16 feb 2018
An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of MP Naser Abdul Jawad, from Deir Ballout town in Salfit governorate in the northern West Bank, at the pretext of continuing investigation procedures.
Local sources revealed that MP Abdul Jawad has been arrested for 49 days under harsh violent investigation.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society affirmed that the detainee’s health has deteriorated and that he was moved to a medical center for treatment.
Abdul Jawad was arrested many times in Israeli jails, the last of which was after he came back home from Malaysia where he obtained his PhD degree.
Local sources revealed that MP Abdul Jawad has been arrested for 49 days under harsh violent investigation.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society affirmed that the detainee’s health has deteriorated and that he was moved to a medical center for treatment.
Abdul Jawad was arrested many times in Israeli jails, the last of which was after he came back home from Malaysia where he obtained his PhD degree.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters, and abducted a teenage boy, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
The procession, which was organized by “Dismantle the Hebron Ghetto” campaign, was carried out demanding the removal of Israeli colonizers, living in illegal colonies and outposts in Hebron.
They chanted against the ongoing violations carried out by the army against the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city, for the 24th consecutive year since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, which was committed by Baruch Goldstein on February 25th, 1994.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the nonviolent protesters, just as they entered the Shallala Street area, causing dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Several Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the soldiers, while some threw the gas bombs back at the army.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ma’moun an-Natsha, 16, from Bab az-Zawiya area in the Old City, while he was walking back home in Tal Romedia.
It is worth mentioning that Ma’moun’s father was a political prisoner, who was released a week ago, after being held by Israel for 18 months.
Goldstein, a US-born Israeli military physician walked into the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron armed with an assault rifle during the holy month of Ramadan, and hundreds of Palestinians were crammed inside, bowed in prayer, before he opened fire, killing 29, and wounding more than a hundred others.
The procession, which was organized by “Dismantle the Hebron Ghetto” campaign, was carried out demanding the removal of Israeli colonizers, living in illegal colonies and outposts in Hebron.
They chanted against the ongoing violations carried out by the army against the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city, for the 24th consecutive year since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, which was committed by Baruch Goldstein on February 25th, 1994.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the nonviolent protesters, just as they entered the Shallala Street area, causing dozens to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Several Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the soldiers, while some threw the gas bombs back at the army.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ma’moun an-Natsha, 16, from Bab az-Zawiya area in the Old City, while he was walking back home in Tal Romedia.
It is worth mentioning that Ma’moun’s father was a political prisoner, who was released a week ago, after being held by Israel for 18 months.
Goldstein, a US-born Israeli military physician walked into the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron armed with an assault rifle during the holy month of Ramadan, and hundreds of Palestinians were crammed inside, bowed in prayer, before he opened fire, killing 29, and wounding more than a hundred others.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Friday at dawn, seven Palestinians, including one with live fire, caused at least eighteen others to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and abducted one in Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Several armored military vehicles invaded the city from many directions, and fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers.
Several gas bombs also stuck homes in the invaded neighborhoods, causing many Palestinians, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The military invasions targeted many neighborhoods in the Old City of Nablus, the eastern neighborhoods, in addition to al-Qaryoun and al-Qisariya neighborhoods.
Medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire, six others with rubber-coated steel bullets, and eighteen who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes, and abducted Mohammad Hamami, 20, from his home in al-Qaryoun neighborhoods.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of several invaded homes, and used them as firing posts and military towers, in addition to puncturing the tires of many parked cars.
It is worth mentioning that the army has been carrying out ongoing nightly invasions and violent searches of homes in Nablus, especially the Old City.
In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at Deir Sharaf Junction, west of the city, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man after locating an old and rusty rifle buried in his yard and moved him to an interrogation facility.
Several armored military vehicles invaded the city from many directions, and fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers.
Several gas bombs also stuck homes in the invaded neighborhoods, causing many Palestinians, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The military invasions targeted many neighborhoods in the Old City of Nablus, the eastern neighborhoods, in addition to al-Qaryoun and al-Qisariya neighborhoods.
Medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire, six others with rubber-coated steel bullets, and eighteen who suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes, and abducted Mohammad Hamami, 20, from his home in al-Qaryoun neighborhoods.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of several invaded homes, and used them as firing posts and military towers, in addition to puncturing the tires of many parked cars.
It is worth mentioning that the army has been carrying out ongoing nightly invasions and violent searches of homes in Nablus, especially the Old City.
In related news, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at Deir Sharaf Junction, west of the city, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man after locating an old and rusty rifle buried in his yard and moved him to an interrogation facility.
The Israeli police on Friday morning arrested a Palestinian citizen for allegedly finding a firearm buried in his house yard in Occupied Jerusalem.
Hebrew media circulated a picture of an old rusty firearm claimed to be found in the house of the detained Jerusalemite.
The Israeli authorities on a daily basis launch raid campaigns into the West Bank and Jerusalem under the pretext of searching for weapons and wanted persons.
Hebrew media circulated a picture of an old rusty firearm claimed to be found in the house of the detained Jerusalemite.
The Israeli authorities on a daily basis launch raid campaigns into the West Bank and Jerusalem under the pretext of searching for weapons and wanted persons.
A number of Palestinians were left injured and another kidnapped at daybreak Friday in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the northern West Bank province of Nablus.
According to eye-witnesses, the IOF rolled into the Old City of Nablus in over 20 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy blasts and gunfire were detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation army ransacked civilian homes before they kidnapped the Palestinian young man Mohamed al-Hamami from his family’s home.
According to eye-witnesses, the IOF rolled into the Old City of Nablus in over 20 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy blasts and gunfire were detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation army ransacked civilian homes before they kidnapped the Palestinian young man Mohamed al-Hamami from his family’s home.
Fierce clashes burst out shortly after the IOF stormed the area and attacked Palestinian protesters with live rounds and teargas canisters.
At least four Palestinian young men sustained live bullet wounds in their hands and legs. They were all rushed to Rafidia Hospital for urgent treatment.
Over recent weeks, tension has edged higher in Nablus due to the simmering terrorism and crackdowns perpetrated by the Israeli military and settlers against the locals.
The occupation army claims that such raids come in the hunt for Palestinian youngster Abdul Karim Assi, accused, by the Israeli forces, of carrying out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Ariel settlement outpost, illegally build on Palestinian land in Salfit. The alleged attack led to the death of an Israeli settler.
At least four Palestinian young men sustained live bullet wounds in their hands and legs. They were all rushed to Rafidia Hospital for urgent treatment.
Over recent weeks, tension has edged higher in Nablus due to the simmering terrorism and crackdowns perpetrated by the Israeli military and settlers against the locals.
The occupation army claims that such raids come in the hunt for Palestinian youngster Abdul Karim Assi, accused, by the Israeli forces, of carrying out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Ariel settlement outpost, illegally build on Palestinian land in Salfit. The alleged attack led to the death of an Israeli settler.
The Israeli occupation government gave instructions to ban West Bank families from visiting their Gazan relatives in Israeli jails.
The ban came in response to an appeal filed by the family of the Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, held captive in Gaza, to tighten grip on Gazan detainees.
The ban rules that Palestinian families living in the occupied West Bank be prevented from visiting their Gazan relatives held in Israeli lock-ups. A similar ban against families living in the Gaza Strip has already been in effect for some time.
The measure makes part of Israeli tactics to pressurize the Palestinian resistance to barter the release of Israeli captive soldiers.
Other inhumane measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities to crack down on Palestinian detainees include banning medical treatment and prison visits for Hamas-affiliated inmates, among other oppressive measures.
Hamas stipulates as a precondition for a projected prisoner swap deal with Israel the release of all Palestinian detainees re-arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities after they had been released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal (Shalit deal).
The ban came in response to an appeal filed by the family of the Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, held captive in Gaza, to tighten grip on Gazan detainees.
The ban rules that Palestinian families living in the occupied West Bank be prevented from visiting their Gazan relatives held in Israeli lock-ups. A similar ban against families living in the Gaza Strip has already been in effect for some time.
The measure makes part of Israeli tactics to pressurize the Palestinian resistance to barter the release of Israeli captive soldiers.
Other inhumane measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities to crack down on Palestinian detainees include banning medical treatment and prison visits for Hamas-affiliated inmates, among other oppressive measures.
Hamas stipulates as a precondition for a projected prisoner swap deal with Israel the release of all Palestinian detainees re-arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities after they had been released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal (Shalit deal).
An Israeli military court sentenced on Thursday a Palestinian detainee to 16 months in jail and a fine of 5,000 shekels.
Israel’s Salem military court ruled that prisoner Mohamed Dweikat, from Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, be incarcerated for 16 months in Israeli prisons and pay a bail of up to 5,000 shekels.
Prisoner Dweikat was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on December 6, 2016, just one week after he had tied the knot and celebrated his engagement party.
Dweikat had been made to attend several hearings at Israeli courts before he ultimately received the 16-month term.
Prisoner Dweikat lost sight due to preplanned medical neglect in Israeli dungeons. The occupation authorities have prevented him from undergoing urgent medical checks and being treated by a specialized doctor. They further turned down his frequent appeals to release him due to his deteriorating health condition.
Israel’s Salem military court ruled that prisoner Mohamed Dweikat, from Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, be incarcerated for 16 months in Israeli prisons and pay a bail of up to 5,000 shekels.
Prisoner Dweikat was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on December 6, 2016, just one week after he had tied the knot and celebrated his engagement party.
Dweikat had been made to attend several hearings at Israeli courts before he ultimately received the 16-month term.
Prisoner Dweikat lost sight due to preplanned medical neglect in Israeli dungeons. The occupation authorities have prevented him from undergoing urgent medical checks and being treated by a specialized doctor. They further turned down his frequent appeals to release him due to his deteriorating health condition.
Incarceration in Israeli lock-ups has propped up my iron will and gave me a push to continue the anti-occupation struggle, Palestinian prisoner Basel Makhlouf, from Tulkarem, said.
“The long years I’ve spent in Israeli detention have only made me stronger,” said 44-year-old Makhlouf, held in Israeli jails since 2002 and sentenced to life and 40 years on charges of killing Israelis.
Speaking in a letter written behind Israeli prison bars, Makhlouf said his emancipation will soon see the day thanks to the efforts made by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
Nearly 7,000 Palestinian detainees are held in Israeli prisons, among them hundreds of administrative inmates (held with neither charge nor trial), women, and minors.
“The long years I’ve spent in Israeli detention have only made me stronger,” said 44-year-old Makhlouf, held in Israeli jails since 2002 and sentenced to life and 40 years on charges of killing Israelis.
Speaking in a letter written behind Israeli prison bars, Makhlouf said his emancipation will soon see the day thanks to the efforts made by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
Nearly 7,000 Palestinian detainees are held in Israeli prisons, among them hundreds of administrative inmates (held with neither charge nor trial), women, and minors.
Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails began on Thursday an open-ended boycott of all Israeli military courts.
According to attorney Mahmoud Halabi, from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, detainees who are held without charge or trial for prolonged periods have put into effect their decision to boycott all Israeli courts.
He said there are currently 450 administrative detainees in Israeli lock-ups, some among whom have had their six-month detention renewed several times and some others have been incarcerated for 14 straight years without charge or trial.
Rights groups have condemned the widely-practiced administrative detention by the Israeli occupation as illegal and a violation of international law for it fails to provide a fair trial to the detainees.
According to attorney Mahmoud Halabi, from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, detainees who are held without charge or trial for prolonged periods have put into effect their decision to boycott all Israeli courts.
He said there are currently 450 administrative detainees in Israeli lock-ups, some among whom have had their six-month detention renewed several times and some others have been incarcerated for 14 straight years without charge or trial.
Rights groups have condemned the widely-practiced administrative detention by the Israeli occupation as illegal and a violation of international law for it fails to provide a fair trial to the detainees.
15 feb 2018
An Israeli military court on Thursday sentenced Palestinian prisoner Omar al-Abed, 19, to four life sentences for stabbing and killing three Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in July.
As part of the sentence, the court also ordered that al-Abed would be excluded from any future prisoner exchange or release deals between Israel and Palestinian political factions.
Al-Abed, from the Ramallah-area village of Kobar was convicted on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in December.
Al-Abed carried out the attack in July in the illegal Halamish settlement, nearby his village in the Ramallah district.
The victims as were Yosef Salomon, 70, and his adult children, Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. Tova Salomon, 68, Yosef Salomon's wife, was seriously wounded in the attack.
The settler family were reportedly having shabbat dinner with about 10 members of their family when the al-Abed broke into their house. A neighbor, a soldier in the Israeli army, reportedly heard the disturbance, and arrived to the scene and shot and moderately wounded al-Abed.
The deadly attack took place after three Palestinians were killed -- two of them by Israeli police and one reportedly by an Israeli settler -- when large-scale civil disobedience demonstrations in Jerusalem erupted into violent clashes.
Al-Abed reportedly wrote on Facebook before carrying out the attack: "I have many dreams and I believe they will come true, I love life and I love to make others happy, but what is my life when they (Israel) murder women and children and defile our Al-Aqsa?"
"All I have is this sharpened knife to comply with the call of our Aqsa… If you don't open its gates, I am confident that others will follow me to strike with an iron hand. I am warning you,” he continued, referring to Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the summer, when Israeli forces installed metal detectors at the holy site.
In the wake of the Halamish stabbing, Israeli forces imposed a series of punitive measures on the family of the al-Abed, and the residents of Kobar, temporarily sealing the village, detaining the al-Abed's brother and mother, raiding the local health clinic, and destroying al-Abed’s home.
The Israeli government has long faced criticism for its response to attacks, with rights groups saying severe security measures amount to collective punishment and a violation of international law.
As part of the sentence, the court also ordered that al-Abed would be excluded from any future prisoner exchange or release deals between Israel and Palestinian political factions.
Al-Abed, from the Ramallah-area village of Kobar was convicted on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in December.
Al-Abed carried out the attack in July in the illegal Halamish settlement, nearby his village in the Ramallah district.
The victims as were Yosef Salomon, 70, and his adult children, Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. Tova Salomon, 68, Yosef Salomon's wife, was seriously wounded in the attack.
The settler family were reportedly having shabbat dinner with about 10 members of their family when the al-Abed broke into their house. A neighbor, a soldier in the Israeli army, reportedly heard the disturbance, and arrived to the scene and shot and moderately wounded al-Abed.
The deadly attack took place after three Palestinians were killed -- two of them by Israeli police and one reportedly by an Israeli settler -- when large-scale civil disobedience demonstrations in Jerusalem erupted into violent clashes.
Al-Abed reportedly wrote on Facebook before carrying out the attack: "I have many dreams and I believe they will come true, I love life and I love to make others happy, but what is my life when they (Israel) murder women and children and defile our Al-Aqsa?"
"All I have is this sharpened knife to comply with the call of our Aqsa… If you don't open its gates, I am confident that others will follow me to strike with an iron hand. I am warning you,” he continued, referring to Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the summer, when Israeli forces installed metal detectors at the holy site.
In the wake of the Halamish stabbing, Israeli forces imposed a series of punitive measures on the family of the al-Abed, and the residents of Kobar, temporarily sealing the village, detaining the al-Abed's brother and mother, raiding the local health clinic, and destroying al-Abed’s home.
The Israeli government has long faced criticism for its response to attacks, with rights groups saying severe security measures amount to collective punishment and a violation of international law.
As Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenaged girl enduring unjust detention in an Israeli prison, began her trial this week, major organizations from the Indian women’s movement, representing over 10 million Indian women, demand her release alongside all Palestinian child prisoners. These organizations have also heeded the call by Palestinian women to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, asserting that endorsing BDS is the most effective form of solidarity with Ahed and other child prisoners.
The BDS movement is a peaceful, global human rights movement that urges the use of economic and cultural boycotts to end egregious Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights and international law. It is inspired by the use of political boycotts in earlier movements for freedom, justice and equality, including the South African anti-apartheid movement, the American Civil Rights movement, and India’s movement for independence from colonial rule.
Ahed Tamimi’s release has also been called for by major human rights organizations like Amnesty International and in a recent statement by prominent cultural figures and “Dream Defender” activists in the United States.
Majida Masri thanked the Indian women’s movement on behalf of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which represents the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society and leads the BDS movement for Palestinian rights. Masri is also with the Women’s Campaign to Boycott Israel. She said:
We Palestinians welcome the principled solidarity of India’s leading women’s organizations with Ahed Tamimi, all Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli jails, and our BDS movement for freedom, justice and equality. This latest expression of solidarity from Indian women is in line with a noble legacy of Indian support for our nonviolent Palestinian anti-colonial struggle. Alongside the millions in India who are calling for an end to deepening ties between the Indian and Israeli governments, we can end India’s complicity with decades of Israeli theft of Palestinian land, colonialism, military occupation and apartheid.
India’s women’s movement asserted that their own struggles against patriarchy, caste, class, religious divides and militarization form the basis of their solidarity with Palestinian women. Agreeing with their Palestinian counterparts, they reiterate that justice is always a feminist issue.
Their statement says:
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate release of Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian child prisoners. We further believe that the strongest way to support Ahed’s struggle and the Palestinian quest for justice, freedom and equality is to support the BDS movement.
Israeli impunity is built on collaboration of corrupt regimes, and it will be dismantled by the unity of grassroots struggles across the world.
Palestinians are leading us by example. We must give shape to our solidarity in the form of the concrete and effective BDS efforts.
Boycotts were an essential part of our own struggle against colonialism, they brought down the South African apartheid regime, and they will break the back of Israeli colonization, occupation and apartheid.
We stand in vigil, demanding justice for Ahed. We urge women’s and other grassroots movements in India and across the world to do the same. As Ahed braves Israeli prisons, we must send her a resonating message of support and love. Let that message be one of resistance, of people’s power and of BDS.
Read the full statement here.
India’s long history of solidarity with Palestine is increasingly translating into growing Indian support for the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society. It leads and supports the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.
The BDS movement is a peaceful, global human rights movement that urges the use of economic and cultural boycotts to end egregious Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights and international law. It is inspired by the use of political boycotts in earlier movements for freedom, justice and equality, including the South African anti-apartheid movement, the American Civil Rights movement, and India’s movement for independence from colonial rule.
Ahed Tamimi’s release has also been called for by major human rights organizations like Amnesty International and in a recent statement by prominent cultural figures and “Dream Defender” activists in the United States.
Majida Masri thanked the Indian women’s movement on behalf of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which represents the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society and leads the BDS movement for Palestinian rights. Masri is also with the Women’s Campaign to Boycott Israel. She said:
We Palestinians welcome the principled solidarity of India’s leading women’s organizations with Ahed Tamimi, all Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli jails, and our BDS movement for freedom, justice and equality. This latest expression of solidarity from Indian women is in line with a noble legacy of Indian support for our nonviolent Palestinian anti-colonial struggle. Alongside the millions in India who are calling for an end to deepening ties between the Indian and Israeli governments, we can end India’s complicity with decades of Israeli theft of Palestinian land, colonialism, military occupation and apartheid.
India’s women’s movement asserted that their own struggles against patriarchy, caste, class, religious divides and militarization form the basis of their solidarity with Palestinian women. Agreeing with their Palestinian counterparts, they reiterate that justice is always a feminist issue.
Their statement says:
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate release of Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian child prisoners. We further believe that the strongest way to support Ahed’s struggle and the Palestinian quest for justice, freedom and equality is to support the BDS movement.
Israeli impunity is built on collaboration of corrupt regimes, and it will be dismantled by the unity of grassroots struggles across the world.
Palestinians are leading us by example. We must give shape to our solidarity in the form of the concrete and effective BDS efforts.
Boycotts were an essential part of our own struggle against colonialism, they brought down the South African apartheid regime, and they will break the back of Israeli colonization, occupation and apartheid.
We stand in vigil, demanding justice for Ahed. We urge women’s and other grassroots movements in India and across the world to do the same. As Ahed braves Israeli prisons, we must send her a resonating message of support and love. Let that message be one of resistance, of people’s power and of BDS.
Read the full statement here.
India’s long history of solidarity with Palestine is increasingly translating into growing Indian support for the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit was met with protests in various Indian cities, including New Delhi and Bombay.
- The 10 million strong Indian women’s movement joins the 16 million Indian farmers and agricultural works represented by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in supporting the BDS movement for Palestinian rights. AIKS announced its support for the BDS movement in in October 2017, resolving to document and resist the Israeli corporate takeover of Indian agriculture which undermines the interests of Indian farmers and funds Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.
- In 2017, the Delhi Queer Pride and the Queer Conversations forum in India committed to exposing and resisting Israeli government-sponsored propaganda campaigns to make cynical use of LGBTQI culture to mask, or “pinkwash”, its ongoing violence against the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society. It leads and supports the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday afternoon stormed Huwara town to the south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank and arrested a Palestinian man.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed the town amid firing of sound bombs and tear gas grenades.
The soldiers then broke into a sweets shop and in the town arrested its owner, Bassam al-Aker, who is 66 years old.
As a result, clashes erupted between the youths and IOF troops. However, no injuries were reported.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed the town amid firing of sound bombs and tear gas grenades.
The soldiers then broke into a sweets shop and in the town arrested its owner, Bassam al-Aker, who is 66 years old.
As a result, clashes erupted between the youths and IOF troops. However, no injuries were reported.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday rounded up two Palestinian brothers at al-Hamra checkpoint in Jordan Valley and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the arrested brothers were identified as Mohammad and Qaid al-Eainabusi, from Tubas city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the arrested brothers were identified as Mohammad and Qaid al-Eainabusi, from Tubas city.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday apprehended 16 Palestinians in an arrest campaign in different locations in the West Bank.
The IOF said, in a statement, that 16 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested for the charge of practicing popular resistance actions against Israeli targets.
IOF soldiers claimed that they found local weapons, a gun and ammunition in addition to other military tools during the incursions.
The arrests were carried out in Nablus, Jenin, al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Tulkarem cities. During the campaign, IOF soldiers stormed homes of Palestinians and wreaked havoc inside, causing great damage to their contents.
Clashes erupted between IOF troops and Palestinian youths in Nablus city after IOF soldiers raided the city and broke into some Palestinian homes.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians, Injure Two, In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians, from their homes, and injured two others, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of soldiers surround and invaded Deir Abu Mashal village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and violently searched many homes before abducting Hasan Salama Barghouthi and Samer Ata, after interrogating them and their family.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned a former political prisoner, identified as Ramzi Omar Qawwar, 37, for interrogation in Etzion military base, and security center.
Furthermore, the soldiers searched and ransacked many homes in Yatta and as-Sammoa’ towns, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
In Nablus city, in northern West Bank, the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and injured two.
Medial sources said the soldiers shot a young Palestinian man with a live round in his leg, in addition to shooting another young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his chest, before they were rushed to Rafidia hospital, suffering mild-to-moderate wounds.
In addition, the soldiers placed sand hills on roads leading to Beita village, south of Nablus.
The closed roads are in the eastern and northeastern areas of the village, leading to Huwwara, Awarta and Beit Ola towns.
Fuad Ma’ali, the mayor of Beita, said the army imposed this collective punishment on the entire village after claiming that many of its youth hurl stones at soldiers’ vehicles and colonists’ cars, and added that the soldiers revoked several permits of Palestinians who work in Israel.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
The IOF said, in a statement, that 16 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested for the charge of practicing popular resistance actions against Israeli targets.
IOF soldiers claimed that they found local weapons, a gun and ammunition in addition to other military tools during the incursions.
The arrests were carried out in Nablus, Jenin, al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Tulkarem cities. During the campaign, IOF soldiers stormed homes of Palestinians and wreaked havoc inside, causing great damage to their contents.
Clashes erupted between IOF troops and Palestinian youths in Nablus city after IOF soldiers raided the city and broke into some Palestinian homes.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians, Injure Two, In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians, from their homes, and injured two others, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of soldiers surround and invaded Deir Abu Mashal village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and violently searched many homes before abducting Hasan Salama Barghouthi and Samer Ata, after interrogating them and their family.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned a former political prisoner, identified as Ramzi Omar Qawwar, 37, for interrogation in Etzion military base, and security center.
Furthermore, the soldiers searched and ransacked many homes in Yatta and as-Sammoa’ towns, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
In Nablus city, in northern West Bank, the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and injured two.
Medial sources said the soldiers shot a young Palestinian man with a live round in his leg, in addition to shooting another young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his chest, before they were rushed to Rafidia hospital, suffering mild-to-moderate wounds.
In addition, the soldiers placed sand hills on roads leading to Beita village, south of Nablus.
The closed roads are in the eastern and northeastern areas of the village, leading to Huwwara, Awarta and Beit Ola towns.
Fuad Ma’ali, the mayor of Beita, said the army imposed this collective punishment on the entire village after claiming that many of its youth hurl stones at soldiers’ vehicles and colonists’ cars, and added that the soldiers revoked several permits of Palestinians who work in Israel.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Shadi Abu Gharbiyya, ar-Ram – Jerusalem.
- Journalist Abdul-Mohsin Shalalda, Shiokh – Hebron.
- Waleed at-Teety, al-Fawwar refugee camp – Hebron.
- Adham Tashtoosh, Nablus.
- Ayman Tashtoosh, Nablus.
- Yazan Ja’ara, Nablus.
- Anas Kabaha, Ya’bad – Jenin.
- Mohammad Monif Asrawi, ‘Allar – Tulkarem.
- Sameh Abdul-Ghani, Saida – Tulkarem.
- Mohammad Salam Barghouthi, Deir Abu Masha – Ramallah.
- Samer Jihad Ata, Deir Abu Masha – Ramallah.
- Mohammad Eshteyya (Child), Kafr Ni’ma, Ramallah.
- Maher al-Jondi, Yatta – Hebron.
- Amjad al-Ja’bari, Hebron.
- Monjid al-Ja’bari, Hebron.
A Palestinian citizen was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces early Thursday morning from Jenin’s southern town of Yabad, in the northern West Bank.
Israeli soldiers rolled into Yabad and ravaged the home of Anas Qubha, before they kidnapped him and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli military further stormed Yamon town, west of Jenin, and ravaged the family home of the jailed Palestinian brothers Jihad and Abdul Kader Freihat before they attacked the inhabitants, in the second such assault carried out over recent weeks.
Sometime earlier, the sons of the house owner were kidnapped by the IOF during a manhunt to chase down slain Ahmed Jarrar.
Israeli soldiers rolled into Yabad and ravaged the home of Anas Qubha, before they kidnapped him and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli military further stormed Yamon town, west of Jenin, and ravaged the family home of the jailed Palestinian brothers Jihad and Abdul Kader Freihat before they attacked the inhabitants, in the second such assault carried out over recent weeks.
Sometime earlier, the sons of the house owner were kidnapped by the IOF during a manhunt to chase down slain Ahmed Jarrar.
Palestinian journalist Abdul Muhsin Shalalda, 22, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Thursday following a raid on his family home in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Journalist Shalalda was kidnapped by the occupation forces from his home in Khilet al-Eis, in al-Khalil’s eastern town of Sai’ir.
At the same time, the IOF stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Anas Abu Rayan, released from Israeli jails on Friday, and summoned him to questioning in Etzion detention center.
The IOF further raked through neighborhoods in Yatta town, east of al-Khalil, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
Journalist Shalalda was kidnapped by the occupation forces from his home in Khilet al-Eis, in al-Khalil’s eastern town of Sai’ir.
At the same time, the IOF stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Anas Abu Rayan, released from Israeli jails on Friday, and summoned him to questioning in Etzion detention center.
The IOF further raked through neighborhoods in Yatta town, east of al-Khalil, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank province of Nablus.
Israeli patrols rolled into Nablus at the crack of dawn in 30 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy explosions have been detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation forces chased down Palestinian anti-occupation youth in Faysal and Amman streets.
IOF patrols also flocked to Beit Furik checkpoint and others have been stationed around Ras al-Ein neighborhood and the Balata refugee camp.
The occupation soldiers climbed over the rooftops of civilian homes in Ibn Rushd Street and near the public hospital.
Palestinian young men Ayman and Adham al-Tashtoush, from the Old City of Nablus, were kidnapped by the occupation forces after they had been made to endure heavy beating. Youngster Yazen Ja’ara was kidnapped by the IOF moments later.
At the early morning hours, the Israeli military stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Beit Dajan and cordoned off the home of the Palestinian detainee Marwan Abu Thabet, kidnapped on Wednesday.
At the same time, the IOF sealed off the main entrance to Beita town, south of Nablus, with sand barriers, shortly after they closed off access roads to Madama and Burin.
Israeli patrols rolled into Nablus at the crack of dawn in 30 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy explosions have been detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation forces chased down Palestinian anti-occupation youth in Faysal and Amman streets.
IOF patrols also flocked to Beit Furik checkpoint and others have been stationed around Ras al-Ein neighborhood and the Balata refugee camp.
The occupation soldiers climbed over the rooftops of civilian homes in Ibn Rushd Street and near the public hospital.
Palestinian young men Ayman and Adham al-Tashtoush, from the Old City of Nablus, were kidnapped by the occupation forces after they had been made to endure heavy beating. Youngster Yazen Ja’ara was kidnapped by the IOF moments later.
At the early morning hours, the Israeli military stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Beit Dajan and cordoned off the home of the Palestinian detainee Marwan Abu Thabet, kidnapped on Wednesday.
At the same time, the IOF sealed off the main entrance to Beita town, south of Nablus, with sand barriers, shortly after they closed off access roads to Madama and Burin.
