9 sept 2018
Atef Mohammed Saleh, 32
Israeli military forces have shot dead a Palestinian man at the Gaza Strip's border, claiming he was going to “sabotage” a fence separating the besieged territory from the occupied territories.
The Israeli military admitted in a statement Sunday that the man died after sustaining fatal injuries.
The deadly encounter came a day after the Israeli military clashed with anti-occupation protesters at the fence, killing one person and injuring about 400 other people.
Nearly 175 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. A total of 19,139 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Earlier on Sunday, a video clip made the rounds on social media, appearing to show Israeli troops shooting a Palestinian boy at a time when he posed no obvious threat.
In the video, 16-year-old Ahmad Misbah Abu Toyour is standing near the fence as he is taking part in "The Great March of Return" protests. Toyour throws a stone at Israeli forces, and a shot rings out and he falls to the ground obviously in a great deal of pain.
The Palestinian teenager succumbed to his gunshot wounds at the European Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers south of Gaza City, on Saturday morning.
Army Kills A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday evening, a young man near the perimeter fence, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted three other Palestinians.
The Israeli army claimed the Palestinian was killed by the soldiers while trying to breach the perimeter fence.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Attaf Abed-Rabbo Saleh, 32, from Jabalia.
It added that the soldiers also detained three other Palestinians, and claimed they carried knives, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
After shooting the young man, the soldiers crossed the fence and advanced a few meters into Gaza, before taking him, and the other Palestinians. It later said the man has died from his wounds.
Medical sources in Gaza said Palestinian medics tried to reach the seriously wounded young man, but the soldiers opened fire at them, preventing them from even approaching him.
Israeli military forces have shot dead a Palestinian man at the Gaza Strip's border, claiming he was going to “sabotage” a fence separating the besieged territory from the occupied territories.
The Israeli military admitted in a statement Sunday that the man died after sustaining fatal injuries.
The deadly encounter came a day after the Israeli military clashed with anti-occupation protesters at the fence, killing one person and injuring about 400 other people.
Nearly 175 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. A total of 19,139 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Earlier on Sunday, a video clip made the rounds on social media, appearing to show Israeli troops shooting a Palestinian boy at a time when he posed no obvious threat.
In the video, 16-year-old Ahmad Misbah Abu Toyour is standing near the fence as he is taking part in "The Great March of Return" protests. Toyour throws a stone at Israeli forces, and a shot rings out and he falls to the ground obviously in a great deal of pain.
The Palestinian teenager succumbed to his gunshot wounds at the European Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers south of Gaza City, on Saturday morning.
Army Kills A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday evening, a young man near the perimeter fence, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted three other Palestinians.
The Israeli army claimed the Palestinian was killed by the soldiers while trying to breach the perimeter fence.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Attaf Abed-Rabbo Saleh, 32, from Jabalia.
It added that the soldiers also detained three other Palestinians, and claimed they carried knives, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
After shooting the young man, the soldiers crossed the fence and advanced a few meters into Gaza, before taking him, and the other Palestinians. It later said the man has died from his wounds.
Medical sources in Gaza said Palestinian medics tried to reach the seriously wounded young man, but the soldiers opened fire at them, preventing them from even approaching him.
Israeli authorities placed 23-year-old Palestinian prisoner, Ahmad Mahmoud Alawna, under administrative detention on Sunday, according to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed that Ahmad Mahmoud Alawna was turned into administrative detention without charge or trial and only several hours before he was to be released from the Galbou Israeli prison.
Alawna was awaiting to be released on Sunday following a nine-month sentence, however, Israeli authorities placed him under administrative detention, preventing his release.
PPS added that Israeli forces detained Alawna on January 1st 2018.
Administrative detention is imprisonment without trial or charge, it has no time limit, and the evidence on which it is based is not disclosed. Israel utilizes this measure extensively and routinely, and has used it to hold hundreds of Palestinians for lengthy periods of time.
A report by Israeli NGO B'Tselem, which was based on the Israeli Prison Service statistics, read that over the last year, 29 Palestinians were taken into administrative detention every month, on average, and 37 were released.
The report added that in the past decade, the number of detainees held by Israel in a single month never fell below 150.
Rights groups say that Israel's administrative detention policy has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political processes, particularly targeting Palestinian activists, journalists, and politicians.
PPS confirmed that Ahmad Mahmoud Alawna was turned into administrative detention without charge or trial and only several hours before he was to be released from the Galbou Israeli prison.
Alawna was awaiting to be released on Sunday following a nine-month sentence, however, Israeli authorities placed him under administrative detention, preventing his release.
PPS added that Israeli forces detained Alawna on January 1st 2018.
Administrative detention is imprisonment without trial or charge, it has no time limit, and the evidence on which it is based is not disclosed. Israel utilizes this measure extensively and routinely, and has used it to hold hundreds of Palestinians for lengthy periods of time.
A report by Israeli NGO B'Tselem, which was based on the Israeli Prison Service statistics, read that over the last year, 29 Palestinians were taken into administrative detention every month, on average, and 37 were released.
The report added that in the past decade, the number of detainees held by Israel in a single month never fell below 150.
Rights groups say that Israel's administrative detention policy has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political processes, particularly targeting Palestinian activists, journalists, and politicians.
Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians, including a mother and her daughter, on predawn Sunday during raids across the occupied west Bank.
Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces detained three Jerusalemites in the central West Bank city of Jerusalem.
Among the detainees was Jihad Ghazawi along with her daughter, who were detained for unknown reasons. The third detainee was identified as Raed Zoghair, who was detained while working in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, PPS confirmed that an activist from prisoners’ rights group Addameer was detained by Israeli forces. He was identified as Ayman Amin Nasser.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, two Palestinians were detained and identified as Amel Ziyad Abu Ghorab and Hatem Tazaaza.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian. PPS identified him as Izz al-Din Abd al-Rahman Bisharat.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,871 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 65 are female prisoners, and 270 are child prisoners, from which 50 are under the age of 16.
Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces detained three Jerusalemites in the central West Bank city of Jerusalem.
Among the detainees was Jihad Ghazawi along with her daughter, who were detained for unknown reasons. The third detainee was identified as Raed Zoghair, who was detained while working in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, PPS confirmed that an activist from prisoners’ rights group Addameer was detained by Israeli forces. He was identified as Ayman Amin Nasser.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, two Palestinians were detained and identified as Amel Ziyad Abu Ghorab and Hatem Tazaaza.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian. PPS identified him as Izz al-Din Abd al-Rahman Bisharat.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,871 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 65 are female prisoners, and 270 are child prisoners, from which 50 are under the age of 16.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped six Palestinian citizens during campaigns in the West Bank.
In a statement, the IOF claimed that the six Palestinians were arrested in different areas of the West Bank for security reasons.
The IOF also stormed last night Madama town, south of Nablus, and broke into a house, without making arrests.
In a separate incident, the Israeli army said that four Palestinian young men were arrested near the border fence in Gaza as they were trying to cross into Israel.
In a statement, the IOF claimed that the six Palestinians were arrested in different areas of the West Bank for security reasons.
The IOF also stormed last night Madama town, south of Nablus, and broke into a house, without making arrests.
In a separate incident, the Israeli army said that four Palestinian young men were arrested near the border fence in Gaza as they were trying to cross into Israel.
Yael Weissman, whose husband, Yanai, was murdered in 2016 in a supermarket by 2 teenage Palestinian terrorists, pens letter to judges as they prepare to hand down their sentence, explaining the 'huge empty void' left by his death; ‘These wretched murderers deserve the death penalty.’
The widow of Sgt. Tuvia Yanai Weissman, who was killed in 2016 during a terror attack carried out by Palestinian teenagers, has written a letter calling on the judges to impose the death sentence on the terrorist who murdered her husband.
“I will ask the honorable judge to read my letter, which expresses a little bit of what one small family is going through—a widowed mother, and a frail little daughter—who all that is left for them of their Yanai are memories, longing, and a huge empty void that was left by our Yanai, who was decorated for his acts of bravery, a hero in his death, but mostly a hero in his life,” wrote Yael Weissman in a letter set to be read to the judges as they give their sentence.
Two Palestinians, aged 14 from Beitunia, carried out a stabbing attack in the Sha'ar Binyamin Industrial Zone north of Jerusalem in February 2016 in a Rami Levi supermarket.
A third terrorist invovled unsuccessfully attempted to enter the the supermarket to join the attack.
Weissman, 21, was killed and a 36-year-old Israeli civilian was moderately wounded. Shoppers there pushed the terrorists back with shopping carts and a civilian at the scene then shot them, seriously wounding them.
All three terrorists were immediately caught and indictments were filed against them.
In her letter, Yael goes on to describe her husband, who served in the Nahal Brigade.
“Yanai was the first to get to the scene and fought with the terrorists and pushed one away from his victim, thereby saving his life. During the fight Yanai was stabbed and suffered serious injuries. At that point I was shielding Netta with my body during what was happening in a back aisle,” she said in reference to her daughter, who was four months old at the time.
“I began looking for Yanai, I ran between the aisles of the supermarket and what I saw and experienced I will never be able to forget. The amount of blood that was there, the screams of pain,” she recalls in the letter.
At the conclusion of the letter, Yael addresses the judges directly, recalling her experiences since Yanai was killed, before calling on the courts to use the full weight of the law against the terrorists.
“I am sure that Netta will be proud of her father when she grows up. I want Netta to grow up and know that there is no place in our country, in our environment, for the wretched and evil who choose evil,” she wrote.
“Yanai sacrificed his life, and both Netta and I sacrifice our lives every day, every hour, every minute as we continue to live without him. I call on the court, the honorable judge, to give the maximum punishment—the death penalty, which the wretched murderers deserve.”
A court discussion on the sentencing of one of the terrorists is set to take place on Wednesday in the military court in Ofer. The judicial process is still ongoing against two of the other terrorists.
The widow of Sgt. Tuvia Yanai Weissman, who was killed in 2016 during a terror attack carried out by Palestinian teenagers, has written a letter calling on the judges to impose the death sentence on the terrorist who murdered her husband.
“I will ask the honorable judge to read my letter, which expresses a little bit of what one small family is going through—a widowed mother, and a frail little daughter—who all that is left for them of their Yanai are memories, longing, and a huge empty void that was left by our Yanai, who was decorated for his acts of bravery, a hero in his death, but mostly a hero in his life,” wrote Yael Weissman in a letter set to be read to the judges as they give their sentence.
Two Palestinians, aged 14 from Beitunia, carried out a stabbing attack in the Sha'ar Binyamin Industrial Zone north of Jerusalem in February 2016 in a Rami Levi supermarket.
A third terrorist invovled unsuccessfully attempted to enter the the supermarket to join the attack.
Weissman, 21, was killed and a 36-year-old Israeli civilian was moderately wounded. Shoppers there pushed the terrorists back with shopping carts and a civilian at the scene then shot them, seriously wounding them.
All three terrorists were immediately caught and indictments were filed against them.
In her letter, Yael goes on to describe her husband, who served in the Nahal Brigade.
“Yanai was the first to get to the scene and fought with the terrorists and pushed one away from his victim, thereby saving his life. During the fight Yanai was stabbed and suffered serious injuries. At that point I was shielding Netta with my body during what was happening in a back aisle,” she said in reference to her daughter, who was four months old at the time.
“I began looking for Yanai, I ran between the aisles of the supermarket and what I saw and experienced I will never be able to forget. The amount of blood that was there, the screams of pain,” she recalls in the letter.
At the conclusion of the letter, Yael addresses the judges directly, recalling her experiences since Yanai was killed, before calling on the courts to use the full weight of the law against the terrorists.
“I am sure that Netta will be proud of her father when she grows up. I want Netta to grow up and know that there is no place in our country, in our environment, for the wretched and evil who choose evil,” she wrote.
“Yanai sacrificed his life, and both Netta and I sacrifice our lives every day, every hour, every minute as we continue to live without him. I call on the court, the honorable judge, to give the maximum punishment—the death penalty, which the wretched murderers deserve.”
A court discussion on the sentencing of one of the terrorists is set to take place on Wednesday in the military court in Ofer. The judicial process is still ongoing against two of the other terrorists.
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About 150 Israeli settlers on Sunday morning forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque in the presence of Israel's Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that the settlers carried out provocative tours in al-Aqsa courtyards and performed Talmudic rituals. So-called Temple Mount Organizations have recently called on Israeli settlers to participate in mass break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque scheduled for September to mark the new Hebrew year and other Jewish holidays. Israeli police on Sunday morning arrested the Islamic Awqaf employee Raed al-Zaghir during his work at al-Aqsa Mosque and transferred him to a nearby detention center for interrogation. For his part, Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Sheikh Yousef Edeis strongly condemned Israeli settlers' stepped-up break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque which usually witness the presence of senior Israeli officials like Ariel. |
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before storming and violently searching homes, and summoned five Palestinians for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of the city.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded homes in several neighborhoods in the city, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
They added that the soldiers summoned for interrogation five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Yousef Borqan, Sa’id Abu Ramouz, Majdi Rajabi, Amin Hamed Rajabi and Azzo Raja Gheith.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded homes in several neighborhoods in the city, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
They added that the soldiers summoned for interrogation five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Yousef Borqan, Sa’id Abu Ramouz, Majdi Rajabi, Amin Hamed Rajabi and Azzo Raja Gheith.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Hatem Tazaz’a and Amal Ziad Abu Ghorab.
The invasion led to protesters, and the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who hurled stones at the army jeeps.
Medical sources said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Hatem Tazaz’a and Amal Ziad Abu Ghorab.
The invasion led to protesters, and the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who hurled stones at the army jeeps.
Medical sources said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
8 sept 2018
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, 40, continues his hunger strike in Israeli jails for the seventh day in a row in protest at his arbitrary detention.
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said in a statement Saturday that Adnan started an open hunger strike on Sunday, 2nd September.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Adnan on 11th December 2017 on different charges including "incitement".
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said in a statement Saturday that Adnan started an open hunger strike on Sunday, 2nd September.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Adnan on 11th December 2017 on different charges including "incitement".
Three Palestinian citizens were kidnapped and three others were injured at dawn Saturday during IOF campaigns in different West Bank areas.
In Nablus, Israeli soldiers rounded up a young man identified as Alaa al-Tashtoush at Huwara checkpoint and took him aboard a military vehicle to an unknown place.
Other two young were also taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in Nablus and one of them was released later.
In Bethlehem, another young man called Muntaser al-Attrash was kidnapped from his home in the city.
In another context, two Palestinians, including a teenager, were wounded by Israeli gunfire during clashes with the IOF in Nablus city.
Another young man identified as Issa Hashash was run over deliberately by an Israeli patrol vehicle as it was leaving al-Quds street near Balata refugee camp at dawn.
A medical source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the young man was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
In Nablus, Israeli soldiers rounded up a young man identified as Alaa al-Tashtoush at Huwara checkpoint and took him aboard a military vehicle to an unknown place.
Other two young were also taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in Nablus and one of them was released later.
In Bethlehem, another young man called Muntaser al-Attrash was kidnapped from his home in the city.
In another context, two Palestinians, including a teenager, were wounded by Israeli gunfire during clashes with the IOF in Nablus city.
Another young man identified as Issa Hashash was run over deliberately by an Israeli patrol vehicle as it was leaving al-Quds street near Balata refugee camp at dawn.
A medical source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the young man was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
Israeli forces detained four Palestinians for allegedly attempting to cross into Israel via the security fence in the northern besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
The spokesperson of the Israeli army said that four people attempted to cross the Israeli security fence in the northern Gaza Strip; the four detainees were taken by Israeli intelligence services for interrogation.
The identities of the detainees were not immediately identified.
The Israeli army added that a knife and an ax were found on the detainees.
Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinians attempting to cross into Israel from the besieged Gaza Strip, which has suffered under a decade-long military blokade by Israel and Egypt.
The spokesperson of the Israeli army said that four people attempted to cross the Israeli security fence in the northern Gaza Strip; the four detainees were taken by Israeli intelligence services for interrogation.
The identities of the detainees were not immediately identified.
The Israeli army added that a knife and an ax were found on the detainees.
Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinians attempting to cross into Israel from the besieged Gaza Strip, which has suffered under a decade-long military blokade by Israel and Egypt.
