Tehran, December 15, The Iran Project- As the clashes continue across the Palestinian occupied territories, the statistics indicate that almost 100 journalists were injured by Israeli forces in past two months while the regime has violated the Palestinian’s media freedom in almost 361 cases during the first ten months of 2015.
A report by Al Jazeera on the statue of journalists highlights a big increase in Israeli violations recorded during two past months’ clashes and particularly since last October.
Quoting the spokesperson of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), the report underlines that in the first 10 months of 2015, the organization has documented around 361 violation cases by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists, 100 of which occurred in October alone.
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official said Monday that the organization won’t reveal any information about two Israeli soldiers being held captive in Gaza until Israeli releases all of the Gilad Shalit- deal prisoners. Israel released the Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal, but later rearrested them again.
Elsewhere in Nablus, Israeli forces raided the villages on Monday, chasing the school students under the pretext of throwing rocks at soldiers. This was while according to the witnesses Israelis forces deliberately threw stun grenades at students and chased them across the village.
The clashes also broke out in the same city when Israeli forces shot injured a Palestinian teenage at the Joseph Tomb area on Monday. Palestinian resources said that the development came after hundreds of Israeli extremists visited the tomb while escorted by Israeli forces on the same day.
Besieged Gaza also witnessed Israeli airstrike on Monday. Gaza security sources told that Israeli military helicopters launched two airstrikes in two separate neighborhoods of Gaza. Israeli army spokesperson alleged that the strikes were responses to a rocket fired from Gaza to south of Israel. The strikes reportedly caused no injuries.
Meanwhile, the UN Middle East Peace envoy arrived in Gaza on Monday to assess the situation in the area. Palestinian resources said that he plans to meet with the ministers of Palestinian unity government and the UN officials in Gaza.
In a meeting between PLO Secretary General and the US Middle East coordinator Rob Malley on Sunday, Erekat told that “fighting extremism and terrorism in the Middle East requires dehydration of the quagmire of the Israeli occupation”. He also reportedly underlined the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East al-Quds as its capital.
Israeli forces shot injured a Palestinian teenager after an alleged stabbing attack in the city of al-Khalil on Sunday. Israeli army spokesperson alleged that the threat of a stabbing attempt by a teenage Palestinian girl has been thwarted when Israeli police shot her at the scene. No further news has been provided for the girl’s medical status.
In a humanitarian move, Palestinian youth have raided thousands of dollars to donate the Palestinian families whose houses were demolished by Israeli forces during last months. According to the Ma'an news agency, the initiative started in Nablus when the youth raised about $ 207,300 in cash and $ 51,800 in construction materials.
Furthermore, a farmer was targeted by the Israeli forces on Sunday in Rafah, Gaza strip. According to the locals, Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian farmer working on his land, injuring him.
Some 16 Palestinians also were detained by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Several homes also were ransacked by the soldiers.