10 july 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
Asra Media Office said that the IOF arrested Abdullah Dweik and Ahmad Ali Ahmad after raiding their homes in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Violent confrontations flared up between Palestinian residents of Jalazone and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters at them.
Local residents reported that the IOF seized the cellphones of the Palestinian journalists who were present in the scene and prevented them from covering the clashes.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed a Palestinian house in Jabal al-Mukabber village in Jerusalem and arrested a young man whose identity has not been identified.
IOF arrest and raid campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank, but they have seen a noticeable rise lately.
Asra Media Office said that the IOF arrested Abdullah Dweik and Ahmad Ali Ahmad after raiding their homes in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Violent confrontations flared up between Palestinian residents of Jalazone and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters at them.
Local residents reported that the IOF seized the cellphones of the Palestinian journalists who were present in the scene and prevented them from covering the clashes.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed a Palestinian house in Jabal al-Mukabber village in Jerusalem and arrested a young man whose identity has not been identified.
IOF arrest and raid campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank, but they have seen a noticeable rise lately.
24 june 2020
Despite the spike in the coronavirus cases, Israeli forces Wednesday overnight detained 22 Palestinians, including an injured teen and a journalist, from various parts of the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces rounded up six Palestinians, including four former prisoners, from the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia.
Four of the six detainees were identified as residents of Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia city, and the two others as residents of the city.
The former prisoners were a 43-year-old Palestinian who spent 11 years in Israeli detention, another, aged 43, who spent 12 years in Israeli custody, another, aged 43, who spent five years and another, aged 49, who spent a year.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, PPS said that five Palestinians were rounded up from Jenin district.
One of the five detainees was identified as a journalist from Jenin city besides to four former prisoners; two from Kafr Ra'i town, southwest of the city, and the two others from Silat Al-Harithiya village, northwest of the city. video
In Nablus district, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the vicinity of Awarta town, southeast of Nablus city.
One of the three was identified as a resident of Kafr Qallil town, and the two others as residents of Balata refugee camp.
PPS also confirmed that another was rounded up from the vicinity of Zaatra military checkpoint. He was identified as a resident of Beit Furik town, southeast of Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers close to Beit El colonial settlement, close to Beitin town, northeast of Ramallah, midnight opened fire towards several Palestinian teens, injuring a 17-year-old and detaining him along with his 16-year-old friend.
Both detainees were identified as residents of al-Jalazone refugee camp.
PPS confirmed a military raid Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of another Palestinian.
In Hebron district, Israeli soldiers rounded up a Palestinian from Hebron city, and two others from Halhul city, north of Hebron.
In Jerusalem district, PPS that soldiers detained one Palestinian after ransacking his house in Qalandia refugee camp.
The raid into the camp triggered confrontations, during which one youngster sustained injuries from Israeli military gunfire. He was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces rounded up six Palestinians, including four former prisoners, from the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia.
Four of the six detainees were identified as residents of Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia city, and the two others as residents of the city.
The former prisoners were a 43-year-old Palestinian who spent 11 years in Israeli detention, another, aged 43, who spent 12 years in Israeli custody, another, aged 43, who spent five years and another, aged 49, who spent a year.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, PPS said that five Palestinians were rounded up from Jenin district.
One of the five detainees was identified as a journalist from Jenin city besides to four former prisoners; two from Kafr Ra'i town, southwest of the city, and the two others from Silat Al-Harithiya village, northwest of the city. video
In Nablus district, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the vicinity of Awarta town, southeast of Nablus city.
One of the three was identified as a resident of Kafr Qallil town, and the two others as residents of Balata refugee camp.
PPS also confirmed that another was rounded up from the vicinity of Zaatra military checkpoint. He was identified as a resident of Beit Furik town, southeast of Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers close to Beit El colonial settlement, close to Beitin town, northeast of Ramallah, midnight opened fire towards several Palestinian teens, injuring a 17-year-old and detaining him along with his 16-year-old friend.
Both detainees were identified as residents of al-Jalazone refugee camp.
PPS confirmed a military raid Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of another Palestinian.
In Hebron district, Israeli soldiers rounded up a Palestinian from Hebron city, and two others from Halhul city, north of Hebron.
In Jerusalem district, PPS that soldiers detained one Palestinian after ransacking his house in Qalandia refugee camp.
The raid into the camp triggered confrontations, during which one youngster sustained injuries from Israeli military gunfire. He was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
12 june 2020
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Ayman Nubani, WAFA photojournalist, receives treatment at an ambulance due to an injury from a rubber-coated bullet
At least five Palestinians, including three journalists, were injured today by Israeli occupation forces today during the weekly protest against Israeli settlement construction, in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank, local sources said. Morad Shtewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the village, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters by rubber-coated rounds and teargas, injuring five of them, including journalists Ayman Nubani, the photojournalist of WAFA; Jaafar Shtayyeh, of the Agence France-Presse; and Fadi Jayyusi, of Palestine TV. |
The injured were treated at the scene of the protest.
For years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been protesting every Friday against illegal Israeli settlements, and to call on Israeli authorities to reopen the village’s main road which has been sealed off by the occupation authorities since 2002.
For years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been protesting every Friday against illegal Israeli settlements, and to call on Israeli authorities to reopen the village’s main road which has been sealed off by the occupation authorities since 2002.
7 june 2020
journalist Anan Najib
The Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) said in a report today it has documented 27 violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories during May.
It said in its report on Israeli violations against journalists that these violations included use of live fire, rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters against journalists, in addition to physical beating and arrest.
WAFA said 11 journalists were either injured by live fire or rubber-coated rounds, suffocated by teargas or beaten by Israeli forces during the month, while 15 journalists were either arrested or targeted by Israeli gunfire but were not injured. Other journalists, meanwhile, had their press card revoked by Israeli soldiers.
On May 3, the report said, the Israeli military court of Ofer sentence Mays Abu Ghoush, a student of media at Birzeit University, to 16 months in jail in addition to a fine of 2000 shekels. Abu Ghoush was arrested on August 29, 2019, and was savagely tortured by Israeli interrogators during her first weeks of detention.
On May 4, Israeli police detained Palestinian journalist Tamer Ebeidat, a correspondent of Ma’an news agency, after raiding his home in occupied Jerusalem.
On May 10, Israeli occupation authorities ordered a renewed ban on the work of the official Palestine TV in occupied Jerusalem for an additional six months, under the pretext that the TV is run by the Palestinian Authority which is not allowed to operate in the city.
On the same day, freelance journalist Karim Khamayseh was injured by Israeli soldierts who fired rubber-coated bullets at him while covering Israeli army’s raid of the village of Kobar, near Ramallah.
On May 12, Israeli soldiers assaulted journalists Nasser Shtayyeh and Majdi Shtayyeh while covering the Israeli crackdown on the town of Ya’bad, north of the occupied West Bank.
On May 14, Israeli soldiers assaulted and beat journalist Layla Hamarsheh after raiding her family’s home in Ya’bad.
On May 19, Israeli forces detained journalist Mohammad Ameen Abu-Daqqa, a cancer patient, at Beit Hanoun border crossing, on Gaza-Israel border, while he was returning back from Jordan where he had undergone chemotherapy for eight months.
On May 23, Israeli occupation authorities ordered Adnan Najib, a freelance journalist, to stay away from Jerusalem on the pretext of “incitement to violence and threatening Israeli security”.
Other similar incidents of beating, injury, or detention of journalists by Israeli troops also documented during the last week of the month.
The Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) said in a report today it has documented 27 violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories during May.
It said in its report on Israeli violations against journalists that these violations included use of live fire, rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters against journalists, in addition to physical beating and arrest.
WAFA said 11 journalists were either injured by live fire or rubber-coated rounds, suffocated by teargas or beaten by Israeli forces during the month, while 15 journalists were either arrested or targeted by Israeli gunfire but were not injured. Other journalists, meanwhile, had their press card revoked by Israeli soldiers.
On May 3, the report said, the Israeli military court of Ofer sentence Mays Abu Ghoush, a student of media at Birzeit University, to 16 months in jail in addition to a fine of 2000 shekels. Abu Ghoush was arrested on August 29, 2019, and was savagely tortured by Israeli interrogators during her first weeks of detention.
On May 4, Israeli police detained Palestinian journalist Tamer Ebeidat, a correspondent of Ma’an news agency, after raiding his home in occupied Jerusalem.
On May 10, Israeli occupation authorities ordered a renewed ban on the work of the official Palestine TV in occupied Jerusalem for an additional six months, under the pretext that the TV is run by the Palestinian Authority which is not allowed to operate in the city.
On the same day, freelance journalist Karim Khamayseh was injured by Israeli soldierts who fired rubber-coated bullets at him while covering Israeli army’s raid of the village of Kobar, near Ramallah.
On May 12, Israeli soldiers assaulted journalists Nasser Shtayyeh and Majdi Shtayyeh while covering the Israeli crackdown on the town of Ya’bad, north of the occupied West Bank.
On May 14, Israeli soldiers assaulted and beat journalist Layla Hamarsheh after raiding her family’s home in Ya’bad.
On May 19, Israeli forces detained journalist Mohammad Ameen Abu-Daqqa, a cancer patient, at Beit Hanoun border crossing, on Gaza-Israel border, while he was returning back from Jordan where he had undergone chemotherapy for eight months.
On May 23, Israeli occupation authorities ordered Adnan Najib, a freelance journalist, to stay away from Jerusalem on the pretext of “incitement to violence and threatening Israeli security”.
Other similar incidents of beating, injury, or detention of journalists by Israeli troops also documented during the last week of the month.
4 june 2020
The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday evening assaulted Palestinian citizens and arrested a young man in Bab Hitta area in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Police forces also stormed Issawiya district and kidnaped an elderly man called Mohamed Dirweeh from his home.
Four journalists from Jerusalem reportedly received summonses for interrogation from the Israeli journalists. They were identified as Ashraf Shuwaiki, Ahmed Jaradat, Murad Sa’eid, and Ahmed Jalajel.
In Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers kidnaped a Palestinian girl called Duaa Arafa, a resident of Izbat Shufa town, at the Za’atara crossing.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces on the same day kidnaped a Palestinian young man at the Hashmonaim crossing near the illegal settlement of Modi’in Ilit, northwest of Ramallah, claiming he tried to carry out a stabbing attack.
The forces claimed the young man arrived aboard his car at the crossing, left it and then walked towards them in order to carry out a stabbing attack.
Many Palestinian citizens had been either arrested or shot dead at the crossing of Hashmonaim settlement, which was built illegally on Palestinian land seized from Ni’lin town in Ramallah.
Police forces also stormed Issawiya district and kidnaped an elderly man called Mohamed Dirweeh from his home.
Four journalists from Jerusalem reportedly received summonses for interrogation from the Israeli journalists. They were identified as Ashraf Shuwaiki, Ahmed Jaradat, Murad Sa’eid, and Ahmed Jalajel.
In Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers kidnaped a Palestinian girl called Duaa Arafa, a resident of Izbat Shufa town, at the Za’atara crossing.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces on the same day kidnaped a Palestinian young man at the Hashmonaim crossing near the illegal settlement of Modi’in Ilit, northwest of Ramallah, claiming he tried to carry out a stabbing attack.
The forces claimed the young man arrived aboard his car at the crossing, left it and then walked towards them in order to carry out a stabbing attack.
Many Palestinian citizens had been either arrested or shot dead at the crossing of Hashmonaim settlement, which was built illegally on Palestinian land seized from Ni’lin town in Ramallah.
