Israel notifies Palestinian of the demolition of his house in the south of West Bank

The Israeli occupation military authorities on Tuesday notified a Palestinian resident of Beit Awwa, to the southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, of the demolition of his house, according to local sources.


Israeli forces handed Rami Ahmad Sweiti a demolition order for his three-story house located in the area classified as B, which is under Palestinian administration and Israeli security control, but near the Israeli segregation wall, said the sources.


The forces claimed the demolition was for security reason.

Soldiers attack students on their way to school in Hebron

Dozens of Palestinian students and residents of the old town of Hebron sustained suffocation on Monday after Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters at them while on their way to school and at homes in the Israeli-controlled section of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.


They said the soldiers fired teargas canisters at schools, including a kindergarten, and homes located near a military checkpoint causing dozens of suffocation cases and panic among the children and their families.

Tension has been high in the occupied city in the last few days after tens of thousands of fanatic settlers stormed the city and some attacked families in their homes and shops in the occupied section.


A child was also injured in the head from stones thrown by settlers who seem to have been emboldened in their attacks and taking over of Palestinian homes and land following the US declaration that settlements are not inconsistent with international law.

Palestinian youth injured in IOF shooting near Hebron

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon shot and wounded a Palestinian youth in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron City.


Activist Mohammed Awad said that IOF soldiers stationed near the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur opened fire at the Palestinian youth Abdullah Abu Maria, 21, injuring him in the thigh.


Awad said that Abu Maria was later taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Israeli forces shoot, injure youth near Hebron

A Palestinian was shot and injured Sunday evening by Israeli forces’ live fire in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, said a local activist.

Mohammed Awad, a media activist, said Israeli forces stationed near the Israeli settlement of Karmi Tzur, built illegally on Palestinian land to the south of Hebron, opened fire at Abdallah Abu Mariya, 21, shooting him in the thigh. Forces used a gun suppressor in the shooting.

He was transferred to hospital for medical treatment.

Israeli forces attack students with teargas in Hebron

Dozens of Palestinians students and citizens sustained suffocation today after Israeli forces fired gas canisters near a complex of schools in the south neighborhood of Hebron, south of the West Bank, according to local sources.


It said that dozens suffered from suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.

Schools in the south neighborhood of Hebron are frequently targeted by Israeli soldiers and settlers.

The teargas attack was unjustified and caused many students and citizens in the area to suffer from inhaling fumes. 

10 Palestinians injured in settler attacks in Hebron

Dozens of Israeli settlers on Friday night attacked Palestinian homes in different areas in Hebron, Occupied West Bank, injuring at least 10 Palestinian citizens.

Local sources said that two Palestinian citizens suffered bruises after Israeli settlers attacked them near Abu Al-Rish checkpoint in Hebron and were transferred to a nearby hospital for treatment.


In the southern areas of Hebron, 8 citizens were injured after Israeli settlers, escorted by armed soldiers, attacked them with batons and pepper gas.

According to local residents, five Palestinian youths were detained and harassed by the settlers in a shop in Al-Sahla area.

Late on Friday, hundreds of Israeli settlers coming from different settlements in the Occupied West Bank stormed Hebron City to perform Talmudic rituals at the Ibrahmi Mosque. Meanwhile, further restrictions were imposed on the Palestinian residents of the area.

Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron closed to Muslims as thousands of settlers storm

The Israeli military government closed today the Ibrahimi mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers as thousands of Jewish settlers converged on the old town of city, which is under full Israeli military rule, to mark what is known as Sarah holiday, according to local sources.


Tension has been high in the city since yesterday as extremist settlers attacked homes of Palestinian families in the occupied section of the city, injuring several people.

More settlers flocked to the city this morning and specifically to the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as Cave of the Patriarchs where the prophet Abraham, Sarah and others are believed buried.

Settlers were seen yesterday placing stones with Jewish inscriptions on walls and arches in the old town of Hebron in an effort to make believe that the city is historically Jewish.