30 sept 2013
Christian Graves Defaces In Jaffa - File
A number of Israeli extremists invaded a Christian Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem, and destroyed several gravestones before Israeli police officers chased, and apprehended them.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that four students of a Jewish Yeshiva in the area carried out the attack. Their ages are between 17 and 26.
It added that the assailants destroyed 15 gravestones in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in the King David Tomb.
The Israeli Police said that two of the apprehended Israeli assailants are members of the Hilltop Youth Movement, an extremist group of Israeli settlers responsible for numerous attacks against Palestinian lands and property.
The two have previously been apprehended by the Israeli Police in the West Bank, and were ordered out of the area due to their illegal activities, but they violated the order and the police failed to apprehend them.
Earlier on Monday, the Police apprehended two Israeli teenagers, 14 and 16 years of age, on suspicion of being involved in defacing and damaging eight Palestinian cars, near Nabi Saleh Graveyard, in occupied Jerusalem.
Nearly a week ago, Price Tag graffiti was also found on the outer walls of a Church in the Old City of Jerusalem, punctured tires of 28 Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti in Abu Ghosh.
A month ago, a Christian Monastery in the Deir Jamal area, between Jerusalem and Ramla, was attacked by a Molotov cocktail, while racist graffiti, used by Price Tag extremist Israeli groups, were found on its exterior walls, the Arabs48 news Website has reported.
In mid-June, a number of extremist settlers wrote racist graffiti on some graves at the Christian Greek Orthodox graveyard in Jaffa [on Wednesday at night].
On Friday [June 14 2013] Israeli extremists set ablaze two Palestinian cars in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and wrote racist graffiti, including Price Tag.
The extremists also wrote racist graffiti on some graves in the Christian Greek Orthodox graveyard in Jaffa. They further wrote “Price Tag”, “Revenge”, and drew the Star of David on a number of graves.
Racist graffiti was also found on a wall of a building inhabited by the head of the Orthodox Society in Jaffa, and even wrote graffiti on the wall of the home Khaled Kaboub, an Arab District Court Judge in Tel Aviv.
There have been hundreds of similar attacks, that also included burning and trying to burn Churches and Mosques in different part of Palestine, in addition to numerous attacks targeting both Islamic and Christian graveyards.
Those attacks are part of ongoing violations that also targeted Palestinians lands and orchards in which the settlers uprooted and burnt hundreds of Palestinian trees, and flooded farmlands with waste-water.
Palestinian institutions condemn Jewish desecration of Christian cemetery
Two Palestinian institutions condemned on Monday the Jewish desecration of a Christian cemetery in occupied Jerusalem. Four Jewish fanatics of the so-called “Price Tag” gangs destroyed on Sunday the headstones of 15 graves in the Christian cemetery in occupied Jerusalem in a Wakf land owned by the Dajani family.
Other groups of Jewish fanatics attacked and damaged eight cars owned by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem also on Sunday.
The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage described in a statement the attack on the Christian cemetery as “terrorist and cowardly”.
It said that the Israeli occupation authority was responsible for not adopting firm positions against those gangs, which encouraged them to launch more attacks.
The foundation said that the Jewish attacks on Islamic and Christian holy places in Palestine would only boost “our insistence on preserving and defending them”.
For its part, the Islamic Christian commission in support of Jerusalem and holy sites called for an end to such practices, noting that attacks on the Islamic and Christian graveyards had increased recently.
It said that the Judaization schemes in Jerusalem were on the rise as evident in the building of synagogues, Talmudic parks, and public utilities coupled with the forced dislocation of Jerusalemites and razing their homes and the daily storming of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
A number of Israeli extremists invaded a Christian Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem, and destroyed several gravestones before Israeli police officers chased, and apprehended them.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that four students of a Jewish Yeshiva in the area carried out the attack. Their ages are between 17 and 26.
It added that the assailants destroyed 15 gravestones in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in the King David Tomb.
The Israeli Police said that two of the apprehended Israeli assailants are members of the Hilltop Youth Movement, an extremist group of Israeli settlers responsible for numerous attacks against Palestinian lands and property.
The two have previously been apprehended by the Israeli Police in the West Bank, and were ordered out of the area due to their illegal activities, but they violated the order and the police failed to apprehend them.
Earlier on Monday, the Police apprehended two Israeli teenagers, 14 and 16 years of age, on suspicion of being involved in defacing and damaging eight Palestinian cars, near Nabi Saleh Graveyard, in occupied Jerusalem.
Nearly a week ago, Price Tag graffiti was also found on the outer walls of a Church in the Old City of Jerusalem, punctured tires of 28 Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti in Abu Ghosh.
A month ago, a Christian Monastery in the Deir Jamal area, between Jerusalem and Ramla, was attacked by a Molotov cocktail, while racist graffiti, used by Price Tag extremist Israeli groups, were found on its exterior walls, the Arabs48 news Website has reported.
In mid-June, a number of extremist settlers wrote racist graffiti on some graves at the Christian Greek Orthodox graveyard in Jaffa [on Wednesday at night].
On Friday [June 14 2013] Israeli extremists set ablaze two Palestinian cars in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and wrote racist graffiti, including Price Tag.
The extremists also wrote racist graffiti on some graves in the Christian Greek Orthodox graveyard in Jaffa. They further wrote “Price Tag”, “Revenge”, and drew the Star of David on a number of graves.
Racist graffiti was also found on a wall of a building inhabited by the head of the Orthodox Society in Jaffa, and even wrote graffiti on the wall of the home Khaled Kaboub, an Arab District Court Judge in Tel Aviv.
There have been hundreds of similar attacks, that also included burning and trying to burn Churches and Mosques in different part of Palestine, in addition to numerous attacks targeting both Islamic and Christian graveyards.
Those attacks are part of ongoing violations that also targeted Palestinians lands and orchards in which the settlers uprooted and burnt hundreds of Palestinian trees, and flooded farmlands with waste-water.
Palestinian institutions condemn Jewish desecration of Christian cemetery
Two Palestinian institutions condemned on Monday the Jewish desecration of a Christian cemetery in occupied Jerusalem. Four Jewish fanatics of the so-called “Price Tag” gangs destroyed on Sunday the headstones of 15 graves in the Christian cemetery in occupied Jerusalem in a Wakf land owned by the Dajani family.
Other groups of Jewish fanatics attacked and damaged eight cars owned by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem also on Sunday.
The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage described in a statement the attack on the Christian cemetery as “terrorist and cowardly”.
It said that the Israeli occupation authority was responsible for not adopting firm positions against those gangs, which encouraged them to launch more attacks.
The foundation said that the Jewish attacks on Islamic and Christian holy places in Palestine would only boost “our insistence on preserving and defending them”.
For its part, the Islamic Christian commission in support of Jerusalem and holy sites called for an end to such practices, noting that attacks on the Islamic and Christian graveyards had increased recently.
It said that the Judaization schemes in Jerusalem were on the rise as evident in the building of synagogues, Talmudic parks, and public utilities coupled with the forced dislocation of Jerusalemites and razing their homes and the daily storming of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Sunday evening [September 29, 2013], local sources have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers of the Bracha illegal settlement, clashed with Palestinian youths in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Head of the Burin Village Council, Jamal Zeben, stated that the extremists attacked several Palestinian homes in Jabal As-Sabe’, in the eastern part of the village, and hurled concussion grenades at a number of homes.
He added that dozens of local youths confronted the settlers, threw stones at them, and chased the assailants out of the village.
The official further stated that, unlike daily scenarios, Israeli soldiers could not be seen in the village, and around it.
On Sunday evening, a Palestinian worker was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle, near Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Head of the Burin Village Council, Jamal Zeben, stated that the extremists attacked several Palestinian homes in Jabal As-Sabe’, in the eastern part of the village, and hurled concussion grenades at a number of homes.
He added that dozens of local youths confronted the settlers, threw stones at them, and chased the assailants out of the village.
The official further stated that, unlike daily scenarios, Israeli soldiers could not be seen in the village, and around it.
On Sunday evening, a Palestinian worker was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle, near Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
29 sept 2013
An Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian worker on Sunday morning to the west of Bethlehem in southern West Bank. Local sources said the incident occurred in the street that connects Wad Fokin with Hosan town in Bethlehem near the Apartheid Wall.
The settler escaped from the scene, added the source.
Hamdan Thib, 38, sustained moderate injuries and was transferred to one of the Hebron hospitals for treatment, according to medical sources.
The settler escaped from the scene, added the source.
Hamdan Thib, 38, sustained moderate injuries and was transferred to one of the Hebron hospitals for treatment, according to medical sources.
Settlers late Saturday attacked and sabotaged a Palestinian-owned car wash shop as well as stole its equipments in the village of Nabi Samuel, northwest of Jerusalem, according to the shop owner. The owner, Anas Obaid, said that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Ramout, built illegally on the village land, destroyed and stole heavy equipments from the shop for the second time during one month.
Settlers previously destroyed the main water tank as well as cut off the main electricity cables in the shop.
Obaid said that he was handed a demolition notice for his shop under the pretext of the shop being built near a road used by settlers but he was able to cancel the demolition order at the Israeli high court.
He said that settlers take advantage of the fact that his shop is closed on Saturdays to carry out their attacks on the shop which is the considered the source of living of around five Palestinian families.
Settlers previously destroyed the main water tank as well as cut off the main electricity cables in the shop.
Obaid said that he was handed a demolition notice for his shop under the pretext of the shop being built near a road used by settlers but he was able to cancel the demolition order at the Israeli high court.
He said that settlers take advantage of the fact that his shop is closed on Saturdays to carry out their attacks on the shop which is the considered the source of living of around five Palestinian families.
Israeli settlers Sunday damaged around eight Palestinian-owned cars in the East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that settlers used a screw driver to damage the cars, causing their owners finical damage.
To be noted, settlers who took over and turned several Palestinian-owned houses in the neighborhood into settlement outposts attack Palestinian residents regularly in an attempt to force them to leave their homes which several settlement association claim their ownership of as a prelude to judaize the whole neighborhood.
To be noted, settlers who took over and turned several Palestinian-owned houses in the neighborhood into settlement outposts attack Palestinian residents regularly in an attempt to force them to leave their homes which several settlement association claim their ownership of as a prelude to judaize the whole neighborhood.
Waste water from Ariel settlement is causing environmental damage to natural areas in Salfit, a Palestinian researcher said Sunday.
Khalid Maali, a researcher on settlement affairs, told Ma'an that the Israeli settlement in the West Bank, home to some 20,000 settlers, releases nearly 300,000 liters of sewage water daily into the neighboring valley of al-Matwi.
The area used to be a natural tourism park but sewage water from Ariel has caused severe damage to the soil, and locals can no longer stand the smell, Maali said.
Waste water from Ariel also damages Palestinian agricultural crops and pollutes water sources used by livestock.
Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have caused severe environmental degradation to land and water resources in the occupied West Bank, the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem says.
The research group estimates that that 80 percent of domestic water from Israeli settlements ends up as waste water, which often flows into surrounding Palestinian villages.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law. The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Khalid Maali, a researcher on settlement affairs, told Ma'an that the Israeli settlement in the West Bank, home to some 20,000 settlers, releases nearly 300,000 liters of sewage water daily into the neighboring valley of al-Matwi.
The area used to be a natural tourism park but sewage water from Ariel has caused severe damage to the soil, and locals can no longer stand the smell, Maali said.
Waste water from Ariel also damages Palestinian agricultural crops and pollutes water sources used by livestock.
Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have caused severe environmental degradation to land and water resources in the occupied West Bank, the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem says.
The research group estimates that that 80 percent of domestic water from Israeli settlements ends up as waste water, which often flows into surrounding Palestinian villages.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law. The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
28 sept 2013
Bags filled with urine, feces thrown at police officers during arrest of Yitzhar resident Boaz Albert, who violated administrative order banning him from settlement. It took police hours to unchain him from floor
Boaz Albert, the settler from Yitzhar who has repeatedly confronted police officers enforcing an administrative order from the IDF ordering him to stay out of the settlement, said he would return to Yitzhar upon his release from custody on Friday.
During Albert's first arrest which caused an uproar, police were filmed shocking him with a Taser gun. Since then, numerous Knesset members and prominent rabbis visited his home in Yitzhar, and during the Sukkot holiday, some 2,000 people took part in a support rally held at his home.
Last Tuesday, police officers who arrived in Yitzhar to arrest Albert had to forcefully disperse dozens of supporters in order to enter the home, where they found the settler bolted to the floor with a complex mechanism.
The police officers' attempts to dismantle the mechanism failed, and a smiling Albert explained that he had lost the keys to the lock. While chained to the floor, the settler told a radio station that he does not recognize the police's authority to arrest him and that he enjoys the support of MKs and rabbis who instructed him to violate the administrative order.
Meanwhile, Albert's supporters clashed with police outside the home. Officers claimed the rioters threw bags filled with urine and feces at them and vandalized squad cars.
Shai District Police spokeman Dudi Asraf said, "The violence there was very severe, and it cannot be accepted. The officers were called 'Nazis.'" Albert was eventually arrested and led out of the settlement with his head covered, but then another clash erupted between the officers and settlers whose vehicles blocked the entrance to Yitzhar.
Albert's remand was extended until Friday, but police filed an indictment against him and asked the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court to keep him in custody until the conclusion of legal proceedings. The indictment states that Albert violated a court order which banned him from entering Yitzhar and failed to attend court hearings. The indictment also details how the settler shackled himself to the floor of his home, as well as the attacks on the arresting officers by his supporters.(Video on the link)
Boaz Albert, the settler from Yitzhar who has repeatedly confronted police officers enforcing an administrative order from the IDF ordering him to stay out of the settlement, said he would return to Yitzhar upon his release from custody on Friday.
During Albert's first arrest which caused an uproar, police were filmed shocking him with a Taser gun. Since then, numerous Knesset members and prominent rabbis visited his home in Yitzhar, and during the Sukkot holiday, some 2,000 people took part in a support rally held at his home.
Last Tuesday, police officers who arrived in Yitzhar to arrest Albert had to forcefully disperse dozens of supporters in order to enter the home, where they found the settler bolted to the floor with a complex mechanism.
The police officers' attempts to dismantle the mechanism failed, and a smiling Albert explained that he had lost the keys to the lock. While chained to the floor, the settler told a radio station that he does not recognize the police's authority to arrest him and that he enjoys the support of MKs and rabbis who instructed him to violate the administrative order.
Meanwhile, Albert's supporters clashed with police outside the home. Officers claimed the rioters threw bags filled with urine and feces at them and vandalized squad cars.
Shai District Police spokeman Dudi Asraf said, "The violence there was very severe, and it cannot be accepted. The officers were called 'Nazis.'" Albert was eventually arrested and led out of the settlement with his head covered, but then another clash erupted between the officers and settlers whose vehicles blocked the entrance to Yitzhar.
Albert's remand was extended until Friday, but police filed an indictment against him and asked the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court to keep him in custody until the conclusion of legal proceedings. The indictment states that Albert violated a court order which banned him from entering Yitzhar and failed to attend court hearings. The indictment also details how the settler shackled himself to the floor of his home, as well as the attacks on the arresting officers by his supporters.(Video on the link)
Settlers attacked two teenage Palestinian girls in the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday, locals said.
Abu Yousef Abu Irmeleh told Ma'an that three settlers attacked his daughter, Thikra Ahmad Abu Irmeleh, 13, and his niece, Ghada Mahmoud Abu Irmeleh, whose age was not given.
He said that the two girls were passing through the Jewish Quarter of the Old City when they were punched in the face.
Abu Irmeleh filed a complaint to the Israeli police, who subsequently began an investigation. The attack was caught on camera.
Another witness, Abu Jamal said that he saw the two girls near the Chain Gate crying and visibly frightened. He asked them why they were crying and they said that they had been attacked by settlers.
Another witness, Abu Yousef, said that Palestinians are attacked on a daily basis by Israeli settlers while passing through the Jewish quarter.
These attacks take many forms, including verbal assaults, throwing of garbage, or physical attacks.
Jerusalem's Old City sits in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian territories.
It has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, and Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem in 1980. Approximately 200,000 Israeli settlers reside in the area in contravention of international law.
Abu Yousef Abu Irmeleh told Ma'an that three settlers attacked his daughter, Thikra Ahmad Abu Irmeleh, 13, and his niece, Ghada Mahmoud Abu Irmeleh, whose age was not given.
He said that the two girls were passing through the Jewish Quarter of the Old City when they were punched in the face.
Abu Irmeleh filed a complaint to the Israeli police, who subsequently began an investigation. The attack was caught on camera.
Another witness, Abu Jamal said that he saw the two girls near the Chain Gate crying and visibly frightened. He asked them why they were crying and they said that they had been attacked by settlers.
Another witness, Abu Yousef, said that Palestinians are attacked on a daily basis by Israeli settlers while passing through the Jewish quarter.
These attacks take many forms, including verbal assaults, throwing of garbage, or physical attacks.
Jerusalem's Old City sits in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian territories.
It has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, and Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem in 1980. Approximately 200,000 Israeli settlers reside in the area in contravention of international law.
Inhabitants of Sarta village in Salfit clashed with Jewish settlers who trespassed their land and annexed part of it. Local sources said that the settlers have been working on building a new road linking Brukhin settlement to nearby settlements for the past three days.
They said that the road was passing through Sarta village land and annexed a big chunk of it, adding that settlers had intensified their presence in the village land by Thursday night.
They said that confrontations broke out again after Friday congregation and Israeli occupation forces backed the settlers.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF armored vehicles and bulldozers were seen at the outskirts of the village in preparation for resuming work in building the road despite the inhabitants’ protests.
They said that the road was passing through Sarta village land and annexed a big chunk of it, adding that settlers had intensified their presence in the village land by Thursday night.
They said that confrontations broke out again after Friday congregation and Israeli occupation forces backed the settlers.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF armored vehicles and bulldozers were seen at the outskirts of the village in preparation for resuming work in building the road despite the inhabitants’ protests.
26 sept 2013
Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning in the company of rabbis and toured its courtyards. Jerusalemite sources said that the settlers entered through the Maghareba gate in groups and performed Talmudic rituals and listened to explanation on the alleged temple.
The sources pointed out that the Israeli police forces intensified their presence on the gates of the holy site and scrutinized IDs of Palestinian worshipers.
A state of extreme anger and tension prevailed inside the Aqsa Mosque as calls were heard for maintaining vigil inside the holy site to defend and protect it in face of the settlers’ repeated storming.
Meanwhile, confrontations took place in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday after inhabitants refused to allow settlers to pass through their Qirmi suburb.
In another incident, two young men were treated for gas inhalation near Shufat refugee camp in Jerusalem afternoon Wednesday after Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at inhabitants who threw stones and crude firebombs at the soldiers.
The sources pointed out that the Israeli police forces intensified their presence on the gates of the holy site and scrutinized IDs of Palestinian worshipers.
A state of extreme anger and tension prevailed inside the Aqsa Mosque as calls were heard for maintaining vigil inside the holy site to defend and protect it in face of the settlers’ repeated storming.
Meanwhile, confrontations took place in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday after inhabitants refused to allow settlers to pass through their Qirmi suburb.
In another incident, two young men were treated for gas inhalation near Shufat refugee camp in Jerusalem afternoon Wednesday after Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at inhabitants who threw stones and crude firebombs at the soldiers.
Wednesday at night [September 25, 2013] a group of extremist Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian youths in the Al-Qarmy neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, as they verbally confronted settlers who marched there.
Resident Ashraf Abu Da’aas, stated that approximately 400 settlers organized provocative marches in the Arab neighborhoods of Saraya, Al-Hakary, and Al-Qarmy, and were dancing and chanting provocative chants against the Arabs and Palestinians, in addition to chanting “Jerusalem is ours”.
Da’aas added that dozens of residents stopped the settlers and prevented them from conducting their provocative procession in their neighborhood, before dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers arrived at the scene, and attacked the Palestinians.
Furthermore, Da’aas said that the Police eventually stopped the settlers’ procession of before some of them headed to settlement outposts in the city, while others went to the Al-Boraq Wall.
The Police also prevented the Palestinians from leaving their neighborhoods, allegedly to prevent further confrontations, but did not restrict the movement of the settlers.
Resident Ashraf Abu Da’aas, stated that approximately 400 settlers organized provocative marches in the Arab neighborhoods of Saraya, Al-Hakary, and Al-Qarmy, and were dancing and chanting provocative chants against the Arabs and Palestinians, in addition to chanting “Jerusalem is ours”.
Da’aas added that dozens of residents stopped the settlers and prevented them from conducting their provocative procession in their neighborhood, before dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers arrived at the scene, and attacked the Palestinians.
Furthermore, Da’aas said that the Police eventually stopped the settlers’ procession of before some of them headed to settlement outposts in the city, while others went to the Al-Boraq Wall.
The Police also prevented the Palestinians from leaving their neighborhoods, allegedly to prevent further confrontations, but did not restrict the movement of the settlers.
25 sept 2013
A group of Jewish settlers installed a container and tents in an area west of Abu Dis in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Settlers hoisted Israeli flags and danced and reveled to celebrate annexing this area, called Jabal, which is located beyond the separation wall.
The Israeli civil administration department had announced confiscation of this area after claiming it “state land” while in fact hundreds of Palestinian Bedouins live in it, but the Israeli occupation authorities plan to dislocate them and transfer them to other areas.
Lawyer Bassam Bahar, who is heading a committee to defend Abu Dis land, described the act in a press release as “very serious”.
He said that the step aims at confiscating thousands of dunums owned by Abu Dis inhabitants, adding that the new settlement outpost is part of the Judaization scheme of Jerusalem.
The Israeli civil administration department had announced confiscation of this area after claiming it “state land” while in fact hundreds of Palestinian Bedouins live in it, but the Israeli occupation authorities plan to dislocate them and transfer them to other areas.
Lawyer Bassam Bahar, who is heading a committee to defend Abu Dis land, described the act in a press release as “very serious”.
He said that the step aims at confiscating thousands of dunums owned by Abu Dis inhabitants, adding that the new settlement outpost is part of the Judaization scheme of Jerusalem.
24 sept 2013
Israeli occupation forces detain a Palestinian youth during protests against roadblocks and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, 22 September.
Eyewitnesses in Hebron say that Israeli settlers may be preparing to seize the home of the Abu Rajab family which they first invaded and occupied for several days in April 2012.
At that time, an Israeli court ordered the settlers out of the house, but never allowed the Abu Rajab family who had lived in it to return.
Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the settlers to move back into the three-story building, in response to the killing of an Israeli occupation soldier in the city by an unknown shooter on Sunday.
Meanwhile, thousands of Israeli occupation soldiers have been staging raids and mass arrests of Palestinians in Hebron, subjecting residents young and old to abusive treatment, according to witnesses.
Settlers set up temporary shelters
Eyewitnesses in Hebron say that Israeli settlers may be preparing to seize the home of the Abu Rajab family which they first invaded and occupied for several days in April 2012.
At that time, an Israeli court ordered the settlers out of the house, but never allowed the Abu Rajab family who had lived in it to return.
Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the settlers to move back into the three-story building, in response to the killing of an Israeli occupation soldier in the city by an unknown shooter on Sunday.
Meanwhile, thousands of Israeli occupation soldiers have been staging raids and mass arrests of Palestinians in Hebron, subjecting residents young and old to abusive treatment, according to witnesses.
Settlers set up temporary shelters
Israeli settlers in Hebron set up a protest tent on 24 September next to the Abu Rajab home, which they seized for several days in April 2012 and plan to reoccupy.
On Tuesday, Israeli judicial authorities said that Netanyahu’s call had been his personal opinion, and that the settlers would have to await a court order before they would be allowed to occupy the Abu Rajab home.
However, there are signs that the settlers may already be preparing to seize the property.
A member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) (cpt.org), reached by telephone in Hebron, told The Electronic Intifada:
This morning we were there at about 7:00 doing our school patrol at checkpoint 209, right next to the Abu Rajab house. We could see there were a lot of settlers about. One or two of them were armed. They had put up one or two of those temporary shelters directly outside the building. And we saw some people inside the building. We’re not sure if they were soldiers or settlers.
This evening when we went past the lights in the building were all on. We didn’t see anyone moving around inside, but the lights were all on.
CPT, which has been present in Hebron since 1995, monitors checkpoints in the morning as Palestinian teachers and students walk through, often facing violence and harassment from soldiers and settlers.
Settlers seized home from Abu Rajab family
On Tuesday, Israeli judicial authorities said that Netanyahu’s call had been his personal opinion, and that the settlers would have to await a court order before they would be allowed to occupy the Abu Rajab home.
However, there are signs that the settlers may already be preparing to seize the property.
A member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) (cpt.org), reached by telephone in Hebron, told The Electronic Intifada:
This morning we were there at about 7:00 doing our school patrol at checkpoint 209, right next to the Abu Rajab house. We could see there were a lot of settlers about. One or two of them were armed. They had put up one or two of those temporary shelters directly outside the building. And we saw some people inside the building. We’re not sure if they were soldiers or settlers.
This evening when we went past the lights in the building were all on. We didn’t see anyone moving around inside, but the lights were all on.
CPT, which has been present in Hebron since 1995, monitors checkpoints in the morning as Palestinian teachers and students walk through, often facing violence and harassment from soldiers and settlers.
Settlers seized home from Abu Rajab family
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Settlers violently occupied the Abu Rajab house in April 2012, apparently assisted by Israeli occupation forces.
But they were evicted a week later after an Israeli court ruled that the house should be sealed until it decided who owned it. Settlers claim to have purchased the Abu Rajab house, which they’ve dubbed “Beit Hamachpela,” but this is contested by members of the Abu Rajab family, who have lived in it for generations. As the Guardian reported in April 2012: Hazem Abu Rajab, 25, a member of the extended Palestinian family living in the |
large three-storey property, said they were woken at 1am by Israeli soldiers, armed and wearing black, who broke down three doors. “Within five minutes, 100 to 150 settlers were inside,” he said. The family insisted it had the deeds and other documentation, and pointed out that anyone legitimately purchasing a property would use keys rather than break down doors in the middle of the night.
The house had been successively inherited by the original owner’s sons, grandsons and great-grandsons, said Abu Rajab. “If the settlers did buy, it was from one owner out of many. This house belongs to the whole family.”
Settlers often claim to have “purchased” Palestinian properties as a pretext to violently seize them from their owners.
The video above, posted on YouTube on 6 April 2012, shows Palestinians in Hebron attempting to visit members of the Abu Rajab family still in the house, but being turned away by occupation forces.
Risk to Palestinian schoolchildren Early on Tuesday, CPT sent out an email release stating:
The resettlement of the Abu Rajab house is a significant risk directly to the community of Hebron, international law and human rights, as settlements are illegal under international law and impede the on going peace process.
In addition to the legality of the settlement, the location of the [Abu Rajab house] will constitute a severe threat to the freedom of movement for Palestinians. The house sits between two Palestinian schools and the 209 Israeli military checkpoint. If the settlement remains, it will be in the middle of an area hundreds of Palestinian children must pass in order to attend early morning classes.
At the mercy of settlers A few hundred Israeli settlers, among the most extreme and racist in the West Bank, have steadily been taking over the heart of Hebron – a Palestinian city of more than 160,000 – with the protection and assistance of Israeli occupation forces.
Under a 1997 agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Hebron was partitioned into two zones: “H1” and “H2.”
H1 is nominally administered by the Palestinian Authority and is home to more than 120,000 Palestinians.
H2, under full Israeli military rule, includes Hebron’s historic Old City as well as the Ibrahimi Mosque in which the settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinian men and boys in February 1994.
Israeli occupation forces severely restrict the movement of more than 30,000 Palestinians in H2 while Israeli settlers move about freely under army protection.
Ghost town
This has left much of the city center a ghost town as severe restrictions and harassment keep Palestinians out of the area.
A 2006 survey by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem found that at least 1,014 Palestinian homes in the Old City of Hebron had been vacated by their occupants and more than 1,800 businesses had shuttered due to the Israeli takeover.
This represented 42 percent of the housing units in the district and more than three-quarters of the businesses.
Mass arrests and raids Israel has intensified its assault on Palestinian in Hebron since Sunday’s shooting of the occupation soldier.
Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer condemned Israel’s mass arrests and raids
Quoting eyewitnesses, the group said that approximately 5,000 Israeli soldiers had been deployed in several areas of the city.
The witnesses said that the soldiers raided homes and patrolled the streets with megaphones demanding that all residents over the age of 18 report to the main squares.
There, witnesses said, the occupation forces “made them put their hands above their heads and sit in stressful positions in parallel lines, then shackled their hands behind their backs and interrogated them.”
Tensions have been rising in Hebron ever since Israeli occupation forces tightened their stranglehold on the Old City last week so that Israeli settlers from outside the city could visit en masse during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Israeli provocations, including roadblocks and additional checkpoints severely hampering the lives of Palestinians, led to clashes in which the occupation forces fired tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated steel balls at youths resisting with stones.
Seventeen Palestinians were injured by occupation forces firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and in one case live ammunition on Tuesday as well, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Frequent attacks by soldiers and settlers Palestinians in Hebron face frequent harassment and violence at the hands of soldiers and settlers. Children have faced violent arrest on the way to school.
Children and youths are led from their homes in the middle of the night blindfolded.
Settlers stage racist parades mocking the Palestinians who live under their and the army’s tyranny.
Last December, on his seventeenth birthday, Muhammad al-Salaymeh, a Palestinian high schooler, was arbitrarily shot dead by Nofar Mizrahi, an Israeli occupation soldier stationed at a checkpoint near the boy’s home.
Mizrahi gave Israeli media a version of the circumstances around the killing contradicted by video evidence.
The killing, like thousands of others by Israeli occupation forces, has never been independently and credibly investigated.
A year before his murder, al-Salaymeh had spoken on Palestinian television about the situation in Hebron:
“There are always closures, but we are steadfast. We will never leave our house in which we were raised for years and generations, because we will be steadfast to our last breath, until we die.”
The house had been successively inherited by the original owner’s sons, grandsons and great-grandsons, said Abu Rajab. “If the settlers did buy, it was from one owner out of many. This house belongs to the whole family.”
Settlers often claim to have “purchased” Palestinian properties as a pretext to violently seize them from their owners.
The video above, posted on YouTube on 6 April 2012, shows Palestinians in Hebron attempting to visit members of the Abu Rajab family still in the house, but being turned away by occupation forces.
Risk to Palestinian schoolchildren Early on Tuesday, CPT sent out an email release stating:
The resettlement of the Abu Rajab house is a significant risk directly to the community of Hebron, international law and human rights, as settlements are illegal under international law and impede the on going peace process.
In addition to the legality of the settlement, the location of the [Abu Rajab house] will constitute a severe threat to the freedom of movement for Palestinians. The house sits between two Palestinian schools and the 209 Israeli military checkpoint. If the settlement remains, it will be in the middle of an area hundreds of Palestinian children must pass in order to attend early morning classes.
At the mercy of settlers A few hundred Israeli settlers, among the most extreme and racist in the West Bank, have steadily been taking over the heart of Hebron – a Palestinian city of more than 160,000 – with the protection and assistance of Israeli occupation forces.
Under a 1997 agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Hebron was partitioned into two zones: “H1” and “H2.”
H1 is nominally administered by the Palestinian Authority and is home to more than 120,000 Palestinians.
H2, under full Israeli military rule, includes Hebron’s historic Old City as well as the Ibrahimi Mosque in which the settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinian men and boys in February 1994.
Israeli occupation forces severely restrict the movement of more than 30,000 Palestinians in H2 while Israeli settlers move about freely under army protection.
Ghost town
This has left much of the city center a ghost town as severe restrictions and harassment keep Palestinians out of the area.
A 2006 survey by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem found that at least 1,014 Palestinian homes in the Old City of Hebron had been vacated by their occupants and more than 1,800 businesses had shuttered due to the Israeli takeover.
This represented 42 percent of the housing units in the district and more than three-quarters of the businesses.
Mass arrests and raids Israel has intensified its assault on Palestinian in Hebron since Sunday’s shooting of the occupation soldier.
Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer condemned Israel’s mass arrests and raids
Quoting eyewitnesses, the group said that approximately 5,000 Israeli soldiers had been deployed in several areas of the city.
The witnesses said that the soldiers raided homes and patrolled the streets with megaphones demanding that all residents over the age of 18 report to the main squares.
There, witnesses said, the occupation forces “made them put their hands above their heads and sit in stressful positions in parallel lines, then shackled their hands behind their backs and interrogated them.”
Tensions have been rising in Hebron ever since Israeli occupation forces tightened their stranglehold on the Old City last week so that Israeli settlers from outside the city could visit en masse during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Israeli provocations, including roadblocks and additional checkpoints severely hampering the lives of Palestinians, led to clashes in which the occupation forces fired tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated steel balls at youths resisting with stones.
Seventeen Palestinians were injured by occupation forces firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and in one case live ammunition on Tuesday as well, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Frequent attacks by soldiers and settlers Palestinians in Hebron face frequent harassment and violence at the hands of soldiers and settlers. Children have faced violent arrest on the way to school.
Children and youths are led from their homes in the middle of the night blindfolded.
Settlers stage racist parades mocking the Palestinians who live under their and the army’s tyranny.
Last December, on his seventeenth birthday, Muhammad al-Salaymeh, a Palestinian high schooler, was arbitrarily shot dead by Nofar Mizrahi, an Israeli occupation soldier stationed at a checkpoint near the boy’s home.
Mizrahi gave Israeli media a version of the circumstances around the killing contradicted by video evidence.
The killing, like thousands of others by Israeli occupation forces, has never been independently and credibly investigated.
A year before his murder, al-Salaymeh had spoken on Palestinian television about the situation in Hebron:
“There are always closures, but we are steadfast. We will never leave our house in which we were raised for years and generations, because we will be steadfast to our last breath, until we die.”
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A Palestinian child suffered bruising after being beaten by Jewish settlers in Tel Rumeida neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said “the child Awni Abu Shamsiya, 13, was subjected to beatings by the settlers,” noting that “he was transferred to a Hebron hospital to receive medical treatments,”
Provocative actions are being carried out by settlers against Palestinians in the vicinity of settler outposts in occupied Hebron in light of the celebrations of the so-called Sukkot Jewish Holiday. A young man has been wounded Monday overnight in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the al-Eizariya town southeast of occupied Jerusalem. |
Eyewitnesses said the man was wounded by a rubber-coated bullet at the top of the foot during clashes broke after Israeli forces ambushed four students from Al-Quds University.
They indicated that the youths were arrested upon leaving a bodybuilding club in Qubsh area near the western entrance to the al-Eizariya.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed the town at night, and began firing tear gas canisters, rubber, and live bullets on the stone-throwing young men.
They indicated that the youths were arrested upon leaving a bodybuilding club in Qubsh area near the western entrance to the al-Eizariya.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed the town at night, and began firing tear gas canisters, rubber, and live bullets on the stone-throwing young men.
Local sources reported Monday [September 23 2013] that a group of extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze more than 350 Palestinian olive trees that belong to villagers of Sorra and Tal villages, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Settlers also harvested Palestinian orchards near Jenin.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli Settlements File at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that a number of settlers of the Hafad Gilad illegal outpost, invaded the orchards located in the western valley, and burnt the trees.
Daghlas added that the fire consumed nearly 350 olive trees, and that the attack just comes a few days before the beginning of the Olive harvest season.
More than 200 of the burnt trees belong to Suleiman Abdul-Aziz Hamad, 100 to resident Omar Mustafa Samara, and 50 to Mohammad Fares.
Daghlas further stated that the settlers also burnt Palestinian farmlands that belong to several residents in the area.
The official denounced the attack, and stated that extremist settlers always escalate their attacks against Palestinian orchards and villagers before and during the olive harvest season, and added that the settlers frequently harvest Palestinian orchards and steal the produce.
Also on Monday, settlers of three illegal Israeli settlement outposts, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, harvested Palestinian orchards, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, and stole the produce.
The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) stated that the settlers attacked 12 Dunams (2.96 Acres) planted with Olive trees, and completely harvested them.
Extremists further attacked a Palestinian orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted its trees.
In related news, a number of extremist settlers attacked a Palestinian child in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the center of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Medical sources said that Israeli army medics provide first aid to the child, Awni Abu Shamsiyya, 13, before he was handed to a Red Crescent Ambulance that took him to the Hebron Governmental Hospital.
The child was bleeding from several parts of his body, including his face and head, the sources added.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli Settlements File at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that a number of settlers of the Hafad Gilad illegal outpost, invaded the orchards located in the western valley, and burnt the trees.
Daghlas added that the fire consumed nearly 350 olive trees, and that the attack just comes a few days before the beginning of the Olive harvest season.
More than 200 of the burnt trees belong to Suleiman Abdul-Aziz Hamad, 100 to resident Omar Mustafa Samara, and 50 to Mohammad Fares.
Daghlas further stated that the settlers also burnt Palestinian farmlands that belong to several residents in the area.
The official denounced the attack, and stated that extremist settlers always escalate their attacks against Palestinian orchards and villagers before and during the olive harvest season, and added that the settlers frequently harvest Palestinian orchards and steal the produce.
Also on Monday, settlers of three illegal Israeli settlement outposts, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, harvested Palestinian orchards, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, and stole the produce.
The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) stated that the settlers attacked 12 Dunams (2.96 Acres) planted with Olive trees, and completely harvested them.
Extremists further attacked a Palestinian orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted its trees.
In related news, a number of extremist settlers attacked a Palestinian child in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the center of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Medical sources said that Israeli army medics provide first aid to the child, Awni Abu Shamsiyya, 13, before he was handed to a Red Crescent Ambulance that took him to the Hebron Governmental Hospital.
The child was bleeding from several parts of his body, including his face and head, the sources added.
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem have reported dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and at least two have been kidnapped following clashes with the Israeli army and police in occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes took place as hundreds of Palestinians marched to protest a procession by extremist Israeli settlers who have been trying to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Maan News Agency has reported.
Maan said that hundreds of Israeli police officers, and soldiers, surrounded Bab Al-‘Amoud area, and declared it a closed military zone, while hundreds of police officers and soldiers formed human chains preventing Palestinian protesters from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque area.
Palestinian medical sources said that the soldiers and police attacked the Palestinian protesters as they marched chanting against the occupation, and the attack carried out by Israeli extremists who tried to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The sources added that the soldiers used excessive force against the residents, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades leading to dozens of injuries among the residents.
Furthermore, Israeli sources said that a settler woman from the Kidmat Tzion illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem, was mildly injured after being hit by a stone thrown by a Palestinian protester.
The sources added stones hurled by Palestinian protesters caused damages to at least ten Israeli vehicles in the area.
The Israeli police also decided to close the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshipers on Tuesday, an issued that led to further tension.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four students of the Abu Dis University, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes took place as hundreds of Palestinians marched to protest a procession by extremist Israeli settlers who have been trying to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Maan News Agency has reported.
Maan said that hundreds of Israeli police officers, and soldiers, surrounded Bab Al-‘Amoud area, and declared it a closed military zone, while hundreds of police officers and soldiers formed human chains preventing Palestinian protesters from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque area.
Palestinian medical sources said that the soldiers and police attacked the Palestinian protesters as they marched chanting against the occupation, and the attack carried out by Israeli extremists who tried to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The sources added that the soldiers used excessive force against the residents, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades leading to dozens of injuries among the residents.
Furthermore, Israeli sources said that a settler woman from the Kidmat Tzion illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem, was mildly injured after being hit by a stone thrown by a Palestinian protester.
The sources added stones hurled by Palestinian protesters caused damages to at least ten Israeli vehicles in the area.
The Israeli police also decided to close the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshipers on Tuesday, an issued that led to further tension.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four students of the Abu Dis University, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Dozens of settlers stormed on Tuesday morning the citizens' lands isolated behind the Apartheid Wall in the village of Jalboun east of Jenin, and started uprooting the olive trees. Local sources told PIC's correspondent that more than 80% of the village lands are located behind the Apartheid Wall and that the citizens cannot enter these lands except for limited periods during the olive harvest season.
They added that this year the settlers stormed the Palestinian lands where they reaped the olives and then vandalized the trees.
There are three Israeli settlements built on Palestinian lands in the village of Jalboun. The settlers are planning to grab the village lands, located behind the wall, in order to extend their settlements.
They added that this year the settlers stormed the Palestinian lands where they reaped the olives and then vandalized the trees.
There are three Israeli settlements built on Palestinian lands in the village of Jalboun. The settlers are planning to grab the village lands, located behind the wall, in order to extend their settlements.
A large number of Jewish settlers at dawn Tuesday stormed under military protection Tell Balata area on the outskirts of Nablus city in order to perform their usual rituals at Yusuf's tomb. Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) intensified their presence in different areas of Nablus and carried out raids on homes before the Jewish settlers entered the city.
During that time, the IOF clashed with Palestinian young men in Balata and Askar refugee camps and showered them with a hail of tear gas grenades. No injuries or arrests among the young men were reported.
One day earlier, the IOF stormed Yanoun village to the east of Akraba town, south of Nablus, in order to provide protection for an armed group of Jewish settlers who brought bulldozers and destroyed a large tracts of Palestinian cultivated land.
The Jewish settlers also burned yesterday about 30 olive trees in Sura village, southwest of Nablus.
During that time, the IOF clashed with Palestinian young men in Balata and Askar refugee camps and showered them with a hail of tear gas grenades. No injuries or arrests among the young men were reported.
One day earlier, the IOF stormed Yanoun village to the east of Akraba town, south of Nablus, in order to provide protection for an armed group of Jewish settlers who brought bulldozers and destroyed a large tracts of Palestinian cultivated land.
The Jewish settlers also burned yesterday about 30 olive trees in Sura village, southwest of Nablus.
Jewish kids take part in desecration campaigns against the Aqsa Mosque
Jewish temple groups declared their intention to organize a sacrilegious visit for Jewish families with their children to the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday to mark the Hebrew Sukkot occasion, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said. According to the foundation, about 200 Jewish settlers desecrated the Mosque yesterday and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyard.
It said that Jewish groups calling themselves the joint office for the temple groups organized a night rally they dubbed the march of the temple rabbinate in Ein Silwan district and performed some Talmudic rituals before they went to the Old City to perform the rituals of the temple altar and then concluded their march with a sit-in near the Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier, scores of Jewish settlers flocked from many places into Jerusalem on Monday morning to participate in a Jewish pilgrimage march.
The participants also attended a night concert on Mount Eitan.
The organizers of the Jewish pilgrimage march also intends on Tuesday to join the massive march which was called for by the Israeli municipal council in east Jerusalem.
Different Jewish marches will be taking place today in different areas of east Jerusalem.
Jewish temple groups declared their intention to organize a sacrilegious visit for Jewish families with their children to the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday to mark the Hebrew Sukkot occasion, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said. According to the foundation, about 200 Jewish settlers desecrated the Mosque yesterday and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyard.
It said that Jewish groups calling themselves the joint office for the temple groups organized a night rally they dubbed the march of the temple rabbinate in Ein Silwan district and performed some Talmudic rituals before they went to the Old City to perform the rituals of the temple altar and then concluded their march with a sit-in near the Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier, scores of Jewish settlers flocked from many places into Jerusalem on Monday morning to participate in a Jewish pilgrimage march.
The participants also attended a night concert on Mount Eitan.
The organizers of the Jewish pilgrimage march also intends on Tuesday to join the massive march which was called for by the Israeli municipal council in east Jerusalem.
Different Jewish marches will be taking place today in different areas of east Jerusalem.
An Israeli soldier was injured Monday, during clashes that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) as soldiers hunted for the suspected killer of the Israeli soldier who was shot and killed Sunday evening.
Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians who were protesting against the fierce Israeli storm on the city.
Monday's wounded soldier was treated on field, an Israeli media outlet reported.
A number of settler vehicles were hurled with stones after they raided al-Khalil to celebrate the Sukkot, causing several materiel damages. An Israeli female settler was injured and was also treated on field.
Since Sunday evening, the city of al-Khalil has witnessed violent incursions and clashes following the shooting of the 20-year-old soldier, Gabriel Kobi, who was shot by gunfire at a checkpoint near the Cave of Patriarchs, which is known by Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Israel's Channel 7 reported that a settler bus was a target for Molotov cocktails, south of Nablus on Monday evening. Israeli medical sources said no injuries or damages were reported and the Israeli forces are searching for the assailants.
Additionally, Israeli forces closed Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, due to Jewish holiday, which caused a traffic in the area.
Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians who were protesting against the fierce Israeli storm on the city.
Monday's wounded soldier was treated on field, an Israeli media outlet reported.
A number of settler vehicles were hurled with stones after they raided al-Khalil to celebrate the Sukkot, causing several materiel damages. An Israeli female settler was injured and was also treated on field.
Since Sunday evening, the city of al-Khalil has witnessed violent incursions and clashes following the shooting of the 20-year-old soldier, Gabriel Kobi, who was shot by gunfire at a checkpoint near the Cave of Patriarchs, which is known by Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Israel's Channel 7 reported that a settler bus was a target for Molotov cocktails, south of Nablus on Monday evening. Israeli medical sources said no injuries or damages were reported and the Israeli forces are searching for the assailants.
Additionally, Israeli forces closed Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, due to Jewish holiday, which caused a traffic in the area.
