24 jan 2019
Undercover Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, and shot a Palestinian child, causing life-threatening wounds.
Tha’er Fasfous, the spokesperson of Fateh Movement in Shu’fat, said the undercover soldiers chased four children while walking in Ras Khamis area in the refugee camp, and fired many live rounds at them, seriously wounding one of them.
He added that the child, identified as Mohammad Essam al-Qawasmi, 15, was shot with live fire in his back, and was rushed to Hadassah Medical Center, in a very serious condition.
Fasfous also started that, despite the serious wounds of the child, the soldiers chained him to his hospital bed, and added that the child was admitted to the surgery room.
Palestinian child injured by Israeli bullet fire in occupied Jerusalem
A Palestinian boy was seriously injured on Thursday evening in an ambush set up by undercover Israeli troops in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics said a 15-year-old child received urgent treatment for serious back injuries after he was shot by Israeli occupation forces.
Sometime later, Israeli forces kidnapped the injured boy Mohamed Essam al-Kawasmi on his way to the operating suite at Hadassha Hospital.
Eye-witnesses said a 15-year-old child sustained serious back wounds after he was directly hit with live ammunition by undercover Israeli forces.
They added that the attack culminated in the abduction of three Palestinians by the occupation forces.
Tha’er Fasfous, the spokesperson of Fateh Movement in Shu’fat, said the undercover soldiers chased four children while walking in Ras Khamis area in the refugee camp, and fired many live rounds at them, seriously wounding one of them.
He added that the child, identified as Mohammad Essam al-Qawasmi, 15, was shot with live fire in his back, and was rushed to Hadassah Medical Center, in a very serious condition.
Fasfous also started that, despite the serious wounds of the child, the soldiers chained him to his hospital bed, and added that the child was admitted to the surgery room.
Palestinian child injured by Israeli bullet fire in occupied Jerusalem
A Palestinian boy was seriously injured on Thursday evening in an ambush set up by undercover Israeli troops in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics said a 15-year-old child received urgent treatment for serious back injuries after he was shot by Israeli occupation forces.
Sometime later, Israeli forces kidnapped the injured boy Mohamed Essam al-Kawasmi on his way to the operating suite at Hadassha Hospital.
Eye-witnesses said a 15-year-old child sustained serious back wounds after he was directly hit with live ammunition by undercover Israeli forces.
They added that the attack culminated in the abduction of three Palestinians by the occupation forces.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has said that the suffering of Palestinian prisoners with health problems and injuries in Israeli jails is ongoing as a result of their exposure to harsh incarceration conditions and deliberate medical neglect.
According to the Commission, prisoner Amjad Yahiya, from Tulkarem, suffers from worsening health problems, including kidney stones, shrapnel wounds in one of his legs, and jailers in Gilboa prison only provide him with palliative injections.
As for prisoner Mohamed Khalil from al-Mazra'a al-Gharbiya in Ramallah, he suffers from psychological problems that resulted from locking him up for long periods of time in isolation cells.
Another prisoner called Izz Addin Attar, from Tulkarem, suffers from a serious back problem, without receiving appropriate medical treatment.
Other prisoners who also suffer from serious health problems and receive only palliatives are Shaher Takateka, Iyad Takateka, Mustafa Daraghmeh and Walid Sharaf.
According to the Commission, prisoner Amjad Yahiya, from Tulkarem, suffers from worsening health problems, including kidney stones, shrapnel wounds in one of his legs, and jailers in Gilboa prison only provide him with palliative injections.
As for prisoner Mohamed Khalil from al-Mazra'a al-Gharbiya in Ramallah, he suffers from psychological problems that resulted from locking him up for long periods of time in isolation cells.
Another prisoner called Izz Addin Attar, from Tulkarem, suffers from a serious back problem, without receiving appropriate medical treatment.
Other prisoners who also suffer from serious health problems and receive only palliatives are Shaher Takateka, Iyad Takateka, Mustafa Daraghmeh and Walid Sharaf.
An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian minor to a one-year prison-term over allegations of hurling Molotov cocktails at Israeli patrols.
According to the Committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ Families, Israel’s Central Court in occupied Jerusalem ruled that 17-year-old Ameer Awad be jailed for one year in Israeli occupation prisons.
The court also slapped a fine of $410 against the minor.
The occupation authorities claimed that Ameer was spotted on cameras installed in Jerusalem’s eastern town of al-Tur while throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops.
The boy has been held in Israeli custody for six months running.
At the same time, Israeli border cops attacked Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem, before they arrested the young man Ali Qursh.
According to the Committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ Families, Israel’s Central Court in occupied Jerusalem ruled that 17-year-old Ameer Awad be jailed for one year in Israeli occupation prisons.
The court also slapped a fine of $410 against the minor.
The occupation authorities claimed that Ameer was spotted on cameras installed in Jerusalem’s eastern town of al-Tur while throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops.
The boy has been held in Israeli custody for six months running.
At the same time, Israeli border cops attacked Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem, before they arrested the young man Ali Qursh.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday morning kidnapped a Palestinian citizen from outside a Palestinian government institution in Tubas city, east of Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian ministry of religious affairs, plain-clothes soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Qader Bani Odeh, an official of the Awqaf Directorate in Tubas.
Palestinian minister of religious affairs Yousef Ad’eis condemned the kidnapping of Bani Odeh as a “cowardly act” and a “reflection of the Israeli occupation’s nature.”
Ad’eis called on the Mosque preachers and imams to deliver khutbas (sermons) about the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to rally support for them in light of their exposure to suppression by jailers.
Israeli undercover unit kidnaps Palestinian employee
An elite Israeli unit raided on Thursday afternoon the headquarters of the Ministry of Awqaf in Tubas, north of West Bank, and kidnapped a Palestinian employee.
Local sources told PIC reporter that undercover agents disguised as Palestinians stormed the building and arrested head of the mosques department Sheikh Abdul Qadir Bani Odeh, 38.
He was then taken in a vehicle with a Palestinian registration plate to unknown destination, the sources added.
According to the Palestinian ministry of religious affairs, plain-clothes soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Qader Bani Odeh, an official of the Awqaf Directorate in Tubas.
Palestinian minister of religious affairs Yousef Ad’eis condemned the kidnapping of Bani Odeh as a “cowardly act” and a “reflection of the Israeli occupation’s nature.”
Ad’eis called on the Mosque preachers and imams to deliver khutbas (sermons) about the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to rally support for them in light of their exposure to suppression by jailers.
Israeli undercover unit kidnaps Palestinian employee
An elite Israeli unit raided on Thursday afternoon the headquarters of the Ministry of Awqaf in Tubas, north of West Bank, and kidnapped a Palestinian employee.
Local sources told PIC reporter that undercover agents disguised as Palestinians stormed the building and arrested head of the mosques department Sheikh Abdul Qadir Bani Odeh, 38.
He was then taken in a vehicle with a Palestinian registration plate to unknown destination, the sources added.
Sheikh Ra’ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was finally allowed on Wednesday to respond to the indictment filed against him by the Israeli prosecutor at the magistrate court in Haifa.
It was the first time Sheikh Salah was able to address the court to refute the charges leveled against him since his detention on August 15, 2017.
Lawyer Khaled az-Zabarqa, a member of the defense crew, stated that Sheikh Salah gave his testimony in response to the indictment filed against him by the Israeli prosecution after muzzling him during all court hearings held since his arrest.
Zabarqa added that Sheikh Salah highlighted in his statement the Islamic, Arab and Palestinian constants as he was clarifying his position on the claims made against him by the prosecutor.
In December 2018, the Israeli magistrate court in Haifa ordered Sheikh Salah to be placed under house arrest at his home in Umm Al-Fahm after he spent six months under house arrest in Kafr Kanna
Salah was released from jail in July on condition he not be allowed to return to his home city of Umm Al-Fahm after he served one year in prison. He was also banned from accessing tools of communication, including telephones, the internet and social media sites.
Later, the court looked into an appeal filed by his defense team and accepted it, allowing him to return to his home.
It was the first time Sheikh Salah was able to address the court to refute the charges leveled against him since his detention on August 15, 2017.
Lawyer Khaled az-Zabarqa, a member of the defense crew, stated that Sheikh Salah gave his testimony in response to the indictment filed against him by the Israeli prosecution after muzzling him during all court hearings held since his arrest.
Zabarqa added that Sheikh Salah highlighted in his statement the Islamic, Arab and Palestinian constants as he was clarifying his position on the claims made against him by the prosecutor.
In December 2018, the Israeli magistrate court in Haifa ordered Sheikh Salah to be placed under house arrest at his home in Umm Al-Fahm after he spent six months under house arrest in Kafr Kanna
Salah was released from jail in July on condition he not be allowed to return to his home city of Umm Al-Fahm after he served one year in prison. He was also banned from accessing tools of communication, including telephones, the internet and social media sites.
Later, the court looked into an appeal filed by his defense team and accepted it, allowing him to return to his home.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the detainees held, Wednesday, a negotiating session with the Israeli Prison Administration in Ofar Prison, demanding an end to ongoing invasions of their room, and other punitive measures against them, but the demands were rejected, and the administration vowed more sanctions, including additional prison terms, and high fines.
The PPS stated that the detainees have been subject to constant invasions into their rooms, violent searches, and many were forced into solitary confinement, leading to protests, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, in addition to unleashing the dogs on them.
Several rooms were burnt during the protests in Sections 11 and 15 of the prison, and the Prison Authority said it intends to sentence the detainees in these rooms to four years in prison, in addition to a 40.000 Shekels fine each.
Other sanctions imposed on the detainees include denying them family visits and forbidding them from using the prison canteen, for two months.
At least 150 detainees have been injured by the army; most of them suffered fractures and lacerations after being beaten up by the soldiers, and many others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to dozens who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Many detainees were moved to several hospitals and were later moved back to the prison.
The detainees rejected the Israeli measures, and affirmed their ongoing strike, especially after they returned their meals starting three days ago, and declared that they intend to escalate their protests, unless the Prison Administration revokes the sanctions, and holds serious talks with them.
They said that the talks with the administration did not lead to any positive outcome, especially since the officers participating in these talks, do not have any authority to reach understandings or agreements.
The PPS stated that the detainees are only willing to hold talks with parties that have the needed authority and the decision-making capabilities.
There are 1200 Palestinian political prisoner held by Israel in Ofar prison; nearly 100 of them are children.
All sections of the prison remain closed, while the Prison Authority is still planning more sanctions and invasions into the detainees’ rooms and is not willing to listen to the detainees’ demands.
The PPS stated that the detainees have been subject to constant invasions into their rooms, violent searches, and many were forced into solitary confinement, leading to protests, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, in addition to unleashing the dogs on them.
Several rooms were burnt during the protests in Sections 11 and 15 of the prison, and the Prison Authority said it intends to sentence the detainees in these rooms to four years in prison, in addition to a 40.000 Shekels fine each.
Other sanctions imposed on the detainees include denying them family visits and forbidding them from using the prison canteen, for two months.
At least 150 detainees have been injured by the army; most of them suffered fractures and lacerations after being beaten up by the soldiers, and many others were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to dozens who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Many detainees were moved to several hospitals and were later moved back to the prison.
The detainees rejected the Israeli measures, and affirmed their ongoing strike, especially after they returned their meals starting three days ago, and declared that they intend to escalate their protests, unless the Prison Administration revokes the sanctions, and holds serious talks with them.
They said that the talks with the administration did not lead to any positive outcome, especially since the officers participating in these talks, do not have any authority to reach understandings or agreements.
The PPS stated that the detainees are only willing to hold talks with parties that have the needed authority and the decision-making capabilities.
There are 1200 Palestinian political prisoner held by Israel in Ofar prison; nearly 100 of them are children.
All sections of the prison remain closed, while the Prison Authority is still planning more sanctions and invasions into the detainees’ rooms and is not willing to listen to the detainees’ demands.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnapped 22 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
In a statement, the IOF claimed it had arrested 19 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnapped two young men from al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
Seven other citizens were taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Nablus, al-Khalil, and Bethlehem.
Other citizens were also kidnapped from different areas of the West Bank.
In Jerusalem, two young men were kidnapped from Sur Baher town and another one from Anata town.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and property.
In occupied Jerusalem, southeast and northeast of the city, and abducted Mousa Dabash and Sharif Ja’abis, from their homes in Sur Baher, southeast of Jerusalem, in addition to Emad Silwadi, from his home in Anata town, northeast of the city.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Beit Forik town, east of the city, searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yazan Mahmoud Nasrallah Hanani.
The soldiers also invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Majd Azem, from Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and summoned him for interrogation.
In Qalqilia governorate, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Saleh Odah Nazzal, 20, from Qalqilia city, in addition to two former political prisoners, identified as Obai Hamza Hussein, 25, and Yahia Ali Adwan, 25, from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, Mohammad Abdul-Rahim Salim, 22, from Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia, and Mohammad Mahmoud Za’rour, 20, from Sir town, east of the city.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Malek Basbous, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after stopping him at the adjacent military roadblock near Beit El illegal colony.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Omar Ammar Shakarna, 17, and Fadi Ribhi Zeidan, 24, from their homes in Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, in addition to Shawqi Amjad Salah, 15, from his home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to several rounds of live ammunition, at Palestinian protesters in the al-Bawwaba area in al-Khader.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Nasr Taleb Abu Sneina, 20, from his home in Abu Sneina neighborhood, after ransacking the property and searching it using K9 units, in addition to Ahmad Mahmoud Awad, after invading his home and searching it, in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Ejja town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted extensive searches in the area surounding the local mosque.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the Jenin-Nablus road, and the areas surrounding Jaba’ and Silat ath-Thaher town, south and southwest of Jenin.
In a statement, the IOF claimed it had arrested 19 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnapped two young men from al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
Seven other citizens were taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Nablus, al-Khalil, and Bethlehem.
Other citizens were also kidnapped from different areas of the West Bank.
In Jerusalem, two young men were kidnapped from Sur Baher town and another one from Anata town.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least fifteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and property.
In occupied Jerusalem, southeast and northeast of the city, and abducted Mousa Dabash and Sharif Ja’abis, from their homes in Sur Baher, southeast of Jerusalem, in addition to Emad Silwadi, from his home in Anata town, northeast of the city.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Beit Forik town, east of the city, searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yazan Mahmoud Nasrallah Hanani.
The soldiers also invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Majd Azem, from Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and summoned him for interrogation.
In Qalqilia governorate, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Saleh Odah Nazzal, 20, from Qalqilia city, in addition to two former political prisoners, identified as Obai Hamza Hussein, 25, and Yahia Ali Adwan, 25, from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, Mohammad Abdul-Rahim Salim, 22, from Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia, and Mohammad Mahmoud Za’rour, 20, from Sir town, east of the city.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Malek Basbous, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after stopping him at the adjacent military roadblock near Beit El illegal colony.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Omar Ammar Shakarna, 17, and Fadi Ribhi Zeidan, 24, from their homes in Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, in addition to Shawqi Amjad Salah, 15, from his home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to several rounds of live ammunition, at Palestinian protesters in the al-Bawwaba area in al-Khader.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Nasr Taleb Abu Sneina, 20, from his home in Abu Sneina neighborhood, after ransacking the property and searching it using K9 units, in addition to Ahmad Mahmoud Awad, after invading his home and searching it, in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Ejja town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted extensive searches in the area surounding the local mosque.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the Jenin-Nablus road, and the areas surrounding Jaba’ and Silat ath-Thaher town, south and southwest of Jenin.
Activists, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters, are shutting down the recently opened Eastern Ring Road near Jerusalem, which features separate lanes for Palestinians and Israeli settlers, divided by a wall.
A few dozen activists have closed the gates to the newly opened road, and are raising banners to protest apartheid and Israeli attempts to expand and cement control over the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Two protesters have been abducted and 4 protesters were injured at the time of this report. video
The road, which stretches between Road 437 and Road 1, inside the West Bank, features two separate lanes divided by a concrete wall – one for Israeli settlers and the other for Palestinians.
While the Israeli lane allows settlers quick and easy access to the center of Jerusalem, the Palestinian lane is designed to separate Palestinians off through an underpass, so as to not disturb settler traffic into the city.
According to the PNN, construction of the road is planned to continue to the south, further entrenching the two separate and unequal systems of transportation in the West Bank.
The Palestinian part is designated to eventually connect Ramallah to Bethlehem. This plan will enable Israeli authorities to block Palestinians commuting from the south of the West Bank to Ramallah from accessing Road 1, which leads to Jerusalem.
By doing so, the Israeli checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem, which bars Palestinians access to their capital, could be moved several miles to the east, past the Ma’ale Adumin, Mishor Adumim, and Kfar Adumim settlements, in effect annexing them to Jerusalem.
Palestinians fear this is part of Israel’s Greater Jerusalem plan, which includes the expansion of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement into the E1 area, and is related to the displacement of Bedouin communities in the area, including Khan Al Ahmar and Jabal Al Baba.
Palestinian activist Munther Amira said, “Any shame the Occupation may have had of its apartheid policies is now completely gone with this road. We must not and will not allow for their plan of ethnic cleansing in the outskirts of Jerusalem.”
A few dozen activists have closed the gates to the newly opened road, and are raising banners to protest apartheid and Israeli attempts to expand and cement control over the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Two protesters have been abducted and 4 protesters were injured at the time of this report. video
The road, which stretches between Road 437 and Road 1, inside the West Bank, features two separate lanes divided by a concrete wall – one for Israeli settlers and the other for Palestinians.
While the Israeli lane allows settlers quick and easy access to the center of Jerusalem, the Palestinian lane is designed to separate Palestinians off through an underpass, so as to not disturb settler traffic into the city.
According to the PNN, construction of the road is planned to continue to the south, further entrenching the two separate and unequal systems of transportation in the West Bank.
The Palestinian part is designated to eventually connect Ramallah to Bethlehem. This plan will enable Israeli authorities to block Palestinians commuting from the south of the West Bank to Ramallah from accessing Road 1, which leads to Jerusalem.
By doing so, the Israeli checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem, which bars Palestinians access to their capital, could be moved several miles to the east, past the Ma’ale Adumin, Mishor Adumim, and Kfar Adumim settlements, in effect annexing them to Jerusalem.
Palestinians fear this is part of Israel’s Greater Jerusalem plan, which includes the expansion of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement into the E1 area, and is related to the displacement of Bedouin communities in the area, including Khan Al Ahmar and Jabal Al Baba.
Palestinian activist Munther Amira said, “Any shame the Occupation may have had of its apartheid policies is now completely gone with this road. We must not and will not allow for their plan of ethnic cleansing in the outskirts of Jerusalem.”
