24 july 2017
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man with a live round to the head, during clashes that took place after the army invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the young man, 26 years of age, was moved to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, and was instantly moved to the surgery ward.
The young man is currently at the Intensive Care Unit, and is still in a life-threatening condition.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Nidal Mansour, 21, from al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, near al-Bathan Valley, northeast of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Palestinian youth critically injured in Israeli police shooting in OJ
A Palestinian young man was seriously wounded in Israeli police random shooting at demonstrators in Hizma town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem on Monday evening.
The Palestinian health ministry said that a 26-year-old youth was hit with a rubber bullet in his head and has undergone a surgery, describing his condition as very serious.
Clashes erupted between Israeli occupation police and Palestinians on Monday evening in Alezariye, Issawiye, and the Qalandiya checkpoint.
Tension has been running high in Occupied Jerusalem since July 16 when Israeli occupation authorities installed metal gates at the entrances of the holy Aqsa Mosque, a measure that was refused by the Jerusalemites.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the young man, 26 years of age, was moved to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, and was instantly moved to the surgery ward.
The young man is currently at the Intensive Care Unit, and is still in a life-threatening condition.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Nidal Mansour, 21, from al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, near al-Bathan Valley, northeast of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Palestinian youth critically injured in Israeli police shooting in OJ
A Palestinian young man was seriously wounded in Israeli police random shooting at demonstrators in Hizma town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem on Monday evening.
The Palestinian health ministry said that a 26-year-old youth was hit with a rubber bullet in his head and has undergone a surgery, describing his condition as very serious.
Clashes erupted between Israeli occupation police and Palestinians on Monday evening in Alezariye, Issawiye, and the Qalandiya checkpoint.
Tension has been running high in Occupied Jerusalem since July 16 when Israeli occupation authorities installed metal gates at the entrances of the holy Aqsa Mosque, a measure that was refused by the Jerusalemites.
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Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of al-Khalil (Hebron), this Friday, to protest Israel’s tightening of access restrictions to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque. The protest was suppressed violently by scores of Israeli soldiers and police, who fired live ammunition indiscriminately into crowds of young men and boys.
At least 10 Palestinians were wounded with live ammunition, including one young man shot in the stomach, and another near the heart. Many more were wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, with hospitals and ambulances struggling to hope. The situation was made worse by Israeli forces storming the nearby hospital once, and twice occupying its entrances. |
The demonstration followed the closure of Hebron’s mosques in solidarity with those unable to worship at al-Aqsa. Instead, worshipers prayed at Hussein Bin Ali stadium before marching down Ain Sarah street, towards Bab al-Zawiye.
Once the march reached the market, some children began throwing stones and fireworks at the gate of Checkpoint 56, which separates Palestinians from Shuhada street.
Soldiers responded by storming out of the checkpoint, firing tear gas and throwing sound grenades. Hundreds of demonstrators retreated back up Ain Sarah street as soldiers regrouped in the square with various armoured vehicles. The soldiers then pushed up towards al-Manarah roundabout, meeting a crowd of young men and boys. Soldiers responded to stones with live ammunition, immediately hitting a 20-year old man in the leg.
Meanwhile, a similar confrontation was occurring on the neighbouring Ain Sarah street, with snipers shooting a 20-year old man in the foot and a 17-year old boy in the leg.
Soldiers and police continued to fire tear gas and .22 calibre ammunition at the crowd, until a volley of stones forced them to retreat towards Bab al-Zawiye.
A second offensive, however, saw Israeli forces push back towards Alia mosque. Palestinian youths continued to throw stones at the heavily-armed soldiers and police, who then sent out a water cannon to spray the boys with chemically-treated, foul-smelling ‘skunk’ (sewage) water.
Soldiers pursued the water cannon, and chased protesters into Queen Alia hospital, surrounding it for more than half an hour.
In the mean time, around 60 soldiers and border police pushed forward and assembled with several vehicles at the intersection, while roughly 20 more occupied the roofs of nearby residential buildings.
Three teenage boys who had been watching the protest from their roof were blindfolded, handcuffed and detained by soldiers who stormed their building.
A group of young Palestinians continued throwing stones at the Israeli forces, as well as rolling flaming tires down the hill towards them. As soldiers began to push up the hill, Palestinians watching from the hospital parking lot barricaded themselves in, but without success. Doctors asked the soldiers, who were now occupying hospital grounds for a third time in one afternoon, to leave.
Eventually, the soldiers retreated back down the hill, regrouping with the border police and other soldiers. Despite Palestinian teenagers continuing to throw stones and tires down the hill, Israeli forces began to head back to their bases. Local youth followed them as they made their way back to Bab al-Zawiye and Checkpoint 56.
Once the march reached the market, some children began throwing stones and fireworks at the gate of Checkpoint 56, which separates Palestinians from Shuhada street.
Soldiers responded by storming out of the checkpoint, firing tear gas and throwing sound grenades. Hundreds of demonstrators retreated back up Ain Sarah street as soldiers regrouped in the square with various armoured vehicles. The soldiers then pushed up towards al-Manarah roundabout, meeting a crowd of young men and boys. Soldiers responded to stones with live ammunition, immediately hitting a 20-year old man in the leg.
Meanwhile, a similar confrontation was occurring on the neighbouring Ain Sarah street, with snipers shooting a 20-year old man in the foot and a 17-year old boy in the leg.
Soldiers and police continued to fire tear gas and .22 calibre ammunition at the crowd, until a volley of stones forced them to retreat towards Bab al-Zawiye.
A second offensive, however, saw Israeli forces push back towards Alia mosque. Palestinian youths continued to throw stones at the heavily-armed soldiers and police, who then sent out a water cannon to spray the boys with chemically-treated, foul-smelling ‘skunk’ (sewage) water.
Soldiers pursued the water cannon, and chased protesters into Queen Alia hospital, surrounding it for more than half an hour.
In the mean time, around 60 soldiers and border police pushed forward and assembled with several vehicles at the intersection, while roughly 20 more occupied the roofs of nearby residential buildings.
Three teenage boys who had been watching the protest from their roof were blindfolded, handcuffed and detained by soldiers who stormed their building.
A group of young Palestinians continued throwing stones at the Israeli forces, as well as rolling flaming tires down the hill towards them. As soldiers began to push up the hill, Palestinians watching from the hospital parking lot barricaded themselves in, but without success. Doctors asked the soldiers, who were now occupying hospital grounds for a third time in one afternoon, to leave.
Eventually, the soldiers retreated back down the hill, regrouping with the border police and other soldiers. Despite Palestinian teenagers continuing to throw stones and tires down the hill, Israeli forces began to head back to their bases. Local youth followed them as they made their way back to Bab al-Zawiye and Checkpoint 56.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) erected on Monday afternoon military barriers in different locations in the vicinity of Tulkarem city in the northern West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers at Shoufe military checkpoint, south of the city, blocked the work of two journalists, Muayad al-Ashqar and Ihab al-Dameiri, while making a report on the area.
Both journalists were detained for hours at the barrier.
IOF troops also erected a military makeshift checkpoint on Ramin-Tulkarem road, checked the IDs of passengers and blocked traffic.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers at Shoufe military checkpoint, south of the city, blocked the work of two journalists, Muayad al-Ashqar and Ihab al-Dameiri, while making a report on the area.
Both journalists were detained for hours at the barrier.
IOF troops also erected a military makeshift checkpoint on Ramin-Tulkarem road, checked the IDs of passengers and blocked traffic.
Ahead of Sunday’s security cabinet meeting, several ministers of Israel’s right-wing government have called for the Palestinian young man who carried out a recent deadly attack in Halamish to be executed.
The ministers called for passing the death penalty for 19-year-old Palestinian Omar al-Abed who infiltrated into a house in the illegal settlement of Halamish in the West Bank last Friday night and stabbed to death three Jewish settlers from the same family in retaliation to Israeli measures at the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with Ynet that with such incident, there is certainly a place for the death sentence in the corridors of West Bank military courts.
Education minister Naftali Bennett also said that the option of death penalty exists in Israeli military courts and that there is no need for legislation.
He called on the military prosecution to demand the death penalty for Abed.
Justice minister Ayelet Shaked also called for going to military courts to extract a capital punishment verdict against the young man.
Transportation and intelligence minister Yisrael Katz made similar comments on Saturday night. He also said that he would raise the demand in the cabinet meeting and that the attorney-general told him that the death penalty was a possibility if it was the security cabinet’s position.
Although Israel’s military courts had reportedly not issued death sentences since 1962, its military and security forces have been carrying out “shoot-to-kill” orders for long years, extrajudicially executing scores of Palestinians on site when they could have been subdued or disarmed through non-lethal means.
The ministers called for passing the death penalty for 19-year-old Palestinian Omar al-Abed who infiltrated into a house in the illegal settlement of Halamish in the West Bank last Friday night and stabbed to death three Jewish settlers from the same family in retaliation to Israeli measures at the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with Ynet that with such incident, there is certainly a place for the death sentence in the corridors of West Bank military courts.
Education minister Naftali Bennett also said that the option of death penalty exists in Israeli military courts and that there is no need for legislation.
He called on the military prosecution to demand the death penalty for Abed.
Justice minister Ayelet Shaked also called for going to military courts to extract a capital punishment verdict against the young man.
Transportation and intelligence minister Yisrael Katz made similar comments on Saturday night. He also said that he would raise the demand in the cabinet meeting and that the attorney-general told him that the death penalty was a possibility if it was the security cabinet’s position.
Although Israel’s military courts had reportedly not issued death sentences since 1962, its military and security forces have been carrying out “shoot-to-kill” orders for long years, extrajudicially executing scores of Palestinians on site when they could have been subdued or disarmed through non-lethal means.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian woman and her son, from Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched homes, and abducted Hanan Abu Sirryya, and her son, Khamis, 19, from their home in Sikka Street.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched homes, and abducted Hanan Abu Sirryya, and her son, Khamis, 19, from their home in Sikka Street.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, five Palestinians in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, in addition to abducting the father and the cousin of a Palestinian who was killed this past Friday, in occupied Jerusalem.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, and abducted Ahmad Ali Issa, 31, from al-Khader town, Hussein Mohammad al-Amour, from Teqoua town, Ahmad Mahmoud Hamamra, 37, from Husan town, in addition to Emad Abu Ajamiyya, and Mohannad Fahmi Qawwar, from Deheishe refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that clashes took place in Deheishe refugee camp, after the soldiers invaded it, broke into homes and searched them.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Hasan Abu Ghannam, the father of Mohammad, who was killed by Israeli army fire, two days ago on Friday 21, from his home in Jerusalem, in addition to abducting Mohammad’s cousin, Ismael Abu Ghannam, and took them to an interrogation center in the city.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, and abducted Ahmad Ali Issa, 31, from al-Khader town, Hussein Mohammad al-Amour, from Teqoua town, Ahmad Mahmoud Hamamra, 37, from Husan town, in addition to Emad Abu Ajamiyya, and Mohannad Fahmi Qawwar, from Deheishe refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that clashes took place in Deheishe refugee camp, after the soldiers invaded it, broke into homes and searched them.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Hasan Abu Ghannam, the father of Mohammad, who was killed by Israeli army fire, two days ago on Friday 21, from his home in Jerusalem, in addition to abducting Mohammad’s cousin, Ismael Abu Ghannam, and took them to an interrogation center in the city.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, an elderly Palestinian author, intellectual and political leader of the leftist Palestinian People’s Party (PPS) from Halhoul town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The abducted Palestinian figure, Mohammad Sa’id Medhya, 83, was taken prisoner after a number of fanatic Israeli colonists assaulted him and members of the Land Defense Committee, before the soldiers abducted him, instead of removing the assailing colonists.
The soldiers took him to an interrogation facility in Keryat Arba’ illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, east of Hebron city.
Medhya was imprisoned by Israeli twice before, in addition to being deported to Jordan from 1970-1994.
He was elected as a member of the Administrative Committee of the General Union of Palestinian Writers, from 1996-2004.
He also wrote many books and novels, in addition to research documents, about the Palestinian culture and struggle, Zionism, sociobiology, democracy and various other subjects.
The abducted Palestinian figure, Mohammad Sa’id Medhya, 83, was taken prisoner after a number of fanatic Israeli colonists assaulted him and members of the Land Defense Committee, before the soldiers abducted him, instead of removing the assailing colonists.
The soldiers took him to an interrogation facility in Keryat Arba’ illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, east of Hebron city.
Medhya was imprisoned by Israeli twice before, in addition to being deported to Jordan from 1970-1994.
He was elected as a member of the Administrative Committee of the General Union of Palestinian Writers, from 1996-2004.
He also wrote many books and novels, in addition to research documents, about the Palestinian culture and struggle, Zionism, sociobiology, democracy and various other subjects.
23 july 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, two Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem, after stopping and searching their car, and locating what the army described as “dangerous fireworks.”
Israeli media agencies said the soldiers noticed a car parked near the Annexation Wall, and that two Jerusalemite Palestinians were in it.
They added that the soldiers approached the car and searched it, before locating a cardboard box containing twenty boxes of what the army called “dangerous fireworks, which can be labeled as combat materials.”
The soldiers confiscated the fireworks, and took the two Palestinians to a detention and interrogation center, in Jerusalem.
Israeli media agencies said the soldiers noticed a car parked near the Annexation Wall, and that two Jerusalemite Palestinians were in it.
They added that the soldiers approached the car and searched it, before locating a cardboard box containing twenty boxes of what the army called “dangerous fireworks, which can be labeled as combat materials.”
The soldiers confiscated the fireworks, and took the two Palestinians to a detention and interrogation center, in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers shot and abducted, on Sunday evening, two Palestinians with live fire, during clashes near the Annexation Wall in Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia, and at the al-Hamra roadblock, in the West Bank’s Northern plains, and injured seventeen others with rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers shot Mahmoud Mohammad Qaddoumi, 15, with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him, before abducting and taking him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said its medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and fourteen others who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRC added that the soldiers also shot one Palestinian with live fire, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, in the Northern Plains.
It also stated that the soldiers detained its medics and the wounded Palestinian, and later abducted the wounded man after refusing to allow the medics to take him to a hospital.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers shot Mahmoud Mohammad Qaddoumi, 15, with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him, before abducting and taking him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said its medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and fourteen others who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRC added that the soldiers also shot one Palestinian with live fire, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, in the Northern Plains.
It also stated that the soldiers detained its medics and the wounded Palestinian, and later abducted the wounded man after refusing to allow the medics to take him to a hospital.
Amid growing tension in the occupied Palestinian territory, with seven Palestinians and three Israelis killed in the past week, Israeli forces launched a massive detention campaign between Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
At least 42 Palestinians were detained in the raids, including a member of Palestinian parliament, two teenage girls, and a 75-year-old man, with the Israeli army targeting people allegedly affiliated to the Hamas movement in particular.
East Jerusalem
As dozens of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces in multiple neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, surrounding ongoing demonstrations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City, Israeli forces detained two Palestinian teenage girls overnight Saturday.
According to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), 16-year-old Tamara Abu Laban was detained in the al-Tur neighborhood, and 16-year-old Aala Ruweida in Silwan.
An unidentified young Palestinian man was also reportedly detained during the clashes around the Lions’ Gate entrance to the compound earlier Saturday evening, local sources reported at the time.
Israeli police statements regarding raids and confrontations in East Jerusalem made no mention of any detentions.
Southern West Bank
PPS said that eight Palestinians were detained in a number of towns in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, identified as Nidal Abu Sneineh, Yunis Kawazba, Ahmad al-Uweiwi, Noah al-Hashlamoun, Alaa al-Zaaqiq, Ismail Talab al-Nattah, Abd al-Muhsin Zaamra, and Issa Salih.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that 10 Palestinians were detained in the Hebron area, saying four were detained in Hebron city, one alleged “Hamas operative” in Sair, one Hamas operative in Halhul, one person in Khirbet Safa, a Hamas operative in Yatta, another alleged Hamas operative in Samu, and one person in Beit Ummar.
However, a local activist in Beit Ummar, Muhammad Awwad, said two Palestinians were detained in the town, in addition to the other Hebron-area detentions, identifying them as Muhammad Munir Radwan Qawqas Ikhlayyil, 37, who previously spent 12 years in Israeli prison, and Alaa Moussa Hassan Zaaqiq, who spent two years in Israeli custody.
Earlier Saturday evening, Israeli police reported that a “suspicious” 17-year-old Palestinian was detained at a military checkpoint near the entrance to the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron's Old City, alleging that he had a knife in their possession and intended to carry out at attack.
Meanwhile, in the southern district of Bethlehem, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in raids, identified by PPS as Walid Khader Salah, Jaafar Abdullah al-Urouj, and 75-year-old Jamil Yaqoub Qumsiyeh.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed only two Palestinians being detained in the district, both alleged Hamas operatives -- one in Bethlehem city, and one in al-Khader south of the city.
Central West Bank
In the central Jericho district in the Jordan Valley region, PPS said four Palestinians were detained, identified as Muhammad Nasser al-Shawwa, 22, Murad Subhi Hajj Muhammad, 42, Abd al-Aziz Jihad Safi, 32, and Shakir Hassan Amara, 57.
An Israeli army spokesperson only mentioned that one Palestinian was detained in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in southern Jericho.
Meanwhile, in the central occupied West Bank city of Salfit, Israeli forces detained a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Omar Mahmoud Matar, also known as Omar Abd al-Razaq, after raiding and searching his home in the town.
He has previously been detained by the Israeli army numerous times.
An Israeli army spokesperson said the army detained “a Hamas operative” in Salfit.
He joined least 12 other Palestinian parliamentarians in Israeli custody. The last Palestinian MP to have been detained was Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khalida Jarrar, who was sentenced to administrative detention two weeks ago.
The Hamas movement said on Twitter that “the vicious detention campaign the (Israeli) occupation is waging against Hamas' leaders in the West Bank is a miserable attempt to quell our people's revolution.”
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that another Hamas operative was detained in the village of Nilin in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Northern West Bank
In the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, identified by PPS as Nidal Abu Rmeila, Omar al-Hanbali, Ali Lulah, and Muhammad Wajih Qut.
The Israeli army told Ma’an six Palestinians were detained in the Nablus area. Two alleged Hamas operatives were detained in Nablus city -- one in the Dhahiya neighborhood and one in the Rafidiya neighborhood -- one Hamas operative was detained in the village of Awarta, one Hamas operative in Madama village, and two other Palestinians were detained in Qusin.
PPS said Israeli forces also raided the northern city of Qalqiliya and detained Muhammad Bilal Daoud, Omar Atiyeh Shreim, Muath Atiyeh Shreim, Abd al-Nasser al-Rabi, and Muhammad Hashem Khader.
An Israeli army spokesperson only stated that four Palestinians were detained in the city -- two of them Hamas operatives.
Locals sources also said that late Saturday night, three Palestinian youths were detained at a checkpoint north of the city, for allegedly participating in clashes nearby. They were identified as Khalid Odeh, Hamza Jidi, and Yahya Abi Shihab.
PPS said Ashraf Mustafa Tawfiq Daraghmeh, 39, was detained in Tubas in the northern West Bank. Locals sources said another Palestinian was also detained in the area, identified as Mustafa Mardawi from Tubas. An Israeli army spokesperson just confirmed one detention in Tubas.
In the northernmost district of Jenin, PPS said Israeli forces detained three Palestinians: Abd al-Salam Jamal Abu al-Heija, Ghassan Zgheibi, and Abd al-Rahim Fakhri Ghawadra. According to the Israeli army, two Palestinians were detained in Jenin city and one was detained in Jenin refugee camp, all of them alleged Hamas operatives.
At least 42 Palestinians were detained in the raids, including a member of Palestinian parliament, two teenage girls, and a 75-year-old man, with the Israeli army targeting people allegedly affiliated to the Hamas movement in particular.
East Jerusalem
As dozens of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces in multiple neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, surrounding ongoing demonstrations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City, Israeli forces detained two Palestinian teenage girls overnight Saturday.
According to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), 16-year-old Tamara Abu Laban was detained in the al-Tur neighborhood, and 16-year-old Aala Ruweida in Silwan.
An unidentified young Palestinian man was also reportedly detained during the clashes around the Lions’ Gate entrance to the compound earlier Saturday evening, local sources reported at the time.
Israeli police statements regarding raids and confrontations in East Jerusalem made no mention of any detentions.
Southern West Bank
PPS said that eight Palestinians were detained in a number of towns in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, identified as Nidal Abu Sneineh, Yunis Kawazba, Ahmad al-Uweiwi, Noah al-Hashlamoun, Alaa al-Zaaqiq, Ismail Talab al-Nattah, Abd al-Muhsin Zaamra, and Issa Salih.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that 10 Palestinians were detained in the Hebron area, saying four were detained in Hebron city, one alleged “Hamas operative” in Sair, one Hamas operative in Halhul, one person in Khirbet Safa, a Hamas operative in Yatta, another alleged Hamas operative in Samu, and one person in Beit Ummar.
However, a local activist in Beit Ummar, Muhammad Awwad, said two Palestinians were detained in the town, in addition to the other Hebron-area detentions, identifying them as Muhammad Munir Radwan Qawqas Ikhlayyil, 37, who previously spent 12 years in Israeli prison, and Alaa Moussa Hassan Zaaqiq, who spent two years in Israeli custody.
Earlier Saturday evening, Israeli police reported that a “suspicious” 17-year-old Palestinian was detained at a military checkpoint near the entrance to the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron's Old City, alleging that he had a knife in their possession and intended to carry out at attack.
Meanwhile, in the southern district of Bethlehem, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in raids, identified by PPS as Walid Khader Salah, Jaafar Abdullah al-Urouj, and 75-year-old Jamil Yaqoub Qumsiyeh.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed only two Palestinians being detained in the district, both alleged Hamas operatives -- one in Bethlehem city, and one in al-Khader south of the city.
Central West Bank
In the central Jericho district in the Jordan Valley region, PPS said four Palestinians were detained, identified as Muhammad Nasser al-Shawwa, 22, Murad Subhi Hajj Muhammad, 42, Abd al-Aziz Jihad Safi, 32, and Shakir Hassan Amara, 57.
An Israeli army spokesperson only mentioned that one Palestinian was detained in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in southern Jericho.
Meanwhile, in the central occupied West Bank city of Salfit, Israeli forces detained a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Omar Mahmoud Matar, also known as Omar Abd al-Razaq, after raiding and searching his home in the town.
He has previously been detained by the Israeli army numerous times.
An Israeli army spokesperson said the army detained “a Hamas operative” in Salfit.
He joined least 12 other Palestinian parliamentarians in Israeli custody. The last Palestinian MP to have been detained was Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khalida Jarrar, who was sentenced to administrative detention two weeks ago.
The Hamas movement said on Twitter that “the vicious detention campaign the (Israeli) occupation is waging against Hamas' leaders in the West Bank is a miserable attempt to quell our people's revolution.”
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that another Hamas operative was detained in the village of Nilin in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Northern West Bank
In the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, identified by PPS as Nidal Abu Rmeila, Omar al-Hanbali, Ali Lulah, and Muhammad Wajih Qut.
The Israeli army told Ma’an six Palestinians were detained in the Nablus area. Two alleged Hamas operatives were detained in Nablus city -- one in the Dhahiya neighborhood and one in the Rafidiya neighborhood -- one Hamas operative was detained in the village of Awarta, one Hamas operative in Madama village, and two other Palestinians were detained in Qusin.
PPS said Israeli forces also raided the northern city of Qalqiliya and detained Muhammad Bilal Daoud, Omar Atiyeh Shreim, Muath Atiyeh Shreim, Abd al-Nasser al-Rabi, and Muhammad Hashem Khader.
An Israeli army spokesperson only stated that four Palestinians were detained in the city -- two of them Hamas operatives.
Locals sources also said that late Saturday night, three Palestinian youths were detained at a checkpoint north of the city, for allegedly participating in clashes nearby. They were identified as Khalid Odeh, Hamza Jidi, and Yahya Abi Shihab.
PPS said Ashraf Mustafa Tawfiq Daraghmeh, 39, was detained in Tubas in the northern West Bank. Locals sources said another Palestinian was also detained in the area, identified as Mustafa Mardawi from Tubas. An Israeli army spokesperson just confirmed one detention in Tubas.
In the northernmost district of Jenin, PPS said Israeli forces detained three Palestinians: Abd al-Salam Jamal Abu al-Heija, Ghassan Zgheibi, and Abd al-Rahim Fakhri Ghawadra. According to the Israeli army, two Palestinians were detained in Jenin city and one was detained in Jenin refugee camp, all of them alleged Hamas operatives.
The Israeli police on Saturday evening arrested four young men in Umm al-Fahm city in Haifa on allegations of throwing stones and burning a tire at the main entrance to the city.
According to 48 news website, plain-clothes police officers rounded up the young men near the city hall following a demonstration staged at the entrance to Umm al-Fahm in support of the Aqsa Mosque.
On Friday, another young man was arrested by the police on suspicion of torching a tire.
Umm al-Fahm city has been witnessing daily raids on homes and arrests among Palestinian citizens since the shooting attack that was carried out a week ago by three local young men.
According to 48 news website, plain-clothes police officers rounded up the young men near the city hall following a demonstration staged at the entrance to Umm al-Fahm in support of the Aqsa Mosque.
On Friday, another young man was arrested by the police on suspicion of torching a tire.
Umm al-Fahm city has been witnessing daily raids on homes and arrests among Palestinian citizens since the shooting attack that was carried out a week ago by three local young men.
The Israeli occupation army said its forces arrested on Saturday evening a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city after finding a knife in his possession.
In a statement, the Israeli army said that it embarked on interrogating the detainee to know his motive for carrying a knife, adding that he is a 17-year-old boy from al-Khalil.
There is still no information about the identity of the detained teen.
The Israeli army uses dozens of checkpoints and roadblocks in the Old City of al-Khalil to harass Palestinian citizens and detain them.
In a statement, the Israeli army said that it embarked on interrogating the detainee to know his motive for carrying a knife, adding that he is a 17-year-old boy from al-Khalil.
There is still no information about the identity of the detained teen.
The Israeli army uses dozens of checkpoints and roadblocks in the Old City of al-Khalil to harass Palestinian citizens and detain them.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a legislator, from their homes in Salfit, in central West Bank, and in Tubas, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.
Media sources in Salfit said a large military force invaded the city, before many soldiers invaded the home of Palestinian Legislative Council member, Omar Abdul-Razeq, and abducted him after violently searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded Tubas city, before streaming the home of former political prisoner, Ashraf Daraghma, and abducted him after ransacking his property during extensive searches.
Media sources in Salfit said a large military force invaded the city, before many soldiers invaded the home of Palestinian Legislative Council member, Omar Abdul-Razeq, and abducted him after violently searching his home.
The soldiers also invaded Tubas city, before streaming the home of former political prisoner, Ashraf Daraghma, and abducted him after ransacking his property during extensive searches.
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Saturday evening and on Sunday at dawn, several communities in the northern West Bank governorates of Jenin and Qalqilia, before storming and violently searching homes, and abducted three Palestinians in Jenin, and eight in Qalqilia. The soldiers also abducted one Palestinian in Bethlehem.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Salam Abu al-Haija, 36, and Ghassan Zogheibi, 44, from their homes in Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp.
It added that the soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Abdul-Rahim Fakhri Ghawadra, 21, from Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, installed on the Jenin-Nablus road.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded many homes and neighborhoods in Qalqilia city, and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Hashem Khader, 42, Abdul-Nasser Raby, 47, Mohmmad Bilal Freij, 25, in addition to Mos’ab Omar Ateyya, 20, and his brother Moath, 18.
The soldiers also invaded al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Waleed Khader Salah, 27, after breaking into his home and searching it.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Wad Shahin area, in the center of Bethlehem city, and summoned Issa Mousa al-‘Obeyyat, 50, for interrogation in Etzion military base, south of the city, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Late on Saturday at night, the soldiers abducted Khaled Odah, Hamza J’eidi and Khaled Abu Shehab, allegedly for participating in clashes with the soldiers near a military roadblock, north of Qalqilia. Medical sources said Five Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
On Saturday evening, the soldiers injured 57 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRC) said most of the wounded Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades, and that twelve of them were moved to hospitals for further treatment.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Salam Abu al-Haija, 36, and Ghassan Zogheibi, 44, from their homes in Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp.
It added that the soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Abdul-Rahim Fakhri Ghawadra, 21, from Be’er al-Basha village, south of Jenin, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, installed on the Jenin-Nablus road.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded many homes and neighborhoods in Qalqilia city, and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Hashem Khader, 42, Abdul-Nasser Raby, 47, Mohmmad Bilal Freij, 25, in addition to Mos’ab Omar Ateyya, 20, and his brother Moath, 18.
The soldiers also invaded al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Waleed Khader Salah, 27, after breaking into his home and searching it.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Wad Shahin area, in the center of Bethlehem city, and summoned Issa Mousa al-‘Obeyyat, 50, for interrogation in Etzion military base, south of the city, after breaking into his home and searching it.
Late on Saturday at night, the soldiers abducted Khaled Odah, Hamza J’eidi and Khaled Abu Shehab, allegedly for participating in clashes with the soldiers near a military roadblock, north of Qalqilia. Medical sources said Five Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
On Saturday evening, the soldiers injured 57 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRC) said most of the wounded Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades, and that twelve of them were moved to hospitals for further treatment.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including two former political prisoners, from their homes in various parts of the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
Many army vehicles invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Halhoul, Sa’ir and Ethna
, stormed and ransacked many homes and abducted Nidal Abdul-Mo’ty Abu Sneina, 44, Ahmad al-‘Oweiwy, Noah Hashlamoun, Hazem Zablah, Mahmoud Bader, Abdul-Mohsin Zama’ra, Younis Kawazba and Ismael Talab an-Nattah.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, broke into homes in the center of the town and Safa area, in the northern part, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Monir Ekhlayyel, 37, who was previously held by Israel for 12 consecutive years, and former political prisoner Ala Mousa Za’aqeeq, 26, who was previously imprisoned for two years.
Many army vehicles invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Halhoul, Sa’ir and Ethna
, stormed and ransacked many homes and abducted Nidal Abdul-Mo’ty Abu Sneina, 44, Ahmad al-‘Oweiwy, Noah Hashlamoun, Hazem Zablah, Mahmoud Bader, Abdul-Mohsin Zama’ra, Younis Kawazba and Ismael Talab an-Nattah.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, broke into homes in the center of the town and Safa area, in the northern part, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Monir Ekhlayyel, 37, who was previously held by Israel for 12 consecutive years, and former political prisoner Ala Mousa Za’aqeeq, 26, who was previously imprisoned for two years.
