Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, injure three in West Bank – JE SUIS PALESTINIEN
by Press TV, 16 November 2015. Comment by ProMosaik e.V.: This is the Sabbath in the Occupied Territories. Do not blame us… but we are all Palestinians.
house demolished by Israeli troops at Qalandia refugee camp in the
Israeli-occupied occupied West Bank, November 16, 2015. (Photo by AFP)
At least two Palestinians
have been killed and three others wounded in clashes between Israeli
military forces and a group of Palestinian protesters in the occupied
West Bank.
Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed
Awawdeh said the skirmishes erupted when Israeli troops stormed the
Qalandia refugee camp to demolish the home of Palestinian Mohammed Abu
Shahin early on Monday.
Abu Shahin is accused by Israel of fatally
shooting an Israeli settler, identified as Danny Gonen, near the
illegal Dolev settlement, located 27 militants (17 miles) northwest of
al-Quds (Jerusalem), on June 19.
Hundreds of residents in the
Qalandia refugee camp hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli
forces, prompting the latter to open fire.
inspect the damage in a house demolished by Israeli troops at Qalandia
refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied occupied West Bank, November 16,
2015. (Photo by AFP)
On Saturday,
Israeli troops destroyed three houses belonging to Palestinians in the
northern West Bank city of Nablus, approximately 49 kilometers (30
miles) north of al-Quds, and the other in the town of Silwad, located 12
kilometers (7.4 miles) northeast of Ramallah.
Nine Palestinians
were wounded during clashes that followed the demolitions. Two of the
injured Palestinians were struck by live ammunition.
Also on
Monday, Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians during a series of
raids on a number of houses in al-Khalil (Hebron), situated 30
kilometers (19 miles) south of al-Quds.
The Israeli forces broke
into the homes and rummaged through them, causing excessive property
damage before detaining the Palestinians.
soldiers drag a Palestinian protester during clashes in the occupied
West Bank city of Bethlehem, November 6, 2015. (Photo by AFP)
Tensions
in the occupied territories have dramatically escalated since the
Israeli regime’s imposition of restrictions in August on the entry of
Palestinian worshipers to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds.
Palestinians
are angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers at the al-Aqsa
Mosque compound and the latter’s attacks on Palestinian properties,
saying that the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the
compound.
Last month, senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called
the recent spate of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in
the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds an Intifada (uprising) against
the Tel Aviv regime.
Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed in the recent escalation of violence since the start of October.
