28 nov 2015
Yesterday evening, Israeli forces kidnapped two activists from local rights group, Youth Against Settlement (YAS), in Hebron. Illegal settlers, under the protection of soldiers, closed the YAS center, the Soumud house, trapping everyone inside.
According to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the IOF stormed the house in the evening around 7 pm, and arrested 16-year old Ahmad al-Azzeh, accusing him of ‘having a knife’.
Israeli soldiers also abducted Issa Amro, the YAS coordinator, under the accusation of ‘disturbing the soldiers’ and ‘hiding a terrorist in his house’. Issa Amro was detained in a bathroom for more than four hours, with his hands cuffed behind his back and blindfolded. He was interrogated for long periods of time, as stated by ISM.
Whereas Issa Amro was released after more than 5 and a half hours, Ahmad al-Azzeh’s arrest was extended for another 4 days, according to the PNN. He has been detained merely on a soldier’s accusation of ‘seeing him with a knife’. “This ridiculous allegation is clearly a means to intimidate the whole group and on the long run force them to leave the area”, ISM reported on their website.
Following these detentions, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement approached the Soumud house, protesting and demanding Israeli occupation forces to close it immediately, as stated by ISM. Groups of settlers have been outside the center the whole evening, and even brought mattresses to sleep in front of the house’s door the whole night.
Everyone there, thus, was trapped inside without a possibility to leave. The whole time, Israeli soldiers present in large numbers allowed the settlers to do as they pleased, without ever intervening. A group of about 30 settlers camped outside the Soumud house, thus laying a siege to it and forcing everyone inside to spent the night there. As of Saturday, 28th November 10:30am, settlers are still outside the center, according to ISM.
The local activist group, Youth Against Settlements, has constantly been targeted by the Israeli military for their non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation. Only a month ago, Israeli occupation forces took over the center for military use, destroying their media equipment. Settlers have repeatedly attacked the group members and wrongfully accused them of crimes.
According to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the IOF stormed the house in the evening around 7 pm, and arrested 16-year old Ahmad al-Azzeh, accusing him of ‘having a knife’.
Israeli soldiers also abducted Issa Amro, the YAS coordinator, under the accusation of ‘disturbing the soldiers’ and ‘hiding a terrorist in his house’. Issa Amro was detained in a bathroom for more than four hours, with his hands cuffed behind his back and blindfolded. He was interrogated for long periods of time, as stated by ISM.
Whereas Issa Amro was released after more than 5 and a half hours, Ahmad al-Azzeh’s arrest was extended for another 4 days, according to the PNN. He has been detained merely on a soldier’s accusation of ‘seeing him with a knife’. “This ridiculous allegation is clearly a means to intimidate the whole group and on the long run force them to leave the area”, ISM reported on their website.
Following these detentions, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement approached the Soumud house, protesting and demanding Israeli occupation forces to close it immediately, as stated by ISM. Groups of settlers have been outside the center the whole evening, and even brought mattresses to sleep in front of the house’s door the whole night.
Everyone there, thus, was trapped inside without a possibility to leave. The whole time, Israeli soldiers present in large numbers allowed the settlers to do as they pleased, without ever intervening. A group of about 30 settlers camped outside the Soumud house, thus laying a siege to it and forcing everyone inside to spent the night there. As of Saturday, 28th November 10:30am, settlers are still outside the center, according to ISM.
The local activist group, Youth Against Settlements, has constantly been targeted by the Israeli military for their non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation. Only a month ago, Israeli occupation forces took over the center for military use, destroying their media equipment. Settlers have repeatedly attacked the group members and wrongfully accused them of crimes.
A Palestinian woman was detained Saturday morning at al-Hamra military checkpoint in the central Jordan Valley after reportedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
The local activist Dirar Sawafta said that the Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian woman while trying to pass through the Israeli checkpoint along with her husband.
The woman was identified as Mariam Sawafta, 20.
Israeli sources claimed that the woman tried to stab an Israeli soldier at the checkpoint before being arrested and taken to an unknown detention center, he added.
The husband was also detained for several hours before being released. He was then summoned for investigation.
The local activist Dirar Sawafta said that the Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian woman while trying to pass through the Israeli checkpoint along with her husband.
The woman was identified as Mariam Sawafta, 20.
Israeli sources claimed that the woman tried to stab an Israeli soldier at the checkpoint before being arrested and taken to an unknown detention center, he added.
The husband was also detained for several hours before being released. He was then summoned for investigation.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday morning set up a military checkpoint in al-Hawawer area in Halhoul town, north of al-Khalil city.
Local sources said that the Israeli roadblock caused heavy traffic jams in the area, especially after the soldiers there embarked on forcing Palestinian passengers and drivers to leave buses and cars and searching everything in their possession.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is still imposing a tight blockade on Beit Ummar town, northwest of al-Khalil, and preventing Palestinian citizens from going in or out.
Beit Ummar residents manage to leave and enter the town through unpaved areas, according to local sources.
In another incident, the IOF stormed, at an early morning hour, the house of Omar al-Za'aqiq, who was killed on Saturday by Israeli soldiers after he attacked them with his car and wounded some of them near the entrance to Beit Ummar town.
They threatened to demolish the house and interrogated Omar's father, brothers and relatives before leaving the area.
Local sources said that the Israeli roadblock caused heavy traffic jams in the area, especially after the soldiers there embarked on forcing Palestinian passengers and drivers to leave buses and cars and searching everything in their possession.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is still imposing a tight blockade on Beit Ummar town, northwest of al-Khalil, and preventing Palestinian citizens from going in or out.
Beit Ummar residents manage to leave and enter the town through unpaved areas, according to local sources.
In another incident, the IOF stormed, at an early morning hour, the house of Omar al-Za'aqiq, who was killed on Saturday by Israeli soldiers after he attacked them with his car and wounded some of them near the entrance to Beit Ummar town.
They threatened to demolish the house and interrogated Omar's father, brothers and relatives before leaving the area.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies has appealed to international relief and human rights groups, especially the Red Cross, to pressure Israel to provide the Palestinian prisoners in the desert Negev jail with sufficient clothes and blankets.
With the onset of winter, the inmates of the Negev jail suffer greatly as a result of the very cold temperature in the desert, director of the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated on Friday.
Ashqar affirmed that the Negev jailers do not allow in enough blankets, clothing, and heating appliances for the prisoners, pointing out that some sections of the prison are tents and thus cannot protect against winter conditions, especially since most them are worn out.
He added that the Israeli prison service recently established two new sections of tents in the Negev jail to accommodate the growing number of Palestinian prisoners, who are arrested every day in the West Bank and Jerusalem and transferred from other prisons and detention centers.
Israeli jails in the winter… overcrowding and shortage of supplies (report)
Palestinian prisoners in different Israeli prisons live a state of extreme anxiety these days because of the large number of new prisoners at this critical time of the year; the beginning of the winter, while the Israeli prison service (IPS) attempts to extort prisoners by not providing them with enough materials to cope with the freezing winter weather.
The detainees are anxious that the coming winter will be the hardest on them with the extraordinary increase in the number of prisoners due to the subsequent arrest campaigns as a result of the current intifada (uprising). These large-scale arrests exacerbate the situation day by day.
Not enough material to share
According to the statistics of the Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS), nearly 1,200 Palestinian prisoners entered the prison recently, only to be added to the six thousand prisoners that are already crowding the Israeli occupation jails. Such a situation had led to significant increase in the number of prisoners and made the prisons suddenly overcrowded, which highlight the problem the prisoners will face in managing their needs with the advent of winter.
In light of this overcrowding of prisoners, old prisoners share the materials they have in prison with new prisoners because the IPS refuses to provide detainees with needed materials, but the large growing number of prisoners makes sharing materials not enough to meet the prisoners needs.
The Follow-up Commissions for Prisoner Affairs warn of repercussions on the prisoners' conditions as a result to the lack of winter supplies, questioning the level of infrastructure in the prisons and the failure to provide supplies to the prisoners, particularly those who are ill and those suffering from rheumatism, diseases of the bones and nerves and other diseases.
Qaddura Fares, head of Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), said that there is no indication, until the moment, that the IPS will allow the entry of clothes and blankets. He expressed his concern that "this winter will apparently be a tough season on the prisoners which means that the lives of prisoners are threatened."
International institutions
Fares charged that the IPS was deliberately not providing prisoners with their needs of clothes and blankets, in addition to not providing them with necessary material to protect them from the cold spells. Besides, it does not give the international institutions the opportunity to intervene to resolve this problem.
He stressed that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) and the Israeli government do not respect the Red Cross organization, so the organization is no longer able to provide simple needs for the Palestinian prisoners.
Prisoner Abdel Fattah Dola, representative of the prisoners in Ofer prison, said that Ofer prison has become crammed by detainees due to the large number of new detainees to whom no enough supplies are available.
He pointed out that the minors section of the prison houses 187 minor prisoners, most of them are new prisoners detained in the recent arrests without providing them with the basic supplies, as well as winter needs.
He stressed that the prisoners are demanding urgent solutions to cope with winter. He also expressed their concern that the IPS might refuse to respond to the demands for the provision of basic needs to the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
With the onset of winter, the inmates of the Negev jail suffer greatly as a result of the very cold temperature in the desert, director of the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated on Friday.
Ashqar affirmed that the Negev jailers do not allow in enough blankets, clothing, and heating appliances for the prisoners, pointing out that some sections of the prison are tents and thus cannot protect against winter conditions, especially since most them are worn out.
He added that the Israeli prison service recently established two new sections of tents in the Negev jail to accommodate the growing number of Palestinian prisoners, who are arrested every day in the West Bank and Jerusalem and transferred from other prisons and detention centers.
Israeli jails in the winter… overcrowding and shortage of supplies (report)
Palestinian prisoners in different Israeli prisons live a state of extreme anxiety these days because of the large number of new prisoners at this critical time of the year; the beginning of the winter, while the Israeli prison service (IPS) attempts to extort prisoners by not providing them with enough materials to cope with the freezing winter weather.
The detainees are anxious that the coming winter will be the hardest on them with the extraordinary increase in the number of prisoners due to the subsequent arrest campaigns as a result of the current intifada (uprising). These large-scale arrests exacerbate the situation day by day.
Not enough material to share
According to the statistics of the Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS), nearly 1,200 Palestinian prisoners entered the prison recently, only to be added to the six thousand prisoners that are already crowding the Israeli occupation jails. Such a situation had led to significant increase in the number of prisoners and made the prisons suddenly overcrowded, which highlight the problem the prisoners will face in managing their needs with the advent of winter.
In light of this overcrowding of prisoners, old prisoners share the materials they have in prison with new prisoners because the IPS refuses to provide detainees with needed materials, but the large growing number of prisoners makes sharing materials not enough to meet the prisoners needs.
The Follow-up Commissions for Prisoner Affairs warn of repercussions on the prisoners' conditions as a result to the lack of winter supplies, questioning the level of infrastructure in the prisons and the failure to provide supplies to the prisoners, particularly those who are ill and those suffering from rheumatism, diseases of the bones and nerves and other diseases.
Qaddura Fares, head of Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), said that there is no indication, until the moment, that the IPS will allow the entry of clothes and blankets. He expressed his concern that "this winter will apparently be a tough season on the prisoners which means that the lives of prisoners are threatened."
International institutions
Fares charged that the IPS was deliberately not providing prisoners with their needs of clothes and blankets, in addition to not providing them with necessary material to protect them from the cold spells. Besides, it does not give the international institutions the opportunity to intervene to resolve this problem.
He stressed that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) and the Israeli government do not respect the Red Cross organization, so the organization is no longer able to provide simple needs for the Palestinian prisoners.
Prisoner Abdel Fattah Dola, representative of the prisoners in Ofer prison, said that Ofer prison has become crammed by detainees due to the large number of new detainees to whom no enough supplies are available.
He pointed out that the minors section of the prison houses 187 minor prisoners, most of them are new prisoners detained in the recent arrests without providing them with the basic supplies, as well as winter needs.
He stressed that the prisoners are demanding urgent solutions to cope with winter. He also expressed their concern that the IPS might refuse to respond to the demands for the provision of basic needs to the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
27 nov 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two former political prisoners. The army also confiscated surveillance tapes and equipment in al-Biereh, and invaded several homes in Hebron.
Several military vehicles invaded Nablus city, and clashed with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Abu Samra, from the al-Makhfeyya neighborhood, and Sami al-‘Aasi, 16.
The two are former political prisoners who were held by Israel in a number of detention centers.
The army also invaded Kafr Ra’ey town, south of Jenin, searched homes and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Yousef Jamal Jawabra, 23.
Also on Friday at dawn, the soldiers invaded the Industrial Zone, in the central West Bank city of al-Biereh, and confiscated surveillance tapes and equipment from Wojoud Institution, and Al-Pinar Dairy Products Company.
In addition, the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched a number of homes, interrogated several Palestinians and kidnapped Fathi Abu Srour, 26 years of age.
The army claimed it located and confiscated surveillance equipment and tapes, knives and 60.000 Israeli Shekels allegedly meant “for Hamas activities in the refugee camp.”
On Thursday evening, clashes took place in the refugee camp, after the soldiers invaded its eastern entrance.
On Friday morning, dozens of soldiers invaded several homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and violently searched them causing excessive property damage.
The soldiers invaded ‘Aseeda, Khallet al-‘Ein and ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town north of Hebron, and broke into the home of resident Mahmoud al-‘Allami before violently searching and ransacking it, destroying furniture and walls, in addition to destroying family pictures.
They also invaded the home of Mohammad Kamel Abu Mariya and searched it, also causing property damage.
In addition, the army invaded the ath-Thaher area, close to the illegal Karmie Tzur illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, south of Beit Ummar, and photographed several homes and surrounding walls, in addition to closing the town, especially its main road.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Hebron city, and searched homes, in addition to sending a fax to the “One” Radio, threatening to close it “should the Radio continue the broadcast of programs and songs deemed by Israel to be “incitement,” and “ordering them to change their policies.”
Several military vehicles invaded Nablus city, and clashed with dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army, while the soldiers fired several live rounds, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers kidnapped Abdullah Abu Samra, from the al-Makhfeyya neighborhood, and Sami al-‘Aasi, 16.
The two are former political prisoners who were held by Israel in a number of detention centers.
The army also invaded Kafr Ra’ey town, south of Jenin, searched homes and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Yousef Jamal Jawabra, 23.
Also on Friday at dawn, the soldiers invaded the Industrial Zone, in the central West Bank city of al-Biereh, and confiscated surveillance tapes and equipment from Wojoud Institution, and Al-Pinar Dairy Products Company.
In addition, the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched a number of homes, interrogated several Palestinians and kidnapped Fathi Abu Srour, 26 years of age.
The army claimed it located and confiscated surveillance equipment and tapes, knives and 60.000 Israeli Shekels allegedly meant “for Hamas activities in the refugee camp.”
On Thursday evening, clashes took place in the refugee camp, after the soldiers invaded its eastern entrance.
On Friday morning, dozens of soldiers invaded several homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and violently searched them causing excessive property damage.
The soldiers invaded ‘Aseeda, Khallet al-‘Ein and ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town north of Hebron, and broke into the home of resident Mahmoud al-‘Allami before violently searching and ransacking it, destroying furniture and walls, in addition to destroying family pictures.
They also invaded the home of Mohammad Kamel Abu Mariya and searched it, also causing property damage.
In addition, the army invaded the ath-Thaher area, close to the illegal Karmie Tzur illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, south of Beit Ummar, and photographed several homes and surrounding walls, in addition to closing the town, especially its main road.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Hebron city, and searched homes, in addition to sending a fax to the “One” Radio, threatening to close it “should the Radio continue the broadcast of programs and songs deemed by Israel to be “incitement,” and “ordering them to change their policies.”
An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced the youngest Jordanian prisoner Mohammad Suleiman to 15 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 Israeli shekels, family sources affirmed.
The teenager, who was 14 years old when he was arrested in March 2013 while visiting his relatives in the West Bank, faced 27 charges, including attempted murder and injuring 18 Israeli soldiers.
"The fine represents compensation to those who were allegedly injured and has to be paid within two months of the sentence," Mahdi Suleiman, Mohammad's father, told The Jordan Times.
The prisoner's father said he met with the secretary general of the Prime Ministry on Thursday and complained about some Foreign Ministry employees who recently mistreated him when he asked them to follow up on Mohammad's case.
According to a statement from the media team supporting Jordanian prisoners in Israel, Fedaa, the 58-year-old father said the secretary general received him well and assured him that the government would follow up on Mohammad’s case.
Between March 2013 and Thursday, Mohammad, the youngest Jordanian prisoner in Israel’s jails, attended more than 60 hearing sessions, with Israeli authorities repeatedly adjourning his trial for no apparent reason.
On June 14, Mahdi started a hunger strike near the Foreign Ministry to push for help in arranging a visit to his son, and ended it five days later after the ministry succeeded in securing him a visa.
The father visited his son in Megiddo Prison in Haifa, where he spent around 45 minutes with him while separated by a glass barrier, although he was expecting a two-hour visit with direct contact, Mahdi said previously.
There are now 24 Jordanian prisoners in Israel, Fedaa pointed out.
The teenager, who was 14 years old when he was arrested in March 2013 while visiting his relatives in the West Bank, faced 27 charges, including attempted murder and injuring 18 Israeli soldiers.
"The fine represents compensation to those who were allegedly injured and has to be paid within two months of the sentence," Mahdi Suleiman, Mohammad's father, told The Jordan Times.
The prisoner's father said he met with the secretary general of the Prime Ministry on Thursday and complained about some Foreign Ministry employees who recently mistreated him when he asked them to follow up on Mohammad's case.
According to a statement from the media team supporting Jordanian prisoners in Israel, Fedaa, the 58-year-old father said the secretary general received him well and assured him that the government would follow up on Mohammad’s case.
Between March 2013 and Thursday, Mohammad, the youngest Jordanian prisoner in Israel’s jails, attended more than 60 hearing sessions, with Israeli authorities repeatedly adjourning his trial for no apparent reason.
On June 14, Mahdi started a hunger strike near the Foreign Ministry to push for help in arranging a visit to his son, and ended it five days later after the ministry succeeded in securing him a visa.
The father visited his son in Megiddo Prison in Haifa, where he spent around 45 minutes with him while separated by a glass barrier, although he was expecting a two-hour visit with direct contact, Mahdi said previously.
There are now 24 Jordanian prisoners in Israel, Fedaa pointed out.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Friday two Palestinian ex-prisoners after breaking into Nablus city north of occupied West Bank.
Local sources said that violent clashes erupted between dozens of local youths and Israeli forces who stormed the city amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
The two ex-prisoners Sami al-Assi and Abdullah Abu Samra, who spent several years behind Israeli bars, were arrested from their homes during the raid.
Local sources said that violent clashes erupted between dozens of local youths and Israeli forces who stormed the city amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
The two ex-prisoners Sami al-Assi and Abdullah Abu Samra, who spent several years behind Israeli bars, were arrested from their homes during the raid.
26 nov 2015
Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem Thursday adjourned the trial of Palestinian minor Ahmad Manasrah to January 01, 2016 for hearing of witnesses’ testimonials.
Lawyer Tarek Barghout told QPress that he presented to the court data and information proving that the charges on captive Manasrah of stabbing a settler were untrue and that he had no intention to stab anyone.
Lawyer Barghout revealed that he presented a similar case to Manasrah's in 2008 when an Israeli settler stabbed a Palestinian man in the upper parts of his body. The Israeli court then ruled the settler to serve a sentence of 12 months only on the contrary of the very high sentences it demands for minor Manasrah.
In the same context, Jerusalem activists organized a gathering in front of the court within the campaign they launched under the theme “The National Campaign for the Release of Ahmad Manasrah”. They called for the release of Manasrah along with all of the other minor captives.
The campaign coordinator Fadi Mtawwar told QPress that the campaign has many events including peaceful gatherings to impact the Palestinian and international public opinions for taking action to save Palestinian captives of children. It also aims at contacting international and Arab lawyers and human rights activists in order to support Palestinian juveniles.
Lawyer Tarek Barghout told QPress that he presented to the court data and information proving that the charges on captive Manasrah of stabbing a settler were untrue and that he had no intention to stab anyone.
Lawyer Barghout revealed that he presented a similar case to Manasrah's in 2008 when an Israeli settler stabbed a Palestinian man in the upper parts of his body. The Israeli court then ruled the settler to serve a sentence of 12 months only on the contrary of the very high sentences it demands for minor Manasrah.
In the same context, Jerusalem activists organized a gathering in front of the court within the campaign they launched under the theme “The National Campaign for the Release of Ahmad Manasrah”. They called for the release of Manasrah along with all of the other minor captives.
The campaign coordinator Fadi Mtawwar told QPress that the campaign has many events including peaceful gatherings to impact the Palestinian and international public opinions for taking action to save Palestinian captives of children. It also aims at contacting international and Arab lawyers and human rights activists in order to support Palestinian juveniles.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday launched a campaign of arrest against 31 Palestinians including minors and ex-detainees in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a statement on Thursday, that the IOF soldiers arrested eight Palestinians in Qalqilya, six in Ramallah and Bireh, seven in Occupied Jerusalem, four in Jenin and Five others in al-Khalil.
Most of the Palestinian arrested are youth in their twenties, while seven of them are under the age of 18 including two children: one aged 13 and the other aged just 10 years, the statement pointed out.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a statement on Thursday, that the IOF soldiers arrested eight Palestinians in Qalqilya, six in Ramallah and Bireh, seven in Occupied Jerusalem, four in Jenin and Five others in al-Khalil.
Most of the Palestinian arrested are youth in their twenties, while seven of them are under the age of 18 including two children: one aged 13 and the other aged just 10 years, the statement pointed out.
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped nine Palestinians in Qalqilia, Jenin and Hebron, including a 10-year old child. Two fishers injured by Israeli navy fire in Gaza territorial waters.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, said the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the city, and 'Azzoun nearby town.
The sources said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Qalqilia city, and kidnapped Sa’ad Ibrahim Nofal, his brother Adham, and Mohammad Abdul-Latif Walweel, 20.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Azzoun nearby town, searched homes, kidnapped Sinan Ahmad Mojahed Radwan, and detained Mohammad Radwan, and his brother, Samaha, for several hours.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Jabbar Khalil Khabbass, 33, after breaking into his home and ransacking it, in Jilqamous village, east of Jenin. Khabbass is a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for seven years.
In Hebron city, the soldiers kidnapped three children identified as Malek Nader al-Ja’bari, 16, in addition to Mohammad Nidal Abu Ghazi, 15, and Luay Salim Rushdie, from their homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
On Thursday morning, the soldiers kidnapped Salah Naji Gheith, only 10 years of age, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, after beating him.
The soldiers also closed all roads linking between Hebron city and its nearby towns and refugee camps, including the southern entrances of the city where the soldiers installed a roadblock, completely closing the road, searched cars and investigated the ID cards of dozens of residents.
The soldiers also closed the Iron Gate, installed on the main entrance of Doura town, and placed concrete blocks closing Tal’at Abu Hadeed area, south of the city.
Roadblocks were also installed in Wadi al-Jouz area, al-Kassara road, in addition to the main entrance of Ethna town, and several other areas.
In related news, armed colonialist Israeli settlers closed the Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, preventing all Palestinian traffic from using the road that links between Bethlehem and Hebron. The army also installed a military tower near the junction.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, wounding two fishers.
The attack took place near Deir al-Balah shore, in Central Gaza; the two fishers suffered moderate wounds.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, said the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the city, and 'Azzoun nearby town.
The sources said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Qalqilia city, and kidnapped Sa’ad Ibrahim Nofal, his brother Adham, and Mohammad Abdul-Latif Walweel, 20.
The soldiers also invaded ‘Azzoun nearby town, searched homes, kidnapped Sinan Ahmad Mojahed Radwan, and detained Mohammad Radwan, and his brother, Samaha, for several hours.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Jabbar Khalil Khabbass, 33, after breaking into his home and ransacking it, in Jilqamous village, east of Jenin. Khabbass is a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for seven years.
In Hebron city, the soldiers kidnapped three children identified as Malek Nader al-Ja’bari, 16, in addition to Mohammad Nidal Abu Ghazi, 15, and Luay Salim Rushdie, from their homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
On Thursday morning, the soldiers kidnapped Salah Naji Gheith, only 10 years of age, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, after beating him.
The soldiers also closed all roads linking between Hebron city and its nearby towns and refugee camps, including the southern entrances of the city where the soldiers installed a roadblock, completely closing the road, searched cars and investigated the ID cards of dozens of residents.
The soldiers also closed the Iron Gate, installed on the main entrance of Doura town, and placed concrete blocks closing Tal’at Abu Hadeed area, south of the city.
Roadblocks were also installed in Wadi al-Jouz area, al-Kassara road, in addition to the main entrance of Ethna town, and several other areas.
In related news, armed colonialist Israeli settlers closed the Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, preventing all Palestinian traffic from using the road that links between Bethlehem and Hebron. The army also installed a military tower near the junction.
On Wednesday evening, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, wounding two fishers.
The attack took place near Deir al-Balah shore, in Central Gaza; the two fishers suffered moderate wounds.
Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies revealed that the recorded cases of Palestinians arrested by Israeli soldiers since the beginning of Jerusalem Intifada mounted to 2,250 including 67 women, 880 minors, and hundreds of ex-detainees in addition to dozens of patients and captives of special needs.
The spokesman of Prisoner Center Riyad al-Ashqar said the average of the daily arrests ranges between 20 to 30 cases.
The arrests include women, patients, MPs, university and school students, academicians, and wounded in Israeli shooting, he added.
According to Ashqar, 720 Palestinians were arrested in Occupied Jerusalem and 600 in al-Khalil, while 40% of the detainees were minors.
The Israeli Occupation authority (IOA) issued 278 orders of administrative detention including 12 orders against Palestinian minors and 2 others against Palestinian girls. The orders ranged between two to six months of administrative detention, without trial or charge.
The spokesman of Prisoner Center Riyad al-Ashqar said the average of the daily arrests ranges between 20 to 30 cases.
The arrests include women, patients, MPs, university and school students, academicians, and wounded in Israeli shooting, he added.
According to Ashqar, 720 Palestinians were arrested in Occupied Jerusalem and 600 in al-Khalil, while 40% of the detainees were minors.
The Israeli Occupation authority (IOA) issued 278 orders of administrative detention including 12 orders against Palestinian minors and 2 others against Palestinian girls. The orders ranged between two to six months of administrative detention, without trial or charge.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Wednesday evening released the Palestinian detainee Walid al-Agha after 13 uninterrupted years in jail.
34-year-old Walid al-Agha was released at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing, in northern blockaded Gaza Strip.
The ex-detainee was warmly welcomed by his family, relatives, and friends who accompanied him to his home in Gaza’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood.
Al-Agha was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers in November 2002 near the Rafah border crossing on his way back home from minor pilgrimage (Umrah) in Makkah.
An Israeli military court sentenced him to 13 years in jail on allegations of joining the resistance group Hamas.
According to official data, nearly 7,000 Palestinian inmates, including 380 Gazans, are incarcerated in the Israeli occupation lock-ups across the occupied Palestinian territories.
34-year-old Walid al-Agha was released at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing, in northern blockaded Gaza Strip.
The ex-detainee was warmly welcomed by his family, relatives, and friends who accompanied him to his home in Gaza’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood.
Al-Agha was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers in November 2002 near the Rafah border crossing on his way back home from minor pilgrimage (Umrah) in Makkah.
An Israeli military court sentenced him to 13 years in jail on allegations of joining the resistance group Hamas.
According to official data, nearly 7,000 Palestinian inmates, including 380 Gazans, are incarcerated in the Israeli occupation lock-ups across the occupied Palestinian territories.
An International campaign was launched by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) on Wednesday to push for the release of Palestinian detained minors from Israeli jails.
The Ministry and the PPS said in a joint statement the campaign, entitled “Child Detention Kills Childhood,” comes in response to the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian children.
The statement cited the field executions, arbitrary abductions, and psycho-physical torture as instances of the abusive policies pursued by the Israeli occupation against children.
The campaign sets out to send appeals and affidavits by Palestinian schoolchildren to the UN Chief Ban Ki-moon so as to update him on Israel’s crimes against and abuse of Palestinian children.
The PPS said it kept record of over 800 arrest cases against Palestinian minors, aged between 11 and 17 years old, since early October—the biggest campaign of its kind over the past 10 years.
The Ministry and the PPS said in a joint statement the campaign, entitled “Child Detention Kills Childhood,” comes in response to the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian children.
The statement cited the field executions, arbitrary abductions, and psycho-physical torture as instances of the abusive policies pursued by the Israeli occupation against children.
The campaign sets out to send appeals and affidavits by Palestinian schoolchildren to the UN Chief Ban Ki-moon so as to update him on Israel’s crimes against and abuse of Palestinian children.
The PPS said it kept record of over 800 arrest cases against Palestinian minors, aged between 11 and 17 years old, since early October—the biggest campaign of its kind over the past 10 years.
