30 dec 2016
Two Palestinian young men were arrested and an Israeli activist was injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the peaceful anti-settlement weekly march in Kafr Qaddoum village, in Nablus province. A similar march in Bil'in village in Ramallah was quelled causing many suffocation cases among the protesters.
According to the coordinator of the Popular Resistance in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Shtewi, a large force of the Israeli army attacked the protesters with heavy firing of live bullets, tear gas canisters, sound bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets injuring the Israeli activist Amnon with a metal bullet in the hand and arresting Jamil al-Barghouti and Ghaleb Shtewi who were taken to an unknown destination.
Shtewi said that the march was organized by Fatah movement and the Popular Resistance Committee. It was joined by hundreds of citizens who raised the Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for ending the occupation.
Violent confrontations erupted between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers who stormed the village, raided a number of houses and climbed over their rooftops from where they fired gas canisters.
The protesters called for reinforcing the popular resistance with an actual official and factional involvement.
Meanwhile in Bil'in, the IOF quelled the weekly anti-settlement and anti-wall march organized by the Popular Committee for Settlement and Wall Resistance.
The protesters raised flags of Palestine, Venezuela, Senegal, Malaysia, and New Zealand, as well as photos of martyrs. They roamed the streets chanting slogans calling for national unity and ending the occupation, and demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
The media coordinator of the Popular Committee for Settlement and Wall Resistance, Rateb Abu Rahmah, said that the popular resistance will continue as long as the separation wall, settlements, and occupation are still there.
The Committee called on the national factions and the Palestinian people to expand the popular resistance to include all provinces of the country until the end of the Israeli occupation and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
According to the coordinator of the Popular Resistance in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Shtewi, a large force of the Israeli army attacked the protesters with heavy firing of live bullets, tear gas canisters, sound bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets injuring the Israeli activist Amnon with a metal bullet in the hand and arresting Jamil al-Barghouti and Ghaleb Shtewi who were taken to an unknown destination.
Shtewi said that the march was organized by Fatah movement and the Popular Resistance Committee. It was joined by hundreds of citizens who raised the Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for ending the occupation.
Violent confrontations erupted between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers who stormed the village, raided a number of houses and climbed over their rooftops from where they fired gas canisters.
The protesters called for reinforcing the popular resistance with an actual official and factional involvement.
Meanwhile in Bil'in, the IOF quelled the weekly anti-settlement and anti-wall march organized by the Popular Committee for Settlement and Wall Resistance.
The protesters raised flags of Palestine, Venezuela, Senegal, Malaysia, and New Zealand, as well as photos of martyrs. They roamed the streets chanting slogans calling for national unity and ending the occupation, and demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
The media coordinator of the Popular Committee for Settlement and Wall Resistance, Rateb Abu Rahmah, said that the popular resistance will continue as long as the separation wall, settlements, and occupation are still there.
The Committee called on the national factions and the Palestinian people to expand the popular resistance to include all provinces of the country until the end of the Israeli occupation and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped and civilian homes ravaged by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday in an abrupt sweep launched across the West Bank and Jerusalem.
A PIC news correspondent said eight Israeli army patrols rolled into the northern West Bank province of Tulkarem and cordoned off the Shweika neighborhood. Ambushes were set up across the area in the process.
The assault culminated in the abduction of Palestinian citizen Amjad Bassam from his own family home in Shweika quarter.
A few hours earlier, the IOF stormed Jenin province and set up an ambush near the main entrance to Qabatiya town, to the south.
The IOF stopped a van carrying two Palestinian youths and arrested youngster Basheer Abu al-Rub before they seized the vehicle.
At predawn time, four occupation patrols broke into Nablus’s southern town of al-Sawiya, sparking clashes with the Palestinian locals.
The IOF soldiers attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged spates of acoustic bombs.
A similar assault rocked Qaryout’s western corners, to the south of Nablus.
The IOF reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Ramallah province and scoured residential neighborhoods, triggering panic in the area.
Meanwhile, 20 Israeli settlers, escorted by dozens of special cops, held sway over a Palestinian building in Wadi al-Hiwleh neighborhood, in Jerusalem’s southeastern town of Silwan.
The targeted two-storey building covers an overall area of 160 square meters.
At the same time, the IOF smashed a memorial statute commemorating the slain Palestinian officer Mazin Areiba in Abu Dis town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, on claims of incitement.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with barrages of acoustic grenades as they objected the arbitrary removal of the statue.
Areiba, a Palestinian cop, was killed by the occupation forces on December 3, 2015 after he opened fire at Israeli soldiers near the Hizma military checkpoint in northern Occupied Jerusalem. An Israeli soldier was injured in the anti-occupation shooting.
A PIC news correspondent said eight Israeli army patrols rolled into the northern West Bank province of Tulkarem and cordoned off the Shweika neighborhood. Ambushes were set up across the area in the process.
The assault culminated in the abduction of Palestinian citizen Amjad Bassam from his own family home in Shweika quarter.
A few hours earlier, the IOF stormed Jenin province and set up an ambush near the main entrance to Qabatiya town, to the south.
The IOF stopped a van carrying two Palestinian youths and arrested youngster Basheer Abu al-Rub before they seized the vehicle.
At predawn time, four occupation patrols broke into Nablus’s southern town of al-Sawiya, sparking clashes with the Palestinian locals.
The IOF soldiers attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged spates of acoustic bombs.
A similar assault rocked Qaryout’s western corners, to the south of Nablus.
The IOF reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Ramallah province and scoured residential neighborhoods, triggering panic in the area.
Meanwhile, 20 Israeli settlers, escorted by dozens of special cops, held sway over a Palestinian building in Wadi al-Hiwleh neighborhood, in Jerusalem’s southeastern town of Silwan.
The targeted two-storey building covers an overall area of 160 square meters.
At the same time, the IOF smashed a memorial statute commemorating the slain Palestinian officer Mazin Areiba in Abu Dis town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, on claims of incitement.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with barrages of acoustic grenades as they objected the arbitrary removal of the statue.
Areiba, a Palestinian cop, was killed by the occupation forces on December 3, 2015 after he opened fire at Israeli soldiers near the Hizma military checkpoint in northern Occupied Jerusalem. An Israeli soldier was injured in the anti-occupation shooting.
The Israeli Ofer military court on Thursday renewed the administrative detention, without charge or trial, of the Palestinian activist Osama Shaheen for the second time running.
The Ofer court sentenced 34-year-old Shaheen, director of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, to a renewed four-month administrative prison-term.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center slammed the renewed administrative sentence issued against Shaheen without charges.
According to the center, Shaheen’s detention is primarily political.
Shaheen was released from Israeli jails just five months ago. He has been incarcerated for a total of eight years in several former arrests.
The detainee has been diagnosed with critical health disorders most notably in his back and feet due to a spinal osteoarthritis (breakdown of the cartilage). He was about to undergo an urgent medical surgery when he was arrested.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center held the Israeli occupation authorities responsible for any turn for the worse Shaheen’s health might take.
Osama Shaheen was kidnapped by an Israeli occupation patrol, escorted by intelligence officers, from his own family home on September 1, 2016. He had been subjected to intensive questioning at the time before he was sent to prison.
The Ofer court sentenced 34-year-old Shaheen, director of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, to a renewed four-month administrative prison-term.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center slammed the renewed administrative sentence issued against Shaheen without charges.
According to the center, Shaheen’s detention is primarily political.
Shaheen was released from Israeli jails just five months ago. He has been incarcerated for a total of eight years in several former arrests.
The detainee has been diagnosed with critical health disorders most notably in his back and feet due to a spinal osteoarthritis (breakdown of the cartilage). He was about to undergo an urgent medical surgery when he was arrested.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center held the Israeli occupation authorities responsible for any turn for the worse Shaheen’s health might take.
Osama Shaheen was kidnapped by an Israeli occupation patrol, escorted by intelligence officers, from his own family home on September 1, 2016. He had been subjected to intensive questioning at the time before he was sent to prison.
A Palestinian woman was injured after being shot by Israeli soldiers at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, for allegedly attempting to stab Israeli soldiers Friday morning.
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the woman who was walking towards the vehicle lane of the checkpoint.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that “an Arab ID-holder suspect" approached Israeli security forces via the vehicles’ lane. "Israeli security forces noticed her approaching with a knife in her hand. They told her to stop, but she ignored and kept walking towards them, and they shot at her.”
Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud of prisoners' rights group Addameer told Ma'an that the woman was identified as Jihan Muhammad Hashimeh, 35, from the neighborhood of al-Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.
Locals said that Hashimeh was ill, and that she was on her way to Jerusalem for medical treatment when she entered the vehicle lane by mistake.
According to witnesses, the victim remained on the ground bleeding and screaming in pain while Israeli soldiers prevented ambulance crews from approaching her for almost an hour. She was then detained and transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The Qalandiya military checkpoint between the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and Israeli annexed East Jerusalem has been a flashpoint of violence in a wave of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territory that began in October 2015, and has left 246 Palestinians killed, the majority of whom were shot dead by Israeli forces.
During the same time period, 34 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Six Palestinians have been killed at the Qalandiya checkpoint alone in that time period, including a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 16-year-old brother.
Most recently, Israeli forces shot and killed Jihad Muhammad Said Khalil, 48, from the village of Beit Wazan in the West Bank district of Nablus at the checkpoint, claiming he attempted to stab soldiers. No injuries among soldiers were reported.
Throughout the unrest, rights groups have repeatedly denounced what they have termed Israeli forces' "shoot-to-kill" policy against Palestinians who did not constitute a threat at the time of their death or who could have been subdued in a non-lethal manner.
While Israel alleges many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel's version of events in a number of cases.
Injured girl kidnapped by Israeli soldiers near Qalandiya
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday morning kidnapped a Palestinian girl after they shot her near the Qalandiya checkpoint, in northern Occupied Jérusalem.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said the occupation soldiers opened fire at the girl on suspicions of attempting to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
Palestinian sources said the girl was injured in her lower limbs and that she was arrested just after she was shot.
The Israeli soldiers dragged the injured young lady to an unidentified destination pending exhaustive questioning.
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the woman who was walking towards the vehicle lane of the checkpoint.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that “an Arab ID-holder suspect" approached Israeli security forces via the vehicles’ lane. "Israeli security forces noticed her approaching with a knife in her hand. They told her to stop, but she ignored and kept walking towards them, and they shot at her.”
Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud of prisoners' rights group Addameer told Ma'an that the woman was identified as Jihan Muhammad Hashimeh, 35, from the neighborhood of al-Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.
Locals said that Hashimeh was ill, and that she was on her way to Jerusalem for medical treatment when she entered the vehicle lane by mistake.
According to witnesses, the victim remained on the ground bleeding and screaming in pain while Israeli soldiers prevented ambulance crews from approaching her for almost an hour. She was then detained and transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The Qalandiya military checkpoint between the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and Israeli annexed East Jerusalem has been a flashpoint of violence in a wave of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territory that began in October 2015, and has left 246 Palestinians killed, the majority of whom were shot dead by Israeli forces.
During the same time period, 34 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Six Palestinians have been killed at the Qalandiya checkpoint alone in that time period, including a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 16-year-old brother.
Most recently, Israeli forces shot and killed Jihad Muhammad Said Khalil, 48, from the village of Beit Wazan in the West Bank district of Nablus at the checkpoint, claiming he attempted to stab soldiers. No injuries among soldiers were reported.
Throughout the unrest, rights groups have repeatedly denounced what they have termed Israeli forces' "shoot-to-kill" policy against Palestinians who did not constitute a threat at the time of their death or who could have been subdued in a non-lethal manner.
While Israel alleges many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel's version of events in a number of cases.
Injured girl kidnapped by Israeli soldiers near Qalandiya
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday morning kidnapped a Palestinian girl after they shot her near the Qalandiya checkpoint, in northern Occupied Jérusalem.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said the occupation soldiers opened fire at the girl on suspicions of attempting to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
Palestinian sources said the girl was injured in her lower limbs and that she was arrested just after she was shot.
The Israeli soldiers dragged the injured young lady to an unidentified destination pending exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli prison authority on Thursday released Palestinian journalist Qutaiba Qasem, 29, after he spent 25 months in an Israeli jail.
A Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that Qutaiba, from Bethlehem, was released at al-Dhahirya (Mitar) crossing.
Qasem, who is also a noted political activist, had been taken prisoner in December 2014 at al-Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem.
Immediately following his detention at the time, the Israeli army raided his home and confiscated personal belongings, including computers.
He already served about four years intermittently in Israeli jails, and was detained by the Palestinian Authority security apparatuses several times.
A Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that Qutaiba, from Bethlehem, was released at al-Dhahirya (Mitar) crossing.
Qasem, who is also a noted political activist, had been taken prisoner in December 2014 at al-Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem.
Immediately following his detention at the time, the Israeli army raided his home and confiscated personal belongings, including computers.
He already served about four years intermittently in Israeli jails, and was detained by the Palestinian Authority security apparatuses several times.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, the village of at-Tabaqa, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, conducted extensive searches of homes and abducted four Palestinians.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded and searched homes belonging to members of the al-Atrash family, Abu Atwan and Hamdan families, and violently searched them while interrogating many Palestinians.
The soldiers then abducted Qussai al-Atrash, 23, and his brother Mohammad, 19, in addition to Saleh Badawi Hamdan, 24, and Fayez Shehada Hamdan, 27, and took him to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that this invasion into the village, and homes, is the second since Wednesday.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded and searched homes belonging to members of the al-Atrash family, Abu Atwan and Hamdan families, and violently searched them while interrogating many Palestinians.
The soldiers then abducted Qussai al-Atrash, 23, and his brother Mohammad, 19, in addition to Saleh Badawi Hamdan, 24, and Fayez Shehada Hamdan, 27, and took him to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that this invasion into the village, and homes, is the second since Wednesday.
29 dec 2016
The family of a detained Palestinian whom Israel accused of being involved in “sniper exercises” and tunnel-digging with the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement in Gaza, denied on Thursday that their son had any affiliation with the group, and that he is mentally unstable.
Israeli authorities said on Wednesday that they detained Bilal Razineh last month, according to Israeli media reports that emerged after an Israeli-issued gag order was lifted on the case.
According to Israeli news site Ynet, Razineh was detained by Israel's security agency the Shin Bet after he crossed into Israel from Gaza.
Hebrew-language site NRG reported that Razineh told interrogators that his brother Mustafa served as chief of internal security in the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, he allegedly mentioned during interrogation that a tunnel was dug from his family's home in the northern Gaza Strip that connected to other tunnels used for storing ammunition and fighting equipment.
The report claimed that Razineh told Israeli interrogators that a number of Hamas' leaders, included his brother, were steering the battle from inside Gaza's Kamal Udwan hospital during the 2014 Israeli military offensive on the small Palestinian territory. He also mentioned that several commanders from Gaza's internal security were involved in the fighting and "used residents' houses" in military activities, according to NRG report.
Al-Razayneh’s family however, said in a statement on Thursday that their son was in no way related to the Brigades, that he was not a Hamas government employee as alleged by Israeli authorities, and that he has not worked for the Hamas movement at any point.
The family said that Razineh suffers from psychological instability and was being treated at the time of his detention, and added that they have proof that their son is psychologically unstable.
The statement added that all the confessions that Razineh made under interrogation were “pulled out of him under physical and psychological torture.”
Israel's interrogation practices have long been a target of scrutiny and condemnation by rights group who have documented numerous cases of Israeli intelligence officers forcing confessions -- particularly of Palestinian children -- by various unlawful measures, including torture.
According to the statement, the family was informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that Razineh was hospitalized during his detention and interrogation.
Members of the family also firmly rejected the Israeli claim that a tunnel existed under their house, saying the allegation was “unbelievable.”
"The house is open for anyone to check,” they said.
Israeli authorities said on Wednesday that they detained Bilal Razineh last month, according to Israeli media reports that emerged after an Israeli-issued gag order was lifted on the case.
According to Israeli news site Ynet, Razineh was detained by Israel's security agency the Shin Bet after he crossed into Israel from Gaza.
Hebrew-language site NRG reported that Razineh told interrogators that his brother Mustafa served as chief of internal security in the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, he allegedly mentioned during interrogation that a tunnel was dug from his family's home in the northern Gaza Strip that connected to other tunnels used for storing ammunition and fighting equipment.
The report claimed that Razineh told Israeli interrogators that a number of Hamas' leaders, included his brother, were steering the battle from inside Gaza's Kamal Udwan hospital during the 2014 Israeli military offensive on the small Palestinian territory. He also mentioned that several commanders from Gaza's internal security were involved in the fighting and "used residents' houses" in military activities, according to NRG report.
Al-Razayneh’s family however, said in a statement on Thursday that their son was in no way related to the Brigades, that he was not a Hamas government employee as alleged by Israeli authorities, and that he has not worked for the Hamas movement at any point.
The family said that Razineh suffers from psychological instability and was being treated at the time of his detention, and added that they have proof that their son is psychologically unstable.
The statement added that all the confessions that Razineh made under interrogation were “pulled out of him under physical and psychological torture.”
Israel's interrogation practices have long been a target of scrutiny and condemnation by rights group who have documented numerous cases of Israeli intelligence officers forcing confessions -- particularly of Palestinian children -- by various unlawful measures, including torture.
According to the statement, the family was informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that Razineh was hospitalized during his detention and interrogation.
Members of the family also firmly rejected the Israeli claim that a tunnel existed under their house, saying the allegation was “unbelievable.”
"The house is open for anyone to check,” they said.
Khaled Zabarqah, the lawyer of Sheikh Raed Salah the leader of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine, revealed that the Israeli authorities had opened a new probe with the Sheikh.
“Last week witnessed the entry of members of the Israeli investigation unit known as Lahav 433 into Ramon prison where Raed Salah is detained,” Zabarqah said on Thursday.
“This investigation team opened new files with him concerning his speeches and his activities in Al-Aqsa,” he added.
Zabarqah warned that the Israeli authorities are trying to criminalize even the Palestinians way of worship, pointing out that the prosecution against the Sheikh was not purely political anymore but rather religious.
Sheikh Salah was imprisoned on May 8, 2016 after an Israeli court sentenced him to nine months on charges of incitement to violence in a speech he made nine years ago.
The case goes back to a speech the Sheikh delivered in 2007 in Wadi al-Joz in Occupied Jerusalem after the Israeli occupation authorities demolished a bridge leading to the Maghareba gate, which has been under Israeli control since 1967.
“Last week witnessed the entry of members of the Israeli investigation unit known as Lahav 433 into Ramon prison where Raed Salah is detained,” Zabarqah said on Thursday.
“This investigation team opened new files with him concerning his speeches and his activities in Al-Aqsa,” he added.
Zabarqah warned that the Israeli authorities are trying to criminalize even the Palestinians way of worship, pointing out that the prosecution against the Sheikh was not purely political anymore but rather religious.
Sheikh Salah was imprisoned on May 8, 2016 after an Israeli court sentenced him to nine months on charges of incitement to violence in a speech he made nine years ago.
The case goes back to a speech the Sheikh delivered in 2007 in Wadi al-Joz in Occupied Jerusalem after the Israeli occupation authorities demolished a bridge leading to the Maghareba gate, which has been under Israeli control since 1967.
Mohamed Alaqmmah, 27, from Barta'a village started a hunger strike in Israeli jails three days ago as means to protest his administrative detention.
His family told a PIC reporter on Thursday that they only knew of his strike today and that he had gone on hunger strike to protest the renewal of his administrative detention.
Meanwhile, his brother, Moneer, appealed to human rights organizations and activists to support his brother.
Alaqmmah was detained since last August at Barta'a checkpoint. He was then held in administrative detention for four months and received news of the renewal of his detention three days ago.
His family told a PIC reporter on Thursday that they only knew of his strike today and that he had gone on hunger strike to protest the renewal of his administrative detention.
Meanwhile, his brother, Moneer, appealed to human rights organizations and activists to support his brother.
Alaqmmah was detained since last August at Barta'a checkpoint. He was then held in administrative detention for four months and received news of the renewal of his detention three days ago.
Israeli occuaption authorities (IOA) denied the entry of the ex-detainee Asma Abul Haija, the prisoner Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija’s wife, to occupied Jerusalem for medical treatment.
Family sources affirmed that the IOA blocked Abul Haija’s travel to occupied Jerusalem or to Jordan to remove a brain tumor.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Abul Haija’s daughter said that any delay in her mother’s medical treatment would lead to serious and permanent health complications.
She may completely lose her eyesight at any moment, she added.
The family pointed out that Abul Haija’s health situation has seriously deteriorated since her son Imad’s arrest at the hands of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nearly a month ago.
Since then, Abul Haija has repeatedly requested for a special Israeli entry permit to enter occupied Jerusalem and to conduct a medical surgery in the French Hospital.
Her demands were always refused, the family underlined.
Last week, Abul Haija was also denied travel to Jordan via Karama crossing and was forced to return home.
The family called on international human rights institutions to urgently intervene and to put pressure on the IOA in order to allow their mother’s travel for medical treatment, holding Israel responsible for her life.
In 2003, Asma Abul Haija spent nine months in administrative detention following her husband’s arrest who is sentenced to nine life terms plus 20 years.
Her four sons have been also detained more than once by Israeli forces, while her youngest son was shot and killed during armed clashes in 2014.
Her daughter Banan was also detained for 23 days in Jalama detention center.
In 2002, Israeli warplanes bombed her family house, destroying parts of it.
Family sources affirmed that the IOA blocked Abul Haija’s travel to occupied Jerusalem or to Jordan to remove a brain tumor.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Abul Haija’s daughter said that any delay in her mother’s medical treatment would lead to serious and permanent health complications.
She may completely lose her eyesight at any moment, she added.
The family pointed out that Abul Haija’s health situation has seriously deteriorated since her son Imad’s arrest at the hands of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nearly a month ago.
Since then, Abul Haija has repeatedly requested for a special Israeli entry permit to enter occupied Jerusalem and to conduct a medical surgery in the French Hospital.
Her demands were always refused, the family underlined.
Last week, Abul Haija was also denied travel to Jordan via Karama crossing and was forced to return home.
The family called on international human rights institutions to urgently intervene and to put pressure on the IOA in order to allow their mother’s travel for medical treatment, holding Israel responsible for her life.
In 2003, Asma Abul Haija spent nine months in administrative detention following her husband’s arrest who is sentenced to nine life terms plus 20 years.
Her four sons have been also detained more than once by Israeli forces, while her youngest son was shot and killed during armed clashes in 2014.
Her daughter Banan was also detained for 23 days in Jalama detention center.
In 2002, Israeli warplanes bombed her family house, destroying parts of it.
At least six Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from the West Bank at dawn Thursday.
The Israeli occupation army claimed, in a statement, responsibility for the abduction of five Palestinians on allegations of taking part in anti-occupation activism.
The campaign targeted a Palestinian citizen from Qalqilya and a Hamas affiliate from Beitouna town, along with three Palestinians from al-Khalil province.
The occupation army also said it detected a homemade tubular bomb during an assault on Jenin’s town of Qabatiya.
At the same time, the IOF broke into civilian homes in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and came down heavily on the Palestinian inhabitants.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped two brothers from the Palestinian Hreish family in Ramallah’s western town of Beitouna.
According to local sources, an Israeli army patrol stormed the home of Nouh Hreish and kidnapped his two sons Mahmoud, 25, and Ahmad, 22.
The IOF ravaged the family home and seized a laptop and cell phones, before they aggressively beat the detainees’ mother on her head using riffle butts.
The Israeli occupation army claimed, in a statement, responsibility for the abduction of five Palestinians on allegations of taking part in anti-occupation activism.
The campaign targeted a Palestinian citizen from Qalqilya and a Hamas affiliate from Beitouna town, along with three Palestinians from al-Khalil province.
The occupation army also said it detected a homemade tubular bomb during an assault on Jenin’s town of Qabatiya.
At the same time, the IOF broke into civilian homes in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and came down heavily on the Palestinian inhabitants.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped two brothers from the Palestinian Hreish family in Ramallah’s western town of Beitouna.
According to local sources, an Israeli army patrol stormed the home of Nouh Hreish and kidnapped his two sons Mahmoud, 25, and Ahmad, 22.
The IOF ravaged the family home and seized a laptop and cell phones, before they aggressively beat the detainees’ mother on her head using riffle butts.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank districts of Qalqilia and Jenin, searched homes and abducted two Palestinians.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers stormed and violently searched several homes in the city, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Bilal Amer.
The soldiers also interrogated many young Palestinian men while inspecting their ID cards, and searching their properties.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Jenin city, and abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Ataba, after searching his homes in Jabal Abu Ethheir area.
In related news, several military vehicles invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, and conducted extensive searches of many homes.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers stormed and violently searched several homes in the city, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Bilal Amer.
The soldiers also interrogated many young Palestinian men while inspecting their ID cards, and searching their properties.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Jenin city, and abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Ataba, after searching his homes in Jabal Abu Ethheir area.
In related news, several military vehicles invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, and conducted extensive searches of many homes.
Dozens of Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a number of towns and refugee camps in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and summoned several young men for interrogation.
The soldiers invaded the towns of ath-Thaheriyya, Beit Awwa and Sammoa’, south of Hebron, Nouba and Ethna towns, west of Hebron, before storming and searching many homes, causing excessive damage.
The army also invaded and searched homes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and summoned several young men for interrogation at the Etzion military base and security center.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks at the entrances of ath-Thaheriyya and Sammoa’ towns, in addition to Siddet al-Fahs area, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
The soldiers invaded the towns of ath-Thaheriyya, Beit Awwa and Sammoa’, south of Hebron, Nouba and Ethna towns, west of Hebron, before storming and searching many homes, causing excessive damage.
The army also invaded and searched homes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and summoned several young men for interrogation at the Etzion military base and security center.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks at the entrances of ath-Thaheriyya and Sammoa’ towns, in addition to Siddet al-Fahs area, south of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
