7 dec 2014
12 fishermen arrested, 5 boats confiscated
Israeli gunboats stationed in the Gaza Sea have again chased down and opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats sailing within the officially allotted fishing zone.
According to the PNN, forces arrested 12 fishermen, confiscated 5 boats, and damaged fishing equipment.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the continued attacks expressed great concern over the repeateded targeting of fishermen and their livelihoods.
An investigation revealed that, at approximately 18:30 on Saturday, 06 December 2014, Israeli gunboats stationed off northwest of al-Waha shore, northwest of Beit Lahia town, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2-3 miles and, then, surrounded 5 fishing boats boarded by 12 Palestinian fishermen.
All the fishermen were abducted and taken to an unknown destination, their boats and fishing nets confiscated, equipment damaged.
The fishermen were identified as:
· Safwat 'Abdel Malek Hasan al-Sultan (30) and Sa'ed Ziyad Mahmoud Zayed (32); both from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were on a boat belonging to Fahmi Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed. Israeli forces confiscated their boat and fishing nets.
· Mahmoud Mohammed Mohammed Zayed (29) and his brother Ahmed (30), from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Mohammed Amin Rushdi Abu Wardeh (22) and his brother Yousif (19); from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on the board of a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Belal Abu 'Odah (23), Mahmoud Naser Mahfouz (23), Sofian Mahfouz (25), Yaser 'Othman Meqdad (26), his brother Adham (27), and Bahaa' al-Deen al-Najjar (22); all of them from al-Shati' refugee camo, west of Gaza City. They were on the board of two boats that were confiscated with fishing nets.
PCHR condemns the continued Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and:
1. Calls for immediately stopping the policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and allowing them to sail and fish freely;
2. Calls upon Israeli forces to release the detained fishermen and compensate them for the material damage that might have incurred to them; and
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen and allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza Sea.
Israeli gunboats stationed in the Gaza Sea have again chased down and opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats sailing within the officially allotted fishing zone.
According to the PNN, forces arrested 12 fishermen, confiscated 5 boats, and damaged fishing equipment.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the continued attacks expressed great concern over the repeateded targeting of fishermen and their livelihoods.
An investigation revealed that, at approximately 18:30 on Saturday, 06 December 2014, Israeli gunboats stationed off northwest of al-Waha shore, northwest of Beit Lahia town, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2-3 miles and, then, surrounded 5 fishing boats boarded by 12 Palestinian fishermen.
All the fishermen were abducted and taken to an unknown destination, their boats and fishing nets confiscated, equipment damaged.
The fishermen were identified as:
· Safwat 'Abdel Malek Hasan al-Sultan (30) and Sa'ed Ziyad Mahmoud Zayed (32); both from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were on a boat belonging to Fahmi Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed. Israeli forces confiscated their boat and fishing nets.
· Mahmoud Mohammed Mohammed Zayed (29) and his brother Ahmed (30), from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Mohammed Amin Rushdi Abu Wardeh (22) and his brother Yousif (19); from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on the board of a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Belal Abu 'Odah (23), Mahmoud Naser Mahfouz (23), Sofian Mahfouz (25), Yaser 'Othman Meqdad (26), his brother Adham (27), and Bahaa' al-Deen al-Najjar (22); all of them from al-Shati' refugee camo, west of Gaza City. They were on the board of two boats that were confiscated with fishing nets.
PCHR condemns the continued Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and:
1. Calls for immediately stopping the policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and allowing them to sail and fish freely;
2. Calls upon Israeli forces to release the detained fishermen and compensate them for the material damage that might have incurred to them; and
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen and allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza Sea.
Molotov cocktail hurled at settler home in East Jerusalem
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
6 dec 2014
Yesterday, Israeli soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh during the Palestinian village’s weekly Friday demonstration and shot one young Palestinian in the leg with .22 caliber live ammunition. The soldiers also fired tear gas canisters at demonstrators, along with more rounds of the .22 live caliber bullets.
“At one point, after the boy had been shot, a soldier fired three tear gas canisters straight at internationals and Palestinians who were just standing there, trying to see what was going on up the road,” recalled one ISM activist present at the scene. “He [the soldier] was quite close to us, and could easily see that no one was throwing any stones. The canisters landed no more than a few meters away.”
“At one point, after the boy had been shot, a soldier fired three tear gas canisters straight at internationals and Palestinians who were just standing there, trying to see what was going on up the road,” recalled one ISM activist present at the scene. “He [the soldier] was quite close to us, and could easily see that no one was throwing any stones. The canisters landed no more than a few meters away.”
The young Palestinian who was shot is between seventeen and eighteen years old; he was rushed away from the scene and taken to a hospital for treatment. Nabi Saleh has been suffering from a spate of violence recently at the hands of Israeli forces, who shot three Palestinians including 38-year-old Nariman Tamimi at a demonstration two weeks ago and 14-year-old Ahmed Barghouti last Friday.
The Kufr Qaddum weekly demonstrations have been met with similar violence. Last week a Palestinian youth and an Italian ISM volunteer were both shot with .22 live ammunition in the chest. During yesterday’s protest a Palestinian journalist was shot in the leg with a .22 live bullet.
The Kufr Qaddum weekly demonstrations have been met with similar violence. Last week a Palestinian youth and an Italian ISM volunteer were both shot with .22 live ammunition in the chest. During yesterday’s protest a Palestinian journalist was shot in the leg with a .22 live bullet.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Saturday evening, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in the Sudaniyya area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and kidnapped two fishermen.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at the boats before kidnapping two fishermen identified as Ahmad Zayed and Mahmoud Zayed.
Nizar Ayyash, chairman of Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza, stated that the army attacked two fishing boats just as the fishermen were about to start fishing in the area allotted to them.
The attack is the latest of ongoing violations and assaults carried out by the Israeli navy against the fishermen in the coastal region.
The attacks include shootings, arrests, and confiscation of boats; dozens of casualties and arrests have been reported.
On Wednesday, December 3, a Palestinian fisherman was injured by fire from an Israeli naval boat, while sailing offshore of Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at the boats before kidnapping two fishermen identified as Ahmad Zayed and Mahmoud Zayed.
Nizar Ayyash, chairman of Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza, stated that the army attacked two fishing boats just as the fishermen were about to start fishing in the area allotted to them.
The attack is the latest of ongoing violations and assaults carried out by the Israeli navy against the fishermen in the coastal region.
The attacks include shootings, arrests, and confiscation of boats; dozens of casualties and arrests have been reported.
On Wednesday, December 3, a Palestinian fisherman was injured by fire from an Israeli naval boat, while sailing offshore of Gaza City.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian citizens and farmlands to the east of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
A field observer said that the soldiers in Kissufim outpost opened their machineguns at residential neighborhoods and cultivated land lots.
He said that the shooting coincided with fog spreading in the area, which triggered confusion among the soldiers fearing an infiltration attempt in such a foggy weather.
A field observer said that the soldiers in Kissufim outpost opened their machineguns at residential neighborhoods and cultivated land lots.
He said that the shooting coincided with fog spreading in the area, which triggered confusion among the soldiers fearing an infiltration attempt in such a foggy weather.
A number of Palestinians suffered breathing problems and fainting after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during violent clashes that broke out Friday in Aida refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem.
Eyewitnesses said that tear gas bombs and rubber coated bullets were heavily fired during the clashes at the entrances to Aida camp and at the military checkpoint erected to the north of the city.
Also in Bethlehem, three military vehicles stormed Tekoa town from its western entrance and restricted people’s movement.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers stormed at dawn Saturday a Palestinian prisoner’s home in Bethlehem and summoned his son for investigation.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF soldiers violently broke into the home of the 53-year-old detainee Youssef Sheikh, charged with plotting to assassinate Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and served a summons to his 27-year-old son.
The detainee, who served seven years in Israeli jails, suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney and breathing problems. He underwent several surgeries and has a pacemaker implanted in his heart.
Meanwhile, four citizens were injured overnight after being hit with live bullets during confrontations in Sanjal town northeast of Ramallah, local sources reported.
The injured were transferred to a local hospital in stable condition, the sources added.
Tensions are still running high in Sanjal town after an Israeli settler deliberately ran over two Palestinian girls returning home from kindergarten two months ago.
Eyewitnesses said that tear gas bombs and rubber coated bullets were heavily fired during the clashes at the entrances to Aida camp and at the military checkpoint erected to the north of the city.
Also in Bethlehem, three military vehicles stormed Tekoa town from its western entrance and restricted people’s movement.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers stormed at dawn Saturday a Palestinian prisoner’s home in Bethlehem and summoned his son for investigation.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF soldiers violently broke into the home of the 53-year-old detainee Youssef Sheikh, charged with plotting to assassinate Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and served a summons to his 27-year-old son.
The detainee, who served seven years in Israeli jails, suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney and breathing problems. He underwent several surgeries and has a pacemaker implanted in his heart.
Meanwhile, four citizens were injured overnight after being hit with live bullets during confrontations in Sanjal town northeast of Ramallah, local sources reported.
The injured were transferred to a local hospital in stable condition, the sources added.
Tensions are still running high in Sanjal town after an Israeli settler deliberately ran over two Palestinian girls returning home from kindergarten two months ago.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, has reported that two young Palestinian men have been shot, and injured by Israeli army fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Dr. al-Qedra said the two young men, in their twenties, were shot in the legs, and are currently receiving treatment in the Kamal ‘Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahia.
Dr. al-Qedra stated the two were nearly a 100 meters away from the Israeli fence, across the border with Gaza.
The Israeli military claimed nearly 70 Palestinians approached the “security fence," and that the soldiers fired live rounds into the air, in addition to rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs, “in order to disperse the Palestinians."
It is worth mentioning that, on November 23, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, identified as Fadel Mohammad Halaweh, 32, allegedly after he, along with another Palestinian, approached the “security fence” east of Jabalia.
Eyewitnesses said the two were hunting birds, and in contrary to Israeli military allegations, did not approach the fence.
Dr. al-Qedra said the two young men, in their twenties, were shot in the legs, and are currently receiving treatment in the Kamal ‘Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahia.
Dr. al-Qedra stated the two were nearly a 100 meters away from the Israeli fence, across the border with Gaza.
The Israeli military claimed nearly 70 Palestinians approached the “security fence," and that the soldiers fired live rounds into the air, in addition to rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs, “in order to disperse the Palestinians."
It is worth mentioning that, on November 23, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, identified as Fadel Mohammad Halaweh, 32, allegedly after he, along with another Palestinian, approached the “security fence” east of Jabalia.
Eyewitnesses said the two were hunting birds, and in contrary to Israeli military allegations, did not approach the fence.
Israeli forces have shot and injured several young Palestinians, this Friday, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, including a cameraman. In southern Gaza, 17-year-old Alaa Mousa was injured following the explosion of a leftover Israeli missile.
According to Ma'an, Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that two men in their twenties suffered moderate injuries after being shot in the legs by Israeli soldiers, east of Jabalia.
The men were taken to Kamal Adwan hospital, in Beit Lahiya, for treatment.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that around 70 Palestinians had approached the security fence when Israeli forces began firing warning shots, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse them.
On Nov. 23, Fadel Mohammad Halawa, aged 32, was shot dead by Israeli forces east of Jabalia.
Witnesses said that he was hunting birds, while Israeli forces claimed that they opened fire at two men after they approached the separation barrier.
Also in Gaza, on Friday, Alaa Mousa, 17, was injured after the explosion of a leftover Israeli missile ordnance.
Gaza media sources reported an explosion happened near the beach, in Rafah, and cost Mousa part of his leg.
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Furthermore, according to the PNN, in the latest Israeli military aggression on Gaza, Israeli soldiers dropped numerous explosive devices which didn't explode, at the time, but have been causing many severe injuries and deaths to oblivious Palestinians ever since.
In related news, an Israeli settler opened fire at Palestinian citizens on Wednesday evening near the village of "Beitillu" northwest of Ramallah; two Palestinians were injured.
Local sources said the injured were taken to Palestine Medical Complex for treatment. They were identified as Ahmed Zeyada and Thabet Bazar.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there were at least 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the year 2013 alone.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law.
The roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict date back to 1917, when the British government, in the now-famous Balfour Declaration, called for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”.
The Israeli military regime, at the time, occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War.
Israel later annexed Jerusalem in 1980, claiming it for capital of the self-proclaimed Zionist state, in a move never recognized by the international community.
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This past Thursday night, through Friday, Israeli police forces performed a series of break ins and arrests in Jerusalem.
Media sources reported that Israeli forces. on Thursday night, arrested Palestinians Anan Obeid and Ali Nasri after they broke into their houses in Al-Issawiyeh and the downtown.
The Israeli military also broke into other Palestinian houses in Shu'fat Camp and Al-Issawiyeh, and kidnapped a number of Palestinian youngsters.
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A Palestinian journalist was shot in the leg by Israeli forces, on Friday, while covering clashes in the Qalqiliya village of Kafr Qaddum, according to Ma'an.
Bashar Nazzal, a cameraman with Palestine TV, was hit in the leg by live fire, the bullet reportedly having shattered the bone in his leg, and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
According to Ma'an, Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that two men in their twenties suffered moderate injuries after being shot in the legs by Israeli soldiers, east of Jabalia.
The men were taken to Kamal Adwan hospital, in Beit Lahiya, for treatment.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that around 70 Palestinians had approached the security fence when Israeli forces began firing warning shots, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse them.
On Nov. 23, Fadel Mohammad Halawa, aged 32, was shot dead by Israeli forces east of Jabalia.
Witnesses said that he was hunting birds, while Israeli forces claimed that they opened fire at two men after they approached the separation barrier.
Also in Gaza, on Friday, Alaa Mousa, 17, was injured after the explosion of a leftover Israeli missile ordnance.
Gaza media sources reported an explosion happened near the beach, in Rafah, and cost Mousa part of his leg.
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Furthermore, according to the PNN, in the latest Israeli military aggression on Gaza, Israeli soldiers dropped numerous explosive devices which didn't explode, at the time, but have been causing many severe injuries and deaths to oblivious Palestinians ever since.
In related news, an Israeli settler opened fire at Palestinian citizens on Wednesday evening near the village of "Beitillu" northwest of Ramallah; two Palestinians were injured.
Local sources said the injured were taken to Palestine Medical Complex for treatment. They were identified as Ahmed Zeyada and Thabet Bazar.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there were at least 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the year 2013 alone.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law.
The roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict date back to 1917, when the British government, in the now-famous Balfour Declaration, called for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”.
The Israeli military regime, at the time, occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War.
Israel later annexed Jerusalem in 1980, claiming it for capital of the self-proclaimed Zionist state, in a move never recognized by the international community.
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This past Thursday night, through Friday, Israeli police forces performed a series of break ins and arrests in Jerusalem.
Media sources reported that Israeli forces. on Thursday night, arrested Palestinians Anan Obeid and Ali Nasri after they broke into their houses in Al-Issawiyeh and the downtown.
The Israeli military also broke into other Palestinian houses in Shu'fat Camp and Al-Issawiyeh, and kidnapped a number of Palestinian youngsters.
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A Palestinian journalist was shot in the leg by Israeli forces, on Friday, while covering clashes in the Qalqiliya village of Kafr Qaddum, according to Ma'an.
Bashar Nazzal, a cameraman with Palestine TV, was hit in the leg by live fire, the bullet reportedly having shattered the bone in his leg, and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Bassel Kamel Safi 17
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that at least fourteen Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire, in several areas in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and that one of the wounded suffered a serious injury.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded on Friday evening Sinjel village, east of Ramallah, and clashed with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Medical sources said a Palestinian, identified as Islam Tawafsha was shot in the chest, causing severe bleeding in his lungs, after the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at him.
Two Palestinians, identified as Fakher Shabana and Tareq Shabana were also shot by live rounds in their legs.
All wounded Palestinians have been moved to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah.
Medical sources said the soldiers deliberately fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at several homes in the town, causing property damage, while scores of Palestinians, including children and elderly, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, at least four Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after several military vehicles invaded the village.
Local sources said the soldiers assaulted several residents, and drove around in the village in a provocative manager, leading to clashes.
Five Palestinians have also been wounded during clashed with Israeli soldiers near the Ofer Israeli prison, built on Palestinian lands, west of Ramallah.
Medical sources said two were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and three suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in the al-Biereh town, near Ramallah, and clashed with local youths, wounding two by rubber-coated metal bullets, while many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
On Thursday evening, resident Bassel Kamel Safi, 17 years of age, from Deir ‘Ammar refugee camp, West of Ramallah, was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, north of Beitello village.
The Ramallah Today news agency said the soldiers shot Safi near the sand barrier the soldiers placed a few days ago, blocking the northern entrance of Beitello village junction.
Medical sources said the Safi was shot by two live rounds in his abdomen, and was moved to the Palestine Medical Center suffering a moderate-but-stable injury.
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that at least fourteen Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire, in several areas in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and that one of the wounded suffered a serious injury.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded on Friday evening Sinjel village, east of Ramallah, and clashed with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Medical sources said a Palestinian, identified as Islam Tawafsha was shot in the chest, causing severe bleeding in his lungs, after the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at him.
Two Palestinians, identified as Fakher Shabana and Tareq Shabana were also shot by live rounds in their legs.
All wounded Palestinians have been moved to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah.
Medical sources said the soldiers deliberately fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at several homes in the town, causing property damage, while scores of Palestinians, including children and elderly, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, at least four Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after several military vehicles invaded the village.
Local sources said the soldiers assaulted several residents, and drove around in the village in a provocative manager, leading to clashes.
Five Palestinians have also been wounded during clashed with Israeli soldiers near the Ofer Israeli prison, built on Palestinian lands, west of Ramallah.
Medical sources said two were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and three suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in the al-Biereh town, near Ramallah, and clashed with local youths, wounding two by rubber-coated metal bullets, while many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
On Thursday evening, resident Bassel Kamel Safi, 17 years of age, from Deir ‘Ammar refugee camp, West of Ramallah, was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, north of Beitello village.
The Ramallah Today news agency said the soldiers shot Safi near the sand barrier the soldiers placed a few days ago, blocking the northern entrance of Beitello village junction.
Medical sources said the Safi was shot by two live rounds in his abdomen, and was moved to the Palestine Medical Center suffering a moderate-but-stable injury.
5 dec 2014
A Palestinian civilian was hit by an Israeli-owned car and critically injured on Thursday afternoon east of Yatta, in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, while another one was physically assaulted by settlers in the same area.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement, said an Israeli settler rammed his car into a horse-drawn cart as 50-year-old Mohamed al-Hamada was driving it on a road in Dirat area near Karmiel settlement, causing him to suffer multiple bruises.
The cart was also destroyed and the horse suffered serious fractures.
Instead of giving him a medical help, a group of Israeli soldiers showed up and demanded the wounded Palestinian to have a license allowing him to drive a horse-pulled cart.
In another incident, an Israeli extremist settler escorted by a gunman in charge of the security of Karmiel settlement's cattle farm, physically assaulted12-year-old Zayed Suleiman while he was grazing his sheep. The helpless boy suffered several injuries.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority handed a demolition notice informing the principal of al-Dirat school of its intention to demolish the school cafeteria.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement, said an Israeli settler rammed his car into a horse-drawn cart as 50-year-old Mohamed al-Hamada was driving it on a road in Dirat area near Karmiel settlement, causing him to suffer multiple bruises.
The cart was also destroyed and the horse suffered serious fractures.
Instead of giving him a medical help, a group of Israeli soldiers showed up and demanded the wounded Palestinian to have a license allowing him to drive a horse-pulled cart.
In another incident, an Israeli extremist settler escorted by a gunman in charge of the security of Karmiel settlement's cattle farm, physically assaulted12-year-old Zayed Suleiman while he was grazing his sheep. The helpless boy suffered several injuries.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority handed a demolition notice informing the principal of al-Dirat school of its intention to demolish the school cafeteria.
Two Palestinians were wounded in Gaza Strip at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) afternoon Friday while a third, a minor, was injured in Ramallah on Thursday night.
Local sources in northern Gaza Strip said that IOF soldiers manning military watchtowers to the east of Jabalia town opened fire at citizens and wounded two of them.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, the health ministry spokesman, said that the two, in their twenties, were in moderate condition after being hit with bullets in their feet.
Meanwhile, a 17-year-old Palestinian was hit with a bullet in his lower abdomen in Ramallah on Thursday night during confrontations with IOF soldiers, eyewitnesses reported.
They said that an IOF raid near Beitello village, west of Ramallah, triggered the confrontations with local inhabitants.
Medical sources in Ramallah government hospital said that Kamal Safi, 17, was in moderate to serious condition and was subjected to an emergency surgery.
Local sources in northern Gaza Strip said that IOF soldiers manning military watchtowers to the east of Jabalia town opened fire at citizens and wounded two of them.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, the health ministry spokesman, said that the two, in their twenties, were in moderate condition after being hit with bullets in their feet.
Meanwhile, a 17-year-old Palestinian was hit with a bullet in his lower abdomen in Ramallah on Thursday night during confrontations with IOF soldiers, eyewitnesses reported.
They said that an IOF raid near Beitello village, west of Ramallah, triggered the confrontations with local inhabitants.
Medical sources in Ramallah government hospital said that Kamal Safi, 17, was in moderate to serious condition and was subjected to an emergency surgery.
