27 feb 2017
The Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of 6 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem and the Negev for allegedly stealing a military laptop.
The Hebrew website Walla claimed that the 6 Palestinians have stolen the laptop of Hagai Topolansky, the former head of the Israeli army's manpower directorate, noting that the laptop has not been found yet.
The website pointed out that indictments were served against a number of detainees, while indictments will be filed against the rest of them in the coming days.
The officer Hagai Topolansky, who resigned from military service after the incident, was interrogated after several possessions were stolen from his house including a military laptop where he kept sensitive military documents and information.
The Israeli army decided to form a team including the Israeli police, army and intelligence to track down the robbers and reach them before these documents fall into the hands of "hostile parties".
Israel imposes strict orders prohibiting leaving computers in military vehicles or houses, especially after a number of laptops and cases containing secret documents were stolen from Israeli military officers including a colonel in the air force and Ilan Levy, an artillery commander in the northern command.
The Israeli army deals firmly with the officers whose computers are stolen. It may dismiss them from their positions, conduct investigations and trials against them, suspend their promotion, or write down notes in their military records preventing them from holding senior military positions.
Four incidents of stolen military equipment, computers, and cell phones from officers in the Israeli army were reported since 2015.
The Hebrew website Walla claimed that the 6 Palestinians have stolen the laptop of Hagai Topolansky, the former head of the Israeli army's manpower directorate, noting that the laptop has not been found yet.
The website pointed out that indictments were served against a number of detainees, while indictments will be filed against the rest of them in the coming days.
The officer Hagai Topolansky, who resigned from military service after the incident, was interrogated after several possessions were stolen from his house including a military laptop where he kept sensitive military documents and information.
The Israeli army decided to form a team including the Israeli police, army and intelligence to track down the robbers and reach them before these documents fall into the hands of "hostile parties".
Israel imposes strict orders prohibiting leaving computers in military vehicles or houses, especially after a number of laptops and cases containing secret documents were stolen from Israeli military officers including a colonel in the air force and Ilan Levy, an artillery commander in the northern command.
The Israeli army deals firmly with the officers whose computers are stolen. It may dismiss them from their positions, conduct investigations and trials against them, suspend their promotion, or write down notes in their military records preventing them from holding senior military positions.
Four incidents of stolen military equipment, computers, and cell phones from officers in the Israeli army were reported since 2015.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) extended the administrative detention of Adnan Asfour, a Hamas leader from Nablus, for the third time in a row.
The IOA informed his lawyer of the decision since he was supposed to be released on March 3, Asfour’s family said on Monday.
According to his family, the Israeli occupation forces rearrested him last April as a part of a large-scale arrest campaign that included a number of academics and Palestinian leaders.
Family members recalled that the Israeli Supreme Court had recently refused an appeal filed by Asfour’s lawyer to end his administrative detention.
Asfour, according to his family, suffered many health problems during his detention such as sinusitis, migraines, and asthma and needs medical attention that is not available in the Israeli prisons.
Asfour, a Hamas leader, is considered one of the leading national and Islamic figures in Nablus and had spent 11 years in Israeli prisons and several years in the Palestinian Authority prisons before the second Intifada.
The IOA informed his lawyer of the decision since he was supposed to be released on March 3, Asfour’s family said on Monday.
According to his family, the Israeli occupation forces rearrested him last April as a part of a large-scale arrest campaign that included a number of academics and Palestinian leaders.
Family members recalled that the Israeli Supreme Court had recently refused an appeal filed by Asfour’s lawyer to end his administrative detention.
Asfour, according to his family, suffered many health problems during his detention such as sinusitis, migraines, and asthma and needs medical attention that is not available in the Israeli prisons.
Asfour, a Hamas leader, is considered one of the leading national and Islamic figures in Nablus and had spent 11 years in Israeli prisons and several years in the Palestinian Authority prisons before the second Intifada.
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A Palestinian girl was shot and injured on Monday afternoon by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at Qalandiya military barrier north of Occupied Jerusalem.
IOF soldiers shot the girl, closed the barrier in all directions and summoned reinforcements to the site. The girl, who has not been identified yet, was left on the ground wounded.
Israeli 0404 website alleged that she was carrying a knife and attempted to stab IOF soldiers at Qalandiya military checkpoint.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a brief statement, that their crews arrived at the scene, but Israeli troops prevented them from approaching the wounded girl.
A Palestinian girl was shot and injured on Monday afternoon by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at Qalandiya military barrier north of Occupied Jerusalem.
IOF soldiers shot the girl, closed the barrier in all directions and summoned reinforcements to the site. The girl, who has not been identified yet, was left on the ground wounded.
Israeli 0404 website alleged that she was carrying a knife and attempted to stab IOF soldiers at Qalandiya military checkpoint.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, in a brief statement, that their crews arrived at the scene, but Israeli troops prevented them from approaching the wounded girl.
Israeli authorities prevented a Palestinian woman, from Bethlehem, from visiting her injured son Ibrahim al-Maghrabi who is currently held in Israeli hospital, Haaretz Hebrew newspaper revealed.
Al-Maghrabi who holds a blue identity card was arrested in Tel Aviv on Feb. 9, after a fight with a foreign worker from Eritrea.
He was then held handcuffed in a police station where he tried to jump through the window. However, he suffered serious head and lungs injuries.
He underwent an urgent medical surgery at that time and he is still in critical condition to date.
Despite his difficult health situation, al-Maghrabi’s arrest was renewed more than once.
His mother has demanded to see him due to his critical situation, however, Israeli authorities refused her entry to Israel.
Al-Maghrabi who holds a blue identity card was arrested in Tel Aviv on Feb. 9, after a fight with a foreign worker from Eritrea.
He was then held handcuffed in a police station where he tried to jump through the window. However, he suffered serious head and lungs injuries.
He underwent an urgent medical surgery at that time and he is still in critical condition to date.
Despite his difficult health situation, al-Maghrabi’s arrest was renewed more than once.
His mother has demanded to see him due to his critical situation, however, Israeli authorities refused her entry to Israel.
The Jerusalemite woman Sahar Natsheh was indicted at the Israeli Magistrate’s Court on Monday for preventing a settler’s access into a “sacred place.”
Lawyer for Qudsuna for Human Rights Foundation Ramzi Ktellat revealed that a hearing is scheduled to be held on March 6 for 48-year-old Sahar Natsheh.
Sahar was earlier arrested for 11 days before being held under house arrest and banned from entry into al-Aqsa Mosque for more than a year.
Meanwhile, the young man Mahmoud Abd Latif, 26, is scheduled to be brought before court on Tuesday to approve Israeli police’s administrative detention order for three months.
Mahmoud was arrested nearly two weeks ago, only three days before his wedding.
The Jerusalemite young man was arrested more than once in Israeli jails, most recently for nearly a year for Facebook incitement.
Israeli authorities also issued an administrative detention order against the Jerusalemite prisoner Majd Darwish, 26, for six months.
Majd, from Issawiya town, had earlier spent four years in Israeli jails.
Lawyer for Qudsuna for Human Rights Foundation Ramzi Ktellat revealed that a hearing is scheduled to be held on March 6 for 48-year-old Sahar Natsheh.
Sahar was earlier arrested for 11 days before being held under house arrest and banned from entry into al-Aqsa Mosque for more than a year.
Meanwhile, the young man Mahmoud Abd Latif, 26, is scheduled to be brought before court on Tuesday to approve Israeli police’s administrative detention order for three months.
Mahmoud was arrested nearly two weeks ago, only three days before his wedding.
The Jerusalemite young man was arrested more than once in Israeli jails, most recently for nearly a year for Facebook incitement.
Israeli authorities also issued an administrative detention order against the Jerusalemite prisoner Majd Darwish, 26, for six months.
Majd, from Issawiya town, had earlier spent four years in Israeli jails.
Palestinian protesters closed on Monday morning the main access road to Qalandiya refugee camp in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jail.
According to local sources, the protesters closed the Ramallah-Jerusalem thoroughfare in an attempt to mobilize support for the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
The move makes part of a series of protest events that started last week in response to Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian detainees and in protest at the apathy maintained by the international community as regards the hunger strikers’ cause.
Three Palestinians—Raed Mteir, Jamal Abu al-Leil, and Mohamed al-Qeiq—have been on an open-ended hunger strike in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli lock-ups.
According to local sources, the protesters closed the Ramallah-Jerusalem thoroughfare in an attempt to mobilize support for the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
The move makes part of a series of protest events that started last week in response to Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian detainees and in protest at the apathy maintained by the international community as regards the hunger strikers’ cause.
Three Palestinians—Raed Mteir, Jamal Abu al-Leil, and Mohamed al-Qeiq—have been on an open-ended hunger strike in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli lock-ups.
The Israeli Ofer court passed on Monday different prison sentences against four Palestinian prisoners from al-Khalil, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed.
The court sentenced the prisoner Bassam Khalil for 35 months imprisonment plus a fine of 3,000 shekels, while the prisoner Essam al-Jamal was sentenced to 18 months in prison plus a fine of 4,000 shekels.
The two prisoners Muntasar Abu Ayash and Ibrahim Abu Fara were also sentenced for 12 months with a fine of 2,000 shekels for each one of them.
The court sentenced the prisoner Bassam Khalil for 35 months imprisonment plus a fine of 3,000 shekels, while the prisoner Essam al-Jamal was sentenced to 18 months in prison plus a fine of 4,000 shekels.
The two prisoners Muntasar Abu Ayash and Ibrahim Abu Fara were also sentenced for 12 months with a fine of 2,000 shekels for each one of them.
27 Palestinians were allowed access out of the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday morning to visit their relatives in the Israeli Ramon jail.
Speaking to the PIC, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Suhair Zaqout, said 27 Palestinians, including four minors below 16 years of age, were allowed access out of Gaza to visit 18 relatives in the Israeli Ramon lock-up.
Palestinian families from Gaza have often been denied the right to visit their jailed relatives under the security pretext. Meanwhile, at least one third of Palestinian families across the occupied territories have been prevented from visiting their relatives in Israeli penitentiaries.
Speaking to the PIC, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Suhair Zaqout, said 27 Palestinians, including four minors below 16 years of age, were allowed access out of Gaza to visit 18 relatives in the Israeli Ramon lock-up.
Palestinian families from Gaza have often been denied the right to visit their jailed relatives under the security pretext. Meanwhile, at least one third of Palestinian families across the occupied territories have been prevented from visiting their relatives in Israeli penitentiaries.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have recently issued new administrative detention orders against 17 Palestinian prisoners.
The detention orders, without charge or trial, were issued against 17 detainees from West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
The period of the detention varied between four to six months.
Three Palestinian prisoners, including the journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq, are currently on hunger strike protesting against Israel’s administrative detention policy.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six-month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
The detention orders, without charge or trial, were issued against 17 detainees from West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
The period of the detention varied between four to six months.
Three Palestinian prisoners, including the journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq, are currently on hunger strike protesting against Israel’s administrative detention policy.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six-month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight until early morning hours, Monday, many Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, searched dozens of homes and abducted 21 Palestinians, including a woman who is also a former political prisoner, from Hebron.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Hebron city, and many nearby towns and villages, violently searched homes and abducted seven Palestinians.
It identified the abducted as Jihad Mahmoud Hmeidat, 22, Ma’an Hamdallah Hmeidat, Mohammad Mousa Abu ar-Reesh, 22, Mos’ab Mahmoud Sweity, 17, Mohammad Mahmoud Najajra, 36, Noureddin Mohammad al-Hoor, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehsan Mohammad Dababsa, 35.
In Salfit, in central West Bank, the soldiers broke into and searched homes and abducted three Palestinians, identified as Aysar Mo’men Bouziyya, 22, Bilal Abed Souf, 23, and Kamal Suleiman Kleib, 58.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Shadi Bishkar, 40, and Kamal Salama.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers searched many homes in Qalqilia district, in northern West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Hamza Naim Hussein, 24, and Hamed Mohammad Salim, 25.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Salman Srouji, 29.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Abu al-‘Amer, was abducted from his home in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Sanad Mohammad Hamamra, 28, and Ghassan Mohammad Hamamra, after invading their homes and searching them.
In Ramallah, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Awwad Rawashda, 33, and Sa’ad Naji Daoud, 16.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded homes in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of the city, and abducted Ribhi Ibrahim Sharif.
Arrests, home break-ins in West Bank sweep by Israeli army
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday following assaults on West Bank provinces.
According to Quds Press, ex-prisoner Mo’n Ehmeidat, from Surif, and youngster Mos’ab al-Sweiti, from Beit Awa, were kidnapped by the IOF.
Reporting from Nablus, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF stormed the Old City and Askar al-Jadid, to the east, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
A number of Palestinian anti-occupation youths, including Kamel Salama and Shadi Beshkar, were kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers in the process.
At the same time, a flock of Israeli army jeeps rolled into Jenin’s western town of al-Yamon and ravaged into the home of the Palestinian citizen Taher Ahmad Nawahda, before they subjected him to exhaustive interrogation and summoned him to further questioning at the Salem military camp.
The IOF further broke into civilian homes in the nearby Kafrdan town and summoned civilians to interrogation.
The IOF also stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the northern West Bank, and rummaged into Palestinian homes. Several youngsters had been subjected to intensive questioning in the process.
According to PIC reporter, the IOF broke into the home of Na’im Yassin in Azzoun and interrogated his children, before they kidnapped his son Hamza. Palestinian citizen Hamed Salim was kidnapped from his home in the assault.
The IOF closed off the main access road between Azzoun and Azabat al-Tabib area.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops pitched a military checkpoint near the main entrance to the town and raked through the area.
An Israeli military patrol stormed Surif town, to the west of al-Khalil, and kidnapped the Palestinian young man Nour al-Deen al-Hour after they wreaked havoc on his home and forced his family members out.
The IOF reportedly smashed the house furniture and aggressively attacked the arrestee’s mother and the other family members.
At the same time, the IOF broke into the home of the female ex-prisoner Ihsan al-Dababsa in Nouba town and ravaged the building. Ihsan was kidnapped by the IOF and dragged to an unidentified destination moments after the assault.
Another Palestinian citizen was kidnapped by the IOF from Yatta, in southern al-Khalil.
A Palestinian woman was further summoned to questioning in Samou’ town, in al-Khalil.
Overnight Sunday and at dawn Monday, the Israeli police and soldiers broke into Palestinian homes in Occupied Jerusalem before they kidnapped five Palestinians from city.
According to the Hebrew-speaking 0404 news site, 18 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli forces mostly on claims of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The list of arrestees included five Hamas affiliates, the same source added.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Husan, west of Bethlehem, and four from Salfit.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Hebron city, and many nearby towns and villages, violently searched homes and abducted seven Palestinians.
It identified the abducted as Jihad Mahmoud Hmeidat, 22, Ma’an Hamdallah Hmeidat, Mohammad Mousa Abu ar-Reesh, 22, Mos’ab Mahmoud Sweity, 17, Mohammad Mahmoud Najajra, 36, Noureddin Mohammad al-Hoor, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehsan Mohammad Dababsa, 35.
In Salfit, in central West Bank, the soldiers broke into and searched homes and abducted three Palestinians, identified as Aysar Mo’men Bouziyya, 22, Bilal Abed Souf, 23, and Kamal Suleiman Kleib, 58.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Shadi Bishkar, 40, and Kamal Salama.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers searched many homes in Qalqilia district, in northern West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Hamza Naim Hussein, 24, and Hamed Mohammad Salim, 25.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Salman Srouji, 29.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Abu al-‘Amer, was abducted from his home in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Sanad Mohammad Hamamra, 28, and Ghassan Mohammad Hamamra, after invading their homes and searching them.
In Ramallah, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Awwad Rawashda, 33, and Sa’ad Naji Daoud, 16.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded homes in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of the city, and abducted Ribhi Ibrahim Sharif.
Arrests, home break-ins in West Bank sweep by Israeli army
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday following assaults on West Bank provinces.
According to Quds Press, ex-prisoner Mo’n Ehmeidat, from Surif, and youngster Mos’ab al-Sweiti, from Beit Awa, were kidnapped by the IOF.
Reporting from Nablus, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF stormed the Old City and Askar al-Jadid, to the east, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
A number of Palestinian anti-occupation youths, including Kamel Salama and Shadi Beshkar, were kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers in the process.
At the same time, a flock of Israeli army jeeps rolled into Jenin’s western town of al-Yamon and ravaged into the home of the Palestinian citizen Taher Ahmad Nawahda, before they subjected him to exhaustive interrogation and summoned him to further questioning at the Salem military camp.
The IOF further broke into civilian homes in the nearby Kafrdan town and summoned civilians to interrogation.
The IOF also stormed Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun, in the northern West Bank, and rummaged into Palestinian homes. Several youngsters had been subjected to intensive questioning in the process.
According to PIC reporter, the IOF broke into the home of Na’im Yassin in Azzoun and interrogated his children, before they kidnapped his son Hamza. Palestinian citizen Hamed Salim was kidnapped from his home in the assault.
The IOF closed off the main access road between Azzoun and Azabat al-Tabib area.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops pitched a military checkpoint near the main entrance to the town and raked through the area.
An Israeli military patrol stormed Surif town, to the west of al-Khalil, and kidnapped the Palestinian young man Nour al-Deen al-Hour after they wreaked havoc on his home and forced his family members out.
The IOF reportedly smashed the house furniture and aggressively attacked the arrestee’s mother and the other family members.
At the same time, the IOF broke into the home of the female ex-prisoner Ihsan al-Dababsa in Nouba town and ravaged the building. Ihsan was kidnapped by the IOF and dragged to an unidentified destination moments after the assault.
Another Palestinian citizen was kidnapped by the IOF from Yatta, in southern al-Khalil.
A Palestinian woman was further summoned to questioning in Samou’ town, in al-Khalil.
Overnight Sunday and at dawn Monday, the Israeli police and soldiers broke into Palestinian homes in Occupied Jerusalem before they kidnapped five Palestinians from city.
According to the Hebrew-speaking 0404 news site, 18 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli forces mostly on claims of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The list of arrestees included five Hamas affiliates, the same source added.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Husan, west of Bethlehem, and four from Salfit.
26 feb 2017
Israeli forces carried out predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, detaining at least five young Palestinians, including at least three minors.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) released a statement saying that two 15-year-old boys, identified as Muhammad Nashat Hamamra and Zeid Muhammad Hamamra, were detained the village of Husan west of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.
In the northern district of Qalqiliya, PPS said that 24-year-old Said Ziyad Abu Haniyeh was detained in the town of Azzun, and that Israeli forces detained 24-year-old Abdullah Muhammad Shatat in the village of Biddya in the central Salfit district.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed two detentions were made in Husan, as well as one in Biddya and one in Azzun.
The army spokesperson did not confirm, however, the detention of 17-year-old Mahmoud Muhammad Sarsour in Qaddura refugee camp in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, as reported by PPS.
Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording an average of 95 weekly raids in the West Bank in 2016, and 100 weekly raids on average thus far in 2017.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 6,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons as of January, including some 300 minors.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) released a statement saying that two 15-year-old boys, identified as Muhammad Nashat Hamamra and Zeid Muhammad Hamamra, were detained the village of Husan west of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.
In the northern district of Qalqiliya, PPS said that 24-year-old Said Ziyad Abu Haniyeh was detained in the town of Azzun, and that Israeli forces detained 24-year-old Abdullah Muhammad Shatat in the village of Biddya in the central Salfit district.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed two detentions were made in Husan, as well as one in Biddya and one in Azzun.
The army spokesperson did not confirm, however, the detention of 17-year-old Mahmoud Muhammad Sarsour in Qaddura refugee camp in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, as reported by PPS.
Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording an average of 95 weekly raids in the West Bank in 2016, and 100 weekly raids on average thus far in 2017.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 6,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons as of January, including some 300 minors.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night kidnapped three Palestinian citizens during violent raids on homes in Azzun town, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked several homes in the town before kidnapping three citizens.
They added that soldiers scattered nails on the road between the towns of Izbat Attaib and Azzun in order to prevent local residents from using it.
They also said that the Israeli army intensified its presence along the segregation wall in Azzun and stormed homes near the wall.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked several homes in the town before kidnapping three citizens.
They added that soldiers scattered nails on the road between the towns of Izbat Attaib and Azzun in order to prevent local residents from using it.
They also said that the Israeli army intensified its presence along the segregation wall in Azzun and stormed homes near the wall.
Palestinian protesters at daybreak Sunday closed off the main entrances to Qalandiya refugee camp, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, in solidarity with hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
At around 5 a.m., Palestinian youngsters closed off all entrances to Qalandiya camp and the Jerusalem-Ramallah thoroughfare as part of a series of protest moves started as of February 16 in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil.
Mteir and Abu al-Leil have been on an open-ended hunger strike since February 16 in protest at a renewed six-month administrative prison term slapped by the Israeli authorities with neither charge nor trial.
A sit-in ten, along with marches and rallies, have been held on a daily basis to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
NGOs and the hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse the detainees’ lives might take in prison.
At around 5 a.m., Palestinian youngsters closed off all entrances to Qalandiya camp and the Jerusalem-Ramallah thoroughfare as part of a series of protest moves started as of February 16 in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil.
Mteir and Abu al-Leil have been on an open-ended hunger strike since February 16 in protest at a renewed six-month administrative prison term slapped by the Israeli authorities with neither charge nor trial.
A sit-in ten, along with marches and rallies, have been held on a daily basis to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
NGOs and the hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse the detainees’ lives might take in prison.
24 feb 2017
Three Palestinians continue their hunger strike in Israeli jails in protest at their administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 19 days in protest at a six-month administrative term slapped by the Israeli prison service.
Al-Qeiq was re-arrested by the Israeli forces on January 15, 2017.
Prisoners Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil started their open-ended hunger strike on February 16 in response to a renewed six-month administrative sentence.
The hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse their relatives’ conditions might take in Israeli jails and appealed to the Palestinian people, regardless of their political affiliations, to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
Prisoner al-Qeiq was transferred to the Ramla prison clinic following a health setback while Abu al-Leil and Mteir were moved to Ashkelon and Shatta prisons.
According to a statement by the prisoners and ex-prisoners commission, hunger striker Mteir has lost six kilograms and suffers from excruciating pains in his chest and groins. He has also refused to take in vitamins.
The commission added that Mteir has been locked up in an isolated cell under very dire conditions and banned from family visits.
Administrative detention is a policy pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities legitimizing the incarceration of Palestinian detainees to renewed administrative terms of up to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 19 days in protest at a six-month administrative term slapped by the Israeli prison service.
Al-Qeiq was re-arrested by the Israeli forces on January 15, 2017.
Prisoners Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil started their open-ended hunger strike on February 16 in response to a renewed six-month administrative sentence.
The hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse their relatives’ conditions might take in Israeli jails and appealed to the Palestinian people, regardless of their political affiliations, to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
Prisoner al-Qeiq was transferred to the Ramla prison clinic following a health setback while Abu al-Leil and Mteir were moved to Ashkelon and Shatta prisons.
According to a statement by the prisoners and ex-prisoners commission, hunger striker Mteir has lost six kilograms and suffers from excruciating pains in his chest and groins. He has also refused to take in vitamins.
The commission added that Mteir has been locked up in an isolated cell under very dire conditions and banned from family visits.
Administrative detention is a policy pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities legitimizing the incarceration of Palestinian detainees to renewed administrative terms of up to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
At least four Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Friday during assaults on the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to a PIC news correspondent, dozens of Israeli soldiers and policemen stormed Bartaa’s market, to the west of the northern West Bank province of Jenin, and ravaged Palestinian commercial shops.
The Israeli soldiers kidnapped the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Makhzoumi after they wreaked havoc on his shop and seized all the commodities.
At the same time, two Palestinian youths, one among whom from the Nakhla family, were kidnapped by the IOF from al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah and al-Bireh province.
According to local sources, the occupation troops broke into civilian homes in the camp.
At predawn time, the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian youth Tahseen al-Haj from his workplace in 1948 occupied territories.
Meanwhile, clashes burst out between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian anti-occupation youth shortly after a flock of Israeli military jeeps rolled into Jerusalem’s eastern town of Hizma.
The Israeli soldiers attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
According to a PIC news correspondent, dozens of Israeli soldiers and policemen stormed Bartaa’s market, to the west of the northern West Bank province of Jenin, and ravaged Palestinian commercial shops.
The Israeli soldiers kidnapped the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Makhzoumi after they wreaked havoc on his shop and seized all the commodities.
At the same time, two Palestinian youths, one among whom from the Nakhla family, were kidnapped by the IOF from al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah and al-Bireh province.
According to local sources, the occupation troops broke into civilian homes in the camp.
At predawn time, the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian youth Tahseen al-Haj from his workplace in 1948 occupied territories.
Meanwhile, clashes burst out between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian anti-occupation youth shortly after a flock of Israeli military jeeps rolled into Jerusalem’s eastern town of Hizma.
The Israeli soldiers attacked the Palestinian protesters with heavy spates of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
