27 jan 2014
Israeli police arrested Monday a 10-year-old Palestinian alleging he threw stones at Israelis, said witnesses.
Police arrested Ameer Ramadi at his Sheikh Jarrah home in East Jerusalem and took him to the police station.
Police arrested Ameer Ramadi at his Sheikh Jarrah home in East Jerusalem and took him to the police station.
The Prisoners' Club society said Monday that Israeli forces stormed Sunday sections (10) and (11) of Eshel prison and led 16 prisoners to solitary confinement rooms. “Israeli suppression forces so-called Metzada broke into the prison to started searching from 11:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.” the society said.
The forces wreaked havoc and on the prisoners’ holdings and held 16 prisoners in isolation, citing that they tried to prevent the troops from entering the prison.
In a related vein, the Club reported that sick prisoner Mohammed Mardawi was transferred yesterday, Sunday, morning to Be'er el-Saba-based Soroka Hospital after his health got deteriorated.
Mardawi, 35, from Jenin, has one lung functional. An old lung defection has recently started to ache anew with a virus causing him pain in the chest and a difficulty in breathing.
He told the Prisoners' Club lawyer who visited him a week ago that when he headed to the prison doctor to complain about his difficulty in breathing and chest pain, the doctor replied that he cannot do anything for him, the society added.
The prisoner quoting the doctor as saying to him “You have been in a cramped room since 15 years; what do you expect would happen to the lung?", according to the society.
The prison administration refused to provide Mardawi with a medical bedding, who also suffers from blood clotting and intestine infections.
Mardawi is held in Eshel prison. He was sentenced to 28 years, of them 14 left.
Israel is holding nearly 5000 Palestinians in its prisons, including some 490 from the Gaza Strip. 206 prisoners have died as a result of medical negligence so far, according to the official statics of Ministry of Health.
The forces wreaked havoc and on the prisoners’ holdings and held 16 prisoners in isolation, citing that they tried to prevent the troops from entering the prison.
In a related vein, the Club reported that sick prisoner Mohammed Mardawi was transferred yesterday, Sunday, morning to Be'er el-Saba-based Soroka Hospital after his health got deteriorated.
Mardawi, 35, from Jenin, has one lung functional. An old lung defection has recently started to ache anew with a virus causing him pain in the chest and a difficulty in breathing.
He told the Prisoners' Club lawyer who visited him a week ago that when he headed to the prison doctor to complain about his difficulty in breathing and chest pain, the doctor replied that he cannot do anything for him, the society added.
The prisoner quoting the doctor as saying to him “You have been in a cramped room since 15 years; what do you expect would happen to the lung?", according to the society.
The prison administration refused to provide Mardawi with a medical bedding, who also suffers from blood clotting and intestine infections.
Mardawi is held in Eshel prison. He was sentenced to 28 years, of them 14 left.
Israel is holding nearly 5000 Palestinians in its prisons, including some 490 from the Gaza Strip. 206 prisoners have died as a result of medical negligence so far, according to the official statics of Ministry of Health.
Israeli intelligence apparatus transferred detained Islamic Jihad leader Ali Safoori to Jalama center for renewed interrogation on Monday, 13 years after his imprisonment. Local sources in Jenin, Safoori’s hometown, told the PIC reporter that the 52-year-old Safoori was taken from his Raymon desert prison to Jalama center for renewed interrogation.
They said that Safoori, a leader with the Quds Brigades the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, was transferred under strict security measures with both his hands and feet shackled.
The sources pointed out that Safoori is serving 550 years prison term and has been in detention since April 2002.
Safoori before his arrest was one of the most wanted Jihad leaders in Jenin refugee camp and has been accused of masterminding a number of major commando attacks against Israeli targets.
They said that Safoori, a leader with the Quds Brigades the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, was transferred under strict security measures with both his hands and feet shackled.
The sources pointed out that Safoori is serving 550 years prison term and has been in detention since April 2002.
Safoori before his arrest was one of the most wanted Jihad leaders in Jenin refugee camp and has been accused of masterminding a number of major commando attacks against Israeli targets.
G4S is a British-Danish private security company that provides services and equipment to Israeli prisons, checkpoints, the Apartheid Wall and the Israeli police.
In 2007, G4S signed a contract with the Israeli Prison Authority to provide security systems and other services for major Israeli prisons. G4S provides systems for the Ketziot and Megiddo prisons, which hold Palestinian political prisoners from occupied Palestinian territory inside Israel. Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the transfer of prisoners from occupied territory into the territory of the occupier.
G4S also provides equipment for Ofer prison, located in the occupied West Bank, and for Kishon and Moskobiyyeh detention facilities, at which human rights organisations have documented systematic torture and ill treatment of Palestinian prisoners. As Palestinian political prisoners begun a mass hunger strike on 17th April 2012 an action was taken to hold G4S accountable for its involvement with Israel’s unlawful detention of Palestinians.
G4S is also complicit with other aspects of Israel’s system of apartheid over the Palestinian people. G4S provides equipment and services to Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank that form part of the route of Israel’s illegal Wall and to the terminals isolating the occupied and besieged territory of Gaza. G4S has also signed contracts for equipment and services for the West Bank Israeli Police headquarters and to private businesses based in illegal Israeli settlements. A panel of legal experts concluded that G4S may be criminally liable for its activities in support of Israel’s illegal Wall and other violations of international law.
G4S has attempted to deflect the criticism it has been facing by announcing that it intends to end some aspects of its involvement in Israel’s illegal settlements by 2015. However, this response is unsatisfactory. The public announcements make no mention of the participation of G4S in the illegal detention and torture of Palestinian political prisoners inside Israel. Additionally, the announcement mentions only some aspects of the company’s involvement in Israel’s illegal settlements and pledges only to exit them at some undetermined point in the future.
Source (www.bdsmovement.net)
Important Links:
G4S signed a contract with the Israeli Prison Authority:
http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/WhoProfits-PrivateSecurity-G4S.pdf
Torture in Israeli Jails – The Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes: http://ufreeonline.net/uploads/1372957681.pdf
Public Statement of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine:
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Concluding-Statement-RToP-London-22-November-2010.pdf
In 2007, G4S signed a contract with the Israeli Prison Authority to provide security systems and other services for major Israeli prisons. G4S provides systems for the Ketziot and Megiddo prisons, which hold Palestinian political prisoners from occupied Palestinian territory inside Israel. Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the transfer of prisoners from occupied territory into the territory of the occupier.
G4S also provides equipment for Ofer prison, located in the occupied West Bank, and for Kishon and Moskobiyyeh detention facilities, at which human rights organisations have documented systematic torture and ill treatment of Palestinian prisoners. As Palestinian political prisoners begun a mass hunger strike on 17th April 2012 an action was taken to hold G4S accountable for its involvement with Israel’s unlawful detention of Palestinians.
G4S is also complicit with other aspects of Israel’s system of apartheid over the Palestinian people. G4S provides equipment and services to Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank that form part of the route of Israel’s illegal Wall and to the terminals isolating the occupied and besieged territory of Gaza. G4S has also signed contracts for equipment and services for the West Bank Israeli Police headquarters and to private businesses based in illegal Israeli settlements. A panel of legal experts concluded that G4S may be criminally liable for its activities in support of Israel’s illegal Wall and other violations of international law.
G4S has attempted to deflect the criticism it has been facing by announcing that it intends to end some aspects of its involvement in Israel’s illegal settlements by 2015. However, this response is unsatisfactory. The public announcements make no mention of the participation of G4S in the illegal detention and torture of Palestinian political prisoners inside Israel. Additionally, the announcement mentions only some aspects of the company’s involvement in Israel’s illegal settlements and pledges only to exit them at some undetermined point in the future.
Source (www.bdsmovement.net)
Important Links:
G4S signed a contract with the Israeli Prison Authority:
http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/WhoProfits-PrivateSecurity-G4S.pdf
Torture in Israeli Jails – The Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes: http://ufreeonline.net/uploads/1372957681.pdf
Public Statement of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine:
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Concluding-Statement-RToP-London-22-November-2010.pdf
The captive Abdul Majid Khaddirat, from Tubas, has continued his hunger strike, declared 13 days ago, protesting the Israeli decision to re-impose his previous sentence of 8 years, PA Ministry for Prisoners' Affairs said. Following her visit to the isolated prisoner in Megiddo prison on Sunday, the Ministry's lawyer Shirin Iraqi confirmed that Khaddirat rejected the Israeli charges and considered them fabricated lies that fell in line with the Israeli revenge policy targeting liberated prisoners.
The hunger striker, detained since August 2013, has rejected an Israeli offer to be deported to Gaza for eight years, the lawyer added.
He was isolated in Megiddo prison once he started his hunger strike although he suffers many health problems and severe pains.
Khaddirat had previously declared a hunger strike for 96 days which was suspended after reaching an agreement with the Israeli prison administration to release him after spending a year and a half in custody, but it did not live up to its promise.
In turn, the two prisoners Muammar Banat and Wahid Abu Maria have continued their open hunger strike declared 23 days ago protesting their administrative detention.
The two hunger strikers were recently isolated, while Banat's health condition was seriously deteriorated and he was transferred to Ramle Prison Hospital.
The two prisoners' families appealed to all human rights organizations to shed light on their sons' plight especially that they were arrested several times before by Israeli occupation forces.
The hunger striker Banat was arrested on the 20th of August, 2013 where he twice declared hunger strike, while Abu Maria, who spent 18 years in Israeli prisons, was arrested in October 2012 under administrative detention that was renewed four times
The hunger striker, detained since August 2013, has rejected an Israeli offer to be deported to Gaza for eight years, the lawyer added.
He was isolated in Megiddo prison once he started his hunger strike although he suffers many health problems and severe pains.
Khaddirat had previously declared a hunger strike for 96 days which was suspended after reaching an agreement with the Israeli prison administration to release him after spending a year and a half in custody, but it did not live up to its promise.
In turn, the two prisoners Muammar Banat and Wahid Abu Maria have continued their open hunger strike declared 23 days ago protesting their administrative detention.
The two hunger strikers were recently isolated, while Banat's health condition was seriously deteriorated and he was transferred to Ramle Prison Hospital.
The two prisoners' families appealed to all human rights organizations to shed light on their sons' plight especially that they were arrested several times before by Israeli occupation forces.
The hunger striker Banat was arrested on the 20th of August, 2013 where he twice declared hunger strike, while Abu Maria, who spent 18 years in Israeli prisons, was arrested in October 2012 under administrative detention that was renewed four times
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in occupied Jerusalem, violently searched homes after invading them, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, said that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and kidnapped several students, members of the Islamic Bloc at the Polytechnic University in the city.
Some of the kidnapped students have been identified as Mo’taz Abdo al-Haimouny, Anas Joudy Abu Hadeed, Ibrahim al-Awady, and Abdul-Hamid Shehada.
Most of them are former political prisoners who were previously held by Israel, and by the Palestinian security forces, sources at the Islamic Bloc said.
Furthermore, dozens of military jeeps invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the Khallet al-‘Amoud neighborhood, and kidnapped Mojahed al-Masry and Ayman Sweidan, while resident Samer Hashem was kidnapped at the University Street in the city.
The soldiers also handed resident Ammar Mona a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
Several military vehicles also invaded the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, before the soldiers kidnapped resident Imad Khalil Walweel, 26, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Amjad Talal Ghazy, 17, and Abed Mohammad Awwad, 17, have also been kidnapped in Awarta village, east of Nablus.
In addition, soldiers invaded and searched several homes in the ath-Thoury, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped three Palestinian teenagers.
The three have been identified as Mahmoud Ayman Abu Najma, 19, Majdy Omran Oweida, 18, and Omar Mazen Abu Khater, 18.
They were moved to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, west of Jerusalem.
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in three separate incidents in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and three Palestinians in Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The attacks and arrests are part of daily violations carried out by Israeli soldiers in different parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces detain 3 teenagers in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained three Palestinian teenagers in the al-Thuri neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday.
Muhammad Mahmoud, a lawyer from the Al-Damir Association for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood early Monday and detained Mahmoud Ayman Abu Nijmah, 19, Majdi Umran Uweida, 18, and Omar Mazin Abu Khatir, 18.
All three were taken to the Russian Compound detention center for interrogation over suspected stone throwing.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, said that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and kidnapped several students, members of the Islamic Bloc at the Polytechnic University in the city.
Some of the kidnapped students have been identified as Mo’taz Abdo al-Haimouny, Anas Joudy Abu Hadeed, Ibrahim al-Awady, and Abdul-Hamid Shehada.
Most of them are former political prisoners who were previously held by Israel, and by the Palestinian security forces, sources at the Islamic Bloc said.
Furthermore, dozens of military jeeps invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the Khallet al-‘Amoud neighborhood, and kidnapped Mojahed al-Masry and Ayman Sweidan, while resident Samer Hashem was kidnapped at the University Street in the city.
The soldiers also handed resident Ammar Mona a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
Several military vehicles also invaded the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, before the soldiers kidnapped resident Imad Khalil Walweel, 26, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Amjad Talal Ghazy, 17, and Abed Mohammad Awwad, 17, have also been kidnapped in Awarta village, east of Nablus.
In addition, soldiers invaded and searched several homes in the ath-Thoury, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped three Palestinian teenagers.
The three have been identified as Mahmoud Ayman Abu Najma, 19, Majdy Omran Oweida, 18, and Omar Mazen Abu Khater, 18.
They were moved to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, west of Jerusalem.
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in three separate incidents in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and three Palestinians in Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The attacks and arrests are part of daily violations carried out by Israeli soldiers in different parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces detain 3 teenagers in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained three Palestinian teenagers in the al-Thuri neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday.
Muhammad Mahmoud, a lawyer from the Al-Damir Association for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood early Monday and detained Mahmoud Ayman Abu Nijmah, 19, Majdi Umran Uweida, 18, and Omar Mazin Abu Khatir, 18.
All three were taken to the Russian Compound detention center for interrogation over suspected stone throwing.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, in three separate incidents, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, media sources in Hebron have reported.
The sources said that undercover soldiers of the Israeli army kidnapped Sakher Khalil Abu Mariyya, 21, as he was standing next to his car, near a crossing leading to Beit Ummar town.
Mohammad Ayyad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Beit Ummar, stated that the undercover soldiers jumped out of a vehicle they drove into the area, and dragged Abu Mariyya into their car before taking him to the Gush Etzion military base.
Awad added that the kidnapped Palestinian have two brothers who are currently imprisoned by Israel, and are awaiting trial in Israeli military courts.
The two, identified as Habes, 26, and Jihad, 24, previously spent years in Israeli prisons and detention camps.
Two more Palestinians, who remained unidentified, have also been kidnapped by the army in Hebron city on Sunday.
Israeli military sources alleged the two carried a grenade and a rifle, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in Sunday evening during an invasion into the Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youths.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Mohannad Ahmad Abu Bakr, 29, Majd Mahmoud Abu Bakr, 17, and Mohammad Mojahed Yassin, 15.
The sources said that undercover soldiers of the Israeli army kidnapped Sakher Khalil Abu Mariyya, 21, as he was standing next to his car, near a crossing leading to Beit Ummar town.
Mohammad Ayyad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Beit Ummar, stated that the undercover soldiers jumped out of a vehicle they drove into the area, and dragged Abu Mariyya into their car before taking him to the Gush Etzion military base.
Awad added that the kidnapped Palestinian have two brothers who are currently imprisoned by Israel, and are awaiting trial in Israeli military courts.
The two, identified as Habes, 26, and Jihad, 24, previously spent years in Israeli prisons and detention camps.
Two more Palestinians, who remained unidentified, have also been kidnapped by the army in Hebron city on Sunday.
Israeli military sources alleged the two carried a grenade and a rifle, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in Sunday evening during an invasion into the Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and local youths.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Mohannad Ahmad Abu Bakr, 29, Majd Mahmoud Abu Bakr, 17, and Mohammad Mojahed Yassin, 15.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Ya’bod, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, detained several Palestinians and kidnapped three. Clashes have been reported between the invading soldiers and local youths.
Local sources have reported that six armored Israeli military vehicles and an armored personnel carrier invaded the town and advanced towards Yasser Arafat Elementary School, before clashing with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The sources added that the soldiers detained dozens of residents and inspected their ID cards before kidnapping three of them.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Mohannad Ahmad Abu Bakr, 29, Majd Mahmoud Abu Bakr, 17, and Mohammad Mojahed Yassin, 15.
Soldiers also broke into a coffee shop in the town, detained and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It is worth mentioning that the army invaded Ya’bod three times between noon and evening hours on Sunday.
Local sources have reported that six armored Israeli military vehicles and an armored personnel carrier invaded the town and advanced towards Yasser Arafat Elementary School, before clashing with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The sources added that the soldiers detained dozens of residents and inspected their ID cards before kidnapping three of them.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Mohannad Ahmad Abu Bakr, 29, Majd Mahmoud Abu Bakr, 17, and Mohammad Mojahed Yassin, 15.
Soldiers also broke into a coffee shop in the town, detained and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
It is worth mentioning that the army invaded Ya’bod three times between noon and evening hours on Sunday.
85 Gaza residents left the coastal enclave on Monday morning via Beit Hanoun crossing, Erz, to visit their relatives in the Israeli jails, the International Committee for the Red Cross(ICRC) announced. ICRC spokesperson Nasser al-Najjar said, 85 Gazans including 18 children will visit their detained relatives in Nafha Prison.
The Israeli occupation imposes restrictions on the detainees’ families including banning the entry of food and books to prisoners.
The Israeli Prison Services (IPS) put barriers between the prisoners and their relatives during the visit to prevent them from contacting directly.
About 5,200 Palestinian prisoners are held behind the Israeli bars, according to the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees.
It is noteworthy that family visits stopped and then resumed after the prisoners had launched an open-ended hunger strike lasted for 28 days in 2012 which led to the signing of al-Karama Agreement between prisoners and the IPS under the Egyptian auspices.
The Israeli occupation imposes restrictions on the detainees’ families including banning the entry of food and books to prisoners.
The Israeli Prison Services (IPS) put barriers between the prisoners and their relatives during the visit to prevent them from contacting directly.
About 5,200 Palestinian prisoners are held behind the Israeli bars, according to the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees.
It is noteworthy that family visits stopped and then resumed after the prisoners had launched an open-ended hunger strike lasted for 28 days in 2012 which led to the signing of al-Karama Agreement between prisoners and the IPS under the Egyptian auspices.
Speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) Dr. Aziz Dweik on Sunday held the Israeli occupation regime and its jailers fully responsible for the lives of all detained patients in their prisons, especially prisoner Iyad Huraibat. Dweik made his remarks during his visit to the protest tent pitched outside the house of prisoner patient Iyad Huraibat in Sakka village, southwest of Dura town in Al-Khalil.
The PLC speaker hailed the steadfastness of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and their role in protecting the national rights and constant.
The mother of prisoner Huraibat said that her son suffers from poor health condition and is isolated in solitary confinement.
She added that she has not been able to see her son for more than three months and the jailers still refuse to let him see any member of his family.
For his part, former minister of prisoners' affairs Wasfi Qabha, who also visited the tent, said that Israel is responsible for any health complications that may happen to Huraibat or other prisoner patients in its jails.
Qabha added that prisoner Huraibat, who is jailed for life, enjoyed good health and physical fitness before he was kidnapped in September 2002, but because of the medical neglect policy pursued by Israeli jailers and the wrong medication given to him his health seriously worsened.
In a related context, human rights activists called for paying more attention to the issue of prisoner patients in Israeli jails and actively advocating their cause.
This came during a symposium held in Jenin city under the theme "The issue of prisoners is moribund."
The participants discussed and explored the mechanisms to activate the issue of the prisoner patients in Israeli jails and create a solidarity movement advocating their cause.
Activist Iman Silawi stated that the issue of the prisoner patients needs constant active support, especially by the media which should shed light on their suffering.
For her part, Sana Zakarneh, coordinator of the internet solidarity campaign, called on all segments of the Palestinian society to create new methods to support the issue of the prisoners who suffer from deliberate medical neglect in Israeli jails.
She added that the Israeli doctors in Israeli jails systematically torture the prisoners through providing them with wrong medication and misdiagnosing their conditions.
The PLC speaker hailed the steadfastness of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and their role in protecting the national rights and constant.
The mother of prisoner Huraibat said that her son suffers from poor health condition and is isolated in solitary confinement.
She added that she has not been able to see her son for more than three months and the jailers still refuse to let him see any member of his family.
For his part, former minister of prisoners' affairs Wasfi Qabha, who also visited the tent, said that Israel is responsible for any health complications that may happen to Huraibat or other prisoner patients in its jails.
Qabha added that prisoner Huraibat, who is jailed for life, enjoyed good health and physical fitness before he was kidnapped in September 2002, but because of the medical neglect policy pursued by Israeli jailers and the wrong medication given to him his health seriously worsened.
In a related context, human rights activists called for paying more attention to the issue of prisoner patients in Israeli jails and actively advocating their cause.
This came during a symposium held in Jenin city under the theme "The issue of prisoners is moribund."
The participants discussed and explored the mechanisms to activate the issue of the prisoner patients in Israeli jails and create a solidarity movement advocating their cause.
Activist Iman Silawi stated that the issue of the prisoner patients needs constant active support, especially by the media which should shed light on their suffering.
For her part, Sana Zakarneh, coordinator of the internet solidarity campaign, called on all segments of the Palestinian society to create new methods to support the issue of the prisoners who suffer from deliberate medical neglect in Israeli jails.
She added that the Israeli doctors in Israeli jails systematically torture the prisoners through providing them with wrong medication and misdiagnosing their conditions.
26 jan 2014
Hamas terrorist "Camel"
The israeli occupation forces in the district of Bethlehem arrested a camel yesterday under the pretext that it had entered into a “military zone”. The event took place near the Al-Rashaide village east of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian newspapers reported that Fawaz Rshaide, head of the Palestinian village council of Al- Rashaide, told reporters that the israeli soldiers had arrested a camel belonging to Musallam Younis Rshaaidhe because the camel had supposedly entered a “military zone”.
“Military zones” are arbitrarily declared by the occupation to serve as a pretext to seize by force lands owned by Palestinians. It works like this: a “military zone” is declared over an area which the zionists want to steal, what means that the owners of these lands are not allowed to go to their land (and homes). The lands in question are then “confiscated” as a punishment if the owners enter their lands which are now a “military zone”, or they are declared “abandoned” by the occupation if the owners don’t show up for some time, and then seized and turned over to European or American squatters.
Mr. Rshaide added that the israeli soldiers stole the camel, which belonged to a Palestinian, and fled the area. The Camel was taken to the military colony “Ma’ale Adumim” near Al – Eizariya in the West Bank, near occupied Jerusalem.
He explained that the Israeli soldiers arrested the owner of the camel too in order to force him to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels to have his animal released from jail. In addition, the israeli soldiers who stole the camel, “asked” it’s owner to pay 600 shekels as “extra fees” for the transportation of the camel, which they stole and brought from the Palestinian land to the zionist colony.
Al – Eizariya is identified in the Bible as Bethany and in the New Testament it is identified as the home of the siblings Mary and Martha.
Mr. Rshaide commented on this incident of theft by the jewish occupation saying: “This as a way to displace the citizens from there agricultural land east of Bethlehem. It is ethnic cleansing”.
Under the “regulations” which the israeli military laws applies to Palestinians in the occupied territories since 1967, there are no laws which legitimize arresting animals, confiscating the equipments of civilians for military purposes and taking fees and high fines before giving back stolen goods to their rightful owners.
However, the military occupation through it’s so-called “Civil Administration” does exactly this since decades. There troops “arrest” the animals of Palestinian farmers: sheep, herds of goats, cows, chickens and birds, they also “confiscate” their farming equipment under scurrilous pretexts and refuse returned to these animals or equipment to their owners without the payment large sums of money as ransom.
These illegal ransom monies collected by the occupiers is not entered into the budget of the civil administration. No one knows where the money goes, some people assume that the criminals squander these moneys for expanding settlements and making wealth.
The “Civil Administration” claims that money is paid to the so-called patrol for “surveillance and detection” of the civil administration, who one day loot the Palestinian property and next day their money.
The heads of these “monitoring units” at the “Civil Administration” is a well-known settler called David Kishik, son of former prostitute Shula Cohen who received his post as payment because his mother once long ago sold her favours in Lebanon. Mr. Kishik and his team are a bunch of criminal garbage that has made immense wealth on the back of destitute Palestinians in the occupied territories.
The israeli occupation forces in the district of Bethlehem arrested a camel yesterday under the pretext that it had entered into a “military zone”. The event took place near the Al-Rashaide village east of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian newspapers reported that Fawaz Rshaide, head of the Palestinian village council of Al- Rashaide, told reporters that the israeli soldiers had arrested a camel belonging to Musallam Younis Rshaaidhe because the camel had supposedly entered a “military zone”.
“Military zones” are arbitrarily declared by the occupation to serve as a pretext to seize by force lands owned by Palestinians. It works like this: a “military zone” is declared over an area which the zionists want to steal, what means that the owners of these lands are not allowed to go to their land (and homes). The lands in question are then “confiscated” as a punishment if the owners enter their lands which are now a “military zone”, or they are declared “abandoned” by the occupation if the owners don’t show up for some time, and then seized and turned over to European or American squatters.
Mr. Rshaide added that the israeli soldiers stole the camel, which belonged to a Palestinian, and fled the area. The Camel was taken to the military colony “Ma’ale Adumim” near Al – Eizariya in the West Bank, near occupied Jerusalem.
He explained that the Israeli soldiers arrested the owner of the camel too in order to force him to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels to have his animal released from jail. In addition, the israeli soldiers who stole the camel, “asked” it’s owner to pay 600 shekels as “extra fees” for the transportation of the camel, which they stole and brought from the Palestinian land to the zionist colony.
Al – Eizariya is identified in the Bible as Bethany and in the New Testament it is identified as the home of the siblings Mary and Martha.
Mr. Rshaide commented on this incident of theft by the jewish occupation saying: “This as a way to displace the citizens from there agricultural land east of Bethlehem. It is ethnic cleansing”.
Under the “regulations” which the israeli military laws applies to Palestinians in the occupied territories since 1967, there are no laws which legitimize arresting animals, confiscating the equipments of civilians for military purposes and taking fees and high fines before giving back stolen goods to their rightful owners.
However, the military occupation through it’s so-called “Civil Administration” does exactly this since decades. There troops “arrest” the animals of Palestinian farmers: sheep, herds of goats, cows, chickens and birds, they also “confiscate” their farming equipment under scurrilous pretexts and refuse returned to these animals or equipment to their owners without the payment large sums of money as ransom.
These illegal ransom monies collected by the occupiers is not entered into the budget of the civil administration. No one knows where the money goes, some people assume that the criminals squander these moneys for expanding settlements and making wealth.
The “Civil Administration” claims that money is paid to the so-called patrol for “surveillance and detection” of the civil administration, who one day loot the Palestinian property and next day their money.
The heads of these “monitoring units” at the “Civil Administration” is a well-known settler called David Kishik, son of former prostitute Shula Cohen who received his post as payment because his mother once long ago sold her favours in Lebanon. Mr. Kishik and his team are a bunch of criminal garbage that has made immense wealth on the back of destitute Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Undercover Israeli forces on Sunday arrested a young Palestinian man at the entrance of Beit Ummar village.
Spokesman for the popular resistance committee Mohammad Awad said that Sakhr Hisham Khalil Abu Maria, 21, was apprehended after a white car with Israeli license plate stopped beside him.
Awad said three armed people stepped out of it and forced him into the car before taking him to a military site in the Gush Etzion settlement area.
Abu Maria has two brothers, Habis, 26, and Jihad, 24, who are awaiting trials in Israeli jail.
An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Spokesman for the popular resistance committee Mohammad Awad said that Sakhr Hisham Khalil Abu Maria, 21, was apprehended after a white car with Israeli license plate stopped beside him.
Awad said three armed people stepped out of it and forced him into the car before taking him to a military site in the Gush Etzion settlement area.
Abu Maria has two brothers, Habis, 26, and Jihad, 24, who are awaiting trials in Israeli jail.
An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The Tadamun (solidarity) foundation for human rights said that Palestinian prisoner Hamza Al-Kaluti, from occupied Jerusalem, is medically neglected by Israeli jailers and has been waiting to undergo a hernia operation since 2009. The foundation's lawyer, who visited Gilboa prison recently, stated that prisoner Kaluti, 44, suffers from deteriorating health conditions, including hernia, poor eyesight, gout and stiffness in his bones and joints that cause him to hardly move.
The lawyer added that the jailers at Gilboa prison had given Kaluti heavy medication, normally taken by patients with more serious conditions, which affected the functions of his kidneys and liver and caused him blood and breath problems.
Kaluti was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in mid-2001 and he has been serving six life prison terms ever since on charges of his affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas.
In another incident, prisoner Imad Asfour entered on Saturday his 14th year in Israeli detention, while his health status keeps worsening, according to his family.
Prisoner Asfour suffers from several chronic health problems, including diabetes, a heart condition, and blood pressure.
His family appealed in press remarks to all concerned human rights groups to intervene to have its son released from Israeli jails in order for him to have appropriate medical care outside the prison.
The lawyer added that the jailers at Gilboa prison had given Kaluti heavy medication, normally taken by patients with more serious conditions, which affected the functions of his kidneys and liver and caused him blood and breath problems.
Kaluti was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in mid-2001 and he has been serving six life prison terms ever since on charges of his affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas.
In another incident, prisoner Imad Asfour entered on Saturday his 14th year in Israeli detention, while his health status keeps worsening, according to his family.
Prisoner Asfour suffers from several chronic health problems, including diabetes, a heart condition, and blood pressure.
His family appealed in press remarks to all concerned human rights groups to intervene to have its son released from Israeli jails in order for him to have appropriate medical care outside the prison.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of suburbs in Samu village in Al-Khalil and arrested two citizens in Bethlehem and eastern Jerusalem on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers burst into a number of homes in Samu and searched them while other soldiers were deployed in the village’s streets where they detained a citizen for a few hours.
They said that the soldiers also set up a road barrier along the Samu-Daheriya road and searched passing vehicles.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained Ahmed Budair from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem and Islam Abu Halabiya from Abu Dis to the east of occupied Jerusalem at the pretext they were wanted for intelligence questioning, local sources said, adding that the arrest was accompanied by a search operation of a number of houses.
They said that the soldiers also set up a road barrier along the Samu-Daheriya road and searched passing vehicles.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained Ahmed Budair from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem and Islam Abu Halabiya from Abu Dis to the east of occupied Jerusalem at the pretext they were wanted for intelligence questioning, local sources said, adding that the arrest was accompanied by a search operation of a number of houses.
Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights said that the isolated prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi has been recently taken to hospital after a serious deterioration in his health condition. The Foundation quoted the lawyer Ashraf Abu Sneineh, who visited the prisoner in Eshel solitary confinement, as saying that Abu Sisi was taken about 3 weeks ago to the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital because of the deterioration of his health condition, and that the results of medical tests showed that he is infected with a serious germ in the stomach.
"Two days after conducting these tests, Abu Sisi was transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, and there the doctor told him that this germ has caused him stomach ulcers, and asked him to undergo other medical tests after 3 months," the lawyer added.
He pointed out that captive Abu Sisi also suffers from anemia, migraine, backache and pain in his left eye, while the Israeli prison administration refuses to provide him with the necessary treatment.
Abu Sneineh said that Abu Sisi is also suffering from hypercholesterolemia, heart problems, high blood pressure and shortness of breath.
"Two days after conducting these tests, Abu Sisi was transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, and there the doctor told him that this germ has caused him stomach ulcers, and asked him to undergo other medical tests after 3 months," the lawyer added.
He pointed out that captive Abu Sisi also suffers from anemia, migraine, backache and pain in his left eye, while the Israeli prison administration refuses to provide him with the necessary treatment.
Abu Sneineh said that Abu Sisi is also suffering from hypercholesterolemia, heart problems, high blood pressure and shortness of breath.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested four Palestinian children on Sunday near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in al-Khalil, after assaulting them. Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the Israeli soldiers, stationed near the Ibrahimi Mosque, stopped the four boys at the military checkpoint erected there and searched them. The detainees were taken to a nearby military center.
Meanwhile, dozens of settlers stormed on Sunday the Old City of al-Khalil, under the protection of the Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's correspondent that the settlers grouped in front of the shops, accompanied by dozens of heavily armed soldiers, before heading to the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Some of them, the witnesses added, attacked the citizens.
Earlier, a group of settlers severely beat a Palestinian child on Saturday evening before he was arrested in Bab al-Zawiya and moved to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, dozens of settlers stormed on Sunday the Old City of al-Khalil, under the protection of the Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's correspondent that the settlers grouped in front of the shops, accompanied by dozens of heavily armed soldiers, before heading to the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Some of them, the witnesses added, attacked the citizens.
Earlier, a group of settlers severely beat a Palestinian child on Saturday evening before he was arrested in Bab al-Zawiya and moved to an unknown destination.
Israeli army soldiers Sunday prevented cameramen working for WAFA News Agency and Associated Press from covering events in the village of Wad Rahhal near Bethlehem where settlers proceeded to raze a Palestinian-owned land.
WAFA’s correspondent said soldiers detained them for hours and attempted to seize their cameras in order to delete the photos they had taken of the event.
WAFA’s correspondent said soldiers detained them for hours and attempted to seize their cameras in order to delete the photos they had taken of the event.
Israeli settlers Saturday night severally beat up a 13-year-old Palestinian in central Hebron, according to the child’s father. The father told WAFA that settlers beat up Yazan al-Shirbati, 13, while he was passing near Beit Hadasa settlement, causing him several bruises throughout his body.
He said that Israeli police arrested him and his son following the incident and detained them for five hours in Ja’bara police station where police accused them of trying to assault the settlers and other soldiers.
They were later released after signing a pledge to appear before court if they were summoned.
He said that Israeli police arrested him and his son following the incident and detained them for five hours in Ja’bara police station where police accused them of trying to assault the settlers and other soldiers.
They were later released after signing a pledge to appear before court if they were summoned.
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, conducted military searches of homes and property, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that the soldiers invaded a bakery in the Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and searched it.
The soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Ma’moun, who works at the bakery, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Another resident was also kidnapped from his home in the Al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem, and was taken to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded the As-Samoa’ town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into homes and searched them, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Local sources said that the soldiers broke into the home of resident Odah Al-Mahareeq, 31, and kidnapped him.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the city, invaded several homes and searched them before handing a number of Palestinians military orders to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
Furthermore, an Israeli military jeep installed a roadblock on a bypass road close to the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, stopped and searched several Palestinian cars.
In related news, medical sources in Hebron said that a Palestinian child, identified as Yazan Zeidan Sharabaty, 13 years of age, was injured after being attacked by a number of fanatic Israeli settlers.
His father told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that a number of settlers of the Beit Hadassah illegal settlement, installed on Palestinian lands, assaulted his son as he was heading to a nearby bakery.
Following the attack, Israeli soldiers detained the father and his child, and moved them to a police station near Keryat Arba’ settlement in the city.
The Police alleged the father and his child “attempted to attack settlers and soldiers”; the two were released later on, but had to sign an affidavit to go to court if ordered.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Qabatia and Ejja towns, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched several homes.
Palestinian security sources in Qabatia said that the army invaded the homes of Nasser Khuzaymiyya and his brother, Makhzoom, and interrogated them and their families.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Ejja town, and photographed their exterior and interior, before invading Jaba’ nearby town.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that the soldiers invaded a bakery in the Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and searched it.
The soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Ma’moun, who works at the bakery, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Another resident was also kidnapped from his home in the Al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem, and was taken to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded the As-Samoa’ town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into homes and searched them, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Local sources said that the soldiers broke into the home of resident Odah Al-Mahareeq, 31, and kidnapped him.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the city, invaded several homes and searched them before handing a number of Palestinians military orders to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
Furthermore, an Israeli military jeep installed a roadblock on a bypass road close to the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, stopped and searched several Palestinian cars.
In related news, medical sources in Hebron said that a Palestinian child, identified as Yazan Zeidan Sharabaty, 13 years of age, was injured after being attacked by a number of fanatic Israeli settlers.
His father told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that a number of settlers of the Beit Hadassah illegal settlement, installed on Palestinian lands, assaulted his son as he was heading to a nearby bakery.
Following the attack, Israeli soldiers detained the father and his child, and moved them to a police station near Keryat Arba’ settlement in the city.
The Police alleged the father and his child “attempted to attack settlers and soldiers”; the two were released later on, but had to sign an affidavit to go to court if ordered.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Qabatia and Ejja towns, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched several homes.
Palestinian security sources in Qabatia said that the army invaded the homes of Nasser Khuzaymiyya and his brother, Makhzoom, and interrogated them and their families.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Ejja town, and photographed their exterior and interior, before invading Jaba’ nearby town.
25 jan 2014
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The wife of a jailed Palestinian from the Gaza Strip gave birth to a baby boy after her husband smuggled his sperm out of an Israeli prison, the mother said.
Maryam Abu Salah told Ma'an that after using sperm smuggled from her husband, Fahmi Abu Salah, she had given birth to a son, whom she named Asaad after his grandfather. Abu Salah has been held in Israeli prisons for six years, his wife said. This is the second reported time a baby has been born in Gaza using smuggled sperm from an imprisoned Palestinian. On Jan. 11, the wife of Tamer Zaanine gave birth to a baby boy using her husband's smuggled sperm. |
There are approximately 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, and they are denied conjugal visits.
The Israeli forces arrested on Saturday three Palestinian youths from Bab Al-Amud neighborhood in central Jerusalem, witnesses said.
They told WAFA Israeli forces arrested three youths from Bab Al-Amud Following claims by settlers of attacking them. They were taken to a police station in Jerusalem.
They told WAFA Israeli forces arrested three youths from Bab Al-Amud Following claims by settlers of attacking them. They were taken to a police station in Jerusalem.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinian young men on Saturday one of them during confrontations in Arub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil, and the other from a village south of Al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers broke into the refugee camp and were confronted by stone-throwing youths. They added that the soldiers left the camp after arresting a young man.
The witnesses noted that the soldiers were on alert during their raid on the camp and searched a number of houses in Teeti neighborhood and nearby areas.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers manning a roadblock near Bethlehem arrested a young man from Samu village, south of Al-Khalil.
Local sources said that Mohammed Abu Akeel, 23, was taken from a vehicle passing through the Container checkpoint, adding that he was searched and blindfolded then taken away.
In another incident, IOF soldiers in 20 patrols raided the Old City of Nablus and Al-Ain refugee camp.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that more than 60 soldiers were seen in three suburbs in the city accompanied by police dogs and an intelligence officer and were taking shots of alleys and yards.
The witnesses noted that the soldiers were on alert during their raid on the camp and searched a number of houses in Teeti neighborhood and nearby areas.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers manning a roadblock near Bethlehem arrested a young man from Samu village, south of Al-Khalil.
Local sources said that Mohammed Abu Akeel, 23, was taken from a vehicle passing through the Container checkpoint, adding that he was searched and blindfolded then taken away.
In another incident, IOF soldiers in 20 patrols raided the Old City of Nablus and Al-Ain refugee camp.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that more than 60 soldiers were seen in three suburbs in the city accompanied by police dogs and an intelligence officer and were taking shots of alleys and yards.
24 jan 2014
The Israeli police released on Thursday night 11-year old Ali Abulhawa after detaining him for two hours and interrogating him in Salah Eddin police station.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Israeli police arrested Ali on Thursday night and took him to Salah Eddin police station where he was interrogated for two hours on charges of throwing stones.
The lawyer added that the police released the child without any conditions.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Israeli police arrested Ali on Thursday night and took him to Salah Eddin police station where he was interrogated for two hours on charges of throwing stones.
The lawyer added that the police released the child without any conditions.
Palestinian Premier Ismail Haneyya stressed that Palestinian resistance "will never give up the prisoners' file", stressing that it is a top priority for his government and the resistance.
During his visit to three liberated prisoners in Rafah on Thursday, Haneyya pointed to the prisoners' determination and will to continue along the resistance path after their release.
In another incident, Israeli authorities released Mahmoud Abdullah Abed, 35, from Beit Lahia northern Gaza Strip after spending 7 years in Israeli jails.
Abed was arrested in 2007 during clashes with Israeli forces northern Gaza Strip. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison before submitting an appeal to reduce his sentence to 7 years imprisonment on charges of being affiliated to Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad Movement's armed wing.
During his visit to three liberated prisoners in Rafah on Thursday, Haneyya pointed to the prisoners' determination and will to continue along the resistance path after their release.
In another incident, Israeli authorities released Mahmoud Abdullah Abed, 35, from Beit Lahia northern Gaza Strip after spending 7 years in Israeli jails.
Abed was arrested in 2007 during clashes with Israeli forces northern Gaza Strip. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison before submitting an appeal to reduce his sentence to 7 years imprisonment on charges of being affiliated to Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad Movement's armed wing.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Thursday renewed for the third time the administrative detention of Sheikh Abdul Khaliq Natsheh, a senior Hamas official and member of the higher committee of the movement's prisoners. Palestinian prisoners' center for studies stated that the Negev court extended for the third time running the arrest of Sheikh Jamal Natsheh, aged 59, for four months.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested Natsheh on March 27 last year and jailed him administratively without any charge. Sheikh Natsheh had been arrested 10 times before and served a total of 17 years in Israeli jails.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested Natsheh on March 27 last year and jailed him administratively without any charge. Sheikh Natsheh had been arrested 10 times before and served a total of 17 years in Israeli jails.
Israeli forces late Thursday arrested a Palestinian police officer at a checkpoint in a northern West Bank city, witnesses said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Muhammad Shaker Ishtawi, 23, was arrested at a flying checkpoint at the entrance of Kafr Qaddum near Qalqiliya.
Ishtawi is an officer for the Palestinian Authority police force.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Muhammad Shaker Ishtawi, 23, was arrested at a flying checkpoint at the entrance of Kafr Qaddum near Qalqiliya.
Ishtawi is an officer for the Palestinian Authority police force.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces raided a village in the southern West Bank late Thursday, a popular committee spokesman said.
After entering Beit Ummar, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas during clashes with Palestinians, Muhammad Ayyad told Ma'an.
He said the clashes lasted two hours.
Additionally, 22-year-old Ahmad Ali Ayyad Awad was detained by Israeli soldiers on his way to work, Ayyad said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Awad previously spent two years in Israeli prisons.
After entering Beit Ummar, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas during clashes with Palestinians, Muhammad Ayyad told Ma'an.
He said the clashes lasted two hours.
Additionally, 22-year-old Ahmad Ali Ayyad Awad was detained by Israeli soldiers on his way to work, Ayyad said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Awad previously spent two years in Israeli prisons.
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Friday, a young Palestinian from Batir village, west of Bethlehem.
Security source said that Israeli forces arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Hani Qatoush after raiding and searching his parents' house in the village.
Security source said that Israeli forces arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Hani Qatoush after raiding and searching his parents' house in the village.
Israeli soldiers installed a sudden roadblock at the entrance of Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of vehicles while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers, and kidnapped Mohammad Shaker Shokry, 23.
Shokry is a Palestinian police officer, and is a student at the Najah National University, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus; the soldiers moved him to an unknown destination.
Morad Eshteiwy, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 120 Palestinians in the village, since it started its protests several years ago.
The villagers are protesting Israel’s illegitimate settlements built on their lands, the Annexation Wall and the closure of the village’s main road.
Also on Thursday, several Israeli military vehicles invaded various neighborhoods in Doura, south of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes.
The soldiers also confiscated a truck belonging to resident Ali Abu Attoun, and took it to a nearby military base.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem.
The army violently broke into dozens of homes and searched them, causing excessive property damage. The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of vehicles while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers, and kidnapped Mohammad Shaker Shokry, 23.
Shokry is a Palestinian police officer, and is a student at the Najah National University, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus; the soldiers moved him to an unknown destination.
Morad Eshteiwy, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 120 Palestinians in the village, since it started its protests several years ago.
The villagers are protesting Israel’s illegitimate settlements built on their lands, the Annexation Wall and the closure of the village’s main road.
Also on Thursday, several Israeli military vehicles invaded various neighborhoods in Doura, south of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes.
The soldiers also confiscated a truck belonging to resident Ali Abu Attoun, and took it to a nearby military base.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem.
The army violently broke into dozens of homes and searched them, causing excessive property damage. The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
