20 june 2019

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnaped 10 Palestinian citizens from their homes in different West Bank areas.
A statement released by the Israeli army said its forces arrested nine wanted Palestinians on suspicion of their involvement in hostile activities against soldiers and settlers.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two citizens from Abu Shukheidim, north of Ramallah, and another one from Ras Karkar town, west of Ramallah.
Plain-clothes soldiers also kidnaped two young men after storming an apartment building in al-Masayef neighborhood in Ramallah, amid clashes with local youths.
Four others were taken prisoners during IOF campaign in Nablus city and Azzun town in Qalqilya.
In Tulkarem, the IOF ransacked house of prisoner Isaac Mahmeed in Nur Shams refugee camp.
The IOF also kidnaped a citizen in Bethlehem and handed two brothers from the family of Abu Akar in Aida refugee camp summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
A statement released by the Israeli army said its forces arrested nine wanted Palestinians on suspicion of their involvement in hostile activities against soldiers and settlers.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two citizens from Abu Shukheidim, north of Ramallah, and another one from Ras Karkar town, west of Ramallah.
Plain-clothes soldiers also kidnaped two young men after storming an apartment building in al-Masayef neighborhood in Ramallah, amid clashes with local youths.
Four others were taken prisoners during IOF campaign in Nablus city and Azzun town in Qalqilya.
In Tulkarem, the IOF ransacked house of prisoner Isaac Mahmeed in Nur Shams refugee camp.
The IOF also kidnaped a citizen in Bethlehem and handed two brothers from the family of Abu Akar in Aida refugee camp summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinians, from ‘Aida refugee camp, and Beit Fajjar town, in Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
Media sources said several armored army jeeps invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Firas Nasrallah.
The soldiers also summoned Ammar Mustafa Abu Bakr, and his brother, Majdi, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Omar Anwar Thawabta, from Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after stopping him at a military roadblock in the area.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers confiscated a container, used for moving trash to a garbage dump site, in Barta’a town, southwest of Jenin.
Media sources said several armored army jeeps invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Firas Nasrallah.
The soldiers also summoned Ammar Mustafa Abu Bakr, and his brother, Majdi, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Omar Anwar Thawabta, from Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after stopping him at a military roadblock in the area.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers confiscated a container, used for moving trash to a garbage dump site, in Barta’a town, southwest of Jenin.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians, including two who were kidnapped by under-cover soldiers, in Ramallah governorate, in central West Bank, and one in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
Media sources in Ramallah said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the al-Masayef area in the city, and broke into a residential building, before abducting two Palestinians, whose names were unknown at the time of this report.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and abducted Rami Abu Shkheidim and Ahmad Soheil Abu Shkheidim.
The soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Khalil Abu Fkheitha, from his home in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded and violently searched the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ishaq Mahameed, in the al-Maslakh neighborhood in Nur Shams refugee camp, and the home of Hasan Ata in Ektaba area, east of Tulkarem.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, searched homes and abducted Omar Zahran Sweidan, 18.
Media sources in Ramallah said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the al-Masayef area in the city, and broke into a residential building, before abducting two Palestinians, whose names were unknown at the time of this report.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Shkheidim village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes and abducted Rami Abu Shkheidim and Ahmad Soheil Abu Shkheidim.
The soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Khalil Abu Fkheitha, from his home in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded and violently searched the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ishaq Mahameed, in the al-Maslakh neighborhood in Nur Shams refugee camp, and the home of Hasan Ata in Ektaba area, east of Tulkarem.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, searched homes and abducted Omar Zahran Sweidan, 18.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from several parts of Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, after storming their homes and violently searching them.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, and abducted Taha Ahmad Qatanani.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Mohyeddin Ahmad Shahrouri, from his home in the Northern Mountain area of Nablus city.
The soldiers also abducted Ahmad Ali Khabbass, from the al-‘Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus.
In addition, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in the al-‘Ein refugee camp, in the northwestern area of Nablus.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, and abducted Taha Ahmad Qatanani.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Mohyeddin Ahmad Shahrouri, from his home in the Northern Mountain area of Nablus city.
The soldiers also abducted Ahmad Ali Khabbass, from the al-‘Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus.
In addition, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in the al-‘Ein refugee camp, in the northwestern area of Nablus.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinian teenage boys, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted the two teens, Mohammad Ashraf Rajabi and Anas Ashraf Taha, at the Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock at the main entrance of the Old City, on the western side of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
IOF kidnaps two Palestinian kids in al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnaped two Palestinian children in al-Khalil city.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers rounded up two children identified as Mohamed al-Rajbi and Anas Taha at the main entrance to the Old City of al-Khalil, west of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The IOF did not state the reason for kidnaping the two kids.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted the two teens, Mohammad Ashraf Rajabi and Anas Ashraf Taha, at the Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock at the main entrance of the Old City, on the western side of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
IOF kidnaps two Palestinian kids in al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnaped two Palestinian children in al-Khalil city.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers rounded up two children identified as Mohamed al-Rajbi and Anas Taha at the main entrance to the Old City of al-Khalil, west of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The IOF did not state the reason for kidnaping the two kids.
19 june 2019

Musa Abu Mayaleh
On Wednesday, Jerusalemites participated in the funeral processions of Martyr Musa Abu Mayaleh, 68, from Shu'fat refugee camp north of the occupied city of Jerusalem, after performing a prayer to his soul in Al Aqsa Mosque.
Khader Dibs, the coordinator of the National Committee for the Resistance of Judaization, said that Martyr Abu Mayaleh was attacked by the Musta’ribeen individuals (undercover police) about a month ago, after he confronted them during the arrest of a boy from the refugee camp. He suffered multiple fractures in various parts of his body.
In the village of Issawiya, clashes broke out in the evening between the Israeli occupation forces and the residents, following the storming of the village.
The follow-up committee in Issawiya said that three Jerusalemites were taken to the hospital. The activist Mohammed Abu Hummos was bruised and suffocated, and Fathi Abu Hummos suffered a broken nose and bruises while a woman also suffocated.
The committee added that the Israeli occupation forces severely beat the people of the village, and randomly fired rubber bullets and sound grenades, without paying any attention to the presence of boys and women in the streets.
The committee explained that the Israeli occupation forces pursued the activist Mohammed Abu Hummos trying to arrest him. They pushed him with rifle butts and he fell to the ground and was then severely beaten, and sprayed him and his brother with pepper gas from close range.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested a young man after assaulting him.
The committee added that these attacks are repeated daily in the village of Issawiya.
On Wednesday, Jerusalemites participated in the funeral processions of Martyr Musa Abu Mayaleh, 68, from Shu'fat refugee camp north of the occupied city of Jerusalem, after performing a prayer to his soul in Al Aqsa Mosque.
Khader Dibs, the coordinator of the National Committee for the Resistance of Judaization, said that Martyr Abu Mayaleh was attacked by the Musta’ribeen individuals (undercover police) about a month ago, after he confronted them during the arrest of a boy from the refugee camp. He suffered multiple fractures in various parts of his body.
In the village of Issawiya, clashes broke out in the evening between the Israeli occupation forces and the residents, following the storming of the village.
The follow-up committee in Issawiya said that three Jerusalemites were taken to the hospital. The activist Mohammed Abu Hummos was bruised and suffocated, and Fathi Abu Hummos suffered a broken nose and bruises while a woman also suffocated.
The committee added that the Israeli occupation forces severely beat the people of the village, and randomly fired rubber bullets and sound grenades, without paying any attention to the presence of boys and women in the streets.
The committee explained that the Israeli occupation forces pursued the activist Mohammed Abu Hummos trying to arrest him. They pushed him with rifle butts and he fell to the ground and was then severely beaten, and sprayed him and his brother with pepper gas from close range.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested a young man after assaulting him.
The committee added that these attacks are repeated daily in the village of Issawiya.

Palestinian prisoner Mu’tasim Raddad, a 37-year-old from Seida town in Tulkarem, suffers from worsening health problems in Ramla jail as a result of his exposure to deliberate medical neglect, according to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation.
According to a statement released by Muhjat al-Quds, Raddad suffers from intestinal cancer and inflammation, and low and irregular blood levels due to permanent intestinal bleeding.
The immune system of the prisoner is also very week and he suffers from constant pains throughout his body as well as osteoporosis and rib fractures.
His suffering from ongoing pains also make Raddad unable to sleep at night or during the day, while the medication he takes is useless.
According to a statement released by Muhjat al-Quds, Raddad suffers from intestinal cancer and inflammation, and low and irregular blood levels due to permanent intestinal bleeding.
The immune system of the prisoner is also very week and he suffers from constant pains throughout his body as well as osteoporosis and rib fractures.
His suffering from ongoing pains also make Raddad unable to sleep at night or during the day, while the medication he takes is useless.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has appealed to the World Health Organization (WHO) and human rights groups to urgently intervene to save the life of prisoner Sami Abu Diyak, who has suffered a serious health setback.
According to the PPS, the infirmary of the Ramla prison informed his brother Samer Abu Diyak, also a prisoner, that the health condition of Sami had become very serious and that there was a change in the color of his skin.
Prisoner Abu Diyak is a victim of Israeli medical malpractice and neglect, especially after he underwent intestinal surgery in September 2015 in Soroka Hospital and his exposure to repeated exhausting transfers aboard prison vehicles to hospitals or jails without allowing him to recuperate.
His exposure to such indifference and maltreatment has led him to suffer other health complications and problems, including cancer, renal and lung failures and blood poisoning.
The PPS held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the life and fate of prisoner Sami Abu Diyak.
The PPS and other Palestinian institutions had submitted several petitions to Israeli courts asking for considering the health condition of the prisoner and giving him an early release, but to no avail.
According to the PPS, the infirmary of the Ramla prison informed his brother Samer Abu Diyak, also a prisoner, that the health condition of Sami had become very serious and that there was a change in the color of his skin.
Prisoner Abu Diyak is a victim of Israeli medical malpractice and neglect, especially after he underwent intestinal surgery in September 2015 in Soroka Hospital and his exposure to repeated exhausting transfers aboard prison vehicles to hospitals or jails without allowing him to recuperate.
His exposure to such indifference and maltreatment has led him to suffer other health complications and problems, including cancer, renal and lung failures and blood poisoning.
The PPS held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the life and fate of prisoner Sami Abu Diyak.
The PPS and other Palestinian institutions had submitted several petitions to Israeli courts asking for considering the health condition of the prisoner and giving him an early release, but to no avail.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnaped seven Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, the Israeli army arrested seven wanted Palestinians on suspicion of their participation in hostile activities.
In a related context, local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of soldiers stormed and ransacked the house of prisoner Rabhi Amara in Tulkarem refugee camp and confiscated money from his family.
Prisoner Amara has been serving 16 years in Israeli jails and his son Amjad is a martyr.
In Qalqilya, the IOF stormed at dawn Azzun town after local youths attacked Jewish settlers’ cars with stones and Molotov cocktails.
Scores of soldiers stormed the town, wreaked havoc on furniture and personal belongings during their raids on homes, and brutalized and assaulted many citizens, according to local sources.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, the Israeli army arrested seven wanted Palestinians on suspicion of their participation in hostile activities.
In a related context, local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of soldiers stormed and ransacked the house of prisoner Rabhi Amara in Tulkarem refugee camp and confiscated money from his family.
Prisoner Amara has been serving 16 years in Israeli jails and his son Amjad is a martyr.
In Qalqilya, the IOF stormed at dawn Azzun town after local youths attacked Jewish settlers’ cars with stones and Molotov cocktails.
Scores of soldiers stormed the town, wreaked havoc on furniture and personal belongings during their raids on homes, and brutalized and assaulted many citizens, according to local sources.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, including three who were taken prisoner from their homes in several parts of Bethlehem governorate, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers, stationed at the Container military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, abducted Bara’ Ibrahim Shakarna, from Nahhalin town, west of the city.
They added that the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Majdi Mahdi Taqatqa and Nassar Majed Taqatqa.
The soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, searched homes and abducted Mustafa Ali al-Mo’ti.
In Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded several communities, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted three Palestinians.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers abducted the secretary of Fateh Movement in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, after stopping him at the entrance of the nearby Nabi Saleh village.
Media sources said the soldiers, stationed at the Container military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, abducted Bara’ Ibrahim Shakarna, from Nahhalin town, west of the city.
They added that the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted Majdi Mahdi Taqatqa and Nassar Majed Taqatqa.
The soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, searched homes and abducted Mustafa Ali al-Mo’ti.
In Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded several communities, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted three Palestinians.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers abducted the secretary of Fateh Movement in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, after stopping him at the entrance of the nearby Nabi Saleh village.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) issued a statement warning of the grave deterioration of the health condition of a Palestinian detainee, held by Israel, especially after a recent serious health setback.
The PPS said the detainee, Sami Abu Diak, 36, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffered various complications, including skin poisoning causing discoloration of his skin, renal failure, kidney failure, in addition to cancer.
It added that the detainee underwent a surgery in his bowels in the year 2015, after the prison authority moved him to Soroka Medical Center, but due to a misdiagnosis and a medical error he faced serious complications, and some of his intestines were removed.
Before he recovered, he was moved to various prisons, and was repeatedly moved to medical centers in prison vehicles, not fit for transferring patients, which caused another deterioration, and poisoning of the skin, before he also developed renal failure and kidney failure, in addition to cancer.
Qaddoura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) held Israel responsible for the live of the detainee, especially since he was constantly denied professional medical attention.
Fares added that the PPS, and various Palestinian Human Rights groups, have filed various appeals with Israeli courts, asking for his release to receive treatment in Palestinian hospitals, and hospitals abroad, but the appeals were all denied despite the seriousness of Abu Diak’s condition.
He stated that Israel uses the dire conditions of the detainees, and their serious health conditions, to punish them and inflict further suffering, in violation of International Law.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Diak was abducted by the army in 2002, and was sentenced to three life terms, and additional thirty years in prison.
His brother, Samer Abu Diak, is also a political prisoner serving a life term, and is facing various health complications, in the Ramla prison clinic.
The PPS said the detainee, Sami Abu Diak, 36, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffered various complications, including skin poisoning causing discoloration of his skin, renal failure, kidney failure, in addition to cancer.
It added that the detainee underwent a surgery in his bowels in the year 2015, after the prison authority moved him to Soroka Medical Center, but due to a misdiagnosis and a medical error he faced serious complications, and some of his intestines were removed.
Before he recovered, he was moved to various prisons, and was repeatedly moved to medical centers in prison vehicles, not fit for transferring patients, which caused another deterioration, and poisoning of the skin, before he also developed renal failure and kidney failure, in addition to cancer.
Qaddoura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) held Israel responsible for the live of the detainee, especially since he was constantly denied professional medical attention.
Fares added that the PPS, and various Palestinian Human Rights groups, have filed various appeals with Israeli courts, asking for his release to receive treatment in Palestinian hospitals, and hospitals abroad, but the appeals were all denied despite the seriousness of Abu Diak’s condition.
He stated that Israel uses the dire conditions of the detainees, and their serious health conditions, to punish them and inflict further suffering, in violation of International Law.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Diak was abducted by the army in 2002, and was sentenced to three life terms, and additional thirty years in prison.
His brother, Samer Abu Diak, is also a political prisoner serving a life term, and is facing various health complications, in the Ramla prison clinic.

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted three Palestinians.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Salam Rateb Taha, from his home in Hebron city.
They added that the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, searched several homes, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Saif Abu Fanous, from his home in Yatta town, south of Hebron, and searched the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Ibrahim Issa Shawaheen.
Furthermore, the soldiers searched homes in Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and abducted Assem Emad Tawayha.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Salam Rateb Taha, from his home in Hebron city.
They added that the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, searched several homes, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Saif Abu Fanous, from his home in Yatta town, south of Hebron, and searched the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Ibrahim Issa Shawaheen.
Furthermore, the soldiers searched homes in Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and abducted Assem Emad Tawayha.

Israeli soldiers released, Tuesday, a Palestinian child from the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, a month after they shot him with an expanding Dumdum bullet in the leg, leading to an amputation. video
The Palestinian child, Mahmoud Hussein Salah, 14, was abducted by the soldiers who shot him, and was later moved to Shaare Zedek Israeli Medical Center, where his left leg was amputated, due to the severe injury he sustained.
Salah said his dream was to become a famous soccer player, before the soldiers shot him with a Dumdum expanding bullet, in direct violation of International Law.
Commenting on his injury after his release, the child told the Palestinian Watar Broadcast Network (WBN) that he and his friends were playing soccer, and the ball was kicked out of the field before he ran after it.
“I located the ball and carried it before I heard a soldier shouting at me and almost instantly started shooting,” Salah said, “I ran just a few feet, then I fell, and the soldiers ran towards me and started kicking and beating me up, and later took me behind the (Annexation) Wall where I was kept for about two hours, until an ambulance came and took him to the hospital.”
“At the hospital is where I went into a coma, and the next day they performed a surgery and amputated my leg — I had no idea they did that until my mother came and informed me of what happened,” he added, “It was like a dream, or rather a nightmare to me, is my leg there, or it isn’t?!”
Commenting on the injury of his child, the father Hussein Mousa Salah, said his mother went to see him after he was injured, but could not find him, and later managed to reach him at the hospital.
It is worth mentioning that Israel continues to use the illegal expanding bullets against the Palestinian people, in direct violation of the International Law, especially The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration III, which prohibits the use of expanding bullets.
The Palestinian child, Mahmoud Hussein Salah, 14, was abducted by the soldiers who shot him, and was later moved to Shaare Zedek Israeli Medical Center, where his left leg was amputated, due to the severe injury he sustained.
Salah said his dream was to become a famous soccer player, before the soldiers shot him with a Dumdum expanding bullet, in direct violation of International Law.
Commenting on his injury after his release, the child told the Palestinian Watar Broadcast Network (WBN) that he and his friends were playing soccer, and the ball was kicked out of the field before he ran after it.
“I located the ball and carried it before I heard a soldier shouting at me and almost instantly started shooting,” Salah said, “I ran just a few feet, then I fell, and the soldiers ran towards me and started kicking and beating me up, and later took me behind the (Annexation) Wall where I was kept for about two hours, until an ambulance came and took him to the hospital.”
“At the hospital is where I went into a coma, and the next day they performed a surgery and amputated my leg — I had no idea they did that until my mother came and informed me of what happened,” he added, “It was like a dream, or rather a nightmare to me, is my leg there, or it isn’t?!”
Commenting on the injury of his child, the father Hussein Mousa Salah, said his mother went to see him after he was injured, but could not find him, and later managed to reach him at the hospital.
It is worth mentioning that Israel continues to use the illegal expanding bullets against the Palestinian people, in direct violation of the International Law, especially The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration III, which prohibits the use of expanding bullets.
18 june 2019

At least 10 Palestinians were injured and 11 others arrested during clashes in Beir Haddaj village in the Negev after the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village on Monday morning.
Local resident Salman Ben Hamid said that heavily armed Israeli soldiers and masked thugs raided the village to arrest a Palestinian citizen and assaulted and harassed the village's residents after they failed to find him.
Violent confrontations broke out in the area where the Israeli forces physically assaulted many residents, threatened to shoot others, and prevented ambulances from entering the village to provide medical help to the wounded.
Other citizens were arrested, a number of whom were wounded in the clashes and detained without being offered medical aid.
Beir Haddaj families are subjected to a displacement campaign by the Israeli authorities that has been stepped up in the recent months. An Israeli court has lately endorsed the demolition of 70 homes in the village.
Nearly 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev desert in villages and communities that were established hundreds of years ago.
Local resident Salman Ben Hamid said that heavily armed Israeli soldiers and masked thugs raided the village to arrest a Palestinian citizen and assaulted and harassed the village's residents after they failed to find him.
Violent confrontations broke out in the area where the Israeli forces physically assaulted many residents, threatened to shoot others, and prevented ambulances from entering the village to provide medical help to the wounded.
Other citizens were arrested, a number of whom were wounded in the clashes and detained without being offered medical aid.
Beir Haddaj families are subjected to a displacement campaign by the Israeli authorities that has been stepped up in the recent months. An Israeli court has lately endorsed the demolition of 70 homes in the village.
Nearly 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev desert in villages and communities that were established hundreds of years ago.

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, two Palestinians teens in the al-‘Isawiya town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and issued orders banning seven Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city, until this coming Thursday.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Rabah Abu al-Hummus, 16, and Yousef Ahmad Abu al-Hummus, 19.
It added that the two were stopped at the western entrance of the town, after the soldiers closed it following protests.
In related news, the soldiers issued orders banning seven young men from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque until this coming Thursday. One of them works as a guard at the holy site.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) identified the abducted Palestinians as Mohammad Sharifa, Ahmad Abu al-Hawa, Ayyoub Abu al-Hawa, Mohammad Maswada, Emad Abu Sneina, Mohammad Shaweesh, and the guard, Khalil Tarhouni.
Silwanic added that the seven Palestinians were abducted from their homes on Sunday, and were released today under the precondition of not entering the holy sites until Thursday.
On Sunday at dawn, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Jawdat Sharifa, 23, and Mohammad Sharifa, from their homes in Bab Hotta area in Jerusalem.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Rabah Abu al-Hummus, 16, and Yousef Ahmad Abu al-Hummus, 19.
It added that the two were stopped at the western entrance of the town, after the soldiers closed it following protests.
In related news, the soldiers issued orders banning seven young men from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque until this coming Thursday. One of them works as a guard at the holy site.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) identified the abducted Palestinians as Mohammad Sharifa, Ahmad Abu al-Hawa, Ayyoub Abu al-Hawa, Mohammad Maswada, Emad Abu Sneina, Mohammad Shaweesh, and the guard, Khalil Tarhouni.
Silwanic added that the seven Palestinians were abducted from their homes on Sunday, and were released today under the precondition of not entering the holy sites until Thursday.
On Sunday at dawn, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Jawdat Sharifa, 23, and Mohammad Sharifa, from their homes in Bab Hotta area in Jerusalem.