30 nov 2014
The Israeli occupation police on Sunday rounded up a number of peaceful Palestinian sit-inners and worshipers inside and around al-Aqsa Mosque at a time when Israeli settler gangs desecrated such an Islamic holy compound.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that the Israeli occupation officers nabbed Palestinian female sit-inner Hanadi al-Halwani and youngster Tamer Shala’ta at the Asbat gate, moments before they dragged them to a nearby police station.
Earlier, on Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation forces came down heavily on a group of young non-violent Muslim worshipers, many among whom had been subjected to meticulous investigation on charges of frequent visits to holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“The Israeli border cops summoned me for interrogation because they found a screwdriver, one of my work kits, in my car,” Mohamed told the PIC.
“The Israeli occupation pushed us, Palestinians, up against the wall. . . . such terror acts . . . will lever dampen our spirits. Our daily visits and sit-ins staged in holy al-Aqsa will never come to an end,” he vowed.
At least 55 Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by troops of Israeli occupation special units and intelligence officers, reportedly stormed Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba gate on Sunday and defiled its courtyards.
One of al-Aqsa’s supervision personnel said the assailers performed a series of provocative rites and recitals, paying no heed to the sentiments of scores of Muslim worshipers who were praying in the Mosque.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that the Israeli occupation officers nabbed Palestinian female sit-inner Hanadi al-Halwani and youngster Tamer Shala’ta at the Asbat gate, moments before they dragged them to a nearby police station.
Earlier, on Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation forces came down heavily on a group of young non-violent Muslim worshipers, many among whom had been subjected to meticulous investigation on charges of frequent visits to holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“The Israeli border cops summoned me for interrogation because they found a screwdriver, one of my work kits, in my car,” Mohamed told the PIC.
“The Israeli occupation pushed us, Palestinians, up against the wall. . . . such terror acts . . . will lever dampen our spirits. Our daily visits and sit-ins staged in holy al-Aqsa will never come to an end,” he vowed.
At least 55 Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by troops of Israeli occupation special units and intelligence officers, reportedly stormed Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba gate on Sunday and defiled its courtyards.
One of al-Aqsa’s supervision personnel said the assailers performed a series of provocative rites and recitals, paying no heed to the sentiments of scores of Muslim worshipers who were praying in the Mosque.
An Israeli gunboat on Saturday evening opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties.
Head of the Gazan fishermen syndicate Nazar Ayyash said that the gunfire attack took place off the northern coast of Gaza, but luckily no one was wounded.
The Israeli navy claimed that the fishermen had been outside the permitted six-mile fishing area, in violation of understandings in this regard reached between the Palestinians and Israelis in their last ceasefire talks in Cairo, Ayyash told Anadolu news agency.
He complained that the Israeli navy boats attack Gaza fishermen within the six nautical miles and obstruct their work almost on a daily basis.
Head of the Gazan fishermen syndicate Nazar Ayyash said that the gunfire attack took place off the northern coast of Gaza, but luckily no one was wounded.
The Israeli navy claimed that the fishermen had been outside the permitted six-mile fishing area, in violation of understandings in this regard reached between the Palestinians and Israelis in their last ceasefire talks in Cairo, Ayyash told Anadolu news agency.
He complained that the Israeli navy boats attack Gaza fishermen within the six nautical miles and obstruct their work almost on a daily basis.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was injured after a number of fanatic Israeli settlers assaulted him at the Light-Rail Station in Bab al-’Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade Al-Aqsa Mosque yards.
Local sources said that around six Israeli settlers assaulted Majdi Majed Najeeb, 26, as he was buying a ticket to board the train, heading for work in West Jerusalem.
The settlers started punching, kicking and beating the young man, before one of them struck him with an iron object, and fled the scene.
Najeeb was moved to the al-Makassed Islamic Hospital in the city suffering various cuts and bruises, especially in his legs.
He said light rail guards witnessed the attack but did not intervene, and allowed the assailants to leave the area.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, in occupied East Jerusalem, and conducted provocative acts against several Muslim worshipers.
Local sources said that dozens of soldiers accompanied nearly 50 settlers, in what was described as a “tour program,” before the settlers started shouting at Muslim worshipers, and demanded the army to remove them.
The soldiers also increased their deployment near the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and withheld the ID cards of dozens of women and young men, before allowing them to enter the mosque.
Local sources said that around six Israeli settlers assaulted Majdi Majed Najeeb, 26, as he was buying a ticket to board the train, heading for work in West Jerusalem.
The settlers started punching, kicking and beating the young man, before one of them struck him with an iron object, and fled the scene.
Najeeb was moved to the al-Makassed Islamic Hospital in the city suffering various cuts and bruises, especially in his legs.
He said light rail guards witnessed the attack but did not intervene, and allowed the assailants to leave the area.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, in occupied East Jerusalem, and conducted provocative acts against several Muslim worshipers.
Local sources said that dozens of soldiers accompanied nearly 50 settlers, in what was described as a “tour program,” before the settlers started shouting at Muslim worshipers, and demanded the army to remove them.
The soldiers also increased their deployment near the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and withheld the ID cards of dozens of women and young men, before allowing them to enter the mosque.
Death To Arabs Graffiti On School Wall
The “Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel” has reported on Saturday at night that its two first-grade classrooms, in the Max Rayne Handed in Hand School in Jerusalem, were burnt and that anti-Arab graffiti was also sprayed on the walls.
It said that firefighters rushed to the school and managed to contain the fire before it spread to other rooms, adding that the two classrooms were badly burnt.
The Israeli fanatics also wrote racist graffiti, including the predominant “death to Arabs” slogan.
On its Facebook page, Hand in Hand said deputy mayor of Jerusalem visited the school after the attack, and described it as an attack aiming at “sabotaging any real cooperation between Jews and Arabs."
Hand in Hand CEO Shuli Dichter said following the attack, “Even if they stain our school walls, they will not succeed in destroying our work.”
Hand in Hand runs five schools with mixed Arab and Jewish students, and teaching the children using both Hebrew and Arabic language, and unlike other Israeli schools, it teaches the children about the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, and the “Israeli independence,” the Maan News Agency said.
On his Twitter account, senior Israeli journalist and author Yossi Melman wrote, “when will the Shin Bet (Internal Security), and the Police understand that Jewish terrorism will cause disaster to the Zionist project?”
Nadia Kinani, principal of Max Rayne School, told Israeli Walla News Agency that the school, parents and students will not be scared as they are doing a great job in this school, adding the attack will not deter the school and families from getting up in the morning and resuming classes.
“The solution is joint livelihood; this attack will not stop us, and we will continue our joint work in this school,” she said, “We will continue our mission in this educational facility along with the patients and students.”
Israeli fanatics are responsible for numerous attacks targeting Palestinian schools, orchards and farmlands, mosques and churches, and even graveyards, in addition to attacks targeting Israeli peace groups, activists and their property.
The “Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel” has reported on Saturday at night that its two first-grade classrooms, in the Max Rayne Handed in Hand School in Jerusalem, were burnt and that anti-Arab graffiti was also sprayed on the walls.
It said that firefighters rushed to the school and managed to contain the fire before it spread to other rooms, adding that the two classrooms were badly burnt.
The Israeli fanatics also wrote racist graffiti, including the predominant “death to Arabs” slogan.
On its Facebook page, Hand in Hand said deputy mayor of Jerusalem visited the school after the attack, and described it as an attack aiming at “sabotaging any real cooperation between Jews and Arabs."
Hand in Hand CEO Shuli Dichter said following the attack, “Even if they stain our school walls, they will not succeed in destroying our work.”
Hand in Hand runs five schools with mixed Arab and Jewish students, and teaching the children using both Hebrew and Arabic language, and unlike other Israeli schools, it teaches the children about the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, and the “Israeli independence,” the Maan News Agency said.
On his Twitter account, senior Israeli journalist and author Yossi Melman wrote, “when will the Shin Bet (Internal Security), and the Police understand that Jewish terrorism will cause disaster to the Zionist project?”
Nadia Kinani, principal of Max Rayne School, told Israeli Walla News Agency that the school, parents and students will not be scared as they are doing a great job in this school, adding the attack will not deter the school and families from getting up in the morning and resuming classes.
“The solution is joint livelihood; this attack will not stop us, and we will continue our joint work in this school,” she said, “We will continue our mission in this educational facility along with the patients and students.”
Israeli fanatics are responsible for numerous attacks targeting Palestinian schools, orchards and farmlands, mosques and churches, and even graveyards, in addition to attacks targeting Israeli peace groups, activists and their property.
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Today in al-Khalil (Hebron) families gathered to stage a peaceful demonstration protesting the continuing closure of the Shuhada checkpoint. The rally consisted of approximately 50 Palestinians, of all ages. The protesters met outside of the closed checkpoint at 1 pm, armed with nothing but Palestinian flags.
29th November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Khalil Team The protest moved towards the checkpoint, as soon as it reached the checkpoint´s outer barrier the soldiers from the other side threw a tear gas grenade and two stun grenades at the dense group of protesters. |
The protesters dispersed immediately, elderly men had to be assisted by other protesters due to tear gas inhalation. Several young Palestinian boys then threw stones at the checkpoint, but were stopped by other protesters.
Video by Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine.
The dispersed demonstrators stayed in the area near the checkpoint after the first aggression by the Israeli occupation forces, but several more tear gas grenades and stun grenades forced the protesters to leave the area completely. Young Palestinian boys then began to throw stones again and clashes broke out. The soldiers responded to the stones with excessive amounts of tear gas and stun grenades. Much of the tear gas was either deployed or drifted into the busy business streets in the Bab a-Zawiya area, effecting hundreds of Palestinians.
An ISM activist present stated afterwards, “They [the Israeli occupation forces] rarely use tear gas at clashes on Fridays where the street is empty. Today they used a lot of gas, even though the streets were full with people minding their own business.”
The clashes continued until 4 pm this afternoon. Many shopkeepers decided to close their shops to protect their goods from the tear gas.
Shuhada checkpoint has been closed for the past 8 days as part of a policy of collective punishment directed at the Palestinians in surrounding neighbourhoods after the checkpoint was burnt during clashes last Friday.
The checkpoint connects Bab a-Zawiya, a neighbourhood in H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian authority control) to Tel Rumeida, an H2 residential area under full Israeli military civil and security control.
For the past days, Israeli soldiers have been denying passage through the checkpoint to Palestinians including children, elderly people and teachers from nearby schools who needed special permission to pass.
Video by Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine.
The dispersed demonstrators stayed in the area near the checkpoint after the first aggression by the Israeli occupation forces, but several more tear gas grenades and stun grenades forced the protesters to leave the area completely. Young Palestinian boys then began to throw stones again and clashes broke out. The soldiers responded to the stones with excessive amounts of tear gas and stun grenades. Much of the tear gas was either deployed or drifted into the busy business streets in the Bab a-Zawiya area, effecting hundreds of Palestinians.
An ISM activist present stated afterwards, “They [the Israeli occupation forces] rarely use tear gas at clashes on Fridays where the street is empty. Today they used a lot of gas, even though the streets were full with people minding their own business.”
The clashes continued until 4 pm this afternoon. Many shopkeepers decided to close their shops to protect their goods from the tear gas.
Shuhada checkpoint has been closed for the past 8 days as part of a policy of collective punishment directed at the Palestinians in surrounding neighbourhoods after the checkpoint was burnt during clashes last Friday.
The checkpoint connects Bab a-Zawiya, a neighbourhood in H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian authority control) to Tel Rumeida, an H2 residential area under full Israeli military civil and security control.
For the past days, Israeli soldiers have been denying passage through the checkpoint to Palestinians including children, elderly people and teachers from nearby schools who needed special permission to pass.
29 nov 2014
A Palestinian boy was seriously wounded in northern Gaza Strip on Saturday evening at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
Local sources quoted medical crews as saying that Mujahid Shurafi, 16, was hit with a bullet in his abdomen in the northern town of Beit Lahia.
They described his condition as serious after the bullet penetrated the boy’s belly.
A young man was moderately wounded on Friday at the hands of IOF soldiers to the east of Jabaliya, north of the Strip.
Local sources quoted medical crews as saying that Mujahid Shurafi, 16, was hit with a bullet in his abdomen in the northern town of Beit Lahia.
They described his condition as serious after the bullet penetrated the boy’s belly.
A young man was moderately wounded on Friday at the hands of IOF soldiers to the east of Jabaliya, north of the Strip.
Turkish president Recep Erdogan condemned the international community
for not paying attention to the state terrorism which the Palestinians
are being exposed to in the Gaza Strip.
"State terrorism being applied to Gaza goes unnoticed," Erdogan said Friday at a joint press conference with Pope Francis, who is on a three-day visit to Turkey.
The Turkish president also criticized the world for ignoring Israel's serious violations at the Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest places, accusing the international community of being passive towards Israel's restrictions on the religious freedoms of Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem.
Erdogan said that the international silence and double standard towards military coups, mass killings, human rights abuses and injustice that happen in some Arab and Muslim countries hurt the soul of Muslim societies and those who believe in justice.
"State terrorism being applied to Gaza goes unnoticed," Erdogan said Friday at a joint press conference with Pope Francis, who is on a three-day visit to Turkey.
The Turkish president also criticized the world for ignoring Israel's serious violations at the Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest places, accusing the international community of being passive towards Israel's restrictions on the religious freedoms of Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem.
Erdogan said that the international silence and double standard towards military coups, mass killings, human rights abuses and injustice that happen in some Arab and Muslim countries hurt the soul of Muslim societies and those who believe in justice.
An Italian solidarity activist was critically injured along with 11 other Palestinians, Friday afternoon, after Israeli forces opened live fire on a protest march in the village of Kafr Qaddum, to the west of Nablus.
Palestinian Minister of Health, Jawad Awwad, told Ma'an News Agency that 30-year-old Italian activist Patrick Corsi was injured after Israeli forces fired several bullets at him, in the stomach and chest.
Awad said that Corsi was in "critical" condition as a result of the shooting, noting that "shooting live fire at the upper part of the bodies of protesters is directly targeting them and is a deliberate attempt at murder."
"Israel does not differentiate between foreign solidarity activists, Palestinians, or even journalists," he added.
"We were standing with a group of Palestinian demonstrators when Patrick was shot. The military had fired three rounds of tear gas, and then a shot rang out and Patrick stumbled back. There was between five and ten minutes from the last tear gas canister fired and the bullet that shot Patrick."
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) confirmed the shooting in a statement, adding that an 18-year-old Palestinian was also shot in the chest with live bullets.
"The Italian activist, known as Patrick, was wearing a yellow high visibility jacket when he was shot," ISM stated.
"He was just standing there, peacefully protesting, wearing a hi-viz jacket, he wasn’t doing anything and they just decided to shoot him," the statement quoted an ISM volunteer at the scene as saying.
According to ISM, 10 Palestinian protesters were also wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to 18-year-old Sami Jumma who was struck by live fire.
"The bullet entered Patrick's chest near a main blood vessel, but thankfully did not puncture it. If God forbid it had, the lengthened journey to the hospital because of the closed road could have cost Patrick his life," ISM media coordinator Ally Cohen was quoted to say.
Due to the Israeli closure of Kafr Qaddum's main road to Nablus, travel time to the nearest hospital is increased to approximately 30 minutes, instead of 10.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum.
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As a result of violent dispersal of a weekly protest march in the village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on Friday, one Palestinian was injured with a tear gas canister while dozens of other Palestinian and international activists suffered from excessive tear-gas inhalation.
The march began at the center of the village, in protest against the Israeli occupation and the separation wall, and in solidarity with Jerusalem and its holy sites.
Israeli forces, however, prevented protesters from marching toward lands that have been confiscated in order to build the separation wall.
Soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear-gas canisters, and stun grenades toward protesters, hitting and injuring sixteen-year-old Muhammad Abu Rahmeh in the leg.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories, of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part, have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Palestinian Minister of Health, Jawad Awwad, told Ma'an News Agency that 30-year-old Italian activist Patrick Corsi was injured after Israeli forces fired several bullets at him, in the stomach and chest.
Awad said that Corsi was in "critical" condition as a result of the shooting, noting that "shooting live fire at the upper part of the bodies of protesters is directly targeting them and is a deliberate attempt at murder."
"Israel does not differentiate between foreign solidarity activists, Palestinians, or even journalists," he added.
"We were standing with a group of Palestinian demonstrators when Patrick was shot. The military had fired three rounds of tear gas, and then a shot rang out and Patrick stumbled back. There was between five and ten minutes from the last tear gas canister fired and the bullet that shot Patrick."
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) confirmed the shooting in a statement, adding that an 18-year-old Palestinian was also shot in the chest with live bullets.
"The Italian activist, known as Patrick, was wearing a yellow high visibility jacket when he was shot," ISM stated.
"He was just standing there, peacefully protesting, wearing a hi-viz jacket, he wasn’t doing anything and they just decided to shoot him," the statement quoted an ISM volunteer at the scene as saying.
According to ISM, 10 Palestinian protesters were also wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to 18-year-old Sami Jumma who was struck by live fire.
"The bullet entered Patrick's chest near a main blood vessel, but thankfully did not puncture it. If God forbid it had, the lengthened journey to the hospital because of the closed road could have cost Patrick his life," ISM media coordinator Ally Cohen was quoted to say.
Due to the Israeli closure of Kafr Qaddum's main road to Nablus, travel time to the nearest hospital is increased to approximately 30 minutes, instead of 10.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum.
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As a result of violent dispersal of a weekly protest march in the village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on Friday, one Palestinian was injured with a tear gas canister while dozens of other Palestinian and international activists suffered from excessive tear-gas inhalation.
The march began at the center of the village, in protest against the Israeli occupation and the separation wall, and in solidarity with Jerusalem and its holy sites.
Israeli forces, however, prevented protesters from marching toward lands that have been confiscated in order to build the separation wall.
Soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear-gas canisters, and stun grenades toward protesters, hitting and injuring sixteen-year-old Muhammad Abu Rahmeh in the leg.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories, of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part, have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
28 nov 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at and wounded a Palestinian youth in northern Gaza on Friday night.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, the health ministry spokesman, said on his Facebook page that a young man in his twenties was hit with a bullet in his thigh in eastern Jabalia.
He said that an ambulance carried the youth to hospital in Beit Lahia for medical treatment.
IOF soldiers almost daily raid borders areas in Gaza amidst random shooting and bulldozing of cultivated land in violation of the truce agreement signed in Cairo on 28 August.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, the health ministry spokesman, said on his Facebook page that a young man in his twenties was hit with a bullet in his thigh in eastern Jabalia.
He said that an ambulance carried the youth to hospital in Beit Lahia for medical treatment.
IOF soldiers almost daily raid borders areas in Gaza amidst random shooting and bulldozing of cultivated land in violation of the truce agreement signed in Cairo on 28 August.
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Israeli forces violently detained and arrested twenty-year-old Palestinian activist Imad Altrash at approximately two o’clock, yesterday, in al-Khalil (Hebron).
28th November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Khalil Team Soldiers accused him of insulting and yelling at them at Shuhada checkpoint. No soldiers claimed that Imad threatened them or behaved violently. On the way to the checkpoint, ISM activists ran through cold and rain as sheets of water poured down the street. Imad stood exposed, standing just behind a cement barricade on the side of the road leading up the |
checkpoint. One of the first things he said was, “I’ve been standing here for two hours.”
Shuhada checkpoint has been closed for the past seven days as part of a policy of collective punishment directed at the Palestinians in surrounding neighbourhoods after the checkpoint was burnt during clashes last Friday. The checkpoint connects Bab a-Zawiya, a neighbourhood in H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian authority) to Tel Rumeida, an H2 residential area under full Israeli military and civil control. Israeli soldiers have been for the past several days denying passage through the checkpoint to Palestinians including children, elderly people and teachers from nearby schools who should have special permission to pass.
Video footage from Human Rights Defenders Palestine shows soldiers violently dragging Imad up the stairs of the checkpoint and holding him in a headlock as they push him around.
After about two hours of detention at the checkpoint, Israeli police took Imad to a nearby police station where he was held for approximately an hour before being released to the Palestinian DCO [District Coordination Office].
Shuhada checkpoint has been closed for the past seven days as part of a policy of collective punishment directed at the Palestinians in surrounding neighbourhoods after the checkpoint was burnt during clashes last Friday. The checkpoint connects Bab a-Zawiya, a neighbourhood in H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian authority) to Tel Rumeida, an H2 residential area under full Israeli military and civil control. Israeli soldiers have been for the past several days denying passage through the checkpoint to Palestinians including children, elderly people and teachers from nearby schools who should have special permission to pass.
Video footage from Human Rights Defenders Palestine shows soldiers violently dragging Imad up the stairs of the checkpoint and holding him in a headlock as they push him around.
After about two hours of detention at the checkpoint, Israeli police took Imad to a nearby police station where he was held for approximately an hour before being released to the Palestinian DCO [District Coordination Office].
Navy targets Gaza fishermen
Israeli forces deployed along the border of the southern Gaza Strip were reported to have opened fired at Palestinian homes and properties in the area, on Friday morning, according to witnesses. In the northwest of Gaza, forces have again fired on Palestinian fishermen.
Soldiers near the Kissufim military base opened fire east of al-Qarrara, located north of Khan Younis, twice early Friday, once after midnight and again later in the morning, witnesses told Ma'an News Agency.
They said the attacks were aimed at Palestinian homes in the area, but that no injuries were reported.
The incident came only hours after Israeli forces fired a tank shell into the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, under the claim that shots had been fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the border.
Although the shell caused no reported injuries, it marked the most serious escalation on the Gaza border since the end of this past summer's conflict in the region that left nearly 2,200 Palestinians dead and over 11,000 injured, the vast majority of them civilians.
Ma'an further reports that, while Hamas has largely abided by the terms of the ceasefire and prevented any rocket fire into Israel, Israeli authorities have been slow to carry out their responsibilities according to the ceasefire, particularly in easing the eight-year old siege on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have repeatedly violated the ceasefire by firing at Palestinians inside Gaza near the border fence as well as at sea, killing one on land and damaging numerous fishing boats.
Fadil Muhammad Halawah, 32, was shot dead on Sunday while hunting birds east of Jabaliya. He was the first Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the signing of the ceasefire. Israeli occupation military boats showered Palestinian fishing boats with machine gun fire, Friday, off As-Sudaneyya shore northwest of Gaza Strip.
It was reported that random fire shots were heard in the area before it was found out that the shots were targeting small rowing boats. No casualties were reported.
Israeli forces deployed along the border of the southern Gaza Strip were reported to have opened fired at Palestinian homes and properties in the area, on Friday morning, according to witnesses. In the northwest of Gaza, forces have again fired on Palestinian fishermen.
Soldiers near the Kissufim military base opened fire east of al-Qarrara, located north of Khan Younis, twice early Friday, once after midnight and again later in the morning, witnesses told Ma'an News Agency.
They said the attacks were aimed at Palestinian homes in the area, but that no injuries were reported.
The incident came only hours after Israeli forces fired a tank shell into the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, under the claim that shots had been fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the border.
Although the shell caused no reported injuries, it marked the most serious escalation on the Gaza border since the end of this past summer's conflict in the region that left nearly 2,200 Palestinians dead and over 11,000 injured, the vast majority of them civilians.
Ma'an further reports that, while Hamas has largely abided by the terms of the ceasefire and prevented any rocket fire into Israel, Israeli authorities have been slow to carry out their responsibilities according to the ceasefire, particularly in easing the eight-year old siege on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have repeatedly violated the ceasefire by firing at Palestinians inside Gaza near the border fence as well as at sea, killing one on land and damaging numerous fishing boats.
Fadil Muhammad Halawah, 32, was shot dead on Sunday while hunting birds east of Jabaliya. He was the first Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the signing of the ceasefire. Israeli occupation military boats showered Palestinian fishing boats with machine gun fire, Friday, off As-Sudaneyya shore northwest of Gaza Strip.
It was reported that random fire shots were heard in the area before it was found out that the shots were targeting small rowing boats. No casualties were reported.
27 nov 2014
A disabled Jerusalemite woman, Nadya al-Maghribi, aged 55, along with her 22-year-old daughter, Amani, were assaulted by Israeli police, Tuesday, upon which the daughter was taken into custody and, subsequently, the mother, while she was attending the daughter's Wednesday court hearing.
WAFA correspondence reports that, earlier on Tuesday, around 10 Israeli policemen intercepted Amani and her diabetic mother as they were leaving their house in occupied East Jerusalem's al-Tur neighborhood (Mount of Olives).
The mother said that one of the officers stuck his foot out and tripped her, causing her to fall to the ground and, when her daughter rushed to help her up, she was severely beaten by police.
The mother reportedly suffers from a partial paralysis in one of her legs, and depends on crutches to help her walk.
Police forces attacked Amani on her head, with the butts of their rifles, while pulling her hair and kicking her in the abdomen with their boots, numerous times, before finally dragging her to their jeep and tearing her clothes.
An attorney with Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said that 55-year-old Nadia Mughrabi was arrested while she was attending the trial for her daughter, who was herself arrested for allegedly attempting to attack one of the policeman.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli police arrested Nehal Gawadreh, 30, while she was visiting her husband, Muammar, who is incarcerated at Eshel prison, in Beersheba.
Muammar was released during the Shalit prisoner swap exchange of 2011, but was arrested again last June, following the alleged kidnapping of three settlers who went missing, on June 12, and were later found dead near the spot from which they had originally went missing, near Hebron.
WAFA correspondence reports that, earlier on Tuesday, around 10 Israeli policemen intercepted Amani and her diabetic mother as they were leaving their house in occupied East Jerusalem's al-Tur neighborhood (Mount of Olives).
The mother said that one of the officers stuck his foot out and tripped her, causing her to fall to the ground and, when her daughter rushed to help her up, she was severely beaten by police.
The mother reportedly suffers from a partial paralysis in one of her legs, and depends on crutches to help her walk.
Police forces attacked Amani on her head, with the butts of their rifles, while pulling her hair and kicking her in the abdomen with their boots, numerous times, before finally dragging her to their jeep and tearing her clothes.
An attorney with Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said that 55-year-old Nadia Mughrabi was arrested while she was attending the trial for her daughter, who was herself arrested for allegedly attempting to attack one of the policeman.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli police arrested Nehal Gawadreh, 30, while she was visiting her husband, Muammar, who is incarcerated at Eshel prison, in Beersheba.
Muammar was released during the Shalit prisoner swap exchange of 2011, but was arrested again last June, following the alleged kidnapping of three settlers who went missing, on June 12, and were later found dead near the spot from which they had originally went missing, near Hebron.