13 may 2020
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Wednesday extended the administration detention of Palestinian prisoner Shorouq al-Bodon, 25, who was scheduled to be released from Israeli jails tomorrow, for four months.
Al-Bodon had sevred a four-month prison sentence in Israeli jails without charge or trial and was supposed to be released tomorrow Thursday.
She was kidnapped during a raid on her home in Tuqu’ town in the West Bank district of Bethlehem on 15 July 2019.
According to the Commission of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, al-Bodon is suffering from some health problems that have worsened recently due to the harsh detention conditions she is kept in.
Al-Bodon had sevred a four-month prison sentence in Israeli jails without charge or trial and was supposed to be released tomorrow Thursday.
She was kidnapped during a raid on her home in Tuqu’ town in the West Bank district of Bethlehem on 15 July 2019.
According to the Commission of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, al-Bodon is suffering from some health problems that have worsened recently due to the harsh detention conditions she is kept in.
Israeli navy today detained two Gaza fishermen while sailing in the northern Gaza shore and seized their boat, reported WAFA correspondent.
He said, quoting fishermen committee officials, that the Israel navy detained the two fishermen, aged 49 and 34, while sailing within the allowed three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shore.
The navy also seized their boat.
Israeli navy regularly harass Gaza fishermen and prevent them from earning a living from fishing, a major source of income for thousands of Gaza Strip households.
He said, quoting fishermen committee officials, that the Israel navy detained the two fishermen, aged 49 and 34, while sailing within the allowed three nautical miles in the northern Gaza shore.
The navy also seized their boat.
Israeli navy regularly harass Gaza fishermen and prevent them from earning a living from fishing, a major source of income for thousands of Gaza Strip households.
The Israeli army detained at least 22 Palestinians during raids at their homes in the West Bank, including 14 from the northern West Bank town of Yabad and three minors, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said the army detained 14 people from Yabad in an ongoing search-and-arrest campaign following the killing of an Israeli soldier in the town yesterday. More detentions are expected.
Three Palestinian minors aged 16 years were also detained in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, said the PPS, in addition to three others from the nearby Hebron district.
In the north of the West Bank, the army detained the son of a prisoner in the town of Beit Furik, near Nablus, and another was detained in Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, east of the West Bank.
It said the army detained 14 people from Yabad in an ongoing search-and-arrest campaign following the killing of an Israeli soldier in the town yesterday. More detentions are expected.
Three Palestinian minors aged 16 years were also detained in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, said the PPS, in addition to three others from the nearby Hebron district.
In the north of the West Bank, the army detained the son of a prisoner in the town of Beit Furik, near Nablus, and another was detained in Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, east of the West Bank.
For the second day in a row, Israeli soldiers continued to harass and terrorize Palestinian civilians in the northern West Bank town of Yabad as part of its collective punishment policy against the entire town after a soldier was killed yesterday when hit in the head by a rock thrown at him from a rooftop during an army operation in the town.
Town residents said soldiers, in their pursuit of the assailant who is still at large, continued to raid and ransack homes during the night hours, terrorized children, and arrested and interrogated residents. video video
They said during the search, the soldiers stole money and gold from some homes.
The army yesterday imposed a full siege on the town after blocking all its access roads with dirt mounds and cement blocks and prevented people from entering or leaving it while deploying soldiers in and around the town.
Town residents said soldiers, in their pursuit of the assailant who is still at large, continued to raid and ransack homes during the night hours, terrorized children, and arrested and interrogated residents. video video
They said during the search, the soldiers stole money and gold from some homes.
The army yesterday imposed a full siege on the town after blocking all its access roads with dirt mounds and cement blocks and prevented people from entering or leaving it while deploying soldiers in and around the town.
12 may 2020
Israeli troops reportedly abducted, late on Monday evening and early on Tuesday morning, dozens of Palestinian residents, throughout the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Israeli troops began their abduction campaigns, in the West Bank town of Ya’bad, near Jenin city, where Israeli soldiers rounded up 16 residents, including a little girl and two women. video
In a statement, the society noted that among those abducted are several sets of family members, including Yazzan and Kamal Abu Shammala, along with Mohammad Abu Baker and Marcile Abu Baker.
Local sources in Ya’bad said that the Israeli invasion of the town, was met with strong resistance by local civilians, who responded with stone throwing, since the early hours of Tuesday.
The invasion of Ya’bad came shortly after an Israeli soldier was pronounced dead during an Israeli attack on the town.
The abduction by Israeli soldiers included some 12 residents, including Nazmi Abu Baker, his wife Suheila and little girl, Eman, as well as their grandson, Ali.
They also included resident Rebhi Abu Baker, his wife Jojoud and three other family members, Mohammad, Khaled and Ahmad. Three more residents, identified as Ahmad Qabaha, Haitham Abu Baker and R’afat Abu Baker.
In the West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah city, Israeli troops abducted Palestinian ex-prisoner, Abdelrahman Hammad, 19. While other Israeli troops abducted Feras Abu Snaina, 21, from the West Bank city of Hebron.
In addition, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, one more resident was abducted and then released.
In the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, where more than 100,000 Palestinians live, Israeli troops invaded the Silwan neighborhood, late on Monday evening, and abducted 13 Palestinian youths.
The PPS confirmed that the 13 youths were taken to the Almaskoubiya detention center. The society identified the abducted youths as Amir Mattar, Mohammad Mattar, Ali Jaber, Mahmoud Jaber, Amir Jaber, Yazzan Jaber, Dawood Tawil, Wessam Karky, Montaser Abu Nab, Qusay Abu Nab, Mohammad Abu Nab, Omar Alzaghal and Ahmad Shuwayat.
The PPS held Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the well-being of Palestinian prisoners, in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, inside Israel and across the West Bank.
The society denounced what it termed a deliberate Israeli collective punishment against the Palestinian people, by means of the invasion of Ya’bad town, as well as abduction campaigns, throughout the West Bank.
It is important to note, that the Palestinian woman being detained by Israeli forces in the photo was not provided a face-mask for her protection, but rather it was used as a blindfold.
This exposes the absence of concern or consideration by the occupation army, for the health and safety of the Palestinian people.
Israeli forces detain 33 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Israeli forces today detained 33 Palestinians in multiple raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society.The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces conducted a predawn raid into Ya'bad town, west of Jenin city, resulting in the detention of four Palestinians, including two brothers.
An Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during the predawn raid that triggered violent confrontations in the town. He was identified as a 21-year-old member of the Golani Brigade Reconnaissance Unit.
Following the killing of the soldier, Israeli troops re-raided the town is search of the person who dropped the rock.
PPS added that ransacked several houses in the town, interrogated residents and rounded up 12 others, including two families; a couple with their daughter and grandchild besides to another couple with three of their children.
In Jerusalem district, undercover Israeli forces, known as Musta'ribeen, ambushed and detained 13 Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
PPS confirmed a similar overnight military raid in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of two others.
In Ramallah district, soldiers re-detained a Palestinian after ransacking his family house in Silwad town, east of Ramallah city.
PPS added that another was rounded up from the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
PPS held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the detainees’ fate, particularly following the novel coronavirus spread.
The raids came amidst increasing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Israeli troops began their abduction campaigns, in the West Bank town of Ya’bad, near Jenin city, where Israeli soldiers rounded up 16 residents, including a little girl and two women. video
In a statement, the society noted that among those abducted are several sets of family members, including Yazzan and Kamal Abu Shammala, along with Mohammad Abu Baker and Marcile Abu Baker.
Local sources in Ya’bad said that the Israeli invasion of the town, was met with strong resistance by local civilians, who responded with stone throwing, since the early hours of Tuesday.
The invasion of Ya’bad came shortly after an Israeli soldier was pronounced dead during an Israeli attack on the town.
The abduction by Israeli soldiers included some 12 residents, including Nazmi Abu Baker, his wife Suheila and little girl, Eman, as well as their grandson, Ali.
They also included resident Rebhi Abu Baker, his wife Jojoud and three other family members, Mohammad, Khaled and Ahmad. Three more residents, identified as Ahmad Qabaha, Haitham Abu Baker and R’afat Abu Baker.
In the West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah city, Israeli troops abducted Palestinian ex-prisoner, Abdelrahman Hammad, 19. While other Israeli troops abducted Feras Abu Snaina, 21, from the West Bank city of Hebron.
In addition, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, one more resident was abducted and then released.
In the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, where more than 100,000 Palestinians live, Israeli troops invaded the Silwan neighborhood, late on Monday evening, and abducted 13 Palestinian youths.
The PPS confirmed that the 13 youths were taken to the Almaskoubiya detention center. The society identified the abducted youths as Amir Mattar, Mohammad Mattar, Ali Jaber, Mahmoud Jaber, Amir Jaber, Yazzan Jaber, Dawood Tawil, Wessam Karky, Montaser Abu Nab, Qusay Abu Nab, Mohammad Abu Nab, Omar Alzaghal and Ahmad Shuwayat.
The PPS held Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the well-being of Palestinian prisoners, in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, inside Israel and across the West Bank.
The society denounced what it termed a deliberate Israeli collective punishment against the Palestinian people, by means of the invasion of Ya’bad town, as well as abduction campaigns, throughout the West Bank.
It is important to note, that the Palestinian woman being detained by Israeli forces in the photo was not provided a face-mask for her protection, but rather it was used as a blindfold.
This exposes the absence of concern or consideration by the occupation army, for the health and safety of the Palestinian people.
Israeli forces detain 33 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Israeli forces today detained 33 Palestinians in multiple raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society.The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces conducted a predawn raid into Ya'bad town, west of Jenin city, resulting in the detention of four Palestinians, including two brothers.
An Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during the predawn raid that triggered violent confrontations in the town. He was identified as a 21-year-old member of the Golani Brigade Reconnaissance Unit.
Following the killing of the soldier, Israeli troops re-raided the town is search of the person who dropped the rock.
PPS added that ransacked several houses in the town, interrogated residents and rounded up 12 others, including two families; a couple with their daughter and grandchild besides to another couple with three of their children.
In Jerusalem district, undercover Israeli forces, known as Musta'ribeen, ambushed and detained 13 Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
PPS confirmed a similar overnight military raid in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of two others.
In Ramallah district, soldiers re-detained a Palestinian after ransacking his family house in Silwad town, east of Ramallah city.
PPS added that another was rounded up from the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
PPS held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the detainees’ fate, particularly following the novel coronavirus spread.
The raids came amidst increasing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal 21
An Israeli soldier was killed in the occupied West Bank in the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, after being struck in the head by a large rock during an arrest campaign, the Israeli occupation army said.
According to the Times of Israel website, the soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal, was a member of the Golani reconnaissance battalion, which carried out a series of raids on homes and arrested four Palestinians overnight in the West Bank town of Ya’bad, west of Jenin.
As the troops were making their way out of the village on foot following the arrests, a small group of roughly 10 Palestinian youths started throwing stones at them, an army spokesperson told the Hebrew media
The army spokesperson claimed that the rock that killed 21-year-old Ben-Yigal appeared to have been thrown from the roof of one of the homes on the outskirts of the town, which has often seen clashes between residents and soldiers.
“The rock hit the soldier directly in the head. The soldier was wearing a helmet. But it hit him at an angle,” the spokesperson said.
During the campaign, the Israeli occupation forces raided several homes and kidnaped four young men from the families of Abu Shamla and Abu Baker.
An Israeli soldier was killed in the occupied West Bank in the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, after being struck in the head by a large rock during an arrest campaign, the Israeli occupation army said.
According to the Times of Israel website, the soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal, was a member of the Golani reconnaissance battalion, which carried out a series of raids on homes and arrested four Palestinians overnight in the West Bank town of Ya’bad, west of Jenin.
As the troops were making their way out of the village on foot following the arrests, a small group of roughly 10 Palestinian youths started throwing stones at them, an army spokesperson told the Hebrew media
The army spokesperson claimed that the rock that killed 21-year-old Ben-Yigal appeared to have been thrown from the roof of one of the homes on the outskirts of the town, which has often seen clashes between residents and soldiers.
“The rock hit the soldier directly in the head. The soldier was wearing a helmet. But it hit him at an angle,” the spokesperson said.
During the campaign, the Israeli occupation forces raided several homes and kidnaped four young men from the families of Abu Shamla and Abu Baker.
Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh asserted, on Monday, that his cabinet has recently sought some prospects for solutions to the standoff of Palestinian prisoners’ monthly allowances, created by a recent Israeli decision.
During a weekly cabinet session, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Dr. Shtayyeh said that Israel has been launching what he described as a ‘terrifying campaign against Palestinian banks’, by having deducted around 200 million US Dollars from the tax revenues, due for the Palestinian Authority (PA).
He pointed out that Palestinian banks and some other financial institutions are considered to be the backbone of the national Palestinian economy and that any form of Israeli blackmail to those institutions is totally rejected.
“Currently, we are seeking some solutions or ways out of current Israeli blackmail, where Israel has warned Palestinian banks against delivering monthly allowances to families of Palestinian prisoners, in both Gaza and the West Bank.”
He maintained that his cabinet has begun consultations and discussions with representatives of the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners.
Recently, Israeli government has warned Palestinian banks against handing over monthly allowances, deposited by the Palestinian Authority, to families of Palestinian prisoners and those killed or injured by Israeli troops, over the past several decades.
Two years ago, Israel began withholding tax money, collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, under the pretext that parts of those funds support families of those whom Israel term as ‘terrorists’, in reference to Palestinian prisoners.
Noteworthy, Israel, as the occupying power, across Gaza and the West Bank, controls the delivery of many services to the Palestinian population, including electricity, water, imports and exports, as well as banking.
The PA, including Palestinian cabinet, is a part of an autonomous rule for Palestinians, created by the Declaration of Principles, known as the Oslo Peace Accords, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), back in 1993.
During a weekly cabinet session, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Dr. Shtayyeh said that Israel has been launching what he described as a ‘terrifying campaign against Palestinian banks’, by having deducted around 200 million US Dollars from the tax revenues, due for the Palestinian Authority (PA).
He pointed out that Palestinian banks and some other financial institutions are considered to be the backbone of the national Palestinian economy and that any form of Israeli blackmail to those institutions is totally rejected.
“Currently, we are seeking some solutions or ways out of current Israeli blackmail, where Israel has warned Palestinian banks against delivering monthly allowances to families of Palestinian prisoners, in both Gaza and the West Bank.”
He maintained that his cabinet has begun consultations and discussions with representatives of the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners.
Recently, Israeli government has warned Palestinian banks against handing over monthly allowances, deposited by the Palestinian Authority, to families of Palestinian prisoners and those killed or injured by Israeli troops, over the past several decades.
Two years ago, Israel began withholding tax money, collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, under the pretext that parts of those funds support families of those whom Israel term as ‘terrorists’, in reference to Palestinian prisoners.
Noteworthy, Israel, as the occupying power, across Gaza and the West Bank, controls the delivery of many services to the Palestinian population, including electricity, water, imports and exports, as well as banking.
The PA, including Palestinian cabinet, is a part of an autonomous rule for Palestinians, created by the Declaration of Principles, known as the Oslo Peace Accords, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), back in 1993.
