31 dec 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 22 Palestinians mostly from occupied Jerusalem over the past 24 hours.
The Palestinian prisoner society said in a statement on Wednesday that IOF soldiers nabbed 16 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem including three minors.
It said that three others were captured in Tulkarem, two in Tubas, and one in al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers had detained Saher al-Qaddoumi, 21, in Jayus village in Qalqilia after beating up his mother and brother on Tuesday. Saher’s father, Mohammed al-Qaddoumi, is serving a 19-year sentence in Israeli occupation jails.
The Palestinian prisoner society said in a statement on Wednesday that IOF soldiers nabbed 16 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem including three minors.
It said that three others were captured in Tulkarem, two in Tubas, and one in al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers had detained Saher al-Qaddoumi, 21, in Jayus village in Qalqilia after beating up his mother and brother on Tuesday. Saher’s father, Mohammed al-Qaddoumi, is serving a 19-year sentence in Israeli occupation jails.
Ofer military court has refused Tuesday to release the sick prisoner Jaafar Awad, 22, despite his serious health deterioration as he suffers from bouts of pneumonia, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed.
The court delayed the sick detainee’s hearing till next Sunday in order to get his complete medical file, the source added.
The sick prisoner was transferred from Assaf Harofe hospital to Ramla prison clinic despite his extreme need for health care.
In the same context, the PPS lawyer confirmed that a number of Palestinian prisoners held in Etzion jail have been subjected to severe beatings at hands of the Israeli guards.
The prisoners said that the Israeli prison administration imposed a set of punitive measures against them after they refused to hold their heads down during the daily count.
Three other detainees, from al-Khalil, were subjected to brutal beating and severe torture during their arrest, according to the PPS.
Etzion is considered Israel's worst detention center due to its very poor incarceration conditions.
The court delayed the sick detainee’s hearing till next Sunday in order to get his complete medical file, the source added.
The sick prisoner was transferred from Assaf Harofe hospital to Ramla prison clinic despite his extreme need for health care.
In the same context, the PPS lawyer confirmed that a number of Palestinian prisoners held in Etzion jail have been subjected to severe beatings at hands of the Israeli guards.
The prisoners said that the Israeli prison administration imposed a set of punitive measures against them after they refused to hold their heads down during the daily count.
Three other detainees, from al-Khalil, were subjected to brutal beating and severe torture during their arrest, according to the PPS.
Etzion is considered Israel's worst detention center due to its very poor incarceration conditions.
At Least 14 Kidnapped in West Bank, East Jerusalem
Several Palestinians suffered from excessive teargas inhalation, Tuesday, as Israeli forces stormed the village of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem. At least 14 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces between late Monday and early Tuesday, in various areas of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces abducted at least 14 Palestinians in different cities and towns of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, between late Monday and early Tuesday, according to security and local sources reports.
In the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, 10 Palestinians were taken after forces invaded the town in a massive predawn arrest raid, according to Mayor Ayoub Swaid.
Swaid said that Israeli forces knocked the door of a wedding hall down and locked a dozen Palestinians in the hall for interrogation.
A few of those arrested were identified by local sources as: Mohammad Ghafari, Azzam Shabana, Ziad Khalil, Ahmed and Islam Toafsheh, Shadi Masalmeh and journalist Mohammad Ghafari.
Related: 12/29/14 Ramallah-area Journalist Arrested by Palestinian Security Forces
Soldiers assaulted the mother of Islam Toafsheh and hit her in the face when they tried to arrest her son. They also attacked an ambulance driver upon refusal to allow a canine unit from entering the vehicle for inspection.
Meanwhile, two Palestinians were taken Tuesday morning, in the town of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem.
According to village council member Mohammed Shusha, Israeli soldiers arrested 18- year-old Mohammed Hamamrah, and 25 –year-old Moataz Hamamrah, after raiding and searching their houses.
Local sources from Housan told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that an Israeli army force broke into the area and began firing teargas canisters towards the school complex, causing multiple cases of suffocation.
The soldiers also deployed heavily across the village, breaking into several homes and spreading panic among residents.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stationed at Abu ar-Rish checkpoint, in Hebron's Old City district, shot toxic gas canisters toward a number of students, causing them to suffocate. They received first aid treatment at the scene.
According to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, Israeli soldiers and border police “often fire tear-gas grenades directly at demonstrators with the aim of hitting them, or fire carelessly, without ensuring that demonstrators are not in the direct line of fire, in direct contravention of regulations.”
The legal center, in a summary report published in 2013, demanded that Israeli security forces “completely prohibit the firing of 40mm tear gas canisters, either directly at individuals or horizontally, in a way that could cause result in injuries.”
In an attempt to pressure the residents of Imnezil village in Hebron, Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinian farmers from entering their farmlands, said local sources on Tuesday.
Coordinator of the National Committee Against the Wall and the Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said that Israeli forces prevented the Ismirat family from entering their lands and farming the land, under the pretext of having no entry permit.
Imnezil is surrounded by settlements from both the north and south, in addition to the Israeli apartheid wall, built around the village in 2005.
In previous attempts, Israeli forces demanded, through military orders delivered to the residents, the removal of solar cells which supply electricity to the village, and stopped the project that provides the village with water access.
Related: 06/02/14 Tens of Thousands of Jerusalemite Palestinians Still Lacking Water
Another Palestinian was taken from the town of Bani Neim, east of Hebron.
According to local sources, 22-year-old Anees al-Khdoor was arrested after raiding his house and searching it. The soldiers confiscated two computers and his personal mobile phone and, then, took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli forces also kidnapped, on Monday evening, Adli Abu Tayeh, after raiding the Ein al-Louzeh neighborhood, in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan.
According to witnesses, Israeli forces raided several homes in the area before taking Abu Tayeh to one of the detention and interrogation facilities in the Old City.
Several Palestinians suffered from excessive teargas inhalation, Tuesday, as Israeli forces stormed the village of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem. At least 14 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces between late Monday and early Tuesday, in various areas of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces abducted at least 14 Palestinians in different cities and towns of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, between late Monday and early Tuesday, according to security and local sources reports.
In the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, 10 Palestinians were taken after forces invaded the town in a massive predawn arrest raid, according to Mayor Ayoub Swaid.
Swaid said that Israeli forces knocked the door of a wedding hall down and locked a dozen Palestinians in the hall for interrogation.
A few of those arrested were identified by local sources as: Mohammad Ghafari, Azzam Shabana, Ziad Khalil, Ahmed and Islam Toafsheh, Shadi Masalmeh and journalist Mohammad Ghafari.
Related: 12/29/14 Ramallah-area Journalist Arrested by Palestinian Security Forces
Soldiers assaulted the mother of Islam Toafsheh and hit her in the face when they tried to arrest her son. They also attacked an ambulance driver upon refusal to allow a canine unit from entering the vehicle for inspection.
Meanwhile, two Palestinians were taken Tuesday morning, in the town of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem.
According to village council member Mohammed Shusha, Israeli soldiers arrested 18- year-old Mohammed Hamamrah, and 25 –year-old Moataz Hamamrah, after raiding and searching their houses.
Local sources from Housan told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that an Israeli army force broke into the area and began firing teargas canisters towards the school complex, causing multiple cases of suffocation.
The soldiers also deployed heavily across the village, breaking into several homes and spreading panic among residents.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stationed at Abu ar-Rish checkpoint, in Hebron's Old City district, shot toxic gas canisters toward a number of students, causing them to suffocate. They received first aid treatment at the scene.
According to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, Israeli soldiers and border police “often fire tear-gas grenades directly at demonstrators with the aim of hitting them, or fire carelessly, without ensuring that demonstrators are not in the direct line of fire, in direct contravention of regulations.”
The legal center, in a summary report published in 2013, demanded that Israeli security forces “completely prohibit the firing of 40mm tear gas canisters, either directly at individuals or horizontally, in a way that could cause result in injuries.”
In an attempt to pressure the residents of Imnezil village in Hebron, Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinian farmers from entering their farmlands, said local sources on Tuesday.
Coordinator of the National Committee Against the Wall and the Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said that Israeli forces prevented the Ismirat family from entering their lands and farming the land, under the pretext of having no entry permit.
Imnezil is surrounded by settlements from both the north and south, in addition to the Israeli apartheid wall, built around the village in 2005.
In previous attempts, Israeli forces demanded, through military orders delivered to the residents, the removal of solar cells which supply electricity to the village, and stopped the project that provides the village with water access.
Related: 06/02/14 Tens of Thousands of Jerusalemite Palestinians Still Lacking Water
Another Palestinian was taken from the town of Bani Neim, east of Hebron.
According to local sources, 22-year-old Anees al-Khdoor was arrested after raiding his house and searching it. The soldiers confiscated two computers and his personal mobile phone and, then, took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli forces also kidnapped, on Monday evening, Adli Abu Tayeh, after raiding the Ein al-Louzeh neighborhood, in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan.
According to witnesses, Israeli forces raided several homes in the area before taking Abu Tayeh to one of the detention and interrogation facilities in the Old City.
The Israeli Central Court in Beersheba issued on Tuesday an 11-month imprisonment sentence against 60-year-old woman Fatheya Khanfar, from Silat ad-Dhahr village, south of Jenin, after two years of deliberations over her case.
The old woman’s family said that the ruling was surprising and shocking and it clearly demonstrates the high extent to which the captives' families are targeted. Khanfar was accused of trying to smuggle mobile SIM cards to her detained son. Her family denied the charge.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement that the health status of Khanfar wasn't taken into consideration.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) arrested the old woman on 3-2-2013 for 18 days while she was visiting her captive son Rami who is held in Negev prison. She was released on a 30,000 shekel bail and house arrest ever since then until 13 of last October. Her trial has been unjustifiably postponed for more than 20 times.
Human rights organizations expressed their concern over Khanfar's health as she suffers severe blood pressure and obesity and she has undergone several surgeries.
IOA arrested Khanfar and her two granddaughters Hala and Jana (6 and 7 years) for allegedly trying to smuggle the SIM cards to her son in prison which she vehemently denied.
The old woman’s family said that the ruling was surprising and shocking and it clearly demonstrates the high extent to which the captives' families are targeted. Khanfar was accused of trying to smuggle mobile SIM cards to her detained son. Her family denied the charge.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement that the health status of Khanfar wasn't taken into consideration.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) arrested the old woman on 3-2-2013 for 18 days while she was visiting her captive son Rami who is held in Negev prison. She was released on a 30,000 shekel bail and house arrest ever since then until 13 of last October. Her trial has been unjustifiably postponed for more than 20 times.
Human rights organizations expressed their concern over Khanfar's health as she suffers severe blood pressure and obesity and she has undergone several surgeries.
IOA arrested Khanfar and her two granddaughters Hala and Jana (6 and 7 years) for allegedly trying to smuggle the SIM cards to her son in prison which she vehemently denied.
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Daoud Abu Sir, released by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Tuesday afternoon, raised alarm bells over the dire detention circumstances endured by the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails.
59-year-old MP Abu Sir, from Nablus, was received at the Salem military checkpoint near Jenin moments after he was unchained from the Israeli prison of Megiddo, where he had been locked up for six months under unbearable circumstances.
The ex-prisoner said in an exclusive statement to the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, the Palestinian captives held at the Israeli occupation lock-ups have been subjected to dire detention circumstances and psycho-physical torture along with medical negligence and visit-bans slapped so frequently on the captives.
He called on the Red Cross and the national and international human rights organizations to urgently step in and take up their responsibilities regarding the tragic state of affairs endured by Palestinians behind the Israeli bars.
Abu Sir appealed to the world’s parliaments and states that oversaw the elections of the PLC deputies, many among whom currently incarcerated in Israeli prisons, to work on restoring their freedom, taking into consideration their old age and deteriorating heath status.
In a related development, the IOA released Tulkarem representative at the PLC, Fathi Qar’awi, 55, after he had served a six-month prison term, deputy head of the Ahrar Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said.
20 PLC deputies along with two ex-Ministers are still locked up at the Israeli occupation jails, serving varying prison-sentences.
Al-Khuffash urged the international human rights institutions and world MPs to support the prisoners’ cause and work on releasing them.
59-year-old MP Abu Sir, from Nablus, was received at the Salem military checkpoint near Jenin moments after he was unchained from the Israeli prison of Megiddo, where he had been locked up for six months under unbearable circumstances.
The ex-prisoner said in an exclusive statement to the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, the Palestinian captives held at the Israeli occupation lock-ups have been subjected to dire detention circumstances and psycho-physical torture along with medical negligence and visit-bans slapped so frequently on the captives.
He called on the Red Cross and the national and international human rights organizations to urgently step in and take up their responsibilities regarding the tragic state of affairs endured by Palestinians behind the Israeli bars.
Abu Sir appealed to the world’s parliaments and states that oversaw the elections of the PLC deputies, many among whom currently incarcerated in Israeli prisons, to work on restoring their freedom, taking into consideration their old age and deteriorating heath status.
In a related development, the IOA released Tulkarem representative at the PLC, Fathi Qar’awi, 55, after he had served a six-month prison term, deputy head of the Ahrar Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said.
20 PLC deputies along with two ex-Ministers are still locked up at the Israeli occupation jails, serving varying prison-sentences.
Al-Khuffash urged the international human rights institutions and world MPs to support the prisoners’ cause and work on releasing them.
A 16-year-old Palestinian boy on Tuesday afternoon was left wounded as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) unleashed heavy barrages of bullets on a group of Palestinian unarmed protesters south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as reporting that the minor Amid Nasr al-Din, 16, sustained a bullet injury in his thigh during the wave of violent confrontations that flared up in Nablus’ town of Burin.
The young casualty was evacuated to the Rafidia hospital, in Nablus, to receive urgent treatment.
Several cases of suffocation were detected among dozens of Palestinian civilians due to heavy inhalation of tear gas fumes unleashed by the IOF throughout the attack.
Meanwhile, the IOF on Tuesday evening launched abrupt assaults on Palestinians’ commercial stores and interrogated shopkeepers in the towns of Araba and Kafr Ra’i, to the south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
A number of flying roadblocks have been reportedly pitched across the aforementioned villages, where large troops of the IOF have been deployed, particularly across olive groves.
The IOF on Tuesday sealed off the main entrances to Housan and Batir villages, west of Bethlehem city, with a series of flying checkpoints.
The IOF soldiers have come down heavily on Palestinian civilians and vehicles at the checkpoints, by-standers at the scene told a PIC news reporter.
The IOF soldiers have been cordoning off Housan village for two days, all along which a wave of abrupt break-ins have rocked Palestinian family homes while civilians have been targeted with arbitrary arrests under pretext that a Molotov cocktail was thrown on an Israeli military vehicle at the bypass road near the Israeli illegal Beitar Illit settlement.
Three Palestinian young men, aged respectively 18, 25, and 28, have been kidnapped from the village in the process.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as reporting that the minor Amid Nasr al-Din, 16, sustained a bullet injury in his thigh during the wave of violent confrontations that flared up in Nablus’ town of Burin.
The young casualty was evacuated to the Rafidia hospital, in Nablus, to receive urgent treatment.
Several cases of suffocation were detected among dozens of Palestinian civilians due to heavy inhalation of tear gas fumes unleashed by the IOF throughout the attack.
Meanwhile, the IOF on Tuesday evening launched abrupt assaults on Palestinians’ commercial stores and interrogated shopkeepers in the towns of Araba and Kafr Ra’i, to the south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
A number of flying roadblocks have been reportedly pitched across the aforementioned villages, where large troops of the IOF have been deployed, particularly across olive groves.
The IOF on Tuesday sealed off the main entrances to Housan and Batir villages, west of Bethlehem city, with a series of flying checkpoints.
The IOF soldiers have come down heavily on Palestinian civilians and vehicles at the checkpoints, by-standers at the scene told a PIC news reporter.
The IOF soldiers have been cordoning off Housan village for two days, all along which a wave of abrupt break-ins have rocked Palestinian family homes while civilians have been targeted with arbitrary arrests under pretext that a Molotov cocktail was thrown on an Israeli military vehicle at the bypass road near the Israeli illegal Beitar Illit settlement.
Three Palestinian young men, aged respectively 18, 25, and 28, have been kidnapped from the village in the process.
30 dec 2014
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Sinjel, north of the central West bank city of Ramallah and kidnapped ten Palestinians after breaking into their homes.
Head of the Sinjel Local Council Ayyoub Sweid said a large military force invaded the town, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and detained dozens of young men.
Sweid added that the soldiers broke into a wedding hall in the town, after detonating its main door, rounded up all detained young men there, and interrogated them before kidnapping ten, and took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, scores of Palestinians, mainly schoolchildren, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation near the Abu ar-Reesh roadblock, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that clashes took place, on Tuesday morning, between local youths and Israeli soldiers near the Tareq Junction, in Hebron, after the army invaded it.
Head of the Sinjel Local Council Ayyoub Sweid said a large military force invaded the town, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and detained dozens of young men.
Sweid added that the soldiers broke into a wedding hall in the town, after detonating its main door, rounded up all detained young men there, and interrogated them before kidnapping ten, and took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, scores of Palestinians, mainly schoolchildren, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation near the Abu ar-Reesh roadblock, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that clashes took place, on Tuesday morning, between local youths and Israeli soldiers near the Tareq Junction, in Hebron, after the army invaded it.
Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army continues to attack and abduct Palestinian children in violation of international law, kidnapping 3755 children in the last four years, including 1266 in 2014.
Ferwana, also a researcher and a former political prisoner, said the kidnapping and imprisonment of children should push the international community and different human rights groups to act and protect them, as the escalating violations are jeopardizing their future, especially since they are subject to torture and abuse in Israeli prisons.
Ferwana stated that most of the 1266 children kidnapped in 2014 were taken prisoner in the second half of the year, after three Israeli settlers went missing on June 12, 2014, and were later found dead.
“The number of arrests in 2014 witnessed a 36% increase compared to 2013, and a 43.7% increase compared to 2012,” Ferwana said, “Statistics reveal an alarming increase in the kidnapping of children, especially in occupied Jerusalem.”
He said that the army has kidnapped nearly 700 children in Jerusalem, which represents around 55.3% of the total number of children kidnapped by the army in occupied Palestine this year.
Ferwana further stated that the sharp increase in the abduction and torture of children poses serious threats to their future, and to their mental and physical well-being and development.
He said the policy of child abduction by the Israeli military requires immediate international attention in order to stop the Israeli violations against the children.
~Abd' Al Nasser A. Ferwana
Former Detainee, Director of Statistics Department in the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and head of the Commission’s office in the Gaza Strip.
Personal Website:
http://www.palestinebehindbars.org/
Email: ferwana2@gmail.com
Ferwana, also a researcher and a former political prisoner, said the kidnapping and imprisonment of children should push the international community and different human rights groups to act and protect them, as the escalating violations are jeopardizing their future, especially since they are subject to torture and abuse in Israeli prisons.
Ferwana stated that most of the 1266 children kidnapped in 2014 were taken prisoner in the second half of the year, after three Israeli settlers went missing on June 12, 2014, and were later found dead.
“The number of arrests in 2014 witnessed a 36% increase compared to 2013, and a 43.7% increase compared to 2012,” Ferwana said, “Statistics reveal an alarming increase in the kidnapping of children, especially in occupied Jerusalem.”
He said that the army has kidnapped nearly 700 children in Jerusalem, which represents around 55.3% of the total number of children kidnapped by the army in occupied Palestine this year.
Ferwana further stated that the sharp increase in the abduction and torture of children poses serious threats to their future, and to their mental and physical well-being and development.
He said the policy of child abduction by the Israeli military requires immediate international attention in order to stop the Israeli violations against the children.
~Abd' Al Nasser A. Ferwana
Former Detainee, Director of Statistics Department in the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and head of the Commission’s office in the Gaza Strip.
Personal Website:
http://www.palestinebehindbars.org/
Email: ferwana2@gmail.com
The Shin Bet revealed on Monday that it had arrested recently two brothers from east Jerusalem accused of planning what it labeled as a terror attack in the holy city, the Hebrew newspaper Maariv said.
The district court attorney in the city on Monday filed an indictment against two Arab brothers from eastern Jerusalem, according to the newspaper.
The brothers, 28-year-old Shaban Hamad and 23-year-old Mohammed Hamad, were indicted for membership in Hamas, recruiting others for Hamas, contact with foreign agents, connecting themselves to crimes, disrupting legal proceedings and destroying evidence.
According to the indictment, Shaban, at the request of a Hamas member from Gaza, joined the Movement and then recruited his brother. The two later tried to recruit a third member to carry out an operation against Israelis in Jerusalem.
Two months ago, Shaban was contacted through Facebook by a Hamas activist from Gaza, the indictment claimed, and later a book together with a letter from a Hamas ex-detainee, who previously was in jail with Shaban, was sent to him.
The ex-detainee in his letter invited Shaban to join Hamas in the Jerusalem region and the latter agreed. Afterwards, another book was sent to him with a disc and a page of instructions, asking him to purchase a computer and remove all the communication devices inside it, then launch an encoding program on the computer and open a document on the disc.
At his home Shaban followed the instructions, and opened the file which itself contained more instructions, telling him to contact a man named "Abu Mohammed" at a provided telephone number and receive 100,000 shekels (over 25,000 US dollars) from him to fund the operation.
Shaban was also told that after receiving the money, he has to contact another source to get weapons. Days later, Shaban asked his brother Ahmed and later a friend to join him. The friend refused and told Shaban not to get involved. The two contacted another man in trying to get the weapons, saying they had the 100,000 shekels to fund the operation.
Shaban was arrested around a month ago at night, when his brother immediately destroyed the discs and documents, broke apart the computer's hard drive and hid it in the computer's fan, according to the Israeli claims.
Every once in a while, the Israeli police and the Shin Bet make terror claims against Hamas activists in the West Bank and Jerusalem before filing incitements against them.
Recently, the Hamas Movement warned of the seriousness of such Israeli claims and accused the Israeli government of using them as electoral chips.
The Movement added that Israel's claims about revealing secret resistance plans in the West Bank are aimed at destroying the morale of the Palestinian people.
The district court attorney in the city on Monday filed an indictment against two Arab brothers from eastern Jerusalem, according to the newspaper.
The brothers, 28-year-old Shaban Hamad and 23-year-old Mohammed Hamad, were indicted for membership in Hamas, recruiting others for Hamas, contact with foreign agents, connecting themselves to crimes, disrupting legal proceedings and destroying evidence.
According to the indictment, Shaban, at the request of a Hamas member from Gaza, joined the Movement and then recruited his brother. The two later tried to recruit a third member to carry out an operation against Israelis in Jerusalem.
Two months ago, Shaban was contacted through Facebook by a Hamas activist from Gaza, the indictment claimed, and later a book together with a letter from a Hamas ex-detainee, who previously was in jail with Shaban, was sent to him.
The ex-detainee in his letter invited Shaban to join Hamas in the Jerusalem region and the latter agreed. Afterwards, another book was sent to him with a disc and a page of instructions, asking him to purchase a computer and remove all the communication devices inside it, then launch an encoding program on the computer and open a document on the disc.
At his home Shaban followed the instructions, and opened the file which itself contained more instructions, telling him to contact a man named "Abu Mohammed" at a provided telephone number and receive 100,000 shekels (over 25,000 US dollars) from him to fund the operation.
Shaban was also told that after receiving the money, he has to contact another source to get weapons. Days later, Shaban asked his brother Ahmed and later a friend to join him. The friend refused and told Shaban not to get involved. The two contacted another man in trying to get the weapons, saying they had the 100,000 shekels to fund the operation.
Shaban was arrested around a month ago at night, when his brother immediately destroyed the discs and documents, broke apart the computer's hard drive and hid it in the computer's fan, according to the Israeli claims.
Every once in a while, the Israeli police and the Shin Bet make terror claims against Hamas activists in the West Bank and Jerusalem before filing incitements against them.
Recently, the Hamas Movement warned of the seriousness of such Israeli claims and accused the Israeli government of using them as electoral chips.
The Movement added that Israel's claims about revealing secret resistance plans in the West Bank are aimed at destroying the morale of the Palestinian people.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided and violently searched Monday evening a liberated prisoner’s home in Silwad town to the east of Ramallah.
The IOF soldiers also broke into his parents’ home in addition to stores and a car belonging to his family.
During the raid, the liberated prisoner Mohamed Hamed, 22, was brutally attacked and severely beaten before being summoned for investigation.
Hamed was nabbed twice before and spent more than for four years behind Israeli bars, in addition to being summoned more than once.
Also on Monday, a Palestinian young man was detained after raiding his parents’ home in Jenin.
Local sources confirmed that several Israeli vehicles stormed Jenin refugee camp and broke into Nasser Jas’s home before his arrest.
Meanwhile, combing operations were carried out throughout the camp, the sources added.
The IOF soldiers also broke into his parents’ home in addition to stores and a car belonging to his family.
During the raid, the liberated prisoner Mohamed Hamed, 22, was brutally attacked and severely beaten before being summoned for investigation.
Hamed was nabbed twice before and spent more than for four years behind Israeli bars, in addition to being summoned more than once.
Also on Monday, a Palestinian young man was detained after raiding his parents’ home in Jenin.
Local sources confirmed that several Israeli vehicles stormed Jenin refugee camp and broke into Nasser Jas’s home before his arrest.
Meanwhile, combing operations were carried out throughout the camp, the sources added.
Two Palestinian young men were shot and wounded, oen of them seriously, at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Umamr village, north of al-Khalil, at midnight Monday.
Mohammed Awad, the spokesman for the anti-wall committee in the village, told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers fired at a car near the entrance of the village and injured the two youths.
He said that one of them, Mohammed Ibrahim Awad, was seriously wounded with a bullet in the head while the other Ayesh Khaled Awad was moderately wounded.
Awad said that both young men were hospitalized while the IOF troops intensified their presence at the entrance of the town.
Other sources said that the IOF arrested a third young man who was with the two injured youths in the car but could not determine his identity.
Mohammed Awad, the spokesman for the anti-wall committee in the village, told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers fired at a car near the entrance of the village and injured the two youths.
He said that one of them, Mohammed Ibrahim Awad, was seriously wounded with a bullet in the head while the other Ayesh Khaled Awad was moderately wounded.
Awad said that both young men were hospitalized while the IOF troops intensified their presence at the entrance of the town.
Other sources said that the IOF arrested a third young man who was with the two injured youths in the car but could not determine his identity.
