7 dec 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, several parts of the Palestinian Technical University, west of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and clashed with dozens of students, wounding 19, including six with live fire.
The soldiers surrounded the university, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, during clashes with many Palestinians after the army invaded the campus.
Medical sources said six students suffered moderate wounds after the soldiers shot them with live rounds, thirteen others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinians, who were shot with live fire, have been transferred to Thabet Thabet Hospital, in Tulkarem, and the rest received treatment by Red Crescent medics.
The University, also known as Kadoorie, has been the subject to repeated Israeli military invasions and clashes, especially since the army has a base that was established on lands illegally confiscated from it.
The soldiers surrounded the university, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, during clashes with many Palestinians after the army invaded the campus.
Medical sources said six students suffered moderate wounds after the soldiers shot them with live rounds, thirteen others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinians, who were shot with live fire, have been transferred to Thabet Thabet Hospital, in Tulkarem, and the rest received treatment by Red Crescent medics.
The University, also known as Kadoorie, has been the subject to repeated Israeli military invasions and clashes, especially since the army has a base that was established on lands illegally confiscated from it.
Palestinian university students staged a protest rally in Gaza City on Sunday calling on the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah border crossing so that they can resume their studies abroad.
Student spokesman Muhammad Abu Taha urged the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s sole passageway, saying students’ interests and academic futures are being threatened by the constant closure of the crossing and by their inability to travel.
Abu Taha called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, to urgently work on opening the Rafah crossing and restore Gazans’ right to free movement, as already guaranteed by international laws and treaties.
“The border crossing has been kept closed for all the days of the year, except for 20 days. Opening the crossing for one or two days does not solve the problem,” he added.
Many of the protesting Palestinian students expressed feelings of frustration, helplessness, and fear that their visas and academic scholarships might be cancelled.
Spokesman for the Islamic Bloc Muhammad al-Masri said over 25,000 stranded Palestinians are launching cries for help and appealing to the PA and the Egyptian authorities to unblock the passageway with no further hesitation before students and humanitarian cases.
Student spokesman Muhammad Abu Taha urged the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s sole passageway, saying students’ interests and academic futures are being threatened by the constant closure of the crossing and by their inability to travel.
Abu Taha called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, to urgently work on opening the Rafah crossing and restore Gazans’ right to free movement, as already guaranteed by international laws and treaties.
“The border crossing has been kept closed for all the days of the year, except for 20 days. Opening the crossing for one or two days does not solve the problem,” he added.
Many of the protesting Palestinian students expressed feelings of frustration, helplessness, and fear that their visas and academic scholarships might be cancelled.
Spokesman for the Islamic Bloc Muhammad al-Masri said over 25,000 stranded Palestinians are launching cries for help and appealing to the PA and the Egyptian authorities to unblock the passageway with no further hesitation before students and humanitarian cases.
6 dec 2015
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Dozens of Palestinian university students choked on tear gas on Sunday morning as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) showered Palestinian schools in southern al-Khalil province with randomly-shot spates of tear gas grenades.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinian students enrolled at schools adjacent to an Israeli military checkpoint sustained breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of tear gas. The IOF sealed off the southern entrance to Bethlehem city, in the southern occupied West Bank, and allowed settlers’ free movement out of and into the area. The IOF soldiers further rolled into Bethlehem city at the crack of dawn before they kidnapped two Palestinian youths and misappropriated locals’ money. |
The Israeli soldiers, escorted by sniffer dogs, broke into the family home of citizen Awad Muhamad Abiyat, blew up its gates, and wreaked havoc on the building and other adjacent structures before they kidnapped his two sons Malek, 20, and Alaa, 24.
Abiyat’s family said the IOF soldiers stole 25,000 Jordanian dinars saved for the family’s commercial needs.
Abiyat’s wife and daughters were also subjected to offensive inspection and questioning in the assault.
Meanwhile, 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF following abrupt break-ins launched across al-Khalil province.
Abiyat’s family said the IOF soldiers stole 25,000 Jordanian dinars saved for the family’s commercial needs.
Abiyat’s wife and daughters were also subjected to offensive inspection and questioning in the assault.
Meanwhile, 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF following abrupt break-ins launched across al-Khalil province.
29 nov 2015
At least 29 kidnapped overnight
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Sunday, during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank, while at least 29 Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces, overnight.
Dozens were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets at the northern entrance of al-Bireh, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
Following a peaceful rally called for by the Fateh movement and national factions, which took off from the center of Ramallah to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, clashes broke out between protestors and Israeli forces.
The Secretary of Fateh in Ramallah and al-Bireh, Mwaffaq Suhwahil, asserted that the event is a clear message to Israel that 'Fateh’ and the Palestinian people will continue to fight against the occupation until the establishment of independent state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital.'
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided a kindergarten in Beit Ummar, to the south of Hebron, according to a local official.
Spokesperson of the anti settlement popular committee in Beit Ummar, Mohammed Awad, said that armed Israeli soldiers raided the kindergarten at dawn, after breaking down its main front door and windows.
He said that forces further destroyed the furniture, computers, and children’s belongings, and ripped up the tiles from one of the classrooms before withdrawing from the area.
The Israeli army has previously carried out numerous such attacks, with deliberate and reckless use of force, against schools and educational facilities across the West Bank, in a serious violation of international law and students’ right to pursue education in a safe environment.
To be noted, Defense for Children International (DCI) described the year 2014 as the most difficult year for Palestinian children, due to ongoing Israeli violations, mainly the 2014 summer aggression on the Gaza Strip.
The Global Coalition to protect Education from Attack also said, “During situations of armed conflict, attacks on education may violate international humanitarian and criminal law and constitute war crimes (or crimes against humanity during war or peacetime) as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and customary international humanitarian law.”
Mohammad Awad, the coordinator of the popular committee against settlements and the Apartheid Wall in Beit Ummar, said that clashes also broke out in the al-Thaher area, near the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur, where Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters in the direction of Palestinian houses, resulting in suffocation cases.
At least five Palestinian students were injured by live fire, while dozens others suffocated due to teargas inhalation during renewed clashes with Israeli troops at the campus of Palestine Technical University (Kadoorie) in Tulkarem, on Sunday, according to medical sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said that five students were injured by live ammunition and dozens others suffocated due to inhaling teargas, as Israeli forces raided the university’s campus. Other students were also injured by rubber-coated rounds, and were treated at the scene.
PRC reported that three students lost consciousness due to excessive tear gas inhalation, which necessitated their transfer to hospital for treatment.
Since the beginning of unrest in October 2015, the university has been a scene of renewing clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians students, which have resulted in numerous injury cases and affected daily classes.
Israeli forces, overnight, abducted at least 29 Palestinians, including minors, from across various West Bank districts, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS said that at least 15 Palestinians were detained from the Hebron area, 11 of whom were identified as Turkey al-A’lami, 37, Mohammed Abu Jhaisheh, 21, Mohammed Swaiti, Mo’ath Masalmeh, Mohammed Masharqa, Ayman and Mohammed Masharqa, Khalil Dasseh, 23, 26-year-old Ashraf and Amjad, 26, al-Qadi, in addition to Mohammed, 19, and Mohannad,17, Awad. The identity of the remaining four remains unknown until the moment.
In al-Bireh and Ramallah, forces kidnapped five Palestinians, including a 52-year-old mother of a Palestinian detainee held in Israeli jails, as she was on her way to visit her imprisoned son.
The five were identified as Nada Shokeh, 52, and Fadi Atallah, 17, in addition to three brothers identified as Ahmad, 19, Mahmoud, 21, and Mohannad, 17, Salahat.
Forces further took two more Palestinians from the Nablus area. They were identified as Mohammed Khader, and Ja’afar Ramadan.
In Tulkarem, army soldiers detained minor Ismail I’tair from the village of Faro’un.
In the meantime, forces served a number of Palestinian youths from Qabatiya, to the south of Jenin, with notices ordering them to appear before Israeli intelligence, at Salem military camp, in Jenin.
PPS said that, during the past two days, Israeli forces have detained at least 34 Palestinians, including a young women identified as Maryam Sawafteh, 21, from Tubas.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Sunday, during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank, while at least 29 Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces, overnight.
Dozens were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets at the northern entrance of al-Bireh, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
Following a peaceful rally called for by the Fateh movement and national factions, which took off from the center of Ramallah to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, clashes broke out between protestors and Israeli forces.
The Secretary of Fateh in Ramallah and al-Bireh, Mwaffaq Suhwahil, asserted that the event is a clear message to Israel that 'Fateh’ and the Palestinian people will continue to fight against the occupation until the establishment of independent state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital.'
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided a kindergarten in Beit Ummar, to the south of Hebron, according to a local official.
Spokesperson of the anti settlement popular committee in Beit Ummar, Mohammed Awad, said that armed Israeli soldiers raided the kindergarten at dawn, after breaking down its main front door and windows.
He said that forces further destroyed the furniture, computers, and children’s belongings, and ripped up the tiles from one of the classrooms before withdrawing from the area.
The Israeli army has previously carried out numerous such attacks, with deliberate and reckless use of force, against schools and educational facilities across the West Bank, in a serious violation of international law and students’ right to pursue education in a safe environment.
To be noted, Defense for Children International (DCI) described the year 2014 as the most difficult year for Palestinian children, due to ongoing Israeli violations, mainly the 2014 summer aggression on the Gaza Strip.
The Global Coalition to protect Education from Attack also said, “During situations of armed conflict, attacks on education may violate international humanitarian and criminal law and constitute war crimes (or crimes against humanity during war or peacetime) as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and customary international humanitarian law.”
Mohammad Awad, the coordinator of the popular committee against settlements and the Apartheid Wall in Beit Ummar, said that clashes also broke out in the al-Thaher area, near the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur, where Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters in the direction of Palestinian houses, resulting in suffocation cases.
At least five Palestinian students were injured by live fire, while dozens others suffocated due to teargas inhalation during renewed clashes with Israeli troops at the campus of Palestine Technical University (Kadoorie) in Tulkarem, on Sunday, according to medical sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said that five students were injured by live ammunition and dozens others suffocated due to inhaling teargas, as Israeli forces raided the university’s campus. Other students were also injured by rubber-coated rounds, and were treated at the scene.
PRC reported that three students lost consciousness due to excessive tear gas inhalation, which necessitated their transfer to hospital for treatment.
Since the beginning of unrest in October 2015, the university has been a scene of renewing clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians students, which have resulted in numerous injury cases and affected daily classes.
Israeli forces, overnight, abducted at least 29 Palestinians, including minors, from across various West Bank districts, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS said that at least 15 Palestinians were detained from the Hebron area, 11 of whom were identified as Turkey al-A’lami, 37, Mohammed Abu Jhaisheh, 21, Mohammed Swaiti, Mo’ath Masalmeh, Mohammed Masharqa, Ayman and Mohammed Masharqa, Khalil Dasseh, 23, 26-year-old Ashraf and Amjad, 26, al-Qadi, in addition to Mohammed, 19, and Mohannad,17, Awad. The identity of the remaining four remains unknown until the moment.
In al-Bireh and Ramallah, forces kidnapped five Palestinians, including a 52-year-old mother of a Palestinian detainee held in Israeli jails, as she was on her way to visit her imprisoned son.
The five were identified as Nada Shokeh, 52, and Fadi Atallah, 17, in addition to three brothers identified as Ahmad, 19, Mahmoud, 21, and Mohannad, 17, Salahat.
Forces further took two more Palestinians from the Nablus area. They were identified as Mohammed Khader, and Ja’afar Ramadan.
In Tulkarem, army soldiers detained minor Ismail I’tair from the village of Faro’un.
In the meantime, forces served a number of Palestinian youths from Qabatiya, to the south of Jenin, with notices ordering them to appear before Israeli intelligence, at Salem military camp, in Jenin.
PPS said that, during the past two days, Israeli forces have detained at least 34 Palestinians, including a young women identified as Maryam Sawafteh, 21, from Tubas.
Six Palestinians were injured by Israeli live bullets including two in serious conditions, while over fifty others choked on tear gas in clashes with Israeli forces at Khadouri University in Tulkarem.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes erupted in the wake of Israeli storming of the university and abusing of its students who confronted Israeli soldiers by stones and empty bottles.
Israeli troops assaulted Palestinian students during the clashes. Classes were called off at the university which has been recently witnessing many raids by Israeli occupation forces, the sources pointed out.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes erupted in the wake of Israeli storming of the university and abusing of its students who confronted Israeli soldiers by stones and empty bottles.
Israeli troops assaulted Palestinian students during the clashes. Classes were called off at the university which has been recently witnessing many raids by Israeli occupation forces, the sources pointed out.
24 nov 2015
Medical sources have reported that five Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, on Monday evening, and four others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after the soldiers invaded the Palestine Technical University, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Medical sources said five students were shot with live Israeli army fire, and were moved to Dr. Thabet Thabet Hospital, in Tulkarem, while many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, including one who was also hospitalized.
The soldiers invaded the University campus while firing live rounds and gas bombs, causing damage to several windows, and property in the educational facility.
The university has been subject to frequent Israeli military invasions, and clashes, especially since the army has a military base installed on it, and the soldiers repeatedly harass and assault the students, and even teachers and workers.
The army has also frequently invades various buildings and facilities in the university, while many students have been shot and injured, and many others were assaulted and beaten up by the soldiers.
Medical sources said five students were shot with live Israeli army fire, and were moved to Dr. Thabet Thabet Hospital, in Tulkarem, while many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, including one who was also hospitalized.
The soldiers invaded the University campus while firing live rounds and gas bombs, causing damage to several windows, and property in the educational facility.
The university has been subject to frequent Israeli military invasions, and clashes, especially since the army has a military base installed on it, and the soldiers repeatedly harass and assault the students, and even teachers and workers.
The army has also frequently invades various buildings and facilities in the university, while many students have been shot and injured, and many others were assaulted and beaten up by the soldiers.
23 nov 2015
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Monday morning a Palestinian primary school with stones near Kiryat Arba settlement south of al-Khalil.
The school Headmaster Hisham Qawasmi told a PIC reporter that settlers from the nearby Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba stoned the school, pointing out that several military checkpoints were erected in the surrounding areas.
The school, that has more than 340 students, is frequently subjected to similar attacks and violent raids at the hands of Israeli settlers and soldiers, he added.
A similar attack was reported in Nablus when a group of settlers stoned a secondary school in Burin town south of the city.
Nearly 20 Israeli settlers stoned Sunday afternoon the school in an attempt to break into it.
The school was evacuated following the settlers’ attack.
Israeli forces rushed to the area and heavily fired tear gas bombs towards the students.
Israeli settlers have escalated their attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem over the past two months, amid growing tension and ongoing clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
In this regard, the Israeli Human Rights Center B’Tselem said that “Palestinians are left unprotected not due to any lack of legal means, but because the authorities employ an unofficial yet longstanding policy of leniency and lack of law enforcement on violent settlers.”
The school Headmaster Hisham Qawasmi told a PIC reporter that settlers from the nearby Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba stoned the school, pointing out that several military checkpoints were erected in the surrounding areas.
The school, that has more than 340 students, is frequently subjected to similar attacks and violent raids at the hands of Israeli settlers and soldiers, he added.
A similar attack was reported in Nablus when a group of settlers stoned a secondary school in Burin town south of the city.
Nearly 20 Israeli settlers stoned Sunday afternoon the school in an attempt to break into it.
The school was evacuated following the settlers’ attack.
Israeli forces rushed to the area and heavily fired tear gas bombs towards the students.
Israeli settlers have escalated their attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem over the past two months, amid growing tension and ongoing clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
In this regard, the Israeli Human Rights Center B’Tselem said that “Palestinians are left unprotected not due to any lack of legal means, but because the authorities employ an unofficial yet longstanding policy of leniency and lack of law enforcement on violent settlers.”
Israeli minister of education Naftali Bennett has issued an order banning the activities of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands at all Israeli academic institutions.
In a verdict circulated to heads of Israeli universities on Friday, Bennett demanded them to immediately prevent any activity held within Israeli academia by students affiliated with the Islamic Movement, which the Israeli government last week declared to be illegal.
"We have taken the Islamic Movement out of the realm of legality, and now it is clear that there is no place for it in academic institutions in Israel."
"I expect all academic leaders to take responsibility, to understand the dangers involved and to cooperate with the government," the Israeli minister said in his decision.
In a verdict circulated to heads of Israeli universities on Friday, Bennett demanded them to immediately prevent any activity held within Israeli academia by students affiliated with the Islamic Movement, which the Israeli government last week declared to be illegal.
"We have taken the Islamic Movement out of the realm of legality, and now it is clear that there is no place for it in academic institutions in Israel."
"I expect all academic leaders to take responsibility, to understand the dangers involved and to cooperate with the government," the Israeli minister said in his decision.
22 nov 2015
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Israeli soldiers and undercover units of the army invaded, Sunday, various Palestinian towns and neighborhoods in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped ten Palestinians, including three children.
Several military vehicles invaded Ras al-'Amoud in Silwan town, and Jabal al-Mokabber, and chased school children, in addition to firing concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets. Undercover soldiers also infiltrated the two areas and kidnapped Mohammad Samer Sarhan, only 12 years of age, Hasan Abdullah al-‘Abbassi, 13, Omran Amer Abu Sbeih, 13, and Eyad Mohammad Jandal, 18. |
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers invaded Ras al-'Amoud since early morning hours, and started harassing dozens of schoolchildren, in addition to searching them at the military roadblock on the road leading to the children's schools.
The soldiers also invaded Ras al-‘Amoud School, and kidnapped a student identified as Jibreel al-A’war, from the school’s playground.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, searched many homes and kidnapped Tareq al-'Ammouri, his brother Ali, Mohammad Bassam Sinnawi, Atiyya al-Halabi and Yousef Erekat.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the army fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of Jerusalem, and clashed with several local youths, mildly wounding a child with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his back.
The soldiers also invaded Ras al-‘Amoud School, and kidnapped a student identified as Jibreel al-A’war, from the school’s playground.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, searched many homes and kidnapped Tareq al-'Ammouri, his brother Ali, Mohammad Bassam Sinnawi, Atiyya al-Halabi and Yousef Erekat.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the army fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades in addition to rubber-coated steel bullets.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of Jerusalem, and clashed with several local youths, mildly wounding a child with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his back.
21 nov 2015
The Israeli Ofer Court extended the arrest of three female students, aged 15, till next Sunday pending investigation.
Three female students were detained Thursday near Beit Sahur town in Bethlehem while on their way to school under the pretext of holding knives in their possession. They were then moved from Etizon detention center to Ofer jail.
On the other hand, Israeli forces brutally stormed Saturday morning Silwan School in occupied Jerusalem and arrested a 15-year-old student, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Similar clashes were reported overnight in Issawiya town and surrounding areas of al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Three female students were detained Thursday near Beit Sahur town in Bethlehem while on their way to school under the pretext of holding knives in their possession. They were then moved from Etizon detention center to Ofer jail.
On the other hand, Israeli forces brutally stormed Saturday morning Silwan School in occupied Jerusalem and arrested a 15-year-old student, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Similar clashes were reported overnight in Issawiya town and surrounding areas of al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
20 nov 2015
Some 230 Palestinian schoolchildren have appealed to the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) to restore the bags of which they were robbed right after their detention in early October.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) in al-Khalil, Amjad al-Najar, said in a press statement: “Scores of newly-released children, along with their families, appealed to the PPS to retrieve their bags.”
“We’ve got used to appeals to restore prisoners’ money, IDs, or mobile devices. But the day has come when children are demanding their schoolbags,” al-Najar stated.
He spoke out against the personal and intellectual repercussions of such Israeli policies on the children’s psyche and career.
He further warned of the arbitrary interrogation summonses frequently issued by the IOA against Palestinian children and the prerequisite to have those very children handed to Israeli investigation centers by their parents.
“The intent is just as clear as daylight: The IOA aims at distorting image of the father and mother as their child’s source of protection and bulletproof vest,” he said, calling on Palestinian families to never yield in to such malevolent schemes.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) in al-Khalil, Amjad al-Najar, said in a press statement: “Scores of newly-released children, along with their families, appealed to the PPS to retrieve their bags.”
“We’ve got used to appeals to restore prisoners’ money, IDs, or mobile devices. But the day has come when children are demanding their schoolbags,” al-Najar stated.
He spoke out against the personal and intellectual repercussions of such Israeli policies on the children’s psyche and career.
He further warned of the arbitrary interrogation summonses frequently issued by the IOA against Palestinian children and the prerequisite to have those very children handed to Israeli investigation centers by their parents.
“The intent is just as clear as daylight: The IOA aims at distorting image of the father and mother as their child’s source of protection and bulletproof vest,” he said, calling on Palestinian families to never yield in to such malevolent schemes.
19 nov 2015
Dozens of Palestinian school students suffered tear gas inhalation effects as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) heavily fired tear gas bombs towards four local schools in al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out at Abu Rish checkpoint after IOF soldiers brutally attacked four Palestinian schools near the Old City of al-Khalil with tear gas bombs and wastewater.
Several students were transferred to hospital for treatment from effects of tear gas inhalation during the Israeli attack.
The four schools were obliged to close their gates due to the ongoing tensions.
Israeli forces routinely attack Palestinian schools and universities as part of a systematic plan to uproot local residents from the area for settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, three youths were injured after being severely beaten in separate IOF attacks in al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers stopped a Palestinian youngster while driving a motorcycle near Halhul Bridge before attacking and beating him. The young man was then arrested despite his injuries and bruises.
In another incident, IOF soldiers assaulted a second Palestinian near Beit Ainun northeast off the city. The injured victim was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.
In Yatta town, Israeli forces detained and brutally attacked a Palestinian young man after storming and violently searching a number of local homes in the town.
Along the same line, IOF prevented 11 Palestinian teachers and three students from reaching their schools under the pretext of passing near a closed military zone.
Eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out at Abu Rish checkpoint after IOF soldiers brutally attacked four Palestinian schools near the Old City of al-Khalil with tear gas bombs and wastewater.
Several students were transferred to hospital for treatment from effects of tear gas inhalation during the Israeli attack.
The four schools were obliged to close their gates due to the ongoing tensions.
Israeli forces routinely attack Palestinian schools and universities as part of a systematic plan to uproot local residents from the area for settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, three youths were injured after being severely beaten in separate IOF attacks in al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers stopped a Palestinian youngster while driving a motorcycle near Halhul Bridge before attacking and beating him. The young man was then arrested despite his injuries and bruises.
In another incident, IOF soldiers assaulted a second Palestinian near Beit Ainun northeast off the city. The injured victim was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.
In Yatta town, Israeli forces detained and brutally attacked a Palestinian young man after storming and violently searching a number of local homes in the town.
Along the same line, IOF prevented 11 Palestinian teachers and three students from reaching their schools under the pretext of passing near a closed military zone.
One Palestinian was kidnapped, Thursday, and another resident suffered various cuts and bruises, after Israeli soldiers stormed and searched many homes in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Hijazi Bheiss, 24 years of age, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, and repeatedly kicked and punch him.
Another young man, identified as Abdul-Rahman karja from Halhoul town, was also attacked by the soldiers near the Gush Etzion military base, and was moved to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, stormed and searched homes, especially in Jabal Johar area, south of the city, and the al-Kassarat area.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youngsters, while the army fired several gas bombs at the Ibrahimiyya and Tareq Bin Ziyad schools, in Hebron’s Old City, causing many children to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The soldiers also sprayed the schools, and homes, with wastewater mixed with chemicals.
In related news, the soldiers closed the iron gate, installed on the eastern entrance of Doura town, and installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers and interrogating many of them.
The soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Hijazi Bheiss, 24 years of age, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, and repeatedly kicked and punch him.
Another young man, identified as Abdul-Rahman karja from Halhoul town, was also attacked by the soldiers near the Gush Etzion military base, and was moved to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, stormed and searched homes, especially in Jabal Johar area, south of the city, and the al-Kassarat area.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youngsters, while the army fired several gas bombs at the Ibrahimiyya and Tareq Bin Ziyad schools, in Hebron’s Old City, causing many children to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The soldiers also sprayed the schools, and homes, with wastewater mixed with chemicals.
In related news, the soldiers closed the iron gate, installed on the eastern entrance of Doura town, and installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers and interrogating many of them.
