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Palestinian Teenager Killed, Scores Abducted and Injured, Homes and Property Demolished by Israeli Occupation Soldiers

February 24, 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 Mohammad Rezeq Salah Shehada, 14, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Al-Khadir, Bethlehem, February 22, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers during an abduction campaign in the West Bank, February 23, 2022

 

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In West Bank

 IMEMC, FEB 24, 2022

On Thursday at dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted at least eleven Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem.

In Anza village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes before abducting a young man, Hazem Morad Barahma.

In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers a young man, Sameh al-Ashqar, from his home in Wadi at-Tuffah neighborhood in the city.

Another Palestinian, Mustafa Hijja, was abducted after the soldiers invaded and searched his home in Burqa village, west of Nablus.

The soldiers also abducted a young man, Hatem Ismael Hamayel, from his home in Beita town, south of Nablus.

The Israeli army has been trying to abduct Al-Ashqar for a while but remains unable to find him and repeatedly invades and ransacks his home and the homes of his relatives and friends.

In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Allar town, south of the city, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, Nidal No’man Mashal.

It is worth mentioning that many Israeli army jeeps invaded Qalqilia city, leading to protests in the Naqqar neighborhood before the soldiers fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

In Saida town, northeast of Tulkarem, the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of a former political prisoner, Amna Abdul-Ghani, the wife of a political prisoner, Anwar Oleyyan, before illegally confiscating cash and some gold.

The soldiers also invaded Biddu town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and abducted Majd al-Wahsh from his home.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, searched many homes before abducting Mohammad Yasser Rezeq, 24, Mahmoud Salah Hammash, 18, and Yazan Jaber Hasanat, 16.

The soldiers also invaded Deir Ghassana village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, leading to protests.

Furthermore, the Israeli army said a military tower came under fire near Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, for the seventh time in the past three weeks.

In Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the soldiers invaded the al-Qarn area, in the eastern part of the town, and abducted a university student, Mahdi Mahmoud Abu Ayyash, after storming his family’s home and ransacking it, causing damage.

In Beit Kahil town, west of Hebron, the soldiers stormed the home of a former political prisoner, Abdul-Mahdi Zohour, and searched the property, causing damage, and threatened to abduct his father.

In related news, Palestinian protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at Karmie Tzur illegal colony built on stolen Palestinian lands, north Hebron.

On Wednesday night, the soldiers assaulted many Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, and caused fractures to the hand of one Palestinian, Abed Barbar.

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In West Bank – – IMEMC News

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child Near Bethlehem

 IMEMC, FEB 23, 2022

On Tuesday night, Israeli occupation soldiers killed a Palestinian child in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

Medical sources have confirmed that the slain child has been identified as Mohammad Rezeq Salah Shehada, 14, adding that the Israeli soldiers shot him with live rounds.

Local activist Ahmad Salah said the soldiers, including undercover officers, invaded the Bakoush area in the western part of Al-Khader, leading to protests by local Palestinians. The army fired a barrage of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the protesters, killing one and wounding several others.

After shooting the child, the soldiers prevented a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance from reaching him.

A video from the scene shows the child on the ground with two soldiers near him after removing his clothes; one was standing near the child, and the other appeared to be listening if he had a heartbeat.

According to Israeli Ynet News, the Israeli army said in a statement that the soldiers spotted three Palestinians arriving in an area where they claimed that firebombs had been thrown at Israeli vehicles several times recently. The army alleged that the soldiers shot the child after throwing a Molotov cocktail.

It added that the soldiers “shot one of the suspects and provided treatment to him before he succumbed to his wounds.”

The child’s killing caused more protests in the town, and the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Contrary to the army’s claim, the child was shot in the town and not near the road where the army claimed that Palestinians had hurled the Molotov cocktails. Nevertheless, their invasion into al-Khader resulted in protests.

The soldiers also shot at least one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in the Nashash area in the western part of Al-Khader.

Palestinian factions and civil society institutions declared a one-day strike, including the closure of schools and stores, to mourn the slain child.

After his death, dozens of Palestinians marched in the town and chanted for ongoing resistance and steadfastness against the illegal Israeli occupation.

They also called for unity among all Palestinian factions to unite against this occupation until liberation, sovereignty, and independence are achieved for the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian Education Ministry also issued a statement mourning the child and declaring the closure of schools in the town for one day.

The Ministry said the slain child was a seventh-grade student at a government-run school in al-Khader.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced the escalating Israeli violations against unarmed civilians in the occupied West Bank and described the child’s killing as a premeditated murder carried out by an occupying force with no respect for human rights life or international law.

He added that the Israeli army is engaging in a policy of cold-blooded execution of Palestinians – a policy that he says is being encouraged by Israeli political leadership and the apathy of the International Community.

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child Near Bethlehem – – IMEMC News

Israeli Occupation Army Abducts 44 Palestinians In West Bank

 IMEMC, FEB 21, 2022

On Monday at dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted at least forty-four Palestinians, including siblings and children, and a visually impaired man, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians from their homes in Deir Abu Mashal village and Silwad town, northwest and northeast of the city.

In Deir Abu Mashal, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, causing damage, before abducting ten Palestinians, identified as Othman Zahran, Mahmoud Nafe’ Zahran, Zohdi Matar Zahran, Hasan Ali Rabea’, Odai Haitham Rabea’, Odai Issa Rabea’, Abdullah al-Maken, Mahmoud Thieb, Ahmad al-Kheir, and Saleh Darwish Ata.

In Silwad town, the soldiers searched many homes before abducting Ahmad Othman, Hussein Fahmi, and Ayman Hamed.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Odai Mamoun Sharabati, from his home in the city after the army stormed and ransacked the property.

It added that the soldiers also abducted Emad Hasan Ra’ey, 47, his children Qoteiba, 16, and Obeida, 17, in addition to Hisham Tafesh and his son Mohammad, from their homes in the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.

In the al-Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of Hebron, the soldiers stormed and searched a few homes and abducted Hasan at-Teety, 50, along with his son, Mohammad, 19.

In Yatta town, south of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud Makhamra, 27, his brother Moath, 30, and Mohammad Ali Abu Tabeekh.

In addition, the soldiers installed roadblocks on Hebron’s northern roads and the main entrances of Sa’ir, Yatta, and Halhoul towns, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers and intelligence officers invaded and searched many homes in the al-Isawiya town, northeast of the city, and abducted twelve Palestinians.

The abducted residents are Majd Bashir Ahmad, Hussein Mahmoud Atiya, Qassem Monir Dirbas, Mohammad Ali Razem, Ismael Nasser, Yousef Nasser, Mohammad Haitham Mustafa, Abdullah Mohammad Abu Ryala, Ismael Ali Abu Ryala, Hussein Shadi Obeid, Yazan Atef Obeid, and Ali Wasim Obeid.

In addition, the soldiers abducted Wajdi Salama and Sami Abu Haniyya from their homes in Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including two former political prisoners.

The Palestinians are (former political prisoner) Ezzeddin Ahmad Amarna, who is also visually impaired, from Ya’bad south of Jenin, (former political prisoner) Ala’ Tawfiq Yahia from the al-Arqa village, west of Jenin, and Ehab Nasri Houshiyya from the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin. Houshiyya was released after the soldiers interrogated him for a few hours.

In addition, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner identified as Tayeh Yousef Wishahi, along with Dia’ Salam, from the Jenin refugee camp, after stopping them at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The soldiers also invaded the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, searched homes, and abducted Bara’ Mohannad Oweis, 25.

In related news, the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and summoned Mahdi Salah Taqatqa, for interrogation in the nearby Etzion military base and security center.

Israeli Army Abducts 44 Palestinians In West Bank – – IMEMC News 

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PCHR: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 17 – 23 February 2022)

 FEB 24, 2022

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 17 – 23 February 2022)

Violation of right to life and bodily integrity:

Palestinian Child Killed, 18 Palestinians, including 7 children and a journalist, sustained live and rubber-bullet wounds in separate incidents the West Bank.

On 17 February:

2 Palestinians were shot with live bullets; one in his back while the other in his foot during Israeli occupation forces (IOF)’s incursion into Jenin. Arrests among Palestinians were reported.

On 18 February:

7 Palestinians, including 4 children and a journalist, sustained rubber-bullet wounds in excessive use of force during IOF’s suppression of a peaceful protest in Bita village in Nablus.

3 Palestinians, including a child, were shot with rubber bullets during IOF’s suppression of Kafr Qaddoum weekly protest in Qalqilya.

On 19 February:

5 Palestinians, including 2 children, sustained rubber-bullet wounds in IOF’s suppression of Kafr Qaddoum weekly protest in Qalqilya.

On 22 February:

Mohammed Rezeq Salah (14) was killed in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, after IOF opened fire at him, claiming that he threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at settlers’ vehicles. More information available

An 18-year-old male was shot with a rubber bullet in his eye during clashes with IOF in Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and he was in serious health condition after shrapnel penetrated his retina, causing severe damage in his eye.

This week, IOF attacks continued in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied east Jerusalem, including imposing closure on the neighborhood, suppressing the protestors with sound bombs and teargas canisters, beating them with batons, and terrorizing them with mounted police officers, storming houses, and damaging tables and chairs placed by the villagers and solidarity activists in front of the Israeli Knesset Member and extremist Itamar Ben Gvir’ office. As a result, a Palestinian sustained fractures in his hand and two sisters and two activists sustained bruises after being beaten by IOF. Also, Mohammed Morshed al-‘Ajlouni (25), a person with disabilities, was beaten by IOF, who tried to arrest him and handcuff him, causing him to panic.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF opened fire 7 times at agricultural lands in access restricted areas, eastern Gaza, mostly in eastern Central Gaza Strip. Also, 3 IOF shooting were reported on fishing boats mostly off the northern, southern, and western Gaza shores. Neither casualties nor damage was reported.

“So far in 2022, IOF attacks killed 8 Palestinians, including 2 children, and wounded 87 others, including 18 children, 7 journalists and 2 medical personnel, all in the West Bank.”

Land razing, demolitions, and notices:

This week, IOF demolished 10 civilian facilities, including a house, 4 small dwellings and a tent, displacing 6 families of 47 individuals, including 28 children and 4 women in the West Bank:

On 17 February:

IOF demolished an agricultural caravan in Duma village, southeast of Nablus, under the pretext of non-licensing.

Two commercial facilities were demolished in Wadi al-Dam area in Beit Hanina village, north of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of non-licensing.

On 19 February:

A Palestinian was forced to self-demolish 40 square meters of his house sheltering a family of 10 individuals, including 6 children and 2 women, in Isawiya village, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of non-licensing.

On 20 February:

A tent, a residential barrack and a livestock barrack were dismantled and confiscated in Kafr Malik village, northeast of Ramallah, under the pretext of constructing in an antiquities area. As a result, a family of 6 individuals, including a woman and a girl, became homeless.

3 cease-construction notices were hanged on a water pool, an agricultural caravan, and an agricultural room in Idna village, west of Hebron.

Demolition notices were delivered to a 255-square-meter house sheltering a family of 16, including 8 children; and a scrap metal recycling facility in Idna village, west of Hebron.

5 demolition notices were delivered to agricultural rooms in Kafr ad-Dik village, west of Salfit.

On 23 February:

4 dwellings (agricultural rooms) were demolished in eastern Yatta in Hebron, displacing 4 families of 31 individuals, including 21 children and 5 women.

“Since the beginning of 2022, Israeli occupation forces made 31 families homeless, a total of 198 persons, including 35 women and 93 children. This was the outcome of IOF demolition of 38 houses and 4 residential tents. IOF also demolished 19 other civilian objects, and delivered 22 notices of demolition, cease-construction, and evacuation.”

IOF incursions and arrests of Palestinian civilians:

IOF carried out 187 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Those incursions included raids of civilian houses and shootings, enticing fear among civilians, and attacking many of them. During this week’s incursions, 116 Palestinians were arrested, including 14 children and a woman. Also, on 21 February, IOF conducted a limited incursion into eastern Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

“So far in 2022, IOF conducted 1,024 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, during which 638 Palestinians were arrested, including 63 children and 7 women.”

Settler-attacks on Palestinian civilians and their properties:

This week, 11 settler-attacks were reported in the West Bank, resulting in the injury of a driver, and damaging 2 vehicles.

17 February:

Dozens of Israeli settlers organized a provocative demonstration starting from Bab al-Selselah area in the Old City, passing through al-Wad Street to al-Mosrarah area in central occupied East Jerusalem. During which, they chanted slogans against Arabs and Muslim and attacked a grocery amidst provocations with the residents before the intervention of IOF to protect the settlers and disperse the Palestinians from Bab al-‘Amoud area.

18 February:

Israeli settlers, from “Metarim” settlement outpost, released their sheep in Palestinians’ lands, south of ad-Dhahiriya village in Hebron.

19 February:

Israeli settlers, under IOF’s protection, attacked a number of Palestinian shepherds in Qarawat Bani Hassan village in Salfit.

20 February:

A Palestinian driver sustained wounds and his vehicle’s glass were broken after an Israeli settler threw a stones at his vehicle while passing on Ramallah-Nablus Street.

21 February:

An Israeli settler, from “Halamish” settlement, northwest of Ramallah, threw stones at a Palestinian vehicle passing on a street adjacent to the settlement. As a result, the vehicle’s rear glass was broken.

Throughout the week, settlers’ attacks, and provocations against civilians in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem were repeated.

“So far this year, settlers carried out 42 attacks on Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank.

Israeli closure policy and restrictions on freedom of movement:

Israeli occupation maintains its illegal and inhuman 15-year closure on the Gaza Strip. Details available in PCHR’s monthly update on 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 97 temporary military checkpoints this week and arrested a Palestinian at those checkpoints. The majority of the checkpoints were in Hebron (37) followed by Bethlehem (16) and Ramallah (15).

PCHR: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 17 – 23 February 2022) – – IMEMC News

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