29 feb 2020

Israel's Ofer military court on Saturday morning decided to extend the administrative detention of Palestinian detainees Ahmad al-Rimawi and Adham al-Rimawi for four months.
The Prisoners Media Office said that both detainees had served different terms in Israeli prisons before.
Ahmad al-Rimawi was rearrested in September 2019 and his detention has been extended several times by the Israeli authorities, while Adham al-Rimawi was re-arrested on 20 February 2020.
The Prisoners Media Office said that both detainees had served different terms in Israeli prisons before.
Ahmad al-Rimawi was rearrested in September 2019 and his detention has been extended several times by the Israeli authorities, while Adham al-Rimawi was re-arrested on 20 February 2020.

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has accused Israeli jailers of committing a medical crime against cancer-stricken prisoner Muwafaq Arouk, 77, whose life reached a life-threatening stage after he underwent major surgery recently.
Prisoner Arouk, who had his stomach and a large part of his intestine removed in early February, now suffers from severe pains, high temperature and a considerable drop in body weight, and he can only eat and drink using a tube going through a surgical opening in his abdominal area.
According to the Commission, Israeli doctors had discovered that Arouk had cancer in the liver and stomach last July, but the Israeli prison service kept stalling his transfer to a special hospital to receive chemotherapy until last November, which aggravated his condition.
It affirmed that the prisoner needs ongoing and proper follow-up care following the surgery he underwent or there would be further complications threatening his life.
Arouk, a 77-year-old from the 1984 occupied lands, has been in jail since 2003, serving a 30-year term.
He is one of 10 patients in Israeli jails suffering from different types of cancer.
Prisoner Arouk, who had his stomach and a large part of his intestine removed in early February, now suffers from severe pains, high temperature and a considerable drop in body weight, and he can only eat and drink using a tube going through a surgical opening in his abdominal area.
According to the Commission, Israeli doctors had discovered that Arouk had cancer in the liver and stomach last July, but the Israeli prison service kept stalling his transfer to a special hospital to receive chemotherapy until last November, which aggravated his condition.
It affirmed that the prisoner needs ongoing and proper follow-up care following the surgery he underwent or there would be further complications threatening his life.
Arouk, a 77-year-old from the 1984 occupied lands, has been in jail since 2003, serving a 30-year term.
He is one of 10 patients in Israeli jails suffering from different types of cancer.

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until Saturday at dawn, at least seven Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded a residential building in Ein Misbah neighborhood, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a man, identified as Mohammad Abu Khalil.
They added that soldiers were hiding in the building, and three military vehicles were in its surrounding area, and once Abu Khalil entered the building, he was assaulted by the undercover soldiers who kidnapped him before handing him to the regular army units.
A military drone was flying overhead, for around two hours throughout the invasion and abductions.
Furthermore, undercover soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Hussein Bali and Omar Hussein Gideon, from the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The undercover officers took the two young men out of the refugee camp where many army jeeps were waiting and handed them to the soldiers who took them to Salem military base.
Also, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aabed from his home in Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after invading the property and ransacking it.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched several homes, before abducting Mohammad Amin Shaath, Rami Yousef Sneina, and Ali Badawi.
The soldiers also shot a teenage boy with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the upper body, before he was moved to Darwish Nazzal hospital, in Qalqilia, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during ensuing protests, especially in Daoud and Kafr Saba neighborhoods.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded a residential building in Ein Misbah neighborhood, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a man, identified as Mohammad Abu Khalil.
They added that soldiers were hiding in the building, and three military vehicles were in its surrounding area, and once Abu Khalil entered the building, he was assaulted by the undercover soldiers who kidnapped him before handing him to the regular army units.
A military drone was flying overhead, for around two hours throughout the invasion and abductions.
Furthermore, undercover soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Hussein Bali and Omar Hussein Gideon, from the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The undercover officers took the two young men out of the refugee camp where many army jeeps were waiting and handed them to the soldiers who took them to Salem military base.
Also, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aabed from his home in Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after invading the property and ransacking it.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched several homes, before abducting Mohammad Amin Shaath, Rami Yousef Sneina, and Ali Badawi.
The soldiers also shot a teenage boy with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the upper body, before he was moved to Darwish Nazzal hospital, in Qalqilia, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during ensuing protests, especially in Daoud and Kafr Saba neighborhoods.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night assaulted two Palestinian young men on a road in the south of Nablus, north of the West Bank.
According to local sources, a bunch of soldier stopped two young men at the main entrance to Qaryut town and ordered them at gunpoint to sit on the ground before embarking on severely beating them.
The victimized young men, whose identities are unknown, were let go after being detained for a while.
According to local sources, a bunch of soldier stopped two young men at the main entrance to Qaryut town and ordered them at gunpoint to sit on the ground before embarking on severely beating them.
The victimized young men, whose identities are unknown, were let go after being detained for a while.

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, hundreds of Palestinians across several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army used live and rubber-coated metal rounds, in addition to teargas bombs and stun grenades.
The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that its crews have dealt with 191 injuries during confrontations in the village of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a child who was shot with a live round in the back.
The injuries varied as some were shot with live fire, dozens were wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets, and at least 46 suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to one who was shot with a tear gas grenade in the head.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers shot a young man with a sponge-tipped bullet in the head, and many others were injured by shrapnel of live ammunition during protests in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the city.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two young men in the al-‘Arqa village, west of the city, and injured more than 60 Palestinians, including many who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. video
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Amir Yousef Yahia and Nour Ibrahim Yahia, in the village after several army jeeps invaded it.
Protests and dozens of injuries were reported in many parts of the West Bank, especially in Azzoun, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, Ramallah, and al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank, Jericho, and many other areas. video
The soldiers also abducted two young Palestinian men in the al- Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to several live rounds at protesters and homes, in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources said protests took place when at least three army jeeps invaded the refugee camp.
Dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to cuts and bruises.
A few protesters also hurled Molotov cocktails at the invading army jeeps, burning one of them.
The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that its crews have dealt with 191 injuries during confrontations in the village of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a child who was shot with a live round in the back.
The injuries varied as some were shot with live fire, dozens were wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets, and at least 46 suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to one who was shot with a tear gas grenade in the head.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers shot a young man with a sponge-tipped bullet in the head, and many others were injured by shrapnel of live ammunition during protests in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the city.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two young men in the al-‘Arqa village, west of the city, and injured more than 60 Palestinians, including many who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. video
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Amir Yousef Yahia and Nour Ibrahim Yahia, in the village after several army jeeps invaded it.
Protests and dozens of injuries were reported in many parts of the West Bank, especially in Azzoun, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, Ramallah, and al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank, Jericho, and many other areas. video
The soldiers also abducted two young Palestinian men in the al- Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to several live rounds at protesters and homes, in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources said protests took place when at least three army jeeps invaded the refugee camp.
Dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to cuts and bruises.
A few protesters also hurled Molotov cocktails at the invading army jeeps, burning one of them.
28 feb 2020

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday afternoon kidnaped a Palestinian teenager, accused of carrying out a stabbing attack several months ago in Azzun town, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
15-year-old Mustafa Salama, who had been hunted by the IOF for some months, has been accused of carrying out a stabbing attack inside a local clinic in Azzun town and injuring two settlers before escaping.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a special military unit ambushed Salama in an area near Azzun town and took him to an unknown place.
Earlier in the day before finding him, the IOF stormed the house of Salama and threatened to kill the boy if his father did not turn him in.
15-year-old Mustafa Salama, who had been hunted by the IOF for some months, has been accused of carrying out a stabbing attack inside a local clinic in Azzun town and injuring two settlers before escaping.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a special military unit ambushed Salama in an area near Azzun town and took him to an unknown place.
Earlier in the day before finding him, the IOF stormed the house of Salama and threatened to kill the boy if his father did not turn him in.
27 feb 2020

One Palestinian citizen was injured and 12 others were taken prisoners by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different West Bank areas on Thursday.
In Qalqilya, local sources said the IOF kidnaped three citizens from their homes identified as Mohamed Shaath, Rami Senaineh and Ali al-Badawi.
One of the Qalqilya detainees, Rami Senaineh, has a broken pelvis and uses a wheelchair.
The same sources added that one young man suffered a rubber bullet injury in his neck during clashes between local youths and soldiers during the IOF campaign in Qalqilya city.
Meanwhile, the IOF closed the northern entrance to Azzun town in Qalqilya with the road barrier deployed there after local youths hurled stones at Jewish settlers’ cars on Road 55, damaging a car’s window.
The IOF also kidnaped nine citizens during dawn and morning raids on homes in other areas of the West Bank.
In Qalqilya, local sources said the IOF kidnaped three citizens from their homes identified as Mohamed Shaath, Rami Senaineh and Ali al-Badawi.
One of the Qalqilya detainees, Rami Senaineh, has a broken pelvis and uses a wheelchair.
The same sources added that one young man suffered a rubber bullet injury in his neck during clashes between local youths and soldiers during the IOF campaign in Qalqilya city.
Meanwhile, the IOF closed the northern entrance to Azzun town in Qalqilya with the road barrier deployed there after local youths hurled stones at Jewish settlers’ cars on Road 55, damaging a car’s window.
The IOF also kidnaped nine citizens during dawn and morning raids on homes in other areas of the West Bank.

Israel is currently holding 15 Palestinian journalists, the last one, Mujahed Bani Mifleh, was detained yesterday at an army checkpoint as he was travelling with his wife and two children from Ramallah to his home in Nablus, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said the detained journalists include two women, Mays Abu Ghoush, who was interrogated and subjected to psychological torture for more than one month at the Russian Compound interrogation center in West Jerusalem, and Bushra Tawil, from Ramallah, who is held in administrative detention.
The PPS said one of the detained journalists has a court hearing today and four others next month.
It said the detained journalists include two women, Mays Abu Ghoush, who was interrogated and subjected to psychological torture for more than one month at the Russian Compound interrogation center in West Jerusalem, and Bushra Tawil, from Ramallah, who is held in administrative detention.
The PPS said one of the detained journalists has a court hearing today and four others next month.

An Israeli court issued, Thursday, a six-month administrative detention order against the secretary of Fateh Movement in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, the Detainees’ Affairs Committee has reported.
The committee stated that the Israeli army abducted Na’el Abu al-‘Assal three days ago, after storming the house of his father, Jihad Abu al-‘Assal, the governor of Jericho and The Jordan Valley, in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp.
It condemned the ongoing abductions and imprisonment of the Palestinian people, and the frequent issuance of the arbitrary administrative detention orders against hundreds of them, holding them captive without charges or trial.
It is worth mentioning that Fateh secretary in the northern area of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Hani Ja’ara, remains imprisoned by Israel without charges since he was abducted from his home, in Yatta town, earlier in January.
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Society and Human Rights Association has reported that Israel is currently holding captive 461 detainees under Administrative Detention orders. Most of them are in Ofar prison and the Negev Detention camp.
More than 5000 Palestinians remain imprisoned by Israel, among them 180 children, including 26 under the age of 16, and 41 women.
26 of the detainees have been imprisoned since before the first Oslo Agreement, 497 are serving prison terms of at least 20 years, and 541 serving live terms.
The committee stated that the Israeli army abducted Na’el Abu al-‘Assal three days ago, after storming the house of his father, Jihad Abu al-‘Assal, the governor of Jericho and The Jordan Valley, in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp.
It condemned the ongoing abductions and imprisonment of the Palestinian people, and the frequent issuance of the arbitrary administrative detention orders against hundreds of them, holding them captive without charges or trial.
It is worth mentioning that Fateh secretary in the northern area of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Hani Ja’ara, remains imprisoned by Israel without charges since he was abducted from his home, in Yatta town, earlier in January.
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Society and Human Rights Association has reported that Israel is currently holding captive 461 detainees under Administrative Detention orders. Most of them are in Ofar prison and the Negev Detention camp.
More than 5000 Palestinians remain imprisoned by Israel, among them 180 children, including 26 under the age of 16, and 41 women.
26 of the detainees have been imprisoned since before the first Oslo Agreement, 497 are serving prison terms of at least 20 years, and 541 serving live terms.

The Israeli army detained today 13 Palestinians in multiple raids in the occupied Palestinian territories, including a 14-year-old boy, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said Israeli security detained Ismail Halawni, 14, from Jerusalem.
In addition, Israeli soldiers detained 17-year-old Nazir Qfeisheh, from Abu Sneineh neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
They also detained a former prisoner from the Hebron-area town of Surif.
PPS said the army detained two Palestinian men from Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank and one more from Kufr Dan village, also in the Jenin district.
In Qalqilya, also in north of West Bank, soldiers detained four Palestinians, in addition to one from Qarawat Bani Hassan village in the Salfit area and one from Obeidieh village, near Bethlehem in the south of the West Bank.
Soldiers also detained a resident of Hizma village, in the Jerusalem district, while he was in Ramallah.
Israel, meanwhile, issued today a six-month administrative detention order without charge or trial against Fatah’s Jericho secretary general, Nael Abu al-Assal, who was detained three days ago at his Aqbat Jabr refugee camp home in the ancient city, according to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Prisoners' Affairs Commission.
His father is the PA's Jericho and the Jordan Valley governor, Jihad Abu al-Assal.
It said Israeli security detained Ismail Halawni, 14, from Jerusalem.
In addition, Israeli soldiers detained 17-year-old Nazir Qfeisheh, from Abu Sneineh neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
They also detained a former prisoner from the Hebron-area town of Surif.
PPS said the army detained two Palestinian men from Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank and one more from Kufr Dan village, also in the Jenin district.
In Qalqilya, also in north of West Bank, soldiers detained four Palestinians, in addition to one from Qarawat Bani Hassan village in the Salfit area and one from Obeidieh village, near Bethlehem in the south of the West Bank.
Soldiers also detained a resident of Hizma village, in the Jerusalem district, while he was in Ramallah.
Israel, meanwhile, issued today a six-month administrative detention order without charge or trial against Fatah’s Jericho secretary general, Nael Abu al-Assal, who was detained three days ago at his Aqbat Jabr refugee camp home in the ancient city, according to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Prisoners' Affairs Commission.
His father is the PA's Jericho and the Jordan Valley governor, Jihad Abu al-Assal.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnaped a Palestinian journalist as he was traveling from Ramallah city to his home in Nablus city.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), the IOF kidnaped journalist Mujahed Bani Mifleh on his way from Ramallah to Nablus.
PPS said that Mifleh, 30, was taken to the Ariel police station to interrogate him about issues related to incitement on social media.
Mifleh, who works as a writer and reporter, had been detained by the IOF several times before. He is the son of martyr Mohamed Bani Mifleh from Beita town in southern Nablus.
In a separate incident, Israeli plain-clothes officers kidnaped on the same day a Palestinian ex-detainee from Halhul city in northern al-Khalil.
The detained citizen was identified as 24-year-old Laith al-Bou and he was kidnaped from outside his home in Wadi Qabboun area, east of Halhul.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), the IOF kidnaped journalist Mujahed Bani Mifleh on his way from Ramallah to Nablus.
PPS said that Mifleh, 30, was taken to the Ariel police station to interrogate him about issues related to incitement on social media.
Mifleh, who works as a writer and reporter, had been detained by the IOF several times before. He is the son of martyr Mohamed Bani Mifleh from Beita town in southern Nablus.
In a separate incident, Israeli plain-clothes officers kidnaped on the same day a Palestinian ex-detainee from Halhul city in northern al-Khalil.
The detained citizen was identified as 24-year-old Laith al-Bou and he was kidnaped from outside his home in Wadi Qabboun area, east of Halhul.

Israeli police forces on Wednesday kidnaped pro-Aqsa activist Madelein Issa from her home in Kafr Qasim city in the 1948 occupied lands.
The police forces ransacked the house of Issa before arresting her. Issa had been arrested several times before and she was also banned from entering the Aqsa Mosque many times.
On Tuesday, she urged Muslim worshipers on her Facebook page to participate in mass Fajr prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.
The police forces ransacked the house of Issa before arresting her. Issa had been arrested several times before and she was also banned from entering the Aqsa Mosque many times.
On Tuesday, she urged Muslim worshipers on her Facebook page to participate in mass Fajr prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.

The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday evening kidnaped a Palestinian young man from the Aqsa Mosque and raided two homes in Jerusalem and Umm al-Fahm city.
According to local sources, police officers rounded 17-year-old Ihab Abu Asnaineh at the Aqsa Mosque’s al-Rahma Gate, with no known reason. video
Police forces also broke into and ransacked the house of a young man called Islam Ghatit in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood of Silwan district, east Jerusalem.
Another house belonging to a young man called Qutaiba Abu Shaqra in Umm al-Fahm city in the 1948 occupied lands was raided by the police.
According to local sources, police officers rounded 17-year-old Ihab Abu Asnaineh at the Aqsa Mosque’s al-Rahma Gate, with no known reason. video
Police forces also broke into and ransacked the house of a young man called Islam Ghatit in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood of Silwan district, east Jerusalem.
Another house belonging to a young man called Qutaiba Abu Shaqra in Umm al-Fahm city in the 1948 occupied lands was raided by the police.