2 july 2014
Palestinian detainee Raed Moussa, 33, on Wednesday suspended his hunger strike action after 43 days without food, a prisoner rights group said.
Director of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Abdullah Anani told Ma'an that Moussa halted his protest action after Israel's prison service promised he would be released on July 27.
Moussa will be moved form the Soroka medical center to Israel's Negev prison upon his request, where he will have his first meal since beginning his hunger strike 43 days ago.
He thanked all Palestinian prisoners for their support during his protest action.
About 125 Palestinian prisoners last week ended a two-month hunger strike, with lawyers saying they had reached a deal with the IPS.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service told Ma'an that no recent hunger strikers had reached any deal with Israeli authorities.
The prisoners were demanding that Israel end its policy of administrative detention, under which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial, sometimes indefinitely.
Director of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Abdullah Anani told Ma'an that Moussa halted his protest action after Israel's prison service promised he would be released on July 27.
Moussa will be moved form the Soroka medical center to Israel's Negev prison upon his request, where he will have his first meal since beginning his hunger strike 43 days ago.
He thanked all Palestinian prisoners for their support during his protest action.
About 125 Palestinian prisoners last week ended a two-month hunger strike, with lawyers saying they had reached a deal with the IPS.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service told Ma'an that no recent hunger strikers had reached any deal with Israeli authorities.
The prisoners were demanding that Israel end its policy of administrative detention, under which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial, sometimes indefinitely.
Palestinian human rights sources documented unprecedented upsurge in Israeli mass abduction campaigns launched during the recent military operation across different areas of the West Bank, bringing the total number of kidnapped Palestinians to 639 citizens. 44 Palestinian civilians, mostly ex-prisoners, have been rounded up in the West Bank at dawn Wednesday, leading to a rise in the number of those detained over the past few weeks to 639, the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported in a statement on Wednesday.
Al-Khalil hit a record high of 230 detainees, followed by Nablus and Bethlehem with, consecutively, 102 and 85 captives each.
In a related event, dozens of Palestinian citizens, mostly women and children, were treated for breathing problems as they inhaled tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation troops on the peaceful Muslim congregation overnight Tuesday during Tarawih prayers in Qarawat Bani Hassan mosque, west of Salfit, eye-witnesses told a PIC news reporter.
Al-Khalil hit a record high of 230 detainees, followed by Nablus and Bethlehem with, consecutively, 102 and 85 captives each.
In a related event, dozens of Palestinian citizens, mostly women and children, were treated for breathing problems as they inhaled tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation troops on the peaceful Muslim congregation overnight Tuesday during Tarawih prayers in Qarawat Bani Hassan mosque, west of Salfit, eye-witnesses told a PIC news reporter.
The Geneva-Based Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights documented the annual Israeli arrest of about 3,000 Palestinian children, mostly aged between 12 and 15 years old, calling on the international community to act against such “a flagrant breach to human rights treaties.” At a time when West Bankers have been permanent targets of Israeli terror acts, home raids and abduction campaigns, scores of Palestinian children have been kidnapped in the early months of 2014, corroborated by dozens of videotaped sworn affidavits, the EMHRN said in a report on the Israeli violations of Palestinian children’s rights.
75% of the incarcerated minors have been subjected to physical torture while 25% are brought before Israeli military courts, the report pointed out.
Israeli occupation troops stormed more than 1500 Palestinian homes and shops over the past three weeks and kidnapped more than 600 Palestinians, including children below the age of 18.
According to the Euro-Mid Legal Counsel Ihsan Adel, the Israeli police and army have been launching overnight raids on Palestinian homes and capturing Palestinian minors without updating their families about the charges.
Countless cases of random kidnaps, torture testimonies, and violations of the convention of Children’s Rights, signed by Israel in 1991, featured in the report.
The Euro-Mid kept record of numerous occasions during which Palestinian minors have been kidnapped in Israeli overnight home-raids, generating a state of unparalleled anxiety and panic among the children and their families with no legitimate reasons.
Blowing up Palestinians’ home gates, snatching a child from his/her own bed, resorting to psycho-physical torture, and locking minors up in solitary cells, have all been Israeli terror tactics to agonize Palestinian children, both in the interrogation and pre-interrogation phases.
The Israeli occupation authorities have not only been incarcerating Palestinian children in solitary cells that often cover a very narrow area but also denying them their right and need to be visited by their lawyers and parents, even during the court hearings.
It is almost impossible for the child to stand against the dark-gray-colored cell walls, covered with protrusions from all sides.
Adviser Ihsan Adel detected a genuine compatibility between the Euro-Mid report and the findings of a UNICEF survey conducted in 2013 warning that: “The abuse of Palestinian children under the Israeli military detention system is a large-scale, systematic, and pre-planned tactic.”
“Neither the spontaneity of childhood nor children’s right to live in safety seem to really matter for the Israeli occupation,” the report concluded, calling on the international and human rights institutions to immediately step in so as to halt such unspeakable Israeli violations of Palestinian children’s rights.
“No human being shall ever turn blind eyes and deaf ears to any such kidnaps or tortures against children,” researcher in the Department of Political Science, Sandra Owen, said, as she raised alarm bells over the 1406 Palestinian children killed since 2000, including 263 below the age of 8 and 450 below 15.
“Is not the tragedy of Palestinian children worth the fuss launched following the disappearance of the three Israeli soldiers?” Sandra Owen wondered.
75% of the incarcerated minors have been subjected to physical torture while 25% are brought before Israeli military courts, the report pointed out.
Israeli occupation troops stormed more than 1500 Palestinian homes and shops over the past three weeks and kidnapped more than 600 Palestinians, including children below the age of 18.
According to the Euro-Mid Legal Counsel Ihsan Adel, the Israeli police and army have been launching overnight raids on Palestinian homes and capturing Palestinian minors without updating their families about the charges.
Countless cases of random kidnaps, torture testimonies, and violations of the convention of Children’s Rights, signed by Israel in 1991, featured in the report.
The Euro-Mid kept record of numerous occasions during which Palestinian minors have been kidnapped in Israeli overnight home-raids, generating a state of unparalleled anxiety and panic among the children and their families with no legitimate reasons.
Blowing up Palestinians’ home gates, snatching a child from his/her own bed, resorting to psycho-physical torture, and locking minors up in solitary cells, have all been Israeli terror tactics to agonize Palestinian children, both in the interrogation and pre-interrogation phases.
The Israeli occupation authorities have not only been incarcerating Palestinian children in solitary cells that often cover a very narrow area but also denying them their right and need to be visited by their lawyers and parents, even during the court hearings.
It is almost impossible for the child to stand against the dark-gray-colored cell walls, covered with protrusions from all sides.
Adviser Ihsan Adel detected a genuine compatibility between the Euro-Mid report and the findings of a UNICEF survey conducted in 2013 warning that: “The abuse of Palestinian children under the Israeli military detention system is a large-scale, systematic, and pre-planned tactic.”
“Neither the spontaneity of childhood nor children’s right to live in safety seem to really matter for the Israeli occupation,” the report concluded, calling on the international and human rights institutions to immediately step in so as to halt such unspeakable Israeli violations of Palestinian children’s rights.
“No human being shall ever turn blind eyes and deaf ears to any such kidnaps or tortures against children,” researcher in the Department of Political Science, Sandra Owen, said, as she raised alarm bells over the 1406 Palestinian children killed since 2000, including 263 below the age of 8 and 450 below 15.
“Is not the tragedy of Palestinian children worth the fuss launched following the disappearance of the three Israeli soldiers?” Sandra Owen wondered.
Israeli forces detained 42 Palestinians across the West Bank overnight, the army said Wednesday.
An Israeli army spokesman told Ma'an 41 of the Palestinians who were arrested were "Hamas operatives" and that the arrests were "part of the ongoing operation."
Ten Palestinians were arrested from Hebron, Ahrar Center for Human Rights said in a statement.
The Center identified the men as Rizq Rajoub, Ahmad al-Qeeq, Jawad al-Karaki, Fathi al-Joulani, Bilal al-Muhtasib, Munthir al-Juba, Jaal al-Awawda, Muhammad Zameara, Kayid Atawnah, and Muhammad Awawda.
Rajoub is a former prisoner released as part of the Shalit deal, the statement said.
In Nablus, Israeli forces detained Abdullah al-Ekir, Ahmad Dawla, Samih al-Asmar, Anan Bushkar, Omar Abu Khamis, Eyhab Zeid, Omar Darawsha.
Al-Ekir is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
In the village of Aqraba, forces arrested Omar Mayadma, the statement said.
In Salfit, Israeli forces arrested Zuheir Aynabusi and Salah Bahjat.
Aynabusi is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
Israeli troops arrested Yahya Salimin from Anata east of Jerusalem and Mustafa al-Ajouli from the Tulkarem district.
In the Ramallah-district villages, meanwhile, Israeli forces detained Khalid Gheithan, female activist Bushra Tawil, Yousef Muhammad Dar Mousa, and his brother Saddam.
Gheithan is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
In neighborhoods of Ramallah, forces arrested Rasmi Abu Alya, Khalil Brafily, Usayd Qudeih, Omar al-Nahid, and Muslim Abd al-Latif.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained Mousa Rashayda and Muhammad Sabbah from Bethlehem, the statement said.
In Qalqiliya, Ikrima Nofal was detained, and in Jenin, Yahya Zayoud, Muhammad Jaradat, and Hasan Jaradat were detained.
Khalid Masaid was also detained from the Jordan Valley area, the statement added.
The arrests come as Israel continued its West Bank operation to crush the Hamas movement in the wake of the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths, who were buried Tuesday.
Hamas has denied responsibility for the incident.
The Israeli army has killed six Palestinians and arrested hundreds throughout the campaign.
An Israeli army spokesman told Ma'an 41 of the Palestinians who were arrested were "Hamas operatives" and that the arrests were "part of the ongoing operation."
Ten Palestinians were arrested from Hebron, Ahrar Center for Human Rights said in a statement.
The Center identified the men as Rizq Rajoub, Ahmad al-Qeeq, Jawad al-Karaki, Fathi al-Joulani, Bilal al-Muhtasib, Munthir al-Juba, Jaal al-Awawda, Muhammad Zameara, Kayid Atawnah, and Muhammad Awawda.
Rajoub is a former prisoner released as part of the Shalit deal, the statement said.
In Nablus, Israeli forces detained Abdullah al-Ekir, Ahmad Dawla, Samih al-Asmar, Anan Bushkar, Omar Abu Khamis, Eyhab Zeid, Omar Darawsha.
Al-Ekir is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
In the village of Aqraba, forces arrested Omar Mayadma, the statement said.
In Salfit, Israeli forces arrested Zuheir Aynabusi and Salah Bahjat.
Aynabusi is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
Israeli troops arrested Yahya Salimin from Anata east of Jerusalem and Mustafa al-Ajouli from the Tulkarem district.
In the Ramallah-district villages, meanwhile, Israeli forces detained Khalid Gheithan, female activist Bushra Tawil, Yousef Muhammad Dar Mousa, and his brother Saddam.
Gheithan is a former prisoner released as a part of the Shalit deal.
In neighborhoods of Ramallah, forces arrested Rasmi Abu Alya, Khalil Brafily, Usayd Qudeih, Omar al-Nahid, and Muslim Abd al-Latif.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained Mousa Rashayda and Muhammad Sabbah from Bethlehem, the statement said.
In Qalqiliya, Ikrima Nofal was detained, and in Jenin, Yahya Zayoud, Muhammad Jaradat, and Hasan Jaradat were detained.
Khalid Masaid was also detained from the Jordan Valley area, the statement added.
The arrests come as Israel continued its West Bank operation to crush the Hamas movement in the wake of the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths, who were buried Tuesday.
Hamas has denied responsibility for the incident.
The Israeli army has killed six Palestinians and arrested hundreds throughout the campaign.
Boshra Tawil - Aneen Al-Qaid Media Network
Several Palestinians Injured Near Salfit
A Palestinian journalist has been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, after dozens of Israeli soldiers stored her home in Um ash-Sharayet area, in al-Biereh town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers surrounded the residential building where Sheikh Jamal Tawil resides, before invading it and kidnapping his daughter, Boshra, 24 years of age.
Sheikh Tawil is one of the political leaders of the Hamas movement in the area.
His daughter is the spokesperson of the "Aneen Al-Qaid Media" Network, local news agency specialized in covering news about the Palestinian detainees, and political prisoners.
Boshra has been repeatedly kidnapped, and imprisoned, by Israel.
Her news agency, Aneen Al-Qaid, issued a statement denouncing the arrest, and the ongoing Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists, and the Palestinian people.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths who threw stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers also prevented local journalists from entering the area to document the attack, and assaulted journalists and camerapersons working for the Roya Jordanian News Agency.
On Tuesday evening, dozens of residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan village, west of the central West bank district of Salfit.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, and surrounded a local mosque as the Palestinians were leaving it following evening prayers.
The soldiers then fired gas bombs, and concussion grenades, at the worshipers and a number of homes.
Medical sources said dozens of residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
Several Palestinians Injured Near Salfit
A Palestinian journalist has been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, after dozens of Israeli soldiers stored her home in Um ash-Sharayet area, in al-Biereh town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers surrounded the residential building where Sheikh Jamal Tawil resides, before invading it and kidnapping his daughter, Boshra, 24 years of age.
Sheikh Tawil is one of the political leaders of the Hamas movement in the area.
His daughter is the spokesperson of the "Aneen Al-Qaid Media" Network, local news agency specialized in covering news about the Palestinian detainees, and political prisoners.
Boshra has been repeatedly kidnapped, and imprisoned, by Israel.
Her news agency, Aneen Al-Qaid, issued a statement denouncing the arrest, and the ongoing Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists, and the Palestinian people.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths who threw stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers also prevented local journalists from entering the area to document the attack, and assaulted journalists and camerapersons working for the Roya Jordanian News Agency.
On Tuesday evening, dozens of residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan village, west of the central West bank district of Salfit.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, and surrounded a local mosque as the Palestinians were leaving it following evening prayers.
The soldiers then fired gas bombs, and concussion grenades, at the worshipers and a number of homes.
Medical sources said dozens of residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and received treatment by local medics.
Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army has kidnapped 2478 Palestinians in the period between January 1 and June 30, of this year.
He stated that, after the three Israeli settlers went missing, on June 12, the Israeli army kidnapped nearly 600 Palestinians.
Ferwana added that, among the 2478 Palestinians kidnapped this year, the soldiers have kidnapped 412 children, and 39 women.
He stated that the number of arrests since the beginning of this year is more than a %27 increase compared to the same period of last year.
The former political prisoner further stated that the vast majority of arrests carried out by the army have nothing to do with the Israeli claims of security, but are only merely carried out as punishment, and as acts of revenge, and collective punishment against the entire Palestinian population.
He added that Israel’s ongoing crimes must be exposed to the international community, and must be ended, especially since the army deliberately targets civilians, including children, in direct violation of International Law.
He stated that, after the three Israeli settlers went missing, on June 12, the Israeli army kidnapped nearly 600 Palestinians.
Ferwana added that, among the 2478 Palestinians kidnapped this year, the soldiers have kidnapped 412 children, and 39 women.
He stated that the number of arrests since the beginning of this year is more than a %27 increase compared to the same period of last year.
The former political prisoner further stated that the vast majority of arrests carried out by the army have nothing to do with the Israeli claims of security, but are only merely carried out as punishment, and as acts of revenge, and collective punishment against the entire Palestinian population.
He added that Israel’s ongoing crimes must be exposed to the international community, and must be ended, especially since the army deliberately targets civilians, including children, in direct violation of International Law.
1 july 2014
Two young Palestinian men were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets to the neck fired at them by Israeli officers during clashes in the squares ofthe al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
A Ma’an reporter said Israeli forces imposed heavy restrictions on the main gates of the compound allowing only very few worshipers to access it after leaving their ID cards at Israeli checkpoints. Meanwhile, Israeli rightists were allowed to enter the compound via the Moroccan Gate heavily escorted by police officers and soldiers.
Witnesses said the “unwanted” visitors verbally assaulted Muslim worshipers who responded with stones thrown at the settlers. Israeli special forces deployed in the compound and surrounded worshipers who were inside the al-Aqsa mosque firing rubber-coated bullets at them. As a result, a young man was hit by a rubber-coated bullet to the neck.
Dr Ziad Srour, who works in a medical center inside the compound, said two young men received first aid after they were hurt during clashes with Israeli forces. One was hit in the front of his neck and the other was hit in the back of his neck.
Separately, Israeli police detained a 12-year-old boy from the squares of al-Aqsa. He was taken to Qishla police station near Jaffa Gate.
A Ma’an reporter said Israeli forces imposed heavy restrictions on the main gates of the compound allowing only very few worshipers to access it after leaving their ID cards at Israeli checkpoints. Meanwhile, Israeli rightists were allowed to enter the compound via the Moroccan Gate heavily escorted by police officers and soldiers.
Witnesses said the “unwanted” visitors verbally assaulted Muslim worshipers who responded with stones thrown at the settlers. Israeli special forces deployed in the compound and surrounded worshipers who were inside the al-Aqsa mosque firing rubber-coated bullets at them. As a result, a young man was hit by a rubber-coated bullet to the neck.
Dr Ziad Srour, who works in a medical center inside the compound, said two young men received first aid after they were hurt during clashes with Israeli forces. One was hit in the front of his neck and the other was hit in the back of his neck.
Separately, Israeli police detained a 12-year-old boy from the squares of al-Aqsa. He was taken to Qishla police station near Jaffa Gate.
Prisoner Raed Faisal Fares Moussa is still on open hunger strike in protest against being held without charge or trial in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Tuesday.
PPS said in a statement that Moussa, 33, has been refusing meals for 42 days.
His blood pressure and blood sugar are "unstable" the statement said, and he is unable to stand on his feet.
Moussa has spent at total of seven years of his life in Israeli jails, having been detained several times, the statement added.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service told Ma'an on Monday that there was only one Palestinian prisoner still on hunger strike, but would not name him.
Sivan Weizman said that the one remaining hunger striker had been refusing meals for "a month."
About 125 Palestinian prisoners last week ended a two-month hunger strike, with lawyers saying they had reached a deal with the IPS.
Weizman told Ma'an that no recent hunger strikers had reached any deal with Israeli authorities.
The prisoners were demanding that Israel end its policy of administrative detention, under which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial, sometimes indefinitely.
PPS said in a statement that Moussa, 33, has been refusing meals for 42 days.
His blood pressure and blood sugar are "unstable" the statement said, and he is unable to stand on his feet.
Moussa has spent at total of seven years of his life in Israeli jails, having been detained several times, the statement added.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service told Ma'an on Monday that there was only one Palestinian prisoner still on hunger strike, but would not name him.
Sivan Weizman said that the one remaining hunger striker had been refusing meals for "a month."
About 125 Palestinian prisoners last week ended a two-month hunger strike, with lawyers saying they had reached a deal with the IPS.
Weizman told Ma'an that no recent hunger strikers had reached any deal with Israeli authorities.
The prisoners were demanding that Israel end its policy of administrative detention, under which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial, sometimes indefinitely.
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Israeli forces raided the Bethlehem area early Tuesday and detained a Palestinian man, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the village of Husan and detained 20-year-old Diyaa Tahir Shawasha after ransacking his home. Israeli forces also raided al-Khader village and forcibly entered several commercial stores. Muhammad Mousa Naji Shehada told Ma'an that Israeli forces blew up one of the doors on the al-Naji Market which he owns, causing material damage. Israeli forces arrived at the family-run shop at around 6:30 a.m. and took away Shehada's father before blowing open one of the doors. |
The front door and an inner glass door were damaged, together with shelves inside.
Surveillance cameras recorded Israeli forces inside the store, but the purpose of the raid remains unclear.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces confiscated several security cameras along the Hebron road, locals said.
Surveillance cameras recorded Israeli forces inside the store, but the purpose of the raid remains unclear.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces confiscated several security cameras along the Hebron road, locals said.
Infant Injured After Soldiers Detonated Door Of His Family Home
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents, including an infant, have been injured and that at least two people were kidnapped, in a series of military invasions into the southern West Bank district of Hebron, late on Monday night, and on Tuesday at dawn.
Medical spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Hebron, Mohammad Awad, stated that two Palestinians, identified as Mohab Jawdat ‘Aady, 18, and Baha’ Awni Ekhlayyel, 19, were shot in their legs by rounds of live ammunition, and were moved to a local medical center.
The two were injured during clashes that took place when dozens of soldiers invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town.
Several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and many were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets.
The soldiers also blocked several roads in different parts of the district.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the home of resident Mahmoud Bregheeth, after detonating the front door and violently searching the property, causing excessive damage.
In Hebron city, soldiers kidnapped Hani Abdul-Karim Zghayer, 19, and Yahya Nasser Ed-Deen, after searching their homes.
Also, an infant, identified as Bara' Bilal al-Qawasmi, 40 days of age, was injured when the soldiers detonated the main door of his family's home. He was shot by glass fragments to various parts of his body.
In related news, a young Palestinian man was injured after being rammed by a settler’s car, in the Jaber neighborhood of Hebron city.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the settler deliberately targeted, Ashraf Nouh Edrees, 28, and fled the scene.
The extent of injuries remain unknown as Israeli soldiers moved the wounded Palestinian, either to a military base, or to a hospital; no further information was provided.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents, including an infant, have been injured and that at least two people were kidnapped, in a series of military invasions into the southern West Bank district of Hebron, late on Monday night, and on Tuesday at dawn.
Medical spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Hebron, Mohammad Awad, stated that two Palestinians, identified as Mohab Jawdat ‘Aady, 18, and Baha’ Awni Ekhlayyel, 19, were shot in their legs by rounds of live ammunition, and were moved to a local medical center.
The two were injured during clashes that took place when dozens of soldiers invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town.
Several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and many were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets.
The soldiers also blocked several roads in different parts of the district.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the home of resident Mahmoud Bregheeth, after detonating the front door and violently searching the property, causing excessive damage.
In Hebron city, soldiers kidnapped Hani Abdul-Karim Zghayer, 19, and Yahya Nasser Ed-Deen, after searching their homes.
Also, an infant, identified as Bara' Bilal al-Qawasmi, 40 days of age, was injured when the soldiers detonated the main door of his family's home. He was shot by glass fragments to various parts of his body.
In related news, a young Palestinian man was injured after being rammed by a settler’s car, in the Jaber neighborhood of Hebron city.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the settler deliberately targeted, Ashraf Nouh Edrees, 28, and fled the scene.
The extent of injuries remain unknown as Israeli soldiers moved the wounded Palestinian, either to a military base, or to a hospital; no further information was provided.
Flames and smoke billow from the blown-up house of Amer Abu Eisheh, one of two Palestinians suspected in the killing of three kidnapped Israelis, in Hebron on July 1, 2014
Israeli forces in Hebron late Monday blew up the homes of two Palestinians Israel says are prime suspects in the kidnapping and killing of three teens who were found dead earlier that evening, witnesses said.
The two houses, which are both located in the same neighborhood in northwest Hebron, belong to the families of Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33.
After Israeli forces in Halhul north of Hebron found three bodies presumed to be those of three Israeli teens who went missing on June 12, soldiers surrounded the houses, forcibly removed the families, and declared the area a closed military zone, locals said.
Witnesses said the homes were then blown up by explosives.
Locals had told Ma'an earlier that soldiers were preparing to demolish the homes.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that the homes "were not demolished," but said Israeli forces searched the houses late Monday.
Meanwhile, Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces, hurling empty bottles and stones at soldiers, who fired tear gas and stun grenades, locals said.
Entrances to Halhul and Hebron were shut down, witnesses added.
Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians in the West Bank military operation that followed the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from the Gush Etzion settlement on June 12.
The Israeli army said on Thursday that it was still searching for Abu Eisha and al-Qawasmeh.
Abu Eisha's family has denied the allegations.
Report: Israel demolishes home of abduction suspect
Israeli forces late Monday demolished the house of Marwan Kawasme, one of two suspects in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers who were found dead hours earlier, reports said.
The Times of Israel said the home was demolished Monday night, hours after the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and Gil-ad Saar were found.
Israeli forces in Hebron late Monday blew up the homes of two Palestinians Israel says are prime suspects in the kidnapping and killing of three teens who were found dead earlier that evening, witnesses said.
The two houses, which are both located in the same neighborhood in northwest Hebron, belong to the families of Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33.
After Israeli forces in Halhul north of Hebron found three bodies presumed to be those of three Israeli teens who went missing on June 12, soldiers surrounded the houses, forcibly removed the families, and declared the area a closed military zone, locals said.
Witnesses said the homes were then blown up by explosives.
Locals had told Ma'an earlier that soldiers were preparing to demolish the homes.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that the homes "were not demolished," but said Israeli forces searched the houses late Monday.
Meanwhile, Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces, hurling empty bottles and stones at soldiers, who fired tear gas and stun grenades, locals said.
Entrances to Halhul and Hebron were shut down, witnesses added.
Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians in the West Bank military operation that followed the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from the Gush Etzion settlement on June 12.
The Israeli army said on Thursday that it was still searching for Abu Eisha and al-Qawasmeh.
Abu Eisha's family has denied the allegations.
Report: Israel demolishes home of abduction suspect
Israeli forces late Monday demolished the house of Marwan Kawasme, one of two suspects in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers who were found dead hours earlier, reports said.
The Times of Israel said the home was demolished Monday night, hours after the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and Gil-ad Saar were found.
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