3 mar 2014
A young Palestinian man was killed and three others were injured Monday in an Israeli airstrike on al-Sikka street in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.
They told Ma’an that Musab Moussa al-Zaaneen, 21, was pronounced dead on arrival at Kamal Adwan hospital. The others were moderately and seriously injured.
The Israeli air force fired at least two missiles at a group of Palestinians, hitting them directly.
The Israeli military said the attack targeted a group preparing to launch rockets.
"The mission was carried out in order to eliminate an imminent attack targeting civilian communities of southern Israel," the emailed statement said.
Army spokesman Peter Lerner added in the same statement that "IDF intelligence, operational capability and determination to eliminate a real time threat keeps Israelis safe in their homes. This is our obligation and commitment to the civilians in the south of Israel."
They told Ma’an that Musab Moussa al-Zaaneen, 21, was pronounced dead on arrival at Kamal Adwan hospital. The others were moderately and seriously injured.
The Israeli air force fired at least two missiles at a group of Palestinians, hitting them directly.
The Israeli military said the attack targeted a group preparing to launch rockets.
"The mission was carried out in order to eliminate an imminent attack targeting civilian communities of southern Israel," the emailed statement said.
Army spokesman Peter Lerner added in the same statement that "IDF intelligence, operational capability and determination to eliminate a real time threat keeps Israelis safe in their homes. This is our obligation and commitment to the civilians in the south of Israel."
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into Sawiya school in southern Nablus on Monday morning and arrested a student. Sawiya municipality chairman Abdulrahim Mohammed said in a press release that the soldiers arrested 17-year-old Obada Saleh, alleging that he threw stones at an IOF patrol.
He said that the soldiers terrorized students during the raid and fired sound bombs and teargas canisters inside the school.
He said that the soldiers terrorized students during the raid and fired sound bombs and teargas canisters inside the school.
A number of Palestinian students Monday suffered suffocation injuries after Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters in the vicinity of their school in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Rawhi al-Zaru, principle of Tareq Bin Ziyad Secondary School, said that clashes erupted between the students and the Israeli soldiers who were stationed at Tareq Bin Ziyad road junction, near the school.
Al-Zaru stressed that Israeli forces continue to provoke the Palestinians, and attempt to hinder the education system in a number of schools in the southern area of Hebron.
Rawhi al-Zaru, principle of Tareq Bin Ziyad Secondary School, said that clashes erupted between the students and the Israeli soldiers who were stationed at Tareq Bin Ziyad road junction, near the school.
Al-Zaru stressed that Israeli forces continue to provoke the Palestinians, and attempt to hinder the education system in a number of schools in the southern area of Hebron.
2 mar 2014
Israeli military patrols stormed at dawn Sunday several areas in the occupied West Bank, and arrested five citizens. Eyewitnesses in Nablus told PIC's correspondent that the Israeli soldiers raided and took photos of different districts in the city.
Activist in the Popular Resistance Bashar Qaryouti, from the village of Qaryout south of Nablus, said that at midnight the occupation patrols deployed soldiers in the western area of his town and fired stun grenades.
In Jenin, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two shepherds and took them to an unknown destination.
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the Israeli forces broke into the town of Ya'abad southern Jenin, for the third time after the confrontations that had erupted in the town last night. During the raid, the soldiers searched the houses and assaulted the citizens.
The IOF soldiers have also stormed the towns of Arrabe and Zabouba in Jenin, where they roamed the streets and interrogated the citizens, the sources added.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested at dawn Sunday five Palestinians, including a child, in al-Khalil and erected military checkpoints at the entrances to the Fawwar refugee camp and Dura village.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed the village of Dar Salah and summoned a Palestinian youth to the Israeli intelligence headquarters in the Gush Etzion settlement complex, after raiding his house.
Earlier on Saturday, the IOF soldiers arrested two citizens from the town.
Activist in the Popular Resistance Bashar Qaryouti, from the village of Qaryout south of Nablus, said that at midnight the occupation patrols deployed soldiers in the western area of his town and fired stun grenades.
In Jenin, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two shepherds and took them to an unknown destination.
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the Israeli forces broke into the town of Ya'abad southern Jenin, for the third time after the confrontations that had erupted in the town last night. During the raid, the soldiers searched the houses and assaulted the citizens.
The IOF soldiers have also stormed the towns of Arrabe and Zabouba in Jenin, where they roamed the streets and interrogated the citizens, the sources added.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested at dawn Sunday five Palestinians, including a child, in al-Khalil and erected military checkpoints at the entrances to the Fawwar refugee camp and Dura village.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed the village of Dar Salah and summoned a Palestinian youth to the Israeli intelligence headquarters in the Gush Etzion settlement complex, after raiding his house.
Earlier on Saturday, the IOF soldiers arrested two citizens from the town.
Saleh Mlihat,70, was killed on Sunday after being run over by an Israeli colonial settler near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Mosa Mlihat said that his father was run over during crossing the main street and transferred to hospital immediately. However, Saleh died before reaching hospital.
Local sources said that a settler, driving too fast, ran over Saleh Mlihat throwing him to 80 meters away.
Mosa Mlihat said that his father was run over during crossing the main street and transferred to hospital immediately. However, Saleh died before reaching hospital.
Local sources said that a settler, driving too fast, ran over Saleh Mlihat throwing him to 80 meters away.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) evicted a Palestinian farmer from his land in Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil, on Saturday. Mohammed Awad, the coordinator of the popular resistance committee in Beit Ummar, said that the soldiers forced Mohammed Salibi and his sons out of their land that is adjacent to Beit Ayin settlement.
He told Quds Press that the soldiers threatened to arrest all those present on the land including a Brazilian man and an American woman who were documenting the incident and tried to assist Salibi.
Awad pointed out that Salibi had obtained an Israeli court order allowing him to work in his land without intervention from the Israeli soldiers or settlers.
He told Quds Press that the soldiers threatened to arrest all those present on the land including a Brazilian man and an American woman who were documenting the incident and tried to assist Salibi.
Awad pointed out that Salibi had obtained an Israeli court order allowing him to work in his land without intervention from the Israeli soldiers or settlers.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Yabad village, south west of Jenin, on Saturday night in large numbers and fired teargas at random causing breathing difficulty among dozens of citizens. Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired teargas canisters in the streets and alleys of the village and in between houses causing a big number of suffocation cases.
They said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops, who also fired bullets and sound bombs to disperse the young men.
They said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops, who also fired bullets and sound bombs to disperse the young men.
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Some 2,000 Palestinians and international activists marched through Hebron on Feb. 21 to mark the anniversary of the Ibrahimi mosque massacre.
Protesters called for the re-opening of Shuhada street, a major thoroughfare that was closed by Israeli authorities after a US-born Jewish extremist killed 29 worshippers and injured 125 inside Hebron's Ibrahimi mosque in February 1994. Demonstrators were met with violence by Israeli soldiers, who maintain a heavy presence in Hebron's Old City near areas where around 500 Jewish settlers have taken over properties. |
1 mar 2014
Yousuf Abu Laban, head of the wounded and martyrs society in Bethlehem, said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) deliberately target the eyes of young Palestinian protestors with the intention of causing incurable injuries. "We have spotted many incidents in which Palestinian protestors were sniped in the eye. A few days ago, a Zionist sniper was seen sitting on the ground intentionally in order to shoot a young man in his eye with a rubber bullet," Abu Laban stated in press remarks.
He added that the Israeli soldiers target particularly the right eye of protestors because the eyesight dominance is in this side, affirming that 80 percent of 20 Palestinians who suffered eye injuries during the second intifada were shot in their right eyes.
Abu Laban noted that 20-year-old young man Mohamed Sabah recently underwent surgery to remove his right eye after he suffered an injury from a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier last month during clashes in Bethlehem.
He added that the Israeli soldiers target particularly the right eye of protestors because the eyesight dominance is in this side, affirming that 80 percent of 20 Palestinians who suffered eye injuries during the second intifada were shot in their right eyes.
Abu Laban noted that 20-year-old young man Mohamed Sabah recently underwent surgery to remove his right eye after he suffered an injury from a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier last month during clashes in Bethlehem.
Local sources report that at least 14 civilians were injured, and many others were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers attacked anti-wall non-violent protests organized in West Bank villages, using tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Protests were organized on Friday, in the village of Qarout, in the northern West Bank, the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in, central West Bank, and Al Ma’ssara village, in the southern west Bank.
At least 10 civilians were injured due to Israeli attacks against a protest organized by the villagers of Qarout. Residents tried to reach lands outside the village, to plant olive trees, when they were attacked by soldiers, local sources reported.
Elsewhere on Friday, Israeli soldiers used tear gas and sound bombs, as well as chemical water, to attack the weekly anti-wall and settlements protests at villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin, and nearby al Nabi Saleh.
In Bil’in and Ni’lin, Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters as soon as they reached the gate of the wall which separates local farmers from their lands. Four civilians were mildly wounded in Bil’in village by the army attack. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation in both villages .
At the same time, in the nearby al Nabi Saleh village, troops attacked the unarmed protesters before even leaving the village. Later, soldiers stormed the village and fired tear gas into residents’ homes causing property damage.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops attacked the villagers of al Ma’ssara and their supporters, at the village entrance, and then forced them back using rifle butts and batons; no injuries were reported.
Protests were organized on Friday, in the village of Qarout, in the northern West Bank, the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in, central West Bank, and Al Ma’ssara village, in the southern west Bank.
At least 10 civilians were injured due to Israeli attacks against a protest organized by the villagers of Qarout. Residents tried to reach lands outside the village, to plant olive trees, when they were attacked by soldiers, local sources reported.
Elsewhere on Friday, Israeli soldiers used tear gas and sound bombs, as well as chemical water, to attack the weekly anti-wall and settlements protests at villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin, and nearby al Nabi Saleh.
In Bil’in and Ni’lin, Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters as soon as they reached the gate of the wall which separates local farmers from their lands. Four civilians were mildly wounded in Bil’in village by the army attack. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation in both villages .
At the same time, in the nearby al Nabi Saleh village, troops attacked the unarmed protesters before even leaving the village. Later, soldiers stormed the village and fired tear gas into residents’ homes causing property damage.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops attacked the villagers of al Ma’ssara and their supporters, at the village entrance, and then forced them back using rifle butts and batons; no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces on Saturday prevented Palestinian farmers in the Hebron district from accessing their privately owned land, local popular committee spokespeople said.
Nidal al-Haddar, a spokesman for the popular committee in the southern Hebron district, told Ma'an that Palestinian farmers were sent home at gunpoint when they attempted to reach their lands in the Umm al-Arayis east of Yatta.
International solidarity activists, including Israelis, were also sent away from the land, al-Haddar said.
Land owner Issa Jabarin told Ma'an that settlers from the illegal Mitzpe Yair outpost had occupied his land in the area since 2000.
Israeli courts ordered the evacuation of settlers, "but Israeli authorities have not implemented the orders," Jabarin said.
Separately, in Beit Ummar north of Hebron, Israeli forces sent home a farmer and his family as they were tending to their lands, a local popular committee spokesman said.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma'an that Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Jabir Sleibi and his family were working on their land when Israeli troops arrived and threatened to detain them if they refused to leave the area.
International solidarity activists were sent away as well, Awad said.
Sleibi told Ma'an that he has an Israeli court order allowing him to tend to his land.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army said she was unfamiliar with the incidents.
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.
Nidal al-Haddar, a spokesman for the popular committee in the southern Hebron district, told Ma'an that Palestinian farmers were sent home at gunpoint when they attempted to reach their lands in the Umm al-Arayis east of Yatta.
International solidarity activists, including Israelis, were also sent away from the land, al-Haddar said.
Land owner Issa Jabarin told Ma'an that settlers from the illegal Mitzpe Yair outpost had occupied his land in the area since 2000.
Israeli courts ordered the evacuation of settlers, "but Israeli authorities have not implemented the orders," Jabarin said.
Separately, in Beit Ummar north of Hebron, Israeli forces sent home a farmer and his family as they were tending to their lands, a local popular committee spokesman said.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma'an that Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Jabir Sleibi and his family were working on their land when Israeli troops arrived and threatened to detain them if they refused to leave the area.
International solidarity activists were sent away as well, Awad said.
Sleibi told Ma'an that he has an Israeli court order allowing him to tend to his land.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army said she was unfamiliar with the incidents.
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.
Dozens of Palestinian youths have sustained injuries and breathing difficulties on Friday afternoon when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets at them while planting hundreds of trees in Qaryout village in Nablus as part of a youth activity in the village. Palestinian youths marched after Friday prayers in the village's streets heading to the town's closed entrance and confiscated lands where Israeli forces and armed settlers blocked their access, the PIC reporter said.
The participants managed to plant most of the trees in the nearest points of the confiscated lands in the town, despite the Israeli forces' brutal intervention.
The activist against settlement construction Bashar Qaryouti told the PIC reporter that such resistance activities would enhance the villagers' adherence to their lands in face of Israeli settlers' continued attacks and abuses against farmers.
For his part, Democratic Front Central Committee Member Bassam Mousselmani told the PIC reporter that the IOF violent quelling of this peaceful march pointed to its brutality, recalling that in a similar cruel incident more than 30 families were displaced from their homes in the Jordan Valley a few days ago under the pretext of conducting military training.
Qaryout village extends over 20 thousand acres of which 14 thousand acres have been confiscated by Israeli occupation authorities and handed over to settlers.
The participants managed to plant most of the trees in the nearest points of the confiscated lands in the town, despite the Israeli forces' brutal intervention.
The activist against settlement construction Bashar Qaryouti told the PIC reporter that such resistance activities would enhance the villagers' adherence to their lands in face of Israeli settlers' continued attacks and abuses against farmers.
For his part, Democratic Front Central Committee Member Bassam Mousselmani told the PIC reporter that the IOF violent quelling of this peaceful march pointed to its brutality, recalling that in a similar cruel incident more than 30 families were displaced from their homes in the Jordan Valley a few days ago under the pretext of conducting military training.
Qaryout village extends over 20 thousand acres of which 14 thousand acres have been confiscated by Israeli occupation authorities and handed over to settlers.
Violent clashes broke out on Friday afternoon in different flashpoint areas in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after scores of Palestinian young men went on angry marches called for by the intifada youth coalition to protest the killing of their compatriot Moataz Washha a few days ago by Israeli soldiers. Hundreds of young men marched yesterday from Gaza city to Nahal Oz military post to the east of the Strip, carrying banners and chanting slogans against the Israeli occupation and its crimes.
Israeli soldiers at the military post intensively fired tear gas grenades and live bullets at the young protestors and injured several of them.
The intifada youth coalition, for its part, reported that violent clashes took place at Attara checkpoint near Birzeit town, the hometown of martyr Washha, and in Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah city. Many young men suffered injuries.
Similar events were also reported in Bab Al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem and Ram town to the northeast of the holy city as well as in Bab Al-Zawiya area and Shuafat refugee camp.
In Ramallah, Palestinian and foreign activists in the Friday anti-wall marches also clashed with Israeli soldiers in Ni'lin and Bil'in villages in protest at the killing of Washha.
In a related incident, the Israeli army said yesterday that three of its soldiers were slightly injured during clashes with young men in Kafr Qaddum village to the west of Nablus city and Silwad town to the north of Ramallah.
The intifada youth coalition had urged the Palestinian young men to go on angry marches on Friday and clash with the Israeli occupation forces in different areas of the West Bank and Gaza to condemn the murder of Washha and Israel's repeated crimes against the Palestinian people.
Last Thursday, 23-year-old Motaz Washha was shot and killed cold-bloodedly by Israeli soldiers and many others suffered injuries and suffocation during an early morning raid on two homes in Birzeit to the north of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers at the military post intensively fired tear gas grenades and live bullets at the young protestors and injured several of them.
The intifada youth coalition, for its part, reported that violent clashes took place at Attara checkpoint near Birzeit town, the hometown of martyr Washha, and in Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah city. Many young men suffered injuries.
Similar events were also reported in Bab Al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem and Ram town to the northeast of the holy city as well as in Bab Al-Zawiya area and Shuafat refugee camp.
In Ramallah, Palestinian and foreign activists in the Friday anti-wall marches also clashed with Israeli soldiers in Ni'lin and Bil'in villages in protest at the killing of Washha.
In a related incident, the Israeli army said yesterday that three of its soldiers were slightly injured during clashes with young men in Kafr Qaddum village to the west of Nablus city and Silwad town to the north of Ramallah.
The intifada youth coalition had urged the Palestinian young men to go on angry marches on Friday and clash with the Israeli occupation forces in different areas of the West Bank and Gaza to condemn the murder of Washha and Israel's repeated crimes against the Palestinian people.
Last Thursday, 23-year-old Motaz Washha was shot and killed cold-bloodedly by Israeli soldiers and many others suffered injuries and suffocation during an early morning raid on two homes in Birzeit to the north of Ramallah.
28 feb 2014
Israeli forces launched an air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday evening targeting a rocket launch site, according to a statement by Israeli forces.
The statement said that the air strikes targeted a rocket launching site in order "to eliminate an imminent threat against Israel."
Israeli website Walla said that Israeli aircraft targeted a rocket launch pad in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip as it was preparing to fire rockets towards Israel.
Earlier in the day, Israeli forces opened fire on protests near the Gaza Strip border, injuring one Palestinian.
While Hamas itself does not routinely fire rockets, Israel says it holds the group, which seized power in Gaza in 2007, responsible for such attacks.
Hamas and Israel have maintained a fragile ceasefire since Nov. 2012, when Israeli forces launched a major assault that killed around 170 Gazans.
The statement said that the air strikes targeted a rocket launching site in order "to eliminate an imminent threat against Israel."
Israeli website Walla said that Israeli aircraft targeted a rocket launch pad in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip as it was preparing to fire rockets towards Israel.
Earlier in the day, Israeli forces opened fire on protests near the Gaza Strip border, injuring one Palestinian.
While Hamas itself does not routinely fire rockets, Israel says it holds the group, which seized power in Gaza in 2007, responsible for such attacks.
Hamas and Israel have maintained a fragile ceasefire since Nov. 2012, when Israeli forces launched a major assault that killed around 170 Gazans.
Protesters in Bilin marked the ninth anniversary of the popular struggle against the wall with a march through the central West Bank village on Friday that was violently dispersed by Israeli forces.
Israeli forces opened fire on marchers as they approached the wall as it passes near the village, injuring four protesters with rubber-coated metal bullets and detaining one.
During the march, protesters climbed the separation wall and raised Palestinian flags atop it.
Protest organizers said in a statement that nine years after first beginning their weekly marches to protest Israeli land confiscation, they were determined to continue.
They added that they would continue their weekly marches and their struggle against the occupation until the "liberation of all lands confiscated from the village and the liberation of the occupied Palestinian lands."
Marchers were joined by numerous political figures from major Palestinian political parties, as well as leaders and activists from the popular resistance movement from across the West Bank.
The protesters wounded during the march were identified as: Talha Abd al-Sattar, 22, hit by a rubber bullet in the thigh, Ahmad Abu Rahma, 20, hit by a rubber bullet in the back, Ashraf al-Khatib, 34, hit by a rubber bullet in the back, and Muhammad Nasser Burnat, 14, hit by a rubber bullet in the leg.
The detained individual was identified as Sameh Ataya.
Dozens of international and Israeli peace activists suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation during the march.
The march marked the ninth anniversary of the resistance movement in Bilin, which has been ongoing since February 2005.
Since then, weekly protests by residents have managed to force Israeli authorities to return 1200 dunams (300 acres) of their lands that had been confiscated by Israeli forces when they built the separation wall.
Since 2005, two local residents, Bassem Abu Rahma and Jawher Abu Rahma, have died as a result of injuries sustained by Israeli forces' attacks on the marches.
Additionally, organizers say around 1000 have been injured, and 200 detained.
Israel began building the separation wall in 2002, and the route has been the target of regular demonstrations by border towns whose land is cut off by its path. Israel has regularly confiscated large plots of Palestinian land in order to build the wall.
When the 435-mile barrier is complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the occupied West Bank.
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the separation wall was illegal and "tantamount to annexation."
Israeli forces opened fire on marchers as they approached the wall as it passes near the village, injuring four protesters with rubber-coated metal bullets and detaining one.
During the march, protesters climbed the separation wall and raised Palestinian flags atop it.
Protest organizers said in a statement that nine years after first beginning their weekly marches to protest Israeli land confiscation, they were determined to continue.
They added that they would continue their weekly marches and their struggle against the occupation until the "liberation of all lands confiscated from the village and the liberation of the occupied Palestinian lands."
Marchers were joined by numerous political figures from major Palestinian political parties, as well as leaders and activists from the popular resistance movement from across the West Bank.
The protesters wounded during the march were identified as: Talha Abd al-Sattar, 22, hit by a rubber bullet in the thigh, Ahmad Abu Rahma, 20, hit by a rubber bullet in the back, Ashraf al-Khatib, 34, hit by a rubber bullet in the back, and Muhammad Nasser Burnat, 14, hit by a rubber bullet in the leg.
The detained individual was identified as Sameh Ataya.
Dozens of international and Israeli peace activists suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation during the march.
The march marked the ninth anniversary of the resistance movement in Bilin, which has been ongoing since February 2005.
Since then, weekly protests by residents have managed to force Israeli authorities to return 1200 dunams (300 acres) of their lands that had been confiscated by Israeli forces when they built the separation wall.
Since 2005, two local residents, Bassem Abu Rahma and Jawher Abu Rahma, have died as a result of injuries sustained by Israeli forces' attacks on the marches.
Additionally, organizers say around 1000 have been injured, and 200 detained.
Israel began building the separation wall in 2002, and the route has been the target of regular demonstrations by border towns whose land is cut off by its path. Israel has regularly confiscated large plots of Palestinian land in order to build the wall.
When the 435-mile barrier is complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the occupied West Bank.
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the separation wall was illegal and "tantamount to annexation."
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Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in Jerusalem on Friday as clashes broke out throughout the city following the imposition of new restrictions on Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Two people were beaten and detained by undercover Israeli forces in the Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, while a man described as an "Israeli settler" opened fire at Palestinians from his car. The man reportedly fled the scene without being apprehended by Israeli security forces nearby. |
Israelis from Jewish settlements on the Mount of Olives near Ras al-Amoud threw stones at Palestinians and their cars as they passed on Friday as well.
Near the Old City's Damascus Gate, meanwhile, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian identified as Mohammad al-Rashq after they dispersed local youths and inspected their IDs.
In the area between Cotton Merchant's Gate and the Council Gate of the Al-Aqsa compound Israeli forces scuffled with youths, beating them with batons and spraying pepper spray. They detained one youth during the clashes.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that three had been arrested in Ras al-Amoud after "rioted" after noon prayers. He added that two "petrol bombs" were also thrown at Israeli police units near Issawiya, but could not confirm any other incidents.
Near the Old City's Damascus Gate, meanwhile, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian identified as Mohammad al-Rashq after they dispersed local youths and inspected their IDs.
In the area between Cotton Merchant's Gate and the Council Gate of the Al-Aqsa compound Israeli forces scuffled with youths, beating them with batons and spraying pepper spray. They detained one youth during the clashes.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that three had been arrested in Ras al-Amoud after "rioted" after noon prayers. He added that two "petrol bombs" were also thrown at Israeli police units near Issawiya, but could not confirm any other incidents.
A group of 20 settlers attacked two Palestinians in the Nablus village of Huwwara on Friday, locals said.
Settlers hit Ahmad Awda, 35, and Fuad Daoud Awda, 55, with an iron rod, causing severe bruising.
Fuad's leg was broken during the attack and both men were taken for treatment in a Nablus hospital.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police do not lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Settlers hit Ahmad Awda, 35, and Fuad Daoud Awda, 55, with an iron rod, causing severe bruising.
Fuad's leg was broken during the attack and both men were taken for treatment in a Nablus hospital.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police do not lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Israeli forces opened fire on protesters near Birzeit on Friday, injuring five people in clashes that broke out a day after Israeli forces killed a man in his home.
Five Palestinians were injured with live bullets and dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation near the Atara checkpoint north of Birzeit.
The clashes broke out following the funeral of Muatazz Washaha, a 24-year-old man killed after Israeli forces shelled his home during a stand off early Thursday.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that "200 Palestinians instigated a riot" and "hurled rocks" near the checkpoint. As a result, she said that Israeli forces used "various riot dispersal means" against the protesters.
Clashes also broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers around Rachel's Tomb near the northern entrance to Bethlehem, as locals protested Thursday's killing.
Dozens were injured by excessive tear gas inhalation during those protests.
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories could not be reached for comment on the clashes.
Earlier, thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral procession of Muatazz Washaha.
The procession started with a military march in front of the Palestine Medical Complex before he was taken to his uncle's home near Birzeit.
Washaha's body was then carried by masked PFLP members to a local mosque, where he was laid to rest.
Mourners shouted slogans calling for an end to negotiations with Israel and revenge for crimes committed against Palestinians.
Washaha's death came as Amnesty International criticized Israel's killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
Five Palestinians were injured with live bullets and dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation near the Atara checkpoint north of Birzeit.
The clashes broke out following the funeral of Muatazz Washaha, a 24-year-old man killed after Israeli forces shelled his home during a stand off early Thursday.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that "200 Palestinians instigated a riot" and "hurled rocks" near the checkpoint. As a result, she said that Israeli forces used "various riot dispersal means" against the protesters.
Clashes also broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers around Rachel's Tomb near the northern entrance to Bethlehem, as locals protested Thursday's killing.
Dozens were injured by excessive tear gas inhalation during those protests.
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories could not be reached for comment on the clashes.
Earlier, thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral procession of Muatazz Washaha.
The procession started with a military march in front of the Palestine Medical Complex before he was taken to his uncle's home near Birzeit.
Washaha's body was then carried by masked PFLP members to a local mosque, where he was laid to rest.
Mourners shouted slogans calling for an end to negotiations with Israel and revenge for crimes committed against Palestinians.
Washaha's death came as Amnesty International criticized Israel's killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
Two Palestinian young men suffered bullet injuries when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at a weekly peaceful rally protesting Israel's buffer zone and its security fence in Gaza border areas. Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that dozens of young men participated in protests on Friday afternoon in different areas along the perimeter fence in the north and east of Gaza against Israel's buffer zone.
The protestors demand the Israeli army to end its attacks on Gazan farmers and landowners who try to reach their property in the buffer zone.
They added that some protestors were able to breach the fence to the east of Shuja'eiya neighborhood in Gaza city and Talat Abu Safiya in Jabaliya district and reached Palestinian-owned lands, but the IOF stationed in those areas intensively opened fire at them.
Two Palestinian young men were reportedly injured in Talat Abu Safiya area and rushed to hospital for medical treatment.
Israeli forces shoot man near Gaza border
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man on Friday during a protest against Israeli restrictions in border areas.
An unidentified man in his twenties was shot in the leg near Beit Lahiya and taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
He was taking part in a demonstration against Israel's "security buffer zone", which extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Gaza, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said dozens of Palestinians gathered in different prohibited areas near the Gaza border.
"After exhausting all efforts, IDF personnel opened fire and wounded one of main instigators," she added.
According to UNOCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
On Feb. 13, Israeli forces killed Ibrahim Suleiman Mansour, 26, after shooting him in the head during a protest near the border east of Gaza City.
The protestors demand the Israeli army to end its attacks on Gazan farmers and landowners who try to reach their property in the buffer zone.
They added that some protestors were able to breach the fence to the east of Shuja'eiya neighborhood in Gaza city and Talat Abu Safiya in Jabaliya district and reached Palestinian-owned lands, but the IOF stationed in those areas intensively opened fire at them.
Two Palestinian young men were reportedly injured in Talat Abu Safiya area and rushed to hospital for medical treatment.
Israeli forces shoot man near Gaza border
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man on Friday during a protest against Israeli restrictions in border areas.
An unidentified man in his twenties was shot in the leg near Beit Lahiya and taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
He was taking part in a demonstration against Israel's "security buffer zone", which extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Gaza, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said dozens of Palestinians gathered in different prohibited areas near the Gaza border.
"After exhausting all efforts, IDF personnel opened fire and wounded one of main instigators," she added.
According to UNOCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
On Feb. 13, Israeli forces killed Ibrahim Suleiman Mansour, 26, after shooting him in the head during a protest near the border east of Gaza City.
Israeli settlers early Thursday torched a house in Silwad village east of Ramallah, residents said.
Locals told Ma’an that settlers set the entrance of the house of Mohammad Hussein Hammad on fire and wrote racist, anti-Arab graffiti on its walls near the eastern entrance of Silwad village.
The house was empty when settlers attacked, they said.
Locals told Ma’an that settlers set the entrance of the house of Mohammad Hussein Hammad on fire and wrote racist, anti-Arab graffiti on its walls near the eastern entrance of Silwad village.
The house was empty when settlers attacked, they said.
