10 feb 2014
The Israeli forces arrested a Jerusalemite child on Monday night from the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 4 children until Tuesday and released another on condition of isolation from Al-Aqsa.
Witnessed said that the Israeli forces arrested 14-year old Mohammad Abu Sneineh from inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and took him to “Al-Silsileh Gate” police station and raided Al-Ameer restaurant on the way and searched it.
The lawyer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Amer Yassin, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Raed Jada’ from Qalaqilya, 17-year old Fouad Alqaq, 17-year old Ali Da’na and Ahmad Turki until Tuesday; note that the prosecution submitted on Monday an indictment against them that included charges of throwing stones last Friday in Al-Aqsa.
He added that the judge released the child Dia’ Zghayyar after signing a financial bail and on condition of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
Witnessed said that the Israeli forces arrested 14-year old Mohammad Abu Sneineh from inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and took him to “Al-Silsileh Gate” police station and raided Al-Ameer restaurant on the way and searched it.
The lawyer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Amer Yassin, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Raed Jada’ from Qalaqilya, 17-year old Fouad Alqaq, 17-year old Ali Da’na and Ahmad Turki until Tuesday; note that the prosecution submitted on Monday an indictment against them that included charges of throwing stones last Friday in Al-Aqsa.
He added that the judge released the child Dia’ Zghayyar after signing a financial bail and on condition of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
90 families of Gaza prisoners left the coastal enclave on Monday at dawn to visit their sons in Nafha prison via Erez crossing to the north of Gaza city. Director of Media in International Committee of the Red Cross, Nasser al-Najjar, told ALRAY that 90 families, including 14 children, headed to Nafha prison to visit 54 prisoners.
Al-Najjar pointed out that, family visits to the Israeli prisons have been resumed recently after being banned between 2007 – 2011.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held inIsraeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip. An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Al-Najjar pointed out that, family visits to the Israeli prisons have been resumed recently after being banned between 2007 – 2011.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held inIsraeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip. An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces raided several villages in the occupied West Bank and detained 12 Palestinians early Monday, Israel's army and locals said.
Israeli forces raided the city of Nablus and two neighboring villages early Monday and detained five Palestinians, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli troops entered the Ras al-Ayn and Ikshekiya neighborhoods of Nablus, detaining 22-year-old Abboud Maysara Ayyub and 17-year-old Farid Suleiman Subih.
Separately, Israeli soldiers raided Burin village south of Nablus and detained 20-year-old Qays Bilal Umran, who locals say is a supporter of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
A third detention raid was carried out in the village of Beita, where soldiers arrested 24-year-old Mahmoud Maali and 21-year-old Muhammad al-Shurafa.
Locals said the arrest took place at the village's major intersection, where the two were waiting to greet a Palestinian prisoner who was to be freed from Israeli custody.
Meanwhile, in Nilin, Israeli forces arrested two members of the Hamas movement in an overnight raid, a human rights group said.
Tadamon said in a statement that Israeli forces detained 46-year-old Shukri Mahmoud al-Khawaja and 42-year-old Abd al-Qahir Ali Surour, who were leaders of Hamas in the Ramallah area.
According to the statement, al-Khawaja has already served 15 years in Israeli prisons, during which time he began to lose his eyesight as a result of medical negligence.
Surour has been detained and released by Israeli forces seven times in his lifetime, and was last released a month ago, the statement said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said one Palestinian was detained in Rummana, two in Nablus, one in Beita, one in Burin, two in Nilin, four in Beit Ula, and one in Tulkarem, an Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, violently broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped several Palestinians.
Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Farid Sbeih, 17, from his home in Ksheika area, and Ayyoub Maysara Ayyoub, 22, from Ras al-Ein neighborhood.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Burin village, south of Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Qais Bilal Omran, 20, at the Beita Junction.
Late on Sunday at night, soldiers invaded Beita town, near Nablus, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Ma'aly, 24, and Mohammad Ash-Sharfa, 21.
The two were taken prisoner while welcoming resident Hasan Suwwan after he was released from an Israeli prison.
Earlier on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Osama Ibrahim al-Ahmad, 27.
The soldiers smashed the front door of the house, and violently searched it causing excessive property damage.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin, and drove in its streets in a provocative manner.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Khaled Hilmy Hassasna, 27, and Ahmad Adnan Abdeen, 25, as they tried to enter Jerusalem. The two are from the al-Obeydiyya town, east of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces raided the city of Nablus and two neighboring villages early Monday and detained five Palestinians, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli troops entered the Ras al-Ayn and Ikshekiya neighborhoods of Nablus, detaining 22-year-old Abboud Maysara Ayyub and 17-year-old Farid Suleiman Subih.
Separately, Israeli soldiers raided Burin village south of Nablus and detained 20-year-old Qays Bilal Umran, who locals say is a supporter of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
A third detention raid was carried out in the village of Beita, where soldiers arrested 24-year-old Mahmoud Maali and 21-year-old Muhammad al-Shurafa.
Locals said the arrest took place at the village's major intersection, where the two were waiting to greet a Palestinian prisoner who was to be freed from Israeli custody.
Meanwhile, in Nilin, Israeli forces arrested two members of the Hamas movement in an overnight raid, a human rights group said.
Tadamon said in a statement that Israeli forces detained 46-year-old Shukri Mahmoud al-Khawaja and 42-year-old Abd al-Qahir Ali Surour, who were leaders of Hamas in the Ramallah area.
According to the statement, al-Khawaja has already served 15 years in Israeli prisons, during which time he began to lose his eyesight as a result of medical negligence.
Surour has been detained and released by Israeli forces seven times in his lifetime, and was last released a month ago, the statement said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said one Palestinian was detained in Rummana, two in Nablus, one in Beita, one in Burin, two in Nilin, four in Beit Ula, and one in Tulkarem, an Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, violently broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped several Palestinians.
Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Farid Sbeih, 17, from his home in Ksheika area, and Ayyoub Maysara Ayyoub, 22, from Ras al-Ein neighborhood.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Burin village, south of Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Qais Bilal Omran, 20, at the Beita Junction.
Late on Sunday at night, soldiers invaded Beita town, near Nablus, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Ma'aly, 24, and Mohammad Ash-Sharfa, 21.
The two were taken prisoner while welcoming resident Hasan Suwwan after he was released from an Israeli prison.
Earlier on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Osama Ibrahim al-Ahmad, 27.
The soldiers smashed the front door of the house, and violently searched it causing excessive property damage.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin, and drove in its streets in a provocative manner.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Khaled Hilmy Hassasna, 27, and Ahmad Adnan Abdeen, 25, as they tried to enter Jerusalem. The two are from the al-Obeydiyya town, east of Bethlehem.
A Palestinian report showed that the Israeli occupation arrested up to 107 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank last week. The stats report issued by Hamas Movement’s information center on Sunday, February 9, said that the detainees were mostly divided over Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron with 26, 23 from and 22 respectively.
While seven were from Qalqilyah and Bethlehem, six from Jenin, Jericho and Ramalla, three from Tulkarem, and one from Salfeet.
Of the detainees was Rasmeyyeh Balawneh, 50, mother of ex-prisoner and deportee to Gaza Shadi Balawneh, who was freed under prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in October 2011, as well as Alaa’ Awawdeh, a university student from As-Samou previously arrested by Palestinian Security Services in the West Bank.
Israel is holding nearly 5000 Palestinians in its prisons, including some 490 from the Gaza Strip. 206 prisoners have died as a result of medical negligence so far, according to the official statics of Ministry of Health.
While seven were from Qalqilyah and Bethlehem, six from Jenin, Jericho and Ramalla, three from Tulkarem, and one from Salfeet.
Of the detainees was Rasmeyyeh Balawneh, 50, mother of ex-prisoner and deportee to Gaza Shadi Balawneh, who was freed under prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in October 2011, as well as Alaa’ Awawdeh, a university student from As-Samou previously arrested by Palestinian Security Services in the West Bank.
Israel is holding nearly 5000 Palestinians in its prisons, including some 490 from the Gaza Strip. 206 prisoners have died as a result of medical negligence so far, according to the official statics of Ministry of Health.
The isolated detainee Ibrahim Hamid, senior leader in the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas, threatened to escalate his protest steps next April in case of his continued isolation in Israeli prisons. Palestinian Prisoners Society's lawyer said that the Israeli prison administration has deliberately prevented lawyers from visiting Hamid who is held in an isolation cell in Ohli Kedar prison.
Hamid is held in difficult circumstances as Ohli Kedar's solitary confinement cells are considered the worst of all Israeli prisons. He also suffers back pain and knee ligament injury.
In another case of prisoners, the 18-year-old detainee Nasser Ibrahim, from occupied Jerusalem, continued his hunger strike declared nine days ago in Ramle prison, protesting his transfer to an Israeli prison for criminal prisoners.
Ibrahim's father confirmed that his son is currently held in solitary confinement following his hunger strike, expressing his fears over his son's health and detention conditions.
He appealed to the Red Cross in Jerusalem and all human rights institutions to check on his son's health situation, and to transfer him to an Israeli prison for security detainees.
Nasser was under house arrest for 10 months, before his arrest on the 21st of November, 2013 for throwing stones on an Israeli settlement, his father added.
Hamid is held in difficult circumstances as Ohli Kedar's solitary confinement cells are considered the worst of all Israeli prisons. He also suffers back pain and knee ligament injury.
In another case of prisoners, the 18-year-old detainee Nasser Ibrahim, from occupied Jerusalem, continued his hunger strike declared nine days ago in Ramle prison, protesting his transfer to an Israeli prison for criminal prisoners.
Ibrahim's father confirmed that his son is currently held in solitary confinement following his hunger strike, expressing his fears over his son's health and detention conditions.
He appealed to the Red Cross in Jerusalem and all human rights institutions to check on his son's health situation, and to transfer him to an Israeli prison for security detainees.
Nasser was under house arrest for 10 months, before his arrest on the 21st of November, 2013 for throwing stones on an Israeli settlement, his father added.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) renewed the administrative detention, without trial or charge, of Dr. Adnan Abu Tabbane for four months.
Abu Tabbane’s son said on Monday that the Israeli military court in Ofer endorsed the renewal of his father’s detention during a hearing on Sunday.
The IOA arrested Abu Tabbane in mid-August 2013 from his home in Al-Khalil and sentenced him to four months in administrative detention that was renewed yesterday.
Abu Tabbane’s son said on Monday that the Israeli military court in Ofer endorsed the renewal of his father’s detention during a hearing on Sunday.
The IOA arrested Abu Tabbane in mid-August 2013 from his home in Al-Khalil and sentenced him to four months in administrative detention that was renewed yesterday.
Israeli forces on Thursday detained a Palestinian man and released him in the middle of the Hebron desert hours later, the directorate of education in the southern West Bank area said.
Bilal Rizq al-Salayma, 27, was heading to his workplace at the ceramics center at the Ministry of Education when Israeli soldiers stopped him, searched him, took his ID card, handcuffed and blindfolded him, and forced him into a military vehicle.
The incident was relayed to the Hebron directorate of education by witnesses and the center’s administration.
The directorate said in a statement: "We received a phone call from al-Salayma at noon telling us that he was in a barren, mountain area … It was filled with sand, and nothing near him was alive."
The directorate added: "We guessed that he was left blindfolded in the al-Masafer area near Bani Naim east of Hebron so we told him to head west, north, and south to tell us if he saw (vehicles). We asked him to head toward them before the call was disconnected after his battery ran out."
After that al-Salayma found himself in Beersheba in Israel after people helped him get to a construction site where laborers from Hebron worked. The laborers took him to Hebron, which he reached at 10 p.m.
Israel's military did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment late Sunday.
Bilal Rizq al-Salayma, 27, was heading to his workplace at the ceramics center at the Ministry of Education when Israeli soldiers stopped him, searched him, took his ID card, handcuffed and blindfolded him, and forced him into a military vehicle.
The incident was relayed to the Hebron directorate of education by witnesses and the center’s administration.
The directorate said in a statement: "We received a phone call from al-Salayma at noon telling us that he was in a barren, mountain area … It was filled with sand, and nothing near him was alive."
The directorate added: "We guessed that he was left blindfolded in the al-Masafer area near Bani Naim east of Hebron so we told him to head west, north, and south to tell us if he saw (vehicles). We asked him to head toward them before the call was disconnected after his battery ran out."
After that al-Salayma found himself in Beersheba in Israel after people helped him get to a construction site where laborers from Hebron worked. The laborers took him to Hebron, which he reached at 10 p.m.
Israel's military did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment late Sunday.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Ni’lin town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped two political leaders of the Hamas movement.
Ahmad al-Beetawy, Coordinator of the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights, has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Shokry Mahmoud al-Khawaja, 46, and Abdul-Qaher Abu Srour, 42, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers invaded the homes of the two leaders, and violently searched them, causing property damage, before kidnapping them.
Al-Beetawy stated that al-Khawaja previously spent more than 15 years in Israeli prisons, and suffers from a weakness in his vision, and nearly lost vision in one eye when he was imprisoned.
He added that Srour had a heart surgery as a child, and was repeatedly imprisoned by Israel for a total of 7 years.
Sour needs a bypass surgery, but Israel has been preventing him from traveling to Jordan for that surgery.
His arrest comes only a month after his release from an Israeli prison.
In related news, Israeli soldiers five Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
On Sunday and Saturday, soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped several Palestinians.
For of the kidnapped Palestinians were taken prisoners in the al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem.
Ahmad al-Beetawy, Coordinator of the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights, has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Shokry Mahmoud al-Khawaja, 46, and Abdul-Qaher Abu Srour, 42, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers invaded the homes of the two leaders, and violently searched them, causing property damage, before kidnapping them.
Al-Beetawy stated that al-Khawaja previously spent more than 15 years in Israeli prisons, and suffers from a weakness in his vision, and nearly lost vision in one eye when he was imprisoned.
He added that Srour had a heart surgery as a child, and was repeatedly imprisoned by Israel for a total of 7 years.
Sour needs a bypass surgery, but Israel has been preventing him from traveling to Jordan for that surgery.
His arrest comes only a month after his release from an Israeli prison.
In related news, Israeli soldiers five Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
On Sunday and Saturday, soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped several Palestinians.
For of the kidnapped Palestinians were taken prisoners in the al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem.
A report published by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees in Ramallah, on February 8, revealed that several ailing detainees currently imprisoned by Israel, including cancer patients, are suffering serious deterioration in their health conditions, due to the lack of adequate and specialized treatment and care.
Lawyers of the Ministry of Detainees visited a number of detainees and collected testimonies of serious Israeli violations against them, especially since those detainees require urgent specialized medical attention, as they are facing life-threatening conditions.
The testimonies gathered by the lawyers are as follows:
1. Detainee Ibrahim Khalil al-Beitar; Anemia.
Lawyer Rami al-Alamy stated that the health condition of al-Beitar, from Gaza, is very serious, as he is not receiving any specialized treatment or medication, and that the only medication he receives is Cortisone. He also suffers extreme pain in the back and intestines.
The lawyer said that the health condition of al-Beitar is gradually deteriorating, and that his weight has dropped from 75 kilograms to 48. The detainee also suffers from infections in his intestines and a tumor in his lower back.
The tumor was removed on December 16, 2013, but Israel never revealed the nature of this tumor, or if it was fully removed.
Recently, al-Alamy developed rectal bleeding, and started feeling repeatedly dizzy, in addition to suffering with Osteoporosis and Arthritis.
2. Detainee ‘Ala Ibrahim al-Hamss; Throat Cancer and Tuberculosis.
Lawyer Karim Ajwa stated that the medical condition of al-Hamss, from Gaza and currently serving 29 years, is very bad and deteriorating with increasing pain, as the tumor is enlarging.
Ajwa added that al-Hamss also suffers from Tuberculosis, infections in his intestines, very sharp pain that causes spasms, and urinary incontinence. He requires hospitalization, especially for TB treatment, but the prison administration refused his transfer to the Ramla Hospital.
3. Detainee Naji Arar; Throat Tumor.
Lawyer Mo’taz Shqeirat stated that Arar, sentenced to 18 years and held at the Nafha prison camp, is facing a sharply deteriorating health condition due to a tumor in his throat that could be cancerous, and requires surgery to remove the tumor.
Shqeirat added that Arar was moved to the Soroka Israeli Hospital but the surgeons refused to perform surgery. The surgeons alleged that the hospital lacks specialized physicians and surgery rooms that could deal with his condition.
4. Shady Fuad Qar’aan; Testicular Cancer
Lawyer Mo’taz Shqeirat said Qar’aan, from Tulkarem and sentenced to 25 years, held at the Nafha Prison, suffers from testicular cancer and is only receiving pain medications. He suffers with extreme abdominal pain, and recently starting having blood in his stool.
He is scheduled to be moved to the al-Affoula hospital for surgery on April 3, 2014. The decision to hospitalize him and perform surgery was made by an Israeli court after the detainee filed a complaint against the prison clinic.
5. Yousef Skafy; Blood infection, and Eosinophiles
Skafy, from Hebron and sentenced to four life terms, told Lawyer Shqeirat that he suffers from a slipped disc in his lower back, and pain in his legs, and that he needs urgent surgery.
His condition started when he fell while at the Holi Kidar Prison, and did not receive any treatment. He also has abdominal pain. He receives eight pills a day for heart and stomach conditions, as well as pain medication.
He also suffers from headache, low blood pressure, exhaustion, and numbness in various parts of his body.
6. Fawwaz Abdeen – Tumor
Abdeen, from Hebron and sentenced to fourteen years – held at the Negev detention camp, suffers from a tumor that is causing extreme pain in his urinary tract, intestines, and is also causing pain in passing stool.
He was supposed to be moved to surgery on July 17 2013, but the Prison Administration did not transfer him to hospital, and he is currently only receiving pain relievers.
7. Mohammad Abu Fannoun – Gynecomastia, hearing loss
Lawyer Shqeirat said that Abu Fannoun, held at the Negev Detention Camp, is facing a sharp deterioration in his health condition, and that the doctors at the prison camp are continuously delaying his transfer to hospital for proper diagnosis and x-rays.
He is losing his hearing, in addition to suffering from Gynecomastia (Gynecomastia is the “growth of abnormally large breasts in males. It is due to the excess growth of breast tissue, not excess fat tissue” - National Library of Medicine).
8- Eyad Nassar – Vision loss in his left eye
Lawyer Rami al-Alamy said that Nassar, from Tulkarem - sentenced to 30 years and held at the Ramon prison, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his eye before he was kidnapped by the soldiers, and has fragments of the bullet in his body.
Nassar told the lawyer that he has complete blindness in his left eye, since he never received adequate medical attention, and that his vision is deteriorating in his right eye. He said he fears he will become blind in both eyes.
He requires urgent and specialized treatment to save his right eye, the lawyer said.
Lawyers of the Ministry of Detainees visited a number of detainees and collected testimonies of serious Israeli violations against them, especially since those detainees require urgent specialized medical attention, as they are facing life-threatening conditions.
The testimonies gathered by the lawyers are as follows:
1. Detainee Ibrahim Khalil al-Beitar; Anemia.
Lawyer Rami al-Alamy stated that the health condition of al-Beitar, from Gaza, is very serious, as he is not receiving any specialized treatment or medication, and that the only medication he receives is Cortisone. He also suffers extreme pain in the back and intestines.
The lawyer said that the health condition of al-Beitar is gradually deteriorating, and that his weight has dropped from 75 kilograms to 48. The detainee also suffers from infections in his intestines and a tumor in his lower back.
The tumor was removed on December 16, 2013, but Israel never revealed the nature of this tumor, or if it was fully removed.
Recently, al-Alamy developed rectal bleeding, and started feeling repeatedly dizzy, in addition to suffering with Osteoporosis and Arthritis.
2. Detainee ‘Ala Ibrahim al-Hamss; Throat Cancer and Tuberculosis.
Lawyer Karim Ajwa stated that the medical condition of al-Hamss, from Gaza and currently serving 29 years, is very bad and deteriorating with increasing pain, as the tumor is enlarging.
Ajwa added that al-Hamss also suffers from Tuberculosis, infections in his intestines, very sharp pain that causes spasms, and urinary incontinence. He requires hospitalization, especially for TB treatment, but the prison administration refused his transfer to the Ramla Hospital.
3. Detainee Naji Arar; Throat Tumor.
Lawyer Mo’taz Shqeirat stated that Arar, sentenced to 18 years and held at the Nafha prison camp, is facing a sharply deteriorating health condition due to a tumor in his throat that could be cancerous, and requires surgery to remove the tumor.
Shqeirat added that Arar was moved to the Soroka Israeli Hospital but the surgeons refused to perform surgery. The surgeons alleged that the hospital lacks specialized physicians and surgery rooms that could deal with his condition.
4. Shady Fuad Qar’aan; Testicular Cancer
Lawyer Mo’taz Shqeirat said Qar’aan, from Tulkarem and sentenced to 25 years, held at the Nafha Prison, suffers from testicular cancer and is only receiving pain medications. He suffers with extreme abdominal pain, and recently starting having blood in his stool.
He is scheduled to be moved to the al-Affoula hospital for surgery on April 3, 2014. The decision to hospitalize him and perform surgery was made by an Israeli court after the detainee filed a complaint against the prison clinic.
5. Yousef Skafy; Blood infection, and Eosinophiles
Skafy, from Hebron and sentenced to four life terms, told Lawyer Shqeirat that he suffers from a slipped disc in his lower back, and pain in his legs, and that he needs urgent surgery.
His condition started when he fell while at the Holi Kidar Prison, and did not receive any treatment. He also has abdominal pain. He receives eight pills a day for heart and stomach conditions, as well as pain medication.
He also suffers from headache, low blood pressure, exhaustion, and numbness in various parts of his body.
6. Fawwaz Abdeen – Tumor
Abdeen, from Hebron and sentenced to fourteen years – held at the Negev detention camp, suffers from a tumor that is causing extreme pain in his urinary tract, intestines, and is also causing pain in passing stool.
He was supposed to be moved to surgery on July 17 2013, but the Prison Administration did not transfer him to hospital, and he is currently only receiving pain relievers.
7. Mohammad Abu Fannoun – Gynecomastia, hearing loss
Lawyer Shqeirat said that Abu Fannoun, held at the Negev Detention Camp, is facing a sharp deterioration in his health condition, and that the doctors at the prison camp are continuously delaying his transfer to hospital for proper diagnosis and x-rays.
He is losing his hearing, in addition to suffering from Gynecomastia (Gynecomastia is the “growth of abnormally large breasts in males. It is due to the excess growth of breast tissue, not excess fat tissue” - National Library of Medicine).
8- Eyad Nassar – Vision loss in his left eye
Lawyer Rami al-Alamy said that Nassar, from Tulkarem - sentenced to 30 years and held at the Ramon prison, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his eye before he was kidnapped by the soldiers, and has fragments of the bullet in his body.
Nassar told the lawyer that he has complete blindness in his left eye, since he never received adequate medical attention, and that his vision is deteriorating in his right eye. He said he fears he will become blind in both eyes.
He requires urgent and specialized treatment to save his right eye, the lawyer said.
The Palestinian detainees Mohammed Batran and Ossama Shobaki have declared an open hunger strike, increasing the strikers' number in Israeli jails, Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said. PPS lawyer confirmed that the two detainees Batran and Shobaki have declared hunger strike 10 days ago protesting their transfer to Megiddo prison.
Furthermore, the detainees Momar Banat, Akram Al-Fesessi and Waheed Abu Maria, have declared an open-ended hunger strike since the 9th December 2013 in protest against their administrative detention without charge or trial.
For his turn, the detainee Ameer Al-Shamas, 23, has declared hunger strike since the 11th January 2014 protesting his administrative detention and isolation.
The detainee Abdulmajeed Khodairat went on hunger strike since the 15th January 2014 protesting his re-arrest after being released in Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011.
The isolated detainees Hossam Omar and Mossa Sofan also declared hunger strike since the 25th January 2014 demanding an end to their continued isolation for five months and treatment for Sofan who suffers throat cancer.
The Palestinian detainee Saber Suleiman launched an open-ended hunger strike two weeks ago, demanding his transfer from Maskoubiya interrogation center after being severely tortured.
The detainee Iyad Astete has been on hunger strike since 1st February 2014 demanding an end to his continued isolation
Furthermore, the detainees Momar Banat, Akram Al-Fesessi and Waheed Abu Maria, have declared an open-ended hunger strike since the 9th December 2013 in protest against their administrative detention without charge or trial.
For his turn, the detainee Ameer Al-Shamas, 23, has declared hunger strike since the 11th January 2014 protesting his administrative detention and isolation.
The detainee Abdulmajeed Khodairat went on hunger strike since the 15th January 2014 protesting his re-arrest after being released in Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011.
The isolated detainees Hossam Omar and Mossa Sofan also declared hunger strike since the 25th January 2014 demanding an end to their continued isolation for five months and treatment for Sofan who suffers throat cancer.
The Palestinian detainee Saber Suleiman launched an open-ended hunger strike two weeks ago, demanding his transfer from Maskoubiya interrogation center after being severely tortured.
The detainee Iyad Astete has been on hunger strike since 1st February 2014 demanding an end to his continued isolation
9 feb 2014
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The administration of “Negev” prison released 21-year old Mousa Usama Abbasi from Silwan after completing his 1-year prison sentence in the Israeli prisons.
The family of Mousa explained that their son was arrested at the beginning of last April and was sentenced to 7 months of actual imprisonment but the public prosecution appealed the decision and he was then sentenced for 12 months. The Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 11 Jerusalemites for few more days to continue interrogating them. |
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended on Sunday the arrest of 16-year old Ra’ouf Abu Sneineh and 17-year old Mohammad Haitham Naser until Wednesday. The judge released 13-year old Dia’ Naser with a bail of 500 NIS and house arrest for 10 days; note that they were all arrested on Sunday early morning after raiding their homes in the village of Esawyeh.
The judge also extended the arrest of 14-year old Ahmad Abu Roumi until Monday and Ahmad Darwish and Mahmoud Abu Roumi until Tuesday.
In a related matter, the lawyer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Amer Yassin, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Raed Jada’ from Qalaqilya, 17-year old Fouad Alqaq, 17-year old Ali Da’na, 17-year old Dia’ Sameeh Zghayyar and Ahmad Turki until Sunday on charges of throwing stones in Al-Aqsa Mosque. The public prosecution submitted a prosecutor’s permit to submit an indictment against all of them except Zghayyar; note that they were all arrested on Friday 7 February after the Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Lawyer Yassin explained that the forces assaulted and severely beaten the child Ali Da’na and Fou’ad Alqaq and the signs of assault were obvious on them.
The police released Mustafa Sukkar on condition of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
The judge also extended the arrest of 14-year old Ahmad Abu Roumi until Monday and Ahmad Darwish and Mahmoud Abu Roumi until Tuesday.
In a related matter, the lawyer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Amer Yassin, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Raed Jada’ from Qalaqilya, 17-year old Fouad Alqaq, 17-year old Ali Da’na, 17-year old Dia’ Sameeh Zghayyar and Ahmad Turki until Sunday on charges of throwing stones in Al-Aqsa Mosque. The public prosecution submitted a prosecutor’s permit to submit an indictment against all of them except Zghayyar; note that they were all arrested on Friday 7 February after the Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Lawyer Yassin explained that the forces assaulted and severely beaten the child Ali Da’na and Fou’ad Alqaq and the signs of assault were obvious on them.
The police released Mustafa Sukkar on condition of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said that the health condition of captive patient Nabil Natsheh, aged 56 from al-Khalil, has seriously deteriorated in recent days. Media spokeswoman for the center Amina Tawil said that captive Natsheh, who has been held in administrative detention since September 26, 2012, is suffering from cancer in the lymph gland, problems in the coronary artery, nerve problems, and pains in the spine, and added that his health condition is deteriorating day after day.
She said that Natsheh, held in Ofer prison, is not receiving the necessary treatment and the Israeli authorities have been refusing to transfer him to hospital where he could undergo medical tests.
Tawil pointed out that the life of captive Natsheh is seriously threatened, as he has stopped the chemical treatment due to his recent arrest.
She called on "all human rights institutions, including the Red Cross, to pressure the Israeli authorities to release Natsheh."
Meanwhile, prisoners held in Nafha jail said on Saturday that the conditions in the prison sections are no longer bearable, in light of the spread of rodents, the high humidity and the poor environmental conditions, which caused many prisoners skin diseases and allergies.
Prisoners in Nafha demanded the closure of sections 3 and 4 of the prison, "Because they are not suitable for human life."
Separately, prisoners of section 8 in the Megiddo prison began a hunger strike to protest the deliberate medical neglect against the prisoner Shadi Jazmawi who suffers from leukemia.
She said that Natsheh, held in Ofer prison, is not receiving the necessary treatment and the Israeli authorities have been refusing to transfer him to hospital where he could undergo medical tests.
Tawil pointed out that the life of captive Natsheh is seriously threatened, as he has stopped the chemical treatment due to his recent arrest.
She called on "all human rights institutions, including the Red Cross, to pressure the Israeli authorities to release Natsheh."
Meanwhile, prisoners held in Nafha jail said on Saturday that the conditions in the prison sections are no longer bearable, in light of the spread of rodents, the high humidity and the poor environmental conditions, which caused many prisoners skin diseases and allergies.
Prisoners in Nafha demanded the closure of sections 3 and 4 of the prison, "Because they are not suitable for human life."
Separately, prisoners of section 8 in the Megiddo prison began a hunger strike to protest the deliberate medical neglect against the prisoner Shadi Jazmawi who suffers from leukemia.
Families and supporters of Palestinian detainees sit in the Gaza Red Cross
Lawyer of the Prisoners' Club society on Sunday said that the health status of three Palestinian detainees held in Ofer prison have markedly deteriorated.
Lawyer of the Prisoners' Club society on Sunday said that the health status of three Palestinian detainees held in Ofer prison have markedly deteriorated.
The society quoted the lawyer, who just visited the prisoners, as saying that Azzam al-Shweiki, 53, was admitted to Soroka Hospital for two days and then driven back to the prison, as he had undergone an open-heart surgery a few days prior to his arrest.
Shweiki was arrested on January 15, 2014, and issued with an order of administrative detention for 6 months.
The doctor checked him and prescribed 11 painkilling pills; however, he usually before his arrest visited his doctor on a daily basis for follow-up treatment, the society reported.
Shweiki was originally arrested 1980 and sentenced to 6 years. Then was put under administrative detention for 10 years. He also was one of the 416 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members deported by Israel to the Marj Al Zohour area of southern Lebanon in 1992’s winter.
Of the sick prisoners also is Walid Hasasneh, 22, from Bethlehem. He was arrested on January 19, 2013 and was served an administrative detention order him for two months, according to the human rights organization.
The said that Hasasneh suffers from epileptic seizures that continue for 5 hours. “When he fell unconscious, he has to sustain convulsions and shortness of breath, and thus is transferred to a Jerusalem hospital, where he gets exposed to ECG and blood pressure tests and then is returned to the prison without receiving proper treatment,” the lawyer said.
Hasasneh’s left eye is completely dysfunctional, while he poorly sees with the right, he added.
Fouad Shobaki, 73, jailed in Ofer prison turned out to have an unidentified mass in the left side after it was scanned by an ultrasound machine a week ago. He was told that he will get tested with an anatomical image without giving a date for that, the lawyer said.
Shobaki suffers from problems in the eyes and in the urinary tract, and from hemorrhoids. He called the lawyer reported, for a doctor from a hospital other than Ofer clinic to conduct a medical examination for him to determine the necessary tests.
Shweiki was arrested on January 15, 2014, and issued with an order of administrative detention for 6 months.
The doctor checked him and prescribed 11 painkilling pills; however, he usually before his arrest visited his doctor on a daily basis for follow-up treatment, the society reported.
Shweiki was originally arrested 1980 and sentenced to 6 years. Then was put under administrative detention for 10 years. He also was one of the 416 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members deported by Israel to the Marj Al Zohour area of southern Lebanon in 1992’s winter.
Of the sick prisoners also is Walid Hasasneh, 22, from Bethlehem. He was arrested on January 19, 2013 and was served an administrative detention order him for two months, according to the human rights organization.
The said that Hasasneh suffers from epileptic seizures that continue for 5 hours. “When he fell unconscious, he has to sustain convulsions and shortness of breath, and thus is transferred to a Jerusalem hospital, where he gets exposed to ECG and blood pressure tests and then is returned to the prison without receiving proper treatment,” the lawyer said.
Hasasneh’s left eye is completely dysfunctional, while he poorly sees with the right, he added.
Fouad Shobaki, 73, jailed in Ofer prison turned out to have an unidentified mass in the left side after it was scanned by an ultrasound machine a week ago. He was told that he will get tested with an anatomical image without giving a date for that, the lawyer said.
Shobaki suffers from problems in the eyes and in the urinary tract, and from hemorrhoids. He called the lawyer reported, for a doctor from a hospital other than Ofer clinic to conduct a medical examination for him to determine the necessary tests.
A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody was evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba early Saturday after a sudden illness, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said.
A statement received by Ma'an quoted Mamdouh al-Bitar as saying that his 33-year-old brother Ibrahim was evacuated to Soroka Hospital.
He said his brother underwent a stomach surgery about twenty days ago, and had been suffering from illnesses of the stomach and intestine, as well as having blood problems.
5,200 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Oct. 2013, according to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs. Another 1,280 are in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Since 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel, representing 20 percent of the total population and 40 percent of all males in the occupied territories.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
A statement received by Ma'an quoted Mamdouh al-Bitar as saying that his 33-year-old brother Ibrahim was evacuated to Soroka Hospital.
He said his brother underwent a stomach surgery about twenty days ago, and had been suffering from illnesses of the stomach and intestine, as well as having blood problems.
5,200 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Oct. 2013, according to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs. Another 1,280 are in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Since 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel, representing 20 percent of the total population and 40 percent of all males in the occupied territories.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Aroub refugee camp to the north of Al-Khalil on Sunday. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a number of IOF patrols roamed the streets of the refugee camp, adding that the soldiers detained young men and examined their IDs.
They said that the soldiers were deployed in areas near the main street while army vehicles were seen near the entrance to the camp.
A number of citizens suffered injuries during confrontations in the refugee camp with the invading soldiers over the past few days.
They said that the soldiers were deployed in areas near the main street while army vehicles were seen near the entrance to the camp.
A number of citizens suffered injuries during confrontations in the refugee camp with the invading soldiers over the past few days.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday a Palestinian child near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil and a liberated prisoner immediately after his release from the PA's jails. Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the IOF arrested the boy Khaled Zahida from the Old City of al-Khalil, while he was near the Ibrahimi Mosque, after assaulting him, and then took him to an unknown destination.
The occupation forces also arrested a citizen only few hours after his release from the Palestinian Authority jails in al-Khalil, during a raid into his house, and transferred him to an unknown destination, locals said.
Israeli special units stormed Beit Ummar village, to the north of Al-Khalil, where they kidnapped two citizens and took them to the Gush Etzion military center, set up on the citizens' lands.
Two other Palestinians were arrested in the southern area of the city. They were beaten then taken to an unknown destination.
IOF soldiers also closed a street in the south of al-Khalil under the pretext of providing security for settlers from the Njihut settlement, established on the lands of Khirbet Salama, eyewitnesses reported.
In Bethlehem, the IOF summoned a citizen to its intelligence headquarters after storming his house.
Local sources added that a number of Israeli soldiers attacked a civilian and sprayed him with pepper gas, causing him different injuries. The man was taken to hospital in the city for treatment.
In Jenin, the IOF arrested two young men last night, while they were on the main street near the Jalama military checkpoint, north of the city, and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, an Israeli force stormed last night the village of Burin, in Nablus, where they erected a checkpoint on the bypass road near the settlement of Yitzhar, and raided a citizen’s house.
Seven military patrols also stormed a number of neighborhoods in the village of Beita and erected a barrier in al-Jisr area, all in the vicinity of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF raided two neighborhoods in the west of Nablus city, but no arrests were reported.
The occupation forces also arrested a citizen only few hours after his release from the Palestinian Authority jails in al-Khalil, during a raid into his house, and transferred him to an unknown destination, locals said.
Israeli special units stormed Beit Ummar village, to the north of Al-Khalil, where they kidnapped two citizens and took them to the Gush Etzion military center, set up on the citizens' lands.
Two other Palestinians were arrested in the southern area of the city. They were beaten then taken to an unknown destination.
IOF soldiers also closed a street in the south of al-Khalil under the pretext of providing security for settlers from the Njihut settlement, established on the lands of Khirbet Salama, eyewitnesses reported.
In Bethlehem, the IOF summoned a citizen to its intelligence headquarters after storming his house.
Local sources added that a number of Israeli soldiers attacked a civilian and sprayed him with pepper gas, causing him different injuries. The man was taken to hospital in the city for treatment.
In Jenin, the IOF arrested two young men last night, while they were on the main street near the Jalama military checkpoint, north of the city, and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, an Israeli force stormed last night the village of Burin, in Nablus, where they erected a checkpoint on the bypass road near the settlement of Yitzhar, and raided a citizen’s house.
Seven military patrols also stormed a number of neighborhoods in the village of Beita and erected a barrier in al-Jisr area, all in the vicinity of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF raided two neighborhoods in the west of Nablus city, but no arrests were reported.
A group of Jewish settlers led by the fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick entered the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning via the Maghareba gate. Eyewitnesses inside the Aqsa Mosque said that special Israeli police forces escorted the settlers during their tour of the holy site.
They said that Glick was lecturing the settlers on the myth of the so-called temple and its alleged location in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli soldiers stationed at the gates to the Mosque detained the ID cards of young worshipers to prevent any attempt to protest the settlers’ tour. One of the young men was arrested.
They said that Glick was lecturing the settlers on the myth of the so-called temple and its alleged location in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli soldiers stationed at the gates to the Mosque detained the ID cards of young worshipers to prevent any attempt to protest the settlers’ tour. One of the young men was arrested.
8 feb 2014
Lawyers at the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs in the West Bank Karim Ajwa stated that the prisoner Iyad Astete has been on hunger strike since February 1, 2014. Captive Astete, from the city of Jenin in the north of the West Bank, has been detained since June 2006 and is serving a prison sentence of 16 years.
He has started a hunger strike protesting against the Israeli authorities' refusal to transfer him from Ashkelon prison to the northern jails which are close to his residence area.
Astete told the lawyer Ajwa that after he was transferred from Megiddo prison, he has been held in solitary confinement for more than 50 days, and that he has asked to be moved to the prisons in the north so that his sick mother could visit him.
He has also threatened that he will start refusing to drink water as of tomorrow Sunday if the prison administration does not meet his demands.
Astete said that the conditions in Ashkelon's solitary confinement cells are very bad, and that he has been deprived of buying from the canteen and of receiving family visits for two months and a half.
He has started a hunger strike protesting against the Israeli authorities' refusal to transfer him from Ashkelon prison to the northern jails which are close to his residence area.
Astete told the lawyer Ajwa that after he was transferred from Megiddo prison, he has been held in solitary confinement for more than 50 days, and that he has asked to be moved to the prisons in the north so that his sick mother could visit him.
He has also threatened that he will start refusing to drink water as of tomorrow Sunday if the prison administration does not meet his demands.
Astete said that the conditions in Ashkelon's solitary confinement cells are very bad, and that he has been deprived of buying from the canteen and of receiving family visits for two months and a half.
The Israeli occupation police in the occupied city of Jerusalem extended the detention of four minors and two youths, convicted of throwing stones in al-Aqsa Mosque during clashes that erupted after Friday prayers. According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Israeli police released a Jerusalemite child after interrogating him, while extended the detention of four others and two young men, pending trial.
The center added that the Israeli policemen attacked one of the detained boys during his arrest, causing him many bruises in the face.
Violent confrontations erupted after Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque, in protest against the settlers' continued incursions in the courtyards of the Mosque.
Meanwhile, a delegation from all Christian churches in the occupied city of Jerusalem, visited al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday in solidarity with the Muslims against the violations of the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA).
The delegation organized a march from the courtyards of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem to al-Aqsa Mosque, where it met with a number of officials in the Islamic Endowments, worshipers and Islamic figures.
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Attalla Hanna headed the delegation and delivered a speech in which he condemned the occupation’s violations against al-Aqsa and all the Islamic and Christian sanctities.
He also emphasized the unity of the Palestinian people facing the occupation and its racist practices in all their forms.
The center added that the Israeli policemen attacked one of the detained boys during his arrest, causing him many bruises in the face.
Violent confrontations erupted after Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque, in protest against the settlers' continued incursions in the courtyards of the Mosque.
Meanwhile, a delegation from all Christian churches in the occupied city of Jerusalem, visited al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday in solidarity with the Muslims against the violations of the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA).
The delegation organized a march from the courtyards of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem to al-Aqsa Mosque, where it met with a number of officials in the Islamic Endowments, worshipers and Islamic figures.
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Attalla Hanna headed the delegation and delivered a speech in which he condemned the occupation’s violations against al-Aqsa and all the Islamic and Christian sanctities.
He also emphasized the unity of the Palestinian people facing the occupation and its racist practices in all their forms.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) maintained a tight siege on Yabad village, south of Jenin, on Saturday and threatened inhabitants with severe punishment. Local sources said that IOF soldiers broke into the village on Friday night and fired at random just to provoke and terrorize citizens.
They said that the soldiers detained citizens at the entrance to the village and told them to expect mass punishment after a bus loaded with settlers was attacked and torched near the village earlier on Friday.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers intercepted vehicles at the village’s entrance and questioned commuters and prevented farmers from heading to their fields.
They said that the soldiers detained citizens at the entrance to the village and told them to expect mass punishment after a bus loaded with settlers was attacked and torched near the village earlier on Friday.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers intercepted vehicles at the village’s entrance and questioned commuters and prevented farmers from heading to their fields.
A large force of Israeli forces assembled south of Nablus late Saturday after a molotov cocktail was thrown at an Israeli settler's vehicle on the road earlier in the day.
Witnesses told Ma'an that large numbers of Israeli soldiers massed on the road leading to the Israeli settlement of Itzhar near the village of Burin after the incident.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces fired a number of flares and began conducting searches in the area in order to detain those who had thrown the cocktail.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Witnesses told Ma'an that large numbers of Israeli soldiers massed on the road leading to the Israeli settlement of Itzhar near the village of Burin after the incident.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces fired a number of flares and began conducting searches in the area in order to detain those who had thrown the cocktail.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Palestinian and foreign anti-settlement activists on Friday protested Israel's violations against the prisoners, the holy city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque. Dozens of activists suffered bullet and tear gas injuries when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently suppressed their peaceful marches in different areas of the West Bank.
The IOF subdued the weekly march in Masarah village and prevented the activists from reaching the annexed land near the segregation wall.
In Kafr Qaddum village, the IOF brutally attacked the march and fired a hail of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the protestors.
One child and three activists were reportedly injured during the IOF attack.
In Bil'in and Masarah villages, dozens of activists also suffered injuries as they were trying to march to the Palestinian land near the segregation wall
In Al-Khalil, the weekly march of Beit Ummar town saw violent clashes with Israeli soldiers. One Palestinian was reportedly detained and many others suffered injuries during the events.
Similar clashes with the IOF also took place in the nearby Al-Aroub refugee camp.
The IOF subdued the weekly march in Masarah village and prevented the activists from reaching the annexed land near the segregation wall.
In Kafr Qaddum village, the IOF brutally attacked the march and fired a hail of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the protestors.
One child and three activists were reportedly injured during the IOF attack.
In Bil'in and Masarah villages, dozens of activists also suffered injuries as they were trying to march to the Palestinian land near the segregation wall
In Al-Khalil, the weekly march of Beit Ummar town saw violent clashes with Israeli soldiers. One Palestinian was reportedly detained and many others suffered injuries during the events.
Similar clashes with the IOF also took place in the nearby Al-Aroub refugee camp.
Israeli Askalan prison guards stormed ward three on Friday at the pretext of searching Palestinian prisoners’ rooms. The Palestinian prisoner club said that the search took five hours, noting that ward three is the only section comprising Palestinian security prisoners.
It said that the guards forced the prisoners out of room 11 into the open cold weather and wreaked havoc in their personal belongings.
It said that the guards forced the prisoners out of room 11 into the open cold weather and wreaked havoc in their personal belongings.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished another protest camp named "Al-Awdah 2" that was established by Palestinian activists on Friday in the central Jordan Valley on the ruins of Ein Jozaleh village, which was destroyed and ethnically cleansed by the Israeli army in 1967. Spokesman for "Save the Jordan Valley" campaign Bassam Muslemani told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the camp was aimed at sending a message to all parties to the peace talks that the Jordan Valley and all the occupied Palestinians lands belong to the Palestinian people alone and will remain so.
Spokesman Muslemani added that the IOF removed the protest camp a few hours after it was established in the afternoon yesterday by dozens of youth activists.
He explained that senior Israeli commanders from the area along with a large force of Israeli troops stormed the village and told the activists to evacuate it at the pretext it was a closed military zone.
The spokesman affirmed that the activists told the officers that they were peaceful activists protesting Israel's occupation of the Palestinian lands.
Afterwards, the officers left the area, but later a large force of Israeli troops showed up and said they had orders to evacuate the activists and remove their tents by force, according to the spokesman of the campaign.
The raiding soldiers then arrested Ayman Bani Odeh and handed his fellow activists Aysar Muslemani and Jamal Muslemani summonses for interrogation from the Israeli military intelligence before they removed and confiscated the tents.
This protest camp was the third of its kind in the Jordan Valley after youth activists recently established two makeshift villages or protest camps in the northern Jordan Valley.
All these protest camps were intended to protest the intents to give away the Jordan Valley to the Israeli occupation state as part of a US-drafted framework deal with the Palestinian Authority.
Spokesman Muslemani added that the IOF removed the protest camp a few hours after it was established in the afternoon yesterday by dozens of youth activists.
He explained that senior Israeli commanders from the area along with a large force of Israeli troops stormed the village and told the activists to evacuate it at the pretext it was a closed military zone.
The spokesman affirmed that the activists told the officers that they were peaceful activists protesting Israel's occupation of the Palestinian lands.
Afterwards, the officers left the area, but later a large force of Israeli troops showed up and said they had orders to evacuate the activists and remove their tents by force, according to the spokesman of the campaign.
The raiding soldiers then arrested Ayman Bani Odeh and handed his fellow activists Aysar Muslemani and Jamal Muslemani summonses for interrogation from the Israeli military intelligence before they removed and confiscated the tents.
This protest camp was the third of its kind in the Jordan Valley after youth activists recently established two makeshift villages or protest camps in the northern Jordan Valley.
All these protest camps were intended to protest the intents to give away the Jordan Valley to the Israeli occupation state as part of a US-drafted framework deal with the Palestinian Authority.
Soldiers Invade Wad Fokkin, Detain Several Palestinians
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Jabour stated that the soldiers ambushed resident Mohammad Mahmoud Darwish, 17, in the al-Ein area in the town, and hurled concussion grenades at him before kidnapping him.
The soldiers also kidnapped former political prisoner, Moath Shihda Sabarna, 22, in the same attack, and took the two Palestinians to the Etzion nearby military and security base.
Hours before the attack, clashes took place in Beit Za’ta area, in the town, after dozens of soldiers invaded it and fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated bullets, while dozens have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Also on Friday at night, dozens of soldiers invaded Wad Fokkin village, west of Bethlehem, detained several young Palestinians, and interrogated them.
Ahmad Sukkar, head of the Wad Fokkin village council, stated that the soldiers surrounded the town, and invaded it before surrounded its center and interrogating dozens of local youths.
On Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, while dozens were hurt by gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Jabour stated that the soldiers ambushed resident Mohammad Mahmoud Darwish, 17, in the al-Ein area in the town, and hurled concussion grenades at him before kidnapping him.
The soldiers also kidnapped former political prisoner, Moath Shihda Sabarna, 22, in the same attack, and took the two Palestinians to the Etzion nearby military and security base.
Hours before the attack, clashes took place in Beit Za’ta area, in the town, after dozens of soldiers invaded it and fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated bullets, while dozens have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Also on Friday at night, dozens of soldiers invaded Wad Fokkin village, west of Bethlehem, detained several young Palestinians, and interrogated them.
Ahmad Sukkar, head of the Wad Fokkin village council, stated that the soldiers surrounded the town, and invaded it before surrounded its center and interrogating dozens of local youths.
On Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, while dozens were hurt by gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
