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Trigger-Happy Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill Innocent Palestinian Passenger  Mustafa Nimir, Injure Driver, in East Jerusalem, Attack School Children With Tear Gas

September 8, 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 Mustafa Nimir who was killed by trigger-happy Israeli occupation soldiers in East Jerusalem, September 5, 2016

Dozens of Schoolchildren Suffer The Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Hebron, file, September 7, 2016	Israeli occupation forces shell Gaza City, September 6, 2016

 

Israeli military admits they killed 25-year old Palestinian by mistake – but blame driver for ‘driving erratically’

September 8, 2016 11:26 AM

IMEMC, Celine Hagbard

After several eyewitnesses and video and photos contradicted the Israeli occupation military’s claim that the 25-year old Palestinian they shot to death Monday (September 5, 2016) was trying to “ram” their vehicles with his car, the Israeli military changed their story. They admitted that Mustafa Nimir was not the driver of the vehicle at all, but then tried to blame his brother-in-law for driving ‘erratically’, which they claim led them to shoot both men, killing one and injuring the other.

Mustafa Nimir, 25, was returning home along with his brother-in-law Ali after the two had gone shopping and purchased clothes for Ali’s six year old daughter, and baked goods for the family.

Upon their return to their neighborhood in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, they encountered an Israeli military invasion of the camp. The Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on the car in which the two relatives were traveling, killing Mustafa and severely wounding his cousin Ali.

Immediately following the shooting, the Israeli military released a statement that the two men had been attempting to ‘ram’ the Israeli military vehicles.

But after CCTV video footage, photos and eyewitnesses showed that the soldiers opened fire without provocation, they changed their story to say that the shooting was a mistake, and that they would investigate.

On Wednesday, the military again changed their story, saying that it was Ali’s fault that the two relatives were shot by the Israeli military, because he was driving ‘erratically’. They also claimed that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Neither DUI or driving erratically are considered capital offenses under Israeli law, but the military is attempting to use these claims as a justification for their shooting of the vehicle.

Ali, who is in serious condition in an Israeli hospital and has been denied visitation by his family, is now facing charges from the Israeli military for the alleged crime of driving erratically.

Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Seventeen Palestinians In The West Bank, Injure One In Gaza

September 8, 2016 2:29 PM IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday evening and at night, and earlier on Thursday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers also shot one Palestinian in Gaza.

The Jerusalem office of the PPS said the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including two siblings and two children.

The PPS said that resident Mohammad Jihad Za’tary, 19, from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, was kidnapped from his work in Pisgat Zeev.

On Wednesday at night, the soldiers kidnapped two children, identified as Fathi Nasser and Mustafa Abu Bakr, members of a scout troupe that was preparing for a campaign to clean the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The two children were placing campaign posters on a number of walls, preparing for an activity that is planned for Friday, ahead of the Al-Adha Muslim feast.

Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped two siblings, identified as Hamed Obeid and Adam Obeid.

On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers invaded Surif town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped four Palestinians.

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said several army vehicles invaded Surif town, before the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bassam Eghneimat and Saifeddin al-Hoor.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Surif town, searched homes and kidnapped Anan Abdul-Hamid Ekhlayyel, 21, and Mohammad Hasan ‘Aadi, 22.

The soldiers also invaded the home of Yahya Saleh, searched his property and summoned him for interrogation in the Etzion military base and security center.

Furthermore, the Ramallah office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of the city, and kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Saddam Shaher Barghouthi, 26.

Also in Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Rami Mahmoud Sajdiyya, in addition to two former political prisoners, identified as Fadi Darweesh, 35, and Ahmad Zeid, 55.

In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Ismael Mohammad Kalbouna, 21, and Hisham Mohammad Bishkar, 21.

On Wednesday evening, the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Amjad Saleh Abu Aker.

Also on Wednesday evening, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Sabri Kamil, after breaking into his home and searching it.

In the Gaza Strip, the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, shot and injured an 18-year-old Palestinian in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region. 

Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Hebron

September 8, 2016 10:55 AM

 IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Surif northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped four Palestinians.

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said several army vehicles invaded Surif town, before the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bassam Eghneimat and Saifeddin al-Hoor.

The soldiers also invaded the home of Yahya Saleh, searched his property and summoned him for interrogation in the Etzion military base and security center.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Surif town, searched homes and kidnapped Anan Abdul-Hamid Ekhlayyel, 21, and Mohammad Hasan ‘Aadi, 22.

In related news, the soldiers invaded a number of homes in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, interrogated many Palestinians, and violently searched their homes causing excessive damage.

Owners of some of the invaded homes are lawyer Ayesh Abu Mayyala, Naji Al-Atrash, Najeh al-Atrash and Adnan al-Atrash.

On Wednesday evening, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Sabri Kamil, after breaking into his home and searching it. 

Dozens of Schoolchildren Suffer The Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Hebron 

September 7, 2016 10:28 AM

IMEMC News Hebron,

Medical sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that dozens of schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, on Wednesday morning, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs near them at a roadblock in the city.

The sources said that the soldiers fired many gas bombs at the children as they were on their way to their schools, and were attempting to cross the Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, west of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron.

The children were trying to reach the Ibrahimiyya, Khadija Bin al-Waleed, an-Noorin, al-Faiha’, and al-Hajeriyya schools, in the Old City of Hebron.

The soldiers also fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at many Palestinians, trying to cross the roadblock.

Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, despite obstructions from soldiers at roadblocks, and provided the wounded with the needed medical aid.

Israeli Forces Shell Northern Gaza

September 6, 2016 11:28 PM

IMEMC News & Agencies

Several military training sites belonging to different political movements in the Gaza Strip were reportedly hit with Israeli fire during the predawn hours of Tuesday, according to local Palestinian and Israeli army sources, with the army saying they were responding to gunfire directed at Israeli soldiers stationed near the northern border of the besieged coastal enclave.

Palestinian sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces fired at least four artillery shells at sites belonging to the military wings of both the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, while two other sites were targeted by machine gun fire.

The sources said that one of the artillery shells hit a civilian home belonging to the al-Shanti family, in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel.

The shell reportedly caused damages to the house, though no injuries were reported.

Israeli artillery fire also reportedly hit the “Palestine” military site east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing.

The “Khaybar” training site belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades was also hit.

A watchtower belonging to the Islamic Jihad movement’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, was also hit. No casualties or injuries were reported, though the shelling reportedly caused material damages to all the sites that were hit.

An Israeli army spokesperson said that the shelling came in response to shots being fired overnight, towards Israeli soldiers stationed across the northern border of Gaza.

The spokesperson claimed that Israeli forces had responded with two artillery shells, rather than the four reported by local sources.

Separately, Israeli troops stationed at watchtowers around the Erez border crossing, near Beit Hanoun, reportedly shot live fire at a military site used by the security services of the Hamas-run Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip.

The shooting caused material damages to the building. No injuries were reported.

Israeli troops also reportedly opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands and residential areas east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army claimed, in a statement, that its troops were responding to to machine gun fire from the Gaza Strip that was being directed towards Israel’s Reim Kibbutz, located just east of the central Gaza Strip.

Tuesday morning’s shelling in the north of Gaza came just two days after Israeli forces hit at least two sites belonging to Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades with artillery shells. No injuries were reported in Sunday’s shelling.

The Israeli army fired missiles into the northern Gaza Strip two weeks ago, near the town of Beit Hanoun, that left at least five Palestinians injured, after a rocket reportedly fired from Gaza fell inside the southern Israeli city of Sderot, with no injuries or damage reported by the Israeli army.

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