14 aug 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian youths allegedly in possession of explosive devices near an Israeli settlement north of the West Bank.
Hebrew website "0404" reported that the IOF arrested three Palestinians who were carrying four explosive devices near Elon Moreh settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands east of Nablus, and took them for interrogation.
Israeli arrest campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank. Detained Palestinians are usually accused of being involved in anti-Israel attacks.
Hebrew website "0404" reported that the IOF arrested three Palestinians who were carrying four explosive devices near Elon Moreh settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands east of Nablus, and took them for interrogation.
Israeli arrest campaigns are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank. Detained Palestinians are usually accused of being involved in anti-Israel attacks.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several communities in the occupied West Bank, and abducted 29 Palestinians, including two women from Hebron.
The soldiers conducted extensive and violent searches of homes during the invasions, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a Lathe workshop in Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after smashing its front door, and confiscated all of its equipment, for what the army claimed “being used to manufacture combat materials.”
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded farmlands, owned by Hashem Mustafa Allan, in the northeastern part of Einabus village, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank, before the military bulldozers uprooted them in preparation for expanding the illegal Yitzhar colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Bulldoze Lands, Near Nablus
On Tuesday at dawn, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and surrounding villages, before storming and searching homes, and abducted five Palestinians. The soldiers also invaded Palestinian lands near Nablus, and bulldozed them, in preparation for expanding an illegal colony.
Media sources in Nablus, said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and abducted Mohannad Mo’in Tabanja, and Husam Emad al-‘Amoudi, in addition to Islam Anan Bishkar, from the New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus.
They added that the soldiers also invaded Burin village, south of Nablus, and abducted Montaser Khader Najjar, 20.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Bara’ Na’el Dweikat, from his home in Rojeeb village, east of Nablus.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Palestinian farmlands in the northeastern part of Einabus village, south of Nablus, before the military bulldozers uprooted them in preparation for expanding the illegal Yitzhar colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
The lands are owned by one Palestinian, identified as Hashem Mustafa Allan, local sources said.
The soldiers conducted extensive and violent searches of homes during the invasions, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a Lathe workshop in Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after smashing its front door, and confiscated all of its equipment, for what the army claimed “being used to manufacture combat materials.”
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded farmlands, owned by Hashem Mustafa Allan, in the northeastern part of Einabus village, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank, before the military bulldozers uprooted them in preparation for expanding the illegal Yitzhar colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Sonia al-Hammouri, Hebron.
- Sa’eda Bader, Hebron.
- Mohammad ‘Aadi, Hebron.
- Ghazi ‘Aadi, Hebron.
- Dia’ ‘Aadi, Hebron
- Majd ‘Aadi, Hebron.
- Emad Abu Turk, Hebron.
- Ya’coub Abu Turk, Hebron.
- Mahmoud Barghouthi, Ramallah.
- Rami Ezzat Barghouthi, Ramallah.
- Adnan Barghouthi, Ramallah.
- Mazen Radwan Rimawi, Ramallah.
- Arafat Nasser, Ramallah.
- Ammad Abu Saleh, Ramallah.
- Saleh Atiya, Ramallah.
- Mahmoud Saleh Atiya, Ramallah. (Saleh’s son)
- Ibrahim Khaled Hamamra, Bethlehem.
- Ramez Yousef Lahham, Bethlehem.
- Dia’ Khalil Ja’fari, Bethlehem.
- Safa’ Jihad Abu al-‘Asal, Jericho.
- Ahmad Jihad Abu al-‘Asal, Jericho. (Safa’s brother)
- Yousef Suleiman Karshan, Jericho.
- Daoud Khalil Abu Dahouk, Jericho.
- Bara’ Na’el Dweikat, Nablus.
- Husam Emad al-‘Amoudi, Nablus.
- Mo’in Tabanja, Nablus.
- Salam Anan Bishkar, Nablus.
- Soheib Khader al-Hosary, Tulkarem.
- Mohammad Bilal Abu Bakr, Jenin.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Bulldoze Lands, Near Nablus
On Tuesday at dawn, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and surrounding villages, before storming and searching homes, and abducted five Palestinians. The soldiers also invaded Palestinian lands near Nablus, and bulldozed them, in preparation for expanding an illegal colony.
Media sources in Nablus, said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and abducted Mohannad Mo’in Tabanja, and Husam Emad al-‘Amoudi, in addition to Islam Anan Bishkar, from the New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus.
They added that the soldiers also invaded Burin village, south of Nablus, and abducted Montaser Khader Najjar, 20.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Bara’ Na’el Dweikat, from his home in Rojeeb village, east of Nablus.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Palestinian farmlands in the northeastern part of Einabus village, south of Nablus, before the military bulldozers uprooted them in preparation for expanding the illegal Yitzhar colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
The lands are owned by one Palestinian, identified as Hashem Mustafa Allan, local sources said.
Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, five Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted four others in Safa area, northwest of the city.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local youngsters, protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire, and four others with rubber-coated steel bullets.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Safa area, northwest of Hebron, and abducted Mohammad Farouq ‘Aadi, 19, his brother Dia’, 22, in addition to Majd Ismael ‘Aadi, 24, and Ghazi Mohammad ‘Aadi, 37.
In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the entrance of Deir Abu Mashal town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and detained a young man.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks near the villages of Burin, Madama and Aseera al-Qibliyya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local youngsters, protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire, and four others with rubber-coated steel bullets.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Safa area, northwest of Hebron, and abducted Mohammad Farouq ‘Aadi, 19, his brother Dia’, 22, in addition to Majd Ismael ‘Aadi, 24, and Ghazi Mohammad ‘Aadi, 37.
In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the entrance of Deir Abu Mashal town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and detained a young man.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks near the villages of Burin, Madama and Aseera al-Qibliyya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli soldiers attacked and abducted, on Monday evening, a Palestinian woman from the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted the woman, and abducted her, before moving her to a nearby police station.
Firas ad-Dibis, the head of the Public Relations Department at the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, said the soldiers also summoned for interrogation two guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Ahmad Damiri and Ghazi Asaliyya, for trying to stop the assault against the woman.
The incidents took place after the police accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into the courtyards of the holy site, and conducted provocative tours.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after closing its main street, and conducted extensive searches of homes.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted the woman, and abducted her, before moving her to a nearby police station.
Firas ad-Dibis, the head of the Public Relations Department at the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, said the soldiers also summoned for interrogation two guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Ahmad Damiri and Ghazi Asaliyya, for trying to stop the assault against the woman.
The incidents took place after the police accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into the courtyards of the holy site, and conducted provocative tours.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after closing its main street, and conducted extensive searches of homes.
Israeli soldiers detained, on Monday at night, a Palestinian child from Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after the army invaded several homes and stores in the town.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bilal Abu Bakr, 15, from the Schools’ Neighborhood, and interrogated him, before later releasing him.
They added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes and stores in the town, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bilal Abu Bakr, 15, from the Schools’ Neighborhood, and interrogated him, before later releasing him.
They added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes and stores in the town, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters.
13 aug 2018
The bereaved father calls for the death penalty in a letter addressed to government ministers, which he intends to read in front of the judges; 'It must be the first in a series of steps that will change reality and give hope to the people of Israel'; Im Tirtzu's CEO: 'giving terrorists the death penalty is life-saving.'
Ahead of Tuesday's trial of Islam Yusuf Hamid—the terrorist who killed Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky two months ago, the Duvdevan soldier’s father, Vladimir Lubarsky, asked the trial’s judges to give the defendant a death penalty.
Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, a 20-year-old Rehovot resident, was a member of the army's elite Duvdevan Unit and was acting as part of the force that was serving an arrest warrant in the al-Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah. An inquiry into the incident revealed that a large marble slab hit his head.
After receiving emergency medical attention in the field, Staff Sgt. Lubarsky was taken to the hospital and hospitalized in its intensive care unit, where he was later pronounced dead.
Following the attack, soldiers from the IDF's elite Duvdevan unit raided a Refugee Camp in the late morning hours and pulled the terrorist who killed their friend Ronen, out of bed. The terrorist was arrested and brought to Israel to stand trial.
The terrorist Hamid, who was hiding in a different house in the crowded and violent refugee camp, has already served five years in Israeli prison for his involvement in a Hamas-led shooting attack.
Hamid comes from a family of Hamas terrorists behind several attacks that killed Israelis in the past.
Four of his brothers, also Hamas members, are serving life sentences for their involvement in murderous terror attacks during the second intifada, including the 2002 Seafood Market attack in Tel Aviv that claimed the lives of three Israelis.
One of the brothers is serving a life sentence for the 1994 shooting of Shin Bet operative Noam Cohen.
Half of the Hamid family is affiliated with Hamas and the other with Fatah. Hamid's elder brother is one of the founders of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the right hand of Marwan Barghouti.
None of the Hamid brothers who were sentenced to life had been released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal.
In a letter addressed to government ministers, which he intends to read before the judges, Ronen's father writes: "Let us restore deterrence and save lives, as my late son did and our soldiers keep on doing day after day, night after night."
"The trial of my son's murderer must be the first in a series of steps that will change reality and give hope to the people of Israel," he stressed.
"Five brothers of the terrorist who murdered Ronen committed terrorist attacks, in which nine people were murdered. Four brothers were sentenced to cumulative life sentences and the fifth brother was killed during his arrest," Lubarsky added.
"It is possible that if all five brothers were sentenced to death, Ronen's life would have been spared. Only the death penalty guarantees that terrorists will not return to the cycle of terrorism. "
Matan Peleg, CEO of right-wing organization Im Tirtzu, who accompanies the Lubarsky family together with the "Choosing Life" forum of beraved families explained on Sunday why he supports the father's request.
"The circle of terror must be cut off, and only real deterrence can do so. Thus, giving terrorists the death penalty and banishing terrorists' family members are essentially life-saving measures."
Ahead of Tuesday's trial of Islam Yusuf Hamid—the terrorist who killed Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky two months ago, the Duvdevan soldier’s father, Vladimir Lubarsky, asked the trial’s judges to give the defendant a death penalty.
Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, a 20-year-old Rehovot resident, was a member of the army's elite Duvdevan Unit and was acting as part of the force that was serving an arrest warrant in the al-Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah. An inquiry into the incident revealed that a large marble slab hit his head.
After receiving emergency medical attention in the field, Staff Sgt. Lubarsky was taken to the hospital and hospitalized in its intensive care unit, where he was later pronounced dead.
Following the attack, soldiers from the IDF's elite Duvdevan unit raided a Refugee Camp in the late morning hours and pulled the terrorist who killed their friend Ronen, out of bed. The terrorist was arrested and brought to Israel to stand trial.
The terrorist Hamid, who was hiding in a different house in the crowded and violent refugee camp, has already served five years in Israeli prison for his involvement in a Hamas-led shooting attack.
Hamid comes from a family of Hamas terrorists behind several attacks that killed Israelis in the past.
Four of his brothers, also Hamas members, are serving life sentences for their involvement in murderous terror attacks during the second intifada, including the 2002 Seafood Market attack in Tel Aviv that claimed the lives of three Israelis.
One of the brothers is serving a life sentence for the 1994 shooting of Shin Bet operative Noam Cohen.
Half of the Hamid family is affiliated with Hamas and the other with Fatah. Hamid's elder brother is one of the founders of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the right hand of Marwan Barghouti.
None of the Hamid brothers who were sentenced to life had been released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal.
In a letter addressed to government ministers, which he intends to read before the judges, Ronen's father writes: "Let us restore deterrence and save lives, as my late son did and our soldiers keep on doing day after day, night after night."
"The trial of my son's murderer must be the first in a series of steps that will change reality and give hope to the people of Israel," he stressed.
"Five brothers of the terrorist who murdered Ronen committed terrorist attacks, in which nine people were murdered. Four brothers were sentenced to cumulative life sentences and the fifth brother was killed during his arrest," Lubarsky added.
"It is possible that if all five brothers were sentenced to death, Ronen's life would have been spared. Only the death penalty guarantees that terrorists will not return to the cycle of terrorism. "
Matan Peleg, CEO of right-wing organization Im Tirtzu, who accompanies the Lubarsky family together with the "Choosing Life" forum of beraved families explained on Sunday why he supports the father's request.
"The circle of terror must be cut off, and only real deterrence can do so. Thus, giving terrorists the death penalty and banishing terrorists' family members are essentially life-saving measures."
Israel's Jerusalem District Court on Monday decided to extend the detention of the Jerusalemite citizen Suzan Abu Ghannam, mother of martyr Mohammed Abu Ghannam, until 13th September.
Local sources said that the Israeli prosecution on Monday filed an indictment against Ghannam that included "incitement on Facebook".
Israeli police last week arrested Abu Ghannam after breaking into her house in Jabal al-Zaitoun neighborhood in Jerusalem and wreaking havoc on it.
Local sources said that the Israeli prosecution on Monday filed an indictment against Ghannam that included "incitement on Facebook".
Israeli police last week arrested Abu Ghannam after breaking into her house in Jabal al-Zaitoun neighborhood in Jerusalem and wreaking havoc on it.
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday evening kidnapped a Palestinian citizen and at the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces set up a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to Fawar camp and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Yacoob Abu Turki and his father were detained by the occupation forces at the checkpoint.
Sometime earlier, a Palestinian youth, identified as Ibrahim al-Khalayla, 28, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at the Container checkpoint, north of Bethlehem.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces set up a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to Fawar camp and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Yacoob Abu Turki and his father were detained by the occupation forces at the checkpoint.
Sometime earlier, a Palestinian youth, identified as Ibrahim al-Khalayla, 28, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at the Container checkpoint, north of Bethlehem.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday arrested a Palestinian young man at a checkpoint north of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF closed the checkpoint for hours causing a traffic jam and searched the Palestinian vehicles passing in the area.
The IOF soldiers forced the Palestinian citizen Ibrahim al-Khalayla, 28, a resident of al-Khalil, out of a car he was travelling in heading to his work in Ramallah and searched him before he was taken to an unknown destination.
There are dozens of military checkpoints scattered across the West Bank and Jerusalem. Arbitrary arrests are witnessed at these checkpoints on almost a daily basis.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF closed the checkpoint for hours causing a traffic jam and searched the Palestinian vehicles passing in the area.
The IOF soldiers forced the Palestinian citizen Ibrahim al-Khalayla, 28, a resident of al-Khalil, out of a car he was travelling in heading to his work in Ramallah and searched him before he was taken to an unknown destination.
There are dozens of military checkpoints scattered across the West Bank and Jerusalem. Arbitrary arrests are witnessed at these checkpoints on almost a daily basis.
Israeli police on Monday decided to ban a Palestinian girl from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for two weeks.
Bara'a Ghazzawi said that the Israeli police detained her for hours on Sunday and released her later on condition of a 15-day ban from al-Aqsa Mosque.
Ghazzawi told Quds Press that she was interrogated at al-Qashla detention center, west of Jerusalem, Sunday.
Israeli police have recently banned dozens of Palestinian citizens from entering al-Aqsa Mosque over their regular presence in the Islamic holy site.
Bara'a Ghazzawi said that the Israeli police detained her for hours on Sunday and released her later on condition of a 15-day ban from al-Aqsa Mosque.
Ghazzawi told Quds Press that she was interrogated at al-Qashla detention center, west of Jerusalem, Sunday.
Israeli police have recently banned dozens of Palestinian citizens from entering al-Aqsa Mosque over their regular presence in the Islamic holy site.
The Israeli authorities released four Palestinian fishermen, on Sunday evening, who were attacked and detained by Israeli naval forces earlier, along with another fisherman, in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Navy announced that the four detained fishermen were released, however the fifth fisherman remained in detention, along with a Palestinian fishing boat that is still under confiscation.
Reason of why the fifth fisherman remained held in detention were not yet known.
The release came after Israeli naval forces attacked several Palestinian fishing boats on Sunday morning and detained five fishermen who were identified as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli Navy announced that the four detained fishermen were released, however the fifth fisherman remained in detention, along with a Palestinian fishing boat that is still under confiscation.
Reason of why the fifth fisherman remained held in detention were not yet known.
The release came after Israeli naval forces attacked several Palestinian fishing boats on Sunday morning and detained five fishermen who were identified as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that two detainees in Israeli prisons have declared a hunger strike, protesting their continued detention under Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
The PPS said that the two detainees have been identified as Saddam Ayyad Awad, 28, from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Abbas Abu Alia, 21, from the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
It added that the two are protesting their continued imprisonment under Administrative Detention orders, demanding to be released or sent to court.
The PPS stated that Awad was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel since the year 2009, and spent a total of seven years in prison.
He was one of the detainees who were releases under the 2011 prisoner swap deal, but was abducted again, and was held captive for four years.
In April of this year, Awad was abducted by the soldiers and was slapped with an Administrative Detention order.
In addition, detainee Abu Alia has been held under Administrative Detention orders for the past fourteen months, and recently received another order for four additional months.
The PPS said that the two detainees have been identified as Saddam Ayyad Awad, 28, from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Abbas Abu Alia, 21, from the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
It added that the two are protesting their continued imprisonment under Administrative Detention orders, demanding to be released or sent to court.
The PPS stated that Awad was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel since the year 2009, and spent a total of seven years in prison.
He was one of the detainees who were releases under the 2011 prisoner swap deal, but was abducted again, and was held captive for four years.
In April of this year, Awad was abducted by the soldiers and was slapped with an Administrative Detention order.
In addition, detainee Abu Alia has been held under Administrative Detention orders for the past fourteen months, and recently received another order for four additional months.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and violently searched many homes.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Malek Eyad Thawabta and Mohammad Khalil Thawabta.
It is worth mentioning that Beit Fajjar has been subject to constant Israeli military invasions, and violent searches of homes in addition to frequent abductions of youngsters.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-Qubeiba village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, searched homes and abducted Nidal Mustafa Makhtoub.
Several army jeeps also invaded Sateh Marhaba area in the al-Biereh city, in central West Bank.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of the city, and abducted Noureddin Mahmoud Zama’ra, after searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, and abducted Abdul-Mahdi Zohour and Mohammad Ali Asafra.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and violently searched homes, owned by members of Natsha and Dweik families in Hebron city, and summoned Nour Shaker al-Atrash for interrogation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kafr Saba neighborhood, west of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted Ahmad Qassem Daoud, 18, from his home, after invading and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Nazeeh Sa’id Abu ‘Oun, 62, and his son, Islam, from their homes in Jaba’ town, south of the city. The soldiers also invaded and searched several other homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mhanna Khaled Sharqawi, from his home in Zababda town, south of the city, after storming and ransacking his property.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Malek Eyad Thawabta and Mohammad Khalil Thawabta.
It is worth mentioning that Beit Fajjar has been subject to constant Israeli military invasions, and violent searches of homes in addition to frequent abductions of youngsters.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-Qubeiba village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, searched homes and abducted Nidal Mustafa Makhtoub.
Several army jeeps also invaded Sateh Marhaba area in the al-Biereh city, in central West Bank.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of the city, and abducted Noureddin Mahmoud Zama’ra, after searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, and abducted Abdul-Mahdi Zohour and Mohammad Ali Asafra.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and violently searched homes, owned by members of Natsha and Dweik families in Hebron city, and summoned Nour Shaker al-Atrash for interrogation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kafr Saba neighborhood, west of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted Ahmad Qassem Daoud, 18, from his home, after invading and searching it.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Nazeeh Sa’id Abu ‘Oun, 62, and his son, Islam, from their homes in Jaba’ town, south of the city. The soldiers also invaded and searched several other homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mhanna Khaled Sharqawi, from his home in Zababda town, south of the city, after storming and ransacking his property.
