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Soldiers of the Israeli Apartheid Occupation Regime Continue to Injure, Abduct, Teargas Palestinians, Demolish their Homes

October 31, 2020 

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/

 

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Shoot Three Children, in Al-Jalama, Near Jenin, October 29, 2020 imemc	Israeli occupation soldiers firing tear gas bombs at Palestinians in Beit Ummar, Hebron, October 30, 2020

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Teargas Palestinian Olive Collecters in their Beit Ummar, Hebron, Orchards

PIC, October 30, 2020

AL-KHALIL (Hebron), (PIC)+-

A number of Palestinian farmers on Saturday suffered from their exposure to tear gas when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked them in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil city.

Local activist Mohamed Awad said that the IOF expelled the family of Mohamed al-Salibi and their friends from their olive grove in Wadi Abul-Reesh area of the town near the illegal settlement of Bat Ayin and Gush Etzion block of settlements.

He added that the IOF showered activists and farmers with tear gas canisters and pointed guns at them as they were getting prepared to collect olives from the trees on the land of al-Salibi.

In recent weeks, illegal Israeli settlers — with the help of the Israeli occupation army — started to sabotage the Palestinian olive harvest season through destroying and burning olive trees or stealing crops.

Clashes in Al-Bireh, arrests in Azzun Short

PIC, October 30, 2020

QALQILYA, (PIC) +-

 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn Saturday various areas in the West Bank and clashes erupted in Al-Bireh city. Two Palestinians were arrested in Azzun town, Qalqilya district. In Ramallah, IOF stormed Al-Bireh city and clashes broke out between the IOF soldiers and the Palestinian youths. Local sources reported that IOF soldiers broke into the Seth Marhaba neighborhood in Al-Bireh and stationed in several areas.

In Qalqilya, IOF stormed Azzun town and started a searching campaign of several houses in the town. The Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians after they surrounded their homes, searched them and damaged their property. Azzun is witnessing almost daily incursions by IOF soldiers in a bid to end the throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails at Jewish settlers and IOF patrols. IOF also arrested dozens of Palestinians living in Azzun in an attempt to stop these attacks but to no avail.

In Jenin, the IOF soldiers stormed Al-Salamah neighborhood in Ya’abad town, southwest of Jenin, and stationed there for several hours. Al-Salamah neighborhood is subjected to continuous incursions and harassment. Its residents are frequently investigated during these incursions. The frequency of violations of the neighborhood increased after one Israeli soldier was killed by throwing a stone on his head from the roof of one of its houses.  

 IOF kidnaps kid after assaulting him and his mother in al-Khalil Short

PIC, October 30, 2020

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) +-

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday evening assaulted a Palestinian teenager and his mother in al-Khalil city. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped 17-year-old Mohamed Jaber, the son of human rights activist Aref Jaber, after assaulting him and his mother.

The sources said that the IOF subdued and detained the kid to protect extremist Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba after they attacked homes in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City of al-Khalil.

The family of activist Jaber had exposed to similar assaults before by the IOF and settlers because of his role in documenting and exposing Israeli crimes in al-Khalil.

 Causalities, arrests during Friday rallies

PIC, October 30, 2020

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) +-

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled on Friday a march launched in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus. Three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens of people suffered suffocation problems.

Media sources reported that IOF soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas heavily at the Palestinian marchers. Three Palestinians were wounded with metal bullets and dozens of them suffered breathing difficulties.

On Friday morning, the IOF soldiers stormed Beit Dajan to prevent a march called by the People's Committee for the Defense of Lands Threatened by Seizure and the National Action Factions.

Meanwhile, the Israeli police suppressed the march in support of Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, on Friday organized after Palestinian worshipers left the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and two Jerusalemites were arrested.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli forces attacked the marchers after they left the door of Alnnazir Gate and reached Al-Wad Street, which led to the injury of several Palestinians with bruises.

The Israeli police arrested several Jerusalemites during their participation in the march among them is the young man Sameh Da`as and the photojournalist Abd Al-Afu Bassam Zughayer.

Thousands of citizens were able to perform Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque after the end of the restrictions imposed by the Israeli police in the vicinity of the Mosque.

The worshipers forced the Israeli soldiers to remove the iron barriers that were set up to prevent citizens from entering Al-Aqsa to perform Friday prayer.

Disowning normalizers 

Sheikh Ikrimah Sabri, during the Friday sermon at the Al-Aqsa Mosque after months of being banned from it, disowned normalizers with the occupation and the traitors.

Sabri warned of the dangers surrounding the Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling for preventing settlers from storming it and for confronting attempts to impose Israeli sovereignty over it.

The preacher of Al-Aqsa held the occupation authorities responsible for violating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa, stressing that sovereignty over it is vested in the Muslims only by a divine decision.

Regarding the insult to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, Sheikh Sabri confirmed that the French President declared his hostility to Muslims in the world and he is the one who bears responsibility for the violence that is happening these days.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Shoot Three Children Near Jenin

IMEMC, OCT 30, 2020

Israeli occupation soldiers shot, late on Thursday at night, three Palestinian children, including one who suffered a serious gunshot wound to the head, at the al-Jalama military roadblock, northeast of Jenin, in northern West Bank.

Local sources said the occupation regime soldiers, stationed at the roadblock, fired many live rounds at a Palestinian car while trying to cross, and injured the three children.

Medical sources stated the soldiers shot Mahmoud Ahmad Halajia, 15, with a live round in his head, and suffered life-threatening wounds before he was rushed by Palestinian medics to the Nablus governmental hospital.

They said the soldiers also shot and moderately injured Taha Shadi as-Summan, 16, with a life round in his back, in addition to Mahmoud Ahmad Mousa Halajia, 15; the two were rushed to Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Jenin city, especially the Industrial Zone and its surrounding area, searched lands, and property.

The Israeli occupation army claimed that an improvised explosive was hurled from a passing vehicle at the military roadblock before the soldiers opened fire and injured several Palestinians who fled the scene.

One Palestinian Shot, Others Suffocate by Fire from Israeli Occupation Soldiers at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March

IMEMC, OCT 30, 2020

Israeli occupation forces, Friday, suppressed the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank, injuring several Palestinians.

Morad Eshteiwi, the local coordinator of the popular resistance, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire with rubber-coated steel rounds and tear-gas canisters towards the protesters, striking one young man in the hand, while causing many others to suffer the toxic effects of tear-gas inhalation.

He added that the injured demonstrators were treated by local medics in the field.

The locals in Kufur Qaddoum village and the surrounding area gather every Friday to express their opposition to Israel’s continued construction and expansion of illegal colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank which is in contravention of international law.

The villagers also demand that the occupation state reopen the village’s main road, which the Israeli authorities closed in 2002, for use exclusively by illegal Israeli settlers from nearby colonies.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Invade Beit Dajan Near Nablus

 OCT 30, 2020

Several Israeli occupation army jeeps invaded, on Friday at dawn, Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded the center of the town and fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters.

They added that the army has been frequently invades the village due to ongoing protests of Israel’s illegal annexation of Palestinian lands, in the eastern part of the village, to expand illegal colonies.

The latest invasion is believed to be an attempt to prevent the Palestinians from holding the procession during the day.

In related news, several Israeli colonists destroyed water pipelines and electricity poles in the as-Sawiya village, south of Nablus.

Locals said the Israeli assailants used chainsaws and other tools in destroying the Palestinian property.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Fence Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem

 OCT 30, 2020

Israeli occupation soldiers fenced, on Thursday evening, Palestinian lands near the illegal Gush Etzion colonialist block, built on Palestinian lands, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, has reported that the army previously declared the lands as a “closed military zone,” a move which precedes the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands.

He added that the army is planning to build a new military base in the area, under the allegation of protecting the colonists.

Gush Etzion is one of the largest colonialist blocs in the occupied West Bank, and contains a large military base and security center, which is also used a detention and interrogation facility.

Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank

 OCT 29, 2020

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, nine Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and launched a surveillance balloon above the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.

The Israeli Occupation soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and abducted Mohammad Tal’at al-Khatib, the brother of Daoud al-Khatib, 45, a political prisoner who died after suffering a heart attack in Ofer Israeli prison, on September 2nd 2020, just a few months prior to his release after spending 18 years in captivity.

The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Mohammad to pressure his brother, Moayyad, to turn himself in to the army.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also abducted Anwar Ahmad al-Faqeeh, 40, and Khalil Qassem Sheikh, 42, from their homes in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Wadi Abu Freeha area in Beit Sahour town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes, and abducted Tareq Mousa Obeyyat, 38.

The Israeli occupation army also invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and launched a surveillance balloon to monitor Umm Rokba and Solomon Pools areas.

In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the at-Tabaqa area in Dour town, south of the city, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Hisham Ismael Abu Hawwash, 39.

Three other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ziad Sa’adi, Ahmad Husam Abu Tabeekh and Abdullah Burhan Abdul-Halim, were abducted from their homes in Kharsa town, southwest of Hebron.

In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Fadi Mitwer, from his home in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, after invading and ransacking it.

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PCHR: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

IMEMC, OCT 30, 2020

Summary for October 22- 28, 2020

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse and attacks on civilians. This week, IOF assaulted and killed a Palestinian child, and wounded 6 Palestinian civilians in excessive use of force. IOF also continued to create new-facts on the ground by maintaining its policy of demolishing, confiscating and razing Palestinian houses and properties for its settlement expansion schemes in the West Bank. Israeli-settler attacks witnessed an increase against farmers and agricultural lands as this time of the year marks the olive harvest season.

This week, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented 181 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by IOF and settlers in the oPt. It should be noted that the limitations due to the corona virus pandemic, has limited PCHR’s fieldworkers mobility and ability to conduct field documentation; therefore, the information contained in this report are only part of the continued IOF violations.

IOF shooting and violation of right to bodily integrity:

On Sunday dawn, 25 October 2020, IOF assaulted and killed Amer Snobar (18) near Turmus Ayya, northern Ramallah. While IOF denied assaulting Snobar, an eyewitness who accompanied the murdered child confirmed that Israeli soldiers assaulted him; this was further confirmed by the medical report which determined the cause of death as a blunt trauma to the neck.

Also this week, 6 civilians sustained wounds in IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank, 5 were wounded in IOF suppression of Kufur Qaddoum – Qalqilia weekly protest against settlement expansion; another civilian was shot and wounded with a live bullet prior to his arrest in a raid into Jenin.

In the Gaza Strip, three IOF shootings were reported at agricultural lands eastern Khan Younis and Central Gaza; and once at fishing boats off Gaza’s northern sea. Additionally, IOF warplanes launched two airstrikes on vacant lands eastern Khan Younis.

IOF incursions and arrests of Palestinian civilians:

IOF carried out 102 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Those incursions included raids of civilian houses and shootings, enticing fear among civilians, and attacking many of them. During this week’s incursions, 81 Palestinians were arrested, including 6 children and a woman.

IOF detained Minister Walid Assaf, head of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, at “Beit El” District Coordination Office (DCO) checkpoint in al-Bireh and confiscated official documents and mail as well as the Minister’s vehicle’s government license plate. Minister Assaf and his driver were detained for half an hour in a military SUV.

Demolitions:

PCHR documented 12 violations, including:

East Jerusalem: Car repair shop served demolition notice; and a house was self-demolished. Two-storey building demolished in Shu’fat Camp; another two-storey building demolished in Sur Baher; and three houses demolished in Baryet al-Sawahra and Abu-Hindi Bedouin Valley, in Abu Dis.

Hebron: two houses, a water well and an electric company served cease-construction notices (total 4); agricultural residence demolished, as well as 2 barracks and a small house.

Bethlehem: two houses (occupied) served demolition notices in Al Maniya village; new settlement project ratified for the expansion of “Nokdim” settlement, which is established on the stolen lands of Beit Ta’mir and Tuqu’ villages.

Salfit: 3 dunams razed; 3 cease-construction notices served: a pitch designed under international standards; a playground for persons with disabilities; the 3 dunams that were razed.

Jenin: an under-construction facility was demolished.

Settler-attacks:

100 olive trees damaged in Al-Mughayyir village, eastern Ramallah.

Israeli closure policy and restrictions on freedom of movement:

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.

Meanwhile, IOF continued to divide the West Bank 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. 

 I. Shooting and Other Violations of the Right to Life and Bodily Integrity

At approximately 05:00 on Thursday, 22 October 2020, IOF moved into Jenin, and stationed in its eastern neighborhood. They raided and searched several houses and arrested Osama Mahmoud Suliman al-Sa’di (20), and opened fire at Nateq Hussam Hantouli (23), claiming that he resisted the arrest and attempted to flee. Hantouli was shot with a live bullet in his leg, and he was transferred to an unknown destination. At approximately 06:30, IOF stationed inside the border fence with Israel east of Deir al-Balah, opened fire at agricultural lands by the landfill, west of the border fence, and no injuries were reported. At approximately 01:40 on Friday, 23 October 2020, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles, one of them by a drone, at an agricultural land in al-Fukhari, southeast of Khan Younis; causing damages and no casualties were reported. A few minutes later, the warplanes launched another two missiles at an agricultural land in al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis; no casualties were reported. At approximately 12:30, Israeli soldiers, stationed at the “northern entrance” established on Kufur Qaddoum lands, north of Qalqilia, suppressed a protest attended by dozens of Palestinian civilians. IOF chased the young men who gathered in the area, clashed with them, and fired live bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 5 civilians were shot; a 44-year-old man sustained a rubber bullet in the head; an 18-years-old was hit with 3 rubber bullets to his back and a sound bomb to his chest; the three others sustained rubber bullets in their lower extremities. At approximately 07:20 on Saturday, 25 October 2020, IOF stationed inside the border fence with Israel, east of Khan Younis, opened fire at agricultural lands east of Khuza’a. No casualties were reported. On Sunday dawn, 25 October 2020, IOF assaulted and killed Amer Snobar (18) near Turmus Ayya, northern Ramallah. While IOF denied assaulting Snobar, an eyewitness who accompanied the murdered child confirmed that Israeli soldiers assaulted him; this was further confirmed by the medical report which determined the cause of death as a blunt strike to the neck.

According to PCHR’s information, at approximately 01:10, Sakher Mostafa al-Najjar (18), was with his friend, Amer Abdul Rahim Ahmed Snobar (17), from Yatma village, southeast of Nablus, trying to fix their car, near Hugo Chavez Hospital, by Turmus Ayya entrance, north of Ramallah. Meanwhile, an Israeli military vehicle arrived, six Israeli soldiers stepped out of the vehicle and chased al-Najjar and Snobar who tried to flee the area. Al-Najjar managed to escape, and the soldiers caught Snobar, pinned him to the ground, and assaulted him. The soldiers later transferred him to Hugo Chavez Hospital in Turmus Ayya village, where he was determined dead before arrival.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) emphasized to PCHR’s fieldworker that at approximately 01:21, they received a phone call from the Israeli military liaison to notify them that there was a wounded civilian on the entrance of Turmus Ayya village, north of Ramallah. Immediately, PRCS sent an ambulance to the scene, but was informed upon arrival that the victim was transferred to Hugo Chavez Hospital. The ambulance went to the hospital, where the victim was identified as Amer Snobar and he was determined dead before arrival to the hospital. At approximately 01:46, Snobar’s body was referred to Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah. Sakher Mustafa al-Najjar (18), said through a video recording that he was driving his car on Nablus-Ramallah road, then the car broke down near “Eli” settlement, established on the lands of al-Lubban, Sawiya, and Qaryut villages. He said that he went into town, and brought along his friend, Amer Snobar, and an illegal black Hyundai car, and dragged the broken car towards al-Mughayyir village to fix it. As soon as they arrived at the village, they attempted to fix it but that the engine would not run.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military SUV passed by them and did not do anything to them, then another Israeli GMC vehicle came and six Israeli soldiers came out of it and chased al-Najjar and Snobar, who fled in different directions. The soldiers caught Snobar and struck him with their rifle butts him until he fell to the ground. The Israeli authorities denied attacking Snobar and claimed that he fell on the ground and lost his consciousness. However, the Israeli army spokesperson said in a tweet that, “troops responded to an incident north of Ramallah after rocks were hurled at an army vehicle.

Initial details suggest that upon the arrival of the troops… the two suspects tried to escape by foot,” it said. “While fleeing, one of the suspects apparently lost consciousness, collapsed and hit his head. The suspect was not beaten by our troops.” Ahmed al-Bitawi, director of Palestine Medical Center, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that: “after receiving Snobar’s dead body and pursuant to clinical examination, we found signs of blunt trauma and bruises on the back of his neck which caused the death”.

At approximately 01:00 on Monday, 26 October 2020, IOF moved into al-‘Isawiya village, northeast of the occupied East Jerusalem. They deployed and established checkpoints at the village’s entrances and closed the village. IOF searched the vehicles and ID cards of Palestinians before letting them leave the village. Meanwhile, a group of young men gathered and threw stones, fireworks and Molotov cocktails at the Israeli soldiers, who responded by firing rubber bullets, sound bombs and teargas canisters at the civilians. As a result, dozens of civilians in the area suffocated due to teargas inhalation, and Naseem Harbi Obaid (23), was arrested. At approximately 06:30, Israeli soldiers moved into Salfit village. They shot 3 sound bombs at the Preventive Security headquarter in Salfit, although none of the Services’ members were present around it. At approximately 19:35, IOF gunboats stationed off al-Waha area, northwest of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, chased Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2 nautical miles, opened heavy fire at them and light bombs in the sky, causing fear and panic among them and forcing them to flee. No casualties were reported. At approximately 08:30 on Wednesday, 28 October 2020, IOF stationed inside the border fence with Israel, east of Khan Younis, opened fire at agricultural lands east of al-Qarara village, adjacent to the above-mentioned border fence. No casualties were reported.

Read the report in full at:

https://imemc.org/article/pchr-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-4/

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