US-Funded Israeli Occupation Government and its Forces Continue the Persecution and Subjugation of the Palestinian People, March 6, 2017

US-Funded Israeli Occupation Government and its Forces Continue the Persecution and Subjugation of the Palestinian People

March 6, 2017


A Palestinian journalist was shot in the face by Israeli occupation soldiers in Kafr Qaddoum, March 4, 2017	Israeli Army Injures Two Palestinian In Northern Gaza, March 4, 2017

One Seriously; Israeli Army Injures Two Palestinian In Northern Gaza

March 4, 2017 4:04 AM IMEMC News

Two Palestinians have been injured; one suffered a life-threatening injury, on Friday evening, after Israeli soldiers stationed in fortified military towers, across the border fence, opened fire at several Palestinians in their lands, close to the border fence, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired many live rounds, including sniper fire, at the Palestinians, seriously wounded one Palestinian with a bullet in his abdomen, while another Palestinian suffered a moderate injury in his right leg.

Palestinian ambulances sped to the scene of the Israeli attack, and rushed the two Palestinians to the Indonesian Hospital, in northern Gaza.

Also on Friday evening, the soldiers opened fire at Palestinian shepherds and their herds, in northern Gaza.

Kafr Qaddoum: Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist

March 4, 2017 4:08 AM IMEMC News & Agencies

03/03/17 | Popular Resistance Committee of Kafr Qaddoum | Occupied Palestine

Today, at the weekly Friday protest in Kafr Qaddoum, a large number of Israeli Forces raided the village and fired large amounts of live ammunition, rubber coated steel bullets, stun grenades and teargas at Palestinian protesters. One journalist, from Palestine TV, was shot in the head with a rubber coated steel bullet. A group of masked Israeli soldiers also took his telephone, and deleted all of his pictures and videos from the demonstration. The journalist is alive, but will be hospitalized over the night. Later a large number of masked Israeli Forces raided the village, trying to arrest Palestinians, and entering the house of a Palestinian family, scaring the crying children.

The protest started with a march at 12.30, after the Friday noon prayer in the local mosque of Kafr Qaddoum. A large group of Palestinians, journalists, and a few Israeli and international activists marched from the mosque towards the closed road that used to connect Kafr Qaddoum with the large city of Nablus.

After marching for around 30 meters, three Israeli Military jeeps and large numbers of Israeli forces arrived. They opened fire on the Palestinian protesters, who retreated back further into the village. Between 1 PM and 3 PM, Israeli forces continuously fired live ammunition, rubber coated steel bullets, stun grenades and teargas at the Palestinian protesters.

At several points, masked Israeli soldiers stormed the village, in an attempt to arrest the protesters. At one point, a large group of masked Israeli soldiers, entered the house of a Palestinian family, who were not participating in the demonstration. From outside the house, Palestinian children were heard screaming and crying, and Israeli soldiers were yelling intensely at the people inside the house.

Ahmad, a journalist from Palestine TV, was shot in the head by Israeli forces with a rubber coated steel bullet, and was bleeding heavily from his forehead. Israeli soldiers also took his private telephone, and deleted all of the pictures and videos he had made of Israeli soldiers firing live ammunition at Palestinian protesters. The journalist is now hospitalized, where he will stay under supervision over the night.

183 administrative detention orders issued by Israeli courts without trials, since the start of 2017

March 5, 2017

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183 administrative detention orders were issued by Israeli courts since the start of 2017, 88 among which issued in February alone, the Palestine Prisoners Center for Studies reported.

Media spokesman for the Palestine Prisoners Center, Reyad al-Ashkar, said such arbitrary administrative orders issued against Palestinian detainees, with neither charge nor trial, are signs of Israel’s disregard for international laws.

“The administrative terms issued since the start of 2017 prove that Israel uses such a policy as part of a collective punishment tactic against the Palestinians,” noted al-Ashkar.

The sentences issued in February included 23 new terms and 65 renewed terms, all ranging from two to six months.

Al-Khalil province topped the list with 32 administrative detention orders, followed by 23 in Ramallah.

The Israeli prison authorities renewed the administrative sentences of three Palestinians for the fifth time running and of 21 others for the fourth time. 23 prisoners were, meanwhile, subjected to a renewed sentence for the second consecutive time.

Israeli military vehicles on Sunday morning launched a limited incursion into eastern Rafah province, south of Gaza Strip.

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Israeli military vehicles on Sunday morning launched a limited incursion into eastern Rafah province, south of Gaza Strip.

A PIC news correspondent said four Israeli army bulldozers deployed at the Sofa military base moved 50 meters into eastern Rafah city, near the border fence.

Army tanks escorted the bulldozers all the way through the infiltration.

The Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands in the area. At the same time, Israeli drones kept hovering over the territory.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon subjected Palestinian civilians at a military checkpoint in western Jenin to exhaustive questioning.

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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon subjected Palestinian civilians at a military checkpoint in western Jenin to exhaustive questioning.

A PIC news correspondent quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Israeli soldiers deployed on Haifa Road, at Kafrdan crossroads, stopped Palestinian citizens and subjected them to intensive questioning.

Palestinian vehicles and civilians lined up in streets as the IOF blocked their access to their homes and workplaces via the checkpoint.

At least 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and others were left injured at daybreak Sunday in assaults on the West Bank and Jerusalem

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At least 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and others were left injured at daybreak Sunday in assaults on the West Bank and Jerusalem.

The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 10 Palestinians on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.

The campaign targeted seven Palestinians from Bethlehem province, two from al-Khalil, including a Hamas affiliate, and another Palestinian from Jerusalem’s eastern town of al-Izriya.

Reporting from Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem, a PIC reporter said 10 Israeli patrols stormed the town and kidnapped Hussam al-Sheikh, 26, Murad al-Sheikh, 19, Hamza al-Sheikh, 21, and Hussein al-Sheikh, 20.

The IOF further stormed Tekou’ town and carried out an arbitrary abduction sweep.

28-year-old Palestinian poet Mahmoud Ayad, nicknamed al-Mourabit, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces from his home in al-Duheisha camp, south of Bethlehem.

At the same time, injuries were reported among the Palestinian protesters following the IOF assaults. Keywords : IOFWest BankArrests

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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank

March 5, 2017 7:51 PM IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and on Sunday evening, ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The PPS stated that the soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men while walking close to the Za’tara military roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The Palestinians were walking in lands close to the roadblock when the soldiers stopped them, and abducted them, allegedly for “carrying knives.”

In related news, the soldiers abducted overnight and on Sunday morning, eight Palestinians after storming and violently searching their homes, in different parts of the West Bank.

The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Marah Rabah village, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Hussam Mohammad Sheikh, 26, Morad Mahmoud Sheikh, 19, Hamza Abdullah Sheikh, 21, and Hussein Amro Sheikh, 20.

Also in Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, and abducted Mahmoud Karim Ayyad.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud ‘Asafra, 20, from Beit Kahel town, west of the city, and Sabri Ibrahim Awad, 22, from Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Malek Abu Sneina, 18, from Jerusalem’s Old City.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted eight Palestinians in Friday, and eight others on Saturday.

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