25 dec 2014
Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights said that the health condition of Palestinian prisoner Jaafar Awad, 22, seriously declined, holding his Israeli jailers fully responsible for his life.
In a press release on Wednesday, Ahrar center stated that Awad has been in a coma in Assaf Harofeh hospital for several days.
Director of the center Fouad al-Khafsh said the health condition of prisoner Awad reached a life-threatening stage after he suffered recently from severe pneumonia, noting that he already suffers from other serious health problems, including diabetes, inflammation of the thyroid gland, fragility of bones, and vision loss in one eye.
Despite his difficult health condition, the prisoner has been placed under constant guard while his hands and legs are shackled to the bed, his family told the center.
Khafsh called for necessarily releasing Awad to provide him with proper medical care outside the jail before it is too late and appealed to international human rights groups to intervene to save his life.
In another context, the Palestinian prisoners in Eshel jail complained of their suffering from persistent acute headaches after the prison administration installed more cellphone jamming devices in different places of their sections.
The prisoners told the lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner society during a recent visit that the administration of Eshel jail recently added more jamming devices in all sections of the prison, which increased the severity of their health hazards.
The prisoners also complained that there is an acute shortage of blankets and winter clothing, especially with the increasing numbers of detainees.
In a press release on Wednesday, Ahrar center stated that Awad has been in a coma in Assaf Harofeh hospital for several days.
Director of the center Fouad al-Khafsh said the health condition of prisoner Awad reached a life-threatening stage after he suffered recently from severe pneumonia, noting that he already suffers from other serious health problems, including diabetes, inflammation of the thyroid gland, fragility of bones, and vision loss in one eye.
Despite his difficult health condition, the prisoner has been placed under constant guard while his hands and legs are shackled to the bed, his family told the center.
Khafsh called for necessarily releasing Awad to provide him with proper medical care outside the jail before it is too late and appealed to international human rights groups to intervene to save his life.
In another context, the Palestinian prisoners in Eshel jail complained of their suffering from persistent acute headaches after the prison administration installed more cellphone jamming devices in different places of their sections.
The prisoners told the lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner society during a recent visit that the administration of Eshel jail recently added more jamming devices in all sections of the prison, which increased the severity of their health hazards.
The prisoners also complained that there is an acute shortage of blankets and winter clothing, especially with the increasing numbers of detainees.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday nabbed four Palestinian citizens and left others wounded in a round of assaults launched across cities of the West Bank.
The IOF rounded up four Palestinian youths allegedly for having pipe bombs in their possession, the Israeli radio claimed Wednesday afternoon.
The IOF claimed to have confiscated the uncovered pipe bombs for neutralization.
During initial investigations at the scene, the suspects revealed their intention to carry out an attack against Israeli occupation soldiers, the same source further alleged.
In another development, two Palestinian youngsters sustained moderate live-bullet injuries in the wave of clashes that broke out in Beit Furik and Ourata towns, east of Nablus city.
The two young men, identified as Ahmad Mlitat and Shihab Nsasra, were rushed to the hospital to receive urgent treatment for the limb wounds they sustained in the Israeli assault.
Tension has also been running high in Jenin after scores of Palestinian civilians were choked by tear gas in the confrontations that flared up in Yabad town.
The invading IOF troops raided the town and discharged heavy barrages of tear gas and rubber bullets on the peaceful Palestinian youths, the Yabad Mayor reported.
Similar clashes cropped up in the West Bank city of al-Khalil, resulting in suffocation cases among the Palestinian civilians.
By-standers at the scene said the clashes broke out after the IOF troops assaulted al-Khalil’s Old city and targeted the schoolchildren with randomly-shot spates of tear gas grenades.
The IOF further broke into the Arroub refugee camp and cordoned it off with barbed wire purportedly to prevent Palestinians’ from hurling stones at the settlers.
The IOF rounded up four Palestinian youths allegedly for having pipe bombs in their possession, the Israeli radio claimed Wednesday afternoon.
The IOF claimed to have confiscated the uncovered pipe bombs for neutralization.
During initial investigations at the scene, the suspects revealed their intention to carry out an attack against Israeli occupation soldiers, the same source further alleged.
In another development, two Palestinian youngsters sustained moderate live-bullet injuries in the wave of clashes that broke out in Beit Furik and Ourata towns, east of Nablus city.
The two young men, identified as Ahmad Mlitat and Shihab Nsasra, were rushed to the hospital to receive urgent treatment for the limb wounds they sustained in the Israeli assault.
Tension has also been running high in Jenin after scores of Palestinian civilians were choked by tear gas in the confrontations that flared up in Yabad town.
The invading IOF troops raided the town and discharged heavy barrages of tear gas and rubber bullets on the peaceful Palestinian youths, the Yabad Mayor reported.
Similar clashes cropped up in the West Bank city of al-Khalil, resulting in suffocation cases among the Palestinian civilians.
By-standers at the scene said the clashes broke out after the IOF troops assaulted al-Khalil’s Old city and targeted the schoolchildren with randomly-shot spates of tear gas grenades.
The IOF further broke into the Arroub refugee camp and cordoned it off with barbed wire purportedly to prevent Palestinians’ from hurling stones at the settlers.
24 dec 2014
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza Strip, stated that the ongoing arbitrary kidnappings, carried out by the Israeli army, especially since the second half of this year, have led to increasing the number of Palestinian detainees to more than 6500.
Ferwana said the arrests are largely carried out as “acts of revenge” and retaliation against a civilian population, and that most of the kidnapped Palestinians have nothing to do with acts “that could endanger the security of Israel.”
He added that hundreds of Palestinians have been kidnapped and released shortly afterwards, without even being sent to court or facing any charges.
The army kidnapped more than 4000 Palestinians since June 12, when three settlers went missing and were later found killed, while most of them were released later on.
“Latest statistics indicate that the current number of detainees is 6500, held in 18 prisons, detention camps and interrogation centers,” Ferwana said, “200 of them are children. 21 are women, and nearly 500 are held under administrative detention, without charges or trial.”
Israel is still holding captive the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, along with the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmad Saadat, member of the Executive Committee of the Fateh Movement Marwan Barghouthi, and several former government ministers, and officials.
There are 31 detainees who have been imprisoned since more than 20 years; 30 of them were taken prisoner before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority on May 4 1994, and sixteen of them have been imprisoned since more than 25 years, including one imprisoned since 32 years.
The former political prisoner added that 478 detainees are serving at least a life term each, including detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, who has been sentenced 67 life terms and additional 250 years.
Ferwana also said the number of ailing detainees is dangerously increasing, especially due to the lack of adequate and specialized medical attention, and even basic treatment, adding that the number of ailing detainees is more than 1500.
The ailing detainees suffer from different conditions, some very serious conditions that require surgery and advanced medical attention. Many detainees lost the ability to walk, while several detainees are amputees.
In addition, Ferwana said every Palestinian detainee suffered from at least one form of torture or violence, physical and emotional, in addition to degrading treatment targeting them and their families, and bad living conditions that violate the basic principles of human rights, all related international agreements and conventions.
He called on the international community, all related human rights and legal groups, to perform their duties and pressure Israel into abiding by all agreements, and human rights treaties.
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana
Head Of The Census Department Of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee
www.palestinebehindbars.org
Ferwana said the arrests are largely carried out as “acts of revenge” and retaliation against a civilian population, and that most of the kidnapped Palestinians have nothing to do with acts “that could endanger the security of Israel.”
He added that hundreds of Palestinians have been kidnapped and released shortly afterwards, without even being sent to court or facing any charges.
The army kidnapped more than 4000 Palestinians since June 12, when three settlers went missing and were later found killed, while most of them were released later on.
“Latest statistics indicate that the current number of detainees is 6500, held in 18 prisons, detention camps and interrogation centers,” Ferwana said, “200 of them are children. 21 are women, and nearly 500 are held under administrative detention, without charges or trial.”
Israel is still holding captive the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, along with the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmad Saadat, member of the Executive Committee of the Fateh Movement Marwan Barghouthi, and several former government ministers, and officials.
There are 31 detainees who have been imprisoned since more than 20 years; 30 of them were taken prisoner before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority on May 4 1994, and sixteen of them have been imprisoned since more than 25 years, including one imprisoned since 32 years.
The former political prisoner added that 478 detainees are serving at least a life term each, including detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, who has been sentenced 67 life terms and additional 250 years.
Ferwana also said the number of ailing detainees is dangerously increasing, especially due to the lack of adequate and specialized medical attention, and even basic treatment, adding that the number of ailing detainees is more than 1500.
The ailing detainees suffer from different conditions, some very serious conditions that require surgery and advanced medical attention. Many detainees lost the ability to walk, while several detainees are amputees.
In addition, Ferwana said every Palestinian detainee suffered from at least one form of torture or violence, physical and emotional, in addition to degrading treatment targeting them and their families, and bad living conditions that violate the basic principles of human rights, all related international agreements and conventions.
He called on the international community, all related human rights and legal groups, to perform their duties and pressure Israel into abiding by all agreements, and human rights treaties.
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana
Head Of The Census Department Of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee
www.palestinebehindbars.org
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped four Palestinian young men from their homes during raids in Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus.
Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 24-year-old Taher Kamil and Abdul-Rahman Abul-Rub after raiding their parents' homes and handed two others summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
The IOF soldiers also stormed an apartment building in Jabal Abu Dahir area in Jenin city and handed a Palestinian young man named Mohamed Arkawi a summons ordering him to go to Salem military base for interrogation.
30-year-old Ashraf Azamta was also handed a summons from the intelligence during the Israeli campaign in Jenin.
Another young man was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Beit Liqya town, west of Ramallah city, while his elder brother was summoned for questioning.
In Nablus, Palestinian sources said that Israeli troops kidnapped last night a young man from Hawara town after they launched a campaign in search for someone suspected of opening fire at an Israeli military patrol in the vicinity of the town.
Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 24-year-old Taher Kamil and Abdul-Rahman Abul-Rub after raiding their parents' homes and handed two others summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
The IOF soldiers also stormed an apartment building in Jabal Abu Dahir area in Jenin city and handed a Palestinian young man named Mohamed Arkawi a summons ordering him to go to Salem military base for interrogation.
30-year-old Ashraf Azamta was also handed a summons from the intelligence during the Israeli campaign in Jenin.
Another young man was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Beit Liqya town, west of Ramallah city, while his elder brother was summoned for questioning.
In Nablus, Palestinian sources said that Israeli troops kidnapped last night a young man from Hawara town after they launched a campaign in search for someone suspected of opening fire at an Israeli military patrol in the vicinity of the town.
Palestinian captives locked-up in the Israeli Etzion army camp sounded distress signals over their unbearable conditions with the advent of winter after the Israeli occupation authorities turned down appeals to transfer them to warm prison-cells due to alleged over-crowdedness.
Lawyer Jacqueline Fararja said following a visit she paid to the Etzion lock-up on Tuesday: “Over 68 Palestinian detainees have been held in the Etzion detention center for more than 30 days.”
The Israeli Ofer jail administration has been declining appeals to receive the detainees from Etzion due to crowded cells, she added.
She raised alarm bells over the dire detention circumstances endured by the Palestinian detainees in the Etzion detention center due to the acute shortages in healthy food, mattresses, and warm blankets.
On-the-spot observers said the Etzion lock-up is one of the worst detention centers history has ever witnessed as the detainees are crammed in ajar tents and barracks that do not live up, by any means, to the least humanitarian standards.
In a related development, Palestinian human rights groups said the Israeli Ofer court renewed the administrative prison-term for the Palestinian detainee Omar Al-Barghouthi, from Ramallah, for four more months.
Prisoner Barghouthi, arrested on June 15 and held in the Megiddo jail, spent a total of 20 years in the Israeli occupation prisons.
Lawyer Jacqueline Fararja said following a visit she paid to the Etzion lock-up on Tuesday: “Over 68 Palestinian detainees have been held in the Etzion detention center for more than 30 days.”
The Israeli Ofer jail administration has been declining appeals to receive the detainees from Etzion due to crowded cells, she added.
She raised alarm bells over the dire detention circumstances endured by the Palestinian detainees in the Etzion detention center due to the acute shortages in healthy food, mattresses, and warm blankets.
On-the-spot observers said the Etzion lock-up is one of the worst detention centers history has ever witnessed as the detainees are crammed in ajar tents and barracks that do not live up, by any means, to the least humanitarian standards.
In a related development, Palestinian human rights groups said the Israeli Ofer court renewed the administrative prison-term for the Palestinian detainee Omar Al-Barghouthi, from Ramallah, for four more months.
Prisoner Barghouthi, arrested on June 15 and held in the Megiddo jail, spent a total of 20 years in the Israeli occupation prisons.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday rounded up seven
Palestinian civilians and mugged others in a round of assaults launched
across cities of the West Bank.
Local official sources said the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian citizens, aged between 27 and 45 years old, from Qalqiliya province on their way back home from their workplaces.
The IOF troops nabbed another Palestinian civilian after they broke into his family home, scoured it, and seized a personal laptop and a mobile phone of his own.
A number of makeshift roadblocks were randomly pitched by the IOF at the main entrances to the province, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were provocatively inspected.
A wave of combing operations rocked the neighborhoods of Douar al-Sharika, al-Nagaz, and Azoun in the process.
In a related development, the IOF on Tuesday afternoon came down heavily on a group of Palestinian civilians, mostly passengers, on way back home from the Karama crossing separating the Jordan Valley from the West Bank.
The IOF soldiers stationing at the checkpoint stopped Palestinians’ vehicles and interrogated the passengers in a remarkably abusive manner.
The IOF deliberately closed the crossing, leading to traffic congestion and long tailbacks crammed with passengers waiting to be allowed access out of the roadblock.
Meanwhile, sources based in Negev, south of the 1948 Occupied Palestine, said the Israeli authorities threatened to demolish seven Palestinian homes in the village under pretext of unlicensed construction.
A local committee in the Sa’wa village said the targeted homes have been the only shelters for a number of Palestinian women and children, dubbing the threat an attempt to forcibly deport Palestinians from their native soil.
Arab MK Talab Abu Arar slammed the Israeli occupation government, saying: “This government is a mechanism of demolition and destruction. It has been trying by every means available to knock down the homes of our families in villages and areas that it does not recognize, claiming it has nothing to do with such practices.”
Along the same line, a state of tension prevailed in al-Khalil after the IOF kidnapped the 21-year-old youth Ali Abu Ayesh at the main entrance to Beit Ummar and dragged him to an unknown location.
Earlier, some few hours ago, a boy was heavily beaten up and kidnapped by the IOF from al-Khalil city.
Another Palestinian youngster, from southern Nablus, was reportedly injured after the IOF attacked him with random gunshots and heavy beatings.
The IOF prevented the ambulance crews from reaching the wounded youth moments before they apprehended him.
Local official sources said the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian citizens, aged between 27 and 45 years old, from Qalqiliya province on their way back home from their workplaces.
The IOF troops nabbed another Palestinian civilian after they broke into his family home, scoured it, and seized a personal laptop and a mobile phone of his own.
A number of makeshift roadblocks were randomly pitched by the IOF at the main entrances to the province, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were provocatively inspected.
A wave of combing operations rocked the neighborhoods of Douar al-Sharika, al-Nagaz, and Azoun in the process.
In a related development, the IOF on Tuesday afternoon came down heavily on a group of Palestinian civilians, mostly passengers, on way back home from the Karama crossing separating the Jordan Valley from the West Bank.
The IOF soldiers stationing at the checkpoint stopped Palestinians’ vehicles and interrogated the passengers in a remarkably abusive manner.
The IOF deliberately closed the crossing, leading to traffic congestion and long tailbacks crammed with passengers waiting to be allowed access out of the roadblock.
Meanwhile, sources based in Negev, south of the 1948 Occupied Palestine, said the Israeli authorities threatened to demolish seven Palestinian homes in the village under pretext of unlicensed construction.
A local committee in the Sa’wa village said the targeted homes have been the only shelters for a number of Palestinian women and children, dubbing the threat an attempt to forcibly deport Palestinians from their native soil.
Arab MK Talab Abu Arar slammed the Israeli occupation government, saying: “This government is a mechanism of demolition and destruction. It has been trying by every means available to knock down the homes of our families in villages and areas that it does not recognize, claiming it has nothing to do with such practices.”
Along the same line, a state of tension prevailed in al-Khalil after the IOF kidnapped the 21-year-old youth Ali Abu Ayesh at the main entrance to Beit Ummar and dragged him to an unknown location.
Earlier, some few hours ago, a boy was heavily beaten up and kidnapped by the IOF from al-Khalil city.
Another Palestinian youngster, from southern Nablus, was reportedly injured after the IOF attacked him with random gunshots and heavy beatings.
The IOF prevented the ambulance crews from reaching the wounded youth moments before they apprehended him.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday afternoon violently disbanded a peaceful Palestinian demo staged in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A PIC correspondent said a non-violent march, bearing the slogan “The Road to Jerusalem,” was staged by the popular resistance committees, calling for opening a road to Occupied Jerusalem on the occasion of Christian holidays.
Heavy spates of tear gas canisters and sound bombs were discharged by the IOF moments before the demonstrators reached the so-called 300 checkpoint, leading to Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of suffocation cases was documented among the peaceful protesters due to prolonged exposure to tear gas.
The Israeli occupation soldiers targeted the journalists who partook in the rally with tear gas and heavy beatings.
A cameramen working for al-Aqsa TV Channel sustained injuries after a gas grenade hit his feet. A sound bomb hurled by an Israeli soldier turned his camera into rubble.
Cameramen Iyad Hamad, working for the AP, was also treated for suffocation due to heavy gas inhalation.
Spokesperson for the popular resistance committees in Eastern Jerusalem, Hani Halabiya, told a PIC journalist: “The demo came to transmit a message to the world with the advent of Christmas Day.”
“Palestinians have seen it all in Bethlehem. Israel’s oppressive tactics have taken different forms, starting from the checkpoints randomly pitched across the city, to the apartheid wall separating the offspring of the same motherland, and above all to the desecration of Muslims’ and Christians’ holy sites,” he added.
“This is a Nazi and fascist regime by excellence,” he said.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped the 12-year-old child Rami Nadher Assaf in the clashes that broke out at the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
A number of schoolchildren sustained critical breathing disorders due to prolonged exposure to tear gas heavily discharged by the IOF on the pupils on their way back home from morning classes.
A PIC correspondent said a non-violent march, bearing the slogan “The Road to Jerusalem,” was staged by the popular resistance committees, calling for opening a road to Occupied Jerusalem on the occasion of Christian holidays.
Heavy spates of tear gas canisters and sound bombs were discharged by the IOF moments before the demonstrators reached the so-called 300 checkpoint, leading to Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of suffocation cases was documented among the peaceful protesters due to prolonged exposure to tear gas.
The Israeli occupation soldiers targeted the journalists who partook in the rally with tear gas and heavy beatings.
A cameramen working for al-Aqsa TV Channel sustained injuries after a gas grenade hit his feet. A sound bomb hurled by an Israeli soldier turned his camera into rubble.
Cameramen Iyad Hamad, working for the AP, was also treated for suffocation due to heavy gas inhalation.
Spokesperson for the popular resistance committees in Eastern Jerusalem, Hani Halabiya, told a PIC journalist: “The demo came to transmit a message to the world with the advent of Christmas Day.”
“Palestinians have seen it all in Bethlehem. Israel’s oppressive tactics have taken different forms, starting from the checkpoints randomly pitched across the city, to the apartheid wall separating the offspring of the same motherland, and above all to the desecration of Muslims’ and Christians’ holy sites,” he added.
“This is a Nazi and fascist regime by excellence,” he said.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped the 12-year-old child Rami Nadher Assaf in the clashes that broke out at the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
A number of schoolchildren sustained critical breathing disorders due to prolonged exposure to tear gas heavily discharged by the IOF on the pupils on their way back home from morning classes.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday afternoon kidnapped a wounded Palestinian youth after he was bitten and mauled by police dogs unleashed during the clashes that burst out in Beit Ummar, north of the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Mohamed Awad, media spokesperson for the Popular Committee against Settlement in Beit Ummar, told the WAFA News Agency that the 16-year-old minor Hamza Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem sustained moderate injuries after he was attacked by two police dogs unleashed by two masked Israeli soldiers on a group of Palestinian unarmed youngsters during the confrontations.
The dogs attacked the boy and pounced on him moments before the Israeli occupation soldiers apprehended the bleeding child and dragged him to the Karmi Tsur settlement, Awad added.
The IOF discharged heavy barrages of tear gas on the boy’s family after the latter protested at such an arbitrary arrest.
A number of Hamza’s family members and civilians were treated for breathing disorders in the process due to heavy gas inhalation.
The Israeli occupation soldiers attacked activist Awad in an attempt to rob him of his cameras after he captured live snapshots and videos of an IOF soldier pitching an ambush to trap Palestinian young men.
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the northern West Bank district of Nablus. Army dogs also mauled a child before the soldiers kidnapped him.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said several military vehicles invaded Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Sami Abu ‘Ayyash, 21, near the main entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, and violently searched, a number of homes in the town, causing excessive property damage.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, said a child identified as Hamza Ahmad Abu Hashem, 16, was injured after two army dogs mauled him in the ath-Thaher area, close to Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, south of Beit Ummar.
Awad said Abu Hashem suffered moderate wounds, and was bleeding from several parts of his body before the soldiers placed him in a military ambulance and drove to an unknown destination.
He added that the incident took place following an argument between members of the Abu Hashem family and a group of fanatic Israeli settlers, and that the soldiers arrived at the scene and fired gas bombs at the Palestinian family, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Awad stated that the soldiers attacked Abu Hashem as he was filming them invading the town, and trying to ambush local youths, and confiscated his camera.
In addition, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, kidnapped one Palestinian after violently assaulting him, and took him to an unknown destination.
The identity of the detained Palestinian remained unidentified until the time of this report.
Local sources said the soldiers also invaded and ransacked a number of homes in Huwwara, and clashed with several youths.
The army fired gas bombs, rounds of live ammunition and concussion grenades; no injuries were reported.
Mohamed Awad, media spokesperson for the Popular Committee against Settlement in Beit Ummar, told the WAFA News Agency that the 16-year-old minor Hamza Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem sustained moderate injuries after he was attacked by two police dogs unleashed by two masked Israeli soldiers on a group of Palestinian unarmed youngsters during the confrontations.
The dogs attacked the boy and pounced on him moments before the Israeli occupation soldiers apprehended the bleeding child and dragged him to the Karmi Tsur settlement, Awad added.
The IOF discharged heavy barrages of tear gas on the boy’s family after the latter protested at such an arbitrary arrest.
A number of Hamza’s family members and civilians were treated for breathing disorders in the process due to heavy gas inhalation.
The Israeli occupation soldiers attacked activist Awad in an attempt to rob him of his cameras after he captured live snapshots and videos of an IOF soldier pitching an ambush to trap Palestinian young men.
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the northern West Bank district of Nablus. Army dogs also mauled a child before the soldiers kidnapped him.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said several military vehicles invaded Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Sami Abu ‘Ayyash, 21, near the main entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, and violently searched, a number of homes in the town, causing excessive property damage.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, said a child identified as Hamza Ahmad Abu Hashem, 16, was injured after two army dogs mauled him in the ath-Thaher area, close to Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, south of Beit Ummar.
Awad said Abu Hashem suffered moderate wounds, and was bleeding from several parts of his body before the soldiers placed him in a military ambulance and drove to an unknown destination.
He added that the incident took place following an argument between members of the Abu Hashem family and a group of fanatic Israeli settlers, and that the soldiers arrived at the scene and fired gas bombs at the Palestinian family, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Awad stated that the soldiers attacked Abu Hashem as he was filming them invading the town, and trying to ambush local youths, and confiscated his camera.
In addition, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, kidnapped one Palestinian after violently assaulting him, and took him to an unknown destination.
The identity of the detained Palestinian remained unidentified until the time of this report.
Local sources said the soldiers also invaded and ransacked a number of homes in Huwwara, and clashed with several youths.
The army fired gas bombs, rounds of live ammunition and concussion grenades; no injuries were reported.
