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

December 13-28, 2022 

Editor's Note:

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (المائدةُ ، 5: 32).

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

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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, not a systematic record, 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/

Israeli occupation regime contributed to the flooding of Gaza towns by opening the dam ducts on the Israeli side of the border fence, December 27, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers abducted two teenage boys, Midhat Zahda and Muhammed Somrain, from their homes in Silwan, Jerusalem, December 27, 2022

Israeli occupation soldiers killed Palestinian Na'im Mahmoud Dtheeb Bedir, 23, in Kafr Qasim, on December 23, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers killed a young man, Ahmed Atif Mustafa Daraghma, 23, in Nablus, December 22, 2022

An illegal Israeli settler rammed with his car the two siblings, Mohammad Yousuf Mutair, 37, and his brother Mohannad, 19, near Za’tara military roadblock south of Nablus, December 17, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers killed Palestinian young man, Tamer Azmin Aref Nashrati, 23, in the Jenin refugee camp, December 22, 2022

The following news stories have been published at: https://imemc.org/



Israeli Killings of Palestinians

Israeli Occupation Regime Police Kill Palestinian in Kafr Qasim

 DEC 23, 2022

The Israeli occupation regime police reported on Friday that its officers shot a Palestinian man, Naim Mahmoud Theeb Bedir, 23, before dawn on Friday, in Kafr Qasim in the Southern Triangle area (inside the undeclared borders of what is now Israel), claiming that he was trying to carry out a ramming attack against the police.

The man’s family rejected the Israeli narrative, saying, “The Israeli police killed our son Naim Mahmoud Bedir, 23, in cold blood, and the police story that he tried to attack them is false.”

The family told reporters, “The Israeli police, after killing our son Naim in cold blood, stormed our home and ransacked all our belongings in front of the children, who were screaming and crying, terrified as the soldiers destroyed our home.”

During the home invasion, the Israeli police abducted several of Naim’s family members to bring them back to the police station for questioning. Israeli forces are known for their torture techniques, which they call ‘enhanced interrogation’.

The police claimed that Badir called the police, saying that a violent incident had occurred, but that when the police arrived, he ran towards them with a weapon, and then got into his car and drove toward the police, mildly injuring two.

The police further claimed that two of its members were slightly injured and were subsequently transferred to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. The police spokesperson said that the district commander then arrived at the site and conducted a field assessment of the situation.

The police then deployed dozens of its members in the village of Kafr Qasim, and sent reinforcements, including members of the special units, and turned the city into a military base, according to local sources.

According to the Israeli police, a search of the building near where Badir was killed turned up “a weapon, ammunition, Molotov cocktails, and a knife.” But there is no evidence that Badir was in that building.

A video clip taken from the scene shows a number of Israeli police officers shooting live rounds into a Palestinian vehicle as it is moving backward.

The police said that it dealt with the incident in Kafr Qasim as a “hostile sabotage operation,” noting that after the attack, the police conducted searches for other suspects.

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Kill One Palestinian, Injure Thirty-Seven, In Nablus

 DEC 22, 2022

On Thursday dawn, Israeli occupation regime soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured thirty-seven, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds, after dozens of army jeeps invaded the eastern area of Nablus city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The invasion led to protests before the army fired a barrage of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Medical sources said the soldiers killed a young man, Ahmad Atef Mustafa Daraghma, 23, from Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, after shooting him with two live rounds in the back and one in the leg.

Ahmad was an athlete and a known soccer player with the Thaqafi Club in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.

They added that the soldiers also shot six Palestinians with live fire, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds and three who were injured by shrapnel, and two who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets in the eye and the arm, in addition to at least 29 who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Media sources in Nablus said dozens of armored military vehicles, including one bulldozer, invaded the city’s eastern area to accompany illegal Israeli colonizers into Joseph Tomb and closed many streets, leading to massive protests.

Also, the Lion’s Den resistance group said in a brief statement that its fighters exchanged fire with the invading Israeli soldiers and hurled pipe bombs at their vehicles.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced Daraghma’s killing and called on FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) to condemn Israel for killing Palestinian athletes.

Shtayyeh also called on the international community and human rights groups to intervene and help end the illegal Israeli occupation and its ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people and to prosecute Israel for its war crime.

It is worth mentioning that the army frequently invades the eastern area of Nablus to accompany the colonists into the Joseph’s Tomb 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 Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Shaikh Yousuf Dwaikat, a local religious figure.

Young Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Jenin

 DEC 19, 2022

On Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a young Palestinian man succumbed to the serious wound he had suffered a week earlier after several Israeli occupation regime military vehicles invaded Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the young man, Tamer Azmin Aref Nashrati, 23, from the Jenin refugee camp in Jenin city in the northern West Bank, died from his wounds at the Istishari hospital in Ramallah.

Various Palestinian factions vowed to continue the path of resistance until liberation and independence.

Hundreds of Palestinians participated in his funeral procession and ceremony in Jenin and marched carrying his body, calling for ongoing resistance, steadfastness, and unity.

The Jenin Brigade of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said Samer was one of its members.

Media sources said Tamer was seriously injured when an explosive charge he was preparing detonated while he was handling it as several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.

Israeli Occupation Regime refuses to return body of veteran prisoner who died in custody

 DEC 21, 2022

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (WAFA) –

Israeli “Defense” Minister Benny Gantz Wednesday morning decided not to return the body of a veteran prisoner who died in Israeli custody to his family.

Israeli media reported that Gantz decided not to release the body of Nasser Abu Humaid to his family, citing an assessment and a “previous security cabinet ruling” that allows the Israeli occupation regime to withhold the bodies of Palestinian prisoners who die in imprisonment and those who are believed to have committed attacks for a potential prisoner exchange.

50-year-old Abu Humaid died on Tuesday morning at the Assaf Harofeh Israeli hospital near Tel Aviv despite longstanding calls to release him due to the Israeli policy of deliberate medical negligence and slow killing following his late diagnosis with cancer more than a year ago.

He was transferred in a sudden manner on Monday afternoon from the Ramla prison clinic to the hospital after his health seriously deteriorated and he slipped into a coma.

Abu Humaid’s family decided not to receive condolences from mourners unless after his body is released for burial.

A general strike was observed on Tuesday, with stores, schools, and businesses shut across the occupied West Bank to mourn Abu Hmeid’s death.

President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that Abu Humaid died “as a result of the policy of deliberate medical negligence” and held the Israeli occupation authorities responsible.

Abu Humaid was diagnosed with an advanced stage of lung cancer in August 2021 after Israeli authorities delayed the provision of medical examinations and treatment, according to Palestinian prisoner rights groups.

In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said Israeli authorities “did not consider our requests for the release of the prisoner because of his difficult health condition.”

The PPS that 233 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli custody since the start of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in June 1967, including 74 who died due to medical negligence. The occupation authorities still withhold the bodies of 11 prisoners.

According to the latest figures from Addhameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support, and Human Rights Association, there are currently 4,700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 150 children and 34 female prisoners. 600 prisoners suffer from diseases and require urgent medical care and treatment, including 24 prisoners who suffer from cancer and tumors of various degrees.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned Israel’s decision to withhold Abu Hmeid’s body, describing it as “persistence in its crime against him and a flagrant assault on the feelings of his mother, family, relatives, and millions of Palestinians.”

It said that with this act, “Israel flouts international law, international legitimacy and all humanitarian and divine values and principles, as a form of internationally prohibited collective punishment.”

Illegal Israeli Settler Kills Two Palestinian Siblings After Ramming Them With His Car

 DEC 18, 2022

On Saturday evening, two Palestinian siblings were killed after a speeding illegal Israeli colonizer rammed them with his car near the Za’tara Israeli occupation regime military roadblock south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and fled the scene.

The Palestinian News & Info Agency ((WAFA) said the two siblings, Mohammad Yousuf Mutair, 37, and his brother Mohannad, 19, were with their families heading back to Qalandia after shopping in Nablus to prepare for their niece’s wedding, and their sister’s engagement, both planned to be held two weeks from now.

WAFA quoted their brother, Ahmad, stating that he headed along with his four brothers to Nablus, and on their way back home, their car had a flat tire and had to park on the side of the road to fix it before the speeding colonizer rammed them with his car and sped away.

He added that the area where they parked was open, away from traffic, and visible to incoming vehicles, but the colonizer, contrary to Israeli army allegations, deliberately went out of his way to ram them with his speeding car before fleeing the scene.

Ahmad stated that he and his two other brothers narrowly escaped the incident unharmed, but Mohammad and Mohannad were directly struck by the colonizer’s car.

“I saw what happened; it wasn’t a traffic accident, Ahmad added, “the colonizer saw us, went out of his way to ram us with his car, and sped away…” he said.

Their cousin, Emad Mteir, said Mohammad was instantly killed after the colonizer rammed him with his car, and his body was moved to a hospital in Nablus, while Mohannad succumbed to his serious wounds at an Israeli medical center. Three other family members were injured.

The corpses of the two slain siblings were moved to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah before a Palestinian ambulance took them to their homes in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and later, hundreds of Palestinians participated in their funeral ceremonies and burial procession.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Transfers Bodies Of Two Slain Young Men To Palestinians

 DEC 17, 2022

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation regime soldiers transferred the bodies of two young men, killled by the soldiers on October 3rd, to their families in Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

The General Authority for Civilian affairs in Ramallah said its medics received the corpses of Salama Ra’fat Sharay’a, 19, from Birzeit, and Khalid Anbar Dabbas, 19, from Jifna town.

It added that the two slain young men’s official funeral and burial ceremonies would be held Saturday in coordination with their families.

Israeli soldiers killed the two young men on October 3rd near the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and refused to allow their transfer to Palestinian medics.

The soldiers also shot and seriously injured a third Palestinian and detained him before releasing him to a Palestinian hospital.

After killing the two young men, the Israeli army claimed it invaded the area “to arrest wanted Palestinians when a car came at them at high speed before the soldiers opened fire at it, killing two and wounding one.”

The army claimed that Palestinians tried to carry out a ramming attack against the soldiers; however, eyewitnesses denied the allegations and said the Palestinians driving the car were surprised by the soldiers invading the area before the army fired several live rounds at them.

Israeli Attacks and Injuring of Palestinians

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Hebron, Abduct One Near Jericho

 DEC 28, 2022

On Tuesday evening, Israeli occupation regime soldiers injured many Palestinians in Beit Ummar and the Al-Arroub refugee camp in the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The army also abducted a Palestinian near Jericho.

In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the soldiers invaded the Za’ta area, chased many children playing there, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades to force them to leave.

Medical sources said several Palestinians, including some in their homes, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

In the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, the soldiers shot a Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, cuts, and bruises, during protests that took place after the army invaded it.

In related news, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian from Tammoun, southeast of Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a military roadblock near Jericho.

Kamal Bani Odah, the head of the Tubas office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner and an activist with the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and colonies, Ayman Ghrayyeb after stopping him at the Al-Mo’arrajat military roadblock, west of Jericho.

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Attack Farmers And Fishermen In Gaza

 DEC 28, 2022

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation regime soldiers and the navy fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence east of Khan Younis and east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired many live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the farmers.

They added that the attacks did not lead to casualties but forced the farmers to leave to avoid further escalation.

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats with live fire and high-velocity gas bombs near the shores of Rafah and Khan Younis, forcing the fishermen to leave.

On Tuesday morning, the soldiers fired many rounds of live ammunition and gas bombs into Palestinian lands in southern Gaza.

Last Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers fired sporadic live rounds at Palestinian structures and homes near the perimeter fence east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Late on Saturday night, the Israeli army opened levees along the perimeter fence east of Gaza, causing accumulating heavy rainwater to flood homes and agricultural lands.

Anou a week ago, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers on their land east of Khan Younis.

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 Soldiers Injured Many Palestinians, Including Two Journalists, In Kufur Qaddoum

 DEC 23, 2022

On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured many Palestinians, including two journalists.

Media spokesperson in Qalqilia, Morad Eshtaiwi, said the Israeli occupation regime soldiers attacked the protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

He added that the soldiers shot four Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused dozens of Palestinians, including two journalists, two suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. The two journalists have been identified as Nidal Eshteyya and Abdul-Majid Adwan.

Eshteiwi stated that the soldiers hid in an abandoned home and tried to ambush and abduct several protesters who managed to escape.

The procession was attended by hundreds of Palestinians and came in condemnation of the death of Nasser Abu Hmeid, a Palestinian detainee who died from cancer after years of medical neglect by the Israeli prison authorities.

The protesters chanted for unity, ongoing resistance until liberation and independence, and the release of all detainees.

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 that 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 Regime Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus

 DEC 23, 2022

On Friday afternoon, Israeli occupation regime soldiers injured 33 Palestinians during weekly processions against the illegal colonies in several areas of the Nablus governorate in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Departments of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), said the soldiers caused 27 Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.

Jibril added that the soldiers also caused six Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Sbeih Mountain in Beita town, south of Nablus.

The soldiers also attacked protesters in Qaryout town, south of Nablus, and closed several streets.

Bashar Qaryouti, a local nonviolent activist against Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said dozens of paramilitary colonizers invaded the Qaryout Spring area and surrounding lands.

He added that many soldiers accompanied the colonizers and fired live rounds and gas bombs at the Palestinians to force them to leave.

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

The 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.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Injure five Palestinians Near Nablus

 DEC 23, 2022

On Thursday evening, illegal Israeli settlers attacked many cars and maced several Palestinians in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, wounding five Palestinians.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said the colonizers hurled stones at Palestinian cars near Salman Al-Farisi Junction and on the road between Huwwara and Qalqilia, causing damage.

Daghlas added that the colonizers also assaulted and maced several Palestinians, causing five injuries before Palestinian medics provided them with the needed treatment.

In related news, Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bad town and the villages of Rommana and Zabbouba, southwest and west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, and conducted extensive searches.

The soldiers also invaded the Ar-Ram town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, and fired many gas bombs to force the Palestinians to leave the streets.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Injures Dozens Of Palestinians Near Hebron

 DEC 20, 2022

On Monday night, Israeli occupation regime soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians in Halhoul and the Al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said many military vehicles invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp town to accompany dozens of colonizers to a nearby area, leading to protests.

They added that the soldiers fired several live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades, causing scores of Palestinians, including many in their homes, to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The soldiers also accompanied colonizers into an archeological area in Halhoul town and surrounded many Palestinian communities, leading to protests before the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing several injuries.

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians Near Hebron

 DEC 18, 2022

On Saturday night, Israeli occupation regime soldiers injured dozens of Palestinians near the main entrance of the Al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the main entrance area of the refugee camp, leading to protests before the soldiers fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

They added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, cuts, and bruises before the medics provided them with the needed treatment.

In Hebron, the soldiers invaded the city’s southern area and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters, and surrounding homes, causing one home to catch fire.

The home’s owner, Bajes Omran Gheith, suffers from various chronic conditions; several family members, especially children, suffered anxiety attacks. 

Israeli Abduction of Palestinians

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Injure One, In West Bank

 DEC 28, 2022

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli occupation regime soldiers abducted four Palestinians and injured one in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the city, searched homes, and abducted Ehad Ibrahim Zawahra, 22, from the Al-Karkafa area, and Bilal Khalid Kleib, 38, from the Jabal An-Nawawra area.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the Dehaisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem, searched many homes, and abducted Ashraf Mohammad Zaghari, 29.

Many Palestinians protested the invasion before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the leg.

In Ramallah, n the central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Al-Am’ari refugee camp, searched homes, and abducted a young man, Mojahed Jadulhaq Hammad.

Furthermore, several army jeeps also invaded the Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp in Jericho city, in the northeastern West Bank.

In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock in the Wadi Sa’ir area, northeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Abduct Twenty-Four Palestinians In West Bank

 DEC 27, 2022

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli occupation regime soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank and abducted twenty-four Palestinians, including fourteen in the Ramallah governorate.

In the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, the soldiers abducted fourteen young men from the governorate, including thirteen from Silwad town, east of the city.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Silwad town and abducted Mousa Yasser Hamed, Hanthala Samir Hamed, Assef Omar Hamed, Laith Raed Hamed, Omar Bassem Hamed, Bara’ Hamed, Saleh Hamed, Anas Hammad, Mohammad Abdul-Karim Hammad, Anas Yousef Jama’in, Yousef Al-Aneed, Abdul-Rahim Jasser and Emad Issa Afif.

In Beitin village, northeast of Ramallah, the soldiers abducted a young man, Amin Bassam Jarab’a, from his home.

In Jaba’ town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes and abducted two young men, Yazan Emad Alwana and Ezzeddin At-Tirk.

The invasion led to protests before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

In Nablus, in the northern west Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes and abducted Jihad Ahmad Shaqqu, Ibrahim Mousa Kharraz, Amir Al-Azizi, and former political prisoner Abdul-Rahman Bishkar who was imprisoned by Israel for twenty years, from several neighborhoods in the city.

It is worth mentioning that Amir is the brother of Mohammad al-Azizi, 22, who Israeli soldiers killed in the al-Yasmina neighborhood in Nablus’s Old City, on July 24, 2022, along with Abboud Sobeh, 29, and injured nineteen Palestinians.

The soldiers also invaded Beit Iba village, west of Nablus, and searched homes before abducting two siblings, Anas and Islam Nasser Al-Khanfa.

The Lion’s Den armed resistance group said its fighters targeted the Huwwara Israeli military roadblock south of Nablus with many rounds of live ammunition.

In the Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Emad Al-Ghamari and former political prisoner Nabil Al-Qaisiyya.

In related news, a colonialist bus sustained damage after a protester hurled a Molotov cocktail at it near Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

Palestinian fighters also fired several live rounds at the illegal Karmie Tzur colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

On Tuesday morning, illegal Israeli colonizers, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, occupied five Dunams of Palestinian lands in the Al-Hamra area in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Israeli police also abducted three young men.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Abducts Two Palestinian Teens In Jerusalem

 DEC 27, 2022

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation regime soldiers invaded Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted two Palestinian teenage boys.

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

Silwanic added that the soldiers abducted two teenage boys, Midhat Zahda and Mohammad Somrain, from their homes and took them to an interrogation facility in Jerusalem.

On Monday dawn, the soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians after the army stormed and ransacked many homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In West Bank

 DEC 27, 2022

On Monday dawn, Israeli occupation regime soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians after the army stormed and ransacked many homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two formers political prisoners, Abed Al-Meithaluni and  Yazan Lahlouh.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted former political prisoner Shadi Sbouh in the Northern Mountain area of the city.

Shadi is the brother of Islam Sbouh, whom the soldiers killed on August 9, 2022.

The soldiers also invaded an area near Madama village, south of Nablus, and fired many flares and live rounds while conducting massive searches.

In Tulkarem, also in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdullah Allariya and Salah Allariya from their homes in the Ektaba area.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Ali Zeebar from Kobar town and Mohammad Mahmoud and Haitham Abu Sharifa from the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp.

In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted three young men, Essam Emad Attoun, Mousa Ziad Attoun, and Mohammad Ali Attoun.

On Sunday evening, an illegal Israeli colonizer attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian woman in the Wadi Al-Jouz area in occupied Jerusalem and fled the scene.

Israeli Demolishing of Palestinian Homes and Property

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Demolishes Room, Uproots Five Olive Trees Near Hebron

 DEC 27, 2022

On Tuesday, Israeli occupation regime soldiers demolished an agricultural room and uprooted fifteen olive trees west of Doura town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Eyewitnesses said several army vehicles invaded the Ein Fares area west of Doura before uprooting fifteen olive trees.

They added that the soldiers also bulldozed a Dunam of farmland and demolished an agricultural room on lands owned by a farmer from the local Khamaisa family.

The soldiers closed the area, installed roadblocks, and prevented the Palestinians from entering their lands.

Israeli Occupation Regime Court Denies Home Demolition Appeal Of Hebron Family

 DEC 27, 2022

On Monday, an Israeli military court denied an appeal filed by a family of a slain Palestinian man against demolishing their home in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The family of Mohammad Al-Ja’bari, 35, hired a lawyer to file a petition against a military order for demolishing their five-story home, but the court denied their appeal and granted the army a green light for the demolition.

The home provides shelter for Mohammad’s parents, his brothers, and their families, who will all be rendered homeless.

Mohammad Kamel Al-Ja’bari was killed on October 29, 2022, in a shooting attack that also resulted in the death of an Israeli colonizer, Ronen Hananya, 50, near the Kiryat Arba illegal colony in Hebron city.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics rushed to the area to provide essential aid to Mohammad, but the soldiers fired many live rounds at their ambulance, wounding a medic, Ahmad Abu Khaled, who was shot with a live round in the shoulder, and causing damage to the ambulance.

Israel’s illegal home demolition policy falls within the collective punishment policy against Palestinian civilians, protected by the Israeli judicial system.

This policy is internationally prohibited; according to Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which states: “No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and, likewise, all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. Pillage is prohibited. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.”

Illegal Israeli Settlers Burn Cars, Attack Homes, Near Nablus

 DEC 27, 2022

Illegal Israeli settlers burnt overnight Palestinian cars and attacked homes near Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

The colonizers infiltrated Burin village, southwest of Nablus, burnt two Palestinian cars, and attacked homes, causing damage.

The colonizers also infiltrated Orif village, south of Nablus, caused damage to the windows of several homes, and burnt one Palestinian car.

Israeli sources said, according to initial investigation by the police, the groups of colonizers behind the attacks are part of what is known as the “Price Tag” groups, holding the families responsible for protests or attacks targeting the illegal colonies.

The Israeli police claimed it went to Burin and Huwwara, under Israeli security control, and initiated “an investigation.”

Past so-called “investigations” by the army and police in similar attacks and violations by the paramilitary colonizers always came to nothing and did not result in arrests.

As if the heavy rain was not enough, the Israel occupation regime opens rainwater ducts to flood Gaza towns, destroy lands

 DEC 27, 2022

GAZA, Monday, December 26, 2022 (WAFA) –

As if the heavy rain that flooded most of the Gaza Strip with rainwater over the past two days was not enough, the Israeli occupation authorities today contributed to the flooding of Gaza towns and destruction of agricultural land east of the cities of Khan Yunis and Dair al-Balah, in the south and center of the Gaza Strip, by opening the ducts in the dams located on the Israeli side of the border fence.

WAFA correspondent said Israel flooded dozens of homes and hundreds of dunums of agricultural lands after opening the ducts to release the collected rainwater towards the low areas in the cities and towns in the besieged Gaza Strip, which led to huge material losses in property.

Two days ago, the occupation forces also opened rain the ducts east of the city of Deir al-Balah, which led to the flooding of dozens of homes and agricultural lands, exacerbating the suffering of Gazans, especially in light of the heavy rain that fell on the Gaza Strip since Saturday.

Israeli Occupation Regime Opens Levees, Floods Homes, And Agricultural Lands East Of Gaza

 DEC 25, 2022

Late on Saturday night, the Israeli occupation regime army opened levees along the perimeter fence east of Gaza, causing accumulating heavy rainwater to flood homes and agricultural lands in Gaza.

Media sources said the army opened the levees toward agricultural lands near the fence, east of Gaza city, and east of the central area of the coastal region.

The water flooded many homes in neighborhoods east of Gaza city, Dair Al-Balah, Al-Boreij, and Al-Zawaida in the Central District.

The army also opened levies east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, causing significant losses to the farmers’ lands, sheds, and homes.

The locals, along with Civil Defense teams and workers of local municipalities, rushed to the flooded areas to help the families, and continue to monitor their conditions, especially amidst the heavy rainfall.

The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the flooding in the Central District caused the destruction of huts and sheds and flooded the street on the Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Every year when the rainfall intensifies in the area, the Israeli army opens the levees leading to the Palestinian lands to ensure Israel’s illegal colonies across the perimeter fence do not suffer any flooding or gathering of water from the rain.

While Israel’s colonies and communities have advanced infrastructure, the Israeli army chooses to open the levees to flood lands and homes in the eastern parts of the besieged and impoverished coastal region. 

Illegal Israeli Settlers Burn Cars, Damage Homes in Nablus Area

 DEC 27, 2022

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers tore through Palestinian areas on Monday, setting fire to vehicles, smashing the windows of family homes, and writing graffiti identifying themselves as part of a right-wing hate group called ‘Price Tag’.

This is just the latest in a series of attacks by these known gangs targeting Palestinian civilians. However, Israeli police and military forces, which govern Palestinian areas in the West Bank using martial law, refuse to investigate or find out the perpetrators of these ongoing attacks.

The group calls itself ‘Price Tag’ in a reference to Palestinians, saying that Palestinians must “pay a price” for their refusal to leave their ancestral homes so that Israeli colonizers can move in.

The settlers set fire to two Palestinian cars in the village of Burin, and set fire to one car in the village of Orif, south of Nablus. In addition, they smashed the windows of Palestinian homes.

According to the Israeli police, “During the night, our hotline received a report that several cars were damaged in the West Bank.” Israeli military officials claimed that they started an investigation into the incident – but Palestinians that live in the area report that these attacks are frequent, unprovoked, and past claims of ‘investigation’ by police and military officials always came to nothing.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Demolishes Two Palestinian Homes Near Jericho

 DEC 19, 2022

On Monday, Israeli occupation regime soldiers invaded the Al-Matar area in Jericho city, in the northeastern West Bank, demolished two homes, and handed demolition orders targeting thirteen homes.

Media sources said the soldiers demolished a two-story home, each level 220 square meters, owned by Amer Quraishi.

The soldiers also demolished another home, owned by Amjad Adel Idrees, in the same area as the first demolished home.

Furthermore, the soldiers handed demolition orders targeting thirteen homes in the Al-Matar area and delivered warnings to 67 homes, ordering the Palestinians to file all needed documentation with the “Civil Administration Office,” the administrative branch of the illegal occupation.

In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers photographed several structures and dirt roads in the Al-Ras Al-Ahmar village, an issue that raised fears among the locals of impending demolition.

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