29 oct 2014
Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of military bulldozers, invaded on Wednesday morning the Khashm ad-Daraj and Um al-Kheir villages, east of Yatta town south of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and demolished several structures. The soldiers also assaulted a pregnant woman, causing internal bleeding.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements Rateb Jabour told the Palestine News Network that a large military force invaded Khashm ad-Daraj village, and demolished a cave, an external toilet, sheds and barns, and homes belonging to three residents identified as Mustafa Salem at-Tanbi, Ahmad Awwad at-Tanbi, and Eid at-Tanbi.
Soldiers also invaded Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, and demolished a clay oven used by the residents, and violently assaulted several Palestinians causing cuts and bruises.
Some of the wounded have been identified as Mo’tasem, Mousa, Tareq, Yasser, Amna, Maleeha and Suleiman al-Hathalin.
Jabour said the soldiers also attacked a pregnant woman, causing her internal bleeding before she was rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers said settlers of the nearby illegal Karmiel settlement are “annoyed” by the wood smoke of the oven, adding that this is the third time the soldiers demolish the clay oven this week alone.
The attack led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian but the residents managed to prevent the arrest.
Around 1200 Palestinians live in the Khashm ad-Daraj village, facing daily hardships due to ongoing attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers targeting farmlands, livestock, sheds and structures.
Earlier on Wednesday, the army demolished a home in Salah ed-Deen Street, in occupied East Jerusalem rendering eight family members homeless.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements Rateb Jabour told the Palestine News Network that a large military force invaded Khashm ad-Daraj village, and demolished a cave, an external toilet, sheds and barns, and homes belonging to three residents identified as Mustafa Salem at-Tanbi, Ahmad Awwad at-Tanbi, and Eid at-Tanbi.
Soldiers also invaded Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, and demolished a clay oven used by the residents, and violently assaulted several Palestinians causing cuts and bruises.
Some of the wounded have been identified as Mo’tasem, Mousa, Tareq, Yasser, Amna, Maleeha and Suleiman al-Hathalin.
Jabour said the soldiers also attacked a pregnant woman, causing her internal bleeding before she was rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers said settlers of the nearby illegal Karmiel settlement are “annoyed” by the wood smoke of the oven, adding that this is the third time the soldiers demolish the clay oven this week alone.
The attack led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian but the residents managed to prevent the arrest.
Around 1200 Palestinians live in the Khashm ad-Daraj village, facing daily hardships due to ongoing attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers targeting farmlands, livestock, sheds and structures.
Earlier on Wednesday, the army demolished a home in Salah ed-Deen Street, in occupied East Jerusalem rendering eight family members homeless.
Scores of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Tuesday, the Secondary School for Boys in Silwan town, in occupied east Jerusalem, before attempting to kidnap a number of students.
Issam al-Abbasi, secretary of the Parents Committee of Silwan schools, stated that dozens of undercover soldiers invaded the yards of the school, and its rooms, before attempting to kidnap a number of students.
Al-Abbassi said the administration of the school and the teachers prevented the soldiers from searching the classrooms, adding that the soldiers also attacked several students and teachers.
He said the invasion into the school even violates an Israeli court ruling preventing the army from breaking into schools, but the soldiers went ahead and invaded it.
The army claimed that a student hurled stones at their jeep, and ran into the school, but al-Abbasi refuted the Israeli claims and said the students were in their classrooms with their teachers.
He added that, since last week, the soldiers started extensive deployment in the Schools Street in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Jerusalem, and carried out repeated provocative acts against the students and residents in the area.
Issam al-Abbasi, secretary of the Parents Committee of Silwan schools, stated that dozens of undercover soldiers invaded the yards of the school, and its rooms, before attempting to kidnap a number of students.
Al-Abbassi said the administration of the school and the teachers prevented the soldiers from searching the classrooms, adding that the soldiers also attacked several students and teachers.
He said the invasion into the school even violates an Israeli court ruling preventing the army from breaking into schools, but the soldiers went ahead and invaded it.
The army claimed that a student hurled stones at their jeep, and ran into the school, but al-Abbasi refuted the Israeli claims and said the students were in their classrooms with their teachers.
He added that, since last week, the soldiers started extensive deployment in the Schools Street in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Jerusalem, and carried out repeated provocative acts against the students and residents in the area.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that four Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire, on Tuesday evening, in Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. One of the wounded suffered a serious injury.
Head of the Ya’bad Town Council Samer Abu Bakr said several military jeeps invaded the town, and clashed with scores of local youths.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition wounding four young men, one seriously, while dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Mahmoud as-Sa’adi, head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent, said three wounded Palestinians, identified as Sharaf Mohammad Abu Bakr, 20, (who suffered a serious injury), Mohammad Abdullah ‘Amarna, and Amjad Jaber Hamrsha, have been moved to the Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin.
The Israeli army said Palestinian protestors threw stones at military jeeps and settlers vehicles, and that some of the protesters used fireworks during ensuing clashes.
The army also alleged that the windshield of a settlers’ vehicle was smashed by stones hurled at it while driving on a bypass road near the town.
Head of the Ya’bad Town Council Samer Abu Bakr said several military jeeps invaded the town, and clashed with scores of local youths.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition wounding four young men, one seriously, while dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Mahmoud as-Sa’adi, head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent, said three wounded Palestinians, identified as Sharaf Mohammad Abu Bakr, 20, (who suffered a serious injury), Mohammad Abdullah ‘Amarna, and Amjad Jaber Hamrsha, have been moved to the Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin.
The Israeli army said Palestinian protestors threw stones at military jeeps and settlers vehicles, and that some of the protesters used fireworks during ensuing clashes.
The army also alleged that the windshield of a settlers’ vehicle was smashed by stones hurled at it while driving on a bypass road near the town.
28 oct 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday stepped up their abduction campaigns throughout the West Bank, Occupied Jerusalem, and Gaza, throwing Palestinian natives and residential quarters into wholesale disarray.
Local sources said the IOF at dawn Tuesday rounded up two Palestinian youths from the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after having stormed their family homes and ransacked them.
A 53-year-old ex-prisoner was nabbed by the IOF from his own family home in Marah Rabah village south of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Bethlehem said the IOF apprehended the elderly civilian, Youssef Ibrahim al-Sheikh, after they suddenly broke into his home, paying no heed to the cardio-vascular disorders the latter has been diagnosed with.
Meanwhile, a number of suffocations cases was detected among the schoolchildren of the Aida refugee camp following a round of clashes with the IOF.
Eye-witnesses said the invading IOF troops targeted the youths with heavy barrages of tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
Earlier, on Monday afternoon, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped the Palestinian youth Ahmad Awda, 21, after dragging him to Etzion’s intelligence detention center to the south of Bethlehem city.
The IOF stormed residential neighborhoods in al-Khalil city and kidnapped another Palestinian citizen.
The Israeli occupation troops further nabbed Hamas spokesperson in Ramallah, Saed Abu al-Bahaa, and took him to an unidentified destination moments after they pushed their way into his family home.
Fuad al-Khuffash, Head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, dubbed Abu al-Bahaa’s arrest an undeniable proof of Israel’s attempts at evacuating the West Bank from its resistance icons.
The flood of Israeli mass-arrests spread out to Occupied Jerusalem and culminated in the abduction of the young man Ayman Salem from Jabal al-Makbar, southeast of the city.
Sources in the Gaza Strip further reported the kidnap of two Palestinian youths, at their twenties, east of Juhr Ad-Dick town, in central Gaza following an IOF’s infiltration into the area, in another flagrant breach to the terms of the truce accord signed in Cairo a couple of months ago.
At least 470 Gazans are locked up in Israeli jails, mostly fishermen, ex-prisoners and citizens serving long sentences.
The Israeli minister of internal security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, estimated, during a Knesset hearing on Monday, the number of Palestinians detained since the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza at about 900.
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Local sources said the IOF at dawn Tuesday rounded up two Palestinian youths from the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after having stormed their family homes and ransacked them.
A 53-year-old ex-prisoner was nabbed by the IOF from his own family home in Marah Rabah village south of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Bethlehem said the IOF apprehended the elderly civilian, Youssef Ibrahim al-Sheikh, after they suddenly broke into his home, paying no heed to the cardio-vascular disorders the latter has been diagnosed with.
Meanwhile, a number of suffocations cases was detected among the schoolchildren of the Aida refugee camp following a round of clashes with the IOF.
Eye-witnesses said the invading IOF troops targeted the youths with heavy barrages of tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
Earlier, on Monday afternoon, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped the Palestinian youth Ahmad Awda, 21, after dragging him to Etzion’s intelligence detention center to the south of Bethlehem city.
The IOF stormed residential neighborhoods in al-Khalil city and kidnapped another Palestinian citizen.
The Israeli occupation troops further nabbed Hamas spokesperson in Ramallah, Saed Abu al-Bahaa, and took him to an unidentified destination moments after they pushed their way into his family home.
Fuad al-Khuffash, Head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, dubbed Abu al-Bahaa’s arrest an undeniable proof of Israel’s attempts at evacuating the West Bank from its resistance icons.
The flood of Israeli mass-arrests spread out to Occupied Jerusalem and culminated in the abduction of the young man Ayman Salem from Jabal al-Makbar, southeast of the city.
Sources in the Gaza Strip further reported the kidnap of two Palestinian youths, at their twenties, east of Juhr Ad-Dick town, in central Gaza following an IOF’s infiltration into the area, in another flagrant breach to the terms of the truce accord signed in Cairo a couple of months ago.
At least 470 Gazans are locked up in Israeli jails, mostly fishermen, ex-prisoners and citizens serving long sentences.
The Israeli minister of internal security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, estimated, during a Knesset hearing on Monday, the number of Palestinians detained since the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza at about 900.
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Violent clashes have renewed Monday evening between Israeli forces and Jerusalemite youths throughout occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the youths threw Molotov Cocktails towards the Israeli forces and a police car during renewed clashes in Silwan town southern al-Aqsa Mosque.
An unidentified number of protesters were arrested during the Silwan confrontations, as similar clashes broke out in Shufat neighborhood.
Different neighborhoods of east Jerusalem have been witnessing recently confrontations between Palestinian young men protesting Israeli violations and Israeli police forces, but the tension escalated after the murder of Abed al-Rahman al-Shaludi by Israeli gunfire after running over a group of settlers in a rail station in occupied Jerusalem a few days ago.
In Jenin, several citizens suffered breathing problems and rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes that broke out when Israeli occupation forces stormed the city last night.
Israeli Elite Undercover Unit stormed late yesterday the city to be later followed by large numbers of military vehicles that stationed at the southern and eastern entrances to the city, local sources said.
The clashes started after IOF soldiers stormed a supermarket in the city.
A 28-year-old young man was injured when the invading troops heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters.
IOF soldiers also broke into Yamoun town at dawn Tuesday, north of the city, and conducted combing operations in the area, while eyewitnesses reported seeing a low flying aircraft in the early morning hours.
The sources confirmed that IOF soldiers in five military vehicles raided the town at dawn and erected a military checkpoint at its entrance while a helicopter was flying over the area.
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Local sources said that the youths threw Molotov Cocktails towards the Israeli forces and a police car during renewed clashes in Silwan town southern al-Aqsa Mosque.
An unidentified number of protesters were arrested during the Silwan confrontations, as similar clashes broke out in Shufat neighborhood.
Different neighborhoods of east Jerusalem have been witnessing recently confrontations between Palestinian young men protesting Israeli violations and Israeli police forces, but the tension escalated after the murder of Abed al-Rahman al-Shaludi by Israeli gunfire after running over a group of settlers in a rail station in occupied Jerusalem a few days ago.
In Jenin, several citizens suffered breathing problems and rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes that broke out when Israeli occupation forces stormed the city last night.
Israeli Elite Undercover Unit stormed late yesterday the city to be later followed by large numbers of military vehicles that stationed at the southern and eastern entrances to the city, local sources said.
The clashes started after IOF soldiers stormed a supermarket in the city.
A 28-year-old young man was injured when the invading troops heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters.
IOF soldiers also broke into Yamoun town at dawn Tuesday, north of the city, and conducted combing operations in the area, while eyewitnesses reported seeing a low flying aircraft in the early morning hours.
The sources confirmed that IOF soldiers in five military vehicles raided the town at dawn and erected a military checkpoint at its entrance while a helicopter was flying over the area.
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27 oct 2014
Yesterday, a funeral was held for 14-year-old Orwa Abd al-Hadi Hammad, shot dead by the Israeli military on Friday, in the small village of Silwad, close to Ramallah.
Orwa was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday, during a demonstration at the edge of the small village of Silwad. The demonstration was about the Israeli military occupying the edge of the village to protect a road used by Zionist settlers from the the illegal settlement of Ofra.
Orwa was a US citizen. His funeral was delayed until Sunday so his father would be able to travel from the United States to attend the funeral. The funeral procession consisted of thousands of men, waving flags and chanting through the narrow streets of Silwad, while carrying Orwa’s body on a stretcher. In the procession were parents of other children shot by the Israeli military. All shops in the town were closed and posters honoring the victim were posted everywhere.
The procession moved from the mosque to the funeral sight in the center of the village. At the end of the somber service the relatives’ grief turned into frustration towards the Israeli occupation and the loss of the young boy.
Later, young men gathered at the spot where Orwa was killed, near where the Israeli military base is placed on the edge of the village. As 50 – 100 mourners, among them relatives of the deceased, residents of the village and internationals, burned tires and chanted, the Israeli military began to fire rubber-coated steel bullets and many tear gas canisters.
After more than an hour the Israeli military withdrew, just before entering the center of the village. Four ambulances left the scene carrying people wounded by the rubber-coated steel bullets and overcome by tear gas inhalation.
Orwa was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday, during a demonstration at the edge of the small village of Silwad. The demonstration was about the Israeli military occupying the edge of the village to protect a road used by Zionist settlers from the the illegal settlement of Ofra.
Orwa was a US citizen. His funeral was delayed until Sunday so his father would be able to travel from the United States to attend the funeral. The funeral procession consisted of thousands of men, waving flags and chanting through the narrow streets of Silwad, while carrying Orwa’s body on a stretcher. In the procession were parents of other children shot by the Israeli military. All shops in the town were closed and posters honoring the victim were posted everywhere.
The procession moved from the mosque to the funeral sight in the center of the village. At the end of the somber service the relatives’ grief turned into frustration towards the Israeli occupation and the loss of the young boy.
Later, young men gathered at the spot where Orwa was killed, near where the Israeli military base is placed on the edge of the village. As 50 – 100 mourners, among them relatives of the deceased, residents of the village and internationals, burned tires and chanted, the Israeli military began to fire rubber-coated steel bullets and many tear gas canisters.
After more than an hour the Israeli military withdrew, just before entering the center of the village. Four ambulances left the scene carrying people wounded by the rubber-coated steel bullets and overcome by tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday three Palestinians during a raid on Bethlehem, while Palestinian protesters smashed settlers’ car and bus in al-Khudar town in the same province.
According to the PIC reporter, a number of Israeli military vehicles raided Bethlehem late yesterday and broke into Aida and Doheisha refugee camps.
Four young men were arrested in Aida camp by IOF soldiers. One of the detainees was later released.
Heavy rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs were fired during clashes that broke out in Doheisha camp when Israeli forces stormed it, the PIC reporter added. No arrests were reported, while a young man suffered rubber bullet injures.
In response, Palestinian angry protesters smashed last night a settlers’ bus and a car in al-Khudar town southern Bethlehem.
A state of tension prevailed throughout the town when Israeli forces carried out a combing operation looking for the assailants.
In Nablus, two Palestinians were injured during violent clashes that broke out in Furik town when IOF soldiers stormed the town. The injured were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli troops were deployed throughout the neighborhoods of the town which led to the outbreak of clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs towards local youths who responded by stoning the invading soldiers.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed on Sunday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, where a military checkpoint was erected at its entrance.
A number of by-passers were investigated while several vehicles were stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
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According to the PIC reporter, a number of Israeli military vehicles raided Bethlehem late yesterday and broke into Aida and Doheisha refugee camps.
Four young men were arrested in Aida camp by IOF soldiers. One of the detainees was later released.
Heavy rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs were fired during clashes that broke out in Doheisha camp when Israeli forces stormed it, the PIC reporter added. No arrests were reported, while a young man suffered rubber bullet injures.
In response, Palestinian angry protesters smashed last night a settlers’ bus and a car in al-Khudar town southern Bethlehem.
A state of tension prevailed throughout the town when Israeli forces carried out a combing operation looking for the assailants.
In Nablus, two Palestinians were injured during violent clashes that broke out in Furik town when IOF soldiers stormed the town. The injured were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli troops were deployed throughout the neighborhoods of the town which led to the outbreak of clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs towards local youths who responded by stoning the invading soldiers.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed on Sunday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, where a military checkpoint was erected at its entrance.
A number of by-passers were investigated while several vehicles were stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
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3O Palestinian citizens on Sunday afternoon sustained critical wounds in a round of clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Silwad town, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
A PIC correspondent at the scene said hundreds of Palestinian youngsters were heavily assaulted by the Israeli occupation troops, who have suddenly broke into the city and wreaked havoc on it, triggering a state of panic among women and children.
The Palestinian civilian youths could only react by hurling stones at the well-equipped invading patrols.
A PIC news reporter quoted Palestinian and foreign journalists as reporting that they have directly been targeted by the random barrages of rubber bullets discharged by the Israeli occupation soldiers from a very close distance.
A photographer working for an American agency was injured in the process while another journalist’s camera was broken down so as to block all attempts of an authentic coverage of the scene.
A number of suffocation cases was documented among dozens of Palestinian civilians, all rushed to a nearby health center.
Local medics documented eye and head injuries among the peaceful Palestinian demonstrators who took to Ramallah streets to march in the funeral procession of Palestinian boy Urwa Hamad, shot dead by the IOF on Friday afternoon.
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A PIC correspondent at the scene said hundreds of Palestinian youngsters were heavily assaulted by the Israeli occupation troops, who have suddenly broke into the city and wreaked havoc on it, triggering a state of panic among women and children.
The Palestinian civilian youths could only react by hurling stones at the well-equipped invading patrols.
A PIC news reporter quoted Palestinian and foreign journalists as reporting that they have directly been targeted by the random barrages of rubber bullets discharged by the Israeli occupation soldiers from a very close distance.
A photographer working for an American agency was injured in the process while another journalist’s camera was broken down so as to block all attempts of an authentic coverage of the scene.
A number of suffocation cases was documented among dozens of Palestinian civilians, all rushed to a nearby health center.
Local medics documented eye and head injuries among the peaceful Palestinian demonstrators who took to Ramallah streets to march in the funeral procession of Palestinian boy Urwa Hamad, shot dead by the IOF on Friday afternoon.
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Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported that scores of residents have been injured during clashes that took place in different parts of occupied Jerusalem following noon prayers, after the soldiers and police prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Soldiers kidnapped three children, including a physically challenged boy.
Eyewitnesses said protests took place in different parts of East Jerusalem, and in several nearby towns, after the soldiers prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa and its yards for Friday prayers.
Hundreds also took to the streets protesting the death of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, who was killed Wednesday, after the police claimed he deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
The clashes took place in many Palestinian communities in Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, Silwan and the al-‘Eesawiyya towns.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 said undercover Israeli police officers, and soldiers have kidnaped three Palestinian children, including a disabled child, and took them to a police station in the city.
The three have been identified as Mohammad Rashed al-‘Ajlouni, 14, his relative Mohammad, and Mohammad Abu ‘Asab.
The Police fired several gas bombs and dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets in Wad al-Joz, wounding three Palestinians, including the cameraperson of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, Ahmad Siyam.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation; the soldiers also sprayed protesters and homes with waste-water.
Clashes also took place in Ras al-‘Amoud after the soldiers fired bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets targeting worshipers who had to pray in the street after being prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
More clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Late on Thursday evening, soldiers invaded a residential building in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked many Palestinians before firing gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets into the homes.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the building during clashes that took place in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked several men, women and children.
A 12-year-old child, identified as ‘Awni Es’eeda, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen, while resident Nasser Es’eeda, 47, suffered fractures in his arm after the soldiers beat him with their rifles and batons.
The soldiers also assaulted ‘Adnan Es’eeda who suffers from a heart condition and kidnaped two Palestinians identified as Hazem Es’eeda and Ahmad Salayma.
Earlier on Friday, the army imposed various restrictions on the entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing all Muslim men below the age of forty from entering the mosque or its yards, while hundreds of soldiers and undercover forces were deployed all over the city and its nearby villages and towns.
Thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the streets of Wad al-Jouz, Ras al-‘Amoud, Al-Misrara and Salah Ed-Deen Street, while the police and soldiers took pictures of the worshipers, especially the young men.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the police to deploy reinforcements from several cities into Jerusalem to take “a more aggressive approach” in different Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
Soldiers kidnapped three children, including a physically challenged boy.
Eyewitnesses said protests took place in different parts of East Jerusalem, and in several nearby towns, after the soldiers prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa and its yards for Friday prayers.
Hundreds also took to the streets protesting the death of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, who was killed Wednesday, after the police claimed he deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
The clashes took place in many Palestinian communities in Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, Silwan and the al-‘Eesawiyya towns.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 said undercover Israeli police officers, and soldiers have kidnaped three Palestinian children, including a disabled child, and took them to a police station in the city.
The three have been identified as Mohammad Rashed al-‘Ajlouni, 14, his relative Mohammad, and Mohammad Abu ‘Asab.
The Police fired several gas bombs and dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets in Wad al-Joz, wounding three Palestinians, including the cameraperson of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, Ahmad Siyam.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation; the soldiers also sprayed protesters and homes with waste-water.
Clashes also took place in Ras al-‘Amoud after the soldiers fired bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets targeting worshipers who had to pray in the street after being prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
More clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Late on Thursday evening, soldiers invaded a residential building in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked many Palestinians before firing gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets into the homes.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the building during clashes that took place in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked several men, women and children.
A 12-year-old child, identified as ‘Awni Es’eeda, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen, while resident Nasser Es’eeda, 47, suffered fractures in his arm after the soldiers beat him with their rifles and batons.
The soldiers also assaulted ‘Adnan Es’eeda who suffers from a heart condition and kidnaped two Palestinians identified as Hazem Es’eeda and Ahmad Salayma.
Earlier on Friday, the army imposed various restrictions on the entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing all Muslim men below the age of forty from entering the mosque or its yards, while hundreds of soldiers and undercover forces were deployed all over the city and its nearby villages and towns.
Thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the streets of Wad al-Jouz, Ras al-‘Amoud, Al-Misrara and Salah Ed-Deen Street, while the police and soldiers took pictures of the worshipers, especially the young men.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the police to deploy reinforcements from several cities into Jerusalem to take “a more aggressive approach” in different Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
26 oct 2014
Israeli forces again, on Saturday, attacked Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills, this time in the village of Susiya, as citizens attempted to remove a tent erected by settlers on land belonging to a local resident.
Head of Susiya village council Jihad al-Nawaja’a told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that forces attacked the villagers as a prelude to take over the land for the benefit of expanding the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Susiya.
Forces abducted one Palestinian, during the incident, identified as Mohammad al-Hadar, age 35; no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces continue to deny Palestinians access to their land in the region, attacking owners and activists and illegally allowing Israeli settlers to seize land and build structures.
Head of Susiya village council Jihad al-Nawaja’a told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that forces attacked the villagers as a prelude to take over the land for the benefit of expanding the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Susiya.
Forces abducted one Palestinian, during the incident, identified as Mohammad al-Hadar, age 35; no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces continue to deny Palestinians access to their land in the region, attacking owners and activists and illegally allowing Israeli settlers to seize land and build structures.
Israel to seal or demolish suspect's family home
Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, on Saturday, just ahead of the funeral of a man who drove into a crowd, Wednesday, killing an Israeli baby.
Tensions in the region were further stoked by news of a West Bank teenager who was shot dead by police, on Friday, in addition to the recent and all-too-familiar reports of two small children being rammed by a settler car in Sinjil. (5-year-old Einas Khalil did not survive the attack.)
Police were reportedly "ready for anything" Saturday, according to AFP, after Israeli settler vehicles were hit by rocks on roads around Ramallah, and disturbances in East Jerusalem prompted four forced detentions overnight.
Police branded Wednesday's incident as a "terror attack", after Abd al-Rahman Shaludi, 21, from East Jerusalem's occupied Silwan neighborhood, drove at high speed into a crowd of Israelis at a light rail station, killing three-month-old Haya Zissel Braun and injuring six others.
Related report: Last Wednesday's 'Light Rail Attack' by Palestinian Driver Was a Car Accident
However, little attention has been given to the recently escalating settler attacks targeting not only Palestinian adults and their property, but children and teenagers, as well.
Shaludi was shot dead by police as he fled on foot, according to AFP. Palestinian sources said he was scheduled to be buried in Jerusalem, at 10:00 pm on Saturday.
Public radio asserted that the timing was set by Israeli authorities, who imposed a maximum limit of 80 mourners "for fear that the event could turn into a violent protest", as is typical for such venues, as Israeli police and settlers are want to provoke mourners into further confrontations.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Israeli Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovich recently announced that sanctions would be imposed on Shaludi's family in Silwan. Israeli news website Ynet reported Friday that, according to the minister, the house of Abd al-Rahman Shalloudi would either be sealed or demolished.
In Silwan, on Saturday, locals threw stones at a sanitation vehicle that was sent to clean up debris from Friday's round of stone throwing there, upon which police met the crowd with tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, in typical fashion.
In al-Tur (Mount of Olives district), masked Palestinians blocked the road with garbage bins, this time throwing petrol bombs in addition to stones, police stated.
Near East Jerusalem's Shu'fat refugee camp, protesters targeted the light rail with more stones, as locals consider it to be a symbol of Israel's further annexation of the occupied area. A carriage window was reportedly damaged, but no one was injured.
In related West Bank news, relatives of Palestinian teenager Orwa Hammad, shot dead Friday, announced that his funeral would take place on Sunday, to allow his father time to travel from the United States, where he is a resident citizen.
See: 10/24/14 Another Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Forces near Ramallah
The Israeli child killed on Wednesday was also a US citizen, Washington reportedly confirmed.
Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, on Saturday, just ahead of the funeral of a man who drove into a crowd, Wednesday, killing an Israeli baby.
Tensions in the region were further stoked by news of a West Bank teenager who was shot dead by police, on Friday, in addition to the recent and all-too-familiar reports of two small children being rammed by a settler car in Sinjil. (5-year-old Einas Khalil did not survive the attack.)
Police were reportedly "ready for anything" Saturday, according to AFP, after Israeli settler vehicles were hit by rocks on roads around Ramallah, and disturbances in East Jerusalem prompted four forced detentions overnight.
Police branded Wednesday's incident as a "terror attack", after Abd al-Rahman Shaludi, 21, from East Jerusalem's occupied Silwan neighborhood, drove at high speed into a crowd of Israelis at a light rail station, killing three-month-old Haya Zissel Braun and injuring six others.
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However, little attention has been given to the recently escalating settler attacks targeting not only Palestinian adults and their property, but children and teenagers, as well.
Shaludi was shot dead by police as he fled on foot, according to AFP. Palestinian sources said he was scheduled to be buried in Jerusalem, at 10:00 pm on Saturday.
Public radio asserted that the timing was set by Israeli authorities, who imposed a maximum limit of 80 mourners "for fear that the event could turn into a violent protest", as is typical for such venues, as Israeli police and settlers are want to provoke mourners into further confrontations.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Israeli Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovich recently announced that sanctions would be imposed on Shaludi's family in Silwan. Israeli news website Ynet reported Friday that, according to the minister, the house of Abd al-Rahman Shalloudi would either be sealed or demolished.
In Silwan, on Saturday, locals threw stones at a sanitation vehicle that was sent to clean up debris from Friday's round of stone throwing there, upon which police met the crowd with tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, in typical fashion.
In al-Tur (Mount of Olives district), masked Palestinians blocked the road with garbage bins, this time throwing petrol bombs in addition to stones, police stated.
Near East Jerusalem's Shu'fat refugee camp, protesters targeted the light rail with more stones, as locals consider it to be a symbol of Israel's further annexation of the occupied area. A carriage window was reportedly damaged, but no one was injured.
In related West Bank news, relatives of Palestinian teenager Orwa Hammad, shot dead Friday, announced that his funeral would take place on Sunday, to allow his father time to travel from the United States, where he is a resident citizen.
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The Israeli child killed on Wednesday was also a US citizen, Washington reportedly confirmed.