100th Palestinian killed by Israeli troops since Oct. 1st: 21 year old shot during protest
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
November 26, 2015
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Qotna, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, early Thursday morning, shooting and killing one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping and wounding many residents. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that the soldiers killed Yahya Yosri Taha, 21 years of age, with one live round in the head, during clashes that took place between the soldiers and local youths.
Medics who rushed to the scene said the soldiers kept Taha bleeding on the ground for more than 90 minutes, and prevented Palestinian medics from even approaching him.
Clashes took place in various parts of Qotna, after dozens of soldiers completely surrounded the village, and invaded it. The troops stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped scores of residents.
Yahya Yosri Taha (image from family)
The town’s youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers also assaulted and clubbed many residents after forcing them out of their homes. In each of the homes they invaded, the soldiers forced the families into one room and forced them to remain there while the troops ransacked and searched their property.
It is worth mentioning that four Palestinians from Qotna have been killed by Israeli army fire in the last two months, and dozens have been injured and kidnapped in repeated military invasions.
The victim of today’s attack, Yahya, was a close friend and relative of Anas Taha, who was shot dead by the army in August of this year.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed since October 1, has reached 100, including 22 children and four women; one of the slain women, 30 years of age,was killed along with her two year old child, in their own home, in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Eighteen of the slain Palestinians were killed in Gaza, one in the Negev, and the rest in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.
The Ministry said the more than 12.000 Palestinians have been injured since October 1, 1578 of them with live Israeli rounds, 1085 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and were all moved to hospitals, in addition to 1528 who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and received treatment by Palestinian medics.
Picture of Yahya Yosri Taha after he was killed (image from family)
URGENT APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO KEEP IMEMC ONLINE
|
The International Middle East Media Center is frequently subjected to cyber-attacks by people who oppose our site's mission of publishing fair and accurate news of the daily events in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. 14 Sept. 2015 began another round of these attempts to silence the IMEMC news site. We need to have ten people subscribe as monthly donors for $25/month by the end of September so that we can move to a new server that is more secure and stable. We have people donate sometimes, but it is not enough to keep the site online (let alone to pay our staff)! We need to have at least ten monthly donors who are willing to support IMEMC on a regular basis, in order to keep the site going.
Your HELP is essential to keep IMEMC ALIVE
No comments:
Post a Comment