25 mar 2015
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian child and a young man in Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, afternoon Wednesday.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers nabbed the child Mahmoud Jawabre and when a young man tried to intervene to save the child from their clutches he was also apprehended.
They said that the soldiers took the minor and the youth to an unknown detention center.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers nabbed the child Mahmoud Jawabre and when a young man tried to intervene to save the child from their clutches he was also apprehended.
They said that the soldiers took the minor and the youth to an unknown detention center.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) re-imposed Tuesday evening a 21-year previous sentence of Amer Muqbil, who was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal, according to Al-Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights.
The family of the 32-year-old detainee said that he had served eight years and a half in the Israeli jails before he was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011.
The prisoner, who is held in Negev prison, is married and has a one year and a half baby boy (Omar).
Head of Ahrar Center Fuad al-Khuffash said that the Israeli occupation has re-imposed 35 previous sentences of prisoners who were released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal and were arbitrarily re-jailed. This came after three settlers were kidnapped and killed in al-Khalil in mid-2014.
Al-Khuffash demanded that quick action should be taken in this regard and at the highest levels so as to release the 80 prisoners who were unjustly detained since then.
In a related context, human rights sources told the PIC that four prisoners entered on Tuesday their thirtieth year in the Israeli jails.
The four prisoners were “convicted” of kidnapping and killing the Israeli soldier Mushi Tamam in 1985, in addition to receiving military exercises in the bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Syria. They were sentenced to life imprisonment and they have served 29 years so far.
The four prisoners were supposed to be released in a deal between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation; however, the Israeli occupation retracted its promises at the last minute.
The four prisoners are leaders in the Palestinian Captive Movement and on top of the old prisoners' list
Ibrahim, one of the prisoners, lost both his parents while he was behind bars and he only has one sister and the Israeli occupation frequently deprives her of visiting her brother.
Two of the four prisoners obtained Master's degrees in Political Science from the Open Hebrew University while in the Israeli jails.
The Palestinian prisoners are suffering from harsh detention conditions, as the Israeli occupation considers them citizens holding its nationality and refuses to release them in exchange deals. But at the same time the Palestinian prisoners don't have the same privileges offered to the Israeli prisoners.
Karim Yunis, 54, who has been detained since January 6, 1983, is the oldest serving prisoner.
The family of the 32-year-old detainee said that he had served eight years and a half in the Israeli jails before he was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011.
The prisoner, who is held in Negev prison, is married and has a one year and a half baby boy (Omar).
Head of Ahrar Center Fuad al-Khuffash said that the Israeli occupation has re-imposed 35 previous sentences of prisoners who were released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal and were arbitrarily re-jailed. This came after three settlers were kidnapped and killed in al-Khalil in mid-2014.
Al-Khuffash demanded that quick action should be taken in this regard and at the highest levels so as to release the 80 prisoners who were unjustly detained since then.
In a related context, human rights sources told the PIC that four prisoners entered on Tuesday their thirtieth year in the Israeli jails.
The four prisoners were “convicted” of kidnapping and killing the Israeli soldier Mushi Tamam in 1985, in addition to receiving military exercises in the bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Syria. They were sentenced to life imprisonment and they have served 29 years so far.
The four prisoners were supposed to be released in a deal between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation; however, the Israeli occupation retracted its promises at the last minute.
The four prisoners are leaders in the Palestinian Captive Movement and on top of the old prisoners' list
Ibrahim, one of the prisoners, lost both his parents while he was behind bars and he only has one sister and the Israeli occupation frequently deprives her of visiting her brother.
Two of the four prisoners obtained Master's degrees in Political Science from the Open Hebrew University while in the Israeli jails.
The Palestinian prisoners are suffering from harsh detention conditions, as the Israeli occupation considers them citizens holding its nationality and refuses to release them in exchange deals. But at the same time the Palestinian prisoners don't have the same privileges offered to the Israeli prisoners.
Karim Yunis, 54, who has been detained since January 6, 1983, is the oldest serving prisoner.
Al-Qassam
Brigades operative receives 15-year prison term for setting ambush in
bid to kill or kidnap Israeli soldiers in the Strip during Operation
Protective Edge.
A Be'er Sheva court sentenced a Hamas operative to 15-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday for attempted murder in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. The defendant had been arrested after an ambush he had set to kidnap Israeli soldiers was thwarted by the IDF's heavy artillery cover.
Mohammed Abu Draz joined the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades some five years ago and underwent training which included the building and deployment of explosive devices, urban warfare techniques, methods to infiltrate Israel, how to conduct ambushes against the IDF, and how to kidnap soldiers using terror tunnels.
During the summer war he was ordered to cause the deaths of soldiers and attempt a kidnapping in a bird to use the abducted troops as leverage to release Palestinian security detainees. Abu Draz received the directives from his Hamas commanders to hole up in a specified house near a mosque armed with an explosive device and set an ambush for Israeli soldiers.
Other operatives were instructed to wait by a tunnel dug near a kindergarten to either kill or kidnap soldiers. The militants were prevented from firing towards the soldiers only due to the heavy artillery cover from the IDF. Abu Draz and some of the other terrorists were arrested by the IDF within the house they had been using for the ambush.
In the ruling, the judges wrote that "there is no doubt that the defendant's acts were serious and grave. He placed IDF soldiers in imminent danger and it was only due to the skill of the soldiers that no lives were lost due to the actions of the defendants and his friends."
A Be'er Sheva court sentenced a Hamas operative to 15-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday for attempted murder in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. The defendant had been arrested after an ambush he had set to kidnap Israeli soldiers was thwarted by the IDF's heavy artillery cover.
Mohammed Abu Draz joined the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades some five years ago and underwent training which included the building and deployment of explosive devices, urban warfare techniques, methods to infiltrate Israel, how to conduct ambushes against the IDF, and how to kidnap soldiers using terror tunnels.
During the summer war he was ordered to cause the deaths of soldiers and attempt a kidnapping in a bird to use the abducted troops as leverage to release Palestinian security detainees. Abu Draz received the directives from his Hamas commanders to hole up in a specified house near a mosque armed with an explosive device and set an ambush for Israeli soldiers.
Other operatives were instructed to wait by a tunnel dug near a kindergarten to either kill or kidnap soldiers. The militants were prevented from firing towards the soldiers only due to the heavy artillery cover from the IDF. Abu Draz and some of the other terrorists were arrested by the IDF within the house they had been using for the ambush.
In the ruling, the judges wrote that "there is no doubt that the defendant's acts were serious and grave. He placed IDF soldiers in imminent danger and it was only due to the skill of the soldiers that no lives were lost due to the actions of the defendants and his friends."
The Israeli Ofer court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of Dr. Aziz Dweik, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), for the 13th time running.
Dr. Dweik was brought before the Ofer military court on charges of delivering a pro-Hamas speech three years ago, Dweik’s family told a PIC correspondent.
The Israeli prosecutor called for sentencing Dweik to 14 months in jail. The defense lawyer voiced objections as regards what he branded a “biased” and “awkward” verdict.
Dr. Dweik, PLC Speaker since 2006, has been locked up for a total of four years at the Israeli occupation jails, where he has been diagnosed with critical diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, and renal calculus.
Dr. Dweik is also a member of the Hamas-backed Change and Reform Party, singled out by the Israeli occupation as a banned faction.
In a related development, the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) continue to detain the 20-year-old Palestinian young woman Amal Taqatqa in the HaSharon penitentiary, paying no head to the critical injuries hitting her body after she was shot and arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on December 1, 2014.
Taqatqa was quoted by her lawyer as launching distress signals over her critical health status, saying she suffers unbearable chest pains as a result of the four IOF bullets that hit her body.
The Israeli prison authorities have been denying captive Taqatqa the right to undergo urgent medical check-ups and therapy, providing her with provisional painkillers that hardly, if ever, relieve the excruciating pains her exhausted body has been enduring.
At least 20 Palestinian female captives are still held at the Israeli HaSharon lock-up, where they have increasingly been subjected to psycho-physical torture by the Israeli occupation wardens.
Dr. Dweik was brought before the Ofer military court on charges of delivering a pro-Hamas speech three years ago, Dweik’s family told a PIC correspondent.
The Israeli prosecutor called for sentencing Dweik to 14 months in jail. The defense lawyer voiced objections as regards what he branded a “biased” and “awkward” verdict.
Dr. Dweik, PLC Speaker since 2006, has been locked up for a total of four years at the Israeli occupation jails, where he has been diagnosed with critical diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, and renal calculus.
Dr. Dweik is also a member of the Hamas-backed Change and Reform Party, singled out by the Israeli occupation as a banned faction.
In a related development, the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) continue to detain the 20-year-old Palestinian young woman Amal Taqatqa in the HaSharon penitentiary, paying no head to the critical injuries hitting her body after she was shot and arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on December 1, 2014.
Taqatqa was quoted by her lawyer as launching distress signals over her critical health status, saying she suffers unbearable chest pains as a result of the four IOF bullets that hit her body.
The Israeli prison authorities have been denying captive Taqatqa the right to undergo urgent medical check-ups and therapy, providing her with provisional painkillers that hardly, if ever, relieve the excruciating pains her exhausted body has been enduring.
At least 20 Palestinian female captives are still held at the Israeli HaSharon lock-up, where they have increasingly been subjected to psycho-physical torture by the Israeli occupation wardens.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed Hamas leader Yousef al-Lahham in Bethlehem on Tuesday, his family told the PIC.
Family members said that IOF soldiers broke into their home at the early dawn hours and scrutinized Lahham’s ID before taking him to Gush Etzion detention center.
They said that Lahham, 38, has served ten years in Israeli occupation jails en aggregate, mostly in administrative detention without trial or charge. He was last released six months ago.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers rounded up two Palestinian university students while on their way back from Nablus to Jenin on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers were hiding at the corner of Nablus-Jenin motorway and intercepted the taxicab where the two youths were riding.
They said that one of them Ala’a Zakarna, 20, is from Qabatiya village, while the second Adel Arqawi, 21, is from Jenin city. Both are Najah University students.
Two other young men from Tulkarem were rounded up by IOF soldiers last night, local sources in the city reported on Wednesday.
Family members said that IOF soldiers broke into their home at the early dawn hours and scrutinized Lahham’s ID before taking him to Gush Etzion detention center.
They said that Lahham, 38, has served ten years in Israeli occupation jails en aggregate, mostly in administrative detention without trial or charge. He was last released six months ago.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers rounded up two Palestinian university students while on their way back from Nablus to Jenin on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers were hiding at the corner of Nablus-Jenin motorway and intercepted the taxicab where the two youths were riding.
They said that one of them Ala’a Zakarna, 20, is from Qabatiya village, while the second Adel Arqawi, 21, is from Jenin city. Both are Najah University students.
Two other young men from Tulkarem were rounded up by IOF soldiers last night, local sources in the city reported on Wednesday.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes, and detained many residents on roadblocks, while two were kidnapped late on Tuesday at night.
Eyewitnesses said the army detained a Palestinian from the al-Hroub family, after stopping him on a sudden roadblock between Deir Samet and Beit ‘Awwa towns, southwest of the southern West bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped him before taking him to an unknown destination.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Surif town, north of the city, searched and ransacked several homes, in addition to invading Beit Ummar nearby town, and Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron.
The army installed a roadblock on the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, searched cars and interrogated the residents.
Media sources in Ramallah said the several military vehicles invaded Birzeit, north of the city, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim Ismael Sa’id, 18 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination.
The sources said several military vehicles, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the town, before dozens of soldiers were deployed in different neighborhoods, patrolling them on foot.
The soldiers also stormed students’ dorms, and searched them, in addition to searching several nearby homes. The army invaded Jifna village, and conducted training while military choppers hovered overhead.
Many homes were searched and ransacked in Deir Abu Mash’al village, west of Ramallah, after the soldiers invaded it, and also stopped and searched several cars while interrogating the passengers and investigating their ID cards.
In addition, soldiers surrounded ‘Anabta village, east of the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Anas ‘Omar Abu ‘Asal, 25, and Tareq Salim at-Tneib, 28 years of age.
Late on Tuesday at night, soldiers installed a sudden roadblock on the Jenin-Nablus road, near ‘Arraba town, and kidnapped two Palestinians from Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped ‘Ala ‘Omar Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town near Jenin, and ‘Adel Ghassan ‘Arqawi, 21, from Jenin city. The soldiers left the area after kidnapping the two Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said the army detained a Palestinian from the al-Hroub family, after stopping him on a sudden roadblock between Deir Samet and Beit ‘Awwa towns, southwest of the southern West bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped him before taking him to an unknown destination.
Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Surif town, north of the city, searched and ransacked several homes, in addition to invading Beit Ummar nearby town, and Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron.
The army installed a roadblock on the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, searched cars and interrogated the residents.
Media sources in Ramallah said the several military vehicles invaded Birzeit, north of the city, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim Ismael Sa’id, 18 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination.
The sources said several military vehicles, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the town, before dozens of soldiers were deployed in different neighborhoods, patrolling them on foot.
The soldiers also stormed students’ dorms, and searched them, in addition to searching several nearby homes. The army invaded Jifna village, and conducted training while military choppers hovered overhead.
Many homes were searched and ransacked in Deir Abu Mash’al village, west of Ramallah, after the soldiers invaded it, and also stopped and searched several cars while interrogating the passengers and investigating their ID cards.
In addition, soldiers surrounded ‘Anabta village, east of the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Anas ‘Omar Abu ‘Asal, 25, and Tareq Salim at-Tneib, 28 years of age.
Late on Tuesday at night, soldiers installed a sudden roadblock on the Jenin-Nablus road, near ‘Arraba town, and kidnapped two Palestinians from Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped ‘Ala ‘Omar Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town near Jenin, and ‘Adel Ghassan ‘Arqawi, 21, from Jenin city. The soldiers left the area after kidnapping the two Palestinians.
Israeli authorities have issued administrative detention orders against 81 Palestinian detainees since the beginning of March, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), on Tuesday.
PPS, in a press release, said that 15 prisoners received detention orders without charge or trial, including 13 prisoners whose sentence was renewed for numerous times, while the remaining two received new orders.
Administrative detention is an archaic procedure dating back to the time of British Mandate Palestine which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
B'Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights, has stressed: “International law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very exceptional cases – and then only as a last possible resort, when there are no other means available to prevent the danger.”
In the case of Palestinian detainees, Israel routinely uses administrative detention against Palestinians. Statistics show that over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli custody as administrative detainees for extended periods of time.
Following are the names of the 13 detainees who most recently received administrative detention orders:
PPS, in a press release, said that 15 prisoners received detention orders without charge or trial, including 13 prisoners whose sentence was renewed for numerous times, while the remaining two received new orders.
Administrative detention is an archaic procedure dating back to the time of British Mandate Palestine which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
B'Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights, has stressed: “International law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very exceptional cases – and then only as a last possible resort, when there are no other means available to prevent the danger.”
In the case of Palestinian detainees, Israel routinely uses administrative detention against Palestinians. Statistics show that over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli custody as administrative detainees for extended periods of time.
Following are the names of the 13 detainees who most recently received administrative detention orders:
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Iyad Salmi
Qalqilia Six months Ahmad Ikhlil Hebron Four months Alaa Titi Hebron Four months Ramzi al-Khatib Hebron Four months Fallah Nada Ramallah Two months |
Ahid Abu Fara
Hebron Four months Mohammed Amro Hebron Four months Motaz Qawasmeh Bethlehem Three months Arsalan Abu Hadid Bethlehem Three months |
Ali Hamdan
Bethlehem Three months Ismail Eliyan Bethlehem Three months Nabih Abd al-Aziz Nablus Three months Ahmad Ra’e Qalqilia Two months |
The Israeli police apprehended five Palestinian women from Occupied Jerusalem as they were leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday.
The captured women were taken to the Beit Elyahu police station in the Old City of Jerusalem for interrogation, local sources told the Quds Press.
The Israeli police briefly detained the elderly woman Samar al-Sabagh, before dragging her daughter, Wisal Abulhawa, along with three other women to the Qishla detention center.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court ruled for deporting the Palestinian female sit-inner Ayda al-Seidawi from holy al-Aqsa Mosque for 90 days and ordered her to shell out 1,500 shekels, in addition to a third-party bail worth 5,000 shekels in exchange for her release after 24 hours of detention.
Along the same line, Israeli policemen rounded up a Palestinian youth, identified as Hisham Harhash, from Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem, after they had heavily beaten him and sprayed his face with pepper gas.
Eye-witnesses attributed the arrest to an altercation stirred up by the Israeli officers and resulting in brief clashes with Palestinian residents of al-Jouz quarter.
Special Israeli forces were summoned and targeted the Palestinian unarmed protesters with randomly-shot spates of stun grenades in an attempt to disband the crowd. Two Palestinian young men sustained wounds in the process.
The captured women were taken to the Beit Elyahu police station in the Old City of Jerusalem for interrogation, local sources told the Quds Press.
The Israeli police briefly detained the elderly woman Samar al-Sabagh, before dragging her daughter, Wisal Abulhawa, along with three other women to the Qishla detention center.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court ruled for deporting the Palestinian female sit-inner Ayda al-Seidawi from holy al-Aqsa Mosque for 90 days and ordered her to shell out 1,500 shekels, in addition to a third-party bail worth 5,000 shekels in exchange for her release after 24 hours of detention.
Along the same line, Israeli policemen rounded up a Palestinian youth, identified as Hisham Harhash, from Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem, after they had heavily beaten him and sprayed his face with pepper gas.
Eye-witnesses attributed the arrest to an altercation stirred up by the Israeli officers and resulting in brief clashes with Palestinian residents of al-Jouz quarter.
Special Israeli forces were summoned and targeted the Palestinian unarmed protesters with randomly-shot spates of stun grenades in an attempt to disband the crowd. Two Palestinian young men sustained wounds in the process.
24 mar 2015
This is the knife which the Palestinian lady used attempting to stab an Israeli soldiers. It was clear that is does not penetrate even through a tissue paper.
Israeli occupation continues arrest of Palestinian female prisoner Amal Taqatqa, 21, despite her serious wounds.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said that Taqatqa has been suffering from severe pains in the chest, where she was shot with live bullets by the Israeli soldiers.
She also suffers from bad injuries in her leg also caused by a live bullet by the Israeli occupation soldiers when they arrested her.
Early on December, the Israeli occupation forces stationed near the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion opened live fire directly at the Palestinian lady from a zero distance, claiming she was to stab an Israeli soldier.
Eyewitness described the incident a “field execution” because the lady attempted to stab an Israeli soldier with a vegetable knife. The witnesses said that the Israeli sodleirs could arrest her easily without shooting any bullets.
The lady’s family said that she suffers psychological disorders.
Taqatqa underwent several surgeries and was transferred back to jail despite of her critical injuries and urgent need of medical care.
Like all other prisoners, the prison services only provide Taqatqa painkillers.
Israeli occupation continues arrest of Palestinian female prisoner Amal Taqatqa, 21, despite her serious wounds.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said that Taqatqa has been suffering from severe pains in the chest, where she was shot with live bullets by the Israeli soldiers.
She also suffers from bad injuries in her leg also caused by a live bullet by the Israeli occupation soldiers when they arrested her.
Early on December, the Israeli occupation forces stationed near the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion opened live fire directly at the Palestinian lady from a zero distance, claiming she was to stab an Israeli soldier.
Eyewitness described the incident a “field execution” because the lady attempted to stab an Israeli soldier with a vegetable knife. The witnesses said that the Israeli sodleirs could arrest her easily without shooting any bullets.
The lady’s family said that she suffers psychological disorders.
Taqatqa underwent several surgeries and was transferred back to jail despite of her critical injuries and urgent need of medical care.
Like all other prisoners, the prison services only provide Taqatqa painkillers.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society disclosed on Tuesday that the health conditions of three Palestinian sick captive are getting worse in the Israeli Negev and Eshel jails.
The Society’s lawyer who visited the three sick detainees said captive Iyass al-Rifai, 31 from Ramallah, has been suffering acute bowel inflammation, colon problems, and sharp drop of weight for several months.
The lawyer noted that the captive was transferred to Ramleh prison clinic, but the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) did not provide him with any treatment.
Prisoner al-Rifai has been arrested since 2006, sentenced to 11 years and held in Negev desert prison.
The lawyer also revealed that prisoner Yaqoup Ghawadrah, 42 from Jenin, has been complaining of severe pain in the back since he was arrested in 2002. Prison doctors were not able to diagnose his case. Despite his suffering from asthma, the IPS does not give him medications except painkillers.
Ghawadrah is sentenced to two life imprisonments and 35 years. He is held in Eshel jail.
The third sick captive Hani Lahouh, 38 from Jenin, complains about severe toothache; despite that, he has not been receiving treatment for two years, the lawyer said.
Captive Lahouh has been detained since 2003 and sentenced to 18 years. He is held at Negev prison.
The Society’s lawyer who visited the three sick detainees said captive Iyass al-Rifai, 31 from Ramallah, has been suffering acute bowel inflammation, colon problems, and sharp drop of weight for several months.
The lawyer noted that the captive was transferred to Ramleh prison clinic, but the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) did not provide him with any treatment.
Prisoner al-Rifai has been arrested since 2006, sentenced to 11 years and held in Negev desert prison.
The lawyer also revealed that prisoner Yaqoup Ghawadrah, 42 from Jenin, has been complaining of severe pain in the back since he was arrested in 2002. Prison doctors were not able to diagnose his case. Despite his suffering from asthma, the IPS does not give him medications except painkillers.
Ghawadrah is sentenced to two life imprisonments and 35 years. He is held in Eshel jail.
The third sick captive Hani Lahouh, 38 from Jenin, complains about severe toothache; despite that, he has not been receiving treatment for two years, the lawyer said.
Captive Lahouh has been detained since 2003 and sentenced to 18 years. He is held at Negev prison.
Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday morning, stormed Wadi al-Neim village and confiscated several vehicles.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, activist Jalal Zyadnah said that dozens of Israeli police deployed into the village, in addition to other areas of the Negev, and confiscated a number of tractors.
Israeli police claimed that these vehicles were used without a license and were identified in previous confrontations with the Israeli soldiers.
Local witnesses reported that Israeli special forces assaulted Palestinian citizens while taking their tractors, noting that they also arrested six Palestinians as they tried to confront the Israeli forces.
No further details were given.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, activist Jalal Zyadnah said that dozens of Israeli police deployed into the village, in addition to other areas of the Negev, and confiscated a number of tractors.
Israeli police claimed that these vehicles were used without a license and were identified in previous confrontations with the Israeli soldiers.
Local witnesses reported that Israeli special forces assaulted Palestinian citizens while taking their tractors, noting that they also arrested six Palestinians as they tried to confront the Israeli forces.
No further details were given.
10 Palestinians, including one woman, were kidnapped yesterday and Tuesday morning by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Israel's channel 7 said that the Israeli army at dawn Tuesday arrested six wanted Palestinian young men affiliated with the Hamas Movement during raids on homes in the cities of Qalqiliya, Bethlehem, and al-Khalil as well as Beitunia town in Ramallah.
Earlier, a Palestinian woman was also taken prisoner on Monday during her visit to her husband in Eshel jail in Beersheba city.
The family committee of the Jerusalemite detainees said that the woman was along with her two-year baby girl when she was detained, noting the Israeli police allowed the family of the woman to take the child before transferring the wife to a detention center in Beersheba.
Last night, the Israeli soldiers at Za'atara checkpoint, south of Nablus, arrested a Palestinian young man, from Qabatiya town, at the pretext of finding a knife in his possession.
The IOF also kidnapped last night two Palestinian young men in Ramallah and Jenin, one of them with special needs from Beitunia town.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society stated that the IOF kidnapped 21-year-old Mohamed Mahmoud, who suffers from a physical disability, and assaulted his father during a violent raid on his house.
The other detainee was 19-year-old Nouruddin Kamil, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, who was taken prisoner at Za'atara checkpoint.
Israel's channel 7 said that the Israeli army at dawn Tuesday arrested six wanted Palestinian young men affiliated with the Hamas Movement during raids on homes in the cities of Qalqiliya, Bethlehem, and al-Khalil as well as Beitunia town in Ramallah.
Earlier, a Palestinian woman was also taken prisoner on Monday during her visit to her husband in Eshel jail in Beersheba city.
The family committee of the Jerusalemite detainees said that the woman was along with her two-year baby girl when she was detained, noting the Israeli police allowed the family of the woman to take the child before transferring the wife to a detention center in Beersheba.
Last night, the Israeli soldiers at Za'atara checkpoint, south of Nablus, arrested a Palestinian young man, from Qabatiya town, at the pretext of finding a knife in his possession.
The IOF also kidnapped last night two Palestinian young men in Ramallah and Jenin, one of them with special needs from Beitunia town.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society stated that the IOF kidnapped 21-year-old Mohamed Mahmoud, who suffers from a physical disability, and assaulted his father during a violent raid on his house.
The other detainee was 19-year-old Nouruddin Kamil, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, who was taken prisoner at Za'atara checkpoint.
Jenin man convicted of attempted abduction of couple from Galilee at knifepoint to negotiate release of Palestinian prisoners, firebomb attacks on cars.
Haifa District Court sentenced on Monday Murad Ali Hussein, a 24 year-old Palestinian from Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, to 12 years in prison for entering the home of a family in the Avtalion community in the lower Galilee and trying to kidnap them. He reportedly intended to ransom his hostage to the Israeli government in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The homeowners scared off Hussein by firing gunshots, after which he threw Molotov cocktails at cars parked in the community.
The incident occurred in April 2014, when Hussein illegally entered Israel and arrived at Avtalion in the lower Galilee along with a relative, who was a minor. Hussein attempted to persuade him to help him in his kidnapping plot, but the minor refused and left the area.
According to the indictment, Hussein arrived at a house in the town armed with a knife, and tried to enter the house of an Israeli in order to kidnap anyone who was at home. He struggled with the homeowners, Israel and Ela Shay, while trying to break through the glass door of the living room with a rock. Eventually, he managed to enter the room, and the attack was only foiled when Israel fired his pistol at his attacker, causing him to flee.
The indictment also charged the accused with throwing Molotov cocktails on several occasions. According to the indictment, Hussein produced eight firebombs and threw them at vehicles on the roads of the Misgav Regional Council in the Galilee region, in two different incidents. There were no injuries, but damage was caused to two vehicles.
The defendant admitted to the allegations, but his lawyer argued that the acts committed by Hussein were not ideologically motivated, and that had his intention been to carry out attacks, "he would have planned them in advance and not improvise."
Haifa District Court Judge Ron Shapiro, who heard the case, was not convinced. "The reasons that led the defendant to commit the offences must be taken into account," Shapiro wrote in the ruling. "(Hussein's) intention was to attack Jews and bring about the release of prisoners who are serving life sentences by using hostages as a bargaining tool."
Hussein's lawyer claimed that his client's family was coping with economic hardship. The judge ruled that the arguments do not justify the crimes carried out by the defendant, "which could have resulted in a fatal outcome."
The judge consequently sentenced the defendant to eight years in prison for attempting to kidnap and hurt Israel and Ela Shay. He received a partially suspended sentence for his other offences. In addition, judge Shapiro ruled that Hussein would compensate the couple to the tune of NIS 8,000, as well as pay NIS 3,000 compensation for the drivers whose cars were damaged in the firebomb attacks.
Haifa District Court sentenced on Monday Murad Ali Hussein, a 24 year-old Palestinian from Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, to 12 years in prison for entering the home of a family in the Avtalion community in the lower Galilee and trying to kidnap them. He reportedly intended to ransom his hostage to the Israeli government in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The homeowners scared off Hussein by firing gunshots, after which he threw Molotov cocktails at cars parked in the community.
The incident occurred in April 2014, when Hussein illegally entered Israel and arrived at Avtalion in the lower Galilee along with a relative, who was a minor. Hussein attempted to persuade him to help him in his kidnapping plot, but the minor refused and left the area.
According to the indictment, Hussein arrived at a house in the town armed with a knife, and tried to enter the house of an Israeli in order to kidnap anyone who was at home. He struggled with the homeowners, Israel and Ela Shay, while trying to break through the glass door of the living room with a rock. Eventually, he managed to enter the room, and the attack was only foiled when Israel fired his pistol at his attacker, causing him to flee.
The indictment also charged the accused with throwing Molotov cocktails on several occasions. According to the indictment, Hussein produced eight firebombs and threw them at vehicles on the roads of the Misgav Regional Council in the Galilee region, in two different incidents. There were no injuries, but damage was caused to two vehicles.
The defendant admitted to the allegations, but his lawyer argued that the acts committed by Hussein were not ideologically motivated, and that had his intention been to carry out attacks, "he would have planned them in advance and not improvise."
Haifa District Court Judge Ron Shapiro, who heard the case, was not convinced. "The reasons that led the defendant to commit the offences must be taken into account," Shapiro wrote in the ruling. "(Hussein's) intention was to attack Jews and bring about the release of prisoners who are serving life sentences by using hostages as a bargaining tool."
Hussein's lawyer claimed that his client's family was coping with economic hardship. The judge ruled that the arguments do not justify the crimes carried out by the defendant, "which could have resulted in a fatal outcome."
The judge consequently sentenced the defendant to eight years in prison for attempting to kidnap and hurt Israel and Ela Shay. He received a partially suspended sentence for his other offences. In addition, judge Shapiro ruled that Hussein would compensate the couple to the tune of NIS 8,000, as well as pay NIS 3,000 compensation for the drivers whose cars were damaged in the firebomb attacks.
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Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, six Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including two workers from Bethlehem, while many residents have been injured.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the al-Jadira town, northwest of Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths before kidnapping four Palestinians.
The four have been identified as Fathi Rebhi Barjas, 18, Mohammad Ashraf Barjas, 17, Mahmoud Nayef ‘Azzam, 20, and ‘Odah Mustafa ‘Azzam, 20.
The army also attacked and beat several Palestinians, who tried to prevent the soldiers from kidnapping the four Palestinians, causing a number of residents to suffer cuts and bruises.
All wounded residents have been moved to a hospital in the city for treatment.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian workers from the al-Khader town south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after the army stormed a construction site in Jerusalem.
The two have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adel ‘Issa, 22, and Mohammad Ibrahim Mousa, 22; the army said the two did not carry permits to enter and work in the city.
Earlier on Monday, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and took them to an interrogation facility.
On Monday at dawn, the army invaded several communities in the West Bank, stormed and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, six Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including two workers from Bethlehem, while many residents have been injured.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the al-Jadira town, northwest of Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths before kidnapping four Palestinians.
The four have been identified as Fathi Rebhi Barjas, 18, Mohammad Ashraf Barjas, 17, Mahmoud Nayef ‘Azzam, 20, and ‘Odah Mustafa ‘Azzam, 20.
The army also attacked and beat several Palestinians, who tried to prevent the soldiers from kidnapping the four Palestinians, causing a number of residents to suffer cuts and bruises.
All wounded residents have been moved to a hospital in the city for treatment.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian workers from the al-Khader town south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after the army stormed a construction site in Jerusalem.
The two have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adel ‘Issa, 22, and Mohammad Ibrahim Mousa, 22; the army said the two did not carry permits to enter and work in the city.
Earlier on Monday, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and took them to an interrogation facility.
On Monday at dawn, the army invaded several communities in the West Bank, stormed and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun 30
Family of an Israeli settler woman, who was killed on November 10 2014, demanded an Israeli court to sentence detainee Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun, 30 years of age, to death for killing her, the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights, has reported.
The demand came during a hearing, Monday; he was taken prisoner after stabbing Israeli settlers, near the Gush Etzion Bloc, near Bethlehem, killing a woman and wounding two other settlers. He also was shot and seriously injured following the attack.
Ahrar said the family of the slain Israeli woman demanded the court to sentence the detainee to death, and to order him to pay 6 Million New Israeli Shekels in compensation.
His lawyer Khaled al-A’raj said the court delayed the hearing to March 26.
During his trial, al-Hashlamoun said “the Palestinians will continue to fight, and defend, Jerusalem and Palestine,” and added that “Israel’s escalating violations and attacks, mainly targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, require the Palestinians to defend it.”
Ahrar said there have been many calls in Israel to execute Palestinian detainees, including calls coming from senior Israeli officials.
After the attack, al-Hashlamoun was shot by rounds of live ammunition to different parts of his body, mainly in the chest, abdomen and his left arm.
He is currently suffering from various complications, especially in his lungs and liver; one of the bullets was not removed due to its proximity to his heart.
Al-Hashlamoun is a married father of two children; he was born in Jordan on March 10, 1984, and returned to Palestine with his family in 1988.
He previously spent five years in Israeli prisons for his activities with the Islamic Jihad Movement, and his student activities in the Hebron University.
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Family of an Israeli settler woman, who was killed on November 10 2014, demanded an Israeli court to sentence detainee Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun, 30 years of age, to death for killing her, the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights, has reported.
The demand came during a hearing, Monday; he was taken prisoner after stabbing Israeli settlers, near the Gush Etzion Bloc, near Bethlehem, killing a woman and wounding two other settlers. He also was shot and seriously injured following the attack.
Ahrar said the family of the slain Israeli woman demanded the court to sentence the detainee to death, and to order him to pay 6 Million New Israeli Shekels in compensation.
His lawyer Khaled al-A’raj said the court delayed the hearing to March 26.
During his trial, al-Hashlamoun said “the Palestinians will continue to fight, and defend, Jerusalem and Palestine,” and added that “Israel’s escalating violations and attacks, mainly targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, require the Palestinians to defend it.”
Ahrar said there have been many calls in Israel to execute Palestinian detainees, including calls coming from senior Israeli officials.
After the attack, al-Hashlamoun was shot by rounds of live ammunition to different parts of his body, mainly in the chest, abdomen and his left arm.
He is currently suffering from various complications, especially in his lungs and liver; one of the bullets was not removed due to its proximity to his heart.
Al-Hashlamoun is a married father of two children; he was born in Jordan on March 10, 1984, and returned to Palestine with his family in 1988.
He previously spent five years in Israeli prisons for his activities with the Islamic Jihad Movement, and his student activities in the Hebron University.
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