18 may 2014
An Israeli court on Sunday sentenced the teenage son of a Palestinian lawmaker to 22 months in prison.
Mohammad Atwun, 15, the son of Jerusalem lawmaker Ahmad Atwun, was sentenced to 22 months, with a suspended sentence of 12 months, a 2,000-shekel bail, and was ordered to pay 7,000 shekels in damages to settlers.
Atwun was arrested on Dec. 2, 2013 and was charged with throwing rocks at settler cars, and causing the severe injury of an Israeli child.
Ahmad Atwun spent over two years in administrative detention in Israeli jails, and has had his Jerusalem ID withdrawn after participating in Palestinian legislative council elections.
Mohammad Atwun, 15, the son of Jerusalem lawmaker Ahmad Atwun, was sentenced to 22 months, with a suspended sentence of 12 months, a 2,000-shekel bail, and was ordered to pay 7,000 shekels in damages to settlers.
Atwun was arrested on Dec. 2, 2013 and was charged with throwing rocks at settler cars, and causing the severe injury of an Israeli child.
Ahmad Atwun spent over two years in administrative detention in Israeli jails, and has had his Jerusalem ID withdrawn after participating in Palestinian legislative council elections.
Special Israeli squads on Saturday stormed Eshel Prison near Beersheba, handcuffed Palestinian political prisoners and took them out in a provocative manner destroying their belongings, says the Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs.
In a statement Sunday, ministry lawyer Rami al-Alami quoted prisoner Muhammad Zawahra as saying that the inspection lasted eight hours. During inspection, he said, Israeli officers took Ahmad Shibani for interrogation. He highlighted that Shibani’s wife has been in custody, too.
The statement quoted other lawyers saying that several prisoners in Israeli custody suffered from sicknesses and their health condition has deteriorated recently.
Aysar Wakid from Jenin in the northern West Bank is suffering from tumors and swelling in his neck which cause severe pain when he swallows food, says his lawyer Muataz Shqeirat. Wakid, serving an 13-year sentence at Negev desert prison, needs surgery but the Israeli prison service has not yet set a date for it, added the lawyer.
Similarly, Shawqi Abu Adra from Gaza, who is serving 15 years in Ashkelon prison, has been suffering from serious troubles in his eyes, his large intestine along with severe back pain, according to his lawyer Karim Ajweh. He urgently needs eye surgery.
Furthermore, Ziad Hammoudah from Ramallah suffers from arthritis, says his lawyer Rami al-Alami. Hamoudah is serving 13 years in Nafha prison. He underwent two surgeries but still he has severe pain and needs special medical care.
Raed al-Huroub from the Hebron area suffers from eye cancer, says lawyer al-Alami. Al-Huroub is serving a life sentence plus 60 years in Nafha prison. His left eye had been excised before he was detained.
In a statement Sunday, ministry lawyer Rami al-Alami quoted prisoner Muhammad Zawahra as saying that the inspection lasted eight hours. During inspection, he said, Israeli officers took Ahmad Shibani for interrogation. He highlighted that Shibani’s wife has been in custody, too.
The statement quoted other lawyers saying that several prisoners in Israeli custody suffered from sicknesses and their health condition has deteriorated recently.
Aysar Wakid from Jenin in the northern West Bank is suffering from tumors and swelling in his neck which cause severe pain when he swallows food, says his lawyer Muataz Shqeirat. Wakid, serving an 13-year sentence at Negev desert prison, needs surgery but the Israeli prison service has not yet set a date for it, added the lawyer.
Similarly, Shawqi Abu Adra from Gaza, who is serving 15 years in Ashkelon prison, has been suffering from serious troubles in his eyes, his large intestine along with severe back pain, according to his lawyer Karim Ajweh. He urgently needs eye surgery.
Furthermore, Ziad Hammoudah from Ramallah suffers from arthritis, says his lawyer Rami al-Alami. Hamoudah is serving 13 years in Nafha prison. He underwent two surgeries but still he has severe pain and needs special medical care.
Raed al-Huroub from the Hebron area suffers from eye cancer, says lawyer al-Alami. Al-Huroub is serving a life sentence plus 60 years in Nafha prison. His left eye had been excised before he was detained.
Euro-Mid, the Geneva-based human rights organization, has called on all signatories to the Geneva Conventions to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the conditions of Palestinians held in administrative detention in Israeli jails, who have been on hunger strike for 25 days. Euro-Mid in a press release on Sunday said that the Fourth Geneva Convention did not approve of the detention of civilians under administrative detention unless in extraordinary security circumstances.
The international human rights observer organization drew the attention to the fact that the so-called Israeli military governor had passed 5971 administrative detention orders in the period from 2004 till the end of 2010.
It said that according to international laws and conventions the administrative detainee should at least be informed with reasons for his detention, given a chance to defend himself before court, and considered as innocent until proven otherwise.
The international human rights observer organization drew the attention to the fact that the so-called Israeli military governor had passed 5971 administrative detention orders in the period from 2004 till the end of 2010.
It said that according to international laws and conventions the administrative detainee should at least be informed with reasons for his detention, given a chance to defend himself before court, and considered as innocent until proven otherwise.
A series of solidarity events were held by several Malaysian human rights organizations and institutions coinciding with the 66th anniversary of al-Nakba. An International Conference for the Defense of holy al-Aqsa Mosque was held by a number of Malaysian organizations, namely Malaysia’s Hope, Muslim Kerr, Action Committee for Palestine and the Advisory Council for Islamic Organizations.
Dozens of representatives for human rights institutions and organizations from different countries, including Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, and Indonesia, partook in the conference.
The conference addressed practical ways to support the Palestinian cause and the mechanisms needed for a fruitful cooperation between the concerned institutions.
Mass rallies were staged during the three-day-long conference, where hundreds of activists revealed their unyielding concern over the administrative hunger strikers. “May and Malh” (“Water and Salt”) was among the most chanted slogans reiterated by the conference participants in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers.
Sheikh Abdul Hadi Awang, head of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, acclaimed the steadfastness and self-abnegation of the Palestinian prisoners. He also hailed the Palestinian resistance and praised its willingness to restore prisoners’ freedom, as it has done many times before.
Muslim Umran, head of the Palestinian Cultural Organization in Malaysia called, during a speech delivered to the masses, for the need to stage more solidarity events so as to promote the hunger strike and pressure Israeli occupation to meet the prisoners’ demands and halt their arbitrary detention.
140 administrative prisoners, among many other Palestinian detainees, have been on an open-ended hunger strike for 25 uninterrupted days, in what came to be known as the Battle of the Empty Stomachs, to protest Israeli arbitrary detention policy carried out against Palestinians with neither charge nor trial.
Dozens of representatives for human rights institutions and organizations from different countries, including Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, and Indonesia, partook in the conference.
The conference addressed practical ways to support the Palestinian cause and the mechanisms needed for a fruitful cooperation between the concerned institutions.
Mass rallies were staged during the three-day-long conference, where hundreds of activists revealed their unyielding concern over the administrative hunger strikers. “May and Malh” (“Water and Salt”) was among the most chanted slogans reiterated by the conference participants in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers.
Sheikh Abdul Hadi Awang, head of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, acclaimed the steadfastness and self-abnegation of the Palestinian prisoners. He also hailed the Palestinian resistance and praised its willingness to restore prisoners’ freedom, as it has done many times before.
Muslim Umran, head of the Palestinian Cultural Organization in Malaysia called, during a speech delivered to the masses, for the need to stage more solidarity events so as to promote the hunger strike and pressure Israeli occupation to meet the prisoners’ demands and halt their arbitrary detention.
140 administrative prisoners, among many other Palestinian detainees, have been on an open-ended hunger strike for 25 uninterrupted days, in what came to be known as the Battle of the Empty Stomachs, to protest Israeli arbitrary detention policy carried out against Palestinians with neither charge nor trial.
Eight Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Sunday morning while six others were summoned for interrogation. The arrests coincide with a series of settler attacks on Palestinian homes in different areas of the West Bank. According to PIC news reporter, IOF arrested Hassan Brijiah, 45, the coordinator of the national committee against the wall and settlement, at dawn in Bethlehem after having stormed his home and rummaged through it.
Palestinian sources further documented the arrest of 4 Palestinian young men from Bethlehem.
Ammar Ziad Rawashda was arrested by IOF in Samu’ town in al-Khalil, where several Palestinian homes have also been raided.
According to Palestinian security sources, IOF arrested the brothers Qusay, 19, and Uday, 20, from al-Jilda area in al-Khalil city.
In a related event, an ex-detained refugee was arrested by IOF following home raids and searches in Fawar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil, amid a remarkable state of anxiety and panic among children and woman.
IOF soldiers have also been heavily deployed near Wadi Al-Shajna crossroad to the south of al-Khalil.
PIC correspondent said quoting local sources that Brijiah and his mother were severely beaten by IOF soldiers for objecting the brutality of the Israeli soldiers, who broke into and ransacked their family home in Ma’asara village, south of Bethlehem.
Youth activist Alaa Zaaqiq said an Israeli military force raided Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil, at late dawn time and raided citizens’ homes while three others were summoned for interrogation amid heavy firing of sound bombs in the town’s main street. A state of panic has overwhelmed children and families in the area.
Confrontations broke out in Beit Ummar after Israeli soldiers fired sound grenades at Palestinian youths.
In Dura town, west of al-Khalil, IOF summoned the student Mohammad Fares Abu Arkoub, among many other students, for interrogation.
In another event, a horde of Israeli extremist settlers attacked Palestinians’ native lands in Tel Armidh settlement in al-Khalil.
Eye-witnesses told PIC a group of settlers started fire in Palestinian lands while others threw stones at native homes. A photographer was assaulted in the process.
Demolition notifications were handed to Palestinian citizens in Khirbet al-Tawil in Akraba, south of Nablus, where Israeli patrols confiscated three tents and construction materials, PIC reporter further documented.
Palestinian sources further documented the arrest of 4 Palestinian young men from Bethlehem.
Ammar Ziad Rawashda was arrested by IOF in Samu’ town in al-Khalil, where several Palestinian homes have also been raided.
According to Palestinian security sources, IOF arrested the brothers Qusay, 19, and Uday, 20, from al-Jilda area in al-Khalil city.
In a related event, an ex-detained refugee was arrested by IOF following home raids and searches in Fawar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil, amid a remarkable state of anxiety and panic among children and woman.
IOF soldiers have also been heavily deployed near Wadi Al-Shajna crossroad to the south of al-Khalil.
PIC correspondent said quoting local sources that Brijiah and his mother were severely beaten by IOF soldiers for objecting the brutality of the Israeli soldiers, who broke into and ransacked their family home in Ma’asara village, south of Bethlehem.
Youth activist Alaa Zaaqiq said an Israeli military force raided Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil, at late dawn time and raided citizens’ homes while three others were summoned for interrogation amid heavy firing of sound bombs in the town’s main street. A state of panic has overwhelmed children and families in the area.
Confrontations broke out in Beit Ummar after Israeli soldiers fired sound grenades at Palestinian youths.
In Dura town, west of al-Khalil, IOF summoned the student Mohammad Fares Abu Arkoub, among many other students, for interrogation.
In another event, a horde of Israeli extremist settlers attacked Palestinians’ native lands in Tel Armidh settlement in al-Khalil.
Eye-witnesses told PIC a group of settlers started fire in Palestinian lands while others threw stones at native homes. A photographer was assaulted in the process.
Demolition notifications were handed to Palestinian citizens in Khirbet al-Tawil in Akraba, south of Nablus, where Israeli patrols confiscated three tents and construction materials, PIC reporter further documented.
First deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) Ahmed Bahar said that the issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails would always be a top priority for the Palestinian resistance, which considers all options to extract their freedom. Bahar made his remarks on Saturday in a sit-in organized in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners outside the Red Cross headquarters in the Gaza Strip.
Bahar urged the families of prisoners to exercise patience and not to give up hope of seeing their relatives because the Palestinian people and their brave resistance would never forsake or forget them.
"The brave Palestinian resistance will force this occupation to liberate our prisoners as it has done during the previous deal 'Wafa Al-Ahrar,'" the lawmaker stated.
The deputy speaker slammed the UN and international human rights groups for not taking action regarding the issue of the Palestinian administrative prisoners.
"Where are human rights groups? Where is Ban Ki-moon? Our prisoners are jailed with no indictment at the pretext of secret files, and most of them are elderly people and patients whose administrative detention is extended every six months," he said.
Bahar urged the families of prisoners to exercise patience and not to give up hope of seeing their relatives because the Palestinian people and their brave resistance would never forsake or forget them.
"The brave Palestinian resistance will force this occupation to liberate our prisoners as it has done during the previous deal 'Wafa Al-Ahrar,'" the lawmaker stated.
The deputy speaker slammed the UN and international human rights groups for not taking action regarding the issue of the Palestinian administrative prisoners.
"Where are human rights groups? Where is Ban Ki-moon? Our prisoners are jailed with no indictment at the pretext of secret files, and most of them are elderly people and patients whose administrative detention is extended every six months," he said.
High Leadership Committee for Palestinian Prisoners Sunday said that some of the Palestinian prisoners who have been on a hunger strike for 25 days in a row are suffering deteriorating health conditions.
Nael Khalaf, Yasser Badrassawi, and Maher Barqan are ones of the hundreds prisoners who are still suffering deteriorating health.
The committee pointed out that the three prisoners two days ago vomited blood after being on hunger strike for 25 days in a row.
The committee unveiled that the hunger striker Ayman Tbeish's health is subjected to danger after 80 days of an open-ended hunger strike.
It confirmed that senior prisoner leaders including Abbas al-Sayed, Hamas senior leader, and Hasan Salama a commander of the Palestinian Holy War Army Sunday joined to the ongoing hunger strike.
Some of the Palestinian administrative detainees are in real danger and close to death, the committee added.
Nael Khalaf, Yasser Badrassawi, and Maher Barqan are ones of the hundreds prisoners who are still suffering deteriorating health.
The committee pointed out that the three prisoners two days ago vomited blood after being on hunger strike for 25 days in a row.
The committee unveiled that the hunger striker Ayman Tbeish's health is subjected to danger after 80 days of an open-ended hunger strike.
It confirmed that senior prisoner leaders including Abbas al-Sayed, Hamas senior leader, and Hasan Salama a commander of the Palestinian Holy War Army Sunday joined to the ongoing hunger strike.
Some of the Palestinian administrative detainees are in real danger and close to death, the committee added.
The leadership of the Palestinian administrative hunger strike and Minister of ex-Detainees Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said on Saturday the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) is turning blind eyes and deaf ears to prisoners’ demands and exacerbated health status. According to the hunger strike leadership, the fact that no negotiation sessions have been scheduled so far reveals IPS’ attempts to crack down on Palestinian detainees.
The leadership further confirmed in their fifth statement: “IPS has been dragging their feet vis-à-vis our demands despite the very critical stage we have fallen in.”
“Our situation is far more alarming then the persecution of Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime. Administrative detention is taking away our lives with no legitimate reasons, generating an ever-lasting agony among our families, children and wives.”
“We are proud to partake in the hunger strike. Yet the result has not been up to our sacrifices and aspirations so far,” the leadership declared.
"We called on all local and Arab media to allot one hour time-span to cover the hunger strike. We emailed the Minister of Endowment and called on him to allocate Friday sermons to prisoners’ issue until the strike is off, but all to no avail.”
“We also called on other ministers and officials to earmark lectures, solidarity campaigns, and students’ activities, including candle marches and sit-ins, but none of this turned up a reality.”
The statement further slammed PA security apparatuses for targeting the hunger strikers with arrests and called on PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to ensure the demonstrators’ protection.
“We will keep on going. Victory looms in the horizon. We will either die or win,” the statement concluded.
Along the same context, the Minister of Ex-Detainees’ Affairs in Ramallah Issa Qaraqe, said a state of alert is taking place inside of Israeli jails in anticipation of projected deaths among Palestinian hunger strikers.
Qaraqe said in a statement on Saturday security drillings are supervised by Israeli security officials in coordination with IPS.
The instructions handed to all prisons and hospitals, where Palestinian hunger strikers are held, called for the complete shutdown of the strikers’ cells, including all gates and windows and denial of any access out of or into the cells, even for urgent medical check-ups under any spur-of-the-moment pretext.
According to Qaraqe such security regulations are flagrant breaches of humanitarian decrees. To deny the medical crew access into the cell for anticipated emergency cases among the hunger strikers has tragic implications as the wardens will not be able to figure out the case.
In Qaraqe’s view such policies are obvious signs of Israeli’s recklessness towards prisoners’ demands and their attempts to thwart the strike by all means, even by taking away the lives of the prisoners if needed.
Qaraqe called for an urgent political move to save the lives of Palestinian hunger strikers, who have been without food for the 24th day.
Qaraqe said meetings are to be held with European foreign consuls and ambassadors next Monday so as to find a way out of an anticipated humanitarian tragedy among the hunger strikers.
The minister warned of an official crime being currently committed against Palestinian prisoners, many among whom joined the strike in solidarity with their administrative fellows.
The leadership further confirmed in their fifth statement: “IPS has been dragging their feet vis-à-vis our demands despite the very critical stage we have fallen in.”
“Our situation is far more alarming then the persecution of Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime. Administrative detention is taking away our lives with no legitimate reasons, generating an ever-lasting agony among our families, children and wives.”
“We are proud to partake in the hunger strike. Yet the result has not been up to our sacrifices and aspirations so far,” the leadership declared.
"We called on all local and Arab media to allot one hour time-span to cover the hunger strike. We emailed the Minister of Endowment and called on him to allocate Friday sermons to prisoners’ issue until the strike is off, but all to no avail.”
“We also called on other ministers and officials to earmark lectures, solidarity campaigns, and students’ activities, including candle marches and sit-ins, but none of this turned up a reality.”
The statement further slammed PA security apparatuses for targeting the hunger strikers with arrests and called on PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to ensure the demonstrators’ protection.
“We will keep on going. Victory looms in the horizon. We will either die or win,” the statement concluded.
Along the same context, the Minister of Ex-Detainees’ Affairs in Ramallah Issa Qaraqe, said a state of alert is taking place inside of Israeli jails in anticipation of projected deaths among Palestinian hunger strikers.
Qaraqe said in a statement on Saturday security drillings are supervised by Israeli security officials in coordination with IPS.
The instructions handed to all prisons and hospitals, where Palestinian hunger strikers are held, called for the complete shutdown of the strikers’ cells, including all gates and windows and denial of any access out of or into the cells, even for urgent medical check-ups under any spur-of-the-moment pretext.
According to Qaraqe such security regulations are flagrant breaches of humanitarian decrees. To deny the medical crew access into the cell for anticipated emergency cases among the hunger strikers has tragic implications as the wardens will not be able to figure out the case.
In Qaraqe’s view such policies are obvious signs of Israeli’s recklessness towards prisoners’ demands and their attempts to thwart the strike by all means, even by taking away the lives of the prisoners if needed.
Qaraqe called for an urgent political move to save the lives of Palestinian hunger strikers, who have been without food for the 24th day.
Qaraqe said meetings are to be held with European foreign consuls and ambassadors next Monday so as to find a way out of an anticipated humanitarian tragedy among the hunger strikers.
The minister warned of an official crime being currently committed against Palestinian prisoners, many among whom joined the strike in solidarity with their administrative fellows.
Israeli forces made several overnight detention raids across the southern West Bank district of Hebron, detaining seven and delivering summons for questioning to a number of others.
In the city of Hebron, Israeli troops detained Qusay Said Nassar, his brother Uday, and Muataz Ubeido after ransacking their homes, local and security sources told Ma'an.
Separately, Israeli troops broke into As-Samu village south of Hebron and detained Muath Idris and Ammar Ziad Rawashda.
Another group of Israeli forces raided al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron and detained Muhammad Nizar al-Titi. Al-Titi had served in Israeli prisons before.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the detentions but gave slightly different figures, mentioning four arrests in Hebron, one in As-Samu, and two in al-Fawwar.
Israeli forces also raided the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron and delivered summons to several young men demanding that they meet with Israeli intelligence officers for questioning.
Spokesman of a local popular committee in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayyad Awad said that Israeli soldiers broke open the main door of Ahmad Ayyad Awad's home and inspected the house for more than an hour. The soldiers, he said, were looking for 28-year-old Omar Ahmad Ayyad Awad who was not at home when the soldiers broke in.
An officer delivered summons to Omar and his brother Yousuf, 31 demanding that they go to an interrogation center in the nearby Jewish settlement of Etzion for questioning.
The soldiers also broke into the adjacent home of Khalid Ayyad Awad, 40, and confiscated a permit he had to work in Israel after they handed him summons for questioning.
At Least Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, including two brothers.
Local sources have reported that the soldiers violently broke into various homes, and searched them before questioning several Palestinians, and kidnapped at least six.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers kidnapped Qusai and Odai Sa’id Nassar, from their home in Hebron city, Moath Idrees Ammar and Ammar Ziad Rawasha from the as-Sammoa’ town, former political prisoner Mohammad Nizar at-Teety from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and Mo’taz Obeido from Hebron city.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, broke into and violently searched several homes, and handed several young Palestinians, military warrants ordering them to head to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, stated that the soldiers topped several buildings while searching them.
Awad added that the soldiers smashed the front door of a home, and searched it for more than an hour in an attempt to locate a Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Awad, 28, but he was not at home.
The soldiers handed the family two warrants ordering Omar and his brother Yousef, 31, to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
They also invaded the home of Khaled Ayyad Awad, 40, confiscated his permit to work in Israel, and ordered him to head to Etzion for interrogation.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, no injuries were reported.
In the city of Hebron, Israeli troops detained Qusay Said Nassar, his brother Uday, and Muataz Ubeido after ransacking their homes, local and security sources told Ma'an.
Separately, Israeli troops broke into As-Samu village south of Hebron and detained Muath Idris and Ammar Ziad Rawashda.
Another group of Israeli forces raided al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron and detained Muhammad Nizar al-Titi. Al-Titi had served in Israeli prisons before.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the detentions but gave slightly different figures, mentioning four arrests in Hebron, one in As-Samu, and two in al-Fawwar.
Israeli forces also raided the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron and delivered summons to several young men demanding that they meet with Israeli intelligence officers for questioning.
Spokesman of a local popular committee in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayyad Awad said that Israeli soldiers broke open the main door of Ahmad Ayyad Awad's home and inspected the house for more than an hour. The soldiers, he said, were looking for 28-year-old Omar Ahmad Ayyad Awad who was not at home when the soldiers broke in.
An officer delivered summons to Omar and his brother Yousuf, 31 demanding that they go to an interrogation center in the nearby Jewish settlement of Etzion for questioning.
The soldiers also broke into the adjacent home of Khalid Ayyad Awad, 40, and confiscated a permit he had to work in Israel after they handed him summons for questioning.
At Least Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, including two brothers.
Local sources have reported that the soldiers violently broke into various homes, and searched them before questioning several Palestinians, and kidnapped at least six.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers kidnapped Qusai and Odai Sa’id Nassar, from their home in Hebron city, Moath Idrees Ammar and Ammar Ziad Rawasha from the as-Sammoa’ town, former political prisoner Mohammad Nizar at-Teety from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and Mo’taz Obeido from Hebron city.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, broke into and violently searched several homes, and handed several young Palestinians, military warrants ordering them to head to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, stated that the soldiers topped several buildings while searching them.
Awad added that the soldiers smashed the front door of a home, and searched it for more than an hour in an attempt to locate a Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Awad, 28, but he was not at home.
The soldiers handed the family two warrants ordering Omar and his brother Yousef, 31, to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
They also invaded the home of Khaled Ayyad Awad, 40, confiscated his permit to work in Israel, and ordered him to head to Etzion for interrogation.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, no injuries were reported.
