Israeli Border Police try to drag three Palestinian boys, aged 7 to 8, into jeep, 12 Dec. 2017 - YouTube
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On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, there were clashes by Rachel’s Tomb in the city of Bethlehem. Three Palestinian children, aged 7 to 8, were playing at the time some 400 m away, near their home in ’Aydah Refugee Camp. Border Police grabbed the boys and tried to drag them
Israeli forces kill Palestinian, pursued for allegedly committing drive-by shootings
July 16, 2017 10:05 A.M. (Updated: July 16, 2017 12:38 P.M.)
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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and killed a 34-year-old Palestinian man during a predawn raid in the village of Nabi Saleh west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Sunday, when another Palestinian, described as a “youth” by Israeli police, was injured and detained.
Israeli police claimed in a statement that the slain Palestinian, identified as Amr Ahmad Khalil from Nabi Saleh, was responsible for two shooting incidents that took place in the area the previous day.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri claimed that the Khalil opened fire at an Israeli-plated vehicle north of Ramallah near the illegal Israeli Ateret settlement Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the light injury of the driver, who was Palestinian.
She said the alleged assailant was also responsible for another shooting later in the day at an Israeli military site in Nabi Saleh that caused no casualties.
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Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah
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(...) The Palestinian was later identified as Amer Ahmad Khalil Tirawi , 34; he was a married father of one child, from Kafr Ein village, northwest of Ramallah. (...)
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (13– 19 July 2017)
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(...)Sunday, 16 July 2017
At approximately 05:00, Israeli forces accompanied with more than 30 military jeeps and a group of Israeli undercover agents “Musta’ribin”dressed like Palestinian civilians and supported by a drone moved into Kafer ‘Ein village, northwest of Ramallah. The soldiers surrounded 3 poultry farms belonging to Mohammed Lutfi Hasan al-Terawi, Ashraf al-Remawi and an expatriate civilian, who owns an uninhabited house comprised of 2 rooms. All of these farms are located in ‘Ein al-Jadidah area in the eastern outskirts of the abovementioned village. When the Israeli forces moved into, sound of heavy shooting was heard in the area. At approximately 06:00, information was leaked to the residents that there is a dead body in the farms. After the Israeli forces withdrew at approximately 06:30, a number of the residents rushed to the abovementioned area and saw a pool of blood in the uninhabited house and blood signs on the main street, but they did not find any corpse. They later knew that the Israeli forces killed ‘Ammar Ahmed Hasan Lutfi al-Terawi (34) and arrested his cousin Lutfi Mohammed Hasan al-Terawi (28), who was in his father’s farm. They kept the dead body under custody.
Following this crime, the Israeli forces declared that “Yamam” Unit, which is one of “Musta’ribin” units, and another Israeli unit from the “Shabak”, shot al-Terawi dead. They also claimed that al-Terawi pointed his weapon at the soldiers when they went to arrest him, so they opened fire at him. However, PCHR was not able to reach a local eyewitness to confirm or refute the Israeli claims, particularly because the Israeli forces arrested the only eyewitness on this crime. PCHR will continue to investigate in the circumstances of this crime.
It should be mentioned that the “Yamam” Unit is an Israeli counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israeli Border Police, and is specialized, among other tasks, in carrying out attacks against Members of Palestinian armed groups. According to PCHR’s documentation of many attacks carried out by “Musta‘ribin” Unit against activists during al-Aqsa Intifada, members of this Unit used to kill Palestinians, claiming they are wanted, instead of arresting them.
Will Israeli soldier get away with videotaped killing of teen? | The Electronic Intifada
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An Israeli soldier facing trial for the killing of an unarmed Palestinian teenager that was shown on TV screens around the world may now get away with a slap on the wrist.
Israeli Border Police combatant Ben Dery is charged with manslaughter in the slaying of 17-year-old Nadim Nuwara on 15 May 2014 – Nakba Day, when Palestinians commemorate their 1948 ethnic cleansing from much of their homeland.
But Israeli media are reporting that the manslaughter charge may now be dropped.
Dery’s lawyer told the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz this week that prosecutors are discussing a plea bargain in which his client would admit only to “negligence” – that a live round, instead of a rubber-coated bullet, found its way into his magazine unintentionally.
The charges against Dery represent one of the exceptionally rare instances of Israeli soldiers being prosecuted for the killing or injury of a Palestinian.
“Reports of a potential plea agreement are unsurprising given that Israeli forces enjoy near complete impunity for killing and violence against Palestinian children,” Brad Parker, attorney and international advocacy officer with Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP), told The Electronic Intifada.
3 Palestinians shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills Israeli officer
Feb. 3, 2016 2:55 P.M. (Updated: Feb. 4, 2016 10:50 A.M.)
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Three Palestinians were shot dead Wednesday after they killed an Israeli police officer and wounded another in an armed attack near Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police said.
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an that “three attackers were shot dead at the scene” by Israeli Border Police after carrying out an attack with knives and an automatic weapon.
The three Palestinian youths had attracted the attention of Israeli Border Police officers as they approached Damascus Gate, police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said.
She said they were stopped by the officers, and as one showed their identification card, another pulled out a gun and opened fire. Two female Border Police officers were wounded and evacuated for medical treatment.
One of them, 19-year-old Hadar Cohen, was shot in her head and later pronounced dead at Hadassah Hospital.
A spokesperson for the hospital said that the other police officer, 18 years old, was in moderate condition, having received stab wounds across her body.
Explosive devices were later found near the site, which was cordoned off following the attack, Rosenfeld said, adding that Israeli forces carried out a controlled explosion of the devices.
Rosenfeld said following initial investigations that the three Palestinians were armed with three automatic weapons.
Photo of weapon used at the scene. Photo provided by Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli forces fired stun grenades and pepper spray near the Salah al-Deen Street and Al-Sultan Suliman streets near Damascus Gate to prevent Palestinians from approaching the area.
Witnesses added the forces also stopped a group of people and inspected them in a “humiliating” way.
The three Palestinians killed were identified as Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarneh, Muhammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil, and Najeh Ibrahim Abu al-Rub from the village of Qabatiya near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Chaos erupts in hometown of 3 Palestinian attackers as Israeli forces raid village
Feb. 4, 2016 10:37 A.M. (Updated: Feb. 4, 2016 12:18 P.M.)
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JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces stormed the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin’s Qabatiya village, the home of three Palestinian youth who were shot dead Wednesday after killing one 19-year-old Israeli police officer and seriously injuring another, a PLO spokesman told Ma’an.
Ali Zakarneh said during the raid, Israeli forces shot and injured four youth with live bullets, one of whom is in critical condition after being shot in the head.
The spokesperson added that Israeli forces also ran over a 15-year-old boy, identified as Mujahed Zakarneh, with a military jeep. The 15-year-old is also in critical condition.
The five youth were all evacuated to a nearby hospital for treatment, Zakarneh said.
Israeli forces also raided the family homes of the three youth who committed the attack and notified the families that their homes would be demolished, requesting they evacuate their belongings in preparation for the demolitions.
Palestinian youths slain in deadly attack on Israeli police
Maureen Clare Murphy | 4 February 2016
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Nine youths from Qabatiya village have been killed since the beginning of October.
One of them was a good friend of the three killed on Wednesday, a relative of one of the youths told The New York Times.
Ahmad Awad Abu al-Rab, 17, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at Jalameh checkpoint near Jenin during what Israel says was an attempted stabbing attack on 2 November last year. Another boy the same age, Mahmoud Kamil, was wounded and arrested during the incident.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights called the shooting of the boys a crime of excessive force.
The teens apparently never made contact with the soldiers before they were shot with live fire.
The Quds news outlet published a photo of Muhammad Kamil participating in a demonstration calling on Israel to return the body Ahmad Awad Abu al-Rab:
Palestinian shot dead after alleged attack attempt near Hebron
Jan. 14, 2016 9:47 A.M. (Updated: Jan. 14, 2016 12:54 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Thursday shot and killed a Palestinian near the Beit Einun junction northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after an alleged stab attempt, witnesses and Israel’s army said.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli soldiers stationed near the junction, who responded by opening fire on the alleged assailant.
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli military forces prevented Palestinian Red Crescent medics from accessing the shot Palestinian for medical treatment.
The man was identified as Muayyad Awni Jabbarin , 20, by his father, who arrived to the scene following his death.
Clashes erupted following the incident between locals and Israeli forces, who deployed in the area and closed the main road.
The night before, Israeli Border Police at the Beit Einun junction opened fire on a Palestinian driver they described as “suspicious” before detaining him.
Israeli police kill Palestinian after suspected vehicular attack
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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian was killed on Friday after she allegedly attempted to run over Israeli Border Police officers near the village of Silwad in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli police said in a statement that a woman in a vehicle approached border guards in an area where clashes were taking place. The forces opened fire when they saw the vehicle quickly approaching, immediately killing the driver.
Local sources identified the driver as Mahdia Mohammad Ibrahim Hammad .
Locals in the area at the time told Ma’an that Hammad was 30 meters away from the Israeli military post when forces opened heavy fire towards her.
The sources said that the woman wasn’t speeding but driving at a normal pace when she was shot. Israeli forces did not provide Hammad with medical treatment and she was left to bleed before soldiers took her body, locals added.
Army Kills A Palestinian Woman In Silwad
author Friday December 25, 2015 | IMEMC News
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The slain Palestinian woman has been identified as M ahdiyya Mohammad Ibrahim Hammad , 38. She is a married mother of four children.
Although the Israeli army claimed “she attempted to ram soldiers with her car,” eyewitness confirmed she was at least 30 meters away from the military roadblock, when the soldiers opened fire on her.
They added that the woman was not even speeding when the soldiers opened fire on her car, and that the army fired many live rounds at her.
Following the shooting, the soldiers left the woman to bleed to death, and held her body for more than two hours before handing her to the Palestinian side, near the Beit El military roadblock.
2 Palestinians killed, 3 Israelis injured in Jerusalem Old City attack
Dec. 23, 2015 1:41 P.M. (Updated: Dec. 23, 2015 4:45 P.M.)
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians from Qalandiya were killed after carrying out a stabbing attack at the Jaffa Gate of East Jerusalem’s Old City that left three Israelis injured, Israeli police said.
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an that Israeli forces present in the area at the time opened fire on the Palestinians during the attack.
Two Israelis were seriously injured and one moderately, according to police spokesperson Luba al-Samri, who added that one of the three was likely injured by live fire when border guards opened fire on the attackers.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals Shaare Zedek and Hadassah, the spokesperson added.
Israeli border guards deployed in the area at the time of the attack said they “noticed people running in panic and saw two ‘terrorists’ carrying knives and stabbing a man,” al-Samri said.
One Palestinian was killed on scene, and the Ein Kerem branch of Hadassah hospital confirmed that the second died shortly after arriving to the hospital.
The Palestinians were identified as Issa Assaf and Anan Abu Habsa from Qalandiya in the occupied West Bank. The area has recently been site to heightened tensions, with two Palestinians killed in the Qalandiya refugee camp last week after attempting to run over Israeli soldiers present in the camp during a predawn arrest raid.
The Jaffa Gate area —the site of Wednesday’s attack and the most commonly-used entrance into the Old City by Jewish Israelis and tourists — was closed by Israeli Border Police following the attack, witnesses in the area said.
Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli in Hebron
Dec. 7, 2015 4:10 P.M. (Updated: Dec. 7, 2015 6:45 P.M.)
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HEBRON (Ma’an) — A young Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron’s Old City on Monday afternoon, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said Israeli Border Police shot the Palestinian after he stabbed an Israeli man in his 40s.
The Israeli was evacuated to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem for medical treatment in critical condition.
Locals identified the Palestinian as 21-year-old Ihab Fathi Miswadi . They said Israeli forces prevented Palestinian emergency services from reaching him to medical care after he was shot.
The soldiers did not provide any medical care themselves, locals said.
The Ibrahimi Mosque, which is sacred to both Muslims and Jews, has been the site of a number of deadly encounters in recent months.
Palestinian killed, one wounded after West Bank ’stabbing attempts’
Nov. 10, 2015 3:56 P.M. (Updated: Nov. 10, 2015 8:19 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another after they allegedly carried out separate stabbing attempts in the occupied West Bank, Israeli sources said.
One of the Palestinians was shot dead after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli border guard at the Container checkpoint east of Jerusalem near Abu Dis.
Israeli police said that Israeli forces opened fire on the Palestinian after he approached a border guard carrying a knife.
They said the Palestinian was “neutralized,” and the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health later said he had succumbed to his wounds.
The ministry identified the Palestinian as 16-year-old Sadeq Ziad Gharbiyeh from the town of Sanur in southeastern Jenin.
No Israelis were reported injured during the incident.
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Later, at around 3 p.m., another Palestinian was reported to have entered the illegal Israeli settlement of Teqoa in Bethlehem district and “lunged at people with a knife,” according to Israeli news site Ynet.
Israeli Border Police reportedly shot the Palestinian, and his condition was not yet known.
The incidents came after two other alleged attacks in occupied East Jerusalem left two Israelis injured, with one alleged Palestinian attacker shot dead and a 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot and critically injured.
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian at southern Nablus checkpoint
Aug. 17, 2015 2:08 P.M
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NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli troops shot dead a young Palestinian man in the northern West Bank on Monday after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli Border Police officer, the Israeli army said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman alleged that the Palestinian man approached Israeli Border Police officers at Tappuah junction, known to Palestinians as Zaatara military checkpoint, asking for “medical assistance.”
The spokeswoman said that he then pulled out a knife and attempted to stab an Israeli officer.
She said that he struggled with the officer, before other officers opened fire on him.
The spokeswoman confirmed that he had been killed. She added that the police officer was lightly injured.
Palestinian witnesses said that Israeli forces closed the checkpoint to traffic as large numbers of troops deployed in the area.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that the victim did not have an identity card on him.
They said that Israeli forces took his body to a nearby military base in Huwwara.
They said that the body would be delivered to his family after he is identified.
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Un Palestinien tué en tentant de poignarder un garde-frontière israélien
AFP / 17 août 2015 12h51
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Jérusalem - Un Palestinien a tenté lundi de poignarder un garde-frontière israélien à un checkpoint en Cisjordanie occupée avant d’être mortellement touché par des tirs israéliens, a indiqué la police israélienne.
C’est le troisième incident du genre en trois jours en Cisjordanie. Un agresseur palestinien a tenté de poignarder un garde-frontière et un autre garde-frontière a répliqué en tirant. L’assaillant a été déclaré mort sur le champ, a indiqué la porte-parole de la police Luba Samri.
Le corps du Palestinien, dont l’identité n’était pas connue dans l’immédiat, gisait au sol recouvert d’une couverture bleue, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP, avant qu’une ambulance de l’armée ne l’emporte pour le remettre aux Palestiniens.
Le Croissant-Rouge palestinien a confirmé le décès et indiqué que son ambulance avait été empêchée d’approcher de la zone, bouclée par l’armée.
Red Crescent : Palestinian teen shot dead after alleged stabbing attack
Aug. 15, 2015 7:08 P.M.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian boy after he allegedly stabbed a Border Police officer near Beita in southern Nablus, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.
The society said that the teenager, identified as Ahmad Kamil Rafeeq al-Taj , was shot multiple times.
Ambulance staff tried to resuscitate the teen, but he succumbed to his wounds, the society said.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed that Israeli forces shot a Palestinian, alleging that he stabbed and injured an Israeli Border Police officer.
They added that the police officer was being treated.
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Un Palestinien abattu après avoir attaqué un soldat israélien
15 août 2015 18h28
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Naplouse (Territoires palestiniens) - Un Palestinien a été abattu samedi par l’armée israélienne dans le nord de la Cisjordanie occupée alors qu’il attaquait à coup de couteau un militaire, ont indiqué le Croissant-Rouge palestinien et la police israélienne.
Il s’agit de la seconde attaque de la journée puisque dans la matinée un autre Palestinien avait poignardé un soldat israélien, le blessant légèrement, avant d’être lui-même blessé lorsque des militaires israéliens lui avaient tiré dessus.
Un assaillant a poignardé un officier au croisement de Houwara, au sud de Naplouse, a indiqué l’armée israélienne, et les forces sur place ont immédiatement répliqué par des tirs. L’assaillant a été tué, a précisé la porte-parole de la police israélienne Luba Samri.
De son côté, le chef du Croissant-Rouge à Naplouse, Abdelhalim Jaafreh, a indiqué à l’AFP que le Palestinien, dont l’âge et l’identité n’ont pas été précisés, avait succombé à ses blessures.
Palestinian shot dead after alleged stabbing attack
Aug. 15, 2015 7:08 P.M. (Updated: Aug. 15, 2015 8:44 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian after he stabbed a Border Police officer near Beita in southern Nablus, Palestinian medics and Israeli police said.
Israeli police identified him as 21-year-old Rafeeq Kamil Rafeeq al-Taj , based on his identity card.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society earlier identified him incorrectly as his younger 16-year-old brother, Ahmad al-Taj.
Medics from the society who arrived on the scene said that Taj was shot five times.
Abdelhalim Jaafreh, head of the Red Crescent in Nablus, said, “He was critically wounded by five bullets. We tried to save him but he died.”
Israeli police confirmed Taj’s death.
A police spokesperson said that Israeli forces opened fire on him after he stabbed a border police officer in the back.
The policeman, who was on patrol with other officers, was lightly wounded, police said.