30 apr 2019
Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians, including a minor, across the occupied West Bank during predawn raids on Tuesday.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
They were identified as Yousef Hassan Abu Adi, Ramzi Madhat Abdo, Muhammad Ziyad Hamad, and Ahmad Nazyeh Abu Adi, 14.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Ali Kamal Shuwahne, 69.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, two Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Walid Ghuwarde and a former prisoner Maraei Qabha, who spent 15 years in Israeli prisons.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
They were identified as Yousef Hassan Abu Adi, Ramzi Madhat Abdo, Muhammad Ziyad Hamad, and Ahmad Nazyeh Abu Adi, 14.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Ali Kamal Shuwahne, 69.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, two Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Walid Ghuwarde and a former prisoner Maraei Qabha, who spent 15 years in Israeli prisons.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.
29 apr 2019
The Israeli police on Sunday evening abducted two Palestinian citizens in al-Isawiya village, northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
Local residents said that Israeli police forces stormed the village late on Sunday and kidnapped the two youths.
They added that violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian citizens and the police. No injuries were reported.
Local residents said that Israeli police forces stormed the village late on Sunday and kidnapped the two youths.
They added that violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian citizens and the police. No injuries were reported.
Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission on Monday said that Israeli prison forces in the afternoon raided several prisoners' cells in Ashkelon jail.
The commission said that the Israeli guards forced dozens of Palestinian detainees out of their rooms and assaulted them.
The raid lasted for a few hours during which the Israeli forces wreaked havoc on the prisoners' belongings.
The commission said that the Israeli guards forced dozens of Palestinian detainees out of their rooms and assaulted them.
The raid lasted for a few hours during which the Israeli forces wreaked havoc on the prisoners' belongings.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, twenty-one Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
One of the abducted Palestinians is the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the secretary of Fateh movement in the city.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Nasser Qous, the head of its office in Jerusalem and the secretary of Fateh movement in the city, after storming and searching his home in the Old City.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Nasser Salama, Emad Shalloudi and Haitham Hijazi, in the Old City of Jerusalem, and Ayman ar-Resheq from the ath-Thouri neighborhood in Silwan town.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Majdi Hashshash, Yousef Ahmad al-Ashqar, Yousef Amjad al-Ashqar, Abdullah Shehada, Yousef Ali Shehada, Saifeddin Safadi and Mohammad Safadi, from their homes in Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank.
In Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, identified as Rabea’ Salah Taqatqa, Ahmad Salah Taqatqa, Essam Mohammad Taqatqa and Karim Sameeh Taqatqa.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Ayman ‘Aabed, Ehsan Ayman ‘Aabed and Omar Fadel Jad’oun.
In Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ra’ed al-Hawarin, from his home.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Taiseer Ahmad al-Jondi, 60, and a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for fifteen years, identified as Zaher Abdulrahman Doqqa, 42.
In related news, Israeli soldiers, stationed in Nahal Oz military base, across of perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, on their lands, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, forcing them to leave.
IOF rounds up 12 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 12 Palestinians, including ex-prisoners, in various areas of the West Bank at dawn Monday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers detained Zaher Daka, an ex-prisoner, in Tulkarem and Sufyan Abu Leila from Zawia village to the west of Salfit city.
Two brothers in Jenin, Osama and Ihsan Abu Abed, were taken by the IOF from their home in Kufr Dan village to an unknown detention center.
Israeli soldiers raided several homes in Nablus governorate and arrested four citizens in Urif village, one from Asker refugee camp, and another from Balata refugee camp.
The soldiers also detained Mohammed al-Sabbar from Ramallah and Rabee Takatka from Taku village in eastern Bethlehem.
One of the abducted Palestinians is the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the secretary of Fateh movement in the city.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Nasser Qous, the head of its office in Jerusalem and the secretary of Fateh movement in the city, after storming and searching his home in the Old City.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Nasser Salama, Emad Shalloudi and Haitham Hijazi, in the Old City of Jerusalem, and Ayman ar-Resheq from the ath-Thouri neighborhood in Silwan town.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Majdi Hashshash, Yousef Ahmad al-Ashqar, Yousef Amjad al-Ashqar, Abdullah Shehada, Yousef Ali Shehada, Saifeddin Safadi and Mohammad Safadi, from their homes in Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank.
In Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, identified as Rabea’ Salah Taqatqa, Ahmad Salah Taqatqa, Essam Mohammad Taqatqa and Karim Sameeh Taqatqa.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Ayman ‘Aabed, Ehsan Ayman ‘Aabed and Omar Fadel Jad’oun.
In Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ra’ed al-Hawarin, from his home.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Taiseer Ahmad al-Jondi, 60, and a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for fifteen years, identified as Zaher Abdulrahman Doqqa, 42.
In related news, Israeli soldiers, stationed in Nahal Oz military base, across of perimeter fence, east of Gaza city, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, on their lands, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, forcing them to leave.
IOF rounds up 12 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 12 Palestinians, including ex-prisoners, in various areas of the West Bank at dawn Monday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers detained Zaher Daka, an ex-prisoner, in Tulkarem and Sufyan Abu Leila from Zawia village to the west of Salfit city.
Two brothers in Jenin, Osama and Ihsan Abu Abed, were taken by the IOF from their home in Kufr Dan village to an unknown detention center.
Israeli soldiers raided several homes in Nablus governorate and arrested four citizens in Urif village, one from Asker refugee camp, and another from Balata refugee camp.
The soldiers also detained Mohammed al-Sabbar from Ramallah and Rabee Takatka from Taku village in eastern Bethlehem.
28 apr 2019
The Israeli occupation forces have arrested 50,000 Palestinian children since 1967, including 16,655 arrested after the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000.
This was voiced by Abdul-Naser Farwana, the head of the research and documentation unit at the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, on Sunday during a presentation for a conference in Brussels on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Farwana said that Israel is pursuing a systematic arrest policy against Palestinian children with the aim of destroying their life and future.
He pointed out that the annual child arrest rate from 2000 to 2012 was about 700, while from 2011 to 2018 it increased to 1250.
Farwana called on all those concerned to exert more efforts to support the Palestinian prisoners and expose the violations and crimes committed against child detainees.
This was voiced by Abdul-Naser Farwana, the head of the research and documentation unit at the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, on Sunday during a presentation for a conference in Brussels on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Farwana said that Israel is pursuing a systematic arrest policy against Palestinian children with the aim of destroying their life and future.
He pointed out that the annual child arrest rate from 2000 to 2012 was about 700, while from 2011 to 2018 it increased to 1250.
Farwana called on all those concerned to exert more efforts to support the Palestinian prisoners and expose the violations and crimes committed against child detainees.
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards and plateaus under tight police protection.
According to local sources, the Israeli occupation police escorted groups of settlers as they were touring the Aqsa Mosque in the morning.
On Saturday, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that over 2,230 settlers defiled the Aqsa Mosque compound during the Hebrew passover holiday last week.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police kidnapped on Sunday four Jerusalemite citizens from their homes in Issawiya neighborhood, east of Jerusalem.
The detainees were identified as Munir Aliyan, Mahmoud Mustafa, Ayyoub Abul-Hems and Younis Aliyan.
The Israeli police also released a Palestinian child called Mutaz Zeitoun on condition of not leaving home for five days. He was kidnapped by police officers on Saturday night from Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque.
According to local sources, the Israeli occupation police escorted groups of settlers as they were touring the Aqsa Mosque in the morning.
On Saturday, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that over 2,230 settlers defiled the Aqsa Mosque compound during the Hebrew passover holiday last week.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police kidnapped on Sunday four Jerusalemite citizens from their homes in Issawiya neighborhood, east of Jerusalem.
The detainees were identified as Munir Aliyan, Mahmoud Mustafa, Ayyoub Abul-Hems and Younis Aliyan.
The Israeli police also released a Palestinian child called Mutaz Zeitoun on condition of not leaving home for five days. He was kidnapped by police officers on Saturday night from Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including a child, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes across the West Bank, causing damage, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Obeida Akram Jawabra, Mohammad Taha al-‘Adarba and a child, identified as Rani Ahmad Hdeib.
The soldiers searched many homes in the governorate, including the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Khairi Skafi.
In addition, the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, at youngsters protesting the invasion into their neighborhoods, and homes, in Nablus, Jericho and Hebron.
The soldiers also abducted Bara’ Jad, from his home in Barta’a town, which is surrounded and isolated by the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes across the West Bank, causing damage, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Obeida Akram Jawabra, Mohammad Taha al-‘Adarba and a child, identified as Rani Ahmad Hdeib.
The soldiers searched many homes in the governorate, including the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Khairi Skafi.
In addition, the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, at youngsters protesting the invasion into their neighborhoods, and homes, in Nablus, Jericho and Hebron.
The soldiers also abducted Bara’ Jad, from his home in Barta’a town, which is surrounded and isolated by the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Islam Saleh Dar Mousa, Beit Liqya town, west of Ramallah.
- Osama Nathir Salim, Silwad town, east of Ramallah.
- Azzam Wassel, Silwad town.
- Hatem Shahin, Nablus.
- Bara’ Jad, Barta’a, Jenin.
- Rani Hdeib, al-‘Arroub refugee camp, Hebron.
- Obeida Akram Jawabra, al-‘Arroub refugee camp, Hebron.
- Ahmad Ra’fat al-Badawi, al-‘Arroub refugee camp, Hebron.
- Mahmoud Seder, Jericho.
27 apr 2019
Five Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for several days in protest at their detention administratively, with no trial or indictment.
According to Asra Media Center, the hunger strikers are Husam al-Razza and Mohamed Tabanja and they have been on hunger strike for about 40 days and 32 days respectively, while Hasan al-Aweiwi and Odeh al-Haroub started their hunger strike together on April 2, 2019.
Another prisoner called Mohamed al-Haymouni has been on hunger strike for 31 days running.
All the hunger strikers are suffering from worsening poor health conditions and some of them already have health problems.
These five hunger strikers are being exposed to suppressive measures by the Israeli prison service, including solitary confinement and repeated transfers.
The hunger strikers are also deprived of seeing their families and rarely allowed to see their lawyers.
According to Asra Media Center, the hunger strikers are Husam al-Razza and Mohamed Tabanja and they have been on hunger strike for about 40 days and 32 days respectively, while Hasan al-Aweiwi and Odeh al-Haroub started their hunger strike together on April 2, 2019.
Another prisoner called Mohamed al-Haymouni has been on hunger strike for 31 days running.
All the hunger strikers are suffering from worsening poor health conditions and some of them already have health problems.
These five hunger strikers are being exposed to suppressive measures by the Israeli prison service, including solitary confinement and repeated transfers.
The hunger strikers are also deprived of seeing their families and rarely allowed to see their lawyers.
The Israeli police on Saturday abducted a Palestinian child inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested Hammam al-Huseini at al-Aqsa Mosque and transferred him to a nearby detention center for interrogation.
The Israeli police constantly abuse the Palestinian children of Jerusalem, including minors under 10, and target them with abduction, house arrest, and banishment from the holy city.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested Hammam al-Huseini at al-Aqsa Mosque and transferred him to a nearby detention center for interrogation.
The Israeli police constantly abuse the Palestinian children of Jerusalem, including minors under 10, and target them with abduction, house arrest, and banishment from the holy city.
Omar ‘Awni Abdul-Karim Younis, 20
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a young Palestinian man died, on Saturday evening, from serious wounds he suffered a week earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot him at a military roadblock in northern West Bank.
The Health Ministry said the young man, Omar ‘Awni Abdul-Karim Younis, 20, died at the Israeli Beilinson Israeli medical center.
The soldiers, stationed at Za’tara military roadblock, north of Nablus, shot the young man with several rounds of live ammunition, reportedly after he attempted to stab them, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
The Palestinian was from Sanniriya town, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. No soldiers were injured in the reported incident.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a young Palestinian man died, on Saturday evening, from serious wounds he suffered a week earlier, after Israeli soldiers shot him at a military roadblock in northern West Bank.
The Health Ministry said the young man, Omar ‘Awni Abdul-Karim Younis, 20, died at the Israeli Beilinson Israeli medical center.
The soldiers, stationed at Za’tara military roadblock, north of Nablus, shot the young man with several rounds of live ammunition, reportedly after he attempted to stab them, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
The Palestinian was from Sanniriya town, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. No soldiers were injured in the reported incident.
