23 apr 2013
Bardawil: Resistance factions take Israeli threats seriously
Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, a Hamas leader, has said that Palestinian resistance factions were taking Israeli threats to invade Gaza seriously.
Bardawil was quoted by Rai news agency on Tuesday as saying that the resistance factions are working day and night to confront any such military adventure.
He opined, however, that Israeli chief of staff Benny Gantz’s threats to attack Gaza were psychological warfare.
The Hamas leader ruled out an imminent Israeli war on Gaza, explaining that regional developments and Israeli fear of resistance impede such an aggression.
Bardawil said that Palestinian factions were still abiding by the calm agreement brokered by Egypt and were monitoring Israeli violations and reporting them to the Egyptian patron of the agreement.
Bardawil was quoted by Rai news agency on Tuesday as saying that the resistance factions are working day and night to confront any such military adventure.
He opined, however, that Israeli chief of staff Benny Gantz’s threats to attack Gaza were psychological warfare.
The Hamas leader ruled out an imminent Israeli war on Gaza, explaining that regional developments and Israeli fear of resistance impede such an aggression.
Bardawil said that Palestinian factions were still abiding by the calm agreement brokered by Egypt and were monitoring Israeli violations and reporting them to the Egyptian patron of the agreement.
Resistance fends off Israeli soldiers north Gaza
The Palestinian resistance on Monday evening repelled an Israeli military incursion into the east of Beit Hanoun district in northern Gaza.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a force of foot soldiers infiltrated dozens of meters into Beit Hanoun, but resistance fighters fired a hail of mortar shells at them forcing them to draw back and leave the area.
They said that the invading soldiers reached an area between the memorial site and the transmission site east of Beit Hanoun when they were spotted by a group of resistance fighters.
Earlier, the Brigades of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for opening fire at an Israeli military force in Beit Hanoun, but it is still unknown if the same Brigades launched the mortar counterattack.
This Israeli military incursion is one of many violations that have been committed by Israel since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered truce and ended its wanton war in November 2012.
The Israeli army has violated the truce many times since then killing four Palestinians, wounding several others, kidnapping about 40 fishermen and destroying many fishing boats off the coast of Gaza.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a force of foot soldiers infiltrated dozens of meters into Beit Hanoun, but resistance fighters fired a hail of mortar shells at them forcing them to draw back and leave the area.
They said that the invading soldiers reached an area between the memorial site and the transmission site east of Beit Hanoun when they were spotted by a group of resistance fighters.
Earlier, the Brigades of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for opening fire at an Israeli military force in Beit Hanoun, but it is still unknown if the same Brigades launched the mortar counterattack.
This Israeli military incursion is one of many violations that have been committed by Israel since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered truce and ended its wanton war in November 2012.
The Israeli army has violated the truce many times since then killing four Palestinians, wounding several others, kidnapping about 40 fishermen and destroying many fishing boats off the coast of Gaza.
22 apr 2013
Israel detains Hamas leader's sons in raid
Abdel Salam Abu Al-Haija
Israeli security forces detained the sons of a local Hamas leader overnight in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, locals said.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli troops raided Gamal al-Haija's home and detained sons Abed al-Salam, Asem and Hamzeh.
Their whereabouts are unknown, residents added.
Teacher Khaled Mohammad al-Haj was also detained after Israeli forces raided his home to the east of the city, a source told Ma'an. Summons were also handed down to three Palestinians in the district, requiring them to meet with Israeli security agents.
Residents also told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the nearby Jalqamus and al-Yamoun villages, setting up checkpoints at the villages' entrance and stationing near Yaba's eastern border.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed three of the four detentions. At least five Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces across the West Bank on Monday.
Three Palestinians were detained in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. A local source identified them as Murad Karaja, 20, Ahmad Hajajra 21, and Ahmad Amer, 21. A resident said Hajajra's mother was taken to hospital after collapsing during the raid.
Israeli forces also raided a home in the area and handed down summoning notices to brothers Muhammad, Khaled and Aboud al-Azza, the local added.
Troops also raided the refugee camp's youth center, the resident said.
Israeli security forces detained the sons of a local Hamas leader overnight in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, locals said.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli troops raided Gamal al-Haija's home and detained sons Abed al-Salam, Asem and Hamzeh.
Their whereabouts are unknown, residents added.
Teacher Khaled Mohammad al-Haj was also detained after Israeli forces raided his home to the east of the city, a source told Ma'an. Summons were also handed down to three Palestinians in the district, requiring them to meet with Israeli security agents.
Residents also told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the nearby Jalqamus and al-Yamoun villages, setting up checkpoints at the villages' entrance and stationing near Yaba's eastern border.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed three of the four detentions. At least five Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces across the West Bank on Monday.
Three Palestinians were detained in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. A local source identified them as Murad Karaja, 20, Ahmad Hajajra 21, and Ahmad Amer, 21. A resident said Hajajra's mother was taken to hospital after collapsing during the raid.
Israeli forces also raided a home in the area and handed down summoning notices to brothers Muhammad, Khaled and Aboud al-Azza, the local added.
Troops also raided the refugee camp's youth center, the resident said.
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Abdul Hadi Abu Shira
A source said Israeli forces raided the Azza refugee camp, also in Bethlehem, detaining Jihad Abu Shira and injuring his brother. The brother was taken to the al-Arabiya Hospital in Beit Jala for treatment, the source added. Meanwhile, Ahmad Ali Musa and Amid Ahmad al-Azza, both 20, were detained by Israeli forces from the village of al-Khader in Bethlehem. |
Israel's army confirmed the detentions in Aida refugee camp but did not return requests for comment on the summons and raids.
Haneyya gov’t asks Egypt to restrain Israeli provocation
The Gaza government of Ismail Haneyya has categorically denied Israeli allegations that elements from Gaza infiltrated into the Egyptian Sinai desert and fired rockets at Eilat.
Taher Al-Nunu, the government’s spokesman, said in a terse statement on Sunday that the remarks by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu constituted clear provocation against the Gaza Strip.
Nunu asked the “brothers in Egypt” to intervene and end such provocation and restrain the Israeli aggressive intentions against the coastal enclave.
Taher Al-Nunu, the government’s spokesman, said in a terse statement on Sunday that the remarks by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu constituted clear provocation against the Gaza Strip.
Nunu asked the “brothers in Egypt” to intervene and end such provocation and restrain the Israeli aggressive intentions against the coastal enclave.
21 apr 2012
Abu Zuhri: Israel’s threats reflect its criminal nature
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said that Israel’s threats to invade the Gaza Strip reflected the criminal nature of its new coalition government.
The spokesman told Quds Press on Sunday that the threats against Gaza reflected that new government’s program of escalation against the Palestinian people and its policy of aggression, murder, and destruction.
Abu Zuhri, however, said that Israeli threats did not terrorize the Palestinian people or Hamas movement, adding that the Palestinian factions would defend the people with all available means.
He asked the regional and international parties concerned to intervene and bridle the Israeli escalation.
Israeli officials have been voicing threats over the past few weeks to launch a new war on the coastal enclave at the pretext that Palestinian factions were recurrently violating the calm agreement brokered by Egypt last November.
The spokesman told Quds Press on Sunday that the threats against Gaza reflected that new government’s program of escalation against the Palestinian people and its policy of aggression, murder, and destruction.
Abu Zuhri, however, said that Israeli threats did not terrorize the Palestinian people or Hamas movement, adding that the Palestinian factions would defend the people with all available means.
He asked the regional and international parties concerned to intervene and bridle the Israeli escalation.
Israeli officials have been voicing threats over the past few weeks to launch a new war on the coastal enclave at the pretext that Palestinian factions were recurrently violating the calm agreement brokered by Egypt last November.
Israel to 'exact price' for Eilat rocket attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed Israel would "exact a price" from the Gaza militants who recently fired missiles from Sinai at the southern resort city of Eilat.
"Last week missiles were fired from Sinai at Eilat," Netanyahu said at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting shortly before the arrival of US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for a three-day visit.
"Those who fired them are apparently a terror squad that departed Gaza and used the territory of Sinai to attack an Israeli city.
"We will not accept this and we will exact a price -- this has been our consistent policy the past four years and it will serve us in this case as well," he said in remarks relayed by his bureau.
On Wednesday, militants fired two rockets from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at Eilat which hit inside the city but caused no casualties.
The attack was claimed by a Gaza-based Salafi group called the Mujahedeen Shura Council, which has in recent months fired rockets from Gaza into Israel.
The security situation in Sinai was likely to be one of the topics raised in Netanyahu's talks with Hagel when the two meet on Tuesday, press reports said.
Eilat has been hit by intermittent rocket fire from Sinai over the past few years. The last attack was in August 2012 when militants from another Salafist group called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis fired two rockets at the city without causing injuries.
Since the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, Israel's border with Sinai has seen multiple security incidents, with militants using the lawless peninsula to stage attacks.
There has also been an uptick in rocket fire from Gaza in the last two months, with several attacks claimed by Salafist militants.
Israel police said another rocket hit southern Israel overnight without causing casualties or damage. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Until the end of February, the Israel-Gaza border was completely quiet after an Egyptian-brokered truce ended eight days of deadly fighting between Israel and militants from Gaza's ruling Hamas movement.
For the most part, Israel has responded with restraint, staging only one night of air strikes on Gaza on April 3, which caused no injuries.
"Last week missiles were fired from Sinai at Eilat," Netanyahu said at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting shortly before the arrival of US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for a three-day visit.
"Those who fired them are apparently a terror squad that departed Gaza and used the territory of Sinai to attack an Israeli city.
"We will not accept this and we will exact a price -- this has been our consistent policy the past four years and it will serve us in this case as well," he said in remarks relayed by his bureau.
On Wednesday, militants fired two rockets from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at Eilat which hit inside the city but caused no casualties.
The attack was claimed by a Gaza-based Salafi group called the Mujahedeen Shura Council, which has in recent months fired rockets from Gaza into Israel.
The security situation in Sinai was likely to be one of the topics raised in Netanyahu's talks with Hagel when the two meet on Tuesday, press reports said.
Eilat has been hit by intermittent rocket fire from Sinai over the past few years. The last attack was in August 2012 when militants from another Salafist group called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis fired two rockets at the city without causing injuries.
Since the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, Israel's border with Sinai has seen multiple security incidents, with militants using the lawless peninsula to stage attacks.
There has also been an uptick in rocket fire from Gaza in the last two months, with several attacks claimed by Salafist militants.
Israel police said another rocket hit southern Israel overnight without causing casualties or damage. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Until the end of February, the Israel-Gaza border was completely quiet after an Egyptian-brokered truce ended eight days of deadly fighting between Israel and militants from Gaza's ruling Hamas movement.
For the most part, Israel has responded with restraint, staging only one night of air strikes on Gaza on April 3, which caused no injuries.
Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli policeman
A 20-year-old Palestinian young man from the town of Tayeba in the occupied territories died on Sunday from wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli police last night.
The Hebrew "Walla" news website reported that an Israeli police patrol claimed seeing two Palestinian youths carrying weapons in the city of Tira in the 1948-occupied territories, and started chasing them, when one of the young men threatened the policemen to shoot, according to the Israeli police claims.
An Israeli policeman shot the Palestinian youth causing him serious injuries. He was then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday morning.
The Hebrew "Walla" news website reported that an Israeli police patrol claimed seeing two Palestinian youths carrying weapons in the city of Tira in the 1948-occupied territories, and started chasing them, when one of the young men threatened the policemen to shoot, according to the Israeli police claims.
An Israeli policeman shot the Palestinian youth causing him serious injuries. He was then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday morning.
20 apr 2013
Hamas MP warns of new Israeli war on Gaza with American blessing
A Hamas MP has warned of an American green light to Israel to launch a new war on the Gaza Strip in light of recent Israeli fiery remarks.
Israeli war minister Moshe Yalon had threatened to launch a new military operation against Gaza and to strike with an “iron fist” in the event rockets continued to be fired from the coastal enclave.
Yalon’s threats come after similar remarks by his chief of staff Benny Gantz less than a week ago in which he threatened a new war on Gaza in the event “violations of the calm agreement persisted”.
Hamas MP Ismail Al-Ashqar told Quds Press on Saturday that his movement was taking those threats seriously.
He said that Hamas believed that the US was giving Israel a green light to go ahead in such an aggression, which usually leads to the killing of children and women. He said that the Israeli occupation was criminal by nature and is accustomed to committing war crimes and to killing innocent children and women.
The lawmaker blamed the world community for not bringing to account the Israeli war criminals who launched the 2008-2009 aggression and the latest war last year, adding that such a position encourages Israel to launch new attacks.
Ashqar warned Israel that it would pay a heavy price for any such “military adventure”, adding that the threats did not terrorize the Palestinian people or resistance.
The head of the interior and security committee at the Palestinian legislative council said that the world knows the “terrorist history” of both Yalon and Gantz.
The MP, however, said that the world has changed after the Arab Spring revolutions and would not allow Israel to strike anew then get away with it.
Israeli war minister Moshe Yalon had threatened to launch a new military operation against Gaza and to strike with an “iron fist” in the event rockets continued to be fired from the coastal enclave.
Yalon’s threats come after similar remarks by his chief of staff Benny Gantz less than a week ago in which he threatened a new war on Gaza in the event “violations of the calm agreement persisted”.
Hamas MP Ismail Al-Ashqar told Quds Press on Saturday that his movement was taking those threats seriously.
He said that Hamas believed that the US was giving Israel a green light to go ahead in such an aggression, which usually leads to the killing of children and women. He said that the Israeli occupation was criminal by nature and is accustomed to committing war crimes and to killing innocent children and women.
The lawmaker blamed the world community for not bringing to account the Israeli war criminals who launched the 2008-2009 aggression and the latest war last year, adding that such a position encourages Israel to launch new attacks.
Ashqar warned Israel that it would pay a heavy price for any such “military adventure”, adding that the threats did not terrorize the Palestinian people or resistance.
The head of the interior and security committee at the Palestinian legislative council said that the world knows the “terrorist history” of both Yalon and Gantz.
The MP, however, said that the world has changed after the Arab Spring revolutions and would not allow Israel to strike anew then get away with it.
IOF soldiers break into villages in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Saturday the town of Rummaneh western Jenin and closed its entrance for hours. Local sources said that dozens of Israeli soldiers from the nearby camp of Salem stormed the village adjacent to the apartheid wall and conducted raids. No arrests have been reported.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up, in the early morning hours, a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to Ya'bad, south of Jenin, stopped the vehicles and blocked their movement.
Local sources said that the occupation troops searched the vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
They also detained and questioned a number of youths, and prevented some employees from arriving to their workplaces.
Five military patrols raided Jaba village, south of Jenin at dawn Friday, and broke into and searched a Palestinian citizen's house.
Local sources added that the Israeli forces stormed the neighboring towns of Fandaqumiya and Seelat al-Dahr, where they combed open areas.
The IOF also set up a checkpoint on the Jenin - Nablus Street, near Jaba crossroads and started searching passing Palestinian vehicles.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up, in the early morning hours, a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to Ya'bad, south of Jenin, stopped the vehicles and blocked their movement.
Local sources said that the occupation troops searched the vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
They also detained and questioned a number of youths, and prevented some employees from arriving to their workplaces.
Five military patrols raided Jaba village, south of Jenin at dawn Friday, and broke into and searched a Palestinian citizen's house.
Local sources added that the Israeli forces stormed the neighboring towns of Fandaqumiya and Seelat al-Dahr, where they combed open areas.
The IOF also set up a checkpoint on the Jenin - Nablus Street, near Jaba crossroads and started searching passing Palestinian vehicles.
Four citizens including old lady wounded in confrontations with IOF soldiers
Four Palestinians, including an old lady in her seventies, were wounded in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Ramallah afternoon Friday. Eyewitnesses told the PIC in a telephone contact that IOF soldiers arrested ten demonstrators, who sought refuge in a building after it was stormed by the soldiers, in Silwad village to the east of Ramallah.
They said that the soldiers beat up the citizens after handcuffing and throwing them on the ground.
The sources said that a 70-year-old Palestinian woman was wounded with a rubber bullet in her chest after the soldiers took control of her home and forced her out of it.
Meanwhile to the east of Silwad, inhabitants of Deir Jarir village offered the Friday prayers on a land threatened with confiscation.
Jewish settlers from Ofra settlement, who want to annex the land to their settlement, tried to attack the worshipers but were confronted by villagers who threw stones on them and chased them away.
However, IOF soldiers intervened and fired live and rubber bullets in addition to teargas canisters to disperse the villagers.
In a separate incident, two Palestinian young men were injured in confrontations with IOF soldiers in front of the Jalazoun refugee camp north of Ramallah city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the two young men were hit with teargas canisters and were taken to Ramallah government hospital.
They said that the soldiers arrested two other young men in the confrontations, adding that the soldiers closed Beit El road, near the Jalazoun camp, that links Ramallah to Nablus.
They said that the soldiers beat up the citizens after handcuffing and throwing them on the ground.
The sources said that a 70-year-old Palestinian woman was wounded with a rubber bullet in her chest after the soldiers took control of her home and forced her out of it.
Meanwhile to the east of Silwad, inhabitants of Deir Jarir village offered the Friday prayers on a land threatened with confiscation.
Jewish settlers from Ofra settlement, who want to annex the land to their settlement, tried to attack the worshipers but were confronted by villagers who threw stones on them and chased them away.
However, IOF soldiers intervened and fired live and rubber bullets in addition to teargas canisters to disperse the villagers.
In a separate incident, two Palestinian young men were injured in confrontations with IOF soldiers in front of the Jalazoun refugee camp north of Ramallah city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the two young men were hit with teargas canisters and were taken to Ramallah government hospital.
They said that the soldiers arrested two other young men in the confrontations, adding that the soldiers closed Beit El road, near the Jalazoun camp, that links Ramallah to Nablus.
IOF soldiers quell protest marches near Al-Khalil
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled a peaceful march south of Al-Khalil on Friday demanding reopening of the southern entrance to the province that had been closed by the IOF for the past 13 years. Eyewitnesses said that confrontations took place near Beit Hagai settlement, established on Palestinian land south of Al-Khalil.
They said that dozens of citizens from Fawar refugee camp and Doura and Hijra areas gathered near the closed road that has been closed since the Aqsa intifada in 2000 and asked for opening it before Palestinian citizens.
The witnesses said that the soldiers fired metal bullets and tear gas at the demonstrators triggering large-scale confrontations.
They said that soldiers had been deployed in the area since the early morning hours and blocked the citizens from completing their march to the closed road.
Other clashes were reported in separate areas in Al-Khalil province where young men engaged IOF soldiers after storming their village of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, through its main entrance.
Locals said that the young men threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who were firing teargas canisters at them, adding that many citizens were treated for gas inhalation.
Similar clashes were reported in Beit Ummar village, also north of Al-Khalil, and in Aroub refugee camp.
They said that dozens of citizens from Fawar refugee camp and Doura and Hijra areas gathered near the closed road that has been closed since the Aqsa intifada in 2000 and asked for opening it before Palestinian citizens.
The witnesses said that the soldiers fired metal bullets and tear gas at the demonstrators triggering large-scale confrontations.
They said that soldiers had been deployed in the area since the early morning hours and blocked the citizens from completing their march to the closed road.
Other clashes were reported in separate areas in Al-Khalil province where young men engaged IOF soldiers after storming their village of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, through its main entrance.
Locals said that the young men threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who were firing teargas canisters at them, adding that many citizens were treated for gas inhalation.
Similar clashes were reported in Beit Ummar village, also north of Al-Khalil, and in Aroub refugee camp.
18 apr 2013
Israeli warplanes launch mock raid off the coast of Gaza
Israeli warplanes staged mock raids off the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday, the PIC reporter said.
He said that Israeli F-16s staged the mock raids in the early morning hours, adding that they caused big bangs heard in various areas of the coastal enclave.
The reporter said that the Israeli warplanes had launched similar mock raids on Wednesday.
He said that Israeli F-16s staged the mock raids in the early morning hours, adding that they caused big bangs heard in various areas of the coastal enclave.
The reporter said that the Israeli warplanes had launched similar mock raids on Wednesday.
17 apr 2013
Army Opens Fire At Palestinian Ambulance In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance while trying to provide medical care to family members, including an infant, injured by gas bombs fired by the army at their home, in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
Abdul-Halim Jaafra, head of the Emergency Unit at the Bethlehem Branch of the Red Crescent, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that five Palestinian family members, including an infant, suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army at their home.
He added that as the medics rushed to rescue the family, the army fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the ambulance shattering its front shield; no injuries were reported among the medics.
The incident took place during clashes that took place in Al-Khader between local youths and invading Israeli soldiers.
IOF soldiers fire at Palestinian ambulance vehicle
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at a Palestinian ambulance vehicle while extending medical assistance to a family in Al-Khader village, Bethlehem province, on Wednesday night. Abdulhalim Jafara, the spokesman for Bethlehem Red Crescent ambulance service, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers intentionally fired rubber bullets at the ambulance vehicle.
He said that the front window of the vehicle was smashed in the attack which meant that the ambulance crews could not help members of a family who were victims of the IOF teargas attack in the village.
Jafara strongly condemned the attack that came in violation of international laws that provided protection for ambulance cars and prohibited any hindrance to their work or attacking them.
He affirmed that the attack was deliberate as the vehicle carried clear signs at all sides indicating that it was an ambulance vehicle.
The spokesman said that 21 citizens suffered from breathing problems including five of one family as a result of the IOF teargas attack on the village.
Abdul-Halim Jaafra, head of the Emergency Unit at the Bethlehem Branch of the Red Crescent, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that five Palestinian family members, including an infant, suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army at their home.
He added that as the medics rushed to rescue the family, the army fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the ambulance shattering its front shield; no injuries were reported among the medics.
The incident took place during clashes that took place in Al-Khader between local youths and invading Israeli soldiers.
IOF soldiers fire at Palestinian ambulance vehicle
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at a Palestinian ambulance vehicle while extending medical assistance to a family in Al-Khader village, Bethlehem province, on Wednesday night. Abdulhalim Jafara, the spokesman for Bethlehem Red Crescent ambulance service, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers intentionally fired rubber bullets at the ambulance vehicle.
He said that the front window of the vehicle was smashed in the attack which meant that the ambulance crews could not help members of a family who were victims of the IOF teargas attack in the village.
Jafara strongly condemned the attack that came in violation of international laws that provided protection for ambulance cars and prohibited any hindrance to their work or attacking them.
He affirmed that the attack was deliberate as the vehicle carried clear signs at all sides indicating that it was an ambulance vehicle.
The spokesman said that 21 citizens suffered from breathing problems including five of one family as a result of the IOF teargas attack on the village.
Palestinian Injured By Arm Fire In Hebron
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Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head during clashes with the army in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The sources said that the youth was injured after the army attacked Palestinians marking April 17, the Palestinian Prisoners Day.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the army fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and added that dozens have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Awad added that cashes are still ongoing in the town, and that the army is firing more gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head during clashes with the army in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The sources said that the youth was injured after the army attacked Palestinians marking April 17, the Palestinian Prisoners Day.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the army fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and added that dozens have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Awad added that cashes are still ongoing in the town, and that the army is firing more gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Violent clashes in Aroub on the Prisoner's Day anniversary
Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday near the Aroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil following a raid by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
Eyewitnesses told PIC that dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the camp's main entrance, adjacent to the road between Bethlehem and al-Khalil, and fired tear gas grenades and metal bullets towards Palestinian school students and young men, causing them to suffocate.
The witnesses added that a number of Israeli soldiers and patrols were extensively deployed in the region.
Meanwhile, the IOF erected a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to Ya'bad village south of Jenin, and started stopping the vehicles and obstructing their movement.
Local sources said that the Israeli soldiers have randomly stopped and searched dozens of vehicles at the checkpoint and checked the identities of citizens.
The sources pointed out that the IOF detained and questioned a number of young men and deliberately prevented the citizens from arriving to their work place.
Another military checkpoint was also erected on Wednesday morning by two patrols from the border guards at the entrance to the village of Kafr Qaddoum east of Qalqilya.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers provocatively checked the identities of citizens and attacked a number of them, then announced the village a closed military zone.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the camp's main entrance, adjacent to the road between Bethlehem and al-Khalil, and fired tear gas grenades and metal bullets towards Palestinian school students and young men, causing them to suffocate.
The witnesses added that a number of Israeli soldiers and patrols were extensively deployed in the region.
Meanwhile, the IOF erected a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to Ya'bad village south of Jenin, and started stopping the vehicles and obstructing their movement.
Local sources said that the Israeli soldiers have randomly stopped and searched dozens of vehicles at the checkpoint and checked the identities of citizens.
The sources pointed out that the IOF detained and questioned a number of young men and deliberately prevented the citizens from arriving to their work place.
Another military checkpoint was also erected on Wednesday morning by two patrols from the border guards at the entrance to the village of Kafr Qaddoum east of Qalqilya.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers provocatively checked the identities of citizens and attacked a number of them, then announced the village a closed military zone.
IOF brutally attack citizens of Khader town
Violent clashes broke out Tuesday afternoon between young men and Israeli soldiers in Al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, especially in Jabal Umm Al-Rukba neighborhood.
During the clashes, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) brutally and randomly fired a barrage of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets directly at the Palestinian homes in the neighborhood causing many citizens indoors to suffocate and faint.
Consequently, many Palestinians were treated from tear gas injuries, and one Palestinian driver also sustained injuries when Israeli soldiers showered his car with rubber bullets and tear gas.
A local source reported that the Israeli soldiers deliberately opened fire at water tanks of houses and caused holes in some of them.
The sources said that a senior Israeli officer had already threatened the residents of Al-Khader town to damage their water tanks if their sons continued their protests.
During the clashes, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) brutally and randomly fired a barrage of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets directly at the Palestinian homes in the neighborhood causing many citizens indoors to suffocate and faint.
Consequently, many Palestinians were treated from tear gas injuries, and one Palestinian driver also sustained injuries when Israeli soldiers showered his car with rubber bullets and tear gas.
A local source reported that the Israeli soldiers deliberately opened fire at water tanks of houses and caused holes in some of them.
The sources said that a senior Israeli officer had already threatened the residents of Al-Khader town to damage their water tanks if their sons continued their protests.
16 apr 2013
Israeli forces shoot and injure Palestinian man in central Gaza Strip
Israeli forces have shot and injured a young Palestinian man in the central Gaza Strip, Press TV reports.
Palestinian medical sources said the 32-year-old victim was hit in the chest in the al-Bureij refugee camp late on Tuesday.
Medics added that the wounded Palestinian was in moderate condition in hospital.
On April 11, a physically disabled Palestinian man was arrested by Israeli troops after being shot and wounded in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Motazz Obeidu, 32, was seriously injured after Israeli forces attacked his shop, according to a prisoners' rights group and local residents.
The Israeli army confirmed the arrest and the shooting, and claimed that the Palestinian had acted “violently.” An army spokeswoman accused Obeidu of “throwing an axe, a gas canister and a wheelbarrow at soldiers, injuring two of them."
But the Ramallah-based Prisoners Club said the victim was "physically disabled," and held the Israeli regime responsible for the man’s life.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator James W. Rawley said on April 10 that a new round of Israeli sanctions on the blockaded Gaza Strip is impacting food supplies and would have "serious" effects if continued.
"Israel has announced a series of heightened restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from the Gaza Strip, including closures of the Kerem Shalom crossing," he said in a statement.
Rawley warned, "These measures are resulting in the depletion of stocks of essential supplies, including basic foodstuffs and cooking gas, and undermine the livelihoods and rights of many vulnerable Gazan families."
"If these restrictions continue, the effect upon the Gaza population will be serious," he stated.
Palestinian man wounded in IOF shooting in central Gaza
A Palestinian man was wounded on Tuesday evening when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fields and houses in the central Gaza Strip. Quds Press said that IOF soldiers in military watchtowers opened machinegun fire at houses in Breij refugee camp and at famers in nearby fields wounding the man.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, said that the 34-year-old man was hit with a bullet in his chest, describing his condition as stable.
The incident is the latest in a series of IOF violations of the calm agreement signed with Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza under Egyptian patronage in November last year.
Palestinian medical sources said the 32-year-old victim was hit in the chest in the al-Bureij refugee camp late on Tuesday.
Medics added that the wounded Palestinian was in moderate condition in hospital.
On April 11, a physically disabled Palestinian man was arrested by Israeli troops after being shot and wounded in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Motazz Obeidu, 32, was seriously injured after Israeli forces attacked his shop, according to a prisoners' rights group and local residents.
The Israeli army confirmed the arrest and the shooting, and claimed that the Palestinian had acted “violently.” An army spokeswoman accused Obeidu of “throwing an axe, a gas canister and a wheelbarrow at soldiers, injuring two of them."
But the Ramallah-based Prisoners Club said the victim was "physically disabled," and held the Israeli regime responsible for the man’s life.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator James W. Rawley said on April 10 that a new round of Israeli sanctions on the blockaded Gaza Strip is impacting food supplies and would have "serious" effects if continued.
"Israel has announced a series of heightened restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from the Gaza Strip, including closures of the Kerem Shalom crossing," he said in a statement.
Rawley warned, "These measures are resulting in the depletion of stocks of essential supplies, including basic foodstuffs and cooking gas, and undermine the livelihoods and rights of many vulnerable Gazan families."
"If these restrictions continue, the effect upon the Gaza population will be serious," he stated.
Palestinian man wounded in IOF shooting in central Gaza
A Palestinian man was wounded on Tuesday evening when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fields and houses in the central Gaza Strip. Quds Press said that IOF soldiers in military watchtowers opened machinegun fire at houses in Breij refugee camp and at famers in nearby fields wounding the man.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, said that the 34-year-old man was hit with a bullet in his chest, describing his condition as stable.
The incident is the latest in a series of IOF violations of the calm agreement signed with Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza under Egyptian patronage in November last year.
Arrests and clashes in al-Khalil
A number of suffocation cases were reported when the occupation forces stormed Arroub refugee camp near the city of al-Khalil, where soldiers fired tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets towards citizens.
One injury was reported in addition to dozens of suffocation cases during the Israeli breaking into the camp, eyewitnesses confirmed to the PIC reporter.
The sources added that Israeli patrols came to the camp and took position on the opposite hill, where the clashes intensified during the past few days in support of the prisoners.
In a related context, the occupation forces, stationed around the old town and Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil, arrested two Palestinian minors and took them to nearby detention center.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces prevented, on Monday, Palestinian farmers from having access to their lands in Fawwar refugee camp south of al-Khalil under the pretext of being a closed military area.
The Israeli occupation forces have prevented recently citizens from entering their land in the vicinity of Fawwar Camp as a prelude to establish an Israeli settlement.
One injury was reported in addition to dozens of suffocation cases during the Israeli breaking into the camp, eyewitnesses confirmed to the PIC reporter.
The sources added that Israeli patrols came to the camp and took position on the opposite hill, where the clashes intensified during the past few days in support of the prisoners.
In a related context, the occupation forces, stationed around the old town and Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil, arrested two Palestinian minors and took them to nearby detention center.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces prevented, on Monday, Palestinian farmers from having access to their lands in Fawwar refugee camp south of al-Khalil under the pretext of being a closed military area.
The Israeli occupation forces have prevented recently citizens from entering their land in the vicinity of Fawwar Camp as a prelude to establish an Israeli settlement.
IOF suppresses peaceful march commemorating the Nakba in Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed on Tuesday a Palestinian peaceful march in the occupied city of Jerusalem to commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Nakba.
Jerusalemite sources reported that Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked a peaceful march launched on Tuesday from the Salah al-Din Street, east of Jerusalem, to commemorate the Nakba anniversary with the participation of dozens of Jerusalemite youths who chanted slogans against the occupation.
The occupation military forces dispersed the masses of marchers and arrested five of them. Three of the detainees were subsequently released, while the Israeli forces extended the detention of two others pending further investigation.
The occupied city of Jerusalem has been witnessing security tension that has recently increased after large groups of Jewish settlers announced that they will organize a series of raids into Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Talmudic prayers in its courtyards.
Jerusalemite sources reported that Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked a peaceful march launched on Tuesday from the Salah al-Din Street, east of Jerusalem, to commemorate the Nakba anniversary with the participation of dozens of Jerusalemite youths who chanted slogans against the occupation.
The occupation military forces dispersed the masses of marchers and arrested five of them. Three of the detainees were subsequently released, while the Israeli forces extended the detention of two others pending further investigation.
The occupied city of Jerusalem has been witnessing security tension that has recently increased after large groups of Jewish settlers announced that they will organize a series of raids into Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Talmudic prayers in its courtyards.