10 june 2018
Clashes erupted at daybreak Sunday as dozens of Israeli settlers broke into Palestinian homes and attacked the residents, resulting in injuries.
A PIC news correspondent said hordes of extremist Israeli settlers targeted Palestinian homes in the Shuhadaa Street with stones and empty bottles, before they aggressively beat civilians passing through the area.
At least five Palestinians sustained injuries and bruises in the assault, carried out under Israeli military escort.
An elderly Palestinian fell over after Israeli settlers heavily beat him up. The occupation soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the area to evacuate the wounded.
At the same time the Israeli soldiers closed off a Palestinian home in the area shortly after it was assaulted by Israeli settlers. All the residents were forced out of the building under the pretext that they attacked Israeli settlers and soldiers.
A PIC news correspondent said hordes of extremist Israeli settlers targeted Palestinian homes in the Shuhadaa Street with stones and empty bottles, before they aggressively beat civilians passing through the area.
At least five Palestinians sustained injuries and bruises in the assault, carried out under Israeli military escort.
An elderly Palestinian fell over after Israeli settlers heavily beat him up. The occupation soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the area to evacuate the wounded.
At the same time the Israeli soldiers closed off a Palestinian home in the area shortly after it was assaulted by Israeli settlers. All the residents were forced out of the building under the pretext that they attacked Israeli settlers and soldiers.
9 june 2018
Israeli soldiers, on Saturday evening, assaulted Palestinian medics while they were attempting to reach the wounded in a traffic accident which occurred outside the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC).
Director of PRC in Bethlehem, Mohammad Awad, said PRC staff were attempting to reach the accident to help the wounded, but Israeli soldiers and policemen who were present at the scene prevented them from reaching the wounded.
A wrangle later developed between the soldiers and the medics who sought to provide first aid to the injured of the accident, before the soldiers assaulted one of the PRC medics, Jamal Balboul, and reportedly beat him, according to WAFA.
IOF closes Jalamah crossing, assaults ambulance crews
The Israeli occupation authorities on Saturday evening announced that al-Jalamah crossing, north of the West Bank province of Jenin, will be closed every day at 10 pm.
Head of the chamber of commerce in Jenin Ammar Abu Baker said that the Israeli authorities decided to close al-Jalamah crossing at 10 pm every day until 18th June.
Abu Baker said that the crossing is usually opened during the last days of Ramadan and Eid days until midnight.
Abu Baker refuted the Israeli allegations about facilities provided at the West Bank military crossings with the approach of Eid al-Fitr.
He stressed that this decision, which falls in line with a collective punishment policy pursued against the Palestinian people, would cause heavy economic losses.
In another context, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) Saturday attacked Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) crews who were trying to provide aid to people injured in a traffic accident near Gush Etzion settlement, south of Bethlehem.
Director of the PRCS emergency department in Bethlehem Mohammed Awad said that the department was informed about a traffic accident near Gush Etzion settlement, and when the ambulance crews rushed to the scene they were prevented by the IOF soldiers from approaching the injured.
Awad said that the soldiers assaulted the Palestinian officer Jamal al-Balboul, 51, and pointed a gun at his face.
He added that this act violates all international norms which ensure the ambulance crews' access to the injured to provide assistance.
Director of PRC in Bethlehem, Mohammad Awad, said PRC staff were attempting to reach the accident to help the wounded, but Israeli soldiers and policemen who were present at the scene prevented them from reaching the wounded.
A wrangle later developed between the soldiers and the medics who sought to provide first aid to the injured of the accident, before the soldiers assaulted one of the PRC medics, Jamal Balboul, and reportedly beat him, according to WAFA.
IOF closes Jalamah crossing, assaults ambulance crews
The Israeli occupation authorities on Saturday evening announced that al-Jalamah crossing, north of the West Bank province of Jenin, will be closed every day at 10 pm.
Head of the chamber of commerce in Jenin Ammar Abu Baker said that the Israeli authorities decided to close al-Jalamah crossing at 10 pm every day until 18th June.
Abu Baker said that the crossing is usually opened during the last days of Ramadan and Eid days until midnight.
Abu Baker refuted the Israeli allegations about facilities provided at the West Bank military crossings with the approach of Eid al-Fitr.
He stressed that this decision, which falls in line with a collective punishment policy pursued against the Palestinian people, would cause heavy economic losses.
In another context, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) Saturday attacked Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) crews who were trying to provide aid to people injured in a traffic accident near Gush Etzion settlement, south of Bethlehem.
Director of the PRCS emergency department in Bethlehem Mohammed Awad said that the department was informed about a traffic accident near Gush Etzion settlement, and when the ambulance crews rushed to the scene they were prevented by the IOF soldiers from approaching the injured.
Awad said that the soldiers assaulted the Palestinian officer Jamal al-Balboul, 51, and pointed a gun at his face.
He added that this act violates all international norms which ensure the ambulance crews' access to the injured to provide assistance.
8 june 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired bullets and teargas grenades directly at Palestinian ambulances and medical teams during the ongoing protests within the events of the Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the IOF quelling of the massive march of return caused damage to at least one ambulance east of Khan Younis.
A number of Palestinians were injured including the correspondent of Radio Al-Aqsa Voice and the photographer of the Agence France-Presse, who was shot in his foot by IOF soldiers at the border to the east of Gaza City.
Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the IOF quelling of the massive march of return caused damage to at least one ambulance east of Khan Younis.
A number of Palestinians were injured including the correspondent of Radio Al-Aqsa Voice and the photographer of the Agence France-Presse, who was shot in his foot by IOF soldiers at the border to the east of Gaza City.
3 june 2018
Gaza's Ministry of Health on Sunday said that its stores are suffering from a severe shortage in medicines and medical supplies and warned of an imminent collapse in the health sector.
The Ministry in a press conference highlighted the significant decrease in drugs and medical supplies in Gaza hospitals in view of the ongoing blockade and the increasing number of casualties near Gaza border.
The Ministry added that the medical tents erected in the Great Return March camps helped reduce the number of casualties sent to hospitals, pointing out that about 13,000 have been injured since the start of the protests, 7,000 of whom were transferred to hospitals while the rest were treated in the field.
With more efforts exerted at different levels, the medical crews managed to deal with the casualties despite the acute shortage in medical supplies, the Ministry noted.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that most of the injuries were in the limbs, adding that the Israeli army used a type of explosive bullets that destroys the bones and tissues.
The Ministry in a press conference highlighted the significant decrease in drugs and medical supplies in Gaza hospitals in view of the ongoing blockade and the increasing number of casualties near Gaza border.
The Ministry added that the medical tents erected in the Great Return March camps helped reduce the number of casualties sent to hospitals, pointing out that about 13,000 have been injured since the start of the protests, 7,000 of whom were transferred to hospitals while the rest were treated in the field.
With more efforts exerted at different levels, the medical crews managed to deal with the casualties despite the acute shortage in medical supplies, the Ministry noted.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that most of the injuries were in the limbs, adding that the Israeli army used a type of explosive bullets that destroys the bones and tissues.
2 june 2018
Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36
Israeli soldiers killed, Saturday, a Palestinian worker in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, while he and other workers were conducting work for the Hebron City Council to rehabilitate and expand a road near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The Health Ministry in Hebron said the soldiers fatally shot Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36, in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City, near the military roadblock leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
It added that the soldiers also stopped a Palestinian ambulance at the scene, and prevented the medics from approaching the Palestinian, before he bled to death.
An Israeli ambulance later arrived, before its medics placed Rami’s body in a black bag and took it away.
The army claimed that the Palestinian worker “attempted to ram the soldiers with his vehicle, before they shot him,” an allegation which was denied by eyewitnesses, who said the young man was just working, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers, or harm them in any way.
Aref Jaber, a local nonviolent activist against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, who lives near the area where the army killed the worker, said Sabarna was driving a small and loud bulldozer, and added that the worker passed by some soldiers who then started shouting at him an ordering him to stop.
“He did not pose any threat to them, he passed by them and could not hear their shouts and orders,” Aref said, “Then, they just opened fire at him and his bulldozer, seriously wounded him, before removing him from his vehicle and left him to bleed on the ground. When Red Crescent medics arrived, the soldiers prevented them from providing Sabarna with the urgently needed treatment, and he bled to death, before the soldiers placed his corpse in a black plastic bag and took him away.” video
The soldiers also removed media outlets from the area, and prevented the journalist from performing their duties.
Israeli soldiers killed, Saturday, a Palestinian worker in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, while he and other workers were conducting work for the Hebron City Council to rehabilitate and expand a road near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The Health Ministry in Hebron said the soldiers fatally shot Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36, in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City, near the military roadblock leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
It added that the soldiers also stopped a Palestinian ambulance at the scene, and prevented the medics from approaching the Palestinian, before he bled to death.
An Israeli ambulance later arrived, before its medics placed Rami’s body in a black bag and took it away.
The army claimed that the Palestinian worker “attempted to ram the soldiers with his vehicle, before they shot him,” an allegation which was denied by eyewitnesses, who said the young man was just working, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers, or harm them in any way.
Aref Jaber, a local nonviolent activist against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, who lives near the area where the army killed the worker, said Sabarna was driving a small and loud bulldozer, and added that the worker passed by some soldiers who then started shouting at him an ordering him to stop.
“He did not pose any threat to them, he passed by them and could not hear their shouts and orders,” Aref said, “Then, they just opened fire at him and his bulldozer, seriously wounded him, before removing him from his vehicle and left him to bleed on the ground. When Red Crescent medics arrived, the soldiers prevented them from providing Sabarna with the urgently needed treatment, and he bled to death, before the soldiers placed his corpse in a black plastic bag and took him away.” video
The soldiers also removed media outlets from the area, and prevented the journalist from performing their duties.
1 june 2018
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a young Palestinian woman, a volunteer medic identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters, participating in the Great Return March, and marching for breaking the ongoing deadly Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Razan was killed by live Israeli army fire after the soldiers targeted five medics providing treatment to wounded Palestinians in the “Return Camp,” east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
He added that the soldiers also injured more than 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, while the rest suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the effects of teargas inhalation.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), said Razan was a volunteer with the PMRS, and was killed after the soldiers fired live rounds at a filed clinic, hundreds of meters away from the border fence.
Dr. Barghouthi said the killing of the volunteer medic is another crime committed by Israel against innocent civilians, including medics and journalists, and added that the medical teams will continue their humanitarian duties despite the Israeli violations, and constant escalation.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters, participating in the Great Return March, and marching for breaking the ongoing deadly Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Razan was killed by live Israeli army fire after the soldiers targeted five medics providing treatment to wounded Palestinians in the “Return Camp,” east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
He added that the soldiers also injured more than 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, while the rest suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the effects of teargas inhalation.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), said Razan was a volunteer with the PMRS, and was killed after the soldiers fired live rounds at a filed clinic, hundreds of meters away from the border fence.
Dr. Barghouthi said the killing of the volunteer medic is another crime committed by Israel against innocent civilians, including medics and journalists, and added that the medical teams will continue their humanitarian duties despite the Israeli violations, and constant escalation.
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) filed a complaint on 23 May 2018 calling on the Israeli Health Ministry and the director of a Haifa hospital to open investigations into suspicions that police illegally intervened in medical decisions and pressured medical staff to violate ethical norms during the treatment of Mossawa Director Jafar Farah.
Farah was arrested by Israeli police during the 18 May protest in Haifa and subsequently admitted to Bnai Zion Medical Center after officers broke his left knee while he was in custody.
The Adalah-PHRI complaint, based on testimony from Farah and Bnai Zion medical staff on duty at the time of the incident, includes four primary claims:
Israeli police pressure on doctors to release Farah;
the concealing of medical information from Farah;
the handcuffing of Farah to his bed during treatment, in contravention of medical ethics;
verbal police attacks on medical staff.
Farah was handcuffed to his bed by an arm and, periodically also his leg, for the majority of his stay in the emergency room in direct contravention of medical ethics which explicitly forbid this practice.
In addition, testimony revealed that police officers who stayed with Farah during the period of his hospitalization mocked and verbally abused medical staff.
One police officer said to a nurse wearing a Muslim headscarf: “We can see you are inciting everyone.”
Another officer told an intern who sought to issue a medical order to remove the Farah’s handcuffs: “Your decision will be taken to the court and if it was found to have been lacking medical grounds, you will pay for it.”
Israeli police also prevented Jafar’s lawyer from meeting with him at the time of his release from hospital.
Additional testimony also revealed a string of failures in the medical care Farah received during his hospitalization. Against doctors’ recommendations and due to pressure police on medical staff, Farah was released from the orthopedic unit just a short time after his admittance.
Police also prevented Farah’s own doctor from visiting him during the period of his hospitalization and even refused to provide him with a copy of the discharge letter, as obligated by hospital regulations.
Testimony also revealed that police subjected Farah to verbal abuse and threats upon his release from Bnai Zion Medical Center: when one officer wanted to handcuff Farah inside a police ambulance, the driver said: “If he flees, we’ll shoot him. We don’t need handcuffs.”
Regarding the decision to release Farah early, Adalah and PHRI wrote in their letter of complaint:
“This is an apparent violation of the basic ethical considerations and duties of the hospital staff… The fact that Farah did not receive a discharge letter is a violation of the patients’ rights law, of medical ethics, and of the duties imposed upon police administrators.”
Regarding Farah’s handcuffing during his medical treatment, Adalah and PHRI wrote: The detainee never resisted arrest and was arrested as a result of legitimate political activity and, because of the fracture of his knee, in any case he was unable to escape at all. His handcuffing was intended to achieve one purpose: humiliating Farah and harming his morale.”
Adalah and PHRI said Israeli police officers’ verbal abuse of medical staff was an attack on the independence of the health care system.
Adalah and PHRI demand that Bnai Zion Medical Center immediately provide Farah with a copy of his medical file and investigate the circumstances of his discharge, and that the Health Ministry call for an investigation of police behavior during the series of incidents.
Farah was arrested by Israeli police during the 18 May protest in Haifa and subsequently admitted to Bnai Zion Medical Center after officers broke his left knee while he was in custody.
The Adalah-PHRI complaint, based on testimony from Farah and Bnai Zion medical staff on duty at the time of the incident, includes four primary claims:
Israeli police pressure on doctors to release Farah;
the concealing of medical information from Farah;
the handcuffing of Farah to his bed during treatment, in contravention of medical ethics;
verbal police attacks on medical staff.
Farah was handcuffed to his bed by an arm and, periodically also his leg, for the majority of his stay in the emergency room in direct contravention of medical ethics which explicitly forbid this practice.
In addition, testimony revealed that police officers who stayed with Farah during the period of his hospitalization mocked and verbally abused medical staff.
One police officer said to a nurse wearing a Muslim headscarf: “We can see you are inciting everyone.”
Another officer told an intern who sought to issue a medical order to remove the Farah’s handcuffs: “Your decision will be taken to the court and if it was found to have been lacking medical grounds, you will pay for it.”
Israeli police also prevented Jafar’s lawyer from meeting with him at the time of his release from hospital.
Additional testimony also revealed a string of failures in the medical care Farah received during his hospitalization. Against doctors’ recommendations and due to pressure police on medical staff, Farah was released from the orthopedic unit just a short time after his admittance.
Police also prevented Farah’s own doctor from visiting him during the period of his hospitalization and even refused to provide him with a copy of the discharge letter, as obligated by hospital regulations.
Testimony also revealed that police subjected Farah to verbal abuse and threats upon his release from Bnai Zion Medical Center: when one officer wanted to handcuff Farah inside a police ambulance, the driver said: “If he flees, we’ll shoot him. We don’t need handcuffs.”
Regarding the decision to release Farah early, Adalah and PHRI wrote in their letter of complaint:
“This is an apparent violation of the basic ethical considerations and duties of the hospital staff… The fact that Farah did not receive a discharge letter is a violation of the patients’ rights law, of medical ethics, and of the duties imposed upon police administrators.”
Regarding Farah’s handcuffing during his medical treatment, Adalah and PHRI wrote: The detainee never resisted arrest and was arrested as a result of legitimate political activity and, because of the fracture of his knee, in any case he was unable to escape at all. His handcuffing was intended to achieve one purpose: humiliating Farah and harming his morale.”
Adalah and PHRI said Israeli police officers’ verbal abuse of medical staff was an attack on the independence of the health care system.
Adalah and PHRI demand that Bnai Zion Medical Center immediately provide Farah with a copy of his medical file and investigate the circumstances of his discharge, and that the Health Ministry call for an investigation of police behavior during the series of incidents.
Three planes carrying humanitarian aid shipments landed in the Jordanian capital Amman on Thursday, coming from Morocco as a gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Each aircraft carried 10 tons of food and relief items. The aid has been provided by Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity.
The Moroccan gesture will also include the establishment of a field hospital in Gaza to provide different medical assistance, including medication, to victims of recent events.
According to Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, more humanitarian convoys to be funded by donations from Morocco will be sent to the West Bank in coordination with the Palestinian government.
Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem will benefit from this aid.
Each aircraft carried 10 tons of food and relief items. The aid has been provided by Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity.
The Moroccan gesture will also include the establishment of a field hospital in Gaza to provide different medical assistance, including medication, to victims of recent events.
According to Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, more humanitarian convoys to be funded by donations from Morocco will be sent to the West Bank in coordination with the Palestinian government.
Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem will benefit from this aid.
28 may 2018
Morocco's Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani on Monday told the head of Hamas's Political Bureau Ismail Haneyya that Mohammed VI of Morocco has decided to send a field hospital to Gaza for the treatment of the civilians wounded in the recent events.
The king's decision came in response to a request by Haneyya to help provide medical care to those injured in Gaza protests during a phone call with Othmani a few days ago.
According to sources, preparations are underway with the Egyptian authorities to bring the hospital into the Gaza Strip.
Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs at dawn Monday phoned Haneyya to confirm his country's unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause and solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The king's decision came in response to a request by Haneyya to help provide medical care to those injured in Gaza protests during a phone call with Othmani a few days ago.
According to sources, preparations are underway with the Egyptian authorities to bring the hospital into the Gaza Strip.
Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs at dawn Monday phoned Haneyya to confirm his country's unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause and solidarity with the Palestinian people.
