26 feb 2018
Israeli troops have raided prisoners’ rooms in Nafha prison, assaulted dozens of Palestinian inmates and then forcibly transferred a prisoner to solitary confinement.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Committee reported that the prisoner Wael al-Natsheh was subjected to violent attack after he refused to be strip searched.
Al-Natsheh, who spent 20 years behind Israeli bars, was then taken to hospital suffering different injuries.
The development came only few hours after Israeli forces broke into Ward 65 of Raymond prison and moved 70 prisoners, including al-Natsheh, to Nafha prison.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly incarcerated in 17 Israeli prisons and detention centers, many of them without charge or trial.
Detainee Hospitalized After Many Soldiers Assaulted Him In Prison
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Monday, that a detainee was moved to a hospital when many soldiers assaulted him in Ramon Israeli prison, after special forces invaded various sections of the facility and started the transfer of 70 detainees to Nafha prison.
The committee said that the detainee, Wa’el Natsha, was assaulted by soldiers of the Nahshon special forces, when dozens of them invaded the detainees’ rooms, during morning hours, Monday, and started the transfer of seventy detainees to Nafha.
It added that Wa’el refused to be subjected to humiliation and provocative naked body searches, and was assaulted by many soldiers, resulting of various cuts and bruises, before he was moved to a hospital for treatment.
The Committee stated that the detainees in Israeli prisons are subject to constant violations, in addition to being deprived of basic rights guaranteed by International Law, and added that Israel’s main target is to humiliate the detainees and subject them to collective punishment, under various vague and unfounded allegations.
It is worth mentioning that Wa’el, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner twenty years ago, and is serving a life term.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Committee reported that the prisoner Wael al-Natsheh was subjected to violent attack after he refused to be strip searched.
Al-Natsheh, who spent 20 years behind Israeli bars, was then taken to hospital suffering different injuries.
The development came only few hours after Israeli forces broke into Ward 65 of Raymond prison and moved 70 prisoners, including al-Natsheh, to Nafha prison.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly incarcerated in 17 Israeli prisons and detention centers, many of them without charge or trial.
Detainee Hospitalized After Many Soldiers Assaulted Him In Prison
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Monday, that a detainee was moved to a hospital when many soldiers assaulted him in Ramon Israeli prison, after special forces invaded various sections of the facility and started the transfer of 70 detainees to Nafha prison.
The committee said that the detainee, Wa’el Natsha, was assaulted by soldiers of the Nahshon special forces, when dozens of them invaded the detainees’ rooms, during morning hours, Monday, and started the transfer of seventy detainees to Nafha.
It added that Wa’el refused to be subjected to humiliation and provocative naked body searches, and was assaulted by many soldiers, resulting of various cuts and bruises, before he was moved to a hospital for treatment.
The Committee stated that the detainees in Israeli prisons are subject to constant violations, in addition to being deprived of basic rights guaranteed by International Law, and added that Israel’s main target is to humiliate the detainees and subject them to collective punishment, under various vague and unfounded allegations.
It is worth mentioning that Wa’el, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner twenty years ago, and is serving a life term.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at noon, five young Palestinian men in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, bringing the number of abducted Palestinians since dawn hours to 24, including many children.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many several jeeps invaded Shu’fat refugee camp and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at many youngsters, who hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers abducted five young men and took them to an interrogation facility in the city.
Media sources in Jerusalem said many several jeeps invaded Shu’fat refugee camp and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at many youngsters, who hurled stones at them.
They added that the soldiers abducted five young men and took them to an interrogation facility in the city.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, five Palestinians in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, two in Hebron, in southern West Bank, and two in Ramallah, in central West Bank, in addition to invading Bethlehem and summoning three young men for interrogation, and searching many homes in Azzoun, east of Qalqilia.
The abductions bring the number of Palestinians, who were taken prisoner by the Israeli army, Monday, to nineteen Palestinians, including children.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded many communities in the governorate, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted five Palestinians.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as Omar Samara, Ameed Emad Banat, from Nablus city, in addition to Assem Hasan Aseeda, Zeid Ahmad Aseeda and Mahmoud Abdul-Karim Ramadan, from Tal village, east of Nablus.
Also, the soldiers invaded Hebron city, in southern West Bank, and abducted a college student, identified as Ezzeddin Mustafa Abu Hussein, 21, in addition to Mo’tasem Ahmad an-Natsha.
The soldiers also invaded Yatta and as-Sammoa’ towns, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s southern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Saff Street area, in the center of the city, searched homes and summoned Abdul-Salam Khader al-Hreimi, 27, Mohyeddin Hassan and Mohammad Suleiman Suman, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the city, and carried out massive and violent searches of homes, after forcing the families in the cold, and interrogated many of them while conducting intrusive body searches.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Tabeeb, Fahmi Tabeeb, Saed Tabeeb, Na’el Tabeeb and Mohammad Radwan.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Mo’men Misbah Abu ‘Alia, 28, from al-Mughayyir village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, and Mohammad Ata Nibali, from the al-Jalzoun refugee camp, north of the city.
The abductions bring the number of Palestinians, who were taken prisoner by the Israeli army, Monday, to nineteen Palestinians, including children.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded many communities in the governorate, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted five Palestinians.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as Omar Samara, Ameed Emad Banat, from Nablus city, in addition to Assem Hasan Aseeda, Zeid Ahmad Aseeda and Mahmoud Abdul-Karim Ramadan, from Tal village, east of Nablus.
Also, the soldiers invaded Hebron city, in southern West Bank, and abducted a college student, identified as Ezzeddin Mustafa Abu Hussein, 21, in addition to Mo’tasem Ahmad an-Natsha.
The soldiers also invaded Yatta and as-Sammoa’ towns, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s southern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Saff Street area, in the center of the city, searched homes and summoned Abdul-Salam Khader al-Hreimi, 27, Mohyeddin Hassan and Mohammad Suleiman Suman, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the city, and carried out massive and violent searches of homes, after forcing the families in the cold, and interrogated many of them while conducting intrusive body searches.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Tabeeb, Fahmi Tabeeb, Saed Tabeeb, Na’el Tabeeb and Mohammad Radwan.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Mo’men Misbah Abu ‘Alia, 28, from al-Mughayyir village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, and Mohammad Ata Nibali, from the al-Jalzoun refugee camp, north of the city.
Shireen Iraqi, a lawyer with the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, stated that detainee Amir As’ad, 35, who is paralyzed and imprisoned by Israel, started a hunger strike twelve days ago, protesting bad treatment and being held in an inaccessible section in Galboa’ prison.
Iraqi said the detainee, from Kafr Kanna town in the Galilee, cannot move around without his wheelchair, but was placed in an inaccessible section in Galboa’ prison, in addition to being constantly harassed by the soldiers.
The detainee told Iraqi that the only section in the prison is Section 1, as the shower and toilet rooms have wider doors, but the administration is refusing to move him there.
The Detainees’ Committee expressed its concerns about the well-being and health of the detainee, especially since he was placed in solitary confinement, and demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
It is worth mentioning that As’ad was abducted in 2012 and was sentenced to six and a half years in prison but spent the past six years in the Ramla prison clinic, before he was moved to Galboa’ prison.
The Committee stated that the demands of the detainee are simple and basic human rights, as he is only asking to be placed in an accessible facility until he is released this coming June.
Iraqi said the detainee, from Kafr Kanna town in the Galilee, cannot move around without his wheelchair, but was placed in an inaccessible section in Galboa’ prison, in addition to being constantly harassed by the soldiers.
The detainee told Iraqi that the only section in the prison is Section 1, as the shower and toilet rooms have wider doors, but the administration is refusing to move him there.
The Detainees’ Committee expressed its concerns about the well-being and health of the detainee, especially since he was placed in solitary confinement, and demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
It is worth mentioning that As’ad was abducted in 2012 and was sentenced to six and a half years in prison but spent the past six years in the Ramla prison clinic, before he was moved to Galboa’ prison.
The Committee stated that the demands of the detainee are simple and basic human rights, as he is only asking to be placed in an accessible facility until he is released this coming June.
Mohammad Tamimi 15
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a wounded child, and nine other Palestinians, mainly children, from Tamimi family, during extensive and violent searches of their homes.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers abducted a wounded child, identified as Mohammad Fadel Tamimi, 15, and his brother Tamim, 17.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was shot two months ago in the head, and is still in a serious condition, awaiting a new surgery scheduled for early March.
The soldiers also abducted Soheib Sameeh Tamimi, 14, Ahmad Sami Tamimi, 19, Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, 17, Mohammad Mojahed Tamimi, 15, Amjad Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 28, Omar Saleh Tamimi, 29, Islam Saleh Tamimi, 21, and We’am Eyad Tamimi, 17.
Nabi Saleh has been under constant Israeli attacks, invasions and violations since the army abducted ‘Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, especially after various Israeli media outlets, Israeli social media posts and even government officials started a massive incitement campaign against Ahed, and the entire village.
The village has been frequently attacked by armed colonialist settlers, who also closed roads and tried to prevent the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The Palestinian Detainees Ministry warned of the sharp rise in the Israeli abductions of children, and the constant violent invasions and searches of homes, which led to extensive damage and terrified entire families.
Commenting on Monday’s invasions of homes and abductions, the committee said that the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh and Deir Nitham town, northwest of Ramallah, and carried out massive violent searches of homes, and added that such violations reflect the racist nature of the occupation and its military, targeting all Palestinians, especially the children.
It called on the International Red Cross and all legal and human rights groups to intervene and provide the needed protection to the Palestinian people, and their properties.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a wounded child, and nine other Palestinians, mainly children, from Tamimi family, during extensive and violent searches of their homes.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers abducted a wounded child, identified as Mohammad Fadel Tamimi, 15, and his brother Tamim, 17.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was shot two months ago in the head, and is still in a serious condition, awaiting a new surgery scheduled for early March.
The soldiers also abducted Soheib Sameeh Tamimi, 14, Ahmad Sami Tamimi, 19, Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, 17, Mohammad Mojahed Tamimi, 15, Amjad Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 28, Omar Saleh Tamimi, 29, Islam Saleh Tamimi, 21, and We’am Eyad Tamimi, 17.
Nabi Saleh has been under constant Israeli attacks, invasions and violations since the army abducted ‘Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, especially after various Israeli media outlets, Israeli social media posts and even government officials started a massive incitement campaign against Ahed, and the entire village.
The village has been frequently attacked by armed colonialist settlers, who also closed roads and tried to prevent the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The Palestinian Detainees Ministry warned of the sharp rise in the Israeli abductions of children, and the constant violent invasions and searches of homes, which led to extensive damage and terrified entire families.
Commenting on Monday’s invasions of homes and abductions, the committee said that the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh and Deir Nitham town, northwest of Ramallah, and carried out massive violent searches of homes, and added that such violations reflect the racist nature of the occupation and its military, targeting all Palestinians, especially the children.
It called on the International Red Cross and all legal and human rights groups to intervene and provide the needed protection to the Palestinian people, and their properties.
A number of Palestinian young men were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at predawn Monday in abduction sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed Nablus’s western town of Tel and kidnapped three young men, identified as Hasan Aseida, 23, Zeid Aseida, 19, and Mahmoud Ramadan, 19.
Palestinian youngster Emad Banat was also kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from Askar al-Kadeem refugee camp in the city. Omar Samara was kidnapped from the popular neighborhood.
At the same time, the Israeli military intensified presence around Nablus city.
Israeli army and police patrols have been spotted at Hawara checkpoint, Burin’s entrance, and the vicinities of Yitzhar illegal settlement outpost.
A series of flying checkpoints was also set up by the Israeli troops at Einabous crossroads, Beita thoroughfare, and Beit Furik.
Heavily-armed Israeli patrols further rolled into Qalqilya province, in the northern occupied West Bank, and ransacked dozens of Palestinian homes in Azzoun town, to the east.
The IOF cracked down on Palestinians’ free movement and banned access out of and into the town overnight.
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youngsters with randomly-discharged spates of teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases.
Palestinian locals have been made to endure exhaustive interrogation and crackdowns by the occupation forces all the way through the assault.
In the meantime, the Israeli military tightened military grip on al-Khalil province, in the southern occupied West Bank, and sealed off its access roads with makeshift roadblocks, where Palestinian drivers have been intensively inspected and searched.
Palestinian ex-prisoner Mootassem al-Natsha, the brother of slain Maamoun al-Natsha, was kidnapped by the IOF in the assault.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed Nablus’s western town of Tel and kidnapped three young men, identified as Hasan Aseida, 23, Zeid Aseida, 19, and Mahmoud Ramadan, 19.
Palestinian youngster Emad Banat was also kidnapped by the occupation soldiers from Askar al-Kadeem refugee camp in the city. Omar Samara was kidnapped from the popular neighborhood.
At the same time, the Israeli military intensified presence around Nablus city.
Israeli army and police patrols have been spotted at Hawara checkpoint, Burin’s entrance, and the vicinities of Yitzhar illegal settlement outpost.
A series of flying checkpoints was also set up by the Israeli troops at Einabous crossroads, Beita thoroughfare, and Beit Furik.
Heavily-armed Israeli patrols further rolled into Qalqilya province, in the northern occupied West Bank, and ransacked dozens of Palestinian homes in Azzoun town, to the east.
The IOF cracked down on Palestinians’ free movement and banned access out of and into the town overnight.
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youngsters with randomly-discharged spates of teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases.
Palestinian locals have been made to endure exhaustive interrogation and crackdowns by the occupation forces all the way through the assault.
In the meantime, the Israeli military tightened military grip on al-Khalil province, in the southern occupied West Bank, and sealed off its access roads with makeshift roadblocks, where Palestinian drivers have been intensively inspected and searched.
Palestinian ex-prisoner Mootassem al-Natsha, the brother of slain Maamoun al-Natsha, was kidnapped by the IOF in the assault.
Dozens of relatives of Palestinian prisoners from the besieged Gaza Strip left the coastal enclave Monday morning through the Erez checkpoint after they were granted permission to visit their relatives being held in Israel’s Nafha prison.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson in Gaza Suheir Zaqout told the PIC reporter that 43 Palestinians including 16 children visited 21 Palestinian prisoners held in Nafha prison, located in Israel's southern Negev desert, through facilitation from the ICRC.
7,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons, including 380 prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
The International Committee of the Red Cross organizes weekly visits for Gazan families to their imprisoned relatives.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson in Gaza Suheir Zaqout told the PIC reporter that 43 Palestinians including 16 children visited 21 Palestinian prisoners held in Nafha prison, located in Israel's southern Negev desert, through facilitation from the ICRC.
7,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons, including 380 prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
The International Committee of the Red Cross organizes weekly visits for Gazan families to their imprisoned relatives.
25 feb 2018
Israel’s Ofer military court on Sunday issued a prison sentence of three years and a half against the Palestinian detainee Jalal Sharawna, aged 19.
Ofer court ruled that Sharawna, from al-Khalil’s town of Dura, be jailed for three years and a half and pay a bail of up to 2,000 shekels.
According to the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Sharawna had one of his legs amputated due to injuries inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces prior to his arrest on October 9, 2015, when he was 17 years old.
Ofer court ruled that Sharawna, from al-Khalil’s town of Dura, be jailed for three years and a half and pay a bail of up to 2,000 shekels.
According to the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Sharawna had one of his legs amputated due to injuries inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces prior to his arrest on October 9, 2015, when he was 17 years old.
Palestinian mother and daughter Rusaila Shamasneh, 48, and Sara Shamasneh, 14, will be released on Sunday, 25 February, from Israeli occupation prisons.
The Shamasneh women are the mother and sister, respectively of Mohammed Shamasneh, 23, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces in 2016.
They were seized from their home in Qatana in occupied Jerusalem by occupation forces who raided their home on 31 January.
During their detention, Rusaila Shamasneh conducted a hunger strike for 17 days against her forcible separation from her young daughter until she and Sara were sentenced to 40 days in prison on Monday, 20 February.
Both Shamasneh and Sara were accused of “incitement” for their statements at the funeral of their son and brother over two years ago; Rusaila was also accused of firing a gun into the air.
Mohammed participated in an armed resistance operation in which he seized a gun of an Israeli occupation soldier. Sara was only 12 years old at the time.
Nevertheless, over two years later, occupation forces invaded their home and seized mother and daughter. Rusaila Shamasneh’s hunger strike served as a strong mechanism of pressure on the Israeli occupation, continuing until their sentencing. Their lawyer then appealed for their early release, which is being implemented today.
The Shamasneh women are the mother and sister, respectively of Mohammed Shamasneh, 23, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces in 2016.
They were seized from their home in Qatana in occupied Jerusalem by occupation forces who raided their home on 31 January.
During their detention, Rusaila Shamasneh conducted a hunger strike for 17 days against her forcible separation from her young daughter until she and Sara were sentenced to 40 days in prison on Monday, 20 February.
Both Shamasneh and Sara were accused of “incitement” for their statements at the funeral of their son and brother over two years ago; Rusaila was also accused of firing a gun into the air.
Mohammed participated in an armed resistance operation in which he seized a gun of an Israeli occupation soldier. Sara was only 12 years old at the time.
Nevertheless, over two years later, occupation forces invaded their home and seized mother and daughter. Rusaila Shamasneh’s hunger strike served as a strong mechanism of pressure on the Israeli occupation, continuing until their sentencing. Their lawyer then appealed for their early release, which is being implemented today.
Ismail Saleh abu-Riyaleh 18
The Israeli occupation navy shot dead, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian fishermen and wounded two others while they were fishing off the Gaza coast, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
Head of Syndicate of Palestinian Fishermen Nizar Ayyash said that the three fishermen were aboard a fishing boat, on their way back to the port, when the Israeli gunboats opened fire at them.
“All of them were directly targeted,” he said, noting that all of them, including the one who was killed, were abducted by the navy.
While he did not know the reason why the Israeli occupation navy had opened fire on the men, Ayyash stressed that they did not cross the fishing limit defined by the Israeli occupation.
Ayyash identified the three fishermen as Mahmoud Adel abu-Riyaleh, Ahed Hassan abu-Riyaleh and Ismail Saleh abu-Riyaleh.
Meanwhile, according to Days of Palestine, an Israeli source claimed that the Israeli navy opened fire at the boat of the three fishermen after “violating” the fishing limits.
“The Israeli navy opened fire at the body of the boat, but they were wounded and one of them suffered serious injuries and passed away later on,” the Israeli source said.
According to the source, the two wounded fishermen were turned over to prison authorities, in order to be investigated.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has said that all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces’ policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip’s fishermen and their livelihoods.”
Gaza fisherman killed, 2 injured in shooting attack by Israeli navy
A Palestinian fisherman was fatally shot and two others injured on Sunday after Israeli naval forces opened fire on a fishing boat despite sailing within the unilaterally designated fishing zone offshore al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza city.
Israeli navy opened heavy fire on a Palestinian fishing boat carrying three fishermen, killing one of them and arresting the two others after critically injuring them, head of Gaza’s Fishermen Union, Nizar Ayyash, told the Palestinian Information Center.
Israeli army spokesperson claimed the boat exceeded the permitted area for fishing and came within the reach of the occupied Zikim coast, north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military spokesman also denounced reports that two Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident.
He added that one fisherman was critically wounded and succumbed to his wounds shortly afterwards. The two other fishermen were transferred to hospitals for treatment before being dragged to detention centers for further questioning.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile zone and farmers working in farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was struck following 2014’s offensive on the Gaza enclave.
The current six-nautical-mile fishing zone falls drastically short of the twenty nautical miles allocated to Palestinian fishermen in the 1993 Oslo Accords.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.”
Hamas has strongly condemned the deadly shooting attack, which it said is another Israeli crime against the Palestinian people.
The Israeli occupation navy shot dead, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian fishermen and wounded two others while they were fishing off the Gaza coast, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
Head of Syndicate of Palestinian Fishermen Nizar Ayyash said that the three fishermen were aboard a fishing boat, on their way back to the port, when the Israeli gunboats opened fire at them.
“All of them were directly targeted,” he said, noting that all of them, including the one who was killed, were abducted by the navy.
While he did not know the reason why the Israeli occupation navy had opened fire on the men, Ayyash stressed that they did not cross the fishing limit defined by the Israeli occupation.
Ayyash identified the three fishermen as Mahmoud Adel abu-Riyaleh, Ahed Hassan abu-Riyaleh and Ismail Saleh abu-Riyaleh.
Meanwhile, according to Days of Palestine, an Israeli source claimed that the Israeli navy opened fire at the boat of the three fishermen after “violating” the fishing limits.
“The Israeli navy opened fire at the body of the boat, but they were wounded and one of them suffered serious injuries and passed away later on,” the Israeli source said.
According to the source, the two wounded fishermen were turned over to prison authorities, in order to be investigated.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has said that all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces’ policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip’s fishermen and their livelihoods.”
Gaza fisherman killed, 2 injured in shooting attack by Israeli navy
A Palestinian fisherman was fatally shot and two others injured on Sunday after Israeli naval forces opened fire on a fishing boat despite sailing within the unilaterally designated fishing zone offshore al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza city.
Israeli navy opened heavy fire on a Palestinian fishing boat carrying three fishermen, killing one of them and arresting the two others after critically injuring them, head of Gaza’s Fishermen Union, Nizar Ayyash, told the Palestinian Information Center.
Israeli army spokesperson claimed the boat exceeded the permitted area for fishing and came within the reach of the occupied Zikim coast, north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military spokesman also denounced reports that two Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident.
He added that one fisherman was critically wounded and succumbed to his wounds shortly afterwards. The two other fishermen were transferred to hospitals for treatment before being dragged to detention centers for further questioning.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile zone and farmers working in farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was struck following 2014’s offensive on the Gaza enclave.
The current six-nautical-mile fishing zone falls drastically short of the twenty nautical miles allocated to Palestinian fishermen in the 1993 Oslo Accords.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.”
Hamas has strongly condemned the deadly shooting attack, which it said is another Israeli crime against the Palestinian people.
The Israeli occupation forces at nightfall Saturday broke into a Palestinian restaurant in Occupied Jerusalem and banned a dinner party for Palestinian journalists. Video
Israeli intelligence officers raided a restaurant in Zahra Street in Occupied Jerusalem and arrested two Palestinians who were at the restaurant, including the owner, Zuhair Izheiman.
The occupation forces also prevented a dinner party for Palestinian journalists which was supposed to take place at the restaurant on Saturday night.
The intelligence officers ordered the journalists who were present at the restaurant to leave and also arrested one of them, identified as Ahmad Safadi.
Israeli intelligence officers raided a restaurant in Zahra Street in Occupied Jerusalem and arrested two Palestinians who were at the restaurant, including the owner, Zuhair Izheiman.
The occupation forces also prevented a dinner party for Palestinian journalists which was supposed to take place at the restaurant on Saturday night.
The intelligence officers ordered the journalists who were present at the restaurant to leave and also arrested one of them, identified as Ahmad Safadi.
Mahmoud Thieb al-‘Amour, 14, and Mohammad ‘Adel ash-Sha’er, 16
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two Palestinian children, and a young Palestinian man with French citizenship, in Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and summoned a child for interrogation.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Teqoua’ town, east of the city, and abducted Mahmoud Thieb al-‘Amour, 14, and Mohammad ‘Adel ash-Sha’er, 16.
It added that the soldiers summoned a child, identified as Saif Mohammad al-‘Amour, only twelve years of age, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a home, inhabited by college students in Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Hilal Qamar Turki, who also holds a French citizenship. Video
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two Palestinian children, and a young Palestinian man with French citizenship, in Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and summoned a child for interrogation.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Teqoua’ town, east of the city, and abducted Mahmoud Thieb al-‘Amour, 14, and Mohammad ‘Adel ash-Sha’er, 16.
It added that the soldiers summoned a child, identified as Saif Mohammad al-‘Amour, only twelve years of age, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a home, inhabited by college students in Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Hilal Qamar Turki, who also holds a French citizenship. Video
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, two young men in Palestinian men, near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and fired many live rounds and flares in the area.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, shot the two men, on Palestinian lands near the fence.
They added that the soldiers, abducted the two wounded young men, who were on Palestinian agricultural lands, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds into Palestinian farmlands in the area, in addition to firing dozens of flares.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers repeatedly attack and open fire on the Palestinians who approach the fence, an issue that forced dozens not to tend to sections of their lands in the border area.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, shot the two men, on Palestinian lands near the fence.
They added that the soldiers, abducted the two wounded young men, who were on Palestinian agricultural lands, and took them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds into Palestinian farmlands in the area, in addition to firing dozens of flares.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers repeatedly attack and open fire on the Palestinians who approach the fence, an issue that forced dozens not to tend to sections of their lands in the border area.
24 feb 2018
The Israeli navy on Saturday morning arrested two Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shore.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli navy arrested two Palestinians while they were fishing off northern Gaza shore and transferred them to Ashdod port.
The Palestinian Fishermen Union said that Gaza's fishing industry, which employs about 4,000 citizens, has witnessed an unprecedented decline because of the restrictions imposed by Israel on fishing areas and the ceaseless attacks committed against fishermen while they are practicing their work.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli navy arrested two Palestinians while they were fishing off northern Gaza shore and transferred them to Ashdod port.
The Palestinian Fishermen Union said that Gaza's fishing industry, which employs about 4,000 citizens, has witnessed an unprecedented decline because of the restrictions imposed by Israel on fishing areas and the ceaseless attacks committed against fishermen while they are practicing their work.
An Israeli special force at dawn Saturday kidnapped the injured Palestinian youth Akram al-Atrash, 23, from al-Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.
The PIC reporter said that a special force riding a civilian car at 2:00 am raided the camp, broke into al-Atrash's house and arrested him.
Al-Atrash, whom the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have been chasing for four months, was taken to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Palestinian youths in the camp tried to thwart the arrest operation by confronting the IOF soldiers with empty bottles and Molotov cocktails but they could not as the soldiers showered them with live bullets and tear gas canisters injuring a young man in the foot.
The IOF had raided al-Atrash's house and arrested his father many times before in an attempt to force him to hand himself in. They also threatened to assassinate him if he did not do so.
In an interview with the PIC reporter, al-Atrash's father, Imran, held the Palestinian Authority responsible for his son's life and blamed it for not offering him any assistance to complete his treatment or at least protecting him from arrest while he is in such a difficult health condition.
Akram al-Atrash was seriously injured about four months ago by explosive bullets in the chest and shoulder during clashes with the IOF in al-Dheisheh camp.
After he was denied treatment at Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem, Akram tried to obtain a medical referral to complete his treatment anywhere else but he could not as he was constantly chased by the IOF.
The PIC reporter said that a special force riding a civilian car at 2:00 am raided the camp, broke into al-Atrash's house and arrested him.
Al-Atrash, whom the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have been chasing for four months, was taken to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Palestinian youths in the camp tried to thwart the arrest operation by confronting the IOF soldiers with empty bottles and Molotov cocktails but they could not as the soldiers showered them with live bullets and tear gas canisters injuring a young man in the foot.
The IOF had raided al-Atrash's house and arrested his father many times before in an attempt to force him to hand himself in. They also threatened to assassinate him if he did not do so.
In an interview with the PIC reporter, al-Atrash's father, Imran, held the Palestinian Authority responsible for his son's life and blamed it for not offering him any assistance to complete his treatment or at least protecting him from arrest while he is in such a difficult health condition.
Akram al-Atrash was seriously injured about four months ago by explosive bullets in the chest and shoulder during clashes with the IOF in al-Dheisheh camp.
After he was denied treatment at Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem, Akram tried to obtain a medical referral to complete his treatment anywhere else but he could not as he was constantly chased by the IOF.
23 feb 2018
Hebrew media on Friday evening claimed that a detainee of Hamas Movement stabbed an Israeli policeman in Ohli Kedar prison to the south of the West Bank.
The policeman was slightly injured and was taken to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.
The Palestinian prisoner, however, was moved to solitary confinement as a punishment for his alleged stabbing attack.
The policeman was slightly injured and was taken to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.
The Palestinian prisoner, however, was moved to solitary confinement as a punishment for his alleged stabbing attack.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, six Palestinians, including a child in addition to the father and the wife of a political prisoner, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers searched a few homes, interrogated Palestinians, and abducted Mohammad Shalabi.
Many army jeeps also invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted the wife, and the father of a political prisoner, identified as Abdul-Mon’em Salah.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Mon’em’s wife, Niven Salah, in her thirties, and his father Mohammad Omran Salah, 67, after invading and violently searching their homes.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Mon’em was abducted by the soldiers more than two years ago and is still held without charges.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Deir Istiya town, east of Salfit, searched homes and abducted a young man, identified as Sharaf Daoud ‘Obeid.
In Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Ma’zouz Daoud, 13.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, especially the al-Ein al-Jalda areas, searched and ransacked many homes, and abducted Issa Hashem Bahar, 20.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and searched a home, owned by Amer Ribhi al-‘Oweiwi, in the Salaam Street.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers searched a few homes, interrogated Palestinians, and abducted Mohammad Shalabi.
Many army jeeps also invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted the wife, and the father of a political prisoner, identified as Abdul-Mon’em Salah.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Mon’em’s wife, Niven Salah, in her thirties, and his father Mohammad Omran Salah, 67, after invading and violently searching their homes.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Mon’em was abducted by the soldiers more than two years ago and is still held without charges.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Deir Istiya town, east of Salfit, searched homes and abducted a young man, identified as Sharaf Daoud ‘Obeid.
In Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Ma’zouz Daoud, 13.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, especially the al-Ein al-Jalda areas, searched and ransacked many homes, and abducted Issa Hashem Bahar, 20.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and searched a home, owned by Amer Ribhi al-‘Oweiwi, in the Salaam Street.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday arrested a Palestinian citizen in al-Khalil during a raid into the city following an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on Kiryat Arba settlement.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that large numbers of military jeeps and infantry soldiers stormed several areas in al-Khalil in the vicinity of Kiryat Arba settlement.
They said that the IOF raided a number of houses, searched them and arrested Arafat al-Qawasmeh amid heavy firing of sound bombs and tear gas canisters.
According to the witnesses, the IOF before the raid announced a state of alert claiming that a Molotov cocktail was thrown near Kiryat Arba settlement illegally built on Palestinian lands.
The IOF soldiers on a daily basis carry out overnight raid and arrest campaigns in the West Bank under the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that large numbers of military jeeps and infantry soldiers stormed several areas in al-Khalil in the vicinity of Kiryat Arba settlement.
They said that the IOF raided a number of houses, searched them and arrested Arafat al-Qawasmeh amid heavy firing of sound bombs and tear gas canisters.
According to the witnesses, the IOF before the raid announced a state of alert claiming that a Molotov cocktail was thrown near Kiryat Arba settlement illegally built on Palestinian lands.
The IOF soldiers on a daily basis carry out overnight raid and arrest campaigns in the West Bank under the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday night stormed Qalqilya city in the northern West Bank, kidnapped a teenager from his home and clashed with local young men.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers spread through streets in the central district of the city and fired volleys of tear gas grenades at young men, who hurled stones at them.
They added that soldiers rounded up and brutalized 13-year-old Mohamed Dawoud during their campaign in the city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers spread through streets in the central district of the city and fired volleys of tear gas grenades at young men, who hurled stones at them.
They added that soldiers rounded up and brutalized 13-year-old Mohamed Dawoud during their campaign in the city.
