20 sept 2019
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On 75th Friday of Great March of Return, 109 civilians were injured as a result of the Israeli military’s continued use of excessive force against peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border; 39 children, a woman, 2 paramedics, and a journalist, were among those injured this Friday, 20 September 2019.
This week witnessed an increase in the number of injuries among protestors, in comparison to the last 3 weeks, indicating that Israeli forces escalated their use of excessive force against the protesters with the use of live ammunition and targeting protestors’ bodies. As a result, 52 protestors were shot with live bullets; 2 of them sustained serious wounds. |
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests under the slogan “Refugee Camps of Lebanon”, coinciding with the 37th anniversary of Sabra and Shatila massacre that targeted Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. The protestors threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians sustained bullet injuries while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 211 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 13,967 were wounded, including 2,998 children, 424 women, 235 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Approximately 1,000 civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, set fire to tires and threw stones as well as firecrackers at Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. As a result, 24 civilians injured, including 12 children; one child deemed in extremely critical condition: 16 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 6 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 2 were shot with rubber bullets. Hamada Suhail Mohamed Sa’d Ghabayin (21) sustained serious live bullet wounds in his abdomen.
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 24 civilians were injured, including 2 children, a woman and a journalist: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel as well as 18 with rubber bullets. The wounded freelance journalist, ‘Abed al-Rahman Hani ‘Abed al-Qader al-Kahlout (23), was shot with a live bullet in his feet.
At approximately 15:00, hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a drone to photograph protestors who had set tires on fire and thrown stones and sound bombs near the borders; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 14 civilians, including 8 children: 4 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 8 with tear gas canisters.
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters, wounding 10 civilians, including 3 children and 2 paramedics; one civilian deemed in extremely critical condition: 3 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 3 with rubber bullets and 4 were directly hit with tear gas canisters. Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedics were identified as: Rabah al-Bayyouk (25), who was hit with a rubber bullet in his right arm; and Ghanem Mostafa al-Najjar (45), who was hit with a rubber bullet in his right arm as well, Al-Najjar is a volunteer with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Furthermore, ‘Ali Mostafa Ferwanah (28) sustained serious live bullet wound in his thigh.
Rafah: Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. As a result, 37 civilians were injured, including 14 children: 23 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 10 were shot with rubber bullets and 4 were directly hit with tear gas canisters.
Israeli forces injure 74 Palestinians in Gaza Return March
Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces heavily opened fire at the peaceful demonstrators taking part in the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Health said that 74 Palestinians, including two medics, suffered injuries by Israeli gunfire and tear gas canisters on the 75th Friday of the Great March of Return. video
The Gaza Strip Palestinians on 30 March 2018 launched the Great March of Return in five camps along the border between the seaside area and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. video
Since the start of the border protests, the Israeli occupation forces have killed 324 Palestinians and injured over 32,000, 500 of whom are in critical condition.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. The protestors threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians sustained bullet injuries while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 211 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 13,967 were wounded, including 2,998 children, 424 women, 235 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
- Northern Gaza Strip:
Approximately 1,000 civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, set fire to tires and threw stones as well as firecrackers at Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. As a result, 24 civilians injured, including 12 children; one child deemed in extremely critical condition: 16 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 6 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 2 were shot with rubber bullets. Hamada Suhail Mohamed Sa’d Ghabayin (21) sustained serious live bullet wounds in his abdomen.
- Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 24 civilians were injured, including 2 children, a woman and a journalist: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel as well as 18 with rubber bullets. The wounded freelance journalist, ‘Abed al-Rahman Hani ‘Abed al-Qader al-Kahlout (23), was shot with a live bullet in his feet.
- Central Gaza Strip:
At approximately 15:00, hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a drone to photograph protestors who had set tires on fire and thrown stones and sound bombs near the borders; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 14 civilians, including 8 children: 4 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 8 with tear gas canisters.
- Khan Yuonis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters, wounding 10 civilians, including 3 children and 2 paramedics; one civilian deemed in extremely critical condition: 3 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 3 with rubber bullets and 4 were directly hit with tear gas canisters. Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedics were identified as: Rabah al-Bayyouk (25), who was hit with a rubber bullet in his right arm; and Ghanem Mostafa al-Najjar (45), who was hit with a rubber bullet in his right arm as well, Al-Najjar is a volunteer with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Furthermore, ‘Ali Mostafa Ferwanah (28) sustained serious live bullet wound in his thigh.
Rafah: Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. As a result, 37 civilians were injured, including 14 children: 23 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 10 were shot with rubber bullets and 4 were directly hit with tear gas canisters.
Israeli forces injure 74 Palestinians in Gaza Return March
Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces heavily opened fire at the peaceful demonstrators taking part in the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Health said that 74 Palestinians, including two medics, suffered injuries by Israeli gunfire and tear gas canisters on the 75th Friday of the Great March of Return. video
The Gaza Strip Palestinians on 30 March 2018 launched the Great March of Return in five camps along the border between the seaside area and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. video
Since the start of the border protests, the Israeli occupation forces have killed 324 Palestinians and injured over 32,000, 500 of whom are in critical condition.
13 sept 2019
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On 74th Friday of Great March of Return, 75 civilians were injured as a result of the Israeli military’s continued use of excessive force against peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border; 34 children, 1 woman and 1 journalist, were among those injured this Friday, 13 September 2019.
Israeli forces continued to exercise excessive force against Palestinians using live ammunition and targeting protestors’ upper body; PCHR recorded 35 injuries with live bullets this week, 2 deemed extremely critical. Israel’s military has been put on high alert along the Gaza border as the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to launch a military operation against the Gaza Strip at any time. According to Israeli reports, Israeli military reinforced its presence along the |
Gaza borders, along with the use of the Iron Dome Missile Defense in several nearby cities and villages.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests, which coincided with the 26th anniversary of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under the slogan “Erase the Oslo Accords from Our History.” The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Thousands of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. The protestors threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, while the latter, well-shielded hundreds of meters away, responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians sustained bullet injuries while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 211 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 13,854 were wounded, including 2,959 children, 423 women, 233 paramedics and 214 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests, which coincided with the 26th anniversary of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under the slogan “Erase the Oslo Accords from Our History.” The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Thousands of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. The protestors threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, while the latter, well-shielded hundreds of meters away, responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians sustained bullet injuries while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 211 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 13,854 were wounded, including 2,959 children, 423 women, 233 paramedics and 214 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
- Northern Gaza Strip:
- Gaza City:
- Central Gaza Strip:
- Khan Yuonis:
- Rafah: Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters in addition to pumping wastewater at the protestors. As a result, 16 civilians injured, including 8 children; one child deemed in extremely critical condition: 10 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel and 6 were shot with rubber bullets. Ahmed Naji Sa’ed Abu Qamar (17) sustained serious wounds after being shot with a live bullet to the head.
11 sept 2019
In Gaza alone, Israeli forces have injured 30 journalists since March 22, a UN rights body said on Monday.
“30 journalists covering the protests were injured” by the Israeli army, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, referring to the protests held along the Israel-Gaza fence.
Since the start of protests in March 2018, known as Great March of Return, a total of four Anadolu Agency journalists were also wounded, two in Gaza and two in occupied West Bank.
In the same period, two other journalists working in other media organizations in Gaza were killed.
Bachelet said the violations continued since the adoption of UN Resolution 40/13 on March 22, 2019.
The resolution ensures accountability and justice for all Israeli violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
“Serious violations of international human rights laws and international humanitarian laws have continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory throughout this period, including in the context of large-scale civilian protests in Gaza,” the statement said.
Bachelet said Israel used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, water cannon and sound devices, as well as regularly fired live ammunition, against the demonstrators.
“As a direct result, since 22 March 2019, 13 Palestinians, including five children, have been killed,” she said.
Bachelet said hundreds of others, including health workers and journalists, have been injured.
“Many have been left with permanent disabilities, including 20 who have undergone amputations, two who have been paralyzed, and six who have permanently lost their vision in one eye,” she said.
Bachelet added that these 13 deaths since March 22, 2019 follow the killings of 189 Palestinians in the previous 12 months – including 38 children.
Since the Gaza rallies began in March 2018, nearly 270 protesters have been martyred, and thousands more wounded by Israeli troops deployed near the buffer zone.
Demonstrators demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has shattered the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of many basic amenities.
Source : Anadolu
“30 journalists covering the protests were injured” by the Israeli army, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, referring to the protests held along the Israel-Gaza fence.
Since the start of protests in March 2018, known as Great March of Return, a total of four Anadolu Agency journalists were also wounded, two in Gaza and two in occupied West Bank.
In the same period, two other journalists working in other media organizations in Gaza were killed.
Bachelet said the violations continued since the adoption of UN Resolution 40/13 on March 22, 2019.
The resolution ensures accountability and justice for all Israeli violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
“Serious violations of international human rights laws and international humanitarian laws have continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory throughout this period, including in the context of large-scale civilian protests in Gaza,” the statement said.
Bachelet said Israel used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, water cannon and sound devices, as well as regularly fired live ammunition, against the demonstrators.
“As a direct result, since 22 March 2019, 13 Palestinians, including five children, have been killed,” she said.
Bachelet said hundreds of others, including health workers and journalists, have been injured.
“Many have been left with permanent disabilities, including 20 who have undergone amputations, two who have been paralyzed, and six who have permanently lost their vision in one eye,” she said.
Bachelet added that these 13 deaths since March 22, 2019 follow the killings of 189 Palestinians in the previous 12 months – including 38 children.
Since the Gaza rallies began in March 2018, nearly 270 protesters have been martyred, and thousands more wounded by Israeli troops deployed near the buffer zone.
Demonstrators demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has shattered the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of many basic amenities.
Source : Anadolu
9 sept 2019
Violent clashes flared up on Monday between dozens of Palestinian citizens and Israeli occupation forces near al-Bireh City over the death of the Palestinian prisoner Bassam al-Sayeh in Israeli jails. video Bassam 2014
Local sources said that scores of Palestinian youths blocked roads near al-Bireh City, burned car tires, and hurled stones at the Israeli forces who showered them with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters.
Meanwhile in Ramallah, hundreds of students from Birzeit University took part in a demonstration at al-Manara Square protesting the deliberate medical neglect that killed al-Sayeh in Israeli lock-ups.
The demonstrators condemned the "security coordination" between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli army and called for activating all forms of resistance in the West Bank to respond to the Israeli crimes. video video
Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, died on Sunday evening at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital. Al-Sayeh was suffering from blood and bone cancer and had been subjected to deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service.
About 700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer from various diseases and need urgent medical follow-up.
Israeli Soldiers Seriously Injure A Young Man Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Monday afternoon, a young man, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the army attacked youngsters protesting the death of a Palestinian detainee in Israeli prison.
The Palestinian was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, north of al-Biereh city, and was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, suffering a life-threatening injury, before he was admitted to surgery.
The soldiers also shot a journalist, identified as Abdul-Rahman Younis, while documenting the protests.
The Israeli attacks took place when dozens of students of Birzeit University marched towards the northern entrance of Ramallah, protesting the death of a detainee, identified as Bassam as-Sayeh, 47, from Nablus, who was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2011, and Leukemia in 2013, but did not receive the needed specialized medical treatment in Israeli prisons.
Local sources said that scores of Palestinian youths blocked roads near al-Bireh City, burned car tires, and hurled stones at the Israeli forces who showered them with rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters.
Meanwhile in Ramallah, hundreds of students from Birzeit University took part in a demonstration at al-Manara Square protesting the deliberate medical neglect that killed al-Sayeh in Israeli lock-ups.
The demonstrators condemned the "security coordination" between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli army and called for activating all forms of resistance in the West Bank to respond to the Israeli crimes. video video
Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, died on Sunday evening at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital. Al-Sayeh was suffering from blood and bone cancer and had been subjected to deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service.
About 700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer from various diseases and need urgent medical follow-up.
Israeli Soldiers Seriously Injure A Young Man Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Monday afternoon, a young man, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the army attacked youngsters protesting the death of a Palestinian detainee in Israeli prison.
The Palestinian was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, north of al-Biereh city, and was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, suffering a life-threatening injury, before he was admitted to surgery.
The soldiers also shot a journalist, identified as Abdul-Rahman Younis, while documenting the protests.
The Israeli attacks took place when dozens of students of Birzeit University marched towards the northern entrance of Ramallah, protesting the death of a detainee, identified as Bassam as-Sayeh, 47, from Nablus, who was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2011, and Leukemia in 2013, but did not receive the needed specialized medical treatment in Israeli prisons.
