19 jan 2017
Israeli military court of Ofer issued 22 renewable administrative detention orders against Palestinian prisoners to periods ranging from three to six months.
Mahmoud al-Halabi, lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society, revealed that the orders were issued in the period from January 9 to 18.
Five out of the 22 detainees were arrested for the first time or re-arrested after being released from Israeli jails, Halabi pointed out.
Mahmoud al-Halabi, lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society, revealed that the orders were issued in the period from January 9 to 18.
Five out of the 22 detainees were arrested for the first time or re-arrested after being released from Israeli jails, Halabi pointed out.
Affidavits released by Palestinian minors in Israeli jails provided shocking facts and proofs of harsh psycho-physical torture both during and prior to the detention phase.
17-year-old Mohamed Tahsseen Al-Dayem, held in Israeli lock-ups since August 15, 2016, said he was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from his own family home at around 3 a.m.
“We bolted out of our beds as soon as the occupation army smashed the entrance gate of our family home and forced me out of my room after they handcuffed me with iron chains and blindfolded my eyes with a black ribbon,” said Mohamed.
“I was made to walk for dozens of meters, barefoot, to an army jeep, where an officer aggressively hit me on the back with his boots and forced me into the jeep,” the minor stated.
Mohamed added that he had been subjected to a strip-search in the Hawara camp before he was sent to custody.
“The occupation soldiers forced us to bow and bend our heads downwards while our hands were tied behind our backs for over 10 hours,” he noted.
Mohamed also said the soldiers refused the detainees’ appeals to allow them to go to the bathroom and to provide them with food and water.
“If one dares move an inch, he would be immediately beaten by an officer,” asserted Mohamed.
Another shocking testimony was provided by 15-year-old Omar Ahmad Abdat, locked up in Israeli jails since July 27, 2016.
“I had my heart in my throat when the occupation soldiers broke into my room and browbeat me,” said Omar. “They forced me out of the home, blindfolded and handcuffed. They even prevented me from putting on warm clothes before they made me walk on an arid road, where thorns and rocks were as countless as the stars in the sky.”
When Omar pleaded for water in the Hawara camp, an Israeli soldier brought a bottle and poured water on the minor’s body while he “burst into hysteric laughter.”
“I was later transferred to the Petah Tikva detention center, where I had been locked up for 11 days in an isolated cell. I had also endured exhaustive interrogations on a daily basis, while both my hands and foot were tied to an iron chair.
17-year-old Rami Maher Samar, held in jail since September 16, 2016, said he was kidnapped near the Salem military camp at around 4 p.m.
“The Israeli soldiers brutally beat me up all over my body before they shackled my hands with plastic chains while I was lying on the ground” said Rami.
The Israeli soldiers beat him again with rifle butts on his head and face on claims that he was holding a knife.
Shortly after, the Israeli soldiers dragged him to the ground by his leg while his body slammed into stones and thorns for dozens of meters until he reached the jeep.
Rami was later forced to bend downwards while soldiers spilled out cold water all over his body as they guffawed feverishly.
“Every time I attempt to take a nap, I just get my back hit with the boots of an Israeli soldier,” the testimony proceeded.
Human rights groups have often raised alarm bells over the harsh psycho-physical torture endured by Palestinian children in Israeli penal complexes.
Signs of trauma and psychosis are often the direct aftermaths of Israel’s tormenting policies against Palestinian minors.
17-year-old Mohamed Tahsseen Al-Dayem, held in Israeli lock-ups since August 15, 2016, said he was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from his own family home at around 3 a.m.
“We bolted out of our beds as soon as the occupation army smashed the entrance gate of our family home and forced me out of my room after they handcuffed me with iron chains and blindfolded my eyes with a black ribbon,” said Mohamed.
“I was made to walk for dozens of meters, barefoot, to an army jeep, where an officer aggressively hit me on the back with his boots and forced me into the jeep,” the minor stated.
Mohamed added that he had been subjected to a strip-search in the Hawara camp before he was sent to custody.
“The occupation soldiers forced us to bow and bend our heads downwards while our hands were tied behind our backs for over 10 hours,” he noted.
Mohamed also said the soldiers refused the detainees’ appeals to allow them to go to the bathroom and to provide them with food and water.
“If one dares move an inch, he would be immediately beaten by an officer,” asserted Mohamed.
Another shocking testimony was provided by 15-year-old Omar Ahmad Abdat, locked up in Israeli jails since July 27, 2016.
“I had my heart in my throat when the occupation soldiers broke into my room and browbeat me,” said Omar. “They forced me out of the home, blindfolded and handcuffed. They even prevented me from putting on warm clothes before they made me walk on an arid road, where thorns and rocks were as countless as the stars in the sky.”
When Omar pleaded for water in the Hawara camp, an Israeli soldier brought a bottle and poured water on the minor’s body while he “burst into hysteric laughter.”
“I was later transferred to the Petah Tikva detention center, where I had been locked up for 11 days in an isolated cell. I had also endured exhaustive interrogations on a daily basis, while both my hands and foot were tied to an iron chair.
17-year-old Rami Maher Samar, held in jail since September 16, 2016, said he was kidnapped near the Salem military camp at around 4 p.m.
“The Israeli soldiers brutally beat me up all over my body before they shackled my hands with plastic chains while I was lying on the ground” said Rami.
The Israeli soldiers beat him again with rifle butts on his head and face on claims that he was holding a knife.
Shortly after, the Israeli soldiers dragged him to the ground by his leg while his body slammed into stones and thorns for dozens of meters until he reached the jeep.
Rami was later forced to bend downwards while soldiers spilled out cold water all over his body as they guffawed feverishly.
“Every time I attempt to take a nap, I just get my back hit with the boots of an Israeli soldier,” the testimony proceeded.
Human rights groups have often raised alarm bells over the harsh psycho-physical torture endured by Palestinian children in Israeli penal complexes.
Signs of trauma and psychosis are often the direct aftermaths of Israel’s tormenting policies against Palestinian minors.
The Palestinian Journalist Bloc has strongly denounced Israel’s recent rearrest of journalist Mohamed al-Qiq, warning that it would not remain silent on his continued detention with no guilt.
In a press release, the bloc urged all media outlets to support fellow journalists detained in Israeli jails and shed light on the renewed detention of Qiq, describing his imprisonment after his recent release as “a crime violating the international law.”
The bloc affirmed that it would stand by Qiq in his ordeal and all journalists in Israeli prisons, calling on international and Arab human rights groups to wage a legal battle against the Israeli occupation authority to pressure it to release journalists.
Israeli soldiers arrested anew Mohamed al-Qiq a few days ago at Beit El checkpoint near Ramallah city in the West Bank.
As a result, the journalist declared his intention to go on hunger strike on the first day of his detention.
He had been arrested and jailed in November 2015 and staged a hunger strike for about 94 days in protest at his detention administratively, with no indictment or trial, before Israeli jailers decided to release him.
In a press release, the bloc urged all media outlets to support fellow journalists detained in Israeli jails and shed light on the renewed detention of Qiq, describing his imprisonment after his recent release as “a crime violating the international law.”
The bloc affirmed that it would stand by Qiq in his ordeal and all journalists in Israeli prisons, calling on international and Arab human rights groups to wage a legal battle against the Israeli occupation authority to pressure it to release journalists.
Israeli soldiers arrested anew Mohamed al-Qiq a few days ago at Beit El checkpoint near Ramallah city in the West Bank.
As a result, the journalist declared his intention to go on hunger strike on the first day of his detention.
He had been arrested and jailed in November 2015 and staged a hunger strike for about 94 days in protest at his detention administratively, with no indictment or trial, before Israeli jailers decided to release him.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Thursday, seventeen Palestinians, during massive invasions and searches of homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, in various parts of the district.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Yousef Yasser Sweilem, 23, Kathem Mofeed Radwan, 24, Mo’men Farouq Abu Haniyya, 25, Abdul-Rahman Bilal Radwan, 23, Mohammad Nasser Dahbour, 55, and Saher Hisham Adwan, 42.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched a few homes and abducted Ahmad Abu Basseer and Rami Abu Hweila.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Ismael Adwan Mekhel, 23, Mahmoud Mohammad Shehada, 31, and Jad Abdul-Rahma Yahia, 38.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Halim Hamed and Ja’far Abed Erbash.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Monatser Wajeeh Abu Ayyash, and Mohammad Zeidat, the son of Fayez Zeidat, who was killed by the army in 2012.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Yassin Qanbar, 20, and Mahmoud ‘Oweisat.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, in various parts of the district.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Yousef Yasser Sweilem, 23, Kathem Mofeed Radwan, 24, Mo’men Farouq Abu Haniyya, 25, Abdul-Rahman Bilal Radwan, 23, Mohammad Nasser Dahbour, 55, and Saher Hisham Adwan, 42.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched a few homes and abducted Ahmad Abu Basseer and Rami Abu Hweila.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Ismael Adwan Mekhel, 23, Mahmoud Mohammad Shehada, 31, and Jad Abdul-Rahma Yahia, 38.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Halim Hamed and Ja’far Abed Erbash.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Monatser Wajeeh Abu Ayyash, and Mohammad Zeidat, the son of Fayez Zeidat, who was killed by the army in 2012.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Yassin Qanbar, 20, and Mahmoud ‘Oweisat.
18 jan 2017
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that Israeli Special Forces stormed Wednesday section 4 in Nafha prison and carried out violent searches.
Section 3 and 4 four were closed following the violent raid, the PPS added.
Meanwhile, the rights group raised alarm bells over the health situation of the sick prisoner Anas Jaradat especially that he is still held in solitary confinement over the past nine months.
The group pointed out that Jaradat did not receive any medical treatment since being held in solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison.
Jaradat, 36, declared late Tuesday an open-ended hunger strike in protest against Israeli Prison Service’s deliberate medical negligence policy.
Jaradat was abducted by Israeli soldiers on May 11, 2003, and sentenced to 35 life-terms and additional 35 years for his affiliation to Jihad Movement and planning attacks against Israeli targets.
Section 3 and 4 four were closed following the violent raid, the PPS added.
Meanwhile, the rights group raised alarm bells over the health situation of the sick prisoner Anas Jaradat especially that he is still held in solitary confinement over the past nine months.
The group pointed out that Jaradat did not receive any medical treatment since being held in solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison.
Jaradat, 36, declared late Tuesday an open-ended hunger strike in protest against Israeli Prison Service’s deliberate medical negligence policy.
Jaradat was abducted by Israeli soldiers on May 11, 2003, and sentenced to 35 life-terms and additional 35 years for his affiliation to Jihad Movement and planning attacks against Israeli targets.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday evening kidnapped a Palestinian youth as he tried to pass through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border-crossing, in northern Gaza Strip.
A PIC news correspondent said 25-year-old Omar Abu Assad was kidnapped by the IOF as he accompanied his sick mother for treatment in the occupied West Bank via the Beit Hanoun crossing.
The occupation soldiers ordered Omar’s sick mother to go back home.
At the same time, another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the IOF from Jenin’s western town of Rummaneh as he passed through a makeshift military checkpoint pitched on the accessroad to Haifa.
The arrestee, identified as 28-year-old Rateb al-Refai, was kidnapped while driving near the abruptly-pitched checkpoint.
A PIC news correspondent said 25-year-old Omar Abu Assad was kidnapped by the IOF as he accompanied his sick mother for treatment in the occupied West Bank via the Beit Hanoun crossing.
The occupation soldiers ordered Omar’s sick mother to go back home.
At the same time, another Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the IOF from Jenin’s western town of Rummaneh as he passed through a makeshift military checkpoint pitched on the accessroad to Haifa.
The arrestee, identified as 28-year-old Rateb al-Refai, was kidnapped while driving near the abruptly-pitched checkpoint.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Wednesday, at least fourteen Palestinians, during various invasions targeting homes in several communities in the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded several communities in the district, searched and ransacked homes and abducted four Palestinians identified as Mohammad Khaled Abu Sil, 26, Mohammad Nour Gheith, Ehab Ismael Sharawna, and Ahmad Haitham Abu Atwan, 18.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched homes and abducted Mahdi Taha Sheikh, 19, Yazan Mohammad Sheikh, 15, and Anis Mashhour Hamamra, 37.
In Ramallah, the soldiers abducted Othman Farid Zeebari, after invading his home and searching it.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched homes and abducted Mojahed Adel Yassin.
One Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Alawna, was abducted from his home in Tubas, in central West Bank.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Majdi Ahmad Obeid, 42, and Moath Yasser Awad, 27, after invading their homes and searching them.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Moath Tal’at Saleh, 24, and Ismael Amjad Takrouri, 20, who was also shot and injured by army fire prior to his abduction.
The Hebron office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded several communities in the district, searched and ransacked homes and abducted four Palestinians identified as Mohammad Khaled Abu Sil, 26, Mohammad Nour Gheith, Ehab Ismael Sharawna, and Ahmad Haitham Abu Atwan, 18.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched homes and abducted Mahdi Taha Sheikh, 19, Yazan Mohammad Sheikh, 15, and Anis Mashhour Hamamra, 37.
In Ramallah, the soldiers abducted Othman Farid Zeebari, after invading his home and searching it.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched homes and abducted Mojahed Adel Yassin.
One Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Alawna, was abducted from his home in Tubas, in central West Bank.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Majdi Ahmad Obeid, 42, and Moath Yasser Awad, 27, after invading their homes and searching them.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Moath Tal’at Saleh, 24, and Ismael Amjad Takrouri, 20, who was also shot and injured by army fire prior to his abduction.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Hebron and Tulkarem, searched many homes and abducted five Palestinians.
In Bethlehem, several military vehicles invaded Marah Rabah village, south of the city, before the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mahdi Taleb Sheikh, 19, and Yazan Mohammad Sheikh, 18.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, also searched homes and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Haitham Abu Atwan.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks at the main entrances of ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, and Ethna town, north of the city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers took pictures of the cars’ license plates, and the ID cards of the Palestinians who were held at the roadblocks.
In addition, the army invaded Far’un village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Majdi Ahmad ‘Obeid, 42, and Moath Yasser Awad, 27.
In Bethlehem, several military vehicles invaded Marah Rabah village, south of the city, before the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mahdi Taleb Sheikh, 19, and Yazan Mohammad Sheikh, 18.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, also searched homes and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Haitham Abu Atwan.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks at the main entrances of ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, and Ethna town, north of the city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers took pictures of the cars’ license plates, and the ID cards of the Palestinians who were held at the roadblocks.
In addition, the army invaded Far’un village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Majdi Ahmad ‘Obeid, 42, and Moath Yasser Awad, 27.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that an ailing Palestinian detainee, who is held in solitary confinement in Asqalan Israeli prison, declared an open-ended hunger strike, demanding receiving the urgently-needed medical treatment.
The PPS said that Anas Ghaleb Jaradat, 36, from Sielet al-Harethiyya town west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffers from a jaundice of the liver, but the Israeli Prison Authority is denying him the right to the needed specialized medical treatment.
His brother Meqdad Jaradat held Israel responsible for Anas’s serious health deterioration, and voiced an urgent appeal to human rights groups to intervene.
Meqdad stated that the head of the Asqalan Prison told him that Meqdad was diagnosed with a kidney disease, but has been placed in solitary confinement for the past nine months, and has been denied family visits for more than two years.
Meqdad was abducted by the soldiers on May 11, 2003, and was sentenced to 35 life-terms and additional 35 years.
The family voiced an urgent appeal to human rights and legal groups, including the Red Cross, asking them to visit him and to intervene to ensure he receives the needed treatment, without violations, as stated by all international treaties.
The PPS said that Anas Ghaleb Jaradat, 36, from Sielet al-Harethiyya town west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffers from a jaundice of the liver, but the Israeli Prison Authority is denying him the right to the needed specialized medical treatment.
His brother Meqdad Jaradat held Israel responsible for Anas’s serious health deterioration, and voiced an urgent appeal to human rights groups to intervene.
Meqdad stated that the head of the Asqalan Prison told him that Meqdad was diagnosed with a kidney disease, but has been placed in solitary confinement for the past nine months, and has been denied family visits for more than two years.
Meqdad was abducted by the soldiers on May 11, 2003, and was sentenced to 35 life-terms and additional 35 years.
The family voiced an urgent appeal to human rights and legal groups, including the Red Cross, asking them to visit him and to intervene to ensure he receives the needed treatment, without violations, as stated by all international treaties.
At least one Palestinian young man was injured as clashes broke out Wednesday between Israeli forces and local youths east of Nablus.
The clashes erupted when nearly 15 Israeli buses carrying hundreds of settlers stormed the city under IOF protection to perform Talmudic rituals in Youssef tomb historical site.
The 19-year-old Mohamed Hashash was shot and injured in his left hand during the clashes. He was later taken to hospital for treatment.
Two young men were also detained from their houses for being allegedly involved in the clashes.
The clashes erupted when nearly 15 Israeli buses carrying hundreds of settlers stormed the city under IOF protection to perform Talmudic rituals in Youssef tomb historical site.
The 19-year-old Mohamed Hashash was shot and injured in his left hand during the clashes. He was later taken to hospital for treatment.
Two young men were also detained from their houses for being allegedly involved in the clashes.
