3 aug 2016
Majd Oweida’s parents had to wait almost four months before they could visit their son in jail.
“I cannot describe what it’s like to see your beloved son behind bars,” said Maha Oweida, Majd’s mother. “I could not hug him or even talk to him properly. They only allowed me see him from behind a glass screen and talk to him with a telephone handset.”
That visit took place in Ashkelon prison, in the south of Israel, during June. Majd had been in detention since he was arrested at Erez checkpoint between Gaza and Israel in February.
The Israeli authorities have charged Majd, a computer engineer, with electronic espionage.
At a court hearing in March, it was alleged that he led a cyber team for the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. He is accused of intercepting Israeli drone feeds, writing a program for gathering data from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and hacking signals from cameras placed on streets by the Israeli police.
His family reject the allegations. “He did not have any political or military affiliations,” Majd’s father, Jawad, said.
Though Majd has long been interested in computers, his family insists that he would not have had the skill to develop the kind of elaborate hacking operation Israel claims he ran.
“These accusations are totally false,” his mother said.
Majd’s case was reported by the international press after the charges against him were announced. While his plight has not been reported more recently, his family are still trying to raise awareness.
They regularly join other relatives of prisoners at sit-in protests opposite the Red Cross offices in Gaza City.
Psychological pressure?
As well as being a computer engineer, Majd is a lover of music. He worked as a scout for the TV program Arabs Got Talent and obtained a license to set up a Palestine-focused version of the show.
Majd was on his way to Ramallah when he was arrested. He had been granted an Israeli permit to leave Gaza so that he could visit the occupied West Bank and meet Arabs Got Talent staff.
When they visited him in Ashkelon, Majd’s parents were relieved that he was in good form.
But human rights advocates are perturbed by how Israel has issued a ban on reporting details of Majd’s interrogation.
Mervat an-Nahal, a lawyer working with the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza, said “Majd might have been subjected to torture and psychological pressure.”
For 19 days following his arrest, Majd was not allowed to see a lawyer, according to an-Nahal. She added that the lawyer who went to see him at the end of those 19 days has been forbidden from revealing any details about his interrogation.
“Majd’s arrest is part of a systematic policy through which the Israeli occupation takes away the most basic rights of the Palestinian people,” an-Nahal said.
Majd’s next court appearance is scheduled for 21 August, his family have been told.
“Media show”
“This case is a media show for the Israeli public,” said Jawad, Majd’s father. “Israel is trying to prove to its people that it has scored a serious security goal by arresting my son Majd. The Israeli media are reporting the case as if someone who had been wanted for years has been caught. They have resorted to a lot of exaggeration.”
The mass circulation newspaper Israel Hayom, for example, has reported uncritically on allegations against Majd made by the Israeli authorities during a court hearing.
Among the claims are that a senior member of Islamic Jihad bought specialist equipment for Majd in the US and smuggled the equipment into Gaza. According to the newspaper, Majd was able to use the equipment to hack into Israel’s drone camera systems and discover that particular Palestinian resistance fighters were under surveillance.
It is not unusual for Israel to arrest Palestinians seeking to travel through Erez.
A recent report [PDF] by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights stated that three civilians were arrested at Erez during the month of June. One of the three was accompanying a family member who was traveling to an Israeli hospital for treatment.
Erez is the only checkpoint through which people in Gaza may travel to Israel or the West Bank.
Since imposing a tightened siege on Gaza in 2007, Israel has only allowed the Strip’s inhabitants to travel through Erez in exceptional cases. Among those theoretically allowed to leave via Erez are patients with serious conditions, businesspeople, elderly pilgrims en route to Jerusalem, family members of prisoners detained inside Israel and workers with international humanitarian and development organizations.
In practice, however, Israel has blocked many people’s travel plans, even when they have been granted permits. For nine days in June, Israel stopped patients from leaving Gaza via Erez, except in a number of urgent cases.
Like most people in Gaza, Majd Oweida has only been able to travel on rare occasions.
Following Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza, he joined the youth band al-Takht al-Sharki on a trip to Beirut. The group left through the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing in southern Gaza, which is also frequently closed.
“I cannot describe what it’s like to see your beloved son behind bars,” said Maha Oweida, Majd’s mother. “I could not hug him or even talk to him properly. They only allowed me see him from behind a glass screen and talk to him with a telephone handset.”
That visit took place in Ashkelon prison, in the south of Israel, during June. Majd had been in detention since he was arrested at Erez checkpoint between Gaza and Israel in February.
The Israeli authorities have charged Majd, a computer engineer, with electronic espionage.
At a court hearing in March, it was alleged that he led a cyber team for the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. He is accused of intercepting Israeli drone feeds, writing a program for gathering data from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and hacking signals from cameras placed on streets by the Israeli police.
His family reject the allegations. “He did not have any political or military affiliations,” Majd’s father, Jawad, said.
Though Majd has long been interested in computers, his family insists that he would not have had the skill to develop the kind of elaborate hacking operation Israel claims he ran.
“These accusations are totally false,” his mother said.
Majd’s case was reported by the international press after the charges against him were announced. While his plight has not been reported more recently, his family are still trying to raise awareness.
They regularly join other relatives of prisoners at sit-in protests opposite the Red Cross offices in Gaza City.
Psychological pressure?
As well as being a computer engineer, Majd is a lover of music. He worked as a scout for the TV program Arabs Got Talent and obtained a license to set up a Palestine-focused version of the show.
Majd was on his way to Ramallah when he was arrested. He had been granted an Israeli permit to leave Gaza so that he could visit the occupied West Bank and meet Arabs Got Talent staff.
When they visited him in Ashkelon, Majd’s parents were relieved that he was in good form.
But human rights advocates are perturbed by how Israel has issued a ban on reporting details of Majd’s interrogation.
Mervat an-Nahal, a lawyer working with the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza, said “Majd might have been subjected to torture and psychological pressure.”
For 19 days following his arrest, Majd was not allowed to see a lawyer, according to an-Nahal. She added that the lawyer who went to see him at the end of those 19 days has been forbidden from revealing any details about his interrogation.
“Majd’s arrest is part of a systematic policy through which the Israeli occupation takes away the most basic rights of the Palestinian people,” an-Nahal said.
Majd’s next court appearance is scheduled for 21 August, his family have been told.
“Media show”
“This case is a media show for the Israeli public,” said Jawad, Majd’s father. “Israel is trying to prove to its people that it has scored a serious security goal by arresting my son Majd. The Israeli media are reporting the case as if someone who had been wanted for years has been caught. They have resorted to a lot of exaggeration.”
The mass circulation newspaper Israel Hayom, for example, has reported uncritically on allegations against Majd made by the Israeli authorities during a court hearing.
Among the claims are that a senior member of Islamic Jihad bought specialist equipment for Majd in the US and smuggled the equipment into Gaza. According to the newspaper, Majd was able to use the equipment to hack into Israel’s drone camera systems and discover that particular Palestinian resistance fighters were under surveillance.
It is not unusual for Israel to arrest Palestinians seeking to travel through Erez.
A recent report [PDF] by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights stated that three civilians were arrested at Erez during the month of June. One of the three was accompanying a family member who was traveling to an Israeli hospital for treatment.
Erez is the only checkpoint through which people in Gaza may travel to Israel or the West Bank.
Since imposing a tightened siege on Gaza in 2007, Israel has only allowed the Strip’s inhabitants to travel through Erez in exceptional cases. Among those theoretically allowed to leave via Erez are patients with serious conditions, businesspeople, elderly pilgrims en route to Jerusalem, family members of prisoners detained inside Israel and workers with international humanitarian and development organizations.
In practice, however, Israel has blocked many people’s travel plans, even when they have been granted permits. For nine days in June, Israel stopped patients from leaving Gaza via Erez, except in a number of urgent cases.
Like most people in Gaza, Majd Oweida has only been able to travel on rare occasions.
Following Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza, he joined the youth band al-Takht al-Sharki on a trip to Beirut. The group left through the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing in southern Gaza, which is also frequently closed.
|
|
The group made an emotional appearance on Arabs Got Talent. Majd was filmed shedding tears behind the scenes.
“We are proud of him,” said Majd’s brother Amjad, who has also been working on a spin-off version of the show called Palestinians Got Talent. “We will follow Majd’s example of nurturing Palestinian talent until he is free,” Amjad added. Majd’s father, Jawad, concurred: “My son did not harm anybody. His energies were focused on discovering talent. Maram Humaid is a Gaza-based translator and journalist. |
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian youth while trying to cross the Gaza Strip border fence on Wednesday.
Quds Press quoted local sources as saying that an unarmed young man in his twenties tried to cross the border fence to the east of Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip but was detained by IOF soldiers.
They said that the soldiers fired at the young man but did not hit him, then ordered him to strip under gun threat before taking him away to an unknown location.
Infiltration attempts from the blockaded enclave into 1948 occupied Palestine had increased as of late looking for jobs. Dozens of young Gazans were rounded up since the start of 2016.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, IOF soldiers escorted five military bulldozers into central Gaza near Deir al-Balah, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter, adding that they then proceeded northwards.
Quds Press quoted local sources as saying that an unarmed young man in his twenties tried to cross the border fence to the east of Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip but was detained by IOF soldiers.
They said that the soldiers fired at the young man but did not hit him, then ordered him to strip under gun threat before taking him away to an unknown location.
Infiltration attempts from the blockaded enclave into 1948 occupied Palestine had increased as of late looking for jobs. Dozens of young Gazans were rounded up since the start of 2016.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, IOF soldiers escorted five military bulldozers into central Gaza near Deir al-Balah, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter, adding that they then proceeded northwards.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped and others were left injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a mass-abduction sweep launched across the West Bank at dawn Wednesday.
Sources based in al-Khalil said the IOF kidnapped three Palestinians following assaults on the city.
The IOF sealed off the main entrances to Palestinian towns and villages in al-Khalil province with iron gates. The Israeli soldiers also seized surveillance cameras from the al-Arroub refugee camp and Halhul, to the north of al-Khalil, before they kidnapped the youngster Hamam Maher al-Farajeen, 19.
The IOF stormed a three-story apartment in Abu Esneineh neighborhood and kidnapped 19-year-old Hamza al-Atrash.
16-year-old Hamza Ikhlil was also kidnapped by the IOF from Beit Ummar town, to the north of al-Khalil. The Israeli army troops further stormed Jenin province and kidnapped two Palestinian youngsters following assaults on Qabatiya and Yamon towns.
Earlier on Tuesday evening three Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Qabatiya town. The IOF soldiers rolled into Nablus and showered the Feraa refugee camp with teargas canisters and stun grenades, before they closed the main access road to the camp, blocking Palestinians’ movement in and out.
Ex-prisoner Abdul Rahman Aseida, 24, was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from Tel town, to the west. Two Palestinian youngsters were, meanwhile, injured in clashes with the IOF at the Feraa refugee camp.
A number of protesters also choked on teargas while others sustained rubber bullet injuries in the clashes. In a related development, Palestinian citizen Zuheir Barakat Awda sustained critical injuries after he was aggressively attacked by the occupation troops in Qalqilya city.
Locals said the IOF soldiers stormed Awda’s family home and violently beat the man in the presence of his family members. The casualty was rushed to Darwish Nazal Hospital in Qalqilya before he was transferred to a specialized clinic due to the serious wounds inflicted in the attack.
Sources based in al-Khalil said the IOF kidnapped three Palestinians following assaults on the city.
The IOF sealed off the main entrances to Palestinian towns and villages in al-Khalil province with iron gates. The Israeli soldiers also seized surveillance cameras from the al-Arroub refugee camp and Halhul, to the north of al-Khalil, before they kidnapped the youngster Hamam Maher al-Farajeen, 19.
The IOF stormed a three-story apartment in Abu Esneineh neighborhood and kidnapped 19-year-old Hamza al-Atrash.
16-year-old Hamza Ikhlil was also kidnapped by the IOF from Beit Ummar town, to the north of al-Khalil. The Israeli army troops further stormed Jenin province and kidnapped two Palestinian youngsters following assaults on Qabatiya and Yamon towns.
Earlier on Tuesday evening three Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Qabatiya town. The IOF soldiers rolled into Nablus and showered the Feraa refugee camp with teargas canisters and stun grenades, before they closed the main access road to the camp, blocking Palestinians’ movement in and out.
Ex-prisoner Abdul Rahman Aseida, 24, was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from Tel town, to the west. Two Palestinian youngsters were, meanwhile, injured in clashes with the IOF at the Feraa refugee camp.
A number of protesters also choked on teargas while others sustained rubber bullet injuries in the clashes. In a related development, Palestinian citizen Zuheir Barakat Awda sustained critical injuries after he was aggressively attacked by the occupation troops in Qalqilya city.
Locals said the IOF soldiers stormed Awda’s family home and violently beat the man in the presence of his family members. The casualty was rushed to Darwish Nazal Hospital in Qalqilya before he was transferred to a specialized clinic due to the serious wounds inflicted in the attack.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) early Wednesday morning attacked and injured a Palestinian civilian in Tulkarem, before they wreaked havoc on his home and cracked down on the family members.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF soldiers rolled into Fer’oun town, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and rummaged into the home of the Palestinian citizen Majed Ahmad Abeid.
The latter was heavily beaten up in the process. All the family members who were indoors were subjected to exhaustive questioning.
A number of civilians were detained for long hours by the occupation troops before they were released sometime later.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF soldiers rolled into Fer’oun town, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and rummaged into the home of the Palestinian citizen Majed Ahmad Abeid.
The latter was heavily beaten up in the process. All the family members who were indoors were subjected to exhaustive questioning.
A number of civilians were detained for long hours by the occupation troops before they were released sometime later.
Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian university student who allegedly attempted to bomb the Jerusalem light rail last month, Israeli news sources said Tuesday.
On July 15, Ali Abu Hassan entered 1948 Occupied Palestine through a valley outside of the eastern Sur Baher neighborhood, with the intention of carrying out an anti-occupation attack in response to Israel’s aggressions on the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hassan researched how to make a pipe bomb without any organizational infrastructure, police said. The civil engineering student shaved his beard and changed into shorts and a T-shirt to better blend in with the Jerusalem population.
On July 17, Hassan took a bus to the town center. According to investigators, he originally intended to attack a restaurant.
However, when he noticed the large number of passengers boarding the light rail that runs through downtown, Hassan changed his target.
When he attempted to board the tram, he was stopped after he raised the suspicions of a security guard. When the guard asked to examine the contents of the bag, he noticed the bomb and called the police.
A video from the scene showed police pointing their guns at the anti-occupation youth, who lay on the ground near the train stop. A second clip showed sappers strip-searching him.
On Tuesday, an Israeli court charged the 21-year-old Palestinian man with attempted murder, making a weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime.
On July 15, Ali Abu Hassan entered 1948 Occupied Palestine through a valley outside of the eastern Sur Baher neighborhood, with the intention of carrying out an anti-occupation attack in response to Israel’s aggressions on the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hassan researched how to make a pipe bomb without any organizational infrastructure, police said. The civil engineering student shaved his beard and changed into shorts and a T-shirt to better blend in with the Jerusalem population.
On July 17, Hassan took a bus to the town center. According to investigators, he originally intended to attack a restaurant.
However, when he noticed the large number of passengers boarding the light rail that runs through downtown, Hassan changed his target.
When he attempted to board the tram, he was stopped after he raised the suspicions of a security guard. When the guard asked to examine the contents of the bag, he noticed the bomb and called the police.
A video from the scene showed police pointing their guns at the anti-occupation youth, who lay on the ground near the train stop. A second clip showed sappers strip-searching him.
On Tuesday, an Israeli court charged the 21-year-old Palestinian man with attempted murder, making a weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Hamas detainees in Israeli jails declared Tuesday the escalation of protests in response to the torture prisoners at Nafha lock-up have been subjected to.
“From now on, we declare a state of alert in all prisons. We call on all the detainees to get ready to respond to Israel’s oppressive measures,” the prisoners’ leadership said in a statement.
The group said they will announce a series of protest moves in support for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and in solidarity with the Hamas leader Muhammad Arman.
The move was opted for after the Israeli prison service cracked down on Hamas detainees at Nafha jail and subjected dozens to exhausting inter-prison transfers.
The IPS reportedly transferred over 200 detainees to other lock-ups and isolated the head of Hamas prisoners’ committee, who declared an open-ended hunger strike as a result.
“Such mistreatment comes as part of Israeli attempts to dampen the spirits of Hamas detainees and force them to throw in the towel,” the statement concluded.
“From now on, we declare a state of alert in all prisons. We call on all the detainees to get ready to respond to Israel’s oppressive measures,” the prisoners’ leadership said in a statement.
The group said they will announce a series of protest moves in support for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and in solidarity with the Hamas leader Muhammad Arman.
The move was opted for after the Israeli prison service cracked down on Hamas detainees at Nafha jail and subjected dozens to exhausting inter-prison transfers.
The IPS reportedly transferred over 200 detainees to other lock-ups and isolated the head of Hamas prisoners’ committee, who declared an open-ended hunger strike as a result.
“Such mistreatment comes as part of Israeli attempts to dampen the spirits of Hamas detainees and force them to throw in the towel,” the statement concluded.
An Israeli court on Tuesday extended the detention order against the Palestinian Bara Abu Dhair, from Nablus, to five more weeks.
The father of the captive, Dr. Farid who is a university lecturer, said that his son has been suffering from nervous breakdown since the date of his arrest two months ago.
The lawyer of ad-Dameer foundation, Mazen Abu Own, quoted captive Abu Dhair as saying that the Israeli investigators extorted his psychological condition and pressed him to confess certain charges.
He said that Abu Dhair had to sign the confessions under pressure. Bara Abu Dhair is a new graduate who was arrested on May 30 while passing through al-Karama crossing coming back home from Turkey. He is now held captive in Megiddo jail.
The father of the captive, Dr. Farid who is a university lecturer, said that his son has been suffering from nervous breakdown since the date of his arrest two months ago.
The lawyer of ad-Dameer foundation, Mazen Abu Own, quoted captive Abu Dhair as saying that the Israeli investigators extorted his psychological condition and pressed him to confess certain charges.
He said that Abu Dhair had to sign the confessions under pressure. Bara Abu Dhair is a new graduate who was arrested on May 30 while passing through al-Karama crossing coming back home from Turkey. He is now held captive in Megiddo jail.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, four workers of the Waqf and Islamic Affairs Department, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after ordering them to stop maintenance work in the Dome of the Rock.
Soldiers and extremists also stormed the courtyards of the mosque.
The Waqf Department said the soldiers kidnapped the head of the Reconstruction Committee Bassam al-Hallaq, in addition to work supervisor Issa Salhab, and two workers identified as Baha’ Abu Sbeih and Saed Abu Sneina, and took them to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
The Department stated that the soldiers ordered the workers to stop all rehabilitation and maintenance work in the Dome of the Rock, but the workers refused to do so while al-Hallaq told them that this work falls solely under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Waqf and Islamic Affairs.
In related news, dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the army assaulted the guards and many Muslim worshipers, in order to facilitate the provocative tour into the holy site.
The attack comes only one day before the so-called “Temple Destruction Anniversary,” while many extremist Israeli groups are organizing massive marches into the Al-Aqsa, starting on Thursday.
Soldiers and extremists also stormed the courtyards of the mosque.
The Waqf Department said the soldiers kidnapped the head of the Reconstruction Committee Bassam al-Hallaq, in addition to work supervisor Issa Salhab, and two workers identified as Baha’ Abu Sbeih and Saed Abu Sneina, and took them to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
The Department stated that the soldiers ordered the workers to stop all rehabilitation and maintenance work in the Dome of the Rock, but the workers refused to do so while al-Hallaq told them that this work falls solely under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Waqf and Islamic Affairs.
In related news, dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the army assaulted the guards and many Muslim worshipers, in order to facilitate the provocative tour into the holy site.
The attack comes only one day before the so-called “Temple Destruction Anniversary,” while many extremist Israeli groups are organizing massive marches into the Al-Aqsa, starting on Thursday.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians from in al-Yamoun and Qabatia towns, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and one Palestinian in Nablus.
The PPS stated that the soldiers kidnapped Salaheddin Sheikh Amro, 29, from his home in al-Yamoun, and Eyad Abdul-Rahman Abu ar-Rob, also from his home in Qabatia.
The soldiers searched the homes of the two kidnapped Palestinians and interrogated their families.
Several army vehicles also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, and violently searched the home of Odai Taiseer Ghawadra, in addition to his father’s home. The soldiers said there were looking for Odai in order to arrest him.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped Abdul-Rahman Ahmad Aseeda, 24, after storming his home and searching it.
The PPS stated that the soldiers kidnapped Salaheddin Sheikh Amro, 29, from his home in al-Yamoun, and Eyad Abdul-Rahman Abu ar-Rob, also from his home in Qabatia.
The soldiers searched the homes of the two kidnapped Palestinians and interrogated their families.
Several army vehicles also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, and violently searched the home of Odai Taiseer Ghawadra, in addition to his father’s home. The soldiers said there were looking for Odai in order to arrest him.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped Abdul-Rahman Ahmad Aseeda, 24, after storming his home and searching it.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, three siblings, in Far’un village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The PPS said the soldiers kidnapped Majdi, Qoteiba and Maha ‘Obeid, after breaking into their home and ransacking it.
The soldiers kidnapped the three Palestinians (two brothers and their sister), after invading their home in an attempt to abduct brother, Malek, who is wanted by the army.
Two days ago, the soldiers kidnapped two other siblings, identified as Anas and Hamza Obeid, from their homes in Far’un.
On Tuesday, the soldiers interrogated their mother for several hours, as part of frequent attacks targeting the family to pressure Malek into turning himself in to the army.
The PPS said the soldiers kidnapped Majdi, Qoteiba and Maha ‘Obeid, after breaking into their home and ransacking it.
The soldiers kidnapped the three Palestinians (two brothers and their sister), after invading their home in an attempt to abduct brother, Malek, who is wanted by the army.
Two days ago, the soldiers kidnapped two other siblings, identified as Anas and Hamza Obeid, from their homes in Far’un.
On Tuesday, the soldiers interrogated their mother for several hours, as part of frequent attacks targeting the family to pressure Malek into turning himself in to the army.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a child, in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the southern area of Hebron city, searched and ransacked many homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Hamza Fayyad al-Atrash.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Ata Daghameen, 26.
In addition, the army invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Hamza Emad Mahmoud, 16, after searching his family home.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, north of Hebron, and searched the home of Ala Kawazba, 19, who was killed, on Thursday, January 7th 2016, along with Ahmad Salem Kawazba, 19, and Mohannad Ziad Kawazba, 18.
The PPS said the soldiers also invaded Ethna town, west of Hebron, and drive through its neighborhoods.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the southern area of Hebron city, searched and ransacked many homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Hamza Fayyad al-Atrash.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Ata Daghameen, 26.
In addition, the army invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Hamza Emad Mahmoud, 16, after searching his family home.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, north of Hebron, and searched the home of Ala Kawazba, 19, who was killed, on Thursday, January 7th 2016, along with Ahmad Salem Kawazba, 19, and Mohannad Ziad Kawazba, 18.
The PPS said the soldiers also invaded Ethna town, west of Hebron, and drive through its neighborhoods.
Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported on Tuesday that Israeli Special Forces in Raymond jail assaulted the Palestinian sick detainee Alaa al-Hems and transferred him to solitary confinement.
In a statement, the Society said that captive Hems complained of transferring him via the unfurnished iron vehicle known as the “Bosta” despite his health condition.
Hems suffers from a tumor in the throat in addition to another one in the chest. He was infected with tuberculosis in 2012.
Prisoner Hems, 42, from Rafah city in the Gaza Strip, has been arrested since 2009 and is serving a 29-year sentence.
In a statement, the Society said that captive Hems complained of transferring him via the unfurnished iron vehicle known as the “Bosta” despite his health condition.
Hems suffers from a tumor in the throat in addition to another one in the chest. He was infected with tuberculosis in 2012.
Prisoner Hems, 42, from Rafah city in the Gaza Strip, has been arrested since 2009 and is serving a 29-year sentence.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday 18 Palestinians including minors in different locations in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Quds Press, Israeli forces arrested a young man from al-Isawiya town, and four 13-17-year-old juveniles from Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem.
Three Palestinians from Jenin were also arrested while the remaining ten detainees were picked up from various governorates of the West Bank.
Israeli troops set up makeshift barriers in many locations in the vicinity of Jenin, Quds Press pointed out.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday evening at dawn Wednesday, ten Palestinians, including children, in al-Eesawiyya and Silwan towns, and the at-Tour village, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, searched several homes, and kidnapped a child, identified as Anas Mafarja.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Saifeddin Maher Abu Jom’a, 21, his brother Amir, 18, Kamal Mohammad Alami, 20, and Yousef Issa Abu Jom’a, 17.
The soldiers also kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Salem al-A’raj, after stopping him at a military roadblock, closing the main entrance of the Shu’fat refugee camp.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after searching their homes.
They have been identified as Montaser Abu Naab, 14, Majdi Mustafa Abu Naab, 17, Mohammad Matar, 19, and Sabri Abdul-Hafith Ibrahim, 21.
According to Quds Press, Israeli forces arrested a young man from al-Isawiya town, and four 13-17-year-old juveniles from Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem.
Three Palestinians from Jenin were also arrested while the remaining ten detainees were picked up from various governorates of the West Bank.
Israeli troops set up makeshift barriers in many locations in the vicinity of Jenin, Quds Press pointed out.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday evening at dawn Wednesday, ten Palestinians, including children, in al-Eesawiyya and Silwan towns, and the at-Tour village, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, searched several homes, and kidnapped a child, identified as Anas Mafarja.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Saifeddin Maher Abu Jom’a, 21, his brother Amir, 18, Kamal Mohammad Alami, 20, and Yousef Issa Abu Jom’a, 17.
The soldiers also kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Salem al-A’raj, after stopping him at a military roadblock, closing the main entrance of the Shu’fat refugee camp.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after searching their homes.
They have been identified as Montaser Abu Naab, 14, Majdi Mustafa Abu Naab, 17, Mohammad Matar, 19, and Sabri Abdul-Hafith Ibrahim, 21.
