13 mar 2018
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 1,319 Palestinians during January and February, including 274 children and 23 women and girls, a joint report said.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission, issued a monthly report on Tuesday on the imprisonment of Palestinians in January and February 2018.
According to the report, Israeli forces arrested 381 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, 233 from Ramallah and al-Bireh, 140 from al-Khalil, 133 from Jenin, 118 from Bethlehem, 107 from Nablus, 59 from Tulkarem, 54 of Qalqilya, 23 from Tubas, 20 from Salfit, 21 from Jericho and 20 from Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of 2018, Israel issued 169 administrative detention orders for imprisonment without charge or trial, including 52 new orders.
500 administrative detainees are currently held in Israeli jails, the report said.
The total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is around 6,500, including 63 women, of whom six are minor girls. There are also 350 child prisoners.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission, issued a monthly report on Tuesday on the imprisonment of Palestinians in January and February 2018.
According to the report, Israeli forces arrested 381 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, 233 from Ramallah and al-Bireh, 140 from al-Khalil, 133 from Jenin, 118 from Bethlehem, 107 from Nablus, 59 from Tulkarem, 54 of Qalqilya, 23 from Tubas, 20 from Salfit, 21 from Jericho and 20 from Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of 2018, Israel issued 169 administrative detention orders for imprisonment without charge or trial, including 52 new orders.
500 administrative detainees are currently held in Israeli jails, the report said.
The total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is around 6,500, including 63 women, of whom six are minor girls. There are also 350 child prisoners.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours Tuesday, 22 Palestinian, including a woman and two of her children in addition to a female university student, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers conducted violent searches of homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting 21, most of them children.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The PPS said the soldiers conducted violent searches of homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting 21, most of them children.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Ibtisam ‘Obeid, Jerusalem.
- Waseem ‘Obeid, 15. (Ibtisam’s son), Jerusalem.
- Sa’adi Wisam Rajabi, 12, Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Maher Ghazzawiya, 13, Jerusalem.
- Nader Mazen Moheisin, 17, Jerusalem.
- Yousef Mohammad Darwish, 15, Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Shokri Hammad, Jerusalem.
- Wajeeh Haitham Khatib, 17, Jerusalem.
- Ezzat Hazeen, Jerusalem.
- Mahmoud al-Lowzi, Jerusalem.
- Osama Naim Hamad, Jerusalem.
- Hafeth Hisham Sharif, Hebron.
- Mosallam Qawasma, Hebron.
- Obeida Issa Asafra, Hebron.
- Laith Rasmi Asafra, Hebron.
- Ola Marshoud (university student), Hebron.
- Montaser Araishi, Hebron.
- Adel Qar’awi, Hebron.
- Ahmad al-Arabi, Hebron.
- Dirar Hamadna, Hebron.
- Ezzeddin Rashad Jabr, Ramallah.
- Ali Omar Farhan, Tulkarem.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least twelve Palestinians, and injured one, during massive invasions in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and abducted the twelve Palestinians. They also shot a young man, after the army assaulted Palestinians protesting the invasions.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, before initiating extensive and violent searches of many homes, abducted five young men, and took them to several detention and interrogation centers in the Jerusalem.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Wajeeh Haitham Khatib, Ibrahim Hasan Assaf, Mahmoud Mohammad al-Louzy, Osama Naim Hamad, and Ezzat Mohammad Hazeen.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in several parts of the governorate and abducted four Palestinians.
The soldiers abducted Obeida Issa Asafra and Laith Rasmi Asafra, from their homes in Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron.
They also invaded many homes in several parts of Hebron city, before abducting Hafeth Hisham Sharif and Mosallam Qawasma, and installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance in Jouret Bahlas area, and the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, dozens of soldiers invaded the New Askar refugee camp, east of the city, and ‘Aseera ash-Shamaliya town, north of the city, searched homes and abducted three Palestinians.
The Nablus office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Adel Qar’awi and Montaser Araishi, from their homes in Askar refugee camp.
It added that the soldiers also attacked Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and shot a Mohammad Jom’a, 20, with a live round in his thigh.
The soldiers also abducted Dirar Hamadna, from his home in ‘Aseera ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
The soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and abducted the twelve Palestinians. They also shot a young man, after the army assaulted Palestinians protesting the invasions.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, before initiating extensive and violent searches of many homes, abducted five young men, and took them to several detention and interrogation centers in the Jerusalem.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Wajeeh Haitham Khatib, Ibrahim Hasan Assaf, Mahmoud Mohammad al-Louzy, Osama Naim Hamad, and Ezzat Mohammad Hazeen.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in several parts of the governorate and abducted four Palestinians.
The soldiers abducted Obeida Issa Asafra and Laith Rasmi Asafra, from their homes in Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron.
They also invaded many homes in several parts of Hebron city, before abducting Hafeth Hisham Sharif and Mosallam Qawasma, and installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance in Jouret Bahlas area, and the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, dozens of soldiers invaded the New Askar refugee camp, east of the city, and ‘Aseera ash-Shamaliya town, north of the city, searched homes and abducted three Palestinians.
The Nablus office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Adel Qar’awi and Montaser Araishi, from their homes in Askar refugee camp.
It added that the soldiers also attacked Palestinians, who protested the invasion, and shot a Mohammad Jom’a, 20, with a live round in his thigh.
The soldiers also abducted Dirar Hamadna, from his home in ‘Aseera ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus.
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin, and poured concrete into the room of detainee Yousef Khaled Kamil.
The family said that the soldiers surrounded their property, and poured the concrete into their detained son’s room in their family home. Yousef is imprisoned by Israel for allegedly killing an Israeli last year in Kafr Qassem.
Jenin Governor Kamil Abu ar-Rob said the soldiers poured 42 cubic meters of concrete into the room as a form of collective punishment against the family. He added that the soldiers were unable to demolish the property, because the family’s residence is located in an apartment building. video
Instead, they filled a room in the building with concrete, which will render the apartment building structurally unsound, and inevitably cause it to collapse.
During the invasion, the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters and fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to invading homes and occupying their rooftops.
Israeli authorities have a policy of attacking the family home of any Palestinian they have taken into custody on suspicion of harming an Israeli. Instead of holding a trial and sentencing the alleged assailant, the Palestinian who stands accused of a crime against an Israeli must face a military tribunal with no access to adequate legal counsel, as the Palestinian Territories are under Israeli martial law, and have been since 1967.
In addition to charging the accused under a military tribunal, the Israeli authorities also send troops to demolish the family home of any Palestinian who is accused of a crime against Israelis.
This is the only place on earth that engages in this type of practice, which is classified as ‘collective punishment’ and a ‘war crime’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
According to the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, in 2017 alone, 351 structures were demolished by Israeli forces, rendering 528 Palestinians homeless.
The Israeli organization has noted that 48,743 structures have been demolished by Israeli forces since 1967.
The family said that the soldiers surrounded their property, and poured the concrete into their detained son’s room in their family home. Yousef is imprisoned by Israel for allegedly killing an Israeli last year in Kafr Qassem.
Jenin Governor Kamil Abu ar-Rob said the soldiers poured 42 cubic meters of concrete into the room as a form of collective punishment against the family. He added that the soldiers were unable to demolish the property, because the family’s residence is located in an apartment building. video
Instead, they filled a room in the building with concrete, which will render the apartment building structurally unsound, and inevitably cause it to collapse.
During the invasion, the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters and fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to invading homes and occupying their rooftops.
Israeli authorities have a policy of attacking the family home of any Palestinian they have taken into custody on suspicion of harming an Israeli. Instead of holding a trial and sentencing the alleged assailant, the Palestinian who stands accused of a crime against an Israeli must face a military tribunal with no access to adequate legal counsel, as the Palestinian Territories are under Israeli martial law, and have been since 1967.
In addition to charging the accused under a military tribunal, the Israeli authorities also send troops to demolish the family home of any Palestinian who is accused of a crime against Israelis.
This is the only place on earth that engages in this type of practice, which is classified as ‘collective punishment’ and a ‘war crime’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
According to the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, in 2017 alone, 351 structures were demolished by Israeli forces, rendering 528 Palestinians homeless.
The Israeli organization has noted that 48,743 structures have been demolished by Israeli forces since 1967.
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, issued a statement Tuesday contending that Israeli prison authorities have refused to provide heat, blankets, warm clothing to Palestinian prisoners that they are holding without charges in Israeli prisons..
Adalah initially sent a letter on March 4 to IPS Commissioner Ofra Klinger and Israeli Prison Service (IPS) legal advisor attorney Yochi Gensin demanding that they provide blankets to Palestinians classified as “security prisoners,” refrain from limiting the number of blankets an individual may use, and allow heaters in cells.
Adalah also demanded the IPS allow families to bring blankets for the prisoners and that it cancel orders that allow the confiscation of blankets as a punitive measure.
According to Adalah’s press release, recent testimony received by the rights organization from imprisoned individuals illustrates the harsh living conditions and severe cold faced in IPS prisons.
The prisoners “are not provided with warm clothing or blankets and don’t have the option of bringing heaters into their cells, Adalah Attorney Muna Haddad wrote in the letter. “The IPS regulations the number of blankets that prisoners may bring into their cells and do not permit receiving blankets from their families. The cost of blankets at the prison canteen is so excessive that prisoners are unable to obtain them there.”
Similar conditions were described in a public defender’s report issued in June 2017, which stressed that “the IPS is obligated to supply prisoners with means of heating [their cells], which will allow them to protect their health, particularly given that their cells are open and bitter cold during the winter.”
In her letter, attorney Haddad wrote that the IPS is violating its obligation to provide for the minimal needs of prisoners. IPS orders specify that “a prisoner shall be held in appropriate conditions that do not harm his health or dignity” and that prisoners have a right to “a bed, mattress, and blankets for personal use.”
In addition, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners specifies that “All accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating, and ventilation.”
Adalah initially sent a letter on March 4 to IPS Commissioner Ofra Klinger and Israeli Prison Service (IPS) legal advisor attorney Yochi Gensin demanding that they provide blankets to Palestinians classified as “security prisoners,” refrain from limiting the number of blankets an individual may use, and allow heaters in cells.
Adalah also demanded the IPS allow families to bring blankets for the prisoners and that it cancel orders that allow the confiscation of blankets as a punitive measure.
According to Adalah’s press release, recent testimony received by the rights organization from imprisoned individuals illustrates the harsh living conditions and severe cold faced in IPS prisons.
The prisoners “are not provided with warm clothing or blankets and don’t have the option of bringing heaters into their cells, Adalah Attorney Muna Haddad wrote in the letter. “The IPS regulations the number of blankets that prisoners may bring into their cells and do not permit receiving blankets from their families. The cost of blankets at the prison canteen is so excessive that prisoners are unable to obtain them there.”
Similar conditions were described in a public defender’s report issued in June 2017, which stressed that “the IPS is obligated to supply prisoners with means of heating [their cells], which will allow them to protect their health, particularly given that their cells are open and bitter cold during the winter.”
In her letter, attorney Haddad wrote that the IPS is violating its obligation to provide for the minimal needs of prisoners. IPS orders specify that “a prisoner shall be held in appropriate conditions that do not harm his health or dignity” and that prisoners have a right to “a bed, mattress, and blankets for personal use.”
In addition, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners specifies that “All accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating, and ventilation.”
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday morning, at several Palestinian fishing boats, and used sprayed them with water cannons, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said the boats were in Palestinian territorial waters, in northern Gaza, when the navy attacked them.
The navy opened fire at the fishing boats, before attacking them with water cannons.
In related news, Israel released Ahmad Ziad al-Bardaweel, 15, who was abducted by the navy, Monday, near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said the boats were in Palestinian territorial waters, in northern Gaza, when the navy attacked them.
The navy opened fire at the fishing boats, before attacking them with water cannons.
In related news, Israel released Ahmad Ziad al-Bardaweel, 15, who was abducted by the navy, Monday, near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
12 mar 2018
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) issued administration detention orders against 25 Palestinian prisoners since the beginning of March, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said on Monday.
The detention orders, without charge or trial, were issued against 25 detainees. 11 of them were arrested for the first time or were recently re-arrested.
The period of the detention varied between three to six months.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
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.
The detention orders, without charge or trial, were issued against 25 detainees. 11 of them were arrested for the first time or were recently re-arrested.
The period of the detention varied between three to six months.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
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.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday a Palestinian female student after being summoned for investigate on Sunday.
Family sources affirmed that Israeli authorities informed them that Ola Marshoud, 21, a student at al-Najah University, was detained 24 hours after being summoned for investigation in Hawara investigation center, south of Nablus.
Marshoud’s parents are living in Saudi Arabia, while their two girls and son are studying at al-Najah University.
340 Palestinian university studens are currently held in Israeli jails, while nine schoolchildren were killed and 603 other were injured in 2017 by the Israeli occupation forces, official sources said.
Family sources affirmed that Israeli authorities informed them that Ola Marshoud, 21, a student at al-Najah University, was detained 24 hours after being summoned for investigation in Hawara investigation center, south of Nablus.
Marshoud’s parents are living in Saudi Arabia, while their two girls and son are studying at al-Najah University.
340 Palestinian university studens are currently held in Israeli jails, while nine schoolchildren were killed and 603 other were injured in 2017 by the Israeli occupation forces, official sources said.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday afternoon arrested two Palestinian youths at Annab checkpoint east of Tulkarem city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers stopped a Palestinian vehicle at the checkpoint, searched it and arrested the two youths.
Hebrew media sources claimed that the IOF arrested a Palestinian after a knife was found in his possession at a military checkpoint near Tulkarem.
There are hundreds of Israeli checkpoints set up temporarily or permanently in the West Bank to isolate its provinces from each other and hinder the Palestinian citizens' movement. These checkpoints witness arbitrary arrest operations on a regular basis.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers stopped a Palestinian vehicle at the checkpoint, searched it and arrested the two youths.
Hebrew media sources claimed that the IOF arrested a Palestinian after a knife was found in his possession at a military checkpoint near Tulkarem.
There are hundreds of Israeli checkpoints set up temporarily or permanently in the West Bank to isolate its provinces from each other and hinder the Palestinian citizens' movement. These checkpoints witness arbitrary arrest operations on a regular basis.
Israeli military court of Ofer on Monday sentenced a Palestinian popular resistance activist, Munther Amira, of Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, to actual imprisonment for 6 months in addition to 5-year suspended sentence and fines.
Activist Amira, 46, was arrested by Israeli occupation forces on December 27 in a solidarity sit-in with Occupied Jerusalem at the northern entrance to Bethlehem.
He was accused with 12 charges all of which are related to his involvement in popular resistance activities and staging protests against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Activist Amira, 46, was arrested by Israeli occupation forces on December 27 in a solidarity sit-in with Occupied Jerusalem at the northern entrance to Bethlehem.
He was accused with 12 charges all of which are related to his involvement in popular resistance activities and staging protests against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Israeli Haaretz newspaper said that an Israeli occupation police detective has been charged with beating a Palestinian minor to force him to confess throwing stones at cars driven by Israeli settlers.
Despite the seriousness of the offense, the so called Israeli Justice Ministry’s department for the investigation of police officers charged the detective with a lesser assault crime.
The incident came to light when a voice recording of an interview-under-duress was found in the police case files given to the suspect’s lawyer. In the recording, detective Yehuda Gigi is heard beating the Palestinian Mohammed Shuqair, who was only 17 years old. The recording was presumably accidental, according to Haaretz.
The lawyers of the boy and a cousin who was arrested with him raised the matter of the assault after listening to the recording, resulting in the complaint to the ministry’s unit for investigations of police.
Despite the gravity of Gigi’s actions, he was charged only with simple assault, which carried a maximum punishment of two years in prison. The detective could have been charged with a number of more serious offenses, including aggravated assault, that could result in prison terms of three or four years. Gigi was not suspended from active duty, either.
According to the charge sheet filed in Rishon Letzion Magistrate’s Court in January, Mohammed Shuqair of Salfit, was arrested in November 2016 along with his cousin on suspicion of throwing stones.
Despite the seriousness of the offense, the so called Israeli Justice Ministry’s department for the investigation of police officers charged the detective with a lesser assault crime.
The incident came to light when a voice recording of an interview-under-duress was found in the police case files given to the suspect’s lawyer. In the recording, detective Yehuda Gigi is heard beating the Palestinian Mohammed Shuqair, who was only 17 years old. The recording was presumably accidental, according to Haaretz.
The lawyers of the boy and a cousin who was arrested with him raised the matter of the assault after listening to the recording, resulting in the complaint to the ministry’s unit for investigations of police.
Despite the gravity of Gigi’s actions, he was charged only with simple assault, which carried a maximum punishment of two years in prison. The detective could have been charged with a number of more serious offenses, including aggravated assault, that could result in prison terms of three or four years. Gigi was not suspended from active duty, either.
According to the charge sheet filed in Rishon Letzion Magistrate’s Court in January, Mohammed Shuqair of Salfit, was arrested in November 2016 along with his cousin on suspicion of throwing stones.
Israeli soldiers and navy abducted, Monday, at least thirty-six Palestinians, including eleven fishermen, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in Gaza waters, in Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged coastal region.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes at dawn, and violently searched them, before abducting seven Palestinians, identified as Wissam Ezzeddin Silmi, Luay Freij, Qassem Swayy, Hamza Walweel, Mohammad Ibrahim ‘Oweiss, Saher Farraj and Ali Mohammad Hannoun.
In Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Anabta town, east of the city, and abducted Hisham Husam Fuqaha and Dia Ala Fuqaha.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, during extensive and violent searches of homes, and illegally confiscated cash.
In Halhoul, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Younis al-Baw, 22, in addition to Anwar Mohammad al-Baw, 20, and his brother Laith, 19.
The soldiers also abducted ‘Atef Rabba from his home in the ath-Thaheriyya town, southwest of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, a senior nonviolent activist in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said many army vehicles invaded several areas in the town, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Saddam Ali Awad, 28, in addition to Taiseer Khaled Breigheeth, 23, who was taken prisoner from a local bakery, in the center of the town, and moved them to Etzion military base and security center.
The soldiers also invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Suleiman al-Qawasma, in addition Hamza Syouri, the principal of a local school, and violently searched them before confiscating large sums of cash.
Syouri said the soldiers even smashed his children’s money boxes and stole their savings.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of as-Sammoa’ and Yatta and installed many roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir, Halhoul, and northern Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of the city, and summoned Ahmad Mousa Jibreel, 36, for interrogation in Etzion military base, north of Bethlehem, after searching his home.
Furthermore, Israeli navy ships attacked with live fire many Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, abducted eleven fishermen and confiscated three boats.
Mohammad ‘Adel Miqdad, Ibrahim ‘Adel Miqdad, ‘Ala Ibrahim Miqdad, Mohammad No’man Miqdad, Mohammad Ibrahim Miqdad, Adel Ibrahim Miqdad, Ahmad Shaker Miqdad, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel, Mohammad Farahat ‘Ashour, Amin Sa’adi Jom’a, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel and Ahmad Mohammad Tababsha.
On Monday at dawn, the soldiers abducted ten Palestinians during massive and violent searches of homes, in many parts of occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
In Silwan town, in the center of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Hafeth Dirbas, Mohammad Nimir Dirbas, Ayyoub al-Hindi, Saleh Na’im Moheisin and Mahmoud Gharib.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem, and abducted Adnan Aramin, Mohammad Zeidan and Tareq Kayyala, in addition to Amin Fathi Hamdan, who was taken prisoner from his home in ‘Anata nearby town.
Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Nablus, Injures Dozens Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian man at Huwwara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured dozens of Palestinians in an invasion into Jayyous town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Nassr Jamal Mabrouka, 24, after stopping him at Huwwara military roadblock, south of the city.
It added that the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the Palestinian and took him to Huwwara military base.
In addition, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after many Israeli army jeeps invaded the town, and fired a barrage of gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion.
The soldiers also targeted several homes with gas bombs, and flares, in the eastern neighborhood of the town.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians during massive and violent searches of homes, in many parts of occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
In Silwan town, in the center of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Hafeth Dirbas, Mohammad Nimir Dirbas, Ayyoub al-Hindi, Saleh Na’im Moheisin and Mahmoud Gharib.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in the Salam area, near Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem, and abducted Adnan Aramin and Mohammad Zeidan.
In ‘Anata nearby town, the soldiers abducted Amin Fathi Hamdan, while Tareq Kayyala was taken prisoner from Shu’fat refugee camp.
Media sources in Jerusalem said the violent searched of homes led to excessive damage and caused anxiety attacks among many children.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes at dawn, and violently searched them, before abducting seven Palestinians, identified as Wissam Ezzeddin Silmi, Luay Freij, Qassem Swayy, Hamza Walweel, Mohammad Ibrahim ‘Oweiss, Saher Farraj and Ali Mohammad Hannoun.
In Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in Anabta town, east of the city, and abducted Hisham Husam Fuqaha and Dia Ala Fuqaha.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, during extensive and violent searches of homes, and illegally confiscated cash.
In Halhoul, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Younis al-Baw, 22, in addition to Anwar Mohammad al-Baw, 20, and his brother Laith, 19.
The soldiers also abducted ‘Atef Rabba from his home in the ath-Thaheriyya town, southwest of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, a senior nonviolent activist in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said many army vehicles invaded several areas in the town, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Saddam Ali Awad, 28, in addition to Taiseer Khaled Breigheeth, 23, who was taken prisoner from a local bakery, in the center of the town, and moved them to Etzion military base and security center.
The soldiers also invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Suleiman al-Qawasma, in addition Hamza Syouri, the principal of a local school, and violently searched them before confiscating large sums of cash.
Syouri said the soldiers even smashed his children’s money boxes and stole their savings.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of as-Sammoa’ and Yatta and installed many roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir, Halhoul, and northern Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of the city, and summoned Ahmad Mousa Jibreel, 36, for interrogation in Etzion military base, north of Bethlehem, after searching his home.
Furthermore, Israeli navy ships attacked with live fire many Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, abducted eleven fishermen and confiscated three boats.
Mohammad ‘Adel Miqdad, Ibrahim ‘Adel Miqdad, ‘Ala Ibrahim Miqdad, Mohammad No’man Miqdad, Mohammad Ibrahim Miqdad, Adel Ibrahim Miqdad, Ahmad Shaker Miqdad, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel, Mohammad Farahat ‘Ashour, Amin Sa’adi Jom’a, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel and Ahmad Mohammad Tababsha.
On Monday at dawn, the soldiers abducted ten Palestinians during massive and violent searches of homes, in many parts of occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
In Silwan town, in the center of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Hafeth Dirbas, Mohammad Nimir Dirbas, Ayyoub al-Hindi, Saleh Na’im Moheisin and Mahmoud Gharib.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem, and abducted Adnan Aramin, Mohammad Zeidan and Tareq Kayyala, in addition to Amin Fathi Hamdan, who was taken prisoner from his home in ‘Anata nearby town.
Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Nablus, Injures Dozens Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian man at Huwwara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured dozens of Palestinians in an invasion into Jayyous town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Nassr Jamal Mabrouka, 24, after stopping him at Huwwara military roadblock, south of the city.
It added that the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the Palestinian and took him to Huwwara military base.
In addition, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after many Israeli army jeeps invaded the town, and fired a barrage of gas bombs at Palestinians, who protested the invasion.
The soldiers also targeted several homes with gas bombs, and flares, in the eastern neighborhood of the town.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians during massive and violent searches of homes, in many parts of occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
In Silwan town, in the center of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Hafeth Dirbas, Mohammad Nimir Dirbas, Ayyoub al-Hindi, Saleh Na’im Moheisin and Mahmoud Gharib.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in the Salam area, near Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem, and abducted Adnan Aramin and Mohammad Zeidan.
In ‘Anata nearby town, the soldiers abducted Amin Fathi Hamdan, while Tareq Kayyala was taken prisoner from Shu’fat refugee camp.
Media sources in Jerusalem said the violent searched of homes led to excessive damage and caused anxiety attacks among many children.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday morning, many Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, abducted eleven fishermen and confiscated their boats.
Fishermen who witnessed the Israeli assault said the navy fired dozens of live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the Rafah shore.
They added that the navy abducted eleven fishermen after forcing them to undress and swim towards the navy ships, before moving them to Ashdod port, along with three confiscated boats.
The abducted fishermen have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adel Miqdad, Ibrahim ‘Adel Miqdad, ‘Ala Ibrahim Miqdad, Mohammad No’man Miqdad, Mohammad Ibrahim Miqdad, Adel Ibrahim Miqdad, Ahmad Shaker Miqdad, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel, Mohammad Farahat ‘Ashour, Amin Sa’adi Jom’a, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel and Ahmad Mohammad Tababsha.
Israeli navy detain ten fishermen off Gaza shores
Israeli naval forces on Monday morning detained ten Palestinian fishermen while sailing off the coast of Rafah, to the south of Gaza.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Palestinian fishermen Captain Nizar Ayyash pointed out that the incident is the first of its kind that occurred in southern Gaza since the beginning of the year.
Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishermen and their boats almost on a daily basis.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.”
Fishermen who witnessed the Israeli assault said the navy fired dozens of live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the Rafah shore.
They added that the navy abducted eleven fishermen after forcing them to undress and swim towards the navy ships, before moving them to Ashdod port, along with three confiscated boats.
The abducted fishermen have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adel Miqdad, Ibrahim ‘Adel Miqdad, ‘Ala Ibrahim Miqdad, Mohammad No’man Miqdad, Mohammad Ibrahim Miqdad, Adel Ibrahim Miqdad, Ahmad Shaker Miqdad, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel, Mohammad Farahat ‘Ashour, Amin Sa’adi Jom’a, Ahmad Ziad Bardaweel and Ahmad Mohammad Tababsha.
Israeli navy detain ten fishermen off Gaza shores
Israeli naval forces on Monday morning detained ten Palestinian fishermen while sailing off the coast of Rafah, to the south of Gaza.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Palestinian fishermen Captain Nizar Ayyash pointed out that the incident is the first of its kind that occurred in southern Gaza since the beginning of the year.
Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishermen and their boats almost on a daily basis.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.”
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday arrested a number of Palestinians in raids and sweeps launched in different West Bank provinces.
Thousands of shekels were confiscated during the raids under the pretext that they belong to Hamas.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces arrested 16 Palestinians for allegedly being involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Local sources in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli forces stormed al-Isawiya town east of the city, raided a number of houses and kidnapped 10 Palestinian youths.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian young men in Anabta town east of Tulkarem after searching their houses.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF broke into the houses of Hisham Fuqaha and Diaa Fuqaha, arrested them and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile in Qalqilya, the PIC reporter said, quoting sources, that dozens of IOF soldiers raided the city, searched Palestinian houses, and arrested seven citizens.
The IOF launched another campaign in al-Khalil, arrested six Palestinians in Yatta, Halhul and Beit Ummar and seized a sum of money from Palestinian houses while searching them.
The IOF handed a Palestinian youth from Tuqu' town southeast of Bethlehem city a summons to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion detention center.
Thousands of shekels were confiscated during the raids under the pretext that they belong to Hamas.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces arrested 16 Palestinians for allegedly being involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Local sources in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli forces stormed al-Isawiya town east of the city, raided a number of houses and kidnapped 10 Palestinian youths.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian young men in Anabta town east of Tulkarem after searching their houses.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF broke into the houses of Hisham Fuqaha and Diaa Fuqaha, arrested them and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile in Qalqilya, the PIC reporter said, quoting sources, that dozens of IOF soldiers raided the city, searched Palestinian houses, and arrested seven citizens.
The IOF launched another campaign in al-Khalil, arrested six Palestinians in Yatta, Halhul and Beit Ummar and seized a sum of money from Palestinian houses while searching them.
The IOF handed a Palestinian youth from Tuqu' town southeast of Bethlehem city a summons to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion detention center.
Palestinian minister of education Sabri Saidem has said that Israel’s violation of the inviolability of the Birzeit University campus and its kidnapping of its student council head Omar Kiswani is a crime that must not go unnoticed.
In a news conference held in Ramallah, Saidam called on all local and international legal and human rights institutions to shoulder their responsibilities to curb such Israeli violations, describing what happened as “organized state terrorism and unprecedented insolence.”
“We assert that the International Association of Universities, the Association of Arab Universities, the parliamentary bodies, the human rights organizations and the academic institutions are demanded more than ever to bear their responsibilities and raise their voices towards such violations,” the minister said.
Last Wednesday, Israeli plain-clothes officers infiltrated into the Birzeit University campus near Ramallah and arrested Omar Kiswani, president of its student council.
Online video footage showed six men dressed in civilian clothing pinning Kiswani to the ground, kicking and beating him while a few of them fired gunshots on campus.
According to Birzeit University, the group attacked Kiswani, 24, in front of the student council building.
Another armed Israeli unit had detained the university's guards in a room and "proceeded to use their firearms against the students while providing cover for the kidnapping operation".
"They were carrying guns inside their bags, they disguised as students and started shooting in broad daylight," Sondos Hamad, coordinator of the Right to Education campaign, told al-Jazeera Net on the same day.
"They took him to the western gate of the university where Israeli military forces were waiting for him with their jeeps. We don't know where he is now,” he added.
In a news conference held in Ramallah, Saidam called on all local and international legal and human rights institutions to shoulder their responsibilities to curb such Israeli violations, describing what happened as “organized state terrorism and unprecedented insolence.”
“We assert that the International Association of Universities, the Association of Arab Universities, the parliamentary bodies, the human rights organizations and the academic institutions are demanded more than ever to bear their responsibilities and raise their voices towards such violations,” the minister said.
Last Wednesday, Israeli plain-clothes officers infiltrated into the Birzeit University campus near Ramallah and arrested Omar Kiswani, president of its student council.
Online video footage showed six men dressed in civilian clothing pinning Kiswani to the ground, kicking and beating him while a few of them fired gunshots on campus.
According to Birzeit University, the group attacked Kiswani, 24, in front of the student council building.
Another armed Israeli unit had detained the university's guards in a room and "proceeded to use their firearms against the students while providing cover for the kidnapping operation".
"They were carrying guns inside their bags, they disguised as students and started shooting in broad daylight," Sondos Hamad, coordinator of the Right to Education campaign, told al-Jazeera Net on the same day.
"They took him to the western gate of the university where Israeli military forces were waiting for him with their jeeps. We don't know where he is now,” he added.
