» Israeli Forces Close Al-Aqsa due to Corona Virus, Allow Israeli Settlers to Invade
March 15, 2020 7:38 PM Ali Salam – IMEMC News
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Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday, closed most of the doors of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of “precautionary measures against the Corona virus,” while allowing dozens of settlers to storm it. (...)
» Israeli Military Claims to Open Investigation into Killing of Palestinian Medic
IMEMC News - October 31, 2018 12:34 AM
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The Israeli military announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into the Israeli sharpshooters who targeted and killed 21-year old Palestinian medic Razan Ashraf al-Najjar during a massacre of civilians protesting at the Gaza-Israel border in May.
This is a re-opening of the initial military probe, which claimed that she had not been shot intentionally. The Military Advocate General, Brig. Gen. Sharon Afek, said that the Israeli Military police should re-open the investigation. The initial investigation involved only interviews with the soldiers who were on duty at the border the day she was killed – no interviews with Palestinian eyewitnesses, no ballistics or physical investigation, no autopsy.
Palestinian officials have called for independent, outside investigations into not only the killing of Razan, but all of the over 200 deaths by Israeli gunfire and the more than 20,000 injuries caused by Israeli forces firing into crowds of demonstrators at the border each Friday since March 30th.
Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, was a female volunteer medic who was shot and killed by Israeli forces while helping treat wounded protesters at a ‘Great Return March’ protest on Friday June 1st, 2018. On the same day, Israeli forces injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 who were shot with live fire.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters, participating in the Great Return March, and marching for breaking the ongoing deadly Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Razan was killed by live Israeli army fire after the soldiers targeted five medics providing treatment to wounded Palestinians in the “Return Camp,” east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Prior to her injury, Razan, managed to render aid to many wounded Palestinians, including an elderly man who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Razan, who was wearing a clearly-marked medic vest, was at least 100 meters away from the eastern border fence when she was shot while providing aid to wounded Palestinians and attempting to evacuate them to the field clinic.
Razan was killed when an Israeli sniper shot her in the back, and the bullet went through her heart.
Dr. Rasha Abdul-Rahman Qdeih said she was with Razan when they were trying to help wounded Palestinians, but five army jeeps came close to the fence, before two soldiers left one of the vehicles and pointed their sniper scopes at them.
“I shouted at my colleagues to take cover and remain alert,” she said, “The soldiers fired several rounds, and some minutes later, we managed to evacuate the wounded, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs.” (...)
Israël : l’enquête sur la mort de la secouriste Razan al-Najjar va se poursuivre
Par RFI Publié le 30-10-2018
De notre correspondant à Jérusalem, Guilhem Delteil
▻http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20181030-gaza-secouriste-razan-armee-justice
La mort de Razan al-Najjar avait entraîné une vague de condamnations et l’émissaire des Nations unies pour le processus de paix au Proche-Orient avait enjoint Israël à « calibrer son usage de la force ». La secouriste palestinienne a été tuée le 1er juin dernier par un tir israélien alors qu’elle intervenait professionnellement dans les rassemblements organisés le long de la barrière de séparation. Un décès sur lequel l’avocat général de l’armée demande désormais une enquête approfondie.
(...)
Rapidement après les faits, l’armée israélienne avait ouvert une enquête. Ses conclusions l’ont conduit à considérer que la jeune secouriste n’avait pas été victime d’un tir intentionnel et qu’un « nombre limité de balles avait été tiré lors de l’incident ».
Elle dénonce de manière continue ces rassemblements comme des « émeutes violentes » et souligne que ce jour-là, un véhicule militaire avait essuyé des tirs palestiniens. Mais l’avocat général, principal avocat de l’armée, souhaite un examen plus en profondeur des circonstances et a demandé à la police militaire de poursuivre l’enquête.
Palestinian killed, dozens injured during Gaza’s 14th naval march
Oct. 29, 2018 5:14 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 29, 2018 5:15 P.M.)
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 27-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces, while dozens of others suffered from tear-gas inhalation, on Monday, during the 14th naval march at the northern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip.
A Ma’an reporter confirmed that Muhammad Abed Abu Ubada , 27, was killed by Israeli forces during the 14th naval march, which set off from the Gaza seaport, in protest against the nearly 12-year Israeli siege.
According to local reports, Abu Ubada was transferred to the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where he was declared dead.
During the naval march, Palestinian protesters ignited tires to blur the vision of Israeli snipers deployed at the northern Gaza border, while Israeli forces repeatedly fired live bullets, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear-gas bombs towards the protesters.
As a result, dozens of protesters suffered from tear-gas inhalation.
Many attempts have been made throughout the years to draw the public’s attention to and break the on-going siege of the Gaza Strip whether via ships attempting to sail into Gaza or ships attempting to sail from Gaza.
Israeli Soldiers Kill One Palestinian, Injure 80, In Northern Gaza
October 29, 2018 10:42 PM
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The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Mohammad Abdul-Hai Abu Abada, 27, from the al-Shati’ refugee camp, in northern Gaza, after shooting him with live fire.
» Young Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Friday
IMEMC News - October 28, 2018 8:39 AM
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The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a young Palestinian man died, on Saturday at dawn, from serious wounds he suffered, on Friday October 26th, after Israeli soldiers shot him during the Great Return March protests, in the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the Palestinian has been identified as Yahia Bader Mohammad al-Hasanat, 37.
He added that al-Hasanat, from the al-Mighraqa village in Gaza’s Central District, was shot with a live round in the head, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, and remained in a critical condition until he succumbed to his wounds.
» Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Friday
IMEMC News - October 27, 2018 8:22 AM
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that a young man died, on Saturday at dawn, from serious wounds he suffered Friday, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
It said that the Palestinian, identified as Mojahed Ziad Zaki Aqel , 23, died from his serious wounds at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
He was shot, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, during Friday’s Great Return March processions, in which the soldiers killed four Palestinians, and injured 232 others, including 180 who were shot with live fire.
» Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah
IMEMC News - October 26, 2018 7:56 PM
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, killed one Palestinians and injured dozens, including eight who were shot with live fire, while the soldiers also assaulted journalists, and shot one.
Media sources in Ramallah said several army jeeps invaded the village, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who were holding a nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies, leading to confrontations.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed a former political prisoner, identified as Othman Ahmad Ladadweh , 33.
It stated that Ladadweh was shot with a live round in the upper thigh, but the bullet went through his spleen and liver, causing a very serious injury before he was rushed to the Istishari Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The soldiers also shot eight Palestinians with live fire, including one who suffered a serious gunshot wound in the head, and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
» One Palestinian Killed In An Accidental Explosion In Central Gaza
IMEMC News - October 26, 2018 9:32 PM
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Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, has reported that one Palestinian was killed, and another was injured, in an explosion in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in Central Gaza.
Dr. al-Qedra said the Palestinian has been identified as Jabr Ibrahim Abu Hmeisa , 27, and added that another Palestinian was injured in the same incident.
An armed group, calling itself the Mujahidin Brigades, said the Abu Hmeisa was one of its members, and that he died in an accidental explosion, without providing further details.
» Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Tubas– IMEMC News
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Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Tammoun town, and injured eleven others, east of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
Medial sources said the young man, identified as Mohammad Mahmoud Bsharat , 21, was shot with a live round in the back, and died from his wounds shortly afterwards.
The Palestinian was studying Health and Hospital Management at the Al-Quds Open University, Nablus Branch, in northern West Bank.
Many Palestinian protested the militate invasion into their town, and hurled stones, in addition to using fireworks, targeting the invasion armored military jeeps.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, in addition to gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire, including one who suffered a moderate-to-severe wound, and three others with rubber-coated steel bullets, while at least five Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, Palestinian protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at army jeeps invading Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
Slain Palestinian laid to rest in Tubas
Oct. 24, 2018 3:52 P.M. (Updated : Oct. 24, 2018 4:49 P.M.)
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» Updated: “Palestinian Shot Dead Allegedly After Attempting To Stab A Soldier”
IMEMC News - October 22, 2018 12:18 PM
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In Hebron Monday morning, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, Moammar Arif Refa’ey al-Atrash , 42, who the army claimed had tried to carry out a stabbing attack on soldiers stationed near Ibrahimi Mosque, lightly wounding one soldier.
According to the Israeli Army’s official statement, “An assailant attempted to stab a soldier adjacent to the Cave of the Patriarchs, (The Ibrahimi Mosque) lightly injuring him. The soldier and other forces at the scene, responded with live fire”.
A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance rushed to the scene, but the soldiers refused to allow the medics to approach the Palestinian.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian after alleged stabbing attack
Oct. 22, 2018 11:53 A.M. (Updated: Oct. 22, 2018 2:36 P.M.)
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Palestinian succumbs to wounds in Gaza
Oct. 17, 2018 11:36 A.M. (Updated : Oct. 17, 2018 12:34 P.M.)
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 27-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his wounds, on Wednesday morning, that he had sustained during the naval march two days ago at the northern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Medical sources confirmed that a Palestinian, who was identified as Sadam al-Abed Shalash, 27, succumbed to his wounds that he had sustained during the weekly naval march.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Shalash was among 32 Palestinians, who were injured after Israeli forces opened live ammunition towards protesters participating in the march.
The naval marches are an attempt to draw the public’s attention to and break the ongoing Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, whether via ships attempting to sail into Gaza or ships attempting to sail from Gaza.
Palestinian shot dead after alleged stabbing attack near Salfit
Oct. 15, 2018 2:22 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 15, 2018 4:25 P.M.)
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SALFIT (Ma’an) — A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces, on Monday, after he allegedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in the Barkan industrial area, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel near Salfit City in the northern occupied West Bank.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian after he allegedly attempted to stab several Israeli soldiers at the Gitai Avishar Junction.
Locals identified the identity of the killed Palestinian as Elias Saleh Yassin , 22, from the Bidya village in western Salfit.
The Israeli army confirmed that no injuries were reported among Israelis.
“Palestinian, Who Was Killed In Alleged Stabbing Attempt, Identified”
October 15, 2018 3:10 PM IMEMC News
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The Palestinian, who was killed by Israeli soldiers near an illegal colony, north of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, Monday, has been identified as Elias Saleh Yassin, 22, from Biddya village, west of Salfit.
The Palestinian was shot dead by soldiers stationed at the “Gitai” Junction, close to Ariel illegal colony.
The Israeli army said the soldiers shot and killed him “before he was able to attack any of them.
The area is also close to Industrial Zone of Barkan colony, where two Israeli settlers, identified as Ziv Hagbi, 35, and Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, were killed on October 7th 2018.
Yassin is from the same village where Aisha ar-Rabi, 47, lived before she was killed, late on Friday, October 12, 2018, and her husband, Yacoub, was injured, near the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, when a group of Israeli colonialist settlers came onto the road and began throwing rocks at their car.
Israeli forces raid home of killed Palestinian
Oct. 16, 2018 2:28 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 16, 2018 4:13 P.M.)
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SALFIT (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided the family home of a Palestinian Elias Saleh Yassin , 22, who was shot and killed on Monday after he allegedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers, in the Bidya village, west of the northern occupied West Bank district of Salfit, searched it and interrogated family members, on Tuesday.
Israeli forces had shot and killed Yassin, on Monday, after he allegedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in the Barkan industrial area, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel near Salfit.
Locals said that Israeli forces raided the Yassins home, thoroughly searched it and interrogated family members.
Sources added that Israeli forces informed them that their son’s body, which has been withheld by the Israeli army since the alleged stabbing attempt, will be released in the next few days.
The reason for the raid remained unknown.
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11 – 17 October 2018)
October 18, 2018
Shooting:
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In the West Bank, as part of excessive use of force, on 15 October 2018, the Israeli forces killed Elias Yasin (22) from Bedia village, northwest of Salfit when he was crossing the traffic light on ‘Aber al-Samerah Street, seemingly the traffic light was red and he rapidly crossed the street. AS a result, an Israeli soldier opened fire at him and killed him immediately. The Israeli forces claimed that Yasin attempted to stab soldiers so they opened fire at him without any of the soldiers being wounded. The Israeli soldiers could have used, in case of suspicions about Yasin’s intent to stab, less lethal force and arrested him.
In video - Slain Palestinian youth laid to rest in Salfit
Dec. 29, 2018 2:27 P.M. (Updated: Dec. 29, 2018 2:32 P.M.)
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SALFIT (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Elias Saleh Yassin , 22, in the Bidya town west of the northern occupied West Bank district of Salfit, on Saturday noon.
Israeli authorities had returned Yassin’s body to his family late Friday, as they had kept his body withheld since he was shot dead on October 15th, 2018 for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack near the Jit crossroads
» Palestinian Woman Stoned to Death by Israeli Settlers
IMEMC News - October 13, 2018 2:41 AM
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A group of Israeli paramilitary settlers attacked a Palestinian couple south of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, on Friday, killing the woman and severely injuring her husband.
Aisha Mohammed Talal al-Rabi , 47, was riding in a car with her husband near the Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, when a group of Israeli settlers came onto the road and began throwing rocks at their car.
The slain woman was from Bidya town, northwest of Salfit.
The Israeli colonial settlers threw a number of large rocks, breaking the windshield of the car. They then continued to throw rocks, according to local sources, hitting the couple multiple times in the head and upper body.
Aisha died of blunt force trauma to the head, caused by a rock that was thrown at her head by the settlers.
Armed Israeli paramilitary settlers have launched a number of attacks on the Palestinian civilian population in the Nablus area, with the number of attacks drastically increasing since two Israeli settlers were killed by a Palestinian in the area on Monday.
Aisha’s daughter during funeral : ’Is mom here, yet ?’
Oct. 13, 2018 5:35 P.M. (Updated : Oct. 13, 2018 5:35 P.M.)
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(...) Aisha’s mother, Azziya, 70, told Ma’an that her daughter had been in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, for 3 days visiting her daughter who is a dentist there.
Azziya said that the last thing Aisha said during their last phone call was asking her mother to take care and send her greetings to her father before telling her that her husband, Yacoub is coming to pick her up so they can go home together.
Azziya burst in tears as she finished her sentence, “I did not know it would be our last call,I wish I wish I talked to her more, it was our goodbye conversation.”
Aisha, a mother of eight, had just finished her university education along with her daughters, as she had gotten married before she could finish her education.
Azziya told Ma’an that Aisha’s visit to her dentist daughter in Hebron for 3 days was also to get her teeth fixed in preparation to her other daughter’s upcoming wedding.
One of Aisha’s brothers, Fawzat, was killed by Israeli forces one day before his wedding in 1999; Azziya added “The occupation deprives me of my children for a second time.” (...)
Mladenov condemns attack killing Palestinian mother
Oct. 14, 2018 1:10 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 14, 2018 1:10 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, condemned on Sunday the recent attack in which a Palestinian mother was killed and her husband injured after Israeli settlers hurled rocks at their vehicle.
Mladenov said “I condemn this Friday’s attack in the occupied West Bank in which a Palestinian woman, Aisha Al-Rabi, a mother of eight, was killed and her husband injured by stones allegedly thrown by Israeli assailants.”
He added “I take note that an investigation has been initiated and call on the Israeli authorities to ensure that those responsible are swiftly brought to justice.”
“Such attacks only seek to drag everyone into a new cycle of violence that would further undermine the prospects of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. I urge all to condemn violence and stand up to terrorism,” Mladenov concluded.
Israel revokes work permits for family of killed Palestinian mother
Oct. 22, 2018 4:43 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 23, 2018 11:53 A.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israel Security Service, the Shin Bet, cancelled Israeli work permits for the husband and brothers of a Palestinian mother who was killed after Israeli settlers hurled rocks at her vehicle, on Monday.
Aisha Muhammad Talal al-Rabi, 47, a mother of eight children, from the Bidya village near Salfit in the northern West Bank, was killed on October 12th after Israeli settlers hurled rocks at her vehicle as she was passing by near the Zaatara checkpoint in southern Nablus.
Hebrew-language news sites reported that al-Rabi’s husband and brothers were surprised to find out that they were the ones who were punished by having their work permits revoked, instead of holding the Israeli settlers responsible for the attack.
Sources added that the Shin Bet claimed the ban was temporary.
The Shin Bet also mentioned that no one has been detained as the investigation continues.
New evidence in case of Palestinian Mother Stoned to Death by Right-Wing Israelis
January 24, 2019 11:01 AM
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Israeli authorities on Wednesday released new information about the death of Aisha al-Rabi, who was killed by a mob of right-wing Israelis in October 2018, stating that they had found DNA of the central suspect in the case on the rock that caused her death.
Of the five right-wing Israeli teens arrested for the crime last month, just one remains in custody – the other four were released without charges. This is despite the multiple eyewitnesses that saw a group of Israelis hurling rocks at al-Rabi and her husband.
» Israeli Soldiers Kill A Child In Northern Gaza
IMEMC News - October 4, 2018 3:26 AM
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Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child on Wednesday when they shot him with a high-velocity gas bomb in the head, and wounded 25 other Palestinians, during protests near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal, in northern Gaza.
The child, Ahmad Samir Abu Habel, 15, was shot with a gas bomb which struck him directly in his head, and lodged in his skull.
A video shows gas pouring from his skull, where the canister lodged, and a group of young men rushing up to help him to an ambulance.
The soldiers also targeted a Palestinian ambulance with a gas bomb, and several live rounds, near the crossing.
Furthermore, the soldiers injured 25 other Palestinians, some with live fire who were rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia. The rest suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Israeli forces kill 15-year-old Palestinian, injure dozens in Gaza
Oct. 4, 2018 10:51 A.M. (Updated: Oct. 4, 2018 12:49 P.M.)
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Gaza. Un adolescent palestinien tué lors de heurts avec les soldats israéliens
AFP - 3 octobre 2018
▻https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/palestine/gaza-un-adolescent-palestinien-tue-lors-de-heurts-avec-les-soldats-isra
Un adolescent de 15 ans est mort après des heurts avec l’armée israélienne à Gaza, a indiqué le ministère gazaoui de la Santé. L’armée israélienne n’a pas répondu immédiatement à une demande de commentaire. Depuis le 30 mars, Gaza est le théâtre d’une vaste mobilisation contre le blocus imposé depuis plus de dix ans par l’État hébreu.
Un adolescent palestinien a été tué mercredi dans la bande de Gaza lors de manifestations et de heurts avec les soldats israéliens le long de la frontière, a indiqué le ministère gazaoui de la Santé. « Ahmed Abou Habel, 15 ans, a succombé à une blessure à la tête causée par une cartouche de gaz lacrymogène tirée par les soldats israéliens », a dit le porte-parole du ministère, Achraf al-Qodra.
L’armée israélienne n’a pas répondu immédiatement à une demande de commentaire. Ahmed Abou Habel a été atteint lors de protestations près d’Erez, le seul point de passage israélien avec la bande de Gaza pour les personnes.