28 may 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday arrested two brothers and attacked their mother in Jalqamus village east of Jenin city in the northern West Bank.
A local source reported that the IOF raided the house of the Palestinian citizen Fakhri al-Qarem in Jalqamus, arrested his sons Maher and Basel, and assaulted their mother.
The source added that the IOF further searched the house and wreaked havoc on it.
The IOF soldiers launch arbitrary raid and arrest campaigns in the West Bank provinces on almost a daily basis.
A local source reported that the IOF raided the house of the Palestinian citizen Fakhri al-Qarem in Jalqamus, arrested his sons Maher and Basel, and assaulted their mother.
The source added that the IOF further searched the house and wreaked havoc on it.
The IOF soldiers launch arbitrary raid and arrest campaigns in the West Bank provinces on almost a daily basis.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said Israeli soldiers conducted, on Sunday at night and Monday at dawn, extensive and violent searched of homes and property in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and abducted 28 Palestinians, including 15 in Ramallah.
In Jerusalem, dozens of soldiers invade the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of the city, interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes and abducted Qussai Dari and Yousef Issa Mustafa, and Ata Ezz Dirbas.
In Jerusalem’s Old City, the soldiers abducted Issa Met’eb, Mohammad Hajeej and Sa’id al-‘Ajlouni, after accusing them of annoying Israeli colonizers.
The three are known as “Musaharati,” the name given to the person/s who walk and beat drums in residential areas to wake people up so that they can pray and eat sohour which is the meal Muslims eat before the beginning of the fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. video
Their abduction came about 24 hours after three other Musaharatis were taken prisoner by the soldiers in the Old City.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of the city, searched and ransacked dozens of homes and abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, in addition to wounding thirteen others.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Jihad al-Hamshari, Mousa Nasser Samara, Islam Waheed Abu Hmeid, Wafa Khalil Edrees, Ala Mohammad al-Hilu, Ghazi Jaloud, Rami Jaloud (Ghazi’s son), Jamal Jaber, Ala Jaber (Jamal’s son), Firas al-Masri, Lu’ay al-Masri, Ahmad Emteir, Eyad Eid, Aa’ed Nasr Abu Hmeid and Raed Nasr Abu Hmeid.
It is worth mentioning that Islam Abu Hmeid is the brother of Abdul-Mon’em, who was assassinated by the army in 1994, in addition to Nasser, imprisoned by Israeli and serving seven life terms, Nasr, 5 live terms, Sharif, 4 life-terms, Mohammad Two life-terms, and Jihad who is still awaiting trial.
Israeli sources said the invasion into the refugee camp was carried out by a large military force, adding that the army was looking for the Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier, identified as Ronen Lubarsky, 20, by dropping a marble flap on him, causing fatal wounds, when the army invaded the refugee camp, Thursday.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sahour town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Husam Mohammad Abu Dayya, 40, in addition to Saleh al-Hreimi, a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for eighteen years.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Razeq Monther Sharqiya, 18, Luay Ma’rouf No’man, 18, and Himlar Salah Ateely, 18.
In Hebron, in northern West Bank, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at Beit ‘Einoun Junction, and abducted one Palestinian from Sa’ir town, north of the city, identified as Wajdi Nayef Jaradat.
It is worth mentioning that an Israeli court remanded a wounded Palestinian woman, identified as Khawla Sbeih, 43, until June 6th.
Mofeed al-Haj, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the woman is currently at Shaare Zedek Israeli Medical Center after the soldiers shot her, on Sunday at night, in Shu’fat neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
The army said the soldiers shot the woman in her legs when she failed to heed to their command, after ordering her to stop.
In Jerusalem, dozens of soldiers invade the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of the city, interrogated many Palestinians while searching their homes and abducted Qussai Dari and Yousef Issa Mustafa, and Ata Ezz Dirbas.
In Jerusalem’s Old City, the soldiers abducted Issa Met’eb, Mohammad Hajeej and Sa’id al-‘Ajlouni, after accusing them of annoying Israeli colonizers.
The three are known as “Musaharati,” the name given to the person/s who walk and beat drums in residential areas to wake people up so that they can pray and eat sohour which is the meal Muslims eat before the beginning of the fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. video
Their abduction came about 24 hours after three other Musaharatis were taken prisoner by the soldiers in the Old City.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of the city, searched and ransacked dozens of homes and abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, in addition to wounding thirteen others.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Jihad al-Hamshari, Mousa Nasser Samara, Islam Waheed Abu Hmeid, Wafa Khalil Edrees, Ala Mohammad al-Hilu, Ghazi Jaloud, Rami Jaloud (Ghazi’s son), Jamal Jaber, Ala Jaber (Jamal’s son), Firas al-Masri, Lu’ay al-Masri, Ahmad Emteir, Eyad Eid, Aa’ed Nasr Abu Hmeid and Raed Nasr Abu Hmeid.
It is worth mentioning that Islam Abu Hmeid is the brother of Abdul-Mon’em, who was assassinated by the army in 1994, in addition to Nasser, imprisoned by Israeli and serving seven life terms, Nasr, 5 live terms, Sharif, 4 life-terms, Mohammad Two life-terms, and Jihad who is still awaiting trial.
Israeli sources said the invasion into the refugee camp was carried out by a large military force, adding that the army was looking for the Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier, identified as Ronen Lubarsky, 20, by dropping a marble flap on him, causing fatal wounds, when the army invaded the refugee camp, Thursday.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sahour town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted Husam Mohammad Abu Dayya, 40, in addition to Saleh al-Hreimi, a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for eighteen years.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Razeq Monther Sharqiya, 18, Luay Ma’rouf No’man, 18, and Himlar Salah Ateely, 18.
In Hebron, in northern West Bank, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at Beit ‘Einoun Junction, and abducted one Palestinian from Sa’ir town, north of the city, identified as Wajdi Nayef Jaradat.
It is worth mentioning that an Israeli court remanded a wounded Palestinian woman, identified as Khawla Sbeih, 43, until June 6th.
Mofeed al-Haj, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the woman is currently at Shaare Zedek Israeli Medical Center after the soldiers shot her, on Sunday at night, in Shu’fat neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
The army said the soldiers shot the woman in her legs when she failed to heed to their command, after ordering her to stop.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched and ransacked dozens of homes and abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, in addition to wounding thirteen others.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
It is worth mentioning that Aa’ed and Raed are the sons of a political prisoner, who is serving five life sentences in Israeli prisons.
The soldiers stormed and violently searched dozens of homes and buildings during the invasion, causing property damage, in addition to interrogating scores of Palestinians, and using many rooftops as firing posts and monitoring towers.
The Health Ministry in Ramallah said the soldiers mildly injured thirteen Palestinians, when dozens of residents took off to the streets to protest the invasion, and hurled stones at them.
It is worth mentioning that the army surrounded and isolated the refugee camp, before invading it, and deployed a large military forced around it.
Israeli sources said the invasion was carried out by a large military force, adding that the army was looking for the Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier by dropping a marble flap on him, causing fatal wounds, when the army invaded the refugee camp, Thursday.
They added that the Palestinian protesters also hurled empty bottles and Molotov cocktails at the invading soldiers, without causing casualties, and that the soldiers surrounded a building were the Palestinian, who reportedly killed the soldier, was believed to be hiding.
The soldiers also demolished a building and used several homes as military centers and monitoring towers, before deploying sharpshooters on their rooftops.
In addition, the army fired many live rounds, in addition to gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding thirteen Palestinians, and prevented medics and ambulances from entering the refugee camp.
The invasion into the refugee camp lasted for several hours, looking for the Palestinians who fatally injured the soldier, identified as Ronen Lubarsky, 20, who died Saturday, just two days after his serious injury.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mohammad Jihad al-Hamshari.
- Mousa Nasser Samara.
- Islam Waheed Abu Hmeid.
- Wafa Khalil Edrees.
- Ala Mohammad al-Hilu.
- Ghazi Jaloud.
- Rami Jaloud (Ghazi’s son).
- Jamal Jabrer.
- Ala Jaber (Jamal’s son).
- Firas al-Masri.
- Lu’ay al-Masri.
- Ahmad Emteir.
- Eyad Eid.
- Aa’ed Nasr Abu Hmeid.
- Raed Nasr Abu Hmeid.
It is worth mentioning that Aa’ed and Raed are the sons of a political prisoner, who is serving five life sentences in Israeli prisons.
The soldiers stormed and violently searched dozens of homes and buildings during the invasion, causing property damage, in addition to interrogating scores of Palestinians, and using many rooftops as firing posts and monitoring towers.
The Health Ministry in Ramallah said the soldiers mildly injured thirteen Palestinians, when dozens of residents took off to the streets to protest the invasion, and hurled stones at them.
It is worth mentioning that the army surrounded and isolated the refugee camp, before invading it, and deployed a large military forced around it.
Israeli sources said the invasion was carried out by a large military force, adding that the army was looking for the Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier by dropping a marble flap on him, causing fatal wounds, when the army invaded the refugee camp, Thursday.
They added that the Palestinian protesters also hurled empty bottles and Molotov cocktails at the invading soldiers, without causing casualties, and that the soldiers surrounded a building were the Palestinian, who reportedly killed the soldier, was believed to be hiding.
The soldiers also demolished a building and used several homes as military centers and monitoring towers, before deploying sharpshooters on their rooftops.
In addition, the army fired many live rounds, in addition to gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding thirteen Palestinians, and prevented medics and ambulances from entering the refugee camp.
The invasion into the refugee camp lasted for several hours, looking for the Palestinians who fatally injured the soldier, identified as Ronen Lubarsky, 20, who died Saturday, just two days after his serious injury.
Violent clashes burst out on Monday morning in Salfit’s Old City after heavily-armed Israeli patrols stormed the area and attacked Palestinians with live rounds.
Speaking with a PIC news correspondent, eye-witnesses said 12 Israeli military patrols rolled into the Old City via its northern access road and summoned the Palestinian young man Muhanad al-Zeir to questioning.
Israeli soldiers cracked down on Palestinian anti-occupation youth before they targeted them with live ammunition and rubber bullets.
The occupation army backtracked at the crack of dawn. No injuries were reported in the assault.
Speaking with a PIC news correspondent, eye-witnesses said 12 Israeli military patrols rolled into the Old City via its northern access road and summoned the Palestinian young man Muhanad al-Zeir to questioning.
Israeli soldiers cracked down on Palestinian anti-occupation youth before they targeted them with live ammunition and rubber bullets.
The occupation army backtracked at the crack of dawn. No injuries were reported in the assault.
Clashes burst out on Monday morning after Israeli soldiers raided the Amari refugee camp in Ramallah, two days after an Israeli soldier who was injured at the camp last week has died of his wounds.
Heavily-armed Israeli soldiers raked through the refugee camp, chasing down the Palestinian youth suspected of killing the soldier.
Over 30 Israeli military vehicles, escorted by a bulldozer and a waste water tank truck rolled into the camp and cordoned off the home of the suspect, pending its demolition.
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian locals with live and rubber-coated metal bullets, resulting in injuries.
At least four people were injured with live ammunition and five others detained in the assault.
Heavily-armed Israeli soldiers raked through the refugee camp, chasing down the Palestinian youth suspected of killing the soldier.
Over 30 Israeli military vehicles, escorted by a bulldozer and a waste water tank truck rolled into the camp and cordoned off the home of the suspect, pending its demolition.
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian locals with live and rubber-coated metal bullets, resulting in injuries.
At least four people were injured with live ammunition and five others detained in the assault.
Israeli police late Sunday night shot and injured a Palestinian woman in Shu’fat town, north of Occupied Jerusalem. video
A PIC news correspondent said hundreds of Israeli cops and soldiers flocked to the shooting scene and closed off the main access road to Shu’fat town.
The reasons for the shooting and the women’s identity remain unclear.
The injured woman was transferred to the Israeli Shaare Zedek Hospital so as to be treated for the Israeli-inflicted injuries, reported moderate.
Muslim woman approaching border cops shot in leg
Woman wearing a burqa shot after arousing suspicion of soldiers and failing to heed orders to stop; aiming to neutralize, soldiers moderately wound woman; no weapons found in her possession.
Border Police officers opened fire on a woman who they suspected aimed to harm them near Yekutiel Adam Street in Jerusalem.
The paramilitary soldiers said their suspicion was aroused after the woman started slowly approaching them, who was wearing a Burqa, which they feared may be concealing a weapon or an explosive device.
After the woman failed to heed their calls to stop, the security forces opened fire, aiming at her legs.
Video footage of the incident shows the officers, stepping slowly backwards with weapons drawn and pointed directly at her, shouting in Arabic for the woman to stop while she keeps walking steadily towards them.
Several seconds later, a single gunshot is heard, and the woman is seen collapsing to the ground.
The woman was evacuated in moderate condition to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital. No weapon was found in her possession.
An investigation into the incident has been opened.
A PIC news correspondent said hundreds of Israeli cops and soldiers flocked to the shooting scene and closed off the main access road to Shu’fat town.
The reasons for the shooting and the women’s identity remain unclear.
The injured woman was transferred to the Israeli Shaare Zedek Hospital so as to be treated for the Israeli-inflicted injuries, reported moderate.
Muslim woman approaching border cops shot in leg
Woman wearing a burqa shot after arousing suspicion of soldiers and failing to heed orders to stop; aiming to neutralize, soldiers moderately wound woman; no weapons found in her possession.
Border Police officers opened fire on a woman who they suspected aimed to harm them near Yekutiel Adam Street in Jerusalem.
The paramilitary soldiers said their suspicion was aroused after the woman started slowly approaching them, who was wearing a Burqa, which they feared may be concealing a weapon or an explosive device.
After the woman failed to heed their calls to stop, the security forces opened fire, aiming at her legs.
Video footage of the incident shows the officers, stepping slowly backwards with weapons drawn and pointed directly at her, shouting in Arabic for the woman to stop while she keeps walking steadily towards them.
Several seconds later, a single gunshot is heard, and the woman is seen collapsing to the ground.
The woman was evacuated in moderate condition to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital. No weapon was found in her possession.
An investigation into the incident has been opened.
27 may 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at predawn Sunday kidnapped several Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
The list of arrestees includes Ma’moun al-Razem, Amr Abu Arafah, and Mohamed al-Tawil, among others.
Israeli soldiers and police in Occupied Jerusalem ransacked the detainees’ homes before they dragged them, handcuffed and blindfolded, to Israeli detention centers.
An Israeli military patrol also summoned a Palestinian young man in Ramallah to questioning and ravaged civilian homes in Nablus and al-Khalil.
Overnight, three Palestinian young men were kidnapped by the IOF at Qalandiya checkpoint, in Nablus, on their way back home from Occupied Jerusalem’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, an Israeli patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Deir al-Hatab at 02:30 a.m. and unleashed an explosive device, resulting in a heavy blast.
Updated: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jerusalem, One In Hebron”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, six young Palestinian men from occupied East Jerusalem, and one in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded many homes, and conducted violent searches, causing property damage.
The soldiers invaded many homes in occupied Jerusalem, and caused damage to furniture and property, in addition to terrifying families during the violent dawn raids, and abducted four young men.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Amro Abu Arafa, 25, Ma’moun ar-Razem, Amer al-Bazlameet, Mohammad at-Taweel, Sami Abu al-Halwa and Akram Shurafa.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before storming and ransacking homes in Safa area, north of the town, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Kassab Abu Dayya, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the family home of former political prisoner, Malek Bassam at-Teet, 19, and summoned him for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron.
The army fired concussion grenades and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinians while leaving a local mosque, following dawn prayers, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The list of arrestees includes Ma’moun al-Razem, Amr Abu Arafah, and Mohamed al-Tawil, among others.
Israeli soldiers and police in Occupied Jerusalem ransacked the detainees’ homes before they dragged them, handcuffed and blindfolded, to Israeli detention centers.
An Israeli military patrol also summoned a Palestinian young man in Ramallah to questioning and ravaged civilian homes in Nablus and al-Khalil.
Overnight, three Palestinian young men were kidnapped by the IOF at Qalandiya checkpoint, in Nablus, on their way back home from Occupied Jerusalem’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, an Israeli patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Deir al-Hatab at 02:30 a.m. and unleashed an explosive device, resulting in a heavy blast.
Updated: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jerusalem, One In Hebron”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, six young Palestinian men from occupied East Jerusalem, and one in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded many homes, and conducted violent searches, causing property damage.
The soldiers invaded many homes in occupied Jerusalem, and caused damage to furniture and property, in addition to terrifying families during the violent dawn raids, and abducted four young men.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Amro Abu Arafa, 25, Ma’moun ar-Razem, Amer al-Bazlameet, Mohammad at-Taweel, Sami Abu al-Halwa and Akram Shurafa.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before storming and ransacking homes in Safa area, north of the town, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Kassab Abu Dayya, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the family home of former political prisoner, Malek Bassam at-Teet, 19, and summoned him for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron.
The army fired concussion grenades and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinians while leaving a local mosque, following dawn prayers, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
26 may 2018
The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate (PCJ) released a statement on Saturday condemning the proposal of a new bill in the Israeli Knesset that would criminalize the photographing or recording of Israeli soldiers while on duty.
The bill was proposed on Thursday, with the support of right-wing Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and, if passed, those found in violation of the law could face a prison sentence of up to five years.
The PCJ called the proposed bill “racist,” saying that it “severely attacks the profession of the press and legitimizes the criminal practices committed by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinian people.”
The group said, according to Ma’an, that the law would “grant legitimacy to the Israeli occupation to commit more crimes,” and is an attempt by the Israeli government to “escape punishment and international justice.”
“The core of the law is to mislead justice and provide a formal cover for further crimes,” the group said.
In the statement, the group called on the United Nations (UN) and other international institutions “concerned with the freedom of press work to express their opinion and exert pressure on the occupying entity to comply with its laws in accordance with international laws and conventions, and to protect the freedom of press work and the role of fundamental journalists in uncovering and documenting the truth.”
The bill was proposed on Thursday, with the support of right-wing Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and, if passed, those found in violation of the law could face a prison sentence of up to five years.
The PCJ called the proposed bill “racist,” saying that it “severely attacks the profession of the press and legitimizes the criminal practices committed by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinian people.”
The group said, according to Ma’an, that the law would “grant legitimacy to the Israeli occupation to commit more crimes,” and is an attempt by the Israeli government to “escape punishment and international justice.”
“The core of the law is to mislead justice and provide a formal cover for further crimes,” the group said.
In the statement, the group called on the United Nations (UN) and other international institutions “concerned with the freedom of press work to express their opinion and exert pressure on the occupying entity to comply with its laws in accordance with international laws and conventions, and to protect the freedom of press work and the role of fundamental journalists in uncovering and documenting the truth.”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, six Palestinians in Qalqilia, Tulkarem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. video
Several army jeeps invaded Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, searched homes and abducted Motayyam Khaldoun Radwan, 17, and Tha’er Ashraf Zeid, 19.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Barta’a town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted three Palestinians from Allar town, north of Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank.
The army abducted the three young men, in addition to stopping and searching cars, before questioning many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young man in the Sa’adiyya neighborhood, in the Old City, and invaded Hizma town, north of the city, before searching and ransacking several homes.
The Palestinian, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, is known as Musaharati, the name given to the person who walks and beats a drum in residential areas to wake people up so that they can pray and eat sohour which is the meal Muslims eat before the beginning of the fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
In related news, the soldiers invaded many streets in the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians, protesting the invasion.
On Friday afternoon, the soldiers assaulted a young Palestinian man in Nablus Street area, in Jerusalem, and abducted him.
Several army jeeps invaded Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, searched homes and abducted Motayyam Khaldoun Radwan, 17, and Tha’er Ashraf Zeid, 19.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Barta’a town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted three Palestinians from Allar town, north of Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank.
The army abducted the three young men, in addition to stopping and searching cars, before questioning many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young man in the Sa’adiyya neighborhood, in the Old City, and invaded Hizma town, north of the city, before searching and ransacking several homes.
The Palestinian, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, is known as Musaharati, the name given to the person who walks and beats a drum in residential areas to wake people up so that they can pray and eat sohour which is the meal Muslims eat before the beginning of the fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
In related news, the soldiers invaded many streets in the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians, protesting the invasion.
On Friday afternoon, the soldiers assaulted a young Palestinian man in Nablus Street area, in Jerusalem, and abducted him.
After two years of arbitrary detention, the Israeli occupation army on Friday released a group of Palestinian journalists working for al-Sanabel radio station in Dura town in al-Khalil.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli army released the journalists, Ahmed al-Daraweesh, Muntaser Nassar, Hamed al-Namoura and Nidhal Amr.
In late August 2016, Israeli forces stormed the radio station, arrested its crew and shut it down at the pretext of inciting against Israel. The radio station is not allowed to resume its activities since then.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli army released the journalists, Ahmed al-Daraweesh, Muntaser Nassar, Hamed al-Namoura and Nidhal Amr.
In late August 2016, Israeli forces stormed the radio station, arrested its crew and shut it down at the pretext of inciting against Israel. The radio station is not allowed to resume its activities since then.
Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission on Saturday unveiled a testimony by prisoner Feras Omari who met with slain prisoner Aziz Oweisat in the Bosta, a vehicle used for the transfer of Palestinian prisoners, while he was being transferred from Eshel prison to Ramle clinic on 7th May.
Oweisat died a few days ago from a heart attack he suffered after being brutally beaten by Israeli prison guards.
Feras Omari said that when he entered the Bosta he saw blue bruises all over Oweisat's face, adding that when he asked him about what happened he told him that 10 Israeli guards broke into his cell in Eshel prison on 2nd May and beat and punched him brutally.
"I noticed that he was suffering from pains in his chest and he could barely breathe," Omari said.
Commenting on this testimony, head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission Issa Qaraqe said that the results of the autopsy conducted for Oweista's body on 25th May showed bruises on his right waist and marks of chains on his hands and feet.
Qaraqe said that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) committed three crimes against Oweisat. First, Oweisat was suffering from heart problems. He underwent an open-heart surgery in 1998 and a cardiac catheterization in 2003. Despite the fact that the IPS was aware of his health condition, no proper treatment was offered to him, so his health kept worsening day by day.
Second, the Israeli guards' attack on Oweisat led to further deterioration in his health until he died from a heart attack on 20th May.
Third, Oweisat was violently beaten and assaulted although the IPS and the prison doctors were fully aware of his critical health condition. They were the reason behind the complications that he suffered after the attack and later led to his death.
Qaraqe stressed that this is a deliberate and complex crime that is added to an endless series of violations committed by the IPS against Palestinian prisoners and requires the intervention of the International Criminal Court.
Oweisat died a few days ago from a heart attack he suffered after being brutally beaten by Israeli prison guards.
Feras Omari said that when he entered the Bosta he saw blue bruises all over Oweisat's face, adding that when he asked him about what happened he told him that 10 Israeli guards broke into his cell in Eshel prison on 2nd May and beat and punched him brutally.
"I noticed that he was suffering from pains in his chest and he could barely breathe," Omari said.
Commenting on this testimony, head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission Issa Qaraqe said that the results of the autopsy conducted for Oweista's body on 25th May showed bruises on his right waist and marks of chains on his hands and feet.
Qaraqe said that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) committed three crimes against Oweisat. First, Oweisat was suffering from heart problems. He underwent an open-heart surgery in 1998 and a cardiac catheterization in 2003. Despite the fact that the IPS was aware of his health condition, no proper treatment was offered to him, so his health kept worsening day by day.
Second, the Israeli guards' attack on Oweisat led to further deterioration in his health until he died from a heart attack on 20th May.
Third, Oweisat was violently beaten and assaulted although the IPS and the prison doctors were fully aware of his critical health condition. They were the reason behind the complications that he suffered after the attack and later led to his death.
Qaraqe stressed that this is a deliberate and complex crime that is added to an endless series of violations committed by the IPS against Palestinian prisoners and requires the intervention of the International Criminal Court.
25 may 2018
The preliminary report of the autopsy carried out to the body of Aziz Awaisat, a Palestinian detainee who died in Israeli prisons two days ago, revealed that a cute heart attack was behind his death, rights sources said.
The Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission reported that the autopsy was carried out in the Forensic Medicine Institute 'Abu Kabir' in the presence of Palestinian Forensic Dr. Rayyan Ali.
Dr. Ali said although a heart attack was the main cause for Awisat’s death, signs of bruises appeared on his body.
The commission quoted the testimonies of some Palestinian detainees in Eshel prison, where Awaisat had been held before his death, who said that Awaisat was exposed to a cruel assault by Israeli prison guards prior to his death.
According to the prisoners, Awaisat fell into a coma as a result of the attack and was moved to hospital, where his health deteriorated further before he was announced dead.
Awaisat, 53, was arrested by Israeli authorities on August 3, 2014 and was sentenced to 30 years in jail.
The Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission reported that the autopsy was carried out in the Forensic Medicine Institute 'Abu Kabir' in the presence of Palestinian Forensic Dr. Rayyan Ali.
Dr. Ali said although a heart attack was the main cause for Awisat’s death, signs of bruises appeared on his body.
The commission quoted the testimonies of some Palestinian detainees in Eshel prison, where Awaisat had been held before his death, who said that Awaisat was exposed to a cruel assault by Israeli prison guards prior to his death.
According to the prisoners, Awaisat fell into a coma as a result of the attack and was moved to hospital, where his health deteriorated further before he was announced dead.
Awaisat, 53, was arrested by Israeli authorities on August 3, 2014 and was sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian political prisoner from Sur Baher village, south of occupied East Jerusalem, shortly after his release from prison after serving a prison sentence of 7.5 years.
The Detainees’ Parents Committee in Jerusalem said the detainee, Mousa Hamada, 48, was released, earlier Thursday, from the Negev Desert detention camp, after sending 7.5 years in detention.
It added that the soldiers abducted Hamada shortly after his release and moved him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem, without providing a justification for his arrest.
The Detainees’ Parents Committee in Jerusalem said the detainee, Mousa Hamada, 48, was released, earlier Thursday, from the Negev Desert detention camp, after sending 7.5 years in detention.
It added that the soldiers abducted Hamada shortly after his release and moved him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem, without providing a justification for his arrest.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Barta’a town, southwest of the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.
Media sources in Jenin said dozens of soldiers invaded Barta’a, searched many homes and property, before abducting three Palestinians from Yassid and Qaffin towns.
The three Palestinians, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, work in Barta’a, which became isolated and surrounded by the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Jenin said dozens of soldiers invaded Barta’a, searched many homes and property, before abducting three Palestinians from Yassid and Qaffin towns.
The three Palestinians, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, work in Barta’a, which became isolated and surrounded by the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards.
