6 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, three Palestinian children near the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and injured many others near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers also attacked protesters in Kufur Qaddoum.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters at the northern entrance of the city, before chasing them, and abducted three children.
The three abducted children, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, were attacked by the soldiers who took them to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem said the soldiers shot the Palestinian in the chest, before he was rushed to a medical center.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
In addition, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet and caused at least five others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Beita and Kafr Qalil villages, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the city, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at a bypass road leading to the village, especially since its main road has been completely blockaded since more than fourteen years to enable easy access to colonialist settlers, driving two and from the illegal Kedumim colon, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
In addition, the army invaded and ransacked homes, and used their rooftops as monitoring towers and firing posts.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters at the northern entrance of the city, before chasing them, and abducted three children.
The three abducted children, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, were attacked by the soldiers who took them to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem said the soldiers shot the Palestinian in the chest, before he was rushed to a medical center.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
In addition, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet and caused at least five others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Beita and Kafr Qalil villages, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the city, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at a bypass road leading to the village, especially since its main road has been completely blockaded since more than fourteen years to enable easy access to colonialist settlers, driving two and from the illegal Kedumim colon, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
In addition, the army invaded and ransacked homes, and used their rooftops as monitoring towers and firing posts.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday stormed Tell town west of Nablus amid heavy firing of illumination flares and sound bombs.
Activist Ahmad Zeidan said that the IOF soldiers raided the town in large numbers and destroyed a vehicle owned by the Palestinian citizen Mousa al-Khawaja.
In another context, a Palestinian family from Nablus said that the IOF informed them on Thursday that their 16-year-old son Obada Awwad was arrested and transferred to Ofer prison.
The Palestinian citizen Amjad Awwad said that an Israeli officer phoned his family and told them that Obada was arrested during clashes east of Nablus.
Activist Ahmad Zeidan said that the IOF soldiers raided the town in large numbers and destroyed a vehicle owned by the Palestinian citizen Mousa al-Khawaja.
In another context, a Palestinian family from Nablus said that the IOF informed them on Thursday that their 16-year-old son Obada Awwad was arrested and transferred to Ofer prison.
The Palestinian citizen Amjad Awwad said that an Israeli officer phoned his family and told them that Obada was arrested during clashes east of Nablus.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn yesterday (Thursday) kidnapped a Palestinian young man from his home in al-Khalil and assaulted his family.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of Saber Taha in the Old City of al-Khalil and forced all family members to stay outdoors.
According to the sources, the soldiers caused damage to the furniture and electrical appliances, spoiled food stuff, and physically assaulted an elderly woman when she objected to the havoc they caused in the house.
They also severally beat the father and caused him to bleed before they ended their brutality by rounding up the young man, Saber, and taking him to an undeclared place.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of Saber Taha in the Old City of al-Khalil and forced all family members to stay outdoors.
According to the sources, the soldiers caused damage to the furniture and electrical appliances, spoiled food stuff, and physically assaulted an elderly woman when she objected to the havoc they caused in the house.
They also severally beat the father and caused him to bleed before they ended their brutality by rounding up the young man, Saber, and taking him to an undeclared place.
Marking Palestine Children’s Day, the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that 353 Palestinian children had been taken into Israeli custody since the start of 2018.
In the statement, the two groups said: “In addition to being brutally arrested in the dead of night, they are sometimes intentionally shot with live ammunition during the arrest, insulted, tortured and put under heavy pressure to give false confessions.”
“They are also sentenced in absentia, pressured to pay high amounts of money as fines and sentenced to long periods.”
The statement said that these are only some of the Israeli “crimes” carried out against Palestinian children.
Between January 2017 and February 2018, Israeli authorities put 102 Palestinian children, most of them from Jerusalem, under house arrest, citing an increase of 15.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2016.
Since 2000 and the start of Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel has detained at least 7,000 Palestinian children, many of whom while underage and turned 18 in prison.
The Palestinian children inside Israeli jails reached record numbers post 2009. In October 2015 there were more than 400 children inside prisons, including 116 between 12 and 15 years old.
In the statement, the two groups said: “In addition to being brutally arrested in the dead of night, they are sometimes intentionally shot with live ammunition during the arrest, insulted, tortured and put under heavy pressure to give false confessions.”
“They are also sentenced in absentia, pressured to pay high amounts of money as fines and sentenced to long periods.”
The statement said that these are only some of the Israeli “crimes” carried out against Palestinian children.
Between January 2017 and February 2018, Israeli authorities put 102 Palestinian children, most of them from Jerusalem, under house arrest, citing an increase of 15.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2016.
Since 2000 and the start of Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel has detained at least 7,000 Palestinian children, many of whom while underage and turned 18 in prison.
The Palestinian children inside Israeli jails reached record numbers post 2009. In October 2015 there were more than 400 children inside prisons, including 116 between 12 and 15 years old.
The European Union (EU) has criticized Israel’s use of lethal force for crowd control against protesting Palestinians and called for showing restraint and investigating every fatality.
In a recent statement, the Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza Strip noted that several Palestinian minors have been killed in recent months by Israeli forces.
“The EU continues to be deeply alarmed about the use of live ammunition by Israeli security forces as a means of crowd control,” the statement said.
“The EU reiterates its calls on Israeli authorities to employ proportionate force in their response to demonstrations, to exercise the utmost restraint in its use of force for law enforcement, to open adequate investigations following each fatality and to initiate prosecution where appropriate.”
The EU also raised its concerns over the arrest and detention of Palestinian minors, including Ahed Tamimi, now 17, whose defense last month agreed to an eight-month plea deal after a video went viral in December showing her slapping an Israeli soldier on her family’s property in the West Bank.
“Israel has obligations under international law to respect the rights of the child, which inter alia confirm that the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate time,” the statement said.
Speaking of Tamimi, the EU expressed “deep concern regarding the circumstances of her arrest, the duration and the conditions of the detention and how the proceedings were conducted in her specific case as well as in other similar cases processed in the military court system.”
In a recent statement, the Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza Strip noted that several Palestinian minors have been killed in recent months by Israeli forces.
“The EU continues to be deeply alarmed about the use of live ammunition by Israeli security forces as a means of crowd control,” the statement said.
“The EU reiterates its calls on Israeli authorities to employ proportionate force in their response to demonstrations, to exercise the utmost restraint in its use of force for law enforcement, to open adequate investigations following each fatality and to initiate prosecution where appropriate.”
The EU also raised its concerns over the arrest and detention of Palestinian minors, including Ahed Tamimi, now 17, whose defense last month agreed to an eight-month plea deal after a video went viral in December showing her slapping an Israeli soldier on her family’s property in the West Bank.
“Israel has obligations under international law to respect the rights of the child, which inter alia confirm that the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate time,” the statement said.
Speaking of Tamimi, the EU expressed “deep concern regarding the circumstances of her arrest, the duration and the conditions of the detention and how the proceedings were conducted in her specific case as well as in other similar cases processed in the military court system.”
5 apr 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a Palestinian young man while trying to cross Abul Reesh road barrier near al-Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil city on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers rounded up the youth, whose identity was not known yet, and took him to an army jeep claiming that he was carrying a knife and tried to stab soldiers.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers rounded up the youth, whose identity was not known yet, and took him to an army jeep claiming that he was carrying a knife and tried to stab soldiers.
The Israeli authorities have recently deported a Palestinian mother, who is married and was living with her Jerusalemite Palestinian husband and children for the past sixteen years, after repeatedly denying her applications for residency in the occupied city.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Palestinian woman, identified as Ibtisam Obeid, 35, is married to Wisam Obeid from the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, where she gave birth to their three children, Nayef, 14, Mohammad, 13, and Amira, 10.
Although she is married to a native Jerusalemite Palestinian man, the Israeli authorities kept denying her applications and appeals for residency over the last several years, for what they called “security considerations,” without providing further details.
Wisam said that his wife was abducted by the army twice last month, including when she and him, along with their son Nayef, were taken prisoner, before being later released, and their son received a home detention order.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Palestinian woman, identified as Ibtisam Obeid, 35, is married to Wisam Obeid from the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, where she gave birth to their three children, Nayef, 14, Mohammad, 13, and Amira, 10.
Although she is married to a native Jerusalemite Palestinian man, the Israeli authorities kept denying her applications and appeals for residency over the last several years, for what they called “security considerations,” without providing further details.
Wisam said that his wife was abducted by the army twice last month, including when she and him, along with their son Nayef, were taken prisoner, before being later released, and their son received a home detention order.
“Last month, the soldiers abducted me and my wife again, and filed an indictment against her,” he said.
He added that the second time his wife was taken prisoner, she was interrogated for several hours, and was only released under the condition of being forced out of occupied Jerusalem.
“They threatened to abduct and imprison me and my children, in addition to imposing high fines if she does not leave the city,” the husband stated, “before removing her from the city, the soldiers refused to allow her to go back home even to pack her clothes, and mockingly told her to say good-bye to our home.”
Ibtisam is now living with her parents, along with her daughter Amira, in Ramallah city, while her husband and two sons live at home in al-‘Isawiya.
The woman is the latest victim of Israel’s discriminatory policies against the Palestinian and their spouses in occupied Jerusalem, tearing families apart, by denying them residency and family unification documents.
He added that the second time his wife was taken prisoner, she was interrogated for several hours, and was only released under the condition of being forced out of occupied Jerusalem.
“They threatened to abduct and imprison me and my children, in addition to imposing high fines if she does not leave the city,” the husband stated, “before removing her from the city, the soldiers refused to allow her to go back home even to pack her clothes, and mockingly told her to say good-bye to our home.”
Ibtisam is now living with her parents, along with her daughter Amira, in Ramallah city, while her husband and two sons live at home in al-‘Isawiya.
The woman is the latest victim of Israel’s discriminatory policies against the Palestinian and their spouses in occupied Jerusalem, tearing families apart, by denying them residency and family unification documents.
Undercover Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, two young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem, causing one to lose consciousness, and abducted the other young man, in addition to abducting a young man from al-‘Isawiya town, while dozens of soldiers invaded various areas in the city and installed roadblocks.
Media sources said the undercover soldiers assaulted the two Palestinians in Sultan Suleiman Street, between Damascus and the Sahera Gate in the Old City, causing one of them to lose consciousness, before he was rushed to a local hospital, and abducted the second young man.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and searched them before abducting a young man, identified as Amir Karkash.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, and fired at dozens of protesters.
The town has been surrounded by the soldiers over the last two months and witnesses daily invasions.
Dozens of soldiers have also been deployed in Jerusalem, especially in the area extending from al-Misrara neighborhood, Bab al-Amoud, Sultan Suleiman Street, Sahera Gate in addition to Salahuddin, Rashid and Az-Zahra’ Streets, and installed sudden military roadblocks at several gates of the Old City.
Media sources said the undercover soldiers assaulted the two Palestinians in Sultan Suleiman Street, between Damascus and the Sahera Gate in the Old City, causing one of them to lose consciousness, before he was rushed to a local hospital, and abducted the second young man.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and searched them before abducting a young man, identified as Amir Karkash.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, and fired at dozens of protesters.
The town has been surrounded by the soldiers over the last two months and witnesses daily invasions.
Dozens of soldiers have also been deployed in Jerusalem, especially in the area extending from al-Misrara neighborhood, Bab al-Amoud, Sultan Suleiman Street, Sahera Gate in addition to Salahuddin, Rashid and Az-Zahra’ Streets, and installed sudden military roadblocks at several gates of the Old City.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Hebron city in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and attacked several Palestinians before abducting one.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Abed Ahmad Abu Sneina, after storming and ransacking his home in the city.
They added that the soldiers also searched many homes in the city, and assaulted several Palestinians, causing cuts and bruises.
Owners of two of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Khalil Zama’ra and Zohdi Sharabati.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks, especially on roads leading to communities south of Hebron, and the main entrances of various nearby villages and towns.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Abed Ahmad Abu Sneina, after storming and ransacking his home in the city.
They added that the soldiers also searched many homes in the city, and assaulted several Palestinians, causing cuts and bruises.
Owners of two of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Khalil Zama’ra and Zohdi Sharabati.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks, especially on roads leading to communities south of Hebron, and the main entrances of various nearby villages and towns.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Jenin city, Jenin refugee camp and Deir Abu Da’if village, east of Jenin, in addition to Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and abducted four young Palestinian men.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Jenin city, before storming an apartment building in the al-Basateen neighborhood and detonated the doors of several flats before breaking into them.
The soldiers searched the flats of Shadi Jarrar, Mohannad Masharqa, along with his brothers Essam and Abu Adnan, before interrogating them and their families.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Salem Ghaleb Abu Bakr, from his home in Jenin city.
It is worth mentioning that Mohannad has two other brothers who were abducted by the army more than a year ago and are still imprisoned.
In Jenin refugee camp, the soldiers searched homes and abducted Mohammad Talal Jalamna.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Awwad, was abducted from his home in Deir Abu Da’if village, east of Jenin.
In related news, dozens of soldiers, accompanying several colonialist settlers’ buses, invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a site known as Joseph’s Tomb in the city.
Media sources said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
They added that the soldiers also invaded a residential building in Balata al-Balad village, east of Nablus, searched many homes and flats, and abducted Masoud al-Asmar Dweikat.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Jenin city, before storming an apartment building in the al-Basateen neighborhood and detonated the doors of several flats before breaking into them.
The soldiers searched the flats of Shadi Jarrar, Mohannad Masharqa, along with his brothers Essam and Abu Adnan, before interrogating them and their families.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Salem Ghaleb Abu Bakr, from his home in Jenin city.
It is worth mentioning that Mohannad has two other brothers who were abducted by the army more than a year ago and are still imprisoned.
In Jenin refugee camp, the soldiers searched homes and abducted Mohammad Talal Jalamna.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Awwad, was abducted from his home in Deir Abu Da’if village, east of Jenin.
In related news, dozens of soldiers, accompanying several colonialist settlers’ buses, invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a site known as Joseph’s Tomb in the city.
Media sources said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
They added that the soldiers also invaded a residential building in Balata al-Balad village, east of Nablus, searched many homes and flats, and abducted Masoud al-Asmar Dweikat.
