31 oct 2018
Mamdouh Amro
Mamdouh Amro was convicted of manslaughter instead of murder of Eliav Gelman, an off-duty IDF reservist officer who was killed by stray bullet meant for terrorist while helping to neutralize him; court finds Amro responsible for the death, but majority opinion determines it was not possible to prove intent.
The Judea Militart Court acquitted terrorist Mamdouh Amro of murder on Wednesday, convicting him instead of manslaughter for the death of off-duty IDF officer in reserves Eliav Gelman, who was hit by a stray bullet aimed at the terrorist.
In February 2016, Mamdouh Amro, 26, from the Hebron-area village of Dura, arrived by foot at the Gush Etzion junction. After arousing the suspicion of troops stationed there, he started running toward the bus stop at the junction while brandishing a knife. Gelman was among the civilians at the bus stop.
He drew his firearm and charged at the terrorist. While helping neutralize the terrorist, Gelman was hit by a stray bullet aimed at the terrorist and was killed.
The court found Amro responsible for Gelman's death, as the gunfire was the result of his actions. But while one judge supported convicting the terrorist of murder, the other two determined it was not possible to prove the terrorist arrived at the scene of the attack with the intention to kill.
Gelman's family called on the judges to sentence the terrorist to death. "Even if the terrorist's hands and feet are cut off, and he's left to rot and die in agony, it won't change our situation, it won't comfort or despair, and it won't calm the pain," the family said. "We demand the death sentence. The issue of capital punishment to terrorists is of national and public important, it's for the benefit of the people of Israel—so every damned man or woman trying to harm a Jew know that is the punishment."
Mamdouh Amro was convicted of manslaughter instead of murder of Eliav Gelman, an off-duty IDF reservist officer who was killed by stray bullet meant for terrorist while helping to neutralize him; court finds Amro responsible for the death, but majority opinion determines it was not possible to prove intent.
The Judea Militart Court acquitted terrorist Mamdouh Amro of murder on Wednesday, convicting him instead of manslaughter for the death of off-duty IDF officer in reserves Eliav Gelman, who was hit by a stray bullet aimed at the terrorist.
In February 2016, Mamdouh Amro, 26, from the Hebron-area village of Dura, arrived by foot at the Gush Etzion junction. After arousing the suspicion of troops stationed there, he started running toward the bus stop at the junction while brandishing a knife. Gelman was among the civilians at the bus stop.
He drew his firearm and charged at the terrorist. While helping neutralize the terrorist, Gelman was hit by a stray bullet aimed at the terrorist and was killed.
The court found Amro responsible for Gelman's death, as the gunfire was the result of his actions. But while one judge supported convicting the terrorist of murder, the other two determined it was not possible to prove the terrorist arrived at the scene of the attack with the intention to kill.
Gelman's family called on the judges to sentence the terrorist to death. "Even if the terrorist's hands and feet are cut off, and he's left to rot and die in agony, it won't change our situation, it won't comfort or despair, and it won't calm the pain," the family said. "We demand the death sentence. The issue of capital punishment to terrorists is of national and public important, it's for the benefit of the people of Israel—so every damned man or woman trying to harm a Jew know that is the punishment."
Eliav Gelman
Attorney Haim Bleicher from the Honenu NGO, who has been providing the family with legal counsel, rejected the court's ruling, saying "the attempt to seek intention by a terrorist, when it's clear that terrorist is part of those seeking to exterminate Israelis, is incomprehensible and unacceptable. The terrorist's objective was to murder, and unfortunately he was able to achieve this goal. We call on the prosecution to appeal the ruling, so that the murderous terrorist is punished."
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman echoed these sentiments, writing on Twitter: "I believe, just like the military prosecution and the president of the Military Court, that a terrorist who runs brandishing a knife in an effort to murder soldiers and civilians should be convicted of murder. Clear and simple. And I'm sure in the end, this is what's going to happen."
Attorney Haim Bleicher from the Honenu NGO, who has been providing the family with legal counsel, rejected the court's ruling, saying "the attempt to seek intention by a terrorist, when it's clear that terrorist is part of those seeking to exterminate Israelis, is incomprehensible and unacceptable. The terrorist's objective was to murder, and unfortunately he was able to achieve this goal. We call on the prosecution to appeal the ruling, so that the murderous terrorist is punished."
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman echoed these sentiments, writing on Twitter: "I believe, just like the military prosecution and the president of the Military Court, that a terrorist who runs brandishing a knife in an effort to murder soldiers and civilians should be convicted of murder. Clear and simple. And I'm sure in the end, this is what's going to happen."
A horde of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning assaulted several Palestinian citizens and created loud noises at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers placed loudspeakers in the Ibrahimi Mosque’s courtyards and embarked on dancing and singing.
They added that the settlers assaulted citizens living in nearby homes after they complained about the noisy party at the Mosque.
Citizens identified as Ya’qoub Abu Jihad, Khalil Jaber and Ismail al-Rajbi, who suffered bruises after the settlers physically assaulted them, were detained for several hours near the military watchtower in the Mosque.
Settlers also assaulted a storeowner called Abdul-Raouf al-Muhtasib, wreaked havoc on his store and tried to set it on fire.
The settlers later assaulted Abdel Raouf al-Muhtasib, the owner of a commercial shop in the area, and destroyed his shop, tourist artifacts and ceramic goods. Some settlers tried to burn him.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers placed loudspeakers in the Ibrahimi Mosque’s courtyards and embarked on dancing and singing.
They added that the settlers assaulted citizens living in nearby homes after they complained about the noisy party at the Mosque.
Citizens identified as Ya’qoub Abu Jihad, Khalil Jaber and Ismail al-Rajbi, who suffered bruises after the settlers physically assaulted them, were detained for several hours near the military watchtower in the Mosque.
Settlers also assaulted a storeowner called Abdul-Raouf al-Muhtasib, wreaked havoc on his store and tried to set it on fire.
The settlers later assaulted Abdel Raouf al-Muhtasib, the owner of a commercial shop in the area, and destroyed his shop, tourist artifacts and ceramic goods. Some settlers tried to burn him.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) on Wednesday said that the Israel Prison Service has detained the Jenin residents Haitham Yousef and Izz el-Din Ridwan in solitary confinement and denied them family visits.
The PPS said in a statement that Yousef was taken to the court on 18 October, and when he returned a prison guard asked him to take off all of his clothes to search him but he refused.
The Israel Prison Service then transferred him to solitary confinement at Gilboa jail and decided to ban him from seeing his family for three months.
Yousef told his lawyer that this is the second sanction imposed on him in 2018. He had been deprived of family visits for two months after he lodged a complaint against Israeli prison guards who beat him several months ago at Salem military court.
Meanwhile, the Israel Prison Service of Megiddo jail has isolated 16-year-old Izz el-Din Ridwan, denied him family visits, and imposed a 500-NIS fine on him after an Israeli prison guard claimed that he poured hot water on him.
Ridwan was arrested on 6 August 2018 and sentenced to 20 months in prison.
The PPS said in a statement that Yousef was taken to the court on 18 October, and when he returned a prison guard asked him to take off all of his clothes to search him but he refused.
The Israel Prison Service then transferred him to solitary confinement at Gilboa jail and decided to ban him from seeing his family for three months.
Yousef told his lawyer that this is the second sanction imposed on him in 2018. He had been deprived of family visits for two months after he lodged a complaint against Israeli prison guards who beat him several months ago at Salem military court.
Meanwhile, the Israel Prison Service of Megiddo jail has isolated 16-year-old Izz el-Din Ridwan, denied him family visits, and imposed a 500-NIS fine on him after an Israeli prison guard claimed that he poured hot water on him.
Ridwan was arrested on 6 August 2018 and sentenced to 20 months in prison.
Palestinian detainee Kifah Sarhan, aged 48, has been released from Israeli occupation prisons, where he had been locked up for seven years.
Kifah, a native of occupied Jerusalem, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on October 23, 2011 and sentenced to a seven-year prison-term over his membership in Hamas resistance movement.
Newly-released Kifah is a father of five children. His little girl Boshra was born shortly after his detention.
Kifah, a native of occupied Jerusalem, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on October 23, 2011 and sentenced to a seven-year prison-term over his membership in Hamas resistance movement.
Newly-released Kifah is a father of five children. His little girl Boshra was born shortly after his detention.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a former political prisoner from Fuqua’ town, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming the home of Mohmmad Adnan Masad, and violently searched the property before abducting him.
The soldiers interrogated the Palestinian, and members of his family, before moving him to an unknown destination.
In related news, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers also invaded and searched the rooms of Palestinian political prisoners, held in Sections 15, 17 and 18, in Ofer Israeli prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
It added that around 360 detainees are held in the invaded sections.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming the home of Mohmmad Adnan Masad, and violently searched the property before abducting him.
The soldiers interrogated the Palestinian, and members of his family, before moving him to an unknown destination.
In related news, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers also invaded and searched the rooms of Palestinian political prisoners, held in Sections 15, 17 and 18, in Ofer Israeli prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
It added that around 360 detainees are held in the invaded sections.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several communities in the northern West Bank governorates of Nablus and Tulkarem, searched dozens of homes and abducted two Palestinians.
Media sources in Nablus, said several army jeeps invaded Burqa village, northwest of the city, searched many homes and abducted Saif Qassem Hamdan, 25, in addition to briefly detaining his brother.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded Kafr Qalil village, and violently searched the homes of Yasser Amer, Tamer Amer, Tha’er Walid Ahmad and Suleiman Mansour.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Zeita town, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Laith Mohammad Abu Hamda, 25.
In related news, the soldiers continued the extensive and violent searches of homes in Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, stormed into dozens of stores, homes and buildings, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the homes of Na’el Kamel Zyoud and Ajaj Abu al-Kheir, in Sielet al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank, and installed a sudden roadblock at Haifa road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Nablus, said several army jeeps invaded Burqa village, northwest of the city, searched many homes and abducted Saif Qassem Hamdan, 25, in addition to briefly detaining his brother.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded Kafr Qalil village, and violently searched the homes of Yasser Amer, Tamer Amer, Tha’er Walid Ahmad and Suleiman Mansour.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Zeita town, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Laith Mohammad Abu Hamda, 25.
In related news, the soldiers continued the extensive and violent searches of homes in Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, stormed into dozens of stores, homes and buildings, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the homes of Na’el Kamel Zyoud and Ajaj Abu al-Kheir, in Sielet al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank, and installed a sudden roadblock at Haifa road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Fierce clashes burst out overnight Tuesday shortly after full-armed Israeli patrols rolled into Tulkarem province, in the northern occupied West Bank, in the hunt for the Palestinian anti-occupation attacker Ashraf Na’luwa.
Israeli soldiers blew up the entrance gates of dozens of Palestinian homes and wreaked havoc on civilian buildings, sparking terror among children.
The occupation forces attacked civilians with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas and bullet fire.
Palestinian anti-occupation youth responded to the assault by hurling stones at the Israeli troops.
Heavily-armed Israeli military patrols continue to ravage West Bank towns and villages, chasing down Ashraf Na’luwa, who carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack on October 7 in Israel’s illegal settlement of Brakan, leaving an Israeli settler dead and three others injured.
Israeli soldiers blew up the entrance gates of dozens of Palestinian homes and wreaked havoc on civilian buildings, sparking terror among children.
The occupation forces attacked civilians with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas and bullet fire.
Palestinian anti-occupation youth responded to the assault by hurling stones at the Israeli troops.
Heavily-armed Israeli military patrols continue to ravage West Bank towns and villages, chasing down Ashraf Na’luwa, who carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack on October 7 in Israel’s illegal settlement of Brakan, leaving an Israeli settler dead and three others injured.
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening closed off several access roads leading to Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank following an alleged anti-occupation shooting.
Hebrew-speaking sources said a shooting attack was carried out near Karni Shomron illegal settlement, built on Palestinian land in Kafr Lakef village. One person was moderately injured in the alleged shooting.
Israeli army patrols cordoned off access roads between Nablus and Qalqilya and raked through Palestinian residential neighborhoods.
The occupation forces closed off vital thoroughfares and set up makeshift checkpoints in the area.
At the same time, three Palestinian brothers were kidnapped by an Israeli patrol at a checkpoint set up near Homesh evacuated settlement outpost.
The three brothers are Fares, Thaer, and Seyf Hamdan.
Hebrew-speaking sources said a shooting attack was carried out near Karni Shomron illegal settlement, built on Palestinian land in Kafr Lakef village. One person was moderately injured in the alleged shooting.
Israeli army patrols cordoned off access roads between Nablus and Qalqilya and raked through Palestinian residential neighborhoods.
The occupation forces closed off vital thoroughfares and set up makeshift checkpoints in the area.
At the same time, three Palestinian brothers were kidnapped by an Israeli patrol at a checkpoint set up near Homesh evacuated settlement outpost.
The three brothers are Fares, Thaer, and Seyf Hamdan.
30 oct 2018
The Israeli police on Tuesday arrested two Palestinian citizens and assaulted three others in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the Israeli police arrested the head of the Committee of Batn al-Hawa Families Zuheir al-Rajabi along with 20-year-old youth Bahaa al-Rajabi.
The police also handed notices to Mohammed Ghaith, 18, Islam al-Rajabi, 12, and Jadallah al-Rajabi ordering them to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation.
The Information Center added that the Israeli police violently assaulted three Palestinian youths in the area identified as Mutaz al-Rajabi, Bahaa al-Rajabi, and Ahmad Abu Ramouz.
Violent clashes flared up in Batn al-Hawa on Monday when the Israeli police stormed the neighborhood amid heavy firing of sound bombs and teargas canisters at Palestinian houses causing many suffocation cases among children and women.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the Israeli police arrested the head of the Committee of Batn al-Hawa Families Zuheir al-Rajabi along with 20-year-old youth Bahaa al-Rajabi.
The police also handed notices to Mohammed Ghaith, 18, Islam al-Rajabi, 12, and Jadallah al-Rajabi ordering them to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation.
The Information Center added that the Israeli police violently assaulted three Palestinian youths in the area identified as Mutaz al-Rajabi, Bahaa al-Rajabi, and Ahmad Abu Ramouz.
Violent clashes flared up in Batn al-Hawa on Monday when the Israeli police stormed the neighborhood amid heavy firing of sound bombs and teargas canisters at Palestinian houses causing many suffocation cases among children and women.
Palestinian detainees Saddam Awad, Rezeq Rjoub, Kefah Hattab, and Khalil Abu Aram have been on open hunger strike for different periods in Israeli jails.
Saddam Awad, 28, has been on hunger strike for 16 days in protest at his administrative detention in Negev jail since April 2018.
This is the second hunger strike waged by Awad in 2018 against his detention without charge or trial. A resident of Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, Awad has been arrested several times and spent a total of seven years in Israeli jails.
Rezeq Rjoub, 61, who has been detained since 27 November 2017, started a hunger strike three days ago at Raymond jail for the same reason.
Both Khalil Abu Aram and Kefah Hattab launched a hunger strike eight days ago in solidarity with the Palestinian women detained in Hasharon jail who insist for the 55th day in a row on not leaving their cells to take their daily walk in the prison yard in protest at the presence of security cameras in their sections.
Hattab was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to two life imprisonments, while Abu Aram was arrested in 2002 and he is serving seven life sentences.
Saddam Awad, 28, has been on hunger strike for 16 days in protest at his administrative detention in Negev jail since April 2018.
This is the second hunger strike waged by Awad in 2018 against his detention without charge or trial. A resident of Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, Awad has been arrested several times and spent a total of seven years in Israeli jails.
Rezeq Rjoub, 61, who has been detained since 27 November 2017, started a hunger strike three days ago at Raymond jail for the same reason.
Both Khalil Abu Aram and Kefah Hattab launched a hunger strike eight days ago in solidarity with the Palestinian women detained in Hasharon jail who insist for the 55th day in a row on not leaving their cells to take their daily walk in the prison yard in protest at the presence of security cameras in their sections.
Hattab was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to two life imprisonments, while Abu Aram was arrested in 2002 and he is serving seven life sentences.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army said the Palestinians were taken prisoner for their participation in ongoing protests in the occupied West Bank.
Eight of the abducted Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of Jenin, in northern West Bank. One of them is the secretary of Fateh movement in Jenin Qadri Abdul-Jawad Khanfar.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, including the home of Sielet ath-Thaher Mayor, As’ad Hantouli.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified:
The Israeli army said the Palestinians were taken prisoner for their participation in ongoing protests in the occupied West Bank.
Eight of the abducted Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of Jenin, in northern West Bank. One of them is the secretary of Fateh movement in Jenin Qadri Abdul-Jawad Khanfar.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, including the home of Sielet ath-Thaher Mayor, As’ad Hantouli.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified:
- Qadri Abdul-Jawad Khanfar, Jenin.
- Ahmad Walid Abu Diak, Jenin.
- Salah Abdul-Hamid Abu Diak, (former political prisoner) Jenin.
- Ehab Abdul-Mon’em Rahhal, (former political prisoner) Jenin.
- Adam Khaled Hantouli, Jenin.
- Fawwaz Khaled Hantouli, Jenin.
- Hasan Ziad Hantouli, Jenin.
- Tareq Raed Abu Asba, Jenin.
- Samer Ma’rouf, Nablus.
- Abdullah Fuad Mahmoud, Nablus.
- Mohammad Hussein Askar, Jerusalem.
- Tahrir Kifah Askar, Jerusalem.
- Majed Zidan Na’alwa, Jerusalem.
- Majed Zidan Na’alwa, Tulkarem.
- Omar Hosni Abu Ahmad, Tulkarem.
- Isam Jamil al-‘Amour, Bethlehem.
Israeli soldier surrounded, Tuesday, Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, violently searched and ransacked dozens of homes, and buildings, before abducting two young men.
The soldiers abducted Majed Zidan Na’alwa and Omran Hosni Abu Ahmad, from their homes, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, after detonating many doors, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, especially in the areas of Thahrat Ekbariya, Na’alwa and Wadi ash-Sham.
It is worth mentioning that the army has significantly increased its deployment shortly after midnight, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
The soldiers also stormed and searched various commercial and residential buildings, car-repair facilities, and many other buildings, in Shweika area.
In addition, the army searched under-construction building, various farmlands, and hills surrounding Shweika.
Owners of a few of the searched homes have been identified as Ezzeddin Dheiliyya, Salah Dheiliyya, Maher Abu al-Fool, Ahmad Abdul-Jawad, Adnan Ersheid, Yousef Abu Hamed, Mahmoud Iskandar, Adel Hamed, Nizar Hamed, and a coffee shop owned by Amir al-Wahidi.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Hanadi Walid Na’alwa, the sister of Ashraf Na’alwa, who carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, on October 7th 2018, and interrogated her.
The soldiers threatened to harm her and her family, and to demolish their home, if they provide any aid to Ashraf, in addition to posting his posters on many homes, walls and doors, threatening to punish any person who helps him.
Since Na’alwa carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, killing two Israelis, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion, and fled the scene, the military started ongoing invasions into his home, and the homes of his relatives along with dozens of homes and property.
The soldiers also repeatedly abducted members of his family, including his father, mother, sisters and brothers, in an attempt to locate him.
On October 15, 2018, the army invaded Shweika area in Tulkarem, and handed Ashraf’s family an official order for the demolition of their home.
IOF launches massive manhunt for Na’alwa in Tulkarem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday night launched a massive search campaign anew in Shuweika suburb of Tulkarem and nearby areas to look for Ashraf Na’alwa, a young man who recently shot dead two Jewish settlers in Barkan industrial area.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops stormed and ransacked the house of Na’alwa, deployed themselves inside and around it, and assaulted members of his family, including his father.
The IOF also stormed a building under construction in the same suburb, raided other homes belonging to relatives of Na’alwa, and occupied the rooftops of some houses during their campaign.
Leaflets were also distributed by the IOF warning the local residents of helping Na’alwa.
Meanwhile, soldiers clashed with local young men in the suburb and prevented the movement of vehicles in the area.
The soldiers abducted Majed Zidan Na’alwa and Omran Hosni Abu Ahmad, from their homes, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, after detonating many doors, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, especially in the areas of Thahrat Ekbariya, Na’alwa and Wadi ash-Sham.
It is worth mentioning that the army has significantly increased its deployment shortly after midnight, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters.
The soldiers also stormed and searched various commercial and residential buildings, car-repair facilities, and many other buildings, in Shweika area.
In addition, the army searched under-construction building, various farmlands, and hills surrounding Shweika.
Owners of a few of the searched homes have been identified as Ezzeddin Dheiliyya, Salah Dheiliyya, Maher Abu al-Fool, Ahmad Abdul-Jawad, Adnan Ersheid, Yousef Abu Hamed, Mahmoud Iskandar, Adel Hamed, Nizar Hamed, and a coffee shop owned by Amir al-Wahidi.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Hanadi Walid Na’alwa, the sister of Ashraf Na’alwa, who carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, on October 7th 2018, and interrogated her.
The soldiers threatened to harm her and her family, and to demolish their home, if they provide any aid to Ashraf, in addition to posting his posters on many homes, walls and doors, threatening to punish any person who helps him.
Since Na’alwa carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, killing two Israelis, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion, and fled the scene, the military started ongoing invasions into his home, and the homes of his relatives along with dozens of homes and property.
The soldiers also repeatedly abducted members of his family, including his father, mother, sisters and brothers, in an attempt to locate him.
On October 15, 2018, the army invaded Shweika area in Tulkarem, and handed Ashraf’s family an official order for the demolition of their home.
IOF launches massive manhunt for Na’alwa in Tulkarem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday night launched a massive search campaign anew in Shuweika suburb of Tulkarem and nearby areas to look for Ashraf Na’alwa, a young man who recently shot dead two Jewish settlers in Barkan industrial area.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops stormed and ransacked the house of Na’alwa, deployed themselves inside and around it, and assaulted members of his family, including his father.
The IOF also stormed a building under construction in the same suburb, raided other homes belonging to relatives of Na’alwa, and occupied the rooftops of some houses during their campaign.
Leaflets were also distributed by the IOF warning the local residents of helping Na’alwa.
Meanwhile, soldiers clashed with local young men in the suburb and prevented the movement of vehicles in the area.
Palestinian prisoner Yaacoob Kilani was released on Monday from Israeli occupation jails, where he had been locked up for a total of 16 years.
Kilani was released four years after he was re-arrested by the Israeli occupation forces. He was warmly welcomed by his family and friends.
For the first time in four years, Kilani has been able to hold his child in his arms. The latter was just four-months-old when his father was re-arrested.
Kilani was kidnapped by the occupation forces in October 2014, along with dozens of ex-prisoners who had been released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal.
The occupation authorities sentenced Kilani to 18 years in jail over his involvement with al-Qassam resistance brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. He had served 12 years in prison, before he was released as part of the swap deal. He was re-arrested in 2014 and incarcerated for another four years.
Kilani was released four years after he was re-arrested by the Israeli occupation forces. He was warmly welcomed by his family and friends.
For the first time in four years, Kilani has been able to hold his child in his arms. The latter was just four-months-old when his father was re-arrested.
Kilani was kidnapped by the occupation forces in October 2014, along with dozens of ex-prisoners who had been released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal.
The occupation authorities sentenced Kilani to 18 years in jail over his involvement with al-Qassam resistance brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. He had served 12 years in prison, before he was released as part of the swap deal. He was re-arrested in 2014 and incarcerated for another four years.
