13 apr 2020
For the second week in a row, Israeli settlers from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc today opened the wastewater drains to flood Palestinian farmlands in nearby Beit Ummar village in the south of the West Bank, according to Mohammad Awad, a local activist.
He told WAFA that the wastewater flooded the farms planted with grape vines in a step that the settlers intentionally repeat every year to destroy the crops causing serious damage and financial losses to the farmers.
The land is estimated at 20 dunums in area and owned by two local families.
He told WAFA that the wastewater flooded the farms planted with grape vines in a step that the settlers intentionally repeat every year to destroy the crops causing serious damage and financial losses to the farmers.
The land is estimated at 20 dunums in area and owned by two local families.
Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern Gaza Strip Beit Lahia town while sailing only three nautical miles off the coast on Monday morning.
No casualties were reported in the attack.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced in northern Gaza Strip and fired at farmers while tending to their lands. No casualties were suffered.
A similar attack took place in southern Gaza where IOF soldiers opened fire at citizens’ land to the east of Khan Younis city.
No casualties were reported in the attack.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced in northern Gaza Strip and fired at farmers while tending to their lands. No casualties were suffered.
A similar attack took place in southern Gaza where IOF soldiers opened fire at citizens’ land to the east of Khan Younis city.
Jewish settlers pitched a tent on Palestinian land in Tel Rumaida in al-Khalil in the West Bank on Sunday night.
A spokesman for the youth against settlement in al-Khalil said that dozens of settlers pitched the tent as a prelude to building a settlement outpost in the land plot that is planted with olives and belong to Natshe family.
He said that the settlers who claim they own the land lot entered the land under protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
A spokesman for the youth against settlement in al-Khalil said that dozens of settlers pitched the tent as a prelude to building a settlement outpost in the land plot that is planted with olives and belong to Natshe family.
He said that the settlers who claim they own the land lot entered the land under protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
12 apr 2020
Israeli troops opened fire, early on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian farmers in the southern besieged Gaza Strip.
Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli troops, stationed on watch towers, near the border fence with Khuza’a village, southeast of the coastal territory, opened fire with their machine guns indiscriminately towards a number of local farmers, while bending down in labor.
Sources added that the Israeli troops’ fire caused no causalities, but spread panic among farmers, forcing them to leave their farmlands immediately.
Israeli army fire on border areas are reported frequently, as Israel has created a buffer zone of about 300 meters width, along the eastern and northern border fence with Gaza.
Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli troops, stationed on watch towers, near the border fence with Khuza’a village, southeast of the coastal territory, opened fire with their machine guns indiscriminately towards a number of local farmers, while bending down in labor.
Sources added that the Israeli troops’ fire caused no causalities, but spread panic among farmers, forcing them to leave their farmlands immediately.
Israeli army fire on border areas are reported frequently, as Israel has created a buffer zone of about 300 meters width, along the eastern and northern border fence with Gaza.
Illegal Jewish settlers on Sunday evening uprooted about 350 olive saplings belonging to Palestinian farmers in the town of al-Khader, near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local source.
Head of the Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijieh, told WAFA that settlers from the colonial Israeli settlement of Sidi Boaz, nearby, uprooted about 350 olive saplings owned by local villagers.
Earlier today, settlers chopped off about 50 olive saplings belonging to Palestinian farmers in the same area.
Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian farmers and their properties have been on the rise during the current state of emergency in the West Bank due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Over the years, Israeli occupation authorities have fostered a culture of impunity for Jewish settlers committing acts of vandalism and attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Head of the Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijieh, told WAFA that settlers from the colonial Israeli settlement of Sidi Boaz, nearby, uprooted about 350 olive saplings owned by local villagers.
Earlier today, settlers chopped off about 50 olive saplings belonging to Palestinian farmers in the same area.
Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian farmers and their properties have been on the rise during the current state of emergency in the West Bank due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Over the years, Israeli occupation authorities have fostered a culture of impunity for Jewish settlers committing acts of vandalism and attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Extremist Israeli settlers today chopped off about 50 olive saplings belonging to Palestinian farmers in the town of al-Khader, near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local source.
Head of the Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijieh, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Sidi Boaz, nearby, chopped off 50 olive saplings owned by a local villager.
To be noted, Israeli settlers escalated their attacks on Palestinian farmers and their properties, taking advantage of the current state of emergency in the West Bank due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Head of the Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijieh, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Sidi Boaz, nearby, chopped off 50 olive saplings owned by a local villager.
To be noted, Israeli settlers escalated their attacks on Palestinian farmers and their properties, taking advantage of the current state of emergency in the West Bank due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
9 apr 2020
For the second day in a row, Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza shore injuring two, according to the Gaza Fishermen Federation.
The Israeli navy chased Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza coast to force them to return to shore and opened fire at them injuring two fishermen with rubber-coated metal bullets.
They were taken to hospital in Gaza where they were reported in moderate condition.
The Israeli navy also shot and injured a fisherman yesterday with a rubber bullet in the same location.
Israeli navy chase of fishermen is an almost daily occurrence.
As part of its 13-year-long stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel bans Palestinian fishermen from sailing more than three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shores, and sometimes even less than that.
Fishing is one of the main sources of income for hundreds of families in the impoverished Gaza Strip.
The Israeli navy chased Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza coast to force them to return to shore and opened fire at them injuring two fishermen with rubber-coated metal bullets.
They were taken to hospital in Gaza where they were reported in moderate condition.
The Israeli navy also shot and injured a fisherman yesterday with a rubber bullet in the same location.
Israeli navy chase of fishermen is an almost daily occurrence.
As part of its 13-year-long stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel bans Palestinian fishermen from sailing more than three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shores, and sometimes even less than that.
Fishing is one of the main sources of income for hundreds of families in the impoverished Gaza Strip.
Palestinian farmers on Tuesday, suffered inhalation injuries during an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in Ash-Shuyukh town, near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.
Ahmad al-Halayqa, media activist, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that colonial settlers, under Israeli military protection, attacked Palestinian farmers in She’ib At-Tina and al-Majalis areas in the southern West Bank, in an attempt to force them out of their lands.
Al-Halayaa added that Israeli soldiers fired tear-gas and concussion grenades towards the Palestinian farmers causing some to suffer the toxic effects of tear-gas inhalation.
Important to note that illegal Israeli settlers, on Monday, invaded the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, while Israeli soldiers provided cover for the invading colonists by firing many live rounds and tear-gas canisters at the Palestinians.
Ahmad al-Halayqa, media activist, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that colonial settlers, under Israeli military protection, attacked Palestinian farmers in She’ib At-Tina and al-Majalis areas in the southern West Bank, in an attempt to force them out of their lands.
Al-Halayaa added that Israeli soldiers fired tear-gas and concussion grenades towards the Palestinian farmers causing some to suffer the toxic effects of tear-gas inhalation.
Important to note that illegal Israeli settlers, on Monday, invaded the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, while Israeli soldiers provided cover for the invading colonists by firing many live rounds and tear-gas canisters at the Palestinians.
8 apr 2020
Israeli soldiers today seized the tractor of a Palestinian farmer while plowing his land in the town of al-Shyoukh, in the south of the West Bank.
Hassan Breijieh, director of the Anti-Wall, Anti-Settlements Committee in Bethlehem, told WAFA that the soldiers seized the tractor of Hamed Ababdeh when he was working on his land located near the illegal settlement of Mitzad Nikodim, built on al-Shyoukh land.
The army claimed the farmer was on alleged “state” land despite the fact that Ababdeh had official documents proving ownership of that land, said Breijieh.
Hassan Breijieh, director of the Anti-Wall, Anti-Settlements Committee in Bethlehem, told WAFA that the soldiers seized the tractor of Hamed Ababdeh when he was working on his land located near the illegal settlement of Mitzad Nikodim, built on al-Shyoukh land.
The army claimed the farmer was on alleged “state” land despite the fact that Ababdeh had official documents proving ownership of that land, said Breijieh.
A Palestinian fisherman was injured today during a pursuit by Israeli navy boats off the Gaza shore, according to WAFA correspondent.
He quoted fishermen saying that the Israeli navy chased several Palestinian fishing boats while sailing in the sea near the Gaza shores and opened fire at them injuring one fisherman, reported to be 23 years old, in the hand and leg by several rubber-coated metal bullets.
The fisherman was transported to hospital in Gaza where he was reported in moderate condition.
As part of its 13-year-long stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel bans Palestinian fishermen from sailing more than three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shores.
Fishing is one of the main sources of income for hundreds of families in the impoverished Gaza Strip.
He quoted fishermen saying that the Israeli navy chased several Palestinian fishing boats while sailing in the sea near the Gaza shores and opened fire at them injuring one fisherman, reported to be 23 years old, in the hand and leg by several rubber-coated metal bullets.
The fisherman was transported to hospital in Gaza where he was reported in moderate condition.
As part of its 13-year-long stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel bans Palestinian fishermen from sailing more than three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shores.
Fishing is one of the main sources of income for hundreds of families in the impoverished Gaza Strip.
7 apr 2020
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday morning resumed spraying harmful herbicides on farmlands near the border fence in the east of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said that Israeli aircrafts sprayed the agricultural areas in the east of Gaza City with toxic chemicals.
Last Sunday, vast tracts of land planted with wheat, barley, corn, okra, molokhia (corchorus olitorius) and other crops sustained damage after Israeli agricultural aircrafts sprayed them with toxic herbicides.
In this regard, al-Mezan Center for Human Rights accused the Israeli occupation state of exploiting the global coronavirus crisis to destroy crops along the border fence in the east of Gaza, while persisting in imposing its tight siege on the population.
Al-Mezan Center called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and intervene to prevent Israel from using toxic herbicides that exterminate crops and endanger the lives of farmers and citizens in Gaza.
Every once in a while, the IOA deliberately sprays agricultural areas in eastern Gaza with toxic chemicals and destroy large tracts of cultivated land under different flimsy pretexts.
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said that Israeli aircrafts sprayed the agricultural areas in the east of Gaza City with toxic chemicals.
Last Sunday, vast tracts of land planted with wheat, barley, corn, okra, molokhia (corchorus olitorius) and other crops sustained damage after Israeli agricultural aircrafts sprayed them with toxic herbicides.
In this regard, al-Mezan Center for Human Rights accused the Israeli occupation state of exploiting the global coronavirus crisis to destroy crops along the border fence in the east of Gaza, while persisting in imposing its tight siege on the population.
Al-Mezan Center called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and intervene to prevent Israel from using toxic herbicides that exterminate crops and endanger the lives of farmers and citizens in Gaza.
Every once in a while, the IOA deliberately sprays agricultural areas in eastern Gaza with toxic chemicals and destroy large tracts of cultivated land under different flimsy pretexts.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the southeast of the Gaza Strip and carried out a limited incursion into a northern border area.
According to local sources, the IOF opened fire and tear gas canisters at farmers as they were working their lands in the east of Khuza’ah town in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
The intensity of the shooting attack forced the farmers to leave the area.
Meanwhile, four army bulldozers carried out a small-scale incursion into a border area in the northwest of Beit Lahia town, north of Gaza, and embarked on leveling and digging lands.
According to local sources, the IOF opened fire and tear gas canisters at farmers as they were working their lands in the east of Khuza’ah town in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
The intensity of the shooting attack forced the farmers to leave the area.
Meanwhile, four army bulldozers carried out a small-scale incursion into a border area in the northwest of Beit Lahia town, north of Gaza, and embarked on leveling and digging lands.
Israeli settlers today attacked a Palestinian man in the village of Kubar, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped his two sons, according to Kubar mayor Izzat Badwan.
He told WAFA over the telephone that some 10 armed settlers from the illegal settlement of Halamish, located near Kubar, attacked Samir Zeebar and then kidnapped his two sons, Abdul Fattah and Mahmoud, who are in the 20s, while they were ploughing their land.
The two man are being questioned inside the settlement, said Badwan.
He told WAFA over the telephone that some 10 armed settlers from the illegal settlement of Halamish, located near Kubar, attacked Samir Zeebar and then kidnapped his two sons, Abdul Fattah and Mahmoud, who are in the 20s, while they were ploughing their land.
The two man are being questioned inside the settlement, said Badwan.