27 mar 2015
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, a Palestinian teen near the eastern entrance of ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army also installed roadblocks near Jenin.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, a Palestinian teen near the eastern entrance of ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army also installed roadblocks near Jenin.
Media sources said the soldiers kidnapped Khaled Ismael Sweidan, 18 years of age, as he was in his family’s land, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers installed three roadblocks near Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, a Palestinian teen near the eastern entrance of ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army also installed roadblocks near Jenin.
Media sources said the soldiers kidnapped Khaled Ismael Sweidan, 18 years of age, as he was in his family’s land, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers installed three roadblocks near Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Medical sources have reported that two Palestinians and two international peace activists have been injured, and many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Today’s protest also came in commemoration of the Palestinian Land Day, marked by the Palestinians every year on March 30.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in said the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades on the protesters who peacefully marched towards the Wall.
The soldiers also chased the nonviolent protesters into the village’s streets and alleys, before detaining a child, identified as Mahmoud Khaled Abu Rahma, 12 years of age. The army took the child out of the village, and released him after the weekly protest was concluded.
The Popular Committee said its coordinator Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, 50 years of age, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his back, while Ismael Mohammad Abu Rahma, 18, was shot in the leg.
It added that an international peace activist who was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the leg, was moved to the Palestine medical center, while a 78-year-old international supporter was also shot in the leg.
Scores of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation as the soldiers showered them with gas bombs.
The Popular Committee said the protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted for national unity and the liberation of Palestine, in addition to calling for ongoing resistance against the Israeli occupation, and the release of all detainees.
Today’s protest also came to mark the 39th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day of 1976, and called on all Palestinian people in every part of Palestine to unite, and to continue their popular nonviolent resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation and its colonialist policies.
The Palestinian Land Day, (March 30), marks the day when Israel in 1976 illegally confiscated thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands, mainly privately-owned, leading to ongoing protests and general strikes in various areas, from the Galilee to the Negev, extending to every part of occupied Palestine, while the army also shot and killed six Palestinians, in addition to wounding and kidnapping hundreds of residents.
The day became a historic event in every part of occupied Palestine, protesting Israel’s illegal apartheid policies, and crimes, against the Palestinian people, since its establishment in the historic land of Palestine in 1948 after destroying and depopulating hundreds of villages and towns.
Today’s protest also came in commemoration of the Palestinian Land Day, marked by the Palestinians every year on March 30.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in said the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades on the protesters who peacefully marched towards the Wall.
The soldiers also chased the nonviolent protesters into the village’s streets and alleys, before detaining a child, identified as Mahmoud Khaled Abu Rahma, 12 years of age. The army took the child out of the village, and released him after the weekly protest was concluded.
The Popular Committee said its coordinator Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, 50 years of age, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his back, while Ismael Mohammad Abu Rahma, 18, was shot in the leg.
It added that an international peace activist who was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the leg, was moved to the Palestine medical center, while a 78-year-old international supporter was also shot in the leg.
Scores of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation as the soldiers showered them with gas bombs.
The Popular Committee said the protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted for national unity and the liberation of Palestine, in addition to calling for ongoing resistance against the Israeli occupation, and the release of all detainees.
Today’s protest also came to mark the 39th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day of 1976, and called on all Palestinian people in every part of Palestine to unite, and to continue their popular nonviolent resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation and its colonialist policies.
The Palestinian Land Day, (March 30), marks the day when Israel in 1976 illegally confiscated thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands, mainly privately-owned, leading to ongoing protests and general strikes in various areas, from the Galilee to the Negev, extending to every part of occupied Palestine, while the army also shot and killed six Palestinians, in addition to wounding and kidnapping hundreds of residents.
The day became a historic event in every part of occupied Palestine, protesting Israel’s illegal apartheid policies, and crimes, against the Palestinian people, since its establishment in the historic land of Palestine in 1948 after destroying and depopulating hundreds of villages and towns.
Haaretz newspaper said Friday that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) started to apply the penal code in the occupied West Bank.
Central Command chief Nitzan Alon signed an order applying Israel's penal code to Palestinians in the West Bank, hours before he left office earlier this week, the newspaper said.
Palestinians stand trials in accordance to Israeli military orders as well as security laws that have been used since the British and Jordanian mandates.
Sources in the Israeli Justice ministry expressed fears of accusing Israel of attempting to annex the West Bank after applying the penal code in all West Bank areas in next June.
Israel applies its penal code across the West Bank
In a key exception, however, Palestinians may not ward off settler attacks.
Central Command chief Nitzan Alon signed an order applying Israel's penal code to Palestinians in the West Bank, hours before he left office earlier this week.
An aspect that will not apply to the West Bank is the so-called Shai Dromi amendment enacted in 2008, which exempts a person from criminal responsibility for an “act urgently required to ward off someone who breaks into his home, business or farm.”
This aspect would have let Palestinians ward off settler attacks without bearing criminal responsibility.
The new order’s significance is mainly declarative. Parts of the Israeli penal code have already been adopted by military judges in the West Bank. And in general, arrest, detention and penal procedures are significantly harsher when applied to West Bank Palestinians than to Israeli citizens.
Attorney Smadar Ben-Natan, who researches military law, told Haaretz that while the amendment contained clearer definitions, it would confuse Palestinian defendants and attorneys.
“It provides a whole world of precedents and terms they are unfamiliar with," she said. "Also, the amendment continues the application of foreign law in the West Bank without considering the possibilities of using local Palestinian law.”
Palestinian civilians are tried in military courts in the West Bank based on the Defense (Emergency) Regulations introduced by the British in Mandatory Palestine, the Jordanian penal code and orders issued by the Central Command.
In 1994, at the initiative of Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Israel introduced Amendment 39 in Israel proper, redefining the offenses in its penal code.
The new definitions require proving the existence of criminal intention; they also introduce the element of negligence and the notion of an offense that was attempted but did not succeed . The definitions distinguish between a perpetrator, abettor and someone who persuades another to commit a crime.
The amendment also contains exemptions from criminal responsibility, such as in cases of children under 12, insanity and a lack of self-control.
In the past decade the military prosecution has prepared the grounds for applying the amendment to the West Bank. The decision was delayed by the Shin Bet security service, which argued that the definitions of persuader and abettor did not fit the characteristics of terror cells in the West Bank. The Shin Bet also objected to taking into consideration an offender's remorse.
Recently, following discussions with the Justice Ministry, the Shin Bet dropped its objections, and on Tuesday Maj. Gen. Alon signed the 11-page order hours before leaving office.
The Justice Ministry feared that applying the same procedures to the West Bank could be interpreted as an annexation of the territory, but it agreed to the amendment in a bid to achieve legal clarity and to protect defendants’ rights.
The military prosecution said in a statement the amendment would introduce “new arrangements considered more advanced and appropriate, in keeping with the unique reality of the region.” It would also bring the penal code for the West Bank Palestinians closer to Israeli law, which military courts frequently lean on.
Central Command chief Nitzan Alon signed an order applying Israel's penal code to Palestinians in the West Bank, hours before he left office earlier this week, the newspaper said.
Palestinians stand trials in accordance to Israeli military orders as well as security laws that have been used since the British and Jordanian mandates.
Sources in the Israeli Justice ministry expressed fears of accusing Israel of attempting to annex the West Bank after applying the penal code in all West Bank areas in next June.
Israel applies its penal code across the West Bank
In a key exception, however, Palestinians may not ward off settler attacks.
Central Command chief Nitzan Alon signed an order applying Israel's penal code to Palestinians in the West Bank, hours before he left office earlier this week.
An aspect that will not apply to the West Bank is the so-called Shai Dromi amendment enacted in 2008, which exempts a person from criminal responsibility for an “act urgently required to ward off someone who breaks into his home, business or farm.”
This aspect would have let Palestinians ward off settler attacks without bearing criminal responsibility.
The new order’s significance is mainly declarative. Parts of the Israeli penal code have already been adopted by military judges in the West Bank. And in general, arrest, detention and penal procedures are significantly harsher when applied to West Bank Palestinians than to Israeli citizens.
Attorney Smadar Ben-Natan, who researches military law, told Haaretz that while the amendment contained clearer definitions, it would confuse Palestinian defendants and attorneys.
“It provides a whole world of precedents and terms they are unfamiliar with," she said. "Also, the amendment continues the application of foreign law in the West Bank without considering the possibilities of using local Palestinian law.”
Palestinian civilians are tried in military courts in the West Bank based on the Defense (Emergency) Regulations introduced by the British in Mandatory Palestine, the Jordanian penal code and orders issued by the Central Command.
In 1994, at the initiative of Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Israel introduced Amendment 39 in Israel proper, redefining the offenses in its penal code.
The new definitions require proving the existence of criminal intention; they also introduce the element of negligence and the notion of an offense that was attempted but did not succeed . The definitions distinguish between a perpetrator, abettor and someone who persuades another to commit a crime.
The amendment also contains exemptions from criminal responsibility, such as in cases of children under 12, insanity and a lack of self-control.
In the past decade the military prosecution has prepared the grounds for applying the amendment to the West Bank. The decision was delayed by the Shin Bet security service, which argued that the definitions of persuader and abettor did not fit the characteristics of terror cells in the West Bank. The Shin Bet also objected to taking into consideration an offender's remorse.
Recently, following discussions with the Justice Ministry, the Shin Bet dropped its objections, and on Tuesday Maj. Gen. Alon signed the 11-page order hours before leaving office.
The Justice Ministry feared that applying the same procedures to the West Bank could be interpreted as an annexation of the territory, but it agreed to the amendment in a bid to achieve legal clarity and to protect defendants’ rights.
The military prosecution said in a statement the amendment would introduce “new arrangements considered more advanced and appropriate, in keeping with the unique reality of the region.” It would also bring the penal code for the West Bank Palestinians closer to Israeli law, which military courts frequently lean on.
The Ofer military court on Thursday afternoon issued two life sentences against prisoner Maher al-Hashlamon on a charge of carrying out a deadly stabbing attack near the Israeli Gush Etzion settlement.
Israel's channel 10 claimed that al-Hashlamon was convicted of stabbing and murdering an Israeli woman and injuring others near Gush Etzion settlement to the south of Bethlehem several months ago.
The court also ordered him to pay 3,900 shekels compensation to the Israeli woman's family.
Israel's channel 10 claimed that al-Hashlamon was convicted of stabbing and murdering an Israeli woman and injuring others near Gush Etzion settlement to the south of Bethlehem several months ago.
The court also ordered him to pay 3,900 shekels compensation to the Israeli woman's family.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from their own homes in the West Bank.
Israeli sources said the army arrested three “wanted” Palestinians from West Bank cities and transferred them to interrogation centers.
Local sources said a special Israeli military unit overnight Thursday apprehended a Palestinian young man from al-Dhahriya town in al-Khalil and took him to an unknown destination.
The names and whereabouts of the other two captives have not been provided by any Palestinian sources.
Israeli sources said the army arrested three “wanted” Palestinians from West Bank cities and transferred them to interrogation centers.
Local sources said a special Israeli military unit overnight Thursday apprehended a Palestinian young man from al-Dhahriya town in al-Khalil and took him to an unknown destination.
The names and whereabouts of the other two captives have not been provided by any Palestinian sources.
The Hamas Movement on Thursday afternoon slammed an Israeli court verdict sentencing Sheikh Raed Salah to 11 months in jail, calling the rule “racist” and an attempt to suppress Sheikh Salah’s voice.
Hamas spokesman Hussam Badran said in a statement posted on the group’s official website that the court ruling issued against Sheikh Salah is part of the racism practiced by the Israeli occupation against Arabs on a daily basis.
The verdict is a certificate of honor to Sheikh Salah, who has sacrificed his life to defend the holy Aqsa Mosque and expose the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation, Badran added.
The Israeli magistrate court in Jerusalem sentenced Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied territories, to 11 months in prison as well as a suspended three-month term for "inciting to violence."
Hamas spokesman Hussam Badran said in a statement posted on the group’s official website that the court ruling issued against Sheikh Salah is part of the racism practiced by the Israeli occupation against Arabs on a daily basis.
The verdict is a certificate of honor to Sheikh Salah, who has sacrificed his life to defend the holy Aqsa Mosque and expose the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation, Badran added.
The Israeli magistrate court in Jerusalem sentenced Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied territories, to 11 months in prison as well as a suspended three-month term for "inciting to violence."
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained Thursday two Palestinian young men for allegedly crossing the border fence in an attempt to reach the Negev, south of occupied Palestine.
Israeli sources claimed the two detainees were transferred to an Israeli detention center for interrogation, pointing that they were unarmed.
Several young men from Gaza had resorted to crossing into the occupied territories looking for job opportunities in light of the very difficult living conditions in the besieged Strip.
Israeli sources claimed the two detainees were transferred to an Israeli detention center for interrogation, pointing that they were unarmed.
Several young men from Gaza had resorted to crossing into the occupied territories looking for job opportunities in light of the very difficult living conditions in the besieged Strip.
26 mar 2015
Israel’s Magistrate Court sentenced on Thursday Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, to 11 months in jail for delivering a speech in 2007 known as “Wadi al-Joz sermon”.
Sheikh Salah was also given a suspended three-month prison sentence.
Dozens of sheikh Salah’s supporters gathered outside the court as the sentence was read out. A number of Israeli right-wing activists were also outside led by the extremist right-winger Baruch Marzel.
He was earlier sentenced eight months in prison by the Central Court for inciting to violence during a sermon delivered in 2007 known as “Wadi al-Jouz sermon”.
Sheikh Salah was also given a suspended three-month prison sentence.
Dozens of sheikh Salah’s supporters gathered outside the court as the sentence was read out. A number of Israeli right-wing activists were also outside led by the extremist right-winger Baruch Marzel.
He was earlier sentenced eight months in prison by the Central Court for inciting to violence during a sermon delivered in 2007 known as “Wadi al-Jouz sermon”.
Clashes took place, on Thursday evening, near the western entrance of Kufur ed-Deek village, in the central West Bank city of Salfit, after Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers tried to invade it; while the soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians.
Media sources in Salfit said a large number of Israeli fanatics from two illegal nearby colonies gathered near the village, and attempted to invade it.
Dozens of residents noticed the settlers gathered in the area in an attempt to prevent the extremists from invading their village, leading to clashes with Israeli soldiers who arrived at the scene.
The villagers are subject to frequent assaults by fanatic Israeli groups, and Israeli soldiers, including ongoing attacks against their orchards and farmlands, especially amidst attempts to expand illegal nearby colonies, built on Palestinian lands.
Media sources in Salfit said a large number of Israeli fanatics from two illegal nearby colonies gathered near the village, and attempted to invade it.
Dozens of residents noticed the settlers gathered in the area in an attempt to prevent the extremists from invading their village, leading to clashes with Israeli soldiers who arrived at the scene.
The villagers are subject to frequent assaults by fanatic Israeli groups, and Israeli soldiers, including ongoing attacks against their orchards and farmlands, especially amidst attempts to expand illegal nearby colonies, built on Palestinian lands.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnapped 13 Palestinians during raids on homes in different West Bank areas.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli troops stormed Kafr Ni'ma town, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped four young men from their homes.
In al-Khalil, five other Palestinians were taken prisoners during campaigns in Awa town and al-Aroub refugee camp.
Four Jerusalemites, including three under age 18, were also kidnapped from their homes in east Jerusalem.
The IOF also raided at dawn homes in Yamun town in Jenin, interrogated citizens, and handed summonses for interrogation from the intelligence. No arrests happened during the campaign.
Last night, the IOF stormed Burin town, south of Nablus, closed its entrances and prevented anyone from going in or out.
Local sources in Burin told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF declared the town a closed military zone as they were conducting drills in al-Sawwanna area.
The added that heard the sounds of blasts and ambulance sirens during the military exercises in Sawwanna.
In addition, the IOF invaded last night Beit Furik town, east of Nablus, and ransacked homes without making arrests.
Locals reported that some young men were detained and questioned for some hours inside a house in the town before releasing them.
Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli troops stormed Kafr Ni'ma town, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped four young men from their homes.
In al-Khalil, five other Palestinians were taken prisoners during campaigns in Awa town and al-Aroub refugee camp.
Four Jerusalemites, including three under age 18, were also kidnapped from their homes in east Jerusalem.
The IOF also raided at dawn homes in Yamun town in Jenin, interrogated citizens, and handed summonses for interrogation from the intelligence. No arrests happened during the campaign.
Last night, the IOF stormed Burin town, south of Nablus, closed its entrances and prevented anyone from going in or out.
Local sources in Burin told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF declared the town a closed military zone as they were conducting drills in al-Sawwanna area.
The added that heard the sounds of blasts and ambulance sirens during the military exercises in Sawwanna.
In addition, the IOF invaded last night Beit Furik town, east of Nablus, and ransacked homes without making arrests.
Locals reported that some young men were detained and questioned for some hours inside a house in the town before releasing them.
The Family of 21-year-old wounded detainee Amal Taqateqa on Wednesday appealed to the Palestinian Authority chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, to immediately intervene with the Israeli side to release its daughter.
Taqateqa’s family raised alarm bells over her critical health status due to serious bullet injuries she had sustained in a shooting attack by Israeli soldiers.
The family condemned the medical neglect their injured daughter are exposed to in Israeli jails.
Early on December, the Israeli occupation forces stationed at Gush Etzion checkpoint opened live fire at the young lady, claiming she was about to stab an Israeli soldier.
Taqatqa sustained serious bullet injuries in her chest, waist, arms and legs in the gunfire attack.
She underwent several surgeries in the Hadassah prison infirmary before transferring her to the jail. She is still in unstable health condition and needs constant medical care.
Her family said they had been able to see their daughter three times only since her detention.
Taqateqa’s family raised alarm bells over her critical health status due to serious bullet injuries she had sustained in a shooting attack by Israeli soldiers.
The family condemned the medical neglect their injured daughter are exposed to in Israeli jails.
Early on December, the Israeli occupation forces stationed at Gush Etzion checkpoint opened live fire at the young lady, claiming she was about to stab an Israeli soldier.
Taqatqa sustained serious bullet injuries in her chest, waist, arms and legs in the gunfire attack.
She underwent several surgeries in the Hadassah prison infirmary before transferring her to the jail. She is still in unstable health condition and needs constant medical care.
Her family said they had been able to see their daughter three times only since her detention.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including two children. Army orders six families to halt the construction of their homes; families ordered to remove tent and three rooms.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped two children after searching their homes, and many other homes in the camp.
The two have been identified as ‘Omar Jasser Sharif, 15, and Hakam Taleb Sharif, 14 years of age.
The army also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Nabil ‘Issa Masalma, 20, in addition to Fadi Mohammad Masalma, 26, and Luay Salim Masalma, 20 years of age.
The three were kidnapped after the army stormed and violently searched several homes.
In addition, several military jeeps invaded Surif town, west of Hebron, and handed notices to six families ordering to halt the construction of their homes, in Deir Mousa area, northwest of the town.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said personnel of the military run Civil Administration Office, accompanied the soldiers, and handed the order to ‘Ali Suleiman Mousa, ‘Issa Mousa Ghneimat, Zaher Suleiman Ghneimat, Mohammad Abdullah Safi, Yousef Mohammad Salama and Mousa Suleiman Ghneimat.
Lafi said some of the homes are already inhabited, and that the families were trying to conduct maintenance, and expand their properties.
Several military vehicles also invaded Jebna and al-Fakheet communities, east of Yatta town, and ordered families to remove a residential tent, and three rooms, belonging to residents Mohammad Mahmoud Hweisha, Issam Mohammad Makhamra, and Ali Mohammad al-Jabarin.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said the area has been subject to frequent attacks by the army, and by Israeli fanatics living in nearby illegal colonies.
Jabour voiced an appeal to local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene and oblige Israel to stop its violations, especially since Israeli is trying to force the residents out of their homes and lands so it can build and expand its illegal colonies.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped two children after searching their homes, and many other homes in the camp.
The two have been identified as ‘Omar Jasser Sharif, 15, and Hakam Taleb Sharif, 14 years of age.
The army also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Nabil ‘Issa Masalma, 20, in addition to Fadi Mohammad Masalma, 26, and Luay Salim Masalma, 20 years of age.
The three were kidnapped after the army stormed and violently searched several homes.
In addition, several military jeeps invaded Surif town, west of Hebron, and handed notices to six families ordering to halt the construction of their homes, in Deir Mousa area, northwest of the town.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said personnel of the military run Civil Administration Office, accompanied the soldiers, and handed the order to ‘Ali Suleiman Mousa, ‘Issa Mousa Ghneimat, Zaher Suleiman Ghneimat, Mohammad Abdullah Safi, Yousef Mohammad Salama and Mousa Suleiman Ghneimat.
Lafi said some of the homes are already inhabited, and that the families were trying to conduct maintenance, and expand their properties.
Several military vehicles also invaded Jebna and al-Fakheet communities, east of Yatta town, and ordered families to remove a residential tent, and three rooms, belonging to residents Mohammad Mahmoud Hweisha, Issam Mohammad Makhamra, and Ali Mohammad al-Jabarin.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Rateb Jabour, said the area has been subject to frequent attacks by the army, and by Israeli fanatics living in nearby illegal colonies.
Jabour voiced an appeal to local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene and oblige Israel to stop its violations, especially since Israeli is trying to force the residents out of their homes and lands so it can build and expand its illegal colonies.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a number of Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank, violently searched several homes, and handed six Palestinians military orders for interrogation.
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the stormed several homes and violently searched them, before interrogating Salim Sheikh and Hosni al-Ghashy along with their families.
The soldiers withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
In addition, soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and handed two Palestinians military orders for interrogation in the Etzion base.
The two Palestinians have been identified as Ra’fat Naim Abu ‘Aker, 47, and Khaled Mahmoud Khalawy, 32.
Several military vehicles also invaded the al-Yamoun town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed four Palestinians military orders for interrogation in the Salem military base.
The four have been identified as Hani Ghassan Abu al-Hasan, Mohammad Mahmoud Freihat, Ra’fat Mahmoud Khamaysa, and Obeida Rebhi Abu al-Hasan.
The soldiers also invaded Ya’bad nearby town, stormed a home belonging to the family of Mohammad ‘Aref Badarna, and interrogated him after ransacking their property.
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the stormed several homes and violently searched them, before interrogating Salim Sheikh and Hosni al-Ghashy along with their families.
The soldiers withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
In addition, soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and handed two Palestinians military orders for interrogation in the Etzion base.
The two Palestinians have been identified as Ra’fat Naim Abu ‘Aker, 47, and Khaled Mahmoud Khalawy, 32.
Several military vehicles also invaded the al-Yamoun town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed four Palestinians military orders for interrogation in the Salem military base.
The four have been identified as Hani Ghassan Abu al-Hasan, Mohammad Mahmoud Freihat, Ra’fat Mahmoud Khamaysa, and Obeida Rebhi Abu al-Hasan.
The soldiers also invaded Ya’bad nearby town, stormed a home belonging to the family of Mohammad ‘Aref Badarna, and interrogated him after ransacking their property.
Israeli forces, Wednesday, raided a school to the west of Ramallah, where they detained students and the teaching staff inside the school and prevented them from leaving for almost two hours, according to the school principle.
The principle, Samir Badir, told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that Israeli soldiers raided the school in a vicious manner, under the pretext of throwing rocks at the soldiers, and imposed a tight siege on the school; preventing anyone from entering or leaving the school for about two hours.
The principle added that this is the second time such incident happens, however under a different pretext.
He said that Israeli soldiers threatened to shut down the school, which is located near an illegal Israeli settlement, an Israeli military camp and a road used by settlers, stressing that Israeli forces await the chance to take over the school for the benefit of settlement expansion.
The army previously carried out numerous attacks, with the deliberate and reckless use of force against schools and educational facilities across the West Bank, in a serious violation of international law and students’ right to pursue education in a safe environment.
The Global Coalition to protect Education from Attack said, “During situations of armed conflict, attacks on education may violate international humanitarian and criminal law and constitute war crimes (or crimes against humanity during war or peacetime) as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and customary international humanitarian law.”
During the July aggression on the Gaza Strip, Israel bombarded several UNRWA-run schools, which Human Rights Watch, along with worldwide condemnations, slammed as “a war crime.”
The principle, Samir Badir, told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that Israeli soldiers raided the school in a vicious manner, under the pretext of throwing rocks at the soldiers, and imposed a tight siege on the school; preventing anyone from entering or leaving the school for about two hours.
The principle added that this is the second time such incident happens, however under a different pretext.
He said that Israeli soldiers threatened to shut down the school, which is located near an illegal Israeli settlement, an Israeli military camp and a road used by settlers, stressing that Israeli forces await the chance to take over the school for the benefit of settlement expansion.
The army previously carried out numerous attacks, with the deliberate and reckless use of force against schools and educational facilities across the West Bank, in a serious violation of international law and students’ right to pursue education in a safe environment.
The Global Coalition to protect Education from Attack said, “During situations of armed conflict, attacks on education may violate international humanitarian and criminal law and constitute war crimes (or crimes against humanity during war or peacetime) as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and customary international humanitarian law.”
During the July aggression on the Gaza Strip, Israel bombarded several UNRWA-run schools, which Human Rights Watch, along with worldwide condemnations, slammed as “a war crime.”
