3 jan 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Sunday different parts of Bethlehem south of the occupied West Bank. Three youths were arrested during the raid while others were summoned for investigation.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF stormed afternoon Handaza area in Bethlehem and broke into a local home before arresting Hamza al-Masri, 24.
During the raid, Israeli forces brutally attacked the family members including women.
Violent clashes broke out following the Israeli attack in the area. Tear gas bombs and rubber bullets were heavily fired towards local youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
No injuries were reported during the clashes.
Similar clashes broke out in al-Doheisha refugee camp when IOF soldiers stormed the camp and arrested a young man.
A third youngster was arrested in Marah Rabah village, south of the city, while three other locals were summoned for investigation after breaking into their houses.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF stormed afternoon Handaza area in Bethlehem and broke into a local home before arresting Hamza al-Masri, 24.
During the raid, Israeli forces brutally attacked the family members including women.
Violent clashes broke out following the Israeli attack in the area. Tear gas bombs and rubber bullets were heavily fired towards local youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
No injuries were reported during the clashes.
Similar clashes broke out in al-Doheisha refugee camp when IOF soldiers stormed the camp and arrested a young man.
A third youngster was arrested in Marah Rabah village, south of the city, while three other locals were summoned for investigation after breaking into their houses.
A Palestinian was detained Sunday, after reportedly attempting to stab an Israeli in occupied East Jerusalem, by Israeli police account.
Spokesperson Luba al-Samri said in a statement that a “young Arab terrorist attacked an Israeli civilian while standing at a bus station.”
The bus station was located on Barzani street, in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which borders the Palestinian Jabal al-Mukkbir neighborhood. The suspect attempted to stab the Israeli and fled the scene before being detained by Israeli police and taken for questioning, al-Samri said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, according to Ma'an.
Several attacks have been carried out by individual Palestinians on Israeli military and civilians since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
One Israeli was killed last month after being stabbed in an attack carried out near Jerusalem’s Old City by two Palestinians from the Qalandiya refugee camp.
A second Israeli was killed during the attack after being shot by Israeli border police who opened fire on the attackers.
Following attacks that initially began to increase in Jerusalem in October, Israeli authorities implemented additional security around public transportation in the occupied city, while sealing off Palestinian areas.
Documentation of these incidents has caused rights groups to question the validity of Israeli reports.
Spokesperson Luba al-Samri said in a statement that a “young Arab terrorist attacked an Israeli civilian while standing at a bus station.”
The bus station was located on Barzani street, in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which borders the Palestinian Jabal al-Mukkbir neighborhood. The suspect attempted to stab the Israeli and fled the scene before being detained by Israeli police and taken for questioning, al-Samri said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, according to Ma'an.
Several attacks have been carried out by individual Palestinians on Israeli military and civilians since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
One Israeli was killed last month after being stabbed in an attack carried out near Jerusalem’s Old City by two Palestinians from the Qalandiya refugee camp.
A second Israeli was killed during the attack after being shot by Israeli border police who opened fire on the attackers.
Following attacks that initially began to increase in Jerusalem in October, Israeli authorities implemented additional security around public transportation in the occupied city, while sealing off Palestinian areas.
Documentation of these incidents has caused rights groups to question the validity of Israeli reports.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Sunday afternoon arrested two Palestinians at a military checkpoint to the south of Jenin city in the northern West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Mounis Qabaha, 28, and Bara Jad, 26, were going back home to their village of eastern Barta which is isolated by the Separation Wall when Israeli soldiers stopped and arrested them.
Israeli forces stopped both men at the iron gate of the Separation Wall which is the only pathway into the village. They were taken to an unknown destination, the sources pointed out.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Mounis Qabaha, 28, and Bara Jad, 26, were going back home to their village of eastern Barta which is isolated by the Separation Wall when Israeli soldiers stopped and arrested them.
Israeli forces stopped both men at the iron gate of the Separation Wall which is the only pathway into the village. They were taken to an unknown destination, the sources pointed out.
The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) confirmed that last year (2015) witnessed a noticeable escalation in the Israeli arrest of Palestinian women especially women from the city of Jerusalem.
The report pointed out that the center recorded 291 arrest cases of women, young and minors, and even elderly women aged over 60 years, adding that the arrestees including mothers and wives of prisoners.
Researcher Riad Ashqar, the PCPS spokesman, explained that last year was marked by the arrest of minor girls aged as little as 14 years old, recalling the first minor girl was Malak Khatib who spent 3 months in prison before her release.
He added that other girls were shot with live ammunition then arrested under the pretext of their intention to carry out stabbing operations against Israeli soldiers or settlers; four of them are still suffering from wounds in captivity.
Deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Khalida Jarrar, from Ramallah, was among the women arrested in 2015. She was held in administrative detention for a month, but the Israeli prosecution refused to release her after the month and filed an indictment against her and the court passed a 15-month imprisonment against her.
Incitement via Facebook
Ashqar pointed out a new phenomenon emerged in 2015, which is arresting girls and women on the background of posts on the social networking sites; which the Israeli occupation considered as incitement.
Under the pretext of incitement via Facebook, five young women are still detained, two of them from within the 48 occupied territories, namely: activist and poet Darren Tawfiq Tator, 33 , from the village of Reineh, who was accused of sharing a poem read in her own voice on social networking sites. Her poem called for the continuation of the Intifada and operations against the occupation. The other young girl was from the city of Nazareth, Asmaa Fahad Hamdan, 18, on whom the IOF imposed administrative detention for 3 months, and accused her of incitement via social networking sites.
Administrative detention for prisoners
Ashqar indicated that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) had gone too far in the use of administrative detention policy during 2015, and expanded its use to include categories and regions that were not previously included on the list of administrative detention, namely; women, children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the 48 occupied territories.
He added that the occupation detained four women administratively. They were from Ramallah, Nablus, al-Khalil, and Nazareth.
Damon Prison
Ashqar said, "As a result to the rise in the numbers of female prisoners because of mass arrests against women, and the Hasharon prison inability to accommodate more prisoners, the IOA opened a new section for female prisoners in the Damon prison, and transferred 18 female captives to it so far."
Damon prison is one of the worst Israeli prisons, where the female prisoners suffer from very bad incarceration conditions. They don't enjoy privacy due to the presence of surveillance cameras all the time, in addition to the lack of life necessities in the prison; as the prisoners were transferred without their belongings, and there are no electric appliances, sufficient clothes or necessary materials in the prison’s canteen.
The PCPS called on international institutions, which claim to take care of women's affairs, to intervene so as to protect the women of Palestine from the Israeli occupation crimes against them especially unjustified shooting, the cold-blooded murders, and arbitrary detention.
The report pointed out that the center recorded 291 arrest cases of women, young and minors, and even elderly women aged over 60 years, adding that the arrestees including mothers and wives of prisoners.
Researcher Riad Ashqar, the PCPS spokesman, explained that last year was marked by the arrest of minor girls aged as little as 14 years old, recalling the first minor girl was Malak Khatib who spent 3 months in prison before her release.
He added that other girls were shot with live ammunition then arrested under the pretext of their intention to carry out stabbing operations against Israeli soldiers or settlers; four of them are still suffering from wounds in captivity.
Deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Khalida Jarrar, from Ramallah, was among the women arrested in 2015. She was held in administrative detention for a month, but the Israeli prosecution refused to release her after the month and filed an indictment against her and the court passed a 15-month imprisonment against her.
Incitement via Facebook
Ashqar pointed out a new phenomenon emerged in 2015, which is arresting girls and women on the background of posts on the social networking sites; which the Israeli occupation considered as incitement.
Under the pretext of incitement via Facebook, five young women are still detained, two of them from within the 48 occupied territories, namely: activist and poet Darren Tawfiq Tator, 33 , from the village of Reineh, who was accused of sharing a poem read in her own voice on social networking sites. Her poem called for the continuation of the Intifada and operations against the occupation. The other young girl was from the city of Nazareth, Asmaa Fahad Hamdan, 18, on whom the IOF imposed administrative detention for 3 months, and accused her of incitement via social networking sites.
Administrative detention for prisoners
Ashqar indicated that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) had gone too far in the use of administrative detention policy during 2015, and expanded its use to include categories and regions that were not previously included on the list of administrative detention, namely; women, children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the 48 occupied territories.
He added that the occupation detained four women administratively. They were from Ramallah, Nablus, al-Khalil, and Nazareth.
Damon Prison
Ashqar said, "As a result to the rise in the numbers of female prisoners because of mass arrests against women, and the Hasharon prison inability to accommodate more prisoners, the IOA opened a new section for female prisoners in the Damon prison, and transferred 18 female captives to it so far."
Damon prison is one of the worst Israeli prisons, where the female prisoners suffer from very bad incarceration conditions. They don't enjoy privacy due to the presence of surveillance cameras all the time, in addition to the lack of life necessities in the prison; as the prisoners were transferred without their belongings, and there are no electric appliances, sufficient clothes or necessary materials in the prison’s canteen.
The PCPS called on international institutions, which claim to take care of women's affairs, to intervene so as to protect the women of Palestine from the Israeli occupation crimes against them especially unjustified shooting, the cold-blooded murders, and arbitrary detention.
Several Palestinian young men on Sunday morning suffered injuries during violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Deheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem city.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in the city said that the events started after Israeli troops stormed the camp, raided some of its homes and detained school students on its streets.
He added that young men from the camp hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading troops, who responded by randomly firing tear gas and stun grenades as well as rubber bullets.
Many young men suffered different injuries in the skirmishes, he noted.
The reporter did not state if the IOF made arrests during its campaign in the camp.
In an earlier incident, four young men from Beit Jala town, northwest of Bethlehem, were injured on Saturday night by Israeli gunfire, three of them during clashes with soldiers.
Local sources said that Israeli troops stormed Beit Jala last night, broke into some homes and clashed with its young men.
They added that the soldiers opened fire intensively at local young men and injured three of them.
Ahead of their campaign in Beit Jala, a Palestinian young man suffered a bullet injury when the IOF opened fire at his car on al-Anfaq (tunnels) road in the town.
Similar clashes with invading troops also broke out yesterday night in al-Dawha town near Beit Jala, with no reported casualties.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in the city said that the events started after Israeli troops stormed the camp, raided some of its homes and detained school students on its streets.
He added that young men from the camp hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading troops, who responded by randomly firing tear gas and stun grenades as well as rubber bullets.
Many young men suffered different injuries in the skirmishes, he noted.
The reporter did not state if the IOF made arrests during its campaign in the camp.
In an earlier incident, four young men from Beit Jala town, northwest of Bethlehem, were injured on Saturday night by Israeli gunfire, three of them during clashes with soldiers.
Local sources said that Israeli troops stormed Beit Jala last night, broke into some homes and clashed with its young men.
They added that the soldiers opened fire intensively at local young men and injured three of them.
Ahead of their campaign in Beit Jala, a Palestinian young man suffered a bullet injury when the IOF opened fire at his car on al-Anfaq (tunnels) road in the town.
Similar clashes with invading troops also broke out yesterday night in al-Dawha town near Beit Jala, with no reported casualties.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday and others were summoned to questioning in a predawn sweep launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, at predawn time and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Raed Abu Shalel.
Abu Shalel, an ex-prisoner, had been incarcerated for seven years in Israeli occupation jails.
The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank, and cracked down on the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation troops showered Palestinian neighborhoods, near the illegal Dotan settlement, with flare bombs overnight, local sources told a PIC journalist.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into the family homes of civilian Yahya Abu Shamla and his brothers, in western Yabad, and raked through residential neighborhoods all night.
Meanwhile, the IOF ordered the family of the slain Palestinian youth Ibrahim Iskafi to evacuate their home, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, within 48 hours so as to pave the way for the projected demolition of the building.
The IOF further summoned ex-prisoner Saleh al-Najar for interrogation and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil’s town of Beit Ummar.
Two Palestinians, identified as Youssef al-Sheikh and Marah Rabah, were, meanwhile, kidnapped by the occupation army from Bethlehem.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian brothers, from the Muheissan family, and another youth, identified as Muhammad al-Maqdisi, from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, at predawn time and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Raed Abu Shalel.
Abu Shalel, an ex-prisoner, had been incarcerated for seven years in Israeli occupation jails.
The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank, and cracked down on the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation troops showered Palestinian neighborhoods, near the illegal Dotan settlement, with flare bombs overnight, local sources told a PIC journalist.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into the family homes of civilian Yahya Abu Shamla and his brothers, in western Yabad, and raked through residential neighborhoods all night.
Meanwhile, the IOF ordered the family of the slain Palestinian youth Ibrahim Iskafi to evacuate their home, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, within 48 hours so as to pave the way for the projected demolition of the building.
The IOF further summoned ex-prisoner Saleh al-Najar for interrogation and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil’s town of Beit Ummar.
Two Palestinians, identified as Youssef al-Sheikh and Marah Rabah, were, meanwhile, kidnapped by the occupation army from Bethlehem.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian brothers, from the Muheissan family, and another youth, identified as Muhammad al-Maqdisi, from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Israeli police and military forces on Saturday raided the house of a Palestinian young man in Ar'ara town in the northern Triangle accused of carrying out the gunfire attack in Tel Aviv last Friday.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said the forces ransacked the house of Mohamed Melhem, arrested his brother and confiscated a computer
Following the attack, the Israeli occupation police and the Shin Bet intensified their presence in Tel Aviv and its vicinity and launched a massive manhunt for the suspect.
A shooting took place Friday on Dizengoff street in Tel Aviv, killing two Israelis and injuring at least seven.
The police claimed the shooter could be Mohamed Melhem, a 29-year-old Palestinian who had already served five years in an Israeli jail on a charge of attempting to steal a gun from an Israeli soldier.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said the forces ransacked the house of Mohamed Melhem, arrested his brother and confiscated a computer
Following the attack, the Israeli occupation police and the Shin Bet intensified their presence in Tel Aviv and its vicinity and launched a massive manhunt for the suspect.
A shooting took place Friday on Dizengoff street in Tel Aviv, killing two Israelis and injuring at least seven.
The police claimed the shooter could be Mohamed Melhem, a 29-year-old Palestinian who had already served five years in an Israeli jail on a charge of attempting to steal a gun from an Israeli soldier.
2 jan 2016
Prisoners of Islamic Jihad Movement in the Israeli Ofer jail said on Saturday that Israeli Special Forces assigned for quelling prisoners stormed Room 6 at Section 11 in the prison, which is near Ramallah.
In a letter addressed to Muhjat al-Quds foundation for martyrs and prisoners, the captives said that Israeli forces searched their belongings thoroughly and spoiled their personal stuff.
Such raids have recently been escalating against Ofer prison’s rooms and sections under false pretexts. Such practices are usually pursued to suppress and tighten the noose on Palestinian prisoners.
In a letter addressed to Muhjat al-Quds foundation for martyrs and prisoners, the captives said that Israeli forces searched their belongings thoroughly and spoiled their personal stuff.
Such raids have recently been escalating against Ofer prison’s rooms and sections under false pretexts. Such practices are usually pursued to suppress and tighten the noose on Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces in the West Bank arrested two Palestinians and summoned a third for investigation on Saturday.
According to a statement by Omamah website of Hamas Movement in the West Bank, the PA intelligence forces in Bethlehem rounded up an old man called Abdullah al-Arouj, 65, from Janata village. He is the father of prisoner Ismail al-Arouj and brother of al-Qassam Brigades leader Taha al-Arouj.
The PA forces arrested the man despite his old age and heart disease in addition to his suffering from diabetes and blood pressure, and in absolute disregard to the fact that he was going to undergo a surgery next week.
In Nablus, the PA preventive forces detained engineer Amjad Bani Fadel, 25, after storming his home in Aqraba town. He was previously held in PA prisons for several times on grounds of his political affiliation.
In Qalqilya, the PA intelligence forces summoned the ex-detainee Mohammad al-Aqra, 31, after failure to arrest him from his home. He has been recently released from Israeli jails after serving two years.
Captive Aqra spent a total of eight years in Israeli jails and was repeatedly held in the PA prisons. He is an activist of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested Muath Harsha, a university student from Qaffin town in Tulkarem. He has been recently released from PA jails after seven months in captivity.
Harsha was severely tortured in prison and was detained despite court decisions for his release. He was held in the PA prisons for ten times and twice in Israeli jails. He has registered in university since 2006.
According to a statement by Omamah website of Hamas Movement in the West Bank, the PA intelligence forces in Bethlehem rounded up an old man called Abdullah al-Arouj, 65, from Janata village. He is the father of prisoner Ismail al-Arouj and brother of al-Qassam Brigades leader Taha al-Arouj.
The PA forces arrested the man despite his old age and heart disease in addition to his suffering from diabetes and blood pressure, and in absolute disregard to the fact that he was going to undergo a surgery next week.
In Nablus, the PA preventive forces detained engineer Amjad Bani Fadel, 25, after storming his home in Aqraba town. He was previously held in PA prisons for several times on grounds of his political affiliation.
In Qalqilya, the PA intelligence forces summoned the ex-detainee Mohammad al-Aqra, 31, after failure to arrest him from his home. He has been recently released from Israeli jails after serving two years.
Captive Aqra spent a total of eight years in Israeli jails and was repeatedly held in the PA prisons. He is an activist of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested Muath Harsha, a university student from Qaffin town in Tulkarem. He has been recently released from PA jails after seven months in captivity.
Harsha was severely tortured in prison and was detained despite court decisions for his release. He was held in the PA prisons for ten times and twice in Israeli jails. He has registered in university since 2006.
The Israeli occupation police on Saturday morning continued the manhunt it started the day before for the gunman who killed two Israelis and injured 10 others on a Tel Aviv street.
The Hebrew radio quoted a police source as saying that security forces were still scouring the whole city for the shooter.
The police source claimed the gunman was an Arab citizen in his 30s from Arara village in Wadi Ara and that his father reported him after he recognized him through televised security video footage, according to the radio.
For its part, a Palestinian family from the 1948 occupied lands denied that the televised pictures, which were released by the police, belonged to its son, Mohamed Abu al-Aila.
Two Israelis died and 10 others were injured on Friday after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle outside a bar in Tel Aviv.
Security cameras captured the suspect taking a weapon out of his backpack and shooting.
Immediately following the attack, Israeli security forces launched a massive manhunt for the gunman and cordoned off different areas of the city.
The incident took place in Dizengoff Street, a busy part of the city center filled with bars and cafes.
The Hebrew radio quoted a police source as saying that security forces were still scouring the whole city for the shooter.
The police source claimed the gunman was an Arab citizen in his 30s from Arara village in Wadi Ara and that his father reported him after he recognized him through televised security video footage, according to the radio.
For its part, a Palestinian family from the 1948 occupied lands denied that the televised pictures, which were released by the police, belonged to its son, Mohamed Abu al-Aila.
Two Israelis died and 10 others were injured on Friday after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle outside a bar in Tel Aviv.
Security cameras captured the suspect taking a weapon out of his backpack and shooting.
Immediately following the attack, Israeli security forces launched a massive manhunt for the gunman and cordoned off different areas of the city.
The incident took place in Dizengoff Street, a busy part of the city center filled with bars and cafes.
A Palestinian citizen was injured at dawn Saturday after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at his car in al-Khalil, south of occupied West Bank, before being arrested.
The PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Israeli forces opened heavy fire at a Palestinian car while passing near al-Fahes area. The driver, who continued driving towards Yatta town, was injured during the armed attack.
The driver was then stopped and arrested at a make-shift military checkpoint that was erected near the entrance to Yatta town.
The injured driver was taken to an unknown detention center.
No Israeli comment was released on the incident.
The PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Israeli forces opened heavy fire at a Palestinian car while passing near al-Fahes area. The driver, who continued driving towards Yatta town, was injured during the armed attack.
The driver was then stopped and arrested at a make-shift military checkpoint that was erected near the entrance to Yatta town.
The injured driver was taken to an unknown detention center.
No Israeli comment was released on the incident.
1 jan 2016
Mohammed Melhem 29 (the real one)
A shooting was carried out Friday near a Tel Aviv pub killing two Israelis and injuring seven, Israeli police and medics said.
An Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said in a statement that the shooter opened fire on Dizengoff street before fleeing the scene.
A shooting was carried out Friday near a Tel Aviv pub killing two Israelis and injuring seven, Israeli police and medics said.
An Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said in a statement that the shooter opened fire on Dizengoff street before fleeing the scene.
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Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said in initial reports that paramedics arrived to the scene and treated nine victims. Al-Samri confirmed that two were killed and medics reported the injured to include two in severe condition and five in moderate condition.
Israeli media reported that some of those injured were hit by broken glass that shattered when the attacker opened fire.
Al-Samri said that all injured were taken to Tel Aviv-area hospitals for treatment. Police were combing the area for the suspect following the attack and investigations are ongoing, adding that background information has yet to be gathered on the attack.
It is not yet clear if the incident was a suspected "terror attack" or criminally motivated, the Tel Aviv Municipality told Israeli media.
Israeli media reported that a suspect in the shooting had been identified as Mohammed Melhem, 29, a Palestinian citizen of Israel from the town of Wadi Ara.
Video footage from a surveillance camera shows a man shopping in a grocery on the street of the attack before grabbing a gun out of his backpack and opening fire outside the store.
The attack marks the first in the coastal city since Nov. 19 when two Israelis were stabbed and killed near Tel Aviv's Panorama building by a Palestinian from the Hebron-area village of Dura in the occupied West Bank.
A wave of unrest that erupted in October across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has left over 140 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers, and 21 Israelis killed in attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals.
Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said in initial reports that paramedics arrived to the scene and treated nine victims. Al-Samri confirmed that two were killed and medics reported the injured to include two in severe condition and five in moderate condition.
Israeli media reported that some of those injured were hit by broken glass that shattered when the attacker opened fire.
Al-Samri said that all injured were taken to Tel Aviv-area hospitals for treatment. Police were combing the area for the suspect following the attack and investigations are ongoing, adding that background information has yet to be gathered on the attack.
It is not yet clear if the incident was a suspected "terror attack" or criminally motivated, the Tel Aviv Municipality told Israeli media.
Israeli media reported that a suspect in the shooting had been identified as Mohammed Melhem, 29, a Palestinian citizen of Israel from the town of Wadi Ara.
Video footage from a surveillance camera shows a man shopping in a grocery on the street of the attack before grabbing a gun out of his backpack and opening fire outside the store.
The attack marks the first in the coastal city since Nov. 19 when two Israelis were stabbed and killed near Tel Aviv's Panorama building by a Palestinian from the Hebron-area village of Dura in the occupied West Bank.
A wave of unrest that erupted in October across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has left over 140 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers, and 21 Israelis killed in attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals.
The Israeli Raymond prison administration moved Thursday the sick prisoner Alaa al-Hams, 40, to Ramla prison hospital after his health seriously deteriorated, a rights group said.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies said that the prisoner al-Hams had declared a three-day hunger strike in protest against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy.
He then suspended the strike after receiving promises to provide him with the appropriate medical treatment, the center added.
Al-Hams is one of many Palestinian prisoners who suffer from chronic diseases in Israeli jails. His health situation had sharply deteriorated after he suffered a stroke a month ago.
He already suffers from several health problems, including tuberculosis, serious eyesight problems, and an undiagnosed tumor in his throat.
Despite his difficult health condition, al-Hams was subjected more than once to brutal attacks at the hands of Israeli guards during his transfer to Israeli clinics.
Al-Hams, who is a father of four sons, was arrested in 2009 and is now severing a 29-year prison term.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies said that the prisoner al-Hams had declared a three-day hunger strike in protest against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy.
He then suspended the strike after receiving promises to provide him with the appropriate medical treatment, the center added.
Al-Hams is one of many Palestinian prisoners who suffer from chronic diseases in Israeli jails. His health situation had sharply deteriorated after he suffered a stroke a month ago.
He already suffers from several health problems, including tuberculosis, serious eyesight problems, and an undiagnosed tumor in his throat.
Despite his difficult health condition, al-Hams was subjected more than once to brutal attacks at the hands of Israeli guards during his transfer to Israeli clinics.
Al-Hams, who is a father of four sons, was arrested in 2009 and is now severing a 29-year prison term.
Israeli armed forces, Thursday, abducted nine Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank districts, as well as summoned five others for interrogation, according to official and security sources.
In Bethlehem, forces took three locals from Aida Refugee Camp and the village of Nahalin. Ahmad Odeh, 25, was detained from Aida camp, whereas Ahamd Shakarneh, 26, and Nour Shakarneh, 21, were detained while they were present in Jerusalem for lacking an entry permit.
Forces further raided and searched a number of homes in the village of Nahalin, according to WAFA, where they handed five locals notices ordering them to appear before Israeli intelligence at the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. The five were identified as Ali Shakarneh, 24, Ahmad S. Najajreh, 23, Nassar Nassar, 21, Ahmad W. Najajreh, 24, and Nour-Adin Shakarneh, 21.
In Jenin’s town of Jaba’, soldiers further abducted a local identified as Anees A’lawneh, 27, after raiding and searching his family’s home.
Local Hamad Qabaha, 27, was also taken at Barta’a Israeli military checkpoint to the south of Jenin.
In Nablus, forces kidnapped two locals from the village of Madama to the south, after raiding and searching their homes. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) identified them as Mohammed Qat and Ahmad Nassar.
In Hebron, the army also took two locals during a raid and search campaign conducted across the city and the nearby village of al-Shoukh. They were identified as Mohammed al-Ajloni, 18, and Hamdan Owedat, a university student enrolled in al-Quds Open University. They were both taken to an unknown destination.
Forces further raided several areas in Hebron’s town of Beit Ummar, where they raided and wreaked havoc upon several homes.
Coordinator of the anti-settlement and wall committee in northern Hebron, Mohammed Awad, said that forces reportedly took locals’ ID and phone numbers, and counted the houses’ rooms.
Forces also raided the home of local Ahmad Abu Hashem and handed him a notice ordering him to appear for interrogation.
Soldiers reportedly placed a dagger inside Abu Hashem’s home and proceeded to photograph it, which spurred a heated argument with the house owner, who accused the soldiers of planting it inside his home. Forces withdrew from the area after more than three hours.
In Bethlehem, forces took three locals from Aida Refugee Camp and the village of Nahalin. Ahmad Odeh, 25, was detained from Aida camp, whereas Ahamd Shakarneh, 26, and Nour Shakarneh, 21, were detained while they were present in Jerusalem for lacking an entry permit.
Forces further raided and searched a number of homes in the village of Nahalin, according to WAFA, where they handed five locals notices ordering them to appear before Israeli intelligence at the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. The five were identified as Ali Shakarneh, 24, Ahmad S. Najajreh, 23, Nassar Nassar, 21, Ahmad W. Najajreh, 24, and Nour-Adin Shakarneh, 21.
In Jenin’s town of Jaba’, soldiers further abducted a local identified as Anees A’lawneh, 27, after raiding and searching his family’s home.
Local Hamad Qabaha, 27, was also taken at Barta’a Israeli military checkpoint to the south of Jenin.
In Nablus, forces kidnapped two locals from the village of Madama to the south, after raiding and searching their homes. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) identified them as Mohammed Qat and Ahmad Nassar.
In Hebron, the army also took two locals during a raid and search campaign conducted across the city and the nearby village of al-Shoukh. They were identified as Mohammed al-Ajloni, 18, and Hamdan Owedat, a university student enrolled in al-Quds Open University. They were both taken to an unknown destination.
Forces further raided several areas in Hebron’s town of Beit Ummar, where they raided and wreaked havoc upon several homes.
Coordinator of the anti-settlement and wall committee in northern Hebron, Mohammed Awad, said that forces reportedly took locals’ ID and phone numbers, and counted the houses’ rooms.
Forces also raided the home of local Ahmad Abu Hashem and handed him a notice ordering him to appear for interrogation.
Soldiers reportedly placed a dagger inside Abu Hashem’s home and proceeded to photograph it, which spurred a heated argument with the house owner, who accused the soldiers of planting it inside his home. Forces withdrew from the area after more than three hours.
At least five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn on Friday in a wave of assaults launched across the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian ex-prisoner Umran Hashash al-Smeiri shortly after they rolled into Nablus city and wreaked havoc on his family home, in al-Quds Street.
Ex-prisoner al-Smeiri, a father of three children, had been incarcerated for 12 years in the Israeli occupation jails and was released sometime last year.
The IOF further kidnapped the youngster Mu’ad Hersheh after they ravaged his family home in Kufein town, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Three more Palestinian citizens were kidnapped by the IOF from Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF kidnapped the Palestinian ex-prisoner Umran Hashash al-Smeiri shortly after they rolled into Nablus city and wreaked havoc on his family home, in al-Quds Street.
Ex-prisoner al-Smeiri, a father of three children, had been incarcerated for 12 years in the Israeli occupation jails and was released sometime last year.
The IOF further kidnapped the youngster Mu’ad Hersheh after they ravaged his family home in Kufein town, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Three more Palestinian citizens were kidnapped by the IOF from Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad.
Israeli security agencies indicted four Palestinian civilians of 1948 Occupied Palestine on charges of joining clashes against the occupation troops a couple of months ago.
The four youths were arrested earlier last month by the Israeli security forces in the wave of violent confrontations rocking the occupied territories since the outbreak of the anti-occupation uprising, which started in early October.
No further details have been provided on the indictment.
In a related development, the Israeli prosecution indicted two Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem on allegations of hatching a plot to bomb an Eilat hotel.
The case went public after Israeli occupation prosecutors in the Beer Sheba court indicted the youngsters Khalil Nimri and Ashraf Salaimeh on charges of plotting to bomb the Rio hotel in Eilat.
The alleged attack was thwarted by hotel employees, who notified the occupation army right away.
According to the indictment, two months ago the suspects decided to make a bomb and detonate it inside a hotel, ideally while a group of fanatic Israelis were staying there.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the indictment stated that Ashraf wanted to carry out an attack in order to avenge the death of 19-year-old Fadi Alon of Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood, a childhood friend who was gunned down by the occupation forces in Occupied Jerusalem on October 4 as he allegedly attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in the city.
The indictment said Khalil wanted to carry out a stabbing attack against an Israeli fanatic in Eilat, but Ashraf convinced him that they would both get caught and that it was better to set a bomb and detonate it from a distance.
The two then began carrying out surveillance on the hotel and a group of fanatic Israelis staying there, and watched bomb-making videos on the Internet.
On November 30, Ashraf went to the hotel to gather more intelligence for the attack and booked a room underneath the dining hall, Israeli sources claimed.
Israeli courts have often filed indictments against Palestinian youths and protesters on counterfeit charges in an attempt to quell anti-occupation activism and trigger terror among Palestinian demonstrators.
The four youths were arrested earlier last month by the Israeli security forces in the wave of violent confrontations rocking the occupied territories since the outbreak of the anti-occupation uprising, which started in early October.
No further details have been provided on the indictment.
In a related development, the Israeli prosecution indicted two Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem on allegations of hatching a plot to bomb an Eilat hotel.
The case went public after Israeli occupation prosecutors in the Beer Sheba court indicted the youngsters Khalil Nimri and Ashraf Salaimeh on charges of plotting to bomb the Rio hotel in Eilat.
The alleged attack was thwarted by hotel employees, who notified the occupation army right away.
According to the indictment, two months ago the suspects decided to make a bomb and detonate it inside a hotel, ideally while a group of fanatic Israelis were staying there.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the indictment stated that Ashraf wanted to carry out an attack in order to avenge the death of 19-year-old Fadi Alon of Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood, a childhood friend who was gunned down by the occupation forces in Occupied Jerusalem on October 4 as he allegedly attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in the city.
The indictment said Khalil wanted to carry out a stabbing attack against an Israeli fanatic in Eilat, but Ashraf convinced him that they would both get caught and that it was better to set a bomb and detonate it from a distance.
The two then began carrying out surveillance on the hotel and a group of fanatic Israelis staying there, and watched bomb-making videos on the Internet.
On November 30, Ashraf went to the hotel to gather more intelligence for the attack and booked a room underneath the dining hall, Israeli sources claimed.
Israeli courts have often filed indictments against Palestinian youths and protesters on counterfeit charges in an attempt to quell anti-occupation activism and trigger terror among Palestinian demonstrators.
The Jordanian prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber, who is currently serving a 20 year sentence in Israeli jails, restarted his hunger strike on December 27.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer with the Prisoners and Former Prisoners' Affairs Committee, affirmed that Abu Jaber resumed his hunger strike on Dec. 27th after Israeli authorities reneged on promises to release him.
Abu Jaber was demanding that Israel continues his treatment at al-Affula hospital, allows his family to visit him, allows him to contact the Jordanian ambassador, and eventually releases him to Jordanian authorities, the lawyer elaborated.
Abu Jaber told the lawyer that he had initially suspended his former strike on Sunday, after he met with an Israeli intelligence officer who allegedly promised to meet his demands.
However, Abu Jaber was transferred back to Ramla prison hospital where the Israeli intelligence officer allegedly apologized to him saying that his demands would not be met.
Abu Jaber immediately restarted his hunger strike, the lawyer said.
The lawyer affirmed that Abu Jaber was then moved to solitary confinement along with the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qiq. Ramla prison hospital's director has brutally assaulted him, she continued.
Abu Jaber has been rejecting medical examinations and vitamins although he lost 18 kg of his weight.
Three days ago, the Jordanian consular visited Abu Jaber once he has resumed his hunger strike, he said, adding that he told the consular that he wanted to spend his remaining sentence in Jordan.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer with the Prisoners and Former Prisoners' Affairs Committee, affirmed that Abu Jaber resumed his hunger strike on Dec. 27th after Israeli authorities reneged on promises to release him.
Abu Jaber was demanding that Israel continues his treatment at al-Affula hospital, allows his family to visit him, allows him to contact the Jordanian ambassador, and eventually releases him to Jordanian authorities, the lawyer elaborated.
Abu Jaber told the lawyer that he had initially suspended his former strike on Sunday, after he met with an Israeli intelligence officer who allegedly promised to meet his demands.
However, Abu Jaber was transferred back to Ramla prison hospital where the Israeli intelligence officer allegedly apologized to him saying that his demands would not be met.
Abu Jaber immediately restarted his hunger strike, the lawyer said.
The lawyer affirmed that Abu Jaber was then moved to solitary confinement along with the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qiq. Ramla prison hospital's director has brutally assaulted him, she continued.
Abu Jaber has been rejecting medical examinations and vitamins although he lost 18 kg of his weight.
Three days ago, the Jordanian consular visited Abu Jaber once he has resumed his hunger strike, he said, adding that he told the consular that he wanted to spend his remaining sentence in Jordan.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed in large numbers late Thursday Yabod town to the south of Jenin and broke into a number of local homes. A number of citizens including children were arrested while injuries were reported during the raid.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
The sources pointed out that a young man suffered live shot injuries during the raid.
A make-shift checkpoint was also erected at the entrance to the town which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Three civilians were kidnapped in the town including two children aged 13 and 15, the sources added.
The Israeli raid came following an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on an Israeli bus near Yabad town.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
The sources pointed out that a young man suffered live shot injuries during the raid.
A make-shift checkpoint was also erected at the entrance to the town which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Three civilians were kidnapped in the town including two children aged 13 and 15, the sources added.
The Israeli raid came following an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on an Israeli bus near Yabad town.
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