27 dec 2015
Israeli army forces, on Sunday, abducted at least 14 Palestinians, mainly during predawn and night raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).
In the Hebron district, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians, including an unidentified young woman. The other detainees were identified as Sami Maswadi, 30, Belal Abu-Maria, 27, Sulaiman Sa’da, 16, Essam Sa’da, 14, Yahia Abu-Yousef, 16, and Diaa Edrees.
Meanwhile in Ramallah district, Israeli army broke into the village of Kafr Ne’meh and took two Palestinians, identified as Ismail Ismail, 20, and Inrahim Nasser, 20.
Also taken by the army was Mohammad Fakhouri, from the Tulkarem district; Mohammad Harb, in Salfit; and Mohammad Ebdah, from Askar Refugee Camp, occupied Nablus.
A teenager was also kidnapped near Qalqilia, allegedly for the possession of a knife. She was identified as Kereman Swedan, 15.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted at least one Palestinian, who was identified as Saeed Qumbuz, 26. To be noted, 47 Palestinians have been detained by the army during the past three days alone.
2 Palestinian girls, youth kidnapped by Israeli troops
Two Palestinian girls and a youngster were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday on allegations of involvement in separate anti-occupation stabbings in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
An Israeli patrol stationed at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil, kidnapped 16-year-old Maha Shahda Shatat allegedly after she attempted to stab an occupation officer.
Eye-witnesses said the Israeli occupation soldiers stopped the girl at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque and searched her, moments before she was blindfolded and handcuffed on allegations that she was carrying a knife in her bag.
The IOF also kidnapped another Palestinian girl, identified as Kariman Akram Sweidan, near the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus under the same pretext.
The occupation soldiers chased down 16-year-old Kariman while she was walking near an illegal Israeli settlement in Qalqilya’s eastern village of Azzoun.
Another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the IOF from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem allegedly after he attempted to stab Israeli cops.
Preliminary investigations identified the youth as a native of the central West Bank city of al-Bireh.
In the Hebron district, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians, including an unidentified young woman. The other detainees were identified as Sami Maswadi, 30, Belal Abu-Maria, 27, Sulaiman Sa’da, 16, Essam Sa’da, 14, Yahia Abu-Yousef, 16, and Diaa Edrees.
Meanwhile in Ramallah district, Israeli army broke into the village of Kafr Ne’meh and took two Palestinians, identified as Ismail Ismail, 20, and Inrahim Nasser, 20.
Also taken by the army was Mohammad Fakhouri, from the Tulkarem district; Mohammad Harb, in Salfit; and Mohammad Ebdah, from Askar Refugee Camp, occupied Nablus.
A teenager was also kidnapped near Qalqilia, allegedly for the possession of a knife. She was identified as Kereman Swedan, 15.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted at least one Palestinian, who was identified as Saeed Qumbuz, 26. To be noted, 47 Palestinians have been detained by the army during the past three days alone.
2 Palestinian girls, youth kidnapped by Israeli troops
Two Palestinian girls and a youngster were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday on allegations of involvement in separate anti-occupation stabbings in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
An Israeli patrol stationed at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil, kidnapped 16-year-old Maha Shahda Shatat allegedly after she attempted to stab an occupation officer.
Eye-witnesses said the Israeli occupation soldiers stopped the girl at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque and searched her, moments before she was blindfolded and handcuffed on allegations that she was carrying a knife in her bag.
The IOF also kidnapped another Palestinian girl, identified as Kariman Akram Sweidan, near the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus under the same pretext.
The occupation soldiers chased down 16-year-old Kariman while she was walking near an illegal Israeli settlement in Qalqilya’s eastern village of Azzoun.
Another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the IOF from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem allegedly after he attempted to stab Israeli cops.
Preliminary investigations identified the youth as a native of the central West Bank city of al-Bireh.
A Jordanian prisoner in Israeli custody ended a 47-day hunger strike on Sunday, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service.
Prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber went on hunger strike on Nov. 11 demanding that Israel allow him to see out the remaining five years of his 20-year sentence in Jordanian custody.
He was imprisoned in December 2000 after he was convicted of detonating an explosive device in a bus in Tel Aviv.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer for the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, said Abu Jaber had ended the hunger strike but she did not provide details of the agreement reached with Israel's prison service.
She said that Abu Jaber was receiving medical treatment at the Ramla prison clinic.
Last week, the prisoner was moved to a civilian hospital after his health deteriorated, and the Israel authorities threatened to force-feed him if he continued his hunger strike.
Israel's parliament approved the use of force-feeding over the summer, sparking outcry from rights groups and medical experts.
The law "will be used only if a doctor determines that the continued hunger strike will create an immediate risk to the life of a prisoner or long-term damage to his health," David Amsalem of the ruling Likud party said at the time.
The Israeli Medical Association quickly branded the law as "tantamount to torture." On Thursday last week 25 Palestinian prisoners in Etzion jail launched a hunger strike to protest violations carried out by the Israeli Prison Service.
A lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, Jacqueline Fararj, told Ma'an News Agency that she had documented numerous violations against Palestinians held in the jail, including physical assault and poor living conditions.
Prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber went on hunger strike on Nov. 11 demanding that Israel allow him to see out the remaining five years of his 20-year sentence in Jordanian custody.
He was imprisoned in December 2000 after he was convicted of detonating an explosive device in a bus in Tel Aviv.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer for the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, said Abu Jaber had ended the hunger strike but she did not provide details of the agreement reached with Israel's prison service.
She said that Abu Jaber was receiving medical treatment at the Ramla prison clinic.
Last week, the prisoner was moved to a civilian hospital after his health deteriorated, and the Israel authorities threatened to force-feed him if he continued his hunger strike.
Israel's parliament approved the use of force-feeding over the summer, sparking outcry from rights groups and medical experts.
The law "will be used only if a doctor determines that the continued hunger strike will create an immediate risk to the life of a prisoner or long-term damage to his health," David Amsalem of the ruling Likud party said at the time.
The Israeli Medical Association quickly branded the law as "tantamount to torture." On Thursday last week 25 Palestinian prisoners in Etzion jail launched a hunger strike to protest violations carried out by the Israeli Prison Service.
A lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, Jacqueline Fararj, told Ma'an News Agency that she had documented numerous violations against Palestinians held in the jail, including physical assault and poor living conditions.
Palestinian civilians were kidnapped in an abduction sweep carried out by the Israeli occupation army across the West Bank at predawn time on Sunday.
Al-Khalil based sources said the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into the city and kidnapped two Palestinian brothers from their own family home in Halhul town.
Another youngster was kidnapped by the IOF from Beit Ummar town.
The occupation troops further kidnapped the youngster Mahmoud Abu R’mouz and summoned others for interrogation, including the university student Hamza al-Qawasmi and the son of MP Muhamad Jamal al-Natsha, Islam.
Earlier, overnight, the IOF kidnapped the student at Birzeit University Dhiaa Idris near a military checkpoint.
Meanwhile, sources based in Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, said the IOF stormed the city at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on Palestinian civilian homes in Madama town before they subjected the native Palestinian inhabitants to exhaustive questioning.
Israeli army commanders reportedly threatened to jail and torture Palestinian children and youths in case they join anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli occupation troops further stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot waves of bullet fire and sound bombs.
The assault culminated in violent clashes with the Palestinian protesters.
The IOF cordoned off the area and sealed off its main entrances for hours.
Al-Khalil based sources said the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into the city and kidnapped two Palestinian brothers from their own family home in Halhul town.
Another youngster was kidnapped by the IOF from Beit Ummar town.
The occupation troops further kidnapped the youngster Mahmoud Abu R’mouz and summoned others for interrogation, including the university student Hamza al-Qawasmi and the son of MP Muhamad Jamal al-Natsha, Islam.
Earlier, overnight, the IOF kidnapped the student at Birzeit University Dhiaa Idris near a military checkpoint.
Meanwhile, sources based in Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, said the IOF stormed the city at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on Palestinian civilian homes in Madama town before they subjected the native Palestinian inhabitants to exhaustive questioning.
Israeli army commanders reportedly threatened to jail and torture Palestinian children and youths in case they join anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli occupation troops further stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot waves of bullet fire and sound bombs.
The assault culminated in violent clashes with the Palestinian protesters.
The IOF cordoned off the area and sealed off its main entrances for hours.
An Israeli settler was shot and injured on early Sunday morning as he was driving near Palestinian lands in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
According to the Israeli Channel 7, a settler’s car was shot near the Samou’ town, in southern al-Khalil, critically wounding the driver.
An Israeli occupation patrol showed up at the scene and raked through the area in search for the perpetrator.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli occupation soldier was wounded in an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Central Station. The activist was shot and kidnapped right on the spot.
Palestinian shot, critically wounded by IOF in O. Jerusalem
A Palestinian youth was shot and critically injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning after he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near the central bus station of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Israeli news outlets, the occupation troops fired multiple shots on a Palestinian young man after he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near Jerusalem’s central bus station.
The Palestinian casualty was critically injured and kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers shortly after they rolled into the area.
More Israeli army troops also rushed to the scene and carried out abrupt combing operations.
According to the Israeli Channel 7, a settler’s car was shot near the Samou’ town, in southern al-Khalil, critically wounding the driver.
An Israeli occupation patrol showed up at the scene and raked through the area in search for the perpetrator.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli occupation soldier was wounded in an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Central Station. The activist was shot and kidnapped right on the spot.
Palestinian shot, critically wounded by IOF in O. Jerusalem
A Palestinian youth was shot and critically injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning after he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near the central bus station of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Israeli news outlets, the occupation troops fired multiple shots on a Palestinian young man after he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack near Jerusalem’s central bus station.
The Palestinian casualty was critically injured and kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers shortly after they rolled into the area.
More Israeli army troops also rushed to the scene and carried out abrupt combing operations.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday came down heavily on a group of Palestinian activists who formed what they called “the longest human chain” around the Old City’s walls to push for the release of slain Palestinians’ bodies.
Hundreds of people participated in the protest despite the heavy presence of Israeli troops who fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters soon as the protesters gathered in the area.
The rally-goers demanded that the Israeli occupation authorities hand over bodies of those killed to their families so that they can bid them last farewell before their burial.
A PIC journalist said a number of protesters were injured and others were chased down and arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The demonstrators gathered near the Bab al-Sahira, raising photos of the slain Palestinians and lifting banners calling for releasing their bodies.
The protesters were attacked, as they advanced hand in hand, by the Israeli troops who violently disbanded the march using tear gas grenades and rubber bullets. Several activists were subjected to heavy beating in the assault.
Spokesperson for the families of slain Palestinians, Muhammad Alyan, said: “We formed the longest human chain to restore the bodies of our sons and daughters. The Israeli occupation does not have the right to withhold dead bodies. This is a policy of collective punishment and a poof of Israel’s inherently sadistic nature.”
Former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Hatem Abdul Kader, said Israel’s seizure of Palestinian bodies is a war crime against the victims and their families alike.
He vowed that Jerusalemites shall never remain mum over such crimes and will resort to all possible means to release the dead bodies.
According to the Red Crescent, at least 20 Palestinians were injured in the Israeli attack on the human chain.
The bodies of over 50 Palestinians killed by the occupation troops since early October have been withheld by the Israeli occupation, in a move dubbed by observers an attempt to snuff out the flames of anti-occupation activism among the Palestinians.
Hundreds of people participated in the protest despite the heavy presence of Israeli troops who fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters soon as the protesters gathered in the area.
The rally-goers demanded that the Israeli occupation authorities hand over bodies of those killed to their families so that they can bid them last farewell before their burial.
A PIC journalist said a number of protesters were injured and others were chased down and arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The demonstrators gathered near the Bab al-Sahira, raising photos of the slain Palestinians and lifting banners calling for releasing their bodies.
The protesters were attacked, as they advanced hand in hand, by the Israeli troops who violently disbanded the march using tear gas grenades and rubber bullets. Several activists were subjected to heavy beating in the assault.
Spokesperson for the families of slain Palestinians, Muhammad Alyan, said: “We formed the longest human chain to restore the bodies of our sons and daughters. The Israeli occupation does not have the right to withhold dead bodies. This is a policy of collective punishment and a poof of Israel’s inherently sadistic nature.”
Former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Hatem Abdul Kader, said Israel’s seizure of Palestinian bodies is a war crime against the victims and their families alike.
He vowed that Jerusalemites shall never remain mum over such crimes and will resort to all possible means to release the dead bodies.
According to the Red Crescent, at least 20 Palestinians were injured in the Israeli attack on the human chain.
The bodies of over 50 Palestinians killed by the occupation troops since early October have been withheld by the Israeli occupation, in a move dubbed by observers an attempt to snuff out the flames of anti-occupation activism among the Palestinians.
A Palestinian Family called for immediately releasing their hunger-striking relative Muhammad al-Qeiq, held in Israeli lock-ups, and revealing his condition before it is too late.
A PIC news reporter said the family of Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq appealed, during a press conference, to the Prisoners Committee, the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the Journalists Syndicate, and the International Red Cross, among other human rights organizations, to urgently intervene and work on releasing their son.
Lawyer Ashraf Abu Sneina quoted hunger-striking al-Qeiq as stating at the Ofer Court that he has been prevented from family visits for 32 days, during which he has been starving in solitary lock-downs.
Al-Qeiq reportedly spoke out against the apathy maintained by human rights groups and activists, adding that no single person or party visited him or tried to keep tabs on his health condition and needs.
Ex-prisoner Khader Adnan called for mobilizing support for al-Qeiq.
The detainee’s wife, journalist Fayhaa Shalash, said her husband has entered his 32nd day of hunger-strike in protest at being arbitrarily incarcerated in Israeli jails.
According to the wife, the fact that her husband was convicted because he asserted his own rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press stands in sharp contrast to all international laws and treaties.
“So far, no single piece of information has been released on the place and conditions in which my husband is being jailed,” the wife further stated, voicing her concern over her husband’s unknown condition.
She added that a protest tent is to be pitched in front of al-Qeiq’s family home until his release.
A PIC news reporter said the family of Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq appealed, during a press conference, to the Prisoners Committee, the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the Journalists Syndicate, and the International Red Cross, among other human rights organizations, to urgently intervene and work on releasing their son.
Lawyer Ashraf Abu Sneina quoted hunger-striking al-Qeiq as stating at the Ofer Court that he has been prevented from family visits for 32 days, during which he has been starving in solitary lock-downs.
Al-Qeiq reportedly spoke out against the apathy maintained by human rights groups and activists, adding that no single person or party visited him or tried to keep tabs on his health condition and needs.
Ex-prisoner Khader Adnan called for mobilizing support for al-Qeiq.
The detainee’s wife, journalist Fayhaa Shalash, said her husband has entered his 32nd day of hunger-strike in protest at being arbitrarily incarcerated in Israeli jails.
According to the wife, the fact that her husband was convicted because he asserted his own rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press stands in sharp contrast to all international laws and treaties.
“So far, no single piece of information has been released on the place and conditions in which my husband is being jailed,” the wife further stated, voicing her concern over her husband’s unknown condition.
She added that a protest tent is to be pitched in front of al-Qeiq’s family home until his release.
26 dec 2015
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) banned a 19-year-old Palestinian girl from the holy al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
Lawyer Ramzi Kteilat, from the Qudsuna Foundation for Human Rights, said Dania Fudhail was detained on Friday afternoon from the al-Aqsa Mosque and dragged to the Qishleh detention center.
Hours after the girl was subjected to exhaustive questioning, the IOA handed her on order banning her from al-Aqsa for 15 days and fined her three thousand shekels.
The lawyer said that Fudhail was arrested on June 5 on allegations of involvement in rioting.
Earlier Fudhail was banned from al-Aqsa for the same period after she was brutally attacked by the Israeli occupation soldiers near the Mosque on the occasion of the so-called destruction of temple marked in July. Surveillance cameras documented the aggression and heavy beating to which she had been subjected.
Lawyer Ramzi Kteilat, from the Qudsuna Foundation for Human Rights, said Dania Fudhail was detained on Friday afternoon from the al-Aqsa Mosque and dragged to the Qishleh detention center.
Hours after the girl was subjected to exhaustive questioning, the IOA handed her on order banning her from al-Aqsa for 15 days and fined her three thousand shekels.
The lawyer said that Fudhail was arrested on June 5 on allegations of involvement in rioting.
Earlier Fudhail was banned from al-Aqsa for the same period after she was brutally attacked by the Israeli occupation soldiers near the Mosque on the occasion of the so-called destruction of temple marked in July. Surveillance cameras documented the aggression and heavy beating to which she had been subjected.
25 dec 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday night arrested a Palestinian young man from the Gaza Strip after he tried to infiltrate into the 1948 occupied lands.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the young man near the security fence to the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops fired flares as they were combing the eastern areas of central Gaza.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers stationed at the Kissufim military post, south of Gaza, fired flares over the eastern parts of Deir al-Balah district and the refugee camps of al-Bureij and al-Maghazi, amid intensive drone overflights.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the young man near the security fence to the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops fired flares as they were combing the eastern areas of central Gaza.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers stationed at the Kissufim military post, south of Gaza, fired flares over the eastern parts of Deir al-Balah district and the refugee camps of al-Bureij and al-Maghazi, amid intensive drone overflights.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Friday five Palestinians after storming different areas of the West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli troops broke into the Old City in al-Khalil since the early morning hours and arrested a young man after storming and violently searching his family house.
Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes broke out in the area where tear gas bombs were heavily used.
Two other youths were detained in Kafer Dik village near Qalqilia while two others were arrested in al-Khalil.
IOF also stormed the injured female prisoner Abla al-Adam’s house in Beit Uwa, west of al-Khalil. Her husband and children were investigated during the raid.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli troops broke into the Old City in al-Khalil since the early morning hours and arrested a young man after storming and violently searching his family house.
Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes broke out in the area where tear gas bombs were heavily used.
Two other youths were detained in Kafer Dik village near Qalqilia while two others were arrested in al-Khalil.
IOF also stormed the injured female prisoner Abla al-Adam’s house in Beit Uwa, west of al-Khalil. Her husband and children were investigated during the raid.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the Palestinian prisoners in Etzion jail decided to start an open-ended hunger strike to protest their harsh incarceration conditions.
PPS lawyer Jacqueline Fararjeh stated on Thursday that the 25 prisoners complained about the quality of food served to them and described it as inedible and cold.
In addition to that, the prisoners are struggling with the cold inside Etzion cells, while their blankets and mattresses are smelly and clammy, according to Fararjeh.
The lawyer also received complaints from five Palestinian prisoners in the jail about their exposure to different physical assaults by Israeli soldiers during and after their detention.
PPS lawyer Jacqueline Fararjeh stated on Thursday that the 25 prisoners complained about the quality of food served to them and described it as inedible and cold.
In addition to that, the prisoners are struggling with the cold inside Etzion cells, while their blankets and mattresses are smelly and clammy, according to Fararjeh.
The lawyer also received complaints from five Palestinian prisoners in the jail about their exposure to different physical assaults by Israeli soldiers during and after their detention.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested late Thursday evening a Palestinian journalist from Jenin north of occupied West Bank at Container checkpoint that separates the southern from the northern areas of the West Bank.
The journalist Asa’d Abu Tama’a, 24, was stopped for more than an hour at Container checkpoint before being arrested by Israeli forces.
The Israeli Container checkpoint controls the only pathway providing Palestinians access to the north and south of the West Bank.
The journalist Asa’d Abu Tama’a, 24, was stopped for more than an hour at Container checkpoint before being arrested by Israeli forces.
The Israeli Container checkpoint controls the only pathway providing Palestinians access to the north and south of the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday evening kidnapped two Palestinians at al-Karama border crossing with Jordan and at a military checkpoint in Jenin province.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers at al-Karama crossing kidnapped 24-year-old engineer Thaer Huwaiti upon his return from Jordan following a family visit.
The sources added that the family of Huwaiti was informed by the Palestinian security liaison office that he was taken to Huwara military camp for interrogation.
The IOF also kidnapped a 17-year-old school student called Naser Abu Baker in Jenin.
His family said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Abu Baker at a makeshift checkpoint near Yabad town and took him to an undeclared place.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers at al-Karama crossing kidnapped 24-year-old engineer Thaer Huwaiti upon his return from Jordan following a family visit.
The sources added that the family of Huwaiti was informed by the Palestinian security liaison office that he was taken to Huwara military camp for interrogation.
The IOF also kidnapped a 17-year-old school student called Naser Abu Baker in Jenin.
His family said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Abu Baker at a makeshift checkpoint near Yabad town and took him to an undeclared place.
24 dec 2015
The Israeli prison service (IPS) transferred the injured detainee Halwa Hamamra, 25, from the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital to the HaSharon jail, a rights group reported.
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), a lawyer visited prisoner Halwa Hamamra and said she needs medical care due to the critical stomach injuries she had suffered during her detention.
Detained on November 8, the inmate has been enduring severe pains and is in need of another surgery, the PPS statement added.
The IPS further transferred the two injured detainees Muhammad Shalalda and Miqdad al-Heih from the Hadasshah Hospital to the Ramla prison clinic despite their critical health conditions.
Both Shalalda and al-Heih sustained critical injuries in their head during their detention in October.
The PPS added that the prison administration transferred a number of detainees from Israeli public hospitals to the Ramla clinic despite their need of specialized medical therapy.
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), a lawyer visited prisoner Halwa Hamamra and said she needs medical care due to the critical stomach injuries she had suffered during her detention.
Detained on November 8, the inmate has been enduring severe pains and is in need of another surgery, the PPS statement added.
The IPS further transferred the two injured detainees Muhammad Shalalda and Miqdad al-Heih from the Hadasshah Hospital to the Ramla prison clinic despite their critical health conditions.
Both Shalalda and al-Heih sustained critical injuries in their head during their detention in October.
The PPS added that the prison administration transferred a number of detainees from Israeli public hospitals to the Ramla clinic despite their need of specialized medical therapy.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the West Bank districts of Nablus, Tubas and Hebron, searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians.
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the al-Fouqa neighborhood, in Beta town, searched many homes, and kidnapped two residents identified as Qassam ‘Enad Jaghoub, 23, and Ahmad Abdul-Rahman al-Faqe’, 22.
The sources added that the army also invaded the western neighborhood of the town, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Aysar Nidal Jaghoub, 23, and Mo'taz Hussein at-Tayeh, 22.
In Tubas, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of former political prisoner Mustafa Maslamani, who was exiled by Israel from the West Bank to Gaza, and kidnapped his son, Jihad, 26.
The soldiers violently searched his home, causing excessive property damage, and interrogated the family.
Last week, undercover Israeli soldiers invaded the Maslamani family home, and kidnapped Jihad’s older brother.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded various towns and refugee camps in the Hebron district, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, after breaking into their homes and violently searching them.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ashraf Nabil Rajabi, 27, Hamed Khaled al-Qawasmi, Zakariyya Fahmi Ghatasha, 19, Mohammad Majed at-Teety, 17, his brother Ibrahim, 23, Raed Ahmad ‘Oqeilan, and Hebron District Court judge Musleh Mohammad Abu ‘Arram, 51.
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the al-Fouqa neighborhood, in Beta town, searched many homes, and kidnapped two residents identified as Qassam ‘Enad Jaghoub, 23, and Ahmad Abdul-Rahman al-Faqe’, 22.
The sources added that the army also invaded the western neighborhood of the town, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Aysar Nidal Jaghoub, 23, and Mo'taz Hussein at-Tayeh, 22.
In Tubas, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of former political prisoner Mustafa Maslamani, who was exiled by Israel from the West Bank to Gaza, and kidnapped his son, Jihad, 26.
The soldiers violently searched his home, causing excessive property damage, and interrogated the family.
Last week, undercover Israeli soldiers invaded the Maslamani family home, and kidnapped Jihad’s older brother.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded various towns and refugee camps in the Hebron district, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, after breaking into their homes and violently searching them.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ashraf Nabil Rajabi, 27, Hamed Khaled al-Qawasmi, Zakariyya Fahmi Ghatasha, 19, Mohammad Majed at-Teety, 17, his brother Ibrahim, 23, Raed Ahmad ‘Oqeilan, and Hebron District Court judge Musleh Mohammad Abu ‘Arram, 51.
23 dec 2015
Israeli Undercover Unit arrested Wednesday a Palestinian child from his house in Arqa town, south of Jenin, after brutally attacking and beating him.
The local resident Nahed Arfawi affirmed to Quds Press that the Israeli Special Forces violently broke into his home in the outskirts of the town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs and live shots.
His family members were also assaulted and beaten during the raid. His wife was also beaten by one of the soldiers' rifle butts, while his 16-year-old son was violently pulled out from his bed.
My son was tied to a nearby security fence while being severely beaten by Israeli soldiers, he added. “We heard his voice, screaming in pain.”
Tear gas bombs were fired inside the house, causing breathing problems to his wife and 18-month-old baby.
The local resident Nahed Arfawi affirmed to Quds Press that the Israeli Special Forces violently broke into his home in the outskirts of the town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs and live shots.
His family members were also assaulted and beaten during the raid. His wife was also beaten by one of the soldiers' rifle butts, while his 16-year-old son was violently pulled out from his bed.
My son was tied to a nearby security fence while being severely beaten by Israeli soldiers, he added. “We heard his voice, screaming in pain.”
Tear gas bombs were fired inside the house, causing breathing problems to his wife and 18-month-old baby.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched overnight a raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank.
Seven Palestinians were detained as IOF broke into different areas in Bethlehem.
Two Palestinians were arrested in al-Khalil, while another was kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
A 20-year-old girl was arrested at Abu Rish checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil for allegedly carrying a knife.
Her detention brought the overall number of Palestinian women arrested recently from al-Khalil to 15.
On the other hand, a number of local homes were brutally raided and searched in several towns, north of the West Bank.
The former Prisoners Affairs Minister Wasfi Qubaha’s house was among the raided houses.
Qubaha told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers violently broke into his house at midnight and held all his family members in one room while searching the house.
Meanwhile, IOF troops stormed the mayor of Yabad town Samer Abu Baker's home, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes in the town.
Dozens of tear gas suffocation cases were reported during the clashes that lasted till late hours yesterday.
Several other homes were stormed and searched during the raid, causing a state of panic among the residents.
On the other hand, Israeli Supreme court ordered the demolition of two homes in occupied Jerusalem by the end of December.
The two homes threatened with demolition belong to the two slain Palestinians Alaa Abu Jamal and Alaa Alyan who were killed two months ago by Israeli gunfire for allegedly carrying out stabbing attacks.
Seven Palestinians were detained as IOF broke into different areas in Bethlehem.
Two Palestinians were arrested in al-Khalil, while another was kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
A 20-year-old girl was arrested at Abu Rish checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil for allegedly carrying a knife.
Her detention brought the overall number of Palestinian women arrested recently from al-Khalil to 15.
On the other hand, a number of local homes were brutally raided and searched in several towns, north of the West Bank.
The former Prisoners Affairs Minister Wasfi Qubaha’s house was among the raided houses.
Qubaha told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers violently broke into his house at midnight and held all his family members in one room while searching the house.
Meanwhile, IOF troops stormed the mayor of Yabad town Samer Abu Baker's home, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes in the town.
Dozens of tear gas suffocation cases were reported during the clashes that lasted till late hours yesterday.
Several other homes were stormed and searched during the raid, causing a state of panic among the residents.
On the other hand, Israeli Supreme court ordered the demolition of two homes in occupied Jerusalem by the end of December.
The two homes threatened with demolition belong to the two slain Palestinians Alaa Abu Jamal and Alaa Alyan who were killed two months ago by Israeli gunfire for allegedly carrying out stabbing attacks.
Violent clashes burst out at the Aida refugee camp on Tuesday evening, culminating in spates of tear gas canisters randomly discharged by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on the peaceful Palestinian protesters.
An Israeli army patrol rolled into the Aida refugee camp, sparking violent clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Several Palestinians choked on tear gas after the IOF showered the Palestinian civilian homes with tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 18-year-old Daniel Reyad Abu Surur. The IOF dragged him to an unidentified destination after they subjected him to heavy beating.
Violent clashes also rocked Bethlehem’s northern town of Takou’a, where several Palestinians sustained critical breathing disorders after they were attacked by barrages of tear gas canisters.
The IOF further stormed al-Issawiya, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, and targeted Palestinian family homes with spates of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets, activist Muhammad Abu al-Humus said.
Abu al-Humus added that violent clashes burst out in the area after the IOF provoked the Palestinian protesters.
The occupation troops reportedly wreaked havoc on a local restaurant.
“Such attacks by the IOF aim at dampening the spirits of Palestinian Jerusalemites and quelling anti-occupation activism in the area,” he added.
An Israeli army patrol rolled into the Aida refugee camp, sparking violent clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Several Palestinians choked on tear gas after the IOF showered the Palestinian civilian homes with tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 18-year-old Daniel Reyad Abu Surur. The IOF dragged him to an unidentified destination after they subjected him to heavy beating.
Violent clashes also rocked Bethlehem’s northern town of Takou’a, where several Palestinians sustained critical breathing disorders after they were attacked by barrages of tear gas canisters.
The IOF further stormed al-Issawiya, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, and targeted Palestinian family homes with spates of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets, activist Muhammad Abu al-Humus said.
Abu al-Humus added that violent clashes burst out in the area after the IOF provoked the Palestinian protesters.
The occupation troops reportedly wreaked havoc on a local restaurant.
“Such attacks by the IOF aim at dampening the spirits of Palestinian Jerusalemites and quelling anti-occupation activism in the area,” he added.
