4 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers shot, Wednesday, two young men, and caused dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to firing live rounds at reporters, after the army attacked protesters near the border fence east of Gaza city.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot two young men with live fire, in their lower extremities, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, before they were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers were heavily deployed behind the border fence and fired many live rounds at Palestinian protesters.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds at Palestinian reporters in the area, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot two young men with live fire, in their lower extremities, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, before they were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers were heavily deployed behind the border fence and fired many live rounds at Palestinian protesters.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds at Palestinian reporters in the area, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
1 apr 2018
The government media office in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation forces deliberately targeted journalists during the recent protests held in Gaza in an attempt to prevent them from covering what was really happening.
In a statement on Saturday, the media office accused Israeli forces of firing live ammunition and tear gas grenades directly at journalists who were covering the border protests in Gaza on Friday and Saturday despite the clear and special signs referring to their job they were holding and their presence in spots relatively away from the participants in the protests.
The official also accused Israel of launching jamming attacks on telecommunication networks and media satellite communication vehicles during the protests, and hacking online pages and accounts belonging to journalists, especially those who were assigned to cover the recent events.
It stressed that such attacks on journalists were a new crime in Israel’s criminal record against freedoms of opinion and expression.
“It is not surprising to see those who kill unarmed civilians try to conceal their crime by attacking journalists who witness the event and relay it to the public opinion,” the office stated.
It called for forming an international inquiry commission to probe Israel’s growing violations and assaults on media crews in Palestine.
In a statement on Saturday, the media office accused Israeli forces of firing live ammunition and tear gas grenades directly at journalists who were covering the border protests in Gaza on Friday and Saturday despite the clear and special signs referring to their job they were holding and their presence in spots relatively away from the participants in the protests.
The official also accused Israel of launching jamming attacks on telecommunication networks and media satellite communication vehicles during the protests, and hacking online pages and accounts belonging to journalists, especially those who were assigned to cover the recent events.
It stressed that such attacks on journalists were a new crime in Israel’s criminal record against freedoms of opinion and expression.
“It is not surprising to see those who kill unarmed civilians try to conceal their crime by attacking journalists who witness the event and relay it to the public opinion,” the office stated.
It called for forming an international inquiry commission to probe Israel’s growing violations and assaults on media crews in Palestine.
25 mar 2018
Dozens of Palestinians and representatives of media and official institutions on Sunday participated in a sit-in in solidarity with the Palestinian detainee journalist Baker Abdul Haq, correspondent to Filistin TV. The solidarity event was held in Nablus city.
Nasser Jawabreh, Office Manager of the Ministry of Information, stressed in his speech at the sit-in the importance of exerting serious efforts for the release of journalist Abdul Haq along with other 30 journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Abdul Haq at al-Karama crossing while returning from Cairo after receiving the Young Arab Award in the media field.
Nasser Jawabreh, Office Manager of the Ministry of Information, stressed in his speech at the sit-in the importance of exerting serious efforts for the release of journalist Abdul Haq along with other 30 journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Abdul Haq at al-Karama crossing while returning from Cairo after receiving the Young Arab Award in the media field.
23 mar 2018
Cameraman Mohammad Enaya
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and injured five Palestinians, including a child and a cameraman working for Palestine TV.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
He added that the army injured five young men, including Palestinian TV cameraman Mohammad Enaya, and a child.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to Darwish Nazzal hospital, in Qalqilia, and the rest received treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and attacked several Palestinians.
Eshteiwi stated that the Palestinians will continue to protest the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation, its colonies and Annexation Wall, and will fight for their legitimate rights, until liberation and independence, and establishing a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
He added that the Palestinians will not surrender to this occupation, and will continue to resist it, and reject the illegal US recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israeli, in direct violation of International Law and various United Nations and Security Council resolutions.
The Palestinians, accompanied by international peace activists, have been holding weekly processions against the illegal Israeli colonies and the Annexation Wall, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Journalist
Israeli soldiers stationed at the al-Karama Border Terminal between Jordan and Palestine abducted, on Thursday, a Palestinian journalist working for Palestine TV, while he was heading back home after receiving a journalism award in Egypt.
The journalist, Bakr Abdul-Haq, was returning to Palestine from Cairo, after receiving a journalism award for his reports and accomplishments.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly denounced the abduction of Abdul-Haq, who was moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, in occupied Jerusalem, without any explanation, or charges.
It added that Israel is currently holding captive thirty journalists, in direct violation of International Law and various international and humanitarian resolutions.
The Syndicate described the abduction and imprisonment of Abdul-Haq as an act of Israeli piracy against Palestinian journalists, and part of “a series of illegal measures meant to terrorize the journalists in Palestine, and their people.”
His family was not informed about his abduction, and started looking for him, and asking various legal and human rights groups, to later find out that he was abducted by Israel at the border terminal.
Prior to returning to Palestine, the journalist wrote a post on his Facebook page stating that he received the award in Cairo, and expressing his gratitude and pleasure in meeting many dedicated professional journalists from several parts of the Arab world.
“This award is dedicated to my homeland, Palestine, our just cause and struggle. I am honored to represent Palestine, and to send its message of steadfastness to the world,” he said, “We report on the suffering of Palestine, and its people, and their legitimate hopes and aspirations for liberation and independence.”
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and injured five Palestinians, including a child and a cameraman working for Palestine TV.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
He added that the army injured five young men, including Palestinian TV cameraman Mohammad Enaya, and a child.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to Darwish Nazzal hospital, in Qalqilia, and the rest received treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and attacked several Palestinians.
Eshteiwi stated that the Palestinians will continue to protest the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation, its colonies and Annexation Wall, and will fight for their legitimate rights, until liberation and independence, and establishing a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
He added that the Palestinians will not surrender to this occupation, and will continue to resist it, and reject the illegal US recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israeli, in direct violation of International Law and various United Nations and Security Council resolutions.
The Palestinians, accompanied by international peace activists, have been holding weekly processions against the illegal Israeli colonies and the Annexation Wall, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Journalist
Israeli soldiers stationed at the al-Karama Border Terminal between Jordan and Palestine abducted, on Thursday, a Palestinian journalist working for Palestine TV, while he was heading back home after receiving a journalism award in Egypt.
The journalist, Bakr Abdul-Haq, was returning to Palestine from Cairo, after receiving a journalism award for his reports and accomplishments.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly denounced the abduction of Abdul-Haq, who was moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, in occupied Jerusalem, without any explanation, or charges.
It added that Israel is currently holding captive thirty journalists, in direct violation of International Law and various international and humanitarian resolutions.
The Syndicate described the abduction and imprisonment of Abdul-Haq as an act of Israeli piracy against Palestinian journalists, and part of “a series of illegal measures meant to terrorize the journalists in Palestine, and their people.”
His family was not informed about his abduction, and started looking for him, and asking various legal and human rights groups, to later find out that he was abducted by Israel at the border terminal.
Prior to returning to Palestine, the journalist wrote a post on his Facebook page stating that he received the award in Cairo, and expressing his gratitude and pleasure in meeting many dedicated professional journalists from several parts of the Arab world.
“This award is dedicated to my homeland, Palestine, our just cause and struggle. I am honored to represent Palestine, and to send its message of steadfastness to the world,” he said, “We report on the suffering of Palestine, and its people, and their legitimate hopes and aspirations for liberation and independence.”
14 mar 2018
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, many Palestinians communities in several parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked homes an abducted seven Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in addition to invading the homes of a legislator and two journalists.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Rujeib Meadow area and Rujeib town, in addition to Jerusalem Street in Nablus city, before storming and ransacking homes.
One of the invaded homes in Rujeib town is owned by a journalist identified as ‘Ameed Dweikat, in addition to the home of journalist Nasser Eshteyya in Salem town, where the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several other homes.
The soldiers abducted a student of Najah National University in Nablus, identified as Mohammad Bader Hamadna, from his home in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Tareq Nayef al-Ayasa, 33, from his home in Sanour village, south of the northern west Bank city of Jenin.
Another Palestinian, identified as Qassam Najm, was abducted from his home in Saris town, near Jenin.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers invaded Silat al-Harithiya town, northwest of Jenin, searched homes and abducted Khaled Abdul-Aziz Jaradat and Mohammad Yahya Tahaina.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Haitham al-Qawasma, from his home in the city.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in Harmala village, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Ibrahim az-Zeer.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of Legislative Council member Anwar Zboun, in Bethlehem city, and searched it.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Rujeib Meadow area and Rujeib town, in addition to Jerusalem Street in Nablus city, before storming and ransacking homes.
One of the invaded homes in Rujeib town is owned by a journalist identified as ‘Ameed Dweikat, in addition to the home of journalist Nasser Eshteyya in Salem town, where the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several other homes.
The soldiers abducted a student of Najah National University in Nablus, identified as Mohammad Bader Hamadna, from his home in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Tareq Nayef al-Ayasa, 33, from his home in Sanour village, south of the northern west Bank city of Jenin.
Another Palestinian, identified as Qassam Najm, was abducted from his home in Saris town, near Jenin.
Also in Jenin, the soldiers invaded Silat al-Harithiya town, northwest of Jenin, searched homes and abducted Khaled Abdul-Aziz Jaradat and Mohammad Yahya Tahaina.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Haitham al-Qawasma, from his home in the city.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in Harmala village, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Ibrahim az-Zeer.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of Legislative Council member Anwar Zboun, in Bethlehem city, and searched it.
