27 nov 2017
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, 21 Palestinians, including children, in the occupied West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, during extensive military invasions and searches of homes.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded homes in al-Khader town, south of the city, and abducted four children, identified as Ahmad Mahmoud Saleh, 13, Yazan Abdul-Rahim al-Masri, 13, Mohammad Mahmoud Mousa, 15, and Mohammad Saud Sbeih, 15.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Ali al-‘Anani, 24, Yousef Jamal al-Ashqar, 25, Islam Lafah and Jaber Ahmad Mizhir.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Dia’ Sarahna, 23, Rezeq Rajoub and his son Ahmad Rajoub.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Nidal Abu Farha and Mahmoud Omar Abu Farha.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad ‘Ayed Qitt, 21, and Abdul-Hafith Ramzi Yousef, 17.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Yousef al-Barri, 20, was abducted by the soldiers in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Arafat Abu al-Hamam, Arafat Abu al-Hamam, his sons, Amer and Shadi, in addition to Mohammad Abdul-Mon’em al-A’war, 19, from Abu Tayeh neighborhood in Silwan.
The soldiers later released Arafat and his sons Shadi and Amer, and decided to send Mohammad Abdul-Mon’em al-A’war and Mohammad Arafat Abu al-Hamam to court next Sunday.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded homes in al-Khader town, south of the city, and abducted four children, identified as Ahmad Mahmoud Saleh, 13, Yazan Abdul-Rahim al-Masri, 13, Mohammad Mahmoud Mousa, 15, and Mohammad Saud Sbeih, 15.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Ali al-‘Anani, 24, Yousef Jamal al-Ashqar, 25, Islam Lafah and Jaber Ahmad Mizhir.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Dia’ Sarahna, 23, Rezeq Rajoub and his son Ahmad Rajoub.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Nidal Abu Farha and Mahmoud Omar Abu Farha.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad ‘Ayed Qitt, 21, and Abdul-Hafith Ramzi Yousef, 17.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Yousef al-Barri, 20, was abducted by the soldiers in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Arafat Abu al-Hamam, Arafat Abu al-Hamam, his sons, Amer and Shadi, in addition to Mohammad Abdul-Mon’em al-A’war, 19, from Abu Tayeh neighborhood in Silwan.
The soldiers later released Arafat and his sons Shadi and Amer, and decided to send Mohammad Abdul-Mon’em al-A’war and Mohammad Arafat Abu al-Hamam to court next Sunday.
Israeli special forces on Monday attacked Palestinian prisoners in Ramon jail.
A letter leaked from Ramon jail said Israeli special units stormed Palestinian prison cells and aggressively beat the inmates.
A number of detainees sustained bruises and were transferred to the prison clinic for treatment.
Palestinian prisoner Firas Khleiliya, from Jenin’s southern town of Jaba’, was one of the prisoners who were violently targeted in the assault.
The detainees appealed to the international human rights organizations to urgently intervene and take a firm response to Israel’s ongoing violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights.
A letter leaked from Ramon jail said Israeli special units stormed Palestinian prison cells and aggressively beat the inmates.
A number of detainees sustained bruises and were transferred to the prison clinic for treatment.
Palestinian prisoner Firas Khleiliya, from Jenin’s southern town of Jaba’, was one of the prisoners who were violently targeted in the assault.
The detainees appealed to the international human rights organizations to urgently intervene and take a firm response to Israel’s ongoing violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights.
The Israeli police on Monday announced that they have arrested four Palestinian children from Bethlehem city for allegedly throwing stones and homemade explosive devices at Israeli vehicles.
The police said in a statement that investigation has been completed into the incident that took place on the settler road "60", which leads to Occupied Jerusalem, last week.
The statement noted that indictments are scheduled to be filed on Monday at Ofer military court, to the southwest of Ramallah, against the four boys and asked for their detention to be extended.
The police said in a statement that investigation has been completed into the incident that took place on the settler road "60", which leads to Occupied Jerusalem, last week.
The statement noted that indictments are scheduled to be filed on Monday at Ofer military court, to the southwest of Ramallah, against the four boys and asked for their detention to be extended.
Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) on Monday extended the administrative detention of the Islamic Jihad leader and prisoner Bassam Abu Aker, 55 from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The extension order was made for four new months for the second time in a row, according to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation for Martyrs and Prisoners.
The foundation pointed out that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Abu Aker on July 17, and held him under the illegal administrative detention with no charge or trial.
The Islamic Jihad leader was previously detained for several times in Israeli jails where he served a total of 20 years of imprisonment. His last arrest lasted for 12 consecutive years before he was released on May 31, 2016.
The foundation pointed out that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Abu Aker on July 17, and held him under the illegal administrative detention with no charge or trial.
The Islamic Jihad leader was previously detained for several times in Israeli jails where he served a total of 20 years of imprisonment. His last arrest lasted for 12 consecutive years before he was released on May 31, 2016.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has said that dozens of Palestinian citizens have been detained for expressing their opinions on social media pages by Israel since the Jerusalem Intifada (uprising) started over two years ago.
In a press release on Sunday, Abdul-Naser Farwana, director of the documentation unit at the commission, stated that 280 Palestinians, including women, children, journalists and writers, had been arrested since early October 2015 after they had posted remarks, pictures or photos on different social media websites.
Some of them were also arrested for sharing, liking or commenting on postings published by others on Facebook or Twitter pages, or for joining other accounts, Farwana added.
According to him, several of those were indicted for incitement, sentenced to different jails terms with sometimes financial penalties, and others were transferred to administrative detention, with no indictment or trial.
However, some detainees were released on condition of not using Facebook for different periods of time.
Farwana described the detention and punishment of Palestinians because they expressed their own opinions on social media as “arbitrary and a violation of the international law.”
In a press release on Sunday, Abdul-Naser Farwana, director of the documentation unit at the commission, stated that 280 Palestinians, including women, children, journalists and writers, had been arrested since early October 2015 after they had posted remarks, pictures or photos on different social media websites.
Some of them were also arrested for sharing, liking or commenting on postings published by others on Facebook or Twitter pages, or for joining other accounts, Farwana added.
According to him, several of those were indicted for incitement, sentenced to different jails terms with sometimes financial penalties, and others were transferred to administrative detention, with no indictment or trial.
However, some detainees were released on condition of not using Facebook for different periods of time.
Farwana described the detention and punishment of Palestinians because they expressed their own opinions on social media as “arbitrary and a violation of the international law.”
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The IOF stormed Nablus province, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes in Madama.
The IOF also stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Ourata and kidnapped 16-year-old Abdul Hafidh Awad after they wreaked havoc on his family home. His uncle, Abdullah, was kidnapped just a few days earlier.
At the same time, Israeli army troops ravaged dozens of Palestinian homes in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and cracked down on the inhabitants.
Over recent weeks, Azzoun has been targeted by the occupation forces on a daily basis in the hunt for alleged stone-throwers.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli soldiers cordoned off al-Jalama, in Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinian youths from the Abu Farha family.
The occupation patrols also scoured cultivated land lots in the town and set up ambushes at the crack of dawn.
A set of military checkpoints was pitched by the IOF across the main access roads to Arana and Deir Abu Da’if towns, east of Jenin.
The IOF stormed Nablus province, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes in Madama.
The IOF also stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Ourata and kidnapped 16-year-old Abdul Hafidh Awad after they wreaked havoc on his family home. His uncle, Abdullah, was kidnapped just a few days earlier.
At the same time, Israeli army troops ravaged dozens of Palestinian homes in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun and cracked down on the inhabitants.
Over recent weeks, Azzoun has been targeted by the occupation forces on a daily basis in the hunt for alleged stone-throwers.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli soldiers cordoned off al-Jalama, in Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinian youths from the Abu Farha family.
The occupation patrols also scoured cultivated land lots in the town and set up ambushes at the crack of dawn.
A set of military checkpoints was pitched by the IOF across the main access roads to Arana and Deir Abu Da’if towns, east of Jenin.
Nearly 5,700 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces since the start of 2017, a human rights group reported Sunday.
According to the head of the Palestine Prisoners Center for Studies, Rafat Hamdouna, the highest number of detainees was recorded in June with an estimated 880 Palestinians.
Hamdouna said the list of the 2017 detainees includes 1,980 from Occupied Jerusalem.
Hundreds were only released following exhaustive investigation while hundreds of others have been sent to jail.
Hamdouna said Palestinians are typically arrested in overnight abduction sweeps and home break-ins carried out by the occupation army or at military checkpoints abruptly pitched across the occupied territories.
Hamdouna called on the international human rights institutions to take urgent responses over such arbitrary mass abductions against the Palestinians and to appeal to international courts so as to have Israel impeached over its ceaseless violations.
He also pushed for stepping up international pressure so as to urge the Israeli occupation to cease its arbitrary arrests of Palestinians, administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, and imprisonment of Palestinian MPs.
According to the head of the Palestine Prisoners Center for Studies, Rafat Hamdouna, the highest number of detainees was recorded in June with an estimated 880 Palestinians.
Hamdouna said the list of the 2017 detainees includes 1,980 from Occupied Jerusalem.
Hundreds were only released following exhaustive investigation while hundreds of others have been sent to jail.
Hamdouna said Palestinians are typically arrested in overnight abduction sweeps and home break-ins carried out by the occupation army or at military checkpoints abruptly pitched across the occupied territories.
Hamdouna called on the international human rights institutions to take urgent responses over such arbitrary mass abductions against the Palestinians and to appeal to international courts so as to have Israel impeached over its ceaseless violations.
He also pushed for stepping up international pressure so as to urge the Israeli occupation to cease its arbitrary arrests of Palestinians, administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, and imprisonment of Palestinian MPs.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up on Monday morning a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in al-Khalil for alleged knife possession.
The PIC reporter affirmed that IOF arrested a minor from al-Khalil at a military barrier near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city, claiming that a knife was found in his possession.
The detained boy was later taken handcuffed to unknown detention center, eyewitnesses reported.
The PIC reporter affirmed that IOF arrested a minor from al-Khalil at a military barrier near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city, claiming that a knife was found in his possession.
The detained boy was later taken handcuffed to unknown detention center, eyewitnesses reported.
Israeli soldiers released, on Sunday at night, a young Palestinian man, who was shot and injured by army fire, on Sunday afternoon, by dumping him at the entrance of the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the soldiers threw the wounded man, Ahmad Abu Rayya, 20, at the main entrance of the refugee camp, before its medics were called to the scene and rushed him to the Hebron governmental hospital.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Rayya was abducted by Israeli soldiers at the Gush Etzion Junction, while he was being rushed to a hospital in Bethlehem.
He was shot by live Israeli army fire, in his leg, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the soldiers threw the wounded man, Ahmad Abu Rayya, 20, at the main entrance of the refugee camp, before its medics were called to the scene and rushed him to the Hebron governmental hospital.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Rayya was abducted by Israeli soldiers at the Gush Etzion Junction, while he was being rushed to a hospital in Bethlehem.
He was shot by live Israeli army fire, in his leg, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
26 nov 2017
Israel’s High Court on Sunday ruled for demolishing the homes of two Palestinian detainees from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya, in the northern occupied West Bank.
A PIC news correspondent said the Israeli court turned down an appeal filed by the families of prisoners Youssef Kmeil and Mohamed Abu al-Rub to cancel the demolition verdict.
The court ruled that the prisoners’ family homes be demolished by the end of November.
Earlier this month, Israeli soldiers broke into the prisoners’ homes and handed over demolition orders to their families.
Both Kmeil and Abu al-Rub are charged with carrying out an anti-occupation attack which left an Israeli settler dead in an industrial zone in Kafr Kasem, in 1948 Occupied Palestine (Israel).
A PIC news correspondent said the Israeli court turned down an appeal filed by the families of prisoners Youssef Kmeil and Mohamed Abu al-Rub to cancel the demolition verdict.
The court ruled that the prisoners’ family homes be demolished by the end of November.
Earlier this month, Israeli soldiers broke into the prisoners’ homes and handed over demolition orders to their families.
Both Kmeil and Abu al-Rub are charged with carrying out an anti-occupation attack which left an Israeli settler dead in an industrial zone in Kafr Kasem, in 1948 Occupied Palestine (Israel).
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening arrested a Palestinian boy near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil for allegedly possessing a knife.
The Israeli police claimed in a statement that the border guards stationed in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian who was carrying a knife while entering the Mosque, but no further details were revealed about the incident.
Palestinians in al-Khalil face the risk of being detained and humiliated every day while passing through the checkpoints scattered in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque which are basically aimed at restricting the Palestinian citizens' freedom of movement.
The Israeli police claimed in a statement that the border guards stationed in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian who was carrying a knife while entering the Mosque, but no further details were revealed about the incident.
Palestinians in al-Khalil face the risk of being detained and humiliated every day while passing through the checkpoints scattered in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque which are basically aimed at restricting the Palestinian citizens' freedom of movement.
The Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Sunday kidnapped six Palestinians from the West Bank and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians, three among whom on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Two brothers, aged 19 and 25, along with another youth, aged 17, were detained after army forces raided and searched their family homes in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader.
The occupation forces also scoured the West Bank provinces of Ramallah, Qalqilya, Nablus, and al-Khalil.
The Israeli patrols attacked Palestinian civilians in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun shortly after they broke into the area and sealed off its access roads with flying checkpoints. The occupation soldiers further ravaged Palestinian homes.
On Saturday evening, Palestinian ex-prisoner and student-activist at Birzeit University Osama Mafarja was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at a makeshift checkpoint set up near Ramallah’s southwestern town of Beit Our.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, four Palestinians, including two teenagers, in Hebron and Bethlehem, and distributed demolition orders targeting a farm and structures, in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that the soldiers abducted Mos’ab Bahjat al-Jamal, 17, near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the center of the city.
It added that the soldiers claimed the teenager “carried a knife,” and took him to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and handed demolition orders targeting a farm, and several structures, allegedly for being built without permits.
The soldiers also invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, especially its main entrance area.
On Sunday at dawn, several army jeeps invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ibrahim Da’dou’, 25, and his brother, Mahmoud, 19, in addition to Mohammad Khader Abu ‘Ammouss, 17
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians, three among whom on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Two brothers, aged 19 and 25, along with another youth, aged 17, were detained after army forces raided and searched their family homes in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader.
The occupation forces also scoured the West Bank provinces of Ramallah, Qalqilya, Nablus, and al-Khalil.
The Israeli patrols attacked Palestinian civilians in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun shortly after they broke into the area and sealed off its access roads with flying checkpoints. The occupation soldiers further ravaged Palestinian homes.
On Saturday evening, Palestinian ex-prisoner and student-activist at Birzeit University Osama Mafarja was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at a makeshift checkpoint set up near Ramallah’s southwestern town of Beit Our.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, four Palestinians, including two teenagers, in Hebron and Bethlehem, and distributed demolition orders targeting a farm and structures, in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that the soldiers abducted Mos’ab Bahjat al-Jamal, 17, near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the center of the city.
It added that the soldiers claimed the teenager “carried a knife,” and took him to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and handed demolition orders targeting a farm, and several structures, allegedly for being built without permits.
The soldiers also invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, especially its main entrance area.
On Sunday at dawn, several army jeeps invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ibrahim Da’dou’, 25, and his brother, Mahmoud, 19, in addition to Mohammad Khader Abu ‘Ammouss, 17
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday afternoon, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, shot and injured two young men, and abducted one of them after the army stopped an ambulance transferring him to a hospital in Bethlehem.
Media sources in Hebron said many army jeeps invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp from several directions, and fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at many youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
They added that many Palestinians received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, and that a young man, identified as, Ahmad Mohammad Abu Mariya, 20, was shot with a live round in his leg, and was abducted by the soldiers who stopped an ambulance while transferring him to a hospital in Bethlehem.
The soldiers shot another young man, Mohannad Moheeb Jawabra, with an exploding bullet in his pelvis, before local medics moved him to a hospital in Hebron.
IOF detains ambulance, arrests injured Palestinian youth in al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday detained a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance that was transferring an injured Palestinian youth to the hospital.
The PIC reporter said that the ambulance was called to al-Arroub refugee camp in al-Khalil after a Palestinian youth was injured in the clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers in the area.
He added that the car, while transferring the injured youth to Bethlehem Hospital, was stopped and detained at Gush Etzion junction.
Palestinian medical sources reported that the youth was arrested and taken to an unknown destination despite being injured with a live bullet in the thigh.
Media sources in Hebron said many army jeeps invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp from several directions, and fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at many youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading vehicles.
They added that many Palestinians received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, and that a young man, identified as, Ahmad Mohammad Abu Mariya, 20, was shot with a live round in his leg, and was abducted by the soldiers who stopped an ambulance while transferring him to a hospital in Bethlehem.
The soldiers shot another young man, Mohannad Moheeb Jawabra, with an exploding bullet in his pelvis, before local medics moved him to a hospital in Hebron.
IOF detains ambulance, arrests injured Palestinian youth in al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday detained a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance that was transferring an injured Palestinian youth to the hospital.
The PIC reporter said that the ambulance was called to al-Arroub refugee camp in al-Khalil after a Palestinian youth was injured in the clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers in the area.
He added that the car, while transferring the injured youth to Bethlehem Hospital, was stopped and detained at Gush Etzion junction.
Palestinian medical sources reported that the youth was arrested and taken to an unknown destination despite being injured with a live bullet in the thigh.
Families of two Palestinian detainees have appealed to national and international human rights institutions to urgently work on disclosing the fate of their sons in Israeli jails.
The families of Mohamed Hamash and Ibrahim Abd Raboh have not received information as regards the condition of their relatives who have reportedly been interrogated at the Israeli Petah Tekva investigation center for 35 days running.
The families said the detainees’ fate has been shrouded in mystery and that the Israeli occupation authorities banned visits, both by relatives and lawyers, until further notice.
Head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe, strongly condemned such “oppressive measures”, which he said contravene all international laws and treaties and make part of castigatory tactics to force confession.
He added that the commission has been striving to unravel the fate of the detainees and will intensify pressure on the Israeli prison authorities to lift the visit-ban. He vowed that the commission will proceed with legal measures in case its appeals go unheeded.
Both Hamash and Abd Raboh, university students, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on October 29.
The families of Mohamed Hamash and Ibrahim Abd Raboh have not received information as regards the condition of their relatives who have reportedly been interrogated at the Israeli Petah Tekva investigation center for 35 days running.
The families said the detainees’ fate has been shrouded in mystery and that the Israeli occupation authorities banned visits, both by relatives and lawyers, until further notice.
Head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe, strongly condemned such “oppressive measures”, which he said contravene all international laws and treaties and make part of castigatory tactics to force confession.
He added that the commission has been striving to unravel the fate of the detainees and will intensify pressure on the Israeli prison authorities to lift the visit-ban. He vowed that the commission will proceed with legal measures in case its appeals go unheeded.
Both Hamash and Abd Raboh, university students, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on October 29.
25 nov 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted one Palestinian. The soldiers also caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in an earlier invasion.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Waleed Abu Bakr, 25, while he was walking back home after heading to a local store.
Earlier at dawn, several army jeeps invaded the village, and fired many gas bombs at local youngsters, who hurled stones at them, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Waleed Abu Bakr, 25, while he was walking back home after heading to a local store.
Earlier at dawn, several army jeeps invaded the village, and fired many gas bombs at local youngsters, who hurled stones at them, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Saturday between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Rummanah town, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, after the latter kidnapped a local resident from his home.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli troops, from the Salem military base, stormed Rummanah town and kidnapped 25-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed from his home.
Meanwhile, angry local young men threw stones at soldiers, who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades.
Several young men suffered from inhaling tear gas during the skirmishes.
Local sources also reported that Israeli soldiers combed an agricultural area in the nearby town of Zububa and set up a makeshift checkpoint on the Jenin-Haifa road.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli troops, from the Salem military base, stormed Rummanah town and kidnapped 25-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed from his home.
Meanwhile, angry local young men threw stones at soldiers, who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades.
Several young men suffered from inhaling tear gas during the skirmishes.
Local sources also reported that Israeli soldiers combed an agricultural area in the nearby town of Zububa and set up a makeshift checkpoint on the Jenin-Haifa road.
24 nov 2017
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent Palestinian protest, demanding the army to reopen a main road in Qalqas area, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area, attacked the protesters, including international activists, and fired gas bombs at them.
The protesters carried signs and chanted slogans demanding the army to reopen the road, which was blockaded by the military seventeen years ago, and called for ending Israel’s illegal colonialist occupation.
The villagers in Qalqas are forced to take alternate, unpaved roads, to enter and leave their village due to Israel’s illegal closure and blockade.
Earlier Friday, the soldiers broke into and searched many homes and neighborhoods in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a child, identified as Husam Zeitoun, 13.
Dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area, attacked the protesters, including international activists, and fired gas bombs at them.
The protesters carried signs and chanted slogans demanding the army to reopen the road, which was blockaded by the military seventeen years ago, and called for ending Israel’s illegal colonialist occupation.
The villagers in Qalqas are forced to take alternate, unpaved roads, to enter and leave their village due to Israel’s illegal closure and blockade.
Earlier Friday, the soldiers broke into and searched many homes and neighborhoods in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a child, identified as Husam Zeitoun, 13.
The Israeli Salem Military court, west of Jenin, sentenced on Thursday a Palestinian detainee to two life-terms and 40 years in Israeli prisons.
The Salem court issued two-life sentences and a forty-year prison-term against 43-year-old Mohamed Zakarna, from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya. The court also ruled that the detainee pay a bail of up to 300,000 shekels.
His family strongly condemned the verdicts, saying their son was indicted over charges for which he had already been sentenced by Israeli courts.
Prisoner Zakarna was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on May 28, 2012 after he was injured and nabbed in an ambush. The Israeli occupation authorities resentenced him over charges for which he had already been punished at an earlier time.
Sometime earlier, the occupation authorities sentenced Zakarna to life but ended up acquitting him following negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
The Salem court issued two-life sentences and a forty-year prison-term against 43-year-old Mohamed Zakarna, from Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya. The court also ruled that the detainee pay a bail of up to 300,000 shekels.
His family strongly condemned the verdicts, saying their son was indicted over charges for which he had already been sentenced by Israeli courts.
Prisoner Zakarna was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on May 28, 2012 after he was injured and nabbed in an ambush. The Israeli occupation authorities resentenced him over charges for which he had already been punished at an earlier time.
Sometime earlier, the occupation authorities sentenced Zakarna to life but ended up acquitting him following negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening said they rounded up a five-member resistance cell in Bethlehem province.
The Israeli army claimed the nabbed cell is specialized in throwing Molotov cocktails and homemade bombs on Israeli military and settler vehicles.
Members of the alleged cell were arrested in Ramon village, in Ramallah, and in Bethlehem’s Duheisha and al-Azza refugee camps, on allegations of attempting to throw explosive devices at Israeli cars on the tunnel road leading to Occupied Jerusalem.
Hebrew sources further alleged that the arrestees have been involved in homemade-bomb-throwing near Beit Jala over recent weeks.
The occupation army also seized their cars under the same allegations and claimed the youths admitted having committed the alleged operations. A list of indictments will be filed soon to send the detainees to jail.
Up to this point, the identities and conditions of the arrestees have been kept under wraps.
The Israeli army claimed the nabbed cell is specialized in throwing Molotov cocktails and homemade bombs on Israeli military and settler vehicles.
Members of the alleged cell were arrested in Ramon village, in Ramallah, and in Bethlehem’s Duheisha and al-Azza refugee camps, on allegations of attempting to throw explosive devices at Israeli cars on the tunnel road leading to Occupied Jerusalem.
Hebrew sources further alleged that the arrestees have been involved in homemade-bomb-throwing near Beit Jala over recent weeks.
The occupation army also seized their cars under the same allegations and claimed the youths admitted having committed the alleged operations. A list of indictments will be filed soon to send the detainees to jail.
Up to this point, the identities and conditions of the arrestees have been kept under wraps.
