10 june 2020
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and handed several residents demolition orders and notices for halting construction, allegedly for not being licensed by Israel.
Dr. Tamer Rayyan, the head of Qarawat Bani Hassan Town Council, stated that the soldiers handed five orders targeting buildings in Wad Khalil area, in the western part of the town.
He added that the army stated that the buildings are in Area C of the West Bank, and “have not received approval by the Civil Administration Office,” the administrative branch of Israel illegal occupation of the West Bank.
Rayyan stated that the buildings are two inhabited homes, one agricultural structure, a shed, a barn and one structure used by the families to rest and sit while working on their lands; the homes are owned by Ibrahim Arabi Mer’ey and Mahmoud Mer’ey, while the structures are owned by Mohammad Aziz ‘Aassi and Ibrahim Mer’ey.
The Palestinians have until July 8th to file appeals; however, such appeals are largely denied by the Israeli authorities, an issue that forces many families to demolish their own properties to avoid the excessively high fines and fees.
Related: Report: Area C Building Permits Allowed for 1% of West Bank Palestinians
Dr. Tamer Rayyan, the head of Qarawat Bani Hassan Town Council, stated that the soldiers handed five orders targeting buildings in Wad Khalil area, in the western part of the town.
He added that the army stated that the buildings are in Area C of the West Bank, and “have not received approval by the Civil Administration Office,” the administrative branch of Israel illegal occupation of the West Bank.
Rayyan stated that the buildings are two inhabited homes, one agricultural structure, a shed, a barn and one structure used by the families to rest and sit while working on their lands; the homes are owned by Ibrahim Arabi Mer’ey and Mahmoud Mer’ey, while the structures are owned by Mohammad Aziz ‘Aassi and Ibrahim Mer’ey.
The Palestinians have until July 8th to file appeals; however, such appeals are largely denied by the Israeli authorities, an issue that forces many families to demolish their own properties to avoid the excessively high fines and fees.
Related: Report: Area C Building Permits Allowed for 1% of West Bank Palestinians
Israeli troops invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian lands near Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, while Israeli navy ships attacked fishermen off the coast of Gaza.
Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded lands adjacent to the perimeter fence near Beit Lahia town.
They added that the military vehicles advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands, before bulldozing some areas close to the fence.
Local farmers were forced to leave their lands early in the morning due to the invasion that occurred while military drones hovered over the area.
The army also carried out a similar invasion, along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats, off the coast of Gaza, mainly in the Sudaniyya area, north of the coastal territory.
The navy chased some of the fishing boats, forcing them to the shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The attack was carried out in Palestinian territorial waters, nor far from the shore of the besieged coastal region. It is part of frequent violations against the fishermen, farmer, and workers in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, there are about 3,000 fishermen, sponsoring dozens of thousands of individuals, with fish being a major source of nutrition for Gaza’s 2 million residents.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently unilaterally increases and decreases the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip, and constantly attack the fishermen, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to abducting dozens of fishermen and confiscating their boats.
Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded lands adjacent to the perimeter fence near Beit Lahia town.
They added that the military vehicles advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands, before bulldozing some areas close to the fence.
Local farmers were forced to leave their lands early in the morning due to the invasion that occurred while military drones hovered over the area.
The army also carried out a similar invasion, along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats, off the coast of Gaza, mainly in the Sudaniyya area, north of the coastal territory.
The navy chased some of the fishing boats, forcing them to the shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The attack was carried out in Palestinian territorial waters, nor far from the shore of the besieged coastal region. It is part of frequent violations against the fishermen, farmer, and workers in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, there are about 3,000 fishermen, sponsoring dozens of thousands of individuals, with fish being a major source of nutrition for Gaza’s 2 million residents.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently unilaterally increases and decreases the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip, and constantly attack the fishermen, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to abducting dozens of fishermen and confiscating their boats.
Israeli forces Wednesday overnight rounded up 19 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). video
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli police detained three Palestinians after ransacking their houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, and another from Jerusalem’s Old City. video
PPS also confirmed an Israeli military raid in Beit Anan village, northwest of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of two others.
In Hebron district, Israeli military vehicles stormed Yatta town, south of Hebron, where soldiers detained three brothers and seized their lathing machines.
Soldiers conducted a similar raid in Ash-Shuyukh town, north of Hebron, where they rounded up two Palestinians.
Two separate raids were reported in the Hebron-district towns of Dura and Bani Naim, where soldiers searched several houses, turning them upside down. No detentions were reported though.
In the northern West Bank, PPS confirmed that three others were detained from Jenin district. They were identified as residents of Deir Abu Da'if and Qabatia town, east and south of Jenin respectively.
In Nablus district, PPS reported a predawn military raid in Beit Furik town, southeast of Nablus, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian who suffers from neurological problems.
Another was rounded up from the northern West Bank city of Tubas.
In the Jordan Valley, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after stopping him at a checkpoint near the Dead Sea.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh district, PPS confirmed two raids in Deir Abu Mashaal village and Kafr Ni'ma town, northwest of Ramallah city, resulting in the detention of two others.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli police detained three Palestinians after ransacking their houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, and another from Jerusalem’s Old City. video
PPS also confirmed an Israeli military raid in Beit Anan village, northwest of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of two others.
In Hebron district, Israeli military vehicles stormed Yatta town, south of Hebron, where soldiers detained three brothers and seized their lathing machines.
Soldiers conducted a similar raid in Ash-Shuyukh town, north of Hebron, where they rounded up two Palestinians.
Two separate raids were reported in the Hebron-district towns of Dura and Bani Naim, where soldiers searched several houses, turning them upside down. No detentions were reported though.
In the northern West Bank, PPS confirmed that three others were detained from Jenin district. They were identified as residents of Deir Abu Da'if and Qabatia town, east and south of Jenin respectively.
In Nablus district, PPS reported a predawn military raid in Beit Furik town, southeast of Nablus, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian who suffers from neurological problems.
Another was rounded up from the northern West Bank city of Tubas.
In the Jordan Valley, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after stopping him at a checkpoint near the Dead Sea.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh district, PPS confirmed two raids in Deir Abu Mashaal village and Kafr Ni'ma town, northwest of Ramallah city, resulting in the detention of two others.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
7 june 2020
Israeli Troops reportedly knocked down, on Sunday, several Palestinian-owned grocery stands near the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem.
Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israeli army bulldozer began knocking down the stands, owned by vendors and some other small commercial outlets, abruptly and without any prior warnings or warrants.
In the meantime, Israeli troops physically assaulted many Palestinian residents near the same checkpoint, before they abducted one of them. The assault by Israeli soldiers sparked local Palestinians’ to throw stones at the soldiers in protest.
No further details or casualties among Palestinians were reported.
Harassment by Israeli troops, against Palestinian residents in and around the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, have reportedly escalated over the past couple of years, mainly since the US administration of President, Donald Trump, recognized the entire city of Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.
Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israeli army bulldozer began knocking down the stands, owned by vendors and some other small commercial outlets, abruptly and without any prior warnings or warrants.
In the meantime, Israeli troops physically assaulted many Palestinian residents near the same checkpoint, before they abducted one of them. The assault by Israeli soldiers sparked local Palestinians’ to throw stones at the soldiers in protest.
No further details or casualties among Palestinians were reported.
Harassment by Israeli troops, against Palestinian residents in and around the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, have reportedly escalated over the past couple of years, mainly since the US administration of President, Donald Trump, recognized the entire city of Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.
5 june 2020
A Palestinian young man was hit with a rubber-coated bullet in the head while participating in a protest in Tubas on Friday against Israeli annexation plan of large areas of the West Bank.
A local source said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters in Atuf valley to the south east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.
The source said that the participants had offered the Friday prayer on the land threatened with confiscation then went on a peaceful march to protest the annexation plan when they were confronted by IOF soldiers.
He added that the gas bombs started fires in a ten-dunum cultivated land lot before civil brigades put it off. video
The participants hoisted Palestinian flags and chanted anti-annexation slogans, the source concluded.
A local source said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters in Atuf valley to the south east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.
The source said that the participants had offered the Friday prayer on the land threatened with confiscation then went on a peaceful march to protest the annexation plan when they were confronted by IOF soldiers.
He added that the gas bombs started fires in a ten-dunum cultivated land lot before civil brigades put it off. video
The participants hoisted Palestinian flags and chanted anti-annexation slogans, the source concluded.
4 june 2020
Israeli settlers cut down around 36 fully grown and years old olive trees in the village of Burin to the south of Nablus, the northern occupied West Bank, according to an official.
Munir Qadous, a member of the human rights group Yesh Din, told WAFA settlers sneaked their way into agricultural land in the southern part of the village of Burin and cut down at least 36 fully grown and years old olive trees belonging to a local resident.
Settlers further set fire to the wheat fields in the village, however residents managed to put out the fire and prevented it from spreading.
Munir Qadous, a member of the human rights group Yesh Din, told WAFA settlers sneaked their way into agricultural land in the southern part of the village of Burin and cut down at least 36 fully grown and years old olive trees belonging to a local resident.
Settlers further set fire to the wheat fields in the village, however residents managed to put out the fire and prevented it from spreading.
3 june 2020
An armed Jewish settler on Tuesday bulldozed a swath of land in the Palestinian Bedouin community of Arab al-Malihat in the northwest of Jericho in order to build a separation wall for his outpost.
According to local sources, an armed settler bulldozed about 350 dunums of land on the eastern side on the Kaabana Bedouins High School in order to build a wall separating his outpost from the community.
In a separate incident, a horde of settlers expelled, under military protection, Palestinian farmers from their own lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem.
Deputy chief of the village Ahmed Ghazal said that settlers from the illegal settlements of Ma’ale Amos and its nearby outpost Ibei Hanahal brutalized and expelled local farmers from their own land as they were plowing them.
Ghazal added that the settlers claimed that the farmers’ presence in the area needed special permits.
According to local sources, an armed settler bulldozed about 350 dunums of land on the eastern side on the Kaabana Bedouins High School in order to build a wall separating his outpost from the community.
In a separate incident, a horde of settlers expelled, under military protection, Palestinian farmers from their own lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem.
Deputy chief of the village Ahmed Ghazal said that settlers from the illegal settlements of Ma’ale Amos and its nearby outpost Ibei Hanahal brutalized and expelled local farmers from their own land as they were plowing them.
Ghazal added that the settlers claimed that the farmers’ presence in the area needed special permits.
Jewish settlers on Tuesday seized a long swath of Palestinian land and bulldozed it near the villages of Tell and Immatain, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
Israeli military training on Tuesday caused a wide area of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to burn, Quds News Network reported.
Local sources said that the Israeli military’s use of live ammunition caused fire to burn nearly 180 dunams of agricultural land and 8200 dunams of pastoral land, used for the purpose of grazing livestock.
Israeli military training was the cause of the fire which destroyed Palestinian crops of wheat and barley, as well as land for the grazing of livestock.
The loss of land and crops will have a detrimental effect on the Palestinian farmer’s ability to make a living.
The occupation state of Israel seeks to displace the indigenous Palestinian people from their land, in order to make room for illegal settlers.
Israel has openly admitted plans to annex the occupied West Bank, as such, taken into context, this incident could be seen as a intentional act and not a mere accident as Israeli authorities may claim.
Local sources said that the Israeli military’s use of live ammunition caused fire to burn nearly 180 dunams of agricultural land and 8200 dunams of pastoral land, used for the purpose of grazing livestock.
Israeli military training was the cause of the fire which destroyed Palestinian crops of wheat and barley, as well as land for the grazing of livestock.
The loss of land and crops will have a detrimental effect on the Palestinian farmer’s ability to make a living.
The occupation state of Israel seeks to displace the indigenous Palestinian people from their land, in order to make room for illegal settlers.
Israel has openly admitted plans to annex the occupied West Bank, as such, taken into context, this incident could be seen as a intentional act and not a mere accident as Israeli authorities may claim.
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