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Scores of Palestinians Kidnapped and Injured, Homes Demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces August 9, 2016 Editor's Note: The following news stories are just few examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, which cannot continue without the full financial and military support from the US-EU governments.
Palestinian Infant suffocates in Israeli pepper spray attack in Silwan Tuesday, August 9, 2016, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- An eight-month-old Palestinian female infant suffered from inhaling
pepper spray during an Israeli police raid on Monday evening on her
parents' house in Silwan district, east Jerusalem. 14 Palestinians kidnapped in W. Bank IOF campaigns Tuesday, August 9, 2016, RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnapped 14
Palestinians from their homes in different West Bank areas. Israeli police close educational consulting institution in Jerusalem Tuesday, August 9, 2016, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation police on Sunday closed the headquarters of
Sa'ed Educational Consulting Foundation in Occupied Jerusalem for one
year on allegations of its support for terrorist activities. Israeli Occupation Soldiers Demolish A Restaurant And A Porcelain Workshop, Near Nablus August 9, 2016 11:36 AM IMEMC News Israeli occupation soldiers, accompanied by military bulldozers, invaded earlier on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Sabastia, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished a restaurant and a porcelain workshop. Nael Sha’er, the head of Sabastia Local Council, said the soldiers demolished a restaurant, owned by resident Nael Aqel, and a Porcelain workshop, owned by Ahmad Thiab Aqel, near the archeological Palestinian area. The army said the constructions are located in Area C, under full Israeli military and administrative control. Sha’er added that the soldiers imposed curfew on the entire area, and prevented the Palestinians from leaving their homes. On Monday, the army forced a Palestinian to demolish his shed and barn under the same allegations, in Sebastia. In addition, the soldiers have kidnapped, at dawn Tuesday, four Palestinians from their homes, in a number of towns in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, and demolished five residential sheds, Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron. Also on Tuesday at dawn, the army invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped a former political prisoner, and injured seven Palestinians. Israeli Occupation Soldiers Demolish Five Residential Sheds Near Hebron August 9, 2016 10:29 AM IMEMC News A number of Israeli occupation forces' military jeeps and bulldozers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished five residential sheds. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the National and Popular Committees against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers surrounded the village before invading it. He added that the five sheds were located close to the Carmiel illegal colony, built on private Palestinian property. The demolished residential sheds belong to several members of the al-Hathaleen family, and have been previously demolished eight times. Israel is frequently trying to displace the villagers in order to replace the indigenous Palestinians, to expand illegal nearby colonies. Um al-Kheir, a small Palestinian Bedouin community, was built by the residents under funding from the European Union. It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have kidnapped, at dawn, four Palestinians from their homes, in a number of towns in the Hebron district. Also on Tuesday at dawn, the army invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped a former political prisoner, and injured seven Palestinians. Israeli Occupation Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In Hebron August 9, 2016 10:03 AM IMEMC News Hebron, The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that Israeli occupation soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four Palestinians in a number of towns in the district. The PPS said several Israeli occupation army vehicles invaded Sa’ir town, east of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a young man identified as Najeeb Kawazba. It added that the soldiers also kidnapped a young man, identified as Monther Abu Warda, from his home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. The soldiers also searched homes in Doura town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped Tha’er Mohammad Nassar. Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad No’man Za’aqeeq, was kidnapped from his home in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron after the soldiers violently searched his home and several nearby homes. Also on Tuesday at dawn, the army invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped a former political prisoner, and injured seven Palestinians. Israeli Occupation Army Injures Seven Palestinians, Kidnaps One, In Bethlehem August 9, 2016 9:11 AM IMEMC News Bethlehem, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped a former political prisoner from his home and injured seven Palestinians during ensuing clashes. Local sources said the soldiers broke into and searched several homes, including the home of former political prisoner, Nidal Naim Abu Aker, 48, and abducted him. The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles, while the army fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. Deheishe News It is worth mentioning that Abu Aker previously spent eleven years imprisoned in Israeli detention centers under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial. He was released some months ago after holding an extended hunger strike. Deheishe News *** 24 female activists to sail for Gaza next month to break the Israeli siege August 7, 2016, LONDON, (PIC)-- Head of Miles of Smiles aid convoys 'Isam Yousef expects that around
24 female activists are likely to be aboard the boats, "Amal and
Zaytouna," slated to set sail for the besieged Gaza Strip next month. Israeli settler gangs storm Aqsa Mosque, guard kidnapped August 7, 2016, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Hordes of fanatic Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning the holy
al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate. 9-year-old disabled child injured, others kidnapped in Israeli assaults August 7, 2016, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Several Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli
occupation forces (IOF) and a nine-year-old disabled child was left
injured at dawn Sunday in abrupt sweeps launched across the West Bank
and Jerusalem. Civilians stranded as Israel seals off Nablus-Salfit access road August 7, 2016, SALFIT, (PIC)-- Several Palestinians have been stranded as the Israeli occupation
forces (IOF) on Sunday closed the Nablus-Salfit Road, to the west of the
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