3 may 2015
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) Sunday issued administrative detention orders, without charge or trial, against 11 Palestinian prisoners.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the Israeli military court of Ofer issued administrative detention orders against three prisoners for a period of six months. They were identified as Izz Ed-din Saleh, a resident of Jenin, Ahmad Tawafsheh from Ramallah, and Nidal Zboon from Nablus.
The remaining eight prisoners were sentenced administratively, without charge or trial, for a period of four months. The detainees were identified as Nour Dodeen from al-Khalil, Mustafa Brijieh from Bethlehem, Murad Shqiqat from Jenin, Nader Jafal from Abu Dis, Tareq Hamed from Ramallah, Izz Ed-din al-Sirfi from Nablus, Mohammed Asi from Ramallah, and Nader Taqatqa from Beit Fajjar, to the south of Bethlehem.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the Israeli military court of Ofer issued administrative detention orders against three prisoners for a period of six months. They were identified as Izz Ed-din Saleh, a resident of Jenin, Ahmad Tawafsheh from Ramallah, and Nidal Zboon from Nablus.
The remaining eight prisoners were sentenced administratively, without charge or trial, for a period of four months. The detainees were identified as Nour Dodeen from al-Khalil, Mustafa Brijieh from Bethlehem, Murad Shqiqat from Jenin, Nader Jafal from Abu Dis, Tareq Hamed from Ramallah, Izz Ed-din al-Sirfi from Nablus, Mohammed Asi from Ramallah, and Nader Taqatqa from Beit Fajjar, to the south of Bethlehem.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
Israeli authorities, on Sunday, kidnapped six Palestinians in East Jerusalem, including two minors, and three others in the West Bank, most of them during predawn and night raids, during which several Palestinians were assaulted.
According to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, Israeli police stormed the neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, in Jerusalem, where they detained Izzeddine Barbar, age 17, after raiding his family’s home and breaking down the door.
Police also raided the neighborhood of Silwan, where they abducted Mohammad Asaliya, 21, and his brother Hamza, 17. Police assaulted members of their family during the arrest raid, according to Jerusalem Prisoners’ Families Committee.
Meanwhile, a police contingent stormed a house in the town of Anata, east of Jerusalem, and took 24-year-old Mohammad Esaeed after assaulting his entire family, including his minor brother Tareq.
Police also stormed the neighborhood of al-Tour, where they took Saeed Abul-Hawa, 23, and Basel Sayyad, 24.
Meanwhile, police arrested two Palestinians from Bethlehem while they were at their workplaces in Jerusalem, under the pretext of not having entry permits.
In Hebron, the Israeli army broke into the city and raided a money exchange shop. The army additionally stormed the nearby town of Dura, where they kidnapped a local resident after raiding and wreaking havoc in his home . He was identified as Alaa Rbei’i.
According to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, Israeli police stormed the neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, in Jerusalem, where they detained Izzeddine Barbar, age 17, after raiding his family’s home and breaking down the door.
Police also raided the neighborhood of Silwan, where they abducted Mohammad Asaliya, 21, and his brother Hamza, 17. Police assaulted members of their family during the arrest raid, according to Jerusalem Prisoners’ Families Committee.
Meanwhile, a police contingent stormed a house in the town of Anata, east of Jerusalem, and took 24-year-old Mohammad Esaeed after assaulting his entire family, including his minor brother Tareq.
Police also stormed the neighborhood of al-Tour, where they took Saeed Abul-Hawa, 23, and Basel Sayyad, 24.
Meanwhile, police arrested two Palestinians from Bethlehem while they were at their workplaces in Jerusalem, under the pretext of not having entry permits.
In Hebron, the Israeli army broke into the city and raided a money exchange shop. The army additionally stormed the nearby town of Dura, where they kidnapped a local resident after raiding and wreaking havoc in his home . He was identified as Alaa Rbei’i.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Sunday evening three Gazans for crossing the border fence to the east of Gaza Strip.
Israeli media sources claimed that three Palestinian youths were detained after crossing the border fence the besieged strip of Gaza.
The three detainees were taken to an Israeli investigation center, the sources added.
Israeli media sources claimed that three Palestinian youths were detained after crossing the border fence the besieged strip of Gaza.
The three detainees were taken to an Israeli investigation center, the sources added.
Prisoners Media Office revealed that the health condition of the sick captive Murad Abu Mulaiq has been worsening. He threatens to go on hunger strike to protest against the policy of medical neglect adopted by Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
The Office explained that the sick prisoner Abu Mulaiq suffers from Crohn's disease, which is a chronic inflammation of the intestines. It led to the removal of 160 cm of his bowels.
He also complains of health problems in the stomach in addition to low weight and anemia. He was transferred to hospital for several times and was bargained by the IPS for treatment and family visit, the Office said.
The sick prisoner Abu Mulaiq, 36, from Gaza, is now held in Israeli Eshel jail. He has been in prison since 2001. Abu Mulaiq is spending 22 years.
The Office explained that the sick prisoner Abu Mulaiq suffers from Crohn's disease, which is a chronic inflammation of the intestines. It led to the removal of 160 cm of his bowels.
He also complains of health problems in the stomach in addition to low weight and anemia. He was transferred to hospital for several times and was bargained by the IPS for treatment and family visit, the Office said.
The sick prisoner Abu Mulaiq, 36, from Gaza, is now held in Israeli Eshel jail. He has been in prison since 2001. Abu Mulaiq is spending 22 years.
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council demanding that Israel be brought to justice over violations and abuse against Palestinian children.
"Every single day and in countless ways, Palestinian children are victims of Israeli human rights violations, with no child considered too young to be spared the oppression being meted out by the Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers," Dr. Mansour wrote in the letter on Friday, which was made public late Saturday.
He added: "These crimes committed against our children and intolerable and unacceptable," and noted that they were in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Mansour called on "the international community to uphold its responsibilities and provide the necessary assistance and protection to Palestinian children and hold accountable the violators of international law."
He stated: "We will spare no effort to hold the perpetrators accountable and ensure justice for the victims." The letter came days after a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Zaatari, was interrogated for nearly eight hours by Israeli forces, in what Mansour described as "a horrifying and traumatic ordeal for a child of any age."
The seven-year-old was detained along with his cousin Muhammed Zaatari, 12, on April 29, from the neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz in East Jerusalem.
Neither of the children's families were informed where the boys had been taken until more than three hours after the arrest, Mansour wrote, adding that more than four hours later, "Ahmad was released, terrified and hungry."
Two 15-year-old children from the same family had been detained the day before.
Mansour pointed to a number of other cases in recent weeks, including 18-year-old Muhammad Murad Yahiya, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin last week, 14-year-old Fadi Abu Mandil who remains in critical condition after he was hit with a stray Israeli bullet while studying in his room in the Gaza Strip, and 200 Palestinians students who suffered tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces raided their school in Nablus last week.
Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court at the beginning of last month, and the Palestinian leadership had repeatedly stated its intention to pursue Israeli over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity there.
The ICC is currently investigating Israel in a preliminary probe, which is not itself a full investigation but could lead to one.
At the end of March, there were 182 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons including 26 who were 15 years-old or younger, according to rights group Military Court Watch.
Another group, Defense for Children in Palestine, found that Palestinian children often arrive at Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded and bound and over 75 percent detained in 2014 endured some form of physical violence between the period of their arrest and interrogation.
Israel detained 1,266 Palestinian children below the age of 15 in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2014, according to a PLO report, and over 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since 2000.
Also of interest: DCI-Palestine: Israel Willfully Targeted & Murdered Gaza Children
DCI-Palestine: 30 Children Shot by Israeli Forces in 2015
"Every single day and in countless ways, Palestinian children are victims of Israeli human rights violations, with no child considered too young to be spared the oppression being meted out by the Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers," Dr. Mansour wrote in the letter on Friday, which was made public late Saturday.
He added: "These crimes committed against our children and intolerable and unacceptable," and noted that they were in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Mansour called on "the international community to uphold its responsibilities and provide the necessary assistance and protection to Palestinian children and hold accountable the violators of international law."
He stated: "We will spare no effort to hold the perpetrators accountable and ensure justice for the victims." The letter came days after a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Zaatari, was interrogated for nearly eight hours by Israeli forces, in what Mansour described as "a horrifying and traumatic ordeal for a child of any age."
The seven-year-old was detained along with his cousin Muhammed Zaatari, 12, on April 29, from the neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz in East Jerusalem.
Neither of the children's families were informed where the boys had been taken until more than three hours after the arrest, Mansour wrote, adding that more than four hours later, "Ahmad was released, terrified and hungry."
Two 15-year-old children from the same family had been detained the day before.
Mansour pointed to a number of other cases in recent weeks, including 18-year-old Muhammad Murad Yahiya, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin last week, 14-year-old Fadi Abu Mandil who remains in critical condition after he was hit with a stray Israeli bullet while studying in his room in the Gaza Strip, and 200 Palestinians students who suffered tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces raided their school in Nablus last week.
Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court at the beginning of last month, and the Palestinian leadership had repeatedly stated its intention to pursue Israeli over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity there.
The ICC is currently investigating Israel in a preliminary probe, which is not itself a full investigation but could lead to one.
At the end of March, there were 182 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons including 26 who were 15 years-old or younger, according to rights group Military Court Watch.
Another group, Defense for Children in Palestine, found that Palestinian children often arrive at Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded and bound and over 75 percent detained in 2014 endured some form of physical violence between the period of their arrest and interrogation.
Israel detained 1,266 Palestinian children below the age of 15 in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2014, according to a PLO report, and over 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since 2000.
Also of interest: DCI-Palestine: Israel Willfully Targeted & Murdered Gaza Children
DCI-Palestine: 30 Children Shot by Israeli Forces in 2015
Israeli forces detained six young Palestinians after ransacking their homes during predawn raids in several neighborhoods across occupied East Jerusalem, a local committee head told Ma'an.Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Jerusalem district committee of prisoners families, told Ma'an that 17-year-old Izz al-Din Barbar was detained from the Old City when Israeli forces smashed through the main door of his apartment.
In the neighborhood of Silwan, Abu Asab said that Israeli troops detained 21-year-old Muhammad Rabee Asilah and his brother Hamzah, and assaulted other family members of the Asilah family during the raid.In the neighborhood of Anata, Israeli forces detained Muhammad Iseid, 24, and assaulted his younger brother Tariq, said Abu Asab.
Two more young Palestinian men were detained in al-Tur neighborhood, identified by Abu Asab as Said Abu al-Hawa, 23, and Basil Khalil al-Sayyad, 24.
Ma'an was unable to reach an Israeli police spokesman for comment.
Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque, policemen arrest 5 Palestinians in Jerusalem
Radical Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque under tight security measures while Israeli policemen rounded up five Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses in Occupied Jerusalem revealed that 40 radical settlers stormed the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police and Special Forces. The Muslim worshippers confronted the settlers with chants of Allahu Akbar.
Two Israeli army soldiers provocatively toured the courtyards of the holy site, the eyewitnesses said.
1326 settlers in addition to 72 members of Israeli intelligence broke into the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque in April.
In a similar context, the Israeli policemen at dawn on Sunday rounded up five Palestinians after storming their houses in different locations in Occupied Jerusalem.
In a statement, the committee of prisoners’ families in East Jerusalem revealed that the Israeli forces stormed and wreaked havoc in a Palestinian house in Silwan town to the south of the Aqsa Mosque.
The forces assaulted the people in the house and arrested a Palestinian man and both of his sons who are 17 and 21 years old.
In Ras al-Amud neighborhood to the east of Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian after destroying the door of his house and ransacking the house.
The forces also rounded up a 24-year-old man after storming his home and assaulting his family members in Anata town in northeast Occupied Jerusalem.
Just in April, the Israeli forces arrested 114 Jerusalemites including 40 minors and 14 women.
In the neighborhood of Silwan, Abu Asab said that Israeli troops detained 21-year-old Muhammad Rabee Asilah and his brother Hamzah, and assaulted other family members of the Asilah family during the raid.In the neighborhood of Anata, Israeli forces detained Muhammad Iseid, 24, and assaulted his younger brother Tariq, said Abu Asab.
Two more young Palestinian men were detained in al-Tur neighborhood, identified by Abu Asab as Said Abu al-Hawa, 23, and Basil Khalil al-Sayyad, 24.
Ma'an was unable to reach an Israeli police spokesman for comment.
Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque, policemen arrest 5 Palestinians in Jerusalem
Radical Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque under tight security measures while Israeli policemen rounded up five Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses in Occupied Jerusalem revealed that 40 radical settlers stormed the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police and Special Forces. The Muslim worshippers confronted the settlers with chants of Allahu Akbar.
Two Israeli army soldiers provocatively toured the courtyards of the holy site, the eyewitnesses said.
1326 settlers in addition to 72 members of Israeli intelligence broke into the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque in April.
In a similar context, the Israeli policemen at dawn on Sunday rounded up five Palestinians after storming their houses in different locations in Occupied Jerusalem.
In a statement, the committee of prisoners’ families in East Jerusalem revealed that the Israeli forces stormed and wreaked havoc in a Palestinian house in Silwan town to the south of the Aqsa Mosque.
The forces assaulted the people in the house and arrested a Palestinian man and both of his sons who are 17 and 21 years old.
In Ras al-Amud neighborhood to the east of Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian after destroying the door of his house and ransacking the house.
The forces also rounded up a 24-year-old man after storming his home and assaulting his family members in Anata town in northeast Occupied Jerusalem.
Just in April, the Israeli forces arrested 114 Jerusalemites including 40 minors and 14 women.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) announced it intents to transfer 80 Palestinian detainees held in the Eshel lock-up to the Nafha jail under the pretext of routine search campaigns, Prisoner’s Media Office reported.
The Eshel prison authorities updated 80 Palestinian prisoners on a decision to transport them to the Nafha penitentiary allegedly on accounts of emergency searches inside the inmates’ cells. Other detainees are also to be transferred afterwards.
Palestinian captives incarcerated in Israeli occupation jails have always suffered from the psycho-physical agonies inflicted by exhaustive inter-prison transfers carried out by the IPS on unjustifiable grounds.
The Eshel prison authorities updated 80 Palestinian prisoners on a decision to transport them to the Nafha penitentiary allegedly on accounts of emergency searches inside the inmates’ cells. Other detainees are also to be transferred afterwards.
Palestinian captives incarcerated in Israeli occupation jails have always suffered from the psycho-physical agonies inflicted by exhaustive inter-prison transfers carried out by the IPS on unjustifiable grounds.
2 may 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinians for passing the security fence of the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
Local sources told Quds Press that an Israeli military force rounded up in the morning two Gazan civilians when they passed the security fence to the east of the Israeli-besieged enclave.
Israeli sources revealed that the arrested men were taken to the Shin Bet headquarters for investigation.
Sneaking into the lands of 1948 Occupied Palestine by Gazan people has recently increased. About one hundred young men, who try to cross the border in search of work, have been arrested since last November.
Local sources told Quds Press that an Israeli military force rounded up in the morning two Gazan civilians when they passed the security fence to the east of the Israeli-besieged enclave.
Israeli sources revealed that the arrested men were taken to the Shin Bet headquarters for investigation.
Sneaking into the lands of 1948 Occupied Palestine by Gazan people has recently increased. About one hundred young men, who try to cross the border in search of work, have been arrested since last November.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Saturday, five Palestinians, including three children and a security officer, in the occupied West Bank, after breaking into homes and searching them, and kidnapped one Palestinian, on Friday evening.
Several military vehicles invaded the Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before violently searching and ransacking a number of homes.
The soldiers also kidnapped two children, identified as Nizar Nidal Salhab, 14, and ‘Awni ‘Ammar abu Shamsiyya, 15 years of age.
Israeli extremists of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost attacked the two children, before the soldiers arrived on the scene, and kidnapped them, instead of removing the assailing fanatics.
Another Palestinian identified as Thaer Mohammad ‘Amro, 22, was kidnapped after the soldiers stormed his home, and searched it, in Doura, south of Hebron.
Soldiers also installed a sudden roadblock on the Jericho road, and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer identified as Lieutenant Mohammad Yassin Kabaha, 37 years of age.
Kabaha, from Toura al-Gharbeyya village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was on his way to Jericho to participate in a special training course.
The soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, west of Jenin, violently searched dozens of homes, used some rooftops as monitoring towers, and interrogated the families.
Other military units searched farmlands, and installed a roadblock leading to the villagers’ orchards.
In Bethlehem, local youths clashed with soldiers invading Jabal al-Mawaleh area, and threw a Molotov cocktail on one of the military vehicles.
The soldiers tried to ambush the protesters, but withdrew after failing to kidnap any of them.
In addition, soldiers invaded ‘Ailet ‘Ali area, east of Bethlehem, and handed one Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Ibrahim Ali, 30 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
The army also invaded Bethlehem city, searched a number of homes, and handed a similar order to ‘Issa Nader Saleh, 18.
In addition, Israeli soldiers said they arrested a Palestinian teen, “after attempting to stab a soldier”, at the Tunnel Roadblock, south of occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Radio said the teenager “raised a knife and tried to stab a soldier, before he was subdued.”
The unidentified teen was moved to an Israeli military center for interrogation, the Israeli Radio added.
On Friday evening, soldiers invaded Wad al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths before kidnapping one Palestinian, identified as Mohannad Saharabati, 19 years of age, near Abdin Mosque.
Several military vehicles invaded the Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before violently searching and ransacking a number of homes.
The soldiers also kidnapped two children, identified as Nizar Nidal Salhab, 14, and ‘Awni ‘Ammar abu Shamsiyya, 15 years of age.
Israeli extremists of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost attacked the two children, before the soldiers arrived on the scene, and kidnapped them, instead of removing the assailing fanatics.
Another Palestinian identified as Thaer Mohammad ‘Amro, 22, was kidnapped after the soldiers stormed his home, and searched it, in Doura, south of Hebron.
Soldiers also installed a sudden roadblock on the Jericho road, and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer identified as Lieutenant Mohammad Yassin Kabaha, 37 years of age.
Kabaha, from Toura al-Gharbeyya village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was on his way to Jericho to participate in a special training course.
The soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, west of Jenin, violently searched dozens of homes, used some rooftops as monitoring towers, and interrogated the families.
Other military units searched farmlands, and installed a roadblock leading to the villagers’ orchards.
In Bethlehem, local youths clashed with soldiers invading Jabal al-Mawaleh area, and threw a Molotov cocktail on one of the military vehicles.
The soldiers tried to ambush the protesters, but withdrew after failing to kidnap any of them.
In addition, soldiers invaded ‘Ailet ‘Ali area, east of Bethlehem, and handed one Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Ibrahim Ali, 30 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
The army also invaded Bethlehem city, searched a number of homes, and handed a similar order to ‘Issa Nader Saleh, 18.
In addition, Israeli soldiers said they arrested a Palestinian teen, “after attempting to stab a soldier”, at the Tunnel Roadblock, south of occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Radio said the teenager “raised a knife and tried to stab a soldier, before he was subdued.”
The unidentified teen was moved to an Israeli military center for interrogation, the Israeli Radio added.
On Friday evening, soldiers invaded Wad al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths before kidnapping one Palestinian, identified as Mohannad Saharabati, 19 years of age, near Abdin Mosque.
1 may 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Huwwara village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapped one Palestinian, and broke into the home of Huwwara Local Council head, before searching it.
The army also invaded a village near Bethlehem, and kidnapped, Thursday, a Palestinian on the al-Karama border terminal.
‘Awwad Najm, spokesperson of the Fateh Movement in Nablus, said the soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Jihad, 46, after invading his home and violently searching it, causing excessive property damage.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a leader of the Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, and previously spent 14 years in Israeli detention centers and prisons.
The soldiers also stormed the home of Mohannad’s brother, the head of Huwwara Local Council head, Nasser Jihad, and thoroughly searched his property, causing damage.
Soldiers also invaded the al-Ferdees village, east of Bethlehem, and handed a young man a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
The young man has been identified as Yacoub Salama ‘Asakra, 32 years of age.
On Thursday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man from Sielet al-Harethiyya town, west of Jenin.
The kidnapped Palestinian, Malek Abdul-Raouf Khabbass, 23 years of age, was taken prisoner at the al-Karama border terminal while traveling to Jordan.
The army also invaded a village near Bethlehem, and kidnapped, Thursday, a Palestinian on the al-Karama border terminal.
‘Awwad Najm, spokesperson of the Fateh Movement in Nablus, said the soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Jihad, 46, after invading his home and violently searching it, causing excessive property damage.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a leader of the Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, and previously spent 14 years in Israeli detention centers and prisons.
The soldiers also stormed the home of Mohannad’s brother, the head of Huwwara Local Council head, Nasser Jihad, and thoroughly searched his property, causing damage.
Soldiers also invaded the al-Ferdees village, east of Bethlehem, and handed a young man a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
The young man has been identified as Yacoub Salama ‘Asakra, 32 years of age.
On Thursday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man from Sielet al-Harethiyya town, west of Jenin.
The kidnapped Palestinian, Malek Abdul-Raouf Khabbass, 23 years of age, was taken prisoner at the al-Karama border terminal while traveling to Jordan.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out at dawn Friday a large-scale raid and search campaign in Beit Furik town to the east of Nablus, and Fardies village in Nablus.
A number of Israeli military vehicles stormed in large numbers Beit Furik town since the early morning hours and violently broke into a number of local homes, eyewitnesses told PIC reporter.
Few hours later, the Israeli forces withdrew from the town towards Itmar settlement built illegally on Palestinian lands in the town.
Along the same line, IOF raided at dawn today Fardies town to the east of Bethlehem and handed over a young man a summons order.
The 32-year-old Yacub Asakereh was summoned for interrogation in Ghush Etizon settlement bloc to the south of Bethlehem after IOF brutally stormed his home.
Meanwhile, IOF arrested overnight a Palestinian youth from Silat Harthiya town in Jenin at Karama border crossing that links between Jordan and occupied West Bank.
Local sources confirmed that Abdel Raouf Khabas, 23, was detained at Karama crossing while in his way to Jordan. He was taken to an Israeli investigation center.
Army Invades Beit Forik, Near Nablus
A number of Israeli military vehicles stormed in large numbers Beit Furik town since the early morning hours and violently broke into a number of local homes, eyewitnesses told PIC reporter.
Few hours later, the Israeli forces withdrew from the town towards Itmar settlement built illegally on Palestinian lands in the town.
Along the same line, IOF raided at dawn today Fardies town to the east of Bethlehem and handed over a young man a summons order.
The 32-year-old Yacub Asakereh was summoned for interrogation in Ghush Etizon settlement bloc to the south of Bethlehem after IOF brutally stormed his home.
Meanwhile, IOF arrested overnight a Palestinian youth from Silat Harthiya town in Jenin at Karama border crossing that links between Jordan and occupied West Bank.
Local sources confirmed that Abdel Raouf Khabas, 23, was detained at Karama crossing while in his way to Jordan. He was taken to an Israeli investigation center.
Army Invades Beit Forik, Near Nablus
The Israeli occupation navy on Friday opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing vessels off the Gaza coast, just a few hours before a Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the Israeli army near the border fence.
Media sources said the Israeli occupation warships unleashed spates of machinegun fire on a fleet of sihing vessels off the Gaza waters, resulting in remarkable material damage. No injuries have been reported so far.
The same sources said there were no identifiable reasons for the random fire shooting as the fishermen were sailing within less than four nautical miles.
The attack represents another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last-summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave. Ever since, the Israeli occupation has reportedly been marring the lives of Gaza’s fishermen, who put out to sea to earn a living for their starved children.
In a separate incident, earlier overnight on Thursday, the Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of a Palestinian youngster as he tried to infiltrate into an Israeli-controlled Kibbutz in the region of Eshkol, to the south of Gaza.
The Israeli soldiers dragged the detainee to the Shabak detention center, pending further investigation.
Infiltrations into Israeli-run areas have been on the rise due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
Media sources said the Israeli occupation warships unleashed spates of machinegun fire on a fleet of sihing vessels off the Gaza waters, resulting in remarkable material damage. No injuries have been reported so far.
The same sources said there were no identifiable reasons for the random fire shooting as the fishermen were sailing within less than four nautical miles.
The attack represents another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last-summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave. Ever since, the Israeli occupation has reportedly been marring the lives of Gaza’s fishermen, who put out to sea to earn a living for their starved children.
In a separate incident, earlier overnight on Thursday, the Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of a Palestinian youngster as he tried to infiltrate into an Israeli-controlled Kibbutz in the region of Eshkol, to the south of Gaza.
The Israeli soldiers dragged the detainee to the Shabak detention center, pending further investigation.
Infiltrations into Israeli-run areas have been on the rise due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
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