10 apr 2019
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office on Wednesday said that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) transferred two hunger striking detainees to Ramla prison hospital.
The Media Office said in a brief statement that two prisoners taking part in the new mass hunger strike Karama (dignity) 2 were moved from Ramon jail to Ramla prison hospital after they refused to drink water.
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails started an open-ended hunger strike on Monday after the IPS refused to respond to their demands. Many others joined them on Tuesday.
The hunger strikers are protesting the harsh detention conditions, the cancer-causing cellphone jammers installed in the prison cells, the family visit ban imposed on hundreds of detainees, and other punitive measures waged against them by the IPS lately.
The Media Office said in a brief statement that two prisoners taking part in the new mass hunger strike Karama (dignity) 2 were moved from Ramon jail to Ramla prison hospital after they refused to drink water.
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails started an open-ended hunger strike on Monday after the IPS refused to respond to their demands. Many others joined them on Tuesday.
The hunger strikers are protesting the harsh detention conditions, the cancer-causing cellphone jammers installed in the prison cells, the family visit ban imposed on hundreds of detainees, and other punitive measures waged against them by the IPS lately.
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Israeli forces detained a Palestinian woman, on Wednesday, while at the al-Zaayim checkpoint east of occupied Jerusalem for attempting to carry out a stabbing attack.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that a Palestinian woman held up a knife at Israeli soldiers who stopped a bus for search, at the al-Zaayim checkpoint. Israeli soldiers opened fire in the air before detaining the woman, and transferring her for interrogation. No injuries were reported. Sources added that the woman is a resident of the northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem. |
The Israeli “City Council” in occupied East Jerusalem issued, Wednesday, demolition orders targeting several homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the heart of the city.
Raed Abu Mayyala, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by members of the City Council, invaded the town, before breaking into many homes and buildings.
He added that the soldiers handed several Palestinians the demolition orders and summoned many of them for interrogation.
The Israeli authorities are claiming that the buildings were constructed without permits from the City council.
While Israel continues to build and expands its illegal, segregated colonies, the Palestinians are constantly denied construction permits, and even the few who receive them end up paying large amounts just for the paperwork, in addition to the already high fees imposed on the permit applications.
Raed Abu Mayyala, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by members of the City Council, invaded the town, before breaking into many homes and buildings.
He added that the soldiers handed several Palestinians the demolition orders and summoned many of them for interrogation.
The Israeli authorities are claiming that the buildings were constructed without permits from the City council.
While Israel continues to build and expands its illegal, segregated colonies, the Palestinians are constantly denied construction permits, and even the few who receive them end up paying large amounts just for the paperwork, in addition to the already high fees imposed on the permit applications.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, fifteen Palestinians in the West Bank, including ten children from occupied Jerusalem. Illegal colonists write racist graffiti near Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted ten children in Silwan town, including two who were taken prisoner while heading to their school when the soldiers assaulted and abducted them.
The soldiers assaulted and injured the two children, before taking them to an interrogation center in the occupied city.
The two children were unidentified at the time of this report, but the PPS identified eight of the abducted children as; Khader Mohammad Odah, 13, Jihad Jawad Abu Ramouz, 15, his brother Mohammad, 14, Sultan Sarhan, 14, Mohannad Zeid Mashahra, 17, Odai Adnan Gheith, 17, Omari Suleiman Mashahra, 17, and Samer Sarhan, 14.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Ali Abu Hussein and Ali Naji Ayesh.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Yousef al-Hawash from his home in the Old City.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Adnan Khalil Malalha.
In related news, a group of illegal colonialist settlers infiltrated into Ein Yabrud village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on a number of cars and homes.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted ten children in Silwan town, including two who were taken prisoner while heading to their school when the soldiers assaulted and abducted them.
The soldiers assaulted and injured the two children, before taking them to an interrogation center in the occupied city.
The two children were unidentified at the time of this report, but the PPS identified eight of the abducted children as; Khader Mohammad Odah, 13, Jihad Jawad Abu Ramouz, 15, his brother Mohammad, 14, Sultan Sarhan, 14, Mohannad Zeid Mashahra, 17, Odai Adnan Gheith, 17, Omari Suleiman Mashahra, 17, and Samer Sarhan, 14.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Ali Abu Hussein and Ali Naji Ayesh.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Yousef al-Hawash from his home in the Old City.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Adnan Khalil Malalha.
In related news, a group of illegal colonialist settlers infiltrated into Ein Yabrud village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on a number of cars and homes.
About 400 Palestinian prisoners in different Israeli jails are participating in the open-ended hunger strike, which started last Monday.
The mass hunger strike is taking place mainly in the prisons of Negev, Ramon, Nafha, Eshel, Ofer, Gilboa and Megiddo. The number of hunger strikers is expected to grow as others keep joining the protest step, which is dubbed “the Battle of Karama (dignity) 2.”
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, there are indirect talks with Israeli jailers and Egyptian efforts to urge the Israelis to respond to the just demands of the prisoners.
Top leaders of the prisoners on Monday announced the failure of their talks with Israeli jailers after their demands were rejected, especially with regard to using phones.
The hunger strikers have four main demands. The first one is to allow the prisoners to communicate with their families through providing their jails with telephone services, which are available in prisons where Israeli criminals and killers are held.
Secondly, the hunger strikers demand the Israeli prison service to remove the cellphone jammers inside jails, which constitute health hazards.
They also demand the jailers to allow all prisoners, including those from Hamas in Gaza, to receive visits from their families, and to allow all families in the West Bank to see their relatives twice a month.
Their fourth demand call for revoking all the new and old punitive measures against the Palestinian prisoners.
The mass hunger strike is taking place mainly in the prisons of Negev, Ramon, Nafha, Eshel, Ofer, Gilboa and Megiddo. The number of hunger strikers is expected to grow as others keep joining the protest step, which is dubbed “the Battle of Karama (dignity) 2.”
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, there are indirect talks with Israeli jailers and Egyptian efforts to urge the Israelis to respond to the just demands of the prisoners.
Top leaders of the prisoners on Monday announced the failure of their talks with Israeli jailers after their demands were rejected, especially with regard to using phones.
The hunger strikers have four main demands. The first one is to allow the prisoners to communicate with their families through providing their jails with telephone services, which are available in prisons where Israeli criminals and killers are held.
Secondly, the hunger strikers demand the Israeli prison service to remove the cellphone jammers inside jails, which constitute health hazards.
They also demand the jailers to allow all prisoners, including those from Hamas in Gaza, to receive visits from their families, and to allow all families in the West Bank to see their relatives twice a month.
Their fourth demand call for revoking all the new and old punitive measures against the Palestinian prisoners.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, seven Palestinian children from their homes in Silwan and Jabal al-Mokabber, and closed Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said dozens of soldiers invaded Silwan and Jabal al-Mokabber, after surrounding and isolating them, and initiated violent searches of homes. It added that the army abducted Khader Mohammad Odah, 13, Jihad Jawad Abu Ramouz, 15, Mohammad Jawad Abu Ramouz, 15, Sultan Sarhan, 14, Mohannad Zeid Mashahra, 17, Omarein Suleiman Mashahra, 17, and Odai Adnan Gheith, 17. video |
The children were heading to their schools, when the soldiers stopped and abducted him, in addition to assaulting two of them, causing various cuts and bruises. video
Dozens of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in Bab al-‘Amoud and Sultan Suleiman Street, and sealed them after alleging finding an explosive charge in a plastic bag, and later announced that the suspected explosive was just barrage dumped in the area.
The Israeli measures were carried out as hundreds of students, employees and workers were trying to reach their work places and educational facilities.
Dozens of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in Bab al-‘Amoud and Sultan Suleiman Street, and sealed them after alleging finding an explosive charge in a plastic bag, and later announced that the suspected explosive was just barrage dumped in the area.
The Israeli measures were carried out as hundreds of students, employees and workers were trying to reach their work places and educational facilities.
9 apr 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday afternoon arrested three Palestinians for allegedly crossing the border fence east of the Gaza Strip.
According to MivZak Live, the IOF arrested three Palestinian youths who were attempting to infiltrate into the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948 from the Gaza Strip.
The Hebrew website reported that the detainees were transferred to an Israeli detention center for interrogation.
The Israeli occupation army in January 2019 announced that a new 65-kilometer-long and 6-meter-high fence will be built over the underground barrier along the Gaza border to prevent the Palestinians from infiltrating into the Israeli posts adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
According to MivZak Live, the IOF arrested three Palestinian youths who were attempting to infiltrate into the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948 from the Gaza Strip.
The Hebrew website reported that the detainees were transferred to an Israeli detention center for interrogation.
The Israeli occupation army in January 2019 announced that a new 65-kilometer-long and 6-meter-high fence will be built over the underground barrier along the Gaza border to prevent the Palestinians from infiltrating into the Israeli posts adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, and one child in Jenin, in the northern part, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the city, and abducted Ezzeddin Mustafa Abu Hussein, 26, Anas Salhab Tamimi, Omar Abdul-Rauf Abu Sneina, and Anas Hatem Qfeisha, 25.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in the nearby towns of as-Sammoa’ and Beit ‘Awwa towns, and installed roadblocks at the entrances of ath-Thaheriyya and Doura towns, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated the Palestinian while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a child, identified as Zeid Ahmad Ba’jawi, 14.
The detained child is the son of Ahmad Ba’jawi, the head of Palestine TV office in Tulkarem, while his brother Majd is imprisoned by Israel.
The Israeli army claimed that Palestinian fighters fired several live rounds at one of its military bases near the town.
The PPS office in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the city, and abducted Ezzeddin Mustafa Abu Hussein, 26, Anas Salhab Tamimi, Omar Abdul-Rauf Abu Sneina, and Anas Hatem Qfeisha, 25.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in the nearby towns of as-Sammoa’ and Beit ‘Awwa towns, and installed roadblocks at the entrances of ath-Thaheriyya and Doura towns, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated the Palestinian while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a child, identified as Zeid Ahmad Ba’jawi, 14.
The detained child is the son of Ahmad Ba’jawi, the head of Palestine TV office in Tulkarem, while his brother Majd is imprisoned by Israel.
The Israeli army claimed that Palestinian fighters fired several live rounds at one of its military bases near the town.
Leaders of the Palestinian Captive Movement and other prisoners entered the second day of their open-ended hunger strike which they started on Monday evening after they felt that Israeli jailers were not serious about responding to their demands.
According to the Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the Israeli prison service started on Tuesday to transfer hunger-striking prisoners from the Negev and Ramon jails to isolation cells and other prisons.
Scores of prisoners joined today the mass hunger strike dubbed “Karama (dignity) 2” to demand their rights and an end to violations.
Unless the IPS responds to the demands tabled by leaders of the Captive Movement, more prisoners will participate in the hunger strike on April 17.
In this regard, there are concerted efforts being made by the concerned parties to prevent the situation from escalating in Israeli jails, according to Asra Media Center.
According to the Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the Israeli prison service started on Tuesday to transfer hunger-striking prisoners from the Negev and Ramon jails to isolation cells and other prisons.
Scores of prisoners joined today the mass hunger strike dubbed “Karama (dignity) 2” to demand their rights and an end to violations.
Unless the IPS responds to the demands tabled by leaders of the Captive Movement, more prisoners will participate in the hunger strike on April 17.
In this regard, there are concerted efforts being made by the concerned parties to prevent the situation from escalating in Israeli jails, according to Asra Media Center.
An Israeli court on Monday decided to administratively detain senior Hamas official and lawmaker Hasan Yousef.
According to a family source, Yousef was told by his jailers that he would be in administrative detention for six renewable months.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped Yousef from home in Ramallah city on April 2, 2019.
The Hamas official only spent four months outside Israeli jails after his release last October 2018 following 10 months in administrative detention.
According to a family source, Yousef was told by his jailers that he would be in administrative detention for six renewable months.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped Yousef from home in Ramallah city on April 2, 2019.
The Hamas official only spent four months outside Israeli jails after his release last October 2018 following 10 months in administrative detention.
An Israeli warplane on Monday evening bombed an agricultural tract of land in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, with no known reason.
According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at an empty agricultural piece of land near the border fence in the east of al-Bureij camp.
The airstrike only caused material damage to the place.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces rounded up on the same day two Palestinian young men near the border fence in southern Gaza.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, the young men were unarmed and tried to infiltrate into Israel.
According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at an empty agricultural piece of land near the border fence in the east of al-Bureij camp.
The airstrike only caused material damage to the place.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces rounded up on the same day two Palestinian young men near the border fence in southern Gaza.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, the young men were unarmed and tried to infiltrate into Israel.
Some 120 Palestinian prisoners, commenced an open hunger strike following failure of talks with the Israel Prison Services (IPS) over the deteriorating situation in Israeli prisons, on Tuesday.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said in a statement that representatives of the prisoners have announced that following several days of talks with the IPS at Rimon prison, no results were reached, leading the prisoners to start an open hunger strike that includes refusing to drink water.
Palestinian prisoners demanded that the IPS remove all electronic jamming devices recently in several prisons, which are believed to have an impact on their health, including dizziness, headaches, and links to cancer, in addition to allowing visitation by families of Gaza prisoners, installing public phones in the prisons, ending solitary conferment, ending raids of cells and assaults and improving medical service.
The committee said the hunger strike, which started with 120 prisoners in Rimon and the Negev prisons, will increase in numbers in the following days.
The committee said that the IPS possibly backtracked on its agreement with the prisoners as a result of political pressure due to the upcoming Israeli legislative elections.
The Israeli Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, had personally led a campaign to make life extremely difficult for Palestinian prisoners in recent months, including reducing the amount of water they receive, installing jamming devices.
Erdan recently called for preparing hospitals in Israel to receive incoming prisoners who are going on a hunger and water strike, as a sign that the demands of the prisoners will not be met.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said in a statement that representatives of the prisoners have announced that following several days of talks with the IPS at Rimon prison, no results were reached, leading the prisoners to start an open hunger strike that includes refusing to drink water.
Palestinian prisoners demanded that the IPS remove all electronic jamming devices recently in several prisons, which are believed to have an impact on their health, including dizziness, headaches, and links to cancer, in addition to allowing visitation by families of Gaza prisoners, installing public phones in the prisons, ending solitary conferment, ending raids of cells and assaults and improving medical service.
The committee said the hunger strike, which started with 120 prisoners in Rimon and the Negev prisons, will increase in numbers in the following days.
The committee said that the IPS possibly backtracked on its agreement with the prisoners as a result of political pressure due to the upcoming Israeli legislative elections.
The Israeli Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, had personally led a campaign to make life extremely difficult for Palestinian prisoners in recent months, including reducing the amount of water they receive, installing jamming devices.
Erdan recently called for preparing hospitals in Israel to receive incoming prisoners who are going on a hunger and water strike, as a sign that the demands of the prisoners will not be met.
