4 july 2017
While demanding that the Palestinian Authority stop paying the monthly salaries of Palestinian political detainees for Israel, the Israeli government continues to pay a regular monthly salaries to Israeli prisoners who murdered Palestinian civilians, providing them and their families with social care and legal follow up.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe’ said, according to the PNN, that the government of Israel is paying a regular monthly salary to the Israeli murderer Ami Popper who committed a bloody massacre, where he killed seven Palestinian workers from Gaza on May 20, 1990, in the Rishon Lezion area, near Tel Aviv.
The victims were waiting for their employers on the construction site when Ami Popper approached them wearing the Israeli army uniform. After he checked their IDs to make sure they were all Palestinians, he opened fire towards them, killing seven and injuring 20 others.
“Popper’s sentence, which was a life imprisonment, was reduced and he will be released next month, Qaraqe’ said. “Despite being in prison, he lives in luxury: He got married on the anniversary of the massacre (20 may 2013) and had kids while he was in prison. In addition, he was allowed to visit his house several times.”
“The Israeli government supports the Jewish terrorists and their extremist organizations, financially, socially and legally, through Israeli government-approved associations, including Haninu, Right Hand Association and others.
“The Israeli government is the largest financier of official terrorism in the Middle East that continues to claim legitimacy of their own terrorism,” he added.
This statement comes in midst of Israeli calls on the PA to cancel the monthly salaries for the Palestinian prisoners and their families who are imprisoned by Israel over political backgrounds.
“We reject being framed as criminals and terrorist. The struggle of our people is a legitimate struggle against the occupation and for self-determination and is guaranteed by UN resolutions and international and humanitarian laws,” he concluded.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe’ said, according to the PNN, that the government of Israel is paying a regular monthly salary to the Israeli murderer Ami Popper who committed a bloody massacre, where he killed seven Palestinian workers from Gaza on May 20, 1990, in the Rishon Lezion area, near Tel Aviv.
The victims were waiting for their employers on the construction site when Ami Popper approached them wearing the Israeli army uniform. After he checked their IDs to make sure they were all Palestinians, he opened fire towards them, killing seven and injuring 20 others.
“Popper’s sentence, which was a life imprisonment, was reduced and he will be released next month, Qaraqe’ said. “Despite being in prison, he lives in luxury: He got married on the anniversary of the massacre (20 may 2013) and had kids while he was in prison. In addition, he was allowed to visit his house several times.”
“The Israeli government supports the Jewish terrorists and their extremist organizations, financially, socially and legally, through Israeli government-approved associations, including Haninu, Right Hand Association and others.
“The Israeli government is the largest financier of official terrorism in the Middle East that continues to claim legitimacy of their own terrorism,” he added.
This statement comes in midst of Israeli calls on the PA to cancel the monthly salaries for the Palestinian prisoners and their families who are imprisoned by Israel over political backgrounds.
“We reject being framed as criminals and terrorist. The struggle of our people is a legitimate struggle against the occupation and for self-determination and is guaranteed by UN resolutions and international and humanitarian laws,” he concluded.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, six Palestinians from Nablus, after stopping them at a military roadblock, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, after reportedly locating Molotov cocktails, concussion grenades and knives in their car.
The army said the soldiers stopped and searched the car, and arrested six Palestinians, who did not carry identification documents, and located a bag containing knives, concussion grenades and Molotov cocktails.
Explosives’ experts were called to the scene, and safely removed the bag, while the six Palestinians were moved to an interrogation facility, where, according to the army, they “admitted planning an attack in Jerusalem.”
The army said the soldiers stopped and searched the car, and arrested six Palestinians, who did not carry identification documents, and located a bag containing knives, concussion grenades and Molotov cocktails.
Explosives’ experts were called to the scene, and safely removed the bag, while the six Palestinians were moved to an interrogation facility, where, according to the army, they “admitted planning an attack in Jerusalem.”
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, two young Palestinian men from their homes, in Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Several army vehicles invaded the village, before the soldiers stormed homes, violently searched then, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Fuad Jaradat, 21, and Mahmoud Majed Abu al-Hasan, 20.
Several army vehicles invaded the village, before the soldiers stormed homes, violently searched then, and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Fuad Jaradat, 21, and Mahmoud Majed Abu al-Hasan, 20.
Israeli soldiers conducted, on Tuesday at dawn, massive invasions and violent searches of homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted twenty-four Palestinians, including a woman, former political prisoners in addition to a father and his four sons.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, next to the Walls of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, searched and ransacked homes and abducted seven Palestinians, in addition to one who was abducted in Bab Hatta neighborhood, next to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Fadi al-Kilani, Mahmoud Msha’sha’, Mohammad Abu Lafi, As’ad al-Ashhab, Ahmad al-Ashhab, Majdi Abu Ghazala and Kamal al-Imam, in addition to Ahmad al-Julani, who was abducted from his home in Bab Hatta neighborhood.
In the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers also stormed and ransacked homes and abducted Jawad Issa al-Hroub, 37, from Deir Samet town, while resident Mojahed al-Hoor was abducted from his home in Surif town, north of Hebron.
In Hebron city, the soldiers abducted a father, identified as Khairi Abu Hadeed, along with his sons Fahed, Mohammad, Amir and Nimir.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted Ahmad Hussein Sabarna, 21, after searching and ransacking his home, in addition to the home of Ahmad Hammad Abu Mariya.
Furthermore, the army invaded Sammoa’, Surif and Tarqoumia town, in the Hebron governorate, and installed many roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Salem town, and abducted Waheed Ghassan Jabara, 22.
The soldiers also detained a woman, identified as Rima Mansour, 30, after invading her home in Kufur Qalil village, and released her several hours later at the Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Tulkarem city and Tulkarem refugee camp, violently searched homes and abducted five Palestinians, including two former political prisoners.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Adha Azem and Ahmad Abu Ni’ma, 32, in addition to Wahbi Jarmi, 25, and Wa’ad Ghassan Salem, 24, from Tulkarem refugee camp, and Yahya Jamal Swai, 21, from Tulkarem city.
In Tubas governorate, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas city, shot and injured two young Palestinian men with live fire, and abducted two others, identified as Qoteiba Abu al-Hasan, 17, and Mohammad Shaweesh, 19, after breaking into their homes, in addition to searching many homes in the refugee camp, causing excessive damage.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, next to the Walls of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, searched and ransacked homes and abducted seven Palestinians, in addition to one who was abducted in Bab Hatta neighborhood, next to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Fadi al-Kilani, Mahmoud Msha’sha’, Mohammad Abu Lafi, As’ad al-Ashhab, Ahmad al-Ashhab, Majdi Abu Ghazala and Kamal al-Imam, in addition to Ahmad al-Julani, who was abducted from his home in Bab Hatta neighborhood.
In the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers also stormed and ransacked homes and abducted Jawad Issa al-Hroub, 37, from Deir Samet town, while resident Mojahed al-Hoor was abducted from his home in Surif town, north of Hebron.
In Hebron city, the soldiers abducted a father, identified as Khairi Abu Hadeed, along with his sons Fahed, Mohammad, Amir and Nimir.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted Ahmad Hussein Sabarna, 21, after searching and ransacking his home, in addition to the home of Ahmad Hammad Abu Mariya.
Furthermore, the army invaded Sammoa’, Surif and Tarqoumia town, in the Hebron governorate, and installed many roadblocks before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Salem town, and abducted Waheed Ghassan Jabara, 22.
The soldiers also detained a woman, identified as Rima Mansour, 30, after invading her home in Kufur Qalil village, and released her several hours later at the Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
In Tulkarem, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Tulkarem city and Tulkarem refugee camp, violently searched homes and abducted five Palestinians, including two former political prisoners.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Adha Azem and Ahmad Abu Ni’ma, 32, in addition to Wahbi Jarmi, 25, and Wa’ad Ghassan Salem, 24, from Tulkarem refugee camp, and Yahya Jamal Swai, 21, from Tulkarem city.
In Tubas governorate, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas city, shot and injured two young Palestinian men with live fire, and abducted two others, identified as Qoteiba Abu al-Hasan, 17, and Mohammad Shaweesh, 19, after breaking into their homes, in addition to searching many homes in the refugee camp, causing excessive damage.
3 july 2017
Palestinian Prisoners center for Studies revealed that the detainees in the Israeli Negev jail have been complaining of worsening detention conditions due to the extreme hot weather hitting the region for days.
The center quoted the captives in Negev prison as saying that they have not been able to get out of their rooms and tents over the past few days because of the very high temperatures that hit 40 degrees in the Negev desert on Sunday and Monday.
The spokesman of the center, Riyad al-Ashqar, warned of the repercussions of the unusual hot weather that could happen such as probable sunstroke and fainting among prisoners in light of the poor health services and the medical neglect policy pursued in Israeli jails.
Ashqar also warned of the spread of deadly snakes as well as rodents and insects which can easily reach detainees' sections and tents and could not be combated simply because of not allowing prisoners to use pesticides and drugs to eliminate them.
The center quoted the captives in Negev prison as saying that they have not been able to get out of their rooms and tents over the past few days because of the very high temperatures that hit 40 degrees in the Negev desert on Sunday and Monday.
The spokesman of the center, Riyad al-Ashqar, warned of the repercussions of the unusual hot weather that could happen such as probable sunstroke and fainting among prisoners in light of the poor health services and the medical neglect policy pursued in Israeli jails.
Ashqar also warned of the spread of deadly snakes as well as rodents and insects which can easily reach detainees' sections and tents and could not be combated simply because of not allowing prisoners to use pesticides and drugs to eliminate them.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Monday arrested a Palestinian young man, who has not been identified yet, at Zatara military checkpoint south of Nablus city, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
Hebrew sources claimed that IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth after attacking a group of soldiers at the barrier and attempting to stab one of them.
Hebrew sources claimed that IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth after attacking a group of soldiers at the barrier and attempting to stab one of them.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, abducted a Palestinian from his work, and fired gas bombs, causing many Palestinians, including children, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers invaded Ras al-Ein area, in the city, and abducted Mahmoud Ali ‘Aseeda, from his work. The abducted Palestinian is from Tal nearby village.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, who fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, and local youngsters who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
Medical sources said many Palestinians, including children, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers invaded Ras al-Ein area, in the city, and abducted Mahmoud Ali ‘Aseeda, from his work. The abducted Palestinian is from Tal nearby village.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, who fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, and local youngsters who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
Medical sources said many Palestinians, including children, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Monday, seventeen Palestinians, including children, from their homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, said the soldiers invaded the town, stormed and ransacked homes and abducted five Palestinians.
Eshteiwy added that the abducted Palestinians have been identified as Aws Abdul-Razeq, 26, Aref Marwan, 19, Amer Taha, 16, Sobhi Mansour, 16, and his brother Salah, 15. The soldiers also interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and violently searching their homes.
Furthermore, Eshteiwy said that the invasion and abductions came while the Palestinians are planning for a central procession, this Friday, marking the sixth anniversary of ongoing g popular struggle against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Colonies, built on privately-owned lands.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes in Barta’a town, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Omar Abdullah Kabaha, 23.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the main road leading to Arraba town, near Jenin, searched many cars while interrogating many Palestinians and inspecting their ID cards, and abducted Qais Kamal ‘Areeda, 23, and Fuad Shareeda al-Aqhash, 31.
In addition, the soldiers installed many roadblocks around villages and towns, in various parts of Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of many Palestinians, while interrogating them.
The soldiers also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, and broke into Bilal Bin Rabah local mosque, before violently searching it, and occupied its rooftop, before eventually withdrawing from the area, and installed a roadblock in the center of the town.
The Israeli army said its soldiers arrested two Palestinians in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, Ras al-Ein in Nablus, and one in Aboud village, near Ramallah.
Morad Eshteiwy, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, said the soldiers invaded the town, stormed and ransacked homes and abducted five Palestinians.
Eshteiwy added that the abducted Palestinians have been identified as Aws Abdul-Razeq, 26, Aref Marwan, 19, Amer Taha, 16, Sobhi Mansour, 16, and his brother Salah, 15. The soldiers also interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and violently searching their homes.
Furthermore, Eshteiwy said that the invasion and abductions came while the Palestinians are planning for a central procession, this Friday, marking the sixth anniversary of ongoing g popular struggle against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Colonies, built on privately-owned lands.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes in Barta’a town, and abducted one Palestinian, identified as Omar Abdullah Kabaha, 23.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the main road leading to Arraba town, near Jenin, searched many cars while interrogating many Palestinians and inspecting their ID cards, and abducted Qais Kamal ‘Areeda, 23, and Fuad Shareeda al-Aqhash, 31.
In addition, the soldiers installed many roadblocks around villages and towns, in various parts of Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of many Palestinians, while interrogating them.
The soldiers also invaded Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, and broke into Bilal Bin Rabah local mosque, before violently searching it, and occupied its rooftop, before eventually withdrawing from the area, and installed a roadblock in the center of the town.
The Israeli army said its soldiers arrested two Palestinians in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, Ras al-Ein in Nablus, and one in Aboud village, near Ramallah.
30 Prisoners of Hamas Movement in Negev, the Israeli desert jail, have started an open hunger strike in solidarity with the detained leader Muntaser Shadid who was transferred to Megiddo prison and announced waging a hunger strike.
The Prisoners Media Office revealed that tension has prevailed in Hamas prisoners’ sections after the unjust arbitrary and sudden transfer of captive Shadid, who is from Doura town in al-Khalil.
The Prisoners Media Office revealed that tension has prevailed in Hamas prisoners’ sections after the unjust arbitrary and sudden transfer of captive Shadid, who is from Doura town in al-Khalil.
2 july 2017
Former Knesset member Basel Ghattas will enter Gilboa prison in northern Israel for a two-year prison sentence on Sunday on a charge of his role in helping Palestinian prisoners to contact their families.
Ghattas will be escorted by relatives to the prison, where a large crowd of his friends and fellow MKs will be waiting for him to express their solidarity with him.
He is also expected to deliver a speech before the crowd before entering the prison to serve his term.
The Arab MK accepted the sentence as part of the plea deal in March after he was convicted of smuggling cellphones and SIM cards to prisoners for “humanitarian and moral reasons.”
Ghattas will be escorted by relatives to the prison, where a large crowd of his friends and fellow MKs will be waiting for him to express their solidarity with him.
He is also expected to deliver a speech before the crowd before entering the prison to serve his term.
The Arab MK accepted the sentence as part of the plea deal in March after he was convicted of smuggling cellphones and SIM cards to prisoners for “humanitarian and moral reasons.”
Palestinian lawyer Mohamed Allan has entered the 24th day of his hunger strike in an Israeli jail to demand his release and to protest his exposure to poor incarceration conditions.
Allan had already gone on hunger strike for 65 days in protest at his administrative detention with no indictment or trial before his release in December 2015.
According to his mother, Allan started his hunger strike this time to protest his renewed detention and to demand his release.
Allan had already gone on hunger strike for 65 days in protest at his administrative detention with no indictment or trial before his release in December 2015.
According to his mother, Allan started his hunger strike this time to protest his renewed detention and to demand his release.
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight, twelve Palestinians, including a legislator and a former political prisoner, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Issa Abu Ghazi, Mohammad al-Qassam, Hamed Jawabra, Morad Sharif, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in addition to Abbas Natsha and Bassel Hawamda, from the Sammoa’ town.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted legislator and senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Khaleda Jarrar, in addition to the head of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committee, Khitam Sa’afeen, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehad Mas’oud, who was held by Israel for sixteen years.
It is worth mentioning that Jarrar, a democratically-elected legislator for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison in June of 2016, after being held for fifteen months.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Waseem Abu Yabes and Mohammad Sabateen, from their homes in Husan town, in Bethlehem governorate.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as ‘Aref Wishahi, 22, from the al-Mothallath village, after stopping him at a roadblock installed at the junction of ‘Arraba town, and demolished a monument for a Palestinian, who was assassinated by Israeli agents in Athens, in 1986.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks in the western part of Jenin city, Jenin-Jaffa Road, and at roads leading to many villages, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Issa Abu Ghazi, Mohammad al-Qassam, Hamed Jawabra, Morad Sharif, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in addition to Abbas Natsha and Bassel Hawamda, from the Sammoa’ town.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted legislator and senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Khaleda Jarrar, in addition to the head of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committee, Khitam Sa’afeen, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehad Mas’oud, who was held by Israel for sixteen years.
It is worth mentioning that Jarrar, a democratically-elected legislator for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison in June of 2016, after being held for fifteen months.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Waseem Abu Yabes and Mohammad Sabateen, from their homes in Husan town, in Bethlehem governorate.
In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as ‘Aref Wishahi, 22, from the al-Mothallath village, after stopping him at a roadblock installed at the junction of ‘Arraba town, and demolished a monument for a Palestinian, who was assassinated by Israeli agents in Athens, in 1986.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks in the western part of Jenin city, Jenin-Jaffa Road, and at roads leading to many villages, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and installed many roadblocks around it, before abducting one Palestinian, and demolished a monument for a Palestinian, who was assassinated by Israeli agents in Athens, in 1986.
The soldiers installed many roadblocks in the western part of Jenin city, Jenin-Jaffa Road, and at roads leading to many villages, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) sad the soldiers abducted ‘Aref Wishahi, 22, from the al-Mothallath village, after stopping him at a roadblock installed at the junction of ‘Arraba town.
Furthermore, the soldiers demolished, for the second time in a few days, a monument for a slain Palestinian, identified as Khaled Nazzal, at Jenin’s western entrance. The soldiers demolished the monument shortly after it was rebuilt.
It is worth mentioning that Nazzal, from Qabatia town near Jenin, was one of the founders of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and was assassinated by Israeli agents in Athens on June 9th 1986.
The soldiers installed many roadblocks in the western part of Jenin city, Jenin-Jaffa Road, and at roads leading to many villages, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) sad the soldiers abducted ‘Aref Wishahi, 22, from the al-Mothallath village, after stopping him at a roadblock installed at the junction of ‘Arraba town.
Furthermore, the soldiers demolished, for the second time in a few days, a monument for a slain Palestinian, identified as Khaled Nazzal, at Jenin’s western entrance. The soldiers demolished the monument shortly after it was rebuilt.
It is worth mentioning that Nazzal, from Qabatia town near Jenin, was one of the founders of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and was assassinated by Israeli agents in Athens on June 9th 1986.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including legislator Khaleda Jarrar, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the home of legislator Khaleda Jarrar, of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and abducted her after ransacking her property.
It is worth mentioning that Jarrar, a democratically-elected legislator for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison in June of 2016, after being held for fifteen months.
The soldiers also abducted Khitam Sa’afeen, from her home, in Betunia town, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehad Mas’oud, from Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the home of legislator Khaleda Jarrar, of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and abducted her after ransacking her property.
It is worth mentioning that Jarrar, a democratically-elected legislator for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison in June of 2016, after being held for fifteen months.
The soldiers also abducted Khitam Sa’afeen, from her home, in Betunia town, and a former political prisoner, identified as Ehad Mas’oud, from Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Ramallah.
Israel has officially informed the International Committee of the Red Cross that there will be no family visits to a number of detainees from the Gaza Strip, without specifying their names.
ICRC spokeswoman in Gaza, Suheir Zaqout, told Quds Press that the organisation is in constant contact with Israeli authorities to remind them of their obligations to facilitate family visits to all Palestinian detainees.
“Family visits are a right enshrined in Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. This right can only be disabled on security grounds and for individual cases. It is highly humanitarian, not only for the detainee but also for their family,” she said, according to the PNN.
Zaqout pointed out that the Red Cross is “concerned” about the Israeli decision and understands the concern and frustration of the detainees’ families.
Director of a Palestinian prisoner rights group the Asra Media Office, Abdel Rahman Shedid, said the decision aims to pressure Hamas to response to calls by the families of the captured Israeli soldiers by punishing the detainees with links to the movement.
Shedid said in a statement that the decision “is the first in a series of punishments imposed by Israeli occupation prisons against Hamas detainees during the coming period.”
He held the Israeli government and the prison administration in full responsibility for any possible deterioration or escalation in the coming period.
Israel suspended family visits for families of detainees from the Gaza Strip after its aggression on the enclave in July 2014 then resumed them in early October of the same year.
Some 370 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are held in Israeli prisons.
ICRC spokeswoman in Gaza, Suheir Zaqout, told Quds Press that the organisation is in constant contact with Israeli authorities to remind them of their obligations to facilitate family visits to all Palestinian detainees.
“Family visits are a right enshrined in Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. This right can only be disabled on security grounds and for individual cases. It is highly humanitarian, not only for the detainee but also for their family,” she said, according to the PNN.
Zaqout pointed out that the Red Cross is “concerned” about the Israeli decision and understands the concern and frustration of the detainees’ families.
Director of a Palestinian prisoner rights group the Asra Media Office, Abdel Rahman Shedid, said the decision aims to pressure Hamas to response to calls by the families of the captured Israeli soldiers by punishing the detainees with links to the movement.
Shedid said in a statement that the decision “is the first in a series of punishments imposed by Israeli occupation prisons against Hamas detainees during the coming period.”
He held the Israeli government and the prison administration in full responsibility for any possible deterioration or escalation in the coming period.
Israel suspended family visits for families of detainees from the Gaza Strip after its aggression on the enclave in July 2014 then resumed them in early October of the same year.
Some 370 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are held in Israeli prisons.
1 july 2017
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) brutally attacked at dawn Saturday a Palestinian child from al-Ezza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, while trying to arrest his father.
Local sources reported that the IOF stormed the camp and arrested the 26-year-old Ahmed Adawin from his house.
One of the detainee’s children was severely beaten by the soldiers during the raid and was then taken to hospital after suffering several injuries, according to the sources.
The IOF soldiers also summoned two local youths for investigation before their withdrawal.
Local sources reported that the IOF stormed the camp and arrested the 26-year-old Ahmed Adawin from his house.
One of the detainee’s children was severely beaten by the soldiers during the raid and was then taken to hospital after suffering several injuries, according to the sources.
The IOF soldiers also summoned two local youths for investigation before their withdrawal.
Several armored Israeli military jeeps, invaded on Saturday at dawn, Jenin city, Jenin refugee camp, and al-Yamoun town, in the northern part of the occupied West bank, searched many homes and abducted three Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Jamal Abu al-Haija, and the homes of his sons Abdul-Salam and Emad, in Jenin refugee camp, violently searched them, and abducted his son, Assem.
The soldiers also invaded the home of former political prisoner, Farah Omar Sanouri, 40, in the Eastern Neighborhood, in Jenin city, and abducted him after ransacking the property.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Qassem Freihat, 22, was abducted from his home in the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, after the soldiers broke into his home and searched it.
The soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Jamal Abu al-Haija, and the homes of his sons Abdul-Salam and Emad, in Jenin refugee camp, violently searched them, and abducted his son, Assem.
The soldiers also invaded the home of former political prisoner, Farah Omar Sanouri, 40, in the Eastern Neighborhood, in Jenin city, and abducted him after ransacking the property.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Qassem Freihat, 22, was abducted from his home in the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, after the soldiers broke into his home and searched it.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the al-‘Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and abducted one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and summoned two residents for interrogation.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked a home in al-‘Azza refugee camp, abducted Ahmad Fuad al-‘Adaween, 26, and assaulted his father, causing cuts and bruises.
The soldiers withdrew from the camp, and took ‘Adaween to Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, searched homes and summoned Mahmoud Abed Masa’eed, and former political prisoner, Rezeq Salah, 52, for interrogation in Etzion.
The soldiers invaded and ransacked a home in al-‘Azza refugee camp, abducted Ahmad Fuad al-‘Adaween, 26, and assaulted his father, causing cuts and bruises.
The soldiers withdrew from the camp, and took ‘Adaween to Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, searched homes and summoned Mahmoud Abed Masa’eed, and former political prisoner, Rezeq Salah, 52, for interrogation in Etzion.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Friday evening, the town of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, detained two child siblings, and abducted one of them, while the two were swimming in front of their home, and handed demolition orders targeting two homes, in addition to photographing structures.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers invaded Kroum Qamar neighborhood in Silwan, and abducted Nasr Mohammad al-Abbasi, 15.
The soldiers also detained Nasr’ brother, Hamza, 10, and wanted to move him to an interrogation center in Salaheddin Street, but the family and neighbors managed to stop them.
The two children were swimming in a make-shift in front of their home when the soldiers detained them, and prevented Hamza from wearing his clothes and his shoes, after alleging that the two, “hurled stones at army jeeps.”
Furthermore, personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, and the army, handed “administrative demolition orders” targeting the homes of Firas Somrein and Mohammad Siyam, in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan, in addition to photographing alleys and structures.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers invaded Kroum Qamar neighborhood in Silwan, and abducted Nasr Mohammad al-Abbasi, 15.
The soldiers also detained Nasr’ brother, Hamza, 10, and wanted to move him to an interrogation center in Salaheddin Street, but the family and neighbors managed to stop them.
The two children were swimming in a make-shift in front of their home when the soldiers detained them, and prevented Hamza from wearing his clothes and his shoes, after alleging that the two, “hurled stones at army jeeps.”
Furthermore, personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, and the army, handed “administrative demolition orders” targeting the homes of Firas Somrein and Mohammad Siyam, in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan, in addition to photographing alleys and structures.
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