymah, and dubbed this week's protest as “the Friday of loyalty with Salaymah, the son of Hebron”.
They marched in the streets of the village chanting slogans against the occupation and settlements, and expressing determination to continue resisting the illegal Israeli occupation.
The army showered the protesters with gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and wastewater mixed with chemicals. The attack led to clashes between the soldiers and the residents and dozens of injuries were reported.
The army also used rounds of live ammunition targeting the protesters and fired several gas bombs at Palestinian homes in the village.
The Popular Committee in Nabi Saleh denounced the ongoing Israeli crimes, including the murder of Salaymah, and condemned the seriously and dangerously escalating attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against the residents, their homes, lands and their holy sites.
Media Coordinator of the Nonviolent Protests in Kufur Qaddoum, Murad Shteiwy, stated that the soldiers installed a roadblock, earlier on Friday, and tried to prevent journalists from reaching the village under the pretext that it is a “closed military zone”, an issue that forced the journalists to take a rough bypass road.
Shteiwy said that preventing the reporters from reaching the village increased fears among the residents that the army intends to implement its threats by using live rounds against the nonviolent protests and against the residents in general.
In Bethlehem, the army used excessive force against nonviolent protesters in Aida refugee camp, leading to clashes near the eastern entrance of the camp, close to the Bilal Bin Rabah mosque. The soldiers fired gas bombs leading to several injuries.
In Al-Ma’sara village, also in the Bethlehem district, the army prevented the protesters from reaching the Wall’s construction site, and violently attacked them.
Coordinator of the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in the Bethlehem district, Hasan Breijiyya, reported that the protest also marked the anniversary of the first Intifada, and came in solidarity with hunger striking detainees held by Israel, and facing ongoing violations and aggression.
Breijiyya called for wider protests in solidarity with the detainees, and added that the detainees’ case requires more international actions, not only conferences in Baghdad or elsewhere, as it needs to be highlighted on the international level to raise awareness to this ongoing plight, and demanded the International Community to perform its duties in protecting the detainees and the Palestinian people facing all sorts of violations and abuse by the occupation.
Two injured, dozens suffocate in IOF attacks on W. Bank peaceful marches
Two Palestinian protestors sustained injuries and many others suffered tear gas suffocation when their weekly peaceful marches against Israel's segregation wall and settlement activities were violently suppressed on Friday by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
In Bil'in village near Ramallah city, the IOF intensively fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at young protestors injuring two of them, one in his hand and another in his back. Many others also suffered suffocation after they inhaled tear gas.
The Palestinian and foreign activists had just arrived at Abu Leimun area near the segregation wall when the Israeli troops attacked them.
The IOF also quelled the peaceful march organized yesterday afternoon in Masara village south of Bethlehem and prevented it from reaching the segregation wall.
East of Qalqiliya, hundreds of Kafr Qaddum villagers along with foreign activists also participated in the weekly march staged to protest the Israeli closure of the main entrance to the village.
Their march was subdued with tear gas attacks by the IOF.
Settlers Attack Residents, Vehicles, Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several injuries took place in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after extremist Israeli settlers, and soldiers attacked Palestinian homes and vehicles;
the army also fired dozens of gas bombs at civilian homes leading to dozens of injuries.
The sources said that a young Palestinian woman was injured, Saturday evening, when dozens of extremist settlers attacked a home in Einabous village, south of Nablus, and assaulted its inhabitants.
Extremist settlers also hurled stones at dozens of Palestinian vehicles driving on a road west of Nablus; damage was reported, no injuries.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern West Bank, reported that settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement invaded the home of Hamdan Ahmad Hussein in Einabous, attacked and injured his wife Lialy Odah, 25, and destroyed furniture and property. Lialy was moved to a local hospital suffering cuts and bruises.
Daghlas further stated that the army did not attempt to remove the settlers, and instead fired dozens of gas bombs at the residents who suffocated and were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
He also said that dozens of settlers continued to gather at the main road, that leads to the village, and continued to throw stones at Palestinian vehicles until evening hours Saturday, causing damage to several vehicles.
Meanwhile in Orif, near Nablus, clashes took place when a number of extremist settlers tried to invade the village, but local residents clashed with them and hurled stones and empty bottles; the army arrived at the scene and fired gas bombs at the residents, but did not force the settlers away.
14 dec 2012
The Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on the 13-year-old Palestinian, Nasser Mohammad Wasfi al-Sharabati, who was seriously injured during clashes near the Hashoter checkpoint in Bab al-Zawiya in Hebron.
Eyewitnesses said that a sniper fired five bullets toward the Palestinian who was on his way home. The boy has been transferred to al-Mezan Hospital, medical sources said that al-Sharabati was hit with three bullets; two in the hand and the third in the chest and described his condition with "serious".
Confrontations launched following the funeral of Mohammad al-Salaymeh, who was shot dead in his 17th Birthday by an Israeli Border Guard sergeant when he brandished a gun that later turned out to be fake.
High Alert at the West Bank, Jerusalem Ahead of Prayers
On Friday 14th December, Israeli police deployed large forces in the West Bank different governorates and Jerusalem and they are fully prepared for any possible action following the Friday prayers today afternoon.
These preparations come in light of the recent escalation that launched between the Israeli army soldiers and Palestinians.
Media Forum condemns storming writer Lama Khater's house by occupation
The Palestinian media forum strongly condemned the IOF storming the house of the writer and journalist Lama Khater, in al-Khalil in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Forum said in a statement on Thursday that a force of the occupation army raided the house of writer Lama Khater at dawn Thursday and confiscated the computers in addition to her and her husband's mobile phones.
Khater and her husband were also subjected to field interrogation by the occupation forces, about a peaceful march that is expected to be organized in al-Khalil Friday.
The media forum denounced these attacks and considered them part of a policy of abuse and harassment adopted against the journalists, writers and the opinion leaders in the West Bank.
It considered this policy a flagrant violation of all international charters, which impose respecting the freedom of opinion and expression and the media work, as well as the right to peaceful assembly.
The forum also pointed out that such abuse confirms the Israeli occupation's systematic strategy in targeting the Palestinian journalists, writers and thinkers, through multi-faceted forms; such as murder, summonses, arrests, storming into the houses and storming and closing media institutions.
Eyewitnesses said that a sniper fired five bullets toward the Palestinian who was on his way home. The boy has been transferred to al-Mezan Hospital, medical sources said that al-Sharabati was hit with three bullets; two in the hand and the third in the chest and described his condition with "serious".
Confrontations launched following the funeral of Mohammad al-Salaymeh, who was shot dead in his 17th Birthday by an Israeli Border Guard sergeant when he brandished a gun that later turned out to be fake.
High Alert at the West Bank, Jerusalem Ahead of Prayers
On Friday 14th December, Israeli police deployed large forces in the West Bank different governorates and Jerusalem and they are fully prepared for any possible action following the Friday prayers today afternoon.
These preparations come in light of the recent escalation that launched between the Israeli army soldiers and Palestinians.
Media Forum condemns storming writer Lama Khater's house by occupation
The Palestinian media forum strongly condemned the IOF storming the house of the writer and journalist Lama Khater, in al-Khalil in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Forum said in a statement on Thursday that a force of the occupation army raided the house of writer Lama Khater at dawn Thursday and confiscated the computers in addition to her and her husband's mobile phones.
Khater and her husband were also subjected to field interrogation by the occupation forces, about a peaceful march that is expected to be organized in al-Khalil Friday.
The media forum denounced these attacks and considered them part of a policy of abuse and harassment adopted against the journalists, writers and the opinion leaders in the West Bank.
It considered this policy a flagrant violation of all international charters, which impose respecting the freedom of opinion and expression and the media work, as well as the right to peaceful assembly.
The forum also pointed out that such abuse confirms the Israeli occupation's systematic strategy in targeting the Palestinian journalists, writers and thinkers, through multi-faceted forms; such as murder, summonses, arrests, storming into the houses and storming and closing media institutions.
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