13 aug 2018
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank, and handed a demolition order against the family home of a Palestinian, who was killed in July on this year, after killing an Israeli colonialist settler.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers surrounded the village, before invading it, and handed the order to the family of Mohammad Tareq Dar Yousef, 17.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was killed June 26th, 2018, after he managed to climb over the fence into the illegal Israeli settlement of Geva Binyamin, which had been built on Palestinian lands taken from Kobar, and stabbed three people, killing one, identified as Yotam Ovadia, 31, before he was shot and killed.
The policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinians who carried out, or suspected of carrying out attacks against Israelis, including soldiers and settlers, is an act of collective punishment, illegal under International Law.
Israeli army threatens demolition of home of slain Palestinian
The Israeli army Monday notified the family of Mohammad Tareq Dar Yousef that their home in Ramallah’s village of Kober is going to be demolished as a punishment for an anti-occupation attack carried out by their son.
According to local sources, Israeli army patrols raided the village at predawn time and posted the demolition order on Dar Yousef’s family home.
on July 26, Mohamed Tareq carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near Adam settlement outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands, before he was fatally gunned down by Israeli forces. An Israeli soldier was pronounced dead and two settlers wounded in the attack.
Demolition is a collective punishment policy Israel always implements against relatives of Palestinians involved in anti-occupation attacks.
The Israeli army had regularly raided Kober from the time the incident took place, breaking into and ransacking civilian homes, detaining residents, setting roadblocks and chasing down anti-occupation youth.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers surrounded the village, before invading it, and handed the order to the family of Mohammad Tareq Dar Yousef, 17.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was killed June 26th, 2018, after he managed to climb over the fence into the illegal Israeli settlement of Geva Binyamin, which had been built on Palestinian lands taken from Kobar, and stabbed three people, killing one, identified as Yotam Ovadia, 31, before he was shot and killed.
The policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinians who carried out, or suspected of carrying out attacks against Israelis, including soldiers and settlers, is an act of collective punishment, illegal under International Law.
Israeli army threatens demolition of home of slain Palestinian
The Israeli army Monday notified the family of Mohammad Tareq Dar Yousef that their home in Ramallah’s village of Kober is going to be demolished as a punishment for an anti-occupation attack carried out by their son.
According to local sources, Israeli army patrols raided the village at predawn time and posted the demolition order on Dar Yousef’s family home.
on July 26, Mohamed Tareq carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near Adam settlement outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands, before he was fatally gunned down by Israeli forces. An Israeli soldier was pronounced dead and two settlers wounded in the attack.
Demolition is a collective punishment policy Israel always implements against relatives of Palestinians involved in anti-occupation attacks.
The Israeli army had regularly raided Kober from the time the incident took place, breaking into and ransacking civilian homes, detaining residents, setting roadblocks and chasing down anti-occupation youth.
12 aug 2018
Israel’s naval forces on Sunday morning kidnapped five Palestinian fishermen as they were working off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli navy rounded up five fishermen and confiscated their boats after intercepting them off the northern shores of Gaza.
The fishermen were identified as Naser Fadel, Hasan Fadel, Yaser Naser, Ahmed Naser and Fadel Naser. All of them are relatives from the family of Baker.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
According to a local report, the Israeli navy detained last year, 2017, 39 fishermen and released them later.
14 of those fishermen who were arrested last year suffered bullet injuries when the navy opened fire at their boats. Another two fishermen were also killed.
Israeli navy attacks, detains 5 Gaza fishermen
Israeli naval forces attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats and detained several of the fishermen on Sunday in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Nizar Ayyash, the boat captain, told Ma'an that the Israeli naval forces fired at the fishing boats and detained five Palestinian fishermen, who were taken to an unknown location.
Following the attack, Israeli naval forces confiscated the fishing boats and sailed them towards the Israeli Ashdod seaport.
Ayyash identified the detained fishermen as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the "buffer zone," which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for nearly 12 years.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, Israel’s Gaza siege and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued its annual report for 2017 showing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli navy rounded up five fishermen and confiscated their boats after intercepting them off the northern shores of Gaza.
The fishermen were identified as Naser Fadel, Hasan Fadel, Yaser Naser, Ahmed Naser and Fadel Naser. All of them are relatives from the family of Baker.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
According to a local report, the Israeli navy detained last year, 2017, 39 fishermen and released them later.
14 of those fishermen who were arrested last year suffered bullet injuries when the navy opened fire at their boats. Another two fishermen were also killed.
Israeli navy attacks, detains 5 Gaza fishermen
Israeli naval forces attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats and detained several of the fishermen on Sunday in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Nizar Ayyash, the boat captain, told Ma'an that the Israeli naval forces fired at the fishing boats and detained five Palestinian fishermen, who were taken to an unknown location.
Following the attack, Israeli naval forces confiscated the fishing boats and sailed them towards the Israeli Ashdod seaport.
Ayyash identified the detained fishermen as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the "buffer zone," which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for nearly 12 years.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, Israel’s Gaza siege and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued its annual report for 2017 showing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”
11 aug 2018
Four Palestinian citizens were injured Saturday evening during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
Local sources reported that four Palestinian youths suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds as the IOF raided Beit Ummar neighborhoods.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF soldiers stormed the town in large numbers and distributed notices warning Beit Ummar residents against taking part in any resistance activities.
Awad said that the IOF heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the Palestinian citizens injuring four of them.
He added that the IOF soldiers seized four Palestinian vehicles before they withdrew from the town.
Local sources reported that four Palestinian youths suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds as the IOF raided Beit Ummar neighborhoods.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF soldiers stormed the town in large numbers and distributed notices warning Beit Ummar residents against taking part in any resistance activities.
Awad said that the IOF heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the Palestinian citizens injuring four of them.
He added that the IOF soldiers seized four Palestinian vehicles before they withdrew from the town.
Palestinian farmers have complained that sewage coming from Ariel settlement is polluting the atmosphere and the natural park in western Salfit.
According to local farmers on Saturday morning, wastewater is being channeled from Ariel settlement to the area and park of Wadi al-Matwi and Ghanates in western Salfit.
The wastewater has also reached the town of Kafr ad-Dik in Salfit, the farmers reported.
The settlement of Ariel has been pumping its sewage directly into nearby Palestinian areas for years, creating a dangerous and unhealthy situation for local residents and contaminating groundwater and crops.
According to local farmers on Saturday morning, wastewater is being channeled from Ariel settlement to the area and park of Wadi al-Matwi and Ghanates in western Salfit.
The wastewater has also reached the town of Kafr ad-Dik in Salfit, the farmers reported.
The settlement of Ariel has been pumping its sewage directly into nearby Palestinian areas for years, creating a dangerous and unhealthy situation for local residents and contaminating groundwater and crops.
The Israeli occupation government has embarked on carrying out a massive settlement project that will lead to the isolation of four Palestinian villages from Bethlehem in the West Bank as a prelude to annexing them as Israeli state land.
The new plan is aimed at turning the villages of Battir, Wadi Fukin, Nahalin and Husan, which are located in the west of Bethlehem province, into communities under Israel’s sovereignty after isolating them from Bethlehem.
The area where those villages are located is called locally Arqoub villages and there are about 20,000 Palestinian citizens living there.
According to the plan, Israel intends to expand Road 60 that lead to the illegal settlement of Beitar Illit, which was built on annexed land in Bethlehem, and connect it with roads between these villages to make this new expanded road available only for Jewish settlers.
On the ground, Israeli engineers and surveyors started to put up signs and numbers in the heart of Nahalin town to prepare for the plan.
The new plan is aimed at turning the villages of Battir, Wadi Fukin, Nahalin and Husan, which are located in the west of Bethlehem province, into communities under Israel’s sovereignty after isolating them from Bethlehem.
The area where those villages are located is called locally Arqoub villages and there are about 20,000 Palestinian citizens living there.
According to the plan, Israel intends to expand Road 60 that lead to the illegal settlement of Beitar Illit, which was built on annexed land in Bethlehem, and connect it with roads between these villages to make this new expanded road available only for Jewish settlers.
On the ground, Israeli engineers and surveyors started to put up signs and numbers in the heart of Nahalin town to prepare for the plan.
The Israeli municipality of occupied Jerusalem decided, on Friday, to approve the seizure dozens of dunams of land in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
WHIC said staff of the Israeli municipality distributed notices informing local citizens about the municipality’s intention to take the said lands for “gardening purposes”.
The lands to be appropriated are the property of local Palestinian citizens, who hold proper paperwork confirming their ownership, WAFA further reported.
Some of the lands also belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, the Center said.
Israel Illegally Confiscates Dozens Of Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Silwan
The City Council in occupied Jerusalem issued orders for the illegal annexation of dozens of Dunams of Palestinian lands in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of using them for “gardening, irrigation pipes, roads and public gardens.”
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that City Council employees posted the new orders in Wadi ar-Rababa and al-Abbasiyya neighborhoods.
Silwanic added that the posted orders also included maps showing the lands that will be confiscated, under of the pretext of “gardening vacant lots.”
It stated that these orders pose serious threats to dozens of Dunams of Palestinian lands in Wadi ar-Rababa, Wadi Hilweh, Be’er Ayyoub and Nabi Daoud, and added that the lands are owned by the Palestinians, who have legal documents proving ownership, in addition to other lands owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.
Jawad Siyam, the head of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said the lands have, for dozens of years, been planted with olive trees, fig trees and berries; however, in recent years, Israel started preventing the Palestinians from entering them.
Israel has also been bulldozing and uprooting large areas of these lands, in addition to demolishing property, especially in Wadi ar-Rababa, under the pretext of being part of the “Public Gardens.”
The City Council claims “it wants to plant trees, install irrigation systems, create public gardens and seating areas, in addition to pedestrian roads, geotechnical engineering work, and landscaping.
Silwanic added that, although the new orders are for five years, previous experiences prove that once the City Council, the Department of Archeology or the Department of Natural Resources, take control of Palestinian lands, they end up confiscating them permanently, and use them for the construction and expansion of the illegal colonies, and outposts, in Silwan, as well as other vital parts of occupied Jerusalem.
Many areas in Silwan are frequently targeted for annexation, especially since Israel is building a pedestrian bridge for tourists and colonial settlers, linking between the ath-Thoury neighborhood, Nabi Daoud and Wadi ar-Rababa, and is preparing for building a restaurant, in addition to pathways for pedestrians.
Siyam said that the lands Israel is trying to confiscate are privately owned by the Palestinians, and are the only lands left for Silwan to build homes, schools and public gardens for the inhabitants, but the City Council has been denying construction permits, in addition to demolishing homes and property.
“The indigenous Palestinians who own the lands are the ones who should benefit from them, by farming and developing them,” Siyam added, “But Israel denies them these basic rights, and is punishing them if they build, so that it can use the lands for its colonialist projects.”
He affirmed that the Palestinians in Silwan are well aware that the new Israeli orders aim at completely and permanently confiscating their lands, especially since the city confiscated and closed lands, several years ago, in the al-Ein al-Hamra area in the town, for what the Jerusalem City Council said “public benefit,” but the lands ended up owned by El’ad colonialist foundation, which funds and supports the construction and expansion of Jewish-only colonies in occupied Jerusalem.
Furthermore, Siyam added that Israel also confiscated lands in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, under the pretext of turning a police station into a space for public use, but the station was turned into a colony instead.
WHIC said staff of the Israeli municipality distributed notices informing local citizens about the municipality’s intention to take the said lands for “gardening purposes”.
The lands to be appropriated are the property of local Palestinian citizens, who hold proper paperwork confirming their ownership, WAFA further reported.
Some of the lands also belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, the Center said.
Israel Illegally Confiscates Dozens Of Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Silwan
The City Council in occupied Jerusalem issued orders for the illegal annexation of dozens of Dunams of Palestinian lands in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of using them for “gardening, irrigation pipes, roads and public gardens.”
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that City Council employees posted the new orders in Wadi ar-Rababa and al-Abbasiyya neighborhoods.
Silwanic added that the posted orders also included maps showing the lands that will be confiscated, under of the pretext of “gardening vacant lots.”
It stated that these orders pose serious threats to dozens of Dunams of Palestinian lands in Wadi ar-Rababa, Wadi Hilweh, Be’er Ayyoub and Nabi Daoud, and added that the lands are owned by the Palestinians, who have legal documents proving ownership, in addition to other lands owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.
Jawad Siyam, the head of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said the lands have, for dozens of years, been planted with olive trees, fig trees and berries; however, in recent years, Israel started preventing the Palestinians from entering them.
Israel has also been bulldozing and uprooting large areas of these lands, in addition to demolishing property, especially in Wadi ar-Rababa, under the pretext of being part of the “Public Gardens.”
The City Council claims “it wants to plant trees, install irrigation systems, create public gardens and seating areas, in addition to pedestrian roads, geotechnical engineering work, and landscaping.
Silwanic added that, although the new orders are for five years, previous experiences prove that once the City Council, the Department of Archeology or the Department of Natural Resources, take control of Palestinian lands, they end up confiscating them permanently, and use them for the construction and expansion of the illegal colonies, and outposts, in Silwan, as well as other vital parts of occupied Jerusalem.
Many areas in Silwan are frequently targeted for annexation, especially since Israel is building a pedestrian bridge for tourists and colonial settlers, linking between the ath-Thoury neighborhood, Nabi Daoud and Wadi ar-Rababa, and is preparing for building a restaurant, in addition to pathways for pedestrians.
Siyam said that the lands Israel is trying to confiscate are privately owned by the Palestinians, and are the only lands left for Silwan to build homes, schools and public gardens for the inhabitants, but the City Council has been denying construction permits, in addition to demolishing homes and property.
“The indigenous Palestinians who own the lands are the ones who should benefit from them, by farming and developing them,” Siyam added, “But Israel denies them these basic rights, and is punishing them if they build, so that it can use the lands for its colonialist projects.”
He affirmed that the Palestinians in Silwan are well aware that the new Israeli orders aim at completely and permanently confiscating their lands, especially since the city confiscated and closed lands, several years ago, in the al-Ein al-Hamra area in the town, for what the Jerusalem City Council said “public benefit,” but the lands ended up owned by El’ad colonialist foundation, which funds and supports the construction and expansion of Jewish-only colonies in occupied Jerusalem.
Furthermore, Siyam added that Israel also confiscated lands in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, under the pretext of turning a police station into a space for public use, but the station was turned into a colony instead.
10 aug 2018
After initially seizing Palestinian land from four villages “for military purposes” last year, Israeli military authorities transferred the seized land to Israeli civilians in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and is now recognizing the illegal colony ‘Adei Ad’.
The land on which the colony was constructed was stolen from Palestinian landowners in the villages of Turmusayya, Mughayyir, Jalud and Qaryut.
The area in question is about 205 dunams of land, located north of Ramallah, and south of Nablus, in the north-central part of the West Bank.
In its recognition of the outpost on Wednesday, in the midst of a bombing campaign on Gaza, Israeli authorities explicitly recognized the legitimacy of a colony that was constructed in violation of Israeli law.
According to Israeli sources, the aim of the legitimization of the outpost of Adei Ad is to expand the existing settlement of Amichai, which is located deep within Palestinian Territory in the West Bank, and was itself constructed on stolen Palestinian land.
The idea, according to the Israeli sources, is to vastly expand the Israeli settlement presence in the central West Bank, in order to expand the state of Israel further onto Palestinian land.
Since its creation in 1948, the state of Israel has never officially declared its borders, and has used military and paramilitary force to continually expand its land base onto what had been Palestinian land.
The large settlement of Amichai was initially constructed to transfer Israeli colonists who were moved from the illegal outpost of Amona. Since that time, the colonists, made up of paramilitary forces and their families, have expanded the land base of their colony onto stolen Palestinian land. In addition, the settler-only roads leading from inside Israel to the settlement colony discriminate against Palestinians and do not allow them to drive on the roads, or even to cross the roads to reach their land.
Adei Ad was constructed a year ago, several kilometers east of Amichai, without licenses or permits from the Israeli government. But Israeli policy allows for colonies to be recognized and receive services from the Israeli government, including water, electricity and sewage services, once they establish themselves illegally on stolen Palestinian land and remain in place for a certain period – despite the fact that they were initially created in violation of Israeli law.
The recognition of the colony of Adei Ad comes despite the fact that there is an active appeal process in the Israeli court system, filed by the Palestinian landowners whose land was confiscated by the Israeli military and then turned over to paramilitary forces for the construction of the colony.
According to an expose’ of the Adei Ad settlement colony by the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, “Yesh Din has documented 96 offenses committed by Israeli civilians against Palestinians in the area of the outpost since its establishment. These offenses include: violence, land seizure and property offenses.”
The full report by Yesh Din about the Adei Ad settlement can be found here.
The land on which the colony was constructed was stolen from Palestinian landowners in the villages of Turmusayya, Mughayyir, Jalud and Qaryut.
The area in question is about 205 dunams of land, located north of Ramallah, and south of Nablus, in the north-central part of the West Bank.
In its recognition of the outpost on Wednesday, in the midst of a bombing campaign on Gaza, Israeli authorities explicitly recognized the legitimacy of a colony that was constructed in violation of Israeli law.
According to Israeli sources, the aim of the legitimization of the outpost of Adei Ad is to expand the existing settlement of Amichai, which is located deep within Palestinian Territory in the West Bank, and was itself constructed on stolen Palestinian land.
The idea, according to the Israeli sources, is to vastly expand the Israeli settlement presence in the central West Bank, in order to expand the state of Israel further onto Palestinian land.
Since its creation in 1948, the state of Israel has never officially declared its borders, and has used military and paramilitary force to continually expand its land base onto what had been Palestinian land.
The large settlement of Amichai was initially constructed to transfer Israeli colonists who were moved from the illegal outpost of Amona. Since that time, the colonists, made up of paramilitary forces and their families, have expanded the land base of their colony onto stolen Palestinian land. In addition, the settler-only roads leading from inside Israel to the settlement colony discriminate against Palestinians and do not allow them to drive on the roads, or even to cross the roads to reach their land.
Adei Ad was constructed a year ago, several kilometers east of Amichai, without licenses or permits from the Israeli government. But Israeli policy allows for colonies to be recognized and receive services from the Israeli government, including water, electricity and sewage services, once they establish themselves illegally on stolen Palestinian land and remain in place for a certain period – despite the fact that they were initially created in violation of Israeli law.
The recognition of the colony of Adei Ad comes despite the fact that there is an active appeal process in the Israeli court system, filed by the Palestinian landowners whose land was confiscated by the Israeli military and then turned over to paramilitary forces for the construction of the colony.
According to an expose’ of the Adei Ad settlement colony by the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, “Yesh Din has documented 96 offenses committed by Israeli civilians against Palestinians in the area of the outpost since its establishment. These offenses include: violence, land seizure and property offenses.”
The full report by Yesh Din about the Adei Ad settlement can be found here.
9 aug 2018
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israel soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours Thursday, seventeen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, causing damage, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and were extensively deployed in many Palestinian communities.
In related news, the soldiers invaded and caused damage to many homes in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local protesters.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers summoned Islam Khatib Tamimi for interrogation, after storming and searching his home, in addition to invading the home of former political prisoner, Zeid Shaker al-Juneidi, and the home of Jamal al-Jabal, before confiscating cash during violent searches.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The PPS said the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, causing damage, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and were extensively deployed in many Palestinian communities.
In related news, the soldiers invaded and caused damage to many homes in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local protesters.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers summoned Islam Khatib Tamimi for interrogation, after storming and searching his home, in addition to invading the home of former political prisoner, Zeid Shaker al-Juneidi, and the home of Jamal al-Jabal, before confiscating cash during violent searches.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Osama Jawdat To’ma, 33, Qaffin town – Tulkarem.
- Khaled Mohammad Ajjouli, 30, Qaffin town – Tulkarem.
- Waleed Mohammad Ajjouli, 27, Qaffin town – Tulkarem.
- Ali Mohammad Abu Bakr, 30, Qaffin town – Tulkarem.
- Luay Harsha, Qaffin town – Tulkarem.
- Sameeh Mousa Nawawra, 20, Bethlehem.
- Taleb Mahmoud Hamad, Einabus – Nablus.
- Mohammad Taleb Shreim, Qalqilia.
- Qoteiba Milhim, Qalqilia.
- Kamal Hazeen, 26, Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
- Ali Khaled Hamad, 23, Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
- Bassem Zeid, Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
- Shadi Nabhan Faqeeh, Qotna, northwest of Jerusalem.
- Nadim Bassam Faqqousa, Hebron.
- Ali Taleb al-Hroub, Hebron.
- Ahmad Khalil Sheikh Ibrahim, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp – Jericho.
- Khalil Jamal Sheikh Ibrahim, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp – Jericho.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Marj an-Na’ja village, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a grocery store.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers demolished the store, and then told the owner that the reason behind the destruction is that it was built without a permit from the Israeli side.
Last month, the army demolished two homes in Duyuk at-Tihta village, west of Jericho, under the same pretenses.
Israel’s policies in the Jordan Valley and the West Bank’s Plains prevent, and seriously limit, the Palestinian constructions of homes and other property on their own lands, so that it can continue to build and expand its illegal colonies, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The army also uses large areas of lands in the occupied West Bank, especially in the Jordan Valley, Hebron and the Northern Plains, for live fire military training, including the use of explosives and bombs.
In many incidents, Palestinian families are ordered to leave their communities during the military drills, and later return after the army is done with its live-fire training, including the use of explosives, which are sometimes left behind, leading to casualties, including fatalities.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers demolished the store, and then told the owner that the reason behind the destruction is that it was built without a permit from the Israeli side.
Last month, the army demolished two homes in Duyuk at-Tihta village, west of Jericho, under the same pretenses.
Israel’s policies in the Jordan Valley and the West Bank’s Plains prevent, and seriously limit, the Palestinian constructions of homes and other property on their own lands, so that it can continue to build and expand its illegal colonies, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The army also uses large areas of lands in the occupied West Bank, especially in the Jordan Valley, Hebron and the Northern Plains, for live fire military training, including the use of explosives and bombs.
In many incidents, Palestinian families are ordered to leave their communities during the military drills, and later return after the army is done with its live-fire training, including the use of explosives, which are sometimes left behind, leading to casualties, including fatalities.
Page: 37 - 36 - 35 - 34 - 33 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16
