16 june 2014
Invasions Continue In West Bank
The Israeli military continued its massive invasion and arrests in different parts of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, and so far kicked out three Palestinian families from their homes, to use them as military posts, and even to sleep there.
Resident Saleh al-‘Oweiwy said the army kicked out three families, including his own, and the family of his brother, and informed them that the soldiers will be sleeping there.
He added that the families, under gunpoint, had no other option but to leave, especially amidst threats by the soldiers to use force against them, and even to shoot them if they do not leave.
Another family was also forced out, and dozens of soldiers occupied their home to use it for sleeping, and to turn it into a military post and a monitoring tower.
The army also occupied ‘Ayesh as-Sayyed School, west of Hebron city, and used it as a military base.
On Monday at night, dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Jenan neighborhood in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and searched several homes.
Soldiers also invaded Anata town and Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, a number of fanatic Israeli settlers fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian cars driving near Beit Rima town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Damage was reported, no injuries.
Eyewitnesses said the settlers came from Halamish illegal settlement, built on lands illegally confiscated from residents of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham villages.
As the army continues to search for three missing Israeli settlers, dozens of Palestinians have been kidnapped by the soldiers who broke into and searched hundreds of Palestinian homes and property, in Hebron, Bethlehem, and different Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
The army also kidnapped the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, along with legislators Bassem az-Za’arir and Azzam Salhab.
In addition, soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, injured at least two Palestinians and kidnapped several residents.
The Israeli military continued its massive invasion and arrests in different parts of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, and so far kicked out three Palestinian families from their homes, to use them as military posts, and even to sleep there.
Resident Saleh al-‘Oweiwy said the army kicked out three families, including his own, and the family of his brother, and informed them that the soldiers will be sleeping there.
He added that the families, under gunpoint, had no other option but to leave, especially amidst threats by the soldiers to use force against them, and even to shoot them if they do not leave.
Another family was also forced out, and dozens of soldiers occupied their home to use it for sleeping, and to turn it into a military post and a monitoring tower.
The army also occupied ‘Ayesh as-Sayyed School, west of Hebron city, and used it as a military base.
On Monday at night, dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Jenan neighborhood in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and searched several homes.
Soldiers also invaded Anata town and Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, a number of fanatic Israeli settlers fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian cars driving near Beit Rima town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Damage was reported, no injuries.
Eyewitnesses said the settlers came from Halamish illegal settlement, built on lands illegally confiscated from residents of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham villages.
As the army continues to search for three missing Israeli settlers, dozens of Palestinians have been kidnapped by the soldiers who broke into and searched hundreds of Palestinian homes and property, in Hebron, Bethlehem, and different Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
The army also kidnapped the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, along with legislators Bassem az-Za’arir and Azzam Salhab.
In addition, soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, injured at least two Palestinians and kidnapped several residents.
The Israeli air force fired several missiles targeting different areas in Gaza City, and Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, causing excessive property damage. Gaza fishermen were also attacked in Palestinian waters.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers fired at least two missiles into farmlands, west of Khan Younis city, burning trees and causing damage to nearby Palestinian homes and property.
The air force also fired several missiles into an area north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, causing damage in several homes, while several Palestinians suffered anxiety attacks.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers fired at least two missiles into farmlands, west of Khan Younis city, burning trees and causing damage to nearby Palestinian homes and property.
The air force also fired several missiles into an area north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, causing damage in several homes, while several Palestinians suffered anxiety attacks.
In addition, an Israeli Apache helicopter fired two missiles into a blacksmith workshop in Jaffa Street, in the at-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza city, destroying the workshop, and causing damage in a number of nearby homes.
In related news, Israeli navy boats opened fire at a number of fishing boats in Palestinian waters in Khan Younis and Rafah, causing damage, and forcing the fishers to head back to the shore fearing additional escalation.
In related news, Israeli navy boats opened fire at a number of fishing boats in Palestinian waters in Khan Younis and Rafah, causing damage, and forcing the fishers to head back to the shore fearing additional escalation.
Six Palestinians were injured including one critically in clashes with Israeli forces near Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah.
Israeli forces fired live and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters who threw rocks at Israeli forces deployed near the checkpoint, injuring six of them.
Yazan Yacoub, 17, was shot in the chest and abdomen with a live bullet. He underwent an operation and is currently in the ICD, medical sources said.
Hundreds of Palestinians marched toward the checkpoint to protest the killing of young Palestinian from al-Jalazun refugee camp.
The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls.
Israeli forces fired live and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters who threw rocks at Israeli forces deployed near the checkpoint, injuring six of them.
Yazan Yacoub, 17, was shot in the chest and abdomen with a live bullet. He underwent an operation and is currently in the ICD, medical sources said.
Hundreds of Palestinians marched toward the checkpoint to protest the killing of young Palestinian from al-Jalazun refugee camp.
The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls.
Three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets during clashed with Israeli forces in the Hebron district on Monday, a local popular committee spokesman said.
Muhammed Ayyad Awad told Ma'an that seven Israeli military vehicles entered Beit Ummar north of Hebron, and that Palestinian youths hurled rocks at the vehicles.
Clashes broke out between the youths and Israeli forces, and three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets while others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, Awad said.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Muhammed Ayyad Awad told Ma'an that seven Israeli military vehicles entered Beit Ummar north of Hebron, and that Palestinian youths hurled rocks at the vehicles.
Clashes broke out between the youths and Israeli forces, and three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets while others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, Awad said.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The Palestinian Prime minster Rami Hamdallah called on the international community, particularly the European Union, to intervene immediately to put an end to the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. He stressed in a statement on Monday the need for the international community to stand with the Palestinian people and to stop the continuing aggressions.
Hamdallah also called the international community to intervene to rescue the administrative detainees on hunger strike for 54 days, and to force Israel to release them immediately .
Israel waged military campaigns in The West Bank killing a Palestinian and arresting 150 including 8 legislators. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes attacked several sites in the past two days.
Hamdallah also called the international community to intervene to rescue the administrative detainees on hunger strike for 54 days, and to force Israel to release them immediately .
Israel waged military campaigns in The West Bank killing a Palestinian and arresting 150 including 8 legislators. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes attacked several sites in the past two days.
By Khalid Amayreh in al-Khalil
The ostensible kidnapping of three Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank this week, presumably at the hands of Palestinian militants, seems to have driven the Israeli political-security establishment over the edge.
Perplexed, even hysterical, reactions by Israeli political leaders and army commanders were noted in the past few days.
Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers were deployed in several parts of the West Bank in a seemingly futile effort to locate the kidnapped young soldiers.
The crème de la crème of the Israeli intelligence community as well as the best technology money could buy are being employed in a race against time to find the kidnapped settlers, but so far to no avail.
The Israeli army has also rounded up as many as 80 Palestinian community leaders associated with the "Islamic current," especially Hamas. The detainees include university professors, lawmakers and religious leaders.
More arrests are expected in the next few days.
Indiscriminate punishment has always been Israel's most favored means to react to actions carried out by resistance elements.
Israeli planners think rather wrongly that tormenting the Palestinian masses would create deterrence against resistance activities or at least make the Palestinian masses resent the resistance. However, the experience of several decades of resistance and repression suggests that the resistance is always exonerated in the sight of the people.
To conceal their obvious security and intelligence failure, the Israeli government has blamed Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas for the incident. Abbas, who expressed absolute willingness to cooperate with the Israeli army to find the kidnapped individuals, rejected Israeli charges. He reminded them that the incident occurred in area-C, which falls under full Israeli security control.
Draconian oppression:
Most Palestinians are not euphoric about the kidnapping. However, nearly 99% of the people this writer has been talking to squarely blamed Israel for the kidnapping.
Muhammad is a college student, a sophomore, at the University of Hebron. He says that while the kidnapping incident has not driven him into a state of ecstasy, he perfectly understood the legitimacy of the kidnapping.
"The Israelis treat us like animals. They arrest and incarcerate our youngsters and leaders for many years without charge or trial. This is unacceptable; people anywhere under the sun are entitled to justice and fair treatment."
Hind, a senior majoring in sociology, agrees.
"I would like to address the conscience of each Israeli: Wouldn't you be driven over the edge if a foreign country or your own country kept you languishing in jail for ten or 12 years without charge or trial, even without you knowing why you are being held."
A few weeks ago, a college lecturer in Hebron who had served 7 years in so-called "administrative detention" intimated to this writer that he once appealed to an Israeli judge to let him know why he was being in jail.
"I told him I needed to know what violation of the law I did commit so that I wouldn't do it again. But the judge looked at me in a cynical manner and said: Ahmed, I am not going to give you the privilege of knowing why you are here."
I don't know how the current kidnapping incident will end up. But the prospects already look ominous and bleak.
The Israelis are thoroughly intoxicated by their arrogance of power. They are unlikely to resort to reason and logic and start viewing Palestinians as equal human beings.
On the other hand, this is a matter of life or death for hundreds of Palestinian captives unfairly kept in Israeli jails.
Moreover, the Palestinians have nothing to lose. Our people have been through it all, from creation to destruction.
An old woman from the town of Dura reacted to Israeli threats following the incident, saying "whatever falls from the sky will fall on earth. We won't be intimidated by their threats and their terror."
The ostensible kidnapping of three Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank this week, presumably at the hands of Palestinian militants, seems to have driven the Israeli political-security establishment over the edge.
Perplexed, even hysterical, reactions by Israeli political leaders and army commanders were noted in the past few days.
Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers were deployed in several parts of the West Bank in a seemingly futile effort to locate the kidnapped young soldiers.
The crème de la crème of the Israeli intelligence community as well as the best technology money could buy are being employed in a race against time to find the kidnapped settlers, but so far to no avail.
The Israeli army has also rounded up as many as 80 Palestinian community leaders associated with the "Islamic current," especially Hamas. The detainees include university professors, lawmakers and religious leaders.
More arrests are expected in the next few days.
Indiscriminate punishment has always been Israel's most favored means to react to actions carried out by resistance elements.
Israeli planners think rather wrongly that tormenting the Palestinian masses would create deterrence against resistance activities or at least make the Palestinian masses resent the resistance. However, the experience of several decades of resistance and repression suggests that the resistance is always exonerated in the sight of the people.
To conceal their obvious security and intelligence failure, the Israeli government has blamed Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas for the incident. Abbas, who expressed absolute willingness to cooperate with the Israeli army to find the kidnapped individuals, rejected Israeli charges. He reminded them that the incident occurred in area-C, which falls under full Israeli security control.
Draconian oppression:
Most Palestinians are not euphoric about the kidnapping. However, nearly 99% of the people this writer has been talking to squarely blamed Israel for the kidnapping.
Muhammad is a college student, a sophomore, at the University of Hebron. He says that while the kidnapping incident has not driven him into a state of ecstasy, he perfectly understood the legitimacy of the kidnapping.
"The Israelis treat us like animals. They arrest and incarcerate our youngsters and leaders for many years without charge or trial. This is unacceptable; people anywhere under the sun are entitled to justice and fair treatment."
Hind, a senior majoring in sociology, agrees.
"I would like to address the conscience of each Israeli: Wouldn't you be driven over the edge if a foreign country or your own country kept you languishing in jail for ten or 12 years without charge or trial, even without you knowing why you are being held."
A few weeks ago, a college lecturer in Hebron who had served 7 years in so-called "administrative detention" intimated to this writer that he once appealed to an Israeli judge to let him know why he was being in jail.
"I told him I needed to know what violation of the law I did commit so that I wouldn't do it again. But the judge looked at me in a cynical manner and said: Ahmed, I am not going to give you the privilege of knowing why you are here."
I don't know how the current kidnapping incident will end up. But the prospects already look ominous and bleak.
The Israelis are thoroughly intoxicated by their arrogance of power. They are unlikely to resort to reason and logic and start viewing Palestinians as equal human beings.
On the other hand, this is a matter of life or death for hundreds of Palestinian captives unfairly kept in Israeli jails.
Moreover, the Palestinians have nothing to lose. Our people have been through it all, from creation to destruction.
An old woman from the town of Dura reacted to Israeli threats following the incident, saying "whatever falls from the sky will fall on earth. We won't be intimidated by their threats and their terror."
Violent clashes erupted Monday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Bab al-Zawiya area in al-Khalil and fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards Palestinians. Palestinian youths, in their turn, threw stones and empty bottles at the invading forces.
PA security forces completely withdrew from the scene during the clashes, while Israeli soldiers and snipers boarded Palestinian homes’ rooftops.
A general strike has been declared in the city in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 54 days in a row.
On the other hand, the occupation forces raided Yatta and Beit Ummar towns in al-Khalil and carried out raid campaigns into Palestinian homes throughout the city’s towns and villages, the activist Ratib Jabour told the PIC reporter.
The raid campaign was accompanied with low-flying helicopters southern al-Khalil, he added.
On the other hand, Israeli forces confiscated Monday large numbers of surveillance cameras installed outside the stores in Dura and Hawooz in al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers removed and confiscated the surveillance cameras installed outside the stores as part of the search campaign for the three missing settlers.
The sources added that the soldiers carried out raid campaigns into Palestinian stores and homes in the city after blowing up their doors.
Meanwhile, a group of Palestinian youths called on Monday for a week of wrath against Israeli brutal practices and violations in the West Bank.
According to the PIC reporter, the group of activists called for mass protests and demonstrations in solidarity with hunger strikers in Israeli jails and in support of residents of al-Khalil who are subjected to a fierce, arrest campaign.
Violent clashes were witnessed in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jenin refugee camp, Bitounia, and Jalazoun. Injuries and arrests were reported during the clashes, while a Palestinian young man was shot dead in Jalazoun.
PA security forces completely withdrew from the scene during the clashes, while Israeli soldiers and snipers boarded Palestinian homes’ rooftops.
A general strike has been declared in the city in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 54 days in a row.
On the other hand, the occupation forces raided Yatta and Beit Ummar towns in al-Khalil and carried out raid campaigns into Palestinian homes throughout the city’s towns and villages, the activist Ratib Jabour told the PIC reporter.
The raid campaign was accompanied with low-flying helicopters southern al-Khalil, he added.
On the other hand, Israeli forces confiscated Monday large numbers of surveillance cameras installed outside the stores in Dura and Hawooz in al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers removed and confiscated the surveillance cameras installed outside the stores as part of the search campaign for the three missing settlers.
The sources added that the soldiers carried out raid campaigns into Palestinian stores and homes in the city after blowing up their doors.
Meanwhile, a group of Palestinian youths called on Monday for a week of wrath against Israeli brutal practices and violations in the West Bank.
According to the PIC reporter, the group of activists called for mass protests and demonstrations in solidarity with hunger strikers in Israeli jails and in support of residents of al-Khalil who are subjected to a fierce, arrest campaign.
Violent clashes were witnessed in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jenin refugee camp, Bitounia, and Jalazoun. Injuries and arrests were reported during the clashes, while a Palestinian young man was shot dead in Jalazoun.
A Palestinian youth was wounded on Monday at dawn with Israeli bullets in clashes broke out in the West Bank city of Jenin. Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops stormed Jenin refugee camp at dawn and arrested Ibrahim Hawajir, 52, after ransacking his house.
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces that stormed the eastern neighborhood of the city, Sameh al-Qet,20, was wounded in the foot.
In Mitlon town, Israeli troops detained Rif’at N’erat,17.
In the last two days, Israel detained 150 Palestinians in the West Bank searching for three Israeli settlers believed to be missing into a second West Bank city, touching off street confrontations in which its forces killed a Palestinian.
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces that stormed the eastern neighborhood of the city, Sameh al-Qet,20, was wounded in the foot.
In Mitlon town, Israeli troops detained Rif’at N’erat,17.
In the last two days, Israel detained 150 Palestinians in the West Bank searching for three Israeli settlers believed to be missing into a second West Bank city, touching off street confrontations in which its forces killed a Palestinian.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles in the Nablus area late Sunday, causing damage to over 30 cars, a Palestinian official said.
Large groups of settlers attacked vehicles along the main Ramallah-Nablus highway, hurling stones at cars near the villages of Yatma, Kafr Laqif, Turmus Ayya and Jinsafut, Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
No injuries were reported.
A day earlier, settlers gathered on main roads near Bethlehem and Hebron to protest against the recent disappearance of three Israeli settlers, hurling rocks at Palestinian vehicles.
The demonstrators also chanted anti-Arab slogans.
Also Saturday, three Palestinians were injured as settlers hurled stones at vehicles traveling on main roads across the northern and central West Bank.
More than 500,000 Israelis live in the settlements, which are built on confiscated Palestinian lands or state lands.
Large groups of settlers attacked vehicles along the main Ramallah-Nablus highway, hurling stones at cars near the villages of Yatma, Kafr Laqif, Turmus Ayya and Jinsafut, Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
No injuries were reported.
A day earlier, settlers gathered on main roads near Bethlehem and Hebron to protest against the recent disappearance of three Israeli settlers, hurling rocks at Palestinian vehicles.
The demonstrators also chanted anti-Arab slogans.
Also Saturday, three Palestinians were injured as settlers hurled stones at vehicles traveling on main roads across the northern and central West Bank.
More than 500,000 Israelis live in the settlements, which are built on confiscated Palestinian lands or state lands.
Eighteen Palestinian citizens, including a 14-year-old minor, were rounded up by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Sunday night following overnight invasions into al-Khalil. Adnan Ismail Arzikat, Abdul Rahman Issa, Ezzedine Abu Snina, Jamil Abu Eisha, Maher Moussa al-Shyoukhi, and Muhammad Maher Badr, among many other Palestinian civilians, were all targeted by the operation.
The IOF turned Palestinians’ homes into military barracks following abrupt break-ins into Tafouh town, west of al-Khalil, and Knar neighborhood, east of Dura town.
A Palestinian young man was left wounded while another was abducted as the IOF cordoned off homes in al-Khalil.
A state of anxiety has overwhelmed the natives, including women and children, as the heavily-armed Israeli patrols blew up the entry gate of a Palestinian home in Deir Baha and ordered a native family to surrender over the loudspeakers, local sources reported.
Akram Qawasmi sustained shrapnel injuries as a spate of heavy and random gunshots was discharged by the Israeli soldiers. Akram, along with Nour Abdul Fatah al-Qawasmi, 21, were both taken into custody, the same sources added.
An unprecedented upsurge in overnight Israeli break-ins has been documented in al-Khalil, where the Israeli soldiers raked through Palestinian homes, blocked the main streets with sand barriers, and shut all of the entry gates into the city with cement cubes.
Unjustified acts of violence have also been going on round-the-clock in al-Khalil.
The IOF forays culminated in the heavy beating of Palestinian 14-year-old child Madeleine Imad Abu Shamsiya as a horde of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian native families in al-Khalil.
Both Madeleine and her father were abducted by the Israeli soldiers and dragged to an interrogation center in the Kiryat Arba settlement.
According to Muhammad Awad, coordinator of the popular committee in Beit Ummar village to the north of al-Khalil, 6 armed settlers assailed Palestinian farmers, including women, in Wadi Safa near the Etzion settlement, to the north, on Sunday evening.
The IOF turned Palestinians’ homes into military barracks following abrupt break-ins into Tafouh town, west of al-Khalil, and Knar neighborhood, east of Dura town.
A Palestinian young man was left wounded while another was abducted as the IOF cordoned off homes in al-Khalil.
A state of anxiety has overwhelmed the natives, including women and children, as the heavily-armed Israeli patrols blew up the entry gate of a Palestinian home in Deir Baha and ordered a native family to surrender over the loudspeakers, local sources reported.
Akram Qawasmi sustained shrapnel injuries as a spate of heavy and random gunshots was discharged by the Israeli soldiers. Akram, along with Nour Abdul Fatah al-Qawasmi, 21, were both taken into custody, the same sources added.
An unprecedented upsurge in overnight Israeli break-ins has been documented in al-Khalil, where the Israeli soldiers raked through Palestinian homes, blocked the main streets with sand barriers, and shut all of the entry gates into the city with cement cubes.
Unjustified acts of violence have also been going on round-the-clock in al-Khalil.
The IOF forays culminated in the heavy beating of Palestinian 14-year-old child Madeleine Imad Abu Shamsiya as a horde of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian native families in al-Khalil.
Both Madeleine and her father were abducted by the Israeli soldiers and dragged to an interrogation center in the Kiryat Arba settlement.
According to Muhammad Awad, coordinator of the popular committee in Beit Ummar village to the north of al-Khalil, 6 armed settlers assailed Palestinian farmers, including women, in Wadi Safa near the Etzion settlement, to the north, on Sunday evening.
Four Palestinians wounded, including a toddler, in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza strip for the second day in a row. Medical sources reported that the four sustained moderate wounds.
The Israeli military aircrafts struck three sites belong to the Palestinian resistance movements, Palestinian media sources said.
Additionally, The warplanes struck a site belongs to the Palestinian national security forces in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the southern Gaza City.It also struck an empty land in the northwest of Gaza City.
On 21 November 2012, Israel and the Palestinian resistance came to a ceasefire agreement to end the 14 day Israeli attacks that had killed many and injured hundreds of innocent civilians starting 14 November.
The terms of the latest agreement include ending all hostilities by Israelis and Palestinians, and facilitating the freedom of movement and transfer of goods within Gaza.
Yet, Israel has violated these simple truce points continuously since they were agreed upon. Not only are the crossings still very restricted, but the fire into Gaza continues, with the first one occurring the next day after the truce agreement.
Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been injured, and many suffered anxiety attacks, after the army fired missiles into different areas in the Gaza Strip.
The sources said three Palestinians were injured when the soldiers bombarded the Safeena site, used by the General Investigation Police Department, causing excessive property damage.
Soldiers also bombarded another site, behind the al-Qawasmi Towers, west of Gaza City.
Two more Palestinians were injured when the army bombarded the Abu Jarad site, southeast of Gaza city.
In addition, Israeli Apache helicopters fired two missiles into the building of the Gaza Municipality Slaughter House, causing a number of injuries, in addition to property damage to the building, and nearby homes.
The army also bombarded a training site, used by the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Property damage was reported.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) stated that Israeli F16 jets fired a missile into an area between Khan Younis, and Deir al-Balah, causing extensive damage, and fires, while several Palestinians, mainly children, suffered anxiety attacks.
Three Israeli air strikes also targeted Abu Jarad area, southeast of Gaza City, causing property damage.
WAFA said that Israeli fighter jets have been extensively flying over different areas in the Gaza Strip, while dozens of military vehicles have been deployed near border areas, in Gaza’s northern and eastern parts.
Israel said Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired several missiles into the country, including four into Asqalan (Ashkelon). The Iron Dome System managed to intercept two, but shrapnel of the intercepted missiles hit at least one home.
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On Monday at dawn, [June 16, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army fire after the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Two Palestinians were injured, many kidnapped.
On Sunday at night that two children were wounded when Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of their home, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also kidnapped their father, and three brothers. At Least Nineteen Additional Palestinians Kidnapped.
Earlier on Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians in Hebron, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. The army also confiscated surveillance tapes from a number of properties.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the nearby towns of al-Biereh and Betunia, and clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths.
Also on Sunday, soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, conducted searches, and attacked local journalists.
The soldiers also closed all western entrances of Bethlehem city, and conducted military searches.
On Sunday morning, the soldiers placed Bethlehem and Hebron districts under a strict military siege, and kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military aircrafts struck three sites belong to the Palestinian resistance movements, Palestinian media sources said.
Additionally, The warplanes struck a site belongs to the Palestinian national security forces in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the southern Gaza City.It also struck an empty land in the northwest of Gaza City.
On 21 November 2012, Israel and the Palestinian resistance came to a ceasefire agreement to end the 14 day Israeli attacks that had killed many and injured hundreds of innocent civilians starting 14 November.
The terms of the latest agreement include ending all hostilities by Israelis and Palestinians, and facilitating the freedom of movement and transfer of goods within Gaza.
Yet, Israel has violated these simple truce points continuously since they were agreed upon. Not only are the crossings still very restricted, but the fire into Gaza continues, with the first one occurring the next day after the truce agreement.
Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been injured, and many suffered anxiety attacks, after the army fired missiles into different areas in the Gaza Strip.
The sources said three Palestinians were injured when the soldiers bombarded the Safeena site, used by the General Investigation Police Department, causing excessive property damage.
Soldiers also bombarded another site, behind the al-Qawasmi Towers, west of Gaza City.
Two more Palestinians were injured when the army bombarded the Abu Jarad site, southeast of Gaza city.
In addition, Israeli Apache helicopters fired two missiles into the building of the Gaza Municipality Slaughter House, causing a number of injuries, in addition to property damage to the building, and nearby homes.
The army also bombarded a training site, used by the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Property damage was reported.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) stated that Israeli F16 jets fired a missile into an area between Khan Younis, and Deir al-Balah, causing extensive damage, and fires, while several Palestinians, mainly children, suffered anxiety attacks.
Three Israeli air strikes also targeted Abu Jarad area, southeast of Gaza City, causing property damage.
WAFA said that Israeli fighter jets have been extensively flying over different areas in the Gaza Strip, while dozens of military vehicles have been deployed near border areas, in Gaza’s northern and eastern parts.
Israel said Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired several missiles into the country, including four into Asqalan (Ashkelon). The Iron Dome System managed to intercept two, but shrapnel of the intercepted missiles hit at least one home.
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On Monday at dawn, [June 16, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army fire after the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Two Palestinians were injured, many kidnapped.
On Sunday at night that two children were wounded when Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of their home, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also kidnapped their father, and three brothers. At Least Nineteen Additional Palestinians Kidnapped.
Earlier on Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians in Hebron, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. The army also confiscated surveillance tapes from a number of properties.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the nearby towns of al-Biereh and Betunia, and clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths.
Also on Sunday, soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, conducted searches, and attacked local journalists.
The soldiers also closed all western entrances of Bethlehem city, and conducted military searches.
On Sunday morning, the soldiers placed Bethlehem and Hebron districts under a strict military siege, and kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army fire after the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Two Palestinians were injured, many kidnapped.
Medical sources at the Palestine Medical center said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Ahmad Arafat Sabbareen, 21 years of age.
He was shot by several live bullets in the chest, and died of his wounds at the Intensive Care Unit, in the Palestine Medical Center.
Sabbareen was a political prisoner who was recently released by Israel.
One of the wounded Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’afin, was shot by a live round to the chest.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rounds of live ammunition during the invasion, and during ensuing clashes.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped several Palestinians in the refugee camp, and took them to an unknown destination.
Some of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Adnan al-Khattab, Abdul-Halim Ghannam, Ramadan Hmeidat, and Eyad Safi.
On Sunday at night that two children were wounded when Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of their home, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also kidnapped their father, and three brothers. At Least Nineteen Additional Palestinians Kidnapped.
Earlier on Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians in Hebron, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. The army also confiscated surveillance tapes from a number of properties.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the nearby towns of al-Biereh and Betunia, and clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths.
Also on Sunday, soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, conducted searches, and attacked local journalists.
The soldiers also closed all western entrances of Bethlehem city, and conducted military searches.
On Sunday morning, the soldiers placed Bethlehem and Hebron districts under a strict military siege, and kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Medical sources at the Palestine Medical center said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Ahmad Arafat Sabbareen, 21 years of age.
He was shot by several live bullets in the chest, and died of his wounds at the Intensive Care Unit, in the Palestine Medical Center.
Sabbareen was a political prisoner who was recently released by Israel.
One of the wounded Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’afin, was shot by a live round to the chest.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rounds of live ammunition during the invasion, and during ensuing clashes.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped several Palestinians in the refugee camp, and took them to an unknown destination.
Some of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Adnan al-Khattab, Abdul-Halim Ghannam, Ramadan Hmeidat, and Eyad Safi.
On Sunday at night that two children were wounded when Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of their home, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also kidnapped their father, and three brothers. At Least Nineteen Additional Palestinians Kidnapped.
Earlier on Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians in Hebron, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. The army also confiscated surveillance tapes from a number of properties.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the nearby towns of al-Biereh and Betunia, and clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths.
Also on Sunday, soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, conducted searches, and attacked local journalists.
The soldiers also closed all western entrances of Bethlehem city, and conducted military searches.
On Sunday morning, the soldiers placed Bethlehem and Hebron districts under a strict military siege, and kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces early Monday raided the offices of two Palestinian organizations in the northern West Bank, security sources said.
Palestinian security forces told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers broke into the office of the Palestinian National Initiative political party and a Hamas-affiliated charitable organization, the Muslim Girl Society.
Soldiers ransacked the offices, spending hours searching the premises, before confiscating a number of computers, the sources said.
Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, confirmed the raid on his party's office.
He described the Israeli army's actions across the West Bank throughout their search for Israeli teenagers as "collective punishment."
Israeli forces have deployed heavily throughout the West Bank amid a search for three youths who went missing late Thursday from an area near the Gush Etzion settlement.
Soldiers have arrested over 150 Palestinians, killed one, and injured several others during the campaign to the find the missing teens.
Palestinian security forces told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers broke into the office of the Palestinian National Initiative political party and a Hamas-affiliated charitable organization, the Muslim Girl Society.
Soldiers ransacked the offices, spending hours searching the premises, before confiscating a number of computers, the sources said.
Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, confirmed the raid on his party's office.
He described the Israeli army's actions across the West Bank throughout their search for Israeli teenagers as "collective punishment."
Israeli forces have deployed heavily throughout the West Bank amid a search for three youths who went missing late Thursday from an area near the Gush Etzion settlement.
Soldiers have arrested over 150 Palestinians, killed one, and injured several others during the campaign to the find the missing teens.
15 june 2014
Three Palestinians were injured late Sunday after the Israeli army bombed open the door of a house in the city of Hebron, locals told Ma'an.
Locals said that Israeli forces in the Ein Deir al-Baha area of the city blew open the door of a house belonging to Akram al-Qawasami, injuring him and two young children.
Al-Qawasami, his eight-year-old son Muhammad, and his young daughter Sujoud sustained shrapnel injuries, the sources said.
Soldiers then raided the house and arrested Zaid Akram al-Qawasami.
The Israeli forces called through a loudspeaker moments before bombing open the door, the sources added.
A military spokeswoman refused to comment on the incident, saying the Israeli army could not elaborate on any of its activities in Hebron "at this time."
Israeli soldiers have been heavily deployed in Hebron following the disappearance of three Israeli youths from an area near the Jewish-only settlement of Gush Etzion late Thursday.
The have made dozens of arrests and erected multiple checkpoints in the area, restricting the freedom of movement of thousands of Palestinians.
Locals said that Israeli forces in the Ein Deir al-Baha area of the city blew open the door of a house belonging to Akram al-Qawasami, injuring him and two young children.
Al-Qawasami, his eight-year-old son Muhammad, and his young daughter Sujoud sustained shrapnel injuries, the sources said.
Soldiers then raided the house and arrested Zaid Akram al-Qawasami.
The Israeli forces called through a loudspeaker moments before bombing open the door, the sources added.
A military spokeswoman refused to comment on the incident, saying the Israeli army could not elaborate on any of its activities in Hebron "at this time."
Israeli soldiers have been heavily deployed in Hebron following the disappearance of three Israeli youths from an area near the Jewish-only settlement of Gush Etzion late Thursday.
The have made dozens of arrests and erected multiple checkpoints in the area, restricting the freedom of movement of thousands of Palestinians.
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned the Israeli arrest campaign across the West Bank and airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, denouncing the "collective punishment of the Palestinian people" by Israeli forces.
Spokesman for the Palestinian national consensus government Ehab Bessaiso on Sunday also reiterated Palestinian insistence that they have no responsibility for security in the settlements, as Israel continued assaults against Palestinians that began after the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from the Gush Etzion settlement between Bethlehem and Hebron on Thursday.
"The Israeli government cannot hold the Palestinians responsible for security in occupied territories which are not under Palestinian sovereignty and which house dozens of settlements and outposts," Bessaiso said in a statement.
Bessaiso highlighted that the three youths went missing in the approximately 62 percent of the West Bank that is considered Area C and is under full Israeli control.
Bessaiso also said that the detention of 80 people across the West Bank and the bombing of Gaza overnight constitute "collective punishment against the entire Palestinian people," and called upon the "international community and all international human rights organizations to protect the Palestinian people against the Israeli escalation."
Bessaiso highlighted that even Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody were being punished by Israel, through the banning of family visits and "other oppressive procedures," even as around 125 administrative detainees entered their 53rd day of a collective hunger strike.
Bessaiso also said that Israel had imposed a general closure on the Hebron area in the southern West Bank, leaving thousands of Palestinians under siege.
Earlier Sunday, Hamas denied Israeli allegations that their members were involved in the kidnapping of the three Jewish youths, calling the claims "stupid."
Overnight Sunday Israeli forces detained 80 Palestinians including a number of former ministers and top lawmakers and carried out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, injuring a woman and a 15-year-old girl.
On Saturday, Netanyahu had said he held the Palestinian Authority responsible for the disappearance of the youths, while the PA has insisted it has no authority over the territory in which the youths disappeared.
Spokesman for the Palestinian national consensus government Ehab Bessaiso on Sunday also reiterated Palestinian insistence that they have no responsibility for security in the settlements, as Israel continued assaults against Palestinians that began after the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from the Gush Etzion settlement between Bethlehem and Hebron on Thursday.
"The Israeli government cannot hold the Palestinians responsible for security in occupied territories which are not under Palestinian sovereignty and which house dozens of settlements and outposts," Bessaiso said in a statement.
Bessaiso highlighted that the three youths went missing in the approximately 62 percent of the West Bank that is considered Area C and is under full Israeli control.
Bessaiso also said that the detention of 80 people across the West Bank and the bombing of Gaza overnight constitute "collective punishment against the entire Palestinian people," and called upon the "international community and all international human rights organizations to protect the Palestinian people against the Israeli escalation."
Bessaiso highlighted that even Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody were being punished by Israel, through the banning of family visits and "other oppressive procedures," even as around 125 administrative detainees entered their 53rd day of a collective hunger strike.
Bessaiso also said that Israel had imposed a general closure on the Hebron area in the southern West Bank, leaving thousands of Palestinians under siege.
Earlier Sunday, Hamas denied Israeli allegations that their members were involved in the kidnapping of the three Jewish youths, calling the claims "stupid."
Overnight Sunday Israeli forces detained 80 Palestinians including a number of former ministers and top lawmakers and carried out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, injuring a woman and a 15-year-old girl.
On Saturday, Netanyahu had said he held the Palestinian Authority responsible for the disappearance of the youths, while the PA has insisted it has no authority over the territory in which the youths disappeared.
Israeli settlers gathered on main roads near Bethlehem and Hebron on Saturday evening to protest against the recent disappearance of three teenage Israelis, hurling rocks at Palestinian vehicles.
Local Palestinian sources told Ma'an that dozens of settlers took to the streets on the main road between Hebron and Bethlehem which runs near Gush Etzion settlement bloc, gathering where a number of bus stops are congregated to throw rocks at passing Palestinians.
The protesters hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles which traveled on the main road, known as route 60. Although the attacks damaged some passing vehicles, no injuries were reported.
Also on Saturday, a group of Israeli settlers demonstrated near Haggay settlement south of Hebron and tried to attack Palestinian vehicles on the main road near al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The demonstrators chanted anti-Arab slogans, holding the Palestinians responsible for the recent disappearance of three Israeli teenagers and urging the Israeli government to take action against the Palestinians and impose a "heavy toll."
Earlier on Saturday, three Palestinians were injured near Nablus in similar attacks by settlers.
Local Palestinian sources told Ma'an that dozens of settlers took to the streets on the main road between Hebron and Bethlehem which runs near Gush Etzion settlement bloc, gathering where a number of bus stops are congregated to throw rocks at passing Palestinians.
The protesters hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles which traveled on the main road, known as route 60. Although the attacks damaged some passing vehicles, no injuries were reported.
Also on Saturday, a group of Israeli settlers demonstrated near Haggay settlement south of Hebron and tried to attack Palestinian vehicles on the main road near al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The demonstrators chanted anti-Arab slogans, holding the Palestinians responsible for the recent disappearance of three Israeli teenagers and urging the Israeli government to take action against the Palestinians and impose a "heavy toll."
Earlier on Saturday, three Palestinians were injured near Nablus in similar attacks by settlers.
A Palestinian woman and a teenage girl sustained wounds Saturday night in two separate Israeli airstrikes on the Rafah district in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.
The injuries occurred as Israeli launched eight air strikes against the Gaza Strip overnight, in what they said was a response to three rockets fired from the besieged coastal enclave the day before.
Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an on Sunday that a 15-year-old girl was hit by shrapnel after an Israeli missile hit southern Rafah.
The girl, he said, was in her courtyard when an Israeli missile fired from the air hit a military camp near her house.
Al-Qidra added that a 27-year-old woman was moderately injured by shrapnel from an Israeli missile that landed in the Saudi neighborhood in southern Rafah. The woman suffered a fracture in the foot as a result of the attack.
Israeli warplanes also fired two missiles at open areas in al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah and the Saad Sayil military base in the city, though no injuries have been reported.
Two missiles were also fired at a military base for the military wing of the Islamic Jihad south of Rafah.
In Khan Younis, also in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli jets targeted a military base belonging to Hamas' military wing Al-Qassam Brigades and an open area near an evacuated Israeli settlement. No injuries were reported in those strikes either.
The Israeli military confirmed the strikes, saying that they had targeted "three terror activity sites, two weapon storage and manufacturing facilities in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as a terror activity site in the central Gaza Strip."
The military said in a statement that "direct hits were confirmed."
The strikes come only three days after Israeli air forces targeted a Palestinian individual associated with Palestinian political and militant group Islamic Jihad in an airstrike that killed him as well as a seven-year-old boy who was walking nearby, and injured another man.
In the past two weeks, six rockets from the Gaza Strip have hit Israel, all of them landing harmlessly in open areas.
Although Hamas has maintained a ceasefire with Israel since Nov. 2012, other militant groups in the besieged coastal enclave occasionally fire rockets.
Israel launches overnight aerial attacks on Gaza
The Israeli occupation army on Saturday night launched a spate of air raids on different targets in the Gaza Strip. Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli warplanes waged three aerial attacks on resistance sites in Rafah.
One of the bombed sites belongs to Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the other two belong to the popular resistance committees and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad. No casualties have been reported.
The air raids also targeted another site belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades to the west of Khan Younis district before bombing another resistance site in Hittin area in the north.
The Palestinian interior ministry affirmed that several resistance sites were bombed in Israeli airstrikes in different areas of north Gaza.
Later, another airstrike occurred in an empty field near Zawayda area in central Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza reported that a 15-year-old girl and a 27-year-old woman suffered minor shrapnel injuries during an air raid in Rafah district. Both of the wounded civilians were admitted to Abu Yousuf Annajjar hospital.
Spokesman for the Israeli premier Ofir Gendelman said that the Israeli air forces had bombed six targets in Gaza in retaliation to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli settlements near Gaza.
For its part, the Palestinian interior ministry held the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the current escalation in Gaza and appealed to the international community to curb its aggression.
The injuries occurred as Israeli launched eight air strikes against the Gaza Strip overnight, in what they said was a response to three rockets fired from the besieged coastal enclave the day before.
Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an on Sunday that a 15-year-old girl was hit by shrapnel after an Israeli missile hit southern Rafah.
The girl, he said, was in her courtyard when an Israeli missile fired from the air hit a military camp near her house.
Al-Qidra added that a 27-year-old woman was moderately injured by shrapnel from an Israeli missile that landed in the Saudi neighborhood in southern Rafah. The woman suffered a fracture in the foot as a result of the attack.
Israeli warplanes also fired two missiles at open areas in al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah and the Saad Sayil military base in the city, though no injuries have been reported.
Two missiles were also fired at a military base for the military wing of the Islamic Jihad south of Rafah.
In Khan Younis, also in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli jets targeted a military base belonging to Hamas' military wing Al-Qassam Brigades and an open area near an evacuated Israeli settlement. No injuries were reported in those strikes either.
The Israeli military confirmed the strikes, saying that they had targeted "three terror activity sites, two weapon storage and manufacturing facilities in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as a terror activity site in the central Gaza Strip."
The military said in a statement that "direct hits were confirmed."
The strikes come only three days after Israeli air forces targeted a Palestinian individual associated with Palestinian political and militant group Islamic Jihad in an airstrike that killed him as well as a seven-year-old boy who was walking nearby, and injured another man.
In the past two weeks, six rockets from the Gaza Strip have hit Israel, all of them landing harmlessly in open areas.
Although Hamas has maintained a ceasefire with Israel since Nov. 2012, other militant groups in the besieged coastal enclave occasionally fire rockets.
Israel launches overnight aerial attacks on Gaza
The Israeli occupation army on Saturday night launched a spate of air raids on different targets in the Gaza Strip. Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli warplanes waged three aerial attacks on resistance sites in Rafah.
One of the bombed sites belongs to Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the other two belong to the popular resistance committees and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad. No casualties have been reported.
The air raids also targeted another site belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades to the west of Khan Younis district before bombing another resistance site in Hittin area in the north.
The Palestinian interior ministry affirmed that several resistance sites were bombed in Israeli airstrikes in different areas of north Gaza.
Later, another airstrike occurred in an empty field near Zawayda area in central Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza reported that a 15-year-old girl and a 27-year-old woman suffered minor shrapnel injuries during an air raid in Rafah district. Both of the wounded civilians were admitted to Abu Yousuf Annajjar hospital.
Spokesman for the Israeli premier Ofir Gendelman said that the Israeli air forces had bombed six targets in Gaza in retaliation to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli settlements near Gaza.
For its part, the Palestinian interior ministry held the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the current escalation in Gaza and appealed to the international community to curb its aggression.
Israeli forces began a wide-ranging campaign of arrests across the West Bank overnight Saturday and Sunday morning targeting 80 individuals affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, including lawmakers and political leaders.
The campaign comes as Israeli forces continue their search for three teenage boys who disappeared on Thursday evening from the Gush Etzion Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and are believed by some to have been taken hostage.
Hamas sources told Ma'an that at least 70 of the movement's leaders and supporters were detained across the West Bank, and on Sunday morning soldiers and military vehicles continued to deploy across Hebron district in the southern West Bank.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli troops carried out predawn raids in the towns of Sair, Taffuh, Beit Kahil, Bani Naim, Beit Ula, Dura, and Yatta in the Hebron district and carried out intensive inspections. At least eight Palestinians were detained eventually in those raids.
Hamas sources in Nablus in told Ma'an that Israeli troops detained three Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmakers in the northern West Bank, who were identified as Muhammad Ghazal, Ahmad al-Hajj Ali and Husni al-Burini, along with many other supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Among the other detainees arrested in Nablus overnight were Firas Jarrar, Samir Abu Shueib, Nasser Abu Eisha, Anas Raddad, Talal Abu Asab, Abdullah Bani Audah, Ahmad Nabhan, Ahmad Awwad, Ahmad al-Bayari, Ahmad Malaysha, Huthayfa Salamah, Ahmad Hamdanah, Muhammad Sawalha and Muhammad Daghlas.
Similarly, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank and detained Palestinian lawmaker Abdul-Rahman Zeidan.
Israeli soldiers also broke into home of lawmaker Fathi Qarawi and inspected it. Qarawi told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided his home at dawn and inspected all the rooms including a garage where he parks his car. He added that Israeli intelligence officers questioned all his children and handed a summons to his son, Hamza, who was at his university dormitories preparing for his final exams. The soldiers left at 5:00 a.m., Qarawi added.
Israeli forces also stormed Tubas in the northern West Bank, detaining Fazi Sawafta and Nadir Sawafta.
In Azzun village in Qalqiliya district in the north, Israeli forces detained Abdullah Shbeita, Amir Dahbour, and Nael Anaya in an arrest raid.
The Israeli military confirmed the arrest raid in a statement, saying that "approximately 80 Palestinian suspects were detained" in overnight raids and promising to use "all means" to find the three missing Israeli settlers.
"Palestinian terrorists will not feel safe, will not be able to hide and will feel the heavy arm of the Israeli military capabilities, Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in the statement.
The three disappeared youths were identified on Saturday as Eyal Yifrach, 16, Gilad Shaaer, 19, and Naftali Frenkel, 16.
The group was attempting to hitch hike in the Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion on Thursday evening when they disappeared, and as of yet Israeli forces have not been able to find any traces of them.
The case has attracted widespread attention in Israel and led to a fervent campaign for their return under the banner "Bring Back Our Boys."
Palestinians, however, have contrasted the attention received by the three settler youth with the lack of concern for the fate of around 200 Palestinians who are currently being held indefinitely without charge or trial in Israeli prisons, including 125 who have been on hunger strike for more than 50 days.
The campaign comes as Israeli forces continue their search for three teenage boys who disappeared on Thursday evening from the Gush Etzion Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and are believed by some to have been taken hostage.
Hamas sources told Ma'an that at least 70 of the movement's leaders and supporters were detained across the West Bank, and on Sunday morning soldiers and military vehicles continued to deploy across Hebron district in the southern West Bank.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli troops carried out predawn raids in the towns of Sair, Taffuh, Beit Kahil, Bani Naim, Beit Ula, Dura, and Yatta in the Hebron district and carried out intensive inspections. At least eight Palestinians were detained eventually in those raids.
Hamas sources in Nablus in told Ma'an that Israeli troops detained three Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmakers in the northern West Bank, who were identified as Muhammad Ghazal, Ahmad al-Hajj Ali and Husni al-Burini, along with many other supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Among the other detainees arrested in Nablus overnight were Firas Jarrar, Samir Abu Shueib, Nasser Abu Eisha, Anas Raddad, Talal Abu Asab, Abdullah Bani Audah, Ahmad Nabhan, Ahmad Awwad, Ahmad al-Bayari, Ahmad Malaysha, Huthayfa Salamah, Ahmad Hamdanah, Muhammad Sawalha and Muhammad Daghlas.
Similarly, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank and detained Palestinian lawmaker Abdul-Rahman Zeidan.
Israeli soldiers also broke into home of lawmaker Fathi Qarawi and inspected it. Qarawi told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided his home at dawn and inspected all the rooms including a garage where he parks his car. He added that Israeli intelligence officers questioned all his children and handed a summons to his son, Hamza, who was at his university dormitories preparing for his final exams. The soldiers left at 5:00 a.m., Qarawi added.
Israeli forces also stormed Tubas in the northern West Bank, detaining Fazi Sawafta and Nadir Sawafta.
In Azzun village in Qalqiliya district in the north, Israeli forces detained Abdullah Shbeita, Amir Dahbour, and Nael Anaya in an arrest raid.
The Israeli military confirmed the arrest raid in a statement, saying that "approximately 80 Palestinian suspects were detained" in overnight raids and promising to use "all means" to find the three missing Israeli settlers.
"Palestinian terrorists will not feel safe, will not be able to hide and will feel the heavy arm of the Israeli military capabilities, Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in the statement.
The three disappeared youths were identified on Saturday as Eyal Yifrach, 16, Gilad Shaaer, 19, and Naftali Frenkel, 16.
The group was attempting to hitch hike in the Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion on Thursday evening when they disappeared, and as of yet Israeli forces have not been able to find any traces of them.
The case has attracted widespread attention in Israel and led to a fervent campaign for their return under the banner "Bring Back Our Boys."
Palestinians, however, have contrasted the attention received by the three settler youth with the lack of concern for the fate of around 200 Palestinians who are currently being held indefinitely without charge or trial in Israeli prisons, including 125 who have been on hunger strike for more than 50 days.
