7 nov 2014
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli army fire, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while many have been injured in Hebron city.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that two young Palestinians, 17 and 20 years of age, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, near Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, near the town.
Awad added the scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, several residents have been shot and injured by live rounds, fired by Israeli soldiers, during clashes with local youths in Ras al-Joura area, in Hebron city. Many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protesters were marching against the escalating Israeli attacks, and invasions by radical settler groups, targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and frequent Israeli assaults against Muslim worshipers, and Palestinians, in the city.
The army repeatedly closes gates of the al-Aqsa mosque to prevent the Muslim worshipers from entering it while allowing Israeli extremists to invade its yards.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that two young Palestinians, 17 and 20 years of age, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, near Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, near the town.
Awad added the scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, several residents have been shot and injured by live rounds, fired by Israeli soldiers, during clashes with local youths in Ras al-Joura area, in Hebron city. Many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The protesters were marching against the escalating Israeli attacks, and invasions by radical settler groups, targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and frequent Israeli assaults against Muslim worshipers, and Palestinians, in the city.
The army repeatedly closes gates of the al-Aqsa mosque to prevent the Muslim worshipers from entering it while allowing Israeli extremists to invade its yards.
6 nov 2014
At least 15 Palestinians kidnapped across West Bank
Seven Palestinians were injured, Thursday, after being targeted with rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas grenades by Israeli forces, as citizens and Birzeit University scholars headed to Ofer military camp, to protest in solidarity with Jerusalem and the rising number of dead throughout Palestine.
A number of Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers inside the complex.
PNN reports that hundreds of participants headed towards the Ofer checkpoint West Ramallah, where clashes sparked with Israeli soldiers. Seven injuries have been reported so far.
More photos at the PNN.
Israeli forces abducted, on Thursday, at least 26 Palestinian citizens in different raids across the West Bank, including relatives of Wednesday's hit and run suspect, north of Hebron.
See imemc.org/article/69626 for details.
According to Al Ray correspondence, tension has been running high in occupied East Jerusalem since Israeli authorities closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following the attack on American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
Authorities reopened the mosque the following day, after many violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, but continued their policy of barring male Muslim worshippers under 50 years old from entering the holy site.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, warned that the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque was tantamount to a "declaration of war" against the Palestinian people and their sacred places.
Turkish/English news outlet "World Bulletin" compares the current uprising to events in September of 2000, when a visit to the site by controversial Israeli politician Ariel Sharon sparked what later became known as the Second Intifada, a popular uprising against the Israeli occupation in which thousands of Palestinians were killed.
Seven Palestinians were injured, Thursday, after being targeted with rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas grenades by Israeli forces, as citizens and Birzeit University scholars headed to Ofer military camp, to protest in solidarity with Jerusalem and the rising number of dead throughout Palestine.
A number of Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers inside the complex.
PNN reports that hundreds of participants headed towards the Ofer checkpoint West Ramallah, where clashes sparked with Israeli soldiers. Seven injuries have been reported so far.
More photos at the PNN.
Israeli forces abducted, on Thursday, at least 26 Palestinian citizens in different raids across the West Bank, including relatives of Wednesday's hit and run suspect, north of Hebron.
See imemc.org/article/69626 for details.
According to Al Ray correspondence, tension has been running high in occupied East Jerusalem since Israeli authorities closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following the attack on American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
Authorities reopened the mosque the following day, after many violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, but continued their policy of barring male Muslim worshippers under 50 years old from entering the holy site.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, warned that the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque was tantamount to a "declaration of war" against the Palestinian people and their sacred places.
Turkish/English news outlet "World Bulletin" compares the current uprising to events in September of 2000, when a visit to the site by controversial Israeli politician Ariel Sharon sparked what later became known as the Second Intifada, a popular uprising against the Israeli occupation in which thousands of Palestinians were killed.
Violent clashes erupted overnight between Israeli forces and dozens of mourners during the martyr Ibrahim Akari’s funeral in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli forces stormed Bab al-Asbat Cemetery and started firing heavy tear gas and pepper spray towards scores of mourners, eyewitnesses said.
At least four persons were hit by pepper spray in their faces, while dozens were brutally beaten and assaulted. Two young men were arrested during the funeral.
The mourners, for their part, chanted slogans in support of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli forces had earlier forced Akari's relatives to bury him at midnight in the presence of only 35 members of his family.
The confrontations expanded to reach Issawiya town and Tur neighborhood in the occupied city.
Angry protesters threw stones and fireworks at Israeli soldiers during the clashes. One youth was detained.
Meanwhile, clashes have been ongoing in Shufat refugee camp.
Along the same line, two youths were injured after being shot with live bullets late yesterday during clashes that broke out in Ram town to the north of the occupied city.
During the confrontations, Israeli forces heavily fired live ammunition and tried to run over some of the protesters. Tear gas bombs were also fired at the passing-by vehicles.
For their part, the protesters threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, forcing them to withdraw from the town.
Earlier yesterday, a Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli border guards in occupied eastern Jerusalem on Wednesday killing two and wounding 14 others.
Tensions have been running high in occupied Jerusalem as Israeli authorities gave a green light to settlers' break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque while continuing to ban Muslims' access to its plazas.
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Israeli forces stormed Bab al-Asbat Cemetery and started firing heavy tear gas and pepper spray towards scores of mourners, eyewitnesses said.
At least four persons were hit by pepper spray in their faces, while dozens were brutally beaten and assaulted. Two young men were arrested during the funeral.
The mourners, for their part, chanted slogans in support of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli forces had earlier forced Akari's relatives to bury him at midnight in the presence of only 35 members of his family.
The confrontations expanded to reach Issawiya town and Tur neighborhood in the occupied city.
Angry protesters threw stones and fireworks at Israeli soldiers during the clashes. One youth was detained.
Meanwhile, clashes have been ongoing in Shufat refugee camp.
Along the same line, two youths were injured after being shot with live bullets late yesterday during clashes that broke out in Ram town to the north of the occupied city.
During the confrontations, Israeli forces heavily fired live ammunition and tried to run over some of the protesters. Tear gas bombs were also fired at the passing-by vehicles.
For their part, the protesters threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, forcing them to withdraw from the town.
Earlier yesterday, a Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli border guards in occupied eastern Jerusalem on Wednesday killing two and wounding 14 others.
Tensions have been running high in occupied Jerusalem as Israeli authorities gave a green light to settlers' break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque while continuing to ban Muslims' access to its plazas.
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5 nov 2014
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday two Palestinians for allegedly crossing the border fence east of Gaza Strip.
Hebrew radio claimed that IOF soldiers nabbed yesterday two unarmed Gazans after crossing the security fence east of Gaza in an attempt to find jobs in Israel.
Along the same line, Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies said that the detainee Samir Najar, 43, who was arrested in Gaza during the Israeli latest war on the Strip, is being held under the Unlawful Combatants Law, which allows his detention without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time.
22 Gazans are still held in Israeli jails including five convicted detainees, one of whom is Samir al-Najjar from Khuzaa, a village in southeastern Gaza.
Israel has used the Unlawful Combatants Law to hold Palestinians from Gaza without charge or trial since 2005.
Meanwhile, a young man was arrested overnight in Araba town in Jenin and taken to an unknown destination.
The detainee was nabbed after stopping his car at a makeshift roadblock, eyewitnesses clarified.
In occupied Jerusalem, a 16-year-old boy was kidnapped while on his way to school in Beit Hanin in occupied Jerusalem.
Family sources said that the boy was riding his motorcycle when three unidentified men came out of a nearby car and hit him with a gun on his head before putting him by force in the car.
The boy’s father said that his son was later found thrown in the road and was transferred to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital for treatment.
A coat including a small booklet written in Hebrew was found at the scene of the incident, the sources added.
The boy suffers lung bleeding and neck and back bruises.
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Hebrew radio claimed that IOF soldiers nabbed yesterday two unarmed Gazans after crossing the security fence east of Gaza in an attempt to find jobs in Israel.
Along the same line, Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies said that the detainee Samir Najar, 43, who was arrested in Gaza during the Israeli latest war on the Strip, is being held under the Unlawful Combatants Law, which allows his detention without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time.
22 Gazans are still held in Israeli jails including five convicted detainees, one of whom is Samir al-Najjar from Khuzaa, a village in southeastern Gaza.
Israel has used the Unlawful Combatants Law to hold Palestinians from Gaza without charge or trial since 2005.
Meanwhile, a young man was arrested overnight in Araba town in Jenin and taken to an unknown destination.
The detainee was nabbed after stopping his car at a makeshift roadblock, eyewitnesses clarified.
In occupied Jerusalem, a 16-year-old boy was kidnapped while on his way to school in Beit Hanin in occupied Jerusalem.
Family sources said that the boy was riding his motorcycle when three unidentified men came out of a nearby car and hit him with a gun on his head before putting him by force in the car.
The boy’s father said that his son was later found thrown in the road and was transferred to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital for treatment.
A coat including a small booklet written in Hebrew was found at the scene of the incident, the sources added.
The boy suffers lung bleeding and neck and back bruises.
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Soldiers, Police Officers And Undercover Forces Invade Mosque
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, assaulted the worshipers with concussion grenades, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, and invaded the main mosque within the compound.
The Maan News Agency said dozens of soldiers invaded the yards of the mosque through the al-Magharba Gate and the Chain Gate (Bab as-Silsila) and assaulted dozens of worshipers who managed to reach the mosque yards.
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Islamic Waqf and Endowment in Jerusalem, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Qibli mosque while heavily armed.
Al-Khatib denounced the military desecration of the mosque, and this serious violation, especially since the soldiers violated the sanctity of the mosque, wearing their shoes and carrying their weapons into the house of prayer, in a serious escalation and assault.
Eyewitnesses said clashes took place inside the al-Qibli mosque of Al-Aqsa and that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the worshipers causing several injuries. Two people suffered serious head wounds, and one who was shot in his eye.
Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, but the soldiers prevented them from entering the mosque compound for more than 30 minutes before they decided to allow just one doctor and a nurse to enter.
Initial reports indicate that around 40 Palestinians have been injured.
The soldiers then closed the gates of the al-Qibli mosque with chains and iron bars, and hurled concussion grenades at the mosque guards.
Earlier on Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers prevented all Muslim men below the age of 50 from entering the mosque, and allowed the women through only after withholding their ID cards.
Following dawn prayers, Israel prevented all worshipers, including Waqf Department employees and around 500 Sharia students, from entering the mosque.
The soldiers opened the mosque more than an hour later following extensive talks.
The soldiers also closed all gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, except for Bab Hatta, Bab Al-Majlis (Council Gate) and Bab as-Silsila (Chain Gate).
In related news, dozens of Israeli fanatics invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, amidst extensive police and military deployment, and toured in the area amidst calls for more extensive invasions of the Mosque compound.
Also in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers demolished an under-construction Palestinian home in the at-Tour neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers also kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, and Abu Dis nearby town.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, assaulted the worshipers with concussion grenades, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, and invaded the main mosque within the compound.
The Maan News Agency said dozens of soldiers invaded the yards of the mosque through the al-Magharba Gate and the Chain Gate (Bab as-Silsila) and assaulted dozens of worshipers who managed to reach the mosque yards.
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Islamic Waqf and Endowment in Jerusalem, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Qibli mosque while heavily armed.
Al-Khatib denounced the military desecration of the mosque, and this serious violation, especially since the soldiers violated the sanctity of the mosque, wearing their shoes and carrying their weapons into the house of prayer, in a serious escalation and assault.
Eyewitnesses said clashes took place inside the al-Qibli mosque of Al-Aqsa and that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the worshipers causing several injuries. Two people suffered serious head wounds, and one who was shot in his eye.
Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, but the soldiers prevented them from entering the mosque compound for more than 30 minutes before they decided to allow just one doctor and a nurse to enter.
Initial reports indicate that around 40 Palestinians have been injured.
The soldiers then closed the gates of the al-Qibli mosque with chains and iron bars, and hurled concussion grenades at the mosque guards.
Earlier on Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers prevented all Muslim men below the age of 50 from entering the mosque, and allowed the women through only after withholding their ID cards.
Following dawn prayers, Israel prevented all worshipers, including Waqf Department employees and around 500 Sharia students, from entering the mosque.
The soldiers opened the mosque more than an hour later following extensive talks.
The soldiers also closed all gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, except for Bab Hatta, Bab Al-Majlis (Council Gate) and Bab as-Silsila (Chain Gate).
In related news, dozens of Israeli fanatics invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, amidst extensive police and military deployment, and toured in the area amidst calls for more extensive invasions of the Mosque compound.
Also in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers demolished an under-construction Palestinian home in the at-Tour neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers also kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, and Abu Dis nearby town.
4 nov 2014
The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday morning opened its machinegun
fire at Palestinian homes and agricultural property in the southern side
of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli troops deployed behind the border fence to the east of Qarara district in Khan Younis opened machinegun fire indiscriminately and sporadically at Palestinian neighborhoods and also fired some flashbang grenades.
No Palestinian was injured during the gunfire attack, they noted.
Today's attack was not the first Israeli violation since a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza last August. Israel had already violated the truce several times in Gaza either in its border borders or off its coast.
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Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli troops deployed behind the border fence to the east of Qarara district in Khan Younis opened machinegun fire indiscriminately and sporadically at Palestinian neighborhoods and also fired some flashbang grenades.
No Palestinian was injured during the gunfire attack, they noted.
Today's attack was not the first Israeli violation since a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza last August. Israel had already violated the truce several times in Gaza either in its border borders or off its coast.
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3 nov 2014
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem, when she tried to stop and an extremist member of Knesset (MK) from invading the yards of the mosque accompanied by her armed guards and Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses said the woman, Sahar Natasha, started chanting and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greater) to express her rejection to the invasion and desecration of the mosque, and tried to stop the Israeli MK, Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli, of the “Jewish Home” Party.
An-Natsha was one of many women who tried to stop Shuli and her guards, who were advancing towards the Dome of the Rock, after invading its yards.
Israeli soldiers also imposed further restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and closed all gates before allowing the Israeli MK and her guards into the area.
Eyewitnesses said employees of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, tried to help the woman who was being beaten and arrested, but the army assaulted them, and forced them away.
The kidnapped woman was moved to a police station in the occupied city for interrogation.
The eyewitnesses added that dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque through the al-Magharba Gate, while dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main gates of the mosque before preventing all men below the age of 40 from entering.
They said scores of Palestinians have also been prevented from entering the mosque for dawn prayers, Monday, while the army withheld the ID cards of all older men who were allowed through.
In addition, the soldiers conducted searches in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, and interrogated several worshipers.
Eyewitnesses said the woman, Sahar Natasha, started chanting and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greater) to express her rejection to the invasion and desecration of the mosque, and tried to stop the Israeli MK, Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli, of the “Jewish Home” Party.
An-Natsha was one of many women who tried to stop Shuli and her guards, who were advancing towards the Dome of the Rock, after invading its yards.
Israeli soldiers also imposed further restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and closed all gates before allowing the Israeli MK and her guards into the area.
Eyewitnesses said employees of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, tried to help the woman who was being beaten and arrested, but the army assaulted them, and forced them away.
The kidnapped woman was moved to a police station in the occupied city for interrogation.
The eyewitnesses added that dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque through the al-Magharba Gate, while dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main gates of the mosque before preventing all men below the age of 40 from entering.
They said scores of Palestinians have also been prevented from entering the mosque for dawn prayers, Monday, while the army withheld the ID cards of all older men who were allowed through.
In addition, the soldiers conducted searches in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, and interrogated several worshipers.
Soldiers Demolish Three Homes Near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various communities in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed dozens of homes and ransacked them, and kidnapped at least 19 Palestinians, including children. Army also kidnapped a Palestinian woman in Jenin.
The Palestine TV said the invasion lasted all night long until early morning hours, Monday.
The Israeli army alleged the kidnapped are involved in recent clashes with the soldiers in the occupied city.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed dozens of homes and terrorized the families while violently searching and ransacking their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohannad As’ad, Tawfiq, Waseem Abu Srour, Nour ‘Oleyyan, all from Jabal al-Mokabber, Khaled ‘Oleyyan, Bilal Abu al-Hawa, Baha’ Abu al-Hawa and Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour, Mohammad ‘Obeid from al-‘Eesawiyya, Mohammad Abu Dalu, Zakariyya Harbawi and Mo’taz Kalghasy from Wad al-Jouz, in addition to Mohammad Zaghal Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Dandees, Ahmad ar-Razem and Beesan ‘Oury.
Soldiers also invaded Ras Khamis area, near the Shu’fat refugee camp in the center of Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians; one of them has been identified as Amin al-Joulani.
The army disconnected power lines providing the invaded Palestinian communities with electricity before invading them, and conducted the home invasions, and abductions.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner Mahmoud Jaber from his home, in the Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also on Sunday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman, identified as Hanadi al-Hilwani, as she was leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to keep resident Abdul-Rahman Sharif under interrogation. Sharif is a guard of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped more than 630 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem in four months, and filed charges against nearly 30% of them, while many have been released and confined under house arrest.
Jerusalem has been witnessing daily clashes between the soldiers and Palestinian youths, especially amidst ongoing and escalating invasions carried out by Israeli extremists into the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
In Jenin, several military vehicles invaded the al-Jalama nearby town, on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Abdul-Rahman Sha’ban, 31. Sha’ban is a mother of four children.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Khirbet at-Tawil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished three homes, built by the Palestinians more than a 100 years ago.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army previously demolished several old homes in the same area as part of Israel’s efforts to expand its illegal Jewish-only settlements.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various communities in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed dozens of homes and ransacked them, and kidnapped at least 19 Palestinians, including children. Army also kidnapped a Palestinian woman in Jenin.
The Palestine TV said the invasion lasted all night long until early morning hours, Monday.
The Israeli army alleged the kidnapped are involved in recent clashes with the soldiers in the occupied city.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed dozens of homes and terrorized the families while violently searching and ransacking their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohannad As’ad, Tawfiq, Waseem Abu Srour, Nour ‘Oleyyan, all from Jabal al-Mokabber, Khaled ‘Oleyyan, Bilal Abu al-Hawa, Baha’ Abu al-Hawa and Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour, Mohammad ‘Obeid from al-‘Eesawiyya, Mohammad Abu Dalu, Zakariyya Harbawi and Mo’taz Kalghasy from Wad al-Jouz, in addition to Mohammad Zaghal Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Dandees, Ahmad ar-Razem and Beesan ‘Oury.
Soldiers also invaded Ras Khamis area, near the Shu’fat refugee camp in the center of Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians; one of them has been identified as Amin al-Joulani.
The army disconnected power lines providing the invaded Palestinian communities with electricity before invading them, and conducted the home invasions, and abductions.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner Mahmoud Jaber from his home, in the Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also on Sunday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman, identified as Hanadi al-Hilwani, as she was leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to keep resident Abdul-Rahman Sharif under interrogation. Sharif is a guard of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped more than 630 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem in four months, and filed charges against nearly 30% of them, while many have been released and confined under house arrest.
Jerusalem has been witnessing daily clashes between the soldiers and Palestinian youths, especially amidst ongoing and escalating invasions carried out by Israeli extremists into the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
In Jenin, several military vehicles invaded the al-Jalama nearby town, on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Abdul-Rahman Sha’ban, 31. Sha’ban is a mother of four children.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Khirbet at-Tawil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished three homes, built by the Palestinians more than a 100 years ago.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army previously demolished several old homes in the same area as part of Israel’s efforts to expand its illegal Jewish-only settlements.
2 nov 2014
Today, during a protest at Qalandia checkpoint, an Italian ISM volunteer was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The injury is just two centimetres above her left eye.
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Giulia, the ISMer, stated, “I was just standing on the side of a street, and the military was firing tear gas at the protesters. I was photographing the army when I felt the bullets strike me, one in the head, and another in my leg, and then all I could see was blood.”
At least one other Palestinian teen was hospitalized after being shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
Giulia was immediately transferred to Ramallah Hospital for medical treatment, requiring stitches for her injury.
Approximately 100 people attended the demonstration, where Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear gas canisters, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The protest was called today to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
See 11/2/14 In Memory of the Balfour Declaration: An Ongoing Palestinian Catastrophe
2nd November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah
Giulia, the ISMer, stated, “I was just standing on the side of a street, and the military was firing tear gas at the protesters. I was photographing the army when I felt the bullets strike me, one in the head, and another in my leg, and then all I could see was blood.”
At least one other Palestinian teen was hospitalized after being shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
Giulia was immediately transferred to Ramallah Hospital for medical treatment, requiring stitches for her injury.
Approximately 100 people attended the demonstration, where Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear gas canisters, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The protest was called today to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
See 11/2/14 In Memory of the Balfour Declaration: An Ongoing Palestinian Catastrophe
Medical negligence could cause prisoner to lose sight in one eye
On Sunday, a Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces, during confrontations which erupted at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of Jerusalem.
According to WAFA correspondence, confrontations erupted during a peaceful demonstration organized by popular committees for the defense of al-Aqsa mosque, in light of recently escalating Israeli violations against the mosque.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters towards the demonstration, shooting and injuring many.
Local sources stated that a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot in the thigh with live ammunition, while some15 others were shot and injured by rubber-coated bullets. Dozens others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
No arrests were reported by WAFA.
In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority sent extra security forces to Hebron, in the southern West Bank, on Saturday, just days after it announced that it would be conducting an extensive campaign in the city to arrest "outlaws."
An anonymous Palestinian security source, speaking to Ma'an News Agency, said that the campaign targeted perpetrators of armed robberies, arms and drug trade, shooting, and those who sold Palestinian property and land to Israelis.
"The security arrangements in Hebron are special because large parts of the city -- especially the south -- are still under Israeli security control, and Palestinian security forces are not allowed to operate there," the source said.
"Thus, more than 60 outlaws use it as a shelter to escape from Palestinian security," he added, saying that there was security coordination with Israeli forces in place in order to allow the Palestinian security to work in south Hebron at specific hours.
Some 40 Palestinians were arrested in Hebron in October alone, by Palestinian security forces, he added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) has declared that medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration could cause prisoner Jaber A’wies, detained in Megiddo Israeli prison, to lose sight in his right eye due to severe infections left untreated.
WAFA further reports that, the head of the PPC Rae’d A’amer said, via press release, that A’wies cannot see well with his right eye due to an old injury he sustained from a bullet fired at him by Israeli forces before his March arrest, stressing that A’wies will lose complete vision in his eye if he doesn’t not receive the necessary treatment.
The prisoner’s family has appealed to the relevant parties to intervene and exert pressure on Israeli prison administration to provide their son with the needed treatment, stressing that they are banned from visiting their son for ‘security reasons’.
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, says that the number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has now reached 1,500, of whom 80 are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illnesses and neurological disorders.
On Sunday, a Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces, during confrontations which erupted at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of Jerusalem.
According to WAFA correspondence, confrontations erupted during a peaceful demonstration organized by popular committees for the defense of al-Aqsa mosque, in light of recently escalating Israeli violations against the mosque.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters towards the demonstration, shooting and injuring many.
Local sources stated that a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot in the thigh with live ammunition, while some15 others were shot and injured by rubber-coated bullets. Dozens others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
No arrests were reported by WAFA.
In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority sent extra security forces to Hebron, in the southern West Bank, on Saturday, just days after it announced that it would be conducting an extensive campaign in the city to arrest "outlaws."
An anonymous Palestinian security source, speaking to Ma'an News Agency, said that the campaign targeted perpetrators of armed robberies, arms and drug trade, shooting, and those who sold Palestinian property and land to Israelis.
"The security arrangements in Hebron are special because large parts of the city -- especially the south -- are still under Israeli security control, and Palestinian security forces are not allowed to operate there," the source said.
"Thus, more than 60 outlaws use it as a shelter to escape from Palestinian security," he added, saying that there was security coordination with Israeli forces in place in order to allow the Palestinian security to work in south Hebron at specific hours.
Some 40 Palestinians were arrested in Hebron in October alone, by Palestinian security forces, he added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) has declared that medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration could cause prisoner Jaber A’wies, detained in Megiddo Israeli prison, to lose sight in his right eye due to severe infections left untreated.
WAFA further reports that, the head of the PPC Rae’d A’amer said, via press release, that A’wies cannot see well with his right eye due to an old injury he sustained from a bullet fired at him by Israeli forces before his March arrest, stressing that A’wies will lose complete vision in his eye if he doesn’t not receive the necessary treatment.
The prisoner’s family has appealed to the relevant parties to intervene and exert pressure on Israeli prison administration to provide their son with the needed treatment, stressing that they are banned from visiting their son for ‘security reasons’.
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, says that the number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has now reached 1,500, of whom 80 are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illnesses and neurological disorders.
A round of renewed clashes between the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and a group of Palestinian civilian youths burst out across Occupied Jerusalem on Saturday.
Eye-witnesses said the confrontations spread out to Jerusalem’s neighborhoods of al-Issawiya, Jabal al-Makbar and the Old City.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF targeted the civilian youngsters with heavy barrages of tear gas grenades and sound bombs.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian boy in Bab al-Amoud, one of the main entryways of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Large troops of the Israeli occupation police have been cordoning off the Palestinian neighborhoods in Occupied Jerusalem under pretext of searching for suspected stone-hurlers.
The Israeli occupation apparatuses claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 17-year-old Palestinian child allegedly for having been possibly involved in throwing firecrackers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged all Israeli MKs to soothe tension around al-Aqsa Mosque.
The appeal came at a time when extremist MK Moshe Feiglin threatened to storm Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque in retaliation for Wednesday’s shooting of Israeli fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick.
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Eye-witnesses said the confrontations spread out to Jerusalem’s neighborhoods of al-Issawiya, Jabal al-Makbar and the Old City.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF targeted the civilian youngsters with heavy barrages of tear gas grenades and sound bombs.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian boy in Bab al-Amoud, one of the main entryways of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Large troops of the Israeli occupation police have been cordoning off the Palestinian neighborhoods in Occupied Jerusalem under pretext of searching for suspected stone-hurlers.
The Israeli occupation apparatuses claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 17-year-old Palestinian child allegedly for having been possibly involved in throwing firecrackers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged all Israeli MKs to soothe tension around al-Aqsa Mosque.
The appeal came at a time when extremist MK Moshe Feiglin threatened to storm Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque in retaliation for Wednesday’s shooting of Israeli fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick.
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