25 may 2020
The Israeli occupation police on Monday evening stormed Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem and kidnaped two young brothers from their home following an alleged stabbing attempt in the area.
According to local sources, a large number of police forces stormed the neighborhood and kidnaped two brothers identified as Riyadh and Akram Basheer.
Earlier, police officers opened fire at a young man from the same neighborhood and seriously injured him, claiming he tried to carry out a stabbing attack.
Palestinian lawyer Mohamed Mahmoud identified the young man as Ridwan Basheer.
Eyewitnesses belied the Israeli claim that the young man tried to stab police officers and affirmed that police officers shot him at a checkpoint near the neighborhood following an altercation with him.
According to local sources, a large number of police forces stormed the neighborhood and kidnaped two brothers identified as Riyadh and Akram Basheer.
Earlier, police officers opened fire at a young man from the same neighborhood and seriously injured him, claiming he tried to carry out a stabbing attack.
Palestinian lawyer Mohamed Mahmoud identified the young man as Ridwan Basheer.
Eyewitnesses belied the Israeli claim that the young man tried to stab police officers and affirmed that police officers shot him at a checkpoint near the neighborhood following an altercation with him.
24 may 2020
On the first day of Eid al-Fitr, three Palestinian citizens were reportedly kidnaped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank.
According to director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Sheikh Hefdhi Abu Sneineh, the IOF kidnaped a young man called Mohamed al-Ja’bari at the entrance to the Ibrahimi Mosque after brutally beating him.
The IOF also kidnaped another young man identified as Shadi Sidr during his presence in the area of Ein Askar in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, the IOF at the Container checkpoint in the northeast of Bethlehem kidnaped on the same day a young man identified as Uqbah Mousa after detaining him and his car for long hours.
According to director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Sheikh Hefdhi Abu Sneineh, the IOF kidnaped a young man called Mohamed al-Ja’bari at the entrance to the Ibrahimi Mosque after brutally beating him.
The IOF also kidnaped another young man identified as Shadi Sidr during his presence in the area of Ein Askar in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, the IOF at the Container checkpoint in the northeast of Bethlehem kidnaped on the same day a young man identified as Uqbah Mousa after detaining him and his car for long hours.
22 may 2020
Israeli forces Friday overnight detained a Palestinian mother and her teen daughter from Yaabad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
WAFA correspondent said that over 15 Israeli military vehicles raided Yaabad, where soldiers surrounded a local house, dragged a 45-year-old Palestinian mother of eight children along with her 16-year-old daughter out, and ultimately detained them, leading them to the jeeps that were parked near the home.
He pointed out that the mother was detained for the fourth consecutive time and her daughter for the second consecutive time. The father, 48, was detained on May 12, and has been held at al-the Israeli Prison of Jalama for interrogation. video
During the raid, gun-toting soldiers ransacked a number of civilian houses, going inside, turning them upside down and assaulting families members.
The raid triggered confrontations during which soldiers opened fire towards local protesting teens. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations for eleven days since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during the predawn raid on May 12.
Some 44 Palestinians were detained from the town, including women and children.
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.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
WAFA correspondent said that over 15 Israeli military vehicles raided Yaabad, where soldiers surrounded a local house, dragged a 45-year-old Palestinian mother of eight children along with her 16-year-old daughter out, and ultimately detained them, leading them to the jeeps that were parked near the home.
He pointed out that the mother was detained for the fourth consecutive time and her daughter for the second consecutive time. The father, 48, was detained on May 12, and has been held at al-the Israeli Prison of Jalama for interrogation. video
During the raid, gun-toting soldiers ransacked a number of civilian houses, going inside, turning them upside down and assaulting families members.
The raid triggered confrontations during which soldiers opened fire towards local protesting teens. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations for eleven days since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during the predawn raid on May 12.
Some 44 Palestinians were detained from the town, including women and children.
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.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 5,700 Palestinians -- including numerous women and children -- are currently languishing in Israeli detention facilities.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
21 may 2020
Israeli forces detained early today 27 Palestinians and injured others in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
In Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians, including three teens, after storming their families’ homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Soldiers detained three others in separate raids in Dura and Beit Kahel towns, southwest and north of Hebron, respectively.
In Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces re-arrested a former prisoner after storming his parents’ house in Bethlehem city, and another person in al-Shwawreh village, east of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah district, PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained five undergraduate students enrolled in Birzeit University from several Ramallah-district towns and villages.
It elaborated that Israeli forces raided Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians, an undergraduate student and 62-year-old man. The elderly man was released several hours later.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli troops opened fire towards local youths injuring one with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the neck.
Soldiers also conducted similar raids in Silwad town and the villages of Saffa and Sinjil, resulting in the detention of three other undergraduate students. video
A similar predawn military raid was conducted in Kharbatha Bani Hareth village, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jenin district, Israeli military raided Yabad town, south of Jenin city, where soldiers detained four Palestinians, including a former prisoner and his son and a minor.
The raid triggered confrontations, during which soldiers opened fire towards local teens who attempted to block their passage. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during a predawn raid on May 12.
Another Palestinian, identified as a resident of Anza village, south of Jenin, was detained after he was stopped at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, southwest of Nablus city.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, soldiers re-arrested six former prisoners after ransacking their houses in Qalqilia city. One Palestinian was injured by Israeli military gunfire during ensuing confrontations. video
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a Palestinian from al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Former Prisoners, Minors among the 28 Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces
Twenty eight Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli troops during large scale arrest campaigns, overnight Wednesday, while two Palestinians were reportedly shot and wounded by the Israeli army in Qalqilia, and the town of Beit Rima during those campaigns.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that occupation forces arrested six former prisoners in Qalqilia, northern West Bank;
1. Muhammad Talal Shraim, 32
2. Abdel-Rahman Mazen Khaddraj, 28
3. Abdel-Haq Mazen Khaddraj, 28
4. Zaki Abdel-Fattah Dawood, 55
5. Jamal Othman Dawood, 58
6. Hosni Sharif Al-Nis, 35
PPS added that five students from Birzeit University were arrested from the Ramallah and Al-Bireh district;
7. Malik Hamed, 22, from Silwad
8. Basil Al-Barghouthi, 21 from Beit Rima town
9. Ezzat Shabana from Singel town
10. Shadi Abdel-Raouf Anjas, from the town of Kharbatha Bani Hareth
11. Muhannad Karajeh, 23, from the town of Safa
12. Adel Al-Barghouthi, 62, was detained for a number of hours and then released
Two Palestinian civilians from Bethlehem were taken into custody;
13. Ibrahim Hani Suman
14. Hamdan Shawawra
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the occupation army arrested;
15. Muayyad al-Wahwah, from the town of Dura
16. Haitham Abdullah Asafra
17. Osama Asafra, (brother of Haitham), both from the town of Beit Kahil
18. Uday Iyad Bassam Zaqeq, 21
19. Majd Zuhair Muqbel, 17
20. Qusai Samar Muhanna, 17
21. Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Maria, 24
22. Rakan Abu Maria, (brother of Muhammad), both from the town of Beit Ummar
Occupation forces, once again stormed the town of Ya`bad in the northern West Bank and arrested four Palestinian civilians;
23. Imad Mahmoud Abadi, a former prisoner
24. Omar Abadi, a child (son of Imad)
25. Sha`lan Kiwan Abu Bakr
26. Yazid Abdel Rahim Abu Abed, 16
Ya’bad residents reportedly attempted to stop the army invasion, to which soldiers responded by opening fire towards local teens, no injuries were reported.
Earlier Wednesday evening, forces arrested;
27. Iyad Muhammad Sadaqah, 20 from Anza village, at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, Nablus district, northern West Bank
and additionally;
28. Nassim Obaid, from al-‘Isawiya town in Jerusalem.
In Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians, including three teens, after storming their families’ homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Soldiers detained three others in separate raids in Dura and Beit Kahel towns, southwest and north of Hebron, respectively.
In Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces re-arrested a former prisoner after storming his parents’ house in Bethlehem city, and another person in al-Shwawreh village, east of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah district, PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained five undergraduate students enrolled in Birzeit University from several Ramallah-district towns and villages.
It elaborated that Israeli forces raided Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians, an undergraduate student and 62-year-old man. The elderly man was released several hours later.
During ensuing confrontations, Israeli troops opened fire towards local youths injuring one with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the neck.
Soldiers also conducted similar raids in Silwad town and the villages of Saffa and Sinjil, resulting in the detention of three other undergraduate students. video
A similar predawn military raid was conducted in Kharbatha Bani Hareth village, west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Jenin district, Israeli military raided Yabad town, south of Jenin city, where soldiers detained four Palestinians, including a former prisoner and his son and a minor.
The raid triggered confrontations, during which soldiers opened fire towards local teens who attempted to block their passage. No injuries were reported though.
The town has been a scene of daily raids and confrontations since an Israeli soldier was killed by a rock dropped on his head during a predawn raid on May 12.
Another Palestinian, identified as a resident of Anza village, south of Jenin, was detained after he was stopped at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, southwest of Nablus city.
Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, soldiers re-arrested six former prisoners after ransacking their houses in Qalqilia city. One Palestinian was injured by Israeli military gunfire during ensuing confrontations. video
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a Palestinian from al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Former Prisoners, Minors among the 28 Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces
Twenty eight Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli troops during large scale arrest campaigns, overnight Wednesday, while two Palestinians were reportedly shot and wounded by the Israeli army in Qalqilia, and the town of Beit Rima during those campaigns.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that occupation forces arrested six former prisoners in Qalqilia, northern West Bank;
1. Muhammad Talal Shraim, 32
2. Abdel-Rahman Mazen Khaddraj, 28
3. Abdel-Haq Mazen Khaddraj, 28
4. Zaki Abdel-Fattah Dawood, 55
5. Jamal Othman Dawood, 58
6. Hosni Sharif Al-Nis, 35
PPS added that five students from Birzeit University were arrested from the Ramallah and Al-Bireh district;
7. Malik Hamed, 22, from Silwad
8. Basil Al-Barghouthi, 21 from Beit Rima town
9. Ezzat Shabana from Singel town
10. Shadi Abdel-Raouf Anjas, from the town of Kharbatha Bani Hareth
11. Muhannad Karajeh, 23, from the town of Safa
12. Adel Al-Barghouthi, 62, was detained for a number of hours and then released
Two Palestinian civilians from Bethlehem were taken into custody;
13. Ibrahim Hani Suman
14. Hamdan Shawawra
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the occupation army arrested;
15. Muayyad al-Wahwah, from the town of Dura
16. Haitham Abdullah Asafra
17. Osama Asafra, (brother of Haitham), both from the town of Beit Kahil
18. Uday Iyad Bassam Zaqeq, 21
19. Majd Zuhair Muqbel, 17
20. Qusai Samar Muhanna, 17
21. Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Maria, 24
22. Rakan Abu Maria, (brother of Muhammad), both from the town of Beit Ummar
Occupation forces, once again stormed the town of Ya`bad in the northern West Bank and arrested four Palestinian civilians;
23. Imad Mahmoud Abadi, a former prisoner
24. Omar Abadi, a child (son of Imad)
25. Sha`lan Kiwan Abu Bakr
26. Yazid Abdel Rahim Abu Abed, 16
Ya’bad residents reportedly attempted to stop the army invasion, to which soldiers responded by opening fire towards local teens, no injuries were reported.
Earlier Wednesday evening, forces arrested;
27. Iyad Muhammad Sadaqah, 20 from Anza village, at a military checkpoint near Jitt village, Nablus district, northern West Bank
and additionally;
28. Nassim Obaid, from al-‘Isawiya town in Jerusalem.
20 may 2020
Israeli Prison Service today transferred a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner to solitary confinement, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Sami Janazreh, who has been on a hunger strike for ten days against his ongoing administrative detention without charge and abusive treatment, from the Naqab prison to Ayla prison, and kept him under under solitary confinement.
Janazreh, 47, is the secretary-general of Fatah in al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, and a father of three children, aged 8, 11 and 17.
PPS pointed out that IPS adopts the policy of frequent transfers of Janazreh from one prison to another as a means to force him to end his hunger strike, and held IPS fully responsible for the fate of Janazreh.
Israel’s widely condemned practice of administrative detention that allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The US State Department has said in past reports on human rights conditions for Palestinians that administrative detainees are not given the “opportunity to refute allegations or address the evidentiary material presented against them in court.”
Amnesty International has described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a “bankrupt tactic” and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
PPS said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Sami Janazreh, who has been on a hunger strike for ten days against his ongoing administrative detention without charge and abusive treatment, from the Naqab prison to Ayla prison, and kept him under under solitary confinement.
Janazreh, 47, is the secretary-general of Fatah in al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, and a father of three children, aged 8, 11 and 17.
PPS pointed out that IPS adopts the policy of frequent transfers of Janazreh from one prison to another as a means to force him to end his hunger strike, and held IPS fully responsible for the fate of Janazreh.
Israel’s widely condemned practice of administrative detention that allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The US State Department has said in past reports on human rights conditions for Palestinians that administrative detainees are not given the “opportunity to refute allegations or address the evidentiary material presented against them in court.”
Amnesty International has described Israel’s use of administrative detention as a “bankrupt tactic” and has long called on Israel to bring its use to an end.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy, which violates international law.
