7 may 2020
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday stormed Tuqu’ town in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, arrested two Palestinian youths and closed a main road.
Tuqu’s mayor Taysir Abu Mefreh said that the IOF closed a road in the middle of the town with cement blocks without prior notice hindering the movement of Palestinian citizens.
Earlier in the day, the IOF raided several Palestinian homes in Tuqu’ and arrested two Palestinian youths aged 22, local sources reported.
The detainees were identified as Yousef al-Sabah and Yasin al-Sabah.
Tuqu’s mayor Taysir Abu Mefreh said that the IOF closed a road in the middle of the town with cement blocks without prior notice hindering the movement of Palestinian citizens.
Earlier in the day, the IOF raided several Palestinian homes in Tuqu’ and arrested two Palestinian youths aged 22, local sources reported.
The detainees were identified as Yousef al-Sabah and Yasin al-Sabah.
6 may 2020
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has announced its intention to allow Palestinian prisoners to talk over the phone with their families for only one time.
The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been barred from receiving visits from their families and lawyers since last March as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
According to Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli decision to allow Palestinian inmates to phone families came after two petitions in this regard had been filed with the Israeli high court of justice by human rights groups such as Physicians for Human Rights, the Committee Against Torture and HaMoked Center for the Defense of the Individual.
The petitioners asked the IOA to allow the Palestinian prisoners to make phone and video calls with their families after jail visits were suspended.
However, the IOA agreed to allow each Palestinian prisoner to have one phone call with a first-degree relative or to allow anyone of them to have another phone call if he or she became later a coronavirus patient.
Meanwhile, the IOA recently allowed Israeli prisoners serving time for offenses and criminal activities to contact their families through phone and video calls after prisons were locked down over coronavirus fears.
The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been barred from receiving visits from their families and lawyers since last March as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
According to Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli decision to allow Palestinian inmates to phone families came after two petitions in this regard had been filed with the Israeli high court of justice by human rights groups such as Physicians for Human Rights, the Committee Against Torture and HaMoked Center for the Defense of the Individual.
The petitioners asked the IOA to allow the Palestinian prisoners to make phone and video calls with their families after jail visits were suspended.
However, the IOA agreed to allow each Palestinian prisoner to have one phone call with a first-degree relative or to allow anyone of them to have another phone call if he or she became later a coronavirus patient.
Meanwhile, the IOA recently allowed Israeli prisoners serving time for offenses and criminal activities to contact their families through phone and video calls after prisons were locked down over coronavirus fears.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, the secretary of Fateh movement in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Tha’er Nakhla, while he was heading back home after a visit to the al-‘Ezariyya town, east of occupied Jerusalem.
Nakhla is a former political prisoner who was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel, including being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Tha’er Nakhla, while he was heading back home after a visit to the al-‘Ezariyya town, east of occupied Jerusalem.
Nakhla is a former political prisoner who was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel, including being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
5 may 2020
Israeli forces rounded up early this morning 13 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including leading figures and activists, according to local sources.
Among the detained were Bilal Natsheh, who heads the National Popular Conference in Jerusalem, and his office manager, Muath Ashhab, Mustafa Abu Zahra, who is in charge of the city’s Muslim cemeteries in the Awqaf department, journalist Tamer Obeidat, writer Rania Hatem, activists Imad Awad and Jad al-Ghoul, among others.
Israeli security forces raided the homes of the Palestinian activists and detained them, said the sources.
Israeli police claimed it raided homes of and detained activists who were doing work in confronting the coronavirus outbreak in the occupied city on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and seized their computers and cellular phones, along with other materials found in their homes.
They will be brought before a court to today after interrogating them, said the police.
The Israeli forces detained as well six other Palestinian residents of Issawiyeh neighborhood of East Jerusalem after raiding and searching their homes.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said Israel detained at least 600 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since the start of this year, including minors.
It said in addition to the leading figures detained this morning, Israel has detained on several occasions the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Hidmi and held them for several days before releasing them under strict conditions.
Among the detained were Bilal Natsheh, who heads the National Popular Conference in Jerusalem, and his office manager, Muath Ashhab, Mustafa Abu Zahra, who is in charge of the city’s Muslim cemeteries in the Awqaf department, journalist Tamer Obeidat, writer Rania Hatem, activists Imad Awad and Jad al-Ghoul, among others.
Israeli security forces raided the homes of the Palestinian activists and detained them, said the sources.
Israeli police claimed it raided homes of and detained activists who were doing work in confronting the coronavirus outbreak in the occupied city on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and seized their computers and cellular phones, along with other materials found in their homes.
They will be brought before a court to today after interrogating them, said the police.
The Israeli forces detained as well six other Palestinian residents of Issawiyeh neighborhood of East Jerusalem after raiding and searching their homes.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said Israel detained at least 600 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since the start of this year, including minors.
It said in addition to the leading figures detained this morning, Israel has detained on several occasions the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Hidmi and held them for several days before releasing them under strict conditions.
Israeli forces demolished an agricultural structure, on Monday, in the Jordan Valley village of Tayasir, northern West Bank, according to activist Aref Daraghme.
Daraghme told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers invaded the village and demolished a small 36 square meter structure with an aluminum ceiling.
Authorities rationalized the demolition by claiming it was built without an Israeli permit.
In related news, the Israeli army delivered halt construction notices, with the intent to demolish Palestinian residential structures, according to local sources.
Sources told WAFA that Israeli authorities ordered a halt on construction and demolition of 2 Palestinian homes, belonging to residents of the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, West of Salfit, central West Bank.
A third demolition also order was delivered to a small residential structure.
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished 4 Palestinian agricultural facilities in al-Jiftlik village, northern Jordan Valley, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported.
Sources said that Israeli soldiers stormed al-Aqaba area of the village demolishing an agricultural structure belonging to Murad Jaber.
Other structures destroyed by the army included a water well, a barn and a pool.
The PIC further noted that eyewitnesses said Israeli forces stormed agricultural land, south of Qalqilia City, delivered stop-work orders, confiscated agricultural equipment and abducted three Palestinian youths.
Daraghme told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers invaded the village and demolished a small 36 square meter structure with an aluminum ceiling.
Authorities rationalized the demolition by claiming it was built without an Israeli permit.
In related news, the Israeli army delivered halt construction notices, with the intent to demolish Palestinian residential structures, according to local sources.
Sources told WAFA that Israeli authorities ordered a halt on construction and demolition of 2 Palestinian homes, belonging to residents of the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, West of Salfit, central West Bank.
A third demolition also order was delivered to a small residential structure.
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished 4 Palestinian agricultural facilities in al-Jiftlik village, northern Jordan Valley, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported.
Sources said that Israeli soldiers stormed al-Aqaba area of the village demolishing an agricultural structure belonging to Murad Jaber.
Other structures destroyed by the army included a water well, a barn and a pool.
The PIC further noted that eyewitnesses said Israeli forces stormed agricultural land, south of Qalqilia City, delivered stop-work orders, confiscated agricultural equipment and abducted three Palestinian youths.
4 may 2020
IOF storms Jerusalem towns, abducts elderly manIsraeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday raided al-Isawiya and Kafr Aqab towns in Occupied Jerusalem and kidnapped a Palestinian elderly man from his house.
Local sources said the IOF arrested Haj Awni Atiya after breaking into his home and wreaking havoc on it in al-Isawiya.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed the neighboring town of Kafr Aqab and attacked Palestinian residents with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
A number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties and were treated in the field.
Local sources said the IOF arrested Haj Awni Atiya after breaking into his home and wreaking havoc on it in al-Isawiya.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed the neighboring town of Kafr Aqab and attacked Palestinian residents with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
A number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties and were treated in the field.
Israeli authorities issued in April administrative detention orders against 62 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails.
The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced in a press release that Israeli authorities issued new and renewed administrative detention orders for 62 prisoners currently in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial at orders from a military commander and on the basis of secret evidence.
The order normally goes for six-month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military authorities.
The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced in a press release that Israeli authorities issued new and renewed administrative detention orders for 62 prisoners currently in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial at orders from a military commander and on the basis of secret evidence.
The order normally goes for six-month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military authorities.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday morning rearrested Jerusalemite activist Nihad Zagheer, 42, immediately after he was released from Gilboa prison.
The family committee of Jerusalemite prisoners said that the IOA released Zagheer after he completed his 35-month term, but they rejailed him as he was leaving the Gilboa facility. video
Zagheer was arrested on June 5, 2017 upon his return from a pilgrimage trip to Saudi Arabia.
An Israeli court sentenced him to jail and ordered him to 10,000 shekels after approving a false claim leveled by the Israeli prosecution accusing him of having a leading position in an organization called Aqsa Mosque Youth.
The family committee of Jerusalemite prisoners said that the IOA released Zagheer after he completed his 35-month term, but they rejailed him as he was leaving the Gilboa facility. video
Zagheer was arrested on June 5, 2017 upon his return from a pilgrimage trip to Saudi Arabia.
An Israeli court sentenced him to jail and ordered him to 10,000 shekels after approving a false claim leveled by the Israeli prosecution accusing him of having a leading position in an organization called Aqsa Mosque Youth.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnaped several Palestinian citizens following raids on homes in different West Bank areas. video
Some of the detainees were identified as Sameer Ammar and Abd Biqawi from Qaffin town in northern Tulkarem and Ziyad Abu Salem from Abu Shukheidim in northern Ramallah, according to local sources. video
In al-Khalil, another two young citizens were kidnaped from their homes during IOF campaigns in the towns of Dura and Idhna. They were identified as Mahmoud Abu Hashash and Abdul-Fattah Jahisha.
Meanwhile, violent clashes reportedly took place at dawn between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil.
The IOF also stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and ransacked homes, with no reported arrests.
In Nablus city, the IOF stormed Amman street and the area of Joseph’s Tomb and kidnaped a young man called Ameed Hawtari.
In Jenin, the IOF raided the house of prisoner Murad Abu Salah in Arraba town and kidnaped a citizen called Nawras Firas from Mirka village.
The IOF also raided homes in Beit Fajjar town in southern Bethlehem and Shu’afat refugee camp in Jerusalem.
In an earlier incident, overnight clashes broke out between local youths and Israeli police forces in Issawiya district and at-Tur town in Jerusalem.
Some of the detainees were identified as Sameer Ammar and Abd Biqawi from Qaffin town in northern Tulkarem and Ziyad Abu Salem from Abu Shukheidim in northern Ramallah, according to local sources. video
In al-Khalil, another two young citizens were kidnaped from their homes during IOF campaigns in the towns of Dura and Idhna. They were identified as Mahmoud Abu Hashash and Abdul-Fattah Jahisha.
Meanwhile, violent clashes reportedly took place at dawn between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil.
The IOF also stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and ransacked homes, with no reported arrests.
In Nablus city, the IOF stormed Amman street and the area of Joseph’s Tomb and kidnaped a young man called Ameed Hawtari.
In Jenin, the IOF raided the house of prisoner Murad Abu Salah in Arraba town and kidnaped a citizen called Nawras Firas from Mirka village.
The IOF also raided homes in Beit Fajjar town in southern Bethlehem and Shu’afat refugee camp in Jerusalem.
In an earlier incident, overnight clashes broke out between local youths and Israeli police forces in Issawiya district and at-Tur town in Jerusalem.
