9 nov 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked Monday evening a Palestinian young man near al-Khalil south of occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that IOF brutally attacked the youngster Tareq Nawaja while on his way to work in Fawar refugee camp in the city.
Tareq was severely beaten after being stopped and detained at a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to the camp.
Dozens of Palestinian vehicles were also stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
Along the same line, a popular march is scheduled to be organized on Tuesday in al-Khalil to demand the return of the bodies of slain Palestinians.
Local residents called for large participation in the march on Tuesday afternoon to demand that Israel hand over the bodies of their sons who were killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada.
Israel is holding the corpses of 26 Palestinians as a form of collective punishment that blocks the proper investigation of their deaths. As further punishment for the families, the Israeli government has threatened to bury their bodies in military cemeteries in Israel.
Eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter that IOF brutally attacked the youngster Tareq Nawaja while on his way to work in Fawar refugee camp in the city.
Tareq was severely beaten after being stopped and detained at a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to the camp.
Dozens of Palestinian vehicles were also stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
Along the same line, a popular march is scheduled to be organized on Tuesday in al-Khalil to demand the return of the bodies of slain Palestinians.
Local residents called for large participation in the march on Tuesday afternoon to demand that Israel hand over the bodies of their sons who were killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada.
Israel is holding the corpses of 26 Palestinians as a form of collective punishment that blocks the proper investigation of their deaths. As further punishment for the families, the Israeli government has threatened to bury their bodies in military cemeteries in Israel.
Israeli authorities recently issued administrative detention orders, without charge or trial, against nine Palestinian minor prisoners, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA).
Heba Masalha, a CPA attorney, identified the nine prisoners as Huthaifa Jabarin, Mahmoud Abu-Ali, Ashraf Zaid, Mahmoud Shweki, Jamal Dari, Nasim Hawarin, Abdul-Ghani Hammad, Majd Saadi, and Adnan al-Azayzeh.
Meanwhile, Masalha said prisoner 18-year-old Mahmoud Odeh from Tulkarm, who was recently detained by Israeli forces, was brutally tortured in Israeli jails.
Odeh told Masalha that during several investigation sessions, investigators used cigarettes to burn holes through his skin and force him to confess.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (PPSN), “Israel’s use of administrative detention violates international law; such detention is allowed only in individual circumstances that are exceptionally compelling for “imperative reasons of security.”
Human rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of using administrative detention routinely as a form of collective punishment against Palestinians.
Israel frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
Heba Masalha, a CPA attorney, identified the nine prisoners as Huthaifa Jabarin, Mahmoud Abu-Ali, Ashraf Zaid, Mahmoud Shweki, Jamal Dari, Nasim Hawarin, Abdul-Ghani Hammad, Majd Saadi, and Adnan al-Azayzeh.
Meanwhile, Masalha said prisoner 18-year-old Mahmoud Odeh from Tulkarm, who was recently detained by Israeli forces, was brutally tortured in Israeli jails.
Odeh told Masalha that during several investigation sessions, investigators used cigarettes to burn holes through his skin and force him to confess.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (PPSN), “Israel’s use of administrative detention violates international law; such detention is allowed only in individual circumstances that are exceptionally compelling for “imperative reasons of security.”
Human rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of using administrative detention routinely as a form of collective punishment against Palestinians.
Israel frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
On the 7th of November, soldiers entered the home of the Haddad family from 5am, and did not leave until 7am the following day.
At this time, there were 8 people inside the home who were forced into one of the rooms. 20 soldiers entered Haddad’s home and began taking pictures, while settlers were cheering and dancing outside the front.
The family was denied any privacy as the door remained open and a guard was posted at the door for the duration of the occupation. There were significant delays for the bathroom. The youngest daughter, aged 8, had to wait for over an hour and each time the door had to be kept open.
One of the daughters of the family, aged 25, was permitted to leave to purchase food, however she was unable to return as clashes broke out in the area. She was forced to stay with her sister, therefore the family had very little food. They were permitted only 5 minutes in the kitchen and were not able to have a square meal.
Whilst the family was detained in room, soldiers used the bathroom and kitchen freely, and tracked mud through the carpets.
During this same period of time, the YAS centre was raided and activists were detained inside. Not only did the military occupy the centre, they also destroyed the media facilities in the apartment, stealing and destroying cameras, computers, hard drives, and other important equipment.
At this time, there were 8 people inside the home who were forced into one of the rooms. 20 soldiers entered Haddad’s home and began taking pictures, while settlers were cheering and dancing outside the front.
The family was denied any privacy as the door remained open and a guard was posted at the door for the duration of the occupation. There were significant delays for the bathroom. The youngest daughter, aged 8, had to wait for over an hour and each time the door had to be kept open.
One of the daughters of the family, aged 25, was permitted to leave to purchase food, however she was unable to return as clashes broke out in the area. She was forced to stay with her sister, therefore the family had very little food. They were permitted only 5 minutes in the kitchen and were not able to have a square meal.
Whilst the family was detained in room, soldiers used the bathroom and kitchen freely, and tracked mud through the carpets.
During this same period of time, the YAS centre was raided and activists were detained inside. Not only did the military occupy the centre, they also destroyed the media facilities in the apartment, stealing and destroying cameras, computers, hard drives, and other important equipment.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained Samiya Mashahra, the wife of the Jerusalemite captive Fahmi Mashahra who is sentenced to 20 life imprisonments.
Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed that IOF soldiers arrested the wife while she, along with her little daughter, was visiting her husband in Eshel jail on Monday.
Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed that IOF soldiers arrested the wife while she, along with her little daughter, was visiting her husband in Eshel jail on Monday.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday a 16-year-old girl at a military checkpoint near al-Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil after claiming she had a knife in her possession.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the IOF soldiers stopped and searched the girl before arresting her.
Israeli media sources quoted the Israeli army statement as claiming that the Palestinian minor was arrested for possessing a knife in her handbag.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the IOF soldiers stopped and searched the girl before arresting her.
Israeli media sources quoted the Israeli army statement as claiming that the Palestinian minor was arrested for possessing a knife in her handbag.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late at night, and on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Mo'ath Ahmad Mousa and Yasser Khaled Manna’, while a resident Abdullah Bahsh, from Nablus, was kidnapped in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped Arij Masalma, 16 years of age, as she was walking near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city. Masalma is from Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of Hebron.
The soldiers also kidnapped Nasri Wasfi Abdul-Hafith, 35, from his home in Shweika village, in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
In addition, the army kidnapped 'Assem Sweidan, 19 years of age, from his home in 'Azzoun town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia.
In Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Yousef ‘Aabed, from al-Biereh city, and Eyad Jibreel Abu Raddaha from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
Five Palestinians, including children, were kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem; one of them has been identified as Mohammad 'Obeid from the al-‘Eesawiyya town.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinian Children, And A Young Man, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian child in the al-'Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, while three children and a young man were kidnapped Silwan town, Sunday.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center ion Silwan (Silwanic), said the soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, and kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Adnan 'Obeid, after invading and searching his family’s home.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Ali Ma’touq, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood, while a young man, identified as Kamel al-Imam, was kidnapped from his home in the Suwwana neighborhood, in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers and security officers searched several homes, and photographed the ID cards of many young men while interrogating them.
On Sunday at noon, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Odah, 14 years of age, in Be’er Ayyoub neighborhood, kicked and clubbed him, causing various cuts and bruises, before taking him to an interrogation center in Jabal al-Mokabber.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mosallam Mousa Odah, 15, in the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan and took him to the Oz Police station.
The PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Mo'ath Ahmad Mousa and Yasser Khaled Manna’, while a resident Abdullah Bahsh, from Nablus, was kidnapped in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped Arij Masalma, 16 years of age, as she was walking near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city. Masalma is from Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of Hebron.
The soldiers also kidnapped Nasri Wasfi Abdul-Hafith, 35, from his home in Shweika village, in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
In addition, the army kidnapped 'Assem Sweidan, 19 years of age, from his home in 'Azzoun town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia.
In Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Yousef ‘Aabed, from al-Biereh city, and Eyad Jibreel Abu Raddaha from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
Five Palestinians, including children, were kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem; one of them has been identified as Mohammad 'Obeid from the al-‘Eesawiyya town.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinian Children, And A Young Man, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian child in the al-'Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, while three children and a young man were kidnapped Silwan town, Sunday.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center ion Silwan (Silwanic), said the soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, and kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Adnan 'Obeid, after invading and searching his family’s home.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Ali Ma’touq, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood, while a young man, identified as Kamel al-Imam, was kidnapped from his home in the Suwwana neighborhood, in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers and security officers searched several homes, and photographed the ID cards of many young men while interrogating them.
On Sunday at noon, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Odah, 14 years of age, in Be’er Ayyoub neighborhood, kicked and clubbed him, causing various cuts and bruises, before taking him to an interrogation center in Jabal al-Mokabber.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mosallam Mousa Odah, 15, in the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan and took him to the Oz Police station.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnapped two young men from Nablus city and aborted a mission in Ash-Shiyukh town, northeast of al-Khalil city, after one of their vehicles overturned.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed Nablus at dawn and kidnapped Yaser Mannaa, 26, and Muaad Mousa, a 24-year-old lawyer, from their homes in different neighborhoods.
Mannaa had been taken prisoner three times before and released about five months ago after one and a half years in jail.
An Israeli bulldozer and military vehicles also stormed at an early hour today morning Ash-Shiyukh town in al-Khalil.
The PIC was told that a troop carrier spun out of control and flipped over after local young men from the town hurled a volley of stones at the military vehicles.
The incident forced the troops to withdraw from the town without finishing their campaign, eyewitnesses said.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed Nablus at dawn and kidnapped Yaser Mannaa, 26, and Muaad Mousa, a 24-year-old lawyer, from their homes in different neighborhoods.
Mannaa had been taken prisoner three times before and released about five months ago after one and a half years in jail.
An Israeli bulldozer and military vehicles also stormed at an early hour today morning Ash-Shiyukh town in al-Khalil.
The PIC was told that a troop carrier spun out of control and flipped over after local young men from the town hurled a volley of stones at the military vehicles.
The incident forced the troops to withdraw from the town without finishing their campaign, eyewitnesses said.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian boy at noon Sunday after beating him savagely in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources revealed that Israeli forces stormed the shop of the minor’s father for alleged stone throwing at Israeli soldiers. The child was taken to Oz investigation center to be questioned.
Israeli forces at dawn Sunday arrested 27 Palestinians including another minor from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem and a youngster from Issawiya town to the east of the city.
Local sources revealed that Israeli forces stormed the shop of the minor’s father for alleged stone throwing at Israeli soldiers. The child was taken to Oz investigation center to be questioned.
Israeli forces at dawn Sunday arrested 27 Palestinians including another minor from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem and a youngster from Issawiya town to the east of the city.
Israeli special forces stormed Sunday evening section 2 in Negev prison and moved all the prisoners out.
The Prisoners Information Center revealed that the Palestinian prisoners held in section 2 were moved to section 10 as part of the Israeli raid and search campaigns.
Earlier, prisoners held in section 3 were also moved to section 10 as Israeli forces searched their cells.
The center warned against the seriousness of the Israeli raid and search campaigns into prisoners’ cells for the second time in a week, saying that such arbitrary practices would escalate tension among Palestinian prisoners.
Also on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Authority said that Palestinian prisoners have complained of the overcrowding in Israeli jails due to the Israeli recent arrests.
The Authority revealed that dozens of prisoners were moved from Nafha prison to different other jails under the pretext of an alleged escape attempt.
Since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada on October 1, 1600 Palestinians mostly minors were arrested by Israeli forces during clashes throughout occupied Palestine.
The Prisoners Information Center revealed that the Palestinian prisoners held in section 2 were moved to section 10 as part of the Israeli raid and search campaigns.
Earlier, prisoners held in section 3 were also moved to section 10 as Israeli forces searched their cells.
The center warned against the seriousness of the Israeli raid and search campaigns into prisoners’ cells for the second time in a week, saying that such arbitrary practices would escalate tension among Palestinian prisoners.
Also on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Authority said that Palestinian prisoners have complained of the overcrowding in Israeli jails due to the Israeli recent arrests.
The Authority revealed that dozens of prisoners were moved from Nafha prison to different other jails under the pretext of an alleged escape attempt.
Since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada on October 1, 1600 Palestinians mostly minors were arrested by Israeli forces during clashes throughout occupied Palestine.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, while extremist settlers attacked and wounded a child. Clashes took place in Sinjel near Ramallah.
The soldiers invaded Hebron in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Abdul-Rahman Waleed at-Teety, 18, from al-Fawwar, and a young man, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
The soldiers also stopped and questioned many Palestinians while examining their ID cards, and continued their strict closure and measures isolating the city.
In related news, a number of Israeli fanatics, living in the Keryat Arba illegal colony, east of Hebron, assaulted a Palestinian child, identified as Thaer Fadel Ismael Da'na, 15 years of age, causing fractures, cuts and bruises.
Medics rushed to the scene and moved the wounded child to the Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.
In addition, clashes took place near the southern entrance of Sinjel town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the soldiers invaded it.
Eyewitnesses said the clashes erupted after around eight Israeli military villages invaded the town, and conducted searches in it, and the nearby Turmus Ayya town. The army fired flares, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs; no arrests of injuries were reported.
The soldiers invaded Hebron in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Abdul-Rahman Waleed at-Teety, 18, from al-Fawwar, and a young man, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
The soldiers also stopped and questioned many Palestinians while examining their ID cards, and continued their strict closure and measures isolating the city.
In related news, a number of Israeli fanatics, living in the Keryat Arba illegal colony, east of Hebron, assaulted a Palestinian child, identified as Thaer Fadel Ismael Da'na, 15 years of age, causing fractures, cuts and bruises.
Medics rushed to the scene and moved the wounded child to the Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.
In addition, clashes took place near the southern entrance of Sinjel town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the soldiers invaded it.
Eyewitnesses said the clashes erupted after around eight Israeli military villages invaded the town, and conducted searches in it, and the nearby Turmus Ayya town. The army fired flares, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs; no arrests of injuries were reported.
8 nov 2015
Helweh Mohammad Hamamrah
Palestinians got injured and choked in clashes that broke out with Israeli forces in Housan village to the west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter revealed that violent clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in different districts of the village leading to the suffocation of a child girl along with dozens of others including families by Israeli tear gas.
Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians and blockaded ambulances at the gates of Housan village.
The soldiers closed the entrances of the town after a Palestinian girl called Helweh Mohammad Hamamrah, 22, stabbed and slightly injured a settler. Israeli soldiers immediately shot the girl and left her bleeding for a while then transferred her to Hadassah Hospital, in a serious condition.
The village’s residents gathered at the roundabout of Betar settlement in demand for turning in the girl Hamamrah. However, Israeli troops showered them by rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
The injured Palestinian girl Helweh Mohammad Hamamrah, is a mother to a 1.5-year-old infant. Video of stabbing
Palestinians got injured and choked in clashes that broke out with Israeli forces in Housan village to the west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter revealed that violent clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in different districts of the village leading to the suffocation of a child girl along with dozens of others including families by Israeli tear gas.
Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians and blockaded ambulances at the gates of Housan village.
The soldiers closed the entrances of the town after a Palestinian girl called Helweh Mohammad Hamamrah, 22, stabbed and slightly injured a settler. Israeli soldiers immediately shot the girl and left her bleeding for a while then transferred her to Hadassah Hospital, in a serious condition.
The village’s residents gathered at the roundabout of Betar settlement in demand for turning in the girl Hamamrah. However, Israeli troops showered them by rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
The injured Palestinian girl Helweh Mohammad Hamamrah, is a mother to a 1.5-year-old infant. Video of stabbing
The occupation forces arrested two Jerusalemites children on Sunday afternoon.
Witnesses explained that the forces arrested the 14-year old Mohammad Odeh from the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan and assaulted and beat him.
Witnesses added that the forces transferred the child to O’z police center in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber for interrogation.
The forces also arrested the 15-year old Msallam Odeh from the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan and transferred him to O’z police center as well.The occupation forces arrested two Jerusalemites children on Sunday afternoon.
Witnesses explained that the forces arrested the 14-year old Mohammad Odeh from the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan and assaulted and beat him.
Witnesses added that the forces transferred the child to O’z police center in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber for interrogation.
The forces also arrested the 15-year old Msallam Odeh from the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan and transferred him to O’z police center as well.
Witnesses explained that the forces arrested the 14-year old Mohammad Odeh from the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan and assaulted and beat him.
Witnesses added that the forces transferred the child to O’z police center in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber for interrogation.
The forces also arrested the 15-year old Msallam Odeh from the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan and transferred him to O’z police center as well.The occupation forces arrested two Jerusalemites children on Sunday afternoon.
Witnesses explained that the forces arrested the 14-year old Mohammad Odeh from the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan and assaulted and beat him.
Witnesses added that the forces transferred the child to O’z police center in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber for interrogation.
The forces also arrested the 15-year old Msallam Odeh from the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan and transferred him to O’z police center as well.
Israeli authorities have escalated the administrative detention process since the eruption of a Palestinian uprising in the beginning of last October. The number of administrative detainees increased to 500, the head of the Commission of Palestinian detainee affairs said.
Issa Qaraqe explained, according to Al Ray, that Israeli authorities used administrative detention as an alternative to just trials. Using the procedure in a daily pattern is considered a collective punishment, which is a violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions, and a breach of civil and political rights, he added.
He accused the Israeli occupation of using the collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Under administrative detention, Israel can arrest anyone under the pretext of security reasons. Qaraqe expected that administrative detainees would not sit idly for long, and they will soon take steps against this policy.
The detentions included political and parliamentary figures, women and children, on charges as trivial as "incitement on social websites".
Administrative detention is a jailing procedure dating back to the times of British Mandate in Palestine, which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information, without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada, in September of 2000.
On the eve of the second intifada, Israel held 12 Palestinians in administrative detention. Only two years later, in late 2002-early 2003, there were over one thousand Palestinians in administrative detention. Between 2005 and 2007, the average monthly number of Palestinian administrative detainees held by Israel remained stable at approximately 765. Since then, as the situation on the ground stabilized and violence tapered off, the number of administrative detainees has generally decreased every year.
As of 1 September 2012, there were at least 212 administrative detainees in Israeli prisons. This number included 7 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Issa Qaraqe explained, according to Al Ray, that Israeli authorities used administrative detention as an alternative to just trials. Using the procedure in a daily pattern is considered a collective punishment, which is a violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions, and a breach of civil and political rights, he added.
He accused the Israeli occupation of using the collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Under administrative detention, Israel can arrest anyone under the pretext of security reasons. Qaraqe expected that administrative detainees would not sit idly for long, and they will soon take steps against this policy.
The detentions included political and parliamentary figures, women and children, on charges as trivial as "incitement on social websites".
Administrative detention is a jailing procedure dating back to the times of British Mandate in Palestine, which allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information, without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada, in September of 2000.
On the eve of the second intifada, Israel held 12 Palestinians in administrative detention. Only two years later, in late 2002-early 2003, there were over one thousand Palestinians in administrative detention. Between 2005 and 2007, the average monthly number of Palestinian administrative detainees held by Israel remained stable at approximately 765. Since then, as the situation on the ground stabilized and violence tapered off, the number of administrative detainees has generally decreased every year.
As of 1 September 2012, there were at least 212 administrative detainees in Israeli prisons. This number included 7 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
At least 27 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation army in an overnight abduction-sweep launched across cities of the West Bank.
The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the Israeli occupation troops rounded up 27 Palestinian citizens across different areas of the West Bank, mostly in al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Bethlehem provinces.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped an unidentified Palestinian youngster from al-Khalil’s southern town of Yatta after they aggressively attacked him.
Activist Rateb al-Jabour said the IOF soldiers have cordoned off the area and sealed it off with randomly-pitched military checkpoints.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian civilians choked on tear gas in al-Khalil after the IOF rolled into the city and hit civilians with heavy spates of tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the Israeli occupation troops rounded up 27 Palestinian citizens across different areas of the West Bank, mostly in al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Bethlehem provinces.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped an unidentified Palestinian youngster from al-Khalil’s southern town of Yatta after they aggressively attacked him.
Activist Rateb al-Jabour said the IOF soldiers have cordoned off the area and sealed it off with randomly-pitched military checkpoints.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian civilians choked on tear gas in al-Khalil after the IOF rolled into the city and hit civilians with heavy spates of tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hebron city and a number of nearby towns, searched scores of homes, and kidnapped eighteen Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded Hebron city, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, identified as Jihad Abu Rmeila, Ala Asem al-Ja'bari, Zeid Jamal Abu Zeina, Said Abu Zeina, Amjad Salhab, Yousef Shawar and former political prisoner Baha' Sa’id.
The army also invaded Bani Neim town, north of Hebron and kidnapped Tamer Hisham Zeidat, Osama Bassam Ezweid, and Yazan Harahsha, 24, after searching their homes and interrogating their families.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and kidnapped Ahmad Fayeq Nassar, 21.
Two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Aziz Roshdi and Tal'at Aziz Roshdi, were kidnapped from their homes in the al-'Arroub refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also attacked and injured Firas Khaled ash-Shamessly, 19, and kidnapped him along with 'Odai Nidal Shreiteh in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded homes in the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a university student identified as Osama Mohammad Qaisiyya.
Another Palestinian, identified as Hazem Jibrin al-Jeyyawi, was kidnapped from his home in Ethna town, west of Hebron.
The army also installed roadblocks closing the main roads of Halhoul town, in addition to Hebron’s northern and southern roads, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
Moreover, a child, identified as Ali Walid Abu 'Ayyash, 15 years of age, was kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, after the soldiers stormed and searched his family's home.
Media Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, Mohammad 'Ayyad 'Awad, said the soldiers have kidnapped nine Palestinians, including six children, in Beit Ummar since the beginning of this month.
The soldiers invaded Hebron city, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, identified as Jihad Abu Rmeila, Ala Asem al-Ja'bari, Zeid Jamal Abu Zeina, Said Abu Zeina, Amjad Salhab, Yousef Shawar and former political prisoner Baha' Sa’id.
The army also invaded Bani Neim town, north of Hebron and kidnapped Tamer Hisham Zeidat, Osama Bassam Ezweid, and Yazan Harahsha, 24, after searching their homes and interrogating their families.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and kidnapped Ahmad Fayeq Nassar, 21.
Two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Aziz Roshdi and Tal'at Aziz Roshdi, were kidnapped from their homes in the al-'Arroub refugee camp, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also attacked and injured Firas Khaled ash-Shamessly, 19, and kidnapped him along with 'Odai Nidal Shreiteh in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded homes in the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a university student identified as Osama Mohammad Qaisiyya.
Another Palestinian, identified as Hazem Jibrin al-Jeyyawi, was kidnapped from his home in Ethna town, west of Hebron.
The army also installed roadblocks closing the main roads of Halhoul town, in addition to Hebron’s northern and southern roads, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
Moreover, a child, identified as Ali Walid Abu 'Ayyash, 15 years of age, was kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, after the soldiers stormed and searched his family's home.
Media Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, Mohammad 'Ayyad 'Awad, said the soldiers have kidnapped nine Palestinians, including six children, in Beit Ummar since the beginning of this month.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian child from his family’s home near Bab al-Nather Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The army also kidnapped a young man in Bethlehem, and injured his mother and sister.
His family said the soldiers violently stormed their home, searched and ransacked it, and kidnapped the child after cuffing and blindfolding him.
The child, identified as Nabil Nidal Seder, 13, was moved to the al-Qashla detention and interrogation center, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
In addition, soldiers stormed and searched the home of Wael Mahmoud, in the al-‘Eesawiyya town in Jerusalem, looking for his 15-year-old child Bara’.
The soldiers also stormed the Zidani family home, in Silwan town, and violently searched for the third consecutive day.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Omar Daoud, 27.
The soldiers also assaulted Daoud’s mother and sister, causing several cuts and bruises; they were moved to the Beit Jala governmental hospital for treatment.
The army clashed with local youths, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades before withdrawing from the camp.
His family said the soldiers violently stormed their home, searched and ransacked it, and kidnapped the child after cuffing and blindfolding him.
The child, identified as Nabil Nidal Seder, 13, was moved to the al-Qashla detention and interrogation center, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
In addition, soldiers stormed and searched the home of Wael Mahmoud, in the al-‘Eesawiyya town in Jerusalem, looking for his 15-year-old child Bara’.
The soldiers also stormed the Zidani family home, in Silwan town, and violently searched for the third consecutive day.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Omar Daoud, 27.
The soldiers also assaulted Daoud’s mother and sister, causing several cuts and bruises; they were moved to the Beit Jala governmental hospital for treatment.
The army clashed with local youths, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades before withdrawing from the camp.
7 nov 2015
This Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Youth Against Settlements center in Hebron and, also, the house of its coordinator.
According to YAS Facebook page, Israeli forces detained three activists: Issa Amro, YAS coordinator, Francesca Borri an Italian Journalist and another German activist not identified as of yet.
At this moment, “they are all locked inside the center, banned from using their phones or the internet. The IOF is not allowing anyone to get in or get out of it.”
Settlers are in the center destroying property and tampering with its contents, with the help of the Israeli military, according to PNN.
According to YAS Facebook page, Israeli forces detained three activists: Issa Amro, YAS coordinator, Francesca Borri an Italian Journalist and another German activist not identified as of yet.
At this moment, “they are all locked inside the center, banned from using their phones or the internet. The IOF is not allowing anyone to get in or get out of it.”
Settlers are in the center destroying property and tampering with its contents, with the help of the Israeli military, according to PNN.
6 nov 2015
The occupation forces arrested on Wednesday night the Jerusalemite activist Omar Shalabi while coming back from Jordan through the Jordanian bridge.
Also, the Israeli police handed on Wednesday night the child Msallam Odeh a call for interrogation on Thursday after detaining him in the area of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan.
The District and Magistrate judges extended the arrest of 26 Jerusalemites including 8 minors.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Qalbein, Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Jaber, Mohammad Razem, Firas Mahmoud, Mohammad Mahmoud, Omar Za’aneen, Rami Za’aneen and Samer Obeid until 5/11/2015.
The judge also extended the arrest of Ali Sayyad, Majd Qazzaz, Mohammad Naser and Basel Atrash until 6/11/2015; Mohammad Kayed Mahmoud, Mohammad Nayef Obeid, Hamed Obeid, Bashar Dari, Mohammad Alayan, Qusai Dandis, Ahmad Jadallah, Muhsen Aton and Na’el Rabay’a until 8/11/2015; Fadi Atyeh and Mahmoud Abed until 9/11/2015; and Baha’ Sumrein until 30/11/2015.
The Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Taha until 7/12/2015.
A court session was held for the child Fayez Farhan and another session was scheduled on 12/11/2015 knowing that he is under house-arrest. Also, an indictment was submitted against the child Khaled Radwan and a session was scheduled for him on 5/11/2015.
The judge decided to release Khaled Khashan with a 700-NIS bail and house-arrest for 7 days and also released Yousef Abulhawa with a third-party bail.
Also, the Israeli police handed on Wednesday night the child Msallam Odeh a call for interrogation on Thursday after detaining him in the area of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan.
The District and Magistrate judges extended the arrest of 26 Jerusalemites including 8 minors.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Qalbein, Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Jaber, Mohammad Razem, Firas Mahmoud, Mohammad Mahmoud, Omar Za’aneen, Rami Za’aneen and Samer Obeid until 5/11/2015.
The judge also extended the arrest of Ali Sayyad, Majd Qazzaz, Mohammad Naser and Basel Atrash until 6/11/2015; Mohammad Kayed Mahmoud, Mohammad Nayef Obeid, Hamed Obeid, Bashar Dari, Mohammad Alayan, Qusai Dandis, Ahmad Jadallah, Muhsen Aton and Na’el Rabay’a until 8/11/2015; Fadi Atyeh and Mahmoud Abed until 9/11/2015; and Baha’ Sumrein until 30/11/2015.
The Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Taha until 7/12/2015.
A court session was held for the child Fayez Farhan and another session was scheduled on 12/11/2015 knowing that he is under house-arrest. Also, an indictment was submitted against the child Khaled Radwan and a session was scheduled for him on 5/11/2015.
The judge decided to release Khaled Khashan with a 700-NIS bail and house-arrest for 7 days and also released Yousef Abulhawa with a third-party bail.
The occupation forces raided on Thursday night Al-Sumoud building in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces along with intelligence personnel raided Al-Sumoud building and stormed into several apartments owned by Burqan, Ja’bari and Risheq families.
The forces arrested Mohammad Risheq after raiding and searching his apartment.
They also arrested the 14-year old Jihad Ja’bari after raiding his family’s home in the building.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces along with intelligence personnel raided Al-Sumoud building and stormed into several apartments owned by Burqan, Ja’bari and Risheq families.
The forces arrested Mohammad Risheq after raiding and searching his apartment.
They also arrested the 14-year old Jihad Ja’bari after raiding his family’s home in the building.
The Magistrate judge decided on Friday to release the 15-year old Tamara Mouamar Abu Laban with a bail and house-arrest for 4 days.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that Tamara was presented to the Magistrate judge and the police requested during the session to extend her arrest for 4 days to continue interrogating her on charges of incitement and threatening over her Facebook account.
The judge listened to the lawyer’s and police’s claims and decided to extend the arrest of Tamara until 10 p.m. tonight and then release her with a 2000-NIS bail and house-arrest for 4 days.
Abu Laban was arrested late Wednesday night after raiding her home in the village of Al-Tur.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that Tamara was presented to the Magistrate judge and the police requested during the session to extend her arrest for 4 days to continue interrogating her on charges of incitement and threatening over her Facebook account.
The judge listened to the lawyer’s and police’s claims and decided to extend the arrest of Tamara until 10 p.m. tonight and then release her with a 2000-NIS bail and house-arrest for 4 days.
Abu Laban was arrested late Wednesday night after raiding her home in the village of Al-Tur.
Clashes flared up across Jenin at dawn Friday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into the city and attacked the unarmed Palestinian protesters with spates of gunfire.
Local sources said Israeli army patrols set up ambushes across Jenin and launched abrupt combing operations amid heavy discharge of gunfire.
Clashes rocked the southern corners of the city, where the occupation patrols attacked the Palestinian protesters with gunfire.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s western town of Berkin before they ravaged Palestinian family homes and attacked their residents.
Eye-witnesses said a series of flying checkpoints was arbitrarily pitched by the IOF across Jenin city.
Earlier, overnight Thursday the IOF kidnapped the Islamic Jihad leader Mohamed Youssef Jaradat, 55, in an ambush set in eastern Jenin and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Local sources said Israeli army patrols set up ambushes across Jenin and launched abrupt combing operations amid heavy discharge of gunfire.
Clashes rocked the southern corners of the city, where the occupation patrols attacked the Palestinian protesters with gunfire.
The IOF further stormed Jenin’s western town of Berkin before they ravaged Palestinian family homes and attacked their residents.
Eye-witnesses said a series of flying checkpoints was arbitrarily pitched by the IOF across Jenin city.
Earlier, overnight Thursday the IOF kidnapped the Islamic Jihad leader Mohamed Youssef Jaradat, 55, in an ambush set in eastern Jenin and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
wo Palestinian female teenagers under age 18 has complained about their suffering from very harsh incarceration conditions in Ashkelon jail and appealed for transferring them to a women's prison.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), 17-year-old Jihan Erekat and 15-year-old Nour Istabrak are being detained in a men's prison with no regard they are girls.
They suffer from inhumane imprisonment conditions and are not allowed to leave their cell, which is infested with insects and cockroaches, the PPS lawyer said on Thursday following a visit to the jail.
They are also provided with extremely bad food unfit for human consumption, the lawyer added.
Their suffering doubled as a result of their detention close to the cells of Israeli convicts, who deliberately make offensive remarks against them.
As a result, the PPS has launched an appeal for immediate action to transfer the two girls from Ashkelon jail.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), 17-year-old Jihan Erekat and 15-year-old Nour Istabrak are being detained in a men's prison with no regard they are girls.
They suffer from inhumane imprisonment conditions and are not allowed to leave their cell, which is infested with insects and cockroaches, the PPS lawyer said on Thursday following a visit to the jail.
They are also provided with extremely bad food unfit for human consumption, the lawyer added.
Their suffering doubled as a result of their detention close to the cells of Israeli convicts, who deliberately make offensive remarks against them.
As a result, the PPS has launched an appeal for immediate action to transfer the two girls from Ashkelon jail.
Deputy Head of Hamas, Ismail Haneyya, on Thursday reiterated Palestinians’ firm rebuff of any attempts to dislocate them from their homeland—Palestine—and to hold sway over the al-Aqsa Mosque, saying there is no alternative home for Palestine.
Ismail Haneyya’s remarks were released as he offered condolences for the death of the Jordanian scholar Mohamed Abdul Kader Abu Fares, hailing, at the same time, Jordan’s pro-Palestine position and support for the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Haneyya called on the Jordanian authorities to uphold their pro-Palestine position and sovereignty over Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Haneyya praised the scholar’s solidarity with Gaza and his sincere efforts in tightening the Palestine-Jordan fraternity bonds.
He acclaimed the campaign launched by the Union of Jordanian Engineers to collect one million and two hundred thousand dinars to reconstruct the Old City of Jerusalem.
In another development, Haneyya paid a visit to the Palestinian ex-prisoner Sameh Hasnein, who was recently released from the Israeli occupation jails following a five-year-sentence.
Ismail Haneyya’s remarks were released as he offered condolences for the death of the Jordanian scholar Mohamed Abdul Kader Abu Fares, hailing, at the same time, Jordan’s pro-Palestine position and support for the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Haneyya called on the Jordanian authorities to uphold their pro-Palestine position and sovereignty over Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Haneyya praised the scholar’s solidarity with Gaza and his sincere efforts in tightening the Palestine-Jordan fraternity bonds.
He acclaimed the campaign launched by the Union of Jordanian Engineers to collect one million and two hundred thousand dinars to reconstruct the Old City of Jerusalem.
In another development, Haneyya paid a visit to the Palestinian ex-prisoner Sameh Hasnein, who was recently released from the Israeli occupation jails following a five-year-sentence.
Ahmed Bahar, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), has stated that the issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will remain a top priority for the PLC and the Palestinian people.
In a press release on Thursday, Bahar said that the PLC had sent several letters to international and Arab parliaments to highlight the issue of the Palestinian prisoners and their right to freedom.
He called for necessarily making international parliamentary moves to pressure all competent authorities to work on having the prisoners released from Israel's jails.
In a related context, the Palestinian lawmaker phoned ex-detainee Mohamed Allan and congratulated him on his release from Israeli jails following over two months of hunger strike.
He urged the Palestinian resistance to swiftly work on extracting the freedom of all prisoners through a new honorable swap deal.
In a press release on Thursday, Bahar said that the PLC had sent several letters to international and Arab parliaments to highlight the issue of the Palestinian prisoners and their right to freedom.
He called for necessarily making international parliamentary moves to pressure all competent authorities to work on having the prisoners released from Israel's jails.
In a related context, the Palestinian lawmaker phoned ex-detainee Mohamed Allan and congratulated him on his release from Israeli jails following over two months of hunger strike.
He urged the Palestinian resistance to swiftly work on extracting the freedom of all prisoners through a new honorable swap deal.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas grenades on Thursday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in western al-Khalil province at the same time as three Palestinian youngsters were kidnapped from the city’s southern corners.
Local sources said dozens of Palestinians sustained breathing disorders after the Israeli occupation troops showered civilian homes with heavy spates of tear gas canisters during the clashes that flared up in al-Khalil’s southwestern town of Beit Awa.
The IOF tightened military grip around the area and cordoned off its main entrances.
Three Palestinian youths, in their 20’s of age, were heavily beaten by the IOF in southern al-Khalil before they were kidnapped and dragged to an unidentified destination shortly afterwards, activist Rateb al-Jabour reported.
Violent clashes also rocked Tulkarem’s western entrance, near the Khadouri University.
Scores of Palestinians were rushed to the Thabet Thabet hospital to be treated for the wounds they sustained in the violent confrontations with the IOF at Tulkarem’s western entrance.
At least four unarmed Palestinian protesters, including a 16-year-old boy, sustained rubber bullet wounds and dozens choked on tear gas in the same clashes.
The 16-year-old minor lost an eye in the clashes that rocked the vicinity of Khadouri University.
A Palestinian youth was also shot and critically injured in his head by Israeli gunfire. He was evacuated to Nablus’ Rafidia hospital.
Local sources said dozens of Palestinians sustained breathing disorders after the Israeli occupation troops showered civilian homes with heavy spates of tear gas canisters during the clashes that flared up in al-Khalil’s southwestern town of Beit Awa.
The IOF tightened military grip around the area and cordoned off its main entrances.
Three Palestinian youths, in their 20’s of age, were heavily beaten by the IOF in southern al-Khalil before they were kidnapped and dragged to an unidentified destination shortly afterwards, activist Rateb al-Jabour reported.
Violent clashes also rocked Tulkarem’s western entrance, near the Khadouri University.
Scores of Palestinians were rushed to the Thabet Thabet hospital to be treated for the wounds they sustained in the violent confrontations with the IOF at Tulkarem’s western entrance.
At least four unarmed Palestinian protesters, including a 16-year-old boy, sustained rubber bullet wounds and dozens choked on tear gas in the same clashes.
The 16-year-old minor lost an eye in the clashes that rocked the vicinity of Khadouri University.
A Palestinian youth was also shot and critically injured in his head by Israeli gunfire. He was evacuated to Nablus’ Rafidia hospital.
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian woman from Jaffa city in 1948 Occupied Palestine for allegedly planning anti-occupation resistance operations.
0404 Israeli website stated that Nesrin Hasan, 40, was arrested on October 18 for being suspected in involvement in planning for “terrorist” operations and for contacting a person from Gaza Strip.
0404 Israeli website stated that Nesrin Hasan, 40, was arrested on October 18 for being suspected in involvement in planning for “terrorist” operations and for contacting a person from Gaza Strip.
Three groups of Jewish settlers Thursday stormed the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque in response to Jewish calls for performing Talmudic rituals at the Muslims’ holy site.
Jerusalemite media sources revealed that 36 settlers desecrated and roamed the courtyards of the Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. Muslim worshipers confronted the Israeli settlers’ incursion by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
Israeli police confiscated the IDs of worshipers who had been sitting-in at the Aqsa since the morning hours in order to confront Jewish settlers.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) had boosted its restrictions against the Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up a youngster after assaulting him and took him to an investigation center in the Old City of Jerusalem for driving a tractor in the area.
Jerusalemite media sources revealed that 36 settlers desecrated and roamed the courtyards of the Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. Muslim worshipers confronted the Israeli settlers’ incursion by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
Israeli police confiscated the IDs of worshipers who had been sitting-in at the Aqsa since the morning hours in order to confront Jewish settlers.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) had boosted its restrictions against the Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up a youngster after assaulting him and took him to an investigation center in the Old City of Jerusalem for driving a tractor in the area.
