Israeli Daily Aggression on the Palestinian People: Casualties, Kidnapping, Damage of Property by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers, July 1, 2008

Israeli Daily Aggression on the Palestinian People: Casualties, Kidnapping, Damage of Property by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers, July 1, 2008

Editorial Note:

Readers advised that some news sources may not use accurate conflict terminology. Israeli occupation forces may be referred to as Israeli forces or Israeli army or Israeli military or Israeli troops.

When Israeli occupation forces kidnap Palestinians from their homes, this may be inaccurately described as arrests or detention. It's inaccurate because Israeli occupation forces are present in the occupied Palestinian territories illegally, against the will of the Palestinian people since 1967, and in violation to the international law.

Further, some news sources may use Israeli conflict terminology, such as the separation wall, in reference to the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall.

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Ni’lin steps up the struggle: Israeli army injures 10 protesters
Tuesday July 01, 2008 20:19 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC News

On Tuesday the farmers of Ni’lin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah organized another mass demonstration to protect their lands and lives from destruction by the illegal Israeli Wall. As the construction workers did not agree to stop their work on demand of the people, the protestors have disabled their equipment.

After hundreds of protestors had gathered in the village center, the demonstration took a different path than it normally would. Instead of going as usual to the most advanced section of the construction on the Wall, that are currently destroying the village lands, the protestors marched towards the end of the area where the bulldozers were working. In this part of the land the destruction started already two months ago and it is some 1.6 km away from the most fore front of the worksite.

The demonstrators faced 4 bulldozers, 2 jeeps and a truck while the Israeli army was all stationed at the other end of the worksite.

The farmers with their international and Israeli supporters demanded the destruction of their lands to be stopped. They stood in the way of the construction and lied down in front of the bulldozers to impede further work.

However, the bulldozer drivers blindly continued their work. At this point, the people were left with no other choice but disabling the equipment. They started throwing stones, smashing the windows of the bulldozers and attacking the jeeps and the truck.

When Israeli troops arrived to the area three hours later the protesters changed their tactics and moved to the front of the construction. Before they could even get close to the bulldozers, Israeli troops started shooting tear gas, sound bombs and steal-rubber coated bullets at full force. 10 were injured, among them were a12 years old, and another is a 9 year old boy.

After these attacks on the demonstrators from the village, just as it was believed to be calming down, the people went back to the Nil’in where the army then again attacked the people at the entrance of the village. They shot teargas inside two buildings that are located near to the Wall. Tear gas even permeated inside the medical clinic, further threatening the health of those that had been brought there for treatment from the demonstration.

At the end Israeli soldiers attempted to kidnap a group of international activists and freelance journalists present at the demonstration to confiscate their cameras in order to be able to identify youth involved in the protests. However, the people in Ni’lin took the international supporters in their homes and moved them from place to place deeper inside the village. The army had to give up on this attempt of repression as they were not willing to go into the village.

Sourced from the Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign

Israeli settlers fire home-made shells at a Palestinian village near Nablus
Tuesday July 01, 2008 17:17 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources said that Israeli settlers fired on Tuesday midday home made shells at the village of Buren located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli armed settlers attacking Palestinian civilians homes in Hebron - File 2007

Local sources said that the two shells landed on open areas near a local farmer house, casing no injures or damage.

Khair Abu Amran, from the local civil defense department in the village told IMEMC that the settlers fired the home made shells from the illegal nearby settlement of Brakha, which is built on the village land.

He added that Israeli troops invaded the village and took the remains of the shells that were collected by the villagers.

The Israeli army kidnaps two civilians during attacks on villages near Nablus
Tuesday July 01, 2008 15:08 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Bit Iba and Assirah-Al-Shamaliyah, both located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning and kidnapped two civilians.

Hatem Sama'anah, 23 years old, was taken to unknown detention camp by Israeli soldiers that attacked his home in Bit Iba village on Tuesday, witnesses said.

Meanwhile another force attacked and searched homes in the village of Assirah-Al-Shamaliyah also near Nablus and kidnapped Fadi Sawalha, 20.

Israeli troops invaded the city of Nablus today and searched homes in the city center but no kidnappings were reported there, the sources added.

The Israeli army attacked and abused villagers near Ramallah
Tuesday July 01, 2008 12:13 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Israeli army continued to attack the villagers of Dair Abu Mesha'al, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah for the second day on Tuesday.

Witnesses said that Israeli troops invaded the village on Monday and detained Shadi Zahran, and his family in their home and used it as a military post. The witnesses added that soldiers are still in the house until today and refusing to allow the family to leave the house.

The villagers said that the soldiers are still in the village and are searching homes and harassing families.

Meanwhile Faares Nasser the mayor of the nearby Dair Qudais village said that soldiers attacked residents' homes in his village and handed a number of young men military orders for interviews by the Israeli secret police in a nearby military camp.

The Israeli army invades Sourif village near Hebron and kidnaps three men
Tuesday July 01, 2008 12:06 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Israeli army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians during a pre dawn invasion targeting the village of Sourif near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday.

Local sources said that troops searched and ransacked a number of homes before taking the three men to an unknown detention camp.

The sources identified the three men as; Mohamed Al-Harbalah, 35, Mo'in Ighnimat, 25, and Yousuf Ighnimat, 20.

The Israeli army injures a resistance leader in Jenin
Tuesday July 01, 2008 12:00 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Israeli army injured a Palestinian resistance leader during an army attack on the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday at dawn.

Ala Abu al Rab, the leader of the Islamic Jihad armed wing of the Al-Quds Brigades in Jenin sustained moderate wounds in the attack.

Local sources stated that an under cover Israeli army unit ambushed Abu Al-Rab in Qabatiya town near Jenin, troops opened fire at Abu Al Rob and injured him, but he managed to flee the scene of the attack.

Abu al-Rab was targeted by the Israeli army several times over the past year, the Islamic Jihad reported.

Also on Tuesday morning the Israeli army invaded several West Bank cities and towns, during the attacks Israeli troops kidnapped 10 Palestinian civilians.

Local sources reported that Israeli invasions were reported in Ramallah city, Jenin, Nablus, and Bethlehem.

Woman injured by army fire in southern Gaza Strip
Tuesday July 01, 2008 11:51 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMc News

A Palestinian woman was shot and injured by Israeli army fire near the Sufa crossing in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.

Medical sources reported that 35-year-old Aishah Ataya sustained moderate wounds in her leg and was moved to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers manning the borders opened fire without any reason injuring Aishah.

On Monday night Israel informed the Egyptian mediators for the truce between Hamas which controls Gaza, and Israel that the Israeli troops will open fire at any Palestinian that approaches close to the borders.

The Hamas movement consider this Israeli decision as a violation of the truce.

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Israeli troops shoot Palestinian woman in southern Gaza
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 10:37
Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman in the foot on Tuesday morning while she was tending her sheep south of the city Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources at the European Hospital in the city of Rafah, also in the southern Gaza Strip, said that 36-year-old 'Aisha Abu 'Ataya was hit by a gunshot in her right foot. They said Israeli soldiers fired at Abu Ataya from a jeep near the town of Al-Fukhari.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on the shooting, which is an apparent violation of the ceasefire in place in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli settlers launch homemade projectiles at Palestinian village
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 15:31
Nablus - Ma'an exclusive -

Israeli settlers from the Bracha illegal settlement south of Nablus launched two homemade projectiles at a neighboring Palestinian villages on Tuesday afternoon.

No injuries have been reported.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that the illegal Israeli settlers launched two projectiles as a test for the 'Sharon 1' and 'Sharon 2' projectiles they are producing.

Jamal Al-Najjar a member of the Palestinian police in the village of Burin told Ma'an's Nablus correspondent, "settlers launched two homemade projectiles from the settlement of Bracha at the village of Burin, with no injuries reported."

Al-Najjar added that the projectiles, which were between 15 and 30 centimeters long, landed in open areas just meters from Palestinian houses.

9-year-old child among 5 hit by rubber bullets in Ni'in anti-wall protest
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 17:36
Ramallah - Ma'an-

Five protestors, including a 9-year-old child, were shot with rubber bullets by Israeli forces in a peaceful protest against the separation wall in Ni’lin, near Ramallah on Tuesday.

The protestors marched through the streets of the village towards the land under threat of confiscation for the construction of the wall, shouting slogans.

The protest organizers issued a statement saying that protestors tried to prevent military bulldozers from continuing construction. They added that they threw stones, obstructing five bulldozers and a truck carrying rocks in addition to two military jeeps.

The organizers added that Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas bombs at the protest, injuring Mohammad Ali Dabbous, Mohammad Walid Al-Khawaja, Ali Fayez Al-Khawaja, Mohammad Ragheb Al-Khawaja and Mohammad Issam Al-Khawaja in addition to a number of others whose names have not yet been released, including a nine-year-old child.

Dozens of others were taken to local medical clinics, suffering from the effects of gas inhalation.

Israeli forces detain Islamic Jihad activist and his brother in Tulkarem
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 13:12
Tulkarem - Ma'an -

Israeli special forces detained an Islamic Jihad activist and his brother in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank on Tuesday.

More than ten military vehicles stormed the city and surrounded a building in Nablus Street where Mu’tassem Al-Iraqi was located.

Ma’an’s correspondent said that Israeli forces used police dogs to storm the building and detained Al-Iraqi and his brother Alaa’ who are in their twenties. They also searched the building before withdrawing.

Israeli forces seize three young men from villages near Nablus
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 10:33
Nablus - Ma’an –

Israeli forces seized three young men in the villages of Asira Al-Shamiliya and Beit Iba, on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus early on Tuesday morning.

Palestinian security sources told Ma’an’s correspondent in Nablus that the Israeli forces raided the men's houses.

The arrestees were 25-year-old teacher Ahmad Sama’neh from Beit Iba, 22-year-old Hatem Moussa Sama’neh, also from Beit Iba, and 20-year-old ‘Ahed Mahmoud Sawalha from Asira Ash-Shamiliya.

Islamic Jihad fighter wounded in Israeli attack in Qabatiya
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 09:54
Jenin – Ma'an –

Undercover Israeli forces shot and injured Alaa' Abu Ar-Rub, a prominent Islamic Jihad activist, in the West Bank town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on Tuesday morning.

According to reliable sources in Islamic Jihad, the Israeli forces ambushed Abu Ar-Rub near the eastern cemetery in Qabatiya. Abu Al-Rub was injured during an exchange of fire with the Israeli troops, but managed to escape afterwards.

Following the gunfire, several Israeli military vehicles surrounded the cemetery area in a failed attempt to catch Abu Ar-Rub.

The Islamic Jihad fighter had survived several past Israeli assassination attempts. Three months ago, he escaped undercover Israeli forces near the northern West Bank village of Misliya.

Israeli forces seize two Palestinians during raid in Bethlehem
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 00:38

Israeli forces block streets in Bethlehem
on Monday night [Ma'anImages]
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli forces invaded the center of the West Bank city of Bethlehem at 10 on Monday evening, seizing two Palestinian men.

Israeli military vehicles, including at least seven jeeps, three armored personnel carriers, an ambulance, a blue jeep marked “police,” and an unmarked white van entered the city.

Israeli troops surrounded a house on As-Saf Street, ordering a large family in their bedclothes into the street. The forces arrested Hamdi Hasan and Hasan Hasan (both are in their twenties), first ordering them to remove their clothes in the street.

The two were handcuffed and taken away in separate jeeps. The soldiers blindfolded one man and pulled a sack over the other’s head.

During the raid, Israeli soldiers blocked several streets, physically barring journalists from As-Saf Street.

The Israeli troops withdrew at approximately 11:30. Palestinian children threw sporadic stones at the military vehicles. A few shouts of “Alla-u-akbar” (God is great) were heard in the night.

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