31 oct 2013
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, member of Hamas Political Bureau, stated that the Israelis Escalated incitement and threats against Hamas will not succeed to break the movement's will and determination. In a statement published on his Facebook page, Abu Marzouk said that the Israeli occupation has filed a complaint against Hamas with UN Security Council, in addition to bombing the Gaza Strip a few days ago. The U.S. ambassador to "Israel" has visited the tunnel discovered running across Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.
He pointed out to the Israeli escalated raids and arrests against Palestinian journalists, MPs, university students, in addition to the Israeli continued incitement against Hamas in Gaza as a prelude to launch a fierce aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Despite these incitements and threats, Hamas will remain faithful to the blood of martyrs and the resistance option till the liberation of all of Palestine, he stressed.
Israeli media outlets and internal and external political forums started an incitement campaign against Hamas movement as a prelude to launch an aggression against Gaza.
Israeli military sources claimed in a report that Gaza resistance groups are building their strength in preparation for next conflict in light of the Egyptian restrictions on the strip and the financial crisis experienced by the movement, saying that "firing more Palestinian rockets will accelerate an Israeli aggression on Gaza to avoid more Israeli victims south of occupied territories."
The next war between Israel and Hamas will be different. The Islamist group currently has only a number of M-75 rockets in its possession, but production is continuing at a fast pace, the Israeli military sources claimed.
“The Islamist group is building its strength in preparation for future conflicts with Israel. Its goal is to keep these wars as short as possible,” the sources added.
He pointed out to the Israeli escalated raids and arrests against Palestinian journalists, MPs, university students, in addition to the Israeli continued incitement against Hamas in Gaza as a prelude to launch a fierce aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Despite these incitements and threats, Hamas will remain faithful to the blood of martyrs and the resistance option till the liberation of all of Palestine, he stressed.
Israeli media outlets and internal and external political forums started an incitement campaign against Hamas movement as a prelude to launch an aggression against Gaza.
Israeli military sources claimed in a report that Gaza resistance groups are building their strength in preparation for next conflict in light of the Egyptian restrictions on the strip and the financial crisis experienced by the movement, saying that "firing more Palestinian rockets will accelerate an Israeli aggression on Gaza to avoid more Israeli victims south of occupied territories."
The next war between Israel and Hamas will be different. The Islamist group currently has only a number of M-75 rockets in its possession, but production is continuing at a fast pace, the Israeli military sources claimed.
“The Islamist group is building its strength in preparation for future conflicts with Israel. Its goal is to keep these wars as short as possible,” the sources added.
Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed Nabi Yusuf tomb to the east of Nablus city at dawn Thursday and performed rituals. The settlers arrived to the scene in eight buses escorted by 20 army jeeps that secured the area for the settlers in coordination with PA security forces.
The IOF soldiers fired sound bombs for hours before arrival of the settlers and raided nearby suburbs and refugee camps and clashed with young men, who tried to confront the settlers’ repeated storming of the site.
Inhabitants said that the settlers along with the army soldiers retreated by the early morning hours from the site toward the nearby Elon Moreh settlement.
The IOF soldiers fired sound bombs for hours before arrival of the settlers and raided nearby suburbs and refugee camps and clashed with young men, who tried to confront the settlers’ repeated storming of the site.
Inhabitants said that the settlers along with the army soldiers retreated by the early morning hours from the site toward the nearby Elon Moreh settlement.
In an excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed on Thursday morning, a Palestinian civilian in Qabatya village, southeast of the northern West Bank town of Jenin,Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said in a press release.
According to investigation conducted by the PCHR, at approximately 01:00 on Thursday, 31 October 2013, Israeli force moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They stationed in the eastern part of the village. They raided a house belonging to the family of Emad Shawkat Kmail, 30, and arrested him. They then moved towards the western part of the village. There, they raided a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians: Rassem Tawfiq Khzaimiya, 60; Mo'men Saba'na, 23; and Ayman Abdul Rahman Abu al-Rub, 28.
At approximately 05:00, while Israeli forces were withdrawing from the village taking the detainees, a number of young men gathered at the western entrance of the village. They blocked it with iron barriers and set fire to tires. When Israeli forces passed by the area, the young men threw stones and empty bottles at them. Immediately, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the young men. They then fired live ammunition directly at the young men. As a result, Ahmed Emad Youseg Tazaz'a, 22, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the heart. He was immediately evacuated to al-Razi Hospital in Jernn, but medical efforts to save his life failed. He was pronounced dead at approximately 06:00.
PCHR is deeply concerned over this crime, which further proves the use of excessive force by Israeli forces against the Palestinian civilians in disregard for the civilians' lives. Therefore, PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate and effective actions to put an end to such crimes and reiterates its call for the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their obligation under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention. These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions.
According to investigation conducted by the PCHR, at approximately 01:00 on Thursday, 31 October 2013, Israeli force moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They stationed in the eastern part of the village. They raided a house belonging to the family of Emad Shawkat Kmail, 30, and arrested him. They then moved towards the western part of the village. There, they raided a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians: Rassem Tawfiq Khzaimiya, 60; Mo'men Saba'na, 23; and Ayman Abdul Rahman Abu al-Rub, 28.
At approximately 05:00, while Israeli forces were withdrawing from the village taking the detainees, a number of young men gathered at the western entrance of the village. They blocked it with iron barriers and set fire to tires. When Israeli forces passed by the area, the young men threw stones and empty bottles at them. Immediately, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the young men. They then fired live ammunition directly at the young men. As a result, Ahmed Emad Youseg Tazaz'a, 22, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the heart. He was immediately evacuated to al-Razi Hospital in Jernn, but medical efforts to save his life failed. He was pronounced dead at approximately 06:00.
PCHR is deeply concerned over this crime, which further proves the use of excessive force by Israeli forces against the Palestinian civilians in disregard for the civilians' lives. Therefore, PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate and effective actions to put an end to such crimes and reiterates its call for the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their obligation under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention. These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and killed one Palestinian, and kidnapped four others.
Local sources told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that Ahmad Imad Tazaz’a, 22 years of age, was shot by a live round in the heart during clashes with the invading soldiers.
Tazaz’a was moved to the Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin before being moved to the Khalil Suleiman Hospital due to the seriousness of his condition. He was pronounced dead at approximately six in the morning.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into and violently searched dozens of homes causing property damage, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The four have been identified as Rasem Khzeimiyya, 58, Mo’men Saba’na, 23, Ayman Abdul-Rahman Abu Ar-Rob, 27, and Imad Shawkat zakarna.
Also on Thursday, soldiers invaded the Al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinian youths.
Soldiers also invaded Bethlehem, and kidnapped two Palestinians; one in the city and one in the Deheisha refugee camp.
Local sources told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that Ahmad Imad Tazaz’a, 22 years of age, was shot by a live round in the heart during clashes with the invading soldiers.
Tazaz’a was moved to the Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin before being moved to the Khalil Suleiman Hospital due to the seriousness of his condition. He was pronounced dead at approximately six in the morning.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into and violently searched dozens of homes causing property damage, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The four have been identified as Rasem Khzeimiyya, 58, Mo’men Saba’na, 23, Ayman Abdul-Rahman Abu Ar-Rob, 27, and Imad Shawkat zakarna.
Also on Thursday, soldiers invaded the Al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinian youths.
Soldiers also invaded Bethlehem, and kidnapped two Palestinians; one in the city and one in the Deheisha refugee camp.
30 oct 2013
The Palestinian government condemned the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip on Monday, and said: “these raids prove that the occupation is continuing its hostile policies against the Strip through the military actions and siege." The government urged in a statement after its weekly meeting on Tuesday the international community to immediately intervene to stop such serious violations that endanger the lives of citizens.
It condemned the campaign of arrests carried out by the Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, which aims to put restrictions on Hamas movement and impede its role in serving the Palestinian people and their cause.
Gaza government strongly condemned the escalation of the campaigns of arrests that target the Palestinian students, leaders and MPs in the West Bank.
It has also warned of the seriousness of the occupation settlement escalatory steps in the West Bank, pointing to the occupation’s intention to build 1,500 settlement units, and urged Fatah to put an end to the futile negotiations.
The government welcomed the release of the Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, and called for working on releasing all the detainees by all available means and for adhering to the Palestinian constants and rights.
It expressed its deep concern about the increasing violations against the Palestinian refugees in Syria and called for stopping these serious violations, respecting the rights of refugees and providing them with all forms of protection.
It condemned the campaign of arrests carried out by the Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, which aims to put restrictions on Hamas movement and impede its role in serving the Palestinian people and their cause.
Gaza government strongly condemned the escalation of the campaigns of arrests that target the Palestinian students, leaders and MPs in the West Bank.
It has also warned of the seriousness of the occupation settlement escalatory steps in the West Bank, pointing to the occupation’s intention to build 1,500 settlement units, and urged Fatah to put an end to the futile negotiations.
The government welcomed the release of the Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, and called for working on releasing all the detainees by all available means and for adhering to the Palestinian constants and rights.
It expressed its deep concern about the increasing violations against the Palestinian refugees in Syria and called for stopping these serious violations, respecting the rights of refugees and providing them with all forms of protection.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided two areas in Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning and bulldozed cultivated land lots. Palestinian security sources said in a press statement that IOF soldiers advanced into eastern Gaza city and east of Beit Hanun in northern Gaza at the same time.
A field observer said that IOF soldiers advanced 300 meters in agricultural land east of Gaza city and escorted bulldozers that leveled land.
A similar IOF force entered northern Gaza and bulldozed cultivated land.
The incident is the latest of a series of violations of the calm agreement between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza signed in November last year.
A field observer said that IOF soldiers advanced 300 meters in agricultural land east of Gaza city and escorted bulldozers that leveled land.
A similar IOF force entered northern Gaza and bulldozed cultivated land.
The incident is the latest of a series of violations of the calm agreement between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza signed in November last year.
29 oct 2013
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Ahmad Riyad Sabbah, 17, is treated for injuries from clashes in Tuqu, near Bethlehem, on Oct. 29, 2013
A young Palestinian man was shot and injured Tuesday evening after fierce clashes broke out between Israeli troops and young men in the village of Tuqu east of Bethlehem. A Ma'an reporter said that 17-year-old Ahmad Riyad Sabbah was hit by a gunshot to the back. He was evacuated to the Bethlehem Arab Society Hospital in Beit Jala. Medics say he is in a stable condition. Israeli military vehicles stormed the village firing gunshots, rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters after a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a settler bus traveling on the main road in the village. |
Witnesses said the front of the bus caught fire.
The driver continued to travel despite the fire until he reached the main entrance to the nearby Teqoa settlement. Israeli forces immediately shut down the main road before they stormed the Palestinian village.
Soldiers started a manhunt in olive fields near the road where the bus was attacked.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the Molotov attack and said forces were searching the area. The official said Israeli forces were using "riot-dispersal means" against the villagers.
She said the army was investigating claims that a Palestinian was shot.
Earlier, dozens of settlers demonstrated near the main crossroad leading to Teqoa protesting increasing attacks with rocks and fire bombs against their cars and buses as they travel near Palestinian villages east of Bethlehem.
They pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones after they blocked the road for more than two hours.
The settlements in the area were illegally built on private Palestinian land.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
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.
The driver continued to travel despite the fire until he reached the main entrance to the nearby Teqoa settlement. Israeli forces immediately shut down the main road before they stormed the Palestinian village.
Soldiers started a manhunt in olive fields near the road where the bus was attacked.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the Molotov attack and said forces were searching the area. The official said Israeli forces were using "riot-dispersal means" against the villagers.
She said the army was investigating claims that a Palestinian was shot.
Earlier, dozens of settlers demonstrated near the main crossroad leading to Teqoa protesting increasing attacks with rocks and fire bombs against their cars and buses as they travel near Palestinian villages east of Bethlehem.
They pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones after they blocked the road for more than two hours.
The settlements in the area were illegally built on private Palestinian land.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
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.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, filed a complaint on Monday with the UN Security Council, over rockets fired from Gaza Strip at southern Israel, Israel Radio reported Tuesday.
In his complaint, Prosor said that Hamas movement continues to target Israel, the same time the latter is working to promote peace, adding that Hamas proves time and time again that it's not committing to peace, and that it's only commitment is to terrorism.
Prosor added that Hamas uses the construction materials that Israel allows into Gaza to build tunnels.
It's worth mentioning that an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle has fired a missile into the north of the coastal enclave on Monday.
Hamas security sources said the attack targeted a Hamas military training post in northern Gaza City on Monday. No damage or injuries were reported.
In his complaint, Prosor said that Hamas movement continues to target Israel, the same time the latter is working to promote peace, adding that Hamas proves time and time again that it's not committing to peace, and that it's only commitment is to terrorism.
Prosor added that Hamas uses the construction materials that Israel allows into Gaza to build tunnels.
It's worth mentioning that an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle has fired a missile into the north of the coastal enclave on Monday.
Hamas security sources said the attack targeted a Hamas military training post in northern Gaza City on Monday. No damage or injuries were reported.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza warned that the Israeli escalation against the Gaza Strip constitutes a real threat to the health and humanitarian services provided for the Palestinian people. This came after Israeli forces targeted on Monday morning an area near a primary school and terrorized the pupils.
The Ministry spokesman Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra stressed in a statement that the continuation of such repeated Israeli follies which target the residential areas increases the number of wounded.
Al-Qidra expressed his deep concern about this dangerous escalation which coincides with the tightening of the blockade and the closure of the crossings.
He pointed out that the health sector in the Gaza Strip is experiencing shortages of 30% of medicines and about 50% of medical disposables. He said this will have serious repercussions on the health services in light of the repeated closures of the Rafah crossing for the fifth month which deprived the patients in the Gaza Strip from medicines, and medical aids.
The Ministry spokesman stressed that the Ministry of Health is working according to the announced plan in managing the crisis and is struggling to keep the health sector able to meet the needs of the hospitals and health care centers.
He also urged the international humanitarian institutions to shoulder their responsibilities in providing the health sector with the necessary medicines, medical disposables and fuel to ensure the continuation of health service delivery for nearly 1.8 million people who are living in the Gaza Strip and who are subjected to a systematic policy of racial discrimination by occupation leaders.
Al-Qidra called on the international community and the free world to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its repeated attacks on the Gaza Strip, open the crossings and lift the illegal and inhumane siege that has continued for the seventh year unabated.
He also called on the Arab Republic of Egypt to immediately open Rafah crossing in both directions and stop the demolition of tunnels.
The Ministry spokesman Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra stressed in a statement that the continuation of such repeated Israeli follies which target the residential areas increases the number of wounded.
Al-Qidra expressed his deep concern about this dangerous escalation which coincides with the tightening of the blockade and the closure of the crossings.
He pointed out that the health sector in the Gaza Strip is experiencing shortages of 30% of medicines and about 50% of medical disposables. He said this will have serious repercussions on the health services in light of the repeated closures of the Rafah crossing for the fifth month which deprived the patients in the Gaza Strip from medicines, and medical aids.
The Ministry spokesman stressed that the Ministry of Health is working according to the announced plan in managing the crisis and is struggling to keep the health sector able to meet the needs of the hospitals and health care centers.
He also urged the international humanitarian institutions to shoulder their responsibilities in providing the health sector with the necessary medicines, medical disposables and fuel to ensure the continuation of health service delivery for nearly 1.8 million people who are living in the Gaza Strip and who are subjected to a systematic policy of racial discrimination by occupation leaders.
Al-Qidra called on the international community and the free world to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its repeated attacks on the Gaza Strip, open the crossings and lift the illegal and inhumane siege that has continued for the seventh year unabated.
He also called on the Arab Republic of Egypt to immediately open Rafah crossing in both directions and stop the demolition of tunnels.
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On the morning of Monday, 28 October, the Israeli air forces bombed agricultural land in the north of Gaza City.
The airstrike took place at 9:25 am. An F-16 fighter jet bombed an area planted with olive trees on Mukhabarat Street, near Soudanya. The bombing created a huge crater. The land belongs to the Shohaber family, which produces oil from the olive trees. The family also owns a trucking company that transports materials from the Karem Shalom checkpoint into the Gaza Strip. |
Hazem Shohaber, owner of the land, told me his house was damaged in the bombing. His family has only lived in the new home for three months.
“I was sitting behind the wall around the yard when the bombing took place,” Hazem said. “I was shocked. I was not able to do anything. Thank God my children were not on the land. They were in school. They usually play here.”
Hazem has three sons and three young daughters who were in school at the time of the bombing. The explosion cracked the walls of his house. All its windows, as well as those of adjacent buildings, shattered.
A few meters away from the bomb site is a primary school for girls.
“The girls were in class,” Hazem said. “They fled. The situation was terrible. Teachers could not calm them. The ambulances came. Everyone feared that children had died in the explosion.”
A few meters away from the bomb site is a primary school for girls.
“The girls were in class,” Hazem said. “They fled. The situation was terrible. Teachers could not calm them. The ambulances came. Everyone feared that children had died in the explosion .”
Hazem’s wife offers a cup of coffee. His daughter, Farah, age six, hides under the table, looking shocked. Who knows how many other children will do the same today?
The ceasefire of 21 November 2012 established that the Israeli military forces should “refrain from hitting residents in areas along the border” and “cease hostilities in the Gaza Strip by land, by sea and by air, including raids and targeted killings.”
But Israeli military attacks by land and sea have followed from the day after the ceasefire,, and Israeli warplanes constantly fly over the Gaza Strip. In areas by the Israel-imposed “buffer zone,”Israeli forces have killed seven civilians since the end of the “Pillar of Defense” military offensive. At least 124 others have been wounded.
These attacks against the civilian population of Gaza continue, but are met only with silence by the international community.
“I was sitting behind the wall around the yard when the bombing took place,” Hazem said. “I was shocked. I was not able to do anything. Thank God my children were not on the land. They were in school. They usually play here.”
Hazem has three sons and three young daughters who were in school at the time of the bombing. The explosion cracked the walls of his house. All its windows, as well as those of adjacent buildings, shattered.
A few meters away from the bomb site is a primary school for girls.
“The girls were in class,” Hazem said. “They fled. The situation was terrible. Teachers could not calm them. The ambulances came. Everyone feared that children had died in the explosion.”
A few meters away from the bomb site is a primary school for girls.
“The girls were in class,” Hazem said. “They fled. The situation was terrible. Teachers could not calm them. The ambulances came. Everyone feared that children had died in the explosion .”
Hazem’s wife offers a cup of coffee. His daughter, Farah, age six, hides under the table, looking shocked. Who knows how many other children will do the same today?
The ceasefire of 21 November 2012 established that the Israeli military forces should “refrain from hitting residents in areas along the border” and “cease hostilities in the Gaza Strip by land, by sea and by air, including raids and targeted killings.”
But Israeli military attacks by land and sea have followed from the day after the ceasefire,, and Israeli warplanes constantly fly over the Gaza Strip. In areas by the Israel-imposed “buffer zone,”Israeli forces have killed seven civilians since the end of the “Pillar of Defense” military offensive. At least 124 others have been wounded.
These attacks against the civilian population of Gaza continue, but are met only with silence by the international community.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the African suburb in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and beat up protesting inhabitants. Nasser Qaws, director of the Palestinian prisoner’s society in Jerusalem and an inhabitant in the suburb, said that large numbers of IOF soldiers broke into the suburb and tried to arrest one of its inhabitants.
He said that clashes erupted between the soldiers and the inhabitants, adding that the soldiers sprayed pepper gas on inhabitants including women and children.
Qaws said that the soldiers broke into several homes before arresting Muyad Salayme, who was severely beaten on his arrest.
He said that clashes erupted between the soldiers and the inhabitants, adding that the soldiers sprayed pepper gas on inhabitants including women and children.
Qaws said that the soldiers broke into several homes before arresting Muyad Salayme, who was severely beaten on his arrest.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided two villages west of Jenin on Tuesday morning and fired teargas at citizens including students heading to their schools. Locals said that IOF soldiers raided the villages of Yamun and Seelat Al-Harithiya since the early morning hours, set up roadblocks in down town and fired teargas at school students, who were treated on the field for gas suffocation.
They said that teachers and citizens were also treated for breathing problems.
They said that teachers and citizens were also treated for breathing problems.
Uncover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped a member of the Islamic Jihad Movement, in Beit Leqia town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The man is a friend of a Palestinian who was recently killed by the army.
Eyewitnesses said that the undercover soldiers abducted Mohammad Saleh Bader, 24, from a store run by his family in the town.
They said the soldiers, driving a civilian car carrying an Israeli license plate, stopped in front of the store for approximately seven minutes, before a number of undercover soldiers jumped out, kidnapped Bader, and drove away.
The soldiers also confiscated Bader’s mobile phone and laptop.
The soldiers violently attacked him, and repeatedly beat him before forcing him into their car and driving away.
He previously spent 4.5 years in Israeli prisons, and is a known member of the Islamic Jihad. He currently studies English at the Birzeit University near Ramallah.
Local sources said that Bader is a close friend of Mohammad ‘Aasy, 24, a member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad who was killed, on Tuesday at dawn, October 22, during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers in Kufur Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah.
Soldiers surrounded a cave where ‘Aasy was kidding, and he exchanged fire with them until they shot him dead.
Eyewitnesses said that the undercover soldiers abducted Mohammad Saleh Bader, 24, from a store run by his family in the town.
They said the soldiers, driving a civilian car carrying an Israeli license plate, stopped in front of the store for approximately seven minutes, before a number of undercover soldiers jumped out, kidnapped Bader, and drove away.
The soldiers also confiscated Bader’s mobile phone and laptop.
The soldiers violently attacked him, and repeatedly beat him before forcing him into their car and driving away.
He previously spent 4.5 years in Israeli prisons, and is a known member of the Islamic Jihad. He currently studies English at the Birzeit University near Ramallah.
Local sources said that Bader is a close friend of Mohammad ‘Aasy, 24, a member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad who was killed, on Tuesday at dawn, October 22, during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers in Kufur Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah.
Soldiers surrounded a cave where ‘Aasy was kidding, and he exchanged fire with them until they shot him dead.
28 oct 2013
File - Israeli Strike, Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired at least one missile at an area behind the Al-Maqousy towers, close to an elementary school, northwest of Gaza city. Dr. Bassem Al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that several students suffered anxiety attacks due to the shelling.
He added that local medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene, and searched the area for potential casualties.
Furthermore, the Hamas-run security forces in Gaza, evicted their centers, and called on Palestinian security personnel to stay alert for possible further attacks.
On his part, Israeli Military spokesperson, Avichai Adraee, claimed the shelling targeted two areas in northern Gaza, allegedly used as launching pads for homemade shells.
On his twitter account, Adraee said that Israel would act against any faction or group that “seeks to harm Israel and its citizens”.
The Israeli Military claimed that resistance fighters in Gaza fired four shells, on Monday at dawn, targeting Asqalan (Ashkelon), in the southern part of the country.
Israeli Channel 10 has also reported that three shells, fired from Gaza, landed in open areas, and that the Iron Dome System intercepted the fourth. No injuries have been reported; the army also scouted the country searching for shells.
Israeli warplane raids Gaza
An Israeli air raid targeted a deserted area to the north west of Gaza city on Monday morning. Local sources told the PIC reporter that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at an uninhabited area near Mawkusi towers and caused a deep hole but no casualties were reported.
The Israeli occupation forces had recently escalated attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip especially incursions and shelling targeting the eastern areas of the enclave.
Hamas warns Israel against attacking Gaza, calls for Islamic action
Hamas movement said that the Israeli raid on Gaza on Monday morning was an escalation meant to terrorize innocent civilians. Hamas held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) fully responsible for any consequences to its escalation.
Hamas warned of an Israeli exploitation of the Arab events and the negotiations and security coordination with Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to attack Gaza, adding that the IOA would not succeed in its schemes.
The movement, in a separate statement on Monday, asked UNESCO, Arab League, and the organization of Islamic Cooperation to assume their duties in protecting Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.
It said that the IOA was intensifying its crimes and Judaization campaigns against Jerusalem, the Aqsa Mosque, and historical Islamic landmarks.
Commenting on the IOA plans to turn an historical Islamic site into a Jewish ritual bath for women, Hamas said that the desperate attempt to wipe out Islamic sites and impose new de facto situation would not succeed.
Hamas said that the Palestinian masses would confront any such attempt and would not allow it to materialize.
The Israeli Air Force fired at least one missile at an area behind the Al-Maqousy towers, close to an elementary school, northwest of Gaza city. Dr. Bassem Al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that several students suffered anxiety attacks due to the shelling.
He added that local medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene, and searched the area for potential casualties.
Furthermore, the Hamas-run security forces in Gaza, evicted their centers, and called on Palestinian security personnel to stay alert for possible further attacks.
On his part, Israeli Military spokesperson, Avichai Adraee, claimed the shelling targeted two areas in northern Gaza, allegedly used as launching pads for homemade shells.
On his twitter account, Adraee said that Israel would act against any faction or group that “seeks to harm Israel and its citizens”.
The Israeli Military claimed that resistance fighters in Gaza fired four shells, on Monday at dawn, targeting Asqalan (Ashkelon), in the southern part of the country.
Israeli Channel 10 has also reported that three shells, fired from Gaza, landed in open areas, and that the Iron Dome System intercepted the fourth. No injuries have been reported; the army also scouted the country searching for shells.
Israeli warplane raids Gaza
An Israeli air raid targeted a deserted area to the north west of Gaza city on Monday morning. Local sources told the PIC reporter that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at an uninhabited area near Mawkusi towers and caused a deep hole but no casualties were reported.
The Israeli occupation forces had recently escalated attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip especially incursions and shelling targeting the eastern areas of the enclave.
Hamas warns Israel against attacking Gaza, calls for Islamic action
Hamas movement said that the Israeli raid on Gaza on Monday morning was an escalation meant to terrorize innocent civilians. Hamas held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) fully responsible for any consequences to its escalation.
Hamas warned of an Israeli exploitation of the Arab events and the negotiations and security coordination with Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to attack Gaza, adding that the IOA would not succeed in its schemes.
The movement, in a separate statement on Monday, asked UNESCO, Arab League, and the organization of Islamic Cooperation to assume their duties in protecting Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.
It said that the IOA was intensifying its crimes and Judaization campaigns against Jerusalem, the Aqsa Mosque, and historical Islamic landmarks.
Commenting on the IOA plans to turn an historical Islamic site into a Jewish ritual bath for women, Hamas said that the desperate attempt to wipe out Islamic sites and impose new de facto situation would not succeed.
Hamas said that the Palestinian masses would confront any such attempt and would not allow it to materialize.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters at Palestinian homes in Arub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil, on Monday prompting young men in the camp to throw stones at them. Local sources told the PIC reporter that many Palestinians were hurt in the IOF firing of teargas especially those in houses near to the main street.
They said that the soldiers were deployed along the main road and near the military watchtower in the area.
In another incident, IOF soldiers glued a demolition order on the walls of a mosque east of Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, that is still under construction.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers also served a demolition notification to owner of a house in the same hamlet.
IOF soldiers systematically harass inhabitants east of Yatta in the hope of forcing them to abandon their native towns and allow more settlement activity in the area.
They said that the soldiers were deployed along the main road and near the military watchtower in the area.
In another incident, IOF soldiers glued a demolition order on the walls of a mosque east of Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, that is still under construction.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers also served a demolition notification to owner of a house in the same hamlet.
IOF soldiers systematically harass inhabitants east of Yatta in the hope of forcing them to abandon their native towns and allow more settlement activity in the area.
Local sources have reported [Monday October 28, 2013] that a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man in his own land, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before settlement guards kidnapped him instead of removing the settlers.
The sources said that the settlers violently attacked Mohammad Qabha, 45 years of age, striking him repeatedly to different part of his body causing various injuries.
Qabha is from Sinjil village, near Ramallah; the settlers came from Maale Labouna illegal settlement south of Nablus.
Settlement guards then kidnapped the man and took him into the illegal settlement.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 23 Palestinians before taking them to different interrogation and detention facilities.
The sources said that the settlers violently attacked Mohammad Qabha, 45 years of age, striking him repeatedly to different part of his body causing various injuries.
Qabha is from Sinjil village, near Ramallah; the settlers came from Maale Labouna illegal settlement south of Nablus.
Settlement guards then kidnapped the man and took him into the illegal settlement.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 23 Palestinians before taking them to different interrogation and detention facilities.
27 oct 2013
A number of extremist Israeli settlers, burnt dozens of Palestinian olive saplings, and trees, that belong to residents of the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Local sources have reported that a group of settlers of the Efrat settlement, built on lands illegally confiscated from the villagers, invaded the orchards, burnt approximately 80 olive saplings, in addition to nearly 20 trees (almond, apricot, peach trees).
The settlers took most of the uprooted trees and saplings with them back into the settlement, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Settlers recently cut 100 olive trees in Qaryouth village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The village suffers ongoing violations and attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The attacks are part of escalating assaults carried out by extremist settler groups against the Palestinians, their lands and property.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers attacked and violently beat a Palestinian day laborer, near the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem.
Medical sources said that Imad Mohammad Al-Jundy, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, was attacked as he was attempting to go to work inside the Green Line.
Local sources have reported that a group of settlers of the Efrat settlement, built on lands illegally confiscated from the villagers, invaded the orchards, burnt approximately 80 olive saplings, in addition to nearly 20 trees (almond, apricot, peach trees).
The settlers took most of the uprooted trees and saplings with them back into the settlement, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Settlers recently cut 100 olive trees in Qaryouth village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The village suffers ongoing violations and attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The attacks are part of escalating assaults carried out by extremist settler groups against the Palestinians, their lands and property.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers attacked and violently beat a Palestinian day laborer, near the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem.
Medical sources said that Imad Mohammad Al-Jundy, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, was attacked as he was attempting to go to work inside the Green Line.
A number of citizens were treated for teargas inhalation in Yabad village, south of Jenin, after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at protesting citizens at dawn Sunday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers have been occupying the second story of a house in the village for the past three days and were firing from it bullets and teargas at any citizen approaching it.
They said that the citizens were provoked at the act and attacked the soldiers with stones, adding that reinforcements were summoned to quell the protest.
The sources noted that a number of citizens’ cars and property were damaged in the IOF shooting.
Yabad village has been under IOF attacks and harassment since last Friday when a homemade firebomb was tossed at a settlers’ bus near the village.
They said that the citizens were provoked at the act and attacked the soldiers with stones, adding that reinforcements were summoned to quell the protest.
The sources noted that a number of citizens’ cars and property were damaged in the IOF shooting.
Yabad village has been under IOF attacks and harassment since last Friday when a homemade firebomb was tossed at a settlers’ bus near the village.
A Palestinian famer was injured afternoon Saturday when Jewish settlers attacked him while tending to his land near Ramallah. Local sources said that settlers from a settlement near to Mughir village, north east of Ramallah, attacked the farmer Yasser Nasan while collecting olives in his land, which is near to the settlement.
They said that Nasan was taken to hospital for treatment of minor wounds in his head and hands.
The sources said that the settlers used iron batons and sharp tools in beating the farmer, adding that family members rescued Nasan and took him to a hospital in Ramallah city.
They said that Nasan was taken to hospital for treatment of minor wounds in his head and hands.
The sources said that the settlers used iron batons and sharp tools in beating the farmer, adding that family members rescued Nasan and took him to a hospital in Ramallah city.
Israeli forces assaulted a Palestinian bus driver carrying students in the Masafer region east of Yatta in the southern West Bank early Sunday morning, a Palestinian official said.
Ratib al-Jbour, the coordinator of the Popular and National Committees south of Hebron and east of Yatta, said that the Israeli forces stopped Mufid Abu Qbaiyta, 27, and beat him up while he was picking up school children.
As a result of the attack, al-Jbour suffered from bruises all over his body.
Israeli forces also damaged the tires of the bus, in order to prevent drivers from picking up children in the surrounded areas.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was "not familiar" with the incident.
The South Hebron Hills, known locally as Masafer Yatta, lie almost entirely in Area C, the 62 percent of the West Bank under full Israel civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Around 3,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal Jewish-only settlements in the Yatta region, according to the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
The safety of these settlers is often given as an excuse for forced displacement of Palestinians who live in the area.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank forms a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Ratib al-Jbour, the coordinator of the Popular and National Committees south of Hebron and east of Yatta, said that the Israeli forces stopped Mufid Abu Qbaiyta, 27, and beat him up while he was picking up school children.
As a result of the attack, al-Jbour suffered from bruises all over his body.
Israeli forces also damaged the tires of the bus, in order to prevent drivers from picking up children in the surrounded areas.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was "not familiar" with the incident.
The South Hebron Hills, known locally as Masafer Yatta, lie almost entirely in Area C, the 62 percent of the West Bank under full Israel civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Around 3,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal Jewish-only settlements in the Yatta region, according to the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
The safety of these settlers is often given as an excuse for forced displacement of Palestinians who live in the area.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank forms a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Israeli forces damaged Palestinian vehicles during clashes early Sunday in the village of Yabad southwest of Jenin, locals told Ma'an.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers drove through the village after midnight, spoke through a loudspeaker using offensive language and damaged at least two Palestinian vehicles.
The vehicles belong to residents Ahmad Taher Zeid al-Kilani and Mohammad Hamarsheh, locals added.
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces following the raid, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and sound bombs while Palestinians threw stones and empty bottles.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, locals said. No detentions were reported.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
These clashes come as Israeli forces in the village reportedly continue to occupy an inhabited Palestinian house. Stationing themselves on the roof of the house, soldiers claim to be using it as an outpost to monitor neighborhood activity.
The occupation of the house comes after a Palestinian near Yabad reportedly hurled an improvised explosive device at an Israeli settler school bus early Friday morning.
Israeli forces frequently impose closures and take over houses in Yabad due to its proximity to two Israeli settlements. Israeli forces have kept the western entrance to the village closed since August, while they periodically set up checkpoints at the eastern entrance.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank forms a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers drove through the village after midnight, spoke through a loudspeaker using offensive language and damaged at least two Palestinian vehicles.
The vehicles belong to residents Ahmad Taher Zeid al-Kilani and Mohammad Hamarsheh, locals added.
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces following the raid, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and sound bombs while Palestinians threw stones and empty bottles.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, locals said. No detentions were reported.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
These clashes come as Israeli forces in the village reportedly continue to occupy an inhabited Palestinian house. Stationing themselves on the roof of the house, soldiers claim to be using it as an outpost to monitor neighborhood activity.
The occupation of the house comes after a Palestinian near Yabad reportedly hurled an improvised explosive device at an Israeli settler school bus early Friday morning.
Israeli forces frequently impose closures and take over houses in Yabad due to its proximity to two Israeli settlements. Israeli forces have kept the western entrance to the village closed since August, while they periodically set up checkpoints at the eastern entrance.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank forms a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Israeli forces closed the entrances of two villages in the Ramallah and al-Bireh district early Sunday, preventing Palestinians from leaving, a Ma'an reporter said.
Israeli soldiers reportedly told locals that the entrances of the villages of Bilin and Shuqba were closed because Palestinians had thrown Molotov cocktails at an Israeli settler nearby.
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the villages, locals said, adding that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and sound bombs in order to disperse the crowd.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not return calls seeking comment.
Israeli soldiers reportedly told locals that the entrances of the villages of Bilin and Shuqba were closed because Palestinians had thrown Molotov cocktails at an Israeli settler nearby.
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the villages, locals said, adding that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and sound bombs in order to disperse the crowd.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not return calls seeking comment.
26 oct 2013
Citizens and foreign activists were treated for breathing difficulty after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used teargas to disperse peaceful marches in support of prisoners and Jerusalem in various West Bank areas on Friday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets, sound bombs, and teargas to break up a peaceful march for citizens of Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah.
They said that the citizens, accompanied by foreign solidarity activists, tried to reach their land, threatened with confiscation, in a bid to harvest their olive crops but were confronted with a shower of teargas and rubber bullets.
In Bilin village, a cameraman and a teenager were hit with rubber bullets when the soldiers fired at a demonstration heading to village land near to the racist, separation wall.
Locals said that cameraman Mohammed Yassin with hit with a bullet in his back while the teenager Abdulqader Abu Rahme was hit in his foot, adding that scores were treated for breathing problems due to the Israeli soldiers’ extensive use of teargas.
They said that vast tracts of cultivated land caught fire due to the IOF use of teargas, adding that Palestinian firefighters put down the blaze.
IOF soldiers quelled the weekly march against settlement activity and the racist, separation wall in Ma’sara village in Bethlehem.
Activist Hasan Breijeh said that the soldiers beat up the participants and tried to arrest a number of them.
Meanwhile, five youngsters aged 15 to 20 years old were slightly injured in confrontations in Beit Ummar village in Al-Khalil, Mohammed Awad, the coordinator of the village’s anti-wall committee, said.
He said that the soldiers fired teargas and sound bombs at a funeral causing suffocation among many participants.
Awad said that the soldiers deliberately fired teargas at citizens’ homes and a nearby school.
In another incident, Jewish settlers chopped down 30 olive trees in Hawara village, south of Nablus, on Friday.
Ghassan Daghlas, an anti-settlement activist, said that settlers from Yitzhar settlement cut off the fruitful trees in northern Hawara.
They said that the citizens, accompanied by foreign solidarity activists, tried to reach their land, threatened with confiscation, in a bid to harvest their olive crops but were confronted with a shower of teargas and rubber bullets.
In Bilin village, a cameraman and a teenager were hit with rubber bullets when the soldiers fired at a demonstration heading to village land near to the racist, separation wall.
Locals said that cameraman Mohammed Yassin with hit with a bullet in his back while the teenager Abdulqader Abu Rahme was hit in his foot, adding that scores were treated for breathing problems due to the Israeli soldiers’ extensive use of teargas.
They said that vast tracts of cultivated land caught fire due to the IOF use of teargas, adding that Palestinian firefighters put down the blaze.
IOF soldiers quelled the weekly march against settlement activity and the racist, separation wall in Ma’sara village in Bethlehem.
Activist Hasan Breijeh said that the soldiers beat up the participants and tried to arrest a number of them.
Meanwhile, five youngsters aged 15 to 20 years old were slightly injured in confrontations in Beit Ummar village in Al-Khalil, Mohammed Awad, the coordinator of the village’s anti-wall committee, said.
He said that the soldiers fired teargas and sound bombs at a funeral causing suffocation among many participants.
Awad said that the soldiers deliberately fired teargas at citizens’ homes and a nearby school.
In another incident, Jewish settlers chopped down 30 olive trees in Hawara village, south of Nablus, on Friday.
Ghassan Daghlas, an anti-settlement activist, said that settlers from Yitzhar settlement cut off the fruitful trees in northern Hawara.
A group of Jewish settlers assaulted and wounded a Palestinian man and his wife in Al-Khalil on Saturday while Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two citizens in Halhoul town near the city. Palestinian security sources told Quds Press that settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement, established on Palestinian land in Al-Khalil, severely beat up Mohammed Al-Qaimeri and his wife in Ras area, which is close to the settlement.
They said that Palestinian ambulance crews rushed to the area and transferred the couple to hospital where their wounds were described as moderate.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the town of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Saturday and set up roadblocks at entrances to other villages in the province.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers detained 17-year-old Qusay Qawasme and 19-year-old Ala’a Al-Arja in Halhoul.
They said that Palestinian ambulance crews rushed to the area and transferred the couple to hospital where their wounds were described as moderate.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the town of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Saturday and set up roadblocks at entrances to other villages in the province.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers detained 17-year-old Qusay Qawasme and 19-year-old Ala’a Al-Arja in Halhoul.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bod village, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, leading to clashes with local youths.
Local sources have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded the neighborhoods of Abu Shamla, As-Salma, Al-Karajat and Al-Malloul.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks in the village, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles, and interrogated several residents.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers who fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs at them.
Several residents were injured, and received treatment by local medics; no arrests have been reported.
Local sources have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded the neighborhoods of Abu Shamla, As-Salma, Al-Karajat and Al-Malloul.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks in the village, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles, and interrogated several residents.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers who fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs at them.
Several residents were injured, and received treatment by local medics; no arrests have been reported.
25 oct 2013
Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers, at dawn Friday, raided al-Tawani village in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against settlement in the village of Yatta to south of al-Khalil told Quds Press that about a hundred Jewish settlers accompanied by IOF troops raided al-Tawani village at dawn Friday and marched the streets of the village chanting racist slogans against Arabs and Muslims which resulted in clashes between the villagers and the settlers.
On a similar note, IOF troops raided the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem district and handed summonses to five young Palestinians ordering them to attend the Israeli intelligence headquarters.
On a similar note, IOF troops raided the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem district and handed summonses to five young Palestinians ordering them to attend the Israeli intelligence headquarters.