25 sept 2017
Israeli occupation forces Monday destroyed a Palestinian car wash in the town of Deir Ballout, to the west of Salfit city in the central West Bank.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers forced Palestinians to shut down their stores located along the road that leads to the village of Kufr al-Dik, before proceeding to destroy the car wash.
The demolition, which was done at the pretext of lacking construction permission, also included leveling of olive trees as well as an adjacent land.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers forced Palestinians to shut down their stores located along the road that leads to the village of Kufr al-Dik, before proceeding to destroy the car wash.
The demolition, which was done at the pretext of lacking construction permission, also included leveling of olive trees as well as an adjacent land.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday demolished a Palestinian facility used for manufacturing building stones near the entrance of Beit Ummar town to the north of al-Khalil city.
PIC reporter said that a military force from the so-called Planning and Building Committee of the Israeli Civil Administration, accompanied by border guards and a bulldozer, stormed the area and demolished the facility belonging to the Palestinian citizen Saber Abu Mariya.
He pointed out that Abu Mariya possesses documents proving his ownership of the land in addition to a decision by the Israeli supreme court allowing him to work in his facility.
Abu Mariya has been for years a constant target of the IOF practices having his house and factory demolished several times.
PIC reporter said that a military force from the so-called Planning and Building Committee of the Israeli Civil Administration, accompanied by border guards and a bulldozer, stormed the area and demolished the facility belonging to the Palestinian citizen Saber Abu Mariya.
He pointed out that Abu Mariya possesses documents proving his ownership of the land in addition to a decision by the Israeli supreme court allowing him to work in his facility.
Abu Mariya has been for years a constant target of the IOF practices having his house and factory demolished several times.
At least 20 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday in abduction sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
The IOF rolled into al-Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem province, and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes.
The IOF also seized surveillance cameras from a Palestinian filling station in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’a.
The occupation forces further stormed al-Duheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and closed al-Tariq bookshop, in the second such move in recent months.
The Israeli soldiers ransacked Palestinian homes in the camp and cracked down on civilians before they showered the area with live rounds and teargas canisters.
Dozens of civilians, among them children, choked on teargas. A Palestinian young man was shot and injured with live ammunition in his leg and was transferred to a local hospital. Wildfires also broke out near a civilian home in the assault.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians after they rummaged into civilian homes.
The list of arrestees included the Palestinian children Karam Noufel, 15, and Omar Saleem.
In the meantime, a number of Palestinians sustained gas and bullet injuries in clashes that burst out shortly after the IOF raided a female students dormitory in Tulkarem.
Medics at Thabet Thabet Hospital said a number of protesters have been treated for breathing disorders and rubber-bullet injuries inflicted by the assault.
The sweep culminated in the abduction of 16-year-old Mohamed al-Badawi from the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and the Palestinian citizen Fahmi Badr from his home west of Ramallah in an attempt to force his son, Mus’ab, to turn himself in.
The IOF rolled into al-Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem province, and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes.
The IOF also seized surveillance cameras from a Palestinian filling station in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’a.
The occupation forces further stormed al-Duheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and closed al-Tariq bookshop, in the second such move in recent months.
The Israeli soldiers ransacked Palestinian homes in the camp and cracked down on civilians before they showered the area with live rounds and teargas canisters.
Dozens of civilians, among them children, choked on teargas. A Palestinian young man was shot and injured with live ammunition in his leg and was transferred to a local hospital. Wildfires also broke out near a civilian home in the assault.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians after they rummaged into civilian homes.
The list of arrestees included the Palestinian children Karam Noufel, 15, and Omar Saleem.
In the meantime, a number of Palestinians sustained gas and bullet injuries in clashes that burst out shortly after the IOF raided a female students dormitory in Tulkarem.
Medics at Thabet Thabet Hospital said a number of protesters have been treated for breathing disorders and rubber-bullet injuries inflicted by the assault.
The sweep culminated in the abduction of 16-year-old Mohamed al-Badawi from the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and the Palestinian citizen Fahmi Badr from his home west of Ramallah in an attempt to force his son, Mus’ab, to turn himself in.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, injured several Palestinians during ensuing clashes, and shut down a local stationary store.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded the refugee camp, and fired many gas bombs at the locals, an issue that led to clashes.
The sources added that many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, while a young man, identified as Ismael Sami al-Ja’fari, was moved to a hospital in Bethlehem, after the soldiers invaded his home and assaulted him.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a local stationary store, owned by Jamal Ibrahim Farraj, and shut it down until October 17, 2017, without providing an explanation or a warrant.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car, near Road #60, close to the northern entrance of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The car drove away without any reported injuries, and the reasons for opening fire at it remain unknown.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded the refugee camp, and fired many gas bombs at the locals, an issue that led to clashes.
The sources added that many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, while a young man, identified as Ismael Sami al-Ja’fari, was moved to a hospital in Bethlehem, after the soldiers invaded his home and assaulted him.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a local stationary store, owned by Jamal Ibrahim Farraj, and shut it down until October 17, 2017, without providing an explanation or a warrant.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car, near Road #60, close to the northern entrance of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The car drove away without any reported injuries, and the reasons for opening fire at it remain unknown.
24 sept 2017
Israeli settlers on Sunday burned dozens of olive trees in Kafr Kalil, south of Nablus, as preparations for olive-picking got underway in the occupied territories.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli settlers from the nearby Brakha outpost torched olive trees planted on Palestinian land near Hawara checkpoint.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of dozens of olive trees reduced to ashes.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli settlers from the nearby Brakha outpost torched olive trees planted on Palestinian land near Hawara checkpoint.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of dozens of olive trees reduced to ashes.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, three villages and towns in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted four young men.
The soldiers also illegally confiscated two tractors and a car in Tubas, in northeastern part of the West Bank.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Islam Mohammad Deeriyya, 25.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Waleed Mahmoud Sheikh, 27.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Mohammad Ribhi al-‘Amour, 22, and Omar Hammad Hmeid, 19.
In related news, the soldiers invaded agricultural in ar-Ras al-Ahmar area, south of Tubas, and illegally confiscated two tractors and a car, owned by Palestinians working in the fertile lands.
The attack is part of a serious of similar violations carried out by the soldiers against the Palestinian villagers, their lands and property, which seriously escalated over the past ten days.
The soldiers also illegally confiscated two tractors and a car in Tubas, in northeastern part of the West Bank.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Islam Mohammad Deeriyya, 25.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Waleed Mahmoud Sheikh, 27.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Mohammad Ribhi al-‘Amour, 22, and Omar Hammad Hmeid, 19.
In related news, the soldiers invaded agricultural in ar-Ras al-Ahmar area, south of Tubas, and illegally confiscated two tractors and a car, owned by Palestinians working in the fertile lands.
The attack is part of a serious of similar violations carried out by the soldiers against the Palestinian villagers, their lands and property, which seriously escalated over the past ten days.
23 sept 2017
The issue of farmers using sewage to irrigate crops in Marj Ibn Amer area in Jenin has caused extreme shock and dismay recently among the Palestinian society in the West Bank, especially since such practice has negative impacts on the national food security and the public health.
Manifestly, the absence of agricultural supervision and control by the Palestinian competent authorities has contributed to this problem.
Farmer Mohamed Abu Baker told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the lack of official supervision made things subject to the conscience of farmers.
“There are always those who are ready to sell out their conscience in return for money, and they persist in their wrongdoing when they do not find a legal deterrent or punitive measures,” Abu Baker said.
“However, this is not the behavior of the majority of farmers in Marj Ibn Amer and elsewhere,” he affirmed, pointing out that such practice became publicly known after several citizens found out about it lately and filed complaints in this regard to the authorities.
Negligence by the ministry of agriculture
The Ramallah-based ministry of agriculture is accused by citizens of neglecting its role in following up the agricultural production and activities and giving the farmers a free reign to do whatever they want.
The reality on the ground also says that the farmers do not even feel that there is a ministry of agriculture in the first place because of the absence of its regulatory role in overseeing their activities.
Additionally, a study conducted by professor of Botany Jamil Harb (Birzeit University) shows that a large number of Palestinian farmers utilize pesticides and fertilizers much more than the permissible amounts, which poses serious health hazards if people eat certain vegetables and fruits produced out of season.
The study affirms that Palestine has no system at all for examining the quality of vegetables and fruits produced and marketed locally to make sure they are free from pesticides that may cause health problems in case of excessive use.
This disturbing agricultural situation in the West Bank entails taking immediate action by the Palestinian ministries of health and agriculture to ensure the safety of local crops through dispatching crews to take samples for examination from all fields on a daily basis before allowing their products to enter the market.
Manifestly, the absence of agricultural supervision and control by the Palestinian competent authorities has contributed to this problem.
Farmer Mohamed Abu Baker told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the lack of official supervision made things subject to the conscience of farmers.
“There are always those who are ready to sell out their conscience in return for money, and they persist in their wrongdoing when they do not find a legal deterrent or punitive measures,” Abu Baker said.
“However, this is not the behavior of the majority of farmers in Marj Ibn Amer and elsewhere,” he affirmed, pointing out that such practice became publicly known after several citizens found out about it lately and filed complaints in this regard to the authorities.
Negligence by the ministry of agriculture
The Ramallah-based ministry of agriculture is accused by citizens of neglecting its role in following up the agricultural production and activities and giving the farmers a free reign to do whatever they want.
The reality on the ground also says that the farmers do not even feel that there is a ministry of agriculture in the first place because of the absence of its regulatory role in overseeing their activities.
Additionally, a study conducted by professor of Botany Jamil Harb (Birzeit University) shows that a large number of Palestinian farmers utilize pesticides and fertilizers much more than the permissible amounts, which poses serious health hazards if people eat certain vegetables and fruits produced out of season.
The study affirms that Palestine has no system at all for examining the quality of vegetables and fruits produced and marketed locally to make sure they are free from pesticides that may cause health problems in case of excessive use.
This disturbing agricultural situation in the West Bank entails taking immediate action by the Palestinian ministries of health and agriculture to ensure the safety of local crops through dispatching crews to take samples for examination from all fields on a daily basis before allowing their products to enter the market.
22 sept 2017
The preparations for the olive season is underway, and despite the joy and happiness it brings, farmer Mahmoud Suleiman from Qarawat Bani Zeid north of Ramallah is afraid to leave his wife and small child alone under his olive trees for the fear of being attacked by the wild pigs, released by Israeli settlers, which attack Palestinian fields and lands in different areas of the West Bank.
Suleiman told the PIC reporter, “We appealed for combatting wild pigs, the response of officials was that they can’t be eliminated because the Israeli occupation prevents shooting them, and capturing and poisoning them didn’t work out because they exist in large numbers.”
Big danger
With every olive season, farmers from the West Bank villages and towns appeal to all concerned bodies to help them stop the destruction of their crops and the widespread swine attacks against fields, mountains and valleys.
Agricultural Engineer Ibrahim Al-Hamad, the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture in the city of Salfit, confirms to the PIC reporter that the attacks of wild pigs increase against farmers during the olive season following their entry into their lands, calling for caution, pointing out that the olive season will begin on 6 October 2017 in the hot areas of West Bank this year.
Farmer Nader Masri from the town of Deir Istiya deliberately dumps stones at nearby caves and inside dense trees to kick the wild pigs out of his land while preparing for the olive season.
“The risk of the wild pigs is very high,” he told the PIC reporter. “The farmer may be attacked when alone and if the pigs were giving birth. Thus, he throws stones at them from afar to drive them away.”
Farmers from the villages and towns of Qalqilya are campaigning against the wild pigs to protect the olive season; however, their efforts to eliminate them are insufficient, according to farmers. Farmer Jamil Al-Ali from Azzun says he poisoned eggs and poultry litter but all his efforts were in vain.
Unsuccessful means
The farmers confirmed that all methods were tried to exterminate the herds of boars, but they all failed, and shooting them would only work; which is difficult due to the large number of Israeli settlements, checkpoints and watchtowers in the province, which prohibit shooting them.
Researcher Dr. Khalid Maali charged Israeli settlers of being responsible for releasing wild boars in farmers’ lands to destroy their corps, which settlers think is the best way to effectively fight Palestinian farmers and expel them from their lands, leaving them without care, and without costing them much.
He debunked the justification of the committees and institutions of nature protection of the Israeli occupation, which prevent the killing of wild boars to maintain the ecological balance, by saying that there are no predatory animals to maintain the ecological balance. Israeli settlers kill wild boars if they enter the settlements, though in small numbers because settlements are surrounded by barbed wire and walls, he noted.
Suleiman told the PIC reporter, “We appealed for combatting wild pigs, the response of officials was that they can’t be eliminated because the Israeli occupation prevents shooting them, and capturing and poisoning them didn’t work out because they exist in large numbers.”
Big danger
With every olive season, farmers from the West Bank villages and towns appeal to all concerned bodies to help them stop the destruction of their crops and the widespread swine attacks against fields, mountains and valleys.
Agricultural Engineer Ibrahim Al-Hamad, the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture in the city of Salfit, confirms to the PIC reporter that the attacks of wild pigs increase against farmers during the olive season following their entry into their lands, calling for caution, pointing out that the olive season will begin on 6 October 2017 in the hot areas of West Bank this year.
Farmer Nader Masri from the town of Deir Istiya deliberately dumps stones at nearby caves and inside dense trees to kick the wild pigs out of his land while preparing for the olive season.
“The risk of the wild pigs is very high,” he told the PIC reporter. “The farmer may be attacked when alone and if the pigs were giving birth. Thus, he throws stones at them from afar to drive them away.”
Farmers from the villages and towns of Qalqilya are campaigning against the wild pigs to protect the olive season; however, their efforts to eliminate them are insufficient, according to farmers. Farmer Jamil Al-Ali from Azzun says he poisoned eggs and poultry litter but all his efforts were in vain.
Unsuccessful means
The farmers confirmed that all methods were tried to exterminate the herds of boars, but they all failed, and shooting them would only work; which is difficult due to the large number of Israeli settlements, checkpoints and watchtowers in the province, which prohibit shooting them.
Researcher Dr. Khalid Maali charged Israeli settlers of being responsible for releasing wild boars in farmers’ lands to destroy their corps, which settlers think is the best way to effectively fight Palestinian farmers and expel them from their lands, leaving them without care, and without costing them much.
He debunked the justification of the committees and institutions of nature protection of the Israeli occupation, which prevent the killing of wild boars to maintain the ecological balance, by saying that there are no predatory animals to maintain the ecological balance. Israeli settlers kill wild boars if they enter the settlements, though in small numbers because settlements are surrounded by barbed wire and walls, he noted.
A Palestinian popular committee on Friday said that the situation in the Gaza Strip is worsening and that the repercussions of the Palestinian division and the blockade are still affecting citizens' lives despite the understandings reached lately in Cairo.
Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal al-Khudari, said in a statement that the humanitarian suffering in Gaza is still the same despite the Cairo talks that led to the dissolution of the administrative committee.
A geographical and political split has occurred between the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli blockade for a decade now, and the West Bank since 2007, he said, adding that none of the international and regional mediations had succeeded in ending the Palestinian division.
Khudari stressed that nearly two million Gazans hope, following the dissolution of the administrative committee, that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will backtrack on all the punitive measures taken against them.
Hamas few days ago, within the framework of the reconciliation efforts sponsored by Egypt, decided to dissolve the administrative committee which the Movement formed in March because of "the PA government's failure to assume its responsibilities toward the Palestinian people in Gaza."
The PA president and Fatah Movement leader, Mahmoud Abbas, had waged a set of punitive measures against the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas's move, including cutting the Gaza employees' salaries, forcing some of them into early retirement and reducing power supplies to the besieged enclave.
Abbas on Wednesday expressed his relief at Hamas's latest decision, and reports say that a delegation from Fatah and the PA government will soon head to Gaza to start the implementation of the agreements reached.
Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal al-Khudari, said in a statement that the humanitarian suffering in Gaza is still the same despite the Cairo talks that led to the dissolution of the administrative committee.
A geographical and political split has occurred between the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli blockade for a decade now, and the West Bank since 2007, he said, adding that none of the international and regional mediations had succeeded in ending the Palestinian division.
Khudari stressed that nearly two million Gazans hope, following the dissolution of the administrative committee, that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will backtrack on all the punitive measures taken against them.
Hamas few days ago, within the framework of the reconciliation efforts sponsored by Egypt, decided to dissolve the administrative committee which the Movement formed in March because of "the PA government's failure to assume its responsibilities toward the Palestinian people in Gaza."
The PA president and Fatah Movement leader, Mahmoud Abbas, had waged a set of punitive measures against the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas's move, including cutting the Gaza employees' salaries, forcing some of them into early retirement and reducing power supplies to the besieged enclave.
Abbas on Wednesday expressed his relief at Hamas's latest decision, and reports say that a delegation from Fatah and the PA government will soon head to Gaza to start the implementation of the agreements reached.
21 sept 2017
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, uprooted dozens of fruit trees and leveled Palestinian land west of West Bank city of Nablus.
Tareq Hazzaa, owner of the land, said that a bulldozer escorted by Israeli Civil Administration forces razed more than 50 fig and lemon trees that were bearing fruit.
He said he was told, by occupation forces, that the work was undertaken to expand the main Nablus-Tulkarem road near the Beit Lid crossroads, and to create a roundabout in the area.
The land owner said that the Israeli occupation leveled about two dunams out of his four-dunam piece of land, according to Days of Palestine.
Israeli forces and settlers regularly attack olive and fruit trees in a bid to oust Palestinian farmers from their land, and a loss of a year’s crops can cause destitution for farming families.
Beit Lid is located adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement Einav, and hundreds of fruit trees have been uprooted in the area, over the years, on land confiscated from the Palestinian village for development of the settlement.
Tareq Hazzaa, owner of the land, said that a bulldozer escorted by Israeli Civil Administration forces razed more than 50 fig and lemon trees that were bearing fruit.
He said he was told, by occupation forces, that the work was undertaken to expand the main Nablus-Tulkarem road near the Beit Lid crossroads, and to create a roundabout in the area.
The land owner said that the Israeli occupation leveled about two dunams out of his four-dunam piece of land, according to Days of Palestine.
Israeli forces and settlers regularly attack olive and fruit trees in a bid to oust Palestinian farmers from their land, and a loss of a year’s crops can cause destitution for farming families.
Beit Lid is located adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement Einav, and hundreds of fruit trees have been uprooted in the area, over the years, on land confiscated from the Palestinian village for development of the settlement.
19 sept 2017
Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday morning knocked down a Palestinian commercial facility north of Occupied Jerusalem.
The building owner, Osama Badr, said Israeli police forces and border guards, escorted by heavily-equipped bulldozers, cordoned off his auto wash, located in Beit Hanina, before they proceeded with the demolition.
Badr added that the demolition was carried out under the pretext of unlicensed construction, in the third such move executed over recent months.
“The car wash is the only source of income for my family and children,” said the owner.
On Monday, Israeli civil defense crews stormed Khan al-Ahmer Bedouin community, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and notified the demolition of a number of Palestinian homes and civilian facilities.
A Palestinian building was razed to the ground in al-Za’im village, east of Occupied Jerusalem, while another, located in the lower floor, sustained heavy material damage as a result of the arbitrary demolition.
The building owner, Osama Badr, said Israeli police forces and border guards, escorted by heavily-equipped bulldozers, cordoned off his auto wash, located in Beit Hanina, before they proceeded with the demolition.
Badr added that the demolition was carried out under the pretext of unlicensed construction, in the third such move executed over recent months.
“The car wash is the only source of income for my family and children,” said the owner.
On Monday, Israeli civil defense crews stormed Khan al-Ahmer Bedouin community, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and notified the demolition of a number of Palestinian homes and civilian facilities.
A Palestinian building was razed to the ground in al-Za’im village, east of Occupied Jerusalem, while another, located in the lower floor, sustained heavy material damage as a result of the arbitrary demolition.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday evening released two Palestinian fishermen after its naval forces kidnapped them earlier on the same day from their boat off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that the fishermen, Amr and Mohamed al-Sultan, arrived in Gaza through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in northern Gaza after the Israeli navy detained them for several hours.
They added that the Israeli navy confiscated their fishing gear and refused to give it back to them.
Palestinian fishermen are deprived of working freely off the coast of Gaza, especially in its northern waters, and exposed to frequent assaults and arrests by the Israeli navy.
Local sources said that the fishermen, Amr and Mohamed al-Sultan, arrived in Gaza through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in northern Gaza after the Israeli navy detained them for several hours.
They added that the Israeli navy confiscated their fishing gear and refused to give it back to them.
Palestinian fishermen are deprived of working freely off the coast of Gaza, especially in its northern waters, and exposed to frequent assaults and arrests by the Israeli navy.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday closed a fuel station in Deir Istiya town, east of Salfit in the West Bank, without giving a reason for its measure.
Local sources said that an Israeli officer handed the station owner a notice issued by the military commander in the West Bank telling him that his facility would be closed for 24 hours.
The sources added that the station would remain closed until eight o’clock on Tuesday morning, pointing out that that the military force that stormed the station confiscated its keys, without stating if it would bring them back.
Local sources said that an Israeli officer handed the station owner a notice issued by the military commander in the West Bank telling him that his facility would be closed for 24 hours.
The sources added that the station would remain closed until eight o’clock on Tuesday morning, pointing out that that the military force that stormed the station confiscated its keys, without stating if it would bring them back.
16 sept 2017
The Gaza Strip Electricity Company on Saturday morning re-operated two main generators at Gaza's sole power plant following the entry of Egyptian fuel supplies into the besieged enclave.
The Company announced that based on the current distribution schedule electricity will be provided for 4 hours followed by 16 hours of blackout.
The Company said in a statement that the amount of electricity currently available is 115 MWs, including 70 MWs provided by the Israeli lines and 45 MWs generated by Gaza's power plant, and added that the Egyptian lines are still broken.
The Gaza Strip needs about 600 MWs of electricity a day, and for more than 11 years, people there have been suffering from a suffocating power crisis that has affected all aspects of life.
The Company announced that based on the current distribution schedule electricity will be provided for 4 hours followed by 16 hours of blackout.
The Company said in a statement that the amount of electricity currently available is 115 MWs, including 70 MWs provided by the Israeli lines and 45 MWs generated by Gaza's power plant, and added that the Egyptian lines are still broken.
The Gaza Strip needs about 600 MWs of electricity a day, and for more than 11 years, people there have been suffering from a suffocating power crisis that has affected all aspects of life.
Israeli forces Saturday ordered a halt to work on opening an agricultural road in the village of al-Khadr, south of the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, according to Ahmad Salah, a local activist.
He told Quds Press that Israeli forces stopped work on the road that is supposed to serve several farmers in the area and which was funded by the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation for the sake of helping farmers access their lands in rugged areas.
The soldiers informed the workers from Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees that they would confiscate their vehicles and tools if they continue to work on the road.
He told Quds Press that Israeli forces stopped work on the road that is supposed to serve several farmers in the area and which was funded by the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation for the sake of helping farmers access their lands in rugged areas.
The soldiers informed the workers from Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees that they would confiscate their vehicles and tools if they continue to work on the road.
15 sept 2017
A horde of Jewish settlers on Thursday evening sabotaged a Palestinian olive grove in Kafr Qalil town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
A local resident reported that settlers from the illegal settlement of Har Brakha destroyed fruitful olive trees belonging to a farmer in al-Mantara area of the town.
He said that the settlers used a chainsaw to cut down several olive trees in the grove.
A local resident reported that settlers from the illegal settlement of Har Brakha destroyed fruitful olive trees belonging to a farmer in al-Mantara area of the town.
He said that the settlers used a chainsaw to cut down several olive trees in the grove.
14 sept 2017
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shepherds near Khirbat al-Hamma in the northern Jordan Valley on Thursday.
The Palestinian activist, Aref Daraghmeh, told WAFA news agency that the Israeli settlers chased shepherds in the nearby sheep pastures.
Israeli settlers' attacks in the Jordan Valley go in line with Israeli systematic policy that aims at pressuring citizens to evacuate the region since it is considered a vital and strategic region on the military and agricultural levels, he added.
The Palestinian activist, Aref Daraghmeh, told WAFA news agency that the Israeli settlers chased shepherds in the nearby sheep pastures.
Israeli settlers' attacks in the Jordan Valley go in line with Israeli systematic policy that aims at pressuring citizens to evacuate the region since it is considered a vital and strategic region on the military and agricultural levels, he added.