Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Illegal Settlers Demolish Palestinian Homes, Abduct Civilians, Attack Farmers and Workers, January 28, 2019

Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Illegal Settlers Demolish Palestinian Homes, Abduct Civilians, Attack Farmers and Workers

January 28, 2019

Editor's Note:

While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources: https://english.palinfo.com/, http://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


An injured Palestinian carried after being shot at by Israeli occupation soldiers from across the border, January 25, 2019

Israeli Occupation Army To Demolish A Palestinian Home, Abduct A Woman, In Jerusalem

January 28, 2019 9:37 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers handed, on Monday evening, an order for the demolition of a Palestinian home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a woman while leaving the holy site.

The soldiers handed the order to the home owner, Issa Ja’afra, informing him that his property will be demolished on January 27th, for “being built without a permit.”

They informed him that he can avoid the high fines and fees, if he demolished his home at his own expense before that date.

There are eight family members, including five children, living in the 70 square/meter home.

In 2016, the army demolished the family’s former home under the same allegations.

Besides the excessively high costs of obtaining permits from Israel, the Palestinians are almost always denied construction permits, including permits for modifying their properties or adding rooms to them.

This is happening while Israel continues the construction and expansion of its illegal colonies, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian woman, identified as Montaha Emara, as she was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In related news, the soldiers handed Jawad Siyam, the director of Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), an order to head to the City Council for questioning.

Furthermore, an Israeli court, sentenced Mohammad Nidal ar-Razem, 22, from Jerusalem, to 54 months in prison, and a fine of 10.000 Shekels. The young man was taken prisoner on July 2nd, 2018.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Demolish Agricultural Rooms In Bethlehem

January 28, 2019 8:50 PM IMEMC News Bethlehem, Israeli attacks, News Report, West Bank 0 28 Jan 8:50 PM

Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, Monday, the town of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished several agricultural rooms.

Media sources said many army jeeps and a bulldozer, invaded Wad al-Ghaweet area, in Husan and demolished the rooms.

They added that the soldiers claimed the rooms, although built on a private Palestinian land, are in “Area C” of the West Bank and “did not receive a permit from the Israeli side.”

In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the western entrance of Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.

It is worth mentioning that Beit Fajjar has been subject to frequent Israeli military invasions, including at dawn Monday, when the soldiers abducted three young man, after storming and ransacking their homes along with the home of a political prisoner, identified as Rami Taqatqa.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Teacher, Open Fire On Farmers And Shepherds In Gaza

January 28, 2019 8:32 PM IMEMC News Beit Hanoun, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Israeli attacks, News Report, West Bank 0 28 Jan 8:32 PM

On Monday, Israeli occupation soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence in the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, shot and injured one teacher, and opened fire on several Palestinian farmers and shepherds.

Media sources in Gaza said a schoolteacher was injured after the soldiers, in their military bases close to the fence, fired many rounds of live ammunition at a high school, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

They added that the soldiers also fired many live rounds at farmers and shepherds in Malka area, east of Gaza city, and farmlands east of Deir al-Balah, in the central part of the coastal region.

In the occupied West Bank, the soldiers confiscated a tractor, owned by a local farmer identified as Ahmad Thiab Abu Kheizaran, in the ar-Ras al-Ahmar Bedouin community, southeast of Tubas, allegedly for “working in a military zone.”

Illegal Israeli Settlers Occupy Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem

January 28, 2019 9:45 AM IMEMC News Bethlehem, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, West Bank 0 28 Jan 9:45 AM

A group of illegal Israeli settlers invaded, on Monday morning, privately-owned Palestinian lands in Beit Iskariya village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started planting them with trees.

The head of Beit Iskariya Village Council, Mohammad Ibrahim, said the colonists invaded and occupied the Palestinian lands in the al-‘Awareed area, near the illegal Netivot colony, which was built on the villagers’ lands.

He added that the villagers chased the colonists out of their lands, before they ran away to their illegal colony.

Ibrahim stated that the lands are owned by members of Odah local family and added that the settlers invaded nearly 10 Dunams out of 40 Dunams they have been trying to illegally occupy.

He also said that the Palestinians have the official deeds for their lands and hired a lawyer to maintain the case.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Workers at Checkpoint

January 28, 2019 3:54 AM IMEMC News & Agencies Bethlehem, Israeli attacks, News Report 0 28 Jan 3:54 AM

A number of Palestinian workers suffered injuries, suffocation and fainting on Sunday morning, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ assault, as they were passing through the military checkpoint north of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.

According to eyewitnesses, Israeli soldiers attacked the lines of the workers who were waiting at the 300 checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem while they were going to work in Jerusalem.

The space was overcrowded with workers as the soldiers attacked the workers, resulting in many cases of suffocation and bruising.

PNN further notes that the workers face daily suffering at the occupation barrier to the north of Bethlehem, and workers often struggle as a result of the crisis caused by the Israeli occupation forces to inspect workers and check the permits of workers inside.

Head of the Palestinian Trade Union Federation, Shaher Saad, condemned the assault on the Palestinian workers who have used the checkpoint to reach their places of work since 1948.

Saad held the occupation government responsible for the lives and safety of the workers, because these actions endanger their very lives as they make their way to workplaces fraught with such risks.

Saad issued an urgent protest letter to the International Labor Organization, demanding an urgent investigation into the violations committed by Israel against Palestinian workers and obliging them to apply international labor standards to Palestinian workers, as an occupying power. and to provide stable and durable work, in a safe and risk-free work environment, to the inhabitants of the territories it occupies.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In Bethlehem And Ramallah

January 27, 2019 7:13 PM IMEMC News Bethlehem, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Ramallah, West Bank 0 27 Jan 7:13 PM

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including children, from their homes in the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem and Ramallah, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded the towns of Ni’lin and Turmus Ayya, before storming and violently searching many homes, and abducted six Palestinians, including two children.

It identified the abducted Palestinains as Mo’taz Salah al-Khawaja, Mohammad Salah al-Khawaja, Mohammad Hatem al-Khawaja and Ibrahim Srour, all from Ni’lin, in addition to Mohammad Ali, 15, and Anas Majed Abdul-Hafith, 16, from Turmus Ayya.

On Sunday morning, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of Turmus Ayya and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians who gathered there awaiting the transfer of the corpse of Hamdi Taleb Sa’ada Na’san, 38, to his village, al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.

It is worth mentioning hat Na’san was killed by Israeli soldiers, Saturday, while at least 30 others were injured, after a group of illegal colonialist settlers attempted to invade the northern part of the al-Mughayyir village.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, also searched homes and abducted Saed Abu Hadrous, Shadi Abu Hadrous and Mohammad Jalal Abu Hadrous.

PCHR: “Israeli Forces and Settlers Kill Two Palestinian Civilians, Including Child, in Ramallah and Al-Biereh”

January 27, 2019 4:49 PM IMEMC News Human rights, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Ramallah, West Bank 0 27 Jan 4:49 PM

In two separate crimes of excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child in Silwad village, northeast of Ramallah, and only after less than 24 hours, Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian civilian in al-Moghayer village.

Moreover, the Israeli forces wounded 22 other civilians after moving into al- Moghayer village. Committing these two crimes comes in light of the Israeli government’s escalation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and encouraging settlers to commit such crimes against the Palestinian civilians.

The two crimes along with other crimes lately committed by the Israeli forces and settlers proves the latter’s intention to inflict more and more victims among the Palestinian civilians.

According to PCHR’s investigations into the first crime, at approximately 16:30 on Friday, 25 January 2019, 15 Palestinian young men and children gathered adjacent to Bypass Road “60” near Silwad village, northeast of Ramallah.

The Palestinian young men threw stones at the Israeli forces stationed near the military watchtower in the area.

In addition, at approximately 17:40, a number of the Palestinian young men stepped 30-50 meters towards the Israeli vehicles stationed along the street.

In response, an Israeli soldier immediately fired a live bullet causing the injury of Ayman Ahmad ‘Othman Hamed (16) to the left side of the chest.

The wounded child was taken by an ambulance to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to receive treatment and admitted to the Emergency Department (ED), but he took his last breath after moments of entering the hospital. It is worth to mention that the child was a student at Silwad Secondary School for Boys.

According to PCHR’s investigations into the second crime, at approximately 15:30 on Saturday, 26 January 2019, a group of Israeli settlers moved into al-Moghayer village, northeast of Ramallah, and rioted on the streets while opening fire at several houses; 2 of them belonged to Jamal ‘Ali al-Na’asan and ‘Abdullah al-Na’asan, breaking all the houses’ windows. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian youngsters and young men gathered to throw stones and empty bottles at them.

In response, the settlers immediately and randomly fired a barrage of bullets, wounding Hamdi Taleb al-Na’asan (38) with a bullet that entered his lower back, hit the lungs and then exited from the chest.

As a result, Hamdi fell on the ground and was taken immediately via an ambulance belonging to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where his death was declared in the ED due to arriving in a very critical condition.

Following that, the Israeli forces moved into the village to provide protection for settlers and opened fire at the Palestinian protestors. As a result, 22 civilians were wounded with bullets; 8 of them were taken to the Palestine Medical Complex, 6 were taken to the Istishari Arab Hospital in al-Rihan Suburb, north of Ramallah, and 8 were taken to the medical center in nearby Termes’aya village.

It should be mentioned that Hamdi al-Na’asan was a former prisoner in the Israeli jails, where he served an 8-year sentence. He was also married with four children; the youngest is only 1 year old.

While condemning these two new crimes, PCHR is strongly concerned over the Israeli forces’ use of lethal force against Palestinian civilians participating in peaceful demonstrations in violation of International humanitarian law standards.

PCHR is also seriously concerned over the protection provided by the Israeli forces to the settlers who attack the Palestinian civilians safe at their houses.

In light of the above, PCHR calls upon the international community and UN bodies to take immediate and effective action to stop the Israeli escalating crimes and violations and provide international protection for the Palestinians in the oPt. Further, PCHR reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention. These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions.

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