19 mar 2015
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released Thursday a Palestinian prisoner from the Gaza Strip after spending 13 years in Israeli jails.
Local sources reported that prisoner Ismail al-Zahhar, 37, was released at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, north of Gaza.
Zahhar was warmly welcomed by his family and friends at the border crossing.
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Mahmoud al-Zahhar also received the liberated prisoner.
Al-Zahhar was arrested in 2002 during an Israeli military incursion into the eastern border areas of Gaza city. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison for security charges.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails, 470 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that prisoner Ismail al-Zahhar, 37, was released at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, north of Gaza.
Zahhar was warmly welcomed by his family and friends at the border crossing.
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Mahmoud al-Zahhar also received the liberated prisoner.
Al-Zahhar was arrested in 2002 during an Israeli military incursion into the eastern border areas of Gaza city. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison for security charges.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails, 470 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli policemen arrested Thursday afternoon two Jerusalemite women while going out of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli policemen arrested the women at al-Asbat and Hetta Gates and took both of them to a police station in the Old City of Jerusalem. Only one of the women was identified, they noted.
The Israeli arrest campaign against Jerusalemites in the Aqsa Mosque has increased during the past two months with more than 37 detentions reported.
The Israeli authorities enforce entry ban against Jerusalemite activists for periods varying from 15 to 90 days in addition to fines and detentions for long hours at Israeli police stations.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli policemen arrested the women at al-Asbat and Hetta Gates and took both of them to a police station in the Old City of Jerusalem. Only one of the women was identified, they noted.
The Israeli arrest campaign against Jerusalemites in the Aqsa Mosque has increased during the past two months with more than 37 detentions reported.
The Israeli authorities enforce entry ban against Jerusalemite activists for periods varying from 15 to 90 days in addition to fines and detentions for long hours at Israeli police stations.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, stormed and ransacked homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
Several armored military vehicles invaded several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded Doura town and kidnapped Ramzi Na’im al-Khatib, 27, and Ahmad Fuad Abu Daoud, 20, after searching and ransacking their homes.
One Palestinian, identified as Khalil Mohammad az-Zama’ra, was also kidnapped from his home in Halhoul town, north of Hebron.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Khallet al-‘Ein area, and Safa town, searched and ransacked several homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Sadeq Ekhlayyel, 21, Anas ‘Ali Ekhlayyel, 19, and former political prisoner Ibrahim ‘Ali Ekhlayyel, 23 years of age.
Soldiers also handed resident Mohammad Yousef ‘Awad, 20, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion base, north of Hebron.
The latest arrests in Beit Ummar bring the number of kidnapped Palestinians in the town alone, since the beginning of the year, to 64 residents, including 28 children.
In addition, soldiers invaded Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped a journalist identified as Islam al-Foqaha after breaking into his home, and violently searching it.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Mustafa Hilal Shatta, 35, and Bassam ‘Omar Abu Zeina, 23, have also been kidnapped from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Jenin refugee camp.
Several armored military vehicles invaded several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded Doura town and kidnapped Ramzi Na’im al-Khatib, 27, and Ahmad Fuad Abu Daoud, 20, after searching and ransacking their homes.
One Palestinian, identified as Khalil Mohammad az-Zama’ra, was also kidnapped from his home in Halhoul town, north of Hebron.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Khallet al-‘Ein area, and Safa town, searched and ransacked several homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Sadeq Ekhlayyel, 21, Anas ‘Ali Ekhlayyel, 19, and former political prisoner Ibrahim ‘Ali Ekhlayyel, 23 years of age.
Soldiers also handed resident Mohammad Yousef ‘Awad, 20, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion base, north of Hebron.
The latest arrests in Beit Ummar bring the number of kidnapped Palestinians in the town alone, since the beginning of the year, to 64 residents, including 28 children.
In addition, soldiers invaded Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped a journalist identified as Islam al-Foqaha after breaking into his home, and violently searching it.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Mustafa Hilal Shatta, 35, and Bassam ‘Omar Abu Zeina, 23, have also been kidnapped from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Jenin refugee camp.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians sustained wounds and others were kidnapped during a round of assaults launched by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) across the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning.
Locals said a flock of over 30 Israeli military jeeps stormed the Jenin refugee camp at the crack of dawn and cordoned off the main streets and alleys to the city moments before they suddenly broke into a number of family homes and ransacked them.
The IOF troops reportedly rounded up the Palestinian citizen Bassem Abu Zina after having interrogated him at the scene.
The assault culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian activist Mustafa Shata by the IOF soldiers who broke into his house and scoured it.
The IOF troops further climbed over the rooftops of civilian family homes, generating a state of panic among children and women.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s towns of Yabad and Zababda and rummaged through a number of Palestinian houses under the pretext of chasing down wanted Palestinians.
Sources based in Berkin village said similar assaults have been carried out in the town, where the invading IOF troops stopped Palestinian vehicles and provocatively inspected passengers’ IDs.
A series of ambushes has been set up after the Israeli squads moved into Jenin’s town of Arraba.
Meanwhile, scores of Palestinian civilians choked on tear gas after the IOF broke into the Fahma secondary school, to the south of Jenin, and came to blows with Palestinian youths.
Eye-witnesses said a drove of Israeli army jeeps blocked the main entrance to the Fahma town via a makeshift roadblock and targeted a group of civilians with randomly-shot volleys of gunfire and tear gas.
The IOF troops are still deployed at Jenin city’s junctions and entryways in the morning hours.
Locals said a flock of over 30 Israeli military jeeps stormed the Jenin refugee camp at the crack of dawn and cordoned off the main streets and alleys to the city moments before they suddenly broke into a number of family homes and ransacked them.
The IOF troops reportedly rounded up the Palestinian citizen Bassem Abu Zina after having interrogated him at the scene.
The assault culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian activist Mustafa Shata by the IOF soldiers who broke into his house and scoured it.
The IOF troops further climbed over the rooftops of civilian family homes, generating a state of panic among children and women.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s towns of Yabad and Zababda and rummaged through a number of Palestinian houses under the pretext of chasing down wanted Palestinians.
Sources based in Berkin village said similar assaults have been carried out in the town, where the invading IOF troops stopped Palestinian vehicles and provocatively inspected passengers’ IDs.
A series of ambushes has been set up after the Israeli squads moved into Jenin’s town of Arraba.
Meanwhile, scores of Palestinian civilians choked on tear gas after the IOF broke into the Fahma secondary school, to the south of Jenin, and came to blows with Palestinian youths.
Eye-witnesses said a drove of Israeli army jeeps blocked the main entrance to the Fahma town via a makeshift roadblock and targeted a group of civilians with randomly-shot volleys of gunfire and tear gas.
The IOF troops are still deployed at Jenin city’s junctions and entryways in the morning hours.
18 mar 2015
Clashes took place, on Wednesday evening, in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, after Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian youths and families protesting near the al-Malhi building that was taken over by Israeli extremists, funded by Elad settlement group.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said members of the al-Malhi family (the mother and her children,) tried to enter the home of her brother-in-law, the only apartment that the Israeli extremists have not been able to take over, but were violently attacked.
Later on, local youths gathered in the area, and managed to enable the family to enter the apartment, before dozens of soldiers arrived at the scene, and started firing gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The soldiers also pushed, and beat, and number of youths, and kidnapped a child, identified as Ibrahim al-Malhi, 15 years of age.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli extremists broke into the building and occupied three of its four apartments. More information and details found in this link.
Army Kidnaps 15 Palestinians, Including seven Teens
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said members of the al-Malhi family (the mother and her children,) tried to enter the home of her brother-in-law, the only apartment that the Israeli extremists have not been able to take over, but were violently attacked.
Later on, local youths gathered in the area, and managed to enable the family to enter the apartment, before dozens of soldiers arrived at the scene, and started firing gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The soldiers also pushed, and beat, and number of youths, and kidnapped a child, identified as Ibrahim al-Malhi, 15 years of age.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli extremists broke into the building and occupied three of its four apartments. More information and details found in this link.
Army Kidnaps 15 Palestinians, Including seven Teens
Head of Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe disclosed that the commemorative activities of the coming event of the Palestinian Prisoner Day on April 17 will be held under the slogan “ Saving the Lives of Sick Prisoners”.
Qaraqe called on the families of sick prisoners to activate the issue of their relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails and suffer medical negligence in order to expose the Israeli offensive practices against Palestinian detainees.
He said, “This should be done in coincidence with the Palestinian Authority’s battle at the international level and human rights institutions”.
“The activities will begin with the commencement of April until the end of the month. The commemorations will include local, regional and international activities”, Qaraqe said.
He described the event as a national as well as an international day, calling on the human rights organizations and all the free people of the world to support the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as a humanitarian issue.
Qaraqe called on the families of sick prisoners to activate the issue of their relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails and suffer medical negligence in order to expose the Israeli offensive practices against Palestinian detainees.
He said, “This should be done in coincidence with the Palestinian Authority’s battle at the international level and human rights institutions”.
“The activities will begin with the commencement of April until the end of the month. The commemorations will include local, regional and international activities”, Qaraqe said.
He described the event as a national as well as an international day, calling on the human rights organizations and all the free people of the world to support the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as a humanitarian issue.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) in occupied East Jerusalem, said Israeli extremists broke into, and occupied, a residential building inhabited by the al-Malhi family, and two lands in Wadi Hilweh.
Silwanic said the extremists forged the properties' deeds; an issue that enabled the Elad settlement group to invade the building and occupy it. The property in question has four apartments.
The center added that the settlers, and their armed guards changed the locks on all doors, blockaded the windows, while the Police prevented the residents from entering the area, leading to clashes.
The Police then attacked a child, identified as Mohammad al-Malhi, 13, and placed him in one of their vehicles while beating him, before some residents managed to secure his release.
Silwanic said that, in 2007, the Elad group attempted to occupy the building, composed of four apartments and an 800-Meter land, but the family headed to court and managed to retrieve its property.
Elad claimed that the Malhi family was living in a property that belongs to the Absentee Property Department. The al-‘Abbasi family, that has been living abroad since many years, owns the building.
Silwanic said the District Court in Jerusalem, and the Central Court, previously affirmed the al-Malhi family has all legal document to inhabit the property. The ruling came after a five-year legal process.
The al-Malhi family said that, after the court ruling was made, one of its members forged some documents, an issue that made it easy for Elad to occupy the property.
The family added that the Israeli police handed, on Tuesday evening, their son Montaser, 18 years of age, an order for interrogation, and when they accompanied the child, on Wednesday morning, they were all detained while the settlers occupied the building.
The police also detained Seraj al-Malhi, 12, and Samah al-Malhi, who were alone in the building during the time of the attack.
In addition, Israeli extremists accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded and occupied, a Palestinian land belonging to the al-‘Abbasi family in Wadi Hilweh.
The 500 square/meter land is used as a playground for Palestinian children in the area.
They also occupied a 1200 square/meter land belonging to Sha’ban family, and started bulldozing it before placing a mobile home, in preparation to establish a new outpost.
Silwanic said the extremists forged the properties' deeds; an issue that enabled the Elad settlement group to invade the building and occupy it. The property in question has four apartments.
The center added that the settlers, and their armed guards changed the locks on all doors, blockaded the windows, while the Police prevented the residents from entering the area, leading to clashes.
The Police then attacked a child, identified as Mohammad al-Malhi, 13, and placed him in one of their vehicles while beating him, before some residents managed to secure his release.
Silwanic said that, in 2007, the Elad group attempted to occupy the building, composed of four apartments and an 800-Meter land, but the family headed to court and managed to retrieve its property.
Elad claimed that the Malhi family was living in a property that belongs to the Absentee Property Department. The al-‘Abbasi family, that has been living abroad since many years, owns the building.
Silwanic said the District Court in Jerusalem, and the Central Court, previously affirmed the al-Malhi family has all legal document to inhabit the property. The ruling came after a five-year legal process.
The al-Malhi family said that, after the court ruling was made, one of its members forged some documents, an issue that made it easy for Elad to occupy the property.
The family added that the Israeli police handed, on Tuesday evening, their son Montaser, 18 years of age, an order for interrogation, and when they accompanied the child, on Wednesday morning, they were all detained while the settlers occupied the building.
The police also detained Seraj al-Malhi, 12, and Samah al-Malhi, who were alone in the building during the time of the attack.
In addition, Israeli extremists accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded and occupied, a Palestinian land belonging to the al-‘Abbasi family in Wadi Hilweh.
The 500 square/meter land is used as a playground for Palestinian children in the area.
They also occupied a 1200 square/meter land belonging to Sha’ban family, and started bulldozing it before placing a mobile home, in preparation to establish a new outpost.
Mahdi Hatem Abu ‘Asab, 11
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday morning, ten Palestinians, including a woman and five children, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and one in Ramallah. Two children and three teenagers have also been kidnapped in Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening.
Head of the Jerusalem Detainees Committee, Amjad Abu ‘Asab, said the soldiers stormed and violently searched a number of homes, and kidnapped five Palestinian teenagers.
He stated the kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Talhami, 17, and Ashraf Haroun Borqan, 18, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood, Shadi al-‘Abbassi, 16, and Ahmad Abu Qalbein, 15, from Ras al-‘Amoud, in addition to Khaled Darwish, 17, from the al-‘Eesawiyya town.
Abu ‘Asab added that the kidnapped Palestinians were moved to an interrogation center in the city, and will be sent to court as the prosecution is demanding remand for further interrogation.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers kidnapped a woman in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Quarters allegedly “after attacking police officers,” and also kidnapped three young men
The woman was moved to the al-Qashla Police station in the city, and was released on a 5000 New Israeli Shekels bail, in addition to being denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
The Police also ordered three recently kidnapped Palestinians from the city under further interrogation.
They have been identified as Mohammad ad-Deeb, Mustafa Mawasi, and Shadi Sha’abna.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded a number of neighborhoods in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped a university student.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Islam Foqaha, 20, a student of the Modern University College, and took him to the ‘Ofer military base, near Ramallah.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child, identified as Mahdi Hatem Abu ‘Asab, 11 years of age, in the al-Qarmi neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers released the child after interrogating him for several hours.
In addition, army kidnapped three Palestinian teens, identified as Mustafa Abu Hadwan, 17, Mohammad Qerrish, 18, and Nour Castero, 17, in Beit Hanina neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday morning, ten Palestinians, including a woman and five children, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and one in Ramallah. Two children and three teenagers have also been kidnapped in Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening.
Head of the Jerusalem Detainees Committee, Amjad Abu ‘Asab, said the soldiers stormed and violently searched a number of homes, and kidnapped five Palestinian teenagers.
He stated the kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Talhami, 17, and Ashraf Haroun Borqan, 18, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood, Shadi al-‘Abbassi, 16, and Ahmad Abu Qalbein, 15, from Ras al-‘Amoud, in addition to Khaled Darwish, 17, from the al-‘Eesawiyya town.
Abu ‘Asab added that the kidnapped Palestinians were moved to an interrogation center in the city, and will be sent to court as the prosecution is demanding remand for further interrogation.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers kidnapped a woman in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Quarters allegedly “after attacking police officers,” and also kidnapped three young men
The woman was moved to the al-Qashla Police station in the city, and was released on a 5000 New Israeli Shekels bail, in addition to being denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days.
The Police also ordered three recently kidnapped Palestinians from the city under further interrogation.
They have been identified as Mohammad ad-Deeb, Mustafa Mawasi, and Shadi Sha’abna.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded a number of neighborhoods in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and kidnapped a university student.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Islam Foqaha, 20, a student of the Modern University College, and took him to the ‘Ofer military base, near Ramallah.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child, identified as Mahdi Hatem Abu ‘Asab, 11 years of age, in the al-Qarmi neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers released the child after interrogating him for several hours.
In addition, army kidnapped three Palestinian teens, identified as Mustafa Abu Hadwan, 17, Mohammad Qerrish, 18, and Nour Castero, 17, in Beit Hanina neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) apprehended two Palestinian citizens for creeping through the border fence with Gaza and opened machinegun fire on Gazan lands in a renewed violation of the Cairo-brokered ceasefire deal.
A PIC correspondent quoted eye-witnesses as reporting that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths who infiltrated the borders with Israel, moments before they showered Palestinian land lots east of the Bureij refugee camp with heavy volleys of machinegun fire.
The IOF kept reportedly chasing down the youngsters for dozens of meters before they ultimately captured and dragged them to an unidentified destination.
Meanwhile, IOF troops deployed across the West Bank kidnapped the coordinator for the anti-settlement popular committees Mohamed Muheissen at a military checkpoint erected in Ramallah city, activist Yousef Abu Mariya told the Quds Press.
Muheissen was transferred to a detention center in the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim pending further interrogation.
A PIC correspondent quoted eye-witnesses as reporting that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths who infiltrated the borders with Israel, moments before they showered Palestinian land lots east of the Bureij refugee camp with heavy volleys of machinegun fire.
The IOF kept reportedly chasing down the youngsters for dozens of meters before they ultimately captured and dragged them to an unidentified destination.
Meanwhile, IOF troops deployed across the West Bank kidnapped the coordinator for the anti-settlement popular committees Mohamed Muheissen at a military checkpoint erected in Ramallah city, activist Yousef Abu Mariya told the Quds Press.
Muheissen was transferred to a detention center in the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim pending further interrogation.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) afternoon Tuesday rounded up a Palestinian driver at the Halhoul junction, near al-Khalil city, allegedly after trying to run over Israeli officers.
Israeli media sources claimed the Palestinian driver attempted to run over Israeli soldiers deployed at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian suspect, allegedly driving at high speed, was dragged by the IOF soldiers to a detention center pending further interrogation, the same sources added.
Israeli media sources claimed the Palestinian driver attempted to run over Israeli soldiers deployed at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian suspect, allegedly driving at high speed, was dragged by the IOF soldiers to a detention center pending further interrogation, the same sources added.
17 mar 2015
Israeli occupation forces, Tuesday afternoon, attacked a popular demonstration that surfaced around the story of the Jerusalem Gate protest camp, on the day of Israeli Knesset elections.
PNN reports that hundreds of citizens and supporters, including foreigners and even Israelis, have participated in the march toward the Gate.
Israeli forces attacked demonstrators in a brutal way, detained at least seven activists, including the popular struggle activist, Yousef Sharqawi and Ahmed Odeh, both from Bethlehem, in addition to two students from Al-Quds University and two Israeli activists.
Munther Ameera, head of the higher coordination committee against the wall and settlements in the West Bank said that today's demonstration was coordinated between the popular struggle committee and the Student Shabiba (youth)movement which follows the PLO, and the student senate of the university.
Ameera added that the Israeli detention of the activists is yet another clue to the real face of the Israeli state and its savage oppressive military, regardless of the authorities.
The village was installed for the first in February, in the Khallet ar-Raheb area, east of Abu Dis, to protest Israel’s decision to displace and relocate the Bedouin communities so that it can continue its construction and expansion of its illegal colonies.
Activists said the "plan to displace Bedouins is a demographic bomb that Israel is using to empty Palestinian lands of its original residents, steal their properties, and the rights to return to the original villages that they were displaced from."
Palestinian Bedouins in the West Bank are largely composed of refugees of Israel's 1948 ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, with the majority having fled the Negev Desert while the few who remained -- about 10 percent of the total Bedouin population -- were confined to reservations.
The majority of Bedouins in Israel and the West Bank live a relatively settled but still sometimes semi-nomadic lifestyle, residing in permanent villages but pasturing livestock in adjacent areas.
Furthermore, Israeli restrictions on movement -- in order to build Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands previously used by Bedouins or through the construction of the Separation Wall to cut through the West Bank -- have severely curtailed Bedouins' traditional nomadism.
PNN reports that hundreds of citizens and supporters, including foreigners and even Israelis, have participated in the march toward the Gate.
Israeli forces attacked demonstrators in a brutal way, detained at least seven activists, including the popular struggle activist, Yousef Sharqawi and Ahmed Odeh, both from Bethlehem, in addition to two students from Al-Quds University and two Israeli activists.
Munther Ameera, head of the higher coordination committee against the wall and settlements in the West Bank said that today's demonstration was coordinated between the popular struggle committee and the Student Shabiba (youth)movement which follows the PLO, and the student senate of the university.
Ameera added that the Israeli detention of the activists is yet another clue to the real face of the Israeli state and its savage oppressive military, regardless of the authorities.
The village was installed for the first in February, in the Khallet ar-Raheb area, east of Abu Dis, to protest Israel’s decision to displace and relocate the Bedouin communities so that it can continue its construction and expansion of its illegal colonies.
Activists said the "plan to displace Bedouins is a demographic bomb that Israel is using to empty Palestinian lands of its original residents, steal their properties, and the rights to return to the original villages that they were displaced from."
Palestinian Bedouins in the West Bank are largely composed of refugees of Israel's 1948 ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, with the majority having fled the Negev Desert while the few who remained -- about 10 percent of the total Bedouin population -- were confined to reservations.
The majority of Bedouins in Israel and the West Bank live a relatively settled but still sometimes semi-nomadic lifestyle, residing in permanent villages but pasturing livestock in adjacent areas.
Furthermore, Israeli restrictions on movement -- in order to build Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands previously used by Bedouins or through the construction of the Separation Wall to cut through the West Bank -- have severely curtailed Bedouins' traditional nomadism.
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) First Deputy Speaker Dr. Ahmad Bahar asked Mamadou Sow, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza, to pressure the Israeli occupation to release the PLC Speaker Dr. Aziz Dweik and other detained MPs.
The PLC First Deputy Speaker, who met the ICRC Head in the PLC headquarters in Gaza Tuesday, mentioned the harsh detention conditions in Israeli jails especially among prisoners who are held under administrative detention with no trials or charges as well as the suffering of detained children and women.
Dr. Bahar asked the ICRC to strongly pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to respect the human rights and abide by the international law as well as the international humanitarian law.
For his part, Sow pointed out that the Red Cross prioritizes the prisoners’ issue and works on improving their conditions, noting that the ICRC team constantly visits the detainees.
Sow mentioned some of the ICRC efforts performed in Gaza, noting that the blockaded enclave suffers many problems where stability and solutions are highly needed in addition to establishing big developmental projects to help improve living conditions in the Israeli-besieged Strip.
The PLC First Deputy Speaker, who met the ICRC Head in the PLC headquarters in Gaza Tuesday, mentioned the harsh detention conditions in Israeli jails especially among prisoners who are held under administrative detention with no trials or charges as well as the suffering of detained children and women.
Dr. Bahar asked the ICRC to strongly pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to respect the human rights and abide by the international law as well as the international humanitarian law.
For his part, Sow pointed out that the Red Cross prioritizes the prisoners’ issue and works on improving their conditions, noting that the ICRC team constantly visits the detainees.
Sow mentioned some of the ICRC efforts performed in Gaza, noting that the blockaded enclave suffers many problems where stability and solutions are highly needed in addition to establishing big developmental projects to help improve living conditions in the Israeli-besieged Strip.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up two Palestinians from Jericho in the eastern occupied West Bank.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a press statement, that the IOF raided Jericho city, broke into a house belonging to Doweik Family and arrested the 60-year-old man Mohammad and the 25-year-old youth Fadi.
In a similar context, a group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday afternoon assaulted two young men working in their agricultural lands located to the south of Jenin.
Local sources pointed out that the settlers brutally beat the Palestinians using empty bottles and batons.
Both men were moderately bruised and taken to hospital in Jenin, the sources added.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a press statement, that the IOF raided Jericho city, broke into a house belonging to Doweik Family and arrested the 60-year-old man Mohammad and the 25-year-old youth Fadi.
In a similar context, a group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday afternoon assaulted two young men working in their agricultural lands located to the south of Jenin.
Local sources pointed out that the settlers brutally beat the Palestinians using empty bottles and batons.
Both men were moderately bruised and taken to hospital in Jenin, the sources added.
Israeli soldiers detained, earlier on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, installed a roadblock near the city, as the army conducted several hours of training, and detained a Palestinian. Army invades different areas in Hebron.
Media sources in Jenin, said the soldiers conducted several hours of training in the location of the former Sanour military base, and detained a Palestinian identified as Sufian Mohammad al-Athra.
The sources added that the soldiers invaded Jenin city, and the area surrounding “Haddad Tourist Village.”
In addition, soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Ya’bad town, near Jenin, and searched dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Also on Tuesday, soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before searching dozens of cars, and inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Media sources in Jenin, said the soldiers conducted several hours of training in the location of the former Sanour military base, and detained a Palestinian identified as Sufian Mohammad al-Athra.
The sources added that the soldiers invaded Jenin city, and the area surrounding “Haddad Tourist Village.”
In addition, soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Ya’bad town, near Jenin, and searched dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Also on Tuesday, soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before searching dozens of cars, and inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence with the Gaza Strip, fired on Tuesday morning, several rounds of live ammunition on homes and lands, in border areas of the coastal region, and kidnapped two Palestinians near Gaza border fence.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers fired live rounds targeting the Sheja’eyya, Zeitoun and Juhr ed-Deek areas, causing property damage.
The attack did not lead to casualties, but forced the residents to leave their lands, and homes, fearing additional escalation.
In addition, the Israeli army said it arrested two young Palestinian men near the border fence, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Two tried to enter Israeli to search for work, especially under the dire conditions, destruction and poverty in the besieged Gaza Strip, and were taken prisoner, just as they crossed the border fence.
On Monday morning, soldiers stationed across the border fence with Gaza, fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian homes, and farmlands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday at dawn, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of fishing boats in Palestinian waters, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City.
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The Maan News Agency said the soldiers fired live rounds targeting the Sheja’eyya, Zeitoun and Juhr ed-Deek areas, causing property damage.
The attack did not lead to casualties, but forced the residents to leave their lands, and homes, fearing additional escalation.
In addition, the Israeli army said it arrested two young Palestinian men near the border fence, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Two tried to enter Israeli to search for work, especially under the dire conditions, destruction and poverty in the besieged Gaza Strip, and were taken prisoner, just as they crossed the border fence.
On Monday morning, soldiers stationed across the border fence with Gaza, fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian homes, and farmlands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday at dawn, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of fishing boats in Palestinian waters, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City.
On Saturday, March 7, a fisher was killed by Israeli Navy fire in Gaza territorial waters, and two others were kidnapped.
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