25 aug 2016
Israeli soldiers invaded, On Thursday at dawn, the towns of Sebastia and Iraq-Burin, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, clashed with local youths and kidnapped two Palestinians, including a child.
Eyewitnesses in Sebastia town, north of Nablus, said many Israeli military vehicles invaded it and initiated searches of homes, leading to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the army.
The soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to a number of flares, especially in the al-Bayader area, in Sebastia.
In addition, the army invaded Iraq-Burin town, south of Nablus, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bader Haidar Qadous, 14, and his uncle Haiman Ismael Qadous.
Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded several communities in different parts of the West Bank, and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, including six in Silwad town, near Ramallah.
Clashes also took place after the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, while local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading army vehicles.
The army also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after closing its western entrance.
Eyewitnesses in Sebastia town, north of Nablus, said many Israeli military vehicles invaded it and initiated searches of homes, leading to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the army.
The soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to a number of flares, especially in the al-Bayader area, in Sebastia.
In addition, the army invaded Iraq-Burin town, south of Nablus, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bader Haidar Qadous, 14, and his uncle Haiman Ismael Qadous.
Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded several communities in different parts of the West Bank, and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, including six in Silwad town, near Ramallah.
Clashes also took place after the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, while local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading army vehicles.
The army also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after closing its western entrance.
Updated: Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight and on Thursday at dawn, several districts in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched many homes, and kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians.
Media sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported that the soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified Ahmad Sharabati, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped six Palestinians in Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
They have been identified as Samir Hammad, Ibrahim Nader Hammad, Abdul-Aziz Lutfi Hammad, Mohammad Khaled Hammad, Said Salah Salim and Labeeb Abdullah Natour.
The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Amin Abu Raddaha, from his home in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, near Ramallah.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers also searched homes in the city, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Ala’ Jalal Shalash, 31, and Mahmoud Issam Jaber, 24.
Also, one Palestinian, identified as Qussai Hanaisha, was kidnapped from his home in Qabatia town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped Hamza Abdul-Qader Esmeirat, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Arrests, clashes reported in Qabatya town in Jenin
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Thursday morning carried out a military campaign in Qabatya town in Jenin amid clashes with Palestinians. The IOF soldiers stormed home of martyr Sami Abu Ghurab and arrested a Palestinian man.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli troops threatened and assaulted the family of Abu Ghurab who was killed by Israeli gunfire after anti-occupation stabbing attack near Nablus on Wednesday.
Israeli forces were deployed in different locations in Qabatya and broke into a Palestinian home, savagely searched the house and arrested Qusai Hanaysheh, the sources added.
Palestinian youths confronted the IOF troops during the incursion which led to clashes in Muthalath al-Shuhada area where a number of Palestinian citizens choked on Israeli tear gas.
Media sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported that the soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified Ahmad Sharabati, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped six Palestinians in Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
They have been identified as Samir Hammad, Ibrahim Nader Hammad, Abdul-Aziz Lutfi Hammad, Mohammad Khaled Hammad, Said Salah Salim and Labeeb Abdullah Natour.
The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Amin Abu Raddaha, from his home in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, near Ramallah.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers also searched homes in the city, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Ala’ Jalal Shalash, 31, and Mahmoud Issam Jaber, 24.
Also, one Palestinian, identified as Qussai Hanaisha, was kidnapped from his home in Qabatia town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped Hamza Abdul-Qader Esmeirat, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Arrests, clashes reported in Qabatya town in Jenin
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Thursday morning carried out a military campaign in Qabatya town in Jenin amid clashes with Palestinians. The IOF soldiers stormed home of martyr Sami Abu Ghurab and arrested a Palestinian man.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli troops threatened and assaulted the family of Abu Ghurab who was killed by Israeli gunfire after anti-occupation stabbing attack near Nablus on Wednesday.
Israeli forces were deployed in different locations in Qabatya and broke into a Palestinian home, savagely searched the house and arrested Qusai Hanaysheh, the sources added.
Palestinian youths confronted the IOF troops during the incursion which led to clashes in Muthalath al-Shuhada area where a number of Palestinian citizens choked on Israeli tear gas.
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Thursday at dawn, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, in the northern part of the coastal region, and kidnapped one fisherman.
The Palestinian Fishers Syndicate said one fisher, identified as Abdul-Aziz Sa’dallah, was kidnapped from his boat in Beit Lahia Sea, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The fisher was in his boat less than one nautical mile from the shore; his boats was partially damaged by the navy fire.
According to the Safa News Agency, the navy also attempted to kidnap another fisher, who was on the same boat, but armed resistance fighters opened fire at the navy ships, forcing them away from the shore, and preventing them from confiscating the boat.
Fire directed at IDF patrol boat off Gaza coast
Israeli naval forces came under fire from the Gaza coast during the arrest of two Palestinian fishermen who entered restricted waters; Israel did not return fire at the source of the gunshots; one Palestinian was wounded in the arrest and was evacuated for treatment and interrogation.
Gunfire from the Gaza coast directed at an IDF ship occurred during the arrest of two Palestinian fishermen Thursday morning. There were no casualties or damage reported.
The Palestinian vessel deviated from the area permitted for fishing in the northern Gaza Strip near Beit Lahiya. A naval force approached the vessel and began procedure for detaining the occupants, which concluded with warning shots being fired at the fishermen. One of the men in the boat sustained injuries in the process and was evacuated for medical treatment and interrogation.
The shots were fired in the direction of the IDF ship from the Strip's coast when the second Palestinian returned to the designated fishing area.
The incident, which occurred about a kilometer off the coast was captured on recording in which the sound of gunfire toward the ship can be heard. According to the Palestinians, both of the men in the vessel were indeed fishermen. However, the incident occurred on the maritime border with Israel, where the presence of fishermen is strictly prohibited.
Gaza fishermen are restricted in the distances they are allowed to travel from the coast by Israeli authorities. Detention of fishermen for violations is commonplace, but shooting at IDF ships during such incidents is rare.
No group has claimed responsibility for the gunfire and Israeli forces did not return fire at the source of the shooting.
The incident occurred four days after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in Sderot. The IDF responded to the rocket and attacked dozens of targets in the Strip. Senior officials in the IDF said that following the wave of retaliatory strikes, that Hamas "suffered the worst blow since Operation Protective Edge."
The Palestinian Fishers Syndicate said one fisher, identified as Abdul-Aziz Sa’dallah, was kidnapped from his boat in Beit Lahia Sea, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The fisher was in his boat less than one nautical mile from the shore; his boats was partially damaged by the navy fire.
According to the Safa News Agency, the navy also attempted to kidnap another fisher, who was on the same boat, but armed resistance fighters opened fire at the navy ships, forcing them away from the shore, and preventing them from confiscating the boat.
Fire directed at IDF patrol boat off Gaza coast
Israeli naval forces came under fire from the Gaza coast during the arrest of two Palestinian fishermen who entered restricted waters; Israel did not return fire at the source of the gunshots; one Palestinian was wounded in the arrest and was evacuated for treatment and interrogation.
Gunfire from the Gaza coast directed at an IDF ship occurred during the arrest of two Palestinian fishermen Thursday morning. There were no casualties or damage reported.
The Palestinian vessel deviated from the area permitted for fishing in the northern Gaza Strip near Beit Lahiya. A naval force approached the vessel and began procedure for detaining the occupants, which concluded with warning shots being fired at the fishermen. One of the men in the boat sustained injuries in the process and was evacuated for medical treatment and interrogation.
The shots were fired in the direction of the IDF ship from the Strip's coast when the second Palestinian returned to the designated fishing area.
The incident, which occurred about a kilometer off the coast was captured on recording in which the sound of gunfire toward the ship can be heard. According to the Palestinians, both of the men in the vessel were indeed fishermen. However, the incident occurred on the maritime border with Israel, where the presence of fishermen is strictly prohibited.
Gaza fishermen are restricted in the distances they are allowed to travel from the coast by Israeli authorities. Detention of fishermen for violations is commonplace, but shooting at IDF ships during such incidents is rare.
No group has claimed responsibility for the gunfire and Israeli forces did not return fire at the source of the shooting.
The incident occurred four days after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in Sderot. The IDF responded to the rocket and attacked dozens of targets in the Strip. Senior officials in the IDF said that following the wave of retaliatory strikes, that Hamas "suffered the worst blow since Operation Protective Edge."
Prisoners in the Israeli Nafha jail burned cell Number 4 in protest at an abrupt search campaign launched by heavily armed forces overnight Tuesday.
Head of the Prisoners Information Office, Abdul Rahman Shedid, said detainees in Nafha jail burned down cell number 4 after an Israeli special unit broke into the cell and wreaked havoc on it.
The Israeli prison authorities at Nafha lock-up have often cracked down on Palestinian detainees and ravaged their cells as part of a preplanned scheme of psycho-physical torture.
Head of the Prisoners Information Office, Abdul Rahman Shedid, said detainees in Nafha jail burned down cell number 4 after an Israeli special unit broke into the cell and wreaked havoc on it.
The Israeli prison authorities at Nafha lock-up have often cracked down on Palestinian detainees and ravaged their cells as part of a preplanned scheme of psycho-physical torture.
24 aug 2016
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Palestinians rally in solidarity with hunger striker Bilal Kayed, in front of the Red Cross offices in the occupied West Bank town of al-Bireh, on 24 August.
After refusing food for 71 days, Bilal Kayed has announced that he is suspending his hunger strike. His lawyers with Addameer prisoners rights group have scheduled a press conference on the morning of 25 August to reveal details of the agreement with Israeli authorities that led to the suspension of his strike. Kayed had vowed to continue his hunger strike until he was released from Israeli prison. His strike prompted at least 100 other Palestinian prisoners from several political factions to maintain a rolling, collective hunger strike in support of his release. News that Kayed had suspended his strike was greeted with spontaneous celebrations in his home village of Asira al-Shamaliya near the West Bank city of Nablus. Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces forcibly broke up a rally in solidarity with Kayed, near occupied East Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. Videos released by Palestinian media show women activists defending themselves against Israeli forces. The announcement of the suspension of Kayed’s hunger strike comes just days after the Israeli high court refused to rule on the lawfulness of the |
shackles that bound Kayed to his hospital bed while he undertook a life-threatening fast.
On 22 August, as the case came to the high court, Israeli authorities announced they had removed all restraints from Kayed, except one shackling an ankle to his bed.
As a result, the court said it could not rule on the issue as it considered Kayed to be no longer “fully restrained.”
Lawyer Tamir Blank of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel described the removal of some of his restraints as “an obvious and cynical tactical move by the state” to dodge a court ruling on the general policy of shackling hunger strikers.
In a statement, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel reported that the high court justices had noted that “the issues of principle raised in Kayed’s requests … deserved examination,” but they would not do so in this setting.
On 21 August, the night before the high court was scheduled to hear Kayed’s petition, his lawyer met with him in the intensive care unit at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.
Farah Bayadsi of Addameer reported that at 68 days on hunger strike, Kayed had difficulty speaking and his vision is sharply deteriorating.
Kayed, who had only consumed salt and water since he launched his hunger strike on 15 June, finally agreed to eat a small amount of table sugar and some vitamin B1, which are recommended for hunger strikers in order to avoid neurological damage [PDF] that often sets in after a strike has ended.
The Israeli doctor who has been monitoring Kayed, but from whom Kayed has rejected any treatment, said he was at imminent risk of losing consciousness.
The doctor told Kayed and his lawyers that if he did lose consciousness, the hospital would treat him against his wishes.
Forced treatment or feeding is a violation of the World Medical Association’s Malta Declaration, which forbids both applying pressure to end a hunger strike and forced medical treatment.
The United Nations’ Istanbul Protocol [PDF] stresses the need for physicians to obtain informed consent from competent patients before conducting any medical treatment.
A direct threat
Kayed was placed under administrative detention for six months after he completed a 14.5-year prison sentence for his alleged work with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
During his nearly 15 years in prison, his fellow prisoners elected Kayed to serve on the factional coordinating committees that planned the collective hunger strikes in 2011 and 2012, which at their height involved thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
For the last nine months of his sentence, Kayed was held in solitary confinement, Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, told The Electronic Intifada.
But upon his scheduled release, Israeli authorities decided he was a “security threat,” and ordered him to remain under administrative detention, the practice of holding people indefinitely without charge or trial.
“This isn’t just another administrative detainee,” Kates said. “This is a direct threat to every other Palestinian prisoner serving their sentence and also an attempt at retaliating against prisoners who are leaders of movements inside prisons.”
“[The hunger strike] is about stopping a precedent that threatens every one of the 7,000 Palestinian prisoners.” The strikers are demanding Kayed’s release.
The United Nations also commented on Kayed’s prolonged detention, condemning the practice of administrative detention.
“This is an egregious case, in which Mr. Kayed was placed on administrative detention on the day of his scheduled release after completing a 14.5-year prison sentence,” Robert Piper, the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance and Development Aid in the occupied Palestinian territories, said in a press release. [PDF]
“The number of administrative detainees is at an eight-year high,” Piper continued. “I reiterate the United Nations long-standing position that all administrative detainees – Palestinian or Israeli – should be charged or released without delay.”
But Palestinians in the West Bank have denounced what they see as insufficient efforts by the UN to work on behalf of the hunger striking prisoners. In Ramallah, protesters blocked an entrance to a UN building over the weekend before being shut down by Palestinian Authority police forces.
Kates, speaking to The Electronic Intifada from Brussels was recently denied entry by Israel to the occupied West Bank when she attempted to cross from Jordan.
Kates was travelling to accompany a delegation of European parliamentarians and lawyers in support of Kayed.
Kates said when she arrived at the final passport check, the Israeli security guard knew that she worked for a website for Palestinian political prisoners.
“They asked me, ‘are you here to do anything about Bilal Kayed?’”
Kates said she was also interrogated about her involvement with the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and Israeli Apartheid Week.
She said she has not attempted to enter the West Bank since 2007 and travelled to Gaza in 2012 via the Rafah crossing with Egypt.
Earlier this month, Israel announced it was forming a task force to root out and deport BDS activists.
Kates says that she has observed “an intensified policy of exclusion” of internationals over the last year, particularly focused on Palestinians holding international passports.
Kates emphasized that Palestinians still experience the most scrutiny at the border, and are more frequently denied access or given restricted access to the land.
More hunger strikers
Several prisoners continue their hunger strikes in protest at their own administrative detention. Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal saw his administrative detention extended by an additional three months earlier in August.
The International Federation of Journalists denounced the extension.
“We are extremely concerned that the Israeli authorities are extending this policy and that they are allowed to do so ad infinitum,” said Philippe Leruth, the federation’s president.
Nazzal, 54, has been on hunger strike for 20 days. He was arrested on 23 April while attempting to cross into Jordan on his way to a journalism conference in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.
Hunger striker Mahmoud al-Balboul, meanwhile, was transferred to an Israeli hospital on 21 August after 50 days without food. His brother Muhammad has been on strike for 47 days.
Malik al-Qadi and Ayad Herama have been on strike for 39 days.
None of the strikers has been charged with any crime or stood trial.
On 22 August, as the case came to the high court, Israeli authorities announced they had removed all restraints from Kayed, except one shackling an ankle to his bed.
As a result, the court said it could not rule on the issue as it considered Kayed to be no longer “fully restrained.”
Lawyer Tamir Blank of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel described the removal of some of his restraints as “an obvious and cynical tactical move by the state” to dodge a court ruling on the general policy of shackling hunger strikers.
In a statement, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel reported that the high court justices had noted that “the issues of principle raised in Kayed’s requests … deserved examination,” but they would not do so in this setting.
On 21 August, the night before the high court was scheduled to hear Kayed’s petition, his lawyer met with him in the intensive care unit at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.
Farah Bayadsi of Addameer reported that at 68 days on hunger strike, Kayed had difficulty speaking and his vision is sharply deteriorating.
Kayed, who had only consumed salt and water since he launched his hunger strike on 15 June, finally agreed to eat a small amount of table sugar and some vitamin B1, which are recommended for hunger strikers in order to avoid neurological damage [PDF] that often sets in after a strike has ended.
The Israeli doctor who has been monitoring Kayed, but from whom Kayed has rejected any treatment, said he was at imminent risk of losing consciousness.
The doctor told Kayed and his lawyers that if he did lose consciousness, the hospital would treat him against his wishes.
Forced treatment or feeding is a violation of the World Medical Association’s Malta Declaration, which forbids both applying pressure to end a hunger strike and forced medical treatment.
The United Nations’ Istanbul Protocol [PDF] stresses the need for physicians to obtain informed consent from competent patients before conducting any medical treatment.
A direct threat
Kayed was placed under administrative detention for six months after he completed a 14.5-year prison sentence for his alleged work with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
During his nearly 15 years in prison, his fellow prisoners elected Kayed to serve on the factional coordinating committees that planned the collective hunger strikes in 2011 and 2012, which at their height involved thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
For the last nine months of his sentence, Kayed was held in solitary confinement, Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, told The Electronic Intifada.
But upon his scheduled release, Israeli authorities decided he was a “security threat,” and ordered him to remain under administrative detention, the practice of holding people indefinitely without charge or trial.
“This isn’t just another administrative detainee,” Kates said. “This is a direct threat to every other Palestinian prisoner serving their sentence and also an attempt at retaliating against prisoners who are leaders of movements inside prisons.”
“[The hunger strike] is about stopping a precedent that threatens every one of the 7,000 Palestinian prisoners.” The strikers are demanding Kayed’s release.
The United Nations also commented on Kayed’s prolonged detention, condemning the practice of administrative detention.
“This is an egregious case, in which Mr. Kayed was placed on administrative detention on the day of his scheduled release after completing a 14.5-year prison sentence,” Robert Piper, the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance and Development Aid in the occupied Palestinian territories, said in a press release. [PDF]
“The number of administrative detainees is at an eight-year high,” Piper continued. “I reiterate the United Nations long-standing position that all administrative detainees – Palestinian or Israeli – should be charged or released without delay.”
But Palestinians in the West Bank have denounced what they see as insufficient efforts by the UN to work on behalf of the hunger striking prisoners. In Ramallah, protesters blocked an entrance to a UN building over the weekend before being shut down by Palestinian Authority police forces.
Kates, speaking to The Electronic Intifada from Brussels was recently denied entry by Israel to the occupied West Bank when she attempted to cross from Jordan.
Kates was travelling to accompany a delegation of European parliamentarians and lawyers in support of Kayed.
Kates said when she arrived at the final passport check, the Israeli security guard knew that she worked for a website for Palestinian political prisoners.
“They asked me, ‘are you here to do anything about Bilal Kayed?’”
Kates said she was also interrogated about her involvement with the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and Israeli Apartheid Week.
She said she has not attempted to enter the West Bank since 2007 and travelled to Gaza in 2012 via the Rafah crossing with Egypt.
Earlier this month, Israel announced it was forming a task force to root out and deport BDS activists.
Kates says that she has observed “an intensified policy of exclusion” of internationals over the last year, particularly focused on Palestinians holding international passports.
Kates emphasized that Palestinians still experience the most scrutiny at the border, and are more frequently denied access or given restricted access to the land.
More hunger strikers
Several prisoners continue their hunger strikes in protest at their own administrative detention. Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal saw his administrative detention extended by an additional three months earlier in August.
The International Federation of Journalists denounced the extension.
“We are extremely concerned that the Israeli authorities are extending this policy and that they are allowed to do so ad infinitum,” said Philippe Leruth, the federation’s president.
Nazzal, 54, has been on hunger strike for 20 days. He was arrested on 23 April while attempting to cross into Jordan on his way to a journalism conference in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.
Hunger striker Mahmoud al-Balboul, meanwhile, was transferred to an Israeli hospital on 21 August after 50 days without food. His brother Muhammad has been on strike for 47 days.
Malik al-Qadi and Ayad Herama have been on strike for 39 days.
None of the strikers has been charged with any crime or stood trial.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on early morning Wednesday carried out a storming and arrest campaign in the West Bank. A Palestinian man was seriously injured, while a score of young men were arrested.
The IOF troops raided each of al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Jenin, Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Nablus governorates including their nearby towns, villages and refugee camps.
Local sources revealed that Israeli forces erected barriers at main roads and entrances of cities and towns of the West Bank and carried out thorough search operations inside Palestinians’ homes before arresting a number of their residents.
Search operations were also conducted at the makeshift barriers erected for the campaign. The IOF soldiers hindered traffic by stopping Palestinians’ cars and checking their IDs, the sources added.
Four men from Halhoul and Sourif towns in al-Khalil were arrested. Another Palestinian young man from Kufur Kaddoum town in Qalqilya was taken to an unknown destination after storming and wreaking havoc in his home.
In addition, a Palestinian man from Maythaloun town was arrested at a military barrier Tuesday evening, the sources pointed out. The IOF soldiers opened their gun fire at Palestinians in Jenin city during their incursion into Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli shooting led to a serious injury of Rafat al-Saadi, 25, who was shot by a sniper with two bullets in his chest and abdomen.
Severe clashes prevailed where Israeli troops were deployed. Meanwhile, Palestinians threw stones at the IOF soldiers who responded by shooting live and rubber bullets along with teargas canisters.
The Israeli incursions took place in Ethna, Halhoul and Sourif towns and al-Fuwar refugee camp in al-Khalil. While in Bethlehem, the IOF raided Beit Fujjar town and Ayda refugee camp, and Kufur Kaddoum town In Qalqilya, Jenin refugee camp and Maythaloun town in Jenin, as well as Talfit, Qaryout, Jaloud and Qabalan towns in Nablus.
The IOF troops raided each of al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Jenin, Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Nablus governorates including their nearby towns, villages and refugee camps.
Local sources revealed that Israeli forces erected barriers at main roads and entrances of cities and towns of the West Bank and carried out thorough search operations inside Palestinians’ homes before arresting a number of their residents.
Search operations were also conducted at the makeshift barriers erected for the campaign. The IOF soldiers hindered traffic by stopping Palestinians’ cars and checking their IDs, the sources added.
Four men from Halhoul and Sourif towns in al-Khalil were arrested. Another Palestinian young man from Kufur Kaddoum town in Qalqilya was taken to an unknown destination after storming and wreaking havoc in his home.
In addition, a Palestinian man from Maythaloun town was arrested at a military barrier Tuesday evening, the sources pointed out. The IOF soldiers opened their gun fire at Palestinians in Jenin city during their incursion into Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli shooting led to a serious injury of Rafat al-Saadi, 25, who was shot by a sniper with two bullets in his chest and abdomen.
Severe clashes prevailed where Israeli troops were deployed. Meanwhile, Palestinians threw stones at the IOF soldiers who responded by shooting live and rubber bullets along with teargas canisters.
The Israeli incursions took place in Ethna, Halhoul and Sourif towns and al-Fuwar refugee camp in al-Khalil. While in Bethlehem, the IOF raided Beit Fujjar town and Ayda refugee camp, and Kufur Kaddoum town In Qalqilya, Jenin refugee camp and Maythaloun town in Jenin, as well as Talfit, Qaryout, Jaloud and Qabalan towns in Nablus.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) razed Wednesday morning three housing structures in UM al-Khair hamlet to south of Yatta town in southern al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli military vehicles along with a bulldozer stormed the hamlet and evacuated two of its homes owned by Hathalein family and knocked them down.
The forces also demolished a culture center in the village.
The IOF soldiers assaulted some of the hamlet’s inhabitants during the evacuation process and arrested Haj Suleiman Hathalein in the operation, the PIC reporter added.
Um al-Khair hamlet has been suffering ceaseless displacement of its inhabitants and demolition of its homes and facilities at the hands of Israeli forces who bar its people from construction over their own land.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli military vehicles along with a bulldozer stormed the hamlet and evacuated two of its homes owned by Hathalein family and knocked them down.
The forces also demolished a culture center in the village.
The IOF soldiers assaulted some of the hamlet’s inhabitants during the evacuation process and arrested Haj Suleiman Hathalein in the operation, the PIC reporter added.
Um al-Khair hamlet has been suffering ceaseless displacement of its inhabitants and demolition of its homes and facilities at the hands of Israeli forces who bar its people from construction over their own land.
A Palestinian girl was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning near al-Khalil’s Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank.
Reporting from al-Khalil, a PIC news correspondent said 23-year-old Shifaa al-Atrash was kidnapped from southern al-Khalil province on her way to visit her brother in Khirbet Kelkes.
The abduction was carried out on allegations that the girl was holding a knife and planning an anti-occupation stabbing against an Israeli soldier.
The captive was dragged by the occupation soldiers to a detention center near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 32-year-old Palestinian youth from the West Bank province of Nablus on allegations of falsifying documents.
Israeli news outlets claimed counterfeit Israeli documents, including driving licenses, work permits, and identity cards, were seized by the occupation troops from a laboratory in Nablus. A laptop and a printer were also detected in the alleged laboratory.
Reporting from al-Khalil, a PIC news correspondent said 23-year-old Shifaa al-Atrash was kidnapped from southern al-Khalil province on her way to visit her brother in Khirbet Kelkes.
The abduction was carried out on allegations that the girl was holding a knife and planning an anti-occupation stabbing against an Israeli soldier.
The captive was dragged by the occupation soldiers to a detention center near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 32-year-old Palestinian youth from the West Bank province of Nablus on allegations of falsifying documents.
Israeli news outlets claimed counterfeit Israeli documents, including driving licenses, work permits, and identity cards, were seized by the occupation troops from a laboratory in Nablus. A laptop and a printer were also detected in the alleged laboratory.
Israeli undercover units kidnapped on Tuesday afternoon a Palestinian youngster from al-Khalil’s northwestern town of Surif.
Reporting from the abduction scene, a PIC news correspondent said an Israeli undercover patrol stormed Surif town and held a gun to youngster Ayman Hmeidat’s head before they dragged him to their car.
A few days ago, Hmeidat’s brother was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from his family home in Surif.
At the same time, four Israeli army troops rolled into Beit Dajan’s western corners, to the east of Nablus city, and raked through the area, before they headed for the Beit Furik checkpoint.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremist settlers set fire to a residential quarter in Beit Dajan before civil defense crews rushed to the scene and put out the fire.
Another Palestinian youngster was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers from Jenin’s southern town of Mithlon, in the northern occupied West Bank.
The youth, identified as 24-year-old Ahmad Majed Rabay’a, was kidnapped at a makeshift checkpoint pitched on the Arraba crossroads, to the southwest of Jenin.
Reporting from the abduction scene, a PIC news correspondent said an Israeli undercover patrol stormed Surif town and held a gun to youngster Ayman Hmeidat’s head before they dragged him to their car.
A few days ago, Hmeidat’s brother was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from his family home in Surif.
At the same time, four Israeli army troops rolled into Beit Dajan’s western corners, to the east of Nablus city, and raked through the area, before they headed for the Beit Furik checkpoint.
Meanwhile, Israeli extremist settlers set fire to a residential quarter in Beit Dajan before civil defense crews rushed to the scene and put out the fire.
Another Palestinian youngster was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers from Jenin’s southern town of Mithlon, in the northern occupied West Bank.
The youth, identified as 24-year-old Ahmad Majed Rabay’a, was kidnapped at a makeshift checkpoint pitched on the Arraba crossroads, to the southwest of Jenin.
