15 dec 2016
Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Etzion lock-up sounded distress signals as heavy downpours flooded prison cells.
Lawyer Hussein al-Sheikh, from the prisoners and ex-prisoners committee, said torrential rains flowed to prison cells through the holes and cracks in the walls and rooftops.
He denounced the apathy maintained by the Israeli prison service as regards the prisoners' appeals for urgent intervention.
He added that the prisoners have been enduring sleepless nights as their clothes and blankets have been covered with rainwater.
The lawyer called on the human rights bodies and humanitarian institutions, namely the Red Cross, to urgently intervene and push the Israeli occupation authorities to take serious measures so as to protect the detainees from the life-threatening fallouts of the wintry weather in the Etzion jail, among other Israeli penitentiaries.
Lawyer Hussein al-Sheikh, from the prisoners and ex-prisoners committee, said torrential rains flowed to prison cells through the holes and cracks in the walls and rooftops.
He denounced the apathy maintained by the Israeli prison service as regards the prisoners' appeals for urgent intervention.
He added that the prisoners have been enduring sleepless nights as their clothes and blankets have been covered with rainwater.
The lawyer called on the human rights bodies and humanitarian institutions, namely the Red Cross, to urgently intervene and push the Israeli occupation authorities to take serious measures so as to protect the detainees from the life-threatening fallouts of the wintry weather in the Etzion jail, among other Israeli penitentiaries.
Palestinian Prisoners Society documented Israeli beating of the Palestinian teenager Muhammad Rezeq at the time of his arrest.
PPS pointed out that Rezeq, 18, was brutally beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers during his arrest last month, which led to a fracture in his rib cage and other bruises.
Rezeq told the PPS lawyer, who visited him in Ofer prison, that he is suffering from excruciating pain in the place of the fracture as a result of the beating and doctors told him that the pain will continue for five months.
PPS pointed out that Rezeq, 18, was brutally beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers during his arrest last month, which led to a fracture in his rib cage and other bruises.
Rezeq told the PPS lawyer, who visited him in Ofer prison, that he is suffering from excruciating pain in the place of the fracture as a result of the beating and doctors told him that the pain will continue for five months.
Israeli authorities Monday extended for the third time prominent Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal’s administrative detention -- internment without charge or trial -- for an additional three months, according to a statement released Tuesday by prisoners’ rights group Addameer.
According to Addameer, Nazzal’s detention was extended once again despite the fact that his second renewal was on Nov. 21 when Israeli authorities extended his detention for one-and-a-half months, as the imprisoned journalist was expected to be released on Dec. 24.
Nazzal, a member of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, was detained by Israeli forces in April and placed under Israel's widely condemnded policy of administrative detention, where he launched a hunger strike on Aug. 4.
Nazzal said at the time that his decision to begin a hunger strike was to protest his own administrative detention, as well as that of fellow prisoner Bilal Kayid.
Nazzal’s wife Marilyn told Arabic media outlet Wattan News that Nazzal ended his hunger strike on Aug. 22..
In August, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) announced that the group would organize a solidarity sit-in to support Nazzal.
Members of the International Federation of Journalists also declared their support at the time for journalists held in administrative detention, and had plans to officially demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu release all Palestinian journalists held without charge or trial from Israel’s prisons.
Israel has stepped up a crackdown on Palestinian journalists and media organizations since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel last October. While the Israeli authorities have said those targeted were responsible for incitement against Israel, rights groups argue the crackdown is a blatant violation of media freedoms.
Israel’s policy of administrative detention, almost exclusively used against Palestinians, has been widely criticized by rights group which have accused Israel of using the policy to erode Palestinian political and social life by detaining scores of Palestinians without proof of wrongdoing.
According to Addameer, Nazzal’s detention was extended once again despite the fact that his second renewal was on Nov. 21 when Israeli authorities extended his detention for one-and-a-half months, as the imprisoned journalist was expected to be released on Dec. 24.
Nazzal, a member of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, was detained by Israeli forces in April and placed under Israel's widely condemnded policy of administrative detention, where he launched a hunger strike on Aug. 4.
Nazzal said at the time that his decision to begin a hunger strike was to protest his own administrative detention, as well as that of fellow prisoner Bilal Kayid.
Nazzal’s wife Marilyn told Arabic media outlet Wattan News that Nazzal ended his hunger strike on Aug. 22..
In August, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) announced that the group would organize a solidarity sit-in to support Nazzal.
Members of the International Federation of Journalists also declared their support at the time for journalists held in administrative detention, and had plans to officially demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu release all Palestinian journalists held without charge or trial from Israel’s prisons.
Israel has stepped up a crackdown on Palestinian journalists and media organizations since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel last October. While the Israeli authorities have said those targeted were responsible for incitement against Israel, rights groups argue the crackdown is a blatant violation of media freedoms.
Israel’s policy of administrative detention, almost exclusively used against Palestinians, has been widely criticized by rights group which have accused Israel of using the policy to erode Palestinian political and social life by detaining scores of Palestinians without proof of wrongdoing.
Israel’s Ofer court Thursday ordered a Palestinian prisoner released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange to spend the next five years in Israeli prison, the remaining time left from his previous detention, after he was redetained by Israeli forces in the wake of Israel’s 2014 military offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to Ruslam Mahajneh, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Abed al-Qader Haskour, from the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, had previously spent 10-and-a-half years of his 16-year sentence before being released under the prisoner exchange deal.
According to PPS, some 70 Palestinian prisoners who were released during the Gilad Shalit deal were redetained by Israeli forces in 2014 and were resentenced according to their remaining time left in prison before the deal.
In 2006, Gaza militants captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and held him for five years before freeing him in exchange for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
However, at least 800 Palestinians were detained, including many of those released in the 2011 exchange, during a widespread detention campaign in 2011 referred to as "Operation Brother's Keeper," in which Israeli forces detained 800 Palestinians without charge or trial and killed nine civilians.
Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan urged Palestinian resistance fighters earlier this month to capture Israeli soldiers in order to position them as a bargaining chip to force Israeli authorities into releasing Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
As Israel currently holds 7,000 Palestinians in their prisons, and with 40 percent of Palestinian men having been detained by Israel at some point in their lives, many families of Palestinian political prisoners have rested heavily on the prospects of another prisoner swap between Israel and Palestinian leaders as the only promising avenue of their release.
According to Ruslam Mahajneh, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Abed al-Qader Haskour, from the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, had previously spent 10-and-a-half years of his 16-year sentence before being released under the prisoner exchange deal.
According to PPS, some 70 Palestinian prisoners who were released during the Gilad Shalit deal were redetained by Israeli forces in 2014 and were resentenced according to their remaining time left in prison before the deal.
In 2006, Gaza militants captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and held him for five years before freeing him in exchange for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
However, at least 800 Palestinians were detained, including many of those released in the 2011 exchange, during a widespread detention campaign in 2011 referred to as "Operation Brother's Keeper," in which Israeli forces detained 800 Palestinians without charge or trial and killed nine civilians.
Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan urged Palestinian resistance fighters earlier this month to capture Israeli soldiers in order to position them as a bargaining chip to force Israeli authorities into releasing Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
As Israel currently holds 7,000 Palestinians in their prisons, and with 40 percent of Palestinian men having been detained by Israel at some point in their lives, many families of Palestinian political prisoners have rested heavily on the prospects of another prisoner swap between Israel and Palestinian leaders as the only promising avenue of their release.
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A video published online Wednesday showed the deteriorating health of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Anas Shadid, who has been going without food for 83 days.
The short video showed the young Palestinian groaning in pain lying on a bed in the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital. Palestinian doctor Rafiq Masalha, who has conducted medical tests for both Shadid and fellow hunger-striking prisoner Ahmad Abu Farah, indicated in a report that Shadid had lost more than 15 kilograms, had become increasingly weak, and could no longer sit nor stand. Masalha added that Abu Farah, who has abstained from food for 84 days, |
suffered from difficulties speaking, eyesight and muscle weakness, chest and stomach pains, and couldn’t swallow water.
The medical report added that if Shadid continued his hunger strike, he could suffer from permanent damage to his brain and heart, kidney and liver failure, and partially lose his eyesight.
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday filed by Shadid and Abu Farah’s lawyers, which included Masalha’s medical report, demanding the hunger strikers’ immediate release due to their critical health conditions.
Shadid and Abu Farah, both residents of the southern occupied West Bank village of Dura, announced on Monday that they had decided to stop drinking water and to boycott Israeli courts in response to the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection of their appeal.
Up until then, Abu Farah and Shadid had gone without food and refused all forms of nutrition except water in protest of being placed under administrative detention -- an Israeli policy of internment without charge or trial based on undisclosed evidence.
An Israeli court suspended the prisoners' detention orders on Nov. 18 due to the deteriorating health of the hunger strikers, but the two have expressed their commitment to continue with their hunger strikes until their administrative detentions were lifted completely.
Rights groups have claimed that Israel's administrative detention policy has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political and social processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists, and journalists.
According to Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons as of October, 720 of whom were being held in administrative detention.
The medical report added that if Shadid continued his hunger strike, he could suffer from permanent damage to his brain and heart, kidney and liver failure, and partially lose his eyesight.
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday filed by Shadid and Abu Farah’s lawyers, which included Masalha’s medical report, demanding the hunger strikers’ immediate release due to their critical health conditions.
Shadid and Abu Farah, both residents of the southern occupied West Bank village of Dura, announced on Monday that they had decided to stop drinking water and to boycott Israeli courts in response to the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection of their appeal.
Up until then, Abu Farah and Shadid had gone without food and refused all forms of nutrition except water in protest of being placed under administrative detention -- an Israeli policy of internment without charge or trial based on undisclosed evidence.
An Israeli court suspended the prisoners' detention orders on Nov. 18 due to the deteriorating health of the hunger strikers, but the two have expressed their commitment to continue with their hunger strikes until their administrative detentions were lifted completely.
Rights groups have claimed that Israel's administrative detention policy has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political and social processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists, and journalists.
According to Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons as of October, 720 of whom were being held in administrative detention.
A Palestinian woman Thursday was sentenced to five years in Israeli prison for allegedly plotting a stab attack in occupied East Jerusalem, while a 13-year-old Palestinian was also released on bail after being detained earlier in the week for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced 29-year-old Ataya Abu Aisha from the village of Kafr Aqab in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem to five years in Israeli prison for planning to carry out a stab attack with a screwdriver in December 2015, according to Israeli media outlet Ynet.
She was detained by Israeli forces at Damascus Gate outside the Old City in East Jerusalem after reportedly “arousing the suspicions of police officers,” who searched her and allegedly discovered a screwdriver they claim was to be used in an attack.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, an Israeli court issued a final sentence against 13-year-old Palestinian Samir Raja Daraghmeh, releasing him from Israeli prison on a 1,500 shekel ($389) bail after he was detained on Monday for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli settlers’ vehicles in the northern West Bank, according to Munther Abu Ahmad, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
While Daraghmeh was initially reported as being 15-years-old, PPS has reported his age as 13.
Ahmad highlighted that the teenager was to be released by Israeli authorities this week, but his detention was extended on Tuesday after an appeal was presented by the Israeli prosecution objecting to the boy’s release.
Abu Ahmad said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities accused Samir of rock-throwing and claimed that he represented “a threat to the safety of the public.”
Samir is from the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, and according to Abu Ahmad, he suffers from medical issues after sustaining injuries in a car accident and having parts of his kidneys and liver removed last year.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said Monday that Samir was among a number of Palestinian minors who were throwing stones at Israeli cars on Route 60 opposite al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, but Israeli forces were unable to detain the others involved in the alleged rock throwing.
Palestinians have faced a crackdown by Israeli authorities over the past year, including facing harsh prison sentences if caught throwing stones at Israeli soldiers or settlers, while hundreds of Palestinian minors are detained each year for alleged stone throwing.
On Thursday, the body of 15-year-old slain Palestinian Khalid Bahr Ahmad Bahr was set to be released to his family after his body was held for 57 days following the teenager being shot dead by Israeli forces for allegedly throwing stones at a group of Israeli soldiers.
Palestinians have claimed that rock throwing by teenagers represents a natural reaction to the frustrations caused by the nearly half-century Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which has been shaped by everyday forms of violence, such as nightly military raids into Palestinian communities, arbitrary detentions, home demolitions, and frequent killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces.
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced 29-year-old Ataya Abu Aisha from the village of Kafr Aqab in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem to five years in Israeli prison for planning to carry out a stab attack with a screwdriver in December 2015, according to Israeli media outlet Ynet.
She was detained by Israeli forces at Damascus Gate outside the Old City in East Jerusalem after reportedly “arousing the suspicions of police officers,” who searched her and allegedly discovered a screwdriver they claim was to be used in an attack.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, an Israeli court issued a final sentence against 13-year-old Palestinian Samir Raja Daraghmeh, releasing him from Israeli prison on a 1,500 shekel ($389) bail after he was detained on Monday for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli settlers’ vehicles in the northern West Bank, according to Munther Abu Ahmad, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
While Daraghmeh was initially reported as being 15-years-old, PPS has reported his age as 13.
Ahmad highlighted that the teenager was to be released by Israeli authorities this week, but his detention was extended on Tuesday after an appeal was presented by the Israeli prosecution objecting to the boy’s release.
Abu Ahmad said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities accused Samir of rock-throwing and claimed that he represented “a threat to the safety of the public.”
Samir is from the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, and according to Abu Ahmad, he suffers from medical issues after sustaining injuries in a car accident and having parts of his kidneys and liver removed last year.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said Monday that Samir was among a number of Palestinian minors who were throwing stones at Israeli cars on Route 60 opposite al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, but Israeli forces were unable to detain the others involved in the alleged rock throwing.
Palestinians have faced a crackdown by Israeli authorities over the past year, including facing harsh prison sentences if caught throwing stones at Israeli soldiers or settlers, while hundreds of Palestinian minors are detained each year for alleged stone throwing.
On Thursday, the body of 15-year-old slain Palestinian Khalid Bahr Ahmad Bahr was set to be released to his family after his body was held for 57 days following the teenager being shot dead by Israeli forces for allegedly throwing stones at a group of Israeli soldiers.
Palestinians have claimed that rock throwing by teenagers represents a natural reaction to the frustrations caused by the nearly half-century Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which has been shaped by everyday forms of violence, such as nightly military raids into Palestinian communities, arbitrary detentions, home demolitions, and frequent killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, the former mayor of Ethna town, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded the home of Jamal Tmeizi, 61, violently searched it, causing excessive property damage, and abducted him.
It added that the soldiers invaded the town from several directions, and surrounded the former mayor’s home.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded the home of Jamal Tmeizi, 61, violently searched it, causing excessive property damage, and abducted him.
It added that the soldiers invaded the town from several directions, and surrounded the former mayor’s home.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, many homes in Jenin city, and Jenin refugee camp, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians. The soldiers also briefly detained and interrogated two Palestinians.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Jenin city, and abducted Mahmoud Ahmad Qombo’, 58, and Mohammad Salem Abu Mokh, 20, after violently searching their homes in Nablus Street, and al-Marah neighborhood.
The soldiers also invaded many homes in Jenin refugee camp, and searched them, before detaining Islam Fayeq Dabaya, 17, and Mohammad Wishahi, for several hours.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers also interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, especially in apartments at a residential building belonging to Kamal Sabbagh, and the home of Ayman Qandeel.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Jenin city, and abducted Mahmoud Ahmad Qombo’, 58, and Mohammad Salem Abu Mokh, 20, after violently searching their homes in Nablus Street, and al-Marah neighborhood.
The soldiers also invaded many homes in Jenin refugee camp, and searched them, before detaining Islam Fayeq Dabaya, 17, and Mohammad Wishahi, for several hours.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers also interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, especially in apartments at a residential building belonging to Kamal Sabbagh, and the home of Ayman Qandeel.
Israeli forces detained at least 31 Palestinians, including a widow and at least two minors, in raids between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources told Ma’an.
East Jerusalem
In East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians.
Thirteen of the detained were identified by PPS as Yahya Yasser al-Kamil, 15, Luay al-Rujbi, 21, Fadi Abassi, 18, Abd al-Karim Ubeid, 27, Samir Shaludi, 18, Tariq Abassi, 25, Naim Sharif, 17, Ahmad Juwilis, 22, Muslim Odeh, 16, Mahmoud Salim, 19, Bahaa Abu Taya, 19, Muhammad Abu al-Hamam, 19, and Majdi Abassi.
Addameer lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud said that the 13 were detained in the Old City neighborhood of al-Tur.
Mahmoud also said that Hanadi Sarhan, the widow of Samir Sarhan who was killed by Israeli forces in 2010, was detained in the neighborhood of Silwan.
In the Issawiya neighborhood, PPS said Israeli forces detained Amir Khaldoun Mustafa and Mustafa Ibrahim Asila.
Northern West Bank
In the northern occupied West Bank, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Ahmad Qamim and Muhammad Salim Abu Mukh in the Jenin district. The group also stated that Islam Dabaya and Muhammad Wishahi were also briefly detained in Jenin and later released.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians were detained in the city of Jenin.
In the Tulkarem district, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Muhammad Muslih Barhush in the village of Kafr al-Labad.
In the Nablus district, locals reported that former prisoners Muhammad Marshud and Abada al-Jamal were detained.
The army spokesperson said one Palestinian was detained in the Balata refugee camp, while another was detained in the village of Asira al-Shamaliya. She made no mention of a detention in the Tulkarem district.
Central and southern West Bank
In the central West Bank, PPS reported that Ahmad Muhib Muri was detained in the Salfit governorate.
The Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that one person was detained in the Salfit-area village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, while Israeli forces detained another in Deir Abu Mashaal in the Ramallah district.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, PPS said five Palestinians were detained, identified as Jamal Ali Muhammad Tmiza, 65, Yazan Atif Rujbi, Nader Suleiman Masalma, Wajih Atta Hamid Rujbi, and his son Hamuda Wajih Rujbi.
Locals said that Masalma was detained in the village of Beit Awwa, and that Tmiza was detained in Idhna.
They added that Amir al-Titi was detained in al-Arrub refugee camp.
The Israeli army listed three detentions in the city of Hebron, one in al-Arrub, one in Beit Awwa and one in Idhna.
The army claimed that it found an M-16 rifle and a handgun in a workshop in Idhna.
Locals, meanwhile, reported that the Israeli army seized two cars in the village of Dura.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, some 7,000 Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel as of October, the majority of whom were detained during the near-daily overnight raids conducted by the Israeli army in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 24 Palestinians, Including Nine Children And A Woman, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight and during early dawn hours Thursday, dozens of homes in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched them, before abducting 24 Palestinians, including one woman and nine children.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in Jerusalem, said most of the abductions and home invasions were forced in Silwan, al-‘Eesawiyya, at-Tour and the Old City, and added that the searches caused excessive damage.
It identified seventeen of the abducted Palestinians as;
Silwan:
1. Hanadi Sarhan. (Wife of Samer Sarhan who was killed in 2010)
2. Majdi al-‘Abbassi.
3. Luay Sami Rajabi, 21.
4. Samer Hamza Shalloudi, 18.
5. Tareq Sa’ada al-‘Abbassi, 25.
6. Fadi Hasan al-‘Abbassi, 18.
7. Mosallam Mousa Odah, 16.
8. Mohammad Abu al-Hamam, 19.
9. Baha’ Abu Tayeh, 19.
10. Mohammad Abu Sanad.
Al-‘Eesawiyya:
11. Yahya Yasser Abdul-Kamel, 16.
12. Abdul-Karim Sha’ban ‘Obeid, 27.
13. Amir Khaldoun Mustafa.
14. Mustafa Ibrahim ‘Asaliyya.
At-Tour:
15. Ahmad Khaled Jweiles, 22.
16. Na’im Nader Sharif, 17.
The Old City:
17. Mohammad Salim.
East Jerusalem
In East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians.
Thirteen of the detained were identified by PPS as Yahya Yasser al-Kamil, 15, Luay al-Rujbi, 21, Fadi Abassi, 18, Abd al-Karim Ubeid, 27, Samir Shaludi, 18, Tariq Abassi, 25, Naim Sharif, 17, Ahmad Juwilis, 22, Muslim Odeh, 16, Mahmoud Salim, 19, Bahaa Abu Taya, 19, Muhammad Abu al-Hamam, 19, and Majdi Abassi.
Addameer lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud said that the 13 were detained in the Old City neighborhood of al-Tur.
Mahmoud also said that Hanadi Sarhan, the widow of Samir Sarhan who was killed by Israeli forces in 2010, was detained in the neighborhood of Silwan.
In the Issawiya neighborhood, PPS said Israeli forces detained Amir Khaldoun Mustafa and Mustafa Ibrahim Asila.
Northern West Bank
In the northern occupied West Bank, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Ahmad Qamim and Muhammad Salim Abu Mukh in the Jenin district. The group also stated that Islam Dabaya and Muhammad Wishahi were also briefly detained in Jenin and later released.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians were detained in the city of Jenin.
In the Tulkarem district, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Muhammad Muslih Barhush in the village of Kafr al-Labad.
In the Nablus district, locals reported that former prisoners Muhammad Marshud and Abada al-Jamal were detained.
The army spokesperson said one Palestinian was detained in the Balata refugee camp, while another was detained in the village of Asira al-Shamaliya. She made no mention of a detention in the Tulkarem district.
Central and southern West Bank
In the central West Bank, PPS reported that Ahmad Muhib Muri was detained in the Salfit governorate.
The Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that one person was detained in the Salfit-area village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, while Israeli forces detained another in Deir Abu Mashaal in the Ramallah district.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, PPS said five Palestinians were detained, identified as Jamal Ali Muhammad Tmiza, 65, Yazan Atif Rujbi, Nader Suleiman Masalma, Wajih Atta Hamid Rujbi, and his son Hamuda Wajih Rujbi.
Locals said that Masalma was detained in the village of Beit Awwa, and that Tmiza was detained in Idhna.
They added that Amir al-Titi was detained in al-Arrub refugee camp.
The Israeli army listed three detentions in the city of Hebron, one in al-Arrub, one in Beit Awwa and one in Idhna.
The army claimed that it found an M-16 rifle and a handgun in a workshop in Idhna.
Locals, meanwhile, reported that the Israeli army seized two cars in the village of Dura.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, some 7,000 Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel as of October, the majority of whom were detained during the near-daily overnight raids conducted by the Israeli army in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 24 Palestinians, Including Nine Children And A Woman, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight and during early dawn hours Thursday, dozens of homes in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched them, before abducting 24 Palestinians, including one woman and nine children.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in Jerusalem, said most of the abductions and home invasions were forced in Silwan, al-‘Eesawiyya, at-Tour and the Old City, and added that the searches caused excessive damage.
It identified seventeen of the abducted Palestinians as;
Silwan:
1. Hanadi Sarhan. (Wife of Samer Sarhan who was killed in 2010)
2. Majdi al-‘Abbassi.
3. Luay Sami Rajabi, 21.
4. Samer Hamza Shalloudi, 18.
5. Tareq Sa’ada al-‘Abbassi, 25.
6. Fadi Hasan al-‘Abbassi, 18.
7. Mosallam Mousa Odah, 16.
8. Mohammad Abu al-Hamam, 19.
9. Baha’ Abu Tayeh, 19.
10. Mohammad Abu Sanad.
Al-‘Eesawiyya:
11. Yahya Yasser Abdul-Kamel, 16.
12. Abdul-Karim Sha’ban ‘Obeid, 27.
13. Amir Khaldoun Mustafa.
14. Mustafa Ibrahim ‘Asaliyya.
At-Tour:
15. Ahmad Khaled Jweiles, 22.
16. Na’im Nader Sharif, 17.
The Old City:
17. Mohammad Salim.
Solidarity events have been ongoing in Jenin’s southern town of Jaba’ for 25 days running in support of the Palestinian hunger-striker, Amar al-Hamour, held in an Israeli jail.
According to a PIC news reporter, Palestinian protesters rallied outside a sit-in tent pitched at the Jaba’ crossroads, lifting al-Hamour’s photos.
The sit-inners spoke out against administrative detention, without charge or trial.
The popular committee to support al-Hamour said the solidarity events are a proof that the prisoners are always present in Palestinians’ hearts and souls.
Jaba’ Mayor also urged all Palestinians to rally round the Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails.
A native of Jaba’ town, al-Hamour has been on an open-ended hunger striker for 25 days running in protest at being held administratively in Israeli lock-ups.
According to a PIC news reporter, Palestinian protesters rallied outside a sit-in tent pitched at the Jaba’ crossroads, lifting al-Hamour’s photos.
The sit-inners spoke out against administrative detention, without charge or trial.
The popular committee to support al-Hamour said the solidarity events are a proof that the prisoners are always present in Palestinians’ hearts and souls.
Jaba’ Mayor also urged all Palestinians to rally round the Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails.
A native of Jaba’ town, al-Hamour has been on an open-ended hunger striker for 25 days running in protest at being held administratively in Israeli lock-ups.
A Palestinian lawyer was released by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) overnight Wednesday after he had been locked up for a couple of years in Israeli jails with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian lawyer Bahaa Zayoud, 31, was released by the IOA from the Israeli Negev jail.
His family received him at the al-Dhahriya checkpoint, in al-Khalil, before they headed to his hometown in western Jenin province.
A native of Jenin’s al-Sila al-Harithiya town, in the northern occupied West Bank, ex-prisoner Zayoud had served a two-year administrative prison-term, without charge or trial, in Israeli jails.
Palestinian lawyer Bahaa Zayoud, 31, was released by the IOA from the Israeli Negev jail.
His family received him at the al-Dhahriya checkpoint, in al-Khalil, before they headed to his hometown in western Jenin province.
A native of Jenin’s al-Sila al-Harithiya town, in the northern occupied West Bank, ex-prisoner Zayoud had served a two-year administrative prison-term, without charge or trial, in Israeli jails.
