30 mar 2016
Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights accused the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) of seriously threatening the Gazan patients' lives by preventing them from traveling for treatment and by arresting some of them at Beit Hanon- Erez crossing.
The official in the Department of field research at the center, Samir Zaqout, said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) had arrested eight patients from the Gaza Strip at the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year 2016.
Zaqout told Quds Press that the IOF had arrested on Monday patient Mohamed Kamel Abu Oudeh, 34, from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, while he was on his way for treatment in a hospital in the West Bank.
He pointed out that the arrest of Oudeh is the second case of arrest of patients in less than a week, as the patient Hani Salim, 40, was arrested last Thursday, in the same way.
The Palestinian researcher charged that the arrest of patients “exploits the Gazan patients' need to cross Erez crossing in order to arrest or blackmail them", he described arresting patients through the crossing as "arbitrary."
Al-Mizan Center asserted that what the Israeli occupation authorities do against patients comes in the context of "gross and systematic violations" of the rules of international humanitarian law, especially in light of the continuation of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than eight years.
He called on the international community to put pressure on the IOA to compel it to respect the international law, to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and to ensure the freedom of movement of people and goods.
The IOF arrested 44 Palestinians, including four patients and 30 merchants at the Beit Hanon- Erez crossing over the past year 2015.
The official in the Department of field research at the center, Samir Zaqout, said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) had arrested eight patients from the Gaza Strip at the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year 2016.
Zaqout told Quds Press that the IOF had arrested on Monday patient Mohamed Kamel Abu Oudeh, 34, from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, while he was on his way for treatment in a hospital in the West Bank.
He pointed out that the arrest of Oudeh is the second case of arrest of patients in less than a week, as the patient Hani Salim, 40, was arrested last Thursday, in the same way.
The Palestinian researcher charged that the arrest of patients “exploits the Gazan patients' need to cross Erez crossing in order to arrest or blackmail them", he described arresting patients through the crossing as "arbitrary."
Al-Mizan Center asserted that what the Israeli occupation authorities do against patients comes in the context of "gross and systematic violations" of the rules of international humanitarian law, especially in light of the continuation of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than eight years.
He called on the international community to put pressure on the IOA to compel it to respect the international law, to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and to ensure the freedom of movement of people and goods.
The IOF arrested 44 Palestinians, including four patients and 30 merchants at the Beit Hanon- Erez crossing over the past year 2015.
Israeli forces detained at least 19 Palestinians in predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Wednesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
In the Nablus district, Palestinian security sources said Israeli troops raided the town of Huwwara and detained five teenagers, identified as Yazan Tariq, Mahmoud Faris, Yahya Ismail, Yousif Saod, and Mahmoud Saod.
In the Jenin district, Israeli forces stormed Jenin refugee camp and ransacked several homes before detaining three young men, identified by locals as Mustafa al-Tubasi, Issam Abu Jabal, and Tawfiq al-Shalabi.
Meanwhile, in the Bethlehem district in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces detained Muhannad Hajahja and Ahmad Khalid al-Umour, 17, in the village of Tuqu, and Hussein Abu Aker in Aida refugee camp.
Israeli army raids were also reported in the Hebron district, with Abd al-Rahman Hmeidat detained from his home in Bani Naim and Ayman Yousif al-Tal from al-Dhahiriyya.
Locals also reported night raids in al-Bireh and Silwad in Ramallah district, although no detentions were initially reported there.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed at least 11 arrests in the occupied West Bank, of whom she said six were alleged "Hamas operatives," detained in Nablus, Aida refugee camp, Beit Jala, Bethlehem, Bani Naim, and al-Dhaihiriyya.
She said the another Palestinian was detained in the village of Husan, two in Tuqu, one in Bani Naim, and one in Fuwwar refugee camp.
Separately, two Palestinians were detained by Israeli police from al-Tur neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, identified by locals as Yousif Abu al-Hawa and Amir Abu Jumaa.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli forces carried out an average of 88 search and arrest raids every week last year.
Israel is now holding 7,000 Palestinians in its jails, including around 450 children, according to prisoners' rights organization Addameer.
In the Nablus district, Palestinian security sources said Israeli troops raided the town of Huwwara and detained five teenagers, identified as Yazan Tariq, Mahmoud Faris, Yahya Ismail, Yousif Saod, and Mahmoud Saod.
In the Jenin district, Israeli forces stormed Jenin refugee camp and ransacked several homes before detaining three young men, identified by locals as Mustafa al-Tubasi, Issam Abu Jabal, and Tawfiq al-Shalabi.
Meanwhile, in the Bethlehem district in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces detained Muhannad Hajahja and Ahmad Khalid al-Umour, 17, in the village of Tuqu, and Hussein Abu Aker in Aida refugee camp.
Israeli army raids were also reported in the Hebron district, with Abd al-Rahman Hmeidat detained from his home in Bani Naim and Ayman Yousif al-Tal from al-Dhahiriyya.
Locals also reported night raids in al-Bireh and Silwad in Ramallah district, although no detentions were initially reported there.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed at least 11 arrests in the occupied West Bank, of whom she said six were alleged "Hamas operatives," detained in Nablus, Aida refugee camp, Beit Jala, Bethlehem, Bani Naim, and al-Dhaihiriyya.
She said the another Palestinian was detained in the village of Husan, two in Tuqu, one in Bani Naim, and one in Fuwwar refugee camp.
Separately, two Palestinians were detained by Israeli police from al-Tur neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, identified by locals as Yousif Abu al-Hawa and Amir Abu Jumaa.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli forces carried out an average of 88 search and arrest raids every week last year.
Israel is now holding 7,000 Palestinians in its jails, including around 450 children, according to prisoners' rights organization Addameer.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested late Tuesday five Palestinian youths from Hawara town south of northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that Israeli forces stormed the town and violently launched a raid and search campaign that targeted a number of local houses. Five youths were detained during the campaign, the sources added.
IOS soldiers had stormed the town earlier on Tuesday morning and closed local shops under the pretext that stones were thrown at a number of Israeli settlers’ vehicles in the vicinity of Hawara.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that Israeli forces stormed the town and violently launched a raid and search campaign that targeted a number of local houses. Five youths were detained during the campaign, the sources added.
IOS soldiers had stormed the town earlier on Tuesday morning and closed local shops under the pretext that stones were thrown at a number of Israeli settlers’ vehicles in the vicinity of Hawara.
The Israeli Knesset, on Tuesday, approved the first reading of a bill which would allow Israeli courts to hand down prison sentences to minors under the age of 14 -- legislation critics say is targeted at Palestinian children.
A recent amendment to the bill, which would apply to children convicted of murder, attempted murder, and homicide, reportedly declared that the prison terms would be postponed until the accused minors turn 18.
If passed into law after two more successful readings in the Knesset, the legislation would apply to residents of Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, whereas Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are tried in military courts.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, at least 108 Palestinian minors under the age of 16 were being held by Israel as of February.
“Unfortunately, terrorism does not have an age, and today there are no punishments matching the cruel reality we face,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked as saying on Sunday.
“In order to create deterrence and change the situation around us, we must adopt the suggested new amendments to the law.”
Shaked first proposed the bill in November, after two Palestinian children ages 12 and 13 allegedly stabbed and injured an Israeli security guard on Jerusalem's light rail near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev.
An increase in violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has led to the death of more than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis since October, with a wave of small-scale attacks and attempted attacks, the majority carried out by Palestinian individuals on Israeli military targets.
Knesset member Yousef Jabareen of the Joint Arab List has criticized the bill as an affront to international law.
“Israel is a party to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and this change contradicts Israel’s obligation to this convention,” the politician, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, told Ma’an News Agency.
The convention states that “the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.”
According to Jabareen, Shaked’s statements regarding the bill leave little doubt as to who will be the main targets of such legislation.
“This bill targets Palestinian children,” he said. “Of course the bill is written in objective terms, but everyone knows the context in which it is being presented, and I doubt it will be used in other contexts.”
“This is an integrant part of a wave of bills introduced in the past few months which are harshening punishments for Palestinian children and families, especially in East Jerusalem,” Jabareen added. The MK notably mentioned a law passed by the Knesset in July which made penalties for stone-throwing more severe, allowing for stone-throwers to receive a 20-year prison sentence where intent to harm could be proven, and 10 years where it could not.
Jabareen said he believed the bill would likely pass into law.
“Unfortunately, in the current atmosphere, there is a good chance the bill will pass,” he said. “Even some opposition MKs support the bill.”
However, he expressed doubts that the legislation would effectively act as a deterrent.
“The (Israeli) government is attempting to oppress and suppress the Palestinian resistance, but everybody knows that without a serious proposal for advancing the political process, they are doomed to fail.”
A recent amendment to the bill, which would apply to children convicted of murder, attempted murder, and homicide, reportedly declared that the prison terms would be postponed until the accused minors turn 18.
If passed into law after two more successful readings in the Knesset, the legislation would apply to residents of Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, whereas Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are tried in military courts.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, at least 108 Palestinian minors under the age of 16 were being held by Israel as of February.
“Unfortunately, terrorism does not have an age, and today there are no punishments matching the cruel reality we face,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked as saying on Sunday.
“In order to create deterrence and change the situation around us, we must adopt the suggested new amendments to the law.”
Shaked first proposed the bill in November, after two Palestinian children ages 12 and 13 allegedly stabbed and injured an Israeli security guard on Jerusalem's light rail near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev.
An increase in violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has led to the death of more than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis since October, with a wave of small-scale attacks and attempted attacks, the majority carried out by Palestinian individuals on Israeli military targets.
Knesset member Yousef Jabareen of the Joint Arab List has criticized the bill as an affront to international law.
“Israel is a party to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and this change contradicts Israel’s obligation to this convention,” the politician, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, told Ma’an News Agency.
The convention states that “the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.”
According to Jabareen, Shaked’s statements regarding the bill leave little doubt as to who will be the main targets of such legislation.
“This bill targets Palestinian children,” he said. “Of course the bill is written in objective terms, but everyone knows the context in which it is being presented, and I doubt it will be used in other contexts.”
“This is an integrant part of a wave of bills introduced in the past few months which are harshening punishments for Palestinian children and families, especially in East Jerusalem,” Jabareen added. The MK notably mentioned a law passed by the Knesset in July which made penalties for stone-throwing more severe, allowing for stone-throwers to receive a 20-year prison sentence where intent to harm could be proven, and 10 years where it could not.
Jabareen said he believed the bill would likely pass into law.
“Unfortunately, in the current atmosphere, there is a good chance the bill will pass,” he said. “Even some opposition MKs support the bill.”
However, he expressed doubts that the legislation would effectively act as a deterrent.
“The (Israeli) government is attempting to oppress and suppress the Palestinian resistance, but everybody knows that without a serious proposal for advancing the political process, they are doomed to fail.”
Four Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have entered into a hunger strike in protest of being detained without a charge or trial, while a fifth started a hunger strike in protest of being held in solitary confinement, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission.
Kareem Ajwa, an attorney with the Commission, said the four detainees, Sami Janazreh, Imad Batran, Abdur-Rahim Tawayfeh, and Abdul-Ghani Safadi, recently entered a hunger strike in protest of being held under administrative detention, without a charge or trial.
The fifth detainee, Nahar Saadi, has also embarked on a hunger strike to protest of being held in solitary confinement for two years, according to WAFA.
The Commission said a sixth prisoner, Issam Zaineddin, from Nablus, started protesting measures in protest of his solitary confinement as well for being barred from family visitation.
There are more some 500 Palestinian detainees being held under administrative detention, a controversial Israeli practice that allows detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for up to six-month intervals that can be renewed indefinitely.
Israeli officials claim the practice is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence, but it has been strongly criticized by the international community as well as by both Israeli and Palestinian rights groups.
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.
Kareem Ajwa, an attorney with the Commission, said the four detainees, Sami Janazreh, Imad Batran, Abdur-Rahim Tawayfeh, and Abdul-Ghani Safadi, recently entered a hunger strike in protest of being held under administrative detention, without a charge or trial.
The fifth detainee, Nahar Saadi, has also embarked on a hunger strike to protest of being held in solitary confinement for two years, according to WAFA.
The Commission said a sixth prisoner, Issam Zaineddin, from Nablus, started protesting measures in protest of his solitary confinement as well for being barred from family visitation.
There are more some 500 Palestinian detainees being held under administrative detention, a controversial Israeli practice that allows detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for up to six-month intervals that can be renewed indefinitely.
Israeli officials claim the practice is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence, but it has been strongly criticized by the international community as well as by both Israeli and Palestinian rights groups.
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.
29 mar 2016
Ahmad Mohammad Badwan, Ala Ghaleb Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein and Saqr Abdul-Karim Shbeita
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Tuesday, at least eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Qalqilia and Nablus, and kidnapped eight Palestinians. The army kidnapped twelve Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Maher Shreiteh.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Ahmad Majed Daoud.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Mahmoud Salem al-Badan, 22, after searching his home.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, before storming and ransacking many homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Badwan, Ala Ghaleb Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein and Saqr Abdul-Karim Shbeita.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped Adam Khalil Dawabsha.
The soldiers searched many homes in Douma, before detaining and interrogating many Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Tuesday, at least eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Qalqilia and Nablus, and kidnapped eight Palestinians. The army kidnapped twelve Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Maher Shreiteh.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Ahmad Majed Daoud.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Mahmoud Salem al-Badan, 22, after searching his home.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, before storming and ransacking many homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Badwan, Ala Ghaleb Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein and Saqr Abdul-Karim Shbeita.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped Adam Khalil Dawabsha.
The soldiers searched many homes in Douma, before detaining and interrogating many Palestinians.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Tuesday, that detainee Samer Abu Kweik is currently facing a serious health condition in the al-‘Afula Israeli hospital, suffering very sharp pain in his abdomen and kidneys after being given wrong medications.
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said she managed to visit Abu Kweik in Afula after the soldiers moved him from Gilboa prison following his severe pain, and that he was moved to the surgery ward.
Khatib added that the detainee was not receiving the needed medical treatment, and instead, he was given wrong medications that caused serious complications to his health condition.
She also said that the detainee is tied and shackled to his bed, and that there are three soldiers guarding his room and are treating him in very bad, humiliating, manners.
The lawyer further stated that Kweik accused the Israeli Prison Authority of being responsible for his seriously deteriorating health condition since 2002 when he first complained of severe pain in his intestines and abdomen, but prison doctors said it was “an ordinary infection,” and gave him the wrong type of medicine.
Since then, the detainee has been facing a deteriorating health condition and was never seen by a specialist.
Nearly 14 days ago, he was moved to the hospital, and underwent a surgery, especially after he suffered a partial intestine blockage. After he was hospitalized, his feeding has only been administered via intravenous infusion.
"The doctors told me I needed a surgery to remove 10-20 centimeters of my intestines," he said, "I can barely stand or walk, yet the soldiers keep me shackled, even when I need to use the toilet, and they do not allow me to close the door."
Abu Kweik is from the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in Ramallah; he was taken prisoner 14 years ago and was sentenced to three life terms and additional 25 years.
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said she managed to visit Abu Kweik in Afula after the soldiers moved him from Gilboa prison following his severe pain, and that he was moved to the surgery ward.
Khatib added that the detainee was not receiving the needed medical treatment, and instead, he was given wrong medications that caused serious complications to his health condition.
She also said that the detainee is tied and shackled to his bed, and that there are three soldiers guarding his room and are treating him in very bad, humiliating, manners.
The lawyer further stated that Kweik accused the Israeli Prison Authority of being responsible for his seriously deteriorating health condition since 2002 when he first complained of severe pain in his intestines and abdomen, but prison doctors said it was “an ordinary infection,” and gave him the wrong type of medicine.
Since then, the detainee has been facing a deteriorating health condition and was never seen by a specialist.
Nearly 14 days ago, he was moved to the hospital, and underwent a surgery, especially after he suffered a partial intestine blockage. After he was hospitalized, his feeding has only been administered via intravenous infusion.
"The doctors told me I needed a surgery to remove 10-20 centimeters of my intestines," he said, "I can barely stand or walk, yet the soldiers keep me shackled, even when I need to use the toilet, and they do not allow me to close the door."
Abu Kweik is from the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in Ramallah; he was taken prisoner 14 years ago and was sentenced to three life terms and additional 25 years.
The Palestinian cancer patient prisoner Yousri al-Masri was transferred on Monday evening to Ramla prison hospital after suffering serious health deterioration.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that al-Masri’s health situation had severely deteriorated which led to his transfer to Ramla prison hospital.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) refused for five months to allow medical tests for al-Masri who suffers from neck cancer and severe liver pains, his brother Yasser al-Masri said.
Although he had remained in Ramla prison hospital for 40 days, al-Masri didn’t conduct any medical tests nor did he receive any medical treatment. Al-Masri’s family had earlier submitted a request demanding his release after he spent two-thirds of his sentence due to his serious health situation.
However, the IPS refused to submit the family’s appeal to the court. The family held the IPS fully responsible for Yasser al-Masri’s safety. Al-Masri was arrested in 2003 and sentenced for 20 years imprisonment.
While in prison, he suffered neck cancer which led to severe health deterioration.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that al-Masri’s health situation had severely deteriorated which led to his transfer to Ramla prison hospital.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) refused for five months to allow medical tests for al-Masri who suffers from neck cancer and severe liver pains, his brother Yasser al-Masri said.
Although he had remained in Ramla prison hospital for 40 days, al-Masri didn’t conduct any medical tests nor did he receive any medical treatment. Al-Masri’s family had earlier submitted a request demanding his release after he spent two-thirds of his sentence due to his serious health situation.
However, the IPS refused to submit the family’s appeal to the court. The family held the IPS fully responsible for Yasser al-Masri’s safety. Al-Masri was arrested in 2003 and sentenced for 20 years imprisonment.
While in prison, he suffered neck cancer which led to severe health deterioration.
Meanwhile, Salem military court postponed on Monday the court session of the cancer patient prisoner Bassem al-Sayeh to April 21.
The court also allowed a doctor to visit him on Tuesday and to check on his health condition. Al-Sayeh , 43, was arrested for allegedly being involved in Beit Furik anti-occupation attack during which two Israeli settlers were killed in early October last year.
Family sources said that he was brought to court on a wheelchair as he was unable to move or to talk. Al-Sayeh suffers from blood and bone cancer, in addition to chronic pneumonia and severe heart problems.
The court also allowed a doctor to visit him on Tuesday and to check on his health condition. Al-Sayeh , 43, was arrested for allegedly being involved in Beit Furik anti-occupation attack during which two Israeli settlers were killed in early October last year.
Family sources said that he was brought to court on a wheelchair as he was unable to move or to talk. Al-Sayeh suffers from blood and bone cancer, in addition to chronic pneumonia and severe heart problems.
An Israeli military court on Monday convicted the Jerusalemite man Omar Abu Sara, 50, from Kafr Akeb town in Occupied Jerusalem, with incitement against Jews and urging for racism and violence in his lessons at the Aqsa Mosque.
Abu Sara was arrested last year and released under the condition of deportation out of the Aqsa Mosque for two months in addition to house arrest and a fine.
On the other hand, Israeli military court of Ofer declared the 14-year-old Palestinian child Abdullah Abu Latifa from Qalandya refugee camp in northern Occupied Jerusalem as innocent after over three months of arrest.
He was charged with stone throwing. The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society Akram Samara said the Israeli court decision was made after several defense sessions refuting the indictment. He pointed out that the court gave 72 hours for the prosecution to appeal the decision.
Abu Sara was arrested last year and released under the condition of deportation out of the Aqsa Mosque for two months in addition to house arrest and a fine.
On the other hand, Israeli military court of Ofer declared the 14-year-old Palestinian child Abdullah Abu Latifa from Qalandya refugee camp in northern Occupied Jerusalem as innocent after over three months of arrest.
He was charged with stone throwing. The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society Akram Samara said the Israeli court decision was made after several defense sessions refuting the indictment. He pointed out that the court gave 72 hours for the prosecution to appeal the decision.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke into the home of the Palestinian martyr Baha Elaiyan, who was killed by Israeli soldiers, in Mount Scopus town in Occupied Jerusalem and handed a summons to the martyr’s father to be questioned by Israeli intelligence.
Quds Press quoted sources as saying that the summons orderd the father to go to the Israeli police station in Salah Uddin Street in the city.
The IOF had demolished the home of the martyr last January. Martyr Elaiyan along with captive Bilal Abu Ghanem carried out an anti-occupation attack in an Israeli bus in Armon Hanatziv settlement.
Elaiyan’s body is still detained by the Israeli occupation authorities. He was killed on October 13, 2015.
Quds Press quoted sources as saying that the summons orderd the father to go to the Israeli police station in Salah Uddin Street in the city.
The IOF had demolished the home of the martyr last January. Martyr Elaiyan along with captive Bilal Abu Ghanem carried out an anti-occupation attack in an Israeli bus in Armon Hanatziv settlement.
Elaiyan’s body is still detained by the Israeli occupation authorities. He was killed on October 13, 2015.
Israeli forces carried out predawn raids throughout the occupied West Bank Tuesday and detained 18, including 11 from the Hebron district, locals and Israel’s army said.
Local sources told Ma’an that military forces raided the city of Hebron and detained Raed Hmeidan Sharabati and Palestinian journalist Musab Qafisha from their homes.
Ratib al-Jubour, member of a committee for towns south of Hebron, said Israeli forces stormed Yatta and detained local Fatah leader Muhammad al-Birawi, 32.
Israeli forces also raided the city of Dura and detained Riyad Nammura, Hamada al-Najjar and Muhammad Abu Zneid after ransacking their homes, local sources said.
In the Bethlehem-area town of Tuqu, locals said Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Salim al-Badan, 23, from his home, while Mahir Shreitih from al-Mazraa al-Gharbiyya was detained in Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem.
Four young Palestinians were detained in the village of Azzun east of Qalqiliya in the northwestern West Bank. Local sources identified them as Ahmad Muhammad Badwan, Alaa Ghalib Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein, and Saqir Abd al-Kareem Shbeita.
Israeli forces also raided the village of Duma south of Nablus and detained Adam Khalid Dawabsha. Locals said Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers stormed the village and rounded up several young men in one house for questioning.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed 11 total detentions made in the Hebron district, in addition to 7 in other areas of the West Bank. All were detained for “illegal activity” or suspected involvement with the Hamas movement.
The Israeli military regularly carries out predawn detention raids in the West Bank -- including areas under full Palestinian jurisdiction -- averaging over 90 raids per week since the start of this year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
According to prisoners' rights organization Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisoners, and the Hebron district has been particularly targeted by detention raids since a wave of unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
Local sources told Ma’an that military forces raided the city of Hebron and detained Raed Hmeidan Sharabati and Palestinian journalist Musab Qafisha from their homes.
Ratib al-Jubour, member of a committee for towns south of Hebron, said Israeli forces stormed Yatta and detained local Fatah leader Muhammad al-Birawi, 32.
Israeli forces also raided the city of Dura and detained Riyad Nammura, Hamada al-Najjar and Muhammad Abu Zneid after ransacking their homes, local sources said.
In the Bethlehem-area town of Tuqu, locals said Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Salim al-Badan, 23, from his home, while Mahir Shreitih from al-Mazraa al-Gharbiyya was detained in Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem.
Four young Palestinians were detained in the village of Azzun east of Qalqiliya in the northwestern West Bank. Local sources identified them as Ahmad Muhammad Badwan, Alaa Ghalib Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein, and Saqir Abd al-Kareem Shbeita.
Israeli forces also raided the village of Duma south of Nablus and detained Adam Khalid Dawabsha. Locals said Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers stormed the village and rounded up several young men in one house for questioning.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed 11 total detentions made in the Hebron district, in addition to 7 in other areas of the West Bank. All were detained for “illegal activity” or suspected involvement with the Hamas movement.
The Israeli military regularly carries out predawn detention raids in the West Bank -- including areas under full Palestinian jurisdiction -- averaging over 90 raids per week since the start of this year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
According to prisoners' rights organization Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisoners, and the Hebron district has been particularly targeted by detention raids since a wave of unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
Journalist Mosab Khamis Qfeisha
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In HebronIsraeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, while another Palestinian was kidnapped on the Container military roadblock.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron city, before breaking into and searching homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians, identified as Raed Hmeidan Sharabati, 45, Sa’id Abu Sneina, Mahmoud Seder, Mahmoud al-‘Oweiwy and his brother Ahmad, in addition to a journalist identified as Mosab Khamis Qfeisha.
The soldiers also invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Riyad Mohammad al-Hroub.
Furthermore, several military vehicles invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched and ransacked many homes and kidnapped Mohammad Mahmoud Abu Zneid, 32, Ahmad Thabet Hasan Najjar and Samir Mohammad Bheiss.
Another Palestinian, identified as Riyad Nammoura, was kidnapped from his home in Abu al-‘Asja village, south of Hebron.
In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container Roadblock, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, stopped many Palestinian cars and searched them, before kidnapping Abdul-Rahman Waleed at-Teety, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main roads leading to the towns of Sa’ir, Halhoul and Yatta, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of scores of Palestinians.
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In HebronIsraeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, while another Palestinian was kidnapped on the Container military roadblock.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron city, before breaking into and searching homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians, identified as Raed Hmeidan Sharabati, 45, Sa’id Abu Sneina, Mahmoud Seder, Mahmoud al-‘Oweiwy and his brother Ahmad, in addition to a journalist identified as Mosab Khamis Qfeisha.
The soldiers also invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Riyad Mohammad al-Hroub.
Furthermore, several military vehicles invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched and ransacked many homes and kidnapped Mohammad Mahmoud Abu Zneid, 32, Ahmad Thabet Hasan Najjar and Samir Mohammad Bheiss.
Another Palestinian, identified as Riyad Nammoura, was kidnapped from his home in Abu al-‘Asja village, south of Hebron.
In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container Roadblock, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, stopped many Palestinian cars and searched them, before kidnapping Abdul-Rahman Waleed at-Teety, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main roads leading to the towns of Sa’ir, Halhoul and Yatta, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of scores of Palestinians.
