Repression forces storm "Ofer" prison, assault the prisoners, and threaten to impose new penalties on them

Ramallah, WAFA - The forces of repression, "Al Masada, Al Yamam, and Al Yamaz", affiliated to the Israeli prisons administration, stormed today, Wednesday, the sections of prisoners in "Ofer" prison, and assaulted a number of them .

The media official in the Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority, Thaer Shreiteh, told "Wafa" that the repressive forces stormed the prison sections of "Ofer" suddenly, assaulted a group of them, and threatened to impose new penalties on them, adding that a state of tension prevails in the prison sections, and that the hours The future will be decisive in light of expectations that all sections will be stormed .

He stated that the occupation prisons administration is trying to pressure, through intimidation and blackmail methods, the prisoners and storm their sections, to discourage them from their struggle steps, which they announced and include considering the next Friday and Monday as days of anger in protest against the escalation against them .

Shreiteh explained that a state of tension prevails in the prisoner sections in "Megiddo" prison, after the prison administration threatened to impose penalties on them, while the prisoners responded to that by escalating their steps in case any of them were harmed .

And the captive movement said in a statement yesterday that considering the two days of anger came as a rejection of the escalation against the prisoners and the failure to implement the understandings that were made between the captive movement and the administration of the occupation prisons related to reversing the escalation and the penalties imposed on them, specifically after six prisoners were freed from Gilboa prison last September. .

In its statement, the captive movement called on all our Palestinian people to support the prisoners in their battle and their escalatory steps, until they attain their freedom .

The Central Bank decides to suspend recognition of Israel, stop security coordination, and end all agreements until it recognizes the state of Palestine

Ramallah : At the conclusion of its meetings held in the city of Ramallah, in the center of the occupied West Bank, the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization decided, yesterday, Wednesday, to suspend recognition of Israel and end the Palestinian Authority’s obligations in all agreements with it until it recognizes a Palestinian state on the borders June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

This came in a statement read by Azzam Al-Ahmad, a member of the Executive Committee of the organization, and broadcast by the official Palestine TV.

The statement said, "The Council decides to end the commitments of the Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to all agreements with the occupying power, foremost of which is the suspension of recognition of the State of Israel, until its recognition of a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and halting security coordination in its various forms."

The Central Council tasked the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization with “working to put in place the appropriate mechanisms to implement its decisions, in accordance with the supreme national interest of the Palestinian people.”

In its final statement, the Council stressed that the State of Palestine alone has sovereignty over the Palestinian land, and that the presence of the occupation with its army and settlers on the land of Palestine is an illegal existence that should be ended immediately, and international protection for the Palestinian people on their land is provided so that they can exercise their full sovereignty.

The Council renewed its rejection of “economic peace with Israel, or the project to reduce the conflict and confidence-building measures that are presented as an alternative to a comprehensive and just peace.”

Regarding the relationship with America, he stressed his rejection of the “deal of the century” proposed by former US President Donald Trump, including the decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, calling on the administration of current US President Joe Biden to fulfill its commitments to the two-state solution. (Palestinian and Israeli), stopping settlement expansion and forced displacement of residents from the occupied city of Jerusalem, and preserving the historical status of Al-Aqsa Mosque. He also urged the Biden administration to reopen the US Consulate in East Jerusalem, and to reopen the PLO office in Washington. He called for urgent international action, and convened a ministerial meeting of the International Quartet (the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia) to issue a statement confirming the two-state solution, halting settlements and ending Israeli practices against the Palestinian people. He urged the countries of the world, which have not yet recognized the Palestinian state, to recognize it.

The Council reiterated the initiative of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the peace process, in which he called for the convening of an international peace conference on the basis of international law and international legitimacy, with full powers. He also renewed his rejection of the United States unilaterally sponsoring any negotiations with the Israeli side.

The Council affirmed the call for the formation of a Palestinian national unity government that adheres to the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Palestinian national program, stressing the need to hold comprehensive elections in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, and “break Israel’s decision (not) to hold them in Jerusalem.”

It is noteworthy that such decisions were previously taken by the Central Council during meetings in October 2018, and have not been implemented since then. Palestinian experts believe that assigning the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization to develop mechanisms to implement these decisions renders them ineffective.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army announced yesterday that two Palestinians crossed the border strip in the southern Gaza Strip and set fire to an Israeli military vehicle before returning to the Strip.

He added, in a statement, that his forces had "discovered a short time ago suspects who crossed the border strip in the southern Gaza Strip to the fence area, in addition to another suspect who approached the fence area."

He explained that "the suspects advanced towards an empty truck that was used in maintenance work and set it on fire. The suspects did not go beyond the fence area and returned to the Strip." However, Palestinian activists posted on social media pictures that they said documented the burning of an Israeli army digging machine east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, south of Gaza City, at the hands of young men who crossed the border area.

The Israeli forces prohibit the Palestinians of Gaza from entering the area adjacent to the border strip for a distance of 300 meters, calling it the “buffer zone”, and they shoot or arrest anyone in it.

In addition, a comprehensive strike took place in several cities in the West Bank yesterday, in protest against the assassination of three activists by an Israeli special force in Nablus on Tuesday afternoon, amid calls to escalate the popular resistance and expand the scope of the confrontation with the occupation in all areas, confront the settlers and enhance national and popular cohesion.

Israeli media had expressed their fears of the coming days after the Israeli army carried out the assassination.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades threatens to respond to the process of liquidating three of its members in the city of Nablus, and says: "The blood of the martyrs will not be in vain. The response is coming, and the blood will be met with blood."

What is the story of the Syrian missiles that penetrate the Israeli airspace?

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel. (SANA via AP)

The Israeli occupation army announced - at dawn on Wednesday the ninth of February 2022 - that an anti-aircraft missile fired by the Syrian regime forces exploded in the center of the country.

The army said - in a tweet posted on its Twitter account - that after activating the sirens in the Umm al-Fahm area (north), an anti-aircraft missile was identified that was launched from Syrian territory towards Israeli territory.

He added that the missile exploded in the air, and it was not actually intercepted because it was not needed. The following is the story of the Syrian missiles that penetrate Israeli airspace from time to time.

Russian deal

January 2005: The Russian newspaper "Kommersant" reported that Moscow is preparing to sell Damascus "Iskander-I" or "SS-26" missiles with a range of 280 km, which are upgraded to the SS Scud missiles. -22" that Iraq used to strike Tel Aviv during the 1991 Gulf War.

The newspaper reported that Israel recalled its ambassador in Moscow, in protest against this move. While the Israeli Foreign Ministry denied the news, stressing that he is on vacation in Israel.

The newspaper said that Syria submitted a request to Russia two years ago to purchase 18 missiles of this type, but these missiles were not yet tested in Russia, which prompted Damascus to order other Kornet and Metis missiles.

At the time, the United States warned Russia against selling missiles to Syria, describing this deal as "unjustified" and threatening "potential sanctions."

- Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that he had made contacts about blocking the Russian deal a few days ago and that he hoped to reach an understanding with the Russian government.

September 2010: Moscow announced that it would sell Syria "Yakhont B-800" missiles, according to Russian news agencies, and stated that it would deliver "Yakhont missiles to Syria, we will fulfill the contract" signed between the two countries in 2007.

The missiles have a range of 300 kilometers and can carry a warhead weighing 200 kilograms. They can also fly at a height of only a few meters from the surface of the water, making them difficult to detect and intercept.

- At the time, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the Israeli Defense Minister had failed to persuade Russia not to sell Syria advanced Yakhont anti-ship missiles, a deal he considered "complicating the situation" in the Middle East.

Lieberman considered that the $300 million deal "does not help in spreading stability and peace in the region." An Israeli official quoted then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying - in a closed meeting with members of the Likud party - that "the deal is very problematic" for Israel, but he failed to persuade Russia to back down from it.

- May 2013: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Russia's delivery of missiles to Syria would "destabilize" the Middle East and pose a threat to Israel's security.

- June 2013: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Moscow has "not yet delivered" S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria, "not to disturb the balance of power" in the region, while Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that "The delivery of these missiles to Syria cannot take place before 2014."

July 2013: Israeli Army Radio reported that Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni was visiting Russia in an attempt to prevent the delivery of a shipment of S-300 missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Iranian factories

November 2014: The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that Tehran had established a number of factories for the production of missiles in Syria, and considered that Hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance had become powerful in the missile field.

- The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Zadeh as saying that the missile factories established in Syria are producing Iranian-designed missiles, and added, "In fact, we received training from them, but we taught them production later. The missile industry was supplied to Syria by Iran, It has become such that even the resistance front learned to manufacture its missiles from Iran.”

March 2017: Syrian air defenses chase Israeli warplanes after carrying out raids in Syria and some missile fragments fell in the area south of Lake Tiberias and in areas in northern Jordan as well, and sirens sounded in the Jordan Valley.

February 10, 2018: Syria launched a SA5 missile, in response to an attack carried out by Israeli planes in the Damascus area that shot down an Israeli F-16i warplane, after which it pursued and shot down east of Haifa, and the pilot was forced to make an emergency parachute landing, and several Syrian surface-to-air missiles were seen in the sky of Tel Aviv.

Dimona nuclear reactor

May 2018: Israeli occupation army spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said that the Iranian Quds Force fired about 20 missiles and shells from the Golan Heights at Israeli targets.

April 14, 2021: The Israeli army announced that it had detected the launch of 3 missiles from Syria towards Israel. An Israeli military statement indicated that one of the missiles fell on Syrian territory, while two missiles fell in open, uninhabited areas, without providing any other details.

April 22, 2021: A Syrian missile reached the area of ​​the Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev, and its fragments are scattered in different areas of the Negev desert in southern Israel.

August 19, 2021: A Syrian missile exploded over the Dead Sea, which had been launched to repel an Israeli air attack near the capital Damascus at the same time.

September 3, 2021: A missile explodes in the sea off Tel Aviv, chasing Israeli warplanes that raided targets near the capital, Damascus.

surface-to-air missiles

- November 24, 2021: a Syrian surface-to-air missile of the type "SAM-5" penetrates Israeli airspace at a high altitude and explodes in the sea off the shores of Haifa, as it was chasing Israeli fighters that raided targets near the city of Homs targeting a shipment of weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah. Israeli combat aircraft raid over the Lebanese capital Beirut.

February 9, 2022: The Syrian ground forces launch surface-to-air missiles, after a raid carried out by Israeli fighters near the capital, Damascus, and one of the missiles penetrated Israeli airspace and exploded in the air.

Sirens sounded in areas in northern and central Israel, and the Israeli Air Force returned and then carried out a second raid targeting the battery from which the missiles were launched in the first raid, in addition to a radar system.