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Israeli Occupation Apartheid Regime Forces and Illegal Settlers Injure and Abduct Scores of Palestinians, Demolish their Property

August 4, 2021 

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 abuse, mistreatment, and 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/

An Israeli occupation soldier pointing his gun at Palestinian civilians, August 4, 2021	Mohammad Farid Ali Hassan was killed by the Israeli army on July 3rd, 2021

A Month After Killing Him, Israeli Occupation  Army Hands Corpse Of Slain Palestinian To His family

 IMEMC, AUG 4, 2021

The Israeli occupation army handed, on Tuesday evening, the body of a slain young Palestinian man to his family, a month after killing him and holding his corpse.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Nablus branch of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), in northern West Bank, said PRCS medics were handed the corpse of Mohammad Farid Ali Hasan, 20, at the Huwwara Israeli military base, south of Nablus, and moved it to Rafidia Hospital in the city.

It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was killed by the Israeli army on July 3rd, 2021, and more than 25 Palestinians were injured in the southern area of Qusra village, south of Nablus.

Mohammad was shot with a live round in the chest while standing on the rooftop of his home and died from his serious wounds before the soldiers took his corpse.

The incident took place after the Palestinians intercepted and stopped and infiltration by a group of illegal Israeli colonizers who attacked the residents and their homes, before the soldiers invaded the town and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the Palestinians and surrounding homes.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians, Abduct Three, Near Jenin

  IMEMC, AUG 3, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers shot, on Monday at night, one Palestinian, and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to abducting two, in the al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The army also abducted a young man at a roadblock south of Jenin

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town before the soldiers stormed and searched homes, and abducted Jamil Maher Khamaisa along with his son Mo’taz.

The invasion led to protests before the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Medical sources said a young man was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the neck and another young man with a gas bomb in the head, and dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Shaher Obeid, from Anza village, south of Jenin, after stopping him at the Dotan military roadblock, near Ya’bad town.

In related news, the soldiers invaded Sielet al-Harithiya town, west of Jenin, and fired gas bombs at Palestinians attending a wedding celebration, causing several injuries.

As four Sheikh Jarrah families await critical High Court ruling, Illegal Israeli settler opens fire, injures Palestinian”

 IMEMC, AUG 2, 2021

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 2, 2021 (WAFA) –

As four Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem today await a critical ruling from the Israeli occupation regime so-called High Court regarding their forced eviction from their homes, an Israeli settler opened fire and injured a Palestinian who was taking part in a solidarity event with the afflicted residents, according to local sources.

They said a settler opened fire at the youth during a solidarity event with the Sheikh Jarrah residents lightly injuring him in the foot.

Israeli police closed off the area following the incident.

The four Palestinian families – Kurd, Skafi, Jaouni, and al-Qassem – have appealed to the High Court against their forced eviction from their homes for the benefit of Israeli settler organizations.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Open Fire At Farmers And Fishermen In Gaza

 AUG 2, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers and the navy attacked, Monday, many Palestinian farmers, and fishermen, in the Gaza strip, causing damage, and forcing the Palestinians to leave.

Media sources said Israeli navy ships opened fire at several Palestinian fishing boats only three nautical miles from the shore, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza city.

They added that the navy attacked the boats with water cannons and several rounds of live ammunition, causing severe damage to at least one boat.

The attack did not lead to casualties but forced the fishermen back to the shore in fear of further Israeli escalation, without being able to fish to provide for their families.

In addition, Israeli occupation soldiers stationed in military towers cross the perimeter fence near the Malaka area, east of Gaza city, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, especially in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, forcing them to leave.

In addition, the army claimed that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians overnight after they allegedly tried to breach the perimeter fence in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.

The army repeatedly opens fire at Palestinian farmers, workers, and shepherds near the fence across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, in addition to the constant attacks targeting the fishermen and their boats in Gaza territorial waters, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to serious property damage and the confiscation of many boats after abducting the fishermen.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Near Jenin

 IMEMC, AUG 3, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers seriously injured, Monday, a young Palestinian man near the Annexation Wall, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Media sources said the soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian while he was walking near the Annexation Wall, near Taybeh village, west of Jenin, inflicting life-threatening wounds.

They added that the injured Palestinian in from Umm al-Fahem town in the Haifa District.

After shooting the young man, who holds Israeli citizenship, the soldiers took him to an Israeli hospital.

It is worth mentioning that Umm al-Fahem is only twenty kilometers northwest of Jenin.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In West Bank

 IMEMC, AUG 4, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including one woman and a child, in addition to summoning many others for interrogation, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Sa’ir town, northeast of the city, invaded and ransacked homes before abducting three Palestinians, identified as Ezzeddin Ahmad Shalalda, 26, Humam Shalalda, 30, and Mohammad Diab Tarda, 30.

The sources added that the soldiers installed a roadblock at the entrance of Kharsa village, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

The soldiers also invaded Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes, and abducted two siblings, identified as Eyad Wael Meshe and his brother, Jamil.

Furthermore, the occupation soldiers invaded Kobar village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted Mina Barghouthi, from his home. The soldiers also invaded Abu Qash nearby village and searched a few homes.

In the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Islam Masoud Zeitoun, 13, from his home in Be’er Ayyoub neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Also in Silwan, the soldiers abducted Sinan Ibrahim Awwad, 19, and a young woman, identified as Tala al-Ghoul, from their homes.

The soldiers also attacked many young Palestinian men at the main road leading to Silwan, before several army jeeps invaded the Abu Tayeh neighborhood, and the soldiers also invaded the homes of two former political prisoners, identified as Saif Natsha and Issa Natsha, in Rad al-Amoud neighborhood.

The two Palestinians were not in their homes during the invasions, and the soldiers handed their families military orders summoning the two for interrogation.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also detained a young man, identified as Yousef Resheq, and interrogated him for several hours at the al-Maskobiyya detention center, before releasing them.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Raed Hussein Dirbas in the al-Isawiya nearby town and attacked many Palestinians walking on the street near the property.

In addition, several Israeli occupation army jeeps invaded the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in Jerusalem and fired several concussion grenades at random.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Demolish Eight Commercial Structures In Hizma

 IMEMC, AUG 4, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers demolished, Wednesday, eight commercial structures in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

Local sources said the soldiers surrounded and invaded the area near the Hizma military roadblock, before demolishing the eight structures, owned by members of the local Khatib family.

Lawyer Midhat Theeba said the Central Court in Jerusalem denied an appeal filed by a colonialist organization, two months ago, demanding the demolition of the structures, however, it changed its verdict and issued a demolition order that was carried within eight hours, before the Palestinians could file any appeals.

Over the last few months, the Regavim colonialist organization filed lawsuits demanding the demolition of sixteen structures in Hizma, all owned by the Khatib family, and alleged that the structures are all within the boundaries of Jerusalem.

It is worth mentioning that Hizma, located in an essential area in the central West Bank, has a main road linking between the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank, and is subject to escalating Israeli violations, including attacks by the colonialist settlers, the demolition of homes and structures, in addition to the illegal annexation of private Palestinian lands for the benefit of the illegal colonialist activities.

Hizma is also surrounded by Geva Benjamin illegal colony in the northern part of the town, Pisgat Zeev and Neve Yaacov in the western part, and Anatot in the eastern part, in addition to the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built between 2004 and 2006, leading to the illegal annexation of thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands.

In related news, the Israeli soldiers invaded Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before demolishing an agricultural room and bulldozing farmlands surrounding it.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also conducted large-scale demolitions of Palestinian property in Khirbet Ibzeiq village, northeast of Tubas.

Israeli Occupation Army Demolishes Agricultural Room, Uproots Lands, In Sebastia

IMEMC,  AUG 4, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before demolishing an agricultural room and bulldozing farmlands surrounding it.

Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said the soldiers invaded the lands, close to the archeological area, before demolishing the room, owned by Abdul-Aziz Nabulsi.

He added that the soldiers also bulldozed and uprooted the surrounding lands, in addition to destroying an irrigation network and a fence.

Azem also stated that this is the second time the soldiers demolish the room in recent months.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers frequently invade Sebastia to accompany groups of colonialist settlers into the archeological area in Sebastia.

During these invasions, the soldiers block all Palestinian traffic, in addition to frequently storming homes, abducting Palestinians, and attacking protesters, in addition to removing the Palestinian flag from the site.

Israeli Occupation forces conduct large-scale demolitions in northern Jordan Valley”

 IMEMC, AUG 4, 2021

TUBAS, Wednesday, August 04, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today conducted large-scale demolitions of Palestinian property in Khirbet Ibzeiq village, northeast of Tubas, according to an official.

Mu‘taz Besharat, a Palestinian official who monitors illegal Israeli settlement activities in Tubas governorate, said that Israeli occupation forces escorted bulldozers into the village, where the heavy types of machinery have been tearing down residential structures and livestock sheds and sabotaging water tanks and solar panels since 6:00 AM this morning.

The soldiers also seized several agricultural tractors and private vehicles.

Under international law, driving residents of an occupied territory from their homes is considered a forcible transfer of protected persons, which constitutes a war crime. But residents of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley are no strangers to such disruptive Israeli policies.

The valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.

Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.

The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967 and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.

Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in thirty-eight communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.

In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.

Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face myriad restrictions on access to resources and services. Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.

Israeli occupation regime politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Shoot Six Palestinians in Jenin, Assault Four in Beita

 IMEMC, AUG 4, 2021

Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday, shot six Palestinians in Jenin, assaulted four in Beita, south of Nablus, in northern occupied West Bank, medical and security sources reported.

In Jenin, Israeli occupation soldiers and undercover agents invaded the industrial zone of the city, firing live rounds at the Palestinians who resisted the incursion, security sources told the Palestinian WAFA News Agency.

The army shot and injured six Palestinians, one of whom was seriously injured after being shot in the abdomen. He was evacuated to a nearby Nablus hospital for urgent treatment.

On Sbeih Mountain, south of Nablus, in Beita village, the army assaulted several Palestinians, injuring four.

Ahmad Jibril, director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PCCS) emergency center stated that they treated four Palestinians for physical assault, two of whom were briefly detained by the army, the other two were transferred to hospital for treatment.

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Israeli Occupation Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Jerusalem

 IMEMC, AUG 3, 2021

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, three Palestinians and assaulted several others in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

Local sources said the soldiers invaded and searched several homes before abducting Soheib Siyam, Islam Ghateet, and Gheith Ghosha.

The sources added that the soldiers also assaulted several Palestinians during the invasion into the neighborhood.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to abducting three, in the al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

On Monday at dawn, the soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank.

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Red Cross: “Gaza survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families, as a result of the Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip”

 IMEMC, AUG 3, 2021

A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza shows that 80% of Gaza’s population live much of their lives in the dark, with only 10-12 hours of electricity per day. This issue becomes extra problematic during the peak of summer and poses a threat to the health and daily life for Gazans, with the majority of the population being unable to refrigerate food and wastewater treatment plants unable to operate.

According to the study, the chronic, prolonged electricity shortages and power cuts are taking a psychological toll on people, with 94% of Gazans surveyed reporting that their mental health is affected by the situation. Furthermore, the recent intense escalation of hostilities in May damaged infrastructure and caused massive shortages of supply through the major power lines, leaving people with only 4-5 hours of electricity per day.

While some can afford additional electricity supply through generators at least 500,000 people cannot afford additional power, so they are forced to spend most of their day without electricity.

“We have a small battery to feed the LED lights and we recharge it only when we have electricity. It survives for an hour or two only, then we stay in pitch black. These LEDs go out most of the time,” says Ahmed Darwish, a 64-year-old father from Bureij refugee camp.

Key findings:

94% of those surveyed said the prolonged situation had affected their mental health. 82% of respondents told the ICRC that they were unable to refrigerate food because of the situation. 27% of those surveyed told the ICRC they could not access any alternative form of power when the municipal power went off. Of these, 91% simply could not afford to pay for more power. 57% said that they could access alternative forms of power, but it was not enough to meet their needs in life or work.

In the ICRC survey, Gazans describe a situation where the unavailability of electricity has made daily life extremely difficult for years. It is almost impossible to do housework, devices frequently malfunction when power is out, there is no running water, schoolwork cannot be finished, people have to shoulder a massive financial burden to buy extra power (in the form of generators) and the power cuts even contributed to environmental pollution that impacts people’s health.

It feels just like a cemetery when the power is out. Pitch black. I light up the oil lamp. Even the LED lights, they are insufficient because the batteries are not fully charged. I also don’t always have oil for the lamp, and it is also insufficient for my kids to study.”

– Mariam Hunaideq, a mother of six who lives in Nahr Al-Barid in the southern Gaza Strip.

The findings of the survey confirm long-standing testimony by people in Gaza and ICRC’s own observations. With electricity supply reduced to three to four hours a day during peak crisis times, people in Gaza experience heavy limitations to going about their daily business. Even when Gaza enjoys a period of calm and electricity supply reaches 10-12 hours a day, extreme heat and import restrictions of fuel to run the Gaza power plant pose a threat to health and daily life for Gazans.

The lack of electricity also means that wastewater treatment plants can no longer be operated, and wastewater is pumped into the sea untreated polluting large parts of Gaza’s shoreline. Not only does this pollute the sea, it contributes to the faster spreading of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which endanger the health of people in Gaza and beyond.

Electricity has become an issue in Gaza that profoundly impacts basic services like water supply, wastewater treatment, health facilities, as well as also businesses and irrigation of crops and fruit. Particularly in urban contexts like Gaza, people’s well-being and public health conditions strongly depend on electricity, even after the fighting has ended. In 2021, Gazans should not be living like this. We are calling on the authorities concerned and the international community to recognize the situation and work towards improving it.”

– Mirjam Müller, the head of ICRC’s Sub delegation in Gaza.

The Gaza Resilience Programme

Electricity is not the only unreliable service in Gaza. There are also issues with the water supply and water treatment, health services and irrigation for local food production. All these systems are interconnected. When one fails, the others can too.

The ICRC launched its Gaza Resilience Programme in 2020, which aims to understand these systems and how they are interconnected and find ways to increase their resilience to system shocks, including improving water and wastewater systems and power supplies in a resilient way.

One example is to automize operations of critical infrastructure components such as electricity transformers and pumping stations so that no one must risk their life to operate them manually in times of conflict. The Resilience Programme also provides a more efficient and resilient management of Gaza’s interlinked water and electricity systems.

Red Cross: “Gaza survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families” – – IMEMC News

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