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2 Palestinians Killed, Scores Injured, Kidnapped, Mistreated by Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Illegal Settlers,

December 29, 2015 

 

The Israeli  notorious settler Baruch Marzel attacked on Monday the Palestinian girl Dania Abu Ramlia near a make-shift military checkpoint, south of al-Khalil, December 29, 2015.	Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian protesters in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem, December 29, 2015.

 

Two Palestinians Killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli Occupation Soldiers

Monday, December 28, 2015, 11:06 by IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, Sunday, that one Palestinian died of wounds suffered several days ago, after Israeli occupation soldiers shot him while working on his land, and Hamas fighter was killed in a tunnel collapse accident.

The sources said the Yousef Abu Sbeikha al-Boheiri, 48, from the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, died of very serious wounds he suffered, on Friday, while working in his farmland.

He injured after Israeli occupation soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on several farmers, working in their lands close to the border fence.

In addition, a fighter of the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, also died Sunday when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed, burying him under the rubble.

Al-Qassam said Abdul-Rahman al-Mobasher was one of its senior field leaders in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Illegal Israeli Settler and Soldiers Assault Four Children in Hebron

Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 10:33 by IMEMC News & Agencies

An illegal Israeli settler, on Tuesday, attacked four children in the old city of Hebron, causing them injuries and bruises.

WAFA correspondence said that an illegal Israeli settler, protected by Israeli forces, attacked Dana al-Tamimi, age 7, striking her repeatedly on her head and face, smashing her teeth and causing her bruises and cuts on her head.

 Israeli occupation soldiers reportedly prevented paramedics’ access to the scene of the attack, However, Dana’s father managed to carry her away and put her in an ambulance for medical treatment. Forces also reportedly beat three other children, including Dana’s 10-year-old brother, Mo’tasm. The other two were identified as brothers Nabil and Farhat al-Rajbi, ages 10 and 14.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Nablus

Monday December 28, 2015 11:39 by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several neighborhoods in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and kidnapped three young Palestinian men.

The soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the city, before storming and searching many homes, causing property damage, and kidnapped the three Palestinians.

Media sources in Nablus said the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Abdul-Halim Sayeh, 25, Ahmad Sarwan, 21, and 'Adel al-Fakhouri, 19. Also on Monday, the soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped three Palestinians, shot and injured two others.

Israeli Occupation Army Injures Two Palestinians, Kidnaps Three, In Qalandia

Monday December 28, 2015 11:23 by IMEMC & Agencies

Dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the Qalandia Refugee Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped three Palestinians and injured two others.

Local sources said several military vehicles invaded Qalandia, approximately at 4 at dawn, stormed and violently searched several homes, and kidnapped three young men. The soldiers smashed the doors of many homes, and ransacked the properties, causing excessive damage.

The Israeli occupation army also invaded several stores in the refugee camp, after breaking into them, and searched them. The invasion led to clashes with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, while the army fired several live rounds, wounding two Palestinians.  

Israeli settler brutally attacks girl in al-Khalil

December 29, 2015, AL-KHALIL, (PIC)--

The Israeli  notorious settler Baruch Marzel attacked on Monday the Palestinian girl Dania Abu Ramlia near a make-shift military checkpoint, south of al-Khalil.

The brutal attack was carried out under the protection of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) who were stationed in the area.

Medical sources said that the girl suffered moderate injuries all over her body.

Despite the fact that the international humanitarian law requires the "State of Israel" to provide protection for Palestinian civilians who reside in the territory it occupies, settlers’ attacks that take place on the ground and mostly go without punishment indicate that the occupying power feed settlers violence in the occupied West Bank, and encourages settlers to commit more crimes against Palestinians.

MK Zoabi: Israelis real terrorists

December 29, 2015, NAZARETH, (PIC)--

The real terrorism is the one perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army and propped up  by Israeli political institutions, Arab MK Hanin Zoabi said Monday.

Talking in a speech at a no-confidence motion in parliament against the Israeli government on Monday, MK Zoabi wondered: “Has any [Israeli] dared to accuse the criminals who burned [18-month-old] Ali to death and killed [his parents] Saad and Riham? Who has ever described them as psychopaths or terrorists?”

“Who has been killing and legitimizing the murder of Palestinian children? Aren’t they the ones who gave instructions for the execution of some 500 children in Gaza and the murder of 1,700 Palestinians in the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza?” Zoabi added.

“Who is the real terrorist? Who is more bloodthirsty? Who does rejoice at butchery?,” she said. 

“Not only do Israelis kill and feign tears, shed blood and dance; they also kill and look for pretexts,” Zoabi further stated.

“The real terrorist is the Israeli army and the real terrorism is the one perpetrated by the Israeli occupation,” the MK concluded.  

Israeli fanatics storm Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque

December 29, 2015, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

Hordes of Israeli fanatics, escorted by police forces, stormed on Tuesday morning Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate.

The settler groups performed sacrilegious rituals, provoking the anger of the peaceful Muslim sit-inners and learners who kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” in protest at the break-in.

The Israeli occupation police also cracked down on the Muslim women, denying them access into al-Aqsa Mosque to perform their religious prayers.

Israeli extremist settlers have often desecrated the holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—sparking widespread tension across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Meanwhile, Israeli army troops rolled into Kifl Haris town, in northern Salfit, and provided a security shield for the extremist settlers who stormed Islamic holy places of worship in the area.

Eyewitnesses said several Israeli settlers flocked to the town in the early morning hours and performed provocative rituals.

The Israeli occupation soldiers reportedly broke into Palestinian civilian homes and ravaged them without prior notifications. 

9 Palestinians kidnapped by IOF from W. Bank, Occupied Jerusalem

December 29, 2015, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

At least nine Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from the Occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem at dawn Tuesday.

According to a PIC news reporter, the IOF rolled into Kafr Akeb town and the Qalandiya refugee camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, shortly before they attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot waves of live rounds, rubber bullets, and tear gas canisters.

The occupation patrols further broke into civilian homes and wreaked havoc on them.

The assault culminated in the abduction of two youngsters from the Qalandiya camp and another youth from Kafr Akeb. 12-year-old Imad Zgheir was also arrested in the assault and released hours later.

The IOF further stormed the West Bank province of Nablus and ravaged civilian homes before they kidnapped the ex-prisoner and university student Amir Eshetiyeh.

The IOF threatened to knock down the family homes of the two slain Palestinians Nour al-Deen and Muhammad Saba’na, located in Jenin’s town of Qabatiya.

The IOF rummaged into the Saba’na family homes and cracked down on the local inhabitants before they threatened to reduce the two buildings to rubble sometime soon.

Both Nour al-Deen and Muhammad Saba’na were fatally shot by the occupation army some three days ago in Hawara town on allegation of attempting to stab Israeli soldiers.

Another Palestinian student, identified as Aseel Dhiaa al-Zugheibi, was kidnapped by the IOF from Jenin province.

The IOF reportedly rolled into the Jenin refugee camp at the crack of dawn and showered the area with bullet fire.

Two more youngsters were kidnapped by the IOF from Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun.

Earlier, overnight, violent clashes with the IOF rocked Azzoun. Two Palestinian protesters sustained live bullet wounds and others choked on tear gas.

The Israeli occupation troops further stormed al-Khalil city, in the southern occupied West Bank, and nabbed the citizen Muslim Ashour.

The IOF also rolled into the West Bank province of Ramallah and ravaged the home of MP Hassan Youssef, locked up in Israeli jails, before they subjected his family members to intensive questioning.

10-year-old, girl among 4 Palestinians kidnapped by IOF from Occupied Jerusalem

December 29, 2015, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday kidnapped four Palestinian civilians from Occupied Jerusalem city, including a 10-year-old child and a girl.

Local Sources said the IOF rolled into Jerusalem’s eastern village of al-Issawiya and kidnapped 10-year-old Muhammad Ali Daud Dirbas.

The child was dragged by the IOF to an Israeli detention center pending further interrogation.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli army soldiers manning the Ja’ba’ military checkpoint, to the northeast of Occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped an unidentified Palestinian girl.

Two Palestinian youngsters were also kidnapped by the occupation troops on allegations of hiding arms inside of a house in Jerusalem’s eastern town of Silwan.

Israeli police claimed in a statement they stormed a house in Ras al-Amoud, in Silwan, and detected six explosive devices and two sound bombs. The house owner was kidnapped shortly afterwards.

Another army patrol claimed they found two explosive devices and ammunition inside a booth in Sultan Suleiman Street, downtown in Occupied Jerusalem. The kiosk owner, a resident of Wadi al-Juz, was also kidnapped moments later.

The Israeli occupation police sealed off the bus lane in the Suleiman Street and wreaked havoc on a number of commercial shops before they seized stalls from the area.

Clashes flare up as IOF attacks Palestinian protesters

December 29, 2015, QALQILYA, (PIC)--

Violent clashes flared up on Monday evening between a group of Palestinian protestors and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the central West Bank, and in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said violent confrontations burst out on the main entrance to Azzoun town, in eastern Qlaqilya, where the IOF attacked Palestinian civilians with spates of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.

The clashes were triggered after the IOF aggressively disbanded a peaceful march calling for the release of 15-year-old Kariman Sweidan, kidnapped on Sunday on allegations of carrying a knife.

Youngster Basem Nabil Umran sustained live bullet wounds in his hand in the same clashes.

Violent confrontations also rocked the Shu’fat refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem, shortly after the IOF rolled into the area and targeted the locals with tear gas canisters.

Simmering Israeli terrorism across the occupied Palestinian territories took away the lives of at least 142 Palestinians, including 27 children and seven women, since the outbreak of the anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada in early October.

Israeli occupation to build 55,000 illegal West Bank settlement units

December 29, 2015, NAZARETH, (PIC)--

Israeli settler watchdog Peace Now warned in a new report on Monday that the Israeli Housing Ministry is seeking a massive series of new settlement expansions cutting across all sections of the occupied West Bank and totaling 55,548 new settlement units.

In a report based on government data obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, Peace Now said the housing ministry was seeking to build 55,548 units in the occupied West Bank — including two new settlements.

Over 8,300 settlement units would be in E1 area, and would, therefore, divide the remaining Palestinian parts of the occupied West Bank. 

The possibility of building in the E1 has caused considerable concern that it would effectively prevent a contiguous Palestinian state.

“The area of Maaleh Adumim and E1 is one of the most sensitive areas in terms of the chances for a two state solution,” Peace Now wrote.

“For these reasons, whenever an Israeli leader tries to promote the plans in E1, the international community strongly condemns them,” the report added.

Over the past decade, the occupation government built a police station and infrastructure for 1,500 settlement units in the area without construction licenses.  

The United States has voiced particular concern about Israeli settlement plans for E1, dubbing the area a red zone, for any new settlement units would dismember the geographical ties between the southern and northern occupied West Bank, and would, thus, turn the establishment of an independent Palestinian state into the most impossible of all projects.

 

 

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