21 aug 2016
The Israeli navy on Sunday evening kidnapped two Palestinian fishermen from northern Gaza shores and seized their fishing boat.
A local committee said the Israeli navy kidnapped the two Palestinian fishermen Sherif Muhammad al-Sultan and Ibrahim Ghaleb al-Sultan before they seized their vessel.
The Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian fishermen and chased them down before they abducted two fishermen onboard their fishing vessel.
A local committee said the Israeli navy kidnapped the two Palestinian fishermen Sherif Muhammad al-Sultan and Ibrahim Ghaleb al-Sultan before they seized their vessel.
The Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire on Palestinian fishermen and chased them down before they abducted two fishermen onboard their fishing vessel.
A Palestinian citizen from Occupied Jerusalem was indicted by an Israeli court on Sunday for receiving cash from a Hamas operative in Turkey and transferring them to the families of slain anti-occupation youths.
The indictment was filed at the Jerusalem District Court against 39-year-old Seif Al-Din Abdel-Nabi on charges of contacting a foreign agent and funding anti-occupation activism.
According to the indictment, Abdel-Nabi had received money from ex-prisoner Zakariah Najib, who had served a sentence in Israeli prison for involvement in the abduction and death of the Israeli occupation soldier Nachshon Wachsman in 1994.
He was released in the prisoner swap deal of 2011 when abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for over 1,000 captives.
Abdel-Nabi met Najib in Turkey during a business trip to a clothing shop he owns in Istanbul, the indictment further alleged.
Najib knew that the defendant lived in Occupied Jerusalem and asked him to send the funds to families of anti-occupation protesters who were either killed or serving time in prison.
During several trips to Turkey, the defendant allegedly received a total of $25,000 from Najib. He used various techniques to hide the money when traveling to the occupied territories.
The indictment was filed at the Jerusalem District Court against 39-year-old Seif Al-Din Abdel-Nabi on charges of contacting a foreign agent and funding anti-occupation activism.
According to the indictment, Abdel-Nabi had received money from ex-prisoner Zakariah Najib, who had served a sentence in Israeli prison for involvement in the abduction and death of the Israeli occupation soldier Nachshon Wachsman in 1994.
He was released in the prisoner swap deal of 2011 when abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for over 1,000 captives.
Abdel-Nabi met Najib in Turkey during a business trip to a clothing shop he owns in Istanbul, the indictment further alleged.
Najib knew that the defendant lived in Occupied Jerusalem and asked him to send the funds to families of anti-occupation protesters who were either killed or serving time in prison.
During several trips to Turkey, the defendant allegedly received a total of $25,000 from Najib. He used various techniques to hide the money when traveling to the occupied territories.
Issa Qaraqe, Head of Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, said that the Palestinian hunger striker prisoner Mahmoud al-Balboul was transferred Sunday evening to Assaf Harofe Hospital after the deterioration of his health condition.
Qaraqe warned of the very bad conditions under which hunger striking detainees are being held and because of which they might die at any moment.
He called on the international community as well as human rights institutions to immediately intervene for saving their lives.
Prisoner Balboul along with his brother have been going on an open hunger strike since early July in protest at holding them under the illegal administrative detention based on no charges or trials.
Qaraqe warned of the very bad conditions under which hunger striking detainees are being held and because of which they might die at any moment.
He called on the international community as well as human rights institutions to immediately intervene for saving their lives.
Prisoner Balboul along with his brother have been going on an open hunger strike since early July in protest at holding them under the illegal administrative detention based on no charges or trials.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Jerusalem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded many homes, in different neighborhoods and towns, in the occupied district, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Ashour Obeid, Ali Obeid, Mohammad Yousef Ateyya, Ali Oweisat, Fares Oweisat, Ahmad Oweisat, Mahmoud Oweisat, Adnan Oleyyan, Mojahed Abda, and Obeida Abu Edheim.
The soldiers also invaded Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, violently searched a number of homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Mohammad Fadi Sa’adi, 16, Woroud Abdul-Hadi, and Dia Mazen Hattoub.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, and kidnapped a child, identified as Yazan al-Kurd, only 12 years of age.
Another Palestinian, identified as Moath al-‘Aaydi, was kidnapped in the al-Far’a refugee camp, in Tubas, in central West Bank, while Mohammad Walweel, was shot by the soldiers with a live round.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Moath Yousef Qaisiyya, 25, from his home in the ath-Thaheriyya town, and Hassan Adam Ekhlayyel, 20, from Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
The Jerusalem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded many homes, in different neighborhoods and towns, in the occupied district, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Ashour Obeid, Ali Obeid, Mohammad Yousef Ateyya, Ali Oweisat, Fares Oweisat, Ahmad Oweisat, Mahmoud Oweisat, Adnan Oleyyan, Mojahed Abda, and Obeida Abu Edheim.
The soldiers also invaded Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, violently searched a number of homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Mohammad Fadi Sa’adi, 16, Woroud Abdul-Hadi, and Dia Mazen Hattoub.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, and kidnapped a child, identified as Yazan al-Kurd, only 12 years of age.
Another Palestinian, identified as Moath al-‘Aaydi, was kidnapped in the al-Far’a refugee camp, in Tubas, in central West Bank, while Mohammad Walweel, was shot by the soldiers with a live round.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Moath Yousef Qaisiyya, 25, from his home in the ath-Thaheriyya town, and Hassan Adam Ekhlayyel, 20, from Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn on Sunday six Palestinians from the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
A report issued by Israeli army showed that the arrests affected four Palestinians: a man from Beit Ummar town in northern al-Khalil, two from Ayda and al-Duhaisheh refugee camps near Bethlehem and a Hamas member in al-Fare'a refugee camp near Tubas city.
Local sources revealed that clashes erupted with Israeli troops in al-Fare'a camp resulting in the injury of the 24-year-old Palestinian man who was shot by a live bullet in the arm with shrapnel in the chest. He was taken to hospital.
The sources also reported that the IOF arrested each of Fayez Sbaih and Luai Sbaih from Hazma town in Occupied Jerusalem.
The rest of the arrested were identified as Muath al-Aydi, 28 years old from Fare'a camp, minor Yazan al-Kurdi from Ayda refugee camp, and Husam Ekhlail from Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
A report issued by Israeli army showed that the arrests affected four Palestinians: a man from Beit Ummar town in northern al-Khalil, two from Ayda and al-Duhaisheh refugee camps near Bethlehem and a Hamas member in al-Fare'a refugee camp near Tubas city.
Local sources revealed that clashes erupted with Israeli troops in al-Fare'a camp resulting in the injury of the 24-year-old Palestinian man who was shot by a live bullet in the arm with shrapnel in the chest. He was taken to hospital.
The sources also reported that the IOF arrested each of Fayez Sbaih and Luai Sbaih from Hazma town in Occupied Jerusalem.
The rest of the arrested were identified as Muath al-Aydi, 28 years old from Fare'a camp, minor Yazan al-Kurdi from Ayda refugee camp, and Husam Ekhlail from Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening kidnapped a Palestinian youth and seized two motorbikes in eastern Jenin province.
Local sources said the occupation troops deployed on an eastern Jenin bypass stopped two motorbike riders, interrogated them, and seized their vehicles before they arrested one of the riders and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The IOF reportedly rolled into the area at the crack of dawn on Sunday and raked through residential neighborhoods, sparking tension.
A series of makeshift checkpoints was also pitched by the Israeli soldiers on eastern and northern Jenin crossroads, where Palestinian vehicles and passengers were subjected to provocative inspection.
Israeli news outlets claimed a youngster was arrested by the IOF near Arana town, adjacent to the Jalama checkpoint, allegedly for carrying a knife.
Local sources said the occupation troops deployed on an eastern Jenin bypass stopped two motorbike riders, interrogated them, and seized their vehicles before they arrested one of the riders and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The IOF reportedly rolled into the area at the crack of dawn on Sunday and raked through residential neighborhoods, sparking tension.
A series of makeshift checkpoints was also pitched by the Israeli soldiers on eastern and northern Jenin crossroads, where Palestinian vehicles and passengers were subjected to provocative inspection.
Israeli news outlets claimed a youngster was arrested by the IOF near Arana town, adjacent to the Jalama checkpoint, allegedly for carrying a knife.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday kidnapped a Palestinian young farmer during his presence near the segregation wall west of Jenin city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that 20-year-old Sharif Yahya, from Arka town in Jenin, was on his own plot of land near the wall, which is not far away from the gate of Shaked settlement.
They added that Yahya was interrogated and humiliated by soldiers from the settlements before he was rounded up.
Palestinian owners of property near the wall are constantly exposed to abuse and arrest by Israeli soldiers.
In a separate incident, an Israeli military force on Saturday afternoon stormed Beit Dajan town east of Nablus and patrolled its streets before withdrawing to the western side of the town.
Eyewitnesses said that the occupation troops set up a roadblock near the western plains of the town and obstructed the movement of cars and citizens.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that 20-year-old Sharif Yahya, from Arka town in Jenin, was on his own plot of land near the wall, which is not far away from the gate of Shaked settlement.
They added that Yahya was interrogated and humiliated by soldiers from the settlements before he was rounded up.
Palestinian owners of property near the wall are constantly exposed to abuse and arrest by Israeli soldiers.
In a separate incident, an Israeli military force on Saturday afternoon stormed Beit Dajan town east of Nablus and patrolled its streets before withdrawing to the western side of the town.
Eyewitnesses said that the occupation troops set up a roadblock near the western plains of the town and obstructed the movement of cars and citizens.
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the al-Far’a refugee camp, in the West Bank district of Tubas, shot and injured one Palestinian, and kidnapped another.
The soldiers surrounded the refugee camp before invading it, and clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, wounding one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Walweel, in the shoulder, before he was moved to a local hospital suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also stormed and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Moath al-‘Aaydi.
The soldiers surrounded the refugee camp before invading it, and clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, wounding one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Walweel, in the shoulder, before he was moved to a local hospital suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also stormed and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Moath al-‘Aaydi.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped twelve Palestinians during extensive military invasions and searches of homes, in different parts of the occupied district.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hizma town, northeast of Jerusalem, and kidnapped two young Palestinian men, identified as Fayez Mohammad Sbeih and Luay Hani Sbeih.
The soldiers also invaded the towns of al-‘Eesawiyya and Jabal al-Mokabber, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles.
Undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-‘Eesawiyya, and kidnapped three young men, identified as Mohammad Ashour Obeid, Ali Obeid and Mohammad Yousef Ateyya.
Regular army units invaded the town and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
On Saturday evening, the army summoned six Palestinians for interrogation at the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center, west of Jerusalem, and abducted them, just as they arrived there.
They have been identified as Ali Oweisat, Fares Oweisat, Mahmoud Oweisat, Adnan Oleyyan, Mojahed Abda, and Obeida Abu Adham.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hizma town, northeast of Jerusalem, and kidnapped two young Palestinian men, identified as Fayez Mohammad Sbeih and Luay Hani Sbeih.
The soldiers also invaded the towns of al-‘Eesawiyya and Jabal al-Mokabber, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles.
Undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-‘Eesawiyya, and kidnapped three young men, identified as Mohammad Ashour Obeid, Ali Obeid and Mohammad Yousef Ateyya.
Regular army units invaded the town and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
On Saturday evening, the army summoned six Palestinians for interrogation at the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center, west of Jerusalem, and abducted them, just as they arrived there.
They have been identified as Ali Oweisat, Fares Oweisat, Mahmoud Oweisat, Adnan Oleyyan, Mojahed Abda, and Obeida Abu Adham.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said several army vehicles invaded Safa area, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Hassam Adam Ekhlayyel, 20, after breaking into his family’s home and searching it.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of the town, searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It is worth mentioning that the army has kidnapped eleven Palestinians in Beit Ummar, since the beginning of this month.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Moath Mohammad Qaisiyya.
The army also invaded the towns of Doura, Beit Oola and Beit Awwa, and conducted violent searches of homes.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said several army vehicles invaded Safa area, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Hassam Adam Ekhlayyel, 20, after breaking into his family’s home and searching it.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of the town, searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It is worth mentioning that the army has kidnapped eleven Palestinians in Beit Ummar, since the beginning of this month.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Moath Mohammad Qaisiyya.
The army also invaded the towns of Doura, Beit Oola and Beit Awwa, and conducted violent searches of homes.
20 aug 2016
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) extended the illegal administrative detention order against member of the general secretariat of the Palestinian journalists syndicate Omar Nazzal.
The captive’s wife, Marline, said that the extension decision was issued for three months for the second consecutive time.
She revealed that her husband, who is detained in solitary confinement in Ofer Israeli jail, was supposed to be released next Monday.
The family has no idea about his health condition in light of his continuation of hunger strike for 16 days in a row in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayed, she added. The wife also pointed out that the Red Cross and the lawyer of her husband have been banned from visiting her husband since August 04.
Human rights institutions condemned the arrest of Nazzal and perceived it as a violation of journalists’ rights. They urged the UN Security Council and the EU along with all concerned syndicates to work on releasing Palestinian pressmen from Israeli prisons.
On April 23, Israeli forces arrested Nazzal at al-Karama crossing, which connects the West Bank to Jordan, while he was heading to Bosnia to attend an international journalism conference.
The captive’s wife, Marline, said that the extension decision was issued for three months for the second consecutive time.
She revealed that her husband, who is detained in solitary confinement in Ofer Israeli jail, was supposed to be released next Monday.
The family has no idea about his health condition in light of his continuation of hunger strike for 16 days in a row in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayed, she added. The wife also pointed out that the Red Cross and the lawyer of her husband have been banned from visiting her husband since August 04.
Human rights institutions condemned the arrest of Nazzal and perceived it as a violation of journalists’ rights. They urged the UN Security Council and the EU along with all concerned syndicates to work on releasing Palestinian pressmen from Israeli prisons.
On April 23, Israeli forces arrested Nazzal at al-Karama crossing, which connects the West Bank to Jordan, while he was heading to Bosnia to attend an international journalism conference.
The Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed has entered the 67th day of hunger strike in protest at holding him under the illegal administrative detention after finishing his 14.5-year sentence.
Large-scale campaigns in solidarity with captive Kayed have been organized in the West Bank and Gaza including sit-in and other events demanding his unconditioned release.
Bilal Kayed is held without charge or trial after he completed a 14.5-year sentence in Israeli prisons on 13 June 2016.
He was arrested and imprisoned in 2001 for involvement in the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian resistance in the second intifada. He launched his hunger strike on 15 June.
Large-scale campaigns in solidarity with captive Kayed have been organized in the West Bank and Gaza including sit-in and other events demanding his unconditioned release.
Bilal Kayed is held without charge or trial after he completed a 14.5-year sentence in Israeli prisons on 13 June 2016.
He was arrested and imprisoned in 2001 for involvement in the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian resistance in the second intifada. He launched his hunger strike on 15 June.
19 aug 2016
Six Palestinian detainees have been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails in protest at the arbitrary detention policies and harsh torture perpetrated by prison authorities.
Prisoner Bilal Kayed has been on a hunger strike for 66 consecutive days in protest at being held administratively, without trial, in Israeli jail right after the end of his 15-year-sentence.
Alarm bells have been sounded over the turn for the worse other hunger-strikers’ health has taken, including Muhammad al-Balboul, who started his hunger strike on July 4, 2016.
Muhammad is currently held in the Israeli Ramla prison clinic. His brother Mahmoud, also held in the same hospital, has been on a hunger strike since July 1, 2016.
Prisoner Ayad al-Hreimi, held in the Ofer lock-up, started his hunger strike on July 11, 2016, on the same day as Malek al-Kadhi, himself held in Ofer, announced his hunger strike.
Prisoner Waleed Muslameh has been on a hunger strike since July 18, 2016 in protest at being transferred to solitary confinement in the Israeli Eshel lock-up.
At the same time, dozens of Palestinian detainees have joined the mass hunger strike in batches in solidarity with their fellow inmates.
Prisoner Bilal Kayed has been on a hunger strike for 66 consecutive days in protest at being held administratively, without trial, in Israeli jail right after the end of his 15-year-sentence.
Alarm bells have been sounded over the turn for the worse other hunger-strikers’ health has taken, including Muhammad al-Balboul, who started his hunger strike on July 4, 2016.
Muhammad is currently held in the Israeli Ramla prison clinic. His brother Mahmoud, also held in the same hospital, has been on a hunger strike since July 1, 2016.
Prisoner Ayad al-Hreimi, held in the Ofer lock-up, started his hunger strike on July 11, 2016, on the same day as Malek al-Kadhi, himself held in Ofer, announced his hunger strike.
Prisoner Waleed Muslameh has been on a hunger strike since July 18, 2016 in protest at being transferred to solitary confinement in the Israeli Eshel lock-up.
At the same time, dozens of Palestinian detainees have joined the mass hunger strike in batches in solidarity with their fellow inmates.
Palestinian protesters sustained injuries on Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into Ramallah province, in the central West Bank.
A PIC journalist said a Palestinian youth sustained injuries after he was shot by the occupation soldiers in clashes near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El, to the north of Ramallah.
Dozens of protesters also choked on teargas as the IOF aggressively disbanded a peaceful demo staged at noontime in Beitouna town, to the west, in protest at the Israeli crimes and in solidarity with Palestinian hunger-strikers starving in Israeli jails.
Activist Issam Bakr called for mobilizing mass support for popular protests and campaigns in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal Kayed and other Palestinian detainees.
He spoke out against the simmering Israeli aggressions on the land and the people, saying they are being committed by an entity that “does not care an inch about international law.”
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fares Qadura, also warned of the anticipated death of a number of hunger-strikers after their health has remarkably gone down in Israeli custody.
The assault was carried out a few hours before the IOF stormed at predawn time on Friday Beit Furik and Beit Dajan towns, to the east of Nablus province, and wreaked havoc on over 10 Palestinian civilian homes.
Activist Thaer Hanini said the assault was launched at 2:30 a.m. and culminated in abrupt break-ins and exhausting interrogations of native inhabitants.
A PIC journalist said a Palestinian youth sustained injuries after he was shot by the occupation soldiers in clashes near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El, to the north of Ramallah.
Dozens of protesters also choked on teargas as the IOF aggressively disbanded a peaceful demo staged at noontime in Beitouna town, to the west, in protest at the Israeli crimes and in solidarity with Palestinian hunger-strikers starving in Israeli jails.
Activist Issam Bakr called for mobilizing mass support for popular protests and campaigns in solidarity with hunger-striker Bilal Kayed and other Palestinian detainees.
He spoke out against the simmering Israeli aggressions on the land and the people, saying they are being committed by an entity that “does not care an inch about international law.”
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fares Qadura, also warned of the anticipated death of a number of hunger-strikers after their health has remarkably gone down in Israeli custody.
The assault was carried out a few hours before the IOF stormed at predawn time on Friday Beit Furik and Beit Dajan towns, to the east of Nablus province, and wreaked havoc on over 10 Palestinian civilian homes.
Activist Thaer Hanini said the assault was launched at 2:30 a.m. and culminated in abrupt break-ins and exhausting interrogations of native inhabitants.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Thursday sounded the alarm over the sharp deterioration rocking the health status of prisoner Bassem al-Sayeh in the Ramla prison clinic.
PPS lawyer said following a visit to al-Sayeh that the latter came to the visit on a wheelchair and was obliged to write his answers on a sheet of paper as he could not speak.
Al-Sayeh, diagnosed with cancer and cardiovascular disorders, had been held for five days in the Assaf Harofeh hospital last week, during which he received intensive medical treatment due to an inflammation in his lungs and breathing disorders.
Al-Sayeh was further quoted as stating that his health has taken a turn for the worse in the Ramla prison clinic.
PPS has learned from a report by the Israeli prison service that al-Sayeh needs an urgent surgery to implant a pacemaker.
43-year-old al-Sayeh, from Nablus, was arrested on October 8.
PPS lawyer said following a visit to al-Sayeh that the latter came to the visit on a wheelchair and was obliged to write his answers on a sheet of paper as he could not speak.
Al-Sayeh, diagnosed with cancer and cardiovascular disorders, had been held for five days in the Assaf Harofeh hospital last week, during which he received intensive medical treatment due to an inflammation in his lungs and breathing disorders.
Al-Sayeh was further quoted as stating that his health has taken a turn for the worse in the Ramla prison clinic.
PPS has learned from a report by the Israeli prison service that al-Sayeh needs an urgent surgery to implant a pacemaker.
43-year-old al-Sayeh, from Nablus, was arrested on October 8.
18 aug 2016
At least six Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at dawn Thursday following abrupt sweeps launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of five Palestinians on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The IOF rolled into Salfit’s northern town of Kafl Hares at 2:30 a.m. and kidnapped 22-year-old Abdul Rahman Shakour after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abdul Rahman was dragged, handcuffed and blindfolded, to an unidentified destination.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s eastern town of Jaba’ and kidnapped the youngster Ahmad Rafiq Kan’an. The IOF ravaged civilian homes in Jaba’ and stole gold jewelry.
Another citizen was arrested by the IOF in Bani Na’im town, to the east of al-Khalil province. The occupation troops also stormed the Aida refugee camp, in northern Bethlehem city, and summoned a Palestinian boy from the al-Kurdi family to questioning.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of an unidentified Palestinian youth after he was aggressively beaten by the occupation soldiers near the Rockefeller Garden, in Occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the occupation troops broke into Nablus and racked through the city at the crack of dawn. An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft kept hovering over the territory all the way through the assault.
Overnight, the IOF sealed off the main access roads to the city’s southern corners, blocking Palestinians’ movement in and out.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of five Palestinians on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The IOF rolled into Salfit’s northern town of Kafl Hares at 2:30 a.m. and kidnapped 22-year-old Abdul Rahman Shakour after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abdul Rahman was dragged, handcuffed and blindfolded, to an unidentified destination.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s eastern town of Jaba’ and kidnapped the youngster Ahmad Rafiq Kan’an. The IOF ravaged civilian homes in Jaba’ and stole gold jewelry.
Another citizen was arrested by the IOF in Bani Na’im town, to the east of al-Khalil province. The occupation troops also stormed the Aida refugee camp, in northern Bethlehem city, and summoned a Palestinian boy from the al-Kurdi family to questioning.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of an unidentified Palestinian youth after he was aggressively beaten by the occupation soldiers near the Rockefeller Garden, in Occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the occupation troops broke into Nablus and racked through the city at the crack of dawn. An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft kept hovering over the territory all the way through the assault.
Overnight, the IOF sealed off the main access roads to the city’s southern corners, blocking Palestinians’ movement in and out.
Israeli military appeal court of Ofer refused the appeal for releasing captive Thaer Halahla, 35, from al-Khalil, and issued a four-month administrative detention order against him based on a secret file and security claims, lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society Ahmad Safiyeh said.
The Society said in a statement that the administrative detention order against Halahla was issued for the fifth time and that he has so far served 12 years of imprisonment in Israeli jails under sentences and administrative detention.
Prisoner Halahla was among detainees who participated in the open hunger strike carried out in 2012 and lasted for 78 days.
The Society said in a statement that the administrative detention order against Halahla was issued for the fifth time and that he has so far served 12 years of imprisonment in Israeli jails under sentences and administrative detention.
Prisoner Halahla was among detainees who participated in the open hunger strike carried out in 2012 and lasted for 78 days.
A sit-in was staged by the Christian Community in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre in solidarity with Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
Speaking on behalf of the sit-inners, Archbishop Theodoios of Sebastia Atallah Hanna said the vigil was staged in solidarity with the hunger-striking detainees, who have been starving in Israeli jails, to transmit their voices and restore their freedom.
“The sit-in is an embodiment of our sense of unity and fraternity,” Hanna stated. “This is a message that the Palestinian people is just indivisible.”
“Our pains are one and the same, just as our tragedy, unity, and cause are. We are on the same road towards liberation and restoration of our usurped rights,” Hanna further stated.
Speaking on behalf of the sit-inners, Archbishop Theodoios of Sebastia Atallah Hanna said the vigil was staged in solidarity with the hunger-striking detainees, who have been starving in Israeli jails, to transmit their voices and restore their freedom.
“The sit-in is an embodiment of our sense of unity and fraternity,” Hanna stated. “This is a message that the Palestinian people is just indivisible.”
“Our pains are one and the same, just as our tragedy, unity, and cause are. We are on the same road towards liberation and restoration of our usurped rights,” Hanna further stated.
The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday said it arrested a Palestinian accused of carrying out a stabbing attack a few days ago in Attur neighborhood, east of Jerusalem.
The suspect was identified as 20-year-old Ahmed Ashayer and was arrested in cooperation with the Shin Bet.
On August 11, according to the police, a Palestinian young man stabbed and slightly injured a Jewish settler in a cemetery in Azzeitun (Olives) Mount, east of the Old City of Jerusalem, with a sharp wooden piece.
The police had claimed in a previous statement that the settler was stabbed with a screwdriver.
The suspect was identified as 20-year-old Ahmed Ashayer and was arrested in cooperation with the Shin Bet.
On August 11, according to the police, a Palestinian young man stabbed and slightly injured a Jewish settler in a cemetery in Azzeitun (Olives) Mount, east of the Old City of Jerusalem, with a sharp wooden piece.
The police had claimed in a previous statement that the settler was stabbed with a screwdriver.
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Jaba’, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, kidnapped one Palestinian during searches of homes, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded, and violently searched many homes, and kidnapped a young man identified as Ahmad Fawzi Kanaan, 30.
The PPS added that the soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while searching their homes, and identified some of the home owners as Ahmad Nimir Malaisha, Bassel Mofeed Ghannam, Mohammad and Ghassan al-Qash’ar, Abu Ammar Fashafsha, Mohammad Abdul-Karim Hamamra and Taleb Hamamra.
Medical sources in Jaba’ said several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place between the invading soldiers and a number of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army vehicles.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded, and violently searched many homes, and kidnapped a young man identified as Ahmad Fawzi Kanaan, 30.
The PPS added that the soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while searching their homes, and identified some of the home owners as Ahmad Nimir Malaisha, Bassel Mofeed Ghannam, Mohammad and Ghassan al-Qash’ar, Abu Ammar Fashafsha, Mohammad Abdul-Karim Hamamra and Taleb Hamamra.
Medical sources in Jaba’ said several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place between the invading soldiers and a number of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army vehicles.
