17 may 2019
Israeli soldiers resorted, Friday, to the excessive use of force against the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding several persons, and causing a few trees to burn.
Media sources said the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs at local and international peace activists, who marched from the center of the village, heading towards the villagers’ orchards, largely isolated behind the illegal wall.
They added that several nonviolent protesters suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades into the Palestinian olive orchards, causing many trees to burn, before the firefighters managed to control the fire.
The protest today marked the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, and many protesters carried Palestinian flags, in addition to black flags symbolizing the ongoing displacement of the Palestinian refugees.
Media sources said the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs at local and international peace activists, who marched from the center of the village, heading towards the villagers’ orchards, largely isolated behind the illegal wall.
They added that several nonviolent protesters suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades into the Palestinian olive orchards, causing many trees to burn, before the firefighters managed to control the fire.
The protest today marked the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, and many protesters carried Palestinian flags, in addition to black flags symbolizing the ongoing displacement of the Palestinian refugees.
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A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Friday, Palestinian agricultural lands in ‘Aseera al-Qibliya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt them.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian authority official who monitors Israel’s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said more than 60 illegal colonists invaded the farmlands, in the southern area of the village, and set them ablaze. He added that the colonists also hurled stones at several nearby homes, before the locals intercepted them. In related news, a group of colonists hurled stones at many cars and homes in Marda village, north of Salfit, in central West Bank. Causing damage, and wrote racist graffiti on several cars and walls. |
15 may 2019
An explosive balloon landed in the Sdot Negev Regional Council area, one of the Israeli communities surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
According to Hebrew-language news outlets, a fire erupted after an explosive balloon was launched by Palestinians from Gaza into southern Israel and landed in an open field in Sdot Negev.
Sources said that Israeli firefighting crews managed to control the flames and later extinguish them; the fires caused some material damage.
No injuries were reported.
Palestinians in Gaza view the incendiary kites as a form of protest against Israel's 12-year blockade of Gaza and for Palestinian refugees right of return to their homes and lands which are now known as Israel.
According to Hebrew-language news outlets, a fire erupted after an explosive balloon was launched by Palestinians from Gaza into southern Israel and landed in an open field in Sdot Negev.
Sources said that Israeli firefighting crews managed to control the flames and later extinguish them; the fires caused some material damage.
No injuries were reported.
Palestinians in Gaza view the incendiary kites as a form of protest against Israel's 12-year blockade of Gaza and for Palestinian refugees right of return to their homes and lands which are now known as Israel.
Large areas of Palestinian grazing lands were burnt, Tuesday, after the Israeli army conducted military drills in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers carried out military training, including the use of explosives, in the al-Boqei’a ash-Sharqiya and Hamsa areas in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank.
Human Rights activist Aref Daraghma, told WAFA that the military training led to burning vast areas of grazing lands used by the Palestinian shepherds in the Jordan Valley.
He added that the locals, along with several firefighting trucks, started extinguishing the fire to prevent it from spreading to more lands.
On Sunday, the soldiers detained seven Palestinian journalists and one human rights worker, in the Northern Plains as they were documenting the army while displacing families to conduct military training.
The Israeli military drills are frequently carried out in the occupied West Bank, and the near Bedouin communities in the Negev, resulting in displacing the families in addition to the dozens of casualties, including fatalities, due to explosives dropped by the army during training.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers carried out military training, including the use of explosives, in the al-Boqei’a ash-Sharqiya and Hamsa areas in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank.
Human Rights activist Aref Daraghma, told WAFA that the military training led to burning vast areas of grazing lands used by the Palestinian shepherds in the Jordan Valley.
He added that the locals, along with several firefighting trucks, started extinguishing the fire to prevent it from spreading to more lands.
On Sunday, the soldiers detained seven Palestinian journalists and one human rights worker, in the Northern Plains as they were documenting the army while displacing families to conduct military training.
The Israeli military drills are frequently carried out in the occupied West Bank, and the near Bedouin communities in the Negev, resulting in displacing the families in addition to the dozens of casualties, including fatalities, due to explosives dropped by the army during training.
27 mar 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Tubas city in northeastern West Bank, and attacked local protesters by randomly firing gas bombs in several directions, causing a fire in one home.
The head of Tubas Department of Civil Defense, Hilal Hammad, stated that the soldiers fired many gas bombs at protesters and many surrounding homes.
He added that one of the bombs smashed the window of a room, rented by Hamada Abu Nasiriya, in a home owned by Mohammad Rayeq Daraghma, and caused fire in the furniture.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire before it spread to the rest of the property.
The head of Tubas Department of Civil Defense, Hilal Hammad, stated that the soldiers fired many gas bombs at protesters and many surrounding homes.
He added that one of the bombs smashed the window of a room, rented by Hamada Abu Nasiriya, in a home owned by Mohammad Rayeq Daraghma, and caused fire in the furniture.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire before it spread to the rest of the property.
25 mar 2019
An Israeli bus carrying settlers went up in flames on Sunday night after it was thrown with Molotov cocktails on a road near Jit village, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses reported that bus burnt down entirely, while Israeli ambulances, fire trucks and Israeli forces rushed to the area.
However, there is still no information about Israeli casualties.
Later, the Israeli occupation forces spread through the area, closed West Bank roads and provided protection for settlers as they were hurling stones at Palestinian cars traveling on nearby roads where the incident took place.
Eyewitnesses reported that bus burnt down entirely, while Israeli ambulances, fire trucks and Israeli forces rushed to the area.
However, there is still no information about Israeli casualties.
Later, the Israeli occupation forces spread through the area, closed West Bank roads and provided protection for settlers as they were hurling stones at Palestinian cars traveling on nearby roads where the incident took place.
13 mar 2019
Yinon Reuveni
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine condemned the decision of an Israeli court to acquit two Israeli settlers, for torching Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey in February 2016, on the basis of “insufficient evidence,” on Tuesday.
The committee said in a press release that the Israeli court’s decision is a “deviation from justice, even in the courts, when it comes to convicting Jews while arresting young Palestinians without charge or evidence or trials and for long periods of times that can reach dozens of years.”
The committee added that these racist and subversive actions by extremist Israelis under the protection of the courts and the Israeli government will lead to the creation of future Israeli generations molded with ideas and actions hostile toward the Palestinians.
One of the Israeli settlers, Yinon Reuveni, 23, was also accused of arson of the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in June 2015.
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine condemned the decision of an Israeli court to acquit two Israeli settlers, for torching Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey in February 2016, on the basis of “insufficient evidence,” on Tuesday.
The committee said in a press release that the Israeli court’s decision is a “deviation from justice, even in the courts, when it comes to convicting Jews while arresting young Palestinians without charge or evidence or trials and for long periods of times that can reach dozens of years.”
The committee added that these racist and subversive actions by extremist Israelis under the protection of the courts and the Israeli government will lead to the creation of future Israeli generations molded with ideas and actions hostile toward the Palestinians.
One of the Israeli settlers, Yinon Reuveni, 23, was also accused of arson of the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in June 2015.
20 feb 2019
Two fires broke out in the Kissufim forest near Israeli communities surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip due to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that an incendiary balloon sparked two fires to break out, however, no injuries were reported from the incident.
Sources added that the fire was fairly small and Israeli firefighters managed to extinguish the fire quickly.
This is the first such incident occurred since November 2018.
Palestinians in Gaza view the incendiary kites as a form of protest against Israel's nearly 12-year blockade of Gaza and for Palestinian refugees right of return to their homes and lands which are now known as Israel.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that an incendiary balloon sparked two fires to break out, however, no injuries were reported from the incident.
Sources added that the fire was fairly small and Israeli firefighters managed to extinguish the fire quickly.
This is the first such incident occurred since November 2018.
Palestinians in Gaza view the incendiary kites as a form of protest against Israel's nearly 12-year blockade of Gaza and for Palestinian refugees right of return to their homes and lands which are now known as Israel.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Doha, southwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted two young Palestinian men.
The soldiers also fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, causing fire in one car.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers stormed and violently searched several homes in Doha and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Jamil Abu Sarhan, 18, and Fadi Nizar Abu Halawa, 20.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, causing a car, owned by Majed Odah, to burn after being struck with one of the bombs.
The soldiers also fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters, causing fire in one car.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers stormed and violently searched several homes in Doha and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Jamil Abu Sarhan, 18, and Fadi Nizar Abu Halawa, 20.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, causing a car, owned by Majed Odah, to burn after being struck with one of the bombs.
12 jan 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday raided homes, kidnapped Palestinian citizens and handed others summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed the villages of Kafr Ni'ma and Bil'in, west of Ramallah, and kidnapped four Palestinian young men.
During the IOF campaigns in Bil’in, soldiers fired stun grenades on homes, which set a house belonging to the family of Abu Rahma on fire.
The IOF also kidnapped a young man identified as Ahmed al-Badawi after ransacking his home in as-Salam neighborhood in Tulkarem city.
Two citizens from the families of al-Zama’ra and Melhem reportedly received summonses from the Shin Bet during IOF raids on homes in Halhul city, south of the West Bank.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed the villages of Kafr Ni'ma and Bil'in, west of Ramallah, and kidnapped four Palestinian young men.
During the IOF campaigns in Bil’in, soldiers fired stun grenades on homes, which set a house belonging to the family of Abu Rahma on fire.
The IOF also kidnapped a young man identified as Ahmed al-Badawi after ransacking his home in as-Salam neighborhood in Tulkarem city.
Two citizens from the families of al-Zama’ra and Melhem reportedly received summonses from the Shin Bet during IOF raids on homes in Halhul city, south of the West Bank.
10 jan 2019
A Palestinian fishing boat was set on fire, on Thursday, after Israeli naval forces repeatedly fired towards it off of the coast in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, said that Israeli naval forces opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats located three nautical miles off of the northern coast of Gaza and ignite a fire in one of them.
Bakr confirmed that two Palestinian fishermen were present on the boat as it caught on fire due to repeated gunfire. He identified them as Mahmoud Hamoud Ishkantana and Muhammad Mahmoud Ishkantana.
The two fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces and taken to an unknown location.
As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007, the Israeli army, citing security concerns, requires Palestinian fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently concluded that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, said that Israeli naval forces opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats located three nautical miles off of the northern coast of Gaza and ignite a fire in one of them.
Bakr confirmed that two Palestinian fishermen were present on the boat as it caught on fire due to repeated gunfire. He identified them as Mahmoud Hamoud Ishkantana and Muhammad Mahmoud Ishkantana.
The two fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces and taken to an unknown location.
As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007, the Israeli army, citing security concerns, requires Palestinian fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently concluded that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
After a hiatus for a few weeks, several balloons carrying flaming materials were launched from the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening and landed in Israeli forested areas.
According to the Hebrew media, a number of fires broke out in green areas in southern Israel as a result Palestinian balloons carrying burning materials launched from Gaza.
The fires took place in forested areas in the settlement of Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City, and near the Israeli monument in the east of Beit Hanoun.
A Palestinian youth group on a Facebook page claimed responsibility for flying those balloons towards the occupied territories near Gaza.
Young protesters from Gaza release kites or balloons into Israeli areas in response to the Israeli army’s use of armed force against the participants in the weekly March of Return rallies.
According to the Hebrew media, a number of fires broke out in green areas in southern Israel as a result Palestinian balloons carrying burning materials launched from Gaza.
The fires took place in forested areas in the settlement of Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City, and near the Israeli monument in the east of Beit Hanoun.
A Palestinian youth group on a Facebook page claimed responsibility for flying those balloons towards the occupied territories near Gaza.
Young protesters from Gaza release kites or balloons into Israeli areas in response to the Israeli army’s use of armed force against the participants in the weekly March of Return rallies.
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