11 aug 2016
An Israeli settler was injured in a stabbing attack in Tur neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that an Arab youth stabbed the Israeli settler with a screwdriver then fled the scene.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rushed to the scene and combed the neighborhood in search for the youth.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that the police forces were looking for the suspect and were investigating the incident.
Earlier at noon Thursday, IOF soldiers rounded up five Palestinians after storming Shufat refugee camp in Occupied Jerusalem, local sources said, adding that the five carried West Bank IDs.
In Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets along with teargas during two raids on the camp wounding a young man with a live bullet, locals reported, adding that he was hospitalized.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that an Arab youth stabbed the Israeli settler with a screwdriver then fled the scene.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rushed to the scene and combed the neighborhood in search for the youth.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that the police forces were looking for the suspect and were investigating the incident.
Earlier at noon Thursday, IOF soldiers rounded up five Palestinians after storming Shufat refugee camp in Occupied Jerusalem, local sources said, adding that the five carried West Bank IDs.
In Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets along with teargas during two raids on the camp wounding a young man with a live bullet, locals reported, adding that he was hospitalized.
Five American pro-Palestinian campaigners were detained, interrogated and deported by Israeli officials as they tried to enter the country to “observe the conditions under which Palestinians live,” NBC Newsreported a US rights group saying.
Middle East Monitor reports, according to Al Ray, that the activists were trying to “gain a better understanding of the situation on the ground,” according to the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
“Upon their arrival [on 17 July], a US campaign staffer and four other members of the group – all carrying US passports – were interrogated by Israeli border police, about their backgrounds and political involvement,” a statement issued by the organisation said last week.
Four of the five were “people of colour and Muslim”, and the fifth had a long beard, the group added.
A spokesman for Israel’s Interior Ministry said that three of the five campaigners were denied entry for “security reasons”.
Calls to the US Consulate “resulted in no assistance for the delegates,” according to the organization.
Middle East Monitor reports, according to Al Ray, that the activists were trying to “gain a better understanding of the situation on the ground,” according to the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
“Upon their arrival [on 17 July], a US campaign staffer and four other members of the group – all carrying US passports – were interrogated by Israeli border police, about their backgrounds and political involvement,” a statement issued by the organisation said last week.
Four of the five were “people of colour and Muslim”, and the fifth had a long beard, the group added.
A spokesman for Israel’s Interior Ministry said that three of the five campaigners were denied entry for “security reasons”.
Calls to the US Consulate “resulted in no assistance for the delegates,” according to the organization.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 12 Palestinians in different locations in the West Bank within Israeli daily arrest campaigns against Palestinians.
In Jenin Refugee camp, Israeli Special Forces in civil uniform abducted at dawn on Thursday two Palestinians amid deployment of Israeli military forces to cover up the abduction operation.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the kidnapped Palestinians were identified as the son of the Islamic Jihad Leader Sheikh Bassam al-Saadi, 22, and Abdurrahman al-Saadi, 29.
Israeli forces removed security cameras from Palestinians’ commercial shops in the area in order to erase the records of the abduction operation and tried to attack shops owners, the sources revealed. Israeli troops Wednesday morning kidnapped a Palestinian activist from Qabatya town in Jenin as well.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces raided several locations in the city as well as its nearby towns and villages resulting in clashes after midnight between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers that lasted until dawn hours.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli troops unleashed their gun fire intensively at suspicious objects with no injuries reported. The forces stormed two homes of martyr Arif Jaradat and prisoner Hayran Jaradat, who has been on hunger strike for 18 days, in Saeer town in al-Khalil.
The IOF soldiers demolished five Palestinian facilities and stockyards east of Yatta town in order to force its inhabitants to leave their homes for the interest of settlers.
Local sources pointed out that some of the arrested were ex-detainees in Israeli jails. The soldiers searched their homes during the arrest operations, sources added.
Severe clashes broke out at dawn on Thursday between Palestinian young men and Israeli forces after storming Kefel Hares village to the north of Salfit.
The IOF opened their guns and unleashed sound and tear gas grenades at Palestinians. They also damaged shops’ doors and arrested five youths before releasing them later.
In Jenin Refugee camp, Israeli Special Forces in civil uniform abducted at dawn on Thursday two Palestinians amid deployment of Israeli military forces to cover up the abduction operation.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the kidnapped Palestinians were identified as the son of the Islamic Jihad Leader Sheikh Bassam al-Saadi, 22, and Abdurrahman al-Saadi, 29.
Israeli forces removed security cameras from Palestinians’ commercial shops in the area in order to erase the records of the abduction operation and tried to attack shops owners, the sources revealed. Israeli troops Wednesday morning kidnapped a Palestinian activist from Qabatya town in Jenin as well.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces raided several locations in the city as well as its nearby towns and villages resulting in clashes after midnight between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers that lasted until dawn hours.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli troops unleashed their gun fire intensively at suspicious objects with no injuries reported. The forces stormed two homes of martyr Arif Jaradat and prisoner Hayran Jaradat, who has been on hunger strike for 18 days, in Saeer town in al-Khalil.
The IOF soldiers demolished five Palestinian facilities and stockyards east of Yatta town in order to force its inhabitants to leave their homes for the interest of settlers.
Local sources pointed out that some of the arrested were ex-detainees in Israeli jails. The soldiers searched their homes during the arrest operations, sources added.
Severe clashes broke out at dawn on Thursday between Palestinian young men and Israeli forces after storming Kefel Hares village to the north of Salfit.
The IOF opened their guns and unleashed sound and tear gas grenades at Palestinians. They also damaged shops’ doors and arrested five youths before releasing them later.
Hamas and UNDP denied Israeli charges against a Palestinian employee of the United Nations agency, accusing him of providing "material assistance" to Hamas.
According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), 38-year-old engineer Waheed al-Barsh was arrested on July 16 and charged in a Beersheva court on Tuesday.
The indictment accused the UN Development Programme (UNDP) staffer al-Barsh of abusing his position to renovate Hamas members' homes, having been recruited by "a senior member of the Hamas organization to redirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamas' military interests".
The ISA claimed that al-Barsh had confessed to the charges, and admitted that "other Palestinians who work for aid organizations are also working for Hamas".
Hamas vehemently rejected the Israeli allegations, describing the claims as a "scheme to tighten the 10-year-old siege on the Gaza Strip" by "undermining the flow of funds for aid agencies and by going after international charities working in Gaza.”
For its part, UNDP said in a statement that on 03 July 2016, Mr. Waheed al-Barsh, a contractor of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was detained at Israeli passport control while entering Gaza through the Erez crossing.
“It is alleged by the Israeli authorities that Mr. Al Bursh complied with a request from a senior Hamas individual to transport 300 tons of rubble from a UNDP rubble removal project site to a Hamas-run location at the Northern Gaza Hamas-operated port,” the statement read.
According to UNDP, al-Bursh is a contractor who has been providing professional services within the rubble removal project, which was established to respond to the consequences of the 2014 hostilities in Gaza.
“Through this project, UNDP has removed more than one million tons of rubble as well as 2,761 unexploded ordnances,” it added. “
The allegations concerning Mr. al-Barsh by the Israeli occupation authorities refer to 300 tons of the more than one million tons removed, or 7 truckloads out of a total of nearly 26,000,” UNDP stated.
“UNDP would like to reassure its partners, donors and stakeholders that it has robust measures in place to ensure that the rubble, which is removed and crushed, goes to its intended purpose and has been transferred to specific locations with the request and approval of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing,” the agency further noted.
“UNDP is committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability. . . . UNDP stands behind the professional work of its staff and personnel, specifically in areas as complex and challenging as the rubble removal project, where the risk of endangering civilians and staff is high if strict measures and operating procedures are not adequately followed,” the statement further read.
“The rubble removal project is considered essential for the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza following the conflict,” said the agency. “Mr. al-Barsh should be accorded all due legal process and has the right to a fair trial,” UNDP concluded. Al-Barsh’s family also denied the Israeli allegations, saying the engineer has always abided by the UNDP instructions and regulations.
On Thursday, Israel also announced that Muhammad al-Halabi, the head of the Gaza office of Christian NGO, World Vision ,who was detained at a border crossing in June, was being charged with siphoning funds from the organization to Hamas, which both Hamas and World Vision firmly denied.
According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), 38-year-old engineer Waheed al-Barsh was arrested on July 16 and charged in a Beersheva court on Tuesday.
The indictment accused the UN Development Programme (UNDP) staffer al-Barsh of abusing his position to renovate Hamas members' homes, having been recruited by "a senior member of the Hamas organization to redirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamas' military interests".
The ISA claimed that al-Barsh had confessed to the charges, and admitted that "other Palestinians who work for aid organizations are also working for Hamas".
Hamas vehemently rejected the Israeli allegations, describing the claims as a "scheme to tighten the 10-year-old siege on the Gaza Strip" by "undermining the flow of funds for aid agencies and by going after international charities working in Gaza.”
For its part, UNDP said in a statement that on 03 July 2016, Mr. Waheed al-Barsh, a contractor of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was detained at Israeli passport control while entering Gaza through the Erez crossing.
“It is alleged by the Israeli authorities that Mr. Al Bursh complied with a request from a senior Hamas individual to transport 300 tons of rubble from a UNDP rubble removal project site to a Hamas-run location at the Northern Gaza Hamas-operated port,” the statement read.
According to UNDP, al-Bursh is a contractor who has been providing professional services within the rubble removal project, which was established to respond to the consequences of the 2014 hostilities in Gaza.
“Through this project, UNDP has removed more than one million tons of rubble as well as 2,761 unexploded ordnances,” it added. “
The allegations concerning Mr. al-Barsh by the Israeli occupation authorities refer to 300 tons of the more than one million tons removed, or 7 truckloads out of a total of nearly 26,000,” UNDP stated.
“UNDP would like to reassure its partners, donors and stakeholders that it has robust measures in place to ensure that the rubble, which is removed and crushed, goes to its intended purpose and has been transferred to specific locations with the request and approval of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing,” the agency further noted.
“UNDP is committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability. . . . UNDP stands behind the professional work of its staff and personnel, specifically in areas as complex and challenging as the rubble removal project, where the risk of endangering civilians and staff is high if strict measures and operating procedures are not adequately followed,” the statement further read.
“The rubble removal project is considered essential for the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza following the conflict,” said the agency. “Mr. al-Barsh should be accorded all due legal process and has the right to a fair trial,” UNDP concluded. Al-Barsh’s family also denied the Israeli allegations, saying the engineer has always abided by the UNDP instructions and regulations.
On Thursday, Israel also announced that Muhammad al-Halabi, the head of the Gaza office of Christian NGO, World Vision ,who was detained at a border crossing in June, was being charged with siphoning funds from the organization to Hamas, which both Hamas and World Vision firmly denied.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that three Palestinians, who were recently kidnapped by the army, were repeatedly assaulted by the soldiers, and by the interrogators at an army base in Entael illegal colony and Etzion military base, in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Jackeline Fararja, a lawyer with the PPS, managed to visit the two detainees, identified as Ibrahim al-Masalma, 29, and Ala’ Yousef Sweity, 23, from Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of Hebron.
Fararja added that the two young men were repeatedly assaulted by the soldiers, who invaded their families’ homes, and also by the interrogees, causing various cuts and bruises to several parts of their bodies.
She also said that the soldiers, and interrogators, attacked Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim Eghneimat, 24, from Beit Surif town, northwest of Hebron, while interrogating him in Etzion military base and security center.
Jackeline Fararja, a lawyer with the PPS, managed to visit the two detainees, identified as Ibrahim al-Masalma, 29, and Ala’ Yousef Sweity, 23, from Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of Hebron.
Fararja added that the two young men were repeatedly assaulted by the soldiers, who invaded their families’ homes, and also by the interrogees, causing various cuts and bruises to several parts of their bodies.
She also said that the soldiers, and interrogators, attacked Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim Eghneimat, 24, from Beit Surif town, northwest of Hebron, while interrogating him in Etzion military base and security center.
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday morning, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Hadi Majdi Sabarna, 18, after invading his family’s home and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, the army invaded the towns of Sa’ir, Sammoa’ and Surif, in the Hebron district, and searched several homes.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Hadi Majdi Sabarna, 18, after invading his family’s home and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, the army invaded the towns of Sa’ir, Sammoa’ and Surif, in the Hebron district, and searched several homes.
Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, on Thursday at dawn, into the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers infiltrated the Cinema area in Jenin city, and kidnapped Soheib Bassam Sa’adi, 22, and Abboud Ragheb Sa’adi, 29, and took them to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that Soheib is the son of Bassam Sa’adi, one of the senior political leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement.
Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers infiltrated the Cinema area in Jenin city, and kidnapped Soheib Bassam Sa’adi, 22, and Abboud Ragheb Sa’adi, 29, and took them to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that Soheib is the son of Bassam Sa’adi, one of the senior political leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, four Palestinian children in Silwan and the ar-Ram towns, after invading their families’ homes and searching them.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Najeeb Zaghal, 16, after storming his family’s home in Silwan, and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan, and kidnapped a child, identified as Mosleh Nasser Shehada, 15.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers also invaded a home in Bab al-Hadeed area, adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Old Jerusalem, and kidnapped Eyad Asaliyya, 17.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded the town of ar-Ram, north of Jerusalem, stormed and searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Clashes also took place between the invading forces and local youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Najeeb Zaghal, 16, after storming his family’s home in Silwan, and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan, and kidnapped a child, identified as Mosleh Nasser Shehada, 15.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers also invaded a home in Bab al-Hadeed area, adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Old Jerusalem, and kidnapped Eyad Asaliyya, 17.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded the town of ar-Ram, north of Jerusalem, stormed and searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Clashes also took place between the invading forces and local youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and nearby Beit Fajjar town, broke into and searched a few homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Jabal al-Mawaleh area, in Bethlehem city, and kidnapped Soheib Saleh Qassem. 37, after storming his home and searching it.
The PPS added that the army also invaded some homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Hani Mahmoud Deeriyya, 18.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the two kidnapped Palestinians, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial water, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Jabal al-Mawaleh area, in Bethlehem city, and kidnapped Soheib Saleh Qassem. 37, after storming his home and searching it.
The PPS added that the army also invaded some homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Hani Mahmoud Deeriyya, 18.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the two kidnapped Palestinians, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial water, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
10 aug 2016
Mahmoud and Muhammad Balboul
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Wednesday sounded distress signals over the sharp deterioration rocking the health status of Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
A lawyer from the PPS said following a visit to the Ofer lock-up, prisoner Mahmoud Balboul, starving for the 38th day running, suffers from continuous vomiting, dizziness, muscle twitching, and insomnia.
His brother Muhammad, on hunger strike for 35 consecutive days, has been suffering from remarkable exhaustion, loss of sight, sleeplessness, and vertigos. He fell over a couple of times over recent days.
Prisoner Ayad al-Herimi, starving for the 27th day, suffers from continuous vomiting, loss of hearing ability, and giddiness.
Malek al-Kadhi has also been on a hunger strike for 27 days. He has been enduring excruciating pains all over his body along with difficulties in speaking and walking.
90 Palestinian detainees have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails, 80 among whom in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal al-Kayed.
Five detainees, including journalist Omar Nazal have gone on open-ended hunger strike in protest at being held administratively in Israeli jails, without charge or trial.
Prisoner Waleed Musalmeh has been on a hunger strike in response to being transferred to solitary confinement.
Meanwhile, Waed Association for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners called for mobilizing mass participation in and support for popular campaigns in solidarity with Kayed and other hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
The association spoke out against the preplanned medical neglect perpetrated by the Israeli prison authorities against al-Kayed in an attempt to dampen his spirits.
The Israeli occupation authorities transferred prisoner Kayed to administrative detention right after the end of his fifteen-year-sentence in jail. He is currently held at the Barzilai Hospital, where his health condition has remarkably gone down.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Wednesday sounded distress signals over the sharp deterioration rocking the health status of Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
A lawyer from the PPS said following a visit to the Ofer lock-up, prisoner Mahmoud Balboul, starving for the 38th day running, suffers from continuous vomiting, dizziness, muscle twitching, and insomnia.
His brother Muhammad, on hunger strike for 35 consecutive days, has been suffering from remarkable exhaustion, loss of sight, sleeplessness, and vertigos. He fell over a couple of times over recent days.
Prisoner Ayad al-Herimi, starving for the 27th day, suffers from continuous vomiting, loss of hearing ability, and giddiness.
Malek al-Kadhi has also been on a hunger strike for 27 days. He has been enduring excruciating pains all over his body along with difficulties in speaking and walking.
90 Palestinian detainees have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails, 80 among whom in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal al-Kayed.
Five detainees, including journalist Omar Nazal have gone on open-ended hunger strike in protest at being held administratively in Israeli jails, without charge or trial.
Prisoner Waleed Musalmeh has been on a hunger strike in response to being transferred to solitary confinement.
Meanwhile, Waed Association for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners called for mobilizing mass participation in and support for popular campaigns in solidarity with Kayed and other hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
The association spoke out against the preplanned medical neglect perpetrated by the Israeli prison authorities against al-Kayed in an attempt to dampen his spirits.
The Israeli occupation authorities transferred prisoner Kayed to administrative detention right after the end of his fifteen-year-sentence in jail. He is currently held at the Barzilai Hospital, where his health condition has remarkably gone down.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, at least ten Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Nablus, Tulkarem, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Jenin. The army also occupied a Palestinian home, south of Nablus.
The Nablus office of the PPS, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yacoub Yousef Ghazi, 37, Abdul-Karim Rebhi Daoud, 30, and Abdullah Mohammad Hajj Mohammad, 31.
Also in Nablus, the soldiers invaded ‘Aseera al-Qibleyya town, south of the city, before breaking into a Palestinian home and turning it into a military post.
The owner, Abdul-Basset Ahmad, said the soldiers occupied the second floor of his home, and kicked his son’s family out before turning the property into a military post, and used its rooftop as a military tower.
The invaded property is close to the Yitzhar illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, south of Nablus.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Abdul-Aziz Qassem Zreiqi, 30, Odai Azmi Abu Ghalia, 26, and Anas Hikmat Masarwa.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Hussein Abu ar-Rob, was kidnapped from his home in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the Ramallah office of the PPS, in central West Bank, said the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Yacoub Abdul-Jawad Romman, 32.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped Yassin Abu Laab, and a child, identified as Ahmad Sweilem, after he spent a few months under house arrest, before an Israeli court ordered him imprisoned.
In Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Za’atra, after invading and searching his home.
On Tuesday evening, the army invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and kidnapped Khaled Yousef Matar.
The Nablus office of the PPS, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yacoub Yousef Ghazi, 37, Abdul-Karim Rebhi Daoud, 30, and Abdullah Mohammad Hajj Mohammad, 31.
Also in Nablus, the soldiers invaded ‘Aseera al-Qibleyya town, south of the city, before breaking into a Palestinian home and turning it into a military post.
The owner, Abdul-Basset Ahmad, said the soldiers occupied the second floor of his home, and kicked his son’s family out before turning the property into a military post, and used its rooftop as a military tower.
The invaded property is close to the Yitzhar illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, south of Nablus.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Abdul-Aziz Qassem Zreiqi, 30, Odai Azmi Abu Ghalia, 26, and Anas Hikmat Masarwa.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Hussein Abu ar-Rob, was kidnapped from his home in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the Ramallah office of the PPS, in central West Bank, said the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Yacoub Abdul-Jawad Romman, 32.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped Yassin Abu Laab, and a child, identified as Ahmad Sweilem, after he spent a few months under house arrest, before an Israeli court ordered him imprisoned.
In Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Za’atra, after invading and searching his home.
On Tuesday evening, the army invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and kidnapped Khaled Yousef Matar.
An Israeli military jeep rammed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian child, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers detained and interrogated him instead of providing him the needed medical aid.
Palestinian medical sources said the child, identified as Islam Sabaghna, 16, was struck by an Israeli military jeep on the main road linking between Qabatia town, Sanour and Msalya villages, south of Jenin.
They added that the soldiers detained and interrogated the wounded child, and did not allow him access to medical attention.
The child was released later, and was instantly moved to a hospital in Jenin suffering moderate but stable wounds.
Palestinian medical sources said the child, identified as Islam Sabaghna, 16, was struck by an Israeli military jeep on the main road linking between Qabatia town, Sanour and Msalya villages, south of Jenin.
They added that the soldiers detained and interrogated the wounded child, and did not allow him access to medical attention.
The child was released later, and was instantly moved to a hospital in Jenin suffering moderate but stable wounds.
An Israeli court refused the appeal filed by the lawyer of the Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef and issued him a 6-month administrative detention order, according to Prisoners Media Office.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Sheikh Yousef on October, 20, 2015 from his home in Ramallah and held him under the illegal administrative detention based on no charge or trial.
The Hamas leader Yousef has been subjected to repeated arrests at the hands of the IOF for his alleged role in mobilizing Palestinians for anti-occupation actions.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Sheikh Yousef on October, 20, 2015 from his home in Ramallah and held him under the illegal administrative detention based on no charge or trial.
The Hamas leader Yousef has been subjected to repeated arrests at the hands of the IOF for his alleged role in mobilizing Palestinians for anti-occupation actions.
Several Palestinians were injured and 13 others were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday in a mass-abduction sweep launched across the West Bank.
The IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes and aggressively attacked native inhabitants in the presence of their children.
Sources based in the West Bank said the IOF kidnapped five Palestinians from al-Khalil city, six from Ramallah and east Occupied Jerusalem, and two others from Tulkarem.
The IOF ravaged the family home of Moussa Mukhamreh, the father of prisoner Khaled Mukhamreh, in al-Khalil’s town of Yatta. Three Palestinian youths from Beit Ummar town were summoned to questioning in the process.
The IOF soldiers also stormed Tulkarem and kidnapped two Palestinian youths, both in their 20’s, from Bela’a town after they rummaged into their family homes and attacked their parents and relatives.
The occupation troops further raided Qalqilya province and raked through residential neighborhoods at the same time as they showered the area with bullet fire and broke into civilian homes.
Meanwhile, at least four Palestinians were injured with Israeli bullet fire in clashes that burst out at al-Amari refugee camp in Ramallah.
Youngster Iyad Zaatara was also kidnapped by the IOF from Abu Dis town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
The assault culminated in the abduction of another youngster from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya. The youth, identified as 27-year-old Ahmad Abu Farasha, was kidnapped by an Israeli army troop disguised in civilian clothes.
At the same time, heavily-armed troops broke into the family home of prisoner Fares Shawahneh, 38, in Jenin’s western corners, and seized furniture without prior notifications.
The IOF soldiers further stole $1,400 cash from the house despite the family’s appeals to return the sum. Heavy barrages of bullet fire were randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the break-in.
According to eyewitness account, six Israeli army patrols also stormed Nablus’ southern town of Talfit and kidnapped three youngsters from their own family homes.
Youngster Fares Awda was reportedly kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers from the adjacent Qasra town, where several Palestinians choked on teargas in evening clashes with the occupation soldiers.
The IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes and aggressively attacked native inhabitants in the presence of their children.
Sources based in the West Bank said the IOF kidnapped five Palestinians from al-Khalil city, six from Ramallah and east Occupied Jerusalem, and two others from Tulkarem.
The IOF ravaged the family home of Moussa Mukhamreh, the father of prisoner Khaled Mukhamreh, in al-Khalil’s town of Yatta. Three Palestinian youths from Beit Ummar town were summoned to questioning in the process.
The IOF soldiers also stormed Tulkarem and kidnapped two Palestinian youths, both in their 20’s, from Bela’a town after they rummaged into their family homes and attacked their parents and relatives.
The occupation troops further raided Qalqilya province and raked through residential neighborhoods at the same time as they showered the area with bullet fire and broke into civilian homes.
Meanwhile, at least four Palestinians were injured with Israeli bullet fire in clashes that burst out at al-Amari refugee camp in Ramallah.
Youngster Iyad Zaatara was also kidnapped by the IOF from Abu Dis town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
The assault culminated in the abduction of another youngster from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya. The youth, identified as 27-year-old Ahmad Abu Farasha, was kidnapped by an Israeli army troop disguised in civilian clothes.
At the same time, heavily-armed troops broke into the family home of prisoner Fares Shawahneh, 38, in Jenin’s western corners, and seized furniture without prior notifications.
The IOF soldiers further stole $1,400 cash from the house despite the family’s appeals to return the sum. Heavy barrages of bullet fire were randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the break-in.
According to eyewitness account, six Israeli army patrols also stormed Nablus’ southern town of Talfit and kidnapped three youngsters from their own family homes.
Youngster Fares Awda was reportedly kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers from the adjacent Qasra town, where several Palestinians choked on teargas in evening clashes with the occupation soldiers.
Israeli undercover soldiers last night stormed Ramallah city and kidnapped a wanted Palestinian young man from his home.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation army found 26-year-old Khaled Mutair, a resident of Qalandiya refugee camp, after eight months of pursuit.
The Israeli occupation forces raided the house of Mutair several times lately in an attempt to arrest him.
The reason for his arrest is not yet known.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation army found 26-year-old Khaled Mutair, a resident of Qalandiya refugee camp, after eight months of pursuit.
The Israeli occupation forces raided the house of Mutair several times lately in an attempt to arrest him.
The reason for his arrest is not yet known.
The mother of Palestinian detainee Muhammad Hussein Jaradat met her son in an Israeli jail on Monday for the first time after a thirteen-year-ban.
A PIC journalist quoted the prisoner’s mother as stating that she managed to visit her son in the Israeli Ramon lock-up for the first time in 13 years.
The mother expressed her great joy and said her son could not believe his eyes when she held him in her arms.
The visit reportedly lasted for half an hour only. 31-year-old Muhammad Jaradat is sentenced to life in Israeli prison, where he has been banned from family visits under the security pretext.
A PIC journalist quoted the prisoner’s mother as stating that she managed to visit her son in the Israeli Ramon lock-up for the first time in 13 years.
The mother expressed her great joy and said her son could not believe his eyes when she held him in her arms.
The visit reportedly lasted for half an hour only. 31-year-old Muhammad Jaradat is sentenced to life in Israeli prison, where he has been banned from family visits under the security pretext.
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, underlined that the Israeli accusations on financial leaks from the UNDP for the interest of Hamas are “unfounded, void allegations”.
Hamas’s spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement on Tuesday that such allegations “came in line with the Israeli plans to tighten the siege on Gaza Strip via targeting charity institutions and hindering their work”.
Abu Zuhri warned of the continuation of such policy and called on the international community to bear its responsibilities in confronting Israeli aggressive practices, which have serious consequences, he said.
Hamas’s spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement on Tuesday that such allegations “came in line with the Israeli plans to tighten the siege on Gaza Strip via targeting charity institutions and hindering their work”.
Abu Zuhri warned of the continuation of such policy and called on the international community to bear its responsibilities in confronting Israeli aggressive practices, which have serious consequences, he said.
Journalist Omar Nazal, 53, launched cries for help over Israeli threats to force-feed him, a lawyer said Tuesday.
The journalist was quoted by a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), who visited him in the Ofer jail, as stating that the Israeli suppressive units of Nahshon threatened him, right after the end of his court trial, with force-feeding and torture.
He added that the Israeli suppressive units locked him in the Israeli Bosta vehicle for hours until he choked.
Nazal vowed to continue his hunger strike which he initiated on August 4 in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli prisons and in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal al-Kayed, who has been starving for a couple of months on the same account.
Nazal, a member of the General Secretariat of the Journalists’ Union, was arrested by the occupation forces on April 23. He is the father of three girls.
The journalist was quoted by a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), who visited him in the Ofer jail, as stating that the Israeli suppressive units of Nahshon threatened him, right after the end of his court trial, with force-feeding and torture.
He added that the Israeli suppressive units locked him in the Israeli Bosta vehicle for hours until he choked.
Nazal vowed to continue his hunger strike which he initiated on August 4 in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli prisons and in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal al-Kayed, who has been starving for a couple of months on the same account.
Nazal, a member of the General Secretariat of the Journalists’ Union, was arrested by the occupation forces on April 23. He is the father of three girls.
