20 aug 2014
Israeli troops stormed Burin village near Nablus in the northern West Bank overnight Tuesday and ransacked dozens of Palestinian homes to warn locals of any attacks on settler houses near the village.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an Wednesday morning that dozens of soldiers and intelligence officers interrogated more than 30 young men in the open after taking them out of their homes at gunpoint.
The soldiers warned that they would open fire directly at anyone who attacks settler homes.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an Wednesday morning that dozens of soldiers and intelligence officers interrogated more than 30 young men in the open after taking them out of their homes at gunpoint.
The soldiers warned that they would open fire directly at anyone who attacks settler homes.
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Wednesday condemned the Israeli order to exile Palestinian member of parliament Khalida Jarrar from her home in Ramallah, as further details emerged of deportation order she received in a pre-dawn raid earlier in the day.
PLO Executive Committee Member Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said in a statement that the order for Jarrar, who is a representative of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to be confined to a specific area in Jericho was "yet another manifestation of Israel's widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population."
He added that the order is in "clear contravention of Israel's obligation under international law and treaties to respect the fundamental human rights of individuals, including the rights to self-determination, freedom of movement, privacy, and protection of the family."
Erekat noted that the order, which was delivered in a pre-dawn raid on her home by Israeli soldiers and gave her 24 hours to leave, "effectively amounts to attempted forcible transfer, unlawful confinement and persecution, all of which are crimes punishable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and under the universal jurisdiction provisions of the majority of States."
Erekat condemned the move and noted that 36 other members of the Palestine Legislative Council, the equivalent of a parliament, were being held in Israeli jails.
Prisoner rights group Ad-Dameer said in a statement on Wednesday that Jarrar -- who is a board member of the organization -- was told that she would be confined to Jericho for the next six months because she was a "threat to the security of the area."
The group said that the Israeli army did not give any explanation of the kind of threat she posed.
The group noted in the statement that the raid also pointed to the fact that the Palestinian Authority was complicit in her arrest, as any raid on areas in Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- had to be taken with their coordination.
"By allowing Israeli occupying forces to enter Ramallah means that in effect the so-called 'security co-ordination' between Palestinian Authority security forces and Israeli occupying forces allowed for the expulsion of an elected representative of the Palestinian people, an elected representative who has continuously called for an end to such 'coordination,'" the group said.
Elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006, the group noted that Jarrar has been banned from traveling outside of the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli authorities since 1998, except for one occasion in which she traveled to Jordan for medical treatment in 2010.
The group also noted that Israeli forces have previously forcibly deported sitting members of the Palestinian parliament, including Mohammad Abu Teer, Ahmad Atoun and Mohammad Totah, as well as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khalid Abu Arafeh in 2010.
All of the officials were deported from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the group said, noting that soon after the deportation they were arrested and held without charge or trial by the military.
Israeli forces deliver 'deportation order' to PFLP lawmaker
Israeli forces raided the house of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lawmaker early Wednesday and delivered an order demanding that she leave Ramallah.
Khalida Jarrar told Ma'an that dozens of soldiers raided her house in Ramallah early Wednesday and delivered a deportation order "by an Israeli court" to Jericho for an unspecified period of time.
Jarrar added that the place of residence in Jericho was specified in the order.
She said the order was in Hebrew and that she refused to sign it when soldiers told her to, and that she was also provided a map for her movement inside Jericho.
Jarrar added that the raid was a form of house arrest and that she was given 24 hours to move out of Ramallah to Jericho.
She said she will take the paper to relevant parties to determine the response.
PLO Executive Committee Member Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said in a statement that the order for Jarrar, who is a representative of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to be confined to a specific area in Jericho was "yet another manifestation of Israel's widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population."
He added that the order is in "clear contravention of Israel's obligation under international law and treaties to respect the fundamental human rights of individuals, including the rights to self-determination, freedom of movement, privacy, and protection of the family."
Erekat noted that the order, which was delivered in a pre-dawn raid on her home by Israeli soldiers and gave her 24 hours to leave, "effectively amounts to attempted forcible transfer, unlawful confinement and persecution, all of which are crimes punishable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and under the universal jurisdiction provisions of the majority of States."
Erekat condemned the move and noted that 36 other members of the Palestine Legislative Council, the equivalent of a parliament, were being held in Israeli jails.
Prisoner rights group Ad-Dameer said in a statement on Wednesday that Jarrar -- who is a board member of the organization -- was told that she would be confined to Jericho for the next six months because she was a "threat to the security of the area."
The group said that the Israeli army did not give any explanation of the kind of threat she posed.
The group noted in the statement that the raid also pointed to the fact that the Palestinian Authority was complicit in her arrest, as any raid on areas in Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- had to be taken with their coordination.
"By allowing Israeli occupying forces to enter Ramallah means that in effect the so-called 'security co-ordination' between Palestinian Authority security forces and Israeli occupying forces allowed for the expulsion of an elected representative of the Palestinian people, an elected representative who has continuously called for an end to such 'coordination,'" the group said.
Elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006, the group noted that Jarrar has been banned from traveling outside of the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli authorities since 1998, except for one occasion in which she traveled to Jordan for medical treatment in 2010.
The group also noted that Israeli forces have previously forcibly deported sitting members of the Palestinian parliament, including Mohammad Abu Teer, Ahmad Atoun and Mohammad Totah, as well as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khalid Abu Arafeh in 2010.
All of the officials were deported from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the group said, noting that soon after the deportation they were arrested and held without charge or trial by the military.
Israeli forces deliver 'deportation order' to PFLP lawmaker
Israeli forces raided the house of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lawmaker early Wednesday and delivered an order demanding that she leave Ramallah.
Khalida Jarrar told Ma'an that dozens of soldiers raided her house in Ramallah early Wednesday and delivered a deportation order "by an Israeli court" to Jericho for an unspecified period of time.
Jarrar added that the place of residence in Jericho was specified in the order.
She said the order was in Hebrew and that she refused to sign it when soldiers told her to, and that she was also provided a map for her movement inside Jericho.
Jarrar added that the raid was a form of house arrest and that she was given 24 hours to move out of Ramallah to Jericho.
She said she will take the paper to relevant parties to determine the response.
Palestinian home demolished in Jerusalem
Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace negotiations. Over 2 dozen people have been kidnapped across the region since Monday, with housing demolitions ongoing in multiple occurrence.
According to reports by media and security sources, the Israeli military and police arrested at least 16 Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Tuesday alone.
In occupied Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli army stormed the village of Usarin, during predawn hours, abducting two teenagers, ages 17 and 19, after raiding their houses and wrecking their furniture.
The army also stormed the nearby village of Tell, where they kidnapped a Palestinian youngster, in addition to another whom they took at a checkpoint near the town of Burqa.
In Hebron, Israeli forces stormed the city and took two brothers following a similar raid on their homes. The army also stormed the nearby town of Dahiriya, where they kidnapped a 19-year-old Palestinian after raiding his house.
Later, on Tuesday, WAFA further reports that soldiers set military checkpoints at several highways across Hebron Governorate, arresting at least one Palestinian near Halhoul.
Meanwhile, in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded the village of Hosan, west of the city, kidnapping one youngster, aged 23, after raiding and searching his family's house. The army further stormed the nearby town of Beit Sahour, where they served two brothers with summonses to appear, for interrogation, before Israeli intelligence.
Forces also raided the village of Deir Istiya, near the city of Salfit, where they abducted four more Palestinians.
Another was further reported arrested in the village of Burqin, to the west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, in addition to yet another in the town of Husan, just west of Bethlehem.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police in Jerusalem took with them one minor, as he was trying to fend off a provocative Jewish settlers’ attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. The assault was led by Jewish-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The mosque has seen repeated Israeli attempts, in recent months, to enforce a temporal division of prayer times between Muslims and Jews.
See recent article: Feiglin Leads Settlers in al-Aqsa Raid, Continued Clashes in West Bank
In the early morning hours, on Monday, six young men from the village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, were taken into Israeli custody following a raid on their homes.
The detainees are: Mohammad Fadel Sbeih, Ibrahim Atef Masoud Khatib, Shadi Mohammad Mahmoud Najib and his brother Daoud, Rabeh Nasri and his brother Ramzi, according to the head of the local council in the village of Hizma, Mwafaq Khatib.
Taken from Shu’fat refugee camp: Mutasem Haddam, Mohammad Deebeh and Ibrahim Tantash.
In the Old City, minors Omar Hasan Firawi and Ibrahim, and a young man named Thaer Assaileh were also taken on Monday morning, Silwanic has reported.
In the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Tur (Mount of Olives), on Monday, Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian two-family home.
See recent related IMEMC: Army Detonates Two Homes In Hebron, Seals One With Concrete Blocs
Army Demolishes Cave Housing a Family near Bethlehem
The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions says that 27,000 Palestinian homes on Jerusalem's eastside have been demolished since 1967, when Israel first began illegaly occupying the officially recognized Palestinan territories.
On Tuesday, at dawn, Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians after raiding several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Israeli channel 7 reported that forces arrested one Palestinian citizen in Tulkarem, as well as four others from Deir Estia village, near Qalqilya.
Two other Palestinians were taken in Qalqilya, as well, and in the village of Burqa, near Nablus.
Two citizens from Obarn village, in Nablus, and two from Bethlehem were detianed, in addition to a Palestinian citizen who was taken from al-Zaheria town, south of Hebron.
Security sources in Hebron told the Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians, in raids carried out across the province.
Israeli 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, according to Al Ray.
See IMEMC Special Report: “800,000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967”
Over 550,000 Israelis now live in Jewish-only settlements across the region, including occupied East Jerusalem, around and between Palestinian villages, where assaults on Palestinian people and their property is commonly perpetrated by both settlers and military/police.
See also: "Several Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Settlers Attack Cars"
Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace negotiations. Over 2 dozen people have been kidnapped across the region since Monday, with housing demolitions ongoing in multiple occurrence.
According to reports by media and security sources, the Israeli military and police arrested at least 16 Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Tuesday alone.
In occupied Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli army stormed the village of Usarin, during predawn hours, abducting two teenagers, ages 17 and 19, after raiding their houses and wrecking their furniture.
The army also stormed the nearby village of Tell, where they kidnapped a Palestinian youngster, in addition to another whom they took at a checkpoint near the town of Burqa.
In Hebron, Israeli forces stormed the city and took two brothers following a similar raid on their homes. The army also stormed the nearby town of Dahiriya, where they kidnapped a 19-year-old Palestinian after raiding his house.
Later, on Tuesday, WAFA further reports that soldiers set military checkpoints at several highways across Hebron Governorate, arresting at least one Palestinian near Halhoul.
Meanwhile, in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded the village of Hosan, west of the city, kidnapping one youngster, aged 23, after raiding and searching his family's house. The army further stormed the nearby town of Beit Sahour, where they served two brothers with summonses to appear, for interrogation, before Israeli intelligence.
Forces also raided the village of Deir Istiya, near the city of Salfit, where they abducted four more Palestinians.
Another was further reported arrested in the village of Burqin, to the west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, in addition to yet another in the town of Husan, just west of Bethlehem.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police in Jerusalem took with them one minor, as he was trying to fend off a provocative Jewish settlers’ attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. The assault was led by Jewish-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The mosque has seen repeated Israeli attempts, in recent months, to enforce a temporal division of prayer times between Muslims and Jews.
See recent article: Feiglin Leads Settlers in al-Aqsa Raid, Continued Clashes in West Bank
In the early morning hours, on Monday, six young men from the village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, were taken into Israeli custody following a raid on their homes.
The detainees are: Mohammad Fadel Sbeih, Ibrahim Atef Masoud Khatib, Shadi Mohammad Mahmoud Najib and his brother Daoud, Rabeh Nasri and his brother Ramzi, according to the head of the local council in the village of Hizma, Mwafaq Khatib.
Taken from Shu’fat refugee camp: Mutasem Haddam, Mohammad Deebeh and Ibrahim Tantash.
In the Old City, minors Omar Hasan Firawi and Ibrahim, and a young man named Thaer Assaileh were also taken on Monday morning, Silwanic has reported.
In the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Tur (Mount of Olives), on Monday, Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian two-family home.
See recent related IMEMC: Army Detonates Two Homes In Hebron, Seals One With Concrete Blocs
Army Demolishes Cave Housing a Family near Bethlehem
The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions says that 27,000 Palestinian homes on Jerusalem's eastside have been demolished since 1967, when Israel first began illegaly occupying the officially recognized Palestinan territories.
On Tuesday, at dawn, Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians after raiding several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Israeli channel 7 reported that forces arrested one Palestinian citizen in Tulkarem, as well as four others from Deir Estia village, near Qalqilya.
Two other Palestinians were taken in Qalqilya, as well, and in the village of Burqa, near Nablus.
Two citizens from Obarn village, in Nablus, and two from Bethlehem were detianed, in addition to a Palestinian citizen who was taken from al-Zaheria town, south of Hebron.
Security sources in Hebron told the Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians, in raids carried out across the province.
Israeli 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, according to Al Ray.
See IMEMC Special Report: “800,000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967”
Over 550,000 Israelis now live in Jewish-only settlements across the region, including occupied East Jerusalem, around and between Palestinian villages, where assaults on Palestinian people and their property is commonly perpetrated by both settlers and military/police.
See also: "Several Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Settlers Attack Cars"
18 aug 2014
Navy continues to breach ceasefire
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian man near Karm Abu-Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing, on the Gaza-Israel border, Sunday, according to WAFA correspondence.
Forces stationed at the border checkpoint opened fire at the young man, injuring him, claiming that he attempted to infiltrate the site.
Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and injured two young Palestinian men inside their Silwad home, east of Ramallah, say Ma'an eyewtiness sources.
One of the two men was shot several times in his foot, while the other was hit by shrapnel from the gunfire.
The victims were identified only as members of the al-Nahl family, according to Ma'an. The house was stormed by Israeli soldiers during the course of a raid on the entire village.
The shooting occurred following fierce clashes which ensued between soldiers and local youth protesting against the Israeli occupation and in solidarity with the victims of the Gaza Strip.
Numerous bystanders and local residents in side their homes, including elderly and children suffered the effects of tear gas, which locals say Israeli soldiers used excessively and indiscriminately, in addition to the usual firing of concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The Israeli navy continues to breach the soon-to-expire temporary ceasefire by shooting at Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of the Strip, while violent clashes between Israeli forces and angry Palestinians are ongoing in the West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem and the pre-1948 territories.
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian man near Karm Abu-Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing, on the Gaza-Israel border, Sunday, according to WAFA correspondence.
Forces stationed at the border checkpoint opened fire at the young man, injuring him, claiming that he attempted to infiltrate the site.
Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and injured two young Palestinian men inside their Silwad home, east of Ramallah, say Ma'an eyewtiness sources.
One of the two men was shot several times in his foot, while the other was hit by shrapnel from the gunfire.
The victims were identified only as members of the al-Nahl family, according to Ma'an. The house was stormed by Israeli soldiers during the course of a raid on the entire village.
The shooting occurred following fierce clashes which ensued between soldiers and local youth protesting against the Israeli occupation and in solidarity with the victims of the Gaza Strip.
Numerous bystanders and local residents in side their homes, including elderly and children suffered the effects of tear gas, which locals say Israeli soldiers used excessively and indiscriminately, in addition to the usual firing of concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The Israeli navy continues to breach the soon-to-expire temporary ceasefire by shooting at Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of the Strip, while violent clashes between Israeli forces and angry Palestinians are ongoing in the West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem and the pre-1948 territories.
Israeli forces overnight Sunday demolished the Hebron homes of two Palestinians named as suspects in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in June, locals said.
Israeli forces demolished the homes of Amir Abu Eisha and Husam al-Qawasmi and sealed off the home of Marwan Qawasmi by pumping concrete into the property.
Locals said large numbers of Israeli forces arrived first at the home of Abu Eisha in the Wadi al-Sir neighborhood and ordered the family to evacuate the home.
Army engineers then set explosives in the house and blew up the property, turning it into rubble.
Israeli soldiers then moved to the Abu Kteila neighborhood and destroyed the home of Husam al-Qawasmi.
Clashes broke out between locals and soldiers, with several Palestinians injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, including a journalist Radi Karamah.
The home of Marwan Qawasmi was sealed off by pumping large amounts of concrete into the house. Several mixer trucks were at the scene of the incident.
Israel accuses the three men of kidnapping and killing three Israeli teenagers near the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc in Hebron in early June.
Marwan Qawasmi was detained by Israeli forces in July. Israel accuses Qawasmi of ordering Abu Eisha and Husam al-Qawasmi to carry out the abduction.
Israeli rights group Hamoked had petitioned the Israeli high court to stop the demolitions, arguing that the measure would harm innocent people, including children, and constitutes collective punishment.
"The demolition of the terrorists' homes conveys a clear message to terrorists and their accomplices that there is a personal price to pay when engaging in terror and carrying out attacks against Israelis," Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
Israel launched a widespread search and arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank following the kidnapping of the teenagers, targeting Hamas affiliates and infrastructure and detaining hundreds of people.
Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians during the arrest raids.
Jewish extremists kidnapped and killed Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in early July in a revenge attack.
Israeli forces demolished the homes of Amir Abu Eisha and Husam al-Qawasmi and sealed off the home of Marwan Qawasmi by pumping concrete into the property.
Locals said large numbers of Israeli forces arrived first at the home of Abu Eisha in the Wadi al-Sir neighborhood and ordered the family to evacuate the home.
Army engineers then set explosives in the house and blew up the property, turning it into rubble.
Israeli soldiers then moved to the Abu Kteila neighborhood and destroyed the home of Husam al-Qawasmi.
Clashes broke out between locals and soldiers, with several Palestinians injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, including a journalist Radi Karamah.
The home of Marwan Qawasmi was sealed off by pumping large amounts of concrete into the house. Several mixer trucks were at the scene of the incident.
Israel accuses the three men of kidnapping and killing three Israeli teenagers near the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc in Hebron in early June.
Marwan Qawasmi was detained by Israeli forces in July. Israel accuses Qawasmi of ordering Abu Eisha and Husam al-Qawasmi to carry out the abduction.
Israeli rights group Hamoked had petitioned the Israeli high court to stop the demolitions, arguing that the measure would harm innocent people, including children, and constitutes collective punishment.
"The demolition of the terrorists' homes conveys a clear message to terrorists and their accomplices that there is a personal price to pay when engaging in terror and carrying out attacks against Israelis," Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
Israel launched a widespread search and arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank following the kidnapping of the teenagers, targeting Hamas affiliates and infrastructure and detaining hundreds of people.
Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians during the arrest raids.
Jewish extremists kidnapped and killed Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in early July in a revenge attack.
17 aug 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday stormed Jalama and Arraba villages, north of Jenin, and clashed with young men. Local sources said IOF soldiers were deployed on the street between the villages of Arraba and Jalama, north of Jenin, and established a roadblock there.
The sources added that the troops at the roadblock interrogated 27-year-old Hisham Jarrar after intercepting his car, and handed him a summons for interrogation from the intelligence in Salem military post.
Afterwards, violent clashes broke out near the barrier when a group of angry young men from the villages hurled stones at the invading troops, who responded by firing tear gas grenades and rubber bullets.
In another incident, scores of Israeli soldiers raided Husan village, west of Bethlehem, after a Jewish settler was attacked with a Molotov cocktail as he was driving his car into the village.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the IOF stormed the village after midnight and ransacked a house belonging to Hamamrah family, claiming that they were looking for a video recording from the surveillance cameras of a commercial store that could lead to the one who threw the Molotov cocktail at the settler.
The Israeli media had said on Saturday that a settler was seriously injured when a Palestinian young man threw a Molotov cocktail directly into his car and burned it entirely.
The head of Beitar settlement near the village issued a verdict ordering all settlers to never enter the village and warning of a severe penalty for those who disobey the orders.
Prior to Israel's war on Gaza, Husan village was one of the most important marketplace for Beitar settlers who used to buy their needs from the village at cheap prices, but now most of them refrained from entering it for fear of reprisal.
The sources added that the troops at the roadblock interrogated 27-year-old Hisham Jarrar after intercepting his car, and handed him a summons for interrogation from the intelligence in Salem military post.
Afterwards, violent clashes broke out near the barrier when a group of angry young men from the villages hurled stones at the invading troops, who responded by firing tear gas grenades and rubber bullets.
In another incident, scores of Israeli soldiers raided Husan village, west of Bethlehem, after a Jewish settler was attacked with a Molotov cocktail as he was driving his car into the village.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the IOF stormed the village after midnight and ransacked a house belonging to Hamamrah family, claiming that they were looking for a video recording from the surveillance cameras of a commercial store that could lead to the one who threw the Molotov cocktail at the settler.
The Israeli media had said on Saturday that a settler was seriously injured when a Palestinian young man threw a Molotov cocktail directly into his car and burned it entirely.
The head of Beitar settlement near the village issued a verdict ordering all settlers to never enter the village and warning of a severe penalty for those who disobey the orders.
Prior to Israel's war on Gaza, Husan village was one of the most important marketplace for Beitar settlers who used to buy their needs from the village at cheap prices, but now most of them refrained from entering it for fear of reprisal.
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked on Saturday Palestinian natives in the Shalala street and the alleys of the Old City of Al-Khalil. Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Shalala street and the Old City, embarked on beating citizens, and raided and damaged civilian homes under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces which had been largely present in those places.
A number of Israeli settlers spread out in the gold market and the old town, they physically attacked and verbally abused Palestinian natives.
The Israeli soldiers contributed in assaulting, breaking into some houses and terrorizing women and children, while elements of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron watched the incident but did not intervene, the sources added.
A number of Israeli settlers spread out in the gold market and the old town, they physically attacked and verbally abused Palestinian natives.
The Israeli soldiers contributed in assaulting, breaking into some houses and terrorizing women and children, while elements of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron watched the incident but did not intervene, the sources added.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians sustained wounds at dawn Sunday in a spate of violent clashes that burst out with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil. The clashes broke out as special Israeli invading forces attempted to nab a Palestinian citizen, eye-witnesses told a PIC news reporter.
The IOF raided Beit Ummar after having summoned reinforcements, discharging live ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades all the way through the attacks.
Dozens of Palestinian youngsters were left wounded while others suffered breathing problems all along the clashes. A Palestinian youth was rushed to hospital after he was shot with a rubber bullet in his head.
Clashes also flared up in al-Khalil city as the Israeli occupation troops broke into Palestinian civilian homes in various neighborhoods and rummaged through them, eye-witnesses reported.
The IOF raided Beit Ummar after having summoned reinforcements, discharging live ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades all the way through the attacks.
Dozens of Palestinian youngsters were left wounded while others suffered breathing problems all along the clashes. A Palestinian youth was rushed to hospital after he was shot with a rubber bullet in his head.
Clashes also flared up in al-Khalil city as the Israeli occupation troops broke into Palestinian civilian homes in various neighborhoods and rummaged through them, eye-witnesses reported.
16 aug 2014
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, at dawn, several Palestinian neighborhoods in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, as well as northern Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian east of the city.
Local sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and drove into various neighborhoods, mainly the Salam Street, Abu Kteila neighborhood and the Zietoun suburb.
The sources added that the army threw several concussion grenades during the invasion; no clashes or arrests were reported.
In related news, soldiers invaded Salem village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched several homes and kidnapped a Palestinian teenager identified as Ayman Jihad Hamdan, age 17.
The soldiers also searched and ransacked several homes in the village.
Local sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and drove into various neighborhoods, mainly the Salam Street, Abu Kteila neighborhood and the Zietoun suburb.
The sources added that the army threw several concussion grenades during the invasion; no clashes or arrests were reported.
In related news, soldiers invaded Salem village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched several homes and kidnapped a Palestinian teenager identified as Ayman Jihad Hamdan, age 17.
The soldiers also searched and ransacked several homes in the village.
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Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and injured two young Palestinian men inside their home in the village of Silwad east of Ramallah, locals told Ma'an.
Witnesses said that one of the two was struck several times in the foot, while the other was hit by shrapnel from the gunshots. The victims were identified only as members of the al-Nahl family, whose house was stormed by Israeli soldiers during the course of a military raid on the village. The incident took place following fierce clashes in the village between |
local young men and Israeli soldiers who had stormed the village.
Locals threw stones and empty bottles at the Israeli forces, while the soldiers fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and live bullets at the protesters.
As clashes took place in the streets and alleyways of the village, numerous bystanders and locals inside their homes including elderly people and children were hurt by the tear gas, which locals say Israeli soldiers used excessively and indiscriminately.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said forces were "called to the scene" after a few Palestinians threw rocks at an Israeli military post in the area.
There was then a "violent riot" in which 200 Palestinians "attacked Israeli forces on site" with rocks.
One Palestinian attempted to attack an Israeli soldier with a concrete block and Israeli forces "opened fire at his local extremities," injuring him, the spokeswoman said.
The injured man was transferred to Palestinian medics for treatment.
Another Palestinian was arrested during the clashes, the spokeswoman said.
Locals threw stones and empty bottles at the Israeli forces, while the soldiers fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and live bullets at the protesters.
As clashes took place in the streets and alleyways of the village, numerous bystanders and locals inside their homes including elderly people and children were hurt by the tear gas, which locals say Israeli soldiers used excessively and indiscriminately.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said forces were "called to the scene" after a few Palestinians threw rocks at an Israeli military post in the area.
There was then a "violent riot" in which 200 Palestinians "attacked Israeli forces on site" with rocks.
One Palestinian attempted to attack an Israeli soldier with a concrete block and Israeli forces "opened fire at his local extremities," injuring him, the spokeswoman said.
The injured man was transferred to Palestinian medics for treatment.
Another Palestinian was arrested during the clashes, the spokeswoman said.