20 aug 2020
Maher al-Akhras
Three Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody today are engaged in an open-ended hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention.
The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced that Maher al-Akhras, Mohammad Wahdan and Musa Zahran, currently detained at Ofer, a notorious detention facility, west of Ramallah, has embarked on an open-ended hunger strike against their detention without charge or trial.
Al-Akhras, a 49-year-old father of six children from Silat Ad-Daher town, south of Jenin, has been on hunger strike for 25 consecutive days.
Following his detention and hunger strike, his health condition has deteriorated as he is now suffering from significant weight loss and has been suffering from hypertension since 2018.
Meanwhile, Wahdan, a resident of Rantis village, northwest of Ramallah, has been on hunger strike for 16 days in a row. He started his strike while he was remanded in the Israeli detention facility of Huwara, south of Nablus, before being transferred to Ofer.
As for Zahran, a resident of Ramallah, he has been hunger-striking for five consecutive days. Two days after his strike, he was held in solitary confinement.
Israel’s widely condemned practice of administrative detention that allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The US State Department has said in past reports on human rights conditions for Palestinians that administrative detainees are not given the “opportunity to refute allegations or address the evidentiary material presented against them in court.”
Amnesty International has described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a “bankrupt tactic” and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
Deliberate medical negligence is a common punitive measure used against Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. It is one of the commonly cited motivations for hunger strikers protesting the dismal and cruel conditions endured by detained Palestinians.
Three Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody today are engaged in an open-ended hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention.
The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced that Maher al-Akhras, Mohammad Wahdan and Musa Zahran, currently detained at Ofer, a notorious detention facility, west of Ramallah, has embarked on an open-ended hunger strike against their detention without charge or trial.
Al-Akhras, a 49-year-old father of six children from Silat Ad-Daher town, south of Jenin, has been on hunger strike for 25 consecutive days.
Following his detention and hunger strike, his health condition has deteriorated as he is now suffering from significant weight loss and has been suffering from hypertension since 2018.
Meanwhile, Wahdan, a resident of Rantis village, northwest of Ramallah, has been on hunger strike for 16 days in a row. He started his strike while he was remanded in the Israeli detention facility of Huwara, south of Nablus, before being transferred to Ofer.
As for Zahran, a resident of Ramallah, he has been hunger-striking for five consecutive days. Two days after his strike, he was held in solitary confinement.
Israel’s widely condemned practice of administrative detention that allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The US State Department has said in past reports on human rights conditions for Palestinians that administrative detainees are not given the “opportunity to refute allegations or address the evidentiary material presented against them in court.”
Amnesty International has described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a “bankrupt tactic” and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
Deliberate medical negligence is a common punitive measure used against Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. It is one of the commonly cited motivations for hunger strikers protesting the dismal and cruel conditions endured by detained Palestinians.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Thursday raided several homes and kidnaped at least 13 Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed al-Jalazon refugee camp in northern Ramallah and kidnaped three young citizens identified as Mohamed Zayd, Mohamed al-Ramhi and Zayd Subhi.
Another citizen identified as Mutasem Hussein was kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Kafr Ni'ma village, west of Ramallah.
The IOF also detained last night a Palestinian child after opening fire at him and critically wounding him during clashes with local youths in Deir Abu Masha’al village in western Ramallah. He was proclaimed dead later on Thursday morning.
In al-Khalil, the IOF stormed al-Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town and kidnaped two young men after ransacking their homes. They were identified as Hussein Jawabreh and Alaa al-Salibi.
The IOF also stormed Dura town in al-Khalil, set up some makeshift checkpoints and kidnaped a young man called Nadhim al-Darawish from one of its streets.
Another young man called Sa’eid Asafira, a resident of Beit Kahil town in al-Khalil, was handed a summons from the Shin Bet.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnaped a young man during campaign in al-Dawha town. The detainee was identified as Osama Amarneh.
Another four young men, from Nablus, were reportedly kidnaped by the IOF at al-Hamra checkpoint in Jericho.
Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank
Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to local sources.
Director of the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Office in Jenin Muntaser Sammur confirmed that Israeli forces rearrested a former prisoner after ransacking his house in Faqqua village, east of Jenin.
He added that a resident of Burqin town, southwest of Jenin, was detained while he was at the Israeli military base of Salem.
Sammur pointed out that special Israeli forces detained two Palestinian brothers; one after breaking into his workplace in Jenin city and the other after storming his house in Burqin town.
He added that the special forces detained another Palestinian from his house at Qabatia town.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh district, Israeli military vehicles stormed Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah city, where soldiers rounded up three Palestinians.
Soldiers conducted a similar raid in Kafr Ni‘ma town, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of another.
In Bethlehem district, Israeli forces barged their way into Ad-Doha town, west of Bethlehem city, where they rounded up another.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces rounded up three Palestinians and thoroughly searched several houses across Hebron district.
One of the three detainees was identified as a resident of al-Aroub refugee camp, another as a resident of Beit Ummar town, and the other as resident of Dura town.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed al-Jalazon refugee camp in northern Ramallah and kidnaped three young citizens identified as Mohamed Zayd, Mohamed al-Ramhi and Zayd Subhi.
Another citizen identified as Mutasem Hussein was kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Kafr Ni'ma village, west of Ramallah.
The IOF also detained last night a Palestinian child after opening fire at him and critically wounding him during clashes with local youths in Deir Abu Masha’al village in western Ramallah. He was proclaimed dead later on Thursday morning.
In al-Khalil, the IOF stormed al-Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town and kidnaped two young men after ransacking their homes. They were identified as Hussein Jawabreh and Alaa al-Salibi.
The IOF also stormed Dura town in al-Khalil, set up some makeshift checkpoints and kidnaped a young man called Nadhim al-Darawish from one of its streets.
Another young man called Sa’eid Asafira, a resident of Beit Kahil town in al-Khalil, was handed a summons from the Shin Bet.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnaped a young man during campaign in al-Dawha town. The detainee was identified as Osama Amarneh.
Another four young men, from Nablus, were reportedly kidnaped by the IOF at al-Hamra checkpoint in Jericho.
Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank
Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to local sources.
Director of the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Office in Jenin Muntaser Sammur confirmed that Israeli forces rearrested a former prisoner after ransacking his house in Faqqua village, east of Jenin.
He added that a resident of Burqin town, southwest of Jenin, was detained while he was at the Israeli military base of Salem.
Sammur pointed out that special Israeli forces detained two Palestinian brothers; one after breaking into his workplace in Jenin city and the other after storming his house in Burqin town.
He added that the special forces detained another Palestinian from his house at Qabatia town.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh district, Israeli military vehicles stormed Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah city, where soldiers rounded up three Palestinians.
Soldiers conducted a similar raid in Kafr Ni‘ma town, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of another.
In Bethlehem district, Israeli forces barged their way into Ad-Doha town, west of Bethlehem city, where they rounded up another.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces rounded up three Palestinians and thoroughly searched several houses across Hebron district.
One of the three detainees was identified as a resident of al-Aroub refugee camp, another as a resident of Beit Ummar town, and the other as resident of Dura town.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
At least 11 Palestinian citizens suffered bullet injuries on Wednesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked them in Ramallah.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli soldiers opened fire at three young men as they were torching tires on Road 465 near Deir Abu Masha'al village in Ramallah and injured one of them seriously.
Israeli news reports claimed the wounded young man died of a serious injury, but there was no confirmation in this regard by the Palestinian medical or security authorities.
For its part, the Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided assistance for two young men after they were wounded by Israeli gunfire in Deir Abu Masha’al clashes and affirmed that another wounded young man was detained by soldiers.
Earlier, at least eight Palestinians suffered injuries from live and rubber bullets when the IOF attacked the participants in a national event against normalization and annexation held in Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah. Many others also suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli soldiers opened fire at three young men as they were torching tires on Road 465 near Deir Abu Masha'al village in Ramallah and injured one of them seriously.
Israeli news reports claimed the wounded young man died of a serious injury, but there was no confirmation in this regard by the Palestinian medical or security authorities.
For its part, the Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided assistance for two young men after they were wounded by Israeli gunfire in Deir Abu Masha’al clashes and affirmed that another wounded young man was detained by soldiers.
Earlier, at least eight Palestinians suffered injuries from live and rubber bullets when the IOF attacked the participants in a national event against normalization and annexation held in Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah. Many others also suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
19 aug 2020
The Israeli police on Wednesday morning arrested three Palestinian citizens at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem City.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested two Islamic Awqaf employees: Zeinat Abu Sbeih and Marwan al-Ashhab, during their work at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police also arrested a Palestinian worshiper during his presence in the site.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police presence and carried out provocative torus and rituals inside the compound.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested two Islamic Awqaf employees: Zeinat Abu Sbeih and Marwan al-Ashhab, during their work at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police also arrested a Palestinian worshiper during his presence in the site.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police presence and carried out provocative torus and rituals inside the compound.
Zineat Abu Sabeeh
Israeli occupation forces detained today 18 Palestinians, mostly from the occupied East Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). video
The statement said that the occupation forces detained nine Palestinians from Issawiyeh neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and two employees of Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of them the head of Al-Aqsa female guards. video video
The forces also detained three people from Qalandia refugee camp and al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.
Moreover, Israeli soldiers detained one from Jenin, one from Tubas, another one from Tulkarm and another from Ramallah.
Israeli occupation forces detained today 18 Palestinians, mostly from the occupied East Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). video
The statement said that the occupation forces detained nine Palestinians from Issawiyeh neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and two employees of Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of them the head of Al-Aqsa female guards. video video
The forces also detained three people from Qalandia refugee camp and al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.
Moreover, Israeli soldiers detained one from Jenin, one from Tubas, another one from Tulkarm and another from Ramallah.
18 aug 2020
The Israel Prison Service on Tuesday transferred the Palestinian detainee Mohammed Salah ed-Din, a cancer patient, from the Ramle prison clinic to Ichilov Hospital after his health condition seriously worsened.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said in a press statement that 20-year-old Salah ed-Din has been detained since April 2019 and has 7 months left of his two-year prison term.
There are about 4,700 Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails, including 41 female prisoners, 160 children, 400 administrative detainees (held without charge or trial), and 700 prisoners with health problems, 10 of whom are suffering from different types of cancer.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said in a press statement that 20-year-old Salah ed-Din has been detained since April 2019 and has 7 months left of his two-year prison term.
There are about 4,700 Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails, including 41 female prisoners, 160 children, 400 administrative detainees (held without charge or trial), and 700 prisoners with health problems, 10 of whom are suffering from different types of cancer.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday arrested 12 Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem and the West Bank, including the mother and brothers of a Palestinian young man who was shot dead by the Israeli police on Monday night in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 12 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Tubas.
Among the detainees were the mother and two brothers of the Palestinian martyr Ashraf Halsa, 30, who was murdered by the Israeli police on Monday night near al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police shot Halsa and prevented Palestinian medical crews from providing first aid to him, leaving him to bleed to death.
They claimed that Halsa stabbed and injured an Israeli police officer before he was shot.
Meanwhile, clashes were witnessed between the IOF and Palestinian citizens during home raids in different parts of the West Bank. A number of Palestinians were arrested, including minors, but no injuries were reported. video
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 12 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Nablus, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Tubas.
Among the detainees were the mother and two brothers of the Palestinian martyr Ashraf Halsa, 30, who was murdered by the Israeli police on Monday night near al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police shot Halsa and prevented Palestinian medical crews from providing first aid to him, leaving him to bleed to death.
They claimed that Halsa stabbed and injured an Israeli police officer before he was shot.
Meanwhile, clashes were witnessed between the IOF and Palestinian citizens during home raids in different parts of the West Bank. A number of Palestinians were arrested, including minors, but no injuries were reported. video
Ashraf Hasan Atallah Halasa, 30
Israeli soldiers killed, Monday, a young Palestinian man near Bad Hotta, one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly after he attacked officers, wounding one. video
Update: The slain Palestinian was later identified as Ashraf Hasan Atallah Halasa, 30, from the as-Sawahra ash-Sharqiya town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
On Monday at night, the soldiers also abducted Tareq and his brother, Atef Sbeitan, near the al-Aqsa Mosque. video
Israeli soldiers killed, Monday, a young Palestinian man near Bad Hotta, one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly after he attacked officers, wounding one. video
Update: The slain Palestinian was later identified as Ashraf Hasan Atallah Halasa, 30, from the as-Sawahra ash-Sharqiya town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
On Monday at night, the soldiers also abducted Tareq and his brother, Atef Sbeitan, near the al-Aqsa Mosque. video
The slain Palestinian was shot with at least three live rounds in the chest, one of them struck his heart, and was left on the ground without medical attention for about 90 minutes, while the soldiers “secured the area”, and the Israeli medics tended to the wounded officer.
The soldiers later abducted his mother, and two of his brothers, while crossing the “Container” military roadblock, near as-Sawahra ash-Sharqiya town, and summoned a few of his relatives for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at the young man, inflicting serious wounds, before closing the area, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
One of the medics, identified as Emad Hijazi, of the Al-Amal Society For Medical Services, said that he and his colleagues were praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque when they hear several shots nearby and rushed to the scene.
Hijazi added that the Israeli soldiers and police officers assaulted him and his colleagues, before forcibly removing them from the area.
The Palestinian eventually bled to death after being denied the urgently needed medical treatment, while Israeli medics tended to the wounded officer, 19, who sustained a moderate injury. video
The wounded officer is a member of the Israeli “Border Police;” Israeli medics transferred him to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, for further treatment.
The intensity of Israeli fire also caused an injury to one Palestinian woman, who was walking nearby with her daughter.
The woman said that after hearing the shots, and after being injured, she looked around trying to find her daughter, but she was nowhere to be found, apparently managed to seek shelter.
The eyewitnesses stated that one of the Palestinian worshipers, who was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, also tried to tend to the wounded Palestinian but the soldiers and officers removed him from the scene and prevented anybody from approaching him.
The soldiers and officers later opened the Chain Gate, also one of the gates of Al-Aqsa, and allowed the Palestinian worshipers to leave through it.
Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man with special needs at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police shoot and kill a Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem
Israeli police tonight shot and killed a Palestinian man who was not immediately identified in Jerusalem's Old City, according to witnesses and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Red Crescent said police did not allow its crews to reach the Palestinian as he lay on the ground bleeding near Bab Hutta, one of the gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City. video video
Police claimed it shot and "neutralized" a Palestinian after stabbing and lightly injuring one of its men.
Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a deaf and mute man at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem after suspecting he had a knife, but police later said he was unarmed.
The soldiers later abducted his mother, and two of his brothers, while crossing the “Container” military roadblock, near as-Sawahra ash-Sharqiya town, and summoned a few of his relatives for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at the young man, inflicting serious wounds, before closing the area, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.
One of the medics, identified as Emad Hijazi, of the Al-Amal Society For Medical Services, said that he and his colleagues were praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque when they hear several shots nearby and rushed to the scene.
Hijazi added that the Israeli soldiers and police officers assaulted him and his colleagues, before forcibly removing them from the area.
The Palestinian eventually bled to death after being denied the urgently needed medical treatment, while Israeli medics tended to the wounded officer, 19, who sustained a moderate injury. video
The wounded officer is a member of the Israeli “Border Police;” Israeli medics transferred him to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, for further treatment.
The intensity of Israeli fire also caused an injury to one Palestinian woman, who was walking nearby with her daughter.
The woman said that after hearing the shots, and after being injured, she looked around trying to find her daughter, but she was nowhere to be found, apparently managed to seek shelter.
The eyewitnesses stated that one of the Palestinian worshipers, who was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, also tried to tend to the wounded Palestinian but the soldiers and officers removed him from the scene and prevented anybody from approaching him.
The soldiers and officers later opened the Chain Gate, also one of the gates of Al-Aqsa, and allowed the Palestinian worshipers to leave through it.
Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man with special needs at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police shoot and kill a Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem
Israeli police tonight shot and killed a Palestinian man who was not immediately identified in Jerusalem's Old City, according to witnesses and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Red Crescent said police did not allow its crews to reach the Palestinian as he lay on the ground bleeding near Bab Hutta, one of the gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City. video video
Police claimed it shot and "neutralized" a Palestinian after stabbing and lightly injuring one of its men.
Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a deaf and mute man at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem after suspecting he had a knife, but police later said he was unarmed.
