17 aug 2016
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Wednesday raised alarm bells over the exacerbated health status of four Palestinian hunger-strikers held in the Israeli Ofer jail.
PPS lawyer said the health of prisoners Muhammad al-Balboul, Malek al-Kadhi, Iyad al-Hreimi, and Omar Nazal held in Section 20 of the Ofer lock-up, has sharply deteriorated.
31 Palestinian detainees have also been on a hunger strike in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal Kayed, starving for 69 days in Israeli detention.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) also transferred Mahmoud al-Balboul to the Ramla prison clinic after his health sharply deteriorated.
The IPS further replaced the prisoners’ cotton mattresses with plastic beds, deprived them of cleaning materials, and threatened to transfer them to isolated cells.
He added following a visit to prisoner al-Balboul that his health has remarkably gone worse and was suffering from chest pains, intestinal disorders, insomnia, and breathing problems.
He also lost 20 kilograms of his overall weight. Prisoner al-Hreimi has also been suffering from frequent fainting and excruciating chest pains.
The lawyer said he could not visit prisoner al-Kadhi, on hunger strike for 34 days, due to his critical health condition. Muhammad al-Balboul started his hunger strike 42 days ago while his brother Mahmoud has been on a hunger strike for 45 days.
Prisoner Nazal started his hunger strike 14 days ago.
PPS lawyer said the health of prisoners Muhammad al-Balboul, Malek al-Kadhi, Iyad al-Hreimi, and Omar Nazal held in Section 20 of the Ofer lock-up, has sharply deteriorated.
31 Palestinian detainees have also been on a hunger strike in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal Kayed, starving for 69 days in Israeli detention.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) also transferred Mahmoud al-Balboul to the Ramla prison clinic after his health sharply deteriorated.
The IPS further replaced the prisoners’ cotton mattresses with plastic beds, deprived them of cleaning materials, and threatened to transfer them to isolated cells.
He added following a visit to prisoner al-Balboul that his health has remarkably gone worse and was suffering from chest pains, intestinal disorders, insomnia, and breathing problems.
He also lost 20 kilograms of his overall weight. Prisoner al-Hreimi has also been suffering from frequent fainting and excruciating chest pains.
The lawyer said he could not visit prisoner al-Kadhi, on hunger strike for 34 days, due to his critical health condition. Muhammad al-Balboul started his hunger strike 42 days ago while his brother Mahmoud has been on a hunger strike for 45 days.
Prisoner Nazal started his hunger strike 14 days ago.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out a large-scale arrest campaign against over 20 members and leader of Hamas Movement in the West Bank.
Local sources revealed that Israeli soldiers arrested the Hamas leader Hussein Abu Kuwaik, representative of Hamas in the central elections committee.
The arrest of the Hamas leader Kuwaik came just one day after the committee had announced opening of registration for candidature in the electoral lists of the committee which reflects Israeli targeting of the Movement and the lists it supports.
The sources also reported that the IOF soldiers broke into the home of the Hamas leader Jamal Abu al-Haija in addition to the homes of three of his sons. They searched the houses thoroughly, wreaked havoc on them, and confiscated his son's car.
The forces also confiscated the contents of his son’s electronic devices shop as well as the appliances inside their homes. The Israeli forces stormed the house after midnight by blowing up its main door, Abu al-Haija’s son said.
They gathered the family members in one room and interrogated all of them. Clashes erupted after the storming of Abu al-Haija’s home in Jenin city and in its refugee camp. The arrests also took place in al-Khalil, Ramallah and other locations in Jenin city after storming Palestinians’ homes and confiscating computers and other properties of the arrested.
Local sources revealed that Israeli soldiers arrested the Hamas leader Hussein Abu Kuwaik, representative of Hamas in the central elections committee.
The arrest of the Hamas leader Kuwaik came just one day after the committee had announced opening of registration for candidature in the electoral lists of the committee which reflects Israeli targeting of the Movement and the lists it supports.
The sources also reported that the IOF soldiers broke into the home of the Hamas leader Jamal Abu al-Haija in addition to the homes of three of his sons. They searched the houses thoroughly, wreaked havoc on them, and confiscated his son's car.
The forces also confiscated the contents of his son’s electronic devices shop as well as the appliances inside their homes. The Israeli forces stormed the house after midnight by blowing up its main door, Abu al-Haija’s son said.
They gathered the family members in one room and interrogated all of them. Clashes erupted after the storming of Abu al-Haija’s home in Jenin city and in its refugee camp. The arrests also took place in al-Khalil, Ramallah and other locations in Jenin city after storming Palestinians’ homes and confiscating computers and other properties of the arrested.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Wednesday, 24 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes. 14 of the kidnapped Palestinians are from Hebron.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said hundreds of soldiers invaded many communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and conducted violent searches of dozens of homes, before kidnapping fourteen Palestinians.
The PPS said the kidnapped have been identified as Ahmad Zakariyya Miswada, Amjad Zakariyya Miswada, Ala’ Miswada, Adam Arafat al-Hroub, 21, Baha’ Mohammad Awad, 21, Nour Ibrahim Za’aqeeq, 19, Abdul-Wahab Khatib, Abdullah Ziad Rajabi, Ahmad Yosri Hassouna, Hamza Tareq al-Haddoush, 21, Saher Ghatasha, Montaser al-Masri, Abdul-Rahman al-Qawasma and his son Omayya.
It is worth mentioning that Ahmad and Amjad Zakariyya are the brothers of Yosri Miswada, 21, who was killed by the soldiers, on December 9, 2015.
The Israel army said its soldiers invaded Halhoul city, near Hebron, and located pistols and 40 live rounds in one of the invaded homes, and kidnapped the owner of the building. The kidnappings in Hebron were focused in Hebron city, Deir Samet town, Beit Ummar and Surif.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched homes and kidnapped Mohammad Yousef Mezyid, 20, and Moath Ahmad Abu Al-‘Asal, 21.
In Nablus, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Anabta town, west of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Another Palestinian, identified as Majd Amjad ‘Arqawi, 22, was kidnapped in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped six Palestinians, mainly from the al-Am’ari refugee camp.
They have been identified as (former political prisoner) Hussein Abu Kweik, 50, Yousef Abu Seif Hammad, 28, Nael Abu Kweik 34, Husam Ismael al-Wawi, 23, Mohannad Samara, 28, and Jihad al-‘Azza.
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said that a former political prisoner died from serious health complications resulting from years in Israeli prisons without proper and adequate medical treatment.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said hundreds of soldiers invaded many communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and conducted violent searches of dozens of homes, before kidnapping fourteen Palestinians.
The PPS said the kidnapped have been identified as Ahmad Zakariyya Miswada, Amjad Zakariyya Miswada, Ala’ Miswada, Adam Arafat al-Hroub, 21, Baha’ Mohammad Awad, 21, Nour Ibrahim Za’aqeeq, 19, Abdul-Wahab Khatib, Abdullah Ziad Rajabi, Ahmad Yosri Hassouna, Hamza Tareq al-Haddoush, 21, Saher Ghatasha, Montaser al-Masri, Abdul-Rahman al-Qawasma and his son Omayya.
It is worth mentioning that Ahmad and Amjad Zakariyya are the brothers of Yosri Miswada, 21, who was killed by the soldiers, on December 9, 2015.
The Israel army said its soldiers invaded Halhoul city, near Hebron, and located pistols and 40 live rounds in one of the invaded homes, and kidnapped the owner of the building. The kidnappings in Hebron were focused in Hebron city, Deir Samet town, Beit Ummar and Surif.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched homes and kidnapped Mohammad Yousef Mezyid, 20, and Moath Ahmad Abu Al-‘Asal, 21.
In Nablus, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Anabta town, west of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Another Palestinian, identified as Majd Amjad ‘Arqawi, 22, was kidnapped in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped six Palestinians, mainly from the al-Am’ari refugee camp.
They have been identified as (former political prisoner) Hussein Abu Kweik, 50, Yousef Abu Seif Hammad, 28, Nael Abu Kweik 34, Husam Ismael al-Wawi, 23, Mohannad Samara, 28, and Jihad al-‘Azza.
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said that a former political prisoner died from serious health complications resulting from years in Israeli prisons without proper and adequate medical treatment.
Israeli police forces on Tuesday arrested 34 Palestinian workers from the West Bank while working in structures under construction located between Haifa and Ashqelon in 1948 Occupied Palestine and transferred them to detention centers.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli policemen raided work places and inspected all workshops in the area searching for other workers.
Palestinians from the West Bank, who work in the 1948 Occupied Palestine, live under very tough conditions and have to sleep in the jungle to avoid Israeli arrest for lacking entry permits into 1948 Occupied Palestine.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli policemen raided work places and inspected all workshops in the area searching for other workers.
Palestinians from the West Bank, who work in the 1948 Occupied Palestine, live under very tough conditions and have to sleep in the jungle to avoid Israeli arrest for lacking entry permits into 1948 Occupied Palestine.
16 aug 2016
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, before shooting and injuring seven Palestinians during ensuing clashes, and kidnapped one.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers clashed with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the army fired live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets, injuring seven Palestinians.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the wounded have been identified as Tamer Abdullah Abdul-Majid, 27, Moath Wasfi Arar, 29, Fares Abdullah at-Teety, 18, Ismael Mohammad Jabr Najjar, Ma’moun Abdullah Shawabka, 18, Ismael Mohammad Jaber Najjar, and Ma’moun Abdullah Shawabka, 18.
All wounded Palestinians were moved to the Yatta Governmental hospital suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a number of homes before violently searching them, and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts and military towers.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian from his home. He has been identified as Rajeh Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ajamiyya, 45.
Furthermore, the soldiers launched a surveillance balloon and tightened the siege on the refugee camp.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers clashed with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles, while the army fired live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets, injuring seven Palestinians.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the wounded have been identified as Tamer Abdullah Abdul-Majid, 27, Moath Wasfi Arar, 29, Fares Abdullah at-Teety, 18, Ismael Mohammad Jabr Najjar, Ma’moun Abdullah Shawabka, 18, Ismael Mohammad Jaber Najjar, and Ma’moun Abdullah Shawabka, 18.
All wounded Palestinians were moved to the Yatta Governmental hospital suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a number of homes before violently searching them, and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts and military towers.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian from his home. He has been identified as Rajeh Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ajamiyya, 45.
Furthermore, the soldiers launched a surveillance balloon and tightened the siege on the refugee camp.
Sanaa al-Hafi
The Israeli prison authority on Monday evening released female prisoner Sanaa al-Hafi at Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing with the Gaza Strip after she spent 20 months in jail.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that several relatives and citizens received Hafi on the Palestinian side of the crossing.
Hafi, 44, was arrested on May 26, 2015 as she was en route to Gaza after a visit to relatives in Ramallah city. She was accused then by the Shin Bet of transferring money to an illegal group.
The Israeli prison authority on Monday evening released female prisoner Sanaa al-Hafi at Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing with the Gaza Strip after she spent 20 months in jail.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that several relatives and citizens received Hafi on the Palestinian side of the crossing.
Hafi, 44, was arrested on May 26, 2015 as she was en route to Gaza after a visit to relatives in Ramallah city. She was accused then by the Shin Bet of transferring money to an illegal group.
Randa al-Shahatit
In another development, the Israeli military court in Ofer on Monday decided to give female prisoner Randa al-Shahatit, from Dura town in al-Khalil, a conditional release soon and make her pay 5,000 shekels in bail.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the court ordered Shahatit not to leave her town or participate in any activities, and to go to Kiryat Araba police station every Thursday to sign a presence sheet.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped Shahatit in early August at a makeshift checkpoint as she was going to a hospital in Bethlehem.
Shahatit, a mother of three children, had been detained four times before and released as part of the 2011 prisoner swap deal in Gaza. The Shin Bet has sought to rejail her in order to make her complete a previous prison term.
In another development, the Israeli military court in Ofer on Monday decided to give female prisoner Randa al-Shahatit, from Dura town in al-Khalil, a conditional release soon and make her pay 5,000 shekels in bail.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the court ordered Shahatit not to leave her town or participate in any activities, and to go to Kiryat Araba police station every Thursday to sign a presence sheet.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped Shahatit in early August at a makeshift checkpoint as she was going to a hospital in Bethlehem.
Shahatit, a mother of three children, had been detained four times before and released as part of the 2011 prisoner swap deal in Gaza. The Shin Bet has sought to rejail her in order to make her complete a previous prison term.
11 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), including a minor, and a four-month-old girl was left injured at dawn Tuesday in an arbitrary abduction sweep launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said a large Israeli army patrol rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and kidnapped the ex-prisoner Mustafa al-Kneiri and his son.
A few days earlier, Israeli news outlets claimed al-Kneiri was arrested in 1948 Occupied Palestine on charges of an attempted anti-occupation attack.
However, investigations showed that al-Kneiri did not enter the 1948 occupied territories and was rather at his workplace in Jenin, where he was arrested at the crack of dawn.
Two more Palestinian youths, in their 20’s of age, were kidnapped by the IOF from their own homes in the Jenin refugee camp. The IOF further kidnapped three Palestinians from al-Khalil.
Violent clashes burst out shortly after the occupation troops broke into the city and cordoned off the Fawar refugee camp, to the south.
Youngster Muhammad Nassar and journalist Ahmad Abu Awad, along with other protesters, sustained rubber bullet injuries and breathing disorders during the clashes.
The IOF also re-arrested the ex-prisoner Rajeh Abu Ajmiyeh a few days after he was released from Israeli jails.
Activist Muhammad Awad said the IOF kidnapped an ex-prisoner and a university student, both teenagers, from Beit Ummar town. 15-year-old minor Ward Ibrahim Awad was also kidnapped by the IOF in the assault.
At the same time, the Israeli army troops stormed Surif town, to the northwest of al-Khalil, and summoned several Palestinian youths to questioning.
Four-month-old toddler Farah Youssef choked on teargas shortly after the IOF rolled into Qalqilya’s eastern town of Kfar Qaddum and showered civilian homes with teargas canisters.
22-year-old Salah Subh was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from the area. The IOF reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Nablus, hours after the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of three youngsters from Hawara town, to the south, under the pretext that they attempted to creep into the Itamar illegal settlement.
Meanwhile, family members of ex-prisoner Jihad Wadah al-Qutb, 23, said the IOF kidnapped their son on Monday evening at the Zaatara checkpoint, in southern Nablus. The campaign culminated in the abduction of Ashraf Saleh Hijazi from Jerusalem’s southeastern town of Jabal al-Mukbir.
Infant Suffers Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Kufur Qaddoum; Army Kidnaps One Palestinian
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffered, on Tuesday at dawn, severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian.
Morad Eshteiwy, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said that the soldiers invaded homes in the town and searched them, before kidnapping a young man, identified as Salah Sobeh Jom’a, 22.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers clashed with many youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bullets at the invading army vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and concussion grenades.
An infant, identified as Farah Yousef, only four months of age, suffered severe effects of teargas inhalation and was moved to a local hospital.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Hijja village, east of Qalqilia, and searched the family home of Bashar Masalha, who was killed by the army of March 8, 2016.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Reporting from Jenin, a PIC news correspondent said a large Israeli army patrol rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and kidnapped the ex-prisoner Mustafa al-Kneiri and his son.
A few days earlier, Israeli news outlets claimed al-Kneiri was arrested in 1948 Occupied Palestine on charges of an attempted anti-occupation attack.
However, investigations showed that al-Kneiri did not enter the 1948 occupied territories and was rather at his workplace in Jenin, where he was arrested at the crack of dawn.
Two more Palestinian youths, in their 20’s of age, were kidnapped by the IOF from their own homes in the Jenin refugee camp. The IOF further kidnapped three Palestinians from al-Khalil.
Violent clashes burst out shortly after the occupation troops broke into the city and cordoned off the Fawar refugee camp, to the south.
Youngster Muhammad Nassar and journalist Ahmad Abu Awad, along with other protesters, sustained rubber bullet injuries and breathing disorders during the clashes.
The IOF also re-arrested the ex-prisoner Rajeh Abu Ajmiyeh a few days after he was released from Israeli jails.
Activist Muhammad Awad said the IOF kidnapped an ex-prisoner and a university student, both teenagers, from Beit Ummar town. 15-year-old minor Ward Ibrahim Awad was also kidnapped by the IOF in the assault.
At the same time, the Israeli army troops stormed Surif town, to the northwest of al-Khalil, and summoned several Palestinian youths to questioning.
Four-month-old toddler Farah Youssef choked on teargas shortly after the IOF rolled into Qalqilya’s eastern town of Kfar Qaddum and showered civilian homes with teargas canisters.
22-year-old Salah Subh was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from the area. The IOF reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Nablus, hours after the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of three youngsters from Hawara town, to the south, under the pretext that they attempted to creep into the Itamar illegal settlement.
Meanwhile, family members of ex-prisoner Jihad Wadah al-Qutb, 23, said the IOF kidnapped their son on Monday evening at the Zaatara checkpoint, in southern Nablus. The campaign culminated in the abduction of Ashraf Saleh Hijazi from Jerusalem’s southeastern town of Jabal al-Mukbir.
Infant Suffers Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Kufur Qaddoum; Army Kidnaps One Palestinian
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffered, on Tuesday at dawn, severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian.
Morad Eshteiwy, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said that the soldiers invaded homes in the town and searched them, before kidnapping a young man, identified as Salah Sobeh Jom’a, 22.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers clashed with many youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bullets at the invading army vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and concussion grenades.
An infant, identified as Farah Yousef, only four months of age, suffered severe effects of teargas inhalation and was moved to a local hospital.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Hijja village, east of Qalqilia, and searched the family home of Bashar Masalha, who was killed by the army of March 8, 2016.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Jenin refugee camp and Ya’bad town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, searched homes and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Mustafa al-Qoneiri, and kidnapped him along with his son, Ahmad.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Abu Kharj, after invading his home and searching it.
In Ya’bad town, the soldiers invaded a few homes, searched them, and kidnapped Yousef Ahmad Masharqa.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Mustafa al-Qoneiri, and kidnapped him along with his son, Ahmad.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Abu Kharj, after invading his home and searching it.
In Ya’bad town, the soldiers invaded a few homes, searched them, and kidnapped Yousef Ahmad Masharqa.
15 aug 2016
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday evening, a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Palestinian territorial water in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and kidnapped five fishers.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the boats and kidnapped Fadi Mahmoud Bakr, Ehab Jawad Bakr, Mamdouh No’man Bakr, Wael Nabil Bakr and Khamis Ziad Meenawi.
The five were all fishing in the same boat; the navy also confiscated their boat and took it to Ashdod Port.
On Friday, August 12th, the navy attacked fishing boats and kidnapped five fishers identified as Saed Jom’a Bakr, Mahmoud Saed Bakr, Ibrahim Saed Bakr, Yasser Nasser Bakr and Ahmad Mahmoud al-Louh.
The attacks are part of frequent Israeli violations against the besieged and improvised coastal region.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the boats and kidnapped Fadi Mahmoud Bakr, Ehab Jawad Bakr, Mamdouh No’man Bakr, Wael Nabil Bakr and Khamis Ziad Meenawi.
The five were all fishing in the same boat; the navy also confiscated their boat and took it to Ashdod Port.
On Friday, August 12th, the navy attacked fishing boats and kidnapped five fishers identified as Saed Jom’a Bakr, Mahmoud Saed Bakr, Ibrahim Saed Bakr, Yasser Nasser Bakr and Ahmad Mahmoud al-Louh.
The attacks are part of frequent Israeli violations against the besieged and improvised coastal region.
Israeli security forces have collaborated to arrest the terrorist responsible for the stabbing attack in December 2013 that moderately wounded an Israeli policeman.
In a joint operation with the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Judea and Samaria District Police recently arrested the terrorist responsible for the stabbing attack of December 23, 2013, in Adam Square that moderately wounded a policeman.
The attacker was 21-year-old Mohammed Younis Ali Abu-Hanak from Al-Abidiya near Bethlehem.
The Shin Bet investigation revealed that on the day of the attack, Abu-Hanak's motive for was to put an end to his difficult life.
The investigation also revealed that Abu-Hanak purchased a kitchen knife on the morning of the attack and hid it inside his jacket. He boarded a taxi from Ramallah to Bethlehem to select a random target for his attack. He decided on a policeman who was standing at a traffic circle near the Jewish community of Geva Binyamin and the Palestinian village of Jaba.
Abu-Hanak exited the taxi, approached the policeman, and stabbed him once in the back, wounding him moderately. He then fled the scene and managed to evade the authorities for two and a half years before finally being apprehended.
The Shin Bet said in a statement that it will "continue to operate with all its available resources to prevent terror attacks and to bring the perpetrators to justice, even when a long time has gone by since the attack was committed."
In a joint operation with the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Judea and Samaria District Police recently arrested the terrorist responsible for the stabbing attack of December 23, 2013, in Adam Square that moderately wounded a policeman.
The attacker was 21-year-old Mohammed Younis Ali Abu-Hanak from Al-Abidiya near Bethlehem.
The Shin Bet investigation revealed that on the day of the attack, Abu-Hanak's motive for was to put an end to his difficult life.
The investigation also revealed that Abu-Hanak purchased a kitchen knife on the morning of the attack and hid it inside his jacket. He boarded a taxi from Ramallah to Bethlehem to select a random target for his attack. He decided on a policeman who was standing at a traffic circle near the Jewish community of Geva Binyamin and the Palestinian village of Jaba.
Abu-Hanak exited the taxi, approached the policeman, and stabbed him once in the back, wounding him moderately. He then fled the scene and managed to evade the authorities for two and a half years before finally being apprehended.
The Shin Bet said in a statement that it will "continue to operate with all its available resources to prevent terror attacks and to bring the perpetrators to justice, even when a long time has gone by since the attack was committed."
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at dawn Monday carried out an arrest campaign against Palestinians in the West Bank that ended by rounding up 11 men in addition to storming homes of two prisoners in southern Nablus.
Israeli soldiers raided Asira al-Qibliya town to the south of Nablus and arrested the young man Huthaifa Hamdan after storming and wreaking havoc on his home, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
In Ourta town, the IOF soldiers broke into the family home of two detained brothers: Muayad and Sharif Sharab and confiscated their home security camera records.
The arrests also included two ex-detainees and two Islamic Jihad members in Yabad town to the south of Jenin in addition to four men from Anabta town and Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem as well as a Hamas member in Allar nearby town.
Three others were arrested in Bait Jala, al-Walajeh and Taqoa towns near Bethlehem including two members of Hamas. The IOF abused one of the arrested men in Yabad town along with his family before taking him to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces arrested the ex-detainee Yaqoub Enfaiat who was released eight months ago after he had served a 9-year sentence in Israeli jails.
Israeli soldiers raided Asira al-Qibliya town to the south of Nablus and arrested the young man Huthaifa Hamdan after storming and wreaking havoc on his home, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
In Ourta town, the IOF soldiers broke into the family home of two detained brothers: Muayad and Sharif Sharab and confiscated their home security camera records.
The arrests also included two ex-detainees and two Islamic Jihad members in Yabad town to the south of Jenin in addition to four men from Anabta town and Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem as well as a Hamas member in Allar nearby town.
Three others were arrested in Bait Jala, al-Walajeh and Taqoa towns near Bethlehem including two members of Hamas. The IOF abused one of the arrested men in Yabad town along with his family before taking him to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces arrested the ex-detainee Yaqoub Enfaiat who was released eight months ago after he had served a 9-year sentence in Israeli jails.
Red Cross officials on Sunday evening refused to allow families of prisoners to enter the agency's headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east Jerusalem, to stage a sit-in in solidarity with hunger-striking detainees.
The family committee of Jerusalemite detainees said that prisoners' families headed to the Red Cross headquarters for their daily solidarity sit-in when they were surprisingly denied entry to the main yard.
The Red Cross administration did not provide an explanation for its behavior. The families committee deplored the Red Cross for its attitude and described it as a slap in the face of families worried about the lives of their hunger-striking relatives.
"This international organization was supposed to embrace the prisoners' families and visit their sons in Israeli jails instead of closing its headquarters," the committee said. The committee noted that the families had been organizing a sit-in at the Red Cross headquarters in the holy city for about a week.
The family committee of Jerusalemite detainees said that prisoners' families headed to the Red Cross headquarters for their daily solidarity sit-in when they were surprisingly denied entry to the main yard.
The Red Cross administration did not provide an explanation for its behavior. The families committee deplored the Red Cross for its attitude and described it as a slap in the face of families worried about the lives of their hunger-striking relatives.
"This international organization was supposed to embrace the prisoners' families and visit their sons in Israeli jails instead of closing its headquarters," the committee said. The committee noted that the families had been organizing a sit-in at the Red Cross headquarters in the holy city for about a week.
