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Israeli Occupation Forces Fire Missiles, Artillery Shells into the Besieged Gaza Strip, More Abductions, Attacks, Injuries, and Demolitions in the West Bank

 January 2, 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/

 

Israeli occupation forces Fire Missiles, Artillery Shells into the Besieged Gaza Strip, January 2, 2022	Israeli occupation soldiers injure Several Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum, January 2, 2022

  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Fire Missiles, Artillery Shells into the Besieged Gaza Strip

 IMEMC, JAN 2, 2022

The Israeli occupation soldiers attacked, on Saturday night, a number of sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage but no casualties, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.

Israeli aircraft fired at least ten missiles at sites west of Khan Younis in the southern coastal enclave causing damage, according to Quds News Network.

In the northern Gaza Strip, occupation army tanks fired artillery shells at lands east of Beit Hanoun and north of Beit Lahia, causing damage.

No injuries have been reported.

Army spokesman claimed that the attacks were in response for two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning which landed in the sea adjacent to Tel Aviv.

QNN added that the rockets were the result of a technical error, and did not cause damage or injury.

In May of 2021, the Israeli occupation unleashed a brutal 11-day assault on the besieged Gaza Strip causing widespread death and destruction, killing 254 Palestinians, including 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly, and injuring 1,948 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Two Palestinians Forced to Demolish a Home and a Shop in Occupied Jerusalem

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

The Israeli occupation regime municipality of West Jerusalem forced, on Saturday, two Palestinians to demolish their properties, one in Silwan, and the other in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, both in occupied Jerusalem, Quds Press reported.

In the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa mosque, Rami Oweida, was forced to demolish his under-construction home under the pretext of not having a permit to build.

Family member Al-Maqdisi Oweida told Quds Press that Oweida was forced to live in the unfinished 60 square-meter house with his wife and four children, “due to the harassment of the occupation municipality, which did not allow him to complete it.”

He added that the Israeli municipality would not give Oweida a permit to build the home, and threatened to impose excessive fines if the municipality crews demolished the home.

In the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Jamal Abu Najma was forced by the Israeli municipality to demolish his shop under the pretext of not having a license.

Abu Najma told Quds Press that “the occupation municipality said that there are no building permits… they do not allow us to plant a tree… We tried to appeal the ruling, but to no avail.”

he added that the authorities threatened a fine ranging from 200,000 to 400,000 shekels if the municipality carried out the demolition, forcing him to destroy the property himself.

Two Palestinians Forced to Demolish a Home and a Shop in Occupied Jerusalem

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

The Israeli occupation soldiers Municipality of West Jerusalem forced, on Saturday, two Palestinians to demolish their properties, one in Silwan, and the other in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, both in occupied Jerusalem, Quds Press reported.

In the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa mosque, Rami Oweida, was forced to demolish his under-construction home under the pretext of not having a permit to build.

Family member Al-Maqdisi Oweida told Quds Press that Oweida was forced to live in the unfinished 60 square-meter house with his wife and four children, “due to the harassment of the occupation municipality, which did not allow him to complete it.”

He added that the Israeli municipality would not give Oweida a permit to build the home, and threatened to impose excessive fines if the municipality crews demolished the home.

In the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Jamal Abu Najma was forced by the Israeli municipality to demolish his shop under the pretext of not having a license.

Abu Najma told Quds Press that “the occupation municipality said that there are no building permits… they do not allow us to plant a tree… We tried to appeal the ruling, but to no avail.”

he added that the authorities threatened a fine ranging from 200,000 to 400,000 shekels if the municipality carried out the demolition, forcing him to destroy the property himself.

Hunger Striking Detainee Unconscious, at Risk of Sudden Death, in an Israeli Occupation Regime Prison

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

On Saturday, the 138th day of hunger strike, protesting his Administrative Detention, Palestinian political prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash, has become unresponsive, Quds Press reported.

The brother of the administrative detainee, Imad Abu Hawwash, told Quds Press that Hisham “has been completely unconscious since three in the morning and is no longer able to communicate with his surroundings.”

Abu Hawwash added that Hisham’s wife, who has been at his bedside “to wake him from his sleep every two or three hours to drink water, but since three in the morning he has never woken up.”

He added that the doctors at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh medical center asked Hisham’s wife to leave the room and stated that “his brother is threatened with losing his life at any moment.

The detainee’s brother stated that, “The occupation is committing a crime against him, while continuing its intransigence and refusal to respond to his demand and our demand, which is to end his arbitrary administrative detention.”

Tthe Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) attorney, Jawad Boulos, cited a report issued by Physicians for Human Rights, on Saturday evening, that after 138 days of hunger strike, is in grave danger of sudden death.

Earlier on Saturday, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Detainees Affairs Commission demanded the immediate release of Abu Hawwash, declaring that the administrative detainee had entered a critical stage.  

WAFA: Israel Committed 384 Violations Against Journalists in 2021

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

RAMALLAH, Saturday, January 01, 2022 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) said in a report today that a total of 384 Israeli occupation regime violations against journalists working in the occupied Palestinian Territory were registered in 2021.

WAFA said Israeli violations against journalists included attacking journalists with live and metal bullets, firing tear gas, and beating and arresting journalists. It pointed out that such attacks aim to hide the truth and keep the daily Israeli crimes against defenseless Palestinian citizens untold.

“Attacking journalists, press crews and institutions using Israeli warplanes and destroying towers that house local and international media headquarters are not something new, but rather a systematic behavior in the Israeli military strategy, and a barbaric behavior targeting the safety of journalists in order to terrorize them,” WAFA said.

WAFA urged international human rights institutions and press unions to condemn these crimes by organizing international campaigns to support Palestinian journalists in the face of the daily Israeli violations against them.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Hebron

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, three Palestinians from their homes in Ethna town, west of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the town before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes.

They added that the soldiers abducted three Palestinians from their homes, identified as Ahmad Islamiyya, Akram al-Qaisi, and Ismael Tmeizi, before taking them to a nearby detention and interrogation facility.

The soldiers also installed roadblocks in several parts of the Hebron governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

On Friday evening, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man from the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, while walking in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Al-Aqsa In Occupied Jerusalem

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man from the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, while walking in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem.

Media sources said the soldiers abducted Anas Omar Kanaan, from Jaba’ town, south of Jenin, after performing prayers in the holy site, and took him to a nearby detention facility, for “entering Jerusalem without a permit.”

In related news, many army jeeps invaded on Saturday at dawn, Silat al-Harithiya town, northwest of Jenin, and installed many roadblocks near various surrounding villages, including Marka, Arraba, Anza, Ya’bad, and Jaba’.

The army also continued the closure of the Jenin-Nablus Road for the second day, to allow groups of fanatic illegal Israeli colonizers to continue their marches in the area.

On Thursday evening, the colonizers attacked many Palestinian cars on the Jenin-Nablus Road, causing damage.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonizers hurled stones at many Palestinian cars, causing damage.

Daghlas added that the attacks took place near various towns, especially Sebastia, Burqa, and Bazaria, where the colonizers gathered and closed roads.

Israeli Occupation Regime Navy Attacks Fishermen In Gaza

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

Israeli occupation regime navy ships attacked, Saturday, Palestinian fishing boats sailing less than three nautical miles from the shore northwest of Gaza city, causing damage.

Media sources said the navy attacked the boats in Palestinian waters, less than three nautical miles from the Sudaniyya Shore, northwest of Gaza city, and chased them away.

They added that the attack caused damage and forced the fishermen back to the shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.

The army frequently attacks farmers, shepherds, workers, and fishermen across the eastern parts of the coastal region and in Palestinian territorial waters, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to preventing the Palestinians from tending to their lands and from fishing to provide for their families.

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.

Israel Occupation Forces A Palestinian Family To Demolish Its Two Homes In Occupied Jerusalem

 IMEMC, JAN 1, 2022

A Palestinian family was forced, Friday, to demolish its two homes in Sur Baher town, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

The family had to demolish its own homes after the City Council in occupied Jerusalem, informed it that if it does not demolish the properties, the city would carry the demolition out using its workers and equipment, before billing them for the costs in addition to a fine of 200.000 Shekels.

The two homes were constructed in the year 2014, each was 280 square/meters, containing six rooms; Bilal Dabash, his wife, and their three children lived in one home, while his brother, Mohammad, his wife, and their four children, lived in the second home.

Last year, the family was ordered to pay 25.000 Shekels in penalties and fees and started making payments to the city, however, the police invaded the home twenty days earlier, and handed them the final demolition order.

Family members denounced the ongoing displacement of the indigenous Palestinians from their city, Jerusalem, especially the escalating demolitions of Palestinian homes, to replace them with illegal colonies, in direct violation of International Law.

It is worth mentioning that the Land Research Center stated that the Israeli authorities have demolished 950 Palestinian homes and structures, and illegally confiscated more than 24.750 Dunams of privately owned Palestinian lands, in addition to cutting and uprooting 17.740 trees, this year.

Dozens of Palestinian homes and structures have been demolished in occupied Jerusalem, including sixty-nine homes in Silwan town, displacing 342 Palestinians, most of them are children, while Israel also issued demolition orders targeting 172 homes, in addition to standing orders targeting 5600 homes and structures.

Meanwhile, Israel expanded fifty-five illegal colonies, while fifteen new illegal outposts were also installed on Palestinian lands, and twenty-five segregated roads were paved or prepared, leading to illegal colonies and outposts in the West Bank, were paved or prepared.

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 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 Injure Dozens of Palestinian Protestors in Beita and Beit Dajan

 IMEMC, DEC 31, 2021

Israeli occupation forces opened fire, on Friday, towards non-violent Palestinians who gathered in Beita town, southeast of Nablus and Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported.

In Beita town, Ahmed Jibril, the director of emergency department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus stated that, “a citizen was wounded by live bullets in the leg and was taken to hospital, while 7 others suffered from tear gas suffocation.”

The army fired live and rubber-coated steel rounds, concussion grenades and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators who gathered to express their rejection to the ongoing colonization of the West Bank by illegal Israeli settlers.

In a press statement, Jibril added that, “44 civilians suffocated during clashes that took place in the village of Beit Dajan.”

In related news, Israeli forces attacked, on Friday, demonstrators at the weekly non-violent march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank, shooting 5 protestors, including a child, with rubber-coated steel rounds, and causing others to suffocate on tear gas.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Dozens of Palestinians at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum Rally

 IMEMC, DEC 31, 2021

Israeli occupation forces attacked, on Friday, demonstrators at the weekly non-violent march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank, injuring dozens, including a child, according to local sources.

Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall & Colonies in the region stated that Israeli forces shot 5 protestors, including a child, with rubber-coated steel rounds.

A fourteen-year-old child, identified as Moamen Murad Shteiwi, was shot in the abdomen with a rubber-coated steel round, he was transferred to the Darwish Nazzal Hospital in Qalqilia for medical intervention, the other 4 were treated on site.

Additionally, soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas canisters at the crowd, causing dozens to suffer the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation, all suffocation cases were treated at the scene by local medics.

Palestinian youths confronted the soldiers by using slingshots to throw stones and tear gas canisters back towards the fully armed attacking army.

Furthermore, this week’s rally coincided with the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah).

Every week since 2003, when the occupation authorities closed the main road of Kufur Qaddoum town, Palestinian citizens from Kufur Qaddoum and surrounding villages have rallied, demanding the authorities reopen the road.

Israeli colonists from the nearby illegal Kedumin settlement, established on expropriated Palestinian lands, have full access to the street, while Palestinians are forced to take longer routes to Nablus city, the nearest major commercial center, prolonging travel time, causing undue hardship.

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