31 dec 2013

Israeli occupation forces arrested two students from the Greens, on Tuesday, after chasing them on the way to their homes, following school.
According to Ahmed Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and settlements in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers attacked the students as they were walking near the area of the hill, in the Old Town. After firing tear gas and sound bombs, they arrested Wael (14), and Omar (13), Radio Bethlehem 2000 reports.
Greens school students are regularly exposed to considerable harassment by Israeli soldiers stationed near the school.
According to Ahmed Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and settlements in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers attacked the students as they were walking near the area of the hill, in the Old Town. After firing tear gas and sound bombs, they arrested Wael (14), and Omar (13), Radio Bethlehem 2000 reports.
Greens school students are regularly exposed to considerable harassment by Israeli soldiers stationed near the school.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired two artillery shells at Juhr Al-Deek area in central Gaza Strip on Monday night. Local sources said that the two shells exploded in the amidst of citizens’ homes, but no casualties were inflicted.
The Hebrew radio had claimed earlier that a rocket was fired from Gaza Strip at the western Negev.
The broadcast said that the rocket was fired Monday night and exploded in an open area in Sha’ar HaNegev without inflicting any casualties or damages.
The Hebrew radio had claimed earlier that a rocket was fired from Gaza Strip at the western Negev.
The broadcast said that the rocket was fired Monday night and exploded in an open area in Sha’ar HaNegev without inflicting any casualties or damages.

A group of extremist Israeli settlers torched three Palestinian vehicles in a Ramallah outskirt near the Israeli settlement of Beit El in the central West Bank Tuesday morning, locals told Ma’an.
Hatim Subuh, a local resident, says a group of settlers set fire to a BMW, Peugeot, and Reno parked in front of his neighbors’ houses.
The saboteurs, he added, sprayed “racist” slogans in Hebrew on his walls. He explained that the slogans translate in English as “there will be a war in Judea and Samaria", and "a lot of blood will be shed.”
Subuh highlighted that it was the third time settlers torched vehicles and sprayed racist slogans in his neighborhood.
Hatim Subuh, a local resident, says a group of settlers set fire to a BMW, Peugeot, and Reno parked in front of his neighbors’ houses.
The saboteurs, he added, sprayed “racist” slogans in Hebrew on his walls. He explained that the slogans translate in English as “there will be a war in Judea and Samaria", and "a lot of blood will be shed.”
Subuh highlighted that it was the third time settlers torched vehicles and sprayed racist slogans in his neighborhood.
30 dec 2013

On Monday IOF forces raided a building belonging to brothers of the Martyr Imad al-Kamel in the Wadi Ma’ali neighborhood in Bethlehem.
The soldiers broke into the building after destroying the main gate and arrested Hassan Atef Hussain al-Kamel, 22, a student in al-Quds University and confiscated his laptop.
During the raid, the IOF soldiers assaulted 38-year-old Ahed al-Kamel, the detainee’s uncle, and pushed him down the stairs, causing severe injuries as well as fractures on his body.
Ahed has been transferred to The Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation hospital in Beit Jala, where he will undergo several surgical operations.
The soldiers broke into the building after destroying the main gate and arrested Hassan Atef Hussain al-Kamel, 22, a student in al-Quds University and confiscated his laptop.
During the raid, the IOF soldiers assaulted 38-year-old Ahed al-Kamel, the detainee’s uncle, and pushed him down the stairs, causing severe injuries as well as fractures on his body.
Ahed has been transferred to The Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation hospital in Beit Jala, where he will undergo several surgical operations.

The Israeli army has been put on the highest level of alert amid tensions on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, the Israeli radio reported Sunday, worldbulletin.net quoted an Israeli radio. The Israeli broadcasters said that “the measure was declared on the country's borders with Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip as well as in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem,”
On Sunday, two mortar shells were fired from Lebanon into the Kiryat Shmona colonial settlement, causing no damage or casualties. The Israeli army had shelled a southern Lebanese area as a response to the mortar attack.
Last week, a mortar shell fired from Syrian territory landed in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. The mortar round, which struck an uninhabited area, resulted in no human or material damage.
(Israel) also launched a series of raids on Gaza last week, leaving a Palestinian child dead and six adult Palestinians injured.
Israeli artillery hit on Sunday, December 29, southern Lebanon with twenty shells, allegedly in retaliation to the firing of Katyusha rockets from Lebanon on the occupying Israeli state’s territory.
Palestinian Government in Gaza condemned the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, saying the Zionist entity is trying to act as the regional superpower.
Dr. Yousef Rizq , political advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister, compared the Israeli aggression against Lebanon to the recent bombings on Gaza [which killed a three-year-old girl and wounded 16].
“Israel as an occupying power has the largest military force in the region and is trying to exercise the role of a superpower; it creates tension or calm whenever it wishes to do so,” he added.
On Sunday, two mortar shells were fired from Lebanon into the Kiryat Shmona colonial settlement, causing no damage or casualties. The Israeli army had shelled a southern Lebanese area as a response to the mortar attack.
Last week, a mortar shell fired from Syrian territory landed in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. The mortar round, which struck an uninhabited area, resulted in no human or material damage.
(Israel) also launched a series of raids on Gaza last week, leaving a Palestinian child dead and six adult Palestinians injured.
Israeli artillery hit on Sunday, December 29, southern Lebanon with twenty shells, allegedly in retaliation to the firing of Katyusha rockets from Lebanon on the occupying Israeli state’s territory.
Palestinian Government in Gaza condemned the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, saying the Zionist entity is trying to act as the regional superpower.
Dr. Yousef Rizq , political advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister, compared the Israeli aggression against Lebanon to the recent bombings on Gaza [which killed a three-year-old girl and wounded 16].
“Israel as an occupying power has the largest military force in the region and is trying to exercise the role of a superpower; it creates tension or calm whenever it wishes to do so,” he added.

Israeli soldiers on Sunday brutally attacked a Palestinian workman from Beit Ummar town as he was on his way to his workplace, while others kidnapped a young man at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil city. Mohamed Awad, a spokesman for the popular committee against the wall and settlement activities, said that Israeli soldiers brutally beat Mahmoud Alami, 22, as he was walking along with other fellow workmen to his workplace in Harjiya area near Wad Foqin town and occupied Jerusalem.
Awad added that the soldiers took Alami on their military jeep and then dumped him in the Tunnel area to the north of Bethehem before Palestinians on a Red Cross vehicle spotted him and took him to Al-Hussein hospital in Beit Jala.
He noted that the workman suffered serious bruises and fractures in different areas of his body.
In a separate incident, eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped yesterday a young man identified as Khalil Abu Mariya, 27, at the entrance to Beit Ummar town and took him to the nearby military post of Etzion.
The IOF also broke into and ransacked on Sunday evening the house of ex-detainee Ayman Sharawna, who was exiled to Gaza after his release.
The raid on his house took place immediately after the Israeli intelligence summoned his brother Jihad for interrogation and detained him in Gush Etzion detention center.
Awad added that the soldiers took Alami on their military jeep and then dumped him in the Tunnel area to the north of Bethehem before Palestinians on a Red Cross vehicle spotted him and took him to Al-Hussein hospital in Beit Jala.
He noted that the workman suffered serious bruises and fractures in different areas of his body.
In a separate incident, eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped yesterday a young man identified as Khalil Abu Mariya, 27, at the entrance to Beit Ummar town and took him to the nearby military post of Etzion.
The IOF also broke into and ransacked on Sunday evening the house of ex-detainee Ayman Sharawna, who was exiled to Gaza after his release.
The raid on his house took place immediately after the Israeli intelligence summoned his brother Jihad for interrogation and detained him in Gush Etzion detention center.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Beita village, south of Nablus, at dawn Monday and searched several homes. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers broke into a number of houses in Hamayel suburb at the pretext of looking for weapons. No arrests were reported.
IOF soldiers routinely storm Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank at the pretext of looking for weapons or wanted persons.
IOF soldiers routinely storm Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank at the pretext of looking for weapons or wanted persons.

A group of settlers injured a local Palestinian official in the south Hebron hills on Saturday after attacking him with a rock, a local peace group said Monday.
"On Dec. 28, a group of settlers attacked Palestinians who were plowing a field in the South Hebron Hills village of At Tuwani. Hafez Huraini, a member of the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee, was injured in the attack," Operation Dove said in a statement.
Huraini told the group that five settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, four of whom were children, attacked the villagers as they worked on their land.
One of the settlers approached Huraini and hit him over the head with a rock.
Residents from at-Tuwani gathered and managed to force the settlers away, but they continued to throw rocks at the villagers before finally leaving the area.
The attack took place at 2.45 p.m. and Israeli forces arrived in the area at 4.15 p.m., by which time Huraini was at a hospital in Yatta receiving treatment.
"This is resistance: to go daily to your land. We are protesting every day, every night," Huraini said.
In November, Operation Dove said the illegal outpost of Havot Maon was expanding at a "phenomenal" rate.
Home to around 200 settlers, the outpost is one of the most violent and radical in the occupied West Bank.
"On Dec. 28, a group of settlers attacked Palestinians who were plowing a field in the South Hebron Hills village of At Tuwani. Hafez Huraini, a member of the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee, was injured in the attack," Operation Dove said in a statement.
Huraini told the group that five settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, four of whom were children, attacked the villagers as they worked on their land.
One of the settlers approached Huraini and hit him over the head with a rock.
Residents from at-Tuwani gathered and managed to force the settlers away, but they continued to throw rocks at the villagers before finally leaving the area.
The attack took place at 2.45 p.m. and Israeli forces arrived in the area at 4.15 p.m., by which time Huraini was at a hospital in Yatta receiving treatment.
"This is resistance: to go daily to your land. We are protesting every day, every night," Huraini said.
In November, Operation Dove said the illegal outpost of Havot Maon was expanding at a "phenomenal" rate.
Home to around 200 settlers, the outpost is one of the most violent and radical in the occupied West Bank.