17 june 2014
The Magistrate court judge sentenced on Tuesday the Jerusalemite prisoner Thaer Zghayyar for 4 months of actual imprisonment.
The Israeli authorities released on Tuesday the young man Ala’ Zghayyar after spending three months inside the Israeli prisons on charges of throwing stones.
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Adli Najib until 07/08/2014, and Naji Zghayyar, Ahmad Abu Sneineh and Ahmad Baraghiti until Thursday. The police also extended the arrest of Ala’ Haddad and Mahmoud Jundi and released Shadi Baraghiti.
The Israeli authorities released on Tuesday the young man Ala’ Zghayyar after spending three months inside the Israeli prisons on charges of throwing stones.
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Adli Najib until 07/08/2014, and Naji Zghayyar, Ahmad Abu Sneineh and Ahmad Baraghiti until Thursday. The police also extended the arrest of Ala’ Haddad and Mahmoud Jundi and released Shadi Baraghiti.
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The Musta’ribeen (undercover unit) arrested two young men on Tuesday during the violent clashes that broke out in the village of Esawyeh.
The member of the follow-up committee in Esawyeh, Mohammad Abu Hummos, said that the Musta’ribeen broke into the village using a red car and arrested Mohammad Abu Saymeh and another young man. During the arrest, the undercover units randomly fired live bullets. It is noteworthy that the clashes broke out after a large Israeli force raided the village and established checkpoints and started issuing traffic tickets for the residents in addition to searching them. |
The Magistrate court judge decided on Tuesday to release four Jerusalemites from Silwan with financial bails and on conditions of house arrest.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge decided to release Salim Tawil and the children Ibrahim Yamani, Mohammad Zahaykeh and Issa Al-Qaq with a 500-NIS bail for each and house arrest for 21 days.
The lawyer explained that during the last court session that was held on Sunday, the public prosecution submitted a prosecutor’s permit to submit indictments against the detainees which were supposed to be submitted on Tuesday but the defense lawyer requested to release them due to the lack of evidence against them.
Lawyer Mohammad said: “when submitting a prosecutor’s permit, it is usually configurable and not objective and is not based on any evidence against the accused. He only requested to extend their arrest in order to continue interrogating them.”
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge decided to release Salim Tawil and the children Ibrahim Yamani, Mohammad Zahaykeh and Issa Al-Qaq with a 500-NIS bail for each and house arrest for 21 days.
The lawyer explained that during the last court session that was held on Sunday, the public prosecution submitted a prosecutor’s permit to submit indictments against the detainees which were supposed to be submitted on Tuesday but the defense lawyer requested to release them due to the lack of evidence against them.
Lawyer Mohammad said: “when submitting a prosecutor’s permit, it is usually configurable and not objective and is not based on any evidence against the accused. He only requested to extend their arrest in order to continue interrogating them.”
As Palestinian detainees, held under illegal Administrative Detention orders in Israeli prisons, continued they hungers strike for the 55th consecutive day, demanding an end to their illegitimate detention, detainee Ayman Tbeish is ongoing his strike for the 110th day.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that most of the striking detainees have been moved to clinics, including 20 detainees who starting suffering from internal bleeding following their strike, and were admitted to urgent care in Israeli hospitals.
The PPS added that nine striking detainees have heart conditions, while eleven ailing detainees are also refusing medication, and are facing serious health complications.
Head of the Legal Unit of the PPS, Jawad Boulos, visited 23 hunger-striking detainees held at the Israeli Medical Centers of Tal Hashomer, Ichilov, Beilinson, and Wolfson.
He said that the detainees are in very serious conditions, lost around %25 of their weight, can barely move, while a virus infected six detainees, held at the Wolfson hospital, and require further attention.
Boulos said the bones of the striking detainees are clearly seen, protruding under their skin, and that the Prison Administration stopped all talks with the detainees eight days ago.
Halting talks is a move that was interpreted as an attempt to further isolate the detainees, manipulate and prevent news about their strike, and health conditions, to surface, especially since the world is consumed with the issue of the missing Israeli settlers.
The PPS said that several detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons, have been forced into solitary confinement, in many prisoners including Ayalon, Ramla, Ofer, The Negev Detention Camp, and many other prisons, but are ongoing with their strike.
The detainees that the lawyer managed to visit are:
Mahmoud Shabana, Jamal Hamamra, Mazen an-Natsha, Abdul-Jabbar al-Foqaha, Mahmoud Wreidan, Jawad al-Ja’bary, Raed Hamdan, Faraj Rommana, and Ashraf Asfour; all held in Tal HaShomer hospital.
Tareq Ed’eis, Mohammad Maher Badr, Daoud Hamdan, Zohdi Oleyyan, and Azzam Abu Arqoub; all held in Wolfson Medial.
Fayez Misk, Adnan Asfour, Salem Bady, Mos’ab al-Haimouny, and Mahmoud Abu Daoud; all held at the Ichilov Hospital.
Fadi Omar, Amjad al-Hammoury, Walid al-Mezyin, Mohammad Ali Atteely, Mohad al-Joneidy, and Imad Jadallah; all held at the Wolfson Hospital.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that most of the striking detainees have been moved to clinics, including 20 detainees who starting suffering from internal bleeding following their strike, and were admitted to urgent care in Israeli hospitals.
The PPS added that nine striking detainees have heart conditions, while eleven ailing detainees are also refusing medication, and are facing serious health complications.
Head of the Legal Unit of the PPS, Jawad Boulos, visited 23 hunger-striking detainees held at the Israeli Medical Centers of Tal Hashomer, Ichilov, Beilinson, and Wolfson.
He said that the detainees are in very serious conditions, lost around %25 of their weight, can barely move, while a virus infected six detainees, held at the Wolfson hospital, and require further attention.
Boulos said the bones of the striking detainees are clearly seen, protruding under their skin, and that the Prison Administration stopped all talks with the detainees eight days ago.
Halting talks is a move that was interpreted as an attempt to further isolate the detainees, manipulate and prevent news about their strike, and health conditions, to surface, especially since the world is consumed with the issue of the missing Israeli settlers.
The PPS said that several detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons, have been forced into solitary confinement, in many prisoners including Ayalon, Ramla, Ofer, The Negev Detention Camp, and many other prisons, but are ongoing with their strike.
The detainees that the lawyer managed to visit are:
Mahmoud Shabana, Jamal Hamamra, Mazen an-Natsha, Abdul-Jabbar al-Foqaha, Mahmoud Wreidan, Jawad al-Ja’bary, Raed Hamdan, Faraj Rommana, and Ashraf Asfour; all held in Tal HaShomer hospital.
Tareq Ed’eis, Mohammad Maher Badr, Daoud Hamdan, Zohdi Oleyyan, and Azzam Abu Arqoub; all held in Wolfson Medial.
Fayez Misk, Adnan Asfour, Salem Bady, Mos’ab al-Haimouny, and Mahmoud Abu Daoud; all held at the Ichilov Hospital.
Fadi Omar, Amjad al-Hammoury, Walid al-Mezyin, Mohammad Ali Atteely, Mohad al-Joneidy, and Imad Jadallah; all held at the Wolfson Hospital.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 197 Palestinians and invaded more than 791 homes, in different parts of the West Bank, since three settlers went missing last Thursday night, the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported.
During a press conference at the Ahrar office in Ramallah, Ahrar Center head Fuad al-Khuffash stated that, on the first day of the Israeli campaign against the occupied West Bank, the army kidnapped 16 Palestinians, including two women who were released later on.
The second day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 110 Palestinians, including five legislators, two government ministers and two university teachers.
The army also kidnapped 44 Palestinians on the third day of the invasions, including the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdul-Aziz Dweik, from Hebron.
Soldiers also kidnapped a legislator on the same day. The fourth day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 27 Palestinians.
Al-Khuffash said the 197 kidnapped Palestinians, including women, children, seven legislators and two ministers, are all former political prisoners, and that the number is based documented arrests of detainees who were moved to different prisons and detention centers.
In Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped 101 Palestinians and invaded 570 homes, in Nablus 27 Palestinians were kidnapped and 45 homes invaded, in Ramallah 16 persons were kidnapped and 104 homes were invaded, and one Palestinian was shot and killed by the army.
Sixteen Palestinians were kidnapped in Jenin and 30 homes invaded; eight were kidnaped in Tulkarem and 14 homes were invaded; 9 Palestinians were kidnapped in Bethlehem and 19 homes were invaded; six were kidnapped in Tubas, seven in Qalqilia, four in Jerusalem, and three in Salfit.
In total, the soldiers have, so far, invaded and violently searched more than 791 Palestinian homes, causing excessive property damage.
Most of the kidnapped Palestinians are Hamas supporters, in addition to two Islamic Jihad members and six members of the Fateh movement who were kidnapped on Monday night in the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, al-Khuffash said.
He stated that the soldiers focused their arrests and home invasions in the Hebron district, invading more than 140 Palestinian homes and violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The Hebron invasions mainly targeted Hebron City, the towns of Doura and Surif, and various nearby communities.
In Ramallah, soldiers invaded at least 74 homes and ransacked them before kidnapping several Palestinians, including the head of the al-Aqsa Satellite TV Station, Aziz Kayed, and many other Palestinians.
Soldiers also continued the invasion of the Jenin district, imposing a curfew on the Jenin refugee camp and forcing Palestinians under house arrest, before kidnapping several others.
They also invaded Azzoun town, kidnapped several Palestinians, and held the father of a “wanted” Palestinian hostage in an attempt to force his son to surrender.
Massive invasions were also carried out in Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and the Balata refugee camp. The soldiers also broke into and ransacked dozens of homes and threatened several residents to force them into exile, or to kidnap them, Ahrar said.
Al-Khuffash said that ten of the newly kidnapped Palestinians received arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding them for different periods without charges or trial.
He called on International institutions and human rights groups to stop the escalating Israeli military violations, and to oblige Israel to stop the use of its illegitimate Administrative Detention policies.
During a press conference at the Ahrar office in Ramallah, Ahrar Center head Fuad al-Khuffash stated that, on the first day of the Israeli campaign against the occupied West Bank, the army kidnapped 16 Palestinians, including two women who were released later on.
The second day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 110 Palestinians, including five legislators, two government ministers and two university teachers.
The army also kidnapped 44 Palestinians on the third day of the invasions, including the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdul-Aziz Dweik, from Hebron.
Soldiers also kidnapped a legislator on the same day. The fourth day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 27 Palestinians.
Al-Khuffash said the 197 kidnapped Palestinians, including women, children, seven legislators and two ministers, are all former political prisoners, and that the number is based documented arrests of detainees who were moved to different prisons and detention centers.
In Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped 101 Palestinians and invaded 570 homes, in Nablus 27 Palestinians were kidnapped and 45 homes invaded, in Ramallah 16 persons were kidnapped and 104 homes were invaded, and one Palestinian was shot and killed by the army.
Sixteen Palestinians were kidnapped in Jenin and 30 homes invaded; eight were kidnaped in Tulkarem and 14 homes were invaded; 9 Palestinians were kidnapped in Bethlehem and 19 homes were invaded; six were kidnapped in Tubas, seven in Qalqilia, four in Jerusalem, and three in Salfit.
In total, the soldiers have, so far, invaded and violently searched more than 791 Palestinian homes, causing excessive property damage.
Most of the kidnapped Palestinians are Hamas supporters, in addition to two Islamic Jihad members and six members of the Fateh movement who were kidnapped on Monday night in the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, al-Khuffash said.
He stated that the soldiers focused their arrests and home invasions in the Hebron district, invading more than 140 Palestinian homes and violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The Hebron invasions mainly targeted Hebron City, the towns of Doura and Surif, and various nearby communities.
In Ramallah, soldiers invaded at least 74 homes and ransacked them before kidnapping several Palestinians, including the head of the al-Aqsa Satellite TV Station, Aziz Kayed, and many other Palestinians.
Soldiers also continued the invasion of the Jenin district, imposing a curfew on the Jenin refugee camp and forcing Palestinians under house arrest, before kidnapping several others.
They also invaded Azzoun town, kidnapped several Palestinians, and held the father of a “wanted” Palestinian hostage in an attempt to force his son to surrender.
Massive invasions were also carried out in Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and the Balata refugee camp. The soldiers also broke into and ransacked dozens of homes and threatened several residents to force them into exile, or to kidnap them, Ahrar said.
Al-Khuffash said that ten of the newly kidnapped Palestinians received arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding them for different periods without charges or trial.
He called on International institutions and human rights groups to stop the escalating Israeli military violations, and to oblige Israel to stop the use of its illegitimate Administrative Detention policies.
Jenin Home Ransacked By Soldiers
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Jenin refugee camp, violently broke into and searched dozens of homes, kidnapped eight Palestinians and confiscated a vehicle belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invaded various neighborhoods in the city, and searched dozens of homes before kidnapping eight Palestinians.
The sources said the eight have been identified as Yazan Jarrar (a lawyer), 23, Mohammad Sa’ad, 30, Wael Turkman, 20, Kifah Khader, 23, Yousef at-Tatar, 21, Ahmad Samara, 22, Ibrahim Maslamani. 30, and Abdullah as-Sa’dy, 48.
The men were kidnapped after soldiers smashed the doors of their homes and ransacked the property, causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also invaded the homes of Mahmoud Abu Naa’sa, Hassan Oweid and Mohammad Ghalyoun, and used the properties as military centers.
In addition, the soldiers caused excessive property damage in the homes of Ahmad Awartany, Ahmad an-Najjar, Awni Abu Alia, Rajeh Abu Alia and his father’s home, Thiab Sa’ad, and Abu Sa’id al-Bal’aqy.
Medical sources said scores of residents have been injured as the soldiers invaded Jenin city, and the Jenin refugee camp, while firing dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rounds of live ammunition, leading to clashes with local youth. Undercover soldiers of the army also infiltrated into the city.
In addition, undercover forces of the army confiscated a vehicle belonging to the UNRWA, in the Jenin refugee camp, forced a kidnapped resident to drive it with them under gunpoint, left the vehicle later on in an area near the Annexation Wall, and released the driver.
Jenin Governor, Ibrahim Ramadan, slammed the ongoing Israeli military escalation, and the deliberate targeting of civilians, warning that Israel’s violations will only lead the area into further violence.
Ramadan added that kidnapping civilians violates International Law, and all related human rights agreements, adding that confiscating and illegally using an UNRWA car is a blatant Israeli disregard to the UNRWA and international law.
He called on the International Community and all peace activists and supporters around the world to act on ending the Israeli military aggression, and crimes that aim at trying to force the Palestinians to abandon their legitimate rights of dignity, freedom, liberation and independence.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Jenin refugee camp, violently broke into and searched dozens of homes, kidnapped eight Palestinians and confiscated a vehicle belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invaded various neighborhoods in the city, and searched dozens of homes before kidnapping eight Palestinians.
The sources said the eight have been identified as Yazan Jarrar (a lawyer), 23, Mohammad Sa’ad, 30, Wael Turkman, 20, Kifah Khader, 23, Yousef at-Tatar, 21, Ahmad Samara, 22, Ibrahim Maslamani. 30, and Abdullah as-Sa’dy, 48.
The men were kidnapped after soldiers smashed the doors of their homes and ransacked the property, causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also invaded the homes of Mahmoud Abu Naa’sa, Hassan Oweid and Mohammad Ghalyoun, and used the properties as military centers.
In addition, the soldiers caused excessive property damage in the homes of Ahmad Awartany, Ahmad an-Najjar, Awni Abu Alia, Rajeh Abu Alia and his father’s home, Thiab Sa’ad, and Abu Sa’id al-Bal’aqy.
Medical sources said scores of residents have been injured as the soldiers invaded Jenin city, and the Jenin refugee camp, while firing dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rounds of live ammunition, leading to clashes with local youth. Undercover soldiers of the army also infiltrated into the city.
In addition, undercover forces of the army confiscated a vehicle belonging to the UNRWA, in the Jenin refugee camp, forced a kidnapped resident to drive it with them under gunpoint, left the vehicle later on in an area near the Annexation Wall, and released the driver.
Jenin Governor, Ibrahim Ramadan, slammed the ongoing Israeli military escalation, and the deliberate targeting of civilians, warning that Israel’s violations will only lead the area into further violence.
Ramadan added that kidnapping civilians violates International Law, and all related human rights agreements, adding that confiscating and illegally using an UNRWA car is a blatant Israeli disregard to the UNRWA and international law.
He called on the International Community and all peace activists and supporters around the world to act on ending the Israeli military aggression, and crimes that aim at trying to force the Palestinians to abandon their legitimate rights of dignity, freedom, liberation and independence.
The number of Palestinians detained by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday increased to 57, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said.
Among the latest detainees are journalist Yahiya Habayib from Hebron, Musab Quzah from Tulkarem, and Mohammad Thiyab Sa’d from Jenin.
Among the latest detainees are journalist Yahiya Habayib from Hebron, Musab Quzah from Tulkarem, and Mohammad Thiyab Sa’d from Jenin.
Israeli soldiers walk on a path in a single file during an operation in the West Bank town of Hebron, on June 17, 2014
Israel stepped up efforts to clampdown on Hamas in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers believed to be kidnapped entered its fifth day.
Thousands of Israel troops engaged in the search for the youths turned their attention during the night to Nablus and surrounding area, arresting 41 Palestinians, the army said.
So far, Israel has arrested around 200 Palestinians, most of them Hamas members, as it conducts a vast search operation for the students, two of them minors and one of whom lives in an illegal West Bank settlement.
Hebron has been on lock-down since the disappearances, with multiple checkpoints established around the city severely restricting the movement of thousands of Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused militants from the Islamist movement of kidnapping the youths last week, although Hamas dismissed the accusations as "stupid."
"We are here in the midst of a complex operation. We need to be prepared for the possibility that it may take time. This is a serious event and there will be serious consequences," Netanyahu said on Monday evening.
Israel has said it holds President Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the safe return of the three, with Netanyahu phoning him to demand his help in the search efforts in what was their first direct political contact since 2012.
So far, there has been no formal claim of responsibility.
Adnan Dmeiri, spokesman for the Palestinian security services, said Friday that the PA was not responsible for the safety of settlers and noted that the teenagers disappeared from an area of the occupied West Bank under Israeli security control.
Smashing Hamas
At a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet on Monday, ministers decided to expand moves against Hamas in order to smash its political and social infrastructure in the West Bank, officials said.
"As long as our boys remain abducted, Hamas will feel pursued, paralyzed and threatened," said Lieutenant Peter Lerner, the military's official spokesman.
"We are committed to resolving the kidnapping and debilitating Hamas terrorist capacities, its infrastructure and its recruiting institutions," he said in a statement.
A series of punitive steps aimed at decapitating Hamas in the West Bank were discussed on Monday by ministers, who examined the possibility of banishing its senior members to Gaza and demolishing their homes in the West Bank, Israeli media reports said.
Ministers were reportedly meeting again on Tuesday.
"Israel has decided to perform a root canal to uproot everything green in the West Bank," said army radio, referring to the color representing Hamas.
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who was at the meeting, told the radio Israel had decided to "dramatically" change its approach to the Islamist movement.
"We will bring about a situation in which Hamas people will become a nuisance for the Palestinian population, and that their presence in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will cause harm everywhere," he said.
Crackdown aims to thwart Palestinian reconciliation
Pundits said Israel was also seeking to bring about the collapse of a newly-formed Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas, the first fruits of a reconciliation deal between rival leaders in the West Bank and Gaza which has been furiously denounced by the Netanyahu government.
"The purpose of the Israeli actions ... is to drive a wedge between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and stop the reconciliation process that began some two months ago," wrote Amos Harel in Haaretz newspaper.
By crushing Hamas' infrastructure, it would weaken the movement ahead of Palestinian elections which under the unity deal are supposed to take place before the end of the year, Fishman, writing in the top-selling Yediot Aharonot, said.
"Removing the political leadership from the West Bank is supposed to weaken Hamas in advance of the Palestinian presidential elections," he said.
But as the manhunt entered its fifth day, commentators voiced concern about growing reports of clashes around the West Bank, sparking fears that an already tense situation could rapidly escalate.
On Monday, a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by troops during clashes in Jalazun camp north of Ramallah. And during the night, troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian who was trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in the same area, military radio said.
In Gaza, the Israeli air force carried out a fourth straight night of air strikes after militants fired more rockets over the border.
Last Thursday, one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. Two days later, seven-year-old Ali Abd al-Latif al-Awour died from wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday.
Israel has killed over 60 Palestinians since last July and injured more than a thousand in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.
Israel stepped up efforts to clampdown on Hamas in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers believed to be kidnapped entered its fifth day.
Thousands of Israel troops engaged in the search for the youths turned their attention during the night to Nablus and surrounding area, arresting 41 Palestinians, the army said.
So far, Israel has arrested around 200 Palestinians, most of them Hamas members, as it conducts a vast search operation for the students, two of them minors and one of whom lives in an illegal West Bank settlement.
Hebron has been on lock-down since the disappearances, with multiple checkpoints established around the city severely restricting the movement of thousands of Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused militants from the Islamist movement of kidnapping the youths last week, although Hamas dismissed the accusations as "stupid."
"We are here in the midst of a complex operation. We need to be prepared for the possibility that it may take time. This is a serious event and there will be serious consequences," Netanyahu said on Monday evening.
Israel has said it holds President Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the safe return of the three, with Netanyahu phoning him to demand his help in the search efforts in what was their first direct political contact since 2012.
So far, there has been no formal claim of responsibility.
Adnan Dmeiri, spokesman for the Palestinian security services, said Friday that the PA was not responsible for the safety of settlers and noted that the teenagers disappeared from an area of the occupied West Bank under Israeli security control.
Smashing Hamas
At a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet on Monday, ministers decided to expand moves against Hamas in order to smash its political and social infrastructure in the West Bank, officials said.
"As long as our boys remain abducted, Hamas will feel pursued, paralyzed and threatened," said Lieutenant Peter Lerner, the military's official spokesman.
"We are committed to resolving the kidnapping and debilitating Hamas terrorist capacities, its infrastructure and its recruiting institutions," he said in a statement.
A series of punitive steps aimed at decapitating Hamas in the West Bank were discussed on Monday by ministers, who examined the possibility of banishing its senior members to Gaza and demolishing their homes in the West Bank, Israeli media reports said.
Ministers were reportedly meeting again on Tuesday.
"Israel has decided to perform a root canal to uproot everything green in the West Bank," said army radio, referring to the color representing Hamas.
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who was at the meeting, told the radio Israel had decided to "dramatically" change its approach to the Islamist movement.
"We will bring about a situation in which Hamas people will become a nuisance for the Palestinian population, and that their presence in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will cause harm everywhere," he said.
Crackdown aims to thwart Palestinian reconciliation
Pundits said Israel was also seeking to bring about the collapse of a newly-formed Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas, the first fruits of a reconciliation deal between rival leaders in the West Bank and Gaza which has been furiously denounced by the Netanyahu government.
"The purpose of the Israeli actions ... is to drive a wedge between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and stop the reconciliation process that began some two months ago," wrote Amos Harel in Haaretz newspaper.
By crushing Hamas' infrastructure, it would weaken the movement ahead of Palestinian elections which under the unity deal are supposed to take place before the end of the year, Fishman, writing in the top-selling Yediot Aharonot, said.
"Removing the political leadership from the West Bank is supposed to weaken Hamas in advance of the Palestinian presidential elections," he said.
But as the manhunt entered its fifth day, commentators voiced concern about growing reports of clashes around the West Bank, sparking fears that an already tense situation could rapidly escalate.
On Monday, a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by troops during clashes in Jalazun camp north of Ramallah. And during the night, troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian who was trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in the same area, military radio said.
In Gaza, the Israeli air force carried out a fourth straight night of air strikes after militants fired more rockets over the border.
Last Thursday, one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. Two days later, seven-year-old Ali Abd al-Latif al-Awour died from wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday.
Israel has killed over 60 Palestinians since last July and injured more than a thousand in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested since the declaration of three settlers’ disappearance on Thursday more than 250 Palestinians, most of them were MPs, Hamas leaders and activists in addition to liberated prisoners. Most of the detainees were held in administrative detention (according to which detainees are incarcerated without charge or trial), while 240 raid and search operations were carried out in al-Khalil.
Hamas Movement strongly condemned in a statement the Israeli fierce arrest campaign against hundreds of its activists and leaders, saying that Israeli violations and restrictions would not succeed in undermining the Movement’s path and commitments towards the Palestinian cause.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) documented the arrest of 55 Palestinians, including two liberated detainees, on Tuesday in the West Bank.
Head of the PPS Qadura Fares said that this Israeli hysterical arrest campaign is a new slap to the international laws and conventions. He mentioned in this respect the growing international demands for a fair trial for the administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for nearly two months.
Ahrar center for Prisoners Studies, for its turn, said that 240 raid and search campaigns were carried out in the West Bank mainly in al-Khalil where 140 homes were stormed in the city, while 74 homes were raided in Ramallah.
Along the same line, 15 homes were searched and raided in Silwad town in Ramallah on Tuesday.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces raided several homes in the town after detaining their owners for more than two hours. Huge material losses were reported.
The raid campaign also targeted homes belonging to liberated detainees and activists affiliated with the Hamas movement. Some Palestinian youths were summoned for investigation.
Hamas Movement strongly condemned in a statement the Israeli fierce arrest campaign against hundreds of its activists and leaders, saying that Israeli violations and restrictions would not succeed in undermining the Movement’s path and commitments towards the Palestinian cause.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) documented the arrest of 55 Palestinians, including two liberated detainees, on Tuesday in the West Bank.
Head of the PPS Qadura Fares said that this Israeli hysterical arrest campaign is a new slap to the international laws and conventions. He mentioned in this respect the growing international demands for a fair trial for the administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for nearly two months.
Ahrar center for Prisoners Studies, for its turn, said that 240 raid and search campaigns were carried out in the West Bank mainly in al-Khalil where 140 homes were stormed in the city, while 74 homes were raided in Ramallah.
Along the same line, 15 homes were searched and raided in Silwad town in Ramallah on Tuesday.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces raided several homes in the town after detaining their owners for more than two hours. Huge material losses were reported.
The raid campaign also targeted homes belonging to liberated detainees and activists affiliated with the Hamas movement. Some Palestinian youths were summoned for investigation.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished on Tuesday Palestinian stores and facilities in al-Khalil and a home in Idna town as part of Israeli military operation progressing along the past six days. Local sources said that Israeli soldiers escorted military bulldozers that demolished stores and facilities belonging to Palestinian citizens, amid tight restrictions, in Farsh al-Hawa suburb in al-Khalil city, while continuing their arrest and raid campaign in the same neighborhood.
Along the same line, IOF demolished a Palestinian two-story home in Idna town, west of al-Khalil, under the pretext of being built without permit.
On the other hand, Palestinian citizens were prevented from passing though Container checkpoint near Bethlehem.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers manning the Container checkpoint prevented residents of al-Khalil from passing through it, which led to traffic jams in the area.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers intensified their presence at the military checkpoint since the morning hours.
Meanwhile, Israeli arrests against Hamas leaders and activists continued in al-Khalil as the IOF soldiers intensified their presence throughout the province similarly to the invasion carried out during the second intifada (uprising).
IOF soldiers stormed on Tuesday al-Khalil from its different entrances and broke into Sheikh Fawzi Khatib’s home and carried out search operation in the surrounding areas to the house. Khatib’s three sons were arrested during the raid and taken to detention centers.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers were deployed in different parts and neighborhoods in the city and took control of two homes to use them as watchtowers.
40 Palestinians were arrested during the raid and arrest campaign that continued till dawn Tuesday throughout the West Bank.
Around 250 arrests were reported during the three past days including cadres and leaders in Hamas movement, liberated prisoners, and minors.
Israeli forces continued their closure of all entrances to al-Khalil for the fourth day in a row and prevented its residents’ movement.
Along the same line, IOF demolished a Palestinian two-story home in Idna town, west of al-Khalil, under the pretext of being built without permit.
On the other hand, Palestinian citizens were prevented from passing though Container checkpoint near Bethlehem.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers manning the Container checkpoint prevented residents of al-Khalil from passing through it, which led to traffic jams in the area.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers intensified their presence at the military checkpoint since the morning hours.
Meanwhile, Israeli arrests against Hamas leaders and activists continued in al-Khalil as the IOF soldiers intensified their presence throughout the province similarly to the invasion carried out during the second intifada (uprising).
IOF soldiers stormed on Tuesday al-Khalil from its different entrances and broke into Sheikh Fawzi Khatib’s home and carried out search operation in the surrounding areas to the house. Khatib’s three sons were arrested during the raid and taken to detention centers.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers were deployed in different parts and neighborhoods in the city and took control of two homes to use them as watchtowers.
40 Palestinians were arrested during the raid and arrest campaign that continued till dawn Tuesday throughout the West Bank.
Around 250 arrests were reported during the three past days including cadres and leaders in Hamas movement, liberated prisoners, and minors.
Israeli forces continued their closure of all entrances to al-Khalil for the fourth day in a row and prevented its residents’ movement.
The Palestinian administrative detainees entered on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, the 55th day of their open-ended hunger strike in protest at their illegal detention as their health conditions reached a life-threatening stage. Lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner society Jawad Boulos, who visited on Monday Beilinson hospital, said that six Palestinian hunger strikers there have been infected with a contagious virus in their throats.
Boulos added that the doctors in the hospital told him that the virus resulted from the damaged immunity of the hunger striking prisoners and warned of the gravity of their health conditions, especially since they suffer from irregular heartbeats.
For its part, Ahrar center for human rights said that a senior Israeli prison officer met some prisoners and attempted to convince them to end their hunger strike, but they expressed their determination to continue fighting their hunger battle until Israel ends their administrative detention.
The center stated on Tuesday that this officer asked the hunger strikers he met to halt their protest step, claiming that Israel is in a state of war and more prisoners would be transferred to administrative detention.
The officer also told them that the issue of their hunger strike became neglected and the incident of kidnapped Israelis in Al-Khalil became the focus of media attention.
Boulos added that the doctors in the hospital told him that the virus resulted from the damaged immunity of the hunger striking prisoners and warned of the gravity of their health conditions, especially since they suffer from irregular heartbeats.
For its part, Ahrar center for human rights said that a senior Israeli prison officer met some prisoners and attempted to convince them to end their hunger strike, but they expressed their determination to continue fighting their hunger battle until Israel ends their administrative detention.
The center stated on Tuesday that this officer asked the hunger strikers he met to halt their protest step, claiming that Israel is in a state of war and more prisoners would be transferred to administrative detention.
The officer also told them that the issue of their hunger strike became neglected and the incident of kidnapped Israelis in Al-Khalil became the focus of media attention.
“Israeli mass-abduction campaigns will neither succeed in thwarting our resistance path nor to get in the way of our commitments towards the Palestinian cause and people,” the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in al-Khalil said in a statement on Tuesday. “Such a ferocious campaign targeting the Palestinian people and Hamas leadership is not the first of its kind. We, Palestinians, have seen it all ever since the Israeli invaders laid claim to our soil. Yet, we strongly believe that victory shall come by soon and will always cling to our inalienable rights,” Hamas added.
A wave of abrupt raids has been instigated over the past few days by the Israeli Occupation Forces in al-Khali and other provinces of the West Bank. Cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps that were all cordoned off by the heavily-armed Israeli patrols.
Scores of Palestinian civilians, activists, and Hamas leaders were rounded up and the entire West Bank has been raked through in search for more preys.
“Hamas’s power is not sized up by the dozens, hundreds and even thousands of people affiliated to the movement; it is a whole stream that is deeply ingrained and propagated across our blessed soil,” Hamas declared as it hailed the Palestinian masses who have stood by the abducted citizens and made proof of an unbreakable eagerness to face up to the Israeli conspiracies.
Hamas called on the Palestinians to never lose track of the prisoners’ cause and to keep on supporting the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
The Islamic Movement further urged the PA security apparatuses to release all political detainees and halt its bullying procedures against Palestinian activists.
“Let us all unite to take the bull by the horns, bolster our internal cohesion, keep to our sole goal of confronting the occupation, and back up our prisoners throughout,” Hamas appealed.
A wave of abrupt raids has been instigated over the past few days by the Israeli Occupation Forces in al-Khali and other provinces of the West Bank. Cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps that were all cordoned off by the heavily-armed Israeli patrols.
Scores of Palestinian civilians, activists, and Hamas leaders were rounded up and the entire West Bank has been raked through in search for more preys.
“Hamas’s power is not sized up by the dozens, hundreds and even thousands of people affiliated to the movement; it is a whole stream that is deeply ingrained and propagated across our blessed soil,” Hamas declared as it hailed the Palestinian masses who have stood by the abducted citizens and made proof of an unbreakable eagerness to face up to the Israeli conspiracies.
Hamas called on the Palestinians to never lose track of the prisoners’ cause and to keep on supporting the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
The Islamic Movement further urged the PA security apparatuses to release all political detainees and halt its bullying procedures against Palestinian activists.
“Let us all unite to take the bull by the horns, bolster our internal cohesion, keep to our sole goal of confronting the occupation, and back up our prisoners throughout,” Hamas appealed.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Tuesday between Palestinian civilians and the heavily-armed Israeli patrols in different areas of al-Khalil following a wave of Israeli break-ins into the city. Eye-witnesses attributed the clashes to the Israeli brutal and abrupt invasions of scores of Palestinian native homes, the PIC has been told.
Palestinian ex-detainee Ali Sabarna was rounded up by the Israeli soldiers while other arbitrary abductions are expected in the ongoing Israeli attacks launched in the area.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have deliberately cut off electricity supplies across the entire town.
Random checkpoints have been erected by the IOF at the main entrances to the nearby al-Aroub refugee camp, banning the access of Palestinian native citizens out of or into the camp, a PIC correspondent at the scene documented.
Other military checkpoints have been set up across the province of al-Khalil all along the Israeli “hysterical” raid-campaign, initiated under pretext of searching for the missing Israeli soldiers, who have disappeared since Thursday.
IOF soldiers invaded the cemetery of Beit Kahel, west of al-Khalil, and hollowed out the graves under the same pretext.
A number of Palestinian homes were invaded and civilians interrogated, while others have been taken into custody following IOF break-ins into Wadi al-Maleh, al-Louza, and Sheikh neighborhoods.
Informed sources in Dura town reported having seen the Israeli soldiers kidnap Palestinian ex-prisoner Montassar Shadid, already locked-up for 18 years in Israeli jails.
According to a PIC correspondent, the entire city has been raked through by the Israeli patrols in search of Hamas leaders, scores among whom have been targeted by such a frenzied operation.
Palestinian ex-detainee Ali Sabarna was rounded up by the Israeli soldiers while other arbitrary abductions are expected in the ongoing Israeli attacks launched in the area.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have deliberately cut off electricity supplies across the entire town.
Random checkpoints have been erected by the IOF at the main entrances to the nearby al-Aroub refugee camp, banning the access of Palestinian native citizens out of or into the camp, a PIC correspondent at the scene documented.
Other military checkpoints have been set up across the province of al-Khalil all along the Israeli “hysterical” raid-campaign, initiated under pretext of searching for the missing Israeli soldiers, who have disappeared since Thursday.
IOF soldiers invaded the cemetery of Beit Kahel, west of al-Khalil, and hollowed out the graves under the same pretext.
A number of Palestinian homes were invaded and civilians interrogated, while others have been taken into custody following IOF break-ins into Wadi al-Maleh, al-Louza, and Sheikh neighborhoods.
Informed sources in Dura town reported having seen the Israeli soldiers kidnap Palestinian ex-prisoner Montassar Shadid, already locked-up for 18 years in Israeli jails.
According to a PIC correspondent, the entire city has been raked through by the Israeli patrols in search of Hamas leaders, scores among whom have been targeted by such a frenzied operation.
Muayed Sharab
The Ministry of Detainees and ex-Detainees has voiced concern over the exacerbated health status of Palestinian hunger-striking detainee Muayed Sharab, among many other hunger strikers. Though Sharab is diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases, coagulation, weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding, the Israeli prison administration has been paying no heed, the ministry added in a press statement on Tuesday.
The Ministry called on the Red Cross and the World Health Organization, along with other human rights institutions, to step in and pay an urgent visit to the prisoner, hospitalized in Barzilai medical center.
The ministry further urged the concerned parties to extend urgent treatment to the prisoner patients and carry out the needed check-ups, holding the Israeli Occupation Authorities entirely responsible for the detainees’ lives.
Along the same context, 6 hunger striking captives, held in Beilinson hospital, have been diagnosed with an infectious throat virus, lawyer Jawad Boulos, head of the Legal Unit at Palestinian Prisoner Society, reported following a visit to the hospital.
Boulos identified the infected detainees as: Fadi Omar, Amjad al-Hamouri, Saleh Salahat, Walid al-Muzein, Nidhal al-Juneidi, Muhammad Ali Uteili, Muhab al-Juneidi, and Imad JadAllah.
Boulos quoted doctors as attributing the germ to the prisoners’ immunodeficiency and warned of the serious repercussions of the virus, already exacerbated by an eight-week-long-starvation.
The lawyer called for the need to immediately cure the prisoners and look into the background and nature of the germ. The situation is made worse by the appalling conditions endured in Israeli detention cells, where Palestinian prisoners have been chained, round-the-clock, hand and foot.
The Ministry of Detainees and ex-Detainees has voiced concern over the exacerbated health status of Palestinian hunger-striking detainee Muayed Sharab, among many other hunger strikers. Though Sharab is diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases, coagulation, weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding, the Israeli prison administration has been paying no heed, the ministry added in a press statement on Tuesday.
The Ministry called on the Red Cross and the World Health Organization, along with other human rights institutions, to step in and pay an urgent visit to the prisoner, hospitalized in Barzilai medical center.
The ministry further urged the concerned parties to extend urgent treatment to the prisoner patients and carry out the needed check-ups, holding the Israeli Occupation Authorities entirely responsible for the detainees’ lives.
Along the same context, 6 hunger striking captives, held in Beilinson hospital, have been diagnosed with an infectious throat virus, lawyer Jawad Boulos, head of the Legal Unit at Palestinian Prisoner Society, reported following a visit to the hospital.
Boulos identified the infected detainees as: Fadi Omar, Amjad al-Hamouri, Saleh Salahat, Walid al-Muzein, Nidhal al-Juneidi, Muhammad Ali Uteili, Muhab al-Juneidi, and Imad JadAllah.
Boulos quoted doctors as attributing the germ to the prisoners’ immunodeficiency and warned of the serious repercussions of the virus, already exacerbated by an eight-week-long-starvation.
The lawyer called for the need to immediately cure the prisoners and look into the background and nature of the germ. The situation is made worse by the appalling conditions endured in Israeli detention cells, where Palestinian prisoners have been chained, round-the-clock, hand and foot.
Hamas has warned of the serious repercussions to be inevitably generated by the ongoing Israeli allegations that the Movement might be responsible for the disappearance of the three Israeli soldiers. “No comment” was Hamas’s way to voice disapproval, in a statement on Tuesday, over the Israeli charges, describing them as a set of inherently political schemes weaved so as to cover up Israeli aggressions against Palestinian natives and ongoing attempts to thwart the reconciliation process.
Regardless of who stands behind the “abduction”, Palestinians have the right to defend themselves and stand by their imprisoned brothers and sisters, the statement added.
Hamas held Israel accountable for the lives of the Palestinian hunger-striking detainees and civilians in the West Bank and Gaza along with MPs of the Legislative Council, all permanent targets of Israeli terror campaigns.
Hamas has firmly denied any potential involvement in the alleged abduction of the three Israeli soldiers, who have disappeared from al-Khalil 5 days ago.
“In no way shall we be afraid of such Israeli threats. Premier Benjamin Netanyahu should think twice before embarking on any such crimes,” Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri declared in a Monday statement.
Hamas’s declarations came following Israeli threats to tyrannize the Palestinian people and hold Hamas guilty of the up-to-now-unproved “kidnap-affair,” by all means.
Hamas leader Mushir al-Masri said, during a political seminar in Gaza on Monday, the abduction operation is “an honor that Hamas cannot aver”, pointing out the ironic disparity between the Israeli dramatization of the kidnap as one targeting “teens” and the picture broadcasts displaying three armed soldiers.
“We should compete in restoring the freedom of our prisoners. This is the real honor we should all try to win!” al-Masri concluded, reminding the Palestinian masses of the Israeli illegitimate incarceration of Palestinian MPs, PLC Chairman Aziz Duwaik, and scores of innocent civilians.
Regardless of who stands behind the “abduction”, Palestinians have the right to defend themselves and stand by their imprisoned brothers and sisters, the statement added.
Hamas held Israel accountable for the lives of the Palestinian hunger-striking detainees and civilians in the West Bank and Gaza along with MPs of the Legislative Council, all permanent targets of Israeli terror campaigns.
Hamas has firmly denied any potential involvement in the alleged abduction of the three Israeli soldiers, who have disappeared from al-Khalil 5 days ago.
“In no way shall we be afraid of such Israeli threats. Premier Benjamin Netanyahu should think twice before embarking on any such crimes,” Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri declared in a Monday statement.
Hamas’s declarations came following Israeli threats to tyrannize the Palestinian people and hold Hamas guilty of the up-to-now-unproved “kidnap-affair,” by all means.
Hamas leader Mushir al-Masri said, during a political seminar in Gaza on Monday, the abduction operation is “an honor that Hamas cannot aver”, pointing out the ironic disparity between the Israeli dramatization of the kidnap as one targeting “teens” and the picture broadcasts displaying three armed soldiers.
“We should compete in restoring the freedom of our prisoners. This is the real honor we should all try to win!” al-Masri concluded, reminding the Palestinian masses of the Israeli illegitimate incarceration of Palestinian MPs, PLC Chairman Aziz Duwaik, and scores of innocent civilians.
An Israeli large-scale military campaign has been launched since the early morning hours on Tuesday in Balata refugee camp in Nablus. Raids and arrests were carried out during the campaign. Dozens of Israeli military vehicles stormed at dawn today Balata camp, where hundreds of Israeli forces violently broke into homes belonging to Fatah movement members and liberated prisoners after blowing up their doors.
Local sources told a PIC reporter that some homes were turned to military barracks. Dozens of arrests were reported during the military campaign.
A long the same line, dozens of military troops and 15 buses carrying hundreds of settlers stationed at Hawara military camp in southern Nablus in preparation for carrying out a large military operation in the city.
Local sources told a PIC reporter that some homes were turned to military barracks. Dozens of arrests were reported during the military campaign.
A long the same line, dozens of military troops and 15 buses carrying hundreds of settlers stationed at Hawara military camp in southern Nablus in preparation for carrying out a large military operation in the city.
Three Palestinians were injured and six others were arrested when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed and searched homes in Jenin at dawn Tuesday. Local sources said that hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed Jenin city and its camp in a large military campaign. More than 20 homes and a vehicle belonging to UNRWA were damaged during the campaign.
The sources added that violent clashes erupted when IOF soldiers heavily fired tear gas bombs. Three youths were injured with live bullets while dozens suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas.
Six arrests were reported during the clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces during the incursion.
Meanwhile, Israeli helicopters and drone aircraft were seen hovering in the skies of Jenin after midnight Monday.
Around 60 Israeli military vehicles dashed into the city from different entrances including Jalama and Salem military checkpoints. The soldiers were heavily deployed in the city and camp’s neighborhoods and streets.
Raids and search operations were also reported in the Jenin villages of Silat Harthiya, Arraba, Yabad, and Qabatiya.
Two homes belonging to two ex-detainees were violently raided and searched on Monday in Silat Harthiya west of Jenin.
Two Palestinian youths were arrested during the raids in the town and taken to an unknown destination.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian young man after raiding his parents’ home in Azzun town, east of the city, on Monday night.
Several homes were raided and searched in the town, while another home was turned to military barracks.
The Israeli raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank came as part of Israeli search operation for the three settlers who disappeared on Thursday near al-Khalil.
The sources added that violent clashes erupted when IOF soldiers heavily fired tear gas bombs. Three youths were injured with live bullets while dozens suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas.
Six arrests were reported during the clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces during the incursion.
Meanwhile, Israeli helicopters and drone aircraft were seen hovering in the skies of Jenin after midnight Monday.
Around 60 Israeli military vehicles dashed into the city from different entrances including Jalama and Salem military checkpoints. The soldiers were heavily deployed in the city and camp’s neighborhoods and streets.
Raids and search operations were also reported in the Jenin villages of Silat Harthiya, Arraba, Yabad, and Qabatiya.
Two homes belonging to two ex-detainees were violently raided and searched on Monday in Silat Harthiya west of Jenin.
Two Palestinian youths were arrested during the raids in the town and taken to an unknown destination.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian young man after raiding his parents’ home in Azzun town, east of the city, on Monday night.
Several homes were raided and searched in the town, while another home was turned to military barracks.
The Israeli raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank came as part of Israeli search operation for the three settlers who disappeared on Thursday near al-Khalil.
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Zeev Elkin has called for re-arresting Palestinian liberated prisoners who were released during Shalit swap deal, holding them responsible for the abduction of three Israeli settlers few day ago. MK Elkin charged that those ex-detainees were the real motivation for the abduction operations carried out against Israelis, Maariv newspaper quoted Elkin as claiming.
He called for their deportation from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli media sources said that the Israeli cabinet is expected to meet Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv to discuss the three missing settlers’ issue.
Arrests and deportation of Hamas’s cadres and leaders and other security measures are scheduled to be discussed during the meeting.
Israeli military sources declared on Friday the disappearance of three conscripts near al-Khalil on Thursday night. Large-scale Israeli raid and arrest campaigns were launched throughout West Bank following the incident against members and cadres in Hamas's movement.
He called for their deportation from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli media sources said that the Israeli cabinet is expected to meet Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv to discuss the three missing settlers’ issue.
Arrests and deportation of Hamas’s cadres and leaders and other security measures are scheduled to be discussed during the meeting.
Israeli military sources declared on Friday the disappearance of three conscripts near al-Khalil on Thursday night. Large-scale Israeli raid and arrest campaigns were launched throughout West Bank following the incident against members and cadres in Hamas's movement.
Israeli soldiers continued their large-scale military invasion into different Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, and kidnapped dozens of Palestinians.
Local sources in the southern West Bank district of Hebron have reported that the soldiers kidnapped at least fifteen Palestinians after breaking into their homes, and interrogated dozens of residents.
The WAFA News Agency said the soldiers invaded various towns, villages and refugee camps in the district, and kidnapped; Rami Rafe’ Markhiyya, 13, Jihad Monther Fannoun, Awni Sa’id Sabarna, Samir Saleh al-Qady, Fadi Abdullah Ghneimat, Ahmad Khalaf, Marwan Abbdul-Qader Abu Fara, Ahmad al-Hour and his son Husam, Jadallah Abdullah Rajoub, Mohammad Fawzi al-Khatib, Anas Sobhy al-Jo’ba, Jalal Jamal Yaghmour, Eid Mousa Ebrewish, and Ali Hmeidat.
WAFA added that the soldiers also invaded dozens of homes, violently searched them, and used many homes as military posts and monitoring towers.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks blocking any contiguity between towns and villages in the southern and western parts of Hebron.
They further confiscated surveillance cameras belonging to residents in Sinjer area, east of Doura town.
Local sources said sounds of explosions were heard in various areas in Hebron, and that the soldiers were deliberately throwing sounds bombs and concussion grenades into Palestinian homes before invading them.
At least 80 Palestinians have been kidnapped in the Hebron district since the three Israeli settlers went missing last Thursday at night.
In Ethna town, west of Hebron, the soldiers demolished an under-construction 130 square/meter home, belonging to a resident identified as Mohammad Hussein Farahallah.
In the Bethlehem District, soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp, east of the city, and searched a number of homes before kidnapping one resident identified as Shadi Mohammad Badawna, 24, while resident Khalid Abu Shaqra, 16, from Um Salmouna village, west of Bethlehem was also taken prisoner.
Medial sources in Aida refugee camp stated that several residents received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, especially at the eastern entrance of the camp.
The soldiers also invaded Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, and invaded car tries workshops, a cellphone store, a supermarket and a nearby store, and confiscated surveillance cameras, and also invaded and violently searched several homes while interrogating the families.
In addition, soldiers invaded the villages of Jouret ash-Sham’a, Wadi an-Neess and Um Salmouna, near Bethlehem, and searched dozens of homes and shops.
Late on Monday at night, a number of Israeli settlers hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at Palestinian cars in Nahhalin village, near Bethlehem, causing damage but no injuries.
Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped a father and his two sons after violently searching their home.
They have been identified as Sa’id Salama Salim, and his sons Waleed and Odai.
The soldiers also besieged Azzoun after blocking all roads leading to it by concrete blocks, and sand hills.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Ramallah and al-Biereh District, attacked and searched several homes in different neighborhoods, before kidnapping at least three Palestinians.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Aziz Kayed, Ahmad Najid Mafarja, and Mohammad Ammar. Many residents were detained, and some might have been kidnapped later on.
In Salfit, in central West Bank, medical sources said one Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, and was moved to a local hospital.
The young man, in his twenties, was shot by several rounds of live ammunition and was moved by the army to an Israeli hospital. His identity, and the severity of his injuries, remained unknown until the time of this report.
The Tuesday dawn invasion into northern West Bank districts resulted in at least 41 arrests, while Israeli online daily, Haaretz, has reported that more than a thousand Israeli soldiers participated in the night invasions across the occupied West Bank.
Local sources in the southern West Bank district of Hebron have reported that the soldiers kidnapped at least fifteen Palestinians after breaking into their homes, and interrogated dozens of residents.
The WAFA News Agency said the soldiers invaded various towns, villages and refugee camps in the district, and kidnapped; Rami Rafe’ Markhiyya, 13, Jihad Monther Fannoun, Awni Sa’id Sabarna, Samir Saleh al-Qady, Fadi Abdullah Ghneimat, Ahmad Khalaf, Marwan Abbdul-Qader Abu Fara, Ahmad al-Hour and his son Husam, Jadallah Abdullah Rajoub, Mohammad Fawzi al-Khatib, Anas Sobhy al-Jo’ba, Jalal Jamal Yaghmour, Eid Mousa Ebrewish, and Ali Hmeidat.
WAFA added that the soldiers also invaded dozens of homes, violently searched them, and used many homes as military posts and monitoring towers.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks blocking any contiguity between towns and villages in the southern and western parts of Hebron.
They further confiscated surveillance cameras belonging to residents in Sinjer area, east of Doura town.
Local sources said sounds of explosions were heard in various areas in Hebron, and that the soldiers were deliberately throwing sounds bombs and concussion grenades into Palestinian homes before invading them.
At least 80 Palestinians have been kidnapped in the Hebron district since the three Israeli settlers went missing last Thursday at night.
In Ethna town, west of Hebron, the soldiers demolished an under-construction 130 square/meter home, belonging to a resident identified as Mohammad Hussein Farahallah.
In the Bethlehem District, soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp, east of the city, and searched a number of homes before kidnapping one resident identified as Shadi Mohammad Badawna, 24, while resident Khalid Abu Shaqra, 16, from Um Salmouna village, west of Bethlehem was also taken prisoner.
Medial sources in Aida refugee camp stated that several residents received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, especially at the eastern entrance of the camp.
The soldiers also invaded Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, and invaded car tries workshops, a cellphone store, a supermarket and a nearby store, and confiscated surveillance cameras, and also invaded and violently searched several homes while interrogating the families.
In addition, soldiers invaded the villages of Jouret ash-Sham’a, Wadi an-Neess and Um Salmouna, near Bethlehem, and searched dozens of homes and shops.
Late on Monday at night, a number of Israeli settlers hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at Palestinian cars in Nahhalin village, near Bethlehem, causing damage but no injuries.
Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped a father and his two sons after violently searching their home.
They have been identified as Sa’id Salama Salim, and his sons Waleed and Odai.
The soldiers also besieged Azzoun after blocking all roads leading to it by concrete blocks, and sand hills.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Ramallah and al-Biereh District, attacked and searched several homes in different neighborhoods, before kidnapping at least three Palestinians.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Aziz Kayed, Ahmad Najid Mafarja, and Mohammad Ammar. Many residents were detained, and some might have been kidnapped later on.
In Salfit, in central West Bank, medical sources said one Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, and was moved to a local hospital.
The young man, in his twenties, was shot by several rounds of live ammunition and was moved by the army to an Israeli hospital. His identity, and the severity of his injuries, remained unknown until the time of this report.
The Tuesday dawn invasion into northern West Bank districts resulted in at least 41 arrests, while Israeli online daily, Haaretz, has reported that more than a thousand Israeli soldiers participated in the night invasions across the occupied West Bank.
