Infant, his family attacked by IOF with tear gas in Hizma town

Members of a Palestinian family suffered injuries when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday night attacked their home in Hizma town, east of Jerusalem.


The incident happened when Israeli soldiers chased a group of youths in Martyr Mohamed Kanaan neighborhood in the central area of the town and showered a house belonging to the family of Kanaan with tear gas grenades.

Consequently, all members of the family, including an infant, suffered from their exposure to tear gas, which spread inside the house.

The infant, who is under one year of age, was rushed to a nearby medical center.

The IOF recently intensified its raids on Hizma town and its environs and set up makeshift checkpoints at its main entrances.

Scores of settlers defile Aqsa Mosque

Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police protection.

According to local sources, groups of settlers received explanations about the alleged temple mount as they were touring the Mosque’s courtyards.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.

During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.

Israeli forces injure dozens, detain two in Jerusalem

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured while two others were arrested when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked Palestinian homes in Al-Isawiya town in Occupied Jerusalem on Friday night.


Local sources said that the IOF stormed Obeid neighborhood in Al-Isawiya and heavily fired tear gas bombs at Palestinian homes. Dozens of citizens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.

The same sources reported that two Palestinian youths were kidnapped by the IOF soldiers before the latter withdrew from the town.

The detainees were identified as Alaa Obeid and Mahmoud al-Rajabi.

They called it the reunification of Jerusalem

Jerusalem - Israeli Temple Mount groups called for massive storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque on 1st of June to mark the so-called reunification of Jerusalem.

On Sunday, they said in a statement that they anticipate more than 10,000 Jews to participate in storming the compound on that day.

"Together we build the Temple", "We demand full control over Jerusalem", " We will storm the Aqsa in thousands"," The Wailing Wall and the Temple are our sacred shrines", these are the racist slogans they prepared for their banners.

More than 2230 Israelis had stormed the holy Islamic site in the Jewish Passover holiday over a period of five days. 

IOF brutally assaults Palestinian worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli occupation forces "IOF" assaulted Palestinians worshipers after had closed the Gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday.

Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian worshipers have performed Isha' prayer on Tuesday in front of Al Asbat gate after closing all gates by IOF.

As Palestinian refused the Israeli occupation forces to close Al-Aqsa Mosque Gates, they gathered together and protest, performed the prayers in front of the closed Gates, on the other hand, the IOF brutally assaulted the Palestinians on Wednesday.

IOF broke into the Dome of the Rock prayer room inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and assaulted the worshipers on Tuesday, which resulted for 6 worshipers to be wounded and 4 others to be arrested before forcefully evacuating the mosque, the sources added.

Later on Wednesday, local agencies said that the Israeli occupation police re-opened Al-Aqsa Mosque Gates for the Palestinian worshipers.

Israeli occupation forces to continue assaulting the Palestinian worshipers with no justification in Al-Aqsa Mosque while providing protection for Israeli settlers who break into Al-Aqsa Mosque on daily basis.

I will not comment, I will just let you imagine that your sister, wife or daughter assaulted by anyone. This happened yesterday, Israeli occupation forces brutally assaulted a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem. #IsraeliCrimes #ICC4Israel pic.twitter.com/hnyutz5UAT

— Bahaa Shammala (@palbahaa) March 13, 2019

Israeli forces arrest 9 in raids across West Bank

At least 9 Palestinians were detained by the Israeli occupation forces "IOF", on predawn Sunday, from different areas across the occupied West Bank.

In Bethlehem, locals reported that IOF detained two Palestinian teens, identified as Abdullah Ahmed Mosa, 16-year old and Muhammad As'ad Sobeh, 16-year-old, from the al-Khader southern of Bethlehem.

Another Palestinian teen, identified as Mohee Eldeen Ahmad Al'moor, 17-year-old, was detained by the Israeli forces from Taqoo' village in the east of Bethlehem, after raiding his family house, the sources added.

In Tulkarem, after raiding his family home, IOF arrested the youth Muhammad Hassan Mousa, local sources said.

Moreover, clashes erupted in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, between the IOF and Palestinians youths, the source added that Israeli forces fire gas bombs toward the youths, and in the Occupied Jerusalem confrontations broke out also, IOF fired sound bombs, the sources asserted.

IOF detains 19 Palestinians, confiscates money in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces "IOF" last night and at Tuesday dawn carried out raids and arrests in various parts of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

The source said that the IOF detained 19 Palestinians and seized a large amount of money during raids launched in different areas of the West Bank.

The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces were able to arrest four Palestinians "accused of being involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli targets".

It claimed that the IOF soldiers found a homemade weapon in the Palestinian town of Atara, southwest of Jenin.

The statement noted that the Israeli soldiers confiscated tens of thousands of shekels, after raiding and searching homes of Palestinian citizens, for allegedly being used to fund resistance operations.

Under the Oslo Accords, the occupied West Bank was divided into three zones. Area A, making up some 18 percent of the West Bank, is officially under complete Palestinian Authority control. In Area B, the PA and Israel respectively hold administrative and military control, whereas Area C, constituting some 60 percent of the territory, is exclusively under Israeli military authority.

In practice, however, Israeli forces carry out regular incursions into Area A. Thus it commits a flagrant violation of the Convention.

At dawn raids: IOF Kidnaps 14 Palestinians, including Jerusalem Sheikhs

Israeli occupation forces "IOF" at daybreak on Sunday arrested 14 Palestinians from the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, including Head of the Council of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Jerusalem, Sheikh Abdel-Azim Salhab, and Deputy Director General of the Awqaf Department, Najeh Bkeirat.

Israeli occupation forces arrested Head of Endowment Council in the occupied #Jerusalem from his house last night. pic.twitter.com/XNsltoZSaP

— Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) February 24, 2019

After raided their homes in the occupied city of Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation forces arrested the two Sheikhs under the pretext of their participation in the reopening of the building and chapel of Bab al-Rahma after 16 years closed by the occupation authorities, last Friday, the source added.

Local sources reported that Mustafa Darwish al-Hajj Hassan, 20-year-old and Mohammed Abdul Latif Daoud, 23-year-old after they raided their houses in the city of Qalqilya.

In Bethlehem governorate, IOF detained two young men from al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, and arrested another in Husan town in the west.

Israeli occupation forces "IOF" arrested the two 17-year-old: Samed Mahmoud Salah and Mohammed Ashraf Issa  According to a security source.

The source added that the Israeli occupation forces detained Ibrahim Abdel Fattah Abu Yabes for several hours after raiding his family house in the town of Housan west of Bethlehem.