14 feb 2014
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Hebron, Rateb Jabour, stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian shepherd, east of Yatta city. The Palestinian was kidnapped after being attacked by Israeli settlers.
Jabour said that the soldiers assaulted and kidnapped, Nael Khalil Abu Arram, 18, taking him to an unknown destination.
Abu Arram was taken prisoner in the Eqweibes village, east of Yatta. The soldiers kidnapped him after a number of Israeli settlers attacked him in a land which belongs to the village.
The village is surrounded by three illegitimate Israeli settlements, built on privately owned Palestinian lands. Settlements built in that area are Susia, Avigal and Mitzpe Yair.
Jabour denounced the assault and the ongoing violations carried out by settlers, and said both the soldiers and settlers are trying to push Palestinians out of their lands in order to build and expand the illegitimate Israeli settlement.
Israeli settlers repeatedly attack Palestinians, their lands and property in different parts of occupied Palestine, especially in the Hebron district.
Jabour said that the soldiers assaulted and kidnapped, Nael Khalil Abu Arram, 18, taking him to an unknown destination.
Abu Arram was taken prisoner in the Eqweibes village, east of Yatta. The soldiers kidnapped him after a number of Israeli settlers attacked him in a land which belongs to the village.
The village is surrounded by three illegitimate Israeli settlements, built on privately owned Palestinian lands. Settlements built in that area are Susia, Avigal and Mitzpe Yair.
Jabour denounced the assault and the ongoing violations carried out by settlers, and said both the soldiers and settlers are trying to push Palestinians out of their lands in order to build and expand the illegitimate Israeli settlement.
Israeli settlers repeatedly attack Palestinians, their lands and property in different parts of occupied Palestine, especially in the Hebron district.
13 feb 2014
The Magistrate court judge released 5 children from the village of Esawyeh on Thursday on conditions of isolation them from their homes and a financial bail, and extended the arrest of two others until Sunday.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge decided to release 15-year old Firas Mahmoud, 15-year old Bashar Mahmoud, 17-year old Mohammad Haitham Mahmoud, 16-year old Mahmoud Abu Roumi and 14-year old Khalil Naser, 16-year old Ra’ouf Abu Rmeileh and 14-year old Tamer Mleihat on conditions of isolating them from homes in the village of Esawyeh and a financial bail of 500 NIS for each.
The lawyer added that the judge decided to extend the arrest of 17-year old Sari Jaber and 16-year old Ahmad Darwish until Sunday.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge decided to release 15-year old Firas Mahmoud, 15-year old Bashar Mahmoud, 17-year old Mohammad Haitham Mahmoud, 16-year old Mahmoud Abu Roumi and 14-year old Khalil Naser, 16-year old Ra’ouf Abu Rmeileh and 14-year old Tamer Mleihat on conditions of isolating them from homes in the village of Esawyeh and a financial bail of 500 NIS for each.
The lawyer added that the judge decided to extend the arrest of 17-year old Sari Jaber and 16-year old Ahmad Darwish until Sunday.
Israeli forces on Thursday raided the village of Deir Nidham north of Ramallah and detained a young man and assaulted a middle-aged woman.
Obeid Naseruddin al-Tamimi, 22, was detained and Muna Mahmoud al-Tamimi, 45, was beaten during the raid.
Clashes subsequently broke out between the raiding Israeli forces and young Palestinian men from the village.
Israeli forces fired tear gas during the clashes, causing several protesters to suffer from excessive tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Deir Nidham is a small village completely surrounded by areas under Israeli military control. It is located directly beside the Hallamish settlement, close by to Nabi Saleh, which is the site of frequent protests against the Israeli occupation.
Obeid Naseruddin al-Tamimi, 22, was detained and Muna Mahmoud al-Tamimi, 45, was beaten during the raid.
Clashes subsequently broke out between the raiding Israeli forces and young Palestinian men from the village.
Israeli forces fired tear gas during the clashes, causing several protesters to suffer from excessive tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Deir Nidham is a small village completely surrounded by areas under Israeli military control. It is located directly beside the Hallamish settlement, close by to Nabi Saleh, which is the site of frequent protests against the Israeli occupation.
The director of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society in Hebron said on Thursday that the Israeli prison administration and Shin Bet had launched a campaign against Fatah leaders in Rimon prison.
Amjad al-Najjar said that prisoners informed the society that the administration launched an unprecedented campaign to dismantle the organizational body of Fatah, which had caused tensions in the prison for the past two months.
Al-Najjaer added that prison administration and Shin Bet accuse Fatah leaders in the prison of coordinating with President Mahmoud Abbas and acting upon his advice.
Around 3,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails out of a total of 5,000 are affiliated with Fatah, and they are accused of coordinating daily with the PA in Ramallah, he said.
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.
Amjad al-Najjar said that prisoners informed the society that the administration launched an unprecedented campaign to dismantle the organizational body of Fatah, which had caused tensions in the prison for the past two months.
Al-Najjaer added that prison administration and Shin Bet accuse Fatah leaders in the prison of coordinating with President Mahmoud Abbas and acting upon his advice.
Around 3,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails out of a total of 5,000 are affiliated with Fatah, and they are accused of coordinating daily with the PA in Ramallah, he said.
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.
Dozens of Palestinian popular resistance activists held a demonstration on Thursday near the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim to protest potential Israeli settlement construction in the key "E1" area in the central West Bank.
Israeli forces were deployed in the area and an activist was detained and taken to an unknown destination during the protest, according to activists.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
The demonstration was held in advance of a demonstration by prominent Israelis to urge their government to build more settlements in the E1 area on Thursday afternoon.
Numerous Israeli members of Knesset planned to attend, including the housing and transportation ministers, as well as rabbis, according to Israeli news site Israel National News.
Palestinian popular resistance activist Salah Khawaja said the settler demonstration, in which rabbis and ministers will participate, requires a similar Palestinian position where ministers and lawmakers demonstrate as well.
In late 2012, the Israeli government announced plans to build hundreds of settler homes in the E1 corridor after Palestine was granted non-member observer state status at the United Nations. Those plans were later frozen, but never completely shelved.
Israeli settlement construction in E1 would divide the West Bank in two and make the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state -- as envisaged by the internationally backed two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- virtually impossible.
Israeli forces were deployed in the area and an activist was detained and taken to an unknown destination during the protest, according to activists.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
The demonstration was held in advance of a demonstration by prominent Israelis to urge their government to build more settlements in the E1 area on Thursday afternoon.
Numerous Israeli members of Knesset planned to attend, including the housing and transportation ministers, as well as rabbis, according to Israeli news site Israel National News.
Palestinian popular resistance activist Salah Khawaja said the settler demonstration, in which rabbis and ministers will participate, requires a similar Palestinian position where ministers and lawmakers demonstrate as well.
In late 2012, the Israeli government announced plans to build hundreds of settler homes in the E1 corridor after Palestine was granted non-member observer state status at the United Nations. Those plans were later frozen, but never completely shelved.
Israeli settlement construction in E1 would divide the West Bank in two and make the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state -- as envisaged by the internationally backed two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- virtually impossible.
Palestinian official sources said that the number of Palestinian children kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in 2013 rose to 900 detainees, compared to the past years when their average numbers would reach 700 detainees.
In a report, the ministry of prisoners' affairs in Ramallah stated that arresting and torturing Palestinian children become an Israeli systematic policy, which constitutes a serious violation of international conventions and agreements on child's rights.
The vast majority of Palestinian minors and children were exposed to torture during their arrest and interrogation to extract confessions, the report said, noting that they were held in detention centers in Israeli settlements amid very difficult detention conditions.
According to the report, 180 Palestinian minors of less than 18 years old are currently held in Israeli prisons including 43 minors between 14 and 17-year-olds.
Palestinian minors are usually subjected to severe beating with rifle butts during their detention and interrogated without the presence of their lawyers, in addition to terrorizing their families after breaking into their homes at late hours.
Some minors were seriously injured after being tortured by electric shocks and police dogs and being detained in extreme cold conditions, the report added.
The ministry pointed out that the Palestinian minor detainees are deprived of receiving medical treatment and education, and are exposed to physical assaults and maltreatment while being transferred to courts.
In a report, the ministry of prisoners' affairs in Ramallah stated that arresting and torturing Palestinian children become an Israeli systematic policy, which constitutes a serious violation of international conventions and agreements on child's rights.
The vast majority of Palestinian minors and children were exposed to torture during their arrest and interrogation to extract confessions, the report said, noting that they were held in detention centers in Israeli settlements amid very difficult detention conditions.
According to the report, 180 Palestinian minors of less than 18 years old are currently held in Israeli prisons including 43 minors between 14 and 17-year-olds.
Palestinian minors are usually subjected to severe beating with rifle butts during their detention and interrogated without the presence of their lawyers, in addition to terrorizing their families after breaking into their homes at late hours.
Some minors were seriously injured after being tortured by electric shocks and police dogs and being detained in extreme cold conditions, the report added.
The ministry pointed out that the Palestinian minor detainees are deprived of receiving medical treatment and education, and are exposed to physical assaults and maltreatment while being transferred to courts.
Israeli forces raided the house of Hassan Hamamreh, head of Husan village council, west of Bethlehem and detained its residents in one room.
An eyewitness said that Israeli forces raided the house and rummaged with its contents.
An eyewitness said that Israeli forces raided the house and rummaged with its contents.
Dozens of settlers in recent months have installed cameras on their vehicles' license-plates in order to capture Palestinians and record the shooting and incidents of throwing stones or Molotov cocktails in a West Bank road, Maariv reported.
Maariv added that recently these cameras helped the IOF to capture a group of Palestinians who were throwing stones in the village of Azzun in Qalqiliya.
There has been a decline in the number of incidents in recent weeks, due to the arrest of the stone-throwers who began throwing stones at passing vehicles, Maariv claimed.
Maariv added that recently these cameras helped the IOF to capture a group of Palestinians who were throwing stones in the village of Azzun in Qalqiliya.
There has been a decline in the number of incidents in recent weeks, due to the arrest of the stone-throwers who began throwing stones at passing vehicles, Maariv claimed.
Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians in overnight arrest raids across the West Bank, locals and Israel's army said Thursday.
Locals told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles stormed Aida refugee camp and detained Amjad Salih Abu Akar, 17, Muhammad Hamzah Kurdi, 16, Muhammad Asaad Masaid, 16, Mustafa Ibrahim Abu Srour, 20 and Muath Taysir Mashayikh, 21.
In Duheisha refugee camp, Israeli forces detained Tamir Harbi Abu Sadoud, 20.
In Nablus, Israeli forces raided Balata refugee camp and detained Abdul Jabbar Farraj.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said five people were detained in Aida, four in Ramallah, one in Nablus, one in Duheisha, and one in Hebron.
IOF arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Thursday Nablus city and arrested a 20-year-old young man after raiding his home in Balata refugee camp east of the city.
Israeli soldiers have stormed and ransacked Abdul-Jabbar Farraj’s house for about two hours before his arrest, the PIC reporter in the city said.
The sources added that Israeli troops have been deployed in the vicinity of Youssef's Tomb east of Nablus as part of the Israeli daily break-ins and arrests in the city.
In another incident, five Palestinians were arrested near Benjamin settlement near Ramallah for allegedly possessing weapons, Israeli media sources claimed.
Israeli radio claimed that Israeli soldiers have found explosive devices and weapons while searching a Palestinian vehicle, where team of explosive experts has been called to dismantle them.
According to the Hebrew sources’ allegations, the five Palestinians were planning to carry out an attack against Israel.
Meanwhile, Israeli undercover agents kidnapped at dawn Thursday a young man at Dheisheh refugee camp's entrance to the south of Bethlehem city.
Israeli plain-clothes soldiers using a civilian car kidnapped the 20-year-old Tamer Sadoud and took him to an unknown place, local sources revealed.
The IOF also arrested six Palestinian minors in Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem after storming and searching their parents' houses
Locals told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles stormed Aida refugee camp and detained Amjad Salih Abu Akar, 17, Muhammad Hamzah Kurdi, 16, Muhammad Asaad Masaid, 16, Mustafa Ibrahim Abu Srour, 20 and Muath Taysir Mashayikh, 21.
In Duheisha refugee camp, Israeli forces detained Tamir Harbi Abu Sadoud, 20.
In Nablus, Israeli forces raided Balata refugee camp and detained Abdul Jabbar Farraj.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said five people were detained in Aida, four in Ramallah, one in Nablus, one in Duheisha, and one in Hebron.
IOF arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Thursday Nablus city and arrested a 20-year-old young man after raiding his home in Balata refugee camp east of the city.
Israeli soldiers have stormed and ransacked Abdul-Jabbar Farraj’s house for about two hours before his arrest, the PIC reporter in the city said.
The sources added that Israeli troops have been deployed in the vicinity of Youssef's Tomb east of Nablus as part of the Israeli daily break-ins and arrests in the city.
In another incident, five Palestinians were arrested near Benjamin settlement near Ramallah for allegedly possessing weapons, Israeli media sources claimed.
Israeli radio claimed that Israeli soldiers have found explosive devices and weapons while searching a Palestinian vehicle, where team of explosive experts has been called to dismantle them.
According to the Hebrew sources’ allegations, the five Palestinians were planning to carry out an attack against Israel.
Meanwhile, Israeli undercover agents kidnapped at dawn Thursday a young man at Dheisheh refugee camp's entrance to the south of Bethlehem city.
Israeli plain-clothes soldiers using a civilian car kidnapped the 20-year-old Tamer Sadoud and took him to an unknown place, local sources revealed.
The IOF also arrested six Palestinian minors in Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem after storming and searching their parents' houses
Israeli military and security sources claimed the army managed to uncover and arrest members of a cell that planned attacks against Israeli targets, in the occupied West Bank. The sources said that members of the Border Guard Police stopped a Palestinian car, on Wednesday evening [February 12, 2014], and arrested five Palestinians “who planned to attack Israeli targets”. The five are in their twenties.
The army claimed uncovering two homemade rifles, and magazines, under the back seat if the car.
An Israeli security official said the plans of this “cell” are still unknown, but initial interrogation revealed that its members want to conduct what he labeled as “terrorist attacks”, without providing further details.
The five Palestinians are still under interrogation by the Israeli Internal Security Agency.
The army claimed uncovering two homemade rifles, and magazines, under the back seat if the car.
An Israeli security official said the plans of this “cell” are still unknown, but initial interrogation revealed that its members want to conduct what he labeled as “terrorist attacks”, without providing further details.
The five Palestinians are still under interrogation by the Israeli Internal Security Agency.
12 feb 2014
Euro-Mediterranean Observer for Human Rights said that the observer is to issue a detailed report on Palestinian security forces violations, arbitrary arrests and torture, in particular, in the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) during 2013.
Euro-Mid stated that it recorded more than 800 cases of arbitrary arrests in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and nearly 1400 summons orders for the Palestinian citizens by the security forces. The backgrounds of the arrests are related to the expression of opinion and peaceful assembly.
The observer mentioned in the report that the security forces in the West Bank, dominated by Fatah movement, carried out 723 arbitrary arrests and 1137 illegal summons orders in 2013 without judicial authorization in most of these cases. The arrest reasons go back to the social and political activity of the victims or to the expression of their opinion peacefully.
Euro-Mid added that the report documented several cases in which the accused victim was prevented from meeting his defense lawyer and deprived of communication with the outside world. Some victims, interviewed by Euro-Mid, complained that they were exposed to torture during interrogation process to force them give confessions about charges against them.
It noted that the security forces in the West Bank arrested and summons 56 persons on the background of their activity on the social media websites. The forces detained and summons 19 journalists during the last year and arrested caricature painters and article writers because of their writings and paintings against the Palestinian authority policy.
Euro-Mid explained that it recorded 117 torture cases in the West Bank in which the victims claimed that they were exposed to whipping on their hands and feet, beating on many different parts of their bodies and preventing them from sleeping for long time.
Regarding Gaza violations, the report recorded 84 arbitrary arrests, 22 torture cases, 217 summons orders. The strip witnessed 7 cases of assault against journalists. The observer noted that the security forces in Gaza stepped up outlaw arrests alongside the referral that called the people to revolt against the government in Gaza.
At the end of the report, Euro-Mid confirmed that both authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip should respect their duties according to the Palestinian laws and the human rights laws.
Euro-Mid stated that it recorded more than 800 cases of arbitrary arrests in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and nearly 1400 summons orders for the Palestinian citizens by the security forces. The backgrounds of the arrests are related to the expression of opinion and peaceful assembly.
The observer mentioned in the report that the security forces in the West Bank, dominated by Fatah movement, carried out 723 arbitrary arrests and 1137 illegal summons orders in 2013 without judicial authorization in most of these cases. The arrest reasons go back to the social and political activity of the victims or to the expression of their opinion peacefully.
Euro-Mid added that the report documented several cases in which the accused victim was prevented from meeting his defense lawyer and deprived of communication with the outside world. Some victims, interviewed by Euro-Mid, complained that they were exposed to torture during interrogation process to force them give confessions about charges against them.
It noted that the security forces in the West Bank arrested and summons 56 persons on the background of their activity on the social media websites. The forces detained and summons 19 journalists during the last year and arrested caricature painters and article writers because of their writings and paintings against the Palestinian authority policy.
Euro-Mid explained that it recorded 117 torture cases in the West Bank in which the victims claimed that they were exposed to whipping on their hands and feet, beating on many different parts of their bodies and preventing them from sleeping for long time.
Regarding Gaza violations, the report recorded 84 arbitrary arrests, 22 torture cases, 217 summons orders. The strip witnessed 7 cases of assault against journalists. The observer noted that the security forces in Gaza stepped up outlaw arrests alongside the referral that called the people to revolt against the government in Gaza.
At the end of the report, Euro-Mid confirmed that both authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip should respect their duties according to the Palestinian laws and the human rights laws.
Israeli forces arrested two activists against the Wall and settlements and expelled about thirty others after they returned to Ein Hejleh village in the Jordan Valley to confirm that the village is a Palestinian village and that Israel can not prevent them from reaching their village after occupation army evacuated it by force five days ago.
Diana Al-Zeer, a spokeswoman for the Popular Resistance Committees, told PNN that occupation forces arrested Chairman of the Committee Against the Wall and settlement Munther Amira and the committee member Mahmoud Zawahra and forced the rest to leave after assaulting and threatening them with arrest and shoot and declared the village a closed military area.
A few minutes before his arrest, Munther Amira told PNN that they are returning to the Ein Hejleh to assure that they reject the occupation's decision, which states on preventing them from reaching the village, which is considered a part of the territory of the future state of Palestine.
He added that thirty young Palestinian men returned this afternoon to the village of Ein Hejleh in order to continue the work in the village and to emphasis on the Palestinian identity that Israel is trying to erase .
He said," Once we reached the village, the youths began to re-arrange the situation and try to work on parts of the village, which was swept away and destroyed by Israeli bulldozers last week.
Mahmoud Zawahra, member of the Committee againt the Against the Wall told PNN that Israeli occupation forces attacked the young men and threatened them with weapons in an attempt to force them evacuate the village.
Diana Al-Zeer, a spokeswoman for the Popular Resistance Committees, told PNN that occupation forces arrested Chairman of the Committee Against the Wall and settlement Munther Amira and the committee member Mahmoud Zawahra and forced the rest to leave after assaulting and threatening them with arrest and shoot and declared the village a closed military area.
A few minutes before his arrest, Munther Amira told PNN that they are returning to the Ein Hejleh to assure that they reject the occupation's decision, which states on preventing them from reaching the village, which is considered a part of the territory of the future state of Palestine.
He added that thirty young Palestinian men returned this afternoon to the village of Ein Hejleh in order to continue the work in the village and to emphasis on the Palestinian identity that Israel is trying to erase .
He said," Once we reached the village, the youths began to re-arrange the situation and try to work on parts of the village, which was swept away and destroyed by Israeli bulldozers last week.
Mahmoud Zawahra, member of the Committee againt the Against the Wall told PNN that Israeli occupation forces attacked the young men and threatened them with weapons in an attempt to force them evacuate the village.
Israeli undercover soldiers abducted Mousa Shuwani from his workplace in downtown Ramallah at noon Wednesday. Sources in the students’ Islamic bloc said that Israeli soldiers in plain clothes kidnapped Shuwani, who was one of its leading activists, and took him away in a civilian car.
It said that Shuwani was suffering from an injury in one of his eyes during his participation in a massive rally in support of prisoners in front of the Ofer military barrier last year.
Shuwani also participate in numerous anti political detention protests and was detained and questioned by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses. His arrest increased the number of bloc cadres and leaders in Israeli detention to ten.
It said that Shuwani was suffering from an injury in one of his eyes during his participation in a massive rally in support of prisoners in front of the Ofer military barrier last year.
Shuwani also participate in numerous anti political detention protests and was detained and questioned by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses. His arrest increased the number of bloc cadres and leaders in Israeli detention to ten.
Israeli forces on Wednesday briefly detained a Palestinian woman before issuing a ban to prevent her entering the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Nujoud Imteer was taken to al-Qashla police station when she tried to enter the compound from the Cotton Merchant's Gate.
She was detained and banned for allegedly "causing riot inside the mosque," locals said.
Nujoud Imteer was taken to al-Qashla police station when she tried to enter the compound from the Cotton Merchant's Gate.
She was detained and banned for allegedly "causing riot inside the mosque," locals said.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the home of Hamas leader Majed Hasan in central Ramallah at dawn Wednesday and questioned him and his wife. The PIC reporter in the city said that the soldiers savagely stormed the house and thoroughly searched it before interrogating Hasan, his wife and children for more than an hour.
The reporter noted that the soldiers served a summons for Hasan for intelligence questioning in Ofer jail on Thursday morning.
Hasan had served ten years in Israeli jails mostly in administrative detention, without trial or charge, while his wife Nada Al-Jayusi was also detained by the occupation.
Other IOF units stormed the villages of Jalakmos and Mutalla to the east of Jenin at dawn Wednesday and searched two houses for two hours in the first village.
Local sources said that an intelligence officer interrogated occupants of both houses during the search.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers raided Burin village, south of Nablus, at a late night hour on Tuesday and clashed with young men, wounding one of them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the soldiers broke into a number of houses in the village and detained and interrogated two young men before releasing them later on.
The IOF incursion is the second of its kind in less than two days after a firebomb was tossed at a settlers’ car passing near Yitzhar settlement
The reporter noted that the soldiers served a summons for Hasan for intelligence questioning in Ofer jail on Thursday morning.
Hasan had served ten years in Israeli jails mostly in administrative detention, without trial or charge, while his wife Nada Al-Jayusi was also detained by the occupation.
Other IOF units stormed the villages of Jalakmos and Mutalla to the east of Jenin at dawn Wednesday and searched two houses for two hours in the first village.
Local sources said that an intelligence officer interrogated occupants of both houses during the search.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers raided Burin village, south of Nablus, at a late night hour on Tuesday and clashed with young men, wounding one of them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the soldiers broke into a number of houses in the village and detained and interrogated two young men before releasing them later on.
The IOF incursion is the second of its kind in less than two days after a firebomb was tossed at a settlers’ car passing near Yitzhar settlement
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained on Tuesday evening two Palestinian children, from the village of Anin to the west of Jenin, and interrogated them for two hours before releasing them. Local sources said that the Israeli soldiers arrested 14-year-old Hamid Issa and Karam Issa while they were herding sheep in the village's lands located near the apartheid wall, and took them to a military outpost inside the apartheid wall where they were interrogated.
The sources said the soldiers attacked and threatened the two boys, pointing out that the occupation forces are seeking to prevent the citizens from entering their agricultural lands near the apartheid wall.
In the city of al-Khalil, the Israeli forces also arrested on Tuesday another Palestinian child and 4 citizens during house raids, one of them suffers from neurological diseases and difficult health condition, local sources reported.
Eyewitnesses also said that four military patrols stormed the town of Dhahiriyya, to the south of al-Khalil, and roamed its main street before stopping near the headquarters of Fatah security services.
Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted at dawn Wednesday between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil, during raids into several neighborhoods in the town.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the Israeli soldiers stormed the entrance to the town and fired tear gas canisters and metal bullets towards the citizens and their houses. Many citizens were wounded and several young men and children suffered suffocation during the clashes.
Separately, Jewish settlers from the settlement of Susia established on the lands of Yatta in al-Khalil on Tuesday night uprooted dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian citizens, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Settlement Rateb Jabour said in a press statement.
In the city of Bethlehem, the IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinian youths on Wednesday morning after stopping their vehicle at the Container checkpoint northeast of the city and took them to an unknown destination.
The occupation patrols also raided several areas in Bethlehem, and no arrests were reported.
The occupation forces served a summons on Tuesday evening to the activist and student at An-Najah National University Farouk Moussa, 25, while he was passing through a checkpoint erected near the settlement of Shavei Shomron, near Nablus
The sources said the soldiers attacked and threatened the two boys, pointing out that the occupation forces are seeking to prevent the citizens from entering their agricultural lands near the apartheid wall.
In the city of al-Khalil, the Israeli forces also arrested on Tuesday another Palestinian child and 4 citizens during house raids, one of them suffers from neurological diseases and difficult health condition, local sources reported.
Eyewitnesses also said that four military patrols stormed the town of Dhahiriyya, to the south of al-Khalil, and roamed its main street before stopping near the headquarters of Fatah security services.
Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted at dawn Wednesday between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil, during raids into several neighborhoods in the town.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the Israeli soldiers stormed the entrance to the town and fired tear gas canisters and metal bullets towards the citizens and their houses. Many citizens were wounded and several young men and children suffered suffocation during the clashes.
Separately, Jewish settlers from the settlement of Susia established on the lands of Yatta in al-Khalil on Tuesday night uprooted dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian citizens, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Settlement Rateb Jabour said in a press statement.
In the city of Bethlehem, the IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinian youths on Wednesday morning after stopping their vehicle at the Container checkpoint northeast of the city and took them to an unknown destination.
The occupation patrols also raided several areas in Bethlehem, and no arrests were reported.
The occupation forces served a summons on Tuesday evening to the activist and student at An-Najah National University Farouk Moussa, 25, while he was passing through a checkpoint erected near the settlement of Shavei Shomron, near Nablus
Health status of the paralyzed detainee Hamza Abu al-Haija, held in Shata prison, has seriously deteriorated as he suffers from different injuries he sustained during Jenin refugee camp battle in 2002. Hamza’s family expressed deep concern over his health condition as Hamza suffers serious injuries he sustained before his arrest. Pieces of shrapnel were left in his body.
He suffers a herniated disc between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae and unbearable pains all over his body, the family added.
Hamza had been shot in 2002 during Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp, which caused his paralysis. The family called for providing Hamza with necessary treatment.
On the other hand, 5 Palestinian hunger strikers, held in Ramle prison hospital, have called on the Israeli authorities to provide them with 'death shrouds' in a display of their determination to continue their hunger strike till their demands are met.
Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the five administrative detainees Muammar Banat, Akram Fessissi, Wahid Abu Maria, Abdul Majeed Khaddarat, and Amir Shamas have asked for 'death shrouds' to display their determination to continue hunger strike "till freedom or martyrdom."
PPS said that hunger striker Banat's session is going to be held on the 16th of February, while Fessissi's administrative detention is scheduled to be renewed for three months. Israeli court has refused an appeal filed by Abu Maria for his release.
Salem military court is going to hold a session for the detainee Abdulmajeed Khodirat, who went on hunger strike since the 15th January 2014 protesting his re-arrest after being released in al-Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal.
Palestinian detainee Ameer Shamas, 23, has declared hunger strike since the 11th January 2014 protesting his administrative detention and isolation.
Meanwhile, PPS lawyer Jawad Boulos confirmed that PPS submitted an appeal to Israeli court in Be'er Sheva to transfer the sick detainee Mahmoud Ghalma to hospital after suffering heart attack and stroke.
The PPS appeal came after serious deterioration in health status of Ghalma who recently suffered a heart attack. He was transferred to Ramle prison hospital several days ago without receiving any treatment.
He was then transferred to Soroka hospital after he suffered a stroke. He remained for several days without any treatment except painkillers.
PPS chairman Qadoura Fares held the Israeli prison administration responsible for the detainee's life, denouncing the Israeli deliberate medical neglect that led to his serious health deterioration.
The detainee has lost his ability to speak, and he is no longer able to eat or drink.
He suffers a herniated disc between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae and unbearable pains all over his body, the family added.
Hamza had been shot in 2002 during Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp, which caused his paralysis. The family called for providing Hamza with necessary treatment.
On the other hand, 5 Palestinian hunger strikers, held in Ramle prison hospital, have called on the Israeli authorities to provide them with 'death shrouds' in a display of their determination to continue their hunger strike till their demands are met.
Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the five administrative detainees Muammar Banat, Akram Fessissi, Wahid Abu Maria, Abdul Majeed Khaddarat, and Amir Shamas have asked for 'death shrouds' to display their determination to continue hunger strike "till freedom or martyrdom."
PPS said that hunger striker Banat's session is going to be held on the 16th of February, while Fessissi's administrative detention is scheduled to be renewed for three months. Israeli court has refused an appeal filed by Abu Maria for his release.
Salem military court is going to hold a session for the detainee Abdulmajeed Khodirat, who went on hunger strike since the 15th January 2014 protesting his re-arrest after being released in al-Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal.
Palestinian detainee Ameer Shamas, 23, has declared hunger strike since the 11th January 2014 protesting his administrative detention and isolation.
Meanwhile, PPS lawyer Jawad Boulos confirmed that PPS submitted an appeal to Israeli court in Be'er Sheva to transfer the sick detainee Mahmoud Ghalma to hospital after suffering heart attack and stroke.
The PPS appeal came after serious deterioration in health status of Ghalma who recently suffered a heart attack. He was transferred to Ramle prison hospital several days ago without receiving any treatment.
He was then transferred to Soroka hospital after he suffered a stroke. He remained for several days without any treatment except painkillers.
PPS chairman Qadoura Fares held the Israeli prison administration responsible for the detainee's life, denouncing the Israeli deliberate medical neglect that led to his serious health deterioration.
The detainee has lost his ability to speak, and he is no longer able to eat or drink.
Abd al-Rahman Shaloudi 20
The Israeli forces arrested Wednesday six Palestinians in West Bank and two others from the Jerusalem area, injuring an elderly during their arrest, security and local sources said. In Jerusalem, Israeli police and General Security Service (shabak) arrested a father and his son aged 43 and 20, the latter is an ex-detainee, after breaking into their house in a brutal manner in Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, injuring the grandmother during their arrest.
Head of the Jerusalemite Detainees’ Families Committee, Amjad Abu ʻAsab, said that the grandmother sustained severe injuries after an Israeli forces officer slammed the door on her hand, which called for her immediate admission into a hospital.
Soldiers also arrested four Palestinian workers after breaking into a building they dwelt in in Bartaʻa Al-Sharqeyya (Eastern Bartaʻa), located to the southwest of Jenin.
Meanwhile, soldiers arrested two people after breaking into and searching their houses in Beit ʻAwwa and Al-Fawwar camp, located respectively to the southwest and south of Hebron.
They also set up checkpoints at several locations in the Hebron area, stopping vehicles and checking the passengers’ identity cards.
They also broke into several residential neighborhoods as well as the commercial center in the City of Hebron, inspected people’s IDs, and searched their vehicles.
Israeli forces raid house, detain father and son in Silwan
Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in East Jerusalem early Wednesday, a committee spokesman said.
Amjad Abu Asab, spokesman for a Jerusalem-based committee that represents prisoners' families, told Ma'an that Israeli troops and intelligence officers overnight raided the Beir Ayyoub area of the Silwan neighborhood and detained a young man and his father.
Abu Asab identified the detainees as 20-year-old Abd al-Rahman Shaloudi and his 43-year-old father, Idris.
The Israeli soldiers "savagely" broke into their house and damaged its interior, Abu Asab said.
He said Abd al-Rahman's grandmother was taken to hospital after one of the soldiers slammed a door on her hand.
The young man recently spent 16 months in Israeli prisons, and was released on Dec. 22, 2013, Abu Asab said.
A spokesman for the Israeli police did not answer calls seeking comment.
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.
The Israeli forces arrested Wednesday six Palestinians in West Bank and two others from the Jerusalem area, injuring an elderly during their arrest, security and local sources said. In Jerusalem, Israeli police and General Security Service (shabak) arrested a father and his son aged 43 and 20, the latter is an ex-detainee, after breaking into their house in a brutal manner in Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, injuring the grandmother during their arrest.
Head of the Jerusalemite Detainees’ Families Committee, Amjad Abu ʻAsab, said that the grandmother sustained severe injuries after an Israeli forces officer slammed the door on her hand, which called for her immediate admission into a hospital.
Soldiers also arrested four Palestinian workers after breaking into a building they dwelt in in Bartaʻa Al-Sharqeyya (Eastern Bartaʻa), located to the southwest of Jenin.
Meanwhile, soldiers arrested two people after breaking into and searching their houses in Beit ʻAwwa and Al-Fawwar camp, located respectively to the southwest and south of Hebron.
They also set up checkpoints at several locations in the Hebron area, stopping vehicles and checking the passengers’ identity cards.
They also broke into several residential neighborhoods as well as the commercial center in the City of Hebron, inspected people’s IDs, and searched their vehicles.
Israeli forces raid house, detain father and son in Silwan
Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in East Jerusalem early Wednesday, a committee spokesman said.
Amjad Abu Asab, spokesman for a Jerusalem-based committee that represents prisoners' families, told Ma'an that Israeli troops and intelligence officers overnight raided the Beir Ayyoub area of the Silwan neighborhood and detained a young man and his father.
Abu Asab identified the detainees as 20-year-old Abd al-Rahman Shaloudi and his 43-year-old father, Idris.
The Israeli soldiers "savagely" broke into their house and damaged its interior, Abu Asab said.
He said Abd al-Rahman's grandmother was taken to hospital after one of the soldiers slammed a door on her hand.
The young man recently spent 16 months in Israeli prisons, and was released on Dec. 22, 2013, Abu Asab said.
A spokesman for the Israeli police did not answer calls seeking comment.
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.
An Israeli court extended on Tuesday afternoon the detention of the mother of liberated prisoner Shadi Balawnah for three days pending further investigation. Balawnah family told PIC's correspondent: "The lawyer Mustafa Azmouti informed us that the Salem court, west of Jenin, has extended the detention of Rasmiya Balawnah, 53, for three days pending investigation in the Jalama interrogation center."
The family held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the life of Rasmiya, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, and appealed to the human rights organizations to intervene to release her.
The Israeli occupation authorities arrested Mrs. Balawnah last Tuesday, after raiding and searching her house in Tulkarem refugee camp.
The family held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the life of Rasmiya, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, and appealed to the human rights organizations to intervene to release her.
The Israeli occupation authorities arrested Mrs. Balawnah last Tuesday, after raiding and searching her house in Tulkarem refugee camp.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian student from Tobas after shooting and wounding him on Tuesday. Local sources told Quds Press that the soldiers fired at Mahmoud Daraghme while on his way out of his home and injured him in his feet then took him away despite his injury.
Daraghme, 29, works in the Quds Open University’s cafeteria and studies in it. He was previously detained by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses.
Meanwhile, an IOF force broke into the home of MP Mohammed Al-Tal in Daheriya town, south of Al-Khalil, at noon Tuesday but he was not at home.
Tal told the PIC reporter that he received a phone call from commander of the force telling them that he was waiting for him at his home.
He added that the commanding officer interrogated him in front of his home and threatened him of arrest in the event he launched any activity.
Daraghme, 29, works in the Quds Open University’s cafeteria and studies in it. He was previously detained by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses.
Meanwhile, an IOF force broke into the home of MP Mohammed Al-Tal in Daheriya town, south of Al-Khalil, at noon Tuesday but he was not at home.
Tal told the PIC reporter that he received a phone call from commander of the force telling them that he was waiting for him at his home.
He added that the commanding officer interrogated him in front of his home and threatened him of arrest in the event he launched any activity.
Israeli soldiers assaulted a Palestinian youth in the northern West Bank late Tuesday, his father said.
Abd al-Latif al-Raee told Ma'an that he and his 19-year-old son Adham were walking in their privately-owned field in southern Qalqiliya when Israeli troops attacked the young man.
"They assaulted my son before my eyes," al-Raee said. The soldiers "dragged him between bushes where they brutally beat him."
After detaining Adham for more than an hour, the soldiers released him, al-Raee said, adding that his son was bleeding badly and that he was assaulted for no reason.
Al-Raee said he filed a complaint at a military liason office.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
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.
Abd al-Latif al-Raee told Ma'an that he and his 19-year-old son Adham were walking in their privately-owned field in southern Qalqiliya when Israeli troops attacked the young man.
"They assaulted my son before my eyes," al-Raee said. The soldiers "dragged him between bushes where they brutally beat him."
After detaining Adham for more than an hour, the soldiers released him, al-Raee said, adding that his son was bleeding badly and that he was assaulted for no reason.
Al-Raee said he filed a complaint at a military liason office.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
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.
Israeli police forces arrested Wednesday morning seven Jerusalemites, including five children who were taken to Qishleh police station for investigation. Two children, 12 years old, were severely beaten and assaulted during their arrest before being transferred to the police station in the Old City in occupied Jerusalem. The three other children were all 15 years old.
Israeli Shin Bet agents and police forces arrested at dawn Wednesday a father and his son after storming their home in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. The forces have violently searched the house and brutally attacked the grandmother, causing her serious injuries.
The grandmother was transferred to hospital, after an Israeli officer closed the door on her hand.
Meanwhile, Israeli police released Tuesday the 14-year-old Ahmed Abu Rumi, from Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, after being arrested 6 days ago.
Family sources told the PIC reporter that Ahmed was released on bail of 5 thousand shekels in addition to house arrest. He was also prevented from talking or meeting his friends.
The family confirmed that Ahmed was released after serious health deterioration in Israeli jails, noting that he could be summoned for investigation in the coming period.
Ahmed was arrested a week ago by Israeli forces although he suffers health problems. He was then transferred to al-Maskoubiya detention center.
He was questioned till late hours on daily basis before being brought to the court which ordered his return to interrogation. As a result, his health condition worsened and he was transferred to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital.
Ahmed was subjected to psychological torture during his investigation on charges of "throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in al-Aqsa Mosque". The occupation authorities threatened to arrest his father in case he did admit the charges.
Israeli forces detain 5 teens in Old City of Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained five Palestinian teenagers in the Old City of Jerusalem late Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said.
Nasser Qaws, the director of the group's Jerusalem office, told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided the neighborhoods of Aqbat al-Khalidyya, the Chain Gate, al-Wadi, and Via Dolorosa and detained five boys between the ages of 14 and 15.
Qaws identified the detainees as Ayman Hashmiya, Taha Hashmiya, Muhammad al-Dadou, Murad Tarhouni, and Rashid al-Rashiq.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an he was not familiar with the incident.
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.
Israeli Shin Bet agents and police forces arrested at dawn Wednesday a father and his son after storming their home in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. The forces have violently searched the house and brutally attacked the grandmother, causing her serious injuries.
The grandmother was transferred to hospital, after an Israeli officer closed the door on her hand.
Meanwhile, Israeli police released Tuesday the 14-year-old Ahmed Abu Rumi, from Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, after being arrested 6 days ago.
Family sources told the PIC reporter that Ahmed was released on bail of 5 thousand shekels in addition to house arrest. He was also prevented from talking or meeting his friends.
The family confirmed that Ahmed was released after serious health deterioration in Israeli jails, noting that he could be summoned for investigation in the coming period.
Ahmed was arrested a week ago by Israeli forces although he suffers health problems. He was then transferred to al-Maskoubiya detention center.
He was questioned till late hours on daily basis before being brought to the court which ordered his return to interrogation. As a result, his health condition worsened and he was transferred to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital.
Ahmed was subjected to psychological torture during his investigation on charges of "throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in al-Aqsa Mosque". The occupation authorities threatened to arrest his father in case he did admit the charges.
Israeli forces detain 5 teens in Old City of Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained five Palestinian teenagers in the Old City of Jerusalem late Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said.
Nasser Qaws, the director of the group's Jerusalem office, told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided the neighborhoods of Aqbat al-Khalidyya, the Chain Gate, al-Wadi, and Via Dolorosa and detained five boys between the ages of 14 and 15.
Qaws identified the detainees as Ayman Hashmiya, Taha Hashmiya, Muhammad al-Dadou, Murad Tarhouni, and Rashid al-Rashiq.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an he was not familiar with the incident.
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.
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The Israeli police released on Monday the 14-year old child Ahmad Abu Roumi from the village of Esawyeh after detaining him for 6 days.
The family of the child said that the police released their son on condition of house arrest for a week and signing a financial bail of 5000 NIS and banned him from talking to his friends and discussing the interrogation with them.
Ahmad mother told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the police agreed to release her son because of his critical medical condition but pointed out that he might be called again for further interrogation.
She explained that the forces arrested her son last Wednesday and despite telling the officer in charge about the medical condition of Ahmad and that he cannot handle the pressure of the interrogation, they still arrested him and transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh and were interrogating him from the morning hours until the afternoon when it was time to take him to court.
After presented him to the judge, he would be interrogated all over again which led to a deterioration of his health and transferring him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. She added: “the family received a phone call from the police saying that Ahmad was in the hospital where the doctor refused to conduct any tests before the approval of his family”. She explained that they prevented from going to the hospital to check on their son.
She pointed out that her son was subjected to psychological pressure and intimidation during the rounds of the ongoing investigation on charges of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in Al-Aqsa and they also threatened to arrest his father if he doesn’t confess.
Ahmad’s mother also explained that during the time he was detained, he was placed with his 16-year old brother Mahmoud and two other minors from Esawyeh and they threatened all four of them to put them on the lie detector device in addition to putting them in the police cars by themselves for hours.
The family of the child said that the police released their son on condition of house arrest for a week and signing a financial bail of 5000 NIS and banned him from talking to his friends and discussing the interrogation with them.
Ahmad mother told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the police agreed to release her son because of his critical medical condition but pointed out that he might be called again for further interrogation.
She explained that the forces arrested her son last Wednesday and despite telling the officer in charge about the medical condition of Ahmad and that he cannot handle the pressure of the interrogation, they still arrested him and transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh and were interrogating him from the morning hours until the afternoon when it was time to take him to court.
After presented him to the judge, he would be interrogated all over again which led to a deterioration of his health and transferring him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. She added: “the family received a phone call from the police saying that Ahmad was in the hospital where the doctor refused to conduct any tests before the approval of his family”. She explained that they prevented from going to the hospital to check on their son.
She pointed out that her son was subjected to psychological pressure and intimidation during the rounds of the ongoing investigation on charges of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in Al-Aqsa and they also threatened to arrest his father if he doesn’t confess.
Ahmad’s mother also explained that during the time he was detained, he was placed with his 16-year old brother Mahmoud and two other minors from Esawyeh and they threatened all four of them to put them on the lie detector device in addition to putting them in the police cars by themselves for hours.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp. The kidnapped Palestinian is the brother of a young man who was shot, and killed, by the soldiers on January 29.
Local sources have reported that, on Tuesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, and handed resident Abdul-Aziz Mubarak, 22, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Ofer Israeli military base, west of Ramallah, for interrogation.
Accompanied by his father, Abdul-Aziz headed to the Ofer base, and the soldiers took him prisoner without providing any further details.
On January 29, the army shot and killed his brother, Mohammad, 20, near the Ein Senia area, north of the central West bank city of Ramallah.
The family said that Mubarak, and other workers, were conducting repairs on the main Ein Senia road when soldiers, stationed on a nearby military tower, opened fire at him.
The Israeli army alleged that the slain Palestinian "was armed", and "opened fire at an Israeli military post between Atarot and Halamesh settlements, north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses denied the Israeli claims, and confirmed that Mubarak was working, and did not carry a weapon of any sort.
The slain Palestinian was a flagger directing traffic while repairs were being conducted on the road.
The repairs are part of many projects funded by the USAID in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Local sources have reported that, on Tuesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, and handed resident Abdul-Aziz Mubarak, 22, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Ofer Israeli military base, west of Ramallah, for interrogation.
Accompanied by his father, Abdul-Aziz headed to the Ofer base, and the soldiers took him prisoner without providing any further details.
On January 29, the army shot and killed his brother, Mohammad, 20, near the Ein Senia area, north of the central West bank city of Ramallah.
The family said that Mubarak, and other workers, were conducting repairs on the main Ein Senia road when soldiers, stationed on a nearby military tower, opened fire at him.
The Israeli army alleged that the slain Palestinian "was armed", and "opened fire at an Israeli military post between Atarot and Halamesh settlements, north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses denied the Israeli claims, and confirmed that Mubarak was working, and did not carry a weapon of any sort.
The slain Palestinian was a flagger directing traffic while repairs were being conducted on the road.
The repairs are part of many projects funded by the USAID in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
File picture taken on October 25, 2013 shows members of jihadist group the Al-Nusra Front taking part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, in the northern city of Aleppo
A Palestinian citizen of Israel has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of traveling to Syria and receiving training with the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
According to the court ruling seen by AFP on Tuesday, Abdel Kader al-Taleh, 27, from the Palestinian village of Taibe in northern Israel, was convicted of "entering an enemy territory" and "illegal training for combat."
But charges of "contact with a foreign agent" were dropped as part of a plea bargain, the ruling said.
He was arrested by Israel's Shin Bet internal security service when he returned from Syria in July 2013.
According to the indictment, Taleh was approached by Al-Qaeda sympathizers while he was studying pharmacology in Jordan in 2010-2011.
In July last year, he traveled to Turkey and from there crossed into northern Syria.
There he made contact with Al-Nusra activists and spent three days in one of their training camps, where he received instruction in the use of weapons. But he decided not to stay and ended up going home.
In her ruling, Judge Shira Ben Shlomo noted the danger inherent in Palestinian-Israelis volunteering for jihadist groups in Syria, where they "receive ideological and military training which could then be used for carrying out attacks on Israeli targets".
She also flagged the danger of volunteers "sharing information" with Islamist rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Last month, the privately-run Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center estimated that about 20 Palestinian-Israelis had joined the rebels in Syria, as well as 30 Palestinians from Gaza and a handful from the West Bank.
Since the Syrian conflict erupted almost three years ago, Israeli security forces have arrested at least three Palestinian citizens on suspicion of fighting in Syria. Two were convicted last August and sentenced to 19 months in prison.
A Palestinian citizen of Israel has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of traveling to Syria and receiving training with the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
According to the court ruling seen by AFP on Tuesday, Abdel Kader al-Taleh, 27, from the Palestinian village of Taibe in northern Israel, was convicted of "entering an enemy territory" and "illegal training for combat."
But charges of "contact with a foreign agent" were dropped as part of a plea bargain, the ruling said.
He was arrested by Israel's Shin Bet internal security service when he returned from Syria in July 2013.
According to the indictment, Taleh was approached by Al-Qaeda sympathizers while he was studying pharmacology in Jordan in 2010-2011.
In July last year, he traveled to Turkey and from there crossed into northern Syria.
There he made contact with Al-Nusra activists and spent three days in one of their training camps, where he received instruction in the use of weapons. But he decided not to stay and ended up going home.
In her ruling, Judge Shira Ben Shlomo noted the danger inherent in Palestinian-Israelis volunteering for jihadist groups in Syria, where they "receive ideological and military training which could then be used for carrying out attacks on Israeli targets".
She also flagged the danger of volunteers "sharing information" with Islamist rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Last month, the privately-run Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center estimated that about 20 Palestinian-Israelis had joined the rebels in Syria, as well as 30 Palestinians from Gaza and a handful from the West Bank.
Since the Syrian conflict erupted almost three years ago, Israeli security forces have arrested at least three Palestinian citizens on suspicion of fighting in Syria. Two were convicted last August and sentenced to 19 months in prison.
The Palestinian prisoner center for studies said that prison soldiers from Keter unit raided and ransacked section 26 of the Negev jail on Monday night at the pretext of looking for hidden cellphones. The center stated on its website that the soldiers stormed the section suddenly at 10 o'clock in the evening as all prisoners were asleep and forced them to stay in the main corridor of the section before they violently searched the cells for two hours and caused damage to some belongings of the detainees.
After they were allowed to return to their cells, the prisoners stayed some hours to reorganize their stuff and clean the mess which the soldiers caused during the raid.
In another incident, the families of Nablus prisoners called on the international community to urgently move to save their sons, especially the patients, in Israeli jails.
This came during a rally organized on Tuesday in Nablus city in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners.
The relatives of the prisoners carried banners and chanted slogans calling for international intervention to curb Israel's violations against the prisoners.
After they were allowed to return to their cells, the prisoners stayed some hours to reorganize their stuff and clean the mess which the soldiers caused during the raid.
In another incident, the families of Nablus prisoners called on the international community to urgently move to save their sons, especially the patients, in Israeli jails.
This came during a rally organized on Tuesday in Nablus city in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners.
The relatives of the prisoners carried banners and chanted slogans calling for international intervention to curb Israel's violations against the prisoners.
Jewish settlers and elements of the Israeli intelligence, accompanied by extremist rabbis, stormed on Tuesday morning al-Aqsa Mosque and toured its courtyards. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage reported in a statement that 39 settlers, elements of the intelligence, rabbis and four female soldiers in their military uniform stormed al-Aqsa from the Mughrabi Gate, under the protection of the Israeli police, and toured different parts of its courtyards.
It noted that the Israeli police have continued to impose restrictions on the students and worshipers inside al-Aqsa Mosque, and that the police stationed at the Mosque's gates arrested a female student and took her to an investigation center.
It noted that the Israeli police have continued to impose restrictions on the students and worshipers inside al-Aqsa Mosque, and that the police stationed at the Mosque's gates arrested a female student and took her to an investigation center.
The Palestinian activist Islam Abu Aoun was severely beaten during his arrest by Israeli soldiers, human rights center said. Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights' researcher Ahmed Beitawi said that Abu Aoun, 25, was severely beaten three weeks ago by Israeli soldiers during his arrest from his home in Jaba town in Jenin.
Abu Aoun sustained injuries and slight bruises without receiving any medical treatment, he pointed out, stressing that he was subjected to verbal abuses.
The detainee's lawyer said that Abu Aoun, held in Megiddo prison, was now in good health condition, stressing that his arrest was only out of malice.
Abu Aoun was arrested on the 20th of January 2014, after breaking into his home. His detention was extended for six times pending more investigation.
Abu Aoun, who is a student at Political Planning and Development from Al-Najah National University, is a former detainee who spent several months in Israeli prisons.
Abu Aoun sustained injuries and slight bruises without receiving any medical treatment, he pointed out, stressing that he was subjected to verbal abuses.
The detainee's lawyer said that Abu Aoun, held in Megiddo prison, was now in good health condition, stressing that his arrest was only out of malice.
Abu Aoun was arrested on the 20th of January 2014, after breaking into his home. His detention was extended for six times pending more investigation.
Abu Aoun, who is a student at Political Planning and Development from Al-Najah National University, is a former detainee who spent several months in Israeli prisons.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have launched Tuesday raid and arrest campaigns in different parts of occupied West Bank. Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Israeli troops stormed Nablus late yesterday amid heavy gunfire. The soldiers were deployed in different neighborhoods in the city, they added.
IOF soldiers broke into a number of houses and conducted search operations till Tuesday morning hours. Many arrests were reported, the sources said.
In a related context, Israeli forces launched at dawn today a raid on Jaba village south of Jenin, causing chaos in the village. Three youths were arrested from their homes and a fourth was summoned after breaking into his parents’ house.
Local sources stated that dozens of military vehicles stormed the town at dawn and searched the villagers' homes.
The sources added that IOF soldiers stormed a bakery and arrested its owner.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested at dawn today three Palestinian youths in Bethlehem city and nearby Obaidiya village.
Two youths were arrested during the raid on Obaidiya that came as part of Israeli arrest campaign waged on the village for the past month unabated.
IOF soldiers also arrested Nasr Abu Hadid, a senior member of the Islamic students bloc in Al-Khalil University, after searching and ransacking his family home. Abu Hadid was released from Israeli jails only a few months ago.
IOF soldiers arrested Bilal Al-Rejoub from Dura town near Al-Khalil at dawn Tuesday after searching his home and terrorizing women and children inside it.
IOF soldiers broke into a number of houses and conducted search operations till Tuesday morning hours. Many arrests were reported, the sources said.
In a related context, Israeli forces launched at dawn today a raid on Jaba village south of Jenin, causing chaos in the village. Three youths were arrested from their homes and a fourth was summoned after breaking into his parents’ house.
Local sources stated that dozens of military vehicles stormed the town at dawn and searched the villagers' homes.
The sources added that IOF soldiers stormed a bakery and arrested its owner.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested at dawn today three Palestinian youths in Bethlehem city and nearby Obaidiya village.
Two youths were arrested during the raid on Obaidiya that came as part of Israeli arrest campaign waged on the village for the past month unabated.
IOF soldiers also arrested Nasr Abu Hadid, a senior member of the Islamic students bloc in Al-Khalil University, after searching and ransacking his family home. Abu Hadid was released from Israeli jails only a few months ago.
IOF soldiers arrested Bilal Al-Rejoub from Dura town near Al-Khalil at dawn Tuesday after searching his home and terrorizing women and children inside it.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning Karame crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank arrested Islamic Jihad cadre Mohammed Salah on his return from Jordan on Monday. Relatives in his hometown Kufr Dhan, Jenin province, said that Salah, a liberated prisoner, had gone to perform Omra, minor pilgrimage, in Saudi Arabia.
They added that the Jordanian intelligence imprisoned him on his return from Omra about two months ago and released him a few days ago only to be detained by the IOF soldiers on crossing into the West Bank on his way back home.
They added that the Jordanian intelligence imprisoned him on his return from Omra about two months ago and released him a few days ago only to be detained by the IOF soldiers on crossing into the West Bank on his way back home.
Several extremist settlers invaded Palestinian lands and orchards in the al-Khader town, south of the West bank city of Bethlehem, uprooted 150 olive trees, and illegally occupied eight Dunams of Palestinian lands.
Mohammad Shawqy az-Zayyah, told the Maan News Agency that the settlers uprooted 150 trees he planted in his land two years ago, in addition to uprooting grape vines, located close to an illegitimate settlement outpost, near the Daniel illegal Settlement.
He added that, after uprooting his trees, the settlers illegally occupied eight Dunams planted with grape vines and olive trees, also close to Daniel settlement.
The land belongs to resident Hasan Mousa, and is planted with olive trees and grape vines.
In related news, soldiers invaded Palestinian communities, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Mohammad Shawqy az-Zayyah, told the Maan News Agency that the settlers uprooted 150 trees he planted in his land two years ago, in addition to uprooting grape vines, located close to an illegitimate settlement outpost, near the Daniel illegal Settlement.
He added that, after uprooting his trees, the settlers illegally occupied eight Dunams planted with grape vines and olive trees, also close to Daniel settlement.
The land belongs to resident Hasan Mousa, and is planted with olive trees and grape vines.
In related news, soldiers invaded Palestinian communities, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The Palestinian prisoner society said that prisoner Mahmoud Ghalma, detained in Ramon jail, suffered lately a stroke and a heart attack, and lost his ability to speak. The society stated on Monday that Ghalma suffered recently a heart attack and was taken to the Ramla prison infirmary where he stayed for several days without receiving any medical treatment, before he was suddenly transported without any regard for his condition to Ohlikdar transfer jail in Beersheba, where his health worsened further.
During his presence in the transfer jail, the prisoner suffered a stroke and stayed there for some days without taking any medication except painkillers.
Days later, he was sent back in very serious health condition to Ramon jail, where his mates noticed that he lost his ability to speak, drink and eat.
The miserable health status of Ghalma raised the ire of his fellow prisoners who closed their sections and demanded the Ramon prison administration to take him to a civilian hospital urgently.
The Palestinian prisoner society noted that the prison administration decided on Monday to take Ghalma to Soroka hospital.
During his presence in the transfer jail, the prisoner suffered a stroke and stayed there for some days without taking any medication except painkillers.
Days later, he was sent back in very serious health condition to Ramon jail, where his mates noticed that he lost his ability to speak, drink and eat.
The miserable health status of Ghalma raised the ire of his fellow prisoners who closed their sections and demanded the Ramon prison administration to take him to a civilian hospital urgently.
The Palestinian prisoner society noted that the prison administration decided on Monday to take Ghalma to Soroka hospital.
Israeli forces arrested 11 Palestinians in overnight detention raids across the occupied West Bank, locals and Israel's army said.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli troops stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus early Tuesday and detained three youths.
Several Israeli military vehicles drove through the al-Dahiya and al-Taawon neighborhoods in the city after midnight and detained Anan Mahir Ubeid, Majdi Akkubah, and Ismail Aukal, locals said.
Meanwhile, in the Jenin district, locals said Israeli forces raided the village of Jabaa and detained four young Palestinians. Soldiers ransacked several homes and a bakery before arresting Ayman Fashafsha, Ahmad Khalilya, Shalash Shalash, and Hasan Khalilya.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said three Palestinians were detained in Jabaa, two in Nablus, two in the village of Qatanna near Ramallah, one in Dura near Hebron, two in Hebron, and one in Tubas.
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.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli troops stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus early Tuesday and detained three youths.
Several Israeli military vehicles drove through the al-Dahiya and al-Taawon neighborhoods in the city after midnight and detained Anan Mahir Ubeid, Majdi Akkubah, and Ismail Aukal, locals said.
Meanwhile, in the Jenin district, locals said Israeli forces raided the village of Jabaa and detained four young Palestinians. Soldiers ransacked several homes and a bakery before arresting Ayman Fashafsha, Ahmad Khalilya, Shalash Shalash, and Hasan Khalilya.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said three Palestinians were detained in Jabaa, two in Nablus, two in the village of Qatanna near Ramallah, one in Dura near Hebron, two in Hebron, and one in Tubas.
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.
Israeli forces detained three fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, witnesses said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli warships stopped two fishing boats and arrested three fishermen at gunpoint. The boats and fishermen were taken to an unknown location.
One of the fishermen was identified as Fadil Sultan.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Palestinian fishermen are only allowed to venture three nautical miles from Gaza's shore, though official Israeli-Palestinian agreements previously settled on 20 nautical miles.
Israeli naval forces frequently harass Palestinian fishermen who near the three-mile limit, as well as those inside the zone.
There are some 4,000 fishermen in Gaza. According to a 2011 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, 90 percent are poor, a 40 percent increase from 2008 resulting from Israeli limits on the fishing industry.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli warships stopped two fishing boats and arrested three fishermen at gunpoint. The boats and fishermen were taken to an unknown location.
One of the fishermen was identified as Fadil Sultan.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Palestinian fishermen are only allowed to venture three nautical miles from Gaza's shore, though official Israeli-Palestinian agreements previously settled on 20 nautical miles.
Israeli naval forces frequently harass Palestinian fishermen who near the three-mile limit, as well as those inside the zone.
There are some 4,000 fishermen in Gaza. According to a 2011 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, 90 percent are poor, a 40 percent increase from 2008 resulting from Israeli limits on the fishing industry.
