27 dec 2019
Six Palestinian youths from al-Isawiya village in Jerusalem were sentenced to house arrest by an Israeli court on Thursday, the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said.
According to the commission, the detainees are Saleh Abu Asab, Anwar Obeid, Nedal Ghannam, Fayez Moheisen, Mohammed Elyyan and Mohammed Mustafa.
Based on the court order, the six-month house arrest will be limited to night hours only.
The detainees were accused of taking part in anti-Israel demonstrations and Molotov cocktail throwing attacks.
According to the commission, the detainees are Saleh Abu Asab, Anwar Obeid, Nedal Ghannam, Fayez Moheisen, Mohammed Elyyan and Mohammed Mustafa.
Based on the court order, the six-month house arrest will be limited to night hours only.
The detainees were accused of taking part in anti-Israel demonstrations and Molotov cocktail throwing attacks.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded Bab ar-Rahma Cemetery and its surrounding areas, attached to the wall of the eastern part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and forced the Palestinians out, before abducting one.
They added that the abducted man, identified as Nasrallah al-A’war, was taken to a nearby police base.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the areas surrounding the Shuhada Graveyard, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at several Palestinians during ensuing protests.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded Bab ar-Rahma Cemetery and its surrounding areas, attached to the wall of the eastern part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and forced the Palestinians out, before abducting one.
They added that the abducted man, identified as Nasrallah al-A’war, was taken to a nearby police base.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the areas surrounding the Shuhada Graveyard, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at several Palestinians during ensuing protests.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp, before the soldiers stormed and searched homes, causing damage.
The PPS added that the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Karam Abu ‘Aita, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks around various villages and towns near Jenin, and conducted violent searches of vehicles, in addition to trying to ambush many Palestinians under the allegation of looking for “wanted men,” mainly along Jenin-Nablus road.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp, before the soldiers stormed and searched homes, causing damage.
The PPS added that the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Karam Abu ‘Aita, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks around various villages and towns near Jenin, and conducted violent searches of vehicles, in addition to trying to ambush many Palestinians under the allegation of looking for “wanted men,” mainly along Jenin-Nablus road.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in the al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
They added that the soldiers abducted the two young men, Adeeb Mustafa Sammoudi and Moath Ibrahim Abu al-Hasan, before taking them to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also installed roadblocks in a few areas in the Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching many cars, and interrogated the Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
They added that the soldiers abducted the two young men, Adeeb Mustafa Sammoudi and Moath Ibrahim Abu al-Hasan, before taking them to an unknown destination.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also installed roadblocks in a few areas in the Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching many cars, and interrogated the Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
26 dec 2019
In a press release, the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) stated that Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians, overnight Wednesday, in multiple incursions across the West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, one of the detainees, 36, suffers from head and spinal injuries as a result of a traffic accident in 2016.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp was detained after being stopped at a military checkpoint near Nablus city.
PPS also confirmed an Israeli military invasion in Qarawat Bani Hassan town, located to the northwest of Salfit, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jericho region, two Palestinian teens, identified as residents of Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, located to southwest of Jericho city, were detained after being summoned by the Israeli intelligence.
In Hebron district, Israeli military vehicles invaded Bani Neim town, where soldiers abducted one Palestinian.
Meanwhile, Israeli police ordered the nighttime house arrest of six Palestinian youths from the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-‘Isawiya.
Israeli forces frequently storm Palestinian homes across the West Bank under the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinian civilians, triggering resistance from residents.
These incursions, which take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the Israeli military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians — including numerous women and children — are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, one of the detainees, 36, suffers from head and spinal injuries as a result of a traffic accident in 2016.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp was detained after being stopped at a military checkpoint near Nablus city.
PPS also confirmed an Israeli military invasion in Qarawat Bani Hassan town, located to the northwest of Salfit, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jericho region, two Palestinian teens, identified as residents of Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, located to southwest of Jericho city, were detained after being summoned by the Israeli intelligence.
In Hebron district, Israeli military vehicles invaded Bani Neim town, where soldiers abducted one Palestinian.
Meanwhile, Israeli police ordered the nighttime house arrest of six Palestinian youths from the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-‘Isawiya.
Israeli forces frequently storm Palestinian homes across the West Bank under the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinian civilians, triggering resistance from residents.
These incursions, which take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the Israeli military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians — including numerous women and children — are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, two Palestinians from Salfit and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, before the soldiers invaded and ransacked a few homes.
They added that, during the searches, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mustafa ‘Aassi, 19.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Ali Wahdan, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, near Nablus city, in northern West Bank.
The abducted Palestinian is from Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and is the brother of two political prisoners, identified as Mahmoud and Sa’id.
In addition, the army ordered five young Palestinian men from occupied Jerusalem, under a nightly house arrest for “participating in protests.”
They have been identified as Saleh Abu Assab, Anwar Obeid, Nidal Ghanem, Fayez Mheisin, Mohammad Oleyyan, and Mohammad Mustafa, after they were summoned for interrogation.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, before the soldiers invaded and ransacked a few homes.
They added that, during the searches, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mustafa ‘Aassi, 19.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Ali Wahdan, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, near Nablus city, in northern West Bank.
The abducted Palestinian is from Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and is the brother of two political prisoners, identified as Mahmoud and Sa’id.
In addition, the army ordered five young Palestinian men from occupied Jerusalem, under a nightly house arrest for “participating in protests.”
They have been identified as Saleh Abu Assab, Anwar Obeid, Nidal Ghanem, Fayez Mheisin, Mohammad Oleyyan, and Mohammad Mustafa, after they were summoned for interrogation.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, a Palestinian man from his home in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked one home, owned by Zeid Abdul-Nasser D’eis, before abducting him.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinian before moving him to a military base near Hebron.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded Halhoul town, north of Hebron, before storming and violently searching several homes.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked one home, owned by Zeid Abdul-Nasser D’eis, before abducting him.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinian before moving him to a military base near Hebron.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded Halhoul town, north of Hebron, before storming and violently searching several homes.
25 dec 2019
Israeli military forces arrested, on Wednesday, a Palestinian man in the occupied city of East Jerusalem, for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler, Press TV reported.
Israeli media outlets stated that an unidentified Israeli settler, sustained serious wounds, when an unidentified Palestinian man stabbed him near the illegal Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem.
The Israeli settler was reportedly transferred to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in critical condition, where he later died of his injuries.
Tensions continue between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians protesting against the Israel’s expropriation of their lands and settlement expansion activities.
Not to mention the daily oppression, segregation, arrests and harassment suffered by Palestinians, at the hands of the Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Under the Fourth Geneva convention, all Israeli settlements are deemed illegal, as the occupying power, Israel is forbidden to transfer members of its population onto the land it occupies.
Israeli media outlets stated that an unidentified Israeli settler, sustained serious wounds, when an unidentified Palestinian man stabbed him near the illegal Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem.
The Israeli settler was reportedly transferred to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in critical condition, where he later died of his injuries.
Tensions continue between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians protesting against the Israel’s expropriation of their lands and settlement expansion activities.
Not to mention the daily oppression, segregation, arrests and harassment suffered by Palestinians, at the hands of the Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Under the Fourth Geneva convention, all Israeli settlements are deemed illegal, as the occupying power, Israel is forbidden to transfer members of its population onto the land it occupies.
The father of Palestinian prisoner Mays Abu Ghosh, from Qalandiya refugee camp in Occupied Jerusalem, has said that his daughter has been exposed to excruciating torture at the hands of Israeli interrogators in the Maskubiya detention center.
Abu Hussein told Asra Media Office that he and his wife had not recognized their daughter when they met her in the Maskubiya detention center several weeks after she got arrested, adding that they was able to know their daughter when she smiled and talked.
He said that they were stunned to see her in such appalling condition, which reflected the enormity of torture and suffering she had endured.
“The interrogators brought a tired and exhausted girl whose appearance spoke about the harsh days she had gone through, and I got upset at the time and told the interrogators that she was not my daughter, but she smiled at me and then I calmed down a little and my mind started to drown in questions about what she went through,” Mays’s father explained.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnaped Mays Abu Ghosh, a Birzeit University student, last August.
Abu Hussein told Asra Media Office that he and his wife had not recognized their daughter when they met her in the Maskubiya detention center several weeks after she got arrested, adding that they was able to know their daughter when she smiled and talked.
He said that they were stunned to see her in such appalling condition, which reflected the enormity of torture and suffering she had endured.
“The interrogators brought a tired and exhausted girl whose appearance spoke about the harsh days she had gone through, and I got upset at the time and told the interrogators that she was not my daughter, but she smiled at me and then I calmed down a little and my mind started to drown in questions about what she went through,” Mays’s father explained.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnaped Mays Abu Ghosh, a Birzeit University student, last August.
24 dec 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested a Palestinian child near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, Israeli media sources reported.
According to Israel Hayom newspaper, the IOF soldiers stationed at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque arrested a Palestinian child after they searched him claiming that he was carrying a knife.
The child was taken to a nearby detention center for interrogation. No further information was given on the incident.
Dozens of Palestinians have been arrested or extra judicially killed over various allegations by the IOF at Israeli checkpoints in the Ibrahimi Mosque area.
According to Israel Hayom newspaper, the IOF soldiers stationed at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque arrested a Palestinian child after they searched him claiming that he was carrying a knife.
The child was taken to a nearby detention center for interrogation. No further information was given on the incident.
Dozens of Palestinians have been arrested or extra judicially killed over various allegations by the IOF at Israeli checkpoints in the Ibrahimi Mosque area.
Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians, including a university professor, in multiple incursions across the West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces detained Ahmad Qatamesh, 68, Monday night, after invading his house in Ramallah city.
Qatamesh, a political scientist, and university professor, is known for his writings and lectures, and was designated by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
Another Palestinian, identified as an undergraduate student enrolled in Birzeit University, was adbucted from the Ramallah city neighborhood of al-Irsal.
According to the PPS statement, another undergraduate student enrolled in Beirzeit University, a resident of Bethlehem district, was detained from his dormitory in al-Bireh city.
In the Ramallah district, Israeli forces stormed Silwad town, east of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was detained in a similar offensive in Beitunia city, west of Ramallah.
Meanwhile, 15 Palestinians were rounded up from Jerusalem district, from Beit Duqqu town, and Jerusalem neighborhoods of Issawiyeh, Ras al-Amoud and al-Tur.
In Bethlehem district, an Israeli military operation was conducted in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, resulting in the detention of three Palestinians, including a 16-year-old minor.
In the meantime, PPS said that five Palestinians, including a 16-year-old disabled person, were detained from Hebron district.
Security sources identified two of the detainees as residents of Hebron city, two others as residents of Beit Ummar town, and another as a resident of Halhul town.
A similar predawn incursion was confirmed in Aqabat Jabr, a refugee camp situated to the southwest of Jericho city, resulting in the detention of one Palestinian.
Israeli forces frequently storm Palestinian homes, virtually on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering confrontations with residents.
These inhumane operations take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians — including numerous women and children — are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces detained Ahmad Qatamesh, 68, Monday night, after invading his house in Ramallah city.
Qatamesh, a political scientist, and university professor, is known for his writings and lectures, and was designated by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
Another Palestinian, identified as an undergraduate student enrolled in Birzeit University, was adbucted from the Ramallah city neighborhood of al-Irsal.
According to the PPS statement, another undergraduate student enrolled in Beirzeit University, a resident of Bethlehem district, was detained from his dormitory in al-Bireh city.
In the Ramallah district, Israeli forces stormed Silwad town, east of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was detained in a similar offensive in Beitunia city, west of Ramallah.
Meanwhile, 15 Palestinians were rounded up from Jerusalem district, from Beit Duqqu town, and Jerusalem neighborhoods of Issawiyeh, Ras al-Amoud and al-Tur.
In Bethlehem district, an Israeli military operation was conducted in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, resulting in the detention of three Palestinians, including a 16-year-old minor.
In the meantime, PPS said that five Palestinians, including a 16-year-old disabled person, were detained from Hebron district.
Security sources identified two of the detainees as residents of Hebron city, two others as residents of Beit Ummar town, and another as a resident of Halhul town.
A similar predawn incursion was confirmed in Aqabat Jabr, a refugee camp situated to the southwest of Jericho city, resulting in the detention of one Palestinian.
Israeli forces frequently storm Palestinian homes, virtually on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering confrontations with residents.
These inhumane operations take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians — including numerous women and children — are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
The Israeli occupation police on Monday decided to ban four Jerusalemite women from entering the Aqsa Mosque for several days after detaining them earlier in the morning.
According to local sources, the police released the women after handing them an order prohibiting their entry to the Mosque and its premises for 10 days.
In the morning, Israeli police forces rounded up and physically assaulted four women during their presence in the Mosque’s Bab al-Rahma prayer building.
They were identified as Umm Ayman as-Sous, Umm Mohamed ash-Shiyoukhi, Umm Annan Ghurab and Ilham Abu Subaih.
According to local sources, the police released the women after handing them an order prohibiting their entry to the Mosque and its premises for 10 days.
In the morning, Israeli police forces rounded up and physically assaulted four women during their presence in the Mosque’s Bab al-Rahma prayer building.
They were identified as Umm Ayman as-Sous, Umm Mohamed ash-Shiyoukhi, Umm Annan Ghurab and Ilham Abu Subaih.
