31 mar 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed at noon Tuesday the house of MP Mohammad Abu Juhaishe, member of the Change and Reform Bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), in Ithna town in al-Khalil.
MP Abu Juhaishe told the PIC reporter the IOF soldiers in several military jeeps stormed his house and office at noon and started provocatively questioning him inside his house for more than an hour.
He added the soldiers stayed more than two hours surrounding his house; they stopped the passersby and questioned them on the field. Then, they handed his nephew a summons to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence in Etzion.
The PLC deputy, meanwhile, noted that the PA intelligence had released his elder son, Muath, from custody on Monday night after eight month imprisonment.
He opined that the IOF raid into his house is a continuation of the mutual role of the IOF and the PA against him and his sons whom all were subjected to arrests for tens of times.
MP Abu Juhaishe told the PIC reporter the IOF soldiers in several military jeeps stormed his house and office at noon and started provocatively questioning him inside his house for more than an hour.
He added the soldiers stayed more than two hours surrounding his house; they stopped the passersby and questioned them on the field. Then, they handed his nephew a summons to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence in Etzion.
The PLC deputy, meanwhile, noted that the PA intelligence had released his elder son, Muath, from custody on Monday night after eight month imprisonment.
He opined that the IOF raid into his house is a continuation of the mutual role of the IOF and the PA against him and his sons whom all were subjected to arrests for tens of times.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up on Tuesday two Palestinian traders at Erez border crossing in northern Gaza.
Palestinian sources said the IOF soldiers stationed at Erez crossing arrested two traders from Gaza while passing the crossing.
The IOF arrests on Erez crossing have recently been increasing. Seven Palestinian traders were arrested at it last month despite obtaining permits.
Palestinians have to obtain pass permits in order to be able to pass the crossing.
About one thousand Palestinians daily pass through the crossing in both directions including four hundred who are holding open pass permits.
Palestinian sources said the IOF soldiers stationed at Erez crossing arrested two traders from Gaza while passing the crossing.
The IOF arrests on Erez crossing have recently been increasing. Seven Palestinian traders were arrested at it last month despite obtaining permits.
Palestinians have to obtain pass permits in order to be able to pass the crossing.
About one thousand Palestinians daily pass through the crossing in both directions including four hundred who are holding open pass permits.
Israeli authorities have issued administrative detention orders against 121 Palestinian prisoners since the beginning of March, including new orders issued Tuesday against 40 prisoners, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), on Tuesday.
WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency reports that PPS, in a recent press release, said that 12 prisoners received new detention orders without charge or trial, while the remaining 28 prisoners had their sentences renewed for the third and fourth times, including some who have served years under administrative detention.
Administrative detention is an archaic procedure, dating back to the time of British Mandate Palestine, which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
B'Tselem, Israeli information center for human rights, stresses: “International law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very exceptional cases – and then only as a last possible resort, when there are no other means available to prevent the danger.”
In the case of Palestinian detainees, Israel routinely uses administrative detention against Palestinians. Statistics show that over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli custody as administrative detainees for extended periods of time.
The following are the names of the 40 detainees who received administrative detention orders:
WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency reports that PPS, in a recent press release, said that 12 prisoners received new detention orders without charge or trial, while the remaining 28 prisoners had their sentences renewed for the third and fourth times, including some who have served years under administrative detention.
Administrative detention is an archaic procedure, dating back to the time of British Mandate Palestine, which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
B'Tselem, Israeli information center for human rights, stresses: “International law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very exceptional cases – and then only as a last possible resort, when there are no other means available to prevent the danger.”
In the case of Palestinian detainees, Israel routinely uses administrative detention against Palestinians. Statistics show that over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli custody as administrative detainees for extended periods of time.
The following are the names of the 40 detainees who received administrative detention orders:
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Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians near the central West Bank city of Nablus, and a young man in occupied Jerusalem; two women and one child kidnapped, late on Monday, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus said several Israeli military vehicles invaded, during early dawn hours Tuesday, Aseera ash-Shemaliyya village, stormed and searched a number of, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The three have been identified as ‘Ala ‘Ali Shouly, ‘Ala Hamed Shouly and Qais Abu Halima Jawabra.
The soldiers also invaded a home in al-Wad Street, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped a member of the Fateh Movement Youth Group, identified as Yasser Najib, before taking him to an interrogation facility in the city.
Late on Monday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman near the Silsila Gate (Chain Gate) near the Al-Aqsa Mosque for what the army called “violating a court order” banning her for entering the mosque.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped another woman, and a child, in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli extremists stormed, Monday, the Al-Aqsa Mosque yards through that al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative tours while accompanied by scores of soldiers and police officers.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus said several Israeli military vehicles invaded, during early dawn hours Tuesday, Aseera ash-Shemaliyya village, stormed and searched a number of, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The three have been identified as ‘Ala ‘Ali Shouly, ‘Ala Hamed Shouly and Qais Abu Halima Jawabra.
The soldiers also invaded a home in al-Wad Street, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped a member of the Fateh Movement Youth Group, identified as Yasser Najib, before taking him to an interrogation facility in the city.
Late on Monday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman near the Silsila Gate (Chain Gate) near the Al-Aqsa Mosque for what the army called “violating a court order” banning her for entering the mosque.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped another woman, and a child, in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli extremists stormed, Monday, the Al-Aqsa Mosque yards through that al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative tours while accompanied by scores of soldiers and police officers.
30 mar 2015 Landday
The occupation forces arrested on Monday night the 13-year old Ahmad Mansour Risheq from the neighborhood of Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan.
Witnesses informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces arrested the child after assaulting and severely beating him; Risheq was transferred to Salah Eddin Street police station.
Witnesses informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces arrested the child after assaulting and severely beating him; Risheq was transferred to Salah Eddin Street police station.
Media sources in Jerusalem said Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Silsila Gate (Chain Gate), one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as she stood there protesting an order denying her access to the holy site.
The sources said the soldiers assaulted ‘Aida Saidawi, before dragging and kidnapping her, and took her to an interrogation center in the city.
Saidawi was repeatedly kidnapped and detained for trying to prevent Israeli extremists from marching in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremists continued Monday their provocative tours in the Al-Aqsa courtyards, while carrying Israeli flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans, under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses said a few fanatic groups conducted the provocative tours consecutively, while the police withheld ID cards of Palestinian women before allowing them into the mosque.
Also on Monday, Israeli soldiers stormed dozens of homes in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
The sources said the soldiers assaulted ‘Aida Saidawi, before dragging and kidnapping her, and took her to an interrogation center in the city.
Saidawi was repeatedly kidnapped and detained for trying to prevent Israeli extremists from marching in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremists continued Monday their provocative tours in the Al-Aqsa courtyards, while carrying Israeli flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans, under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses said a few fanatic groups conducted the provocative tours consecutively, while the police withheld ID cards of Palestinian women before allowing them into the mosque.
Also on Monday, Israeli soldiers stormed dozens of homes in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
Israeli policemen afternoon Monday rounded up three Jerusalemites, including a young lady, as they violently disbanded a peaceful demo commemorating the Land Day in Bab al-Amoud, in Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC correspondent said a wave of clashes broke out as the policemen brutally dispersed the demonstration, targeting the non-violent rally-goers with randomly shot spates of stun grenades. An unidentified Palestinian young girl along with journalist Marwa Abeid reportedly sustained injuries in the assault.
The rally was staged by the popular youth movement in Occupied Jerusalem to mark the 39th anniversary of the Land Day—an annual commemoration of the six Palestinians killed during a march staged in response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunums of land in the 1948 occupied territories. About one hundred Palestinians were left wounded and hundreds of others arrested in the ensuing clashes.
The Israeli police, meanwhile, have remained on high alert and propped up police reinforcement across Jerusalem, particularly at Bab al-Amoud.
A group of Palestinian youths managed to get back to Bab al-Amoud area, after the policemen aggressively disbanded the rally-goers, and chanted national slogans and songs.
A PIC correspondent said a wave of clashes broke out as the policemen brutally dispersed the demonstration, targeting the non-violent rally-goers with randomly shot spates of stun grenades. An unidentified Palestinian young girl along with journalist Marwa Abeid reportedly sustained injuries in the assault.
The rally was staged by the popular youth movement in Occupied Jerusalem to mark the 39th anniversary of the Land Day—an annual commemoration of the six Palestinians killed during a march staged in response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunums of land in the 1948 occupied territories. About one hundred Palestinians were left wounded and hundreds of others arrested in the ensuing clashes.
The Israeli police, meanwhile, have remained on high alert and propped up police reinforcement across Jerusalem, particularly at Bab al-Amoud.
A group of Palestinian youths managed to get back to Bab al-Amoud area, after the policemen aggressively disbanded the rally-goers, and chanted national slogans and songs.
Approximately 99 Palestinian children are currently held in Ofer prison, a quarter of whom were nabbed during March, the representative for Palestinian detained minors Abdel Fattah Dawla said.
33 Palestinian minors are convicted and sentenced to different periods of time, while 20 others suffer from difficult health problems including the 14-year-old Khaled Sheikh who is still held in Israeli jails although he suffers from anemia, Dawla pointed out.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoners Society has early released a statement reading that most of the detained children were arrested during night raids of their parents’ homes, to be then investigated without the presence of their families or lawyers.
They are treated as adults in total disregard of their young age in a blatant violation of relevant children’s rights and laws, the statement said.
Ofer prison accommodates the highest number of Palestinian minor prisoners when compared to HaSharon and Megiddo jails.
Israeli occupation forces arrest about 1,000 children every year in the West Bank, often on charges of stone-throwing, while between 500 and 700 Palestinian children are tried before Israeli military courts, where Israel allows the prosecution of children from as young as 12, which UNICEF says is only practiced in Israel.
33 Palestinian minors are convicted and sentenced to different periods of time, while 20 others suffer from difficult health problems including the 14-year-old Khaled Sheikh who is still held in Israeli jails although he suffers from anemia, Dawla pointed out.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoners Society has early released a statement reading that most of the detained children were arrested during night raids of their parents’ homes, to be then investigated without the presence of their families or lawyers.
They are treated as adults in total disregard of their young age in a blatant violation of relevant children’s rights and laws, the statement said.
Ofer prison accommodates the highest number of Palestinian minor prisoners when compared to HaSharon and Megiddo jails.
Israeli occupation forces arrest about 1,000 children every year in the West Bank, often on charges of stone-throwing, while between 500 and 700 Palestinian children are tried before Israeli military courts, where Israel allows the prosecution of children from as young as 12, which UNICEF says is only practiced in Israel.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights said the Israeli occupation authority enforced the previous sentence on the 64-year-old prisoner Abdurrahman Hasan Salah who was released within the swap deal, Wafa al-Ahrar, and rearrested mid of 2014.
The head of the Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said the IOA re-imposed the previous sentence which is 25 years of imprisonment against captive Salah, from Jenin, despite his old age.
He spent nine years out of 25 before he was released in the prisoners swap deal called Wafa al-Ahrar in 2011.
Salah’s family said he is now held at Nafha desert jail. He is suffering from several diseases including diabetes, blood pressure, backache, and foot ache. He lost vision in his left eye and barely can see in the other one, the family added.
He is a father to seven children; one of them is a martyr who died in 2003 of the age of 18, the family said.
The sick captive Salah was arrested in 2003 on charges of carrying out bombing operations against the Israeli occupation.
Khufash said Israel rearrested 80 captives of those released in the swap deal and reinforced previous verdicts against 37 prisoners of them so far.
The rest of the eighty captives are threatened of the enforcement of the same previous sentences against them including life imprisonments and long years.
The ones, who were rearrested, have not conducted any breaches to the deal that could be considered reasonable justification for the IOA to re-arrest them, Kuffash charged.
The head of the Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said the IOA re-imposed the previous sentence which is 25 years of imprisonment against captive Salah, from Jenin, despite his old age.
He spent nine years out of 25 before he was released in the prisoners swap deal called Wafa al-Ahrar in 2011.
Salah’s family said he is now held at Nafha desert jail. He is suffering from several diseases including diabetes, blood pressure, backache, and foot ache. He lost vision in his left eye and barely can see in the other one, the family added.
He is a father to seven children; one of them is a martyr who died in 2003 of the age of 18, the family said.
The sick captive Salah was arrested in 2003 on charges of carrying out bombing operations against the Israeli occupation.
Khufash said Israel rearrested 80 captives of those released in the swap deal and reinforced previous verdicts against 37 prisoners of them so far.
The rest of the eighty captives are threatened of the enforcement of the same previous sentences against them including life imprisonments and long years.
The ones, who were rearrested, have not conducted any breaches to the deal that could be considered reasonable justification for the IOA to re-arrest them, Kuffash charged.
Updated from: Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday night throughout Monday, have launched a wide arrest campaign targeting at least 28 Palestinians.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society, on Monday, said that Israeli forces kidnapped 13 youngsters from 'Abween village near Ramallah, yesterday. According the press release, forces raided the village and a number of homes, kidnapped 13 people and gave detention threats to 14 others.
Israeli forces also handed-out threats to the villagers, in cases of any demonstrations.
Monday, during the early hours, Israeli forces broke into Qaryout village, in Nablus district, stormed several homes, and kidnapped Nidal Badawi (36) after raiding his house.
In Hebron, soldiers abducted two youngsters aged 23 and 24.
In the occupied 1948, Rahatt city in the south, Tha'er Qaimari (23) sustained bruises and injuries while being chased by the IOF. Qaimari was moved to Yatta hospital for treatment.
In occupied East Jerusalem, 11 Palestinians were kidnapped, including a lady.
Israeli police stormed the neighborhoods of Silwan, the Old City, al-Issawiya and Shufat, where they detained Amr Abu Arafa, 28, Mohammad Rukun, 22, Fadi Ja’ba, 26, Ihab Jallad, 39, Jihad Eweda, 40, Abed Issa, 15, Amr Abu Asab, 15, Mohammad Muna, 20, and Mohammad Bseiso, 20.
Meanwhile, police arrested Aida el-Sidawi, a woman who has been denied access to al-Aqsa Mosque for days. WAFA correspondence said el-Seidawi was assaulted by the police while she was protesting the decision to deny her entry to the Mosque. She was arrested and taken to a nearby police station.
An Israeli army force broke into the village of Abween, north of Ramallah, where they kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Some of them were identified as Ayham Refahi, Emad Hassan, Mohammad Harb, Mohammad Tarib, Ali Najeh, Ali Hejji and Sa’ed Hejji.
The army also handed summons to 14 others in the village, asking them to appear for interrogation at a nearby military compound.
In the meantime, soldiers raided Hebron and took Iyad Nayroukh, 24 and Mahmoud Rajabi, 23.
Israeli soldiers also set flying checkpoints in the nearby towns of Idan, Sair and Halhoul, searching vehicles and causing a traffic jam, but there were no reports of arrests.
In Jenin, the military also abducted 21-year-old Ashraf Sheta, after raiding and searching his house. Soldiers also stormed the nearby village of Tura and took Abdullah Qabaha, 21, into custody.
Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped during late-night hours, and on Monday at dawn, at least twenty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to a number of interrogation and detention centers. Soldiers to demolish seven structures near Hebron.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded ‘Abwein village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, kidnapped thirteen Palestinians and handed fourteen others military orders for interrogation.
The PPS said that some of the kidnapped Palestinians in the village have been identified as Ayham ar-Refa’ey, ‘Emad Hasan, Mohammad Harb, Mohammad Treib, ‘Ali Najeh, and two brothers identified as ‘Ali and Saed Hijja.
Several armored military vehicles also invaded Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before the soldiers broke into a number of homes, violently searched homes and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Nidal Salah Badawi, 36.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Mustafa Mohammad Hussein, and ransacked it; Hussein’s son was recently kidnapped by the army and is still held under interrogation.
In the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers invaded the Kharrouba neighborhood, and kidnapped a university student identified as Ashraf Hilal Shatta, 21, after violently searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded Toura village, near Ya’bad town in the Jenin, and kidnapped Abdullah Sami Qabaha, 21.
In addition, dozens of military vehicles invaded a number of neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed roadblocks on the entrances of Ethna, Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, north of the city, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards the passengers.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Eyad Mohammad Neiroukh, 24, and Mahmoud ‘Ez ar-Rajabi, 23, from Hebron have been kidnapped, in Hebron.
Furthermore, resident Tha’er al-Qmeiri, 23, from Hebron, several various cuts and bruises after the Israeli police chased him while working in Rahat city. He was moved to the Yatta Governmental Hospital, south of Hebron.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Um a;-Kheir village, east of Yatta town, and handed seven members of the al-Hathaleen family, military warrants ordering them to remove their residential sheds.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
The soldiers also kidnapped a Palestinian woman near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.
Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday night throughout Monday, have launched a wide arrest campaign targeting at least 28 Palestinians.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society, on Monday, said that Israeli forces kidnapped 13 youngsters from 'Abween village near Ramallah, yesterday. According the press release, forces raided the village and a number of homes, kidnapped 13 people and gave detention threats to 14 others.
Israeli forces also handed-out threats to the villagers, in cases of any demonstrations.
Monday, during the early hours, Israeli forces broke into Qaryout village, in Nablus district, stormed several homes, and kidnapped Nidal Badawi (36) after raiding his house.
In Hebron, soldiers abducted two youngsters aged 23 and 24.
In the occupied 1948, Rahatt city in the south, Tha'er Qaimari (23) sustained bruises and injuries while being chased by the IOF. Qaimari was moved to Yatta hospital for treatment.
In occupied East Jerusalem, 11 Palestinians were kidnapped, including a lady.
Israeli police stormed the neighborhoods of Silwan, the Old City, al-Issawiya and Shufat, where they detained Amr Abu Arafa, 28, Mohammad Rukun, 22, Fadi Ja’ba, 26, Ihab Jallad, 39, Jihad Eweda, 40, Abed Issa, 15, Amr Abu Asab, 15, Mohammad Muna, 20, and Mohammad Bseiso, 20.
Meanwhile, police arrested Aida el-Sidawi, a woman who has been denied access to al-Aqsa Mosque for days. WAFA correspondence said el-Seidawi was assaulted by the police while she was protesting the decision to deny her entry to the Mosque. She was arrested and taken to a nearby police station.
An Israeli army force broke into the village of Abween, north of Ramallah, where they kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Some of them were identified as Ayham Refahi, Emad Hassan, Mohammad Harb, Mohammad Tarib, Ali Najeh, Ali Hejji and Sa’ed Hejji.
The army also handed summons to 14 others in the village, asking them to appear for interrogation at a nearby military compound.
In the meantime, soldiers raided Hebron and took Iyad Nayroukh, 24 and Mahmoud Rajabi, 23.
Israeli soldiers also set flying checkpoints in the nearby towns of Idan, Sair and Halhoul, searching vehicles and causing a traffic jam, but there were no reports of arrests.
In Jenin, the military also abducted 21-year-old Ashraf Sheta, after raiding and searching his house. Soldiers also stormed the nearby village of Tura and took Abdullah Qabaha, 21, into custody.
Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped during late-night hours, and on Monday at dawn, at least twenty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to a number of interrogation and detention centers. Soldiers to demolish seven structures near Hebron.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded ‘Abwein village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, kidnapped thirteen Palestinians and handed fourteen others military orders for interrogation.
The PPS said that some of the kidnapped Palestinians in the village have been identified as Ayham ar-Refa’ey, ‘Emad Hasan, Mohammad Harb, Mohammad Treib, ‘Ali Najeh, and two brothers identified as ‘Ali and Saed Hijja.
Several armored military vehicles also invaded Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before the soldiers broke into a number of homes, violently searched homes and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Nidal Salah Badawi, 36.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Mustafa Mohammad Hussein, and ransacked it; Hussein’s son was recently kidnapped by the army and is still held under interrogation.
In the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers invaded the Kharrouba neighborhood, and kidnapped a university student identified as Ashraf Hilal Shatta, 21, after violently searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded Toura village, near Ya’bad town in the Jenin, and kidnapped Abdullah Sami Qabaha, 21.
In addition, dozens of military vehicles invaded a number of neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed roadblocks on the entrances of Ethna, Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, north of the city, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards the passengers.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Eyad Mohammad Neiroukh, 24, and Mahmoud ‘Ez ar-Rajabi, 23, from Hebron have been kidnapped, in Hebron.
Furthermore, resident Tha’er al-Qmeiri, 23, from Hebron, several various cuts and bruises after the Israeli police chased him while working in Rahat city. He was moved to the Yatta Governmental Hospital, south of Hebron.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Um a;-Kheir village, east of Yatta town, and handed seven members of the al-Hathaleen family, military warrants ordering them to remove their residential sheds.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
The soldiers also kidnapped a Palestinian woman near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.
Media sources in Jerusalem said Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman near the Silsila Gate (Chain Gate), one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as she stood there protesting an order denying her access to the holy site.
The sources said the soldiers assaulted ‘Aida Saidawi, before dragging and kidnapping her, and took her to an interrogation center in the city.
Saidawi was repeatedly kidnapped and detained for trying to prevent Israeli extremists from marching in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremists continued Monday their provocative tours in the Al-Aqsa courtyards, while carrying Israeli flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans, under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses said a few fanatic groups conducted the provocative tours consecutively, while the police withheld ID cards of Palestinian women before allowing them into the mosque.
Also on Monday, Israeli soldiers stormed dozens of homes in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
The sources said the soldiers assaulted ‘Aida Saidawi, before dragging and kidnapping her, and took her to an interrogation center in the city.
Saidawi was repeatedly kidnapped and detained for trying to prevent Israeli extremists from marching in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremists continued Monday their provocative tours in the Al-Aqsa courtyards, while carrying Israeli flags and chanting anti-Arab slogans, under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses said a few fanatic groups conducted the provocative tours consecutively, while the police withheld ID cards of Palestinian women before allowing them into the mosque.
Also on Monday, Israeli soldiers stormed dozens of homes in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.
At least 21 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli army and police in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem on early Monday morning.
The Israeli Channel 7 quoted the army as claiming responsibility for the apprehension of 21 Palestinian citizens on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) reportedly abducted 11 Palestinians form Ramallah’s town of Abwein and another citizen from Burin village, south of Nablus city.
A similar assault in Nablus’s town of Qaryout resulted in the abduction of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Nidhal al-Bawm after a heavily-armed IOF patrol cordoned off his family home and blew up its entrance gates.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF soldiers wreaked havoc on the house and assaulted its inhabitants, stirring up a state of panic among children and women.
The IOF soldiers forced the captive out of his family home, blindfolded and handcuffed, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Two Palestinian youngsters, in their twenties, were also captured in al-Khalil, sources based in the city further reported.
A PIC correspondent quoted Jenin locals as stating that the IOF troops stormed al-Kharouba neighborhood via six army jeeps and kidnapped the 21-year-old Ashraf Hilal Shata moments after they scoured his family home and ravaged it.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of six Palestinian civilians from Jerusalem’s Old city and Silwan neighborhood during a series of home break-ins launched by the IOF.
Such an arbitrary mass-arrest campaign comes to mar the celebrations of the 39th anniversary of the Land Day marked on March 30 every year.
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Gazan detainee Sami al-Hafi, 35, after he had served a seven-year prison-term.
At least 7,000 Palestinians, including 450 Gazans, are incarcerated in the Israeli occupation jails, where they have reportedly been subjected to dire detention circumstances and ongoing psycho-physical torture.
The Israeli Channel 7 quoted the army as claiming responsibility for the apprehension of 21 Palestinian citizens on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) reportedly abducted 11 Palestinians form Ramallah’s town of Abwein and another citizen from Burin village, south of Nablus city.
A similar assault in Nablus’s town of Qaryout resulted in the abduction of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Nidhal al-Bawm after a heavily-armed IOF patrol cordoned off his family home and blew up its entrance gates.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF soldiers wreaked havoc on the house and assaulted its inhabitants, stirring up a state of panic among children and women.
The IOF soldiers forced the captive out of his family home, blindfolded and handcuffed, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Two Palestinian youngsters, in their twenties, were also captured in al-Khalil, sources based in the city further reported.
A PIC correspondent quoted Jenin locals as stating that the IOF troops stormed al-Kharouba neighborhood via six army jeeps and kidnapped the 21-year-old Ashraf Hilal Shata moments after they scoured his family home and ravaged it.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of six Palestinian civilians from Jerusalem’s Old city and Silwan neighborhood during a series of home break-ins launched by the IOF.
Such an arbitrary mass-arrest campaign comes to mar the celebrations of the 39th anniversary of the Land Day marked on March 30 every year.
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Gazan detainee Sami al-Hafi, 35, after he had served a seven-year prison-term.
At least 7,000 Palestinians, including 450 Gazans, are incarcerated in the Israeli occupation jails, where they have reportedly been subjected to dire detention circumstances and ongoing psycho-physical torture.
Israel's Southern District Attorney’s Office has asked the Beersheba District Court to impose a 21-year prison sentence against the Palestinian engineer Dirar Abi Sisi, who has been held in Israeli jails since the Israeli intelligence kidnapped him from the Ukraine in 2011.
During a session held Sunday, Sisi was convicted of "belonging to Hamas's armed wing al-Qassam Brigades and leading the establishment of Hamas’s equivalent of a war college to systematically improve Hamas commanders’ fighting tactics."
The court is expected to issue its verdict in the case at the next hearing on June 14, according to Hebrew media sources.
45-year-old Dirar Abu Sisi is a Palestinian engineer, who is married to the Ukrainian woman Veronica. He was kidnapped from the Ukraine during a visit and sent to Israel on the 18th of February 2011. Since his kidnapping, he has remained incarcerated in Israeli prisons under extremely poor conditions; he is currently suffering from debilitating health conditions and psychological trauma.
He has endured torture, humiliation and inhumane treatment from Israeli prison authorities. Israeli occupation authorities are also preventing his Ukrainian wife and children from visiting or speaking to him.
During a session held Sunday, Sisi was convicted of "belonging to Hamas's armed wing al-Qassam Brigades and leading the establishment of Hamas’s equivalent of a war college to systematically improve Hamas commanders’ fighting tactics."
The court is expected to issue its verdict in the case at the next hearing on June 14, according to Hebrew media sources.
45-year-old Dirar Abu Sisi is a Palestinian engineer, who is married to the Ukrainian woman Veronica. He was kidnapped from the Ukraine during a visit and sent to Israel on the 18th of February 2011. Since his kidnapping, he has remained incarcerated in Israeli prisons under extremely poor conditions; he is currently suffering from debilitating health conditions and psychological trauma.
He has endured torture, humiliation and inhumane treatment from Israeli prison authorities. Israeli occupation authorities are also preventing his Ukrainian wife and children from visiting or speaking to him.
