17 dec 2018
A Jordanian national was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on her way to visit her brother in the Israeli Negev desert jail.
Fadi Farah, from the National Committee of Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons, said the occupation forces arrested Khawla al-Zitawi who headed for the Negev lock-up to visit her brother.
The occupation authorities claimed the Jordanian national was carrying incitement material inside her laptop.
Spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed al-Qatarna, said the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv has been keeping tabs on the case.
21 Jordanian nationals have been incarcerated in Israeli occupation jails.
Fadi Farah, from the National Committee of Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons, said the occupation forces arrested Khawla al-Zitawi who headed for the Negev lock-up to visit her brother.
The occupation authorities claimed the Jordanian national was carrying incitement material inside her laptop.
Spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed al-Qatarna, said the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv has been keeping tabs on the case.
21 Jordanian nationals have been incarcerated in Israeli occupation jails.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained 183 Palestinians in the last five days while the number of those detained since the beginning of the month has reached 330, the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners Commission said on Monday.
According to the report, 99% of the detainees arrested last week were subjected to severe attacks and mistreatment. Some of them were admitted to hospital suffering from gunshot injuries.
The commission called on international community to intervene urgently to put an end to Israel’s suppression policy.
According to the report, 99% of the detainees arrested last week were subjected to severe attacks and mistreatment. Some of them were admitted to hospital suffering from gunshot injuries.
The commission called on international community to intervene urgently to put an end to Israel’s suppression policy.
The Palestinian Prison Society (PPS) said that the IPS’s decision came under security pretexts following the killing of his nephew Salah Barghouthi at the hands of Israeli forces last week.
Following Salah Barghouthi’s killing, Israel imposed a set of sanctions against his family members including his imprisoned uncle Nael Barghouthi.
Nael Barghouthi was regularly prevented from family visits over the past years under the same security pretexts, the PPS pointed out.
59-year-old Barghouthi, who is known as the dean of the prisoners, was one of those prisoners who obtained their freedom in 2011 as part of the swap deal between the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and Israel before he was rearrested again in June 2014.
He is considered the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, where he has spent a total of 36 years.
Following Salah Barghouthi’s killing, Israel imposed a set of sanctions against his family members including his imprisoned uncle Nael Barghouthi.
Nael Barghouthi was regularly prevented from family visits over the past years under the same security pretexts, the PPS pointed out.
59-year-old Barghouthi, who is known as the dean of the prisoners, was one of those prisoners who obtained their freedom in 2011 as part of the swap deal between the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and Israel before he was rearrested again in June 2014.
He is considered the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, where he has spent a total of 36 years.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, two Palestinian children and injured two others, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, before storming and ransacking many homes.
Silwanic added that the soldiers also fired several flares, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the Palestinians, wounding Yousef Sha’er and Islam Rajabi, with fragments of concussion grenades.
The soldiers also abducted Hamza Zoheir Rajabi, 16, and Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, 16, before taking them to the police station in Salaheddin Street, in Jerusalem.
Silwanic said the soldiers assaulted Hamza, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
In incidents took place after an Israeli female settler, illegally living in a colony in Silwan, slapped Hamza in his face while he was sitting, and started hurling insults against him and his friends. video
Armed settlement guards and Israeli soldiers then assaulted the children, and abducted Hamza and Mohammad, before moving them into their station at the illegal colony, in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, and later to the police center, in Salaheddin Street.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, before storming and ransacking many homes.
Silwanic added that the soldiers also fired several flares, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the Palestinians, wounding Yousef Sha’er and Islam Rajabi, with fragments of concussion grenades.
The soldiers also abducted Hamza Zoheir Rajabi, 16, and Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, 16, before taking them to the police station in Salaheddin Street, in Jerusalem.
Silwanic said the soldiers assaulted Hamza, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
In incidents took place after an Israeli female settler, illegally living in a colony in Silwan, slapped Hamza in his face while he was sitting, and started hurling insults against him and his friends. video
Armed settlement guards and Israeli soldiers then assaulted the children, and abducted Hamza and Mohammad, before moving them into their station at the illegal colony, in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, and later to the police center, in Salaheddin Street.
The Israeli military court of Ofer sentenced an 18-year-old Palestinian prisoner to 35 years of prison, late Sunday.
Locals said that Ayham Bassem Sabbah, 18, from the Qalandiya refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem, was sentenced to 35 years of prison, and paying a fine of one and a quarter million (1,250,000) ILS.
Sabbah was accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in the Israeli Rami Levi supermarket in the Shaare Benyamin industrial complex northwest of Jerusalem in February 2016.
One Israeli soldiers was killed in the attack, while another sustained injuries.
17-year-old Palestinian sentenced to 35 years in prison
The Israeli military court of Ofer sentenced the Palestinian teen Ayham Sabah, 17, on Monday to 35 years in prison.
Palestinian Prisoners Commission said that the teen was also ordered to pay a fine estimated at one million shekels (less than $300,000).
Sabah, from Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, was detained in 2015 along with another 14-year-old Palestinian boy for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack at a supermarket in a West Bank settlement.
The two boys, Sabah and Omar Rimawi were shot and seriously wounded. Rimawi later succumbed to his wounds while Sabah has survived.
Apr. 21 2018 Palestinian children live life of hardship in Israeli lockup
Locals said that Ayham Bassem Sabbah, 18, from the Qalandiya refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem, was sentenced to 35 years of prison, and paying a fine of one and a quarter million (1,250,000) ILS.
Sabbah was accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in the Israeli Rami Levi supermarket in the Shaare Benyamin industrial complex northwest of Jerusalem in February 2016.
One Israeli soldiers was killed in the attack, while another sustained injuries.
17-year-old Palestinian sentenced to 35 years in prison
The Israeli military court of Ofer sentenced the Palestinian teen Ayham Sabah, 17, on Monday to 35 years in prison.
Palestinian Prisoners Commission said that the teen was also ordered to pay a fine estimated at one million shekels (less than $300,000).
Sabah, from Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, was detained in 2015 along with another 14-year-old Palestinian boy for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack at a supermarket in a West Bank settlement.
The two boys, Sabah and Omar Rimawi were shot and seriously wounded. Rimawi later succumbed to his wounds while Sabah has survived.
Apr. 21 2018 Palestinian children live life of hardship in Israeli lockup
Children and ex-prisoners were among 19 Palestinians arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday in overnight raid campaigns in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army announced in a statement that its forces arrested 18 wanted Palestinians who were involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli targets.
The IOF arrested 7 Palestinian young men in Jalazone refugee camp, two in Beitunia town, and a tenth in Aboud village in Ramallah.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested three Palestinians in Bethlehem and an ex-prisoner in Tulkarem.
The IOF further tightened restrictions at the military checkpoints installed on the West Bank roads, searched Palestinian vehicles, and harassed passengers.
The IOF raided the houses of the Hamas leaders Jamal al-Tawil and Fayez Abu Warda in al-Bireh city and wreaked havoc on them. No arrests were reported.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli police kidnapped a Palestinian child from his family house in Shu'fat refugee camp.
The Israeli occupation army announced in a statement that its forces arrested 18 wanted Palestinians who were involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli targets.
The IOF arrested 7 Palestinian young men in Jalazone refugee camp, two in Beitunia town, and a tenth in Aboud village in Ramallah.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested three Palestinians in Bethlehem and an ex-prisoner in Tulkarem.
The IOF further tightened restrictions at the military checkpoints installed on the West Bank roads, searched Palestinian vehicles, and harassed passengers.
The IOF raided the houses of the Hamas leaders Jamal al-Tawil and Fayez Abu Warda in al-Bireh city and wreaked havoc on them. No arrests were reported.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli police kidnapped a Palestinian child from his family house in Shu'fat refugee camp.
The Israeli police on Sunday decided to ban a Palestinian woman from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for two weeks.
Quds Press said that the Israeli police, earlier on Sunday, arrested Jehad al-Ghazzawi at al-Qatanin Gate near al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Ghazzawi was taken to a nearby detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem for interrogation before she was released and informed that she is not allowed to enter al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
The Israeli police constantly target the Palestinians who pray at al-Aqsa Mosque frequently with arrests and entry bans.
In another context, the Israeli forces released the Palestinian woman Zahra Ishtiyya, 80, who was arrested while visiting her son, Jawad Ishtiyya, at Israel's Gilboa prison.
The Ishtiyya family told Quds Press that Zahra was arrested at the Gilboa prison gate and transferred to an undeclared destination before she was released hours later.
Jawad Ishtiyya, 42, has recently started his 16th year in Israeli jails. The Israeli authorities accused him of being a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the former armed wing of Fatah movement in the West Bank, and sentenced him to 30 years in jail.
Quds Press said that the Israeli police, earlier on Sunday, arrested Jehad al-Ghazzawi at al-Qatanin Gate near al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Ghazzawi was taken to a nearby detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem for interrogation before she was released and informed that she is not allowed to enter al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
The Israeli police constantly target the Palestinians who pray at al-Aqsa Mosque frequently with arrests and entry bans.
In another context, the Israeli forces released the Palestinian woman Zahra Ishtiyya, 80, who was arrested while visiting her son, Jawad Ishtiyya, at Israel's Gilboa prison.
The Ishtiyya family told Quds Press that Zahra was arrested at the Gilboa prison gate and transferred to an undeclared destination before she was released hours later.
Jawad Ishtiyya, 42, has recently started his 16th year in Israeli jails. The Israeli authorities accused him of being a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the former armed wing of Fatah movement in the West Bank, and sentenced him to 30 years in jail.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished the family home of Ashraf Na’alwa, 23, who was killed by the army in a Palestinian home in Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus. The soldiers also injured seven Palestinians, and abducted three, during protests against the demotion.
Dozens of soldiers and many armored military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Shweika, before many Palestinian youngsters started throwing stones at them, while heading to the home, the Palestinian TV has reported. video
The soldiers shot six Palestinians and abducted three others during the invasion, while all schools, including kindergartens, did not open in the morning, due to the ongoing military offensive.
The soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and occupied the rooftops of several buildings, near Na’alwa family home, to use them as military towers and firing posts.
The military bulldozers then advanced to the three-story building, and knocked its foundation and main walls down, while the soldiers also manually demolished sections of the property.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Tulkarem said the soldiers injured seven Palestinians, including three who were moved to Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, in Tulkarem, and are in a stable condition; one of them was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and one suffered burns.
It added that four Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by medics of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
The PRCS said the soldiers also fired rubber-coated steel bullets at one of its ambulances, while trying to reach wounded Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of Palestinians gathered, on Sunday evening, in and around the Na’alwa family home, just before the army invaded the area, and forced them out, to prepare for the demolition of the property.
Ashraf Na’alwa, 23, who was killed by the army, on December 13th, 2018, at a home in Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is accused of carrying out the fatal shooting in Barkan colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands.
The two Israelis have been identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion colonies.
Following the demolition, the Palestinian Authority issued a statement denouncing the Israeli violations, especially since the home demolition policy is an illegal act of collective punishment, targeting entire families.
It said that world leaders and countries must understand that Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and its escalating hostile policies and violations, are the core factors of ongoing tension and violence.
The authority also called on the international community to provide the urgently-needed protection to the Palestinian civilians, and added that there can be no real peace and stability in the region as long as Israel continues its illegal occupation and violations.
It called for the immediate implementation of all United Nations and Security Council resolutions, in addition to all related international treaties and agreements, to ensure the establishment of an independent, viable and contagious Palestinian state, with east Jerusalem as its capital.
Dozens of soldiers and many armored military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Shweika, before many Palestinian youngsters started throwing stones at them, while heading to the home, the Palestinian TV has reported. video
The soldiers shot six Palestinians and abducted three others during the invasion, while all schools, including kindergartens, did not open in the morning, due to the ongoing military offensive.
The soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and occupied the rooftops of several buildings, near Na’alwa family home, to use them as military towers and firing posts.
The military bulldozers then advanced to the three-story building, and knocked its foundation and main walls down, while the soldiers also manually demolished sections of the property.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Tulkarem said the soldiers injured seven Palestinians, including three who were moved to Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, in Tulkarem, and are in a stable condition; one of them was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and one suffered burns.
It added that four Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by medics of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
The PRCS said the soldiers also fired rubber-coated steel bullets at one of its ambulances, while trying to reach wounded Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of Palestinians gathered, on Sunday evening, in and around the Na’alwa family home, just before the army invaded the area, and forced them out, to prepare for the demolition of the property.
Ashraf Na’alwa, 23, who was killed by the army, on December 13th, 2018, at a home in Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is accused of carrying out the fatal shooting in Barkan colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands.
The two Israelis have been identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion colonies.
Following the demolition, the Palestinian Authority issued a statement denouncing the Israeli violations, especially since the home demolition policy is an illegal act of collective punishment, targeting entire families.
It said that world leaders and countries must understand that Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and its escalating hostile policies and violations, are the core factors of ongoing tension and violence.
The authority also called on the international community to provide the urgently-needed protection to the Palestinian civilians, and added that there can be no real peace and stability in the region as long as Israel continues its illegal occupation and violations.
It called for the immediate implementation of all United Nations and Security Council resolutions, in addition to all related international treaties and agreements, to ensure the establishment of an independent, viable and contagious Palestinian state, with east Jerusalem as its capital.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In Ramallah And Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, after invading and violently searching them, in Ramallah and Bethlehem, in addition to searching homes and installing roadblocks in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refuge camp, north of the city, before storming and ransacking dozens of homes.
The soldiers wired and detonated the front doors of several homes, before invading them, and interrogated the families, while ransacking their properties.
The army abducted seven Palestinians in the refugee camp; they have been identified as Yousef Ghawanma, Refa’ey Sami Dweik, 18, Majd Riyad Safi, 19, Bassel Nasr Zobeidi, 18, Jibreel Nasr Zobeidi, 17, ‘Aabed Mohammad Sharaka, 16, and Riyad Salah Oleyyan, 16.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including one women who was rushed to a local hospital.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded several homes in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Abdul-Rahman Yassin Da’dou’, 17.
Two Palestinians, identified as Sa’ad Hasan al-‘Amor, 24, and Ehab Khaled Sabah, 17, were abducted from their homes in Teqoua town, east of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Yatta, ath-Thaheriyya, Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and installed roadblocks in many areas, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting heir ID cards.
Another roadblock was installed in Jouret Bahlas area, at the northern entrance of Hebron city, in addition to Deir Samit town, before the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the residents while inspecting their ID cards.
In Tubas governorate, in northeastern West Bank, dozens of armored vehicles, including tanks, invaded Palestinian lands near the main entrance of the al-Aqaba village, east of Tubas, in preparation for massive military drills, including the use of explosives and live fire.
On Sunday, the soldiers displaced fourteen Palestinian Bedouin families from Khirbat Ibzeeq village, north of Tubas, in order to conduct live fire military drills.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, after invading and violently searching them, in Ramallah and Bethlehem, in addition to searching homes and installing roadblocks in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refuge camp, north of the city, before storming and ransacking dozens of homes.
The soldiers wired and detonated the front doors of several homes, before invading them, and interrogated the families, while ransacking their properties.
The army abducted seven Palestinians in the refugee camp; they have been identified as Yousef Ghawanma, Refa’ey Sami Dweik, 18, Majd Riyad Safi, 19, Bassel Nasr Zobeidi, 18, Jibreel Nasr Zobeidi, 17, ‘Aabed Mohammad Sharaka, 16, and Riyad Salah Oleyyan, 16.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including one women who was rushed to a local hospital.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded several homes in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Abdul-Rahman Yassin Da’dou’, 17.
Two Palestinians, identified as Sa’ad Hasan al-‘Amor, 24, and Ehab Khaled Sabah, 17, were abducted from their homes in Teqoua town, east of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Yatta, ath-Thaheriyya, Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and installed roadblocks in many areas, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting heir ID cards.
Another roadblock was installed in Jouret Bahlas area, at the northern entrance of Hebron city, in addition to Deir Samit town, before the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the residents while inspecting their ID cards.
In Tubas governorate, in northeastern West Bank, dozens of armored vehicles, including tanks, invaded Palestinian lands near the main entrance of the al-Aqaba village, east of Tubas, in preparation for massive military drills, including the use of explosives and live fire.
On Sunday, the soldiers displaced fourteen Palestinian Bedouin families from Khirbat Ibzeeq village, north of Tubas, in order to conduct live fire military drills.
Israeli Minister of Education from the right-wing “Jewish Home” party, Naftali Bennett, will present a law to expel the families of Palestinians who carried out anti-Israeli attacks, the Maariv daily reported on Saturday.
The newspaper quoted senior officials of the Shin Bet (General Security Service) who strongly support the law, in order to deter Palestinians from carrying out new operations, so they claim, according to the PNN.
During the past week, four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, two of whom had reportedly carried out shootings against Israeli settlers in Ramallah and Nablus, and one of whom attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.
An elderly man, aged 60, was killed when he lost control of his vehicle and immediately shot by Israeli forces.
Three Israeli soldiers and settlers were killed in the attacks.
The newspaper quoted senior officials of the Shin Bet (General Security Service) who strongly support the law, in order to deter Palestinians from carrying out new operations, so they claim, according to the PNN.
During the past week, four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, two of whom had reportedly carried out shootings against Israeli settlers in Ramallah and Nablus, and one of whom attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.
An elderly man, aged 60, was killed when he lost control of his vehicle and immediately shot by Israeli forces.
Three Israeli soldiers and settlers were killed in the attacks.
Israeli soldiers rammed, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men near the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and al-Biereh, and abducted another Palestinian near Qalandia terminal.
Eyewitnesses said the two were driving a motorcycle when a speeding army jeep rammed them, during an invasion into the area.
They added that Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, provided the two with the urgently needed treatment, before moving them to a hospital in the city.
In addition, the soldiers, stationed at Qalandia Terminal, south of Ramallah, abducted a young man, identified as Essam Halabi, and took him to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said the two were driving a motorcycle when a speeding army jeep rammed them, during an invasion into the area.
They added that Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, provided the two with the urgently needed treatment, before moving them to a hospital in the city.
In addition, the soldiers, stationed at Qalandia Terminal, south of Ramallah, abducted a young man, identified as Essam Halabi, and took him to an unknown destination.
