22 feb 2016
The occupation forces arrested on Monday early morning 4 children from the village of Esawyeh and the Old City of Jerusalem.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Israeli forces arrested 17-year old Mohammad Razem, 15-year old Omar Wazwaz from the Old City of Jerusalem and transferred them to Al-Qishleh police center for interrogation.
The lawyer added that the forces also arrested 16-year old Mohammad Abdel Raouf Mahmoud and 14-year old Issa Mohammad Abu Rayaleh from the village of Esawyeh and transferred them to Salah Eddin Street police station for interrogation.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Israeli forces arrested 17-year old Mohammad Razem, 15-year old Omar Wazwaz from the Old City of Jerusalem and transferred them to Al-Qishleh police center for interrogation.
The lawyer added that the forces also arrested 16-year old Mohammad Abdel Raouf Mahmoud and 14-year old Issa Mohammad Abu Rayaleh from the village of Esawyeh and transferred them to Salah Eddin Street police station for interrogation.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on earlier Monday, 21 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. One Jordanian was taken prisoner after crossing the border near Bisan.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded the town of al-Jiftlik, in Jericho district and kidnapped five Palestinians, identified as Khaled Abdul-Aziz al-Atawna, 22, Omar Suleiman Abi Rezeq, 26, Yasser Ismael Abu Hatab, 22, Mustafa Khalil Abu Salim, 30, and his brother Hamza, 21.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded various areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, identified as Monjed Majed Sharif, 21, Odai Mamoun Sharabati, 21, Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 57, Nour Abdul-Hafith Reb’ey, 21, Abdul-Rahman Ramadan, 18, Khairi Abu Hadeed, Tamer Kamel Masharqa, and Monther Mahmoud al-Heeh, 21.
In the Salfit district, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped Ehab Hassan, 17, after ransacking his home, while resident Emad Zoheir Sobeh, 32, was kidnapped the Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, and Mohammad Abdul-Latif Deeriyya, 18, was kidnapped from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several army vehicles invaded the al-Jiftlik town, north of Jericho, searched homes and kidnapped Khaled Abdul-Aziz al-‘Atawna, 22, Omar Suleiman Abi Rezeq, 26, Yasser Ismael Abu Hatab, 22, and two brothers, identified as Hamza, 21, and Mustafa Khalil Abu Salim, 30.
In related news, the army detained a Jordanian man after crossing the border fence near Bisan city, Israeli Channel 10 said.
It added that the man was unarmed, and was moved to an interrogation center and that Israel will likely transfer him back to Jordan, after concluding a security background check.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded the town of al-Jiftlik, in Jericho district and kidnapped five Palestinians, identified as Khaled Abdul-Aziz al-Atawna, 22, Omar Suleiman Abi Rezeq, 26, Yasser Ismael Abu Hatab, 22, Mustafa Khalil Abu Salim, 30, and his brother Hamza, 21.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded various areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, identified as Monjed Majed Sharif, 21, Odai Mamoun Sharabati, 21, Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 57, Nour Abdul-Hafith Reb’ey, 21, Abdul-Rahman Ramadan, 18, Khairi Abu Hadeed, Tamer Kamel Masharqa, and Monther Mahmoud al-Heeh, 21.
In the Salfit district, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped Ehab Hassan, 17, after ransacking his home, while resident Emad Zoheir Sobeh, 32, was kidnapped the Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, and Mohammad Abdul-Latif Deeriyya, 18, was kidnapped from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several army vehicles invaded the al-Jiftlik town, north of Jericho, searched homes and kidnapped Khaled Abdul-Aziz al-‘Atawna, 22, Omar Suleiman Abi Rezeq, 26, Yasser Ismael Abu Hatab, 22, and two brothers, identified as Hamza, 21, and Mustafa Khalil Abu Salim, 30.
In related news, the army detained a Jordanian man after crossing the border fence near Bisan city, Israeli Channel 10 said.
It added that the man was unarmed, and was moved to an interrogation center and that Israel will likely transfer him back to Jordan, after concluding a security background check.
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, violently searched many homes, kidnapped five Palestinians, including an ailing elderly man, and summoned his son for interrogation. The army also kidnapped one Palestinian in Salfit.
The soldiers invaded different neighborhoods in Hebron city, and interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, before kidnaping Odai Ma’moun Sharabati, 21, Nour Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 21, Abdul-Rahman Ramadan, and Khairi Abu Hadeed.
In addition, dozens of soldiers and army vehicles invaded Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and searched two homes belonging to Mohammad ‘Aadi, and his brother Ghazi.
The soldiers also kidnapped the former local Imam, identified as Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 57, who suffers from various chronic health issues, and summoned his son Aseed, 25, for interrogation in the Etzion military base. Aseed is a former political prisoner.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main roads of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many residents while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Masafer Yatta Bedouin community and ordered families to demolish their dwellings, two residential tents and three barns in at-Tabban and al-Fakheet areas.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron Rateb al-Jabour, said the soldiers intend to demolish three residential sheds, two tents, and three barns, used by dozens of residents.
Jabour urged international legal and human rights groups, and local organizations, to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations against the residents, their homes, lands and their livelihoods.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Salfit city, in central West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Hassan, 25.
The soldiers invaded different neighborhoods in Hebron city, and interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes, before kidnaping Odai Ma’moun Sharabati, 21, Nour Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 21, Abdul-Rahman Ramadan, and Khairi Abu Hadeed.
In addition, dozens of soldiers and army vehicles invaded Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and searched two homes belonging to Mohammad ‘Aadi, and his brother Ghazi.
The soldiers also kidnapped the former local Imam, identified as Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 57, who suffers from various chronic health issues, and summoned his son Aseed, 25, for interrogation in the Etzion military base. Aseed is a former political prisoner.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main roads of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many residents while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Masafer Yatta Bedouin community and ordered families to demolish their dwellings, two residential tents and three barns in at-Tabban and al-Fakheet areas.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron Rateb al-Jabour, said the soldiers intend to demolish three residential sheds, two tents, and three barns, used by dozens of residents.
Jabour urged international legal and human rights groups, and local organizations, to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations against the residents, their homes, lands and their livelihoods.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Salfit city, in central West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Hassan, 25.
Family of the Palestinian hunger-striker Muhammad al-Qeiq said the latter has no attorney to defend his case after 90 days of ongoing hunger strike.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) backtracked on defending al-Qeiq’s case in response to the reluctance maintained by the Israeli intelligence as regards the appeals filed by PPS lawyers.
Head of the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ committee, Issa Qaraqe, said, as his spoke to al-Qeiq’s family by phone, that the reluctance maintained by the Israeli prosecution is a sign of a preplanned attempt to kill al-Qeiq.
The PPS had informed the Israeli occupation authorities of its intent to abandon the case if a response to the appeals they filed earlier is not issued by Sunday evening.
The PPS said the Israeli occupation, and nobody else, is responsible for al-Qeiq’s life, adding that the family has been updated on the move. Lawyer, Hanan Khatib, from the prisoners’ committee, also raised alarm bells over the critical health condition of prisoner al-Qeiq after three months of ongoing hunger strike.
She said al-Qeiq has endured severe heart attacks, excruciating pains, weight loss, spasms in his limbs, loss of his hearing ability, and cardiovascular disorders, among other illnesses.
Al-Qeiq was arrested from his own home in Ramallah on November 21, 2015 and has been subjected to harsh torture during the investigation procedure then held in administrative detention without trial or charge, which made him declare an open-ended hunger strike a few days later.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) backtracked on defending al-Qeiq’s case in response to the reluctance maintained by the Israeli intelligence as regards the appeals filed by PPS lawyers.
Head of the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ committee, Issa Qaraqe, said, as his spoke to al-Qeiq’s family by phone, that the reluctance maintained by the Israeli prosecution is a sign of a preplanned attempt to kill al-Qeiq.
The PPS had informed the Israeli occupation authorities of its intent to abandon the case if a response to the appeals they filed earlier is not issued by Sunday evening.
The PPS said the Israeli occupation, and nobody else, is responsible for al-Qeiq’s life, adding that the family has been updated on the move. Lawyer, Hanan Khatib, from the prisoners’ committee, also raised alarm bells over the critical health condition of prisoner al-Qeiq after three months of ongoing hunger strike.
She said al-Qeiq has endured severe heart attacks, excruciating pains, weight loss, spasms in his limbs, loss of his hearing ability, and cardiovascular disorders, among other illnesses.
Al-Qeiq was arrested from his own home in Ramallah on November 21, 2015 and has been subjected to harsh torture during the investigation procedure then held in administrative detention without trial or charge, which made him declare an open-ended hunger strike a few days later.
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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning rolled into the family homes of slain Palestinian youths and kidnapped several civilians in a mass abduction sweep launched across the occupied West Bank.
Sources based in Jenin province said the IOF stormed the family home of the slain Palestinian anti-occupation youth Kusay Abu al-Rub, 17, before they interrogated inhabitants and took measurements of the building.
The IOF further sealed off all the main entrances to Qabatiya town and summoned several Palestinians for interrogation in the Salem military camp.
The IOF soldiers broke into several civilian homes and cracked down on the native inhabitants before they subjected them to exhaustive questioning.
The occupation troops also kidnapped two Palestinians from al-Khalil city, in the southern occupied West Bank, and demolished the memorial statute of the slain Palestinian girl, Hadeel al-Hashlamun, on the entrance to al-Shuhadaa Street.
Another Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by the IOF from Salfit and two others were kidnapped from Bethlehem city. The IOF reportedly summoned the parents of the slain Palestinians Saad and Reham Dawabsheh, from Nablus’ southern town of Duma, for questioning.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of five Palestinians from the northern Jericho province. According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the number of arrestees on Monday has hit 17.
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Jenin, searched many homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Samir Deeriyya, 19, and took him to the Etzion military base.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Jaba' town, south of the city, searched and ransacked at least two homes, and interrogated the families.
The soldiers also kidnapped Saber Jarboa', from Jenin city, while crossing the Za'tara military roadblock.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Ammar Hammouri, who was kidnapped by the army several days ago, in addition to the home of a young man, identified as Nimir Alawna, but he was not at home during the invasion.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Qussai Thiab Abu ar-Rob, 17, who was killed by the army, on Sunday, February 21, near the Beita village junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Jenin Governor, Kamal Abu ar-Rob, said the soldiers interrogated Qussai's family and violently searched their home, and that the soldiers closed all roads leading to the village with sand hills, completely isolating it, and prevented the residents from entering or leaving it.
He added that the soldiers conducted extensive military searches of homes, photographed many of them, and interrogated the families, including the families of Faisal Abu Omar Kamil and Saleh Zeidan Kamil.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning rolled into the family homes of slain Palestinian youths and kidnapped several civilians in a mass abduction sweep launched across the occupied West Bank.
Sources based in Jenin province said the IOF stormed the family home of the slain Palestinian anti-occupation youth Kusay Abu al-Rub, 17, before they interrogated inhabitants and took measurements of the building.
The IOF further sealed off all the main entrances to Qabatiya town and summoned several Palestinians for interrogation in the Salem military camp.
The IOF soldiers broke into several civilian homes and cracked down on the native inhabitants before they subjected them to exhaustive questioning.
The occupation troops also kidnapped two Palestinians from al-Khalil city, in the southern occupied West Bank, and demolished the memorial statute of the slain Palestinian girl, Hadeel al-Hashlamun, on the entrance to al-Shuhadaa Street.
Another Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by the IOF from Salfit and two others were kidnapped from Bethlehem city. The IOF reportedly summoned the parents of the slain Palestinians Saad and Reham Dawabsheh, from Nablus’ southern town of Duma, for questioning.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of five Palestinians from the northern Jericho province. According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the number of arrestees on Monday has hit 17.
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Jenin, searched many homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Samir Deeriyya, 19, and took him to the Etzion military base.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Jaba' town, south of the city, searched and ransacked at least two homes, and interrogated the families.
The soldiers also kidnapped Saber Jarboa', from Jenin city, while crossing the Za'tara military roadblock.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Ammar Hammouri, who was kidnapped by the army several days ago, in addition to the home of a young man, identified as Nimir Alawna, but he was not at home during the invasion.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Qussai Thiab Abu ar-Rob, 17, who was killed by the army, on Sunday, February 21, near the Beita village junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Jenin Governor, Kamal Abu ar-Rob, said the soldiers interrogated Qussai's family and violently searched their home, and that the soldiers closed all roads leading to the village with sand hills, completely isolating it, and prevented the residents from entering or leaving it.
He added that the soldiers conducted extensive military searches of homes, photographed many of them, and interrogated the families, including the families of Faisal Abu Omar Kamil and Saleh Zeidan Kamil.
The Hebrew website Walla has claimed that the Israeli police in cooperation with the Shin Bet and the army arrested members of a Hamas-affiliated military cell in Jerusalem.
Members of the cell are accused of planning to carry out deadly attacks against Israelis, including the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to its report, six indictments have been filed in this regard by the Jerusalem district attorney against six members of the Hamas cell, including its leader Ahmed Azzam, a 25-year-old young man from Yasuf town in Nablus.
Azzam is claimed to have been recruited by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in order to establish a military infrastructure for the cell as a prelude to carrying out attacks against Israeli targets.
As per his handlers’ instructions, Azzam recruited several other activists studying with him at Abu Dis University, to purchase materials for the manufacture of explosives, rent apartments, prepare attackers and get them into Israeli areas, the website elaborated.
The cell's alleged plans included a bombing attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem and the assassination of Netanyahu through planting explosives beneath a stage he was scheduled to stand on to give a speech in the Jerusalem Payis arena.
Members of the cell are accused of planning to carry out deadly attacks against Israelis, including the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to its report, six indictments have been filed in this regard by the Jerusalem district attorney against six members of the Hamas cell, including its leader Ahmed Azzam, a 25-year-old young man from Yasuf town in Nablus.
Azzam is claimed to have been recruited by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in order to establish a military infrastructure for the cell as a prelude to carrying out attacks against Israeli targets.
As per his handlers’ instructions, Azzam recruited several other activists studying with him at Abu Dis University, to purchase materials for the manufacture of explosives, rent apartments, prepare attackers and get them into Israeli areas, the website elaborated.
The cell's alleged plans included a bombing attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem and the assassination of Netanyahu through planting explosives beneath a stage he was scheduled to stand on to give a speech in the Jerusalem Payis arena.
The Israeli occupation police on Sunday arrested two children on allegations of throwing stones at a light rail tram near Shuafat neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Hebrew radio said that the two boys were taken in for interrogation, claiming that the incident caused one female passenger to suffer a mild trauma.
The Israeli police often make up different stories to justify the detention of kids and teenagers in order to suppress the ongoing Palestinian uprising against the occupation.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian young man on the same day in Ramallah city. According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the young man is suspected of being involved in the stabbing attack, which was carried out on February 18 by two Palestinian kids aged 14 in a department store in Sha'ar Binyamin settlement.
The Hebrew radio said that the two boys were taken in for interrogation, claiming that the incident caused one female passenger to suffer a mild trauma.
The Israeli police often make up different stories to justify the detention of kids and teenagers in order to suppress the ongoing Palestinian uprising against the occupation.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian young man on the same day in Ramallah city. According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the young man is suspected of being involved in the stabbing attack, which was carried out on February 18 by two Palestinian kids aged 14 in a department store in Sha'ar Binyamin settlement.
Palestinian MK Osama al-Saadi paid a visit to the Longest serving Palestinian female detainee Lina Jarbouni and MP Khalida Jarrar in the Israeli HaSharon jail.
Lawmaker al-Saadi said following the visit: "The meetings were so touching. They just go beyond all words.
We'll keep tabs on the case, both nationwide and overseas. "The detainees are in high spirits. They will never throw in the towel,” he said.
The MK added that 31 female detainees are currently held in the HaSharon lock-up, including 10 minors. Al-Saadi spoke out against the overcrowding and the prohibition of the entry of books by the prison authorities, dubbing it an unprecedented and illegal procedure.
Prisoner Jarbouni has been held in Israeli jail since 2002. Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Khalida Jarrar was arrested on April 2 and sentenced to 15 months in jail.
Lawmaker al-Saadi said following the visit: "The meetings were so touching. They just go beyond all words.
We'll keep tabs on the case, both nationwide and overseas. "The detainees are in high spirits. They will never throw in the towel,” he said.
The MK added that 31 female detainees are currently held in the HaSharon lock-up, including 10 minors. Al-Saadi spoke out against the overcrowding and the prohibition of the entry of books by the prison authorities, dubbing it an unprecedented and illegal procedure.
Prisoner Jarbouni has been held in Israeli jail since 2002. Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Khalida Jarrar was arrested on April 2 and sentenced to 15 months in jail.
Palestinian prisoners’ society disclosed on Sunday that Israeli forces abused three Palestinian prisoners in the Russian Compound jail: two at arrest time and one in prison.
Captive Ziyad Taha from Qatanna town in Occupied Jerusalem told the lawyer of the society, who visited him last Tuesday, that he was exposed to severe beating before he was transferred to hospital.
Prisoner Mohammad al-Shawamra was also brutally beaten after Israeli soldiers sabotaged his family house before his arrest.
The third Palestinian detainee, who was abused by Israeli soldiers, is Othman Mahmoud Othman from the lower Beit Our village in Ramallah. The soldiers grabbed him by his clothes and pushed and held him against the wall, he told his lawyer.
The society’s lawyer quoted captive Othman as saying that he is suffering from bone cancer.
Captive Ziyad Taha from Qatanna town in Occupied Jerusalem told the lawyer of the society, who visited him last Tuesday, that he was exposed to severe beating before he was transferred to hospital.
Prisoner Mohammad al-Shawamra was also brutally beaten after Israeli soldiers sabotaged his family house before his arrest.
The third Palestinian detainee, who was abused by Israeli soldiers, is Othman Mahmoud Othman from the lower Beit Our village in Ramallah. The soldiers grabbed him by his clothes and pushed and held him against the wall, he told his lawyer.
The society’s lawyer quoted captive Othman as saying that he is suffering from bone cancer.
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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday a Palestinian minor from al-Khalil after alleged stabbing attempt to the east of the city.
Israeli TV channel Seven revealed that Israeli army arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian boy as he tried to stab a soldier near Bani Naeem town and transferred him to investigation.
In a similar context, Israeli forces on Sunday morning rounded up two Palestinian girls near Damascus gate in Occupied Jerusalem and at Zatarah military checkpoint to the south of Nablus city for the claim of knife-possession.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday a Palestinian minor from al-Khalil after alleged stabbing attempt to the east of the city.
Israeli TV channel Seven revealed that Israeli army arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian boy as he tried to stab a soldier near Bani Naeem town and transferred him to investigation.
In a similar context, Israeli forces on Sunday morning rounded up two Palestinian girls near Damascus gate in Occupied Jerusalem and at Zatarah military checkpoint to the south of Nablus city for the claim of knife-possession.
21 feb 2016
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Saturday and at dawn Sunday kidnapped several Palestinians and ravaged civilian homes in an abduction sweep rocking the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Sources based in Jenin said the IOF rolled into the city and kidnapped the Palestinian citizen Raafat al-Saadi. The IOF further stormed Bethlehem city and kidnapped three youngsters, including two brothers.
The IOF also stormed al-Khalil and kidnapped Dr. Tareq al-Tamimi after they wreaked havoc on his family home. Another citizen was kidnapped by the IOF as he tried to pass through the Container checkpoint.
The IOF kidnapped another Palestinian youth from Qatna town, in Occupied Jerusalem, on allegations of attempting to stab an occupation officer. The campaign culminated in the abduction of an unidentified Palestinian girl from the Zaatara military checkpoint, in southern Nablus.
Local news outlets said the occupation soldiers kidnapped the girl after they aggressively beat her.
Violent clashes reportedly flared up on the access-road to Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the northern occupied West Bank, after the IOF stormed the area and attacked the Palestinian protesters with bullet fire.
Dozens of Israeli army patrols also showed up in eastern Nablus and were deployed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Itamar, built on Palestinian lands in Ourata and Beit Furik, claiming electric poles went up into flames.
Army Kidnaps 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday, at least 17 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and that among that kidnapped are two teenage girls.
The PPS said that the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, after invading their homes, and violently searching them.
They have been identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 65, Sharif Zoheir al-Ja’ba, 26, Hamza Jihad Ghatasha, 22, and Khaldoun Noureddin al-Mahareeq, 27.
The army also invaded Husan and Beit Fajjar towns, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ehab Ziad Abu Yabes, 16, Mohammad Ibrahim Thawabta, 20, and his brother Nour, 17.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad al-Ja’ba, 26, in addition to a teenage girl identified as Abeer al-Masri, in Bab al-‘Amoud area.
On Sunday before noon, the soldiers invaded ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, searched many homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Ahmad Ghorab, Tha’er Salhab and Mahmoud Salhab.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Sa’adi, 18, while Ahmad Hamed Jom’a, 32, was kidnapped in Tulkarem, and Dia’ Yasser ash-Shanti, 19, was kidnapped from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
The PPS also said that the soldiers also kidnapped Sajida Nitham Hasan, 17, from Qusra village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, after stopping her on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the city.
Sources based in Jenin said the IOF rolled into the city and kidnapped the Palestinian citizen Raafat al-Saadi. The IOF further stormed Bethlehem city and kidnapped three youngsters, including two brothers.
The IOF also stormed al-Khalil and kidnapped Dr. Tareq al-Tamimi after they wreaked havoc on his family home. Another citizen was kidnapped by the IOF as he tried to pass through the Container checkpoint.
The IOF kidnapped another Palestinian youth from Qatna town, in Occupied Jerusalem, on allegations of attempting to stab an occupation officer. The campaign culminated in the abduction of an unidentified Palestinian girl from the Zaatara military checkpoint, in southern Nablus.
Local news outlets said the occupation soldiers kidnapped the girl after they aggressively beat her.
Violent clashes reportedly flared up on the access-road to Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the northern occupied West Bank, after the IOF stormed the area and attacked the Palestinian protesters with bullet fire.
Dozens of Israeli army patrols also showed up in eastern Nablus and were deployed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Itamar, built on Palestinian lands in Ourata and Beit Furik, claiming electric poles went up into flames.
Army Kidnaps 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday, at least 17 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and that among that kidnapped are two teenage girls.
The PPS said that the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, after invading their homes, and violently searching them.
They have been identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 65, Sharif Zoheir al-Ja’ba, 26, Hamza Jihad Ghatasha, 22, and Khaldoun Noureddin al-Mahareeq, 27.
The army also invaded Husan and Beit Fajjar towns, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ehab Ziad Abu Yabes, 16, Mohammad Ibrahim Thawabta, 20, and his brother Nour, 17.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad al-Ja’ba, 26, in addition to a teenage girl identified as Abeer al-Masri, in Bab al-‘Amoud area.
On Sunday before noon, the soldiers invaded ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, searched many homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Ahmad Ghorab, Tha’er Salhab and Mahmoud Salhab.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Sa’adi, 18, while Ahmad Hamed Jom’a, 32, was kidnapped in Tulkarem, and Dia’ Yasser ash-Shanti, 19, was kidnapped from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
The PPS also said that the soldiers also kidnapped Sajida Nitham Hasan, 17, from Qusra village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, after stopping her on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the city.
A commercial strike paralyzed al-Khalil’s commercial sector on Sunday in solidarity with journalist Mohammed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike in Israeli captivity for three months.
Political forces in the province called for the strike via loudspeakers that were held over vehicles touring the streets of the province with photos of al-Qeiq attached to them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that shopkeepers were absolutely committed to the strike, closing their doors and hanging photos of al-Qeiq along with the phrase “closed in solidarity with the captive hero Mohammed al-Qeiq”.
After 89 days of hunger strike, Berlin protest calls for freedom for al-Qeiq
A solidarity vigil was staged by a consortium of human rights organizations in Berlin in solidarity with the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 89th day.
Journalists, activists, students and representatives of international human rights institutions joined the protest and called for freedom for hunger-striker al-Qeiq. The demonstrators called, in a statement propagated online, for stepping up pressure on the Israeli occupation so as to release al-Qeiq before he dies.
The statement urged the concerned human rights bodies to immediately step in and work on ending Israel’s infringement of journalists’ rights to freedom of expression and of the press, holding the occupation authorities responsible for al-Qeiq’s exacerbated health condition.
Al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for the 89th day running in protest at being held arbitrarily, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli custody.
Political forces in the province called for the strike via loudspeakers that were held over vehicles touring the streets of the province with photos of al-Qeiq attached to them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that shopkeepers were absolutely committed to the strike, closing their doors and hanging photos of al-Qeiq along with the phrase “closed in solidarity with the captive hero Mohammed al-Qeiq”.
After 89 days of hunger strike, Berlin protest calls for freedom for al-Qeiq
A solidarity vigil was staged by a consortium of human rights organizations in Berlin in solidarity with the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 89th day.
Journalists, activists, students and representatives of international human rights institutions joined the protest and called for freedom for hunger-striker al-Qeiq. The demonstrators called, in a statement propagated online, for stepping up pressure on the Israeli occupation so as to release al-Qeiq before he dies.
The statement urged the concerned human rights bodies to immediately step in and work on ending Israel’s infringement of journalists’ rights to freedom of expression and of the press, holding the occupation authorities responsible for al-Qeiq’s exacerbated health condition.
Al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for the 89th day running in protest at being held arbitrarily, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli custody.
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Sunday morning after she allegedly planned to carry out a stabbing attack.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri told Ma’an that a 17-year-old girl was detained at the Zaatara checkpoint in the district of Nablus after Israeli troops saw her holding a knife.
The girl then admitted that she had planned to try to stab an Israeli soldier, al-Samri added.
Palestinian security sources identified the girl to Ma’an as Sajeda Nizam Mahmoud from the village of Qusra south of Nablus.
Over 170 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since a wave of unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
The unrest has been marked by a surge of small-scale attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals -- predominantly on Israeli military targets -- which have left over 25 Israelis dead, with the majority of suspected Palestinian attackers shot dead on site.
IOF arrests two girls in W. Bank and J'lem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning arrested two Palestinian girls in two separate incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem on allegations of their intention to carry out stabbing attacks.
Israeli news websites said that soldiers arrested a girl at Za'atara checkpoint, south of Nablus city, after finding a knife in her possession.
Maariv newspaper claimed the soldiers searched the girl and found a knife with her after she raised their suspicions upon her arrival at the checkpoint.
The detained girl was identified as 16-year-old Sajeda Nidam, from Qasra town in Nablus. In Jerusalem, Israeli police troops also arrested in the morning an unidentified girl in Bab al-Amud area in the Old City.
Eyewitnesses said the police claimed the girl was found in possession of a knife. They added that the police elements assaulted the girl and tried to remove her headscarf.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri told Ma’an that a 17-year-old girl was detained at the Zaatara checkpoint in the district of Nablus after Israeli troops saw her holding a knife.
The girl then admitted that she had planned to try to stab an Israeli soldier, al-Samri added.
Palestinian security sources identified the girl to Ma’an as Sajeda Nizam Mahmoud from the village of Qusra south of Nablus.
Over 170 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since a wave of unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
The unrest has been marked by a surge of small-scale attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals -- predominantly on Israeli military targets -- which have left over 25 Israelis dead, with the majority of suspected Palestinian attackers shot dead on site.
IOF arrests two girls in W. Bank and J'lem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning arrested two Palestinian girls in two separate incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem on allegations of their intention to carry out stabbing attacks.
Israeli news websites said that soldiers arrested a girl at Za'atara checkpoint, south of Nablus city, after finding a knife in her possession.
Maariv newspaper claimed the soldiers searched the girl and found a knife with her after she raised their suspicions upon her arrival at the checkpoint.
The detained girl was identified as 16-year-old Sajeda Nidam, from Qasra town in Nablus. In Jerusalem, Israeli police troops also arrested in the morning an unidentified girl in Bab al-Amud area in the Old City.
Eyewitnesses said the police claimed the girl was found in possession of a knife. They added that the police elements assaulted the girl and tried to remove her headscarf.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, while a third Palestinian was kidnapped on the Container roadblock, south of Jerusalem.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Hebron city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped a veterinarian, identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, before taking him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, violently searched homes and kidnapped Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 26.
In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container roadblock have kidnapped a young man, identified as Sharif Zoheir al-Ja’ba, 26, from Hebron, while heading to the al-Karama Border Terminal, on his way to Jordan.
The soldiers also summoned Majed al-Haymouni for interrogation in the Gosh Etzion military and security base, north of Jerusalem.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the towns of ath-Thaheriyya, Sammoa’ and Ethna, in the Hebron district, and installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of many Palestinians.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Hebron city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped a veterinarian, identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, before taking him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded the Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, violently searched homes and kidnapped Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 26.
In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container roadblock have kidnapped a young man, identified as Sharif Zoheir al-Ja’ba, 26, from Hebron, while heading to the al-Karama Border Terminal, on his way to Jordan.
The soldiers also summoned Majed al-Haymouni for interrogation in the Gosh Etzion military and security base, north of Jerusalem.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the towns of ath-Thaheriyya, Sammoa’ and Ethna, in the Hebron district, and installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of many Palestinians.
The family of the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Muhr called for exerting pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to release their son, after 48 days of ongoing hunger strike in an Israeli jail.
Al-Muhr’s sister, Kawthar, said her 23-year-old brother has been through a very critical psycho-physical state due to his ongoing hunger strike.
She further spoke out against the mistreatment and torture he has been subjected to during and after the investigation. She said the Israeli occupation forces arrested her brother on November 3, 2015 at the Jalama checkpoint on allegations of attempting to stab an occupation soldier.
“My brother did not carry out the anti-occupation attack and backtracked from the scene,” she said. “He was arrested some 200 meters away from the checkpoint while holding a fruit knife.”
“The Israeli occupation court convicted him of attempting to stab a soldier,” the sister added. Prisoner al-Muhr started his open-ended hunger strike in early January in the Israeli Megiddo lock-up.
Al-Muhr’s sister, Kawthar, said her 23-year-old brother has been through a very critical psycho-physical state due to his ongoing hunger strike.
She further spoke out against the mistreatment and torture he has been subjected to during and after the investigation. She said the Israeli occupation forces arrested her brother on November 3, 2015 at the Jalama checkpoint on allegations of attempting to stab an occupation soldier.
“My brother did not carry out the anti-occupation attack and backtracked from the scene,” she said. “He was arrested some 200 meters away from the checkpoint while holding a fruit knife.”
“The Israeli occupation court convicted him of attempting to stab a soldier,” the sister added. Prisoner al-Muhr started his open-ended hunger strike in early January in the Israeli Megiddo lock-up.
Emad Eshtaiwi, member of the national committee for the support of Palestinian prisoners, called for releasing the Palestinian sick captive Firas Hashash, 27, from Balata refugee camp near Nablus due to the seriousness of his health condition.
Eshtaiwi told Quds Press that prisoner Hashash suffers from ulcers for which he underwent two surgeries in Ramleh Prison clinic last month.
His health condition is getting worse after sharp drop of his blood count. He pointed out that detainee Hashash who is sentenced to seven months in Megiddo Israeli jail was shot by Israeli forces with a bullet in the head during the Second Intifada.
His condition has recently deteriorated in jail due to Israeli deliberate policy of medical negligence.
The family of prisoner Hashash appealed to all of the institutions concerned with the issue of Palestinian prisoners to follow up on his health condition and work on his release for proper treatment.
Eshtaiwi told Quds Press that prisoner Hashash suffers from ulcers for which he underwent two surgeries in Ramleh Prison clinic last month.
His health condition is getting worse after sharp drop of his blood count. He pointed out that detainee Hashash who is sentenced to seven months in Megiddo Israeli jail was shot by Israeli forces with a bullet in the head during the Second Intifada.
His condition has recently deteriorated in jail due to Israeli deliberate policy of medical negligence.
The family of prisoner Hashash appealed to all of the institutions concerned with the issue of Palestinian prisoners to follow up on his health condition and work on his release for proper treatment.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Saturday evening arrested a Palestinian young man near Damascus Gate in Occupied Jerusalem after an alleged stabbing attempt.
The spokeswoman of Israeli police Luba Samri said, in a statement, that a force of border guards stopped an 18-year-old Palestinian based on suspicion and while searching him, he tried to stab one of the soldiers.
The troops rounded up the Jerusalemite youth and investigations were going on amid intensive deployment of Israeli forces, she said.
According to Israeli media sources, this alleged stabbing attempt is the 13th attack in Damascus Gate area since the Jerusalem Intifada which started first of October, 2015.
95 Stabbing operations in addition to 50 stabbing attempts have been carried out since last October.
The spokeswoman of Israeli police Luba Samri said, in a statement, that a force of border guards stopped an 18-year-old Palestinian based on suspicion and while searching him, he tried to stab one of the soldiers.
The troops rounded up the Jerusalemite youth and investigations were going on amid intensive deployment of Israeli forces, she said.
According to Israeli media sources, this alleged stabbing attempt is the 13th attack in Damascus Gate area since the Jerusalem Intifada which started first of October, 2015.
95 Stabbing operations in addition to 50 stabbing attempts have been carried out since last October.
