30 dec 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon intensified their presence and security measures around the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil.
According to local sources, the IOF at the entrances leading to the Mosque prevented Muslim worshipers from entering the Mosque and allowed to Jewish settlers to defile it.
The IOF also prevented journalists from doing their job, expelled them from the Mosque and deleted all the photos and videos from their cameras.
The journalists were covering the Israeli arbitrary measures against the Muslim worshipers and the descration of the Islamic holy site by Jewish settlers.
The Ibrahimi Mosque Mu’addin was also banned from reciting Adhan (call to prayer) for the evening prayers of Maghrib and Isha.
According to local sources, the IOF at the entrances leading to the Mosque prevented Muslim worshipers from entering the Mosque and allowed to Jewish settlers to defile it.
The IOF also prevented journalists from doing their job, expelled them from the Mosque and deleted all the photos and videos from their cameras.
The journalists were covering the Israeli arbitrary measures against the Muslim worshipers and the descration of the Islamic holy site by Jewish settlers.
The Ibrahimi Mosque Mu’addin was also banned from reciting Adhan (call to prayer) for the evening prayers of Maghrib and Isha.
20 dec 2019
Forty-Five Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, 3 women and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 85th Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 20 December 2019.
This week, IOF continued the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors, as 11 civilians were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 3 were deemed in serious condition, in addition to other injuries with rubber bullets, mainly in protesters’ upper bodies.
The Supreme National Authority of GMR called for today’s protests under the slogan “Hebron is a thorn in the way of efforts to create a Jewish majority” in solidarity with Hebron Governorate, which has been lately the target of Israeli settlement schemes.
At 14:00, Palestinian civilians head towards the five GMR encampments in the eastern Gaza Strip to join today’s protest which lasted to 16:30.
Since GMR started on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 215 civilian killings by IOF, including 47 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,815 civilians, including 3,735 children, 391 women, 255 paramedics and 219 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: demonstrations took off in eastern Jabalia. A few protesters threw stones at IOF stationed along the border fence. IOF shot and injured 15 civilians, including 5 children, a woman and a journalist; 3 of them, including a girl and an elderly woman, were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 11, including 3 children, were shot with rubber bullets; and a child was hit with a tear gas canister. The wounded journalist, Thair Khaled Fahmi Abu Rayash (24), was shot with a rubber bullet in his left leg.
Gaza City: protests took part in Malaka area in eastern Gaza City. IOF shot and injured protestors with live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters. No casualties were reported.
Central Gaza Strip: IOF stationed behind sand berms and in military SUVs along the border fence in eastern al-Buriej Camp fired live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters at protestors, including youth, children and women, while gathering adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 0 – 300 meters. Additionally, IOF launched a drone to photograph protestors who had set tires on fire and thrown stones and sound bombs near the borders, without posing any threat to IOF’s lives.
6 civilians sustained bullet injuries in the shooting which lasted until 17:00, including a woman: 3 were shot with live bullets and 3 were shot with rubber bullets. The wounded were taken to al-Aqsa Hospital in Dir al-Balah: Ibrahim Mahmoud Saleh Abu Khashab (25), was deemed in serious condition after being shot with a live bullet in his abdomen and admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while others’ injuries were classified between moderate to minor. Furthermore, dozens of protestors suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; some of them were treated on spot while others were taken to hospitals.
Khan Younis: Hundreds civilians joined today’s protests in Khuza’ah area in eastern Khan Younis. Most of the protesters stayed in the encampment for the activities while only few dozens gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones and Molotov cocktails. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 9 civilians, including 2 children and a woman, were shot with rubber bullets. Moreover, dozens of protestors suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
Rafah: hundreds of protestors gathered in eastern al-Shawka neighborhood while others remained at the protest encampment, where speeches and theatrical performances were performed. Dozens attempted to approach the fence and throw stones. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors. As a result, 14 civilians, including 5 children, were injured; 2 were deemed in serious condition, including a child: 5 shot with live bullets, 5 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Those sustained serious wounds were identified:
This week, IOF continued the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors, as 11 civilians were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 3 were deemed in serious condition, in addition to other injuries with rubber bullets, mainly in protesters’ upper bodies.
The Supreme National Authority of GMR called for today’s protests under the slogan “Hebron is a thorn in the way of efforts to create a Jewish majority” in solidarity with Hebron Governorate, which has been lately the target of Israeli settlement schemes.
At 14:00, Palestinian civilians head towards the five GMR encampments in the eastern Gaza Strip to join today’s protest which lasted to 16:30.
Since GMR started on 30 March 2018, PCHR documented 215 civilian killings by IOF, including 47 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and injured 14,815 civilians, including 3,735 children, 391 women, 255 paramedics and 219 journalists, noting that many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip: demonstrations took off in eastern Jabalia. A few protesters threw stones at IOF stationed along the border fence. IOF shot and injured 15 civilians, including 5 children, a woman and a journalist; 3 of them, including a girl and an elderly woman, were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 11, including 3 children, were shot with rubber bullets; and a child was hit with a tear gas canister. The wounded journalist, Thair Khaled Fahmi Abu Rayash (24), was shot with a rubber bullet in his left leg.
Gaza City: protests took part in Malaka area in eastern Gaza City. IOF shot and injured protestors with live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters. No casualties were reported.
Central Gaza Strip: IOF stationed behind sand berms and in military SUVs along the border fence in eastern al-Buriej Camp fired live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters at protestors, including youth, children and women, while gathering adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 0 – 300 meters. Additionally, IOF launched a drone to photograph protestors who had set tires on fire and thrown stones and sound bombs near the borders, without posing any threat to IOF’s lives.
6 civilians sustained bullet injuries in the shooting which lasted until 17:00, including a woman: 3 were shot with live bullets and 3 were shot with rubber bullets. The wounded were taken to al-Aqsa Hospital in Dir al-Balah: Ibrahim Mahmoud Saleh Abu Khashab (25), was deemed in serious condition after being shot with a live bullet in his abdomen and admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while others’ injuries were classified between moderate to minor. Furthermore, dozens of protestors suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; some of them were treated on spot while others were taken to hospitals.
Khan Younis: Hundreds civilians joined today’s protests in Khuza’ah area in eastern Khan Younis. Most of the protesters stayed in the encampment for the activities while only few dozens gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones and Molotov cocktails. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 9 civilians, including 2 children and a woman, were shot with rubber bullets. Moreover, dozens of protestors suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
Rafah: hundreds of protestors gathered in eastern al-Shawka neighborhood while others remained at the protest encampment, where speeches and theatrical performances were performed. Dozens attempted to approach the fence and throw stones. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors. As a result, 14 civilians, including 5 children, were injured; 2 were deemed in serious condition, including a child: 5 shot with live bullets, 5 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters. Those sustained serious wounds were identified:
- Hazem Khaled Abu Jaridah (20), who was shot with a live bullet in his neck and referred to the Gaza European Hospital.
- Basel ‘Abdul Raouf Salam al-Lolahi (15), who was shot with a live bullet upper his thigh.
17 dec 2019
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that, on Monday, the Israeli authorities issued an administrative detention order for a period of four months against female Palestinian journalist Bushra al-Tawil, 26, who was detained last week at her family home in al-Bireh, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.
This brings the number of Palestinian women held in administrative detention to three, including Shorouk al-Badan, from Bethlehem, and Ala al-Bisher, from Qalqilia. The number of female prisoners in Israeli jails has reached 42.
Al-Tawil has been arrested three times before, in 2011 she was sentenced to a prison term of 16 months, and was released as part of a prisoners’ exchange deal.
In 2014, the Israeli military re-arrested her to serve her previous sentence. In 2017, al-Tawil was arrested again and placed under administrative detention under the pretext of secret evidence, she was detained for eight months.
Once again, on December 11, days after the release of her father, Jamal al-Tawil, former mayor of al-Bireh, who served 20 months in administrative detention for his role in the resistance. Al-Tawil’s mother had also served time in Israeli detention for her resistance of the occupation.
This brings the number of Palestinian women held in administrative detention to three, including Shorouk al-Badan, from Bethlehem, and Ala al-Bisher, from Qalqilia. The number of female prisoners in Israeli jails has reached 42.
Al-Tawil has been arrested three times before, in 2011 she was sentenced to a prison term of 16 months, and was released as part of a prisoners’ exchange deal.
In 2014, the Israeli military re-arrested her to serve her previous sentence. In 2017, al-Tawil was arrested again and placed under administrative detention under the pretext of secret evidence, she was detained for eight months.
Once again, on December 11, days after the release of her father, Jamal al-Tawil, former mayor of al-Bireh, who served 20 months in administrative detention for his role in the resistance. Al-Tawil’s mother had also served time in Israeli detention for her resistance of the occupation.
