24 may 2017
In one of the numerous nightly incursions, Israeli troops invaded the village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah in central West Bank, at 3 am Wednesday, terrify sleeping residents while violently searching their homes and illegally confiscated a laptop.
The army invaded with several jeeps and armored vehicles, and stationed themselves in the center of town, before breaking into many homes of sleeping residents.
Local photojournalist Haithem Khatib said the soldiers also broke into the homes of Abdullah Abu Rahma, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, and Basman Yassin, and violently searched them, before confiscating a laptop.
He added that the soldiers also assaulted him for live streaming their invasion, wounding him in the chest and neck. The live stream includes the invasion and ransacking of the home of Abdullah Abu Rahma.
Several times during the invasion, which lasted for about an hour, the soldiers fired live rounds.
Bil’in is long known as the center of non-violent resistance during the second Palestinian Intifada, launching the first of what would become years of weekly Friday protests against the Wall and Settlements in 2003.
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The army invaded with several jeeps and armored vehicles, and stationed themselves in the center of town, before breaking into many homes of sleeping residents.
Local photojournalist Haithem Khatib said the soldiers also broke into the homes of Abdullah Abu Rahma, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bil’in, and Basman Yassin, and violently searched them, before confiscating a laptop.
He added that the soldiers also assaulted him for live streaming their invasion, wounding him in the chest and neck. The live stream includes the invasion and ransacking of the home of Abdullah Abu Rahma.
Several times during the invasion, which lasted for about an hour, the soldiers fired live rounds.
Bil’in is long known as the center of non-violent resistance during the second Palestinian Intifada, launching the first of what would become years of weekly Friday protests against the Wall and Settlements in 2003.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and until morning hours Wednesday, at least fifteen Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West bank, and confiscated large sums of cash from several homes in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank.
The soldiers attacked and injured civil guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, before abducting three and wounding four. The soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in Beita village, south of Nablus, and abducted Raed Halabi, who works for St. Yves Catholic Center for Human Rights, and Alqam Issa Hamayel, 24. The army also abducted Raed Mousa Obeyyat, from the al-‘Obeyyat area in Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem. Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted Dr. Mustafa Kamal Shawar, 59, Salah Zghayyar, 23, Yosri Hashem Hashlamoun, 28, Omar Abdul-Hai al-Qmeiri, 37, and Ra’ed al-‘Emla, 28. Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Daoud Abu Sneina, was abducted after the soldiers stopped him at a roadblock in Hebron’s Old City. The soldiers also closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, and prevented the Palestinians from entering it for dawn prayers, allegedly for “maintenance work on its electronic gates.” |
In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted Mahmoud Ahmad al-Allami, 16, from his family’s homes near the main entrance of the town.
Media sources said the soldiers claimed the Palestinians, who were taken prisoner in Hebron, are members of Hamas, and that the army illegally confiscated 20.000 Jordanian Dinars.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Shweika area, east of Tulkarem in the northern part of the West Bank, and broke into what it called a “weapon’s manufacturing workshop,” before confiscated tools and machines.
In occupied East Jerusalem, the soldiers attacked and injured several civil guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before abducting three of them.
Four of the wounded guards have been identified as identified as Arafat Najeeb, Khalil Tarhouni, Nour Abu Hadwan and Nidal al-Wa’ri.
Media sources said the soldiers claimed the Palestinians, who were taken prisoner in Hebron, are members of Hamas, and that the army illegally confiscated 20.000 Jordanian Dinars.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Shweika area, east of Tulkarem in the northern part of the West Bank, and broke into what it called a “weapon’s manufacturing workshop,” before confiscated tools and machines.
In occupied East Jerusalem, the soldiers attacked and injured several civil guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before abducting three of them.
Four of the wounded guards have been identified as identified as Arafat Najeeb, Khalil Tarhouni, Nour Abu Hadwan and Nidal al-Wa’ri.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinian men in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and illegally confiscated cash from two invaded homes, during violent searches.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods before breaking into homes, and abducted Dr. Mustafa Kamel Shawar, 59, before confiscating sums of cash and mobile phones from his property.
The soldiers also abducted Salah Zghayyar, 23, Yosri Younis Hashlamoun, 28, and Omar Abdul-Hai al-Qmeiri, 37, from their homes in Hebron.
Another Palestinian, identified as Raed Abdel-Afo al-‘Emla, 28, was abducted from his home, in Beit Ula town, northwest of Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Nidal Qawasmi, and violently searched the property before illegally confiscating 2000 Jordanian Dinars from his wife.
They also invaded and searched the home of a political prisoner, identified as Adnan Mohammad Zaro, 28, and confiscated 2000 Shekels.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods before breaking into homes, and abducted Dr. Mustafa Kamel Shawar, 59, before confiscating sums of cash and mobile phones from his property.
The soldiers also abducted Salah Zghayyar, 23, Yosri Younis Hashlamoun, 28, and Omar Abdul-Hai al-Qmeiri, 37, from their homes in Hebron.
Another Palestinian, identified as Raed Abdel-Afo al-‘Emla, 28, was abducted from his home, in Beit Ula town, northwest of Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Nidal Qawasmi, and violently searched the property before illegally confiscating 2000 Jordanian Dinars from his wife.
They also invaded and searched the home of a political prisoner, identified as Adnan Mohammad Zaro, 28, and confiscated 2000 Shekels.
22 may 2017
Fanatic Jewish settlers of the illegal West Bank settlement of Yitzhar torched on Monday Palestinian agricultural lands west of Bourin town, south of Nablus city.
Official of settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that large land areas planted with olive trees were gutted in the fire.
255 settlements and 163 outposts, with the population of 620,000 settlers, are illegally established over the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The settlers carry out semi-daily attacks against Palestinians.
Official of settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that large land areas planted with olive trees were gutted in the fire.
255 settlements and 163 outposts, with the population of 620,000 settlers, are illegally established over the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The settlers carry out semi-daily attacks against Palestinians.
Illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, Palestinian lands in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, uprooted dozens of recently planted grapevines and sprayed at least 300 vines with toxins.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the attack targeted agricultural lands, owned by Mohammad Abdul-Salam Salah, and his family.
Salah added that the attacked vineyard is located in Ein al-Qassis area, in the western part of al-Khader.
He also stated that a similar attack was carried out against the same vineyard just three months ago, when the colonists uprooted and stole 500 vines, in addition to stealing fences and iron bars.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the attack targeted agricultural lands, owned by Mohammad Abdul-Salam Salah, and his family.
Salah added that the attacked vineyard is located in Ein al-Qassis area, in the western part of al-Khader.
He also stated that a similar attack was carried out against the same vineyard just three months ago, when the colonists uprooted and stole 500 vines, in addition to stealing fences and iron bars.
19 may 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped five Palestinian citizens, including a paramedic, in al-Khalil and Nablus.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed areas in al-Khalil city at dawn and kidnapped three Palestinians from their homes, adding that a car belonging to one of the detainees was confiscated during the IOF campaign.
The detainees were identified as Suhaib Abu Hussein, Yousef Amr, and Issa al-Ja’bari, the owner of the seized car.
In Nablus, the IOF kidnapped a paramedic called Yousef Dairiya from his home in Aqraba town and confiscated an ambulance he usually drives.
A family source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Dairiya was aboard the same confiscated ambulance at the entrance to Huwara town in Nablus on Thursday when a Jewish settler opened fire at Palestinian protesters killing Mu’taz Bani Shamsa and wounding a journalist.
The source added that Dairiya was witness to the crime of killing Bani Shamsa.
In a related context, another Palestinian citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF dawn campaign in Nablus city, north of the West Bank.
The detainee was identified as Jamal Shalo, the owner of al-Waleed Transport Company in the city.
The IOF also confiscated one of the company’s buses at the pretext that it was used to transport citizens from Nablus city to Huwara town, where Bani Shamsa was shot dead by a settler during a protest rally in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed areas in al-Khalil city at dawn and kidnapped three Palestinians from their homes, adding that a car belonging to one of the detainees was confiscated during the IOF campaign.
The detainees were identified as Suhaib Abu Hussein, Yousef Amr, and Issa al-Ja’bari, the owner of the seized car.
In Nablus, the IOF kidnapped a paramedic called Yousef Dairiya from his home in Aqraba town and confiscated an ambulance he usually drives.
A family source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Dairiya was aboard the same confiscated ambulance at the entrance to Huwara town in Nablus on Thursday when a Jewish settler opened fire at Palestinian protesters killing Mu’taz Bani Shamsa and wounding a journalist.
The source added that Dairiya was witness to the crime of killing Bani Shamsa.
In a related context, another Palestinian citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF dawn campaign in Nablus city, north of the West Bank.
The detainee was identified as Jamal Shalo, the owner of al-Waleed Transport Company in the city.
The IOF also confiscated one of the company’s buses at the pretext that it was used to transport citizens from Nablus city to Huwara town, where Bani Shamsa was shot dead by a settler during a protest rally in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
A horde of Jewish settlers at dawn Friday set fire to a Palestinian bulldozer in Burin town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The bulldozer belongs to Abdul-Azim Idris, who lives a few meters away from the main entrance to Burin town and owns a business there for selling construction materials.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several settlers stormed the area aboard a car, poured a flammable material on the bulldozer and set it ablaze.
They added that the entire bulldozer became quickly engulfed in flames before a fire brigade arrived and extinguished the blaze.
The settlers also spray-painted insulting slogans on a stack of concrete blocks at the same site.
The bulldozer belongs to Abdul-Azim Idris, who lives a few meters away from the main entrance to Burin town and owns a business there for selling construction materials.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several settlers stormed the area aboard a car, poured a flammable material on the bulldozer and set it ablaze.
They added that the entire bulldozer became quickly engulfed in flames before a fire brigade arrived and extinguished the blaze.
The settlers also spray-painted insulting slogans on a stack of concrete blocks at the same site.
18 may 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday 23 Palestinians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem including a father of 2 martyrs from al-Khalil.
A report issued by Israeli army said that the arrests included a Palestinian man from Kafr Qaddum town east of Qalqilya, two others from Zawata town west of Nablus, seven from Silwad town north of Ramallah, and a man from Aboud town near Ramallah.
The arrests also included six men from Hazma town east of Occupied Jerusalem, five others from each of Beit Awwa and al-Samou towns and al-Aroub refugee camp near al-Khalil, the report added.
Quds Press pointed out that IOF soldiers in al-Khalil arrested Sheikh Omar Abu Eisheh, the father of two martyrs: Zeid and Amer Abu Eisheh. The soldiers stormed his home and confiscated an amount of money, Quds Press added.
IOF troops also broke into the home of al-Qassam Brigades martyr Marwan al-Qawasmi. The soldiers also confiscated two cars of two ex-detainees; one of the cars belongs to ex-prisoner Anas Rasras.
A report issued by Israeli army said that the arrests included a Palestinian man from Kafr Qaddum town east of Qalqilya, two others from Zawata town west of Nablus, seven from Silwad town north of Ramallah, and a man from Aboud town near Ramallah.
The arrests also included six men from Hazma town east of Occupied Jerusalem, five others from each of Beit Awwa and al-Samou towns and al-Aroub refugee camp near al-Khalil, the report added.
Quds Press pointed out that IOF soldiers in al-Khalil arrested Sheikh Omar Abu Eisheh, the father of two martyrs: Zeid and Amer Abu Eisheh. The soldiers stormed his home and confiscated an amount of money, Quds Press added.
IOF troops also broke into the home of al-Qassam Brigades martyr Marwan al-Qawasmi. The soldiers also confiscated two cars of two ex-detainees; one of the cars belongs to ex-prisoner Anas Rasras.
17 may 2017
On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian home in Kreisa village, west of Doura, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished the inner walls of a home of a former political prisoner, and abducted one Palestinian in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers surrounded, for several hours, the home of former political prisoner, Rezeq Rajoub, who spent fifteen years in Israeli prisons, and detained the entire family after confiscating their homes.
WAFA added that the soldiers brought heavy equipment, and started digging around the home before invading it, and demolished its inner walls.
The soldiers also prevented Red Crescent medics from reaching the nearby home of Rajoub’s son, as they were trying to transfer the son’s pregnant wife to a hospital.
In Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Soheib Abdul-Hamid Abu Jarour, after searching and ransacking his home.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers surrounded, for several hours, the home of former political prisoner, Rezeq Rajoub, who spent fifteen years in Israeli prisons, and detained the entire family after confiscating their homes.
WAFA added that the soldiers brought heavy equipment, and started digging around the home before invading it, and demolished its inner walls.
The soldiers also prevented Red Crescent medics from reaching the nearby home of Rajoub’s son, as they were trying to transfer the son’s pregnant wife to a hospital.
In Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Soheib Abdul-Hamid Abu Jarour, after searching and ransacking his home.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive saplings in Khirbet Abziq hamlet, east of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley.
Specialist in settlement affairs Aref Daraghmeh said that employees from the Israeli nature authority escorted by Israeli soldiers stormed Khirbet Abziq and uprooted more than 60 four-year-old small trees belonging to a local citizen named Ahmed Khalil.
Daraghmeh said that the soldiers helped the nature employees remove and seize poles and barriers that were placed around the trees to protect them.
Specialist in settlement affairs Aref Daraghmeh said that employees from the Israeli nature authority escorted by Israeli soldiers stormed Khirbet Abziq and uprooted more than 60 four-year-old small trees belonging to a local citizen named Ahmed Khalil.
Daraghmeh said that the soldiers helped the nature employees remove and seize poles and barriers that were placed around the trees to protect them.
15 may 2017
Clashes erupted on Sunday, between Palestinians in the al-Matar neighborhood, to the north of occupied Jerusalem, and Israeli soldiers, after the latter stormed the area and handed out notices for the demolition of four buildings there, according to witnesses.
WAFA correspondence reported witnesses as saying that Israeli forces stormed the neighbourhood and shut down a building, before serving demolition orders against four under-construction buildings in the area, provoking clashes with residents. No injuries were reported.
The orders came under the pretext of being constructed too close to the apartheid wall, which separates the neighbourhood from Qalandia airport.
Forces also seized two vehicles belonging to residents in the neighbourhood.
WAFA correspondence reported witnesses as saying that Israeli forces stormed the neighbourhood and shut down a building, before serving demolition orders against four under-construction buildings in the area, provoking clashes with residents. No injuries were reported.
The orders came under the pretext of being constructed too close to the apartheid wall, which separates the neighbourhood from Qalandia airport.
Forces also seized two vehicles belonging to residents in the neighbourhood.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, northwest of Gaza city, abducted six fishermen, and confiscated a fishing boat.
The navy fired many live rounds at the Palestinian fishing boats while they were less than four nautical miles from the Sudaniyya Sea, and abducted three siblings from their boat.
The abducted fishermen have been identified as Mohammad Abu Warda, 27, his brothers Yousef, 22, and Hussein 14. The three siblings and their boat were taken to the Ashdod Port.
In an earlier attack, the navy attacked fishing boats, abducted three Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Sa’id Bakr, Mohammad Tareq Bakr, and Abdullah Sabri Bakr, and destroyed 60 fishing nets in the Sudaniyya Sea.
The navy fired many live rounds at the Palestinian fishing boats while they were less than four nautical miles from the Sudaniyya Sea, and abducted three siblings from their boat.
The abducted fishermen have been identified as Mohammad Abu Warda, 27, his brothers Yousef, 22, and Hussein 14. The three siblings and their boat were taken to the Ashdod Port.
In an earlier attack, the navy attacked fishing boats, abducted three Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Sa’id Bakr, Mohammad Tareq Bakr, and Abdullah Sabri Bakr, and destroyed 60 fishing nets in the Sudaniyya Sea.
