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Saba Yemen
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israeli troops keep on assaulting Jenin City, Camp
Jenin - Saba: Israeli forces continue their aggression against the city of Jenin and its camp for the 121st consecutive day, expanding their bulldozing and destruction operations inside the camp to alter its features and structure. They continue to prevent entry and access to the camp. The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that Israeli forces stormed the eastern neighborhood of Jenin this morning, Wednesday, after special forces surrounded a café and the home of Ghassan al-Saadi, the café's owner. The Israeli enemy deployed its vehicles at the entrances to the neighborhood and near a gas station, preventing the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles. They arrested Ghassan al-Saadi and Iyad al-Azmi from inside the café after raiding and searching it. At dawn on Wednesday, a young Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli bullets in the abdomen during an Israeli raid on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin. The Israeli enemy bulldozed the town's infrastructure, including water and electricity networks, deployed soldiers on the rooftops of houses, raided several buildings, transformed them into military barracks, and launched an arrest campaign in the town. Enemy bulldozers also destroyed civilian vehicles on the main street linking Qabatiya to the city of Jenin. Yesterday, Tuesday, Israeli forces raided the town of Meithalun, southeast of Jenin, and set up a checkpoint on the main street at the town's entrance, obstructing the movement of Palestinian vehicles and searching them. Yesterday, the Israeli enemy also forced a family to evacuate their home near Jenin refugee camp. Local Palestinian estimates indicate that the Israeli enemy has paved approximately 15 roads inside Jenin camp, which is less than half a square kilometer in area. According to the Jenin Municipality, the camp's infrastructure has been completely destroyed, along with 60% of the city's infrastructure. 120 kilometers of roads, 42 kilometers of water pipelines, and 99 kilometers of sewage lines have been destroyed. Israeli enemy forces continue to fire live ammunition intensively inside Jenin camp, despite the camp being completely empty of its residents. On Monday, enemy forces were present at the entrance to the camp, known as the Horse Roundabout. The few images emerging from Jenin camp show unprecedented destruction of Palestinian homes, property, and infrastructure. The Israeli enemy is intensifying its military reinforcements to Jenin camp and its surroundings, and is deploying infantry units nearby. Yesterday, the Israeli enemy stormed the village of Umm al-Tut and Khirbet Talfit, east of Jenin, deploying infantry units and raiding several homes there. Villages in Jenin Governorate are witnessing almost daily incursions as the aggression against the city and camp continues. Daily military movements are recorded in most villages in the governorate, along with a constant presence of Israeli patrols and vehicles. Israeli forces also continue to completely close off Jenin Camp and prevent access to it, while bulldozing and destroying it continues, aiming to alter its structure and features. According to Jenin Municipality estimates, approximately 600 homes have been completely demolished in the camp, while the rest have been partially damaged and rendered uninhabitable. The occupation continues to fire live ammunition intensively in the camp. The Israeli enemy has also caused significant damage to facilities, homes, and infrastructure in Jenin, particularly in the eastern and al-Hadaf neighborhoods. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israeli army storm quarters, bomb homes, arrest civilians in Tulkarm
Tulkarm - Saba: Israeli enemy forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 115th consecutive day, and for the 102nd day on the Nur Shams camp, amidst escalating attacks on the ground and intensive military reinforcements. The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that the enemy continues its escalation on the ground through repeated incursions into the city and the two camps, using its military vehicles to move around the neighborhoods and main streets around the clock, provocatively sounding vehicle horns and driving against traffic. They also set up surprise checkpoints, particularly in the city center, Nablus Street, and Shuweika Roundabout in the northern neighborhood. At dawn, a squad of infantry soldiers stormed the Dhnaba suburb east of the city, coming from the Nour Shams camp. They patrolled the main streets, conducting extensive searches and combing operations, and arrested the young man, Amara Mar'i, from his home in the Rashid neighborhood in the area. At the same time, the Israeli enemy continues to impose a stifling siege on the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, accompanied by occasional gunfire and explosions. Eyewitnesses reported that enemy soldiers carried out bombings in the wooded area opposite the Nour Shams camp, without knowing the details. Meanwhile, displaced families are being prevented from returning to their homes. They are subjected to persecution and gunfire when they attempt to approach. In the same context, local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli enemy forces forced a number of families in Jabal al-Salihin in Nour Shams camp to evacuate their homes yesterday, while an occupation bulldozer closed off the stadium street near the woods with earth mounds. In recent days, Nour Shams camp has witnessed a demolition campaign that has affected more than 20 residential buildings in its main alleys, damaging neighboring buildings. This is part of the Israeli enemy's plan to demolish 106 buildings in the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps to open roads and alter their geographical features. Israeli forces also continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, after forcibly evacuating their residents and converting them into military barracks. Some of these buildings have been under occupation for more than two months. The ongoing Israeli aggression has so far resulted in the deaths of 13 Palestinian citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, and dozens more wounded. and detainees, in addition to widespread destruction of infrastructure, homes, shops, and vehicles, as a result of demolition, arson, and looting. This escalation has led to the displacement of more than 4,200 families from the two camps, representing over 25,000 citizens. It has also led to the complete destruction of more than 400 homes and the partial destruction of 2,573 others. The entrances and alleys of the two camps have been closed off with earth mounds, transforming them into isolated areas almost devoid of life. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Mass demonstrations in the United States mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba
Michigan - Saba: The city of Dearborn, Michigan, which has the largest population of Arabs of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, witnessed a mass demonstration with thousands of people to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. According to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency, the demonstrators raised the Palestinian flag and chanted slogans calling for an end to the aggression on Gaza, an end to the Israeli occupation, and holding accountable those responsible for the ongoing human rights crimes in the Strip. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israeli forces carry out demolition, bulldozing operations in town of Anata, northeast of Quds
Occupied Quds - Saba: Israeli forces carried out demolition and bulldozing operations in the town of Anata, northeast of occupied Quds, this morning, Tuesday. The Palestinian WAFA News Agency, citing the Quds Governorate, reported that an Israeli army force, accompanied by several bulldozers and machinery, stormed the Al-Buhaira neighborhood in the town of Anata and began demolishing residential rooms and walls. They also uprooted trees and land and cut off electricity lines in the area. The WAFA News Agency explained that the demolition operations included two temporary rooms provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as aid to shelter the owners of homes previously destroyed by Israeli forces. Whatsapp Telegram Email
Saba Yemen
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israeli forces tighten military measures north of Ramallah
Ramallah - Saba: Israeli forces tightened their military measures at the Ein Siniya checkpoint, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Monday morning. The Palestinian WAFA News Agency, citing local Palestinian sources, reported that Israeli soldiers obstructed the exit of hundreds of vehicles through the checkpoint while inspecting and verifying Palestinian citizens' ID cards, creating a severe traffic jam for those exiting. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stopped some vehicles entering the checkpoint, obstructing the movement of those entering. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
