16 dec 2015
Israeli officers escorted by two of the Israeli archeology authority along with 20 settlers stormed and toured the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday amid confrontation of Muslim sit-inners.
Quds Press revealed that Israeli police banned the construction employees of the Islamic endowment management from completing their work of repairing water pipes inside the Mosque and detained the engineer Bassam al-Hallak.
The manager of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani condemned the Israeli ceaseless disturbance of the work of the endowment at al-Aqsa.
Israeli forces prevent the employees of construction works at al-Aqsa from completing their work unless they get the approval of the Israeli officer. Israel usually delays or prevents any renovation under false pretexts.
Israeli police summoned Hadil al-Rajabi,12-year-old, from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem to be questioned on Wednesday morning in al-Qashale investigation center in the city.
The police also banned the Jerusalemite man Akram al-Shurafa and a female sit-inner, Hanadi al-Helwani, from travelling abroad for about one month.
Quds Press revealed that Israeli police banned the construction employees of the Islamic endowment management from completing their work of repairing water pipes inside the Mosque and detained the engineer Bassam al-Hallak.
The manager of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani condemned the Israeli ceaseless disturbance of the work of the endowment at al-Aqsa.
Israeli forces prevent the employees of construction works at al-Aqsa from completing their work unless they get the approval of the Israeli officer. Israel usually delays or prevents any renovation under false pretexts.
Israeli police summoned Hadil al-Rajabi,12-year-old, from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem to be questioned on Wednesday morning in al-Qashale investigation center in the city.
The police also banned the Jerusalemite man Akram al-Shurafa and a female sit-inner, Hanadi al-Helwani, from travelling abroad for about one month.
At least 10 Palestinians were injured, including three with live ammunition, during clashes with Israeli troops who stormed Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem, late Tuesday night, according to local sources.
Witnesses told WAFA that an Israeli army force broke into the camp at midnight and raided multiple homes, provoking clashes with the youth.
Soldiers used live ammunition and rubber-coated rounds to disperse the protesters, injuring three with live ammunition and seven others with rubber-coated metal bullets. The wounded were transferred to nearby Beit Jala public hospital, where their health conditions ranged between moderate and serious.
About 50 others also suffocated due to inhaling teargas used by the Israeli troops.
Five other local Palestinians were abducted during the military incursion. They were identified as Yazan Juaidi, 18, Hamdi Atrash, 24, Mohammad Atrash, 22, Amad Shamroukh, 22, and Ahmad Ja’fari. Army also handed notices to other Palestinians in the camp to appear for interrogation.
To be noted, about 124 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of unrest in the West Bank and Jerusalem in early October 2015. Over 13,000 others have been injured.
Witnesses told WAFA that an Israeli army force broke into the camp at midnight and raided multiple homes, provoking clashes with the youth.
Soldiers used live ammunition and rubber-coated rounds to disperse the protesters, injuring three with live ammunition and seven others with rubber-coated metal bullets. The wounded were transferred to nearby Beit Jala public hospital, where their health conditions ranged between moderate and serious.
About 50 others also suffocated due to inhaling teargas used by the Israeli troops.
Five other local Palestinians were abducted during the military incursion. They were identified as Yazan Juaidi, 18, Hamdi Atrash, 24, Mohammad Atrash, 22, Amad Shamroukh, 22, and Ahmad Ja’fari. Army also handed notices to other Palestinians in the camp to appear for interrogation.
To be noted, about 124 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of unrest in the West Bank and Jerusalem in early October 2015. Over 13,000 others have been injured.
Palestinian security forces are using methods of torture on detainees held in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in order to obtain confessions under force, the Independent Commission for Human Rights said.
ICHR Director, Ammar Dwaik, told Ma’an Tuesday that the organization received 1220 complaints of torture from detainees of Palestinian detention centers this year.
According to the complaints filed, Palestinian interrogators used physical and psychological forms of torture, Dwaik said, including lashing, cursing, blasphemy, sleep deprivation, foot whipping, and tying detainees in one position for several hours.
ICHR received 292 complaints of ill-treatment in detention centers in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank and 928 similar complaints from Palestinians who were detained in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip.
This year matched levels of torture in 2014, which saw 289 complaints from West Bank detainees and 989 from the Gaza Strip, Dwaik added.
Dwaik told Ma’an that Palestinian law and the Jordanian penal code applicable in Palestine consider torture during interrogation a punishable crime, adding that actions of torture and coercion are also prohibited by Article 13 in Palestinian Basic Law.
Any confessions obtained through torture, the ICHR director said, violate this article should thus be considered null and void.
The director did not specify what percentage of complaints filed were the result of forced confession under torture.
Some branches of Palestinian security apparatuses -- including police -- utilize their own legal bodies for investigating complaints of torture, Dwaik said. Such bodies have confirmed complaints of torture, Dwaik added, while some complaints received by ICHR have been unverifiable.
Torture ‘commonplace’
The ICHR report comes as Palestinian security forces have in the past come under fire from rights groups and Palestinian detainees.
In 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued a report heavily criticizing conditions inside Palestinian detention centers in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, saying that the use of torture has been commonplace for many years.
An ICHR delegation recently visited the Gaza Strip in order to notify authorities of the large number of complaints filed against the Hamas security apparatus in the coastal enclave, Dwaik said.
Officials told the rights group they would review the complaints and respond to ICHR.
Commenting on the ICHR remarks in the West Bank, spokesman of the Palestinian Authority’s security services Adnan Dmeiri told Ma’an that torture during interrogation is “prohibited under Palestinian law and those who practice it must be tried in court.”
Dmeiri referred to any cases of torture in PA detention centers as “extrajudicial individual practices” that violate the instructions given by leaders of security services.
Dmeiri added that there have been cases of punishment against PA security officers in the past, including termination of service.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014 signed the letter of accession to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Dwaik told Ma’an that since Palestine became a signatory to the convention, the Palestinian political echelon started to pay more attention to human rights issues.
Despite a perceived change in attitude towards torture in Palestinian detention centers, the ICHR director told Ma’an: “There is still a long way to go until torture is completely stopped.”
ICHR Director, Ammar Dwaik, told Ma’an Tuesday that the organization received 1220 complaints of torture from detainees of Palestinian detention centers this year.
According to the complaints filed, Palestinian interrogators used physical and psychological forms of torture, Dwaik said, including lashing, cursing, blasphemy, sleep deprivation, foot whipping, and tying detainees in one position for several hours.
ICHR received 292 complaints of ill-treatment in detention centers in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank and 928 similar complaints from Palestinians who were detained in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip.
This year matched levels of torture in 2014, which saw 289 complaints from West Bank detainees and 989 from the Gaza Strip, Dwaik added.
Dwaik told Ma’an that Palestinian law and the Jordanian penal code applicable in Palestine consider torture during interrogation a punishable crime, adding that actions of torture and coercion are also prohibited by Article 13 in Palestinian Basic Law.
Any confessions obtained through torture, the ICHR director said, violate this article should thus be considered null and void.
The director did not specify what percentage of complaints filed were the result of forced confession under torture.
Some branches of Palestinian security apparatuses -- including police -- utilize their own legal bodies for investigating complaints of torture, Dwaik said. Such bodies have confirmed complaints of torture, Dwaik added, while some complaints received by ICHR have been unverifiable.
Torture ‘commonplace’
The ICHR report comes as Palestinian security forces have in the past come under fire from rights groups and Palestinian detainees.
In 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued a report heavily criticizing conditions inside Palestinian detention centers in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, saying that the use of torture has been commonplace for many years.
An ICHR delegation recently visited the Gaza Strip in order to notify authorities of the large number of complaints filed against the Hamas security apparatus in the coastal enclave, Dwaik said.
Officials told the rights group they would review the complaints and respond to ICHR.
Commenting on the ICHR remarks in the West Bank, spokesman of the Palestinian Authority’s security services Adnan Dmeiri told Ma’an that torture during interrogation is “prohibited under Palestinian law and those who practice it must be tried in court.”
Dmeiri referred to any cases of torture in PA detention centers as “extrajudicial individual practices” that violate the instructions given by leaders of security services.
Dmeiri added that there have been cases of punishment against PA security officers in the past, including termination of service.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014 signed the letter of accession to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Dwaik told Ma’an that since Palestine became a signatory to the convention, the Palestinian political echelon started to pay more attention to human rights issues.
Despite a perceived change in attitude towards torture in Palestinian detention centers, the ICHR director told Ma’an: “There is still a long way to go until torture is completely stopped.”
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped a number of student anti-occupation activists at the Birzeit University, in Ramallah.
Speaking on conditions of anonymity, sources from inside the campus said the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped the head of the Student Council at Birzeit University, Seif al-Islam Dughlas, and Islamic Bloc coordinator, Ibrahim Jaq, along with the two prominent leaders Muslim al-Barghouthi and Ihab Nasser.
The same sources added that the abduction sweep comes as part of Israeli intents to mar a mass-festival set to be staged to mark the 28th anniversary of Hamas inception.
Observers said the abduction also falls in line with Israeli endeavors to quell anti-occupation activism at Birzeit University, months after the Islamic Bloc snatched a sweeping majority in the latest elections.
Speaking on conditions of anonymity, sources from inside the campus said the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped the head of the Student Council at Birzeit University, Seif al-Islam Dughlas, and Islamic Bloc coordinator, Ibrahim Jaq, along with the two prominent leaders Muslim al-Barghouthi and Ihab Nasser.
The same sources added that the abduction sweep comes as part of Israeli intents to mar a mass-festival set to be staged to mark the 28th anniversary of Hamas inception.
Observers said the abduction also falls in line with Israeli endeavors to quell anti-occupation activism at Birzeit University, months after the Islamic Bloc snatched a sweeping majority in the latest elections.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas on Tuesday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources said 25 Palestinians sustained critical breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of tear gas in the clashes that rocked Jerusalem’s Abu Dis town.
Violent clashes further burst out in al-Issawiya village after dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the area and raked through its residential neighborhoods.
The IOF attacked Palestinian civilian homes and vehicles with randomly-shot spates of tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, resulting in remarkable material damage.
A Palestinian youth was aggressively attacked by the occupation soldiers near the entrance of al-Issawiya.
The assault culminated in the abduction of seven-year-old Yahya Abu Diab near al-Saadiya neighborhood, in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Yahya was dragged to an Israeli police station in Salah al-Deen Street shortly after, pending further investigation.
In a related development, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian brothers at a military checkpoint pitched on the western entrance to Ramallah’s eastern town of Silwad, in the central occupied West Bank.
The three arrestees were transferred to the Benjamin detention center.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF opened fire at a vehicle carrying the three brothers and attacked them with rifle butts.
The same sources added that the IOF tightened military grip near Silwad’s western entrance, denying Palestinian citizens' access out of or into the town.
Earlier, at dawn time, the IOF kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from Silwad town.
Media sources said 25 Palestinians sustained critical breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of tear gas in the clashes that rocked Jerusalem’s Abu Dis town.
Violent clashes further burst out in al-Issawiya village after dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the area and raked through its residential neighborhoods.
The IOF attacked Palestinian civilian homes and vehicles with randomly-shot spates of tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, resulting in remarkable material damage.
A Palestinian youth was aggressively attacked by the occupation soldiers near the entrance of al-Issawiya.
The assault culminated in the abduction of seven-year-old Yahya Abu Diab near al-Saadiya neighborhood, in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Yahya was dragged to an Israeli police station in Salah al-Deen Street shortly after, pending further investigation.
In a related development, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian brothers at a military checkpoint pitched on the western entrance to Ramallah’s eastern town of Silwad, in the central occupied West Bank.
The three arrestees were transferred to the Benjamin detention center.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF opened fire at a vehicle carrying the three brothers and attacked them with rifle butts.
The same sources added that the IOF tightened military grip near Silwad’s western entrance, denying Palestinian citizens' access out of or into the town.
Earlier, at dawn time, the IOF kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from Silwad town.
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday a Palestinian home in Tamra city, in the Western Galilee area of 1948 Occupied Palestine, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local sources said the Israeli bulldozers knocked down the house of Omar Yassin shortly after policemen raided al-Hamra neighborhood and cordoned off the home.
The Israeli policemen arrested the house-owner right after the demolition on allegations of obstructing police work.
A couple of weeks ago, the Israeli authorities ordered Yassin to self-demolish his own home and threatened to charge him with all demolition fees in case he does not abide by the order.
Meanwhile, the Tamra municipality announced Wednesday a day of general strike in protest at the demolition procedure.
The Israeli authorities have been denying Palestinians’ living in 1948 Occupied Palestine the right to expand their homes or to build new ones, resulting in remarkable overcrowding.
Local sources said the Israeli bulldozers knocked down the house of Omar Yassin shortly after policemen raided al-Hamra neighborhood and cordoned off the home.
The Israeli policemen arrested the house-owner right after the demolition on allegations of obstructing police work.
A couple of weeks ago, the Israeli authorities ordered Yassin to self-demolish his own home and threatened to charge him with all demolition fees in case he does not abide by the order.
Meanwhile, the Tamra municipality announced Wednesday a day of general strike in protest at the demolition procedure.
The Israeli authorities have been denying Palestinians’ living in 1948 Occupied Palestine the right to expand their homes or to build new ones, resulting in remarkable overcrowding.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Tuesday evening arrested a 7-year-old Palestinian child from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem and took him to an Israeli police station in Salah al-Din Street.
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) on Tuesday renewed the administrative detention for four more months for the second time against the son of MP Khaled Tafesh, deputy on Bethlehem in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Tafesh like hundreds of Palestinians is kept in prison without trial or even charge in stark violation of human rights.
The PIC reporter said Musab Khaled Tafesh, 23, from Zatara village to the east of Bethlehem, received the renewal order in Megiddo jail just four days prior to his release.
He pointed out that the IOA had previously issued a six-month administrative detention order against Tafesh after serving a nine-month sentence. Tafesh is a Master student in communication at al-Yarmouk University in Jordan, the PIC reporter said.
In a similar context, the IOA on Tuesday issued deportation orders against 13 Jerusalemite minors outside of Occupied Jerusalem.
The lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society Mufid al-Haj said that the IOA allocated six days for appealing against the deportation orders, saying that the decisions included illustrative maps of the borders of prohibited areas.
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) on Tuesday renewed the administrative detention for four more months for the second time against the son of MP Khaled Tafesh, deputy on Bethlehem in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Tafesh like hundreds of Palestinians is kept in prison without trial or even charge in stark violation of human rights.
The PIC reporter said Musab Khaled Tafesh, 23, from Zatara village to the east of Bethlehem, received the renewal order in Megiddo jail just four days prior to his release.
He pointed out that the IOA had previously issued a six-month administrative detention order against Tafesh after serving a nine-month sentence. Tafesh is a Master student in communication at al-Yarmouk University in Jordan, the PIC reporter said.
In a similar context, the IOA on Tuesday issued deportation orders against 13 Jerusalemite minors outside of Occupied Jerusalem.
The lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society Mufid al-Haj said that the IOA allocated six days for appealing against the deportation orders, saying that the decisions included illustrative maps of the borders of prohibited areas.
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) Tuesday renewed the administrative detention order against Sheikh Zaid al-Junaidi, 40, from al-Khalil for the second time in a row just one day prior to his release.
The family of al-Junaidi told the PIC reporter that he was previously arrested several times under administrative detention and served a total of six years in Israeli jails. In previous detention, he underwent a hunger strike for two months.
The family also said that both brothers of Sheikh al-Junaidi, Ayman and Ashraf, are arrested in Israeli prisons under administrative detention as well.
The family of al-Junaidi told the PIC reporter that he was previously arrested several times under administrative detention and served a total of six years in Israeli jails. In previous detention, he underwent a hunger strike for two months.
The family also said that both brothers of Sheikh al-Junaidi, Ayman and Ashraf, are arrested in Israeli prisons under administrative detention as well.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least eleven Palestinians, in addition to wounding one in Bethlehem.
Medical sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers shot and injured a young man, 25, with a live round in his thigh, in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yazan al-J'eidi, 18, Hamza Ma'rouf al-Atrash, 24, his brother Mohammad, 22, and Emad Mohammad Shamroukh, 22. The soldiers also summoned many young men for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched many homes, and kidnapped Ramzi Tawfiq al-Hindi, 21.
The soldiers also invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched many homes and kidnapped Mohammad Bilal Khamis, 25, after confiscating computers from the family home. In addition, the army searched a library, owned by Mohammad, and confiscated surveillance tapes.
Furthermore, several military vehicles invaded various area in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped at least four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad an-Nadi from 'Askar refugee camp, Abdullah Abdul-Hafith 'Awwad from 'Awarta town, Mahmoud Mustafa Ayyoub from 'Aseeda town, and Ahmad Abu Shaltaf, from Beta.
Clashes took place between the soldiers and local youths in the Balata refugee camp, after the army searched many homes; the soldiers fired several concussion grenades, gas bombs, and live rounds.
Some of the invaded communities in Nablus are the towns of Tal, Beta and 'Awarta, in addition to the refugee camps of 'Askar and Balata.
The soldiers also, interrogated many young men, and threatened to assassinate them, including former political prisoner Samer Sharab, as the soldiers told him they "will be back to kill him," should they find out he is participating in the "Al-Quds Intifada."
Medical sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers shot and injured a young man, 25, with a live round in his thigh, in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yazan al-J'eidi, 18, Hamza Ma'rouf al-Atrash, 24, his brother Mohammad, 22, and Emad Mohammad Shamroukh, 22. The soldiers also summoned many young men for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched many homes, and kidnapped Ramzi Tawfiq al-Hindi, 21.
The soldiers also invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched many homes and kidnapped Mohammad Bilal Khamis, 25, after confiscating computers from the family home. In addition, the army searched a library, owned by Mohammad, and confiscated surveillance tapes.
Furthermore, several military vehicles invaded various area in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped at least four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad an-Nadi from 'Askar refugee camp, Abdullah Abdul-Hafith 'Awwad from 'Awarta town, Mahmoud Mustafa Ayyoub from 'Aseeda town, and Ahmad Abu Shaltaf, from Beta.
Clashes took place between the soldiers and local youths in the Balata refugee camp, after the army searched many homes; the soldiers fired several concussion grenades, gas bombs, and live rounds.
Some of the invaded communities in Nablus are the towns of Tal, Beta and 'Awarta, in addition to the refugee camps of 'Askar and Balata.
The soldiers also, interrogated many young men, and threatened to assassinate them, including former political prisoner Samer Sharab, as the soldiers told him they "will be back to kill him," should they find out he is participating in the "Al-Quds Intifada."
Ahmad Hajahja 21 (R)
Hekmat Hamdan (L)
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Qalandia refuge camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, shot and killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least four others; the army claimed three soldiers were injured in a ramming incident.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Hajahja, 21, from the Qalandia refugee camp, and Hekmat Hamdan, from al-Biereh city, were killed in the refugee camp, and at least four Palestinians were shot with live fire.
Hajahja was a second-year Journalism student at the Modern University College, in Ramallah, in addition to being active with the Qalandia Media Center. He was also related to Younis Jahjouh, 22, who was killed by the Israeli army, along with Rubin Ziad, 32, and Jihad Aslan, 19, in a similar invasion two years ago.
Medical sources said one of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the abdomen, and was instantly moved to surgery; his condition remains critical.
The Israeli army said Hajahja rammed his car into the soldiers, wounding three. After being shot, Hajahja was left to bleed to death, before the soldiers took his body to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli ambulance, and a helicopter, took the injured soldiers to Israeli hospitals.
Media sources in Qalandia said hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded the refugee camp in their armored jeeps and military vehicles, from various directions, and exchanged fire with armed resistance fighters.
Clashes also took place between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Mahmoud Nayef Abu Lateefa, 26, after repeatedly beating him.
Among the invaded homes were the properties of Laith Manasra and Ahmad Sobhi Abu al-'Aish, who were killed by the army on November 16th, and Mahmoud Abdullah 'Adwan, 21, who was killed on December 16.
The soldiers also broke into many shops, stores and the Tammam Medical Center, and violently searched them, causing serious property damage. The soldiers also stole money from invaded shops and stores.
Hekmat Hamdan (L)
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Qalandia refuge camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, shot and killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least four others; the army claimed three soldiers were injured in a ramming incident.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Hajahja, 21, from the Qalandia refugee camp, and Hekmat Hamdan, from al-Biereh city, were killed in the refugee camp, and at least four Palestinians were shot with live fire.
Hajahja was a second-year Journalism student at the Modern University College, in Ramallah, in addition to being active with the Qalandia Media Center. He was also related to Younis Jahjouh, 22, who was killed by the Israeli army, along with Rubin Ziad, 32, and Jihad Aslan, 19, in a similar invasion two years ago.
Medical sources said one of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the abdomen, and was instantly moved to surgery; his condition remains critical.
The Israeli army said Hajahja rammed his car into the soldiers, wounding three. After being shot, Hajahja was left to bleed to death, before the soldiers took his body to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli ambulance, and a helicopter, took the injured soldiers to Israeli hospitals.
Media sources in Qalandia said hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded the refugee camp in their armored jeeps and military vehicles, from various directions, and exchanged fire with armed resistance fighters.
Clashes also took place between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Mahmoud Nayef Abu Lateefa, 26, after repeatedly beating him.
Among the invaded homes were the properties of Laith Manasra and Ahmad Sobhi Abu al-'Aish, who were killed by the army on November 16th, and Mahmoud Abdullah 'Adwan, 21, who was killed on December 16.
The soldiers also broke into many shops, stores and the Tammam Medical Center, and violently searched them, causing serious property damage. The soldiers also stole money from invaded shops and stores.
15 dec 2015
Israeli police Tuesday rounded up a Palestinian man working in Modi’in settlement, to the west of Ramallah, after he attacked two settlers at the workplace.
Israeli police claimed that a 40-year-old Palestinian, from Beir Sira village near Ramallah, attacked two Israelis in two different construction locations. Both settlers were moderately injured.
Israeli TV Channel 2 said the reasons behind the attack have not been revealed yet, and the Palestinian attacker was being investigated.
Israeli police claimed that a 40-year-old Palestinian, from Beir Sira village near Ramallah, attacked two Israelis in two different construction locations. Both settlers were moderately injured.
Israeli TV Channel 2 said the reasons behind the attack have not been revealed yet, and the Palestinian attacker was being investigated.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian young girl in Occupied Jerusalem for alleged stabbing attempt.
The 0404 Israeli website reported that Israeli soldiers seized a sharp tool with the girl, which turned out to be a screwdriver. Israeli police claimed that she admitted her intention to carry out a stabbing attack during investigation.
According to media sources, the Palestinian girl was identified as Zuhaira Abu Eisha, 27, from Kafr Akeb in northern Jerusalem.
The 0404 Israeli website reported that Israeli soldiers seized a sharp tool with the girl, which turned out to be a screwdriver. Israeli police claimed that she admitted her intention to carry out a stabbing attack during investigation.
According to media sources, the Palestinian girl was identified as Zuhaira Abu Eisha, 27, from Kafr Akeb in northern Jerusalem.
A large number of Israeli troops on Tuesday afternoon invaded Arraba town, south of Jenin city, and clashed with local young men.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers blocked the main entrance to Arraba town with barriers and then stormed it as school students were starting to leave home, which provoked widespread confrontations.
The sources added that the invading troops fired tear gas intensively during their clashes with local young men in different areas of the town.
Many residents and young men suffered from inhaling tear gas fumes in the events.
Earlier, violent clashes broke out between school students and soldiers in Anza town, near Arraba.
The Israeli occupation forces also set up a makeshift checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road between Arraba and Anza towns and intercepted passing vehicles.
The IOF kidnapped two teenagers during their presence in the area. They were identified as 17-year-old Tareq Ziyad and 18-year-old Sami Rubaiyeh.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers blocked the main entrance to Arraba town with barriers and then stormed it as school students were starting to leave home, which provoked widespread confrontations.
The sources added that the invading troops fired tear gas intensively during their clashes with local young men in different areas of the town.
Many residents and young men suffered from inhaling tear gas fumes in the events.
Earlier, violent clashes broke out between school students and soldiers in Anza town, near Arraba.
The Israeli occupation forces also set up a makeshift checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road between Arraba and Anza towns and intercepted passing vehicles.
The IOF kidnapped two teenagers during their presence in the area. They were identified as 17-year-old Tareq Ziyad and 18-year-old Sami Rubaiyeh.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and several nearby towns, searched and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the family home of former political prisoner, Mohammad Rahim Abu Shamsiyya, 20, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also invaded Hebron's old city, searched homes, and kidnapped a teenager, identified as Karam Saleh Shahin, 18 years of age.
In addition, the army invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, kidnapped Mohammad Yousef Awad, 20, after searching and ransacking his family's home, and confiscated two mobile phones from the property.
The army also invaded the town of Sammoa', south of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Yosri al-Hawamda, 40, after searching his home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of a wounded Palestinian detainee, identified as Mos'ab Eghneimat, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and searched it.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir, Halhoul, and ath-Thaheriyya towns, and Hebron's northern road, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating many of them.
Many Palestinian areas in Hebron, including the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp and Doura town, remained blockaded with iron gates.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the family home of former political prisoner, Mohammad Rahim Abu Shamsiyya, 20, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also invaded Hebron's old city, searched homes, and kidnapped a teenager, identified as Karam Saleh Shahin, 18 years of age.
In addition, the army invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, kidnapped Mohammad Yousef Awad, 20, after searching and ransacking his family's home, and confiscated two mobile phones from the property.
The army also invaded the town of Sammoa', south of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Yosri al-Hawamda, 40, after searching his home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of a wounded Palestinian detainee, identified as Mos'ab Eghneimat, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and searched it.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir, Halhoul, and ath-Thaheriyya towns, and Hebron's northern road, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating many of them.
Many Palestinian areas in Hebron, including the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp and Doura town, remained blockaded with iron gates.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including the father of Anas Hammad, who was killed by army fire on Friday, December 4. The soldiers also invaded Beit Jala, and kidnapped one resident.
Several military vehicles invaded the town, before breaking into and searching a number of homes, and kidnapped former political prisoner Bassam Hammad, 49, the father of Anas Hammad, who was shot dead on December 4, after the army claimed he rammed soldiers with his car.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Majid Hammad, Othman Ayman Sarraj and Mohammad Ahmad Sarraj.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded Silwad and searched homes, in addition to confiscating electric equipment worth 3500 Shekels, from a car after stopping it on a military roadblock installed at the western entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ali Taha Allan, 30, from his home in the al-Jadayel area.
Soldiers Assault, Kidnap, Three Siblings, Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three siblings after assaulting them on a military roadblock, installed on the western entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped Ibrahim Bassem Hamed, 30, along with his brothers, Mustafa, 24, and Mahmoud, 20, and repeatedly beat them, before moving them to the Benyamin military base.
They added that the soldiers detained the three for more than an hour on the roadblock, while frequently beating them, after initially opening fire on the car that was transporting them, causing property damage.
The army also placed Ibrahim under their military vehicle, and repeatedly hit him on his head.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and questioned many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, a number of Israeli colonizers hurled stones on Palestinian cars, driving near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage.
Also on Tuesday evening, several military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes after forcing the families out in the cold.
Several military vehicles invaded the town, before breaking into and searching a number of homes, and kidnapped former political prisoner Bassam Hammad, 49, the father of Anas Hammad, who was shot dead on December 4, after the army claimed he rammed soldiers with his car.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Majid Hammad, Othman Ayman Sarraj and Mohammad Ahmad Sarraj.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded Silwad and searched homes, in addition to confiscating electric equipment worth 3500 Shekels, from a car after stopping it on a military roadblock installed at the western entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ali Taha Allan, 30, from his home in the al-Jadayel area.
Soldiers Assault, Kidnap, Three Siblings, Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three siblings after assaulting them on a military roadblock, installed on the western entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped Ibrahim Bassem Hamed, 30, along with his brothers, Mustafa, 24, and Mahmoud, 20, and repeatedly beat them, before moving them to the Benyamin military base.
They added that the soldiers detained the three for more than an hour on the roadblock, while frequently beating them, after initially opening fire on the car that was transporting them, causing property damage.
The army also placed Ibrahim under their military vehicle, and repeatedly hit him on his head.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and questioned many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, a number of Israeli colonizers hurled stones on Palestinian cars, driving near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage.
Also on Tuesday evening, several military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes after forcing the families out in the cold.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Monday evening held a Palestinian activist in administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Family of 52-year-old campaigner Abdullah Afif Zakarneh said the IOA sentenced their relative to administrative detention five days after he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces from his own home in Jenin.
Promoting the prisoners’ cause in Jenin city, activist Abdullah Zakarneh had often been incarcerated administratively by the IOA.
Family of 52-year-old campaigner Abdullah Afif Zakarneh said the IOA sentenced their relative to administrative detention five days after he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces from his own home in Jenin.
Promoting the prisoners’ cause in Jenin city, activist Abdullah Zakarneh had often been incarcerated administratively by the IOA.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Monday kidnapped a Palestinian youngster near the Zaatara checkpoint, in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stopped a public vehicle as it tried to cross the checkpoint and seized it for over an hour before they kidnapped 20-year-old Muhammad Abu Sekha and then released the vehicle.
The Israeli occupation troops have often chased down Palestinian youths near the Zaatara checkpoint, between Nablus and Ramallah, and cracked down on others on a quasi-daily basis.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stopped a public vehicle as it tried to cross the checkpoint and seized it for over an hour before they kidnapped 20-year-old Muhammad Abu Sekha and then released the vehicle.
The Israeli occupation troops have often chased down Palestinian youths near the Zaatara checkpoint, between Nablus and Ramallah, and cracked down on others on a quasi-daily basis.
15 Palestinian teachers have been kidnapped in the West Bank and Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) since the outbreak of al-Quds intifada (uprising) in early October, according to an official source from the ministry of education.
During the same period, the IOF detained dozens of teachers and prevented them from reaching their schools, especially in al-Khalil.
40 others also suffered tear gas and bullet injuries in the last two month during IOF campaigns and attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
In a related incident, the IOF at dawn Monday kidnapped principal of Beit al-Maqdes school Haifa Abu Ramila from her house in al-Khalil city.
During the same period, the IOF detained dozens of teachers and prevented them from reaching their schools, especially in al-Khalil.
40 others also suffered tear gas and bullet injuries in the last two month during IOF campaigns and attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
In a related incident, the IOF at dawn Monday kidnapped principal of Beit al-Maqdes school Haifa Abu Ramila from her house in al-Khalil city.
