11 may 2018
Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa, 40
A Palestinian was killed while over 1,000 were injured after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Gaza's eastern border on the seventh Friday of the Great March of Return.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said that the Palestinian citizen Jaber Abu Mustafa, 40, died after being shot in the chest east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Ministry Ashraf al-Qedra said that 34 medics were injured and four ambulances were partially destroyed after being targeted by the IOF gunfire during the protests.
The Ministry of Health said in a statement that the IOF snipers deliberately targeted journalists and children on the seventh Friday of the Great March of Return.
The PIC reporter said that several dunums of settler farmlands behind the border fence were burned by flaming kites launched by Palestinian youths taking part in the marches.
According to the PIC reporter, preparations are underway by the Higher National Committee for the March of Return and Breaking the Siege to install new tents near the border fence ahead of the massive demonstrations expected next week to mark the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
Member of the Committee Ismail Ridwan told Quds Press that the protests will continue until they achieve their goals.
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on 30th March launched a peaceful protest movement called the Great March of Return to demand their right of return and pressure Israel to lift the blockade imposed on them for over a decade now. The protests are expected to reach their peak on 15th May.
So far 53 peaceful protesters have been killed, six of whom are being detained by the IOF, and over 8,000 injured.
Health Ministry: “Army Kills one Palestinian, Injures 448, In Gaza”
Updated: The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, one Palestinian, and injured 448, including seven who suffered very serious wounds, in the Gaza Strip.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa, 40, after shooting him with a live round in the chest, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Video
It added that, among the 448 wounded Palestinians, 112 were shot with live fire, including seven in serious conditions, and four who were directly shot with gas bombs.
Sixty-six of the wounded Palestinians were moved to hospitals in several parts of the coastal region. One of them is a child, 16, who was shot with a live bullet that penetrated both of his legs child trying to place a Palestinian flag on the border fence.
At least one of the wounded Palestinians is a medic who was shot while rushing to provide treatment to injured protesters.
It is worth mentioning that many protesters managed to remove a section of the border fence, east of Gaza Strip, before the soldiers started firing at them, while many Palestinian hurled stones.
Some protesters flew burning kites across the border fence, causing fires, before Israeli firefighters rushed to extinguish them.
Fire also broke out in an Israeli colony near the border area when an Israeli colonialist settler tried to fly a burning kite into the Palestinian side. Video
A Palestinian was killed while over 1,000 were injured after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Gaza's eastern border on the seventh Friday of the Great March of Return.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said that the Palestinian citizen Jaber Abu Mustafa, 40, died after being shot in the chest east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Ministry Ashraf al-Qedra said that 34 medics were injured and four ambulances were partially destroyed after being targeted by the IOF gunfire during the protests.
The Ministry of Health said in a statement that the IOF snipers deliberately targeted journalists and children on the seventh Friday of the Great March of Return.
The PIC reporter said that several dunums of settler farmlands behind the border fence were burned by flaming kites launched by Palestinian youths taking part in the marches.
According to the PIC reporter, preparations are underway by the Higher National Committee for the March of Return and Breaking the Siege to install new tents near the border fence ahead of the massive demonstrations expected next week to mark the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
Member of the Committee Ismail Ridwan told Quds Press that the protests will continue until they achieve their goals.
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on 30th March launched a peaceful protest movement called the Great March of Return to demand their right of return and pressure Israel to lift the blockade imposed on them for over a decade now. The protests are expected to reach their peak on 15th May.
So far 53 peaceful protesters have been killed, six of whom are being detained by the IOF, and over 8,000 injured.
Health Ministry: “Army Kills one Palestinian, Injures 448, In Gaza”
Updated: The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, one Palestinian, and injured 448, including seven who suffered very serious wounds, in the Gaza Strip.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa, 40, after shooting him with a live round in the chest, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Video
It added that, among the 448 wounded Palestinians, 112 were shot with live fire, including seven in serious conditions, and four who were directly shot with gas bombs.
Sixty-six of the wounded Palestinians were moved to hospitals in several parts of the coastal region. One of them is a child, 16, who was shot with a live bullet that penetrated both of his legs child trying to place a Palestinian flag on the border fence.
At least one of the wounded Palestinians is a medic who was shot while rushing to provide treatment to injured protesters.
It is worth mentioning that many protesters managed to remove a section of the border fence, east of Gaza Strip, before the soldiers started firing at them, while many Palestinian hurled stones.
Some protesters flew burning kites across the border fence, causing fires, before Israeli firefighters rushed to extinguish them.
Fire also broke out in an Israeli colony near the border area when an Israeli colonialist settler tried to fly a burning kite into the Palestinian side. Video
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and shot two Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets in addition to causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The procession started in the afternoon, after Friday prayers, when the residents and international peace activists marched while chanting against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and the U.S. policies supporting it.
The army started firing rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, wounding two with rubber-coated bullets and causing scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also attacked many journalists, and prevented them with documenting the unfolding events.
It is worth mentioning that Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing processions against the illegal occupation, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded since 2003, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the illegal Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
The procession started in the afternoon, after Friday prayers, when the residents and international peace activists marched while chanting against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and the U.S. policies supporting it.
The army started firing rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, wounding two with rubber-coated bullets and causing scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also attacked many journalists, and prevented them with documenting the unfolding events.
It is worth mentioning that Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing processions against the illegal occupation, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded since 2003, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the illegal Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians nonviolent protesting in Bab ar-Rahma historic Islamic graveyard, where the Jerusalem City Council dug many graves, by the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and denouncing the illegal U.S. decision to move its embassy to the occupied city.
The protesters marched against the ongoing desecration of the historic graveyard, which started three months ago, as part of an Israeli project to establish “The Museum of Tolerance.”
The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, abducted two and assaulted many others with clubs and batons.
In addition, the soldiers attacked many journalists, and broke cameras and equipment for Palestine TV, before forcing them out of the area.
The soldiers also assaulted four young Palestinian men, and abducted them.
It is worth mentioning that hundreds of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in the area. Video Video
The protesters marched against the ongoing desecration of the historic graveyard, which started three months ago, as part of an Israeli project to establish “The Museum of Tolerance.”
The soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, abducted two and assaulted many others with clubs and batons.
In addition, the soldiers attacked many journalists, and broke cameras and equipment for Palestine TV, before forcing them out of the area.
The soldiers also assaulted four young Palestinian men, and abducted them.
It is worth mentioning that hundreds of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in the area. Video Video
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least fifteen Palestinians with live fire, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation shortly after the weekly Great March of Return started near the border fence, in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said the soldiers instantly resorted to the excessive use of force, and fired dozens of live rounds, wounding at least fifteen Palestinians.
They added that the Palestinians, who were shot with live fire, were rushed to local hospital, suffering moderate-but-stable injuries.
Dozens of Palestinians, including medics and journalists, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
In addition, an Israeli army sharpshooter shot a young man, just as he flew balloons carrying the colors of the Palestinian flag, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, wounding him in the leg, before he was rushed to the Shifa Medical Center.
Medical sources said the soldiers instantly resorted to the excessive use of force, and fired dozens of live rounds, wounding at least fifteen Palestinians.
They added that the Palestinians, who were shot with live fire, were rushed to local hospital, suffering moderate-but-stable injuries.
Dozens of Palestinians, including medics and journalists, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
In addition, an Israeli army sharpshooter shot a young man, just as he flew balloons carrying the colors of the Palestinian flag, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, wounding him in the leg, before he was rushed to the Shifa Medical Center.
4 may 2018
Three Palestinian journalists were injured east of Khan Younis on Friday as Israeli occupation forces attacked protesters in the ongoing Great March of Return at many encampments on the Gaza-Israel border.
Journalist Abdul-Rahman al-Khatib intensely suffocated from teargas inhalation, and journalist Sulaiman Abu Zarifa was hit and injured by a teargas canister in his foot, while journalist Hamza Shami was hit by a canister in his shoulder, according to press sources.
The 46-day Great March of Return protests started on March 30 and are set to reach their crescendo on May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes to make way for the creation of "Israel" in 1948.
Journalist Abdul-Rahman al-Khatib intensely suffocated from teargas inhalation, and journalist Sulaiman Abu Zarifa was hit and injured by a teargas canister in his foot, while journalist Hamza Shami was hit by a canister in his shoulder, according to press sources.
The 46-day Great March of Return protests started on March 30 and are set to reach their crescendo on May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes to make way for the creation of "Israel" in 1948.
3 may 2018
Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders) has called for an urgent investigation, after the murder of the second Palestinian journalist, since the start of a major wave of protests along the border between Gaza and Israel.
Aged 25, Ahmed abu-Hussein died early this week from the gunshot injury he sustained on 13 April. According to Rami el Sharafi, a fellow reporter for Radio Sout al Shaab, he was 700 metres from the border, in a calm place near a group of static demonstrators, when he was suddenly brought down by a clearly direct and deliberate shot.
At the time, Hussein was wearing a royal-blue helmet to which the fluorescent yellow letters “TV” were affixed, and a bullet-proof vest bearing the word “Press.” This is confirmed by amateur video footage. As well as for Radio Sout al Shaab, Hussein was also working for the Bisan News website.
“We offer our condolences to Ahmed Abu Hussein’s family while voicing our utter consternation and incomprehension,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
“Why was this journalist deliberately targeted when he was several hundred metres from the border? We call on the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to launch an independent investigation without delay and to do whatever is necessary to ensure that those responsible for this deliberate crime against press freedom are brought to justice.”
Hussein’s death comes less than a month after that of Yasser Murtaja, a reporter who died on the night of 6 April after being shot earlier that day by Israeli soldiers while covering the “Great Return March” demonstrations by Palestinians at the border. He was also wearing a “Press” vest that clearly identified him as a journalist.
At least nine other Palestinian journalists have been injured by Israeli soldiers since the wave of protests began on 30 March.
Most were hit by explosive or dum-dum type rounds. According to the NGO Médecins sans Frontières, the injuries have been extraordinarily devastating.
Youssef al Kronz, a freelance photographer who was hit in both legs while covering the 30 March demonstration from a position 750 metres from the border, ended up having to have much of his left leg amputated. He was also wearing a vest that clearly identified him as a journalist.
Israel is ranked 87th out of 180 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index.
Aged 25, Ahmed abu-Hussein died early this week from the gunshot injury he sustained on 13 April. According to Rami el Sharafi, a fellow reporter for Radio Sout al Shaab, he was 700 metres from the border, in a calm place near a group of static demonstrators, when he was suddenly brought down by a clearly direct and deliberate shot.
At the time, Hussein was wearing a royal-blue helmet to which the fluorescent yellow letters “TV” were affixed, and a bullet-proof vest bearing the word “Press.” This is confirmed by amateur video footage. As well as for Radio Sout al Shaab, Hussein was also working for the Bisan News website.
“We offer our condolences to Ahmed Abu Hussein’s family while voicing our utter consternation and incomprehension,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
“Why was this journalist deliberately targeted when he was several hundred metres from the border? We call on the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to launch an independent investigation without delay and to do whatever is necessary to ensure that those responsible for this deliberate crime against press freedom are brought to justice.”
Hussein’s death comes less than a month after that of Yasser Murtaja, a reporter who died on the night of 6 April after being shot earlier that day by Israeli soldiers while covering the “Great Return March” demonstrations by Palestinians at the border. He was also wearing a “Press” vest that clearly identified him as a journalist.
At least nine other Palestinian journalists have been injured by Israeli soldiers since the wave of protests began on 30 March.
Most were hit by explosive or dum-dum type rounds. According to the NGO Médecins sans Frontières, the injuries have been extraordinarily devastating.
Youssef al Kronz, a freelance photographer who was hit in both legs while covering the 30 March demonstration from a position 750 metres from the border, ended up having to have much of his left leg amputated. He was also wearing a vest that clearly identified him as a journalist.
Israel is ranked 87th out of 180 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index.
1 may 2018
Two Palestinians, including a photojournalist, were shot and injured Tuesday morning as clashes broke out in Issawiya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
The clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the town and demolished a three-story building for allegedly being built without a permit.
Israeli police sealed off the area near the building since the early morning hours before forcibly and violently getting its residents out and removing furniture in order to demolish it.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired during the clashes, local sources reported.
The two injured people were immediately taken to hospital for treatment, the sources added.
Along the same line, a second Palestinian-owned facily was also demolished northeast of the occupied city under the same pretext.
The clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the town and demolished a three-story building for allegedly being built without a permit.
Israeli police sealed off the area near the building since the early morning hours before forcibly and violently getting its residents out and removing furniture in order to demolish it.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired during the clashes, local sources reported.
The two injured people were immediately taken to hospital for treatment, the sources added.
Along the same line, a second Palestinian-owned facily was also demolished northeast of the occupied city under the same pretext.
27 apr 2018
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has called for the formation of an independent commission of inquiry, into the killing of Palestinian journalists Ahmed Abu Hussein and Yasser Murtaja, during field coverage of the Return Marches along the borders of Gaza Strip.
Journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, 25 years old, died on Wednesday after being targeted with an explosive ammunition bullet, fired by Israeli snipers, while covering the “Return March”, east of Jabalia, in the Gaza Strip, 19 days following the killing of Yaser Murtaja (31years), who was also targeted by an Israeli occupation sniper.
MADA center documented at least 12 journalists targeted with live ammunition by Israeli snipers in the Gaza Strip; a grave breach of the fourth Geneva Convention, since the start of the march 30/03/2018, until the evening of 24/4/2018.
Ahmed Abu Hussein, a journalist at the “Sawt Al Sha’b” the Voice of the People radio station in Gaza, was wounded on 13/4/2018. A member of the General Secretariat of the Journalists Syndicate and a colleague of the journalist Abu Hussein in “Sawt Al Sha’b” Voice of the People, journalist Rami Al-Sharafi reported to MADA Center that journalist Abu Hussein, at 2:30 pm on 13/4/2018, was covering the peaceful demonstration hundreds of meters away from the border fence in East Jabalia,. He was identifiable with the “PRESS” vest.
He was targeted by Israeli forces with an explosive live bullet, just below the press vest, which penetrated his left abdomen. He was immediately transferred to the Indonesian hospital, north of Gaza, where he underwent a surgery that lasted 3 and a half hours, in which one kidney, the spleen and part of the pancreas were removed in order to save his life. He was diagnosed with acute bleeding related to aortic artery.
The next day, procedures were started to obtain a permit for him, to be transferred for treatment in Ramallah. He was actually transferred on Monday 16/4, to the Ramallah Medical Complex, where it was found found that he was suffering from toxemia. He underwent another surgery and his health improved until Thursday 18/04, when his health status deteriorated. He was then transferred to the Israeli Hospital Tel Hashomer, were they discovered he has a brain damage that led to Ahmed’s coma, until about 4:15 pm on Wednesday, 25/4, where he was pronounced dead.
The killing of journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein the total number of journalists killed by the Israeli occupation forces to 43, since the beginning of 2000, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The information provided by MADA was based on various data available through a monitoring and documentation unit, regarding the killing of journalists Ahmad Abu Hussein and Yasser Murtaja, and the wounding of 12 other journalists with live ammunition (causing severe injuries, some of the injuries left lifetime physical effects on journalists). this in addition to doubled numbers of partial injuries among journalists.
However, PNN further reports, the culture of impunity enjoyed by the Israeli occupation, and the ongoing target of journalists that goes without accountability, encourage Israeli soldiers to continue to commit these crimes at a fast pace. Therefore, MADA center calls for the formation of an independent commission of inquiry into all these crimes, particularly the killing of journalists, and calls on all international communities to put pressure on Israel, to take real action in demanding the prosecution of perpetrators, and to put an end to acts of impunity that are an incentive for the Israeli army to carry out its flagrant attacks against journalists and against media freedoms in Palestine.
In the photo, the journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein after being targeted by Israeli Occupation Snipers in the field (By Photographer Saber Ashraf).
03/29/18 Israeli Government Issues “Shoot To Kill” Orders in Preparation for Friday Protests
Journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, 25 years old, died on Wednesday after being targeted with an explosive ammunition bullet, fired by Israeli snipers, while covering the “Return March”, east of Jabalia, in the Gaza Strip, 19 days following the killing of Yaser Murtaja (31years), who was also targeted by an Israeli occupation sniper.
MADA center documented at least 12 journalists targeted with live ammunition by Israeli snipers in the Gaza Strip; a grave breach of the fourth Geneva Convention, since the start of the march 30/03/2018, until the evening of 24/4/2018.
Ahmed Abu Hussein, a journalist at the “Sawt Al Sha’b” the Voice of the People radio station in Gaza, was wounded on 13/4/2018. A member of the General Secretariat of the Journalists Syndicate and a colleague of the journalist Abu Hussein in “Sawt Al Sha’b” Voice of the People, journalist Rami Al-Sharafi reported to MADA Center that journalist Abu Hussein, at 2:30 pm on 13/4/2018, was covering the peaceful demonstration hundreds of meters away from the border fence in East Jabalia,. He was identifiable with the “PRESS” vest.
He was targeted by Israeli forces with an explosive live bullet, just below the press vest, which penetrated his left abdomen. He was immediately transferred to the Indonesian hospital, north of Gaza, where he underwent a surgery that lasted 3 and a half hours, in which one kidney, the spleen and part of the pancreas were removed in order to save his life. He was diagnosed with acute bleeding related to aortic artery.
The next day, procedures were started to obtain a permit for him, to be transferred for treatment in Ramallah. He was actually transferred on Monday 16/4, to the Ramallah Medical Complex, where it was found found that he was suffering from toxemia. He underwent another surgery and his health improved until Thursday 18/04, when his health status deteriorated. He was then transferred to the Israeli Hospital Tel Hashomer, were they discovered he has a brain damage that led to Ahmed’s coma, until about 4:15 pm on Wednesday, 25/4, where he was pronounced dead.
The killing of journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein the total number of journalists killed by the Israeli occupation forces to 43, since the beginning of 2000, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The information provided by MADA was based on various data available through a monitoring and documentation unit, regarding the killing of journalists Ahmad Abu Hussein and Yasser Murtaja, and the wounding of 12 other journalists with live ammunition (causing severe injuries, some of the injuries left lifetime physical effects on journalists). this in addition to doubled numbers of partial injuries among journalists.
However, PNN further reports, the culture of impunity enjoyed by the Israeli occupation, and the ongoing target of journalists that goes without accountability, encourage Israeli soldiers to continue to commit these crimes at a fast pace. Therefore, MADA center calls for the formation of an independent commission of inquiry into all these crimes, particularly the killing of journalists, and calls on all international communities to put pressure on Israel, to take real action in demanding the prosecution of perpetrators, and to put an end to acts of impunity that are an incentive for the Israeli army to carry out its flagrant attacks against journalists and against media freedoms in Palestine.
In the photo, the journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein after being targeted by Israeli Occupation Snipers in the field (By Photographer Saber Ashraf).
03/29/18 Israeli Government Issues “Shoot To Kill” Orders in Preparation for Friday Protests
26 apr 2018
Thousands of mourners Thursday took part in the funeral procession of journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces while covering protests at the Gaza border on April 13.
The body was transferred from hospital to Abu Hussein family house for final Farwell.
The funeral prayer was held at al-Awda Mosque, in the center of Jabalia, amid the presence of national leaders and thousands of people.
The mourners chanted slogans condemning the continuing Israeli violations, which included the unlawful killing of more than 35 Palestinians, including two journalists, in the past four weeks alone.
Democratic Press Gathering said the unlawful killing of the two journalists in Gaza amount to an assassination because they were wearing press jackets at the time they were shot by the Israeli army.
Abu Hussein is the second journalist to be killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the ongoing Great March of Return protests on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
Prior to him, photojournalist Yasser Murtaja was shot dead by the Israeli army on April 6 while he was covering the non-violent protests on the eastern border of the Strip.
The body was transferred from hospital to Abu Hussein family house for final Farwell.
The funeral prayer was held at al-Awda Mosque, in the center of Jabalia, amid the presence of national leaders and thousands of people.
The mourners chanted slogans condemning the continuing Israeli violations, which included the unlawful killing of more than 35 Palestinians, including two journalists, in the past four weeks alone.
Democratic Press Gathering said the unlawful killing of the two journalists in Gaza amount to an assassination because they were wearing press jackets at the time they were shot by the Israeli army.
Abu Hussein is the second journalist to be killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the ongoing Great March of Return protests on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
Prior to him, photojournalist Yasser Murtaja was shot dead by the Israeli army on April 6 while he was covering the non-violent protests on the eastern border of the Strip.
25 apr 2018
Ahmed Abu Hassin 25
The Palestinian photojournalist Ahmed Abu Hassin, who was gravely injured last Friday while covering Gaza’s March of Return, succumbed to his wounds Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Abu Hassin was shot in the stomach by an Israeli sniper despite the fact that he was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence.
On Sunday, two days after he was shot, he was transferred to a hospital in Ramallah where he could receive medical treatment.
He was then moved to Israel’s Tel Hashomer hospital due to his serious health situation.
The 25-year-old Abu Hassin is the second journalist to be killed by Israeli fire since the weekly protests at the border started at the end of March.
Yaser Murtaja, 30, was shot and killed while wearing a protective jacket labeled "PRESS" on April 7. Four other journalists were injured by live fire during the demonstrations, one of them critically.
The Palestinian photojournalist Ahmed Abu Hassin, who was gravely injured last Friday while covering Gaza’s March of Return, succumbed to his wounds Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Abu Hassin was shot in the stomach by an Israeli sniper despite the fact that he was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence.
On Sunday, two days after he was shot, he was transferred to a hospital in Ramallah where he could receive medical treatment.
He was then moved to Israel’s Tel Hashomer hospital due to his serious health situation.
The 25-year-old Abu Hassin is the second journalist to be killed by Israeli fire since the weekly protests at the border started at the end of March.
Yaser Murtaja, 30, was shot and killed while wearing a protective jacket labeled "PRESS" on April 7. Four other journalists were injured by live fire during the demonstrations, one of them critically.
24 apr 2018
The Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Tuesday demolished the family home of Palestinian prisoner Ahmed al-Kunba’ in Jenin.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers closed off al-Basateen neighborhood in Jenin and ordered Palestinian families to evacuate their homes pending the demolition of al-Kunbur’s family home.
Fierce clashes flared up shortly after the occupation soldiers rolled into the area and targeted Palestinian anti-occupation youth with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
Shortly before the demolition process, the Israeli military forced journalists out of the area at gunpoint, turning the neighborhood into a military barrack.
The demolition order was issued on charges that al-Kunba’ took part in an anti-occupation attack carried out by slain Ahmed Jarrar and which left an extremist Israeli rabbi dead.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers closed off al-Basateen neighborhood in Jenin and ordered Palestinian families to evacuate their homes pending the demolition of al-Kunbur’s family home.
Fierce clashes flared up shortly after the occupation soldiers rolled into the area and targeted Palestinian anti-occupation youth with teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
Shortly before the demolition process, the Israeli military forced journalists out of the area at gunpoint, turning the neighborhood into a military barrack.
The demolition order was issued on charges that al-Kunba’ took part in an anti-occupation attack carried out by slain Ahmed Jarrar and which left an extremist Israeli rabbi dead.
22 apr 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon arrested a Palestinian journalist in the Old City of al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque tried to prevent journalist Manal al-Ja'bari from taking pictures in the area.
Al-Ja'bari refused to obey the soldiers' orders and kept taking pictures as part of her work as a professional journalist for several media institutions.
The soldiers attacked al-Ja'bari, who is also a member of the Palestinian Journalists Union, and confiscated her camera. Later she was handcuffed and transferred to an unknown destination.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque tried to prevent journalist Manal al-Ja'bari from taking pictures in the area.
Al-Ja'bari refused to obey the soldiers' orders and kept taking pictures as part of her work as a professional journalist for several media institutions.
The soldiers attacked al-Ja'bari, who is also a member of the Palestinian Journalists Union, and confiscated her camera. Later she was handcuffed and transferred to an unknown destination.
