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2 Palestinians Killed, Hundreds Injured by Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Illegal Settlers

April 7, 2019 

Editor's Note:

While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources: https://english.palinfo.com/, http://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

 

New Israeli teargas bombs thrown at Palestinian protesters inside Gaza, April 5, 2019

A Palestinian child hit by an Israeli settler car in the West Bank, April 5, 2019

 

Israeli Occupation Army Cause Dozens Of Schoolchildren To Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Hebron

April 7, 2019 8:02 AM IMEMC News Hebron, Israeli attacks, News Report, West Bank 0 07 Apr 8:02 AM

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked, Sunday, schoolchildren while standing in line before the beginning of the school day in Hebron Elementary School, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Adnan Da’na, the principal of the school, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs into the school’s yard, as the students were standing in line ahead of the start of their school day.

He added that dozens of schoolchildren, and several teachers, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, while some of them were rushed to al-Mohtaseb Hospital in the city, due to the severe effects that made them unable to breathe.

The attack is part of repeated Israeli violations targeting schoolchildren, and educational facilities in Hebron, and in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In West Bank

April 7, 2019 12:58 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, Sunday, at least five Palestinians, including a deaf young man who was also assaulted by the soldiers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the governorate, and abducted M0ohannad Mahmoud Jaradat, 20, who is also a deaf young man, in addition to Hamza Mousa Darabea.

The PPS added that the soldiers assaulted Jaradat, causing cuts and bruises, before abducting him.

In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Shoufa village, southeast of the city, searched homes and abducted Essam Ibrahim Hamed, 33.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted Ahmad ‘Ayed Salaheddin, in addition to Mousa Rajabi, who was taken prisoner after the soldiers stormed his home and work in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem.

83 Palestinians Wounded by Israeli Occupation Soldiers in Great Return March Protests in eastern Gaza

April 6, 2019 12:17 AM IMEMC News

At least 83 Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli occupation soldiers' live gunfire fired against non-violent demonstrators in eastern Gaza on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

In addition, the Israeli forces stationed at the Gaza-Israel border used a strange new bright red tear gas against demonstrators, containing unknown chemicals and noxious fumes.

“At least 83 Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ aggression against the participants in the activities of the 53rd anniversary of the march of return and breaking the peaceful siege,” said Ashraf al-Qadra, spokesman for the Health Ministry.

Among the wounded were three who were critically wounded by live gunfire, according to al-Qidra.

An AFP correspondent reported that dozens of demonstrators tried to cross the fence, and soldiers stationed in sniper towers fired live bullets and tear gas canisters directly at the demonstrators.

A Palestinian eyewitness reported that the Israeli army used several tear gas canisters “from which red smoke came out, which appeared to be poisonous gas.”

Some protesters lit tires during protests.

Several thousand protesters participated in the weekly demonstration, which is in its 53rd week, after beginning on 30 March 2018, demanding the lifting of the Israeli siege imposed more than a decade ago.

The weekly protest also calls for the “right of return” for refugees who were displaced from their homes in what is now Israel 70 years ago.

The head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyya said during Friday sermon that “our people will not retreat from the march of return. We are moving in three ways to pressure the occupation to respond to the demands of the Palestinian people There is positive movement in the talks of calm, unity and our strategic choice for reconciliation, legitimacy and the formation of a government of all [Palestinian] factions.”

“Our cause is not merely humanitarian, it is a matter of national liberation.”

Haniyya’s statement came after Hamas and Israel reached an understanding, mediated by Israel, to hold to a tentative truce after a wave of escalation by Israeli forces over the past month – including hundreds of airstrikes and the amassing of hundreds of tanks at the Gaza-Israel border.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Using Strange Teargas against Gaza Protesters

April 6, 2019 7:28 AM IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers have been using the Great Return March and its thousands of protesters as a sort of testing ground for new forms of weaponry and crowd control, say physicians in the Gaza Strip. They talk of explosive bullets and an unknown gas that causes severe convulsions and loss of consciousness, among other symptoms.

“We are being used as guinea pigs to test new weapons, as the case in past Israeli wars on Gaza,” says Ashraf al-Qedra, MD, spokesperson for the Gaza Health Ministry.

Local sources said that Israeli forces used an unknown kind of teargas against peaceful protesters on the 53rd Friday of the Great March of Return.

These are new teargas bombs that give off red and yellow fumes and have been used for the first time against the peaceful protestors, and no one knows what they are composed of, the source added, according to Days of Palestine.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that at least 83 Palestinians reached the hospitals on the 53rd Friday of the Great March of Return.

Palestinians participate in these protests every Friday, in an attempt to put pressure on  Israeli authorities to break the siege imposed for more than 12 years.

Israel has killed more than 260 Palestinians, injured more than 28,000 others since the beginning of the marches, on March 30, 2018.

Israeli occupation soldiers Kill a Palestinian inside Gaza, injure 2,  by firing at them from across the borer fence

April 3, 2019

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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday (April 3, 2019) evening fatally shot one Palestinian young man and injured two others before detaining them during their attempt to cross into the Israeli side through the security fence in southern Gaza.

According to 0404 website, the three Gazan young men suffered serious bullet injuries and were arrest, but one of them died in an Israeli hospital. A spokesperson for the Israeli army claimed the detained young men were found in possession of knives.

 Israeli settlers Kill a Palestinian in Nablus

April 3, 2019

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The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday condemned the killing of the Palestinian citizen Mohammed Abdul-Fattah by an Israeli settler earlier in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Hamas stressed that the Israeli soldiers and settlers' regular attacks, which led to the killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians on the West Bank roads, should be met with opening the door for the resistance to respond.

Palestinian child seriously injured after being hit by an Israeli settler's car in Hebron

 April 5, 2019

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A Palestinian boy suffered serious injuries on Friday after he was deliberately struck by an Israeli settler in a speeding car in At-Tuwani village, south of al-Khalil. Local sources reported that Ays Houshiya, 15, was rushed to hospital for treatment after he was seriously injured in the attack. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli settler further chased other Palestinian citizens in the same village in an attempt to hit them but they managed to escape.

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian cars on road north of Ramallah

April 5, 2019

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A horde of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers on Thursday hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles on a road near the illegal settlement of Halamish, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said that extrimist settlers rallied on a road used by the Palestinians near their settlement and embarked on showering cars with stones, which caused panic among the passengers. They added that the settlers tried to intercept and stop one car and assault its passengers, but the driver managed to avoid them and leave the area.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Defiles Al-Aqsa Mosque

April 4, 2019

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Extremist rabbi and Knesset member Yehuda Glick along with dozens of illegal Israeli settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police protection on Thursday morning. According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Occupied Jerusalem, about 68 settlers, including Glick, entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.

The Israeli police allowed Glick and settlers to perform rituals near the Mosque’s Bab al-Rahma prayer area. About 100 police officers wearing civilian attire also defiled the Mosque in the morning. The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.  

The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers. During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.

Israeli occupation police soldiers assault and arrest Al-Aqsa Mosque guards

April 5, 2019

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The Israeli police on Thursday arrested a guard of al-Aqsa Mosque after severely beating him.

Quds Press said that an Israeli police officer attempted to enter Bab al-Rahma prayer area in al-Aqsa Mosque and walk over the prayer carpets with his shoes on, but the Aqsa guard Emran al-Rajabi prevented him.

The news agency reported that the Israeli police physically assaulted al-Rajabi, seized his mobile, handcuffed him, and took him to a nearby interrogation center.

The incident is not the first of its kind as Israeli police officers regularly attack Aqsa guards and worshipers, try by all means to provoke their feelings, and show no respect to the holy site.

 IOF kidnaps 6 Palestinians in West Bank sweeps Short url Related

April 5, 2019

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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Friday arrested six Palestinians during West Bank raids.

The IOF announced that six Palestinian citizens were arrested during campaigns in different West Bank areas for allegedly being involved in anti-Israel activities. Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian homes were searched during the raids.

Israeli occupation soldiers raze Araqib village homes in Negev for 141st time

April 5, 2019

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The Israeli occupation soldiers on Wednesday morning demolished all the Palestinian homes of the Bedouin village of Araqib in the Negev desert for the 141st consecutive time at the pretext that the structures were unlicensed.

Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by police forces stormed the village and embarked on removing all crude homes and tents.

Dozens of Bedouin citizens, including children, have become homeless and will suffer from the harsh weather of the desert for a while before they could have new makeshift homes again.

Araqib residents live in a constant state of fear because they expect the demolition of their village at any moment after they manage to rebuild their homes again.

However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and inhumane policy of demolition, uprooting and displacement will only increase the residents’ resolve and adherence to their land and village even if Israel demolishes it thousands of times.  

Al-Araqib is one of several Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, which are "unrecognized" by Israel.

The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in the Negev is a systematic Israeli policy aimed at expelling the native population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned areas to pave the way to expand and build settlements for Jewish communities.

 Israeli occupation army carries out incursion into Gaza, targets fishermen Short url Related

April 5, 2019

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Israeli occupation army bulldozers on Thursday morning infiltrated into a border area in the southeast of the Gaza Strip, while gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern coast of Gaza.

According to local news reports, six armored bulldozers entered the eastern border area of Abasan town and al-Farrahin neighborhood in Khan Younis and embarked on leveling lands.

Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats fired shells and bullets at Palestinian fishing boats during their presence within two miles off the northern shore of Gaza, with no reported casualties.

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PCHR: “On 53rd Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Occupation Forces Wound 109 Civilians, including 30 Children, 6 Women and 2 Journalists”

April 6, 2019 1:31 AM PCHR Beit Hanoun,

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights: Date: 05 April 2019. Time: 09:00 GMT:

On Friday evening, 05 April 2019, in excessive use of force against peaceful protesters on the 53rd Friday of the March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli occupation forces wounded 109 civilians, including 30 children, six women and two journalists, in eastern Gaza Strip. The injury of three of the wounded civilians was reported serious.

According to observations by PCHR’s fieldworkers, the Israeli forces who stationed in prone positions and in military jeeps along the fence with Israel continued to use excessive force against the demonstrators by opening fire and firing tear gas canisters at them.

As a result, dozens of the demonstrators were hit with bullets and teargas canisters without posing any imminent threat or danger to the life of soldiers. Moreover, the Israeli forces used a device making big noises that sound like explosions of sound bombs in eastern Khan Yunis.

On Friday, 05 April 2019, the incidents were as follows:

At approximately 15:00, thousands of civilians, including women, children and entire families, started swarming to the five encampments established by the Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege adjacent to the border fence with Israel in eastern Gaza Strip cities. Hundreds, including children and women, approached the border fence with Israel in front of each encampment and gathered tens of meters away from the main border fence, attempting to throw stones at the Israeli forces and firing incendiary balloons along the border fence.

Demonstrators chanted slogans, raised flags and, attempted to approach the border fence, set fire to tires and tried to throw stones at the Israeli forces.

Although the demonstrators gathered in areas open to the Israeli snipers stationed on the top of the sand berms and military watchtowers and inside and behind the military jeeps, the Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets in addition to a barrage of tear gas canisters.

The Israeli shooting, which continued at around 18:00, resulted in the injury of 109 Palestinian civilians, including 30 children, six women and two journalists.

Fifty-six of them were hit with live bullets and shrapnel, 47 were directly hit with tear gas canisters and six were hit with rubber bullets. In addition, dozens of demonstrators, paramedics and journalists suffered tear gas inhalation and seizures due to tear gas canisters that were fired by the Israeli forces from the military jeeps and riffles in the eastern Gaza Strip.

The following table shows the number of civilian victims due to the Israeli forces’ suppression of the Great March of Return,

 Since its beginning on 30 March 2018:

Wounded	Killed
2237	43	Children
357	2	Women
193	2	Journalists
187	3	Medical Crews
–	8	Disabilities
11957	202	Total

Among those wounded, 543 are in serious condition and 136 had their lower or upper limbs amputated; 122 lower-limb amputations, 14 upper-limb amputations, and 25 children had their limbs amputated according to the Ministry of Health.  The number of those wounded only include those wounded with live bullets and directly hit with tear gas canisters, as there have been thousand others who suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises.

Notes

PCHR recalls the report of the International Commission of Inquiry issued last February, which confirmed the findings of PCHR and other Palestinian and international human rights organizations, and considered that the violations of the Israeli forces may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity.

PCHR reiterates Palestinians’ right to peaceful assembly to confront Israel and its forces’ denial of the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination, right to return and right to end the occupation of the Palestinian territory.

PCHR stresses that the Israeli forces should stop using excessive force and respond to the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, particularly lifting the closure which is the real solution to end the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

PCHR emphasizes that continuously targeting civilians, who exercise their right to peaceful assembly or while carrying out their humanitarian duty, is a serious violation of the rules of international law, international humanitarian law, the ICC Rome Statute and Fourth Geneva Convention.

Thus, PCHR reiterates its call upon the ICC Prosecutor to open an official investigation in these crimes and to prosecute and hold accountable all those applying or involved in issuing orders within the Israeli Forces at the security and political echelons.

PCHR also emphasizes that the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention should fulfill their obligation under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

PCHR calls upon Switzerland, in its capacity as the Depository State for the Convention, to demand the High Contracting Parties to convene a meeting and ensure Israel’s respect for this Convention, noting that these grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the occupied territories.

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