10 aug 2017
The Israeli Supreme Court reduced the sentence of 15-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Manasra, who was involved in a stabbing attack in 2015, from 12 years to nine-and-a-half on Thursday, after his family had appealed the lengthy prison sentence.
Manasra and his 15-year-old cousin Hassan Khalid Manasra stabbed and critically wounded two Israelis, aged 13 and 21, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on Oct. 12, 2015. At the time of the attack, Manasra was just 13.
During the attack, Hassan was shot dead at the scene by Israeli forces, while Ahmad was knocked over by a car and seriously wounded.
A video of Ahmad lying injured and bloody on the ground after being hit by the car was uploaded to social media and went viral. In the footage, an Israeli onlooker can clearly be heard saying: "Die, son of a wh***! Die!" while another tells the police officer to shoot him.
In video footage obtained by Ma'an a month after the attack, Israeli officials were captured on film hurling abuse at Manasra, then 13, during his interrogation.
According to Israeli media, the decision was made to reduce Manasra’s sentence by two-and-a-half years in part due to evidence that Manasra played a secondary role in the attack.
“We can also not ignore the appellant’s extremely young age and his rehabilitation process,” the Supreme Court judges reportedly said.
According to Israeli media, Israeli prison authorities had also requested the sentence reduction owing to Manasra’s behavior since the crime took place.
The decision was taken “in view of the way the appellant dealt with the crimes he committed, the insights he gained from it, his good behavior during his stay in the secure (youth) facility and now in jail, and the Probation Service’s impression that a long prison term may have undesirable consequences for him,” the judges' ruling stated.
The family had also challenged the hefty fines placed on the family. But this request was rejected by the Supreme Court, leaving the family to pay $27,872 in fines for the 13-year-old Israeli who was injured, and $22,298 for the other Israeli injured.
Manasra’s trial was postponed a number of times, which some commentators alleged was a conscious move to delay the case until he turned 14 in January, at which time he became old enough under Israeli law to be given a prison sentence.
According to prisoners’ rights groups Addameer, a total of 320 Palestinian minors are currently incarcerated in Israeli prisons.
Interrogations of Palestinian children can last up to 90 days according to Addameer, while in addition to being beaten and threatened, cases of sexual assault and placement in solitary confinement to elicit confessions are also reported, while confession documents the minors are often forced to sign are in Hebrew -- a language most Palestinians do not speak.
Manasra and his 15-year-old cousin Hassan Khalid Manasra stabbed and critically wounded two Israelis, aged 13 and 21, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on Oct. 12, 2015. At the time of the attack, Manasra was just 13.
During the attack, Hassan was shot dead at the scene by Israeli forces, while Ahmad was knocked over by a car and seriously wounded.
A video of Ahmad lying injured and bloody on the ground after being hit by the car was uploaded to social media and went viral. In the footage, an Israeli onlooker can clearly be heard saying: "Die, son of a wh***! Die!" while another tells the police officer to shoot him.
In video footage obtained by Ma'an a month after the attack, Israeli officials were captured on film hurling abuse at Manasra, then 13, during his interrogation.
According to Israeli media, the decision was made to reduce Manasra’s sentence by two-and-a-half years in part due to evidence that Manasra played a secondary role in the attack.
“We can also not ignore the appellant’s extremely young age and his rehabilitation process,” the Supreme Court judges reportedly said.
According to Israeli media, Israeli prison authorities had also requested the sentence reduction owing to Manasra’s behavior since the crime took place.
The decision was taken “in view of the way the appellant dealt with the crimes he committed, the insights he gained from it, his good behavior during his stay in the secure (youth) facility and now in jail, and the Probation Service’s impression that a long prison term may have undesirable consequences for him,” the judges' ruling stated.
The family had also challenged the hefty fines placed on the family. But this request was rejected by the Supreme Court, leaving the family to pay $27,872 in fines for the 13-year-old Israeli who was injured, and $22,298 for the other Israeli injured.
Manasra’s trial was postponed a number of times, which some commentators alleged was a conscious move to delay the case until he turned 14 in January, at which time he became old enough under Israeli law to be given a prison sentence.
According to prisoners’ rights groups Addameer, a total of 320 Palestinian minors are currently incarcerated in Israeli prisons.
Interrogations of Palestinian children can last up to 90 days according to Addameer, while in addition to being beaten and threatened, cases of sexual assault and placement in solitary confinement to elicit confessions are also reported, while confession documents the minors are often forced to sign are in Hebrew -- a language most Palestinians do not speak.
Israeli forces detained at least 19 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, during army raids carried out between Wednesday and Thursday, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
In the northern West Bank, locals told Ma’an that Raja Zayit was detained from the Nur Shams refugee camp in the Tulkarem district. An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the detention in Nur Shams, and said that the Palestinian was detained for allegedly being a Hamas operative.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that Israeli forces had detained three other Palestinians in the northern West Bank, including one Palestinian in the village of Sir in Jenin, one in Jenin city, and another Palestinian in the Farun village in Tulkarem.
In the central West Bank, locals told Ma’an that Omar Jumaa Hammad was detained in the village of Silwad in Ramallah.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not mention a detention in Silwad, but told Ma’an two Palestinians were detained in the village of Deir Istiya in Salfit and another in the Ramallah-area Abud village.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp in the Ramallah district and the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab. Local sources said that Israeli forces detained Bassel Hammad. However, it was not clear if Hammad was detained from Qalandiya or Kafr Aqab.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed one detention in the Qalandiya refugee camp.
Another Palestinian was also detained in the Rafat village in the West Bank’s Jerusalem district, the army spokesperson said, adding that he was detained over allegations of being a Hamas operative.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the offices of the Al-Quds News media outlet and the Independent Media Center in al-Eizariya in the Jerusalem district, with locals reporting that Israeli forces had seized computers, memory cards, damaged various items in the office, and confiscated the mobile phone of Rami Alariya, the center’s head photojournalist.
An Israeli police spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on the raid in al-Eizariya.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians after raiding their homes in the Old City. The detainees were identified by locals as Yousif al-Amawi, Alaa Najib, Yousif Hazineh, and Mahmoud Idris.
Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces had also detained Suleiman al-Sayyad from the al-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem and Ahmad Sweilem from the Shufat refugee camp.
Israeli intelligence forces had also detained an unidentified “youth” from his vehicle at a checkpoint located at the western entrance of the Issawiya neighborhood, according to local sources.
Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that three Palestinians were detained in Hebron city and another was detained in the village of Beit Kahil in the Hebron district for allegedly being a Hamas operative.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with a biweekly average of 95 search and detention raids carried out over the course of 2016, according to UN documentation.
In a report released on Tuesday, prisoners’ rights group Addameer, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported a sharp increase in Israeli detentions of Palestinians, with 880 Palestinians being detained in the month of July alone, 144 of whom were Palestinian children.
According to Addameer, 6,128 Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel as of July, 450 of whom were being held without charge or trial.
Rights group have often cited Israel’s routine imprisonment of Palestinians as a tool to erode Palestinian life in the occupied Palestinian territory. Addameer has reported that 40 percent of the male Palestinian population has been detained by Israel at least one point in their lives.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted thirteen Palestinians.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Nour Shams refugee camp, east of the city, and abducted Raja Ateyya Zayet, 23.
The soldiers also invaded Far’un town, south of Tulkarem, and abducted Abdullah Hasan Yousef, 28.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a residential building in the Eastern Neighborhood in Tulkarem, and smashed the doors of its flats, terrifying the families, before forcing them out and violently searching their residencies.
Following the search, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, in his forties, and took him to an unknown destination.
In Jenin, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Tareq Arafat al-Hathnawi, after invading his family’s home and ransacking it. The army also invaded the home of Arafat’s brother, and another home owned by Abu Srour family.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Kahel town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Haitham Azzat Asafra, 19, from his home.
The soldiers also invaded and searched a home, owned by Sa’id Abu Jaber, in al-Baq’a area, and many neighborhoods in Hebron city.
In related news, the army also installed many roadblocks at main roads leading to several towns, villages and refugee camps, in Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Hebron’s Old City, the soldiers invaded officers run by the Palestinian Interior Ministry, Labor Ministry and Justice Ministry, and violently searched them.
In the northern West Bank, locals told Ma’an that Raja Zayit was detained from the Nur Shams refugee camp in the Tulkarem district. An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the detention in Nur Shams, and said that the Palestinian was detained for allegedly being a Hamas operative.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that Israeli forces had detained three other Palestinians in the northern West Bank, including one Palestinian in the village of Sir in Jenin, one in Jenin city, and another Palestinian in the Farun village in Tulkarem.
In the central West Bank, locals told Ma’an that Omar Jumaa Hammad was detained in the village of Silwad in Ramallah.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not mention a detention in Silwad, but told Ma’an two Palestinians were detained in the village of Deir Istiya in Salfit and another in the Ramallah-area Abud village.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp in the Ramallah district and the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab. Local sources said that Israeli forces detained Bassel Hammad. However, it was not clear if Hammad was detained from Qalandiya or Kafr Aqab.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed one detention in the Qalandiya refugee camp.
Another Palestinian was also detained in the Rafat village in the West Bank’s Jerusalem district, the army spokesperson said, adding that he was detained over allegations of being a Hamas operative.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the offices of the Al-Quds News media outlet and the Independent Media Center in al-Eizariya in the Jerusalem district, with locals reporting that Israeli forces had seized computers, memory cards, damaged various items in the office, and confiscated the mobile phone of Rami Alariya, the center’s head photojournalist.
An Israeli police spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on the raid in al-Eizariya.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians after raiding their homes in the Old City. The detainees were identified by locals as Yousif al-Amawi, Alaa Najib, Yousif Hazineh, and Mahmoud Idris.
Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces had also detained Suleiman al-Sayyad from the al-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem and Ahmad Sweilem from the Shufat refugee camp.
Israeli intelligence forces had also detained an unidentified “youth” from his vehicle at a checkpoint located at the western entrance of the Issawiya neighborhood, according to local sources.
Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that three Palestinians were detained in Hebron city and another was detained in the village of Beit Kahil in the Hebron district for allegedly being a Hamas operative.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with a biweekly average of 95 search and detention raids carried out over the course of 2016, according to UN documentation.
In a report released on Tuesday, prisoners’ rights group Addameer, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported a sharp increase in Israeli detentions of Palestinians, with 880 Palestinians being detained in the month of July alone, 144 of whom were Palestinian children.
According to Addameer, 6,128 Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel as of July, 450 of whom were being held without charge or trial.
Rights group have often cited Israel’s routine imprisonment of Palestinians as a tool to erode Palestinian life in the occupied Palestinian territory. Addameer has reported that 40 percent of the male Palestinian population has been detained by Israel at least one point in their lives.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted thirteen Palestinians.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Nour Shams refugee camp, east of the city, and abducted Raja Ateyya Zayet, 23.
The soldiers also invaded Far’un town, south of Tulkarem, and abducted Abdullah Hasan Yousef, 28.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a residential building in the Eastern Neighborhood in Tulkarem, and smashed the doors of its flats, terrifying the families, before forcing them out and violently searching their residencies.
Following the search, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, in his forties, and took him to an unknown destination.
In Jenin, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Tareq Arafat al-Hathnawi, after invading his family’s home and ransacking it. The army also invaded the home of Arafat’s brother, and another home owned by Abu Srour family.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Kahel town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted Haitham Azzat Asafra, 19, from his home.
The soldiers also invaded and searched a home, owned by Sa’id Abu Jaber, in al-Baq’a area, and many neighborhoods in Hebron city.
In related news, the army also installed many roadblocks at main roads leading to several towns, villages and refugee camps, in Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Hebron’s Old City, the soldiers invaded officers run by the Palestinian Interior Ministry, Labor Ministry and Justice Ministry, and violently searched them.
At least 202 Palestinian workers were arrested by Israeli border cops on Wednesday evening in and near Beer Sheba city.
A PIC news correspondent said the abduction sweep was carried out against hundreds of Palestinian workers on claims that they do not have work permits.
29 Palestinians holding Israeli identity documents were also arrested in the campaign on charges of providing shelter and transportation to Palestinians from the West Bank.
The arrestees were dragged to Israeli detention centers pending exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli police threatened to send the workers to prison, sentence them to long terms, and to impose hefty fines on them.
A PIC news correspondent said the abduction sweep was carried out against hundreds of Palestinian workers on claims that they do not have work permits.
29 Palestinians holding Israeli identity documents were also arrested in the campaign on charges of providing shelter and transportation to Palestinians from the West Bank.
The arrestees were dragged to Israeli detention centers pending exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli police threatened to send the workers to prison, sentence them to long terms, and to impose hefty fines on them.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in occupied East Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted eight Palestinians, including one from Qalandia refugee camp, north of the city.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the Old City, and abducted four Palestinians, identified as Yousef al-‘Ammawi, Ala’ Najeeb, Yousef Hzeina and Mahmoud Edrees.
The army also invaded homes in at-Tour neighborhood, and Shu’fat refugee camp, before abducting Suleiman Sayyad and Ahmad Sweilem.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian, who remained unidentified until the time of this report, after stopping his car at a roadblock on the western road of the al-‘Eesawiyya town, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded media offices belonging to Jerusalem News and The Independent Media Center, before searching them, and confiscated many computers and drives, in addition to confiscating a mobile phone owned by the head of the Independent Media Center, Rami Allariyya.
The army detained many families in the same building for several hours, and kept them in one room, but released them after concluding the invasions and searches.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and Kafr Aqab nearby neighborhood, searched homes and abducted a young man, identified as Bassel Hammad.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the Old City, and abducted four Palestinians, identified as Yousef al-‘Ammawi, Ala’ Najeeb, Yousef Hzeina and Mahmoud Edrees.
The army also invaded homes in at-Tour neighborhood, and Shu’fat refugee camp, before abducting Suleiman Sayyad and Ahmad Sweilem.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian, who remained unidentified until the time of this report, after stopping his car at a roadblock on the western road of the al-‘Eesawiyya town, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded media offices belonging to Jerusalem News and The Independent Media Center, before searching them, and confiscated many computers and drives, in addition to confiscating a mobile phone owned by the head of the Independent Media Center, Rami Allariyya.
The army detained many families in the same building for several hours, and kept them in one room, but released them after concluding the invasions and searches.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and Kafr Aqab nearby neighborhood, searched homes and abducted a young man, identified as Bassel Hammad.
9 aug 2017
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released on Tuesday a senior UN official from Gaza after he was detained for a month without a charge preferred against him.
Hamdan Temraz, 61, the deputy head of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security in the Gaza Strip, was arrested while leaving Gaza through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in early July.
In a similar context, the IOA arrested in 2016 the director of World Vision's Gaza office, Mohammed al-Halabi, and accused him of diverting funds to Hamas and its armed wing. Halabi is still held in Israeli jails.
In January 2017, the IOA released Waheed al-Bursh, a Palestinian engineer working for the United Nations Development Program in Gaza, after he was detained for a couple of months on charges of aiding Hamas.
Hamdan Temraz, 61, the deputy head of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security in the Gaza Strip, was arrested while leaving Gaza through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in early July.
In a similar context, the IOA arrested in 2016 the director of World Vision's Gaza office, Mohammed al-Halabi, and accused him of diverting funds to Hamas and its armed wing. Halabi is still held in Israeli jails.
In January 2017, the IOA released Waheed al-Bursh, a Palestinian engineer working for the United Nations Development Program in Gaza, after he was detained for a couple of months on charges of aiding Hamas.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday arrested a Palestinian youth near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil for allegedly possessing a knife.
An IOF spokeswoman claimed in a statement that a group of border guards arrested a Palestinian after he approached them carrying a knife.
She pointed out that the detainee is a 25-year-old resident of al-Khalil and that he was taken for interrogation without being shot or injured.
Dozens of military checkpoints, roadblocks and gates are erected throughout the Old City of al-Khalil and in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque. Palestinian citizens in the area are subjected to humiliating searches and unjustified arrests.
Similar checkpoints are deployed in different areas of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem under the pretext of preventing attacks by Palestinian youths against Israeli targets.
An IOF spokeswoman claimed in a statement that a group of border guards arrested a Palestinian after he approached them carrying a knife.
She pointed out that the detainee is a 25-year-old resident of al-Khalil and that he was taken for interrogation without being shot or injured.
Dozens of military checkpoints, roadblocks and gates are erected throughout the Old City of al-Khalil and in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque. Palestinian citizens in the area are subjected to humiliating searches and unjustified arrests.
Similar checkpoints are deployed in different areas of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem under the pretext of preventing attacks by Palestinian youths against Israeli targets.
Palestinian Prisoner Society announced on Wednesday that 13 Palestinian sick prisoners are held in Ramleh prison’s clinic under tough detention conditions and poor health services.
Some of the detainees have been held in the same place for over ten years without any noticeable changes in the policies pursued by Israeli Prison Service (IPS), the Society highlighted, in a statement on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society also pointed out that the IPS continuously subjects ill detainees to punishments; most prominent procrastination in offering treatment especially transfers to hospitals for conducting medical checkups or even operations.
Some of the detainees have been held in the same place for over ten years without any noticeable changes in the policies pursued by Israeli Prison Service (IPS), the Society highlighted, in a statement on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society also pointed out that the IPS continuously subjects ill detainees to punishments; most prominent procrastination in offering treatment especially transfers to hospitals for conducting medical checkups or even operations.
Palestinian detainee Daoud Tal’at al-Khatib was transferred to hospital following a heart stroke rocking his body, the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Committee said on Tuesday evening.
According to a statement by the Prisoners’ Committee, al-Khatib was rushed to Soroka Medical Center after he suffered myocardial infarction.
Al-Khatib, a native of Bethlehem province, is serving an 18-year-sentence in Israeli jails. He is currently held in the Ramon lock-up.
According to a statement by the Prisoners’ Committee, al-Khatib was rushed to Soroka Medical Center after he suffered myocardial infarction.
Al-Khatib, a native of Bethlehem province, is serving an 18-year-sentence in Israeli jails. He is currently held in the Ramon lock-up.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least twenty-five Palestinians, including children, during massive military invasions and violent searches of homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
In Nablus governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Madama town, south of the city, and abducted Mohammad Wajeeh Qitt, 28.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Sabastia town, northwest of Nablus, and abducted Qoteiba Abdul-Karim Azem, 26.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded Kobar village, northwest of the city, and abducted Abdul-Jalil al-‘Abed and his brother Ibrahim al-‘Abed, after storming into their homes and searching them.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Jalil is the father of Omar al-‘Abed, who was injured and arrested by the soldiers, on July 21 2017, after he infiltrated into a home in Halamish Israeli colony, built on Palestinian lands near Ramallah, and killed Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 26.
The soldiers also installed sand hills on the town’s main road, and bulldozed the street, destroying it.
Also in Ramallah, many extremist Israeli colonists infiltrated into Umm Safa village, northwest of the city, burnt two cars and wrote racist graffiti calling for killing the Palestinians, and for revenge for the Halamish attack.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked more than thirty homes in Azzoun town, east of the city, and abducted eight Palestinians, identified as Ali Husam Sweidan, Baha’ Samir Sheelo, Othman Samir Sheelo, Abdul-Aziz Farid Hussein, Yahia Qaher Abu Haniyya, Abdul-Aziz Qaher Abu Haniyya, Nidal Bakr Radwan and Mustafa Sufian Reyashi.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Thieb Mohammad al-‘Amour, 43, his son Mahmoud, 15. Nizar Khalil al-‘Amour, 16, Mohammad Ziad al-‘Amour, 15, and Amir Waheed al-‘Amour, 15.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military jeeps, while the army fired several live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Abdul-Aziz Ahmad Arafa and Raed As’ad Salhi, after shooting and injuring them.
The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was injured during the invasion, after exchanging fire with Palestinian fighters, and that it is investigating the incident.
In Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes and ransacked them, in Hebron city and the nearby towns of Yatta, Sa’ir and Shiokh towns, and abducted six Palestinians.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as the Lieutenant Nasser Maswadi, the head of Palestinian Police in Hebron’s Old City, in addition to Badran Jaber, 70, Amjad Salhab, Yousef Hamdan Halayqa, 29, Ibrahim Mousa Makhamra, 36, and Islam Ahmad Shalalda, 21.
It is worth mentioning that Badran is a senior political figure of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Nablus governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Madama town, south of the city, and abducted Mohammad Wajeeh Qitt, 28.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Sabastia town, northwest of Nablus, and abducted Qoteiba Abdul-Karim Azem, 26.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded Kobar village, northwest of the city, and abducted Abdul-Jalil al-‘Abed and his brother Ibrahim al-‘Abed, after storming into their homes and searching them.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Jalil is the father of Omar al-‘Abed, who was injured and arrested by the soldiers, on July 21 2017, after he infiltrated into a home in Halamish Israeli colony, built on Palestinian lands near Ramallah, and killed Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 26.
The soldiers also installed sand hills on the town’s main road, and bulldozed the street, destroying it.
Also in Ramallah, many extremist Israeli colonists infiltrated into Umm Safa village, northwest of the city, burnt two cars and wrote racist graffiti calling for killing the Palestinians, and for revenge for the Halamish attack.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked more than thirty homes in Azzoun town, east of the city, and abducted eight Palestinians, identified as Ali Husam Sweidan, Baha’ Samir Sheelo, Othman Samir Sheelo, Abdul-Aziz Farid Hussein, Yahia Qaher Abu Haniyya, Abdul-Aziz Qaher Abu Haniyya, Nidal Bakr Radwan and Mustafa Sufian Reyashi.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Thieb Mohammad al-‘Amour, 43, his son Mahmoud, 15. Nizar Khalil al-‘Amour, 16, Mohammad Ziad al-‘Amour, 15, and Amir Waheed al-‘Amour, 15.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military jeeps, while the army fired several live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Abdul-Aziz Ahmad Arafa and Raed As’ad Salhi, after shooting and injuring them.
The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was injured during the invasion, after exchanging fire with Palestinian fighters, and that it is investigating the incident.
In Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes and ransacked them, in Hebron city and the nearby towns of Yatta, Sa’ir and Shiokh towns, and abducted six Palestinians.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as the Lieutenant Nasser Maswadi, the head of Palestinian Police in Hebron’s Old City, in addition to Badran Jaber, 70, Amjad Salhab, Yousef Hamdan Halayqa, 29, Ibrahim Mousa Makhamra, 36, and Islam Ahmad Shalalda, 21.
It is worth mentioning that Badran is a senior political figure of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and abducted two young Palestinian men, after shooting them.
Media sources said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds during the invaded, and abducted Abdul-Aziz Ahmad Arafa and Raed As’ad Salhi, after shooting and injuring them.
The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was injured during the invasion, after exchanging fire with Palestinian fighters.
The army added that the wounded soldier was moved to a hospital, and that it is investigating the incident.
Media sources said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds during the invaded, and abducted Abdul-Aziz Ahmad Arafa and Raed As’ad Salhi, after shooting and injuring them.
The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was injured during the invasion, after exchanging fire with Palestinian fighters.
The army added that the wounded soldier was moved to a hospital, and that it is investigating the incident.
Israeli soldiers repeated assaulted, on Tuesday, a Palestinian child in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, causing carious cuts and bruises, and abducted him. The army also abducted a local sheikh near Al-Aqsa Mosque, and three children, in Silwan.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers attacked and injured Mohammad Abu Jamal, and took him to an unknown destination.
Locals tried to stop the soldiers, but were unable to secure the release of the child.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted three children, identified as Samir Bakhtan, Omar Mohammad Shweiki and Omar Baseela, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The soldiers also assaulted and abducted a local Sheikh, identified as Nour Rajabi, near the Gate of the Tribes leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers attacked and injured Mohammad Abu Jamal, and took him to an unknown destination.
Locals tried to stop the soldiers, but were unable to secure the release of the child.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted three children, identified as Samir Bakhtan, Omar Mohammad Shweiki and Omar Baseela, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The soldiers also assaulted and abducted a local Sheikh, identified as Nour Rajabi, near the Gate of the Tribes leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
