23 nov 2014
A Palestinian teenager was reported to have been seriously injured, while two others were abducted by Israeli forces near the Kerem Shalom crossing, in the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that a 17-year-old Palestinian identified by his initials A.K., was shot by Israeli forces near the crossing and taken to Abu Yusef Najjar hospital in a serious condition.
Witnesses said forces opened fire on three Palestinians who approached the border, injuring one, before the other two were detained.
Earlier Sunday, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that a 17-year-old Palestinian identified by his initials A.K., was shot by Israeli forces near the crossing and taken to Abu Yusef Najjar hospital in a serious condition.
Witnesses said forces opened fire on three Palestinians who approached the border, injuring one, before the other two were detained.
Earlier Sunday, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip.
Yesterday evening Israeli forces beat and detained young Palestinians on Tel Rumeida hill in al-Khalil (Hebron).
A twenty-two-year-old man was taken from the scene by an ambulance. Four others between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four were handcuffed and detained in a military compound, where they were held for about half an hour and questioned by police.
When ISM activists arrived, Israeli soldiers were already swarming the scene, surrounding the injured man and taking the four detained Palestinians into the closed compound. At least thirty heavily armed soldiers stood guarding the compound and occupying the street.
Soldiers’ stories were contradictory, some said the youths had thrown a Molotov cocktail, others claimed they had been throwing stones. Though they purported to have evidence, the Israeli forces could produce none.
The father of one of the young men the soldiers had detained attempted to see his son, but was denied by the soldiers. A Palestinian contact at the scene explained that the man’s other son, the brother of the man arrested, had been shot in the head at age eighteen by Israeli soldiers and suffered brain damage as a result. The father hurled vitriol at the soldiers standing around the compound, cursing them and the Israeli occupation vividly in Arabic. “You shot my other son, now you want to kill him [the son who was detained]!”
The youth’s mother arrived later, accompanied by her son, the same brother who had been shot in the same neighborhood three years earlier. They were both also denied entry into the military compound where the four Palestinians were held.
Observers from ISM and a local Palestinian organization watched from a nearby roof, as the Palestinians stood handcuffed among soldiers and police. Though no more violence occurred in the compound, later in the night a few Palestinian youths ran out from a nearby side street and one threw a Molotov cocktail toward the parked military vehicles, causing no injuries or damage. Over eighteen Israeli soldiers ran up the road in a fruitless attempt to pursue the boys.
Further up the street, soldiers attempted to set up a roadblock using Palestinian cars. They ordered the drivers to park across the road, taking their keys and placing them on top of the vehicles. Israeli forces made no attempt, however, to enforce their order; the Palestinian drivers took an opportunity to drive away once the soldiers moved back down the road.
An ISM activist present stated, “I’ve never seen soldiers do something like this before, and it was clear the men in the cars were very confused and frightened. The soldiers then moved down another road, and detained a young man and stopped several cars. They were very hostile; pointing their guns aggressively at everyone, there seemed to be little point to their behaviour beyond intimidation and harassment.”
It was only one incident in a night of strange occurrences, among weeks of tension, violence and frustration for the people of Tel Rumeida. Palestinians at the scene spoke of incidents on other nights, in other places, at other times, as occupation soldiers indiscriminately harassed the local population.
All five of the young Palestinians were from the neighbourhood, and the four arrested were driven away as their neighbours and families looked on. The complete lack of evidence did, however, apparently sway the police; a local Palestinian source reported that all the Palestinians who had been detained were released at a nearby checkpoint.
A twenty-two-year-old man was taken from the scene by an ambulance. Four others between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four were handcuffed and detained in a military compound, where they were held for about half an hour and questioned by police.
When ISM activists arrived, Israeli soldiers were already swarming the scene, surrounding the injured man and taking the four detained Palestinians into the closed compound. At least thirty heavily armed soldiers stood guarding the compound and occupying the street.
Soldiers’ stories were contradictory, some said the youths had thrown a Molotov cocktail, others claimed they had been throwing stones. Though they purported to have evidence, the Israeli forces could produce none.
The father of one of the young men the soldiers had detained attempted to see his son, but was denied by the soldiers. A Palestinian contact at the scene explained that the man’s other son, the brother of the man arrested, had been shot in the head at age eighteen by Israeli soldiers and suffered brain damage as a result. The father hurled vitriol at the soldiers standing around the compound, cursing them and the Israeli occupation vividly in Arabic. “You shot my other son, now you want to kill him [the son who was detained]!”
The youth’s mother arrived later, accompanied by her son, the same brother who had been shot in the same neighborhood three years earlier. They were both also denied entry into the military compound where the four Palestinians were held.
Observers from ISM and a local Palestinian organization watched from a nearby roof, as the Palestinians stood handcuffed among soldiers and police. Though no more violence occurred in the compound, later in the night a few Palestinian youths ran out from a nearby side street and one threw a Molotov cocktail toward the parked military vehicles, causing no injuries or damage. Over eighteen Israeli soldiers ran up the road in a fruitless attempt to pursue the boys.
Further up the street, soldiers attempted to set up a roadblock using Palestinian cars. They ordered the drivers to park across the road, taking their keys and placing them on top of the vehicles. Israeli forces made no attempt, however, to enforce their order; the Palestinian drivers took an opportunity to drive away once the soldiers moved back down the road.
An ISM activist present stated, “I’ve never seen soldiers do something like this before, and it was clear the men in the cars were very confused and frightened. The soldiers then moved down another road, and detained a young man and stopped several cars. They were very hostile; pointing their guns aggressively at everyone, there seemed to be little point to their behaviour beyond intimidation and harassment.”
It was only one incident in a night of strange occurrences, among weeks of tension, violence and frustration for the people of Tel Rumeida. Palestinians at the scene spoke of incidents on other nights, in other places, at other times, as occupation soldiers indiscriminately harassed the local population.
All five of the young Palestinians were from the neighbourhood, and the four arrested were driven away as their neighbours and families looked on. The complete lack of evidence did, however, apparently sway the police; a local Palestinian source reported that all the Palestinians who had been detained were released at a nearby checkpoint.
One abducted in Hebron, several summoned for interrogation in Bethlehem
A number of Palestinians across the occupied territories have been targeted with live fire this weekend, with random attacks by civilians becoming increasingly common, in addition to attacks by Israeli soldiers.
Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians participating in a weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, according to a report by the International Solidarity Movement.
Yesterday, at noon, between forty and fifty Palestinians, Israelis, international activists and journalists marched down from the center of Nabi Saleh towards a water spring stolen by a nearby illegal settlement.
In addition to firing rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas to quell the demonstration, soldiers also began to shoot .22 live ammunition, a weapon which has maimed and killed multiple Palestinians, even as Israel continues to claim it as a “less lethal” way of assaulting demonstrators.
Two seventeen-year-old boys were shot while throwing stones, one in the thigh and one in both the hand and foot. One Israeli soldier fired at a child under the age of twelve as the boy was running away up the hill beside the road.
Nariman Tamimi, a thirty-eight-year-old woman from the village, was shot in the thigh at close range with a .22 bullet. She was taken away for medical treatment, where she underwent surgery, and currently remains in hospital.
Full story and photos at ISM
Another Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli forces, on Friday evening, in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to Ma'an News Agency, 22-year-old Ibrahim al-Nimnim was shot in the right foot, in the vicinity of al-Shuhada graveyard, east of Jabaliya.
Ibrahim was shot after he and a group of others approached the border, setting fire to tires and throwing rocks toward the border.
He was said to be in moderate condition after being taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment.
Ma'an further reports that an Israeli settler, also on Friday evening, opened fire at a vehicle being driven by a Palestinian near the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
Spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Ayyad Awad, stated that an Israeli settler driving a white Citroen vehicle heading south towards Hebron opened fire at a taxi driven by a Palestinian as it sat on the side of the road.
The settler's fire reportedly hit the body of the car, upon which the passengers in the car ran to a nearby gas station as the settler sped away. No injuries were reported.
Awad added that a group of Israeli soldiers were standing a few meters away from the incident but did not react or try to stop the perpetrator.
Two physical assaults on young Palestinians, ages 22 and 20 respectively, by Israeli settlers were also reported: one which occurred near occupied Jerusalem's Old City, at the Damascus Gate, and another in Wadi al-Maleh, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Two of the settlers were detained, along with a companion of the first victim, but the settlers claimed that the Palestinians had launched the attack.
In the Jordan Valley incident, forces were reported to have simply arrested the victim.
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Israeli forces, on Saturday, abducted one Palestinian in Hebron, in addition to summoning six others from Bethlehem to appear for interrogation, according to security sources.
WAFA reports that forces stationed near the Gush Etzion illegal settlement bloc arrested ‘Ali al-Badawi, a resident of al-Aroub refugee camp. He was taken to an unknown destination.
Several Hebron neighborhoods were reported to have been raided, Saturday, as forces set up roadblocks at the entrances of Halhul and Sa‘ir areas, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles along the roads and examining ID cards.
Israeli forces raided Jabal al-Mawaleh neighborhood, in Bethlehem, as well, where they served ‘Adel Jawarish, 50, and ‘Ali Salahat, 32, with notices to appear before the Israeli intelligence.
They also raided ‘Aida and al-Dheisheh refugee camps, where Khaled Qaraqe‘, 54, ‘Abdalla Saqer, 45, Muhammad Badawneh, 25, and Muhammad al-Ja‘fari, 41, were served with similar notices to appear before intelligence.
A number of Palestinians across the occupied territories have been targeted with live fire this weekend, with random attacks by civilians becoming increasingly common, in addition to attacks by Israeli soldiers.
Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians participating in a weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, according to a report by the International Solidarity Movement.
Yesterday, at noon, between forty and fifty Palestinians, Israelis, international activists and journalists marched down from the center of Nabi Saleh towards a water spring stolen by a nearby illegal settlement.
In addition to firing rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas to quell the demonstration, soldiers also began to shoot .22 live ammunition, a weapon which has maimed and killed multiple Palestinians, even as Israel continues to claim it as a “less lethal” way of assaulting demonstrators.
Two seventeen-year-old boys were shot while throwing stones, one in the thigh and one in both the hand and foot. One Israeli soldier fired at a child under the age of twelve as the boy was running away up the hill beside the road.
Nariman Tamimi, a thirty-eight-year-old woman from the village, was shot in the thigh at close range with a .22 bullet. She was taken away for medical treatment, where she underwent surgery, and currently remains in hospital.
Full story and photos at ISM
Another Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli forces, on Friday evening, in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to Ma'an News Agency, 22-year-old Ibrahim al-Nimnim was shot in the right foot, in the vicinity of al-Shuhada graveyard, east of Jabaliya.
Ibrahim was shot after he and a group of others approached the border, setting fire to tires and throwing rocks toward the border.
He was said to be in moderate condition after being taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment.
Ma'an further reports that an Israeli settler, also on Friday evening, opened fire at a vehicle being driven by a Palestinian near the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
Spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Ayyad Awad, stated that an Israeli settler driving a white Citroen vehicle heading south towards Hebron opened fire at a taxi driven by a Palestinian as it sat on the side of the road.
The settler's fire reportedly hit the body of the car, upon which the passengers in the car ran to a nearby gas station as the settler sped away. No injuries were reported.
Awad added that a group of Israeli soldiers were standing a few meters away from the incident but did not react or try to stop the perpetrator.
Two physical assaults on young Palestinians, ages 22 and 20 respectively, by Israeli settlers were also reported: one which occurred near occupied Jerusalem's Old City, at the Damascus Gate, and another in Wadi al-Maleh, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Two of the settlers were detained, along with a companion of the first victim, but the settlers claimed that the Palestinians had launched the attack.
In the Jordan Valley incident, forces were reported to have simply arrested the victim.
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Israeli forces, on Saturday, abducted one Palestinian in Hebron, in addition to summoning six others from Bethlehem to appear for interrogation, according to security sources.
WAFA reports that forces stationed near the Gush Etzion illegal settlement bloc arrested ‘Ali al-Badawi, a resident of al-Aroub refugee camp. He was taken to an unknown destination.
Several Hebron neighborhoods were reported to have been raided, Saturday, as forces set up roadblocks at the entrances of Halhul and Sa‘ir areas, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles along the roads and examining ID cards.
Israeli forces raided Jabal al-Mawaleh neighborhood, in Bethlehem, as well, where they served ‘Adel Jawarish, 50, and ‘Ali Salahat, 32, with notices to appear before the Israeli intelligence.
They also raided ‘Aida and al-Dheisheh refugee camps, where Khaled Qaraqe‘, 54, ‘Abdalla Saqer, 45, Muhammad Badawneh, 25, and Muhammad al-Ja‘fari, 41, were served with similar notices to appear before intelligence.
A round of assaults, carried out Saturday evening by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settler gangs across the West Bank, culminated in injuries and arrests among a number of Palestinian civilians.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources in the West Bank city of al-Khalil as reporting that two Palestinian youths sustained critical wounds and were rushed to a hospital after they were attacked by the invading IOF troops.
One of the casualties, identified as youngster Abdul Moez Majdi al-Khatib, was heavily beaten up by the IOF soldiers, in the presence of his family and neighbors, near an Israeli military watchtower.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF summoned military reinforcement moments before they chained up the youngster and dragged him to a nearby military site.
The IOF nabbed Palestinian youth Ibrahim Abu Shkheidem and detained five more others for long whiles.
A flood of abrupt combing operations and random vehicle inspections was launched by the IOF troops deployed around Wad al-Hirya area, leading to a state of panic among women and children.
In a related development, three Israeli extremist settlers heavily assaulted the 20-year-old Palestinian shepherd Helal Adel Daraghma in Wadi al-Maleh, in the northern Jordan Valley.
A PIC correspondent quoted local sources in the West Bank city of al-Khalil as reporting that two Palestinian youths sustained critical wounds and were rushed to a hospital after they were attacked by the invading IOF troops.
One of the casualties, identified as youngster Abdul Moez Majdi al-Khatib, was heavily beaten up by the IOF soldiers, in the presence of his family and neighbors, near an Israeli military watchtower.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF summoned military reinforcement moments before they chained up the youngster and dragged him to a nearby military site.
The IOF nabbed Palestinian youth Ibrahim Abu Shkheidem and detained five more others for long whiles.
A flood of abrupt combing operations and random vehicle inspections was launched by the IOF troops deployed around Wad al-Hirya area, leading to a state of panic among women and children.
In a related development, three Israeli extremist settlers heavily assaulted the 20-year-old Palestinian shepherd Helal Adel Daraghma in Wadi al-Maleh, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Palestinian prisoner Nahar Saadi, 33, declared a hunger strike Saturday in protest at being locked up in solitary confinement at an Israeli jail.
Saadi, on whom the Israeli prison service (IPS) slapped visit-bans, told his family that he decided to go on a hunger-strike after all appeals to the IPS to end his solitary lock-down have reached a deadlock.
The detainee’s family called for immediately launching a solidarity campaign with their son and work seriously on ending his isolation before it is too late.
Prisoner Saadi, currently serving four back-to-back life sentences and 20 years in jail, has been diagnosed with chronic gastrointestinal diseases among other critical health disorders.
Saadi, on whom the Israeli prison service (IPS) slapped visit-bans, told his family that he decided to go on a hunger-strike after all appeals to the IPS to end his solitary lock-down have reached a deadlock.
The detainee’s family called for immediately launching a solidarity campaign with their son and work seriously on ending his isolation before it is too late.
Prisoner Saadi, currently serving four back-to-back life sentences and 20 years in jail, has been diagnosed with chronic gastrointestinal diseases among other critical health disorders.
22 nov 2014
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested since the early morning hours Saturday two Palestinian citizens in al-Khalil, and summoned six others in Bethlehem.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested a young man in Aroub refugee camp to the north of al-Khalil and took him handcuffed to an unknown detention center.
Also in al-Khalil, Israeli forces violently raided different neighborhoods in the city and broke into several homes. A young man was detained during the raid.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed at dawn today different areas in the city and summoned six people for investigation.
An ex-detainee and a former political detainee in PA jails were among the summoned people.
On the other hand, a Palestinian worker identified as Shaher Yamin said that a group of settlers tried Friday to kidnap him while on his way to his workplace.
Yamin told a PIC reporter that three settlers suddenly appeared while he was in his car heading to his workplace and tried to assault and kidnap him east of Qalqilia.
Fortunately, the Palestinian worker managed to escape and to flee the scene.
Jewish settlers’ attacks against Palestinians and their properties have unprecedentedly escalated recently, especially after the Israeli government allowed arming its settlers in the West Bank, giving a green light for more crimes and violations.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested a young man in Aroub refugee camp to the north of al-Khalil and took him handcuffed to an unknown detention center.
Also in al-Khalil, Israeli forces violently raided different neighborhoods in the city and broke into several homes. A young man was detained during the raid.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed at dawn today different areas in the city and summoned six people for investigation.
An ex-detainee and a former political detainee in PA jails were among the summoned people.
On the other hand, a Palestinian worker identified as Shaher Yamin said that a group of settlers tried Friday to kidnap him while on his way to his workplace.
Yamin told a PIC reporter that three settlers suddenly appeared while he was in his car heading to his workplace and tried to assault and kidnap him east of Qalqilia.
Fortunately, the Palestinian worker managed to escape and to flee the scene.
Jewish settlers’ attacks against Palestinians and their properties have unprecedentedly escalated recently, especially after the Israeli government allowed arming its settlers in the West Bank, giving a green light for more crimes and violations.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used live ammo against Palestinian young men staging protest to the north of Gaza Strip on Friday night wounding one of them.
Eyewitnesses said that 22-year-old Ibrahim al-Nimnim was hit with a bullet in his right foot in the vicinity of the Martyrs Cemetery east of Jabaliya, north of Gaza.
Dozens of young men burnt tires and marched to the Gaza border fence and tried to throw stones at the IOF soldiers who opened fire at them, the eyewitnesses added.
They said that the young man was hospitalized in moderate condition.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained two young men after crossing the southern areas of the Gaza border fence on Friday night.
Walla Hebrew website said that the two youths were unarmed and were taken for investigation.
The Israeli army has arrested 15 Palestinians since the start of October 2014 after infiltrating into 1948 occupied lands searching for jobs in light of the worsening economic conditions in the besieged Strip.
Eyewitnesses said that 22-year-old Ibrahim al-Nimnim was hit with a bullet in his right foot in the vicinity of the Martyrs Cemetery east of Jabaliya, north of Gaza.
Dozens of young men burnt tires and marched to the Gaza border fence and tried to throw stones at the IOF soldiers who opened fire at them, the eyewitnesses added.
They said that the young man was hospitalized in moderate condition.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained two young men after crossing the southern areas of the Gaza border fence on Friday night.
Walla Hebrew website said that the two youths were unarmed and were taken for investigation.
The Israeli army has arrested 15 Palestinians since the start of October 2014 after infiltrating into 1948 occupied lands searching for jobs in light of the worsening economic conditions in the besieged Strip.
21 nov 2014
The Israeli security forces arrested a few months ago three Palestinians from the occupied West Bank on charges of planning to assassinate Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman in response to the war on Gaza, the Jerusalem Post newspaper said Thursday.
The Palestinians were charged with planning to buy a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to blow up the motorcade of foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman.
The three men, Ibrahim el-Zir, Ziad el-Zir and Anans Bek, all from Harmala in the West Bank, allegedly decided to assassinate the foreign minister in mid-August to try to stop Operation Protective Edge, according to the newspaper.
The cell was arrested in mid-August, against the background of Ibrahim el-Zir allegedly trying to purchase the RPG and gather information on Lieberman's travel time.
The three men were charged with conspiracy to commit murder as opposed to attempted murder, since they were arrested before they could get closer to the execution of the plan.
Lieberman Assasination Attempt Suspects Charged
Israel's Shin Bet security service revealed, Thursday, that security forces had apprehended a Hamas-affiliated group in the West Bank who planned to assassinate far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
According to AFP, the service said that three suspects in custody "collected advance intelligence on the minister's convoy," on its journeys to and from his home in the West Bank settlement of Nokdim and sought to procure an RPG launcher with which to target his vehicle.
Shin Bet additionally stated that Ibrahim el-Zir, Ziad el-Zir and Adnas Tzabih, all from the West Bank village of Harmala, near the illegal settlement, were arrested in operations by the agency, the army and the police.
The statement did not specify when the arrests happened, but claimed that during the recent Israeli military assault on Gaza Ibrahim el-Zir "began to formulate a plan to carry out an attack on the motorcade of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, with the intention that the attack would send a message to Israel and bring a stop to the war in Gaza."
It said that "in recent days" the suspects were charged in a West Bank Israeli military court with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to traffic in weapons.
Born in Moldova, Lieberman is one of the only foreign ministers in the world who does not live in territory officially recognized as his own country, AFP reports.
Originally under suspicion over charges of money-laundering and bribery, Lieberman was formally indicted in December of 2012, on lesser charges of fraud and breach of trust.
The Palestinians were charged with planning to buy a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to blow up the motorcade of foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman.
The three men, Ibrahim el-Zir, Ziad el-Zir and Anans Bek, all from Harmala in the West Bank, allegedly decided to assassinate the foreign minister in mid-August to try to stop Operation Protective Edge, according to the newspaper.
The cell was arrested in mid-August, against the background of Ibrahim el-Zir allegedly trying to purchase the RPG and gather information on Lieberman's travel time.
The three men were charged with conspiracy to commit murder as opposed to attempted murder, since they were arrested before they could get closer to the execution of the plan.
Lieberman Assasination Attempt Suspects Charged
Israel's Shin Bet security service revealed, Thursday, that security forces had apprehended a Hamas-affiliated group in the West Bank who planned to assassinate far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
According to AFP, the service said that three suspects in custody "collected advance intelligence on the minister's convoy," on its journeys to and from his home in the West Bank settlement of Nokdim and sought to procure an RPG launcher with which to target his vehicle.
Shin Bet additionally stated that Ibrahim el-Zir, Ziad el-Zir and Adnas Tzabih, all from the West Bank village of Harmala, near the illegal settlement, were arrested in operations by the agency, the army and the police.
The statement did not specify when the arrests happened, but claimed that during the recent Israeli military assault on Gaza Ibrahim el-Zir "began to formulate a plan to carry out an attack on the motorcade of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, with the intention that the attack would send a message to Israel and bring a stop to the war in Gaza."
It said that "in recent days" the suspects were charged in a West Bank Israeli military court with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to traffic in weapons.
Born in Moldova, Lieberman is one of the only foreign ministers in the world who does not live in territory officially recognized as his own country, AFP reports.
Originally under suspicion over charges of money-laundering and bribery, Lieberman was formally indicted in December of 2012, on lesser charges of fraud and breach of trust.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday stormed Beit Furik town in the West Bank city of Nablus and rummaged through a Palestinian home.
A PIC reporter quoted activist Jamal Hanani as saying that the Israeli occupation troops raided the family home of Palestinian citizen Sameh al-Seifi and ransacked it.
The invading IOF troops also cordoned off other Palestinian homes in the area, leading to a state of panic among children and women.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian minors from the town of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, sustained wounds during renewed clashes with the IOF.
Sources from the municipal council in the town said the wounded youths, identified as 16-year-old Mohamad Imran and 17-year-old Ahmad Awda, were rushed to Rafidia hospital to receive urgent treatment.
In another incident, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian brothers called Abdullah and Mohamed Redwan after raiding their homes in Azzun town, east of Qalqiliya.
A PIC reporter quoted activist Jamal Hanani as saying that the Israeli occupation troops raided the family home of Palestinian citizen Sameh al-Seifi and ransacked it.
The invading IOF troops also cordoned off other Palestinian homes in the area, leading to a state of panic among children and women.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian minors from the town of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, sustained wounds during renewed clashes with the IOF.
Sources from the municipal council in the town said the wounded youths, identified as 16-year-old Mohamad Imran and 17-year-old Ahmad Awda, were rushed to Rafidia hospital to receive urgent treatment.
In another incident, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian brothers called Abdullah and Mohamed Redwan after raiding their homes in Azzun town, east of Qalqiliya.
At least 600 Palestinian children were arrested in Jerusalem since last June. Of these chlidren, nearly 40% were reportedly exposed to sexual abuse during arrest or investigation by the Israeli authorities, according to a report by the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC).
The PCC says that the daily arrest campaigns constitute a collective punishment against Palestinian residents of Jerusalem.
Attorney with the PCC, Mufeed al-Haj, said that other violations were reported during the apprehension of children, including but not limited to night and predawn raids on family homes, physical and sexual abuse.
According to WAFA, Al-Haj added that, under the applicable laws, minors undergoing investigation should be accompanied by their parents, yet Israeli authorities pay no respect to these laws in many cases.
Forces often ignore laws and arrest Palestinians without even having warrants.
Since last June, Israel has arrested hundreds of Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, most during predawn and night raids on their family houses.
The PCC says that the daily arrest campaigns constitute a collective punishment against Palestinian residents of Jerusalem.
Attorney with the PCC, Mufeed al-Haj, said that other violations were reported during the apprehension of children, including but not limited to night and predawn raids on family homes, physical and sexual abuse.
According to WAFA, Al-Haj added that, under the applicable laws, minors undergoing investigation should be accompanied by their parents, yet Israeli authorities pay no respect to these laws in many cases.
Forces often ignore laws and arrest Palestinians without even having warrants.
Since last June, Israel has arrested hundreds of Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, most during predawn and night raids on their family houses.
Israeli police issued a summons order, Thursday, to a Palestinian pathologist who attended the autopsy of a bus driver found dead earlier this week.
Dr. Saber al-Aloul received an order to report to the Russian Compound detention center for questioning at 10 a.m. on Sunday, he told Ma'an News Agency.
The pathologist said that the order was illegal, and that only a court or general prosecutor could issue this type of demand for a court session, and not a closed interrogation.
Al-Aloul attended the autopsy of Yousuf Hasan al-Ramouni, 32, who was found hanged inside his bus at the Har Hotzvim terminal near Jerusalem.
See: 11/18/14 Palestinian Bus Driver Was Murdered, Forensic Expert Says for background info.
Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Yoav Mordechai, said on Tuesday that an autopsy report on the death proves it was a suicide and that there was "no suspicion of criminal activity."
The victim's brother, Osama al-Ramouni, said the family did not accept a verdict of suicide, saying his body "had bruises on it," suggesting he had been "tortured" before his death.
"My brother had children and was a happy man. It is impossible that he killed himself," he told AFP.
Dr. Saber al-Aloul received an order to report to the Russian Compound detention center for questioning at 10 a.m. on Sunday, he told Ma'an News Agency.
The pathologist said that the order was illegal, and that only a court or general prosecutor could issue this type of demand for a court session, and not a closed interrogation.
Al-Aloul attended the autopsy of Yousuf Hasan al-Ramouni, 32, who was found hanged inside his bus at the Har Hotzvim terminal near Jerusalem.
See: 11/18/14 Palestinian Bus Driver Was Murdered, Forensic Expert Says for background info.
Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Yoav Mordechai, said on Tuesday that an autopsy report on the death proves it was a suicide and that there was "no suspicion of criminal activity."
The victim's brother, Osama al-Ramouni, said the family did not accept a verdict of suicide, saying his body "had bruises on it," suggesting he had been "tortured" before his death.
"My brother had children and was a happy man. It is impossible that he killed himself," he told AFP.
