11 apr 2014
Five Palestinian medics suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired a tear gas canister at their ambulance in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical official said.
Spokesman for the Gaza Strip ministry of health Ashraf al-Qidra said that Israeli forces had "targeted" three military ambulances near the Eastern Cemetery east of Jabaliya.
The five medics were treated on the scene, he added.
The circumstances of the reported attack were not immediately clear.
An Israeli military spokeswoman had no information regarding the incident.
Spokesman for the Gaza Strip ministry of health Ashraf al-Qidra said that Israeli forces had "targeted" three military ambulances near the Eastern Cemetery east of Jabaliya.
The five medics were treated on the scene, he added.
The circumstances of the reported attack were not immediately clear.
An Israeli military spokeswoman had no information regarding the incident.
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Israeli forces detained four Israeli and international protesters and "beat" several others on Friday while violently dispersing a protest against the confiscation of a Palestinian building in Hebron in order to re-establish a Jewish settlement on the site, activists said.
The protest in the flashpoint southern West Bank city began on Friday after noon prayers as protesters marched towards the building owned by the Rajabi family in the al-Ras area in the center of Hebron. Demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in Arabic, English and Hebrew rejecting a recent Israeli court decision to confiscate the building and hand it to Jewish settlers. |
Israeli forces fired stun grenades and held protesters away from the building.
Organizers said that Israeli forces detained two international and Israeli activists and tried to detain Palestinians as well but were prevented by demonstrators from doing so.
An activist in the Committee for the Defense of Hebron Anan Dana said the court decision to confiscate the house "would put the lives and properties of thousands of Palestinians who live in the vicinity at risk of more attacks and violations."
He added that control over the building would link the large nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba to a number of Jewish outposts within Hebron's Old City.
An Israeli court decision on March 11, 2014 authorized the confiscation of the Rajabi building, which Jewish settlers claim to have purchased from the Rajabi family.
Jewish settlers took over the building in 2007 for more than a year, during which time Palestinian residents of the area complained of frequent harassment and attacks.
The settlers were forcibly removed by Israeli forces in late 2008, but have since been attempting to force authorities to allow them to return to the building.
Organizers said that another protest will be held on Saturday in Tel Aviv in order to pressure the Israeli minister of defense not to approve the court’s decision, which was made nearly a month ago.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that a "riot of 100 people" occurred in Hebron on Friday.
She said that "soldiers arrived at the scene in order to disperse the riot," adding that "they detained four main instigators: two of them Israelis and two tourists."
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes due to the presence of 500 Jewish settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants. They are protected by thousands of Israeli forces.
Settlers and Israeli forces regularly target local Palestinians for harassment, and many have been forced from their homes as a result.
A 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control.
The Israeli military-controlled H2 zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- and the once thriving Shuhada street, now just shuttered shops fronts and closed homes.
Organizers said that Israeli forces detained two international and Israeli activists and tried to detain Palestinians as well but were prevented by demonstrators from doing so.
An activist in the Committee for the Defense of Hebron Anan Dana said the court decision to confiscate the house "would put the lives and properties of thousands of Palestinians who live in the vicinity at risk of more attacks and violations."
He added that control over the building would link the large nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba to a number of Jewish outposts within Hebron's Old City.
An Israeli court decision on March 11, 2014 authorized the confiscation of the Rajabi building, which Jewish settlers claim to have purchased from the Rajabi family.
Jewish settlers took over the building in 2007 for more than a year, during which time Palestinian residents of the area complained of frequent harassment and attacks.
The settlers were forcibly removed by Israeli forces in late 2008, but have since been attempting to force authorities to allow them to return to the building.
Organizers said that another protest will be held on Saturday in Tel Aviv in order to pressure the Israeli minister of defense not to approve the court’s decision, which was made nearly a month ago.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that a "riot of 100 people" occurred in Hebron on Friday.
She said that "soldiers arrived at the scene in order to disperse the riot," adding that "they detained four main instigators: two of them Israelis and two tourists."
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes due to the presence of 500 Jewish settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants. They are protected by thousands of Israeli forces.
Settlers and Israeli forces regularly target local Palestinians for harassment, and many have been forced from their homes as a result.
A 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control.
The Israeli military-controlled H2 zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- and the once thriving Shuhada street, now just shuttered shops fronts and closed homes.
A number of Palestinians were injured and at least seven were detained on Friday as Israeli forces violently dispersed weekly protests in a number of cities across the West Bank.
Protests against the Israeli occupation and continued settlement expansion on expropriated Palestinian lands took place in Kafr Qaddum, Nabi Saleh, Qaryut, Salim, and al-Masara.
Kafr Qaddum
In the village of Kafr Qaddum near Qalqiliya, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians while dispersing a protest headed toward the main entrance of the village, activists said.
Ghalib Hilmi Ishtewi, 23, and Ibrahim Bassam Juma, 21, were detained and physically assaulted by Israeli forces, witnesses said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that "40 Palestinians hurled stones, rocks and burning tires, adding that Israeli soldiers used "riot dispersal means in response."
She said that two soldiers were "slightly wounded" and confirmed that two Palestinians were detained and transferred to police.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum against Israel's closure of a main road linking the village to its nearest city, Nablus. The road has been closed since 2000.
Nabi Saleh
In Nabi Saleh village west of Ramallah two Palestinian women and three foreign journalists were detained, while a French protester was lightly injured and dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces opened fire with tear gas canisters on protesters, activists said.
Protesters marched in the village raising Palestinian flags, and chanted songs for unity, Palestinian principles in the ongoing negotiations with Israel and in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades and assaulted participants as they neared their lands that face the threat of confiscation.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that there had been a "riot" and that five "instigators were taken were security questioning," but were later released.
Activists in Nabi Saleh have been protesting weekly against the occupation for four years, demanding that their lands confiscated by Israeli forces to build the separation wall be returned.
Qaryut
In Qaryut village south of Nablus dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-covered steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the closure of the village's entrance.
Locals said that there were a number of injuries due to the heavy firing of tear gas by Israeli forces.
Salim
Israeli forces dispersed a protest in the village of Salim east of Nablus condemning the confiscation of lands by Israeli authorities in order to expand a Jewish-only settlement in the area.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at the crowds, causing several people to suffer from suffocation.
Al-Masara
In al-Masara village near Bethlehem, Palestinian protesters marched towards village lands that have been confiscated by Israeli authorities but were prevented by Israeli forces.
Protesters raised Palestinian flags and posters of prisoners and chanted songs in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Since 2006, the residents of al-Masara have protested on a weekly basis, demanding Israeli authorities return village lands confiscated in order to build the separation wall as it crosses through their town.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice called on Israel to stop construction of the separation wall within the occupied West Bank.
When completed, 85 percent of the wall will run inside the West Bank.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Protests against the Israeli occupation and continued settlement expansion on expropriated Palestinian lands took place in Kafr Qaddum, Nabi Saleh, Qaryut, Salim, and al-Masara.
Kafr Qaddum
In the village of Kafr Qaddum near Qalqiliya, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians while dispersing a protest headed toward the main entrance of the village, activists said.
Ghalib Hilmi Ishtewi, 23, and Ibrahim Bassam Juma, 21, were detained and physically assaulted by Israeli forces, witnesses said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that "40 Palestinians hurled stones, rocks and burning tires, adding that Israeli soldiers used "riot dispersal means in response."
She said that two soldiers were "slightly wounded" and confirmed that two Palestinians were detained and transferred to police.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum against Israel's closure of a main road linking the village to its nearest city, Nablus. The road has been closed since 2000.
Nabi Saleh
In Nabi Saleh village west of Ramallah two Palestinian women and three foreign journalists were detained, while a French protester was lightly injured and dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces opened fire with tear gas canisters on protesters, activists said.
Protesters marched in the village raising Palestinian flags, and chanted songs for unity, Palestinian principles in the ongoing negotiations with Israel and in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades and assaulted participants as they neared their lands that face the threat of confiscation.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that there had been a "riot" and that five "instigators were taken were security questioning," but were later released.
Activists in Nabi Saleh have been protesting weekly against the occupation for four years, demanding that their lands confiscated by Israeli forces to build the separation wall be returned.
Qaryut
In Qaryut village south of Nablus dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-covered steel bullets at Palestinians protesting the closure of the village's entrance.
Locals said that there were a number of injuries due to the heavy firing of tear gas by Israeli forces.
Salim
Israeli forces dispersed a protest in the village of Salim east of Nablus condemning the confiscation of lands by Israeli authorities in order to expand a Jewish-only settlement in the area.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at the crowds, causing several people to suffer from suffocation.
Al-Masara
In al-Masara village near Bethlehem, Palestinian protesters marched towards village lands that have been confiscated by Israeli authorities but were prevented by Israeli forces.
Protesters raised Palestinian flags and posters of prisoners and chanted songs in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Since 2006, the residents of al-Masara have protested on a weekly basis, demanding Israeli authorities return village lands confiscated in order to build the separation wall as it crosses through their town.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice called on Israel to stop construction of the separation wall within the occupied West Bank.
When completed, 85 percent of the wall will run inside the West Bank.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a home was burnt, and two Palestinians were wounded, after Israeli soldiers, invading the Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The sources said that at least one gas bomb was fired into a home, causing it to catch fire and burn completely, and that two young men, inside the targeted home, were wounded.
The burnt property belongs to Tha’er Jawarish, and is located in the center of the camp.
Soldiers also stopped and delayed an ambulance crew trying to move the wounded Palestinians to a local hospital.
Aida refugee camp is subject to frequent Israeli violations and invasions, leading to ongoing clashes between Palestinians and the invading soldiers.
Violent clashes erupted in Aida refugee camp, two injured
Two Palestinian youths were injured in home fire after being targeted by tear gas bombs during clashes that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Aida Refugee Camp north of Bethlehem in occupied West Bank.
Safa News Agency confirmed that two Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs at a Palestinian home.
The house, belonging to Thaer Jawarish, was completely burned down. Israeli forces have also prevented the access of ambulance crew to transfer the wounded.
Clashes have erupted Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in Aida Refugee Camps close to occupied Jerusalem.
The sources said that at least one gas bomb was fired into a home, causing it to catch fire and burn completely, and that two young men, inside the targeted home, were wounded.
The burnt property belongs to Tha’er Jawarish, and is located in the center of the camp.
Soldiers also stopped and delayed an ambulance crew trying to move the wounded Palestinians to a local hospital.
Aida refugee camp is subject to frequent Israeli violations and invasions, leading to ongoing clashes between Palestinians and the invading soldiers.
Violent clashes erupted in Aida refugee camp, two injured
Two Palestinian youths were injured in home fire after being targeted by tear gas bombs during clashes that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Aida Refugee Camp north of Bethlehem in occupied West Bank.
Safa News Agency confirmed that two Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs at a Palestinian home.
The house, belonging to Thaer Jawarish, was completely burned down. Israeli forces have also prevented the access of ambulance crew to transfer the wounded.
Clashes have erupted Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in Aida Refugee Camps close to occupied Jerusalem.
10 apr 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at a 24-year-old Palestinian man in northern Gaza Strip on Thursday evening and wounded him in his foot. Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, said that the young man was transferred to hospital where his condition was stable.
The IOF imposes a buffer zone along the borders of Gaza Strip and shoots at anyone approaching the border fence. Farmers in particular are the most affected by such a policy.
The IOF imposes a buffer zone along the borders of Gaza Strip and shoots at anyone approaching the border fence. Farmers in particular are the most affected by such a policy.
Violent confrontations broke out on Tuesday evening after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Beita town, south of Nablus. PIC reporter, quoting eye-witnesses, said Beita was brutally stormed by IOF soldiers, backed with dozens of military jeeps and troop carriers, who were deployed in a number of areas. Many vehicles and citizens were searched in the process.
Eye-witnesses further reported that dozens of youngsters threw stones at IOF soldiers responded by firing tear gas canisters and sound bombs from a close range.
Along the same line, Palestinian youngsters were reported to have thrown Molotov cocktails at settlers’ vehicles near Hawara roadblock, south of Nablus city.
The attack comes at the same time as a series of raids were carried out by IOF in several towns south of Nablus city.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained power company crews on Wednesday evening while they were delivering electricity services to the native houses in the village outskirts, member of Qaryout village council, Bashar Qaryouti, told PIC.
In Madma village, also south of Nablus, IOF patrols roamed the village outskirts at dawn and set up several ambushes in Rahmanat and Jesr areas.
In the same context, Israeli forces stormed the evacuated Homesh settlement outpost, south of Jenin, on Wednesday evening and set up several ambushes in the area. A barrier was set in Jenin street by IOF near the main entrance, where IOF stationed and searched many vehicles and citizens in the process.
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that land owners in the newly-evacuated settlement outpost are allowed to reclaim their lands, but the verdict was breached by settlers who occasionally appear in the area to impose a de-facto situation.
Eye-witnesses further reported that dozens of youngsters threw stones at IOF soldiers responded by firing tear gas canisters and sound bombs from a close range.
Along the same line, Palestinian youngsters were reported to have thrown Molotov cocktails at settlers’ vehicles near Hawara roadblock, south of Nablus city.
The attack comes at the same time as a series of raids were carried out by IOF in several towns south of Nablus city.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained power company crews on Wednesday evening while they were delivering electricity services to the native houses in the village outskirts, member of Qaryout village council, Bashar Qaryouti, told PIC.
In Madma village, also south of Nablus, IOF patrols roamed the village outskirts at dawn and set up several ambushes in Rahmanat and Jesr areas.
In the same context, Israeli forces stormed the evacuated Homesh settlement outpost, south of Jenin, on Wednesday evening and set up several ambushes in the area. A barrier was set in Jenin street by IOF near the main entrance, where IOF stationed and searched many vehicles and citizens in the process.
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that land owners in the newly-evacuated settlement outpost are allowed to reclaim their lands, but the verdict was breached by settlers who occasionally appear in the area to impose a de-facto situation.
Three Palestinians citizens were wounded on Thursday morning at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to the north of Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that two of the wounded were in serious condition while the third suffered moderate injuries.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers opened fire at Palestinian workers while collecting gravel wounding three of them.
2 workers seriously injured by Israeli fire in north Gaza
Two Palestinian men were shot and injured by Israeli fire Thursday morning near the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
The sources said Israeli troops stationed on monitor towers opened fire at workers collecting small stones from fields to be used for making concrete, injuring two workers seriously.
Palestinian ambulances evacuated the victims to Kamal Udwan hospital.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said Israeli forces fired at Palestinians who had gathered near the crossing after the failed to respond to warning shots and riot-dispersal means.
She could not confirm if any direct hits were registered.
Earlier, Israeli forces fired an artillery shell at an open area in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an.
The tank shell landed in an open area near Erez crossing.
The area, according to witnesses, was an Israeli industrial zone before Israeli forces disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. No injuries were reported in that incident.
The National Resistance Brigades, a military wing affiliated to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told Ma’an that fighters affiliated to the group detonated an explosive device near the crossing.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers opened fire at Palestinian workers while collecting gravel wounding three of them.
2 workers seriously injured by Israeli fire in north Gaza
Two Palestinian men were shot and injured by Israeli fire Thursday morning near the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
The sources said Israeli troops stationed on monitor towers opened fire at workers collecting small stones from fields to be used for making concrete, injuring two workers seriously.
Palestinian ambulances evacuated the victims to Kamal Udwan hospital.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said Israeli forces fired at Palestinians who had gathered near the crossing after the failed to respond to warning shots and riot-dispersal means.
She could not confirm if any direct hits were registered.
Earlier, Israeli forces fired an artillery shell at an open area in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an.
The tank shell landed in an open area near Erez crossing.
The area, according to witnesses, was an Israeli industrial zone before Israeli forces disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. No injuries were reported in that incident.
The National Resistance Brigades, a military wing affiliated to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told Ma’an that fighters affiliated to the group detonated an explosive device near the crossing.
Israeli forces fired on Thursday morning an artillery shell at an open area in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an.
The tank shell landed in an open area near Erez crossing. The area, according to witnesses, was an Israeli industrial zone before the Israeli forces disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. No injuries have been reported.
The tank shell landed in an open area near Erez crossing. The area, according to witnesses, was an Israeli industrial zone before the Israeli forces disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. No injuries have been reported.
9 apr 2014
Lands razed in Negev and to the west of Hebron.
Israeli forces, stationed on the borders with the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, opened fire on a residential area adjacent to the borders near Khan Yunes, according to media sources.
A WAFA correspondent said that soldiers opened live fire towards homes in an area to the east of Khan Yunes. No injuries were reported among local residents.
Meanwhile, Israeli army vehicles, tanks and bulldozers continued their daily raids and razing of private-owned agricultural areas near the borders, amid sporadic gunfire and flying reconnaissance aircrafts over the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In a related matter, Israeli naval forces in the early morning hours opened a hail of gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen’s boats off Khan Yunes and Rafah, forcing them to head to shore. No injuries were reported.
Also on Wednesday, in the morning, Israeli forces razed Palestinian-owned land in Abu al-Zuluf area to the west of Hebron, according to an activist.
Forces, backed with bulldozers and heavy machinery, razed land belonging to residents of Tarqumiyah, a town located to the northwest of Hebron, said Head of Taffuh Local Council Mahmoud Zreiqat.
The land is located in Abu al-Zuluf area between Adora, an illegal Israeli settlement built on Palestinian-owned land belonging to residents of Tarqumiyah, and ‘Ayn Farʻa, an area that has many springs and belong to residents of Dura, noted Zreiqat.
He said that settlers from Adora and Telem, another illegal Israeli settlement, installed steel poles and wires in the land, in order to seize it as a prelude for expanding the two settlements and connect them together.
Residents were able to remove some of the poles and wires, said Mayor of Tarqumiyah, Sami Fatafta.
Israeli bulldozers, on Wednesday, demolished several Palestinian Bedouin houses in the Negev desert, locals said, according to Ma'an News Agency.
Police vehicles escorted bulldozers across the Negev as they demolished a number of structures in villages not recognized by Israeli authorities.
In the village of al-Zaarura, bulldozers demolished two houses belonging to the Abu Judah family, witnesses said.
Locals in the village of Kseifa said that bulldozers demolished houses and tore down trees.
Demolitions across the Negev are still ongoing, residents told Ma'an Wednesday afternoon.
Yesterday, hundreds of Palestinians and activists planted olive trees in land threatened with seizure by Israel, in the village of Kherbat Samra near Tubas, in the northern Jordan Valley.
The event, which was attended by Tubas governor Rabih al-Khundagji, is part of the popular resistance campaign against the Israeli procedures of confiscating Palestinian private-owned land for the benefit of settlement construction.
Forces attempted to prevent Palestinians from planting the trees but residents refused to leave and proceeded to plant hundreds of dunums of land with olive trees.
Al-Khundagji said that the continued Israeli attempts to seize the Palestinian land and imposition of facts on ground are rejected, stressing in the meantime the Palestinian people’s right to safeguard their land against Israeli takeover by similar means.
In al-Tawani area, to the east of Yatta, in the Hebron district, school children were attacked by Israeli settlers, injuring two, according to a local activist and police sources.
Coordinator of the Anti-wall and Settlement Popular Committee Rateb jabour said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, physically attacked students of al-Tawani school and hurled stones at them, causing two female children, aged 13, to sustain bruises and wounds.
A press release issued by the Police Public Relations Department stated that the two children were severely beaten by Israeli settlers while they were outside their house and, as a result, they sustained moderate wounds and were taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers sealed off the Jerusalem-Hebron road after fires broke out in a military watchtower set up at the entrance of Beit Ummar.
Also in Hebron, on Wednesday, WAFA reports that a Palestinian elderly was severely attacked and injured by both Israeli settlers and soldiers in al-Tawani and Um al-Kahir to the east of Yatta in Hebron district, according to an activist.
Forces severely beat 55-year-old Khadra al-Hathalin, causing her to lose consciousness and sustain bruises. She was transferred to a hospital for treatment, said Coordinator of the Anti-wall and Settlement Popular Committee Rateb Jubur.
In Jerusalem, Israeli settlers entered al-Aqsa Mosque, in a provocative visit, assaulting and harassing outdoor female students under police protection, according to witnesses.
They said that police allowed the entrance of settlers in small groups during the early morning hours, provoking worshipers and students who chanted religious slogans in protest of the entrance of the extremists to the holy site.
Settlers, under police protection, attacked the students and worshipers, spit at them while using foul language against them.
Meanwhile, Israeli police, stationed at the gates leading to the mosque, continued to impose intensive restrictions on Palestinian worshipers’ entry to the mosque, especially on youth who are ordered to hand over their ID cards to soldiers before they are alowed to enter the mosque.
Furthermore, Israeli forces and police abducted seven people in Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem as well as serving notices for the demolition of two Palestinian-owned shops, according to reports by local and security sources.
Israeli police kidnapped four youth, in Jerusalem, after raiding their houses in the Old City, raising the number of overall abductions, in Jerusalem, to 14 in less than a month.
Meanwhile in Hebron, the army kidnapped a 16-year-old in the village of Tabaqa near Dora, to the west of Hebron. They also took a youth, aged 28, in Hebron and led him to an unknown destination.
Forces further stormed the nearby village of Deir Samet and served local residents with notices to demolish two stores in the area. Meanwhile, army forces set military checkpoints at the entrance to several towns in Hebron district, checking drivers’ and passengers’ identity cards and causing a traffic jam in the process.
In Bethlehem, occupation forces stormed a home in As-Saf Street, in the city, and ordered its owner to take them to the workplace of his 20-year-old son, where they took him away.
Israeli forces, stationed on the borders with the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, opened fire on a residential area adjacent to the borders near Khan Yunes, according to media sources.
A WAFA correspondent said that soldiers opened live fire towards homes in an area to the east of Khan Yunes. No injuries were reported among local residents.
Meanwhile, Israeli army vehicles, tanks and bulldozers continued their daily raids and razing of private-owned agricultural areas near the borders, amid sporadic gunfire and flying reconnaissance aircrafts over the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In a related matter, Israeli naval forces in the early morning hours opened a hail of gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen’s boats off Khan Yunes and Rafah, forcing them to head to shore. No injuries were reported.
Also on Wednesday, in the morning, Israeli forces razed Palestinian-owned land in Abu al-Zuluf area to the west of Hebron, according to an activist.
Forces, backed with bulldozers and heavy machinery, razed land belonging to residents of Tarqumiyah, a town located to the northwest of Hebron, said Head of Taffuh Local Council Mahmoud Zreiqat.
The land is located in Abu al-Zuluf area between Adora, an illegal Israeli settlement built on Palestinian-owned land belonging to residents of Tarqumiyah, and ‘Ayn Farʻa, an area that has many springs and belong to residents of Dura, noted Zreiqat.
He said that settlers from Adora and Telem, another illegal Israeli settlement, installed steel poles and wires in the land, in order to seize it as a prelude for expanding the two settlements and connect them together.
Residents were able to remove some of the poles and wires, said Mayor of Tarqumiyah, Sami Fatafta.
Israeli bulldozers, on Wednesday, demolished several Palestinian Bedouin houses in the Negev desert, locals said, according to Ma'an News Agency.
Police vehicles escorted bulldozers across the Negev as they demolished a number of structures in villages not recognized by Israeli authorities.
In the village of al-Zaarura, bulldozers demolished two houses belonging to the Abu Judah family, witnesses said.
Locals in the village of Kseifa said that bulldozers demolished houses and tore down trees.
Demolitions across the Negev are still ongoing, residents told Ma'an Wednesday afternoon.
Yesterday, hundreds of Palestinians and activists planted olive trees in land threatened with seizure by Israel, in the village of Kherbat Samra near Tubas, in the northern Jordan Valley.
The event, which was attended by Tubas governor Rabih al-Khundagji, is part of the popular resistance campaign against the Israeli procedures of confiscating Palestinian private-owned land for the benefit of settlement construction.
Forces attempted to prevent Palestinians from planting the trees but residents refused to leave and proceeded to plant hundreds of dunums of land with olive trees.
Al-Khundagji said that the continued Israeli attempts to seize the Palestinian land and imposition of facts on ground are rejected, stressing in the meantime the Palestinian people’s right to safeguard their land against Israeli takeover by similar means.
In al-Tawani area, to the east of Yatta, in the Hebron district, school children were attacked by Israeli settlers, injuring two, according to a local activist and police sources.
Coordinator of the Anti-wall and Settlement Popular Committee Rateb jabour said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, physically attacked students of al-Tawani school and hurled stones at them, causing two female children, aged 13, to sustain bruises and wounds.
A press release issued by the Police Public Relations Department stated that the two children were severely beaten by Israeli settlers while they were outside their house and, as a result, they sustained moderate wounds and were taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers sealed off the Jerusalem-Hebron road after fires broke out in a military watchtower set up at the entrance of Beit Ummar.
Also in Hebron, on Wednesday, WAFA reports that a Palestinian elderly was severely attacked and injured by both Israeli settlers and soldiers in al-Tawani and Um al-Kahir to the east of Yatta in Hebron district, according to an activist.
Forces severely beat 55-year-old Khadra al-Hathalin, causing her to lose consciousness and sustain bruises. She was transferred to a hospital for treatment, said Coordinator of the Anti-wall and Settlement Popular Committee Rateb Jubur.
In Jerusalem, Israeli settlers entered al-Aqsa Mosque, in a provocative visit, assaulting and harassing outdoor female students under police protection, according to witnesses.
They said that police allowed the entrance of settlers in small groups during the early morning hours, provoking worshipers and students who chanted religious slogans in protest of the entrance of the extremists to the holy site.
Settlers, under police protection, attacked the students and worshipers, spit at them while using foul language against them.
Meanwhile, Israeli police, stationed at the gates leading to the mosque, continued to impose intensive restrictions on Palestinian worshipers’ entry to the mosque, especially on youth who are ordered to hand over their ID cards to soldiers before they are alowed to enter the mosque.
Furthermore, Israeli forces and police abducted seven people in Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem as well as serving notices for the demolition of two Palestinian-owned shops, according to reports by local and security sources.
Israeli police kidnapped four youth, in Jerusalem, after raiding their houses in the Old City, raising the number of overall abductions, in Jerusalem, to 14 in less than a month.
Meanwhile in Hebron, the army kidnapped a 16-year-old in the village of Tabaqa near Dora, to the west of Hebron. They also took a youth, aged 28, in Hebron and led him to an unknown destination.
Forces further stormed the nearby village of Deir Samet and served local residents with notices to demolish two stores in the area. Meanwhile, army forces set military checkpoints at the entrance to several towns in Hebron district, checking drivers’ and passengers’ identity cards and causing a traffic jam in the process.
In Bethlehem, occupation forces stormed a home in As-Saf Street, in the city, and ordered its owner to take them to the workplace of his 20-year-old son, where they took him away.
A woman and a group of children were left wounded following raids launched on Wednesday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and dozens of settlers on the native citizens of Um al-Kheir and Tuba south of al-Khalil. PIC reported quoting activist Rateb Jabour: “Mrs. Khadhra Hadhaline was seriously injured and fainted when she was attacked by IOF soldiers in Khirbet Um al-Kheir in Yatta. Another group of children, including two girls, were left wounded in Tuba after Israeli settlers threw stones at them. The injured were immediately carried to hospitals by an ambulance.
The attacks, launched interchangeably by soldiers and settlers within the aforementioned areas, come as a result of the bullying and intimidation policies used by IOF against the Palestinian native citizens so as to force them out of their native soil in favor of settlement projects and judaization schemes in the area.
The attacks, launched interchangeably by soldiers and settlers within the aforementioned areas, come as a result of the bullying and intimidation policies used by IOF against the Palestinian native citizens so as to force them out of their native soil in favor of settlement projects and judaization schemes in the area.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens suffered suffocation in clashes erupted with Israeli Occupation Forces in Aida refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Daily clashes erupt in the camp between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces.
Witnesses from the camp said the IOF heavily fired tear gas and sonic bombs at citizens' houses and Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Clashes were erupted around Abu Bakr al- Sediq mosque in the camp and in A'al Qatamish neighborhood. Several gas grenades were fired at the neighboring houses, witnesses added. Several suffocation cases among Palestinians were reported.
In a relevant vein, the IOF captured Tuesday evening a water tank and kept it in its military camps nearby al-Maleh village in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the captured tank provides dozens of Palestinian families with drinking water in al-Maleh village, showing that capturing it deprives the families from water.
“ It is not the first time the IOF captures water tanks from the area and deprives Palestinians of drinking water.” The sources added.
Daily clashes erupt in the camp between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces.
Witnesses from the camp said the IOF heavily fired tear gas and sonic bombs at citizens' houses and Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Clashes were erupted around Abu Bakr al- Sediq mosque in the camp and in A'al Qatamish neighborhood. Several gas grenades were fired at the neighboring houses, witnesses added. Several suffocation cases among Palestinians were reported.
In a relevant vein, the IOF captured Tuesday evening a water tank and kept it in its military camps nearby al-Maleh village in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the captured tank provides dozens of Palestinian families with drinking water in al-Maleh village, showing that capturing it deprives the families from water.
“ It is not the first time the IOF captures water tanks from the area and deprives Palestinians of drinking water.” The sources added.
Israeli forces early Wednesday fired tear gas at a university campus in the central West Bank, administrators said.
Officials at the Salfit branch of al-Quds Open University told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided the campus and showered students with tear gas.
"Campus workers collected some 70 empty tear gas canisters," the officials said, adding that the gas prevented students from attending classes.
"The Israeli occupation's procedures targeting students and faculty of al-Quds Open University will never discourage the university from moving forward as planned," the administrators added.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Higher Education condemned a similar raid on Jan. 22, when Israeli forces fired tear gas at students on the campus of al-Quds University in Abu Dis and damaged university property.
The ministry said at the time that the raid was part of a "continuous and systematic context of violations against the Palestinian institutions ... including the educational institutions and their cadres."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Officials at the Salfit branch of al-Quds Open University told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided the campus and showered students with tear gas.
"Campus workers collected some 70 empty tear gas canisters," the officials said, adding that the gas prevented students from attending classes.
"The Israeli occupation's procedures targeting students and faculty of al-Quds Open University will never discourage the university from moving forward as planned," the administrators added.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Higher Education condemned a similar raid on Jan. 22, when Israeli forces fired tear gas at students on the campus of al-Quds University in Abu Dis and damaged university property.
The ministry said at the time that the raid was part of a "continuous and systematic context of violations against the Palestinian institutions ... including the educational institutions and their cadres."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Violent confrontations were reported in Salfit city at dawn Wednesday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the city. Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers in dozens of vehicles and two bulldozers stormed the city before dawn and deployed in its suburbs.
They said that the soldiers searched homes and smashed the glass windows of many shops before withdrawing at dawn.
The sources said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops who fired teargas canisters causing a fire.
They said that the soldiers searched homes and smashed the glass windows of many shops before withdrawing at dawn.
The sources said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops who fired teargas canisters causing a fire.
8 apr 2014
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested three Palestinians in al-Khalil and Bethlehem, including a leader in the Islamic Jihad movement, and demolished Palestinian agricultural facilities and stormed Palestinian buildings. Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces raided at dawn Tuesday Palestinian homes in al-Khalil's Old Town, and arrested two Palestinians before transferring them to an unknown destination.
On the other hand, three Israeli patrols raided and searched the Islamic Charitable Society in al-Khalil city.
In a related context, Israeli forces stormed Tuesday al-Khalil University, southern al-Khalil city, where they arrested and served summonses to a number of students.
Eyewitnesses told PIC reporter said that Israeli patrols raided the university neighborhood and broke into al-Khalil University's entrance, where they searched the students and checked their identity cards and served summonses to some of them.
The sources added that PA security forces left the area at arrival of the IOF soldiers despite being located in area A under PA control according to Oslo Accords.
On the other hand, Israeli bulldozers demolished this morning agricultural facilities, and water well in Farsh al-Hawa area in the city under the pretext of being established without permit in a closed military zone.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested at dawn today the leader in the Islamic Jihad movement Khalil Musa Zawahra, 45, who spent ten years in Israeli jails before his release six months ago.
Israeli troops also raided al-Ihssan Medical Association headquarters and blew up its front door. Computers and a set of files and documents were confiscated during the raid.
On the other hand, three Israeli patrols raided and searched the Islamic Charitable Society in al-Khalil city.
In a related context, Israeli forces stormed Tuesday al-Khalil University, southern al-Khalil city, where they arrested and served summonses to a number of students.
Eyewitnesses told PIC reporter said that Israeli patrols raided the university neighborhood and broke into al-Khalil University's entrance, where they searched the students and checked their identity cards and served summonses to some of them.
The sources added that PA security forces left the area at arrival of the IOF soldiers despite being located in area A under PA control according to Oslo Accords.
On the other hand, Israeli bulldozers demolished this morning agricultural facilities, and water well in Farsh al-Hawa area in the city under the pretext of being established without permit in a closed military zone.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested at dawn today the leader in the Islamic Jihad movement Khalil Musa Zawahra, 45, who spent ten years in Israeli jails before his release six months ago.
Israeli troops also raided al-Ihssan Medical Association headquarters and blew up its front door. Computers and a set of files and documents were confiscated during the raid.
A group of Jewish settlers raided Palestinian houses near Yitzhar settlement west of Nablus city on Tuesday. The attack came in response to a set of Israeli demolition processes carried out in their settlement.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said in a press release that settlers threw car-tires at Om Aymen Soufan’s house near Yitzhar settlement after torching them, and threw Palestinian vehicles travelling across the Nablus-Ramallah road with stones leading to remarkable destruction to several of them.
According to Israeli Yediot Aharonot newspaper website, four demolition operations were performed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) inside of the settlement of Yitzhar of illegally-built houses, where violent confrontations broke out with settlers who refused to evacuate the houses. Six of the so-called Border Police were left wounded.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said in a press release that settlers threw car-tires at Om Aymen Soufan’s house near Yitzhar settlement after torching them, and threw Palestinian vehicles travelling across the Nablus-Ramallah road with stones leading to remarkable destruction to several of them.
According to Israeli Yediot Aharonot newspaper website, four demolition operations were performed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) inside of the settlement of Yitzhar of illegally-built houses, where violent confrontations broke out with settlers who refused to evacuate the houses. Six of the so-called Border Police were left wounded.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday at dawn 17 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, after storming several West Bank cities and towns. Local sources said that the IOF arrested lawyer Tariq al-Tamizi,27,and his sister in law Mona al-tamizi,34, after ransacking their houses and inspecting them in Ethna town to the west of Hebron.
The IOF stole the gold safe, amounts of money, and bank checks from the house. They damaged the house’s contents, destroyed properties and unhinged doors. Moreover, they damaged an agricultural barrack.
The forces stormed Selwad village, east of Ramallah, and arrested seven Palestinians: Ayyoub Khader, Tariq Hamid, Mostafa Abdulra'ouf, Salah al-Natoor, Ramzy Zaghloul, and Lotfi Hamed. The arrests led to violent clashes between the IOF and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The forces handed Ziyad Sh’eabat, 45, a summon to meet Israeli intelligence in Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem, Local sources said.
The IOF arrested Khaleel Faregat, 21, and Ramzy al-Ga'bari, 28, and searched several houses in Beit Ummar and Beit Awwa villages in Hebron, local sources said.
In Nablus, the IOF arrested Malik Eshteeh,21, Ala'a Edeali, 20, Mohammed Edeali, 23, Azzam Edeali,21, and Mazin Edeali, 16, from Tal and Osreen villages.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
The IOF stole the gold safe, amounts of money, and bank checks from the house. They damaged the house’s contents, destroyed properties and unhinged doors. Moreover, they damaged an agricultural barrack.
The forces stormed Selwad village, east of Ramallah, and arrested seven Palestinians: Ayyoub Khader, Tariq Hamid, Mostafa Abdulra'ouf, Salah al-Natoor, Ramzy Zaghloul, and Lotfi Hamed. The arrests led to violent clashes between the IOF and dozens of Palestinian youths.
The forces handed Ziyad Sh’eabat, 45, a summon to meet Israeli intelligence in Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem, Local sources said.
The IOF arrested Khaleel Faregat, 21, and Ramzy al-Ga'bari, 28, and searched several houses in Beit Ummar and Beit Awwa villages in Hebron, local sources said.
In Nablus, the IOF arrested Malik Eshteeh,21, Ala'a Edeali, 20, Mohammed Edeali, 23, Azzam Edeali,21, and Mazin Edeali, 16, from Tal and Osreen villages.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Several Israeli military vehicles entered the southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, witnesses told Ma'an.
Locals said six military vehicles entered Gaza east of al-Qarara. No shooting was reported.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Separately, Israeli warships opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of northern Gaza City, causing damages to one fishing boat.
A fisherman told Ma'an an Israeli naval squadron fired at Palestinian boats near the al-Sudaniyya neighborhood. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she knew of "several instances where boats deviated from their designated fishing zones" overnight off the coast of Gaza.
The spokeswoman said the Israeli navy fired warning shots into the air or in the vicinity of the Palestinian boats, but not directly at the boats or the fishermen.
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a three-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who stray further.
Israel has controlled Gaza's waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has stationed warships off the coast since 2008.
There are some 4,000 fishermen in Gaza. According to a 2011 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, 90 percent are poor, a 40 percent increase from 2008 resulting from Israeli limits on the fishing industry.
Locals said six military vehicles entered Gaza east of al-Qarara. No shooting was reported.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Separately, Israeli warships opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of northern Gaza City, causing damages to one fishing boat.
A fisherman told Ma'an an Israeli naval squadron fired at Palestinian boats near the al-Sudaniyya neighborhood. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she knew of "several instances where boats deviated from their designated fishing zones" overnight off the coast of Gaza.
The spokeswoman said the Israeli navy fired warning shots into the air or in the vicinity of the Palestinian boats, but not directly at the boats or the fishermen.
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a three-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who stray further.
Israel has controlled Gaza's waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has stationed warships off the coast since 2008.
There are some 4,000 fishermen in Gaza. According to a 2011 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, 90 percent are poor, a 40 percent increase from 2008 resulting from Israeli limits on the fishing industry.
Israeli Navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, near Gaza city, causing excessive damage.
One of the fishermen reported the navy to have fired several rounds of live ammunition at the fishermen and their boats in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza; no injuries were reported.
The Israeli navy frequently attacks Palestinian fishermen and their boats, depriving them the right to fish, within the six nautical miles currently allocated for them by law.
The attacks led to dozens of casualties and excessive property damage.
--- As part of the ceasefire agreement of November, 2012, Israel agreed to allow the Palestinians to fish within six nautical miles, but unilaterally decreased the allotted area to three miles.
Last May, Israel decided to allow the fishermen to fish within six nautical miles, but the Israeli navy continued to attack them, even within the three nautical miles.
Under the Oslo accords of the mid-nineties, Palestinians are supposed to be allowed to fish within 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore, but Tel Aviv has constantly violated the agreement.
One of the fishermen reported the navy to have fired several rounds of live ammunition at the fishermen and their boats in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza; no injuries were reported.
The Israeli navy frequently attacks Palestinian fishermen and their boats, depriving them the right to fish, within the six nautical miles currently allocated for them by law.
The attacks led to dozens of casualties and excessive property damage.
--- As part of the ceasefire agreement of November, 2012, Israel agreed to allow the Palestinians to fish within six nautical miles, but unilaterally decreased the allotted area to three miles.
Last May, Israel decided to allow the fishermen to fish within six nautical miles, but the Israeli navy continued to attack them, even within the three nautical miles.
Under the Oslo accords of the mid-nineties, Palestinians are supposed to be allowed to fish within 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore, but Tel Aviv has constantly violated the agreement.