11 july 2020

Israeli occupation forces injured eight Palestinians today during a raid of the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Isawiya, said the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). video
The occupation forces raided the neighborhood in the afternoon hours provoking clashes with local Palestinian protesters.
The forces fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas at civilians, injuring some of them with rubber-coated rounds and causing others, including a pregnant woman, to suffocate from gas inhalation.
Other civilians also sustained burns after being sprayed with pepper gas by the forces.
Over the past couple of months, excessive police brutality and indiscriminate daily raids by Israeli forces on al-Isawiya have left residents of the occupied Jerusalem district exhausted, with no end in sight.
Many Jerusalemites injured in Israeli police violence in Issawiya
The Israeli occupation police on Saturday evening stormed Issawiya district in east Jerusalem and savagely attacked Palestinian citizens.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Al Mahmoud neighborhood in Issawiya and carried out violent raids on different homes, which provoked clashes with local youths.
The police physically assaulted citizens and used pepper spray and tear gas during its campaign in the neighborhood.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews hospitalized and provided on-site medical assistance for many wounded citizens after their exposure to police attacks.
One of those citizens was a pregnant woman who suffered from her exposure to tear gas fumes.
Two citizens suffered eye injuries after being attacked with pepper spray, while four others suffered from rubber bullet injuries.
Many others also suffered from the effects of tear gas and received instant medical help.
Meanwhile, local sources said the Israeli police kidnaped a citizen called Saadi Mahmoud and his sons, Ahmed and Mohamed, from their home in Issawiya.
Earlier in the morning, police forces raided homes in different areas of east Jerusalem and kidnaped several Palestinian citizens, including teenagers, after they used fireworks to celebrate the release of high school matriculation exam scores.
The occupation forces raided the neighborhood in the afternoon hours provoking clashes with local Palestinian protesters.
The forces fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas at civilians, injuring some of them with rubber-coated rounds and causing others, including a pregnant woman, to suffocate from gas inhalation.
Other civilians also sustained burns after being sprayed with pepper gas by the forces.
Over the past couple of months, excessive police brutality and indiscriminate daily raids by Israeli forces on al-Isawiya have left residents of the occupied Jerusalem district exhausted, with no end in sight.
Many Jerusalemites injured in Israeli police violence in Issawiya
The Israeli occupation police on Saturday evening stormed Issawiya district in east Jerusalem and savagely attacked Palestinian citizens.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Al Mahmoud neighborhood in Issawiya and carried out violent raids on different homes, which provoked clashes with local youths.
The police physically assaulted citizens and used pepper spray and tear gas during its campaign in the neighborhood.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews hospitalized and provided on-site medical assistance for many wounded citizens after their exposure to police attacks.
One of those citizens was a pregnant woman who suffered from her exposure to tear gas fumes.
Two citizens suffered eye injuries after being attacked with pepper spray, while four others suffered from rubber bullet injuries.
Many others also suffered from the effects of tear gas and received instant medical help.
Meanwhile, local sources said the Israeli police kidnaped a citizen called Saadi Mahmoud and his sons, Ahmed and Mohamed, from their home in Issawiya.
Earlier in the morning, police forces raided homes in different areas of east Jerusalem and kidnaped several Palestinian citizens, including teenagers, after they used fireworks to celebrate the release of high school matriculation exam scores.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday raided several homes and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Balata refugee camp in Nablus and kidnaped two young men identified as Abd-Rabo Hashash and Fathi Abu Rizq from their homes.
Another young man called Ibrahim Sameer, a resident of Askar refugee camp, was kidnaped by the IOF at the Za’atara checkpoint in southern Nablus.
In Jenin, two young men identified as Mohamed Bassam and Adham Omar were taken prisoners after the IOF ransacked their homes in Ya’bad town.
Another two unidentified young men were reportedly kidnaped by the IOF from the outskirts of Jibiya village in northern Ramallah.
In al-Khalil, the IOF kidnaped two young men from the Old City after they were physically assaulted by extremist Jewish settlers. They were identified as Amjad Mahmoud and Malek Haroun.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Balata refugee camp in Nablus and kidnaped two young men identified as Abd-Rabo Hashash and Fathi Abu Rizq from their homes.
Another young man called Ibrahim Sameer, a resident of Askar refugee camp, was kidnaped by the IOF at the Za’atara checkpoint in southern Nablus.
In Jenin, two young men identified as Mohamed Bassam and Adham Omar were taken prisoners after the IOF ransacked their homes in Ya’bad town.
Another two unidentified young men were reportedly kidnaped by the IOF from the outskirts of Jibiya village in northern Ramallah.
In al-Khalil, the IOF kidnaped two young men from the Old City after they were physically assaulted by extremist Jewish settlers. They were identified as Amjad Mahmoud and Malek Haroun.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday kidnaped a Palestinian ex-detainee at a checkpoint in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), an ex-detainee called Shadi Mahmoud was taken prisoner at a makeshift checkpoint in an area between Nablus and Ramallah cities.
Earlier on the same day, Israeli police forces kidnaped three young men from their homes in Ramallah and Jerusalem.
Another young man was also kidnaped and assaulted in the afternoon when the IOF quelled a march against Israeli settlement activities in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation authority on Thursday extended, for the second consecutive time, the detention of Hanin Nassar, the wife of prisoner Rami Fadayel from Ramallah city.
Nassar had been kidnaped from her home about two weeks ago.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), an ex-detainee called Shadi Mahmoud was taken prisoner at a makeshift checkpoint in an area between Nablus and Ramallah cities.
Earlier on the same day, Israeli police forces kidnaped three young men from their homes in Ramallah and Jerusalem.
Another young man was also kidnaped and assaulted in the afternoon when the IOF quelled a march against Israeli settlement activities in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation authority on Thursday extended, for the second consecutive time, the detention of Hanin Nassar, the wife of prisoner Rami Fadayel from Ramallah city.
Nassar had been kidnaped from her home about two weeks ago.
10 july 2020
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Israeli occupation forces dispersed today dozens of non-violent protesters holding a non-violent protest against the Israeli colonial settlement construction, outside the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, north of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, said WAFA correspondent. video
Soldiers fired teargas and rubber-coated rounds at Palestinians and international activists while they were demonstrating against the occupation authorities' plan to confiscate a Palestinian-owned land plot near the village, where illegal Israeli settlers recently set up two caravans apparently in a prelude to establish a new settlement outpost. The protesters, who included local civilians and international peace activists, waved the flag of Palestine and chanted slogans that decried Israel's colonial activities in the occupied Palestinian Territory. They also performed the weekly Friday prayer at the land threatened with Israeli confiscation. |
At least two protesters were injured, including the village's mayor, Hazem Yasin, who sustained fractures in the hand after being hit by a teargas canister. He was moved to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. video
Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestine are illegal in international law, and have been the subject of condemnations by the world countries over the past years.
The international community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal on one of two bases: that they are in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, or that they are in breach of international declarations.
Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestine are illegal in international law, and have been the subject of condemnations by the world countries over the past years.
The international community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal on one of two bases: that they are in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, or that they are in breach of international declarations.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
Asra Media Office said that the IOF arrested Abdullah Dweik and Ahmad Ali Ahmad after raiding their homes in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Violent confrontations flared up between Palestinian residents of Jalazone and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters at them.
Local residents reported that the IOF seized the cellphones of the Palestinian journalists who were present in the scene and prevented them from covering the clashes.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed a Palestinian house in Jabal al-Mukabber village in Jerusalem and arrested a young man whose identity has not been identified. video
IOF arrest and raid campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank, but they have seen a noticeable rise lately.
Asra Media Office said that the IOF arrested Abdullah Dweik and Ahmad Ali Ahmad after raiding their homes in Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah.
Violent confrontations flared up between Palestinian residents of Jalazone and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters at them.
Local residents reported that the IOF seized the cellphones of the Palestinian journalists who were present in the scene and prevented them from covering the clashes.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed a Palestinian house in Jabal al-Mukabber village in Jerusalem and arrested a young man whose identity has not been identified. video
IOF arrest and raid campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank, but they have seen a noticeable rise lately.
9 july 2020

The Israeli forces detained today 18 Palestinians in raids throughout occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said forces detained three Palestinians from Isawiyyeh and Silwan neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and two more from the Jerusalem-area Beit Anan village located outside the Israeli-demarcated city s.
In the West Bank, the Israeli army detained three people in Ramallah, including a female university student and two men who spent several years in Israeli prisons for their resistance of the occupation.
Soldiers also detained five Palestinians in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, most are former prisoners, one in Qalqilya and four more in the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, including two brothers.
Israeli Forces Abduct Eighteen Palestinians, Including Female University Student
Overnight Wednesday, until dawn Thursday, the Israeli army detained eighteen Palestinian civilians, including former prisoners, and a young female student, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement.
In the southernmost West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli forces detained four Palestinian civilians, including two brothers, identified as;
1. Wajdi Nayef Jaradat from the town of Sa’ir,
2. Muhammad Salah Al-Qawasmeh,
3. Saeed Nidal Al-Awawi, and
4. Saad Al-Awawi the brother of Saeed.
From the south of the West Bank, in occupied East Jerusalem, soldiers detained five Palestinians, identified as;
5. Muhammad Ayman Obaid,
6. Omar Ahmed Mahmoud, who was abducted from the town of al-‘Isawiya,
7. Rami Ghaith from the town of Silwan,
8. Muhammad Obaid Al-Matari, from the town of Beit Annan, and
9. Moaz Al-Matari, also from the town of Beit Annan.
From the central West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, the Israeli army detained two former prisoners, and a female Birzeit University student.
10. Jamal Tawil, father of a prisoner, a Hamas leader, and former prisoner, from Al-Bireh,
11. Hussein Abu Kweik, also a former prisoner, and a Hamas leader, from Al-Bireh,
12. Ruba Fahmi Asi, a female student of Birzeit University, was detained from the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah.
Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, Israeli forces detained;
13. Abdel Rahman Mahmoud Hanini, 28.
In the northernmost West Bank city of Jenin, five Palestinians, the majority of whom were former prisoners, were detained from different areas;
14. Abdullah Afif Zakarneh,
15. Sami Massad,
16. Bassam Abu Ali,
17. Majid Nairat, and
18. Muhammad Falah Owais, who was detained, Wednesday night, from in front of the Tayyar military roadblock.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that two of the detained were Hamas leaders.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli forces stormed the Silwan home of Ambassador, Ahmed Al-Ruwaidi, the representative Islamic Cooperation Organization.
The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that youths in Ramallah, resisted the military invasion, to which the Israeli forces responded by firing rubber-coated steal rounds and tear-gas canisters at the stone-throwing youths.
No casualties were reported.
It said forces detained three Palestinians from Isawiyyeh and Silwan neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and two more from the Jerusalem-area Beit Anan village located outside the Israeli-demarcated city s.
In the West Bank, the Israeli army detained three people in Ramallah, including a female university student and two men who spent several years in Israeli prisons for their resistance of the occupation.
Soldiers also detained five Palestinians in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, most are former prisoners, one in Qalqilya and four more in the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, including two brothers.
Israeli Forces Abduct Eighteen Palestinians, Including Female University Student
Overnight Wednesday, until dawn Thursday, the Israeli army detained eighteen Palestinian civilians, including former prisoners, and a young female student, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement.
In the southernmost West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli forces detained four Palestinian civilians, including two brothers, identified as;
1. Wajdi Nayef Jaradat from the town of Sa’ir,
2. Muhammad Salah Al-Qawasmeh,
3. Saeed Nidal Al-Awawi, and
4. Saad Al-Awawi the brother of Saeed.
From the south of the West Bank, in occupied East Jerusalem, soldiers detained five Palestinians, identified as;
5. Muhammad Ayman Obaid,
6. Omar Ahmed Mahmoud, who was abducted from the town of al-‘Isawiya,
7. Rami Ghaith from the town of Silwan,
8. Muhammad Obaid Al-Matari, from the town of Beit Annan, and
9. Moaz Al-Matari, also from the town of Beit Annan.
From the central West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, the Israeli army detained two former prisoners, and a female Birzeit University student.
10. Jamal Tawil, father of a prisoner, a Hamas leader, and former prisoner, from Al-Bireh,
11. Hussein Abu Kweik, also a former prisoner, and a Hamas leader, from Al-Bireh,
12. Ruba Fahmi Asi, a female student of Birzeit University, was detained from the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah.
Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, Israeli forces detained;
13. Abdel Rahman Mahmoud Hanini, 28.
In the northernmost West Bank city of Jenin, five Palestinians, the majority of whom were former prisoners, were detained from different areas;
14. Abdullah Afif Zakarneh,
15. Sami Massad,
16. Bassam Abu Ali,
17. Majid Nairat, and
18. Muhammad Falah Owais, who was detained, Wednesday night, from in front of the Tayyar military roadblock.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that two of the detained were Hamas leaders.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli forces stormed the Silwan home of Ambassador, Ahmed Al-Ruwaidi, the representative Islamic Cooperation Organization.
The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that youths in Ramallah, resisted the military invasion, to which the Israeli forces responded by firing rubber-coated steal rounds and tear-gas canisters at the stone-throwing youths.
No casualties were reported.

A large Israeli army force raided early this morning several neighborhoods in the city of Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, and detained a university student and others, according to local sources.
They said Israeli forces were seen in several neighborhoods of the city in the pre-dawn hours as well as in the attached town of Beitunia where the army detained Ruba Assi, a student at Birzeit University, after raiding her home in Beitunia, and Majed Neirat, from the same town. video
The army also detained Hussein Abu Kweik and Jamal Tawil, two local leaders, after raiding their homes in al-Bireh, Ramallah’s twin city. video
Residents clashed with the soldiers during the raids, said the sources. The forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the stone-throwing youths. There were no immediate reports of injuries. video
They said Israeli forces were seen in several neighborhoods of the city in the pre-dawn hours as well as in the attached town of Beitunia where the army detained Ruba Assi, a student at Birzeit University, after raiding her home in Beitunia, and Majed Neirat, from the same town. video
The army also detained Hussein Abu Kweik and Jamal Tawil, two local leaders, after raiding their homes in al-Bireh, Ramallah’s twin city. video
Residents clashed with the soldiers during the raids, said the sources. The forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the stone-throwing youths. There were no immediate reports of injuries. video