2 dec 2017

The Palestinian national office for the defense of land and resistance of settlement accused Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman with inciting settlers to kill Palestinians. The office also charged the Israeli government of confiscating Palestinian lands.
In a weekly report on Saturday, the office referred to Lieberman’s remarks in which he praised the Jewish settler who cold-bloodedly murdered martyr Mahmoud Odeh last Thursday near Qusra town to the south of Nablus.
The report also warned that an Israeli committee of the Interior Ministry has recently recommended the establishment of a settlement outpost including 4 settlement neighborhoods near Qalqilya.
It also highlighted that the Israeli government aims at lowering the percentage of Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem through the implementation of “The Greater Jerusalem” project which allows the separation of Shufat refugee camp and Kafr Aqeb town from the city.
In a weekly report on Saturday, the office referred to Lieberman’s remarks in which he praised the Jewish settler who cold-bloodedly murdered martyr Mahmoud Odeh last Thursday near Qusra town to the south of Nablus.
The report also warned that an Israeli committee of the Interior Ministry has recently recommended the establishment of a settlement outpost including 4 settlement neighborhoods near Qalqilya.
It also highlighted that the Israeli government aims at lowering the percentage of Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem through the implementation of “The Greater Jerusalem” project which allows the separation of Shufat refugee camp and Kafr Aqeb town from the city.

A number of Palestinians on Saturday choked on tear gas when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) dispersed the participants in the funeral of martyr Mahmoud Odeh in Qusra town to the south of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent society in the city.
Emad Jamil, alderman of Qusra town, revealed that large numbers of IOF soldiers were deployed at the eastern entrance to the town. Violent clashes erupted in the area where the IOF fired stun grenades and teargas canisters in addition to live bullets at the participants in the funeral.
Israeli soldiers even targeted the citizens' homes in the eastern neighborhoods. As a result, some of the residents including children suffered breathing problems and received treatment in the field.
The IOF threatened the protesters of closing the town’s eastern entrance with cement blocks in case the clashes went on.
Thousands of Palestinians in Nablus governorate on Saturday bade farewell to martyr Mahmoud Odeh who was killed by an Israeli settler while he was working in his land east of Qusra town last Thursday.
Emad Jamil, alderman of Qusra town, revealed that large numbers of IOF soldiers were deployed at the eastern entrance to the town. Violent clashes erupted in the area where the IOF fired stun grenades and teargas canisters in addition to live bullets at the participants in the funeral.
Israeli soldiers even targeted the citizens' homes in the eastern neighborhoods. As a result, some of the residents including children suffered breathing problems and received treatment in the field.
The IOF threatened the protesters of closing the town’s eastern entrance with cement blocks in case the clashes went on.
Thousands of Palestinians in Nablus governorate on Saturday bade farewell to martyr Mahmoud Odeh who was killed by an Israeli settler while he was working in his land east of Qusra town last Thursday.

Thousands of Palestinians on Saturday marched in Nablus in the funeral of martyr Mahmoud Oudeh who was killed by an Israeli settler while working in his land on Thursday.
The funeral procession set off from Rafidia Hospital to Oudeh's hometown of Qusra in the presence of thousands of Palestinian citizens from the neighboring villages.
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening handed over Oudeh's body to the Palestinian medical crews at Jit junction to the west of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers provocatively rallied near Qusra and the village is expected to witness violent confrontations following the funeral.
The funeral procession set off from Rafidia Hospital to Oudeh's hometown of Qusra in the presence of thousands of Palestinian citizens from the neighboring villages.
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening handed over Oudeh's body to the Palestinian medical crews at Jit junction to the west of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers provocatively rallied near Qusra and the village is expected to witness violent confrontations following the funeral.
1 dec 2017

Adalah legal center on Friday sent a letter to Israel's Attorney General asking him to order the immediate release of the body of the Palestinian citizen, Mahmoud Oudeh, who was shot dead on Thursday by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in Nablus.
The 1948 Palestine-based Center is preparing to file a petition at the Supreme Court on behalf of Oudeh's family asking for his body to be returned immediately and unconditionally in case the Israeli authorities reject the first request.
Adalah attorney Mona Haddad said in the letter that the Israeli soldiers on Thursday detained Oudeh's body and took it to a military base near Huwara. Oudeh's family waited outside the Israeli base in order to bring his body for immediate burial, but four hours later, a soldier informed them that the body was transferred for autopsy.
Haddad pointed out that this measure was taken without obtaining the permission of Oudeh's family or informing them beforehand.
Adalah stressed that the delay in handing over Oudeh's body constitutes a blatant violation of the international humanitarian law and a flagrant disregard for the deceased's right to get a timely and dignified burial.
Mahmoud Oudeh, 48, died on Thursday after a group of Israeli settlers broke into his land in Qusra village in Nablus and opened fire at him.
The 1948 Palestine-based Center is preparing to file a petition at the Supreme Court on behalf of Oudeh's family asking for his body to be returned immediately and unconditionally in case the Israeli authorities reject the first request.
Adalah attorney Mona Haddad said in the letter that the Israeli soldiers on Thursday detained Oudeh's body and took it to a military base near Huwara. Oudeh's family waited outside the Israeli base in order to bring his body for immediate burial, but four hours later, a soldier informed them that the body was transferred for autopsy.
Haddad pointed out that this measure was taken without obtaining the permission of Oudeh's family or informing them beforehand.
Adalah stressed that the delay in handing over Oudeh's body constitutes a blatant violation of the international humanitarian law and a flagrant disregard for the deceased's right to get a timely and dignified burial.
Mahmoud Oudeh, 48, died on Thursday after a group of Israeli settlers broke into his land in Qusra village in Nablus and opened fire at him.

After resorting to shooting one of the Palestinians assailing him and a group of children he was escorting on a West Bank trip, a settler is questioned by police and released before being told he is under investigation for causing death by negligence.
The settler who shot 47-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Za’al Odeh in Thursday's incident near the village of Qusra has been questioned by police, and is suspected of causing death by negligence.
"Dozens of Palestinians threw stones and rocks at us, we were in a life-threatening situation, and we were trying to protect the children," said the man, whose son was among the group.
"I had to shoot in self-defense. I hope common sense prevails, and people understand what happened here," the father added.
Two of the adults in the group were lightly wounded in the clashes and the children were spirited away from the danger zone under IDF supervision.
According to one of the two fathers who accompanied the children on the trip, the group of children from different communities in the Samaria region was on a bar mitzvah trip.
"We were hiking in an open area, near the road. Some 200 meters from Highway 5 and the Alon road, we were attacked by dozens of Arabs with stones, rocks and clubs. We were busy protecting the children, and I got hit in the head with a stone. The second father was also wounded. Thank God, the children are safe and sound, that's what's important."
The second father who accompanied the trip said he took the children into a nearby cave to protect them from the barrage of stones.
The children, he said, "were determined and brave, but some of them were frightened."
"I was busy protecting them, when at some point the Palestinians came really close, outflanked us and really boxed us in. The second father left his gun with me. I tried to keep them away by shooting into the air, and it didn't help, they kept coming closer."
He noted there were two Palestinians who tried to protect him and the children, but "30 others just tried to lynch (us)."
One of the parents accompanying the children had his gun stolen by one of the Palestinian rioters, but was later recovered by the IDF.
One of the children who came under attack told Ynet the Palestinians "started threatening us with a gun, throwing stones at us, told us 'give us your bags, give us your phones.' They swore at us, slapped us, punched us. I got a stone to my knee, my rabbi got a stone to his head, my friends got slapped and punched. They (the Palestinians) also tried to use tear gas."
"There were also Arabs who chased away the Arabs who wanted to throw stones at us, protected us for a little until the army came and found us," the child added.
Keren Perlman, the mother of one of the children, said her son told her the Palestinians "sprayed pepper spray into the cave" the children were hiding in. "They took their bags, equipment and candy," she added.
"He also told me many children made vows, about the feeling of imminent death, about (children) saying the 'Shema Yisrael' prayer, and about heart-rending crying," Perlman added.
She criticized the IDF for taking too long to arrive to the children's aid. "It took the army an hour and a half. An hour and a half in which the children hid in a crumbling cave with hundreds of Arabs above them. An hour and a half of the heroic parents standing at the entrance, enduring beatings and stones to protect the children, and the army just didn't bother showing up," she lamented.
Badran: The resistance will not remain silent toward settlers’ crimes
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Husam Badran has warned that the murder of a Palestinian farmer on his land in Nablus by an armed settler on Thursday will not go without response from the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank.
In a press release, Badran said that the Palestinian resistance would not remain silent on the settlers’ arrogance and aggression against the Palestinians in the West Bank and would retaliate to their crimes.
“The persecution of the West Bank resistance cannot be accepted today in view of the official impotence to defend our people against the occupation’s violations. The Palestinian Authority is demanded to protect and support the resistance rather than suppressing it,” the Hamas official underscored.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation would persist in its crimes against the Palestinians as long as there was no retaliation.
He stressed that the Palestinian people’s armed resistance is a legitimate right and a necessity to protect themselves from the occupation and its crimes.
A 48-year-old Palestinian farmer called Mahmoud Odeh was shot dead on Thursday afternoon by a Jewish settler as he was tending to his land near the village of Qusra, to the south of Nablus.
The crime happened after a horde of settlers from the illegal Yash Kod settlement outpost raided Palestinian land near Qusra and brutalized Odeh as he was working his land.
According to locals, Odeh attempted to prevent the settlers from entering his land, at which point one of the settlers opened fire at him, shooting him in the chest. He succumbed to his wounds a short time later.
The settler who shot 47-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Za’al Odeh in Thursday's incident near the village of Qusra has been questioned by police, and is suspected of causing death by negligence.
"Dozens of Palestinians threw stones and rocks at us, we were in a life-threatening situation, and we were trying to protect the children," said the man, whose son was among the group.
"I had to shoot in self-defense. I hope common sense prevails, and people understand what happened here," the father added.
Two of the adults in the group were lightly wounded in the clashes and the children were spirited away from the danger zone under IDF supervision.
According to one of the two fathers who accompanied the children on the trip, the group of children from different communities in the Samaria region was on a bar mitzvah trip.
"We were hiking in an open area, near the road. Some 200 meters from Highway 5 and the Alon road, we were attacked by dozens of Arabs with stones, rocks and clubs. We were busy protecting the children, and I got hit in the head with a stone. The second father was also wounded. Thank God, the children are safe and sound, that's what's important."
The second father who accompanied the trip said he took the children into a nearby cave to protect them from the barrage of stones.
The children, he said, "were determined and brave, but some of them were frightened."
"I was busy protecting them, when at some point the Palestinians came really close, outflanked us and really boxed us in. The second father left his gun with me. I tried to keep them away by shooting into the air, and it didn't help, they kept coming closer."
He noted there were two Palestinians who tried to protect him and the children, but "30 others just tried to lynch (us)."
One of the parents accompanying the children had his gun stolen by one of the Palestinian rioters, but was later recovered by the IDF.
One of the children who came under attack told Ynet the Palestinians "started threatening us with a gun, throwing stones at us, told us 'give us your bags, give us your phones.' They swore at us, slapped us, punched us. I got a stone to my knee, my rabbi got a stone to his head, my friends got slapped and punched. They (the Palestinians) also tried to use tear gas."
"There were also Arabs who chased away the Arabs who wanted to throw stones at us, protected us for a little until the army came and found us," the child added.
Keren Perlman, the mother of one of the children, said her son told her the Palestinians "sprayed pepper spray into the cave" the children were hiding in. "They took their bags, equipment and candy," she added.
"He also told me many children made vows, about the feeling of imminent death, about (children) saying the 'Shema Yisrael' prayer, and about heart-rending crying," Perlman added.
She criticized the IDF for taking too long to arrive to the children's aid. "It took the army an hour and a half. An hour and a half in which the children hid in a crumbling cave with hundreds of Arabs above them. An hour and a half of the heroic parents standing at the entrance, enduring beatings and stones to protect the children, and the army just didn't bother showing up," she lamented.
Badran: The resistance will not remain silent toward settlers’ crimes
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Husam Badran has warned that the murder of a Palestinian farmer on his land in Nablus by an armed settler on Thursday will not go without response from the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank.
In a press release, Badran said that the Palestinian resistance would not remain silent on the settlers’ arrogance and aggression against the Palestinians in the West Bank and would retaliate to their crimes.
“The persecution of the West Bank resistance cannot be accepted today in view of the official impotence to defend our people against the occupation’s violations. The Palestinian Authority is demanded to protect and support the resistance rather than suppressing it,” the Hamas official underscored.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation would persist in its crimes against the Palestinians as long as there was no retaliation.
He stressed that the Palestinian people’s armed resistance is a legitimate right and a necessity to protect themselves from the occupation and its crimes.
A 48-year-old Palestinian farmer called Mahmoud Odeh was shot dead on Thursday afternoon by a Jewish settler as he was tending to his land near the village of Qusra, to the south of Nablus.
The crime happened after a horde of settlers from the illegal Yash Kod settlement outpost raided Palestinian land near Qusra and brutalized Odeh as he was working his land.
According to locals, Odeh attempted to prevent the settlers from entering his land, at which point one of the settlers opened fire at him, shooting him in the chest. He succumbed to his wounds a short time later.

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, at least 59 Palestinians, including three with rubber-coated steel bullets, in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the soldiers assaulted dozens of residents holding prayers in the area were an Israeli colonist murdered a Palestinian Thursday.
The Israeli attack led to clashes that lasted until late evening hours, while the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Ahmad Jibreel, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) in Nablus, said PRC medics provided treatment to 55 Palestinians who suffered cuts and bruises, and the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
He added that the medics also transferred three additional Palestinians to Rafidia hospital after the soldiers shot them with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The Israeli army assaulted the Palestinians who held Friday prayers in Ras an-Nakhel area where resident Mahmoud Odeh, 46, was murdered, Thursday, by Israeli colonists, who attacked the villagers picking their olive trees.
Emad Jamil, a member of Qusra Local Council, said clashes also took place at the eastern entrance of the town, and the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of extremist Israeli colonists gathered at the main entrance of the town, and attempted to invade it, while the soldiers continued to attack the Palestinian protesters and open fire at them, instead of removing the assailants.
The Israeli attack led to clashes that lasted until late evening hours, while the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Ahmad Jibreel, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) in Nablus, said PRC medics provided treatment to 55 Palestinians who suffered cuts and bruises, and the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
He added that the medics also transferred three additional Palestinians to Rafidia hospital after the soldiers shot them with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The Israeli army assaulted the Palestinians who held Friday prayers in Ras an-Nakhel area where resident Mahmoud Odeh, 46, was murdered, Thursday, by Israeli colonists, who attacked the villagers picking their olive trees.
Emad Jamil, a member of Qusra Local Council, said clashes also took place at the eastern entrance of the town, and the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of extremist Israeli colonists gathered at the main entrance of the town, and attempted to invade it, while the soldiers continued to attack the Palestinian protesters and open fire at them, instead of removing the assailants.

Several Palestinian citizens suffered injuries in violent clashes with Israeli soldiers in Qusra town, southeast of Nablus, after a horde of Jewish settlers stormed the town, attacked local residents and hurled stones at cars and a Red Crescent ambulance.
According to a Red Crescent official, one young man suffered a bullet injury in the leg and another one in his pelvis when soldiers attacked Palestinians as they were trying to fend off Jewish assailants.
Another citizen suffering from a kidney failure suffered from inhaling tear gas and was evacuated to hospital, while many others received medical assistance on site.
Meanwhile, Mosque loudspeakers were used by imams to urge Qusra residents to help their compatriots in the eastern area of the town defend themselves against settlers’ attacks.
Later, local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers escorted by soldiers entered Qusra through its eastern entrance and embarked on hurling stones at homes and cars.
Consequently, clashes broke out between local young men and the settlers before soldiers intervened and fired live ammunition and tear gas at the young men.
Member of the town municipality Abdul-Adheem Wadi also told the PIC that scores of settlers arrived aboard buses at the main entrance to the town, closed it, and attacked Palestinian cars and a Red Crescent ambulance.
According to a Red Crescent official, one young man suffered a bullet injury in the leg and another one in his pelvis when soldiers attacked Palestinians as they were trying to fend off Jewish assailants.
Another citizen suffering from a kidney failure suffered from inhaling tear gas and was evacuated to hospital, while many others received medical assistance on site.
Meanwhile, Mosque loudspeakers were used by imams to urge Qusra residents to help their compatriots in the eastern area of the town defend themselves against settlers’ attacks.
Later, local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers escorted by soldiers entered Qusra through its eastern entrance and embarked on hurling stones at homes and cars.
Consequently, clashes broke out between local young men and the settlers before soldiers intervened and fired live ammunition and tear gas at the young men.
Member of the town municipality Abdul-Adheem Wadi also told the PIC that scores of settlers arrived aboard buses at the main entrance to the town, closed it, and attacked Palestinian cars and a Red Crescent ambulance.
30 nov 2017

Dozens of Israeli colonists and soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the village of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before the army shot and seriously wounded one Palestinian, and injured many others, while the colonists smashed the front shield and one of the windows of a Palestinian ambulance, wounding the driver in his eye.
Media sources in Nablus said the colonists infiltrated into the eastern neighborhood of Qusra, and attacked many Palestinians, leading to clashes.
They added that dozens of soldiers also invaded the village, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, before evacuating the colonists from the area.
Ahmad Jibril, the spokesperson of the Red Crescent Society in Nablus, said the colonists smashed the front shield and one of the windows of one of its ambulances, wounding the driver in his eye.
Jibril added that Red Crescent medics also moved one Palestinian, who was shot with a live round in his pelvis, to a hospital in Nablus, adding that the man is in a critical condition.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Aseera al-Qibliyya nearby town, and clashed with many Palestinians, before firing live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.
The Red Crescent identified the injuries among the Palestinians as:
The Israeli escalation started after illegal colonists shot and killed one Palestinian farmer, identified as Mahmoud Za’al Odeh, 46, from Qusra.
The attack was carried out by approximately 20 settlers who came from the illegal “Yesh Kod” outpost, which was built on private Palestinian lands, and assaulted the Palestinian and his family, before one of them shot him in the chest.
Media sources in Nablus said the colonists infiltrated into the eastern neighborhood of Qusra, and attacked many Palestinians, leading to clashes.
They added that dozens of soldiers also invaded the village, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, before evacuating the colonists from the area.
Ahmad Jibril, the spokesperson of the Red Crescent Society in Nablus, said the colonists smashed the front shield and one of the windows of one of its ambulances, wounding the driver in his eye.
Jibril added that Red Crescent medics also moved one Palestinian, who was shot with a live round in his pelvis, to a hospital in Nablus, adding that the man is in a critical condition.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Aseera al-Qibliyya nearby town, and clashed with many Palestinians, before firing live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.
The Red Crescent identified the injuries among the Palestinians as:
- Two were shot with live rounds in the pelvis, and the leg, and were moved to Rafidia hospital.
- Two were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and received treatment by the medics.
- Two were assaulted and beaten by soldiers and colonists.
- Ambulance driver wounded in his eye.
- Scores of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The Israeli escalation started after illegal colonists shot and killed one Palestinian farmer, identified as Mahmoud Za’al Odeh, 46, from Qusra.
The attack was carried out by approximately 20 settlers who came from the illegal “Yesh Kod” outpost, which was built on private Palestinian lands, and assaulted the Palestinian and his family, before one of them shot him in the chest.
Palestinian and his family, before one of them shot him in the chest.
Jamil added that the bullet exited through the Palestinian’s chest, before the villages tried to rescue him and move him to a hospital, but Israeli soldiers stopped them at Za’tara military roadblock for at least 30 minutes, until he bled to death.
Following his death, the soldiers allowed the Palestinians to pass, but again stopped them at Huwwara military roadblock, before taking his body from them, and moving it to their nearby military camp.
Jamil also said that, after killing the Palestinian, the colonists fled to a nearby cave, and barricaded themselves there, until dozens of soldiers invaded the area, and surrounded the town, before removing the settlers and taking them away.
“The colony where the Israeli assailants reside is nearly 15 kilometers away from the Odeh’s land,” Jamil said, “It is clear they infiltrated the area, close to many Palestinian homes, with one goal in mind, to commit murder – there have been many attacks by colonists in this area, including the burning, cutting and uprooting of trees.”
He also stated that, several years ago, Odeh built a small hut in his 7-Dunam land, and received many threats from the settlers, who also repeatedly assaulted which working on his land.
It is worth mentioning that another Palestinian identified as Fayez Fathi Hasan, 47, was injured in the leg by the settlers’ fire.
“After they had come close to the Palestinian farms, the colonists started to harass the Palestinian farmers in the village,” an eyewitness told Days of Palestine.
“When the farmers tried to push them out of their lands,” the eyewitness said, “an armed settler aimed his pistol towards a Palestinian farmer and opened fire.”
An Israeli army officer and the settlers’ council in the West Bank claimed that the Israeli settlers were little boys, and were on vacation.
It is worth mentioning that, in 2011, armed colonists shot and killed a young man, identified as Issam Badran, during a similar attack.
The village also witnesses ongoing attack, during which many trees have been cut, uprooted or burnt, and many Palestinians were injured.
The occupied West Bank witnesses, almost daily, similar aggression by extremist Israeli settlers, who are protected by the Israeli government.
Israeli rights groups have often reported that the Israeli police does not deal with Palestinian complaints regarding the harassment and settler attacks.
Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli terrorists
Mahmoud Oudeh 48
A Palestinian citizen was shot and killed by extremist Israeli settlers on Thursday in Nablus’s southern town of Qasra.
48-year-old Mahmoud Oudeh was fatally shot by Israelis at around noontime.
Qasra locals locked up some 15 Israeli settlers in a nearby cave at the same as heavily-armed Israeli patrols showed up in the area to protect the Israeli assailants.
The Palestinian Liaison released the settlers and handed them over to the occupation army.
Jamil added that the bullet exited through the Palestinian’s chest, before the villages tried to rescue him and move him to a hospital, but Israeli soldiers stopped them at Za’tara military roadblock for at least 30 minutes, until he bled to death.
Following his death, the soldiers allowed the Palestinians to pass, but again stopped them at Huwwara military roadblock, before taking his body from them, and moving it to their nearby military camp.
Jamil also said that, after killing the Palestinian, the colonists fled to a nearby cave, and barricaded themselves there, until dozens of soldiers invaded the area, and surrounded the town, before removing the settlers and taking them away.
“The colony where the Israeli assailants reside is nearly 15 kilometers away from the Odeh’s land,” Jamil said, “It is clear they infiltrated the area, close to many Palestinian homes, with one goal in mind, to commit murder – there have been many attacks by colonists in this area, including the burning, cutting and uprooting of trees.”
He also stated that, several years ago, Odeh built a small hut in his 7-Dunam land, and received many threats from the settlers, who also repeatedly assaulted which working on his land.
It is worth mentioning that another Palestinian identified as Fayez Fathi Hasan, 47, was injured in the leg by the settlers’ fire.
“After they had come close to the Palestinian farms, the colonists started to harass the Palestinian farmers in the village,” an eyewitness told Days of Palestine.
“When the farmers tried to push them out of their lands,” the eyewitness said, “an armed settler aimed his pistol towards a Palestinian farmer and opened fire.”
An Israeli army officer and the settlers’ council in the West Bank claimed that the Israeli settlers were little boys, and were on vacation.
It is worth mentioning that, in 2011, armed colonists shot and killed a young man, identified as Issam Badran, during a similar attack.
The village also witnesses ongoing attack, during which many trees have been cut, uprooted or burnt, and many Palestinians were injured.
The occupied West Bank witnesses, almost daily, similar aggression by extremist Israeli settlers, who are protected by the Israeli government.
Israeli rights groups have often reported that the Israeli police does not deal with Palestinian complaints regarding the harassment and settler attacks.
Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli terrorists
Mahmoud Oudeh 48
A Palestinian citizen was shot and killed by extremist Israeli settlers on Thursday in Nablus’s southern town of Qasra.
48-year-old Mahmoud Oudeh was fatally shot by Israelis at around noontime.
Qasra locals locked up some 15 Israeli settlers in a nearby cave at the same as heavily-armed Israeli patrols showed up in the area to protect the Israeli assailants.
The Palestinian Liaison released the settlers and handed them over to the occupation army.
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