31 dec 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday abducted 8 Palestinian citizens during home raids in different areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed several neighborhoods in Nablus and arrested three Palestinian citizens after searching their homes.
In Jerusalem the IOF arrested three Palestinian youths in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town and assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens who protested the raid and tried to prevent the arbitrary arrest.
In the nearby village of Beit Duqqu, the IOF broke into the house of Sami Rayyan, 25, arrested him and searched the place.
Violent clashes broke out between the village's residents and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
A similar raid was reported in Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil. The IOF stormed the house of the Palestinian citizen Ahmad Abu Mariya, wreaked havoc on it, stole a sum of money and seized Abu Mariya's car.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested the Palestinian ex-detainee Maher Burqan, a resident of al-Khalil, at al-Karama crossing while he was heading to Saudi Arabia for minor pilgrimage (Umrah).
Local sources said that the IOF stormed several neighborhoods in Nablus and arrested three Palestinian citizens after searching their homes.
In Jerusalem the IOF arrested three Palestinian youths in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town and assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens who protested the raid and tried to prevent the arbitrary arrest.
In the nearby village of Beit Duqqu, the IOF broke into the house of Sami Rayyan, 25, arrested him and searched the place.
Violent clashes broke out between the village's residents and the IOF soldiers who heavily fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
A similar raid was reported in Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil. The IOF stormed the house of the Palestinian citizen Ahmad Abu Mariya, wreaked havoc on it, stole a sum of money and seized Abu Mariya's car.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested the Palestinian ex-detainee Maher Burqan, a resident of al-Khalil, at al-Karama crossing while he was heading to Saudi Arabia for minor pilgrimage (Umrah).
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening kidnaped 12 Palestinian young men in Jerusalem, five of them from the Bab al-Amud area.
Footage circulated on the internet showed Israeli police officers brutalizing and roughly detaining five young men during their presence in the Bab al-Amud area near the Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier, the IOF kidnaped four young men after raiding their homes in at-Tur town in east Jerusalem. Two others were taken prisoners during a similar campaign in Hizma town.
The IOF also kidnaped a Jerusalemite young man after ransacking his home in Shu’fat refugee camp, claiming they found a weapon and ammunition belonging to him.
Footage circulated on the internet showed Israeli police officers brutalizing and roughly detaining five young men during their presence in the Bab al-Amud area near the Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier, the IOF kidnaped four young men after raiding their homes in at-Tur town in east Jerusalem. Two others were taken prisoners during a similar campaign in Hizma town.
The IOF also kidnaped a Jerusalemite young man after ransacking his home in Shu’fat refugee camp, claiming they found a weapon and ammunition belonging to him.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening opened fire at a Palestinian car, causing injuries to a girl aboard it near Beit Jala town in Bethlehem.
According to Asra Media Office, the wounded girl was identified as Kareema Shahin and was traveling with a young man named Mohamed Obeid, a resident of al-Deheisheh refugee camp.
Asra Media said that the young man was arrested, without providing information about the health condition of the girl or more details about the shooting incident.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces on the same day arrested a teenager called Adam Abu Rammouz after severely beating him in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque. video video
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the teenager bleeding from his head after his exposure to physical assault by policemen.
Four young men were also kidnaped by the IOF in at-Tur, east of Jerusalem.
According to Asra Media Office, the wounded girl was identified as Kareema Shahin and was traveling with a young man named Mohamed Obeid, a resident of al-Deheisheh refugee camp.
Asra Media said that the young man was arrested, without providing information about the health condition of the girl or more details about the shooting incident.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces on the same day arrested a teenager called Adam Abu Rammouz after severely beating him in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque. video video
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the teenager bleeding from his head after his exposure to physical assault by policemen.
Four young men were also kidnaped by the IOF in at-Tur, east of Jerusalem.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested more than 5,500 Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory during 2019; among them were 889 children and at least 128 women, the Palestine News Network reported.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Human Rights Institutions issued a fact sheet, on Monday, stating that the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the prisons of the occupation up unitl the date of preparing the paper, reached approximately 5000, including 40 females, while the number of child detainees reached approximately 200 children, and the number of administrative detainees reached about 450.
The Israeli occupation authorities escalated their arbitrary arrests of Palestinian minors and women, and practiced various forms of torture against them during and after their arrest, during the year 2019.
According to the follow-up of partner institutions, on the reality of the prisoners inside the Israeli prisons and detention centers, the issue of torture topped the scene compared to the past few years, specifically after the month of August 2019, where the detention operations escalated, and all groups of Palestinian society were targeted.
During 2019, the occupation killed five prisoners through its systematic policies, the most prominent of which is medical negligence, not to mention psychological and physical torture.
The Palestinian men that died in Israeli jails, or martyrs were: Fares Baroud, Omar Awni Younis, Nassar Taqatqa, Bassam Al-Sayeh, and Sami Abu Diak, and the detention of two bodies continues.
Four prisoners, including the prisoner Aziz Owaisat, was killed as a result of torture in 2018, Fares Baroud, Nassar Taqatqa and Bassam Al-Sayeh. This brings the number of martyrs of the captive national movement to 222 martyrs since 1967.
The Israeli occupation continued to issue administrative detention orders against Palestinians, as the number of administrative detention orders issued during the year 2019 reached (1035). Among the orders that were issued against 4 minors and 4 women.
The occupation forces carried out repression and incursions inside prisons, which caused dozens of prisoners to be injured, including severe injuries, the most severe of which were in “Ofer, the Negev, and Ramon” prisons, where, according to testimonies, documented through their lawyers, was the most violent and deadliest since the storming of the Negev Prison in 2007, when the prisoner, Muhammad al-Ashqar, was shot and killed.
The number of ill prisoners in the occupation prisons reached more than 700, among them at least 10 suffering from cancer. More than 200 detainees suffering from various chronic diseases are deprived of treatment, testing, and diagnosis for long periods of time.
The occupation authorities continued, during 2019, the policy of medical neglect, and assault. The sick prisoners were handcuffed, and transported through “intermediate” vehicles without regard to their health conditions.
The institutions pursued a set of policies, including; collective punishment that affected dozens of family members, whether by arresting them, summoning them, threatening them, or breaking into their homes repeatedly. House demolitions are another form of collective punishment, that affected a number of the detainees’ families.
The policy of unilateral isolation, imposed on dozens of prisoners, as punishment, or as an order issued by the Shin Bet security services.
The occupation courts, at their various levels, constituted an essential tool in consolidating the violations carried out against the prisoners, the most prominent of which was the decision that authorized investigators to use exceptional methods of torture in the case of the prisoner Samer Al-Arbeed.
In the face of the policies of the occupation, more than 50 prisoners carried out hunger strikes, most of them rejecting the policy of administrative detention.
Among them, the prisoner Ahmed Zahran, 44, has maintained hunger strike for more than 100 days.
Support strikes that the prisoners carried out included mass strikes, in which dozens participated, rejecting the repression, which was described as the worst in years, as well as a rejection of the jamming system imposed by the occupation detention camps on the prisoners.
The institutions affirm that the occupation authorities are fighting the Palestinian presence through a number of policies, the most prominent of which are the daily arrests of all groups of Palestinian civil society, bypassing all humanitarian rules and laws, and entrenching their violations through a judicial system, which is the primary tool in legalizing and perpetuating crime.
The institutions call on all local, regional and international jurisdictions to take effective procedural steps to ensure the protection of the Palestinian presence and the preservation of humanity.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Human Rights Institutions issued a fact sheet, on Monday, stating that the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the prisons of the occupation up unitl the date of preparing the paper, reached approximately 5000, including 40 females, while the number of child detainees reached approximately 200 children, and the number of administrative detainees reached about 450.
The Israeli occupation authorities escalated their arbitrary arrests of Palestinian minors and women, and practiced various forms of torture against them during and after their arrest, during the year 2019.
According to the follow-up of partner institutions, on the reality of the prisoners inside the Israeli prisons and detention centers, the issue of torture topped the scene compared to the past few years, specifically after the month of August 2019, where the detention operations escalated, and all groups of Palestinian society were targeted.
During 2019, the occupation killed five prisoners through its systematic policies, the most prominent of which is medical negligence, not to mention psychological and physical torture.
The Palestinian men that died in Israeli jails, or martyrs were: Fares Baroud, Omar Awni Younis, Nassar Taqatqa, Bassam Al-Sayeh, and Sami Abu Diak, and the detention of two bodies continues.
Four prisoners, including the prisoner Aziz Owaisat, was killed as a result of torture in 2018, Fares Baroud, Nassar Taqatqa and Bassam Al-Sayeh. This brings the number of martyrs of the captive national movement to 222 martyrs since 1967.
The Israeli occupation continued to issue administrative detention orders against Palestinians, as the number of administrative detention orders issued during the year 2019 reached (1035). Among the orders that were issued against 4 minors and 4 women.
The occupation forces carried out repression and incursions inside prisons, which caused dozens of prisoners to be injured, including severe injuries, the most severe of which were in “Ofer, the Negev, and Ramon” prisons, where, according to testimonies, documented through their lawyers, was the most violent and deadliest since the storming of the Negev Prison in 2007, when the prisoner, Muhammad al-Ashqar, was shot and killed.
The number of ill prisoners in the occupation prisons reached more than 700, among them at least 10 suffering from cancer. More than 200 detainees suffering from various chronic diseases are deprived of treatment, testing, and diagnosis for long periods of time.
The occupation authorities continued, during 2019, the policy of medical neglect, and assault. The sick prisoners were handcuffed, and transported through “intermediate” vehicles without regard to their health conditions.
The institutions pursued a set of policies, including; collective punishment that affected dozens of family members, whether by arresting them, summoning them, threatening them, or breaking into their homes repeatedly. House demolitions are another form of collective punishment, that affected a number of the detainees’ families.
The policy of unilateral isolation, imposed on dozens of prisoners, as punishment, or as an order issued by the Shin Bet security services.
The occupation courts, at their various levels, constituted an essential tool in consolidating the violations carried out against the prisoners, the most prominent of which was the decision that authorized investigators to use exceptional methods of torture in the case of the prisoner Samer Al-Arbeed.
In the face of the policies of the occupation, more than 50 prisoners carried out hunger strikes, most of them rejecting the policy of administrative detention.
Among them, the prisoner Ahmed Zahran, 44, has maintained hunger strike for more than 100 days.
Support strikes that the prisoners carried out included mass strikes, in which dozens participated, rejecting the repression, which was described as the worst in years, as well as a rejection of the jamming system imposed by the occupation detention camps on the prisoners.
The institutions affirm that the occupation authorities are fighting the Palestinian presence through a number of policies, the most prominent of which are the daily arrests of all groups of Palestinian civil society, bypassing all humanitarian rules and laws, and entrenching their violations through a judicial system, which is the primary tool in legalizing and perpetuating crime.
The institutions call on all local, regional and international jurisdictions to take effective procedural steps to ensure the protection of the Palestinian presence and the preservation of humanity.
