Child killed by Israeli occupation forces fire in northern Gaza

Tuesday July 21, 2009 00:41 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that a Palestinian child, who was shot and kidnapped by the Israeli occupation army near the border fence in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, died of his wounds at the Soroka Israeli hospital in Be-er Al-Saba'a (Be’er Sheva’).

The Israeli occupation army claimed that the child, 15 years old, was attempting to infiltrate into Israel through the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The army added that the soldiers shouted at the child, ordering him to stop, and opened fire at him after he failed to do so.

His body would be transferred to the Palestinian side via the Erez Crossing on Tuesday. His identity remained unknown until the time of this report.

Israeli medical sources said that the child was in a very serious condition when he was moved to the hospital as he suffered multiple gunshots to the chest, and died of his wounds later on.

Israeli occupation army kidnaps 11 Palestinians from the West Bank

Tuesday July 21, 2009 13:55 by Katherine Orwell - 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group

Israeli occupation forces invaded different areas of the West Bank and took 11 Palestinians from their houses, early on Tuesday.

Three Palestinians were taken from villages around Tulkarem, including one woman, a former prisoner,  from the village of Saida.

The Israeli occupation forces kidnaps seven civilians from several parts of the West Bank

Monday July 20, 2009 14:43 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Seven Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday by the Israeli occupation forces during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.

The attacks took place in Bethlehem and Jericho cities and nearby villages, local sources reported. The Israeli military said all those kidnapped were on the army's "Wanted List". In June of this year the military said it would freeze it invasions targeting Bethlehem, and Jericho. However on the ground the daily invasions of these cities and kidnappings of civilians have not stopped.

Israel occupation forces shoot and detain Palestinian youth at Gaza border

Monday July 20, 2009 12:29 by Katherine Orwell - 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group

Israeli occupation forces at the Gaza border shot a Palestinian teenager in his foot and proceeded to detain him, on Sunday evening.

Gaza's Health Ministry told local media that the 15-year-old boy was taken to a hospital inside Israel. 

Israeli sources reported that a military patrol discovered the boy approaching the electronic fence that surrounds Gaza. The patrol shot the boy when he refused to stop. 

Others sources claim that the boy was wearing a thick jacket, which made the boy look suspicious in the eyes of the soldiers. The boy was searched and no explosives or weapons where found on him. 

The boy reportedly admitted that he intended to "infiltrate" into Israel during his interrogation. But he kept insisting that he had no plans to carry out any attacks against Israel. 

It remains unknown how trustworthy this testimony is, since it is widely documented by human rights organizations that Israel employs dubious interrogation techniques that can be qualified as torture. Palestinian children have not been exempted from such treatment.

Illegal Israeli settlers escalate attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank

Monday July 20, 2009 21:11 by IMEMC & Agencies

Illegal Israeli settlers carried repeated attacks against Palestinian civilians, their farms and vehicles as a retaliation for the evacuation of an illegal settlement outpost in the northern part of the West Bank which was removed earlier by the Israeli occupation forces.

Israeli sources reported that settlers attacked dozens of Palestinian cars in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing damage to at least ten vehicles.

The settlers also set ablaze dozens of Dunams of Palestinian farmlands in several parts the occupied West Bank West Bank, especially in Nablus and Qalqilia.

On Monday at night, the settlers blocked several junctions in the occupied West Bank while the army did not even attempt to intervene.  

Settlers respond to settlement evacuation by destroying Palestinian farm lands in northern W.B

 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:51:39, Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli settlers destroyed at least 4,5 acres of Palestinian owned farm land by setting fire to it on Monday, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The settlers attacked the lands after the Israeli military evacuated a nearby settler outpost, local sources reported.

The farmers added that the soldiers did nothing to prevent the attack. Farmers say that the settlers attack them on regular bases and are usually protected by the military.

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians after outpost evacuations, set fire to olive groves in the northern West Bank villages

Published yesterday (updated) 21/07/2009 11:33

Nablus – Ma’an –

Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves in the northern West Bank villages of Tell and Madma south of Nablus protesting evacuation of an illegal settlement outpost on Monday.

According to Ghassan Dughlus, a Palestinian Authority official in charge of settlement activity in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces evacuated an illegal outpost near the village of Sinjil on Monday morning. Angered about the evacuation, the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian fields near Yizhar settlement south of Nablus.

Dughlus was also quoted by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz saying that 10 settlers riding horses and carrying torches set fire to between 1,500 and 2,000 olive trees.

Firefighters were sent to the fields in an attempt to put out the flames. A Palestinian photojournalist also said he was assaulted by settlers when he attempted to cover the incident.

Settlers also threw stones at Palestinian cars and blocked the road near the Huwwara checkpoint on the outskirts of Nablus. Two Palestinian motorists were lightly injured and five cars damaged, according to Dughlus. Israeli soldiers clashed with the settlers, ultimately arresting two, and escorting the others away from the scene. Palestinian cars were also attacked in the city of Hebron.

The settlers’ attacks on Palestinians were a continuation of what they call a “price tag” campaign, in which they respond violently whenever outposts are removed by the Israeli government.

Illegal Israeli settlers launch arson attack on Palestinian cultivated lands

[ 20/07/2009 - 10:33 AM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)--

Tens of illegal Israeli settlers on Monday morning set Palestinian cultivated lands on fire in a number of villages south of Nablus city in the West Bank, local sources reported.

They said that the settlers started the fires in the lands between Til and Madma villages and south of Burin village without any attempt to stop them on the part of the Israeli occupation forces.

The sources pointed out that the settlers were retaliating to their evacuation from an area near Sinjel town located between Nablus and Ramallah.