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Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Peaceful Palestinian Protesters with Bullets and Gas Bombs, Illegal Israeli Settlers Attacks on the Rise

December 17, 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:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

 

Over 2000 Palestinians Participate in Peaceful Protest at Gaza Border, December 13, 2019	Israeli occupation soldiers attacked with tear gas bombs dozens of Palestinian protesters near Beit El military roadblock, north of Ramallah, December 14, 2019

A Palestinian injured by Israeli soldiers' fire while participating in a peaceful protest at Gaza Border, December 13, 2019	Five Israeli occupation soldiers beating a Palestinian young man in Al-Ram, file, December 16, 2019

 

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Illegal Israeli Settlers Involved in Attacks Against Palestinians Must be Added to Terrorist List

December 17, 2019 6:41 AM IMEMC & Agencies

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry, on Monday, called on world governments to place the illegal Israeli settlers involved in attacking and terrorizing the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied territories on their terrorist lists and ban them entry into their countries, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.

In a statement, it said that settlers’ attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the West Bank have multiplied in recent years, describing the groups that carry them out, namely the Price Tag and Youth of the Hills groups as “organized terrorism.”

It said the attacks include cutting and torching trees, seizure of land by force, slashing car tires, violent attacks of homes with the intent to hurt their occupants, vandalism of structures and equipment, destroying water networks and roads, hurling stones at cars driving on West Bank roads near the settlements, shooting at people, particularly at checkpoints.

Israeli reports documented 256 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied territories since the start of 2019, while many other attacks remain undocumented, explained the statement.

“The Ministry condemns in the strongest terms terrorism in all its forms and holds the Israeli government and its various arms, fully and directly responsible for this dangerous escalation in the attacks by settler organizations and their armed terrorist militias. The occupation forces support, train and protect the settlers as they carry out violent attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property, and even attack and repress the Palestinians to prevent them from defending themselves and confronting settler attacks,” it said.

It add that “the occupier’s military and judicial agencies provide impunity for the settlers involved in committing these crimes. Rarely are settler terrorists arrested, especially in the Yitzhar settlement outpost, and if they are arrested, they will soon be released under various pretexts, or face bogus trials, which also end with their release and acquittal in order to continue their sabotage operations.”

Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam. 

Dozens of Palestinian Workers Suffocate on Tear Gas thrown at them by Israeli occupation soldiers

December 16, 2019 4:27 AM IMEMC & Agencies

Dozens of Palestinian laborers suffered from tear gas inhalation, on Sunday, as near al-Ziraeia gate, along the Apartheid Wall, west of the town of Qaffin, northeast of the city of Tulkarem, northern occupied West Bank.

Alray reported that Israeli occupation forces pursued a group of laborers on their way to their jobs, inside the pre-1948 occupied territory and fired tear gas canisters towards them, causing several suffocation injuries among them.

It is worth mentioning that a Palestinian laborer was shot and injured by the Israeli soliders at the same gate almost one week ago, and two brothers were shot and injured, on Saturday, at al-Ziraeia gate, built along the Apartheid Wall, west of Nazlat ‘Isa, north of the city of Tulkarem.

Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

Ilegal Israeli Settlers Damage Road Equipment in Jordan Valley

December 16, 2019 4:13 AM IMEMC & Agencies

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday night, vandalized a number of bulldozers that were parked at the site of a road working project in the Jordan Valley region, the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.

Salah Zayed, the project contractor, said that he and staff of the company were shocked to see that Jewish settlers had filled the fuel tanks with sand, making the bulldozers inoperative.

He said the attack occurred in the area classified as Area A, under the security and civil control of the Palestinian Authority.

Settler violence is commonplace across the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities as the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Israeli settlers.

Photo: PNN Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

256 Cases of Israeli Settlers’ Violence Towards Palestinians

December 16, 2019 5:17 AM IMEMC & Agencies

An increase in illegal Israeli settlers’ aggression against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank compared to recent years, Alray reported.

The Israeli paper Haaretz published data from Israeli security institutions that documented 256 cases of Israeli settlers’ aggression against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation government security services expressed their concerns regarding the increased level of settler violence, and the audacity of Israeli officials for destroying property and spraying racist slogans on the walls (activities known as “paying the price tag”).

Israeli security sources warned that the increase in settler violence during the last two weeks, and the increase in the destruction of Palestinian properties, must remind us of the incidents that preceded the arson attack against the Palestinian Dawabshe family in Douma village in 2015.

The security services noted that the 160 incidents of puncturing tires of Palestinian vehicles in the Shuafat neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem last Sunday, is a clear evidence to Israeli boldness in the destruction of Palestinian properties.

Security services explained that puncturing tires occurred in five areas of the neighborhood, which means a greater number of settlers participated in the aggression.

It was also noted that Israeli settler’s leadership did not denounce the attacks, on the contrary, they encourage the settlers act with violence, with the goal of forcing the Palestinians to leave .

Many slogans and sabotage of property occurred in the second half of 2019

Israeli security sources estimated that those responsible for spraying slogans and destroying property are dozens of young settlers, most between 14 and 19 years old.

They say that they come from all over “Israel” once they have dropped out schools, and that many of them remain in settlement sites in the West Bank without parental authority.

Sources of the Israeli security services estimated that a quarter of the cases that were identified as “violent events” originated from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

These sources have referred to Yitzhar as the beating heart of the extreme Israeli right, and the source of the perpetrators of many violent operations against Palestinians in the West Bank and the occupied territories in 1948.

Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

Israeli Occupation Abduct Four Palestinians In Hebron

December 15, 2019 2:01 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians from Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, before storming and searching many homes.

They added that the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Ammar Mahmoud al-Jawabra, in addition to two brothers, identified as Hani and Khaled al-Jawabra.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Emad Khaled Jawabra, from his home in the refugee camp.

The soldiers also invaded homes in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, and abducted Ghaleb Abu Daoud Zeidat.

In related news, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including the secretary of Fateh Movement, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading and violently searching their homes.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem

December 15, 2019 12:49 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including the secretary of Fateh Movement, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading and violently searching their homes.

Nonviolent activist Nasser Ajaj told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the soldiers abducted Arin Za’anin, from his home in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, and Majdi Abu Ghazala, from his Suwwana neighborhood.

He added that the soldiers also abducted the secretary of Fateh movement in occupied Jerusalem, Shadi Mitwer, after invading and ransacking his home.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Fateh secretary in Beit Hanina, Amer Awad, and summoned him for interrogation.

It is worth mentioning that Mitwer was previously abducted and imprisoned by the soldiers, along with Jerusalem Governor, Adnan Gheith, and was frequently confined to house arrest in addition to being denied entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for various periods of time. 

Israeli Occupation Forces Abducted 745 Palestinian Children, Since Beginning of 2019

December 15, 2019 7:27 AM IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli occupation forces abducted 745 Palestinian children since the start of 2019, many of whom were subject to numerous rights violations, Days of Palestine reported..

According to a report published, on Thursday, by the NGO Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC), nearly 200 children were being held in various detention centres across Israel, as of Tuesday.

The figures were released ahead of World Children’s Day which was marked on Thursday.

The report said that Palestinian children arrested by Israeli occupation forces experience many forms of violations as soon as they are taken from their homes including being interrogated under very harsh conditions and without the presence of their parents or lawyers.

Some of the children, the report stressed, are denied family visits and proper medical treatment, are often deprived of food and water and are beaten, insulted, threatened and intimidated, the PPC report said.

As a result of severe coercion, many agree to give false confessions just to stop the abuse, while others are held under administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial.

Photo: Ma’an Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

Two Palestinians Wounded in Northern West Bank by Israeli Occupation sSoldiers

December 15, 2019 1:06 AM IMEMC & Agencies

 December 16 2019

 Israeli Israeli occupation forces army shooting of Palestinians apparently trying to enter Israel for work or to reach their land behind Israel’s separation barrier in the northern West Bank continued today, the third incident in one week, and resulted in the injury of two men, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) quoted Palestinian medical sources.

Israeli soldiers manning a gate set up by the military at the apartheid barrier in the village of Nazlat Issa, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, shot Ahmad Hussam Kittaneh, 25, in the leg, and Dirar Rasem Kittaneh, 21, in the shoulder. Their injuries were described as moderate.

With these two injuries, the number of Palestinians shot and injured in one week at similar army-managed gates in the northern West Bank has reached eight in three different incidents.

WAFA reports said that the soldiers were given orders to shoot at any Palestinian attempting to breach the gates in the barrier set up since 2004 on Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank.

Dec. 15 – 0106 Two Palestinian young men were wounded, on Saturday morning, near the apartheid wall between the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and the state of Israel, Quds News Network reported.

Israeli soldiers opened fire towards, Palestinian workers, and targeted them with tear-gas canisters, as they tried to reach their jobs inside of Israel.

At the time of reporting, an unknown number of Palestinians were arrested, while two brothers, identified as Ahmad Hussam Kittaneh and Dirar Rasem Kittaneh were injured.

Israeli forces carry out daily crackdown campaigns on Palestinian workers, who go to their jobs inside Israel, through holes in the apartheid wall, while Israeli soldiers open fire at them to prevent them from passing through.

Approximately 100,000 Palestinian workers work in Israel, while the occupation state prevents them from reaching their jobs inside the Green Line unless they have permission, which forces many to pass through holes in the apartheid wall.

The Israeli occupation government controls the movement of nearly 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank and 2 million in Gaza, barring them from travelling for medical treatment, work, or any other reason, through Israeli-controlled checkpoints and border-crossings unless they have permission.

Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam. 

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure Several Palestinians at Protests in West Bank and Gaza

December 14, 2019 11:19 PM IMEMC & Agencies

Dozens of Palestinian protesters were reportedly wounded while others were arrested during the Israeli crackdown on weekly peaceful protests along the separation fence in Gaza, and throughout the West Bank.

Israeli occupation soldiers injured five with live ammunition, wounding one seriously, shot 4 protestors with rubber-coated metal bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas in eastern Gaza, Quds News Network reported.

In the West Bank, dozens of Palestinian protesters suffered the effects of extensive tear-gas fire from Israeli soldier in Kufur Qaddoum, west of the northern occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation soldiers arrested three protesters, one of them being shot prior to arrest, at the northern entrance to Al Bireh, southeast of Ramallah.

Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Palestinian Protesters Near Ramallah

December 14, 2019 6:55 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters near Beit El military roadblock, north of Ramallah in central West Bank.

Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians marched in the area of Beit El illegal colony, and were chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation, its escalating violations against the people, their homes and lands, and their holy sites.

They added that the soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs, especially from the automated gas bombs’ launchers, mounted on their jeeps.

The soldiers also fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, while many protesters started throwing stones at them. Many Palestinians were injured and received the needed treatment.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Several Palestinians In Hebron

December 14, 2019 6:41 AM Saed Bannoura

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, several Palestinians at the entrance of the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on the permanent military roadblock at the entrance of Shuhada Street, assaulted with clubs and batons many Palestinians, causing various injuries.

They added that the soldiers attacked the Palestinians when they protested the detention of a young man, who was held at the military roadblocks.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Hurl Stones At Palestinian Cars Near Bethlehem

December 14, 2019 6:02 AM IMEMC News

A group of illegal fanatic Israeli colonialist settlers, squatting on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, hurled stones at Palestinian cars, causing damage.

Thiab Masha’la, the head of the al-Jab’a Village Council, southwest of Bethlehem, said the Israeli assailants came from the illegal Beit Ayin colony, which was built on stolen Palestinian lands.

He added that the paramilitary colonists gathered in the al-Jamjoum area, located between al-Jab’a and Nahhalin, and started throwing stones at dozens of Palestinian cars.

Damage was reported to many cars, especially the windshield and other damage to the body of the attacked vehicles.

Over 2000 Palestinians Participate in Peaceful Protest at Gaza Border

December 14, 2019 4:01 AM IMEMC News

Over 2,000 Palestinians gathered in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday (December 13, 2019), to take part in the weekly ‘March of Return’ protests.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that five Palestinians were shot with live rounds fired by Israeli occupation soldiers, across the perimeter fence.

One of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the head, and suffered a serious injury.

It added that four Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The protests were held on Palestinian land across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, from Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, in northwest Gaza, to Gaza city and the central district, in addition to Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region. 

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PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05 – 11 December 2019)

December 13, 2019 7:10 PM IMEMC News & Agencies

Summary                                               

This week, PCHR documented 148 violations of the international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory.

As part of the Israeli violations of the right to life and bodily integrity:

In terms of excessive use of force, IOF wounded 57 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.  In the Gaza Strip, IOF wounded 49 civilians, including 23 children, 3 women, and 2 paramedics, including a woman, on the 83rd Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege protest (GMR). An employee at Jabalia Municipality was shot and injured after IOF opened fire at him while he was on duty at the border area. Meanwhile in the West Bank, 7 civilians were injured; 6 of them were injured near the annexation wall during their attempt to sneak into Israel for work.

Under IOF incursions and house raids, 94 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, were reported. Those incursions included raids of civilian houses and shootings, enticing fear among civilians, arresting and/or injuring many others. During this week’s incursions, 58 Palestinians were arrested, including 4 children, 4 women (3 of them are journalists).  On 06 December 2019, IOF arrested the crew of Palestine Satellite Channel during their morning show “Good Morning Jerusalem” and arrested one of the guests, a former prisoner. IOF also arrested 2 civilians near the border fence in eastern Rafah and fired tear gas canisters at al-Najjar neighbourhood in Khuza’ah, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip.

Under the settlement expansion activities in the West Bank, PCHR documented 4 IOF violations that included demolishing 3 residential houses and razing a 200-square-meter land in Hebron, in addition to 27 dunums of Kafer Laqef village, east of Qalqiliyah to establish an industrial area to be annexed to “Karnei Shomron” settlement. Moreover, a civilian was forced to self-demolish his house in occupied Jerusalem.

PCHR also documented 2 settler-attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property, including stoning a vehicle in Nablus, and puncturing tires of 160 vehicles in Jerusalem, in addition to vandalization.

In terms of the Israeli closure policy, the Gaza Strip still suffers the worst closure in the History of the Israeli occupation of the oPt as it has entered the 14th consecutive year, without any improvement to the movement of persons and goods, humanitarian conditions and bearing catastrophic consequences on all aspects of life. Furthermore, IOF uses Erez Crossing that is designated for movement of individuals as an ambush to arrest Palestinians who obtain permits to exit via Israel.  Meanwhile, the West Bank is divided into separate cantons with key roads blocked by the Israeli occupation since the Second Intifada and with temporary and permanent checkpoints, where civilian movement is restricted and they are subject to arrest as 3 Palestinians were arrested this week only. 

Violation of the right to life and to bodily integrity

Excessive Use of Force against Protests in the Gaza Strip

On the 83rd Friday, 06 December 2019, weekly protests were launched in the 5 Great March of Return (GMR) encampments in eastern Gaza Strip. This Friday’s protest titled: “GMR Will Continue”, resulted in the injury of 49 civilians, including 23 children and 3 women, and 2 paramedics, including a woman. 

The incidents were as follows:

Northern Gaza Strip: demonstrations took part in eastern Jabalia. Some protesters threw stones at IOF stationed along the border fence. IOF shot and injured 14 civilians, including 5 children and 2 women: 2 with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters.

Gaza City: hundreds took part in Malaka area in eastern Gaza City. IOF targeted them with teargas canisters and live and rubber bullets. As a result, 5 civilians were injured; 4 of them were hit with tear gas canisters, and one was shot with a rubber bullet in the head. Moreover, dozens of civilians suffocated due to teat gas inhalation.

Central Gaza Strip: protests took part in eastern al-Buriej Camp.  Hundreds gathered near the border fence and some attempted to throw stones at IOF, who fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters in return. The shooting, which continued until 17:00 on the same day, caused the injury of 5 protestors, including 2 children and 2 women; 3 of them with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters. Mai Suleiman Abdul Karim Abu Ruweidah (20), from al-Maghazi, who was directly hit with a tear gas canister in the right eye, was referred to the Eye Specialty Hospital in Gaza City. Mai’s right eye was removed after which she was referred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Abu Ruweidah said to PCHR’s fieldworker that: 

“At approximately 15:30 on Friday, 06 December 2019, during my participation at the GMR protests, I was directly hit with a tear gas canister in my right eye. I was taken to the field hospital, which is about 1000 meters away from where I was. After receiving first aid, I was referred to al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah. After that, I was referred to Eye Specialty Hospital in al-Nasser neighborhood, Gaza City, and then transferred to al-Shifa Hospital to for a CT scan. Later, I returned to the Eye Specialty Hospital. At approximately 21:15, I had a surgery to remove my right eye. On Sunday, 08 December 2019, I was referred again to al-Shifa Hospital and I am still receiving medical treatment.”

Khan Younis: Hundreds civilians joined today’s protests in Khuza’ah area in eastern Khan Yunis.  Most of the protesters stayed in the encampment for the activities while only dozens gathered near the border fence and attempted to throw stones and firecrackers. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them in addition to firing skunk at them from water cannons. As a result, 8 civilians, including 5 children and 2 paramedics, were injured with rubber bullets and taken to hospitals. Moreover, many civilians sustained superficial rubber bullets wounds and suffocated due to tear gas inhalation. They received treatment on the spot. The wounded paramedic, Dalia Bassam Ahmed Abu Reidah (21), working within Watan Medical Team, was shot with a rubber bullet in her left hand while paramedic Mohammed Ziyad Zoghbor(35), a PRCS volunteer paramedic, was shot with a rubber bullet in the right shoulder. It should be noted that some Palestinian young men flocked to today’s protests at 13:00 and were shot with live bullets and hit with tear gas canisters before the crowds headed to the area.  As a result, a child was wounded with a rubber bullet. 

Rafah: hundreds of protestors gathered in eastern al-Shawka neighborhood while others remained at the protest encampment, where speeches and theatrical performances were performed. Dozens attempted to approach the fence and throw stones and burnt tires. IOF fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors and pumped wastewater at them. As a result, 17 civilians, including 11 children, were injured: 2 shot with live bullets and shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 7 were hit with tear gas canisters. Rajeh Mohammed al-Qadi (24) was shot with a rubber bullet to the head, causing fracture in his skull. He was admitted to the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis for his serious condition.

Shooting and other violations of the right to life and bodily integrity

At approximately 15:00 on Friday, 06 December 2019, a number of Palestinian young men gathered and threw stones at IOF stationed along the security fence of “Karmi Tsur” settlement, adjacent to Beit Ummer village, north of Hebron. The soldiers chased the young men and fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, an 18-year-old civilian was shot with a live bullet in the abdomen. He was referred to al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron via an ambulance of Palestine Red crescent Society (PRCS) in a critical condition. Medical sources said that the wounded civilian had a surgery to remove his The live bullet also caused partial laceration in the wounded civilian’s liver.

At approximately 15:00 on the same Friday, IOF stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuhada’a Cemetery, east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at a truck affiliated with Jabalia Municipality. As a result, the truck was targeted with 4 live bullets and Mesleh Nidal ‘Abed Rabbuh (24), from Jabalia, was shot with a live bullet in the left arm. ‘Abed Rabbuh was taken to the GMR medical point at Abu Safia area, northeast of Jabalia. ‘Abed Rabbuh’s injury coincided with the start of GMR. He was referred to al-‘Awda Hospital affiliated with the  Union of Health Work Committees. His injury was classified as moderate and he left the hospital at approximately 16:30 on the same day.

At approximately 06:00 on Tuesday, 10 December 2019, IOF signed to guard the annexation wall opened fire at Saif Eyad Wajih al-‘Ardah (21), from ‘Arabah village, southwest of Jenin, while attempting to sneak into Israel for work through Thuhor al-‘Abed village lands, southwest of the city. As a result, he sustained a superficial wound in the right leg Al-‘Ardah was referred to Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin for treatment.

At approximately 07:20 on Tuesday, IOF stationed adjacent to the annexation wall near Nazlet ‘Essa village, north of Tulkarm, opened fire at a number of Palestinian workers, who attempted to sneak into Israel. As a result, 3 civilians, from Qifin village, north of the city, were injured and they were identified as:

Namer ‘Adel Khasib (26), was shot with a live bullet in the left leg; Mohammed Tayseer ‘Ammar (28), was shot with a live bullet in the left leg; and Yusuf Ziyad Khasib (29), was shot with a live bullet in the foot.

At approximately 07:30 on Wednesday, 11 December 2019, IOF signed to guard the annexation wall opened fire at Hazem Mohammed Mousa Lahlouh (30), from ‘Araba village, southwest of Jenin. As a result, he sustained a live bullet wound in the right foot while attempting to sneak into Israel, north of Tulkarm. Lahlouh as referred to Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin for treatment.

At approximately 08:00 on Wednesday morning, IOF signed to guard the annexation wall adjacent to Nazlet ‘Essa village, north of Tulkarm, opened fire at a number of Palestinian workers, attempting to enter Israel for work. As a result, ‘Ala’a Bassam Abu Baker (28), from Qifin village, north of the city, was shot with a live bullet in the right leg.

At approximately 17:30 on Wednesday, 11 December 2019, Israeli soldiers stationed along the border fence, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, fired a number of tear gas canisters at al-Najjar neighbourhood, east of Khuza’ah village, east of the city. As a result, many civilians suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.

Settlement Expansion and settler violence in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem 

Demolition and Confiscation of Civilian Property for Settlement Expansion Activities

At approximately 09:00 on Thursday, 05 December 2019, IOF backed by military construction vehicles moved into Hebron’s Moghayir al-‘Abeed area, where they demolished 3 houses, under the pretext of non-licensing. These houses belong to:

Shehada Salama Shehada Makhamrah: a 50-sqaure-meter house built of tin plates and bricks and sheltered 6 persons, including 3 children. Mosleh Shehada Salama Makhamrah: a 40-sqaure-meter house built of tin plates and bricks and sheltered 2 persons. Salah Shehada Salama Makhamrah: a 45-sqaure-meter house built of tin plates and bricks and sheltered 3 persons, including a girl.

At approximately 16:00 on Sunday, 08 December 2019, IOF razed 27 dunums from Kafur Lqef village’s lands, east of Qalqiliyia, to establish an industrial area and join it to “Karnei Shomron“ settlement. These dunums belong to the heirs of the deceased Mahmoud ‘Othman Qadoura and Saleh Ibrahim ‘Asaf. IOF claimed that these dunums are “State Lands” and their owners stopped to challenge before courts. Nayif Jaber, Head of Village Council in Kafur Lqef Village, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that: “ On Sunday, 08 December 2019, we shocked when Israeli military construction vehicles moved into the village and demolished 27 dumums, under the pretext that their owners stopped to challenge before official bodies, noting that the owners submitted documents and challenge before official and legal bodies. The Israeli Civil Administration officer declared that these dumums would be joint to “Karnei Shomron” settlement to establish an industrial area. The village residents and dumuns’ owners headed to their dunums and attempted to stop the demolition, but in vain. They bulldozed half of these dunums until now.” 

On Monday, 09 December 2019, ‘Ali Ja’abees implemented the Israeli Municipality decision and self-demolished his 70-sqaure-meter house in al-Mokaber Mount area, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, to avoid paying the demolition costs. Ja’abees said that the Israeli Municipality staff raided his house on Sunday, 08 December 2019, and gave him 3 days to implement the demolition, or they will do so, fine him and force him to pay the demolition costs. It should be noted that Ja’abees’s house was built of wood 7 months ago; nonetheless, the Israeli Municipality issued a decision to demolish his house, tiles surrounding the house and retaining walls. At approximately 09:00 on Monday, IOF and Israeli Civil Administration officers backed by military construction vehicles moved into al-Qate’ area in Hebron. The soldiers were deployed between residents’ houses and the military construction vehicles bulldozed Ahmed Bader Abu ‘Ayish (55)’s 200sq.m plot of land planted with olive trees and grapes, under the pretext of being “State Lands”. It should be noted that Israeli authorities handed the lands’ owners notices to evacuate their lands a year ago.

At approximately 10:00 on Tuesday, 10 December 2019, IOF and Israeli Civil Administration backed by military construction vehicles moved into Kherbit al-Sema in Samou’a village, south of Hebron. The Israeli Civil Administration officers notified al-Tahadi and al-Somoud School to stop construction. It should be noted that on 10/30/2019, Israeli authorities handed the school a notice to stop construction works under the pretext of non-licensing. The notice set a court hearing on 11 November 2019 to challenge the order.

Israeli Settler Violence

At approximately 11:30 on Thursday, 05 December 2019, Israeli settlers threw stones at Hasan Ahmed ‘Abadi (44)’s vehicle while driving on Jenin-Nablus Street, northwest of Nablus. As a result, the vehicle’s windshield was broken. ‘Abadi said to PCHR’s fieldworker that: “At approximately 11:30 on Thursday, 05 December 2019, I was returning from Nablus to my house in Baqet al-Sharqiyia village. When I arrived at al-Mas’odiyia intersection, branching from Nablus-Jenin Street, I found 8 masked settlers closing the street with boulders. I stopped 500 meters away and waited for 15 minutes until the settlers got into 2 vehicles and drove towards “Shafi Shomron” settlement, northwest of Nablus. I noticed that we were driving in the same direction. Suddenly, one of the settlers’ vehicles approached me and a settler threw a stone at my vehicle’s windshield and broke it. Meantime, a military vehicle carrying 2 Israeli officers arrived at the area and asked me what happened. I answered their questions, but they did not do anything. After that, an Israeli police officer came and asked me if I photographed the settlers, I told him no. He told me to head to the Palestinian Liaison office and submit a complaint. I went to the Palestinian Liaison office in Jenin and did so.” At approximately 02:30 on Monday, 09 December 2019, Israeli settlers, from “Ramat Shlomo“ settlement, moved into Sho’fat village in occupied East Jerusalem. They punctured the tires of 160 vehicles and trucks parking on the village street and vandalized them with racist slurs, in addition to houses walls.  The village residents said that surveillance cameras recordings fixed in their houses showed that 3 settlers moved into al-Dahra Street and damaged the residents’ properties. The Israeli police and intelligence officers arrived at the area, photographed the vehicles, removed racist slurs, and took the affected persons’ testimonies.

Full document available at the official website for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR).

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