21 dec 2017
Ahed Tamimi, 16, is taken out of a military court at the Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank, 20 December. According to her father Bassem Tamimi, the teenager from a well-known activist family is refusing to speak to Israeli occupation authorities.
Oren Ziv ActiveStillsAhed, Nariman and Nour Tamimi are in high spirits and are sending greetings to supporters around the world from their cells in HaSharon prison where Israel is detaining them.
Ahed, 16, her mother Nariman and her 21-year-old cousin Nour were arrested in recent days by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
This followed violence on Friday when occupation forces shot Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, a 14-year-old member of the extended family, in the head leaving him gravely injured.
The Tamimi women then ordered the occupation soldiers off the family property and tried to remove them physically.
A video of heavily armed Israeli soldiers being forcefully confronted by Palestinian civilians defending their village was widely shown in Israeli media and prompted a campaign of threats and revenge by Israeli leaders against the Tamimi family.
The Israeli army published a video to brag about its night raid to seize Ahed Tamimi from her home, prompting outrage and expressions of solidarity with the teenager and her family from all over the world.
Oren Ziv ActiveStillsAhed, Nariman and Nour Tamimi are in high spirits and are sending greetings to supporters around the world from their cells in HaSharon prison where Israel is detaining them.
Ahed, 16, her mother Nariman and her 21-year-old cousin Nour were arrested in recent days by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
This followed violence on Friday when occupation forces shot Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, a 14-year-old member of the extended family, in the head leaving him gravely injured.
The Tamimi women then ordered the occupation soldiers off the family property and tried to remove them physically.
A video of heavily armed Israeli soldiers being forcefully confronted by Palestinian civilians defending their village was widely shown in Israeli media and prompted a campaign of threats and revenge by Israeli leaders against the Tamimi family.
The Israeli army published a video to brag about its night raid to seize Ahed Tamimi from her home, prompting outrage and expressions of solidarity with the teenager and her family from all over the world.
Nariman and Nour Tamimi are led out of the courtroom at Ofer Military Court at the end of a hearing. A ruling on their remand will be handed down later. Joint List head Ayman Odeh came to the court to show his support for the family.
On Thursday, Nariman and Nour were taken before Israel’s Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank. Just as the court did with Ahed in a hearing the day before, their detention was extended at least until Monday.
Bassem Tamimi, Ahed’s father, posted on Facebook following Thursday’s hearing that all three are being held in HaSharon prison – Nariman and Nour in one cell and Ahed in another.
According to Bassem, they are being held in the section of the prison for Israeli criminals instead of the section where Palestinian women are usually detained.
Ahed, Nariman and Nour are in high spirits and “sending their love and respect for you, our partners in our struggle for freedom and justice,” Bassem Tamimi wrote.
Silent resistance
On Wednesday there had been reports that Bassem, himself a former prisoner of conscience in Israel’s jails, had again been detained by occupation forces.
According to extended family member Manal Tamimi, Bassem had not been formally arrested but has been summoned for questioning.
Bassem also posted a Facebook message after Wednesday’s hearing for Ahed. He said his daughter was “refusing to speak with Israeli officers who are trying to interrogate her.”
“Despite the abuse and ongoing imprisonment, she is staying silent and refusing to have any cooperation with [the] occupation,” Bassem added.
He also appealed for ongoing support “to defend our family from the propaganda the Israeli media is instigating against us.”
Bassem also told media after the hearing the he feels proud of Ahed, “but I also worry about her because she is in the hands of this terrorist regime.” He added that he had no trust in Israel’s military court, because it is a part of the occupation.
Bassem also said that he faced interrogation by Israeli authorities.
500 arrested
Israel has been waging a long-running campaign to suppress the nonviolent resistance to its occupation and colonization in Nabi Saleh.
Israel’s violence has cost the lives and freedom of many members of the Tamimi family and others in the village.
The Tamimi women are among more than 500 Palestinians detained since Israel began an intensified arrest campaign following US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on 6 December, prisoners rights group Addameer said on Thursday.
In the early hours of Thursday alone, occupation forces detained 85 Palestinians in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
“These mass arrest and harassment campaigns are part of Israel’s collective punishment measures,” which violate international law, Addameer stated.
Editor’s note: This article has been amended to give Ahed Tamimi’s age as 16, the age provided by the human rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine.
On Thursday, Nariman and Nour were taken before Israel’s Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank. Just as the court did with Ahed in a hearing the day before, their detention was extended at least until Monday.
Bassem Tamimi, Ahed’s father, posted on Facebook following Thursday’s hearing that all three are being held in HaSharon prison – Nariman and Nour in one cell and Ahed in another.
According to Bassem, they are being held in the section of the prison for Israeli criminals instead of the section where Palestinian women are usually detained.
Ahed, Nariman and Nour are in high spirits and “sending their love and respect for you, our partners in our struggle for freedom and justice,” Bassem Tamimi wrote.
Silent resistance
On Wednesday there had been reports that Bassem, himself a former prisoner of conscience in Israel’s jails, had again been detained by occupation forces.
According to extended family member Manal Tamimi, Bassem had not been formally arrested but has been summoned for questioning.
Bassem also posted a Facebook message after Wednesday’s hearing for Ahed. He said his daughter was “refusing to speak with Israeli officers who are trying to interrogate her.”
“Despite the abuse and ongoing imprisonment, she is staying silent and refusing to have any cooperation with [the] occupation,” Bassem added.
He also appealed for ongoing support “to defend our family from the propaganda the Israeli media is instigating against us.”
Bassem also told media after the hearing the he feels proud of Ahed, “but I also worry about her because she is in the hands of this terrorist regime.” He added that he had no trust in Israel’s military court, because it is a part of the occupation.
Bassem also said that he faced interrogation by Israeli authorities.
500 arrested
Israel has been waging a long-running campaign to suppress the nonviolent resistance to its occupation and colonization in Nabi Saleh.
Israel’s violence has cost the lives and freedom of many members of the Tamimi family and others in the village.
The Tamimi women are among more than 500 Palestinians detained since Israel began an intensified arrest campaign following US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on 6 December, prisoners rights group Addameer said on Thursday.
In the early hours of Thursday alone, occupation forces detained 85 Palestinians in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
“These mass arrest and harassment campaigns are part of Israel’s collective punishment measures,” which violate international law, Addameer stated.
Editor’s note: This article has been amended to give Ahed Tamimi’s age as 16, the age provided by the human rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine.
A Palestinian youth was injured and another man was arrested in clashes that erupted with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Thursday evening in al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes have been ongoing for the third day in a row in Wad Khenais area near the city.
The sources pointed out that the wounded man was identified as Aboud Jaradat who was injured by Israeli gunfire after IOF showered the protesters with live bullets and tear gas grenades.
Clashes also broke out at the entrance to al-Fuwar refugee camp to the southwest of al-Khalil. IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets in addition to tear gas canisters towards the Palestinians.
On Thursday evening, clashes also took place near an IOF watchtower in Sidat al-Fahs area to the south of al-Khalil.
The IOF closed Street 60 which leads to the settlements of Jabal al-Khalil and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian man, Khalil al-Atrash, after severely beating him.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes have been ongoing for the third day in a row in Wad Khenais area near the city.
The sources pointed out that the wounded man was identified as Aboud Jaradat who was injured by Israeli gunfire after IOF showered the protesters with live bullets and tear gas grenades.
Clashes also broke out at the entrance to al-Fuwar refugee camp to the southwest of al-Khalil. IOF soldiers fired live and rubber bullets in addition to tear gas canisters towards the Palestinians.
On Thursday evening, clashes also took place near an IOF watchtower in Sidat al-Fahs area to the south of al-Khalil.
The IOF closed Street 60 which leads to the settlements of Jabal al-Khalil and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian man, Khalil al-Atrash, after severely beating him.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Sa’ir town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and shot two Palestinians with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing many others to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and assaulted dozens of protesters, before shooting one Palestinian with live fire, before he was rushed to Hebron governmental hospital.
The soldiers also shot another Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in the western part of the town, and caused scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and fired gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects if teargas inhalation.
Many students also suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after the soldiers invaded Palestine Technical University, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a child, identified as Islam Ayman al-Hijja.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and assaulted dozens of protesters, before shooting one Palestinian with live fire, before he was rushed to Hebron governmental hospital.
The soldiers also shot another Palestinian with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in the western part of the town, and caused scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and fired gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects if teargas inhalation.
Many students also suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after the soldiers invaded Palestine Technical University, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a child, identified as Islam Ayman al-Hijja.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, one child, and shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, in the Al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah.
Media sources said a large military force invaded the village, and attacked Palestinian protesters, before firing dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, and at many surrounding homes.
Medics in the village said the soldiers shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, only eleven years of age, just as he was exiting his school, on his way back home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and assaulted a child, identified as Islam Ayman Hamad, 15, before abducting him.
Media sources said a large military force invaded the village, and attacked Palestinian protesters, before firing dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them, and at many surrounding homes.
Medics in the village said the soldiers shot eleven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, only eleven years of age, just as he was exiting his school, on his way back home.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and assaulted a child, identified as Islam Ayman Hamad, 15, before abducting him.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, nine Palestinians, after invading and ransacking their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted five Palestinians in Hebron governorate, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, north of the city.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Yousef Osama Milhim, Mohammad Hasan Abu Asaba, Ahmad Yousef Abu Ghazi, Ashraf Salem Jabarin and Abdullah al-Ma’moun Halayqa.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Ali Monir Hamdan, 14, Abed Mohammad Ramahi, 17, and Morad Khaled Safi.
The soldiers also abducted Firas Jamal Qahaweesh, 18, after invading and searching his home in Jericho.
The latest abductions bring the number of Palestinians, who were taken prisoner by the Israeli army to more than 500, including 153 children and 11 women, since Wednesday December 06th, when the U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, in direct violation of international law and the signed peace agreements.
The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted five Palestinians in Hebron governorate, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, north of the city.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Yousef Osama Milhim, Mohammad Hasan Abu Asaba, Ahmad Yousef Abu Ghazi, Ashraf Salem Jabarin and Abdullah al-Ma’moun Halayqa.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Ali Monir Hamdan, 14, Abed Mohammad Ramahi, 17, and Morad Khaled Safi.
The soldiers also abducted Firas Jamal Qahaweesh, 18, after invading and searching his home in Jericho.
The latest abductions bring the number of Palestinians, who were taken prisoner by the Israeli army to more than 500, including 153 children and 11 women, since Wednesday December 06th, when the U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, in direct violation of international law and the signed peace agreements.
A group of undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, late on Wednesday at night, Deir Jarir village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted six young Palestinian men, during confrontations that were taking place between regular army units, and locals.
Eyewitnesses said that several young men hurled stones at armored Israeli army vehicles, invading their village, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullet and gas bombs.
The soldiers were trying to break through crowds of protesters, and deployed the undercover units, who infiltrated into the town, and abducted six young men, before taking them to the military jeeps.
Th abducted Palestinians have been identified as Qais Nasser Hashish, Abdul-Rahman Thayer Mokho, Mohammad Faisal Alawi, Wa’ad Nayef Azmi, Qussai Taleb and Aymara Ziad Shejaeyya.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, searched several homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Eyewitnesses said that several young men hurled stones at armored Israeli army vehicles, invading their village, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullet and gas bombs.
The soldiers were trying to break through crowds of protesters, and deployed the undercover units, who infiltrated into the town, and abducted six young men, before taking them to the military jeeps.
Th abducted Palestinians have been identified as Qais Nasser Hashish, Abdul-Rahman Thayer Mokho, Mohammad Faisal Alawi, Wa’ad Nayef Azmi, Qussai Taleb and Aymara Ziad Shejaeyya.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, searched several homes and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli Navy ships attacked, on Thursday morning, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the costal region, and abducted two fishermen.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds at fishing boats, and abducted Orans Sultan and Mohammad Sultan, before taking them, along with their bots, to Asdod (Ashdod) Port.
It is worth mentioning that, several months ago, Orans was abducted by the navy, when the navy ships attacked a number of fishing boats in the same area, and as released later.
Israeli navy arrests two Palestinian fishermen
The Israeli navy arrested on Thursday morning two Palestinian fishermen while fishing off the northern Gaza Strip shores.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported in a statement that Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the morning while sailing off the Waha area, northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya.
The Center noted that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at the Palestinian boats, and captured one of them with two fishermen on board. The arrested fishermen are Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Sultan, 25, and Orans Sharif Al-Sultan, 21, from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Center asserted, according to its field researchers, that the Israeli navy forced the fishermen to take off their clothes, jump in the water and swim towards the Israeli war boats, where they were arrested.
He pointed out that the Israeli gunboats tried to sink the fishing boat by firing at it directly, causing a serious damage, but the fishermen who were in the area managed to reach the boat and pulled it towards the Gaza beach after about two hours of the incident.
The Center condemned the ceaseless Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen, calling for an immediate end of the policy of hunting down the fishermen and allowing them to fish in the sea and practice their work freely.
The Center called for the release of arrested fishermen, and compensating victims for the physical damage they suffered.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds at fishing boats, and abducted Orans Sultan and Mohammad Sultan, before taking them, along with their bots, to Asdod (Ashdod) Port.
It is worth mentioning that, several months ago, Orans was abducted by the navy, when the navy ships attacked a number of fishing boats in the same area, and as released later.
Israeli navy arrests two Palestinian fishermen
The Israeli navy arrested on Thursday morning two Palestinian fishermen while fishing off the northern Gaza Strip shores.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported in a statement that Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the morning while sailing off the Waha area, northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya.
The Center noted that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at the Palestinian boats, and captured one of them with two fishermen on board. The arrested fishermen are Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Sultan, 25, and Orans Sharif Al-Sultan, 21, from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Center asserted, according to its field researchers, that the Israeli navy forced the fishermen to take off their clothes, jump in the water and swim towards the Israeli war boats, where they were arrested.
He pointed out that the Israeli gunboats tried to sink the fishing boat by firing at it directly, causing a serious damage, but the fishermen who were in the area managed to reach the boat and pulled it towards the Gaza beach after about two hours of the incident.
The Center condemned the ceaseless Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen, calling for an immediate end of the policy of hunting down the fishermen and allowing them to fish in the sea and practice their work freely.
The Center called for the release of arrested fishermen, and compensating victims for the physical damage they suffered.
Israeli police on Wednesday decided to ban five Palestinians from entering al-Aqsa Mosque—Muslims’ 3rd holiest site—for 15 days.
Lawyer Mufeed al-Haj, from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said Israel’s Magistrate’s Court, west of Occupied Jerusalem, ruled that Fatah members Awad al-Salamiya and his brother, Ashraf, along with Tareq and Ahmed al-Amouri, and Mohamed Shalaby, be released on conditions that they be banned from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for a couple of weeks and made to sign a personal fine and a third-party fine of up to 10,000 shekels each.
The ban was issued on account of the men’s involvement in Friday’s protests in solidarity with Occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, the Israeli court released the head of the Committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Families, Amjad Abu Asab, on conditions of a five-day house arrest. Asab was also ordered to stop using his mobile phone and pay a fine of 1,000 shekels.
The five men, along with Abu Asab and three youths from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya village, were arrested in an abduction sweep launched by the occupation forces at daybreak Wednesday.
The Israeli court extended the remand of al-Issawiya’s three youths until Sunday pending intensive interrogation over the same.
Lawyer Mufeed al-Haj, from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said Israel’s Magistrate’s Court, west of Occupied Jerusalem, ruled that Fatah members Awad al-Salamiya and his brother, Ashraf, along with Tareq and Ahmed al-Amouri, and Mohamed Shalaby, be released on conditions that they be banned from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for a couple of weeks and made to sign a personal fine and a third-party fine of up to 10,000 shekels each.
The ban was issued on account of the men’s involvement in Friday’s protests in solidarity with Occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, the Israeli court released the head of the Committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Families, Amjad Abu Asab, on conditions of a five-day house arrest. Asab was also ordered to stop using his mobile phone and pay a fine of 1,000 shekels.
The five men, along with Abu Asab and three youths from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya village, were arrested in an abduction sweep launched by the occupation forces at daybreak Wednesday.
The Israeli court extended the remand of al-Issawiya’s three youths until Sunday pending intensive interrogation over the same.
A Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday evening near al-Khalil’s Ibrahimi Mosque on allegations that he carried a knife.
Israeli soldiers claimed the young man intended to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack. He was dragged to an Israeli detention center pending exhaustive questioning.
Earlier, at around noontime, another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers over the same allegations.
Israeli soldiers claimed the young man intended to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack. He was dragged to an Israeli detention center pending exhaustive questioning.
Earlier, at around noontime, another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers over the same allegations.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening arrested a Palestinian teenager during clashes with young men at Huwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus in the West Bank.
A Palestinian security official said that Israeli soldiers rounded up 18-year-old Alaa Abu Mustafa, from Balata refugee camp, during skirmishes at Huwara checkpoint.
He added that several young men suffered injuries after they were attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Widespread clashes with the IOF broke out recently in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories after US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A Palestinian security official said that Israeli soldiers rounded up 18-year-old Alaa Abu Mustafa, from Balata refugee camp, during skirmishes at Huwara checkpoint.
He added that several young men suffered injuries after they were attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Widespread clashes with the IOF broke out recently in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories after US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
At least 25 Palestinians were left injured Wednesday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem’s Salah al-Deen Street.
Paramedics said 25 protesters were treated for injuries sustained in the clashes. Five among the protesters were rushed to Maqasid Hospital for urgent treatment.
A group of anti-occupation youth sustained bruises and breathing disorders after the occupation forces showered the area with teargas and pepper spray.
The Israeli forces attacked the protesters after they raised the Palestinian flag and heavily beat them, shortly before they pepper-sprayed them.
At the same time, the head of Elia for Media institution, Ahmed al-Safady, was arrested by the occupation forces.
Cavalry troops also chased down Palestinian civilians and forced them out of the area, discharging teargas grenades all the way through the assault.
Paramedics said 25 protesters were treated for injuries sustained in the clashes. Five among the protesters were rushed to Maqasid Hospital for urgent treatment.
A group of anti-occupation youth sustained bruises and breathing disorders after the occupation forces showered the area with teargas and pepper spray.
The Israeli forces attacked the protesters after they raised the Palestinian flag and heavily beat them, shortly before they pepper-sprayed them.
At the same time, the head of Elia for Media institution, Ahmed al-Safady, was arrested by the occupation forces.
Cavalry troops also chased down Palestinian civilians and forced them out of the area, discharging teargas grenades all the way through the assault.
20 dec 2017
Nour Tamimi, left, in an undated photo posted on Facebook by her father
Israel has escalated its revenge against the extended family of Muhammad Tamimi, the boy who is lying in a coma after occupation forces shot him in the head last Friday.
Soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh detained 21-year-old Nour Naji Tamimi from her home in a night raid.
Naji Tamimi posted on Facebook on Wednesday that “occupation gangs raided my house at dawn and arrested my daughter Nour, on accusations of attacking a soldier.”
Affirming the family’s pride and support for Nour, Naji Tamimi said he believed the arrest was an effort by Israel to “lift morale” and restore the “lost dignity” of its army.
Nour was seen in a viral video filmed last Friday, along with her 17-year-old cousin Ahed Tamimi. It shows them ordering Israeli soldiers off the family’s property and then attempting to physically remove the soldiers when they refuse to comply.
The soldiers were reportedly from the Israeli army’s Givati Brigade, which has also been involved in serious war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a night raid early Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Ahed from her home.
Israeli forces later arrested her mother Nariman.
On Wednesday, Ahed was brought to an Israeli military court which extended her detention at least until Monday.
The military judge denied a request to release Ahed despite acknowledging that she posed no danger.
Israel has arrested at least 17 people in Nabi Saleh in an ongoing sweep, the newspaper Haaretz reported.
Israeli forces also summoned Ahed’s father Bassem Tamimi for questioning Wednesday when he went to the Ofer military court to see his daughter.
But they had not formally arrested him at that point, according to a Wednesday afternoon tweet from family member Manal Tamimi.
Later on Wednesday, prisoner solidarity group Samidoun stated that Bassem Tamimi remains in Israeli custody.
Bassem is a well-known activist and former prisoner of conscience, part of a family renowned for their resistance and sacrifices in Nabi Saleh’s struggle to defend itself against Israeli occupation and colonization.
Shot in the head
Earlier on Friday, before the videotaped confrontation, soldiers in the village shot 14-year-old Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, another member of the extended family, in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet, gravely injuring him.
Manal Tamimi, a cousin of the victim, told Al Jazeera that “the blood was pouring from his face like a fountain.”
The bullet entered the boy’s face below his nose and broke his jaw before getting lodged into his skull, Al Jazeera reported.
Muhammad underwent six hours of surgery at a hospital near the West Bank city of Ramallah and remains in a medically induced coma. Doctors fear he may be left with permanent disabilities as a result of the attack.
In a Facebook post early Tuesday, Bassem Tamimi alleged that one of the soldiers involved in the incident on the video was responsible for the shooting of Muhammad.
Muhammad Tamimi is another victim of Israel’s allegedly “less lethal” weapons – including rubber-coated, sponge-tipped and 22-caliber bullets – that have regularly caused death and serious injury to Palestinians, especially children.
He was among hundreds of Palestinians injured on Friday alone, a day when Israeli forces also killed four Palestinians amid ongoing protests sparked by US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Incitement, revenge and collective punishment
Israel’s revenge against the Tamimi family does indeed appear – as Naji Tamimi asserted – to be an Israeli effort to restore some kind of lost honor at seeing Palestinian women and girls courageously challenging heavily armed men.
As noted by The Electronic Intifada on Tuesday, the Israeli army posted a video of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, but only on its Hebrew, not its English, Twitter account – suggesting the detention was meant to appease a domestic appetite for retribution.
An analysis in Haaretz observed that the order to arrest Ahed Tamimi only after the video appeared across Israeli media, “was an exercise in damage control and in satisfying the urge of the Israeli public to somehow expunge the humiliation.”
Israeli leaders are publicly inciting against the Tamimi family.
Haaretz reported that one former lawmaker responded to the incident by tweeting that he “missed [Elor] Azarya,” the army medic who received a hero’s response and a lenient sentence for the cold-blooded execution in March 2016 of an injured, incapacitated Palestinian.
Education minister Naftali Bennett told army radio that Ahed and the Tamimi women seen in the video “should finish their lives in prison.”
Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman promised collective punishment, telling Israeli media that “Everyone involved, not only the girl but also her parents and those around them will not escape from what they deserve.”
But the Tamimi family is not bowing to Israel’s threats.
In his Facebook posting announcing the arrest of his daughter Nour, Naji Tamimi said: “We confirm that that the crimes of the terrorist state will not deter us from our legitimate struggle until liberation and victory, and the establishment of a free state on all Palestinian soil in which everyone enjoys freedom, justice and equality.”
Israel has escalated its revenge against the extended family of Muhammad Tamimi, the boy who is lying in a coma after occupation forces shot him in the head last Friday.
Soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh detained 21-year-old Nour Naji Tamimi from her home in a night raid.
Naji Tamimi posted on Facebook on Wednesday that “occupation gangs raided my house at dawn and arrested my daughter Nour, on accusations of attacking a soldier.”
Affirming the family’s pride and support for Nour, Naji Tamimi said he believed the arrest was an effort by Israel to “lift morale” and restore the “lost dignity” of its army.
Nour was seen in a viral video filmed last Friday, along with her 17-year-old cousin Ahed Tamimi. It shows them ordering Israeli soldiers off the family’s property and then attempting to physically remove the soldiers when they refuse to comply.
The soldiers were reportedly from the Israeli army’s Givati Brigade, which has also been involved in serious war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a night raid early Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Ahed from her home.
Israeli forces later arrested her mother Nariman.
On Wednesday, Ahed was brought to an Israeli military court which extended her detention at least until Monday.
The military judge denied a request to release Ahed despite acknowledging that she posed no danger.
Israel has arrested at least 17 people in Nabi Saleh in an ongoing sweep, the newspaper Haaretz reported.
Israeli forces also summoned Ahed’s father Bassem Tamimi for questioning Wednesday when he went to the Ofer military court to see his daughter.
But they had not formally arrested him at that point, according to a Wednesday afternoon tweet from family member Manal Tamimi.
Later on Wednesday, prisoner solidarity group Samidoun stated that Bassem Tamimi remains in Israeli custody.
Bassem is a well-known activist and former prisoner of conscience, part of a family renowned for their resistance and sacrifices in Nabi Saleh’s struggle to defend itself against Israeli occupation and colonization.
Shot in the head
Earlier on Friday, before the videotaped confrontation, soldiers in the village shot 14-year-old Muhammad Fadel Tamimi, another member of the extended family, in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet, gravely injuring him.
Manal Tamimi, a cousin of the victim, told Al Jazeera that “the blood was pouring from his face like a fountain.”
The bullet entered the boy’s face below his nose and broke his jaw before getting lodged into his skull, Al Jazeera reported.
Muhammad underwent six hours of surgery at a hospital near the West Bank city of Ramallah and remains in a medically induced coma. Doctors fear he may be left with permanent disabilities as a result of the attack.
In a Facebook post early Tuesday, Bassem Tamimi alleged that one of the soldiers involved in the incident on the video was responsible for the shooting of Muhammad.
Muhammad Tamimi is another victim of Israel’s allegedly “less lethal” weapons – including rubber-coated, sponge-tipped and 22-caliber bullets – that have regularly caused death and serious injury to Palestinians, especially children.
He was among hundreds of Palestinians injured on Friday alone, a day when Israeli forces also killed four Palestinians amid ongoing protests sparked by US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Incitement, revenge and collective punishment
Israel’s revenge against the Tamimi family does indeed appear – as Naji Tamimi asserted – to be an Israeli effort to restore some kind of lost honor at seeing Palestinian women and girls courageously challenging heavily armed men.
As noted by The Electronic Intifada on Tuesday, the Israeli army posted a video of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, but only on its Hebrew, not its English, Twitter account – suggesting the detention was meant to appease a domestic appetite for retribution.
An analysis in Haaretz observed that the order to arrest Ahed Tamimi only after the video appeared across Israeli media, “was an exercise in damage control and in satisfying the urge of the Israeli public to somehow expunge the humiliation.”
Israeli leaders are publicly inciting against the Tamimi family.
Haaretz reported that one former lawmaker responded to the incident by tweeting that he “missed [Elor] Azarya,” the army medic who received a hero’s response and a lenient sentence for the cold-blooded execution in March 2016 of an injured, incapacitated Palestinian.
Education minister Naftali Bennett told army radio that Ahed and the Tamimi women seen in the video “should finish their lives in prison.”
Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman promised collective punishment, telling Israeli media that “Everyone involved, not only the girl but also her parents and those around them will not escape from what they deserve.”
But the Tamimi family is not bowing to Israel’s threats.
In his Facebook posting announcing the arrest of his daughter Nour, Naji Tamimi said: “We confirm that that the crimes of the terrorist state will not deter us from our legitimate struggle until liberation and victory, and the establishment of a free state on all Palestinian soil in which everyone enjoys freedom, justice and equality.”
A Hamas cell arrested by the Shin Bet planned to kidnap Likud MK Yehuda Glick and Israeli occupation army’s Arabic-language spokesman Maj. Avichay Adraee, Israeli sources claimed.
According to Israel’s Ynet news website, the indictments against cell leader Muad Ashtiyah, 26, and Mahmoud Ramadan and Ahmed Ramadan, both 19, allegedly revealed the three later changed their plans. To make it easier to carry out the attack, they decided to try to kidnap an Israeli soldier or an Israeli settler instead.
Ashtiyah acquired weapons for the planned abduction and recruited the other two members. According to the indictment, to kidnap Glick or Adraee, "the defendant learned about them and gathered information on them using the internet."
The Shin Bet said the members of the Hamas cell were in contact with Omar Assida, a Hamas militant who is also responsible for the flow of resistance funds from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
The Hamas command in Gaza provided guidance and financing for the planned abduction, the objective of which was to use the hostage to bargain for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
In its investigation, the Shin Bet claimed the cell members conducted observations at major junctions, main roads and bus stops in the area to gather intelligence for the planned attack. The cell leader also made inquiries about possible safe houses in the Nablus area to hide their hostage.
The Shin Bet said they seized weapons the cell members planned to use to carry out the kidnapping, including a handgun, an electric shocker and pepper spray.
According to Israel’s Ynet news website, the indictments against cell leader Muad Ashtiyah, 26, and Mahmoud Ramadan and Ahmed Ramadan, both 19, allegedly revealed the three later changed their plans. To make it easier to carry out the attack, they decided to try to kidnap an Israeli soldier or an Israeli settler instead.
Ashtiyah acquired weapons for the planned abduction and recruited the other two members. According to the indictment, to kidnap Glick or Adraee, "the defendant learned about them and gathered information on them using the internet."
The Shin Bet said the members of the Hamas cell were in contact with Omar Assida, a Hamas militant who is also responsible for the flow of resistance funds from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
The Hamas command in Gaza provided guidance and financing for the planned abduction, the objective of which was to use the hostage to bargain for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
In its investigation, the Shin Bet claimed the cell members conducted observations at major junctions, main roads and bus stops in the area to gather intelligence for the planned attack. The cell leader also made inquiries about possible safe houses in the Nablus area to hide their hostage.
The Shin Bet said they seized weapons the cell members planned to use to carry out the kidnapping, including a handgun, an electric shocker and pepper spray.
The Israeli police on Wednesday arrested two Jerusalemite children for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at a house in Armon Hanatziv settlement illegally built on Palestinian lands in Jabal al-Mukabber area.
The police said in a press statement that they arrested two Palestinian boys aged 16 and 17 over a Molotov cocktail attack on a house in Armon Hanatziv with no injuries reported.
An Israeli court extended the two children's detention for four days until the investigation procedures are completed.
Hebrew media sources said on Monday that two Palestinians hurled a Molotov cocktail at a house in the settlement mentioned earlier causing a fire that was later extinguished but no injuries were reported in the incident.
The police said in a press statement that they arrested two Palestinian boys aged 16 and 17 over a Molotov cocktail attack on a house in Armon Hanatziv with no injuries reported.
An Israeli court extended the two children's detention for four days until the investigation procedures are completed.
Hebrew media sources said on Monday that two Palestinians hurled a Molotov cocktail at a house in the settlement mentioned earlier causing a fire that was later extinguished but no injuries were reported in the incident.
Ahd al-Tamimi
An Israeli military court on Wednesday extended the detention of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, Ahd al-Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh town in Ramallah, for extra ten days. Israeli prosecution announced the arrest of her father at the court hearing.
An Israeli military court on Wednesday extended the detention of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, Ahd al-Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh town in Ramallah, for extra ten days. Israeli prosecution announced the arrest of her father at the court hearing.
Nour al-Tamimi
Legal sources told the PIC reporter that the extension was imposed to continue investigation procedures.
The girl was arrested after a footage of her went viral last Friday while trying to prevent Israeli soldiers from standing before her family home.
Earlier at Wednesday dawn hours, Israeli occupation forces arrested the cousin of Ahd, Nour al-Tamimi. She is 21 years old.
Legal sources told the PIC reporter that the extension was imposed to continue investigation procedures.
The girl was arrested after a footage of her went viral last Friday while trying to prevent Israeli soldiers from standing before her family home.
Earlier at Wednesday dawn hours, Israeli occupation forces arrested the cousin of Ahd, Nour al-Tamimi. She is 21 years old.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning arrested a Palestinian young man at Abu al-Rish barrier near al-Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil after alleged stabbing attempt.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers claimed that they found a knife in the man’s possession while passing through the barrier.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out between school students and IOF soldiers after school time in the afternoon.
Palestinian factions called for suspending school time after 11 a.m. in the city and announcing a day of anger in protest at the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers claimed that they found a knife in the man’s possession while passing through the barrier.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out between school students and IOF soldiers after school time in the afternoon.
Palestinian factions called for suspending school time after 11 a.m. in the city and announcing a day of anger in protest at the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday morning, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, while Israeli colonists assaulted and injured a child in Hebron city. The latest abductions bring the number of abduction Palestinians since dawn hours, in the West Bank, to 28.
The soldiers invaded Deir Samit town, west of Hebron, searched homes and a local bakery, and abducted Eyad Farid al-Awawda, 22. The invaded bakery is owned by Saif-Eddin al-Hroub.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian at a military roadblock, in Hebron’s Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
In related news, extremist Israeli colonists attacked a Palestinian child, identified as Amin Ibrahim Ramadan, only 9 years of age, in the Shallala neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, causing various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Qotada al-Qawasmi, violently searched it, and illegally confiscated cash.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Yatta town, south of Hebron, and interrogated many Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded Deir Samit town, west of Hebron, searched homes and a local bakery, and abducted Eyad Farid al-Awawda, 22. The invaded bakery is owned by Saif-Eddin al-Hroub.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian at a military roadblock, in Hebron’s Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
In related news, extremist Israeli colonists attacked a Palestinian child, identified as Amin Ibrahim Ramadan, only 9 years of age, in the Shallala neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, causing various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Qotada al-Qawasmi, violently searched it, and illegally confiscated cash.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Yatta town, south of Hebron, and interrogated many Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers conducted, on Wednesday at dawn, massive invasions and violent searches of homes, in the West Bank governorates of Jenin, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, interrogated many Palestinians and abducted at least 26, including children.
Several army jeeps invaded Jenin, in northern West Bank, and abducted Moath Fayez Abu Hatab, 20, from his home in the Eastern Neighborhood, in addition to Yousef Tawfiq Abu ar-Rob, 55, also from his home in Jalboun village, east of Jenin.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Hindaza Mountain, east of Bethlehem, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Sa’id Odah Jawareesh.
The soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, and abducted Mustafa Mousa Hijazi.
Two other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Mustafa ‘Aqel, 15, and Majd Akram Abu Khdeir, were abducted from their homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city.
In addition, the soldiers summoned Mohammad Kawazba for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Hebron.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers carried out massive invasions and searches of homes, abducted at least ten Palestinians and summoned several others for interrogation.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Amjad Abu ‘Assab, the head of the Detainees’ Parents Committee in occupied Jerusalem, after invading his home in the Suwwana neighborhood, in Jerusalem, and summoned several Palestinians for interrogation.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Mohammad Shalabi and Tareq al-‘Ammouri, from their homes in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and summoned Tareq al-‘Ammouri and Ahmad al-‘Ammouri, for interrogation.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud, 18, Yasser Darwish and Mansour Darwish, from al-‘Sawiya town, in addition to Mohammad Ashraf Shweiki, 17, from al-Ein neighborhood, in Silwan town.
Several army jeeps invaded Jenin, in northern West Bank, and abducted Moath Fayez Abu Hatab, 20, from his home in the Eastern Neighborhood, in addition to Yousef Tawfiq Abu ar-Rob, 55, also from his home in Jalboun village, east of Jenin.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Hindaza Mountain, east of Bethlehem, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Sa’id Odah Jawareesh.
The soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, and abducted Mustafa Mousa Hijazi.
Two other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Mustafa ‘Aqel, 15, and Majd Akram Abu Khdeir, were abducted from their homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city.
In addition, the soldiers summoned Mohammad Kawazba for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Hebron.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers carried out massive invasions and searches of homes, abducted at least ten Palestinians and summoned several others for interrogation.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Amjad Abu ‘Assab, the head of the Detainees’ Parents Committee in occupied Jerusalem, after invading his home in the Suwwana neighborhood, in Jerusalem, and summoned several Palestinians for interrogation.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Mohammad Shalabi and Tareq al-‘Ammouri, from their homes in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and summoned Tareq al-‘Ammouri and Ahmad al-‘Ammouri, for interrogation.
Also in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud, 18, Yasser Darwish and Mansour Darwish, from al-‘Sawiya town, in addition to Mohammad Ashraf Shweiki, 17, from al-Ein neighborhood, in Silwan town.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the al-Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before attacking Palestinian protesters, wounding three, and abducted three in the governorate, in addition to abducting one Palestinian in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, north of Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers and colonist settlers, invaded the city heading towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The invasion was carried out by at least 40 Israeli military jeeps and trucks, in addition to twelve buses, carrying around 500 colonists, while many Palestinians burnt tires, closed some roads, and hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs, especially in Amman Street, and the entrance of Balata refugee camp, next to the Tomb.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including Nidal al-Ka’bi, 16, who was shot in the head, before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital, in Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, from their homes, in Nablus city; one o them has been identified as Mahmoud at-Tabouq.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters.
Several youngsters then hurled stones at the invading armored jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs.
In related news, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Ghatasha, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock, which was installed by the army on one of Hebron’s entrances, and moved him to an unknown destination.
According to initial reports, the army invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched many homes, and abducted seventeen Palestinians.
Media sources in Nablus said dozens of soldiers and colonist settlers, invaded the city heading towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The invasion was carried out by at least 40 Israeli military jeeps and trucks, in addition to twelve buses, carrying around 500 colonists, while many Palestinians burnt tires, closed some roads, and hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs, especially in Amman Street, and the entrance of Balata refugee camp, next to the Tomb.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, including Nidal al-Ka’bi, 16, who was shot in the head, before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital, in Nablus.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, from their homes, in Nablus city; one o them has been identified as Mahmoud at-Tabouq.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters.
Several youngsters then hurled stones at the invading armored jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs.
In related news, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Ghatasha, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock, which was installed by the army on one of Hebron’s entrances, and moved him to an unknown destination.
According to initial reports, the army invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched many homes, and abducted seventeen Palestinians.
