2 dec 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Wednesday 39 Palestinian in different governorates of the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem after storming many houses and launching large-scale search campaigns.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said that the IOF rounded up 16 Palestinians aged 15-20 from al-Khalil, 13 Jerusalemites in Hazmah town and two others in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem in addition to a Palestinian in Askar refugee camp to the east of Nablus city.
Israeli forces also arrested two Palestinians in Anabta and Shoufeh towns in Tulkarem, three in Deir Ammar village near Ramallah, and three minors, 11-13 years, in Qalqilya; they were released later on.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said that the IOF rounded up 16 Palestinians aged 15-20 from al-Khalil, 13 Jerusalemites in Hazmah town and two others in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem in addition to a Palestinian in Askar refugee camp to the east of Nablus city.
Israeli forces also arrested two Palestinians in Anabta and Shoufeh towns in Tulkarem, three in Deir Ammar village near Ramallah, and three minors, 11-13 years, in Qalqilya; they were released later on.
The number of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons has risen to seven thousand male and female prisoners, as the number of those arrested has reached more than 2400 since the beginning of last October.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) affirmed that as a result of the large-scale and ongoing detention campaigns in all areas of the Palestinian territories, the Israeli occupation was forced to open new sections of prisons and new prisons to accommodate the large numbers of Palestinians who have been arrested.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have opened two new tent sections in the Negev prison; which are number 9 and 10 sections, and have transferred to them the detainees who were held in interrogation centers. Each of the new sections can house 120 prisoners. The IOF also opened Givon prison for detained minors.
The Israeli occupation is going to open a new department for female prisoners in the Damon prison, so as to transfer a number of detained and sentenced female prisoners to it, because Hishorn prison has no capacity to accommodate the new Palestinian women prisoners arrested recently.
According to the center, over 420 of the prisoners are minors, some of whom were wounded in IOF shooting during their arrest and still suffer from their injuries. Also among them are children under fourteen years old.
The Israeli occupation imposed, for the first time in years, administrative detention on 12 minors, 3 of which are from Jerusalem.
The conditions of female prisoners
The number of female prisoners has also risen recently to 38 captives; among which: five wounded, six minors, three elderly women aging over 55 years old. Two of the female captives are held in administrative detention, without charge or trial, and two are still in Israeli hospitals as a result of being shot by the IOF. The IOF has recently transferred three female minors from Ashkelon to Neve Trieste prison and then to Hasharon prison.
Palestinian prisoners in all of the Israeli jails are suffering from endless violations that show clearly the Israeli occupation's denial of international conventions related to prisoners. They are currently complaining from the shortage of winter clothing, blankets, and heating with the advent of freezing winter.
Prisoners are also suffering from repeated search of their rooms unexpectedly and at late times, the search is usually accompanied with beating, assaults, verbal abuse, provocation, tampering with the contents of their rooms, and the confiscation of their electrical appliances and personal items. The prisoners particularly suffer from those searches in winter where the prison administrations force the prisoners to stay in the cold for hours.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) still pursues the slow death policy against the Palestinian prisoners as evident in its deliberate medical neglect of the sick prisoners in absolute disregard to their lives.
The PCPS called on the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities, and to pressure the Israeli occupation authority to stop the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.
In the same context, the PCPS confirmed that Palestinian female prisoners in Hasharon prison refused the idea of opening a new section for them in the Damon prison that would entail transferring a number of them under the pretext of congestion.
Female prisoners clarified their position in a letter to the PCPS, in which they expressed their absolute refusal of opening this section under the pretext of congestion in the Hasharon prison.
They expressed concern that the IPS might open that section against their will and transfer the female prisoners to it by force, which would heighten tensions in the prison, especially with the severe pressure they are subjected to in the recent weeks.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) affirmed that as a result of the large-scale and ongoing detention campaigns in all areas of the Palestinian territories, the Israeli occupation was forced to open new sections of prisons and new prisons to accommodate the large numbers of Palestinians who have been arrested.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have opened two new tent sections in the Negev prison; which are number 9 and 10 sections, and have transferred to them the detainees who were held in interrogation centers. Each of the new sections can house 120 prisoners. The IOF also opened Givon prison for detained minors.
The Israeli occupation is going to open a new department for female prisoners in the Damon prison, so as to transfer a number of detained and sentenced female prisoners to it, because Hishorn prison has no capacity to accommodate the new Palestinian women prisoners arrested recently.
According to the center, over 420 of the prisoners are minors, some of whom were wounded in IOF shooting during their arrest and still suffer from their injuries. Also among them are children under fourteen years old.
The Israeli occupation imposed, for the first time in years, administrative detention on 12 minors, 3 of which are from Jerusalem.
The conditions of female prisoners
The number of female prisoners has also risen recently to 38 captives; among which: five wounded, six minors, three elderly women aging over 55 years old. Two of the female captives are held in administrative detention, without charge or trial, and two are still in Israeli hospitals as a result of being shot by the IOF. The IOF has recently transferred three female minors from Ashkelon to Neve Trieste prison and then to Hasharon prison.
Palestinian prisoners in all of the Israeli jails are suffering from endless violations that show clearly the Israeli occupation's denial of international conventions related to prisoners. They are currently complaining from the shortage of winter clothing, blankets, and heating with the advent of freezing winter.
Prisoners are also suffering from repeated search of their rooms unexpectedly and at late times, the search is usually accompanied with beating, assaults, verbal abuse, provocation, tampering with the contents of their rooms, and the confiscation of their electrical appliances and personal items. The prisoners particularly suffer from those searches in winter where the prison administrations force the prisoners to stay in the cold for hours.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) still pursues the slow death policy against the Palestinian prisoners as evident in its deliberate medical neglect of the sick prisoners in absolute disregard to their lives.
The PCPS called on the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities, and to pressure the Israeli occupation authority to stop the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.
In the same context, the PCPS confirmed that Palestinian female prisoners in Hasharon prison refused the idea of opening a new section for them in the Damon prison that would entail transferring a number of them under the pretext of congestion.
Female prisoners clarified their position in a letter to the PCPS, in which they expressed their absolute refusal of opening this section under the pretext of congestion in the Hasharon prison.
They expressed concern that the IPS might open that section against their will and transfer the female prisoners to it by force, which would heighten tensions in the prison, especially with the severe pressure they are subjected to in the recent weeks.
The Palestinian child prisoners held in Givon prison suffer very difficult detention conditions, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said on Wednesday.
The PPS lawyer Jawad Boulos managed to meet a number of the Palestinian minors held in Givon prison.
He quoted the minors as saying that they suffer from ill-treatment at the hands of Israeli jailers who provide them with unhealthy and unclean food.
All the detained minors, the Palestinian activist continued, were subjected to several forms of torture including severe beating, insults, strip search, and rape threats.
There are currently 64 child detainees held in Givon prison that was opened last October following a sudden rise in their number as a result of the recent Israeli mass arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
As a whole, nearly 400 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli detention centers and prisons.
The PPS lawyer Jawad Boulos managed to meet a number of the Palestinian minors held in Givon prison.
He quoted the minors as saying that they suffer from ill-treatment at the hands of Israeli jailers who provide them with unhealthy and unclean food.
All the detained minors, the Palestinian activist continued, were subjected to several forms of torture including severe beating, insults, strip search, and rape threats.
There are currently 64 child detainees held in Givon prison that was opened last October following a sudden rise in their number as a result of the recent Israeli mass arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
As a whole, nearly 400 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli detention centers and prisons.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Hizma, in occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes, and kidnapped ten Palestinians. One Palestinian kidnapped in Tulkarem.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded many homes, and searched them, before removing and confiscating carports used by the Hizma car company.
The sources added that the army broke into, and searched at least 30 homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping ten residents.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Odah ‘Aker, ‘Arwa Ahmad ‘Aker, Jabr Mohared Najeeb, Raja’ey Jabr Najeeb, Daoud Mohammad Najeeb, Fadi Mohammad Najeeb, Jihad Mubarak Salaheddin, Kifah Suleiman Rezeq, Ismael Abed-Rabbo al-Khatib, and Usama Ali Issa.
On Wednesday morning, several military vehicles invaded Shoufa village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped Bilal Abdul-Rahim Abu Alia, 18 years of age, while working in his family’s farmland.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded many homes, and searched them, before removing and confiscating carports used by the Hizma car company.
The sources added that the army broke into, and searched at least 30 homes in the town, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping ten residents.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Odah ‘Aker, ‘Arwa Ahmad ‘Aker, Jabr Mohared Najeeb, Raja’ey Jabr Najeeb, Daoud Mohammad Najeeb, Fadi Mohammad Najeeb, Jihad Mubarak Salaheddin, Kifah Suleiman Rezeq, Ismael Abed-Rabbo al-Khatib, and Usama Ali Issa.
On Wednesday morning, several military vehicles invaded Shoufa village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped Bilal Abdul-Rahim Abu Alia, 18 years of age, while working in his family’s farmland.
Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night and on Wednesday at dawn, several parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians, including seven children.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Khallet al-Ein and the ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including five children.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ayesh Khaled Awad, 19, Rashed Yousef Awad, 16, Omar Mohammad Khalil Awad, 14, Ali Waleed Abu ‘Ayyash, 15, Mohammad Nidal Abu Mariya, 16, Amro Riyadh Arar, 15, and ‘Okal Mahmoud Jawabra, 19.
The soldiers also photographed the home of resident Hussein Hosni Za’aqeeq, in the ath-Thaher area, close to the illegal Karmie Tzur Israeli colony, south of Beit Ummar.
Furthermore, the army invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, searched homes and kidnapped Ishaq Hdeib, Sari Abu Hashshash and Ali Waleed Naim.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Taffouh village, and kidnapped Adham Abdul-Salam at-Tarda, 17.
Another, Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Khalil Zeidat, 20, was kidnapped in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron.
The soldiers closed the main roads of many villages and towns, in addition to the al-‘Arroub and al-Fawwar refugee camps, and intensified the siege isolating the Palestinian communities in the Hebron district from each other, and from the rest of the West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Khallet al-Ein and the ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including five children.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ayesh Khaled Awad, 19, Rashed Yousef Awad, 16, Omar Mohammad Khalil Awad, 14, Ali Waleed Abu ‘Ayyash, 15, Mohammad Nidal Abu Mariya, 16, Amro Riyadh Arar, 15, and ‘Okal Mahmoud Jawabra, 19.
The soldiers also photographed the home of resident Hussein Hosni Za’aqeeq, in the ath-Thaher area, close to the illegal Karmie Tzur Israeli colony, south of Beit Ummar.
Furthermore, the army invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, searched homes and kidnapped Ishaq Hdeib, Sari Abu Hashshash and Ali Waleed Naim.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Taffouh village, and kidnapped Adham Abdul-Salam at-Tarda, 17.
Another, Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Khalil Zeidat, 20, was kidnapped in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron.
The soldiers closed the main roads of many villages and towns, in addition to the al-‘Arroub and al-Fawwar refugee camps, and intensified the siege isolating the Palestinian communities in the Hebron district from each other, and from the rest of the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Jabal ar-Rahma area in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, shot and wounded three Palestinians, including one who suffered a serious injury, and kidnapped one resident.
Badea’ Dweik of Human Rights Defenders Coalition in Hebron, said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition, wounding three Palestinians, in addition to storming and searching a number of homes.
He added that one of the injured Palestinians suffered life-threatening wounds, and that the army took him to an unknown destination.
The other wounded residents suffered injuries in the lower parts of their bodies.
In related news, the army invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Amjad Saleh al-Loubani, 40, after searching his home.
Badea’ Dweik of Human Rights Defenders Coalition in Hebron, said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition, wounding three Palestinians, in addition to storming and searching a number of homes.
He added that one of the injured Palestinians suffered life-threatening wounds, and that the army took him to an unknown destination.
The other wounded residents suffered injuries in the lower parts of their bodies.
In related news, the army invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Amjad Saleh al-Loubani, 40, after searching his home.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday rolled into the northern West Bank province of Nablus and ravaged the family home of a slain Palestinian girl, shortly before they kidnapped a youngster from the city.
Family of the slain Palestinian girl Maram Hasouna said an Israeli army force broke into their home in Nablus’ western neighborhood of Rafidia at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on the building.
The occupation troops subjected Maram’s father and brothers to exhaustive interrogation.
Observers said the assault was carried out with no regard, whatsoever, for the critical psychological state endured by Maram’s family at a time when the Israeli occupation authorities have been withholding their daughter’s body and preventing the family from bidding her last farewell.
The Israeli soldiers tore down Maram’s pictures which were posted on the house walls.
Clashes flared up across the neighborhood, where the IOF attacked the young protesters with rubber bullet rounds and tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian youth Hazem al-Nadi from his own family home in the Askar refugee camp, in eastern Nablus province.
Family of the slain Palestinian girl Maram Hasouna said an Israeli army force broke into their home in Nablus’ western neighborhood of Rafidia at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on the building.
The occupation troops subjected Maram’s father and brothers to exhaustive interrogation.
Observers said the assault was carried out with no regard, whatsoever, for the critical psychological state endured by Maram’s family at a time when the Israeli occupation authorities have been withholding their daughter’s body and preventing the family from bidding her last farewell.
The Israeli soldiers tore down Maram’s pictures which were posted on the house walls.
Clashes flared up across the neighborhood, where the IOF attacked the young protesters with rubber bullet rounds and tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian youth Hazem al-Nadi from his own family home in the Askar refugee camp, in eastern Nablus province.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) Tuesday afternoon arrested Tareq Barghouth, the lawyer of the detained minor Ahmad Manasra, the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Committee reported.
The Prisoners’ Committee said in a press release that an Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem extended the remand of lawyer Tareq Barghouth for 24 hours shortly after he was arrested and held in custody.
The Prisoners’ Committee said in a press release that an Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem extended the remand of lawyer Tareq Barghouth for 24 hours shortly after he was arrested and held in custody.
The father of the youngest Jordanian captive in Israeli jails offered some organs of his body for sale in order to afford a financial compensation order issued by Israeli court against his imprisoned son Mohammad.
An Israeli court last Thursday accused a 15-year-old Jordanian captive of killing an Israeli woman by mistake and sentenced him to 15 years with the payment of a compensation for her family, estimated at 30,000 shekels.
In a statement on Tuesday, Mahdi Suleiman, the father, said “We were informed by the court that if the payment is not made, the trial of our son will be repeated and he will be sentenced to life imprisonment”.
The father pointed out that he asked some parties for money but they apologized. Therefore, he decided to sell his organs in order to have money especially that he has nothing else to offer after he sold all of his properties to pay the costs of his son’s trial.
Israeli forces arrested the Jordanian minor Mohammad Mahdi Suleiman on March, 15, 2013 on the charge of throwing stones at an Israeli military patrol and injuring seven Israeli soldiers.
An Israeli court last Thursday accused a 15-year-old Jordanian captive of killing an Israeli woman by mistake and sentenced him to 15 years with the payment of a compensation for her family, estimated at 30,000 shekels.
In a statement on Tuesday, Mahdi Suleiman, the father, said “We were informed by the court that if the payment is not made, the trial of our son will be repeated and he will be sentenced to life imprisonment”.
The father pointed out that he asked some parties for money but they apologized. Therefore, he decided to sell his organs in order to have money especially that he has nothing else to offer after he sold all of his properties to pay the costs of his son’s trial.
Israeli forces arrested the Jordanian minor Mohammad Mahdi Suleiman on March, 15, 2013 on the charge of throwing stones at an Israeli military patrol and injuring seven Israeli soldiers.
1 dec 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday evening a Palestinian citizen at a military checkpoint erected near Qalqilia.
Local sources identified the detainee as Anas Bakir.
The detainee was then taken to unknown detention center, the sources added.
Meanwhile, dozens of injured were reported as clashes erupted in Naqar neighborhood west of the city.
During the clashes, a local home was completely burned after being targeted by Israeli forces with tear gas bombs.
Local sources identified the detainee as Anas Bakir.
The detainee was then taken to unknown detention center, the sources added.
Meanwhile, dozens of injured were reported as clashes erupted in Naqar neighborhood west of the city.
During the clashes, a local home was completely burned after being targeted by Israeli forces with tear gas bombs.
The Palestinian sick prisoner Ali Hassan has been waiting for a surgery for years in light of Israeli medical mistakes and procrastination in offering medical treatment.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Tuesday that captive Hassan suffers from a slipped disk due to torture rounds in Israeli jails in 2004 for 33 consecutive days. His condition worsened after he was given an injection in the back two years ago resulting in difficulty in walking and unbearable pain.
Detainee Hassan said he has been taking only painkillers since he was arrested in 2004 and that a surgery was decided for him years ago, but has not been conducted yet. Besides, he complains of severe asthma which got worsened in jail due to too bad detention conditions due to packed rooms and poor ventilation.
The sick captive Hassan, 46, from Qalqilya, is sentenced to life imprisonment and seven years. He has served eleven years so far.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Tuesday that captive Hassan suffers from a slipped disk due to torture rounds in Israeli jails in 2004 for 33 consecutive days. His condition worsened after he was given an injection in the back two years ago resulting in difficulty in walking and unbearable pain.
Detainee Hassan said he has been taking only painkillers since he was arrested in 2004 and that a surgery was decided for him years ago, but has not been conducted yet. Besides, he complains of severe asthma which got worsened in jail due to too bad detention conditions due to packed rooms and poor ventilation.
The sick captive Hassan, 46, from Qalqilya, is sentenced to life imprisonment and seven years. He has served eleven years so far.
Raed Mohammed Mamoun al-Khatib 16
The army claims he “attempted to stab a settler"; Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian teen, sixteen years of age, near the Gush Etzion settlement block, built on Palestinian lands, south of Bethlehem.
Palestinian medical sources said the slain teen has been identified as Ma’moun Raed al-Khatib, 16 years of age, from Doha city, in the Bethlehem district.
According to the Israeli army, al-Khatib “approached a settler with the intention to stab him,” before a soldier shot and injured him.
The slain Palestinian was left bleeding on the ground, and died of his wounds.
Israeli sources said the army also accidentally shot and injured one settler in his arm, suffering a mild wound, and that no Israelis were hurt in the reported "stabbing attack."
Al-Khatib's death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, since October 1 to 107, including children and women, among them a mother and her baby who were killed after the army bombarded their home in Gaza.
In related news, an Israeli man claimed that “a Palestinian attacked him with a sharp object in Jerusalem,” causing a mild injury.
The police said it is investigating the incident, and that initial findings indicate the attack was criminally motivated.
In addition, the soldiers have kidnapped a young woman near the southern entrance of al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and took her to an unknown destination.
The army claims he “attempted to stab a settler"; Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian teen, sixteen years of age, near the Gush Etzion settlement block, built on Palestinian lands, south of Bethlehem.
Palestinian medical sources said the slain teen has been identified as Ma’moun Raed al-Khatib, 16 years of age, from Doha city, in the Bethlehem district.
According to the Israeli army, al-Khatib “approached a settler with the intention to stab him,” before a soldier shot and injured him.
The slain Palestinian was left bleeding on the ground, and died of his wounds.
Israeli sources said the army also accidentally shot and injured one settler in his arm, suffering a mild wound, and that no Israelis were hurt in the reported "stabbing attack."
Al-Khatib's death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, since October 1 to 107, including children and women, among them a mother and her baby who were killed after the army bombarded their home in Gaza.
In related news, an Israeli man claimed that “a Palestinian attacked him with a sharp object in Jerusalem,” causing a mild injury.
The police said it is investigating the incident, and that initial findings indicate the attack was criminally motivated.
In addition, the soldiers have kidnapped a young woman near the southern entrance of al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and took her to an unknown destination.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 11 Palestinians from their homes in different areas of al-Khalil province.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers stormed Wadi al-Hariya area in al-Khalil city and kidnapped two brothers from their home identified as Samer and Tha'er Salhab.
Other four Palestinians, including two brothers from the family of Zalloum, were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in Idna town, west of al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Yatta town, south of al-Khalil, and kidnapped five young men after ransacking their homes.
The detainees of Yatta town were identified as Mohamed al-Shawahin, brothers Anas and Adham Rab'ei, Ayman Ayesh, and Kayed Rab'ei.
The IOF also invaded Tafuh town, west of al-Khalil, and searched several homes, including the house of prisoner Mohamed al-Tardah, who carried out a recent stabbing attack in Kiryat Gat settlement, north of Beersheba.
A Palestinian citizen from the same town called Muntaser al-Tardah was handed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet during the IOF campaign.
In separate incidents, the IOF patrolled in the morning the towns of Sa'ir and Halhoul near al-Khalil city and set up roadblocks outside the city and al-Samua town, which caused heavy traffic jams.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers stormed Wadi al-Hariya area in al-Khalil city and kidnapped two brothers from their home identified as Samer and Tha'er Salhab.
Other four Palestinians, including two brothers from the family of Zalloum, were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in Idna town, west of al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Yatta town, south of al-Khalil, and kidnapped five young men after ransacking their homes.
The detainees of Yatta town were identified as Mohamed al-Shawahin, brothers Anas and Adham Rab'ei, Ayman Ayesh, and Kayed Rab'ei.
The IOF also invaded Tafuh town, west of al-Khalil, and searched several homes, including the house of prisoner Mohamed al-Tardah, who carried out a recent stabbing attack in Kiryat Gat settlement, north of Beersheba.
A Palestinian citizen from the same town called Muntaser al-Tardah was handed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet during the IOF campaign.
In separate incidents, the IOF patrolled in the morning the towns of Sa'ir and Halhoul near al-Khalil city and set up roadblocks outside the city and al-Samua town, which caused heavy traffic jams.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) renewed on Monday its ban on lawyer visits to the detained journalist Mohamed al-Kiq.
Family sources said that their son’s lawyer informed them that he was prevented once again from meeting al-Kiq till December 7.
Al-Kiq was prevented from meeting his lawyer since his detention from his home in Ramallah on November 21. His mobile phone and lap top were confiscated during his arrest.
The detained journalist is currently held in Jalama investigation center as his questioning was extended for 15 additional days.
Family sources said that their son’s lawyer informed them that he was prevented once again from meeting al-Kiq till December 7.
Al-Kiq was prevented from meeting his lawyer since his detention from his home in Ramallah on November 21. His mobile phone and lap top were confiscated during his arrest.
The detained journalist is currently held in Jalama investigation center as his questioning was extended for 15 additional days.
The Israeli military and security forces kidnapped and detained 914 Palestinians during the current month from different West Bank areas, according to a recent report released by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
40 percent of those detainees were minors and children, and there were also 29 women and young girls.
Since al-Quds intifada (uprising) started in early October, 2,500 Palestinians were either detained or jailed by Israel, the report stated.
The report asserted that all the detainees and their families had been exposed to some forms of maltreatment, humiliation or punishment by Israeli soldiers and policemen since the start of the intifada.
40 percent of those detainees were minors and children, and there were also 29 women and young girls.
Since al-Quds intifada (uprising) started in early October, 2,500 Palestinians were either detained or jailed by Israel, the report stated.
The report asserted that all the detainees and their families had been exposed to some forms of maltreatment, humiliation or punishment by Israeli soldiers and policemen since the start of the intifada.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday rolled into the northern West Bank province of Jenin and kidnapped a number of Palestinian civilians.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as saying that heavily-armed IOF troops stormed the Jenin refugee camp amid random firing of gunshots and stun grenades.
The IOF kidnapped 21-year-old Islam Azayza after they broke into his family home and ravaged it.
The occupation troops also raided the adjacent Berkin town and set up a series of ambushes.
Earlier, on Monday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Hamas activist Ghassan al-Zugheibi after he had served two years in Israeli lock-ups.
The newly-released Hamas leader spoke out against the dire detention circumstances and mistreatment Palestinian detainees have been subjected to in Israeli lock-ups. He told a PIC reporter that tension has been running high among the detainees and a confrontation with the Israeli prison administrations was in the offing.
Al-Zugheibi further called for mobilizing mass-support for the prisoners’ cause.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as saying that heavily-armed IOF troops stormed the Jenin refugee camp amid random firing of gunshots and stun grenades.
The IOF kidnapped 21-year-old Islam Azayza after they broke into his family home and ravaged it.
The occupation troops also raided the adjacent Berkin town and set up a series of ambushes.
Earlier, on Monday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Hamas activist Ghassan al-Zugheibi after he had served two years in Israeli lock-ups.
The newly-released Hamas leader spoke out against the dire detention circumstances and mistreatment Palestinian detainees have been subjected to in Israeli lock-ups. He told a PIC reporter that tension has been running high among the detainees and a confrontation with the Israeli prison administrations was in the offing.
Al-Zugheibi further called for mobilizing mass-support for the prisoners’ cause.
Jordanian prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber has been on hunger strike since November 8 to demand his Israeli jailers to release and transfer him to Jordan, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
The PPS lawyer, who recently visited the prisoner in the infirmary of the Ramla jail, said Abu Jaber was still held in solitary confinement.
Abu Jaber had already gone on hunger strike during the current year to pressure his jailer to hand him over to the Jordanian side.
The prisoner has been in jail since 2000, serving a 20-year prison term.
The PPS lawyer, who recently visited the prisoner in the infirmary of the Ramla jail, said Abu Jaber was still held in solitary confinement.
Abu Jaber had already gone on hunger strike during the current year to pressure his jailer to hand him over to the Jordanian side.
The prisoner has been in jail since 2000, serving a 20-year prison term.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening and Tuesday morning kidnapped 26 Palestinian citizens from the occupied West Bank.
A statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported the abduction of 11 Palestinian citizens, mostly in their 20’s of age, from the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Six more Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Jerusalem’s towns of al-Issawiya and Silwan.
The Israeli occupation troops kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from Jenin province and two others from Ramallah.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian youngster from Tulkarem city, another from Nablus, and one more youth from Qalqilya.
A statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported the abduction of 11 Palestinian citizens, mostly in their 20’s of age, from the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Six more Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Jerusalem’s towns of al-Issawiya and Silwan.
The Israeli occupation troops kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from Jenin province and two others from Ramallah.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian youngster from Tulkarem city, another from Nablus, and one more youth from Qalqilya.
At least 22 Palestinian citizens have been detained by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after they were injured, the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Committee reported Sunday.
The Committee said 22 Palestinians were arrested since the outburst of the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada, on early October, after they were shot and injured by the IOF.
A number of those injured detainees are still held in Israeli hospitals in very critical conditions.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said it kept record of the arrest of more than 27 of the detainees’ first-degree female relatives, seven among whom are still held in Israeli lock-ups.
A number of the detained relatives are elderly patients who have been diagnosed with several illnesses.
The group added that the detainees’ mothers, spouses, and girls have been permanent targets of Israeli arbitrary detentions and interrogation summonses.
The center voiced concern over the striking surge in the abduction and torture of the prisoners’ families during prison-visits.
The center urged the international human rights organizations, particularly the Red Cross Organization, to take up their responsibilities to protect the Palestinian detainees and their families and to provide the protection needed during prison-visits.
The Committee said 22 Palestinians were arrested since the outburst of the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada, on early October, after they were shot and injured by the IOF.
A number of those injured detainees are still held in Israeli hospitals in very critical conditions.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said it kept record of the arrest of more than 27 of the detainees’ first-degree female relatives, seven among whom are still held in Israeli lock-ups.
A number of the detained relatives are elderly patients who have been diagnosed with several illnesses.
The group added that the detainees’ mothers, spouses, and girls have been permanent targets of Israeli arbitrary detentions and interrogation summonses.
The center voiced concern over the striking surge in the abduction and torture of the prisoners’ families during prison-visits.
The center urged the international human rights organizations, particularly the Red Cross Organization, to take up their responsibilities to protect the Palestinian detainees and their families and to provide the protection needed during prison-visits.
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