6 aug 2018
Several Palestinian families from the besieged Gaza Strip were able on Monday to visit their relatives in an Israeli jail.
Red Cross spokeswoman Amani al-Na’ouq told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the committee facilitated the trip from Gaza to Nafha jail for 50 members of families, including 13 children, through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing.
Every once in a while, the Israeli occupation authority allows, through the Red Cross, a few members of families from Gaza to visit their relatives in jails and bans many others from seeing their relatives for unexplained security reasons.
A total of 380 men whose families are from the Gaza Strip are detained in Israeli prisons.
Red Cross spokeswoman Amani al-Na’ouq told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the committee facilitated the trip from Gaza to Nafha jail for 50 members of families, including 13 children, through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing.
Every once in a while, the Israeli occupation authority allows, through the Red Cross, a few members of families from Gaza to visit their relatives in jails and bans many others from seeing their relatives for unexplained security reasons.
A total of 380 men whose families are from the Gaza Strip are detained in Israeli prisons.
The Samara home in Beit al-Baraka after it was destroyed by Israel settlers.
Israeli settlers, escorting a bulldozer, on Monday, demolished two Palestinian homes at Beit al-Baraka church compound at the Hebron-Jerusalem road, despite the presence of a court order allowing the owners to stay in their homes, according to the owner of the two homes, Ahmad Samara.
He told WAFA that scores of settlers from several hardcore illegal settlements, including Kiryat Arba, north of Hebron, and protected by Israeli forces, escorted a bulldozer into Beit al-Baraka church compound and proceeded to demolished the two homes where he and his family had lived for over 40 years.
Samara said that when the family attempted to stop the demolition and to show the army the Israeli court order that allows it stay in the homes, the soldiers and settlers assaulted him and his family, threw them out of their homes and detained his daughter, Asmaa, 32.
“I have lived in these two homes for over 40 years. I have an ]Israeli[ court ruling preventing settlers from bothering us and allowing me and my family to continue to live in the homes,” said Samara. “We have no where to go now.”
He said the settlers and soldiers ransacked his homes and prevented him from removing his belongings before they carried out the demolition at gun point.
Beit al-Baraka, meaning “House of Blessing”, built 70 years ago, is a 38-dunam (9.5-acre) church compound located on the main road between Bethlehem and Hebron, opposite to Arroub refugee camp. It used to serve as a hospital providing free treatment to people suffering from tuberculosis until it was shut down in 1983.
Jewish settlers later bought the compound from the church, through a fake company.
Israeli settlers, escorting a bulldozer, on Monday, demolished two Palestinian homes at Beit al-Baraka church compound at the Hebron-Jerusalem road, despite the presence of a court order allowing the owners to stay in their homes, according to the owner of the two homes, Ahmad Samara.
He told WAFA that scores of settlers from several hardcore illegal settlements, including Kiryat Arba, north of Hebron, and protected by Israeli forces, escorted a bulldozer into Beit al-Baraka church compound and proceeded to demolished the two homes where he and his family had lived for over 40 years.
Samara said that when the family attempted to stop the demolition and to show the army the Israeli court order that allows it stay in the homes, the soldiers and settlers assaulted him and his family, threw them out of their homes and detained his daughter, Asmaa, 32.
“I have lived in these two homes for over 40 years. I have an ]Israeli[ court ruling preventing settlers from bothering us and allowing me and my family to continue to live in the homes,” said Samara. “We have no where to go now.”
He said the settlers and soldiers ransacked his homes and prevented him from removing his belongings before they carried out the demolition at gun point.
Beit al-Baraka, meaning “House of Blessing”, built 70 years ago, is a 38-dunam (9.5-acre) church compound located on the main road between Bethlehem and Hebron, opposite to Arroub refugee camp. It used to serve as a hospital providing free treatment to people suffering from tuberculosis until it was shut down in 1983.
Jewish settlers later bought the compound from the church, through a fake company.
Israeli patrols stormed afternoon Monday Akreba town, to the southeast of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers detained a number of Palestinians and subjected them to intensive questioning, before they released them.
Several Palestinians have been exhaustively searched all the way through.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers detained a number of Palestinians and subjected them to intensive questioning, before they released them.
Several Palestinians have been exhaustively searched all the way through.
Israeli settlers, along with Israeli forces, assaulted Palestinian residents of the al-Muarrajat Bedouin village, northeast of the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah on Monday.
Locals said that armed Israeli settlers stormed the Bedouin village under heavy protection by Israeli forces.
Sources added that Israeli forces assaulted residents, some Israeli solidarity activists and the staff members of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, who were present in the area.
Following the assault, Israeli forces detained six Palestinian residents.
Sources mentioned that Israeli forces prevented the rest of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee staff and other Israeli activists from reaching the Bedouin village of al-Muarrajat.
Many Palestinians have pointed out that Israeli settler attacks against the Palestinian community are very common and often go unpunished by the Israeli authorities.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks result in a conviction, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din reported.
Locals said that armed Israeli settlers stormed the Bedouin village under heavy protection by Israeli forces.
Sources added that Israeli forces assaulted residents, some Israeli solidarity activists and the staff members of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, who were present in the area.
Following the assault, Israeli forces detained six Palestinian residents.
Sources mentioned that Israeli forces prevented the rest of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee staff and other Israeli activists from reaching the Bedouin village of al-Muarrajat.
Many Palestinians have pointed out that Israeli settler attacks against the Palestinian community are very common and often go unpunished by the Israeli authorities.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks result in a conviction, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din reported.
Nader Baybars
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Monday morning kidnapped 16 Palestinian citizens, including two journalists, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five citizens were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in al-Khalil.
The detainees were identified as Abdullah al-Harroub, Firas Abu Sharkh, Hazem al-Jiyawi, Ibrahim Annajjar and Wa’el Abu Sharkh.
The IOF also kidnapped four brothers working as shepherds in al-Marj area, west of Jericho, after they defended themselves when a horde of Jewish settlers harassed and assaulted them.
Journalist Ibrahim al-Rantisi and another citizen were kidnapped from their homes in an IOF campaign in Ramallah and Bireh province.
A photojournalist called Nader Baybars was also rounded up by Israeli police forces during a raid on his house in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Another four citizens were kidnapped by the IOF in Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Qalqilya.
Settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests 4 brothers
A group of Israeli settlers on Monday morning attacked a Palestinian family in al-Ma'rajat Bedouin community near al-Taybeh village, northeast of Ramallah city.
Head of the Bedouin community Ali Mlihat told Quds Press that scores of Israeli settlers assaulted his sons while they were working in their farmlands early in the morning.
Mlihat said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) later arrived in the place and detained his four sons Mohammed, Khalif, Tayel and Omar after the settlers claimed that they were the ones who attacked them.
He added that his sons were transferred to an unknown destination and that he has not been allowed to see them yet.
A number of Israeli settlers about ten days ago attacked other Palestinian families in the same area. The IOF soldiers usually provide protection to the settlers in such incidents.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Monday morning kidnapped 16 Palestinian citizens, including two journalists, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five citizens were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in al-Khalil.
The detainees were identified as Abdullah al-Harroub, Firas Abu Sharkh, Hazem al-Jiyawi, Ibrahim Annajjar and Wa’el Abu Sharkh.
The IOF also kidnapped four brothers working as shepherds in al-Marj area, west of Jericho, after they defended themselves when a horde of Jewish settlers harassed and assaulted them.
Journalist Ibrahim al-Rantisi and another citizen were kidnapped from their homes in an IOF campaign in Ramallah and Bireh province.
A photojournalist called Nader Baybars was also rounded up by Israeli police forces during a raid on his house in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Another four citizens were kidnapped by the IOF in Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Qalqilya.
Settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests 4 brothers
A group of Israeli settlers on Monday morning attacked a Palestinian family in al-Ma'rajat Bedouin community near al-Taybeh village, northeast of Ramallah city.
Head of the Bedouin community Ali Mlihat told Quds Press that scores of Israeli settlers assaulted his sons while they were working in their farmlands early in the morning.
Mlihat said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) later arrived in the place and detained his four sons Mohammed, Khalif, Tayel and Omar after the settlers claimed that they were the ones who attacked them.
He added that his sons were transferred to an unknown destination and that he has not been allowed to see them yet.
A number of Israeli settlers about ten days ago attacked other Palestinian families in the same area. The IOF soldiers usually provide protection to the settlers in such incidents.
Ibrahim Rantisi
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, including one woman and a journalist, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and surrounding communities, before storming and ransacking many homes, and abducted five Palestinians.
It added that the soldiers also stopped and searched many cars at military roadblocks, in the northern part of Hebron, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and social institutions, in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, before searching them.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted a journalist, identified as Ibrahim Rantisi, who works as a correspondent for the Turkish National Television (TRT), after storming his home and ransacking it, in Rantis village, northwest of Ramallah.
He is the sixth Palestinian journalists to be abducted by the army in one week; Israel is still holding captive 22 journalists.
On Sunday, dozens of journalists protested in front of Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, calling on the International Community to oblige Israel to stop its violations against journalists, and to ensure the implementation of Security Council Resolution #2222 regarding the protection of journalists.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Susan Abu Ghannam, the mother of Mohammad Abu Ghannam, 20, who was killed by Israeli soldiers on July 21st, 2017.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Saff Street, in the center of the city, and summoned Maher Omar Ziyada, 22, from interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the army also invaded and searched homes in Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted Ala’ Rafiq Damiri, 38.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least fourteen Palestinians, including one woman and a journalist, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and surrounding communities, before storming and ransacking many homes, and abducted five Palestinians.
It added that the soldiers also stopped and searched many cars at military roadblocks, in the northern part of Hebron, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and social institutions, in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, before searching them.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted a journalist, identified as Ibrahim Rantisi, who works as a correspondent for the Turkish National Television (TRT), after storming his home and ransacking it, in Rantis village, northwest of Ramallah.
He is the sixth Palestinian journalists to be abducted by the army in one week; Israel is still holding captive 22 journalists.
On Sunday, dozens of journalists protested in front of Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, calling on the International Community to oblige Israel to stop its violations against journalists, and to ensure the implementation of Security Council Resolution #2222 regarding the protection of journalists.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Susan Abu Ghannam, the mother of Mohammad Abu Ghannam, 20, who was killed by Israeli soldiers on July 21st, 2017.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Saff Street, in the center of the city, and summoned Maher Omar Ziyada, 22, from interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the army also invaded and searched homes in Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted Ala’ Rafiq Damiri, 38.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Ibrahim Rantisi (Journalist), Ramallah.
- Ibrahim Riyad, Ramallah.
- Ehab Abu Hamda, Qalqilia,
- Tareq Silmi, Qalqilia.
- Ala’ Rafiq Damiri, Tulkarem.
- Shadi Nawawra, Bethlehem.
- Ibrahim Nawawra, Bethlehem.
- Maher Nawawra, Bethlehem.
- Firas Abu Sharkh (former political prisoner), Hebron.
- Nidal Abdullah al-Hroub, Hebron.
- Nidal Mahmoud Safi, Hebron.
- Hazem Jibril al-Jeyyawi, Hebron.
- Ibrahim Hasan Najjar, Hebron.
- Suzan Abu Ghannam, Jerusalem.
5 aug 2018
Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday began the deportation process of the 12 international activists who were on the second vessel of Freedom Flotilla 5 sent to the Gaza Strip in 2018.
Head of the International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza Zaher Birawi said that the Israeli navy intercepted the vessel and seized it as it was heading to Gaza shore at dawn Saturday.
According to Birawi, some activists refuse to leave and sign papers that include a vow not to try to enter Gaza again, which means that they might face trial.
The flotilla had on board 12 international activists, most of whom are Swedish, including a crew from the London-based Press TV channel.
Last week, the Israeli navy attacked another anti-siege vessel called al-Awda (Return) and detained all those on board.
Freedom Flotilla 5 set off in mid-May from Norway and Sweden and passed by a number of European ports during its journey to the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Strip has been living under a crippling blockade for over 12 years with all border crossings connecting the enclave with the outside world closed. They might be partially opened in exceptional cases for the entry of goods and passengers.
Head of the International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza Zaher Birawi said that the Israeli navy intercepted the vessel and seized it as it was heading to Gaza shore at dawn Saturday.
According to Birawi, some activists refuse to leave and sign papers that include a vow not to try to enter Gaza again, which means that they might face trial.
The flotilla had on board 12 international activists, most of whom are Swedish, including a crew from the London-based Press TV channel.
Last week, the Israeli navy attacked another anti-siege vessel called al-Awda (Return) and detained all those on board.
Freedom Flotilla 5 set off in mid-May from Norway and Sweden and passed by a number of European ports during its journey to the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Strip has been living under a crippling blockade for over 12 years with all border crossings connecting the enclave with the outside world closed. They might be partially opened in exceptional cases for the entry of goods and passengers.
Six Jerusalemites were detained by Israeli forces, who escorted Israeli settlers to the Palestinian cemetery of Bab al-Rahma, to perform Jewish religious prayers on Sunday in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in statement that Israeli forces raided the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, wall-to-wall with the Al-Aqsa Mosque of its eastern side, and detained six Jerusalemites. video
The six detainees were identified as the director of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Jawad Siyam, Khaled al-Zayer, Muhammad Odeh, Iyad Jaber, Asaad Kashaam, and Mutasem Khalayla.
The detainees were immediately taken in for interrogation.
The center added that following the interrogation, Jawad Siyam was released and explained that two female Israeli settlers raided the cemetery and began to perform religious prayers under the protection of Israeli forces.
Siyam added that while Israeli forces provided protection to Israeli settlers, who performed prayers among Palestinian graves, they had verbally assaulted the Jerusalemites before detaining them.
Siyam pointed out that two of the detainees, al-Zayer and Jaber, were kept at the police station in the Old City of Jerusalem for further investigation, while the other detainees were released immediately.
The center stressed that Israeli settlers raid the Bab al-Rahma cemetery daily to perform religious prayers among the graves. Recently, groups of Israeli settlers purposely broke several graves while performing prayers in the cemetery under the protection of Israeli forces.
In May, Israeli authorities placed metal fences around the parts of the cemetery that it intends on confiscating. Parts of the cemetery, which are subjected to confiscation and destruction, contain the centuries-old graves of Muslim leaders.
While Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, according to Palestinians and the international community, the city has remained an intricate part of the occupied Palestinian territory and would be considered the capital of any future Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution.
The fate of Jerusalem and its holy sites has been a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, with numerous tensions arising over Israeli threats regarding the status of non-Jewish religious sites in the city, and the "Judaization" of East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in statement that Israeli forces raided the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, wall-to-wall with the Al-Aqsa Mosque of its eastern side, and detained six Jerusalemites. video
The six detainees were identified as the director of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Jawad Siyam, Khaled al-Zayer, Muhammad Odeh, Iyad Jaber, Asaad Kashaam, and Mutasem Khalayla.
The detainees were immediately taken in for interrogation.
The center added that following the interrogation, Jawad Siyam was released and explained that two female Israeli settlers raided the cemetery and began to perform religious prayers under the protection of Israeli forces.
Siyam added that while Israeli forces provided protection to Israeli settlers, who performed prayers among Palestinian graves, they had verbally assaulted the Jerusalemites before detaining them.
Siyam pointed out that two of the detainees, al-Zayer and Jaber, were kept at the police station in the Old City of Jerusalem for further investigation, while the other detainees were released immediately.
The center stressed that Israeli settlers raid the Bab al-Rahma cemetery daily to perform religious prayers among the graves. Recently, groups of Israeli settlers purposely broke several graves while performing prayers in the cemetery under the protection of Israeli forces.
In May, Israeli authorities placed metal fences around the parts of the cemetery that it intends on confiscating. Parts of the cemetery, which are subjected to confiscation and destruction, contain the centuries-old graves of Muslim leaders.
While Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, according to Palestinians and the international community, the city has remained an intricate part of the occupied Palestinian territory and would be considered the capital of any future Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution.
The fate of Jerusalem and its holy sites has been a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, with numerous tensions arising over Israeli threats regarding the status of non-Jewish religious sites in the city, and the "Judaization" of East Jerusalem.
The Israeli authorities recently issued administrative detention orders against 49 Palestinians, including a minor, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Sunday.
PPS attorney Mahmoud Halabi said 20 of the 49 detainees received renewed administrative detention orders, whereas the rest received an order for the first time.
The detention of seventeen-year-old Layth Abu Khermah, who was detained on September 20, 2017, was also renewed for another three months.
The sentences ranged in time between three to six renewable months.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals usually ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
At least 6,500 Palestinians are locked up in Israeli penitentiaries, among them 350 children, six minor girls, nine MPs, and 700 sick detainees.
PPS attorney Mahmoud Halabi said 20 of the 49 detainees received renewed administrative detention orders, whereas the rest received an order for the first time.
The detention of seventeen-year-old Layth Abu Khermah, who was detained on September 20, 2017, was also renewed for another three months.
The sentences ranged in time between three to six renewable months.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals usually ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
At least 6,500 Palestinians are locked up in Israeli penitentiaries, among them 350 children, six minor girls, nine MPs, and 700 sick detainees.
Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians, including a woman, throughout the occupied West Bank during predawn raids on Sunday.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Fawzi Jalal Motawe, 18, Bahaa Muhammad Shakarna, and Fadi Fathal Najahra.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed the detention of Suzan Ismail Abu Ghannam, who is the mother of killed Palestinian, Muhammad Hassan Abu Ghannam. Prior to the detention, Israeli forces raided and searched Ghannam’s home and confiscated a large amount of her money.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians. They were identified as Nadim SamirFarhat, Raed Muhammad Nader, Nadim Hosny al-Barghouthi.
Among the seven detainees were four minors, who were identified as Hassan Samer Tanatra, Yaman Mustafaa Tanatra, Yazid Muhammad Tanatra, and Waed Tanatra.
Following the detentions, clashes erupted among Israeli forces and Palestinian youths, in which a Palestinian was wounded. However, his identity remained unknown.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Yasin Wirad al-Khatib.
In addition, Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians within the past two days throughout the West Bank, mainly from Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 60 are female prisoners.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Many Palestinians, Injure One, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, many Palestinians, during violent invasions and searches of homes, and shot one, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim and Kobar villages, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man in Abu Shkheidim, before he was rushed to a local hospital.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, owned by members of al-Qawasmi family, in addition to a home owned by Soheil al-Ajlouni, a local lawyer, and illegally confiscated thousands of shekels.
The Israeli army said its soldiers confiscated case from homes, and “arrested five Palestinians in Hebron”; their names remained unknown at the time of this report.
Nine of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Fawzi Jalal Motawe, 18, Bahaa Muhammad Shakarna, and Fadi Fathal Najahra.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed the detention of Suzan Ismail Abu Ghannam, who is the mother of killed Palestinian, Muhammad Hassan Abu Ghannam. Prior to the detention, Israeli forces raided and searched Ghannam’s home and confiscated a large amount of her money.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians. They were identified as Nadim SamirFarhat, Raed Muhammad Nader, Nadim Hosny al-Barghouthi.
Among the seven detainees were four minors, who were identified as Hassan Samer Tanatra, Yaman Mustafaa Tanatra, Yazid Muhammad Tanatra, and Waed Tanatra.
Following the detentions, clashes erupted among Israeli forces and Palestinian youths, in which a Palestinian was wounded. However, his identity remained unknown.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Yasin Wirad al-Khatib.
In addition, Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians within the past two days throughout the West Bank, mainly from Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 60 are female prisoners.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Many Palestinians, Injure One, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, many Palestinians, during violent invasions and searches of homes, and shot one, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim and Kobar villages, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man in Abu Shkheidim, before he was rushed to a local hospital.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, owned by members of al-Qawasmi family, in addition to a home owned by Soheil al-Ajlouni, a local lawyer, and illegally confiscated thousands of shekels.
The Israeli army said its soldiers confiscated case from homes, and “arrested five Palestinians in Hebron”; their names remained unknown at the time of this report.
Nine of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Nadim Samir Badwan, Kobar – Ramallah.
- Raed Mohammad Dar Yousef, Kobar – Ramallah.
- Zeid Tanatra, Umm Safa village – Ramallah.
- Wa’ed Tanatra, Umm Safa village – Ramallah.
- Yamman Tanatra, Umm Safa village – Ramallah.
- Hassab Tanatra, Umm Safa village – Ramallah.
- Baha’ Mohammad Shakarna, Nahhalin – Bethlehem.
- Khalaf Fadi Najajra, Nahhalin – Bethlehem.
- Fawzi Jalal Masalma, al-Azza refugee camp – Bethlehem.
