3 feb 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up at dawn Friday nine Palestinians and summoned seven others in a storming campaign carried out in Occupied Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Head of Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners Amjad Abu Asab told Quds Press that Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians in Silwan town and summoned the father of one of the detainees to be questioned.
Radio Israel reported that Israeli troops arrested seven Palestinians, including two minors, in Aidah refugee camp north of Bethlehem. The IOF soldiers summoned six youngsters for questioning after storming Taqoa town. Another man from Bethlehem city was summoned as well.
Head of Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners Amjad Abu Asab told Quds Press that Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians in Silwan town and summoned the father of one of the detainees to be questioned.
Radio Israel reported that Israeli troops arrested seven Palestinians, including two minors, in Aidah refugee camp north of Bethlehem. The IOF soldiers summoned six youngsters for questioning after storming Taqoa town. Another man from Bethlehem city was summoned as well.
The family of Palestinian prisoners Ahmed and Mahmoud Nassar has expressed concern over the lives of its sons after jailers took them to an unknown place following the stabbing attack in the Negev jail.
Mohamed Nassar, the brother of the two prisoners, appealed on Thursday to the Red Cross and human rights groups to swiftly intervene to know the fate and whereabouts of his brothers, who were in the same cell in the Negev jail.
Nassar said that the family was trying hard to obtain any information about his brothers after one of them injured a prison officer in his face with a blade.
He added that his brother Ahmed, who attacked the officer, had spent 14 months of his two-year prison term and Mahmoud finished four years of his six-year prison term.
Prisoner Ahmed Nassar, from Madama village in Nablus, was able on Wednesday to stab an Israeli officer in the Negev jail in response to the jailers’ oppressive practices against the detainees.
Mohamed Nassar, the brother of the two prisoners, appealed on Thursday to the Red Cross and human rights groups to swiftly intervene to know the fate and whereabouts of his brothers, who were in the same cell in the Negev jail.
Nassar said that the family was trying hard to obtain any information about his brothers after one of them injured a prison officer in his face with a blade.
He added that his brother Ahmed, who attacked the officer, had spent 14 months of his two-year prison term and Mahmoud finished four years of his six-year prison term.
Prisoner Ahmed Nassar, from Madama village in Nablus, was able on Wednesday to stab an Israeli officer in the Negev jail in response to the jailers’ oppressive practices against the detainees.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Friday rolled into Shaqba town, near the central West Bank province of Ramallah and al-Bireh.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said 12 Israeli army jeeps raked through Shaqba town, at the same time as infantry troops have combed residential neighborhood, sparking terror among civilians.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed the southern West Bank province of Bethlehem and summoned six youngsters to questioning.
According to local sources, Israeli army troops broke into Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’ and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they summoned five youngsters to questioning.
Overnight, the IOF ravaged civilian homes near Othman Ibn Affan Mosque, to the east of Bethlehem, and summoned a Palestinian youth—Islam Abiyat—to interrogation.
Recently, the occupation army stepped up arbitrary assaults on Palestinian towns and villages and crack downs on civilians in an attempt to suppress anti-occupation activism across the Palestinian territories.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said 12 Israeli army jeeps raked through Shaqba town, at the same time as infantry troops have combed residential neighborhood, sparking terror among civilians.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed the southern West Bank province of Bethlehem and summoned six youngsters to questioning.
According to local sources, Israeli army troops broke into Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’ and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they summoned five youngsters to questioning.
Overnight, the IOF ravaged civilian homes near Othman Ibn Affan Mosque, to the east of Bethlehem, and summoned a Palestinian youth—Islam Abiyat—to interrogation.
Recently, the occupation army stepped up arbitrary assaults on Palestinian towns and villages and crack downs on civilians in an attempt to suppress anti-occupation activism across the Palestinian territories.
Israeli courts on Thursday extended the detention of prisoners Mohamed al-Qiq, a journalist, and Shafiq al-Halabi, a martyr’s father, for five days at the pretext of pending further investigations.
Fayha Shalash, Qiq’s wife, said that the military court in Ofer extended the detention of her husband until next monday.
Quds Press quoted Shalash as saying that the Israeli authorities transferred Qiq from Hadarim jail to Ofer military base, where he was subjected to hours of questioning in an attempt to condemn him and prepare an indictment against him.
She pointed out that the Shin Bet seeks to level charges against her husband and his friends to punish them for participating in events held in solidarity with families of martyrs and prisoners.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the military court at al-Muskubiya interrogation center, west of Occupied Jerusalem, extended the detention of Shafiq al-Halabi, the father of martyr Muhand, for five days.
The PPS noted that Halabi was arrested after his participation in sit-in tents and rallies following the death of his son, affirming that he started a hunger strike in protest at his detention with no guilt.
Israeli policemen shot dead his son, Muhand al-Halabi, on October 3, 2015 after he carried out a stabbing operation that led to the killing of three Jewish settlers.
Fayha Shalash, Qiq’s wife, said that the military court in Ofer extended the detention of her husband until next monday.
Quds Press quoted Shalash as saying that the Israeli authorities transferred Qiq from Hadarim jail to Ofer military base, where he was subjected to hours of questioning in an attempt to condemn him and prepare an indictment against him.
She pointed out that the Shin Bet seeks to level charges against her husband and his friends to punish them for participating in events held in solidarity with families of martyrs and prisoners.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the military court at al-Muskubiya interrogation center, west of Occupied Jerusalem, extended the detention of Shafiq al-Halabi, the father of martyr Muhand, for five days.
The PPS noted that Halabi was arrested after his participation in sit-in tents and rallies following the death of his son, affirming that he started a hunger strike in protest at his detention with no guilt.
Israeli policemen shot dead his son, Muhand al-Halabi, on October 3, 2015 after he carried out a stabbing operation that led to the killing of three Jewish settlers.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday kidnapped a Palestinian citizen at a makeshift checkpoint on the road between Jenin and Haifa in the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers and policemen intercepted the vehicle at the junction of Zububa town west of Jenin, kidnapped the driver and took him to a nearby military base.
They added that the soldiers physically assaulted him and confiscated the young man’s car.
There is still no information about the identity of the detained young man.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers and policemen intercepted the vehicle at the junction of Zububa town west of Jenin, kidnapped the driver and took him to a nearby military base.
They added that the soldiers physically assaulted him and confiscated the young man’s car.
There is still no information about the identity of the detained young man.
2 feb 2017
Israeli Special Forces arrested Thursday afternoon the coordinator of the Islamic Bloc, the student wing of Hamas Movement, in Birzeit University Tawfik Abu Urqoup along with Basel Felayyan, secretary at the university’s student council.
Head of Birzeit student council, Ahmad al-Ayesh, told Quds Press that the arrest of his colleagues goes in line with Israeli policy of targeting the leaders of the student Movement in Birzeit University, especially members of the Islamic bloc and the student council.
Head of Birzeit student council, Ahmad al-Ayesh, told Quds Press that the arrest of his colleagues goes in line with Israeli policy of targeting the leaders of the student Movement in Birzeit University, especially members of the Islamic bloc and the student council.
Two Israeli policemen were slightly injured on Thursday evening in an anti-occupation car-ramming attack in Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli 0404 website revealed that a Palestinian woman crashed her car into an Israeli police patrol car near Adam settlement to the northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police arrested the Palestinian woman who carried out the attack. Meanwhile, Israeli reinforcements arrived at the scene.
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, however, reported that three Israeli policemen were wounded after a suspected car-ramming attack which was carried out by a Palestinian woman who was injured and put under arrest.
Israeli 0404 website revealed that a Palestinian woman crashed her car into an Israeli police patrol car near Adam settlement to the northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police arrested the Palestinian woman who carried out the attack. Meanwhile, Israeli reinforcements arrived at the scene.
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, however, reported that three Israeli policemen were wounded after a suspected car-ramming attack which was carried out by a Palestinian woman who was injured and put under arrest.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and two others in Tubas district, in the northeastern part of West Bank, during invasion and violent searches of homes.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Omar Hosni Ghawadra, 22, from Bir al-Basha village, south of Jenin, while he was on his way to his workplace, and moved him to an unknown destination.
It added that the soldiers also abducted a young man, whose identity remained unknown until the time of this report, after stopping his car and confiscating it, near the Salem Israeli military base, west of Jenin.
The Palestinian was driving at the intersection between Zabbouba and Rommana villages, when the soldiers stopped his car, and abducted him.
The soldiers also invaded Tubas city, searched a few homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Samer Sameeh Sawafta, and a high-school student, identified as Saher Anees Abu Mohsin.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Omar Hosni Ghawadra, 22, from Bir al-Basha village, south of Jenin, while he was on his way to his workplace, and moved him to an unknown destination.
It added that the soldiers also abducted a young man, whose identity remained unknown until the time of this report, after stopping his car and confiscating it, near the Salem Israeli military base, west of Jenin.
The Palestinian was driving at the intersection between Zabbouba and Rommana villages, when the soldiers stopped his car, and abducted him.
The soldiers also invaded Tubas city, searched a few homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Samer Sameeh Sawafta, and a high-school student, identified as Saher Anees Abu Mohsin.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) embarked Thursday on a campaign to crack down on Palestinian prisoners affiliated with Hamas in the Nafha and Negev jails.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a statement that the IPS notified the detainees of a mass break-in by the Israeli special units into sections 2 and 3 in the Negev lock-up, threatening to violently quell any projected protests.
PPS warned of an imminent explosion to flare up across Israeli jails due to the unabated aggressions launched by the IPS and Israeli special forces against the Palestinian detainees.
The prisoners information office also said the IPS closed Hamas prison sections in all Israeli jails and transferred 30 detainees affiliated with the group in the Nafha prison to a yet unknown destination.
IPS further cut off power in Negev jail as part of its mounting crackdowns against the detainees.
On Wednesday, two Palestinian detainees stabbed two Israeli prison officers in Nafha and Negev jails in response to the crimes and malpractices perpetrated by the IPS against the Palestinian detainees.
The crackdowns also make part of Israeli attempts to strike a prisoner swap deal with Hamas in order to push for the release of the Israeli soldiers held captive in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a statement that the IPS notified the detainees of a mass break-in by the Israeli special units into sections 2 and 3 in the Negev lock-up, threatening to violently quell any projected protests.
PPS warned of an imminent explosion to flare up across Israeli jails due to the unabated aggressions launched by the IPS and Israeli special forces against the Palestinian detainees.
The prisoners information office also said the IPS closed Hamas prison sections in all Israeli jails and transferred 30 detainees affiliated with the group in the Nafha prison to a yet unknown destination.
IPS further cut off power in Negev jail as part of its mounting crackdowns against the detainees.
On Wednesday, two Palestinian detainees stabbed two Israeli prison officers in Nafha and Negev jails in response to the crimes and malpractices perpetrated by the IPS against the Palestinian detainees.
The crackdowns also make part of Israeli attempts to strike a prisoner swap deal with Hamas in order to push for the release of the Israeli soldiers held captive in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) threatened Thursday morning Palestinian prisoners held in Negev prison to step up break-ins into section 2 and 3, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed.
The IPS’s threats came one day after a series of attacks and assaults against Palestinian prisoners in Nafha and Negev jails.
The PPS warned that “the continued Israeli repressive measures would lead to an explosion of the situation in the prison.”
The IPS’s threats came one day after a series of attacks and assaults against Palestinian prisoners in Nafha and Negev jails.
The PPS warned that “the continued Israeli repressive measures would lead to an explosion of the situation in the prison.”
At least 21 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Thursday in an abduction sweep rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 12 Palestinian youths from the Bethlehem-based Aida refugee camp.
A PIC news correspondent identified the arrestees as: Assaad Darwish, Ali Mohamed Abu Surur, Ali Ahmad Abu Surur, Mohamed Jumu’a Aweis, Abdullah Hamad, Mohamed Awdeh, Majd Abu Khdeir, Mustafa Kneis, Samed al-Ateiq, Ramzi Qawarirou, Fathi Abu Surur, and Islam Jawarish.
Three other youngsters were kidnapped by the IOF from Irtah village, in Tulkarem, Jit town, in Qalqilya, and Jama’in, in Nablus.
At the same time, the occupation army arrested the Palestinian youngster Mahmoud al-Sabateen in Bethlehem’s western village of Hussan and three others in al-Khalil province.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Tubas on account of their affiliations with Hamas resistance movement.
Bethlehem: Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians In Aida Refugee Camp, One In Husan
Updated: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted twelve young Palestinian men. The soldiers also summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and abducted one Palestinian in Husan town, west of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers violently invaded and searched many homes in the refugee camp, and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting twelve.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as As’ad Rashid Darwish, 19, Ali Mohammad Abu Srour, 20, Ali Ahmad Abu Srour, 19, Mohammad Khader Odah, Lutfi Qneiss, 23, Abdullah Ali Hammad, 18, Samed Ahmad Hammad, 23, Ramzi Omar Quwwar, 37, Mohammad Jom’a ‘Oweiss, 18, Fathi Yassin Abu Srour, Amjad Abu Khdeir and Islam Jawareesh.
The soldiers also summoned two young men, identified as Mohannad Barhoum and Homam Majed Qaraqe’, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Bethlehem.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Ahmad Sabateen, 45.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 12 Palestinian youths from the Bethlehem-based Aida refugee camp.
A PIC news correspondent identified the arrestees as: Assaad Darwish, Ali Mohamed Abu Surur, Ali Ahmad Abu Surur, Mohamed Jumu’a Aweis, Abdullah Hamad, Mohamed Awdeh, Majd Abu Khdeir, Mustafa Kneis, Samed al-Ateiq, Ramzi Qawarirou, Fathi Abu Surur, and Islam Jawarish.
Three other youngsters were kidnapped by the IOF from Irtah village, in Tulkarem, Jit town, in Qalqilya, and Jama’in, in Nablus.
At the same time, the occupation army arrested the Palestinian youngster Mahmoud al-Sabateen in Bethlehem’s western village of Hussan and three others in al-Khalil province.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Tubas on account of their affiliations with Hamas resistance movement.
Bethlehem: Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians In Aida Refugee Camp, One In Husan
Updated: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted twelve young Palestinian men. The soldiers also summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and abducted one Palestinian in Husan town, west of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers violently invaded and searched many homes in the refugee camp, and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting twelve.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as As’ad Rashid Darwish, 19, Ali Mohammad Abu Srour, 20, Ali Ahmad Abu Srour, 19, Mohammad Khader Odah, Lutfi Qneiss, 23, Abdullah Ali Hammad, 18, Samed Ahmad Hammad, 23, Ramzi Omar Quwwar, 37, Mohammad Jom’a ‘Oweiss, 18, Fathi Yassin Abu Srour, Amjad Abu Khdeir and Islam Jawareesh.
The soldiers also summoned two young men, identified as Mohannad Barhoum and Homam Majed Qaraqe’, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Bethlehem.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Ahmad Sabateen, 45.
