21 jan 2016
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Thursday, thirteen Palestinians, in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Ramallah and Tulkarem, raising the number of kidnapped residents since Wednesday evening to at least 25.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers conducted extensive searches of homes, interrogated many Palestinians, and kidnapped seven identified as Issa Jamal Makhamra, 25, Mohammad Yousef Warasna, 25, Amir Sami Darweesh, Akram Faisal Badawi, 33, Mahmoud Ali al-Qadi, Ja’far Mahmoud Jabarin, 19, and Mohammad Nader Natsha.
In Ramallah, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, and kidnapped Misbah Marwan al-Kans, 32, Yazan Mahmoud Nakhla, 20, and Ziad Abdul-Ghani Qattash.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Ala Khalil Barqawi, 32, Ammar Jamal Anbas, 26, and Samer Salah Abdul-Haq, 28.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped two children, identified as Ghazi Borqan, 13, and Mohammad Yaghmour, 17.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers conducted extensive searches of homes, interrogated many Palestinians, and kidnapped seven identified as Issa Jamal Makhamra, 25, Mohammad Yousef Warasna, 25, Amir Sami Darweesh, Akram Faisal Badawi, 33, Mahmoud Ali al-Qadi, Ja’far Mahmoud Jabarin, 19, and Mohammad Nader Natsha.
In Ramallah, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, and kidnapped Misbah Marwan al-Kans, 32, Yazan Mahmoud Nakhla, 20, and Ziad Abdul-Ghani Qattash.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Ala Khalil Barqawi, 32, Ammar Jamal Anbas, 26, and Samer Salah Abdul-Haq, 28.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped two children, identified as Ghazi Borqan, 13, and Mohammad Yaghmour, 17.
One Of The Wounded Palestinians In Bethlehem
Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, injured two and kidnapped eight others.
Mohammad Abu Rayyan, the deputy head of the Red Crescent’s Emergency Unit in Bethlehem, said the soldiers shot, in the Deheishe refugee camp, two Palestinians with live rounds in their thighs, before local medics rushed them to Beit Jala and the al-Yamama hospitals in Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mufti Marouf al-Masri, 21, and Anas Ezzat Abu Dayya, 21.
Eyewitnesses said the invasion was carried out by dozens of soldiers, and undercover officers, leading to clashes with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
The clashes were largely concentrated at the main entrance of the refugee camp.
The soldiers fired live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and occupied rooftops of many homes, before using them as monitoring towers.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arouj village, east of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked homes, an kidnapped four Palestinians identified as Rabe'a Mustafa al-'Arouj, 27, (wife of a political prisoner identified as Ismael al-'Arouj), Fidda (his mother), 52, in addition to his brothers Mohammad, 30, and Ja'far, 29.
In Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Soheib Hamza Thawabta, 22, and Khalid Waleed Thawabta, 17.
Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, injured two and kidnapped eight others.
Mohammad Abu Rayyan, the deputy head of the Red Crescent’s Emergency Unit in Bethlehem, said the soldiers shot, in the Deheishe refugee camp, two Palestinians with live rounds in their thighs, before local medics rushed them to Beit Jala and the al-Yamama hospitals in Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mufti Marouf al-Masri, 21, and Anas Ezzat Abu Dayya, 21.
Eyewitnesses said the invasion was carried out by dozens of soldiers, and undercover officers, leading to clashes with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
The clashes were largely concentrated at the main entrance of the refugee camp.
The soldiers fired live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and occupied rooftops of many homes, before using them as monitoring towers.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arouj village, east of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked homes, an kidnapped four Palestinians identified as Rabe'a Mustafa al-'Arouj, 27, (wife of a political prisoner identified as Ismael al-'Arouj), Fidda (his mother), 52, in addition to his brothers Mohammad, 30, and Ja'far, 29.
In Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Soheib Hamza Thawabta, 22, and Khalid Waleed Thawabta, 17.
Palestinian Home After The Soldiers Searched It Two Days Ago
One Palestinian was kidnapped, and three others suffered moderate wounds, after Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, the central West Bank city of Tubas, and stormed homes and clashed with local youths.
The WAFA News Agency said the soldiers searched and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Ali Ahmad Masa'id, 21, before taking him to an unknown destination.
The invasion led to clashes between the local youths, and the soldiers, who fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, causing three Palestinians to suffer mild-to-moderate wounds.
One Palestinian was kidnapped, and three others suffered moderate wounds, after Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, the central West Bank city of Tubas, and stormed homes and clashed with local youths.
The WAFA News Agency said the soldiers searched and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Ali Ahmad Masa'id, 21, before taking him to an unknown destination.
The invasion led to clashes between the local youths, and the soldiers, who fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, causing three Palestinians to suffer mild-to-moderate wounds.
A lawyer raised alarm bells over the sharp exacerbation rocking the body of the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, after his hunger-strike in Israeli jails has entered its 57th day.
A PIC news reporter quoted Al-Qeiq’s family as stating that lawyer Abu Esneineh updated them, following a visit he paid to the hunger-striker, that the latter has lost 30 kg of his overall weight and suffers severe headaches, along with a high fever and numbness in his hands.
Abu Esneineh said al-Qeiq has been firmly declining all attempts to force-feed him or provide him with medical treatment against his will.
Meanwhile, head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, spoke out against the apathy maintained by the Israeli prison service vis-à-vis al-Qeiq’s critical health condition.
According to Boulos, the fact that the secretary of the Israeli Supreme Court set up February 25 as the date for a hearing of a petition filed by the PPS on behalf of al-Qeiq is a proof of Israel’s dragging of its feet and disregard for the detainee’s agony.
Boulus: Israel does not care about captive Qeiq’s life
Head of the legal unit of Palestinian Prisoners Society, Jawad Boulus, said that Israeli authorities are careless about the critical health condition of captive Mohammad al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike for 57 days in protest against administrative detention.
In a statement on Wednesday, lawyer Boulus slammed the decision of the Israeli Supreme Court of appointing February, 25 as the date of the appeal hearing for the seriousness of Qeiq’s health condition. Especially, when a sudden death has become a probability, according to doctors.
Boulus pointed out that he asked the court to assign an earlier appointment for the appeal hearing.
In the same context, dozens of lawyers and pressmen participated, on Wednesday, in a sit-in in solidarity with detainee Qeiq in front of al-Khalil court in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that the lawyer syndicate in al-Khalil decided earlier on Wednesday to suspend work in courts at 11:00 a.m. and to gather before the court's building in solidarity with hunger striking prisoner.
Solidarity vigil in support of hunger striker al-Qeiq
The National Committee in Support of Palestinian Prisoners organized in coordination with the Palestinian network for children's rights a solidarity vigil in Nablus in support of the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qeiq and the imprisoned child Ahmed Manasrah.
The participants held photos of the two prisoners and banners calling for their immediate release.
The vigil came in protest at Israeli incessant violations against Palestinian children’s rights and against Israel’s systematic policy to gag journalists, head of the PA factional coordination committee Mohammed Dweikat said.
Dweikat called for putting the prisoners’ issue on the PA’s top priorities and to increase popular support for the prisoners’ demands.
Similar vigils and marches are scheduled to be organized on Friday in Ramallah and al-Khalil in solidarity with Mohamed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger striker for 59 days.
Popular marches are also scheduled to kick off in Umm al-Fahm, Qalanswa, Araba, and Kafer Qana within the Green Line in solidarity with the two hunger strikers Mohamed al-Qeiq and Abdulallah Jaber .
A PIC news reporter quoted Al-Qeiq’s family as stating that lawyer Abu Esneineh updated them, following a visit he paid to the hunger-striker, that the latter has lost 30 kg of his overall weight and suffers severe headaches, along with a high fever and numbness in his hands.
Abu Esneineh said al-Qeiq has been firmly declining all attempts to force-feed him or provide him with medical treatment against his will.
Meanwhile, head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, spoke out against the apathy maintained by the Israeli prison service vis-à-vis al-Qeiq’s critical health condition.
According to Boulos, the fact that the secretary of the Israeli Supreme Court set up February 25 as the date for a hearing of a petition filed by the PPS on behalf of al-Qeiq is a proof of Israel’s dragging of its feet and disregard for the detainee’s agony.
Boulus: Israel does not care about captive Qeiq’s life
Head of the legal unit of Palestinian Prisoners Society, Jawad Boulus, said that Israeli authorities are careless about the critical health condition of captive Mohammad al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike for 57 days in protest against administrative detention.
In a statement on Wednesday, lawyer Boulus slammed the decision of the Israeli Supreme Court of appointing February, 25 as the date of the appeal hearing for the seriousness of Qeiq’s health condition. Especially, when a sudden death has become a probability, according to doctors.
Boulus pointed out that he asked the court to assign an earlier appointment for the appeal hearing.
In the same context, dozens of lawyers and pressmen participated, on Wednesday, in a sit-in in solidarity with detainee Qeiq in front of al-Khalil court in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that the lawyer syndicate in al-Khalil decided earlier on Wednesday to suspend work in courts at 11:00 a.m. and to gather before the court's building in solidarity with hunger striking prisoner.
Solidarity vigil in support of hunger striker al-Qeiq
The National Committee in Support of Palestinian Prisoners organized in coordination with the Palestinian network for children's rights a solidarity vigil in Nablus in support of the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qeiq and the imprisoned child Ahmed Manasrah.
The participants held photos of the two prisoners and banners calling for their immediate release.
The vigil came in protest at Israeli incessant violations against Palestinian children’s rights and against Israel’s systematic policy to gag journalists, head of the PA factional coordination committee Mohammed Dweikat said.
Dweikat called for putting the prisoners’ issue on the PA’s top priorities and to increase popular support for the prisoners’ demands.
Similar vigils and marches are scheduled to be organized on Friday in Ramallah and al-Khalil in solidarity with Mohamed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger striker for 59 days.
Popular marches are also scheduled to kick off in Umm al-Fahm, Qalanswa, Araba, and Kafer Qana within the Green Line in solidarity with the two hunger strikers Mohamed al-Qeiq and Abdulallah Jaber .
27-year-old Palestinian detainee Hassan Shawka, from the southern occupied West Bank province of Bethlehem, suspended, on Wednesday, his 38-day hunger-strike, after the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) succumbed to pressure and promised to release him.
The prisoner’s father said Hassan decided to suspend his hunger-strike after he struck a deal with the Israeli intelligence apparatuses, who promised to release him right after the end of his six-month administrative prison-term.
The father added that the Israeli occupation authorities have been dragging their feet over his son’s demands and tried, upon more than one occasion, to turn his hunger-strike into a bargaining chip, which the detainee firmly refused and decided to keep going until his demands were met.
Prisoner Hassan Shawka initiated his open-ended hunger-strike on December 13, 2015 in protest at being arbitrarily arrested just one day after he got married. He was later sentenced administratively, with neither charge nor trial, and transferred from the Meggido to the Negev lock-up.
The prisoner’s father said Hassan decided to suspend his hunger-strike after he struck a deal with the Israeli intelligence apparatuses, who promised to release him right after the end of his six-month administrative prison-term.
The father added that the Israeli occupation authorities have been dragging their feet over his son’s demands and tried, upon more than one occasion, to turn his hunger-strike into a bargaining chip, which the detainee firmly refused and decided to keep going until his demands were met.
Prisoner Hassan Shawka initiated his open-ended hunger-strike on December 13, 2015 in protest at being arbitrarily arrested just one day after he got married. He was later sentenced administratively, with neither charge nor trial, and transferred from the Meggido to the Negev lock-up.
Over 25 Palestinians, including minors, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a mass-abduction sweep launched across cities of the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem at dawn on Thursday.
Sources-based in Jenin said the IOF rolled into the city in over 12 army jeeps and wreaked havoc on a civilian home before they subjected the inhabitants to exhaustive questioning and carried out combing operations in the area.
Violent clashes burst out shortly after the IOF rolled into Tubas and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot waves of bullet fire.
The IOF also ravaged a civilian home in Tubas and interrogated the locals before they cordoned the residential alleys and kidnapped 21-year-old Ali Ahmad Musaed.
Three Palestinians were, meanwhile, injured by Israeli bullet fire in Nablus city.
Local sources said the IOF stormed Tel town, in western Nablus, and kidnapped the 41-year-old citizen Asaad Yameen after they rummaged into his family home. Another citizen was also kidnapped in the assault.
Both Jihad Eshteyeh, 17, and Hamed Ramadan, 21, were hit with Tutu bullets and were rushed to a hospital to be urgently treated for their moderate wounds.
The third casualty was identified as Issa Hashash, who was shot and injured during violent clashes with the IOF in the Balata refugee camp.
The IOF further kidnapped seven Palestinians from Bethlehem, including the 28-year-old wife of prisoner Ismail Al-Arouj and his two brothers, following abrupt assaults on Palestinian civilian homes.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with live ammunition, rubber bullets, and teargas canisters, resulting in several injuries and suffocation cases.
Two Palestinian youngsters were evacuated to hospital after they were shot and injured in their thighs. Others were treated for critical breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of teargas.
Al-Khalil based sources said the IOF kidnapped seven Palestinians from the city.
The IOF also kidnapped three Palestinians from Ramallah and al-Bireh and three others from Tulkarem province.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two children from Occupied Jerusalem city, one among whom was identified as 14-year-old Muhammad Yaghmour.
Sources-based in Jenin said the IOF rolled into the city in over 12 army jeeps and wreaked havoc on a civilian home before they subjected the inhabitants to exhaustive questioning and carried out combing operations in the area.
Violent clashes burst out shortly after the IOF rolled into Tubas and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot waves of bullet fire.
The IOF also ravaged a civilian home in Tubas and interrogated the locals before they cordoned the residential alleys and kidnapped 21-year-old Ali Ahmad Musaed.
Three Palestinians were, meanwhile, injured by Israeli bullet fire in Nablus city.
Local sources said the IOF stormed Tel town, in western Nablus, and kidnapped the 41-year-old citizen Asaad Yameen after they rummaged into his family home. Another citizen was also kidnapped in the assault.
Both Jihad Eshteyeh, 17, and Hamed Ramadan, 21, were hit with Tutu bullets and were rushed to a hospital to be urgently treated for their moderate wounds.
The third casualty was identified as Issa Hashash, who was shot and injured during violent clashes with the IOF in the Balata refugee camp.
The IOF further kidnapped seven Palestinians from Bethlehem, including the 28-year-old wife of prisoner Ismail Al-Arouj and his two brothers, following abrupt assaults on Palestinian civilian homes.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with live ammunition, rubber bullets, and teargas canisters, resulting in several injuries and suffocation cases.
Two Palestinian youngsters were evacuated to hospital after they were shot and injured in their thighs. Others were treated for critical breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of teargas.
Al-Khalil based sources said the IOF kidnapped seven Palestinians from the city.
The IOF also kidnapped three Palestinians from Ramallah and al-Bireh and three others from Tulkarem province.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two children from Occupied Jerusalem city, one among whom was identified as 14-year-old Muhammad Yaghmour.
The wife of senior Hamas official Ibrahim Hamed has said that the Israeli administration of Hadarim jail continues to lock up her husband in solitary confinement for over 20 days.
She told Quds Press on Wednesday that the Hadarim jailers withdrew all electrical appliances from the isolation cell of Hamed and imposed on him a penalty of 230 shekels for every two weeks he spends in solitary confinement.
She complained that the Israeli prisoner authority prevents Hamed from seeing his relatives and only allows one family visit every year.
She condemned the silence of the international human rights groups on Israel's persistence in committing violations against the Palestinian prisoners' right and accused the Palestinian Authority of deliberately ignoring their issue.
Ibrahim Hamed is the former commander of al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank and has been serving 54 life sentences since his detention in 2006.
She told Quds Press on Wednesday that the Hadarim jailers withdrew all electrical appliances from the isolation cell of Hamed and imposed on him a penalty of 230 shekels for every two weeks he spends in solitary confinement.
She complained that the Israeli prisoner authority prevents Hamed from seeing his relatives and only allows one family visit every year.
She condemned the silence of the international human rights groups on Israel's persistence in committing violations against the Palestinian prisoners' right and accused the Palestinian Authority of deliberately ignoring their issue.
Ibrahim Hamed is the former commander of al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank and has been serving 54 life sentences since his detention in 2006.
The families of five Palestinian teenagers from Hares town, northwest of Salfit city, have appealed to human rights groups to necessarily save their sons from Israeli unjust court verdicts issued against them.
According to the families, an Israeli court sentenced each one of their sons to 15 years and fined them 30,000 shekels each.
The families complained that the financial penalties are so exorbitant that they could not afford them.
The five detainees are Ali Shamlawi, Mohamed Kulaib, Mohamed Suleiman, Tamer Suf, and Ammar Suf.
The Israeli occupation forces had arrested the five kids three years ago and they were accused then of throwing stones at settlers' cars and causing traffic accidents.
A final court hearing will be held for the kids on January 28.
According to the families, an Israeli court sentenced each one of their sons to 15 years and fined them 30,000 shekels each.
The families complained that the financial penalties are so exorbitant that they could not afford them.
The five detainees are Ali Shamlawi, Mohamed Kulaib, Mohamed Suleiman, Tamer Suf, and Ammar Suf.
The Israeli occupation forces had arrested the five kids three years ago and they were accused then of throwing stones at settlers' cars and causing traffic accidents.
A final court hearing will be held for the kids on January 28.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man at Beit ‘Einoun junction, east of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, allegedly for carrying a knife.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped Ja'far Mahmoud Hammad Jabarin, 19 years of age, from Sa'ir town, northeast of Hebron.
According to the Israeli army, the soldiers stopped and searched the Palestinian, and "located a knife hidden in under his pant leg." He was moved to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers removed two residential tents for Bedouin families, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Rateb Jabour of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Susiya village, and removed two tents belonging to Nasser Shreiteh and his family.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped Ja'far Mahmoud Hammad Jabarin, 19 years of age, from Sa'ir town, northeast of Hebron.
According to the Israeli army, the soldiers stopped and searched the Palestinian, and "located a knife hidden in under his pant leg." He was moved to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers removed two residential tents for Bedouin families, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Rateb Jabour of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Susiya village, and removed two tents belonging to Nasser Shreiteh and his family.
20 jan 2016
Palestinian Prisoners Society said on Wednesday that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred the Jordanian captive Abdullah Abu Jaber, who has been on hunger strike for 69 days, from Ramleh Prison clinic to Poriya Hospital.
The society explained that detainee Abu Jaber started hunger strike on November 08, 2015 demanding his release after serving two thirds of his sentence or transferring him to Jordan to complete his sentence there. He has served 15 years of his 20-year-imprisonment sentence.
The Jordanian prisoner Abu Jaber stopped his hunger strike for three days in December after he had received promises to answer his demands, but he resumed his strike when Israeli authorities backtracked on those promises, the society pointed out.
The society explained that detainee Abu Jaber started hunger strike on November 08, 2015 demanding his release after serving two thirds of his sentence or transferring him to Jordan to complete his sentence there. He has served 15 years of his 20-year-imprisonment sentence.
The Jordanian prisoner Abu Jaber stopped his hunger strike for three days in December after he had received promises to answer his demands, but he resumed his strike when Israeli authorities backtracked on those promises, the society pointed out.
The Israeli Magistrate court sentenced on Wednesday the two Jerusalemite teens Mohamed Awda, 18, and Ahmed Ragby, 17, for four months imprisonment for stone throwing charges.
A fine of 5,000 shekels was also imposed on both of them.
Meanwhile, the 17-year-old Mohamed Shaludi was released on a bail of 5,000 shekels.
The three teenagers were arrested during clashes in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli occupation forces have recently intensified arrest campaigns in a failed attempt to suppress the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada.
A fine of 5,000 shekels was also imposed on both of them.
Meanwhile, the 17-year-old Mohamed Shaludi was released on a bail of 5,000 shekels.
The three teenagers were arrested during clashes in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli occupation forces have recently intensified arrest campaigns in a failed attempt to suppress the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Wednesday, twelve additional Palestinians, including several children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, raising the number of abducted residents since dawn, to 31.
The PPS said that, in Jerusalem, the soldiers have kidnapped Mofeed Abu Khaled, 16, Mahdi Abu al-Hummus, 17, Yousef Shweiki, 17, Ahmad al-Abbassi, 16, and Mohammad Borqan, 15.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Tawfiq Yacoub Hanania, his brother Maher, and Hussein Ahmad Abdul-Nabi, 19, from the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Sho'ani, was taken prisoner from his home in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped 'Ala Salem Bani Shamsa and Eyad Nayef Odeh, while residents Mahmoud Mousa Sa’id and Haitham Aqra’ were taken from on the Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus.
On Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers kidnapped nineteen Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, in different communities in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
The PPS said that, in Jerusalem, the soldiers have kidnapped Mofeed Abu Khaled, 16, Mahdi Abu al-Hummus, 17, Yousef Shweiki, 17, Ahmad al-Abbassi, 16, and Mohammad Borqan, 15.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Tawfiq Yacoub Hanania, his brother Maher, and Hussein Ahmad Abdul-Nabi, 19, from the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Sho'ani, was taken prisoner from his home in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped 'Ala Salem Bani Shamsa and Eyad Nayef Odeh, while residents Mahmoud Mousa Sa’id and Haitham Aqra’ were taken from on the Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus.
On Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers kidnapped nineteen Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, in different communities in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Authorities have kidnapped 130 Palestinians, in 2015, for social media activities, deemed by Israel to be “incitement.”
The Committee said 27 of the detained Palestinians faced “incitement and supporting terrorist groups” charges in Israeli courts, and many others were imprisoned under Administrative Detention orders, without trial.
Most of the arrests were focused in occupied Jerusalem, especially due to the escalating Israeli violations, demolition of homes and ongoing attacks against worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, including the repeated invasions and provocative tours into the holy site.
“Such arrests and violations are carried out while Israel continues to ignore racist Israeli social media posts, photos and statements by extremists who openly call for killing the Arabs, for executing them and for removing them out of their homeland.”
The Israeli army and police also targeted Palestinians who expressed solidarity with families of Palestinians, killed by soldiers and settlers, the detainees and the wounded, in addition to those who voicing opposition to Israel’s home demolition policies.
The Committee further stated that Israel did not only arrest social media activists, but also forced many of them out of their city, Jerusalem, for different periods, in addition to imposing high fines, and issuing many house arrest orders.
The Committee said 27 of the detained Palestinians faced “incitement and supporting terrorist groups” charges in Israeli courts, and many others were imprisoned under Administrative Detention orders, without trial.
Most of the arrests were focused in occupied Jerusalem, especially due to the escalating Israeli violations, demolition of homes and ongoing attacks against worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, including the repeated invasions and provocative tours into the holy site.
“Such arrests and violations are carried out while Israel continues to ignore racist Israeli social media posts, photos and statements by extremists who openly call for killing the Arabs, for executing them and for removing them out of their homeland.”
The Israeli army and police also targeted Palestinians who expressed solidarity with families of Palestinians, killed by soldiers and settlers, the detainees and the wounded, in addition to those who voicing opposition to Israel’s home demolition policies.
The Committee further stated that Israel did not only arrest social media activists, but also forced many of them out of their city, Jerusalem, for different periods, in addition to imposing high fines, and issuing many house arrest orders.
Bader Abdullah Ed’eis, the father of Morad, aged 16, denied Israeli allegations that his son was behind the killing of a settler woman in Entail Israeli colony, and said that his son was playing in a school playground, at least 3 milometers away from the settlement, when the attack took place.
“I do not buy the Israeli lies and fabrications; they are claiming that my son killed the woman after infiltrating into the settlement,” Bader said, “He was playing in the school playground, near our home, and returned home. On Sunday at night, he slept at his grandmother’s home, and on Monday, Morad came with me and slept at home, as the family is busy because my mother-in-law in preparing for surgery.”
His brother, Qais, said that he and their friends were playing soccer in the school’s playground, and, when they heard the sirens in the settlement, they returned home.
In addition, the father said that the Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of his home, around 3 at dawn, and invaded the property, searching for his son, Morad.
“They handcuffed and blindfolded us; I was placed in one room and my son in another,” he added, “One of the officers told me that my home will be demolished, and I will be sent to Gaza.”
Morad, a tenth-grade student of Beit Amra School, was born in May of 2000; he is the fourth of five siblings.
“Israel is lying; I would have personally handed him to the Palestinian Authority to protect him from himself, if I ever saw any indication that he intended to attack anybody,” the father said, “Nobody can send their sons and daughters to die; my son has nothing to do with that attack.”
It is worth mentioning that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel will demolish the family home of Ed’eis, while Israeli Housing Minister Yuav Galant calling for exiling the family to Syria, and deputy defense minister Elie Ben Dahan, called for “removing the family from the country.”
Commenting on Israeli calls and allegations, the father said: “My son never hurt anybody, and is not involved in the attack – we only have God, the merciful, to complain to.”
“I do not buy the Israeli lies and fabrications; they are claiming that my son killed the woman after infiltrating into the settlement,” Bader said, “He was playing in the school playground, near our home, and returned home. On Sunday at night, he slept at his grandmother’s home, and on Monday, Morad came with me and slept at home, as the family is busy because my mother-in-law in preparing for surgery.”
His brother, Qais, said that he and their friends were playing soccer in the school’s playground, and, when they heard the sirens in the settlement, they returned home.
In addition, the father said that the Israeli soldiers detonated the main door of his home, around 3 at dawn, and invaded the property, searching for his son, Morad.
“They handcuffed and blindfolded us; I was placed in one room and my son in another,” he added, “One of the officers told me that my home will be demolished, and I will be sent to Gaza.”
Morad, a tenth-grade student of Beit Amra School, was born in May of 2000; he is the fourth of five siblings.
“Israel is lying; I would have personally handed him to the Palestinian Authority to protect him from himself, if I ever saw any indication that he intended to attack anybody,” the father said, “Nobody can send their sons and daughters to die; my son has nothing to do with that attack.”
It is worth mentioning that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel will demolish the family home of Ed’eis, while Israeli Housing Minister Yuav Galant calling for exiling the family to Syria, and deputy defense minister Elie Ben Dahan, called for “removing the family from the country.”
Commenting on Israeli calls and allegations, the father said: “My son never hurt anybody, and is not involved in the attack – we only have God, the merciful, to complain to.”
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Wednesday 25 Palestinians including a number of minors across the West Bank.
Seven youngsters, including two brothers, were detained in Tulkarem while five minors aged between 15 and 17 were kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
Two other detainees, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested in Bethlehem, while four detainees were arrested at Zaatara checkpoint in Nablus.
Three more detainees were arrested in al-Khalil. Two minors were among the reported detainees while at least one detainee was arrested in Qalandia.
Meanwhile, the Islamic student bloc in Palestine Technical University- Kadoorie – in Tulkarem strongly condemned the Israeli mass arrest campaigns against its activists.
The student bloc pointed out, in a statement issued Wednesday, that 15 students of its members were recently arrested by Israeli occupation forces.
Israeli deliberate targeting of the bloc members aims at foiling the student protests against the Israeli forces' repeated raids of the University compound, the statement said.
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 19 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, in different communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that the soldiers invaded Sa'ir town, north of the city, and kidnapped Mahmoud Shehada al-Metwer, 16, and Majd Sultan Jabarin, 16.
The soldiers also invaded the homes of Mahmoud Shalalda, his brothers Mohammad and Ahmad, and violently searched them.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Ayman at-Teety, 17.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks on main roads leading to Hebron city, the ath-Thaheriyya town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and Ethna town, west of the city, before stopping and searching many cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In the West Bank district of Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Thieb Shakarna, 15, from Nahhalin town west of Bethlehem, and Ahmad Radwan Hamamra, 23, from Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem.
Several Israeli military vehicles also invaded Thannaba area, in the northern West bank city of Tulkarem, searched many homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Salim Assaf, 32, Kamel Kamal Ahmad, 23, Mo’tasem Kamal Kamel Ahmad, 22, Mo’men Ahmad Hussein Abdullah, 25, Amjad Nasser Khreisha, 30, Odai Taiseer Ermeilat, 25, and Ahmad Qandeel, 30.
Israeli military sources said one soldier was shot and mildly injured, during the "arrest campaign in Tulkarem," and that shooter managed to escape while the soldiers initiated extensive searched in the area.
In Nablus, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes and kidnapped five Palestinians identified as Ayman Mohammad Odah, 38, Ahmad Ata Warrad, 26, Zakariyya Maher Hamayel, 20, Mohammad Ali Hussein Yassin, 20, and Ehab Jihad Shaltaf, 20.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad Resheq, 17, and Nidal Bazlameet, 17.
Seven youngsters, including two brothers, were detained in Tulkarem while five minors aged between 15 and 17 were kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
Two other detainees, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested in Bethlehem, while four detainees were arrested at Zaatara checkpoint in Nablus.
Three more detainees were arrested in al-Khalil. Two minors were among the reported detainees while at least one detainee was arrested in Qalandia.
Meanwhile, the Islamic student bloc in Palestine Technical University- Kadoorie – in Tulkarem strongly condemned the Israeli mass arrest campaigns against its activists.
The student bloc pointed out, in a statement issued Wednesday, that 15 students of its members were recently arrested by Israeli occupation forces.
Israeli deliberate targeting of the bloc members aims at foiling the student protests against the Israeli forces' repeated raids of the University compound, the statement said.
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 19 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, in different communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that the soldiers invaded Sa'ir town, north of the city, and kidnapped Mahmoud Shehada al-Metwer, 16, and Majd Sultan Jabarin, 16.
The soldiers also invaded the homes of Mahmoud Shalalda, his brothers Mohammad and Ahmad, and violently searched them.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Ayman at-Teety, 17.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks on main roads leading to Hebron city, the ath-Thaheriyya town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and Ethna town, west of the city, before stopping and searching many cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In the West Bank district of Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Thieb Shakarna, 15, from Nahhalin town west of Bethlehem, and Ahmad Radwan Hamamra, 23, from Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem.
Several Israeli military vehicles also invaded Thannaba area, in the northern West bank city of Tulkarem, searched many homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Salim Assaf, 32, Kamel Kamal Ahmad, 23, Mo’tasem Kamal Kamel Ahmad, 22, Mo’men Ahmad Hussein Abdullah, 25, Amjad Nasser Khreisha, 30, Odai Taiseer Ermeilat, 25, and Ahmad Qandeel, 30.
Israeli military sources said one soldier was shot and mildly injured, during the "arrest campaign in Tulkarem," and that shooter managed to escape while the soldiers initiated extensive searched in the area.
In Nablus, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes and kidnapped five Palestinians identified as Ayman Mohammad Odah, 38, Ahmad Ata Warrad, 26, Zakariyya Maher Hamayel, 20, Mohammad Ali Hussein Yassin, 20, and Ehab Jihad Shaltaf, 20.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad Resheq, 17, and Nidal Bazlameet, 17.
A Palestinian anti-occupation protester fired gunshots at dawn Wednesday shortly after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into the northern West Bank province of Tulkarem and cracked down on Palestinian civilians.
An Israeli army patrol stormed Thaneba suburb, in Tulkarem city, before a Palestinian anti-occupation activist responded by firing gunshots.
The IOF also broke into several Palestinian homes in the area and destroyed their properties before they subjected a number of civilians to exhaustive questioning.
A curfew was imposed by the occupation troops shortly afterwards, blocking Palestinians’ free movement out of and into the area.
An Israeli occupation soldier was reportedly injured in the assault. He was later transferred to the Beilinson Hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The Israeli occupation patrols raked through the area after imposing a curfew in search for the alleged shooter. The IOF soldiers withdrew from the suburb in the morning after rounding up 7 inhabitants and threatening of more punitive measures if the shooter was not identified.
Earlier, late on Tuesday evening, two Palestinian youths were kidnapped and another was injured in the head by the IOF in violent clashes that rocked the Arroub refugee camp, in al-Khalil.
The clashes burst out after the IOF attacked a peaceful demonstration staged in al-Khalil in solidarity with Palestinian detainees.
An Israeli army patrol stormed Thaneba suburb, in Tulkarem city, before a Palestinian anti-occupation activist responded by firing gunshots.
The IOF also broke into several Palestinian homes in the area and destroyed their properties before they subjected a number of civilians to exhaustive questioning.
A curfew was imposed by the occupation troops shortly afterwards, blocking Palestinians’ free movement out of and into the area.
An Israeli occupation soldier was reportedly injured in the assault. He was later transferred to the Beilinson Hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The Israeli occupation patrols raked through the area after imposing a curfew in search for the alleged shooter. The IOF soldiers withdrew from the suburb in the morning after rounding up 7 inhabitants and threatening of more punitive measures if the shooter was not identified.
Earlier, late on Tuesday evening, two Palestinian youths were kidnapped and another was injured in the head by the IOF in violent clashes that rocked the Arroub refugee camp, in al-Khalil.
The clashes burst out after the IOF attacked a peaceful demonstration staged in al-Khalil in solidarity with Palestinian detainees.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped two Palestinian youths from Bethlehem city and notified the demolition of a Palestinian home in Salfit.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF kidnapped the two youths Ahmad Hamamra and Hamam Abdul Nabi from the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The IOF also wreaked havoc on the family home of the injured anti-occupation activist Othman Shaalan in the city, paving the way for a projected demolition of the building.
16-year-old Othman was shot and injured by the occupation troops following an anti-occupation stabbing he carried out near the Israeli illegal settlement of Tekoa. He was later evacuated to the Hadassah hospital, where he underwent several surgeries on his leg.
The IOF further notified the demolition of the family home of prisoner Abdul Azeez Mer’i in Salfit’s western town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in the northern West Bank.
The occupation soldiers, who rolled into the area at the crack of dawn, gave the family a period of four days only to object the demolition.
Mer’i has been locked up in Israeli jails on allegations of planning for an anti-occupation stabbing attack carried out by the slain Palestinian activist Muhannad Halabi on October 3 last year in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF kidnapped the two youths Ahmad Hamamra and Hamam Abdul Nabi from the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The IOF also wreaked havoc on the family home of the injured anti-occupation activist Othman Shaalan in the city, paving the way for a projected demolition of the building.
16-year-old Othman was shot and injured by the occupation troops following an anti-occupation stabbing he carried out near the Israeli illegal settlement of Tekoa. He was later evacuated to the Hadassah hospital, where he underwent several surgeries on his leg.
The IOF further notified the demolition of the family home of prisoner Abdul Azeez Mer’i in Salfit’s western town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in the northern West Bank.
The occupation soldiers, who rolled into the area at the crack of dawn, gave the family a period of four days only to object the demolition.
Mer’i has been locked up in Israeli jails on allegations of planning for an anti-occupation stabbing attack carried out by the slain Palestinian activist Muhannad Halabi on October 3 last year in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to demolish the family home of the Palestinian minor Murad Id’is and to cancel Palestinians’ work permits as part of a preplanned policy of collective punishment.
Netanyahu voiced his support for the punitive measures pursued by the occupation army against the Palestinians of al-Khalil city.
The PM further accused the international community of “hypocrisy.”
Israel’s Construction Minister Yoav Gallant also called for deporting Murad Id’is’s family to Syria to deter further anti-occupation attacks.
The Israeli internal security agency, the Shabak, claimed responsibility for the abduction of 15-year-old Murad from his family home in al-Khalil on allegations that he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in the illegal Israeli settlement of Otniel.
A video propagated by the occupation army shows Israeli soldiers as storming Murad’s family home and kidnapping the youth from his bedroom.
Along the same line, the Ynetnews newspaper said a state of frenzy has overwhelmed Israeli apparatuses due to the surge in anti-occupation stabbings.
The occupation army leadership opted for a series of measures to quell new anti-occupation operations.
Such measures include banning Palestinian workers’ access into West Bank settlements to reach their workplaces.
Israeli settlers, meanwhile, launched calls to carry arms and form armed groups to prevent anti-occupation attacks near illegal settlements.
Netanyahu voiced his support for the punitive measures pursued by the occupation army against the Palestinians of al-Khalil city.
The PM further accused the international community of “hypocrisy.”
Israel’s Construction Minister Yoav Gallant also called for deporting Murad Id’is’s family to Syria to deter further anti-occupation attacks.
The Israeli internal security agency, the Shabak, claimed responsibility for the abduction of 15-year-old Murad from his family home in al-Khalil on allegations that he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in the illegal Israeli settlement of Otniel.
A video propagated by the occupation army shows Israeli soldiers as storming Murad’s family home and kidnapping the youth from his bedroom.
Along the same line, the Ynetnews newspaper said a state of frenzy has overwhelmed Israeli apparatuses due to the surge in anti-occupation stabbings.
The occupation army leadership opted for a series of measures to quell new anti-occupation operations.
Such measures include banning Palestinian workers’ access into West Bank settlements to reach their workplaces.
Israeli settlers, meanwhile, launched calls to carry arms and form armed groups to prevent anti-occupation attacks near illegal settlements.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on Tuesday transferred the Palestinian captive Hassan Shokeh, who has been on hunger strike for 36 days, from Jalama prison to Megiddo jail regardless of his critical health condition.
In a statement, Muhjat al-Quds foundation for martyrs and prisoners revealed that the IPS told the hunger striker detainee Shokeh that he was going to Ramleh hospital, but later he realized that he had been transferred to Jalama detention center before returning him back to Megiddo jail.
The foundation pointed out that the captive is 27 years old from Bethlehem. He has been suffering a serious health condition due to the ongoing open hunger strike for 36 days in a row. He waged hunger strike in protest against the Israeli policy of administrative detention and for the demand of his immediate release.
The statement also revealed that Israeli jailers deliberately transferred him by the ‘Bosta” (the IPS transfer vehicle for Palestinian prisoners in which they are shackled all through the trip and with no chairs to sit on) and did not allow him to wear heavy winter clothes. They also held him in a cell in Jalama jail without providing him with blankets and forced him to undress and remain naked for long hours. As a result, he fell down, the statement added.
The hunger striker Shokeh suffers from severe asthma and severe pain in his limbs in addition to dizziness and imbalance every now and then, the statement highlighted.
In a statement, Muhjat al-Quds foundation for martyrs and prisoners revealed that the IPS told the hunger striker detainee Shokeh that he was going to Ramleh hospital, but later he realized that he had been transferred to Jalama detention center before returning him back to Megiddo jail.
The foundation pointed out that the captive is 27 years old from Bethlehem. He has been suffering a serious health condition due to the ongoing open hunger strike for 36 days in a row. He waged hunger strike in protest against the Israeli policy of administrative detention and for the demand of his immediate release.
The statement also revealed that Israeli jailers deliberately transferred him by the ‘Bosta” (the IPS transfer vehicle for Palestinian prisoners in which they are shackled all through the trip and with no chairs to sit on) and did not allow him to wear heavy winter clothes. They also held him in a cell in Jalama jail without providing him with blankets and forced him to undress and remain naked for long hours. As a result, he fell down, the statement added.
The hunger striker Shokeh suffers from severe asthma and severe pain in his limbs in addition to dizziness and imbalance every now and then, the statement highlighted.
