28 mar 2015
A march set off Saturday from the Negev city of Rahat for al-Araqib village to protest the continuous demolition of homes in the village.
The housing structures have reportedly been demolished more than 80 times.
The village sheikh, Sayyah Abu Mdeighim, as well as activists and lawyers from the Negev, took part in the march, carrying signs that read: "Stop Demolishing al-Araqib."
Activist Aziz al-Turi told Ma'an that women, children and elderly people also participated in the protest.
He added that other Palestinians should organize similar marches to defend their land against Israeli incursions.
Activities marking the 39th Palestinian "Land Day" were also carried out in the al-Araqib, commemorating a general strike and marches that took place on Mar. 30, 1976 in protest over Israeli land seizures.
Six unarmed Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured by Israeli forces that day.
Demolitions, in addition to denial of basic services and access to infrastructure, are part of an ongoing campaign by Israeli planning committees against the Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, where roughly 70-90,000 people live.
In May 2013, an Israeli government committee approved a draft bill setting a framework to implement the evacuation of "unrecognized" Bedouin villages in the Negev, most of which existed before the state of Israel.
Al-Araqib is among some of the 40 Negev villages Israeli authorities have deemed unrecognized, arguing that the 53,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in them cannot prove land ownership.
They are the remnants of the Bedouin population that lived across the Negev Desert until 1948, when 90 percent of the local population were expelled by Israel and the remainder confined to a closed reservation.
The housing structures have reportedly been demolished more than 80 times.
The village sheikh, Sayyah Abu Mdeighim, as well as activists and lawyers from the Negev, took part in the march, carrying signs that read: "Stop Demolishing al-Araqib."
Activist Aziz al-Turi told Ma'an that women, children and elderly people also participated in the protest.
He added that other Palestinians should organize similar marches to defend their land against Israeli incursions.
Activities marking the 39th Palestinian "Land Day" were also carried out in the al-Araqib, commemorating a general strike and marches that took place on Mar. 30, 1976 in protest over Israeli land seizures.
Six unarmed Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured by Israeli forces that day.
Demolitions, in addition to denial of basic services and access to infrastructure, are part of an ongoing campaign by Israeli planning committees against the Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, where roughly 70-90,000 people live.
In May 2013, an Israeli government committee approved a draft bill setting a framework to implement the evacuation of "unrecognized" Bedouin villages in the Negev, most of which existed before the state of Israel.
Al-Araqib is among some of the 40 Negev villages Israeli authorities have deemed unrecognized, arguing that the 53,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in them cannot prove land ownership.
They are the remnants of the Bedouin population that lived across the Negev Desert until 1948, when 90 percent of the local population were expelled by Israel and the remainder confined to a closed reservation.
Israeli authorities delivered a notice to halt construction on a concrete factory, as well as on a home and agricultural road, in the Hebron district late Thursday.
Coordinator of a local popular committee in southern Hebron, Rateb al-Jubour, said that Israeli forces raided the al-Bweib area in eastern Yatta late Thursday to deliver the stop-work notices.
The home belonged to Ahmad Muhammad Hassan Daajneh.
Al-Jubour condemned the ongoing systematic attempts by Israeli forces to deport Palestinians from their lands, calling on all humanitarian and international institutions to intervene to end such procedures.
Thursday's raid came just days after Israeli forces delivered notices to halt construction at Palestinian residences in the same area, raiding the Deir Moussa area in northwestern Surif in order to deliver stop-work notices to six houses.
Additionally, in the villages Khirbet al-Fakhin and Khirbet Janba in eastern Yatta, coordinator of a local popular committee, Rateb al-Jubur, reported this week that Israeli forces and the Israeli civil administration had delivered notices to demolish three rooms and a tent belonging to Muhammad Mahmoud Hushiyeh, Issam Muhammad Makhamreh and Ali Muhammad al-Jabarin.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have any immediate information on the incidents, but told Ma'an that the Israeli army issues such notices when residences are built "illegally."
Palestinian residents throughout the Hebron district face a continual threat of demolition or displacement.
Al-Bweib and other villages that recently received stop-work orders are located in the south Hebron hills, where the illegal presence of around 3,000 Israeli settlers comes at the expense of Palestinian residents' ability to build homes and infrastructure.
Building permits must be approved by Israeli authorities in order for construction to take place in the villages, which are classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords, giving Israel full military and civil control.
As a result of rarely-approved permits, Palestinian residents are forced to build structures without permits, which are liable to be torn down later by Israeli forces.
While settlements in the south Hebron hills, in addition to six Israeli outposts, are supplied electricity by Israel, Palestinian villages have been refused access to the power lines that crisscross their land, and Israeli forces have torn down at least three attempts to connect to the Palestinian Authority electrical grid.
The Israeli practice of preventing either construction or expansion of Palestinian buildings in the Hebron area extends across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Around 552 Palestinian structures have been demolished since the start of 2015, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
Coordinator of a local popular committee in southern Hebron, Rateb al-Jubour, said that Israeli forces raided the al-Bweib area in eastern Yatta late Thursday to deliver the stop-work notices.
The home belonged to Ahmad Muhammad Hassan Daajneh.
Al-Jubour condemned the ongoing systematic attempts by Israeli forces to deport Palestinians from their lands, calling on all humanitarian and international institutions to intervene to end such procedures.
Thursday's raid came just days after Israeli forces delivered notices to halt construction at Palestinian residences in the same area, raiding the Deir Moussa area in northwestern Surif in order to deliver stop-work notices to six houses.
Additionally, in the villages Khirbet al-Fakhin and Khirbet Janba in eastern Yatta, coordinator of a local popular committee, Rateb al-Jubur, reported this week that Israeli forces and the Israeli civil administration had delivered notices to demolish three rooms and a tent belonging to Muhammad Mahmoud Hushiyeh, Issam Muhammad Makhamreh and Ali Muhammad al-Jabarin.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have any immediate information on the incidents, but told Ma'an that the Israeli army issues such notices when residences are built "illegally."
Palestinian residents throughout the Hebron district face a continual threat of demolition or displacement.
Al-Bweib and other villages that recently received stop-work orders are located in the south Hebron hills, where the illegal presence of around 3,000 Israeli settlers comes at the expense of Palestinian residents' ability to build homes and infrastructure.
Building permits must be approved by Israeli authorities in order for construction to take place in the villages, which are classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords, giving Israel full military and civil control.
As a result of rarely-approved permits, Palestinian residents are forced to build structures without permits, which are liable to be torn down later by Israeli forces.
While settlements in the south Hebron hills, in addition to six Israeli outposts, are supplied electricity by Israel, Palestinian villages have been refused access to the power lines that crisscross their land, and Israeli forces have torn down at least three attempts to connect to the Palestinian Authority electrical grid.
The Israeli practice of preventing either construction or expansion of Palestinian buildings in the Hebron area extends across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Around 552 Palestinian structures have been demolished since the start of 2015, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
27 mar 2015
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the village of Kufur Qaddoum near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked its weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements, leading to clashes; at least five Palestinians injured.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the village said the soldiers closed main roads, fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, rubber-coated metal bullets, and live ammunition.
Clashes erupted between the invading soldiers and scores of local youths in the village that was covered with smoke resulting from gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum Murad Shteiwy said the soldiers used excessive force against the weekly protest that is also held demanding Israeli to reopen the village’s main road that the army sealed 13 years ago.
He added that the soldiers invaded the village from three directions while firing dozens of gas bombs and live rounds.
Residents Nasser Barham, 42, Hakam Khaldoun, 24, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets in the abdomen, while resident Mohammad Abdul-Salam, 18, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head, and Maher Jom’a was shot in the leg.
In addition, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the main water pipe leading to the village, causing the villagers to be without running water for a few hours before local maintenance teams managed to fix it.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the village said the soldiers closed main roads, fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, rubber-coated metal bullets, and live ammunition.
Clashes erupted between the invading soldiers and scores of local youths in the village that was covered with smoke resulting from gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum Murad Shteiwy said the soldiers used excessive force against the weekly protest that is also held demanding Israeli to reopen the village’s main road that the army sealed 13 years ago.
He added that the soldiers invaded the village from three directions while firing dozens of gas bombs and live rounds.
Residents Nasser Barham, 42, Hakam Khaldoun, 24, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets in the abdomen, while resident Mohammad Abdul-Salam, 18, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head, and Maher Jom’a was shot in the leg.
In addition, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the main water pipe leading to the village, causing the villagers to be without running water for a few hours before local maintenance teams managed to fix it.
26 mar 2015
The Israeli occupation army on Thursday morning delivered demolition and construction freeze orders against six Palestinian homes in Surif town and four homes in Masafer Yatta area, north of al-Khalil city.
Local sources said that the Israeli army claims that the homes are located in an area under its control according to Oslo accords, pointing that some houses have been inhabited by Palestinian families for several years.
Head of the municipal council in Surif Mohamed Gunaimat told Quds Press that the demolition of these homes in the town would lead to the displacement of about 40 individuals.
Local sources said that the Israeli army claims that the homes are located in an area under its control according to Oslo accords, pointing that some houses have been inhabited by Palestinian families for several years.
Head of the municipal council in Surif Mohamed Gunaimat told Quds Press that the demolition of these homes in the town would lead to the displacement of about 40 individuals.
A group of Jewish settlers on Wednesday embarked on building a house on Palestinian-owned land in an area known as the eastern Badia of Bethlehem city.
A spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the south of the West Bank said that settlers seized a piece of land near Ma'ale Amos, particularly in the eastern Badia of Bethlehem, and started to prepare it for the construction of a house.
He told Quds Press that the settlers would build the house with the support of the Gush Etzion regional council, adding that the land belongs to Halayka family, from Ashiyukh town in al-Khalil.
A spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the south of the West Bank said that settlers seized a piece of land near Ma'ale Amos, particularly in the eastern Badia of Bethlehem, and started to prepare it for the construction of a house.
He told Quds Press that the settlers would build the house with the support of the Gush Etzion regional council, adding that the land belongs to Halayka family, from Ashiyukh town in al-Khalil.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including two children. Army orders six families to halt the construction of their homes; families ordered to remove tent and three rooms.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped two children after searching their homes, and many other homes in the camp.
The two have been identified as ‘Omar Jasser Sharif, 15, and Hakam Taleb Sharif, 14 years of age.
The army also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Nabil ‘Issa Masalma, 20, in addition to Fadi Mohammad Masalma, 26, and Luay Salim Masalma, 20 years of age.
The three were kidnapped after the army stormed and violently searched several homes.
In addition, several military jeeps invaded Surif town, west of Hebron, and handed notices to six families ordering to halt the construction of their homes, in Deir Mousa area, northwest of the town.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said personnel of the military run Civil Administration Office, accompanied the soldiers, and handed the order to ‘Ali Suleiman Mousa, ‘Issa Mousa Ghneimat, Zaher Suleiman Ghneimat, Mohammad Abdullah Safi, Yousef Mohammad Salama and Mousa Suleiman Ghneimat.
Lafi said some of the homes are already inhabited, and that the families were trying to conduct maintenance, and expand their properties.
Several military vehicles also invaded Jebna and al-Fakheet communities, east of Yatta town, and ordered families to remove a residential tent, and three rooms, belonging to residents Mohammad Mahmoud Hweisha, Issam Mohammad Makhamra, and Ali Mohammad al-Jabarin.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said the area has been subject to frequent attacks by the army, and by Israeli fanatics living in nearby illegal colonies.
Jabour voiced an appeal to local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene and oblige Israel to stop its violations, especially since Israeli is trying to force the residents out of their homes and lands so it can build and expand its illegal colonies.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped two children after searching their homes, and many other homes in the camp.
The two have been identified as ‘Omar Jasser Sharif, 15, and Hakam Taleb Sharif, 14 years of age.
The army also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Nabil ‘Issa Masalma, 20, in addition to Fadi Mohammad Masalma, 26, and Luay Salim Masalma, 20 years of age.
The three were kidnapped after the army stormed and violently searched several homes.
In addition, several military jeeps invaded Surif town, west of Hebron, and handed notices to six families ordering to halt the construction of their homes, in Deir Mousa area, northwest of the town.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said personnel of the military run Civil Administration Office, accompanied the soldiers, and handed the order to ‘Ali Suleiman Mousa, ‘Issa Mousa Ghneimat, Zaher Suleiman Ghneimat, Mohammad Abdullah Safi, Yousef Mohammad Salama and Mousa Suleiman Ghneimat.
Lafi said some of the homes are already inhabited, and that the families were trying to conduct maintenance, and expand their properties.
Several military vehicles also invaded Jebna and al-Fakheet communities, east of Yatta town, and ordered families to remove a residential tent, and three rooms, belonging to residents Mohammad Mahmoud Hweisha, Issam Mohammad Makhamra, and Ali Mohammad al-Jabarin.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said the area has been subject to frequent attacks by the army, and by Israeli fanatics living in nearby illegal colonies.
Jabour voiced an appeal to local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene and oblige Israel to stop its violations, especially since Israeli is trying to force the residents out of their homes and lands so it can build and expand its illegal colonies.
25 mar 2015
Israeli Antiquities Authority admitted, in a recently issued report, performing excavations over more than two years below the foundations of the Aqsa Mosque in the southern angle of the western wall of the holy site, QPress disclosed.
QPress pointed out that the excavations reached a six-meter depth under the foundations from below the southern angle of the wall until below al-Magharebah foothill.
QPress said the report revealed that the excavations for discovering the foundations of the western wall of the “Temple Mount” during 2013 and 2014 have led to discovering four building blocks of the western wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
The excavations reached a depth of six meters below the foundations and adjacent waterways. The Israelis claim that the waterways go back to the Second Temple period while it is dating back to the period of Jebusite Arab and Islamic Umayyad, QPress underlined.
The report included some pictures, descriptions and measurements for the stones and rocks found, it added.
The report also pointed out that the excavations were preceded by preliminary diggings in late 2011. It discovered cavities and a rocky structure and paved the way for the current phase of excavation which is continuing until the moment.
QPress pointed out that the excavations reached a six-meter depth under the foundations from below the southern angle of the wall until below al-Magharebah foothill.
QPress said the report revealed that the excavations for discovering the foundations of the western wall of the “Temple Mount” during 2013 and 2014 have led to discovering four building blocks of the western wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
The excavations reached a depth of six meters below the foundations and adjacent waterways. The Israelis claim that the waterways go back to the Second Temple period while it is dating back to the period of Jebusite Arab and Islamic Umayyad, QPress underlined.
The report included some pictures, descriptions and measurements for the stones and rocks found, it added.
The report also pointed out that the excavations were preceded by preliminary diggings in late 2011. It discovered cavities and a rocky structure and paved the way for the current phase of excavation which is continuing until the moment.
Scores of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have made homes in caves, on the outskirts of Al-Khalil (Hebron), as Israeli occupation authorities continue to prevent them from building homes on territories earmarked for illegal settlements for Jews.
Noaman Hamamda, age 57, told Anadolu News Agency that he and his fellow Palestinians in this predicament have tried to build homes with bricks and cement, but that the Israelis demolish the structures on the grounds that they have been built without a permit.
It is very rare for Palestinians to be given a building permit by the occupation authorities.
Hamamda and his 13-member family currently live in a cave covering around 30 square meters; they have no basic amenities. Nevertheless, he and other Palestinians in the area say that they would rather suffer such harsh living conditions in the caves than abandon their ancestral land to Israeli settlement projects.
“The occupation keeps trying to evict us,” said Hamamda while his wife Rasmiya prepared tea with primitive utensils, “but we refuse to give up the land. Life is hard for us here, but you get used to it.”
The family’s cave is split into three sections: one for sleeping, another for storing grain; and a third for receiving guests. Outside the cave is a wood oven that Rasmiya uses for cooking and baking bread. “We live a primitive life, but we endure it for the sake of protecting our land,” she said.
Hamamda’s is one of about 15 Palestinian families living in caves in Al-Khalil’s mountainous Al-Mafqara village, one of a cluster of Palestinian villages nestled between five affluent illegal settlements reserved for Jews and built by Israel on confiscated Palestinian land. Israeli troops have entered the area in force repeatedly in recent years to demolish structures built by Palestinian residents.
The most recent raid by Israeli forces on Al-Mafqara was in 2013, when army bulldozers destroyed an electricity generator that had provided residents with power for a few hours each night. During the same raid, the Israelis also leveled a local mosque.
Noaman Hamamda, age 57, told Anadolu News Agency that he and his fellow Palestinians in this predicament have tried to build homes with bricks and cement, but that the Israelis demolish the structures on the grounds that they have been built without a permit.
It is very rare for Palestinians to be given a building permit by the occupation authorities.
Hamamda and his 13-member family currently live in a cave covering around 30 square meters; they have no basic amenities. Nevertheless, he and other Palestinians in the area say that they would rather suffer such harsh living conditions in the caves than abandon their ancestral land to Israeli settlement projects.
“The occupation keeps trying to evict us,” said Hamamda while his wife Rasmiya prepared tea with primitive utensils, “but we refuse to give up the land. Life is hard for us here, but you get used to it.”
The family’s cave is split into three sections: one for sleeping, another for storing grain; and a third for receiving guests. Outside the cave is a wood oven that Rasmiya uses for cooking and baking bread. “We live a primitive life, but we endure it for the sake of protecting our land,” she said.
Hamamda’s is one of about 15 Palestinian families living in caves in Al-Khalil’s mountainous Al-Mafqara village, one of a cluster of Palestinian villages nestled between five affluent illegal settlements reserved for Jews and built by Israel on confiscated Palestinian land. Israeli troops have entered the area in force repeatedly in recent years to demolish structures built by Palestinian residents.
The most recent raid by Israeli forces on Al-Mafqara was in 2013, when army bulldozers destroyed an electricity generator that had provided residents with power for a few hours each night. During the same raid, the Israelis also leveled a local mosque.
The Israeli authorities issued a series of self-demolition orders targeting a number Palestinian civilian homes in the Negev, sources based in the region reported.
Local sources said the demolition notifications were pasted on the walls of five new homes in al-Sa’wa village, east of the Negev desert, along with other houses in Umm Batin village.
Israeli police officers, who delivered the notifications, threatened to raze the buildings to the ground sometime soon in case they are not willingly demolished by their own owners.
A wave of Israeli demolition campaigns targeting Palestinian civilian homes has reportedly rocked Sa’wa village over the past couple of months.
At least 50 Palestinian homes have been knocked down by the Israeli authorities since the start of 2015. Over 1,000 homes had already been demolished last year, spokesman for the Al-Naqab Association for Land and Human Beings reported.
Local sources said the demolition notifications were pasted on the walls of five new homes in al-Sa’wa village, east of the Negev desert, along with other houses in Umm Batin village.
Israeli police officers, who delivered the notifications, threatened to raze the buildings to the ground sometime soon in case they are not willingly demolished by their own owners.
A wave of Israeli demolition campaigns targeting Palestinian civilian homes has reportedly rocked Sa’wa village over the past couple of months.
At least 50 Palestinian homes have been knocked down by the Israeli authorities since the start of 2015. Over 1,000 homes had already been demolished last year, spokesman for the Al-Naqab Association for Land and Human Beings reported.
A flock of Israeli extremist settlers on Tuesday stormed a Palestinian residential neighborhood in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Local sources said Israeli settler vandals residing in the illegal Ramat Yishai settlement outpost and escorted by Israeli soldiers broke into Jabal al-Rahma neighborhood and other adjacent areas, yelling anti-Arab slogans calling to forcibly expel Palestinians from their native lands.
Tuesday’s assault marks one of several incidents of reported break-ins carried out by Israeli settler bunches in al-Khalil, where they have managed to grab hold of a number of Palestinian family homes.
A Palestinian youngster, reportedly in his twenties, was meanwhile kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at a flying military checkpoint pitched at the crossroads of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, in northern al-Khalil.
The IOF troops further blocked the access road between al-Khalil and Bethlehem cities via a makeshift roadblock.
By-standers at the scene said Palestinian vehicles had randomly been stopped and searched by the IOF soldiers in the process, leading to traffic jam.
The traffic congestion spread out to the Gush Etzion settlement amid a heightened Israeli security alert.
In another development, the IOF threatened to demolish a water well used by Palestinians east of al-Khalil’s town of Yatta under the pretext that the land lot makes part of Israeli-run areas as already delineated in the Oslo Accord, activist Rateb al-Jabour told the PIC.
The IOF has increasingly been threatening to knock down Palestinian family homes, civilian structures, and water wells in the area as part of a larger ethnic cleansing scheme.
Local sources said Israeli settler vandals residing in the illegal Ramat Yishai settlement outpost and escorted by Israeli soldiers broke into Jabal al-Rahma neighborhood and other adjacent areas, yelling anti-Arab slogans calling to forcibly expel Palestinians from their native lands.
Tuesday’s assault marks one of several incidents of reported break-ins carried out by Israeli settler bunches in al-Khalil, where they have managed to grab hold of a number of Palestinian family homes.
A Palestinian youngster, reportedly in his twenties, was meanwhile kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at a flying military checkpoint pitched at the crossroads of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, in northern al-Khalil.
The IOF troops further blocked the access road between al-Khalil and Bethlehem cities via a makeshift roadblock.
By-standers at the scene said Palestinian vehicles had randomly been stopped and searched by the IOF soldiers in the process, leading to traffic jam.
The traffic congestion spread out to the Gush Etzion settlement amid a heightened Israeli security alert.
In another development, the IOF threatened to demolish a water well used by Palestinians east of al-Khalil’s town of Yatta under the pretext that the land lot makes part of Israeli-run areas as already delineated in the Oslo Accord, activist Rateb al-Jabour told the PIC.
The IOF has increasingly been threatening to knock down Palestinian family homes, civilian structures, and water wells in the area as part of a larger ethnic cleansing scheme.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed at two military positions to the east of central Gaza Strip opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian land on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers in Malaka and Camera military sites opened indiscriminate and intensive fire at Palestinian land to the east of Juhr al-Deek village and Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
IOF daily opens fire at various Gaza border areas and on certain occasions enter into the enclave and bulldoze land.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers in Malaka and Camera military sites opened indiscriminate and intensive fire at Palestinian land to the east of Juhr al-Deek village and Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
IOF daily opens fire at various Gaza border areas and on certain occasions enter into the enclave and bulldoze land.
24 mar 2015
Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday morning, stormed Wadi al-Neim village and confiscated several vehicles.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, activist Jalal Zyadnah said that dozens of Israeli police deployed into the village, in addition to other areas of the Negev, and confiscated a number of tractors.
Israeli police claimed that these vehicles were used without a license and were identified in previous confrontations with the Israeli soldiers.
Local witnesses reported that Israeli special forces assaulted Palestinian citizens while taking their tractors, noting that they also arrested six Palestinians as they tried to confront the Israeli forces.
No further details were given.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, activist Jalal Zyadnah said that dozens of Israeli police deployed into the village, in addition to other areas of the Negev, and confiscated a number of tractors.
Israeli police claimed that these vehicles were used without a license and were identified in previous confrontations with the Israeli soldiers.
Local witnesses reported that Israeli special forces assaulted Palestinian citizens while taking their tractors, noting that they also arrested six Palestinians as they tried to confront the Israeli forces.
No further details were given.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) served demolition notices to two Palestinians to destroy their houses in al-Khalil claiming lack of construction permits.
Local sources told Quds Press the IOF ordered two brothers of Arafat family to demolish their homes in a town near al-Khalil, noting that the areas of both houses are 170 square meters each.
The sources pointed to the fact that this is the second time in which the IOF hands the town’s inhabitants demolition notices as they had earlier handed another man a destruction notification for his well.
Local sources told Quds Press the IOF ordered two brothers of Arafat family to demolish their homes in a town near al-Khalil, noting that the areas of both houses are 170 square meters each.
The sources pointed to the fact that this is the second time in which the IOF hands the town’s inhabitants demolition notices as they had earlier handed another man a destruction notification for his well.
Israeli soldiers, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded Tuesday Ta’nak village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and demolished a deep artesian well, in addition to uprooting ten Palestinian olive trees.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said ten military vehicles, and an armored bulldozer invaded the village before demolishing a 50-meter deep artesian well.
The well provides water for agricultural lands belonging to residents of Ta’nak, Rommana, Zabbouba, Sielet al-Haretheyya, and al-Yamoun.
In addition, soldiers demolished a wall, and uprooted more than ten olive trees without providing any explanation for their attack.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said ten military vehicles, and an armored bulldozer invaded the village before demolishing a 50-meter deep artesian well.
The well provides water for agricultural lands belonging to residents of Ta’nak, Rommana, Zabbouba, Sielet al-Haretheyya, and al-Yamoun.
In addition, soldiers demolished a wall, and uprooted more than ten olive trees without providing any explanation for their attack.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the al-Koum Palestinian village, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed orders for the destruction of two Palestinian homes, and a well.
The soldiers handed ‘Arafat Ahmad Rajoub, and his brother, Yasser, two orders to demolish their own homes in the village, and handed resident Mohammad Abdul-Hafith Rajoub an order to demolish his well.
Soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating them.
In addition, a number of Israeli fanatics of the Ramat Yeshai illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands in the center of Hebron, invaded the Jabal ar-Rahma area in the city, and conducted provocative acts.
The soldiers handed ‘Arafat Ahmad Rajoub, and his brother, Yasser, two orders to demolish their own homes in the village, and handed resident Mohammad Abdul-Hafith Rajoub an order to demolish his well.
Soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating them.
In addition, a number of Israeli fanatics of the Ramat Yeshai illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands in the center of Hebron, invaded the Jabal ar-Rahma area in the city, and conducted provocative acts.