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THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE
17th January - 23rd
January 2005
Israeli Occupying Forces continue to impose oppressive
measures which severely restrict and violate the economic, social,
cultural, and human rights of 4 million Palestinians in the
Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
THIS WEEK IN GAZA:
17th January - 23rd
January 2005
Again dozens of homes were shelled in Gaza causing considerable
damage.
Israeli soldiers closed the coastal road, south of Gaza with
military bulldozers erecting sand barriers in the road and bulldozing
other sections to completely block it. The coastal road links
Gaza district with Al-Wista district in the Gaza Strip.
On Friday morning, the soldiers stationed along the coastal
road fired at dozens of homes and two Palestinian residents
were shot near the Naveh Dkalim settlement.
Numerous residents and international journalists were wounded
during the week due to Israeli gunfire.
The Israeli army continues to destroy Palestinian farmlands.
BEIT HANOUN
Wednesday 19th January 2005
Several fields were bulldozed after Israeli soldiers invaded
the Sultan Abdul-Hameed area.
Israeli soldiers fired at a car carrying a group of local and
international journalists near the Beit Hanoun crossing, seriously
wounding the driver, Ayman Khaleel Masoud, 35.
Thursday 20th January 2005
Israeli soldiers broke into dozens of homes and conducted military
searches and occupied rooftops. Three residents were arrested.
DIR AL-BALAH
Tuesday 18th January 2005
Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of homes and shot and seriously
wounded a child, Abdullah Jalah Hassan, 15.
Wednesday 19th January 2005
25 residents were injured after Israeli soldiers fired gas
bombs and concussion grenades at residents after they tried
to protest the sudden closure of Abu Holi checkpoint. Five of
the residents were injured by live ammunition and two suffocated
after inhaling the gas fired at them by the army.
KHAN YOUNIS
Monday 17thJanuary 2005
Twenty armoured vehicles invaded the Abasan Al-Kubra area east
of Khan Younis and arrested Moneer Abu Dogga, 40 after conducting
searches of into dozens of homes.
Soldiers also fired at dozens of homes in the Al-Amal and Austrian
neighbourhoods and the Al-Sad Al-Aalil area causing damage.
Wednesday 19thJanuary 2005
Israeli bulldozers uprooted several family farmlands.
THIS WEEK IN THE WEST BANK:
17th January - 23rd
January 2005
Israeli soldiers stepped up military procedures on military
checkpoints erected east of Tubas and the Jordan valley area
in the West Bank .
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers handed dozens of families
in the eastern plains areas of the West Bank, notices of evictions
of their homes and family farmlands requiring them to leave
by the end of May 2005. The residents of the villages of Ein
Al-Baidha and Bardala in the eastern plains said that the settlers
in the area threatened to attack them and their fields if they
don't evacuate.
Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus were again subjected to repeated
raids with soldiers arresting numerous residents.
At least 83 Palestinian residents were arrested in this week
alone and a four-year-old child was shot after Israeli soldiers
fired at houses.
TULKAREM
Monday 17th January 2005
More than ten military vehicles and jeeps invaded the Tulkarem
refugee camp and conducted military searches after closing the
northern entrance. Dozens of families were forced out of their
homes and Khaled Adnan Azim, 18 was arrested.
Soldiers also invaded the Thannaba and Irtah areas near Tulkarem
and arrested three residents, including a child after breaking
into their homes. They were Ahmad Mahmoud Barrouq, 26, Adi Saleem
Khouli, 15 and Abdullah Mamoun Samara, 22.
Tuesday 18th January 2005
Dozens of residents and cars were detained at Al-Kafreyyat
checkpoint. They arrested Ala' Abbas Nasr-Allah, 18.
JENIN
Tuesday 18th January 2005
Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians in Jenin refugee
camp.
BETHLEHEM
Monday 17thJanuary 2005
Two residents were arrested in Beit Jala near Bethlehem after
soldiers invaded the city and searched dozens of homes. They
were Salama Jawareesh, 30 and Tareb Soboh Jawareesh, 38.
Thursday 20th January 2005
Dozens of military jeeps invaded Aida refugee camp and broke
into dozens of homes, forcing out the residents. They arrested
Eyad Salamah Al-Dibs, 19.
Sunday 23rd January 2005
Four residents - Ibrahim Abu Freiha, Jamil Hussein Obeyyat
and his two sons Mahmoud and Ahmad were arrested in the Thahra
area east of Bethlehem after Israeli soldiers broke into dozens
of homes, conducted military searches and interrogated several
residents.
NABLUS
Tuesday 18th January 2005
Israeli soldiers arrested a resident on Beit Eba checkpoint
near Nablus.
Soldiers also broke into several apartments and occupied the
rooftop of a nine-storey building and used it as a monitoring
tower.
North of Nablus, soldiers arrested Ashraf Abdul-Ghani Jaber,
26 and in the east they invaded the village of Iktaba and conducted
military searches causing considerable damage.
Wednesday 19th January 2005
Israeli soldiers arrested 15 residents after they invaded Nablus.
Soldiers also levelled a four-storey home and imposed a curfew
over two neighbourhoods. Another Palestinian home was completely
damaged and burnt by tank shell fire.
Thursday 20th January 2005
Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus and fired rounds of heavy ammunition
at homes and arrested 22 residents. They also levelled a residential
building and broke into the school of Iben Al-Haitham, using
it as an interrogation centre.
RAMALLAH
Tuesday 18th January 2005
Israeli soldiers arrested one resident Mazin Al-Reemawi, 26
in Beit Reema near Ramallah.
Three villages were invaded near Ramallah and soldiers arrested
Abdul-Hafeth Al-Saadi, 43, Mohammad Al-Barghouthi, 27 and also
the Iman of a village mosque Saleh Radhi, 33. They also arrested
Mohammad Majed Shalash, 23, a student of Bir Zeit University.
Wednesday 19th January 2005
A resident was arrested after soldiers invaded a village west
of Ramallah.
HEBRON
Monday 17thJanuary 2005
Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Beit Awwa, Dir Samit,
Al-Moriq, Al-Seema and Al-Koom and arrested four residents after
conducting military searches of homes. The main road leading
to the village was closed and residents were barred from entering
or leaving the villages. Those arrested were Malik Sobhi Masalmeh,
Mohammad Awad Masalmeh, Fareed Mousa Al-Sweity and Eid Mohammad
Al-Sweity.
Friday 21st January 2005
Five residents were arrested in the city of Hebron and the
neighbouring village of Bani Neim
Saturday 22nd January 2005
An Israeli settler hit a 4-year-old Basel Ateyya Rajabi with
his car in the Zahda area. The child is in a stable condition
at Alia Hospital.
In the evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Al-Samoa'
and Bani Neim and arrested Bab's Mohammada Al-Hjoum, 25, Mousa
Hussein Harabsha, 25, Mustafa Abu Lathoa', 24, and Ismail Al-Tarayra.
The parents of Mahmoud Ata Al-Sawalha, 25 were handed a military
order demanding that their son surrender because he was not
there.
Sunday 23rd January 2005
Israeli soldiers arrested at least 10 residents in the village
of Al-Samoa' after dozens of armoured vehicles invaded the village.
QALQILYA
Friday 21st January 2005
The Israeli army invaded the village of Jayyous east of Qalqilyya
and arrested one resident, Ammar Hatem Khaled. Also Israeli
soldiers severely clubbed Fayez and Mithqal Shamasnah, causing
severe wounds.
TUBAS
Monday 17th January 2005
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Al-Aqrabaniyya south
of Tubas and imposed a curfew. Dozens of homes were fired at
and soldiers detained numerous residents and vehicles on the
main road between Tubas and the villages near Nablus.
Friday 21st January 2005
Israeli soldiers barred hundreds of residents at Al-Hamra checkpoint
from crossing and detained dozens of youths and interrogated
them.
SALFIT
Saturday 22nd January 2005
Israeli soldiers invaded several villages surrounding Salfit
as well as the city itself and broke into dozens of homes.
AL-BIREH
Saturday 22nd January 2005
Israeli soldiers invaded the city from several directions,
conducted military searches and arrested Fadi Mohammad Sha'ban,
22.
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