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2 Palestinians Killed, Scores Injured, Scores Abducted, Homes Demolished by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

August 22, 2022 

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/

Palestinian Wasim Nasser Abu Khalifa, 18, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Balata refugee camp, Nablus, on August 18, 2022	Palestinian Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, 58, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers while leaving a local mosque, following dawn prayers in Tubas, August 19, 2022

A Palestinian forced to demolish his own home in occupied Jerusalem, August 17, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians in Beit Dajan and Beita, on August 19, 2022

Israeli Occupation Regime Halts Construction Of School Near Hebron

 IMEMC, AUG 22, 2022

The Israeli occupation army handed, Sunday, an order halting the construction of a Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Um Qissa School said on its official Facebook page that the Israeli occupation authorities denied an appeal for permitting the small school, which serves children from the Bedouin community.

Fuad al-Amour, the coordinator of the Protections and Steadfastness Committees, said the orders are the prefix for a demolition order within the coming few days, adding that the order is part of the escalating violations against the Palestinians, their homes, lands, educational facilities, and holy sites.

He denounced Israel’s ongoing destruction of Palestinian infrastructure, schools, educational and health facilities as part of its constant attempts to build and expand its colonies, built in direct violation of International Law.

All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Four Children, In Bethlehem And Ramallah

  IMEMC, AUG 21, 2022

On Sunday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four children, in Bethlehem and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, before storming and ransacking many homes.

The occupation soldiers added that the soldiers abducted Hamada Jamal Hasan, 15, Ali Jihad Thawabta, 15, Yousef Mohammad Thawabta, 15, and Wadea’ Mahmoud Sheikh, 15.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the army installed a roadblock at the main entrance of invaded Ein Yabrud village, northeast of the city, and abducted Qutaiba Jalal al-Beyari, 20, and Ahmad Abdul-Majid Salah, 20.

Israeli Occupation Army Abducts Nine Palestinians, Including Four Children, In Jerusalem And Tubas

  IMEMC, AUG 20, 2022

On Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted four Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem and five young men in Tubas in the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers abducted four children while playing in the Sa’diyya neighborhood and other parts of Jerusalem.

They have been identified as Ayham Hijazi, 14, from the Sa’diyya neighborhood, Mahmoud Jabari from the Old City, Mahdi Samara, and Anas Safadi from Bab al-‘Amoud; the soldiers took them to an interrogation facility in the city.

In Tammoun town, south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two siblings, Moath and Ayd Farhan Bani Odah, in addition to Ma’moun Naim Bani Odah and Ali Mustafa Bani Odah.

In Tubas city, the soldiers abducted a university student, Akram Hakam al-Kharraz, from his home.

 IMEMC, Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians Near Nablus

  IMEMC, AUG 20, 2022

On Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians in Beit Dajan and Beita, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Media sources said the Palestinians marched on their lands while chanting against the Israeli violations, including the illegal annexation of their lands, and carried Palestinian flags before the soldiers attacked them with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, caused burns to another Palestinian after targeting him with a gas bomb, and caused 37 to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.

The sources added that the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen and caused five to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Beita, south of Nablus.

The Palestinians have been holding ongoing processions on their lands in Sbeih Mountain in Beita, and in Beit Dajan, since May of last year after a group of illegal Israeli colonizers installed an outpost atop the Mountain.

The occupation soldiers injured thousands of Palestinians during these protests and killed several others, including children.

The Mountain, owned by the Palestinians, has significant strategic importance, especially since if the colonizers occupied it, the colony would lead to the annexation of 20 Dunams of Palestinian lands and would also lead to the isolation of a large area of Palestinian lands.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Hebron

 IMEMC, AUG 20, 2022

On Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers shot a young Palestinian man and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during protests that erupted after the army invaded the Bab az-Zawiya area in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the Palestinian marched in the area, heading to the permanent military roadblock at the entrance of Shuhada Street, before the soldiers chased them into Bab az-Zawiya and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades while several young men hurled stones and empty bottles at them.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with live fire in the leg, resulting in moderate wounds, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, especially since the area is in Hebron’s trade center, always filled with people.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Six Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum

  IMEMC, AUG 20, 2022

On Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers injured six Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PCS) said its medics provided treatment to the six wounded Palestinians and several others who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The procession started from the center of the town before the residents marched carrying Palestinian flags and chanting against the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their homes, lands, holy sites, and livelihood.

The occupation soldiers attacked the procession with rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades and tried to ambush and abduct some protesters.

The Palestinians have been holding weekly processions in Kufur Qaddoum for the last eighteen years, demanding the army to reopen the village’s main road the soldiers blockaded to allow easy access to the illegal colonizers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony built on stolen Palestinian lands.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Man, Injure Another And Abduct Five, In Tubas

  IMEMC, AUG 19, 2022

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed the death of Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, 58, from serious wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him while leaving a local mosque, following dawn prayers in Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank.

Salah was rushed to a local hospital and was admitted to surgery but succumbed to his serious wounds, especially since the soldiers shot him with a live round in the head.

Medical sources said the soldiers invaded Tubas and attacked protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades, shooting Salah in the head while he was leaving a mosque in the city following dawn prayers.

Palestinian medics provided the urgently needed treatment to the injured man before rushing him to a hospital due to the seriousness of his concision.

Local sources said the family was preparing to celebrate his daughter’s wedding scheduled to be held on August 26th.

The occupation soldiers also shot a young man with a live round in the thigh during protests that took place after the army invaded Tammoun town, south of Tubas.

The occupation soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in Tubas, and in Tammoun town before abducting five Palestinians.

Kamal Bani Odah, the head of the Tubas office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), said the soldiers abducted Ma’moun Na’im Abu Odah, Mustafa Bani Odah, in addition to Moath and his brother Ayed Farhan Bani Odah, from Tammoun, and a college student Akaram Hakam al-Kharraz from his home on Tubas.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Ramallah

  IMEMC, AUG 19, 2022

On Thursday, Israeli occupation soldiers injured many Palestinians in Ramallah and al-Biereh cities in the central West Bank.

Media sources said many army jeeps invaded the two major cities leading to protests, and attacked the Palestinians with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided treatment to one Palestinian who was shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and at least thirty-three who suffered the severe effects of tear gas inhalation.

The PRCS added that the soldiers also invaded the main yard of Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah and randomly fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.

The occupation soldiers invaded the medical center looking for wounded Palestinians to abduct, but the Palestinians managed to stop them.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Fourteen Palestinians In West Bank

  IMEMC, AUG 19, 2022

On Thursday, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted at least fourteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem.

Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the governorate and abducted three Palestinians.

They said the soldiers abducted Anas Taiseer al-Awawda, 26, and Mo’tasem Ghazi Shawamra, 22, from their homes in Doura town, south of Hebron, and Bassem Mohammad al-Masalma, from his home in Beit Awwa town, west of the city.

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers also abducted a young man, Hussein Issa, 18, from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, while crossing a military roadblock northwest of Jerusalem, and a young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, after stopping him near Bab Hutta in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Silwanic added that the soldiers also abducted Mahmoud Jamal Atiya and Adam Kayed Mahmoud from the al-‘Isawiya town in Jerusalem.

In Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Khaled Emad Faraj, 24, from his home after storming the property and ransacking it, causing damage.

In Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked the homes of Sayyaf Qassem Silmi, 20, and abducted him.

Also, Israeli occupation  soldiers abducted five Palestinians in several parts of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians In Ramallah

 IMEMC, AUG 18, 2022

On Thursday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians during protests that took place after the army invaded Ramallah in the central West Bank.

Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded several areas in Ramallah and al-Biereh cities and attacked the protesters with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah said its medics provided treatment to at least one Palestinian who was shot with live rubber-coated steel bullets and 33 who suffered the severe effects of tear gas inhalation.

The Israeli army also invaded the main entrance area of Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the Palestinians, in addition to attempting to abduct some of the wounded.

Also, the occupation soldiers abducted three Palestinians in Hebron, and one in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

In Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians from their homes and attacked protesters.

Earlier on Thursday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed Wasim Nasser Abu Khalifa, 18, and injured at least 36 others, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

WAFA: “Four Palestinian detainees in the Israeli occupation regime prisons are on hunger strike, including one for 158 days and a 64-year-old man”

  IMEMC, AUG 18, 2022

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinian detainees in Israel are currently on hunger strike in protest against their prolonged detention in the prisons of the Israeli occupation regime, without charge or trial, including one who has been on hunger strike for 158 days, two siblings, and a 64-year-old man, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said.

Khalil Awawda, 40, has been on hunger strike for 158 days today in protest against his administrative detention.

He is reported to be in critical health condition and kept at an Israeli hospital. He appealed his detention to the Israeli military court, which rejected it.

Awawda, from the town of Doura in the south of the West Bank, suspended his first hunger strike after 111 days of fast after he was promised to be released.

However, when Israel reneged on its decision and renewed his administrative detention for four more months, he resumed his hunger strike.

The siblings Ahmad Hussein Mousa, 44, and Odal, 34, have also been on hunger strike for the 11th day in protest against their administrative detention.  They are from Al-Khader town near Bethlehem.

Yousef al-Baz, 64, an Israeli citizen and the Imam of a mosque imam from the Arab town of Lydda (Lod), is also on hunger strike for the seventh day in a row in protest against his arbitrary detention. He was abducted on April 30.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill One Palestinian, Injure 36, In Nablus

  IMEMC, AUG 18, 2022

Earlier On Thursday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli occupation soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured at least 36 others, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Ahmad Jibril, the spokesperson of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), said the soldiers killed Wasim Nasser Abu Khalifa, 18, from Balata refugee camp, after shooting him with two live rounds in the upper chest, including one to the heart.

The medics rushed Wasim to the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, but he succumbed to his serious wounds despite all efforts to save his life.

Jibril added that the soldiers also shot three young men with live round in the chest, neck area and the abdomen, causing life-threatening wounds, in addition to one who was shot with a high-velocity gas bomb to the chest, and were all rushed to local hospitals, and 27 who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation who received treatment by PRCS medics.

Most of the Palestinians who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation are children, including infants, who were injured while in their homes due to the intensity of the Israeli fire.

The Israeli invasions targeted many areas in Nablus, including the main invasion into Joseph’s Tomb area, Amman Street, Balata refugee camp and many surrounding communities.

Palestinian resistance fighters also exchange fire with the soldiers invading the Joseph Tomb area, Amman Street, in addition to Askar and Balata refugee camp.

Ibrahim Milhem, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Government, denounced the killing of the Palestinian teen in Nablus, and the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people across occupied Palestine, and denounced the international silence and complicity, and those who justify the Israeli crimes.

The Palestinian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the killing of the young man and said the attack was “part of Israel’s ongoing crimes and field executions carried out against the Palestinian people, under direct orders from its military and the political leaderships.”

It called on the United Nations to act and provide the Palestinian people with urgently needed international protection and vowed to submit another complaint to the International Criminal Court.

The Ministry called on the International Community to end its idleness and silence and to act on holding Israel accountable for its ongoing illegal occupation and its escalating crimes.

Update: Israeli Occupation Army Injures Eighteen Palestinians, Three seriously, In Nablus Published on: Aug 18, 2022 at 01:00

On Wednesday night, Israeli occupation soldiers injured at least eighteen Palestinians, including three who suffered serious wounds, during protests in Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Ahmad Jibril, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus said the soldiers injured at least eighteen Palestinians.

Jibril added that three of the wounded suffered serious gunshot wounds to the thigh, chest and abdomen, and one Palestinian who was shot with a high-velocity gas bomb to the head.

Another Palestinian suffered shrapnel wounds to the head, and one sustained fractures and bruises after falling while the soldiers chased him.

PRCS medics rushed wounded Palestinians to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus and provided treatment to at least twelve who suffered the severe effects of tear gas inhalation.

The occupation soldiers also invaded Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and exchanged fire with Palestinian resistance fighters.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Nablus Published on: Aug 17, 2022 at 23:13

On Wednesday evening, Israeli occupation soldiers injured many Palestinians east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said dozens of the Israeli occupation regime soldiers in many armored vehicles and troop carriers accompanied several buses transporting illegal colonizers into Joseph’s Tomb area in the eastern part of the city, leading to protests.

They added that the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The invasions and protests mainly took place in the Amman Street area near Askar and Balata refugee camps.

It is worth mentioning that the army frequently invades the eastern area of Nablus to accompany the colonists into the historic site, an issue that leads to protests, in addition to the ongoing invasions of homes and the abduction of many Palestinians.

Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike, however, the Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.

Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.

Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct 23 Palestinians in Pre-Dawn Raids

  IMEMC, AUG 17, 2022

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces conducted their daily raids of West Bank towns and villages, aimed in part at keeping the Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation in a state of terror and uncertainty.

Local sources reported that in Ya’bad, south of Jenin, Palestinian youth who emerged from their homes to defend their village from the invading army by throwing stones were met by an onslaught of tear gas, which entered the windows of homes where families were sleeping and caused dozens of people to require treatment for tear gas inhalation. The invading Israeli soldiers also fired sound grenades, provoking terror among the families in the neighborhood.

Israeli occupation forces abducted 11 Palestinians from the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. They have been identified as Majd Abdel Rahman Ba’jawi, Muhammad Issa Ba’jawi, Amir Kamel Atatreh, Ali Ba’jawi, Hadi Bilal Zaid al-Kilani, Naseem Muhammad Saeed Qabha, Nassim Muhannad Amarneh, Muhammad Maher Abu Bakr and Nizar Hamrasha, Ahmed Ezz El-Din Amarneh, and Jaafar Youssef Abadi.

In addition to abducting these men, the invading Israeli troops also ransacked and searched their homes.

The Israeli occupation army also carried out a campaign of home abductions in the town of Tuqu’, east of Bethlehem, abducting 22 Palestinians. The abducted Palestinians were identified as: two brothers Suleiman Khaled al-Amour (25 years) and Ahmad (23 years old), Sufian Odallah al-Amour (25 years), two brothers Mohammad Imad al-Amour (29 years) and Khalil (26 years), and Baraa Raed al-Amour (25 years), and the two brothers Anas Adel Al-Amour (30 years), Mohammad (31 years), Mahmoud Ali Al-Amour (24 years), Mahmoud Deeb Al-Amour (19 years), Moamen Ratib Al-Amour (21 years), Talal Issa Al-Amour (47 years), and his son Sanad (18 years), Mohammad Riyad Al-Amour (21 years), brothers Baha Khaled Al-Badan (24 years) and Hussein (22 years), Khalil Daoud Abu Mufreh (30 years), Wajdi Samer Al-Badan (17 years), Riyad Imad Al-Badan (22 years), and Ibrahim Fouad Al-Sabah (25 years), Mohammad Suleiman Al-Shaer (23 years), and Musa Muhammad Al-Amour (22 years).

In Beit Sira, Israeli forces abducted two former political prisoners, Hamza Awad from Kobar, and Ali Munir Hamdan from Beit Sira, after the soldiers raided and searched their homes.

From Nablus, Israeli occupation forces abducted Walid Abu Lail from Rafidia neighborhood, and the former prisoner Othman Al Khalili from Al-Dahiya neighborhood in the city.

From Tulkarem, Israeli forces abducted one young man, Mohammad Sareeh Hassan Mahamid (38 years), from the suburb of Iktaba, east of the city, after they raided and searched his house.

Israeli forces conduct pre-dawn raids throughout the West Bank on a daily basis, in direct violation of international law and Israel’s obligations as an occupying military force under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Israeli military forces have occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the city of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights since 1967 and forced the indigenous population of these areas to live under martial law since that time. This is the longest-standing military occupation on earth, and is in direct violation of international law.

Israel Occupation Forces Two Families To Demolish Their Homes In Occupied Jerusalem

  IMEMC, AUG 17, 2022

On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation authorities forced two Palestinian families to demolish their homes in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

Media sources said members of the Shweiki family in the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, were forced to demolish their home despite appeals, and fines imposed on the family.

The Israeli occupation army also forced Mahmoud Abu Rayya to demolish sections of his home in the Sharafat neighborhood of Jerusalem, just as he obtained a ruling delaying the demolition for three months until he concludes his appeals.

Israeli’s policy of home demolitions, including self-demolition, is an illegal act of collective punishment that violated International Law.

While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies, Palestinian communities and towns, in occupied Jerusalem, and various areas in the occupied West Bank, continue to be denied the right to build homes and property.

The Israeli occupation regime has been issuing dozens of demolition orders against existing Palestinian homes and property, including under-construction structures, and has already demolished many of them.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus

  IMEMC, AUG 16, 2022

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation soldiers injured many Palestinians in Sebastia town and Burqa village, northwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said several army jeeps invaded the town leading to protests.

He added that the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, causing several injuries.

The soldiers also invaded Burqa village, leading to protests and injuring several Palestinians who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

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

During these invasions, the soldiers block all Palestinian traffic, frequently storm homes, abduct Palestinians, attack protesters, and remove the Palestinian flag from the archeological area.

In related news, the soldiers invaded Georga Habash Square west of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and installed a roadblock, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

Israeli Occupation  Regime Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishermen In Southern Gaza

  IMEMC, AUG 19, 2022

On Thursday evening, Israeli occupation regime navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near the shores of Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses said the navy chased several fishing boats near the shore of Khan Younis and fired many live rounds and flares.

They added that the navy ships also attacked fishing boats with flares, live rounds, and gas bombs near the shore of Rafah.

The attacks caused damage but did not lead to casualties and forced the Palestinians to leave, fearing further Israeli violations.

The attacks are part of constant Israeli violations against the Palestinians, especially the fishermen, farmers, shepherds, and workers in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, and resulted in dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to severe property damage and the confiscation of many boats after abducting the fishermen.

In March of 2021, the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza said Israeli mines were responsible for an explosion that led to the death of three fishermen.

Israeli Occupation Regime Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Southern Gaza

  IMEMC, AUG 18, 2022

On Thursday morning, Israeli occupation navy ships attacked with live fire many Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses said the navy fired a barrage of live fire, in addition to flares and gas bombs, at the boats, forcing them to leave.

They added that the navy chased the boats, sailing and fishing within Palestinian waters near the shore, forcing the fishermen to dock without being able to fish to provide for their families.

The attacks are part of constant Israeli violations against the Palestinians, especially the fishermen, farmers, shepherds, and workers in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, and resulted in dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to severe property damage and the confiscation of many boats after abducting the fishermen.

In March of 2021, the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza said Israeli mines were responsible for an explosion that led to the death of three fishermen.

Israeli Occupation Regime Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Southern Gaza

  IMEMC, AUG 16, 2022

On Monday evening, Israeli occupationn regime navy ships fired dozens of live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the navy chased the boats and fired dozens of live rounds, forcing them to leave without being able to fish to provide for their families.

There have been no reports of injuries in the aftermath of the Israeli attack on the Palestinian fishermen.

On Sunday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shores of the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Thursday night, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah.

The attacks are part of constant Israeli violations against the Palestinians, especially the fishermen, farmers, shepherds, and workers in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, and resulted in dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to severe property damage and the confiscation of many boats after abducting the fishermen.

In March of 2021, the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza said Israeli mines were responsible for an explosion that led to the death of three fishermen.

PCHR Condemns and Demands International Community to Intervene Promptly after Israeli Occupation Forces Shut Down 7 CSOs in Ramallah

  IMEMC, AUG 18, 2022

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): 

On Thursday dawn, 18 August 2022, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided and closed 7 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ramallah and confiscated some of their contents.

The decision came few hours after the announcement of Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, 3 CSOs: the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC), and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association as “terrorist organizations”, for allegedly funding the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The decision was made after an appeal submitted by these organizations against a previous decision issued last October labeling 6 CSOs as terrorist organization was rejected.

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Today at dawn, large number of IOF moved into Ramallah and Al-Bireh, where they raided 7 CSOs and human rights organizations and confiscated most of their contents.

Afterwards, they welded shut with locks and iron bars and affixed a military order issued by the military commander to the doors, stating “necessary for region’s security, to counter terrorism infrastructure, in all its parts, vehicles, organizations and bodies, and to thwart acts of terrorism and strike the terrorism infrastructure, I am ordering to close this place”.

As a result, none of those working in these organizations was able to see the extent of sabotage there, or what was confiscated.

The organizations closed are as follows: the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women Committees (UPWC), Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, and the Union of Health Work Committees (UHWC).

PCHR stresses that the closure is part of IOF’s systematic policy to polish off the Palestinian civil society and undermine its role in supporting the Palestinian resilience under the occupation.

PCHR hereby emphasizes that any assault on the civil society organizations constitutes a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and violates the Israeli occupation authorities’ obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to freedom of association in Article 22.

PCHR emphasizes that IOF adopts a systematic policy to tighten the screws on the Palestinian CSOs that has started since the 2001 Durban Conference against Racism in South Africa and escalated after the State of Palestine had acceded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2015.

These restrictions included the prosecution of human rights activists, and limiting their travel and movement, raiding and shutting down leading organizations in the fields of human rights and services.

PCHR stresses that IOF’s pursuit, designation of Palestinian NGOs as “terrorist”, and smear campaign against them aims at closing down these organizations and drying up external donor funding; thus, having only one narrative and hiding the truth about IOF crimes committed in the oPt.

PCHR stresses that such practices are part of an old/new campaign against the CSOs and human rights organizations because of its pioneering role in exposing IOF’s violations and its international work, particularly at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

PCHR indicates that such practices come at a time IOF’s violations against Palestinian civilians at the height as the Palestinian CSOs countered the silence about these violations with exposing IOF’s crimes and unprecedented fierce campaign against the Palestinian people during the past 20 years.

For more than 6 months, those violations escalated and included outgrowing settlement expansion, seizing Palestinians’ lands, building settlement roads, constructing the annexation wall, ethnic cleansing and creating Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem and assaulting holy sites.

PCHR affirms that CSOs are the last resort to protect the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and to defend civilian victims from the Israeli violations. These organizations will never and even refuse to be a good victim for the occupation.

CSOs are fully aware of their role and duty and will not surrender or get caught up in defending their existence, because they exist for a noble, legal, national, and humanitarian mission, which is to defend the Palestinians’ dignity, rights and rule of law.

It is worth noting that the Israeli authorities’ decision to classify 6 CSOs as terrorist organizations was broadly and internationally condemned, specifically by the United Nations bodies, Special Rapporteurs, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Also, 10 European Union (EU) Member States rejected the Israeli decision, considering it was based on unfounded accusations and affirmed in a joint statement that they will continue to work with these organization, and that having a free and strong civil society is indispensable to promote the democratic values.

PCHR stresses the Palestinian authority (PA)’s role in protecting the civil society and its organizations, especially as these organizations legally operate in the West Bank and its offices located in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas.

PCHR also calls on the EU and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention to take immediate action in order to compel Israel to abolish the decision to close the CSOs and stop all violations against them.

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 August 2022)

 Violation of right to life and bodily integrity:

 Two Palestinians were killed and 19 others, including 3 children, were injured, while dozens of others suffocated in Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)’s attacks in the West Bank. Details are as follows:

On 15 August 2022, IOF killed Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaham after opening fire at him inside his house in Kafr ‘Aqab village, north of occupied East Jerusalem, claiming that he tried to stab one of the Israeli soldiers who raided and searched the house. Al-Shaham family refuted the IOF’s claims. (Details available in this press release)

On 17 August 2022, Waseem Naser Khalifa (19) was killed after being shot with a live bullet in his chest while he was near Balata Camp’s entrance, and five Palestinians were injured; 2 of them in serious condition, when IOF opened fire in clashes that accompanied their incursion into eastern Nablus. According to filed investigations, at around 22:00, IOF moved into eastern Nablus and Israeli snipers topped the roofs of residential houses to secure settlers’ raids to Joseph’s tomb. Afterwards, clashes broke out with IOF and continued until 02:00, resulting in the murder of Khalifa and the injury of others.

Meanwhile, those injured were victims of excessive use of force that accompanied IOF suppression of peaceful protests and gatherings organized by Palestinian civilians and they were as follows:

On 11 August 2022, a 15-year-old child was shot with a live bullet in his right knee after IOF opened fire at him during clashes broke out in Bab al-Zawiyia area in central Hebron.

On 12 August 2022, 7 Palestinians, including 2 children, were shot with rubber bullets during clashes that followed IOF’s suppression of Kafr Qaddoum weekly protest in northern Qalqilya.

 On 13 August 2022, a Palestinian was injured with a rubber bullet in his left knee during clashes with IOF near the military court checkpoint established near the “Beit El” settlement, north of al-Bireh city.

On 15 August 2022, a Palestinian sustained wounds and dozens of others suffocated during clashes with IOF near Qalandia military checkpoint, north of occupied East Jerusalem, after organizing a protest against the murder of Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaham (21) by IOF, who raided his family house at dawn and shot him.

On 16 August 2022, 3 Palestinians were shot with live bullets in clashes that accompanied IOF’s incursion into Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. Before their withdrawal, IOF arrested 3 Palestinians and raided and searched creative institution after destroying its main door. Also, through leaflets, IOF threatened and warned the camp’s residents of participating in activities related to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

On 17 August 2022, a Palestinian was shot with a rubber bullet in his face during clashes that followed IOF’s incursion into Rafidia neighborhood, west of Nablus.

In the Gaza Strip, 5 IOF shootings were reported on fishing boats off the Gaza shores, and 2 other shootings were reported on agricultural lands in eastern Gaza Strip.

”So far in 2022, IOF attacks killed 109 Palestinians, including 78 civilians: 24 children, 8 women (one was a journalist Shireen Abu ‘Aqlah), 2 Palestinians killed by Israeli settler and the rest were activists; 15 of them were assassinated. Thirty-two of those killed, including 19 civilians: 8 children and 3 women were in the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Also, 1248 Palestinians were wounded in IOF’s attacks, including 190 children, 39 women, and 20 journalists all in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Moreover, 3 Palestinian prisoners, including a female, died in the Israeli jails.

Land razing, demolitions, and notices

IOF demolished 5 houses and parts of 2 other houses, rendering 3 families of 17 persons, including 3 women and 7 children, homeless. Also, IOF notified to cease construction works in 8 houses and demolished 4 commercial facilities and agricultural rooms. In contrast, IOF approved the establishment of a new settlement outpost in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Details are as follows:

On 11 August 2022, IOF notified to demolish a 300-square-meters house in southern Dura city in Hebron, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. The shelters a family of 6 persons, including 4 children.

On 14 August 2022, a Palestinian implemented the Israeli Municipality’s decision and self-demolished part of his house in Bab Hetta neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

On 11 August 2022, Israeli authorities approved a new settlement plan to establish a new settlement, including 381 housing units, buildings, open areas, and streets to link the settlement with its surroundings. The new settlement will be established on Palestinians’ lands (259 dunums) that are under the threat of confiscation in Deir Istiya village in Salfit.

On 14 August 2022, IOF handed cease-construction notices against 2 houses in western Beit Awwa village in Hebron, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

On the same day, IOF dismantled and confiscated 13 solar panels in Qawawis village in Hebron, rendering 42 persons living in the area without electricity.

On 15 August 2022, IOF distributed demolition notices to 3 under-construction houses in Budrus village, west of Ramallah, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.  Also, IOF demolished a caravan in al-Mas’oudaiyia area in Nablus.

On 16 August 2022, IOF forced a Palestinian to self-demolish an uninhabited apartment in his building in Isawiya village in occupied East Jerusalem. On the same day, IOF demolished a house in Silwan village in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction, rendering a family of 8 persons, including a woman and 2 girls, homeless.

Moreover, IOF demolished al-Salam wedding hall in Isawiya village in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being a state-owned land.

Also, IOF demolished an agricultural barrack in Battir village, west of Bethlehem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. Additionally, IOF demolished a house and 2 livestock barns in Al-Jiftlik village, north of Jericho, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. On the same day, IOF notified to cease construction works in 2 under-construction houses in eastern Yatta city in Hebron.

On 17 August 2022, IOF demolished part Palestinian’s house internal walls in Beit Safafa village in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. The house shelters a family of 5 persons, including 3 children.

Also, IOF forced a Palestinian to self-demolish his house sheltering a family of 4 persons, including 2 children, in al-Thawri neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. On the same day, IOF demolished 5 agricultural rooms in Bruqin and Kafr ad-Dik villages in Salfit.

”So far this year, settlers carried out at least 167 attacks on Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank. In two of the attacks, 2 Palestinian were killed.

IOF incursions and arrests of Palestinian civilians:

  IOF carried out 181 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Those incursions included raids and searches of civilian houses and facilities and establishment of checkpoints.

During those incursions, 118 Palestinians were arrested, including 7 children and 2 women. Also, IOF conducted wide-scale arrest campaigns, as 15 Palestinians were arrested in Deir Abu Mash’al village in Ramallah, 23 in Teqoa village, and 11 in Ya’bad village in Jenin.

In the Gaza Strip, on 16 August 2022, IOF arrested 4 fishermen, west of Beit Lahia shore, and confiscated 2 fishing boats boarded by them. (Details available in this press release).

”So far in 2022, IOF conducted 5392 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, during which 3290 Palestinians were arrested, including 310 children and 29 women. IOF also conducted 24 limited incursions into eastern Gaza Strip and arrested 78 Palestinians, including 45 fishermen, 28 infiltrators, and 5 travelers via Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing.

Israeli collective punishment and closure policy and restrictions on freedom of movement:

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation maintains its illegal and inhuman 15-year closure on the Gaza Strip. Details available in PCHR’s monthly update in the Gaza crossings.

In the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, IOF continues to impose restrictions on the freedom of movement. On top of its 108 permanent checkpoints, IOF established 100 temporary military checkpoints in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

On 11 August 2022, IOF established a metal detector gate at the western entrance to Husan village, west of Bethlehem.

On 14 August 2022, IOF closed the metal detector gate established at the western entrance to Husan village in Bethlehem.

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