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  • Soldiers Attack Palestinians In Sheikh Jarrah, Abduct Five
    May 9, 2021 – – IMEMC News
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    Israeli soldiers attacked on Sunday night, many Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, causing injuries, and abducted five.

    Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, including mounted police officers, invaded the neighborhood and assaulted dozens of residents, including children and women, causing injuries.

    They added that the invasion was carried out when the situation was calm, and no protests were taking place.

    The Israeli army was also pushing and dragging the Palestinians from the neighborhood and forced them all away. Locals said the streets are now filled with soldiers and police officers.

    Israel has been trying to remove and evict at least 75 Palestinian families from their homes and neighborhood, to replace them with illegal colonialist settlers.

    It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted, Sunday, twenty-five Palestinians; 24 of them are former political prisoners, during ongoing invasions and violent searches of homes and buildings, in Jerusalem.

    In addition, the soldiers injured overnight until morning hours, Sunday, at least 205 Palestinians, including some who were injured in the eyes, during protests that erupted after dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque; The soldiers also abducted and detained many Palestinians.

    Furthermore, a Palestinian father and his four children were injured, on Sunday at dawn, after the soldiers fired concussion grenades at them near Bab

    #Jerusalem #Sheikh_Jarrah

    • Israeli Soldiers Injure Three Palestinians in Gaza
      May 9, 2021
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      Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Saturday at night, at least three Palestinians during protests that took place on their lands near the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, in the besieged coastal region.

      Media sources said dozens of Palestinians protested the escalating Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem, especially in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

      They added that the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, especially in the Malka military base, fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the Palestinians, wounding at least three and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

      The protesters carried Palestinian flags and wore the kufiyahs, and chanted in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah, and in condemnation of the Israeli attempts to displace the Palestinians to replace them with illegal colonialist settlers, in addition to the escalating violations against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem.

      They also chanted against the repeated invasions and violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Palestinian neighborhoods, and towns in the city.

      #GAZA

    • Israeli Army Fires Missiles Into Central Gaza
      May 9, 2021
      https://imemc.org/article/israeli-army-fires-missiles-into-central-gaza

      Israeli soldiers fired on Sunday at dawn, several missiles into two sites in Deir al-Balah city, in central Gaza Strip.

      Media sources said an Israeli F16 fighter jet fired missiles into two sites, believed to be run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, causing damage.

      They added that the missiles also caused damage to nearby homes but did not lead to casualties.

      The Israeli army claimed it fired the missiles after a homemade shell was fired into settlements across the fence and added that the shell landed in an undeveloped area causing no damage or injuries.

      #GAZA