17 dec 2019
The Israeli police on Tuesday detained five Palestinian girls and a young man near Bab al-Rahma prayer area in al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli police forces arrested six Palestinian worshipers following the noon prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The detainees were identified as: Maram al-Natsha, Aya Ashour, Tala Naser, Doha Ghazzawi, Mayar al-Natsha and Jamal Asali. video
The detainees were transferred to al-Qashla detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Israeli police on a daily basis harass the Palestinian worshipers entering al-Aqsa Mosque, impose unjustified restrictions on them, arrest them or prevent them from praying at the site.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli police forces arrested six Palestinian worshipers following the noon prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The detainees were identified as: Maram al-Natsha, Aya Ashour, Tala Naser, Doha Ghazzawi, Mayar al-Natsha and Jamal Asali. video
The detainees were transferred to al-Qashla detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Israeli police on a daily basis harass the Palestinian worshipers entering al-Aqsa Mosque, impose unjustified restrictions on them, arrest them or prevent them from praying at the site.
The Palestinian Prisoners Committee has reported, Monday, that the Israeli Prison Administration transferred a Palestinian detainee to a hospital after he suffered a stroke.
The Committee stated that the detainee, Ahmad Jaber Saada, was transferred from Ramon Prison to Soroka Medical Center.
The Saada is the representative of the detainees in Section 1 of Ramon Prison.
After Israel installed signal jamming devices in its prisons and detention centers, the detainees started suffering from various complications, especially migraine.
There are more than 20 jamming devices in Section 1 alone, an issue that is constantly affecting the detainees.
In September of this year, an agreement was reached with the Israeli Prison Authority after more than a hundred detainees started the strike fifteen days earlier.
Part of the agreement was lowering the frequency of the signal jamming devices that are causing them various health complications.
Not long after the agreement was reached, the Israeli Prison Authority violated it.
The Committee stated that the detainee, Ahmad Jaber Saada, was transferred from Ramon Prison to Soroka Medical Center.
The Saada is the representative of the detainees in Section 1 of Ramon Prison.
After Israel installed signal jamming devices in its prisons and detention centers, the detainees started suffering from various complications, especially migraine.
There are more than 20 jamming devices in Section 1 alone, an issue that is constantly affecting the detainees.
In September of this year, an agreement was reached with the Israeli Prison Authority after more than a hundred detainees started the strike fifteen days earlier.
Part of the agreement was lowering the frequency of the signal jamming devices that are causing them various health complications.
Not long after the agreement was reached, the Israeli Prison Authority violated it.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man at Beit Hanoun (Erez) terminal, while leaving the Gaza Strip.
Media sources said the Palestinian, Ahmad Emad Odah, was granted a permit from the Israeli side to leave Gaza and head to the West Bank on his way to Jordan, however, once he headed to Erez, he was abducted and moved to an unknown destination.
Palestinian researcher and former political prisoner, specialized on detainee affairs, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, said the soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians at Erez Terminal since the beginning of this year.
He added that the soldiers frequently detain and interrogate the Palestinians at Erez for many hours and try to coerce them into becoming informants in return for being allowed to cross, especially when they are patients trying to leave Gaza for medical treatment.
Media sources said the Palestinian, Ahmad Emad Odah, was granted a permit from the Israeli side to leave Gaza and head to the West Bank on his way to Jordan, however, once he headed to Erez, he was abducted and moved to an unknown destination.
Palestinian researcher and former political prisoner, specialized on detainee affairs, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, said the soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians at Erez Terminal since the beginning of this year.
He added that the soldiers frequently detain and interrogate the Palestinians at Erez for many hours and try to coerce them into becoming informants in return for being allowed to cross, especially when they are patients trying to leave Gaza for medical treatment.
A Palestinian citizen was shot and arrested by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday evening in Beit Jala near Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that they were informed that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded in Beit Jala area.
When medical crews rushed to the scene, the Red Crescent reported, they were prevented by IOF soldiers from approaching the injured youth.
Local sources said that the IOF detained the wounded citizen and transferred him to an undeclared destination.
Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Teen Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy near Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers shot Hamza Khaled al-Hreimi, 16, in the thigh, before abducting him, and took him to an unknown destination.
They added that a Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene after the teen was shot, but the soldiers refused to allow the medics to approach him.
The Israeli army claimed the teen “hurled a Molotov cocktail” towards the soldiers before they shot him.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that they were informed that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded in Beit Jala area.
When medical crews rushed to the scene, the Red Crescent reported, they were prevented by IOF soldiers from approaching the injured youth.
Local sources said that the IOF detained the wounded citizen and transferred him to an undeclared destination.
Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Teen Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy near Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers shot Hamza Khaled al-Hreimi, 16, in the thigh, before abducting him, and took him to an unknown destination.
They added that a Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene after the teen was shot, but the soldiers refused to allow the medics to approach him.
The Israeli army claimed the teen “hurled a Molotov cocktail” towards the soldiers before they shot him.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning attacked dozens of Palestinian workmen near Qaffin town in the north of Tulkarem.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers chased and quelled a large number of workers after they crossed into Israel (the 1948 occupied lands) through a gate at the separation wall in Qaffin town.
They said that the soldiers showered the workers with tear gas grenades and fired live and rubber bullets at them to prevent them from going farther, adding that the forces received aerial support from a helicopter.
They also said that the forces chased and captured many workers on nearby hills on the Israeli side of the wall after they ran far away.
There is still no information if anyone was hurt during the IOF attack on workers.
The workers were seeking to enter Israel (the 1948 occupied lands) to find jobs.
In recent months, dozens of West Bank workers had been injured in similar shooting incidents upon their attempts to reach workplaces in Israel.
The harsh economic conditions of many Palestinian families in the West Bank drive their sons and breadwinners to work in Israeli areas.
Only limited numbers of West Bank citizens manage to get work permits from the Israeli occupation authority — a situation that prompts hundreds of thousands of other workers to infiltrate into Israeli areas through the separation fence or wall.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers chased and quelled a large number of workers after they crossed into Israel (the 1948 occupied lands) through a gate at the separation wall in Qaffin town.
They said that the soldiers showered the workers with tear gas grenades and fired live and rubber bullets at them to prevent them from going farther, adding that the forces received aerial support from a helicopter.
They also said that the forces chased and captured many workers on nearby hills on the Israeli side of the wall after they ran far away.
There is still no information if anyone was hurt during the IOF attack on workers.
The workers were seeking to enter Israel (the 1948 occupied lands) to find jobs.
In recent months, dozens of West Bank workers had been injured in similar shooting incidents upon their attempts to reach workplaces in Israel.
The harsh economic conditions of many Palestinian families in the West Bank drive their sons and breadwinners to work in Israeli areas.
Only limited numbers of West Bank citizens manage to get work permits from the Israeli occupation authority — a situation that prompts hundreds of thousands of other workers to infiltrate into Israeli areas through the separation fence or wall.
Asra Media Office on Monday said that the Israeli prison service (IPS) had transferred all Palestinian prisoners from section 10 in Eshel jail to sections 1 and 4 in Nafha jail, with no reason.
According to Asra Media, 128 prisoners were transferred from Eshel to Nafha jail as part of the systematic suppression policy pursued by the IPS and its jailers against the Palestinian prisoners.
Following this measure, the Eshel administration cancelled all family visits to the jail until further notice.
Asra Media has appealed to international human rights groups to urgently intervene to protect the Palestinian prisoners against Israel’s suppressive practices.
According to Asra Media, 128 prisoners were transferred from Eshel to Nafha jail as part of the systematic suppression policy pursued by the IPS and its jailers against the Palestinian prisoners.
Following this measure, the Eshel administration cancelled all family visits to the jail until further notice.
Asra Media has appealed to international human rights groups to urgently intervene to protect the Palestinian prisoners against Israel’s suppressive practices.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday kidnaped a Palestinian citizen as he was walking on a road in the north of Jenin city and set up a makeshift checkpoint in southern Jenin.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at al-Jalamah crossing chased and rounded up a Palestinian identified as Ahmed Abu Farah, from al-Jalamah town, as he was walking in the area.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a makeshift checkpoint on a road between the towns of Jaba and Meithalun, where they embarked on stopping cars for security check and detaining citizens for a while.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at al-Jalamah crossing chased and rounded up a Palestinian identified as Ahmed Abu Farah, from al-Jalamah town, as he was walking in the area.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up a makeshift checkpoint on a road between the towns of Jaba and Meithalun, where they embarked on stopping cars for security check and detaining citizens for a while.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that, on Monday, the Israeli authorities issued an administrative detention order for a period of four months against female Palestinian journalist Bushra al-Tawil, 26, who was detained last week at her family home in al-Bireh, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.
This brings the number of Palestinian women held in administrative detention to three, including Shorouk al-Badan, from Bethlehem, and Ala al-Bisher, from Qalqilia. The number of female prisoners in Israeli jails has reached 42.
Al-Tawil has been arrested three times before, in 2011 she was sentenced to a prison term of 16 months, and was released as part of a prisoners’ exchange deal.
In 2014, the Israeli military re-arrested her to serve her previous sentence. In 2017, al-Tawil was arrested again and placed under administrative detention under the pretext of secret evidence, she was detained for eight months.
Once again, on December 11, days after the release of her father, Jamal al-Tawil, former mayor of al-Bireh, who served 20 months in administrative detention for his role in the resistance. Al-Tawil’s mother had also served time in Israeli detention for her resistance of the occupation.
This brings the number of Palestinian women held in administrative detention to three, including Shorouk al-Badan, from Bethlehem, and Ala al-Bisher, from Qalqilia. The number of female prisoners in Israeli jails has reached 42.
Al-Tawil has been arrested three times before, in 2011 she was sentenced to a prison term of 16 months, and was released as part of a prisoners’ exchange deal.
In 2014, the Israeli military re-arrested her to serve her previous sentence. In 2017, al-Tawil was arrested again and placed under administrative detention under the pretext of secret evidence, she was detained for eight months.
Once again, on December 11, days after the release of her father, Jamal al-Tawil, former mayor of al-Bireh, who served 20 months in administrative detention for his role in the resistance. Al-Tawil’s mother had also served time in Israeli detention for her resistance of the occupation.
The Palestine Prisoners Centre for Studies has called on international humanitarian and human rights institutions, foremost of which is the Red Cross, to exert pressure on Israeli Prison Services (IPS) to provide winter clothing and covers desperately needed during the severe cold season.
The spokesperson for the Centre, Riyad Al-Ashqar, explained that Palestinian detainees in all facilities suffer harsh conditions in the winter season, due to acute shortage of clothes, winter blankets, and heating devices, especially in prisons located in the desert areas — namely the Negev, Nafha, Beersheba, and Rimon.
This is in addition to the fact that some sections in a number of prisons are composed of tents that do not protect from the cold, many of which are old and worn out, allowing rain water to enter.
Al-Ashqar noted that IPS does not allow the entry of blankets and winter clothing for detainees, except in very limited quantities which are insufficient for cover. It also banned certain items from the canteen, and those which are available have a very high price.
Additionally noted was the presence of a large number of recently jailed detainees who lack resources, due to their inability to visit in the first six months of detention.
He also explained that the extreme cold in the Negev leads to the freezing of limbs, with no means of heat, in addition to the lack of a permanent hot water supply.
These cold climates will continue for several months, affecting many detainees with various diseases, especially of the bone, in addition to rheumatism, arthritis, back pain, and chest diseases, with a lack of medical care and medications needed for treatment.
He added, according to Al Ray, that IPS intends to increase the suffering of the detainees, in winter, through many repressive practices, foremost of which involves the storming of rooms and tents, justifying the practice of taking them out to open places, late at night, where they sit in open areas for long hours, in freezing cold and rain.
They are additionally forced to stand for the daily count in the very early morning or evening, in the cold or rain.
The Centre has called for urgent intervention, by human rights institutions, to provide all the necessary items to protect them from cold, rain, and diseases.
The spokesperson for the Centre, Riyad Al-Ashqar, explained that Palestinian detainees in all facilities suffer harsh conditions in the winter season, due to acute shortage of clothes, winter blankets, and heating devices, especially in prisons located in the desert areas — namely the Negev, Nafha, Beersheba, and Rimon.
This is in addition to the fact that some sections in a number of prisons are composed of tents that do not protect from the cold, many of which are old and worn out, allowing rain water to enter.
Al-Ashqar noted that IPS does not allow the entry of blankets and winter clothing for detainees, except in very limited quantities which are insufficient for cover. It also banned certain items from the canteen, and those which are available have a very high price.
Additionally noted was the presence of a large number of recently jailed detainees who lack resources, due to their inability to visit in the first six months of detention.
He also explained that the extreme cold in the Negev leads to the freezing of limbs, with no means of heat, in addition to the lack of a permanent hot water supply.
These cold climates will continue for several months, affecting many detainees with various diseases, especially of the bone, in addition to rheumatism, arthritis, back pain, and chest diseases, with a lack of medical care and medications needed for treatment.
He added, according to Al Ray, that IPS intends to increase the suffering of the detainees, in winter, through many repressive practices, foremost of which involves the storming of rooms and tents, justifying the practice of taking them out to open places, late at night, where they sit in open areas for long hours, in freezing cold and rain.
They are additionally forced to stand for the daily count in the very early morning or evening, in the cold or rain.
The Centre has called for urgent intervention, by human rights institutions, to provide all the necessary items to protect them from cold, rain, and diseases.
