10 july 2019
A group of Israeli settlers illegally set up a caravan and tent on agricultural land belonging to the village of Einabus, south of Nablus, on Wednesday.
Taleb Hamad, head of the village council of Einabus, told the PNN that a number of settlers, protected by Israeli Occupation Forces, broke into the village from the northern side and set up a caravan only 200 meters from the houses of the villagers.
He said that the settlers stand around 50 meters away from the houses every night, often setting fire to them as well as throwing stones at citizens. “The residents [are] worried and unable to sleep at night,” he added.
Hamad called on the officials to provide the village with scouts and surveillance cameras so that the residents can follow the movements of the settlers and protect themselves and their property. Incidents like these have been occurring in Einabus for more than two months.
Taleb Hamad, head of the village council of Einabus, told the PNN that a number of settlers, protected by Israeli Occupation Forces, broke into the village from the northern side and set up a caravan only 200 meters from the houses of the villagers.
He said that the settlers stand around 50 meters away from the houses every night, often setting fire to them as well as throwing stones at citizens. “The residents [are] worried and unable to sleep at night,” he added.
Hamad called on the officials to provide the village with scouts and surveillance cameras so that the residents can follow the movements of the settlers and protect themselves and their property. Incidents like these have been occurring in Einabus for more than two months.
Israeli settlers, today, set fire to hundreds of olive trees in the northern West Bank village of Burin, reported Ghassan Daghlas, a local official.
He told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar snuck into a plot of Burin farmland and set fire to hundreds of olive trees, in the southern parts of the village, located to the south of Nablus.
He also said that the Israeli army prevented Palestinian firetrucks from reaching the area to put out the fire, which then spread and resulted in heavy losses to the farmers.
He told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar snuck into a plot of Burin farmland and set fire to hundreds of olive trees, in the southern parts of the village, located to the south of Nablus.
He also said that the Israeli army prevented Palestinian firetrucks from reaching the area to put out the fire, which then spread and resulted in heavy losses to the farmers.
A group of Israeli soldiers on Wednesday detained Palestinian municipal employees in the village of Beit Fourik, in the northern West Bank, and seized several vehicles used for trash collection.
According to local sources, the vehicles that were seized include a garbage truck, a tractor used for hauling garbage and a third vehicle used in trash collection.
The vehicles were loaded with garbage and were headed to a landfill site east of the village, located near Nablus in the northern West Bank, when they were detained by Israeli soldiers in military vehicles.
The soldiers approached with weapons drawn and ordered the municipal employees out of their vehicles, then held them for several hours in the hot sun, and took the vehicles away to an unknown location.
The Palestinian Wafa News Agency spoke with Ata Samara, a health inspector with the Beit Fourik village council, who told them that this trash collection by the municipality is a daily collection, and this is the first time they have been harassed by Israeli occupation forces.
Samara added that the trash dump is located in Area B of the West Bank, which is administered by the Palestinian Authority but falls under Israeli military rule, adding that the village council was not informed by the army that it would no longer be allowed to dump there. He said the seizure of the truck and car is part of an effort by the Israeli army to make life difficult for the Palestinians in that village.
Without a trash truck or a place to put garbage, the Palestinians of the village will be forced to fend for themselves, which will likely result in a buildup of trash at homes in the village, and unsanitary conditions will result.
Israeli authorities have created multiple landfill sites for Israeli garbage on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank, and frequently haul and dump Israeli garbage onto Palestinian village land. However, in recent years the Israeli authorities have made it harder and harder for Palestinians in the West Bank to dump their garbage, instead closing off the Palestinian landfills and dumps or putting roadblocks to prevent the Palestinians from reaching them.
Israeli forces have targeted the village of Beit Fourik for collective punishment, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, since March, when an Israeli settler was killed in a settlement nearby.
According to local sources, the vehicles that were seized include a garbage truck, a tractor used for hauling garbage and a third vehicle used in trash collection.
The vehicles were loaded with garbage and were headed to a landfill site east of the village, located near Nablus in the northern West Bank, when they were detained by Israeli soldiers in military vehicles.
The soldiers approached with weapons drawn and ordered the municipal employees out of their vehicles, then held them for several hours in the hot sun, and took the vehicles away to an unknown location.
The Palestinian Wafa News Agency spoke with Ata Samara, a health inspector with the Beit Fourik village council, who told them that this trash collection by the municipality is a daily collection, and this is the first time they have been harassed by Israeli occupation forces.
Samara added that the trash dump is located in Area B of the West Bank, which is administered by the Palestinian Authority but falls under Israeli military rule, adding that the village council was not informed by the army that it would no longer be allowed to dump there. He said the seizure of the truck and car is part of an effort by the Israeli army to make life difficult for the Palestinians in that village.
Without a trash truck or a place to put garbage, the Palestinians of the village will be forced to fend for themselves, which will likely result in a buildup of trash at homes in the village, and unsanitary conditions will result.
Israeli authorities have created multiple landfill sites for Israeli garbage on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank, and frequently haul and dump Israeli garbage onto Palestinian village land. However, in recent years the Israeli authorities have made it harder and harder for Palestinians in the West Bank to dump their garbage, instead closing off the Palestinian landfills and dumps or putting roadblocks to prevent the Palestinians from reaching them.
Israeli forces have targeted the village of Beit Fourik for collective punishment, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, since March, when an Israeli settler was killed in a settlement nearby.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning opened fire at Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the Gaza Strip, and failed to arrest two Palestinians during their attempt to cross through the border fence.
According to the fishermen committees, Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at fishermen and their boats during their presence within four nautical miles off the northern coast of Gaza, with no reported casualties or material damage.
The IOF also opened fire at agricultural lands, farmers, shepherds and their homes in different border areas of Gaza, including the eastern areas of Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army claimed its forces spotted two Palestinian young men as they were trying to cross into an Israeli border area in northern Gaza, but they managed to flee back to Gaza after soldiers rushed towards them.
According to the fishermen committees, Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at fishermen and their boats during their presence within four nautical miles off the northern coast of Gaza, with no reported casualties or material damage.
The IOF also opened fire at agricultural lands, farmers, shepherds and their homes in different border areas of Gaza, including the eastern areas of Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army claimed its forces spotted two Palestinian young men as they were trying to cross into an Israeli border area in northern Gaza, but they managed to flee back to Gaza after soldiers rushed towards them.
Israeli occupation forces continue to impose a stifling maritime siege on the Gaza Strip that is hampering Palestinian maritime activities, particularly for Palestinian fishermen whose fishing activities are limited to an area between three to six nautical miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip, depending on Israeli authorities’ alternating decisions, according to a report by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights.
Palestinian fishermen have been struggling due to the constantly diminishing fishing zone since October of 2000, when they were prohibited from reaching the 20 nautical miles limit – agreed upon under the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, in 1993.
Israeli authorities imposed a new limit of 12 nautical miles, then lowered it to six and even three nautical miles, at times.
Nevertheless, Israeli authorities kept targeting Palestinian fishermen and hindering their fishing activities, even inside the Israeli-imposed fishing zone.
The Israeli authorities are practically prohibiting Palestinian fishermen from entering 85% of the fishing zone granted under the Oslo Accords and its annexes.
In addition, the navy regularly opens fire at fishermen, forcing them to undress and swim in cold seawater before arresting them, and destroy or confiscate their fishing boats and equipment.
Furthermore, Al Ray reports, the military uses heavy water canons to damage and partially submerge small fishing boats that are left unattended at night, in the sea, to catch fish.
These violations occur, most of the time, within the allocated fishing zone, i.e. within three or six nautical miles.
Due to such practices, Palestinian fishermen became one of the poorest communities in society, while other industries that are dependent on fishing
such as constructing boats and fishing equipment, and fish merchants have suffered massively as well.
Palestinian fishermen have been struggling due to the constantly diminishing fishing zone since October of 2000, when they were prohibited from reaching the 20 nautical miles limit – agreed upon under the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, in 1993.
Israeli authorities imposed a new limit of 12 nautical miles, then lowered it to six and even three nautical miles, at times.
Nevertheless, Israeli authorities kept targeting Palestinian fishermen and hindering their fishing activities, even inside the Israeli-imposed fishing zone.
The Israeli authorities are practically prohibiting Palestinian fishermen from entering 85% of the fishing zone granted under the Oslo Accords and its annexes.
In addition, the navy regularly opens fire at fishermen, forcing them to undress and swim in cold seawater before arresting them, and destroy or confiscate their fishing boats and equipment.
Furthermore, Al Ray reports, the military uses heavy water canons to damage and partially submerge small fishing boats that are left unattended at night, in the sea, to catch fish.
These violations occur, most of the time, within the allocated fishing zone, i.e. within three or six nautical miles.
Due to such practices, Palestinian fishermen became one of the poorest communities in society, while other industries that are dependent on fishing
such as constructing boats and fishing equipment, and fish merchants have suffered massively as well.
Israeli forces confiscated a bulldozer working on the rehabilitation of an agricultural land in Kufr Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank, said local WAFA sources.
Israeli forces were said to have confiscated a bulldozer belonging to Suhaib Jamal, while he was working on rehabilitating an agricultural land belonging to one of the village residents in the north-eastern part of the village.
In Jerusalem, Israeli forces demolished the foundations and concrete pillars of a residential building under construction in az-Za’ayyem village, said a local official.
The head of az-Za’ayyem village council said Israeli forces demolished the foundations and concrete pillars of a residential building under construction, and razed a 700-square-meter of land belonging to local resident Dawood ‘Adwan, in the Sheikh Anbar area, in az Za’ayyem neighborhood.
Israeli forces were said to have confiscated a bulldozer belonging to Suhaib Jamal, while he was working on rehabilitating an agricultural land belonging to one of the village residents in the north-eastern part of the village.
In Jerusalem, Israeli forces demolished the foundations and concrete pillars of a residential building under construction in az-Za’ayyem village, said a local official.
The head of az-Za’ayyem village council said Israeli forces demolished the foundations and concrete pillars of a residential building under construction, and razed a 700-square-meter of land belonging to local resident Dawood ‘Adwan, in the Sheikh Anbar area, in az Za’ayyem neighborhood.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday stormed Halhul town, north of al-Khalil, and confiscated equipment from a printery, amid clashes with local youths.
According to local sources, the IOF confiscated stormed Babel Printery and confiscated its printing equipment and clashed for hours with local young men.
A plot of cultivated land caught fire as a result of the intensive firing of tear gas and stun grenades during the events.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and Idhna town to the west and raided homes, without making arrests.
According to local sources, the IOF confiscated stormed Babel Printery and confiscated its printing equipment and clashed for hours with local young men.
A plot of cultivated land caught fire as a result of the intensive firing of tear gas and stun grenades during the events.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and Idhna town to the west and raided homes, without making arrests.
6 july 2019
Ali al-Hayek, head of the Palestinian Businessmen Association, has called for necessarily lifting the Israeli ban on the entry of many raw materials and construction needs to the Gaza Strip on allegations they are dual-use goods.
In a press release, Hayek also stressed the need to end the UN-sponsored reconstruction mechanism in Gaza, known as “GRM,” saying such mechanism led to disastrous and destructive impacts on Gaza’s economy.
The GRM is a temporary agreement between the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the UN that went into effect after the 2014 aggression against Gaza.
The GRM sets out procedures supposedly to enable the entry of essential construction materials to Gaza, which is under Israeli blockade.
However, it has failed to enable large-scale construction and reconstruction in the coastal enclave.
Hayek underlined that the Gaza reconstruction mechanism (GRM) contributed to strengthening the siege on post-war Gaza, strangulating its economy and destroying the construction sector — the largest employer of workers — by restricting the entry of building materials needed to construct and reconstruct homes and infrastructure.
He also called for lifting Israel’s ban on the entry of more than 500 types of goods needed by the commercial and industrial sectors in Gaza.
In a press release, Hayek also stressed the need to end the UN-sponsored reconstruction mechanism in Gaza, known as “GRM,” saying such mechanism led to disastrous and destructive impacts on Gaza’s economy.
The GRM is a temporary agreement between the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the UN that went into effect after the 2014 aggression against Gaza.
The GRM sets out procedures supposedly to enable the entry of essential construction materials to Gaza, which is under Israeli blockade.
However, it has failed to enable large-scale construction and reconstruction in the coastal enclave.
Hayek underlined that the Gaza reconstruction mechanism (GRM) contributed to strengthening the siege on post-war Gaza, strangulating its economy and destroying the construction sector — the largest employer of workers — by restricting the entry of building materials needed to construct and reconstruct homes and infrastructure.
He also called for lifting Israel’s ban on the entry of more than 500 types of goods needed by the commercial and industrial sectors in Gaza.
4 july 2019
Hundreds of Palestinian fishermen on Thursday staged a sit-in at the port of Gaza City in protest at Israel’s measures and aggressive practices against them.
The Israeli occupation authority has recently escalated its restrictions on fishing activity in Gaza waters, where it kept attacking fishermen, arresting them, confiscating their boats and equipment, closing the Gaza sea and manipulating the permitted fishing area.
The fishermen demand an end to Israel’s repeated sea closures and its daily attacks on them.
They have called on the international community and its concerned organizations to urgently intervene to provide protection for the fishermen and curb Israel’s acts of piracy against them.
The Israeli occupation authority has recently escalated its restrictions on fishing activity in Gaza waters, where it kept attacking fishermen, arresting them, confiscating their boats and equipment, closing the Gaza sea and manipulating the permitted fishing area.
The fishermen demand an end to Israel’s repeated sea closures and its daily attacks on them.
They have called on the international community and its concerned organizations to urgently intervene to provide protection for the fishermen and curb Israel’s acts of piracy against them.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday demolished a nature reserve in the east of Yatta, south of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
Chief of Kaabneh and Daqiqa villages Udeh an-Najadah said Israeli bulldozers escorted by troops embarked on removing the fence of the Daqiqa nature reserve, which was established on about 150 dunums of land near the separation wall.
Najadah added that the bulldozers also razed trees and wells in the nature reserve as part of Israeli efforts to evict the local residents from the eastern areas of Yatta.
The Daqiqa nature reserve was established about 10 years ago with the assistance of foreign institutions in order to protect the land from Israel’s settlement activity. It contained over 5,000 trees and four wells for the collection of rainwater and was fenced with barbed wire.
There are about 250 Palestinian citizens living in Daqiqa village and they work in agriculture and animal husbandry.
The Israeli occupation authority seeks to evict the local residents from their area at the pretext they live in a military training region.
In a similar incident, the IOF demolished on Wednesday morning a park, water wells and a nature reserve in the villages of Khashm al-Daraj and Umm al-Khair in the east of Yatta.
Chief of Kaabneh and Daqiqa villages Udeh an-Najadah said Israeli bulldozers escorted by troops embarked on removing the fence of the Daqiqa nature reserve, which was established on about 150 dunums of land near the separation wall.
Najadah added that the bulldozers also razed trees and wells in the nature reserve as part of Israeli efforts to evict the local residents from the eastern areas of Yatta.
The Daqiqa nature reserve was established about 10 years ago with the assistance of foreign institutions in order to protect the land from Israel’s settlement activity. It contained over 5,000 trees and four wells for the collection of rainwater and was fenced with barbed wire.
There are about 250 Palestinian citizens living in Daqiqa village and they work in agriculture and animal husbandry.
The Israeli occupation authority seeks to evict the local residents from their area at the pretext they live in a military training region.
In a similar incident, the IOF demolished on Wednesday morning a park, water wells and a nature reserve in the villages of Khashm al-Daraj and Umm al-Khair in the east of Yatta.
3 july 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Jiftlik village, in the West Bank’s Central Plains, and confiscated an irrigation network from lands owned by a Palestinian from the village.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded the lands, owned by a local farmer, identified as Na’el Bani Odah, and confiscated the irrigation network providing his farmlands with the needed water.
They added that the confiscated network and pipes were used to provide water for nearly 30 dunams, which for the past eight seasons have been planted with grapevines.
The incident is part of repeated violations carried out by the army, and in many cases by illegal colonialist settlers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded the lands, owned by a local farmer, identified as Na’el Bani Odah, and confiscated the irrigation network providing his farmlands with the needed water.
They added that the confiscated network and pipes were used to provide water for nearly 30 dunams, which for the past eight seasons have been planted with grapevines.
The incident is part of repeated violations carried out by the army, and in many cases by illegal colonialist settlers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, a natural reserve area in the villages of Khashm ad-Daraj and Um el-Kheir, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished a children’s park, in addition to uprooting trees and demolishing water wells.
Ibrahim Eid al-Hathalin, the head of Khashm ad-Daraj village council, said dozens of soldiers invaded the area, before demolishing a children’s park, used by dozens of families.
He added that the soldiers also demolished several water wells, in addition to uprooting evergreens and other trees in the natural reserve.
The Israeli army claimed that the invaded lands, and the uprooted trees, are in an area “designated for military training.”
It is worth mentioning that the areas east of Yatta and its surrounding communities are subject to constant Israeli invasions and violations, including the demolition of homes and residential structures, in addition to shed and barns, as Israel is trying to illegally annex the lands and use them for its army and for the construction and expansion of Israel’s colonies.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, especially downtown areas, before storming and ransacking many homes and shops, and confiscated surveillance equipment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Ibrahim Eid al-Hathalin, the head of Khashm ad-Daraj village council, said dozens of soldiers invaded the area, before demolishing a children’s park, used by dozens of families.
He added that the soldiers also demolished several water wells, in addition to uprooting evergreens and other trees in the natural reserve.
The Israeli army claimed that the invaded lands, and the uprooted trees, are in an area “designated for military training.”
It is worth mentioning that the areas east of Yatta and its surrounding communities are subject to constant Israeli invasions and violations, including the demolition of homes and residential structures, in addition to shed and barns, as Israel is trying to illegally annex the lands and use them for its army and for the construction and expansion of Israel’s colonies.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, especially downtown areas, before storming and ransacking many homes and shops, and confiscated surveillance equipment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
2 july 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday delivered stop-work orders against three homes and one industrial structure in Jalama town, north of Jenin in the West Bank.
Jalama mayor Mohamed Abu Farha said that owners of three homes and one industrial facility under construction received stop-work orders from the Israeli army’s civil administration at the pretext of unlicenced construction.
The structures under construction belong to Ahmed Mahmoud, Naser and Mohamed Ahmed, and Mahmoud Zakariya.
Jalama mayor Mohamed Abu Farha said that owners of three homes and one industrial facility under construction received stop-work orders from the Israeli army’s civil administration at the pretext of unlicenced construction.
The structures under construction belong to Ahmed Mahmoud, Naser and Mohamed Ahmed, and Mahmoud Zakariya.
1 july 2019
The Israeli occupation army on Monday morning launched a limited incursion into southern Gaza.
Local sources said that five military bulldozers in the early morning hours rolled a few hundred meters into Abasan town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, and leveled Palestinian lands.
In the neighboring city of Rafah, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their border lands. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, the Israeli navy heavily opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the shore of northern Gaza.
Local sources said that five military bulldozers in the early morning hours rolled a few hundred meters into Abasan town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, and leveled Palestinian lands.
In the neighboring city of Rafah, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their border lands. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, the Israeli navy heavily opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the shore of northern Gaza.
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