8 mar 2020
Israeli forces seized today digging equipment in Birin area to the east of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank, According to a local activist.
Fuad al-'Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committee in Masafer Yatta, told WAFA correspondent and seized two excavators belonging to local resident Mohammed Abu Turkey.
Fuad al-'Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committee in Masafer Yatta, told WAFA correspondent and seized two excavators belonging to local resident Mohammed Abu Turkey.
Israeli occupation authorities notified today members of a local Palestinian family in Yarza area, in the northern Jordan Valley, to remove their residential tents and animal barns, according to a local official.
Mutaz Bsharat, an official in charge of the Jordan Valley’s file in Tubas, said Israeli forces handed a notice ordering members of Abu Thaher family to remove their residential tents and animal barns.
Israeli forces demolished in mid-December 2019 and on the 1st of January 2020 tents and animal bars belonging to the same family.
Mutaz Bsharat, an official in charge of the Jordan Valley’s file in Tubas, said Israeli forces handed a notice ordering members of Abu Thaher family to remove their residential tents and animal barns.
Israeli forces demolished in mid-December 2019 and on the 1st of January 2020 tents and animal bars belonging to the same family.
6 mar 2020
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Thursday demolished all Palestinian homes in al-Araqib village in the Negev area south of Occupied Palestine for the 176th time.
The IOA entirely destroyed the village for the first time in July 2010, and every time the residents of al-Araqib rebuild their tents and simple homes, they get demolished again.
Al-Araqib's houses, which are inhabited by over 20 Palestinian families, are built of wood, plastic and tin.
The IOA entirely destroyed the village for the first time in July 2010, and every time the residents of al-Araqib rebuild their tents and simple homes, they get demolished again.
Al-Araqib's houses, which are inhabited by over 20 Palestinian families, are built of wood, plastic and tin.
5 mar 2020
Israeli authorities today ordered a halt on construction of agricultural structures in the village of Azzun Atma, to the south of the northern occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, and a retaining wall in a village near Ramallah, local sources said. video
The sources said that Israeli forces notified Farouq Quzmar of the order to stop building the structures, claiming they were being built without a permit.
Sources also said that the Israeli army destroyed a retaining wall for a farm in the village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. video
During the demolition of the wall, residents confronted the soldiers who assaulted and one youth and injured him, said the sources.
The sources said that Israeli forces notified Farouq Quzmar of the order to stop building the structures, claiming they were being built without a permit.
Sources also said that the Israeli army destroyed a retaining wall for a farm in the village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. video
During the demolition of the wall, residents confronted the soldiers who assaulted and one youth and injured him, said the sources.
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The Maghames home in Birzeit town levelled to the ground by Israeli soldiers as a punitive measure.
Israeli forces early today demolished the family homes of two alleged Palestinian attackers in Ramallah and nearby Birzeit town, amidst intense clashes with the youths, WAFA correspondent said. video She said that a large Israeli army force raided the town of Birzeit in the after midnight hours and surrounded the family home of Yazan Maghames before the military bulldozers proceeded to demolish it and level it to the ground. Youths clashed with the Israeli soldiers, who fired tear gas canisters towards them and at homes causing large number of suffocation cases. At the same time, soldiers raided the Ramallah neighborhood of al-Tireh |
and demolished using hand tools the family residence Walid Hanatsheh since it is located in an apartment building.
Witnesses said that the soldiers surrounded the 6-floor building, inhabited by 13 families before proceeding to demolish the inner and outer walls of the Hanatsheh apartment.
Residents of the building said the soldiers forced them to stay indoors as children, woken up by the sound to the soldiers and the use of heavy tools to demolish the Hanatsheh apartment, were frightened. Serious damage was caused to the entrance to the building and some apartments, they said.
Youth pelted the soldiers with stones as they were leaving al-Tireh.
Hanatsheh and Maghames, are currently in Israeli custody for their alleged involvement along with Samer Arbeed in the killing of an Israeli settler near the illegal colonial settlement of Dolev, located near the Palestinian village of Ras Karkar, in August 2019.
In January, the Israeli army informed the families of the intention to demolish their houses.
Israel resorts to collective punishment against families and neighborhoods of alleged Palestinian attackers. This policy does not apply to Israelis who were involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.
The policy was widely condemned by human rights groups as war crime and crime against humanity.
Witnesses said that the soldiers surrounded the 6-floor building, inhabited by 13 families before proceeding to demolish the inner and outer walls of the Hanatsheh apartment.
Residents of the building said the soldiers forced them to stay indoors as children, woken up by the sound to the soldiers and the use of heavy tools to demolish the Hanatsheh apartment, were frightened. Serious damage was caused to the entrance to the building and some apartments, they said.
Youth pelted the soldiers with stones as they were leaving al-Tireh.
Hanatsheh and Maghames, are currently in Israeli custody for their alleged involvement along with Samer Arbeed in the killing of an Israeli settler near the illegal colonial settlement of Dolev, located near the Palestinian village of Ras Karkar, in August 2019.
In January, the Israeli army informed the families of the intention to demolish their houses.
Israel resorts to collective punishment against families and neighborhoods of alleged Palestinian attackers. This policy does not apply to Israelis who were involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.
The policy was widely condemned by human rights groups as war crime and crime against humanity.
4 mar 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday attacked Palestinian shepherds and bulldozed Palestinian lands in Shwei'er area in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the IOF expelled Palestinian worshipers out of the area by force and razed agricultural lands for settlement expansion.
In Bethlehem in the West Bank, the IOF stormed Beit Jala town and handed a Palestinian citizen named Ramzi Qaisiya a notice that his farmland will be razed in the coming days.
Last month the IOF demolished Qaisiya's home and restaurant at the pretext of being unlicensed.
Local sources said that the IOF expelled Palestinian worshipers out of the area by force and razed agricultural lands for settlement expansion.
In Bethlehem in the West Bank, the IOF stormed Beit Jala town and handed a Palestinian citizen named Ramzi Qaisiya a notice that his farmland will be razed in the coming days.
Last month the IOF demolished Qaisiya's home and restaurant at the pretext of being unlicensed.
Israeli settlers today placed a fence around a privately-owned Palestinian land in Beit Ummar, a town in the south of the occupied West Bank, in an effort to take it over, said activist Mohammad Awad.
He told WAFA that settlers, under army protection, placed the fence around a 12-dunum plot of land planted with almonds, grape vines, olive trees and forest trees in the north of the town owned by Saqer Abu Ayyash.
He said Abu Ayyash has been leading a 20-year legal battle against the settlers to prove his ownership of the plot by presenting land deeds proving ownership.
“They came back today and placed a fence around the land and when I showed up to stop them, they said I should go to the (Israeli military) Civil Administration and ask them about the land,” said Abu Ayyash.
He told WAFA that settlers, under army protection, placed the fence around a 12-dunum plot of land planted with almonds, grape vines, olive trees and forest trees in the north of the town owned by Saqer Abu Ayyash.
He said Abu Ayyash has been leading a 20-year legal battle against the settlers to prove his ownership of the plot by presenting land deeds proving ownership.
“They came back today and placed a fence around the land and when I showed up to stop them, they said I should go to the (Israeli military) Civil Administration and ask them about the land,” said Abu Ayyash.
Israeli forces today razed Palestinian-owned lands in the area of Wadi al-Makh'rour, to the west of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers Israeli forces imposed a curfew in the area and prevented citizens from entering or leaving it, before embarking on razing about five dunmus of private-owned land.
Wadi al-Makhrour is a popular hiking space for Palestinians. It is best enjoyed during the late afternoon in the summer when the sun is about to set.
According to the online portal for Palestinian tourism, www.visitpalestine.ps, the area encompasses both natural and agricultural landscapes and is well known for its ancient terraces and stone towers called qusur, built of neatly placed rocks that used to serve as storage rooms for various crops planted in the wadi.
The area is famous for its hills replete with agricultural terraces planted with olive, apricot, and fig trees. The abundance of the place is owed to the underground natural springs and the hard work of the landowners.
Some parts of the valley are home to natural forests with remarkable tree species such as Palestine oak (Quercus calliprinos).
Israeli forces have been targeting Wadi al-Makhrour seeking to forcefully displace the indigenous Palestinian population from their land for Jewish-only settlement expansion.
The largely Christian city of Beit Jala is flanked by illegal Israeli Gilo and Har Gilo settlements to the north and northwest.
Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers Israeli forces imposed a curfew in the area and prevented citizens from entering or leaving it, before embarking on razing about five dunmus of private-owned land.
Wadi al-Makhrour is a popular hiking space for Palestinians. It is best enjoyed during the late afternoon in the summer when the sun is about to set.
According to the online portal for Palestinian tourism, www.visitpalestine.ps, the area encompasses both natural and agricultural landscapes and is well known for its ancient terraces and stone towers called qusur, built of neatly placed rocks that used to serve as storage rooms for various crops planted in the wadi.
The area is famous for its hills replete with agricultural terraces planted with olive, apricot, and fig trees. The abundance of the place is owed to the underground natural springs and the hard work of the landowners.
Some parts of the valley are home to natural forests with remarkable tree species such as Palestine oak (Quercus calliprinos).
Israeli forces have been targeting Wadi al-Makhrour seeking to forcefully displace the indigenous Palestinian population from their land for Jewish-only settlement expansion.
The largely Christian city of Beit Jala is flanked by illegal Israeli Gilo and Har Gilo settlements to the north and northwest.
Israeli forces last night seized a large amount of money during raids into houses of Palestinian citizens and former prisoners in the northern occupied West Bank village of al-Zawiya, to the west Salfit town in the West Bank, according to local sources.
The sources told WAFA that Israeli forces ransacked several homes before seizing around 50,000 shekels ($14,500).
The sources told WAFA that Israeli forces ransacked several homes before seizing around 50,000 shekels ($14,500).
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished today part of a Palestinian-owned home in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal a-Mukabir, local sources said. video
Bulldozers of the Israeli municipality broke into Jabal al-Mukabir and demolished part of the house of Mr. Iyad Fatafta,, a local Palestinian citizen, under the pretext of construction without an Israeli permit.
Fatafta said the demolition took place despite of an Israeli court's order putting the demolition on hold until further proceedings.
Israel frequently uses the pretext of unpermitted construction to demolish dozens of homes belonging to the native Palestinian population of occupied East Jerusalem in attempt to squeeze their natural expansion, in favor of the Jewish settler population to make them a majority in the city.
Israel also bans almost all kinds of housing and infrastructural development of the Palestinian neighborhoods in the city to drive its population to voluntarily leave to the occupied West Bank.
Bulldozers of the Israeli municipality broke into Jabal al-Mukabir and demolished part of the house of Mr. Iyad Fatafta,, a local Palestinian citizen, under the pretext of construction without an Israeli permit.
Fatafta said the demolition took place despite of an Israeli court's order putting the demolition on hold until further proceedings.
Israel frequently uses the pretext of unpermitted construction to demolish dozens of homes belonging to the native Palestinian population of occupied East Jerusalem in attempt to squeeze their natural expansion, in favor of the Jewish settler population to make them a majority in the city.
Israel also bans almost all kinds of housing and infrastructural development of the Palestinian neighborhoods in the city to drive its population to voluntarily leave to the occupied West Bank.
