11 jan 2016
A Palestinian family from the Ramallah-district village of Beit Sira on Monday denied Israeli media reports that a young woman from their family had intended to carry out a suicide attack in southern Israel.
Israeli news sites, including the Jerusalem Post and Ynet, reported Monday morning that Israeli police were searching for a woman that had entered Israel from the occupied West Bank with the intention of carrying out a suicide bombing.
They identified the woman as Diana Ibrahim from Beit Sira, with Israel's Channel 10 publishing a photo purportedly showing her.
However, Imad Hammad, the woman's brother, told Ma'an: "She hasn't left her home. Everything Israeli police claimed about her was false and definitely baseless."
Hammad said that his family had contacted the Palestinian liaison department as well as the Ramallah governor's office over the incident.
Police in southern Israeli reportedly detained a Palestinian man, who Israeli media sites said had intended to drive the would-be suicide attacker into Israel.
Israeli news sites later confirmed that the initial reports of a security threat were false, and Ynet reported that Israeli authorities were looking into the possibility that "the whole event was a hoax."
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an there had been three hours of "heightened security" in southern Israel on Monday morning, but said the situation had since returned to normal.
He said that he did not believe Israeli police had named Diana Ibrahim as the suspect.
Hoax suspected after terror alert in southern Israel
Dozens of roadblocks temporarily set up and hundreds of police officers deployed following Shin Bet information about planned attack in Sderot area.
Security forces on Monday temporarily placed dozens of roadblocks in southern Israel and declared a state of emergency, prompted by an anonymous warning about a young woman intending to imminently commit a terror attack that was later revealed to be false.
Police soon announced that a different suspect had been located and arrested by forces working in the area. An initial investigation showed that the original suspect had not entered Israeli territory. Emergency roadblocks were removed.
A fuller picture of the incident emerged after an initial investigation, which suggested that a Palestinian had called authorities in the morning and claimed a female terrorist with an explosive belt was making her way to Israel. It was unclear whether the Palestinian, who was on his way to work at a kibbutz in the Gaza border community area, had impersonated a woman and spoken to police in a feminine voice. Authorities were examining the possibility that the whole event was a hoax.
Security forces successfully intercepted the Palestinian who called police while he was on his way to work. They arrested him for questioning by the Shin Bet.
The roadblocks were placed between the city of Sderot and Ashdod, further north. Following the announcement of a state of emergency, hundreds of police officers were sent to main traffic arteries. Law enforcement personnel made sweeps in towns in the area. Authorities released an image of a suspect, named as Diana Hamad.
A similar case occurred last Tuesday, when Herzliya was the site of a large manhunt after a young man who threatened to commit a terror attack and abandoned his car in the central Israeli city. It eventually transpired that the Palestinian had argued with his father, leading him to make the threat. He left his home in the early morning, drove through a checkpoint near Jerusalem and continued to central Israel. A local recognized him from media reports and notified authorities.
Israeli news sites, including the Jerusalem Post and Ynet, reported Monday morning that Israeli police were searching for a woman that had entered Israel from the occupied West Bank with the intention of carrying out a suicide bombing.
They identified the woman as Diana Ibrahim from Beit Sira, with Israel's Channel 10 publishing a photo purportedly showing her.
However, Imad Hammad, the woman's brother, told Ma'an: "She hasn't left her home. Everything Israeli police claimed about her was false and definitely baseless."
Hammad said that his family had contacted the Palestinian liaison department as well as the Ramallah governor's office over the incident.
Police in southern Israeli reportedly detained a Palestinian man, who Israeli media sites said had intended to drive the would-be suicide attacker into Israel.
Israeli news sites later confirmed that the initial reports of a security threat were false, and Ynet reported that Israeli authorities were looking into the possibility that "the whole event was a hoax."
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an there had been three hours of "heightened security" in southern Israel on Monday morning, but said the situation had since returned to normal.
He said that he did not believe Israeli police had named Diana Ibrahim as the suspect.
Hoax suspected after terror alert in southern Israel
Dozens of roadblocks temporarily set up and hundreds of police officers deployed following Shin Bet information about planned attack in Sderot area.
Security forces on Monday temporarily placed dozens of roadblocks in southern Israel and declared a state of emergency, prompted by an anonymous warning about a young woman intending to imminently commit a terror attack that was later revealed to be false.
Police soon announced that a different suspect had been located and arrested by forces working in the area. An initial investigation showed that the original suspect had not entered Israeli territory. Emergency roadblocks were removed.
A fuller picture of the incident emerged after an initial investigation, which suggested that a Palestinian had called authorities in the morning and claimed a female terrorist with an explosive belt was making her way to Israel. It was unclear whether the Palestinian, who was on his way to work at a kibbutz in the Gaza border community area, had impersonated a woman and spoken to police in a feminine voice. Authorities were examining the possibility that the whole event was a hoax.
Security forces successfully intercepted the Palestinian who called police while he was on his way to work. They arrested him for questioning by the Shin Bet.
The roadblocks were placed between the city of Sderot and Ashdod, further north. Following the announcement of a state of emergency, hundreds of police officers were sent to main traffic arteries. Law enforcement personnel made sweeps in towns in the area. Authorities released an image of a suspect, named as Diana Hamad.
A similar case occurred last Tuesday, when Herzliya was the site of a large manhunt after a young man who threatened to commit a terror attack and abandoned his car in the central Israeli city. It eventually transpired that the Palestinian had argued with his father, leading him to make the threat. He left his home in the early morning, drove through a checkpoint near Jerusalem and continued to central Israel. A local recognized him from media reports and notified authorities.
Israeli authorities, on Monday, issued administrative detention orders against 34 Palestinian detainees, said the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).
Fourteen of the detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time, according to WAFA, whereas the remaining 20 received renewed administrative orders.
The names of the detainees are available via WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
There are more than 500 Palestinian prisoners being held under administrative detention, a controversial and archaic Israeli practice, dating back to the Days of British Mandate, which allows for the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial, up to six months, and can be renewed indefinitely.
Israeli officials claim the practice is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence, but it has been strongly criticized by the international community, as well as by both Israeli and Palestinian rights groups.
According to Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, international law stipulates that administrative detention may be exercised only in very exceptional cases. Nevertheless, Israeli authorities routinely employ administrative detention on thousands of Palestinians.
Israel uses administrative detention regularly as a form of collective punishment and mass detention of Palestinians, and frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
Fourteen of the detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time, according to WAFA, whereas the remaining 20 received renewed administrative orders.
The names of the detainees are available via WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
There are more than 500 Palestinian prisoners being held under administrative detention, a controversial and archaic Israeli practice, dating back to the Days of British Mandate, which allows for the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial, up to six months, and can be renewed indefinitely.
Israeli officials claim the practice is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence, but it has been strongly criticized by the international community, as well as by both Israeli and Palestinian rights groups.
According to Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, international law stipulates that administrative detention may be exercised only in very exceptional cases. Nevertheless, Israeli authorities routinely employ administrative detention on thousands of Palestinians.
Israel uses administrative detention regularly as a form of collective punishment and mass detention of Palestinians, and frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
The Commission of Detainees' Affairs warned, on Monday, of the Israeli Medical Committee's decision to force-feed Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who is currently on hunger strike.
Al-Qeeq has waged a hunger strike since November 24th, in protest of his administrative detention.
Lawyer Heba Masalha said that Al-Qeeq's health condition is quite critical and has deteriorated severely, adding that the Israeli Medical Committee gave him minerals forcibly.
Masalha visited Al-Qeeq in Afula Hospital, explaining that he was now dependent on medical devices, and could not speak. She added that he had lost consciousness and suffered from muscle stiffness.
See: imemc.org/article/74529
She called for saving the life of Al-Qeeq, who refused to take supplements or undergo medical examination.
Physicians in Afula hospital explained that Al-Qeeq is in very critical condition and that his kidneys and liver may be affected, and he may suffer from brain hemorrhage.
The Commission holds Israeli occupation authorities responsibile for al-Qeeq life, and have called for ending his illegal administrative detention without trial or charge.
According to the World Medical Association, the Red Cross, and the United Nations, force-feeding is a cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment, and a flagrant violation of international law.
See also: Israeli Knesset Approves Amendment Allowing Force-feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Detainees’ Committee: “Force-feeding Striking Detainees, Immoral And Illegal”
Al-Qeeq has waged a hunger strike since November 24th, in protest of his administrative detention.
Lawyer Heba Masalha said that Al-Qeeq's health condition is quite critical and has deteriorated severely, adding that the Israeli Medical Committee gave him minerals forcibly.
Masalha visited Al-Qeeq in Afula Hospital, explaining that he was now dependent on medical devices, and could not speak. She added that he had lost consciousness and suffered from muscle stiffness.
See: imemc.org/article/74529
She called for saving the life of Al-Qeeq, who refused to take supplements or undergo medical examination.
Physicians in Afula hospital explained that Al-Qeeq is in very critical condition and that his kidneys and liver may be affected, and he may suffer from brain hemorrhage.
The Commission holds Israeli occupation authorities responsibile for al-Qeeq life, and have called for ending his illegal administrative detention without trial or charge.
According to the World Medical Association, the Red Cross, and the United Nations, force-feeding is a cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment, and a flagrant violation of international law.
See also: Israeli Knesset Approves Amendment Allowing Force-feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Detainees’ Committee: “Force-feeding Striking Detainees, Immoral And Illegal”
Three Palestinian detainees continue their open-ended hunger strikes, staged in differing duration, according to a report released by the PLO's Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, on Sunday.
The prisoner, Kefah Khatab, from Tulkarem, sentenced twice to life imprisonment since 2003, continued his open-ended hunger strike since the 25th of last November, demanding Israeli authorities to deal with him as a prisoner of war.
Khatab refused to comply with Israeli Prison Service (IPS) measures and laws, the report said, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Additionally, Khatab has also refused to wear the prison's uniform, and to stand for the daily counting.
Khatab, who currently languishes at Al-Afoula prison clinic for his deteriorated health condition, called Israel to recognize him as a war prisoner according to the Geneva Conventions.
The two other prisoners who continue striking are Muhammad Al-Qeeq, since November 24th, and Abdallah Abu Jaber, since Novemeber 8th.
The prisoner, Kefah Khatab, from Tulkarem, sentenced twice to life imprisonment since 2003, continued his open-ended hunger strike since the 25th of last November, demanding Israeli authorities to deal with him as a prisoner of war.
Khatab refused to comply with Israeli Prison Service (IPS) measures and laws, the report said, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Additionally, Khatab has also refused to wear the prison's uniform, and to stand for the daily counting.
Khatab, who currently languishes at Al-Afoula prison clinic for his deteriorated health condition, called Israel to recognize him as a war prisoner according to the Geneva Conventions.
The two other prisoners who continue striking are Muhammad Al-Qeeq, since November 24th, and Abdallah Abu Jaber, since Novemeber 8th.
The detainees and ex-detainees committee has launched an international campaign demanding the release of Palestinian minors in Israeli jails.
The campaign was declared in a press conference held in Ibdaa foundation in al-Dehaisha refugee camp in Bethlehem. The conference was attended by head of the the committee Issa Qaraqe, lawyer of the committee Tareq Barghout, and the uncle of the detained minor Ahmad Manasra along with representatives of Palestinian factions as well as ex-detainees.
Qaraqe said the campaign addresses a message to human rights institutions and the international community for working on the release of Palestinian detained minors. He pointed out that the number of Palestinian children arrested in 2015 reached 2500 minors.
The campaign lasts for ten days and includes the distribution of leaflets and short films to expose the arrest policy pursued by Israeli authorities against Palestinian children.
The campaign was declared in a press conference held in Ibdaa foundation in al-Dehaisha refugee camp in Bethlehem. The conference was attended by head of the the committee Issa Qaraqe, lawyer of the committee Tareq Barghout, and the uncle of the detained minor Ahmad Manasra along with representatives of Palestinian factions as well as ex-detainees.
Qaraqe said the campaign addresses a message to human rights institutions and the international community for working on the release of Palestinian detained minors. He pointed out that the number of Palestinian children arrested in 2015 reached 2500 minors.
The campaign lasts for ten days and includes the distribution of leaflets and short films to expose the arrest policy pursued by Israeli authorities against Palestinian children.
Qusay Nimr Jmzawa
Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) Monday evening shot and arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian minor in Hazma village to the northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Jerusalemite sources, the child was shot by Israeli live bullets in his thigh after Israeli soldiers surrounded him in the bridge area to east of the village.
An Israeli ambulance transferred the Palestinian minor to a hospital in Occupied Jerusalem while escorted by Israeli forces.
The injured boy has not been identified yet and information on his health condition has not been released as well.
Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) Monday evening shot and arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian minor in Hazma village to the northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Jerusalemite sources, the child was shot by Israeli live bullets in his thigh after Israeli soldiers surrounded him in the bridge area to east of the village.
An Israeli ambulance transferred the Palestinian minor to a hospital in Occupied Jerusalem while escorted by Israeli forces.
The injured boy has not been identified yet and information on his health condition has not been released as well.
Following the early Monday morning Israeli military invasion into Birzeit University, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and the abduction of a senior Student Senate member, the Syndicate of the Palestinian Universities Union issued a statement denouncing the escalating military violations against colleges and students.
The Union said the invasion into educational facilities, the arbitrary searches and the abduction of students, violate all related international, legal and human rights treaties, and called on all world campuses to denounce these violations.
It added that the soldiers conducted violent searches of various rooms and branches in Birzeit University, before abducting Aseed al-Banna, the representative of the Islamic Bloc.
The University said the soldiers caused damage to its property, to the rooms and personal belongings of many students before abducting al-Banna.
The Union said the invasion into educational facilities, the arbitrary searches and the abduction of students, violate all related international, legal and human rights treaties, and called on all world campuses to denounce these violations.
It added that the soldiers conducted violent searches of various rooms and branches in Birzeit University, before abducting Aseed al-Banna, the representative of the Islamic Bloc.
The University said the soldiers caused damage to its property, to the rooms and personal belongings of many students before abducting al-Banna.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late at night and on Monday at dawn, at least 21 Palestinians, in military invasions targeting various communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
They have been identified Hamza Amer Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Taha Taqatqa, 20, Aziz Ali Taqatqa, 31, Rami Mousa Thawabta, 24, Nabil Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Eyad Sami Thawabta, 21, Nasr Mohammad Thawabta, 24, and Abdullah Salem Thawabta, 29.
The soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Mansour Sheikh, 19, from Marah Rabah town.
In addition, the army invaded various communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians identified as Mohammad Jamil al-Khdour, 20, Mohammad Khalil al-Azza, 20, Ayesh Nasser Ekhlayyel, 20, and Mohammad Anwar Abu Hussein, 20.
Furthermore, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Samer Kamel Qash, Mohammad Ali Azayza, and Ahmad No’man Awwad, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Awwad was also shot before the soldiers abducted him.
In Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Aseed al-Banna, Mohammad Mahmoud Rayyan, 23, and Mahmoud Waleed Daoud, 23.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Mohannad Ibrahim Ramadan and Mohammad Ibrahim Ramadan, were also kidnapped by the army in Tal town, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
In related news, the Israeli police said it detained 60 Palestinians workers for "entering the country without permits," and moved them to several police and detention centers.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
They have been identified Hamza Amer Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Taha Taqatqa, 20, Aziz Ali Taqatqa, 31, Rami Mousa Thawabta, 24, Nabil Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Eyad Sami Thawabta, 21, Nasr Mohammad Thawabta, 24, and Abdullah Salem Thawabta, 29.
The soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Mansour Sheikh, 19, from Marah Rabah town.
In addition, the army invaded various communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians identified as Mohammad Jamil al-Khdour, 20, Mohammad Khalil al-Azza, 20, Ayesh Nasser Ekhlayyel, 20, and Mohammad Anwar Abu Hussein, 20.
Furthermore, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Samer Kamel Qash, Mohammad Ali Azayza, and Ahmad No’man Awwad, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Awwad was also shot before the soldiers abducted him.
In Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Aseed al-Banna, Mohammad Mahmoud Rayyan, 23, and Mahmoud Waleed Daoud, 23.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Mohannad Ibrahim Ramadan and Mohammad Ibrahim Ramadan, were also kidnapped by the army in Tal town, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
In related news, the Israeli police said it detained 60 Palestinians workers for "entering the country without permits," and moved them to several police and detention centers.
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man, allegedly after attempting to stab Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Israeli sources said the Palestinian suffered a serious gunshot injury "after attempting to stab soldiers." The army reported no injuries among its soldiers.
The incident took place near the Harmesh Israeli colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The wounded Palestinian, identified as Zeid Maher Mohammad al-Ashqar, is from Saida village, near Tulkarem.
The soldiers provided him with first aid, before a military ambulance took him to a hospital.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics arrived at the scene shortly after the shooting but were not allowed to approach al-Ashqar.
Israeli sources said the Palestinian suffered a serious gunshot injury "after attempting to stab soldiers." The army reported no injuries among its soldiers.
The incident took place near the Harmesh Israeli colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The wounded Palestinian, identified as Zeid Maher Mohammad al-Ashqar, is from Saida village, near Tulkarem.
The soldiers provided him with first aid, before a military ambulance took him to a hospital.
Palestinian Red Crescent medics arrived at the scene shortly after the shooting but were not allowed to approach al-Ashqar.
The Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qiq has fallen into a coma after entering his 48th day of hunger strike, family sources revealed.
Al-Qiq’s wife told the PIC reporter that her husband had entered a very critical stage of his hunger strike that was started on Nov. 24, 2015.
His lawyer managed to meet him on Sunday in Afula Hospital, his wife pointed out.
Al-Qiq has slipped into a coma over the past couple of days, while Afula Hospital’s administration has begun taking forced blood samples from the hunger striker’s body as a prelude to force feed him, the wife quoted his lawyer as saying.
Al-Qiq, a journalist from the village of Dura near al-Khalil, has lost 22 kilograms of his weight.
Over the past week, al-Qiq has refused an Israeli offer for his release after extending his administrative detention for one last time. He declared his insistence on maintaining his hunger strike until his unconditional release.
Protest vigil in al-Khalil calls for al-Qiq’s release
A protest vigil was organized Monday outside the Red Cross premises in al-Khalil demanding the unconditional release of the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qiq.
Palestinian MPs, human rights activists, and journalists have participated in the event in support of al-Qiq who has been on hunger strike for 48 days.
The participants called on international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for saving al-Qiq’s life before it is too late especially after his serious health deterioration.
Al-Qiq’s wife has earlier told the PIC reporter that her husband had entered a very critical stage of his hunger strike that was started on Nov. 24, 2015.
Al-Qiq has slipped into a coma over the past couple of days, while Afula Hospital’s administration has begun taking forced blood samples from the hunger striker as a prelude to force feed him, the wife added.
Al-Qiq, a journalist from the village of Dura near al-Khalil, has lost 22 kilograms of his weight since he started his protest steps.
Over the past week, al-Qiq has refused an Israeli offer for his release after extending his administrative detention for one last time. He declared his insistence on maintaining his hunger strike until his unconditional release.
Hamas holds IOA responsible for life of hunger-striking journalist
Hamas spokesperson Husam Badran held the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) responsible for the sharp deterioration rocking the health status of hunger-striking journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq, starving for 48 days in Israeli jails.
Badran said the Palestinian people and resistance will never remain mum over the mistreatment and neglect al-Qeiq has been subjected to in Israeli lock-ups.
He called on for mobilizing mass-support for and solidarity with al-Qeiq, saying: “Al-Qeiq is engaged in a fight to restore not his own freedom and dignity but those of an entire people and cause.”
“Al-Qeiq has been yearning to rehabilitate the right to free speech and honest expression that any activist would quite naturally manifest of while standing up for the rights of his/her people and nation,” he added.
Prisoner al-Qeiq has entered his 48th day of hunger-strike and fell into a coma a couple of days ago. He has also begun to urinate blood.
Al-Qiq’s wife told the PIC reporter that her husband had entered a very critical stage of his hunger strike that was started on Nov. 24, 2015.
His lawyer managed to meet him on Sunday in Afula Hospital, his wife pointed out.
Al-Qiq has slipped into a coma over the past couple of days, while Afula Hospital’s administration has begun taking forced blood samples from the hunger striker’s body as a prelude to force feed him, the wife quoted his lawyer as saying.
Al-Qiq, a journalist from the village of Dura near al-Khalil, has lost 22 kilograms of his weight.
Over the past week, al-Qiq has refused an Israeli offer for his release after extending his administrative detention for one last time. He declared his insistence on maintaining his hunger strike until his unconditional release.
Protest vigil in al-Khalil calls for al-Qiq’s release
A protest vigil was organized Monday outside the Red Cross premises in al-Khalil demanding the unconditional release of the journalist hunger striker Mohamed al-Qiq.
Palestinian MPs, human rights activists, and journalists have participated in the event in support of al-Qiq who has been on hunger strike for 48 days.
The participants called on international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for saving al-Qiq’s life before it is too late especially after his serious health deterioration.
Al-Qiq’s wife has earlier told the PIC reporter that her husband had entered a very critical stage of his hunger strike that was started on Nov. 24, 2015.
Al-Qiq has slipped into a coma over the past couple of days, while Afula Hospital’s administration has begun taking forced blood samples from the hunger striker as a prelude to force feed him, the wife added.
Al-Qiq, a journalist from the village of Dura near al-Khalil, has lost 22 kilograms of his weight since he started his protest steps.
Over the past week, al-Qiq has refused an Israeli offer for his release after extending his administrative detention for one last time. He declared his insistence on maintaining his hunger strike until his unconditional release.
Hamas holds IOA responsible for life of hunger-striking journalist
Hamas spokesperson Husam Badran held the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) responsible for the sharp deterioration rocking the health status of hunger-striking journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq, starving for 48 days in Israeli jails.
Badran said the Palestinian people and resistance will never remain mum over the mistreatment and neglect al-Qeiq has been subjected to in Israeli lock-ups.
He called on for mobilizing mass-support for and solidarity with al-Qeiq, saying: “Al-Qeiq is engaged in a fight to restore not his own freedom and dignity but those of an entire people and cause.”
“Al-Qeiq has been yearning to rehabilitate the right to free speech and honest expression that any activist would quite naturally manifest of while standing up for the rights of his/her people and nation,” he added.
Prisoner al-Qeiq has entered his 48th day of hunger-strike and fell into a coma a couple of days ago. He has also begun to urinate blood.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Sunday and at dawn Monday kidnapped 12 Palestinian youngsters from the southern West Bank cities of al-Khalil and Bethlehem.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF rolled into Bethlehem’s southern town of Beit Fajjar at the crack of dawn and kidnapped eight Palestinian youths, mostly in their 20’s of age, after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
Earlier, late on Sunday evening, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian young men near the entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC news reporter identified the two captured youths as Muhammad Jameel al-Khadhour and Muhammad Khalil al-Ezza, both of whom were dragged by the occupation troops to an unidentified destination, handcuffed.
The IOF further rolled into Nablus city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the two brothers Muhannad and Muhammad Ramadan from their own family homes.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped from Jenin province and 1948 Occupied Palestine.
A Palestinian worker was, meanwhile, shot and injured by the IOF on his way to his workplace in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The IOF soldiers also rolled into the Birzeit University and rummaged through the campus before they kidnapped a member of the cultural committee at the Islamic Bloc.
Over recent months, the IOF stepped up arbitrary mass-abduction sweeps across the West Bank in an attempt to crack down on Palestinian youths and snuff out the flames of anti-occupation activism in the area.
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In Bethlehem, Two In Hebron, And One In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town and Mrah Rabah village, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and one near Jenin.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes and kidnapped eight Palestinians, after interrogating them and their families.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Hamza Amer Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Taha Taqatqa, 20, Aziz Ali Taqatqa, 31l Rami Mousa Thawabta, 24, Nabil Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Eyad Sami Thawabta, 21, Nasr Mohammad Thawabta, 24, and Abdullah Salem Thawabta, 29.
The soldiers also invaded Mrah Rabah village, searched a few homes, and kidnapped Ahmad Mahmoud Sheikh, 18 years of age.
In related news, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud al-Khdour and Mohammad Khalil al-Azza, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks on the northern and eastern entrances of the city, and the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the Palestinians.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded Qeizoun area and handed journalist Mos’ab Shawar Tamimi a military warrant for interrogation, this coming Wednesday.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Series town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Tamer Abu Qash, 22, while heading to work. Abu Qash is from Burqin town, west of Jenin.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF rolled into Bethlehem’s southern town of Beit Fajjar at the crack of dawn and kidnapped eight Palestinian youths, mostly in their 20’s of age, after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
Earlier, late on Sunday evening, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian young men near the entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC news reporter identified the two captured youths as Muhammad Jameel al-Khadhour and Muhammad Khalil al-Ezza, both of whom were dragged by the occupation troops to an unidentified destination, handcuffed.
The IOF further rolled into Nablus city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the two brothers Muhannad and Muhammad Ramadan from their own family homes.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped from Jenin province and 1948 Occupied Palestine.
A Palestinian worker was, meanwhile, shot and injured by the IOF on his way to his workplace in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The IOF soldiers also rolled into the Birzeit University and rummaged through the campus before they kidnapped a member of the cultural committee at the Islamic Bloc.
Over recent months, the IOF stepped up arbitrary mass-abduction sweeps across the West Bank in an attempt to crack down on Palestinian youths and snuff out the flames of anti-occupation activism in the area.
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In Bethlehem, Two In Hebron, And One In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town and Mrah Rabah village, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and one near Jenin.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes and kidnapped eight Palestinians, after interrogating them and their families.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Hamza Amer Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Taha Taqatqa, 20, Aziz Ali Taqatqa, 31l Rami Mousa Thawabta, 24, Nabil Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Eyad Sami Thawabta, 21, Nasr Mohammad Thawabta, 24, and Abdullah Salem Thawabta, 29.
The soldiers also invaded Mrah Rabah village, searched a few homes, and kidnapped Ahmad Mahmoud Sheikh, 18 years of age.
In related news, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud al-Khdour and Mohammad Khalil al-Azza, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks on the northern and eastern entrances of the city, and the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the Palestinians.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded Qeizoun area and handed journalist Mos’ab Shawar Tamimi a military warrant for interrogation, this coming Wednesday.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Series town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Tamer Abu Qash, 22, while heading to work. Abu Qash is from Burqin town, west of Jenin.
A Palestinian youth on Sunday evening was shot and critically injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at an Israeli military checkpoint pitched near the central West Bank city of Salfit.
Israeli and Palestinian news outlets said the Israeli occupation troops deployed at the military checkpoint fired multiple and random shots at a Palestinian young man, leaving him critically wounded.
Israeli news sources claimed the youngster attempted to creep into an illegal settlement built on Palestinians’ lands.
The casualty was arrested and taken by Israeli ambulance crews to an unidentified destination shortly after.
Soldiers Injure One Palestinian Near Salfit, Kidnap Another In Hebron
Medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, on Sunday evening, near Kafr Qassem military roadblock, close to the Zawiya village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian, north of Hebron.
The sources said the Palestinian, identified as Ahmad No'man 'Awwad, 34, from Series town south of Jenin, was shot with two live rounds in the shoulder and arm, suffering a moderate injury, before he was moved to the Beilinson Hospital (Rabin Medical Center).
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers shot 'Awwad when he "attempted to cross into Israeli-controlled lands, behind the roadblock," but did not provide further information on the incident.
In related news, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, after interrogating him in the Etzion military base, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The Palestinian, Ayesh Nasser Ekhlayyel, 20, from Beit Ummar town north of Hebron, was summoned for interrogation in Etzion, and was taken prisoner after he headed there.
Israeli and Palestinian news outlets said the Israeli occupation troops deployed at the military checkpoint fired multiple and random shots at a Palestinian young man, leaving him critically wounded.
Israeli news sources claimed the youngster attempted to creep into an illegal settlement built on Palestinians’ lands.
The casualty was arrested and taken by Israeli ambulance crews to an unidentified destination shortly after.
Soldiers Injure One Palestinian Near Salfit, Kidnap Another In Hebron
Medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, on Sunday evening, near Kafr Qassem military roadblock, close to the Zawiya village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian, north of Hebron.
The sources said the Palestinian, identified as Ahmad No'man 'Awwad, 34, from Series town south of Jenin, was shot with two live rounds in the shoulder and arm, suffering a moderate injury, before he was moved to the Beilinson Hospital (Rabin Medical Center).
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers shot 'Awwad when he "attempted to cross into Israeli-controlled lands, behind the roadblock," but did not provide further information on the incident.
In related news, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, after interrogating him in the Etzion military base, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The Palestinian, Ayesh Nasser Ekhlayyel, 20, from Beit Ummar town north of Hebron, was summoned for interrogation in Etzion, and was taken prisoner after he headed there.
