10 oct 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Monday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
In Qalqilia, dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Azzoun town and arrested eight Palestinians including children.
Several locals were also attacked and beaten during the raid, while three workshops were violently stormed. Equipment of the workshops were confiscated.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that nearly 200 Israeli soldiers stormed the town after closing all its entrances by military checkpoints. Dozens of homes were stormed and violently searched during the raid, the sources pointed out.
In Jenin, Israeli forces detained overnight and at dawn today three Palestinians after breaking into Yamon town. A state of tension prevailed among the locals after Israeli forces stormed and searched several homes.
In Tulkarem, several Palestinians choked on teargas as Israeli forces stormed in large numbers Tulkarem refugee camp amid heavy firing of live ammunition and teargas bombs.
Following the raid, violent clashes broke out in the refugee camp and lasted for long hours. At least one of the inhabitants was arrested during the clashes.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces arrested 52 Palestinians over the past 24 hours throughout the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
The rights group said that 39 arrests were reported in occupied Jerusalem, while seven detainees were rounded up in Qalqilia. Two arrests were also reported in Jenin, while a young woman was detained in Tulkarem.
In Qalqilia, dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Azzoun town and arrested eight Palestinians including children.
Several locals were also attacked and beaten during the raid, while three workshops were violently stormed. Equipment of the workshops were confiscated.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that nearly 200 Israeli soldiers stormed the town after closing all its entrances by military checkpoints. Dozens of homes were stormed and violently searched during the raid, the sources pointed out.
In Jenin, Israeli forces detained overnight and at dawn today three Palestinians after breaking into Yamon town. A state of tension prevailed among the locals after Israeli forces stormed and searched several homes.
In Tulkarem, several Palestinians choked on teargas as Israeli forces stormed in large numbers Tulkarem refugee camp amid heavy firing of live ammunition and teargas bombs.
Following the raid, violent clashes broke out in the refugee camp and lasted for long hours. At least one of the inhabitants was arrested during the clashes.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces arrested 52 Palestinians over the past 24 hours throughout the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
The rights group said that 39 arrests were reported in occupied Jerusalem, while seven detainees were rounded up in Qalqilia. Two arrests were also reported in Jenin, while a young woman was detained in Tulkarem.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) prevented Monday morning 14 Palestinians from visiting their imprisoned relatives in Negev prison.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian bus carrying prisoners’ families at Tiba checkpoint near Tulkarem and prevented 14 passengers from completing their trip to Negev prison.
The 14 passengers were prevented from traveling to Negev although they earlier got an Israeli permit to visit their imprisoned sons.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian bus carrying prisoners’ families at Tiba checkpoint near Tulkarem and prevented 14 passengers from completing their trip to Negev prison.
The 14 passengers were prevented from traveling to Negev although they earlier got an Israeli permit to visit their imprisoned sons.
The Israeli Magistrate Court sentenced Monday morning the Jerusalemite citizen Samer Abu Eisha, 29, to 20 months.
Samer was arrested from the Red Cross headquarters on January 6, 2016 after he refused an Israeli order to expel him from occupied Jerusalem.
Samer is currently held in Gilboa prison after being transferred from prison to prison over the past months. Samer’s father described the court’s order to imprison his son for 20 months as unfair.
Samer was arrested from the Red Cross headquarters on January 6, 2016 after he refused an Israeli order to expel him from occupied Jerusalem.
Samer is currently held in Gilboa prison after being transferred from prison to prison over the past months. Samer’s father described the court’s order to imprison his son for 20 months as unfair.
Limited clashes broke out Monday morning after Israeli police forces stormed a local school in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli police violently stormed Islamic orphanage school amid heavy fire of teargas bombs.
Following the raid, violent clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents who gathered near the school. No injuries were reported among the students, the sources added.
According to the sources, Israeli forces stormed the school after the students organized a solidarity event in support of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs.
However, Israeli forces claimed that an Israeli military vehicle was stoned near the school. Three students were detained just few minutes after leaving the school.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli police violently stormed Islamic orphanage school amid heavy fire of teargas bombs.
Following the raid, violent clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents who gathered near the school. No injuries were reported among the students, the sources added.
According to the sources, Israeli forces stormed the school after the students organized a solidarity event in support of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs.
However, Israeli forces claimed that an Israeli military vehicle was stoned near the school. Three students were detained just few minutes after leaving the school.
One Jewish settler was reportedly injured on Sunday evening in a stone-throwing attack on a bus travelling on a road near Halhoul town, north of al-Khalil city.
According to Israeli media outlets, the Israeli army launched a manhunt for the teenagers responsible for the attack.
Israeli soldiers also closed on the same day Sadat al-Fahes barrier at the southern entrance to al-Khalil city and obstructed the movement of Palestinian vehicles.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in al-Khalil, the soldiers kidnapped ex-detainee Fahed Abu Asbeeh at the same barrier and took him to an undeclared place.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation police said that a number of young men hurled stones at an Israeli bus near Bir Haddaj in the Negev, causing material damage to it.
According to Israeli media outlets, the Israeli army launched a manhunt for the teenagers responsible for the attack.
Israeli soldiers also closed on the same day Sadat al-Fahes barrier at the southern entrance to al-Khalil city and obstructed the movement of Palestinian vehicles.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in al-Khalil, the soldiers kidnapped ex-detainee Fahed Abu Asbeeh at the same barrier and took him to an undeclared place.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation police said that a number of young men hurled stones at an Israeli bus near Bir Haddaj in the Negev, causing material damage to it.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on early Monday morning detained a Palestinian girl at the Zaatara military checkpoint, in southern Nablus, and blocked Palestinians movement in and out without explaining the reasons.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the girl and ordered her not to move in a remarkably panic-stricken voice.
They later detained the girl without explaining the reasons for the move.
The girl’s identity has not been identified yet amid fears that the Israeli occupation army would accuse her of anti-occupation stabbing attempt.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the girl and ordered her not to move in a remarkably panic-stricken voice.
They later detained the girl without explaining the reasons for the move.
The girl’s identity has not been identified yet amid fears that the Israeli occupation army would accuse her of anti-occupation stabbing attempt.
Israeli soldiers, and police officers, invaded on Monday at dawn, the ar-Ram town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and broke into the home of Misbah Abu Sbeih, who was killed Sunday after carrying out a deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem, and detained his daughter, Eman, only 14 years of age. The invasion into the property was the second in a few hours.
The family said the soldiers violently searched the property, before taking Eman to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, who hurled stones on the military vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eman was taken prisoner after publishing a personal video on her Facebook page in which she said “she was proud of her father, who died a martyr.”
She said that she prayed with her father, on Sunday at dawn, before he left home in order to serve a four-month prison sentence, for “trying to prevent soldiers and settlers from invading the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The daughter added that she and her family said goodbye to him at dawn, believing he was going to prison for four months. He was killed after fatally shooting an Israeli officer and a woman.
She also stated that she asked her father whether she should visit him while in prison, but he said that she, her sister and brothers, should take care of their studies, and do well I school.
“We are proud of our father; I always prayed with him, including on Sunday at dawn in our home,” she said, “He also said goodbye to my sister, and asked my brothers and me to study well, and to do good, while he serves his prisoner sentence…”
“He was imprisoned many times, sometimes for eight months, a year or two, so it became an ordinary part of our lives” she added, “He carried out a shooting operation, killing two Zionists and wounded eight, thank God…”
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the family home and took measurements of the property in preparation for demolishing it.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes belong to relatives of Abu Sbeih.
On Sunday evening, undercover soldiers of the Israeli army invaded the at-Tour town, in Jerusalem, and clashed with local youngsters, before firing gas bombs, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The family said the soldiers violently searched the property, before taking Eman to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, who hurled stones on the military vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eman was taken prisoner after publishing a personal video on her Facebook page in which she said “she was proud of her father, who died a martyr.”
She said that she prayed with her father, on Sunday at dawn, before he left home in order to serve a four-month prison sentence, for “trying to prevent soldiers and settlers from invading the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The daughter added that she and her family said goodbye to him at dawn, believing he was going to prison for four months. He was killed after fatally shooting an Israeli officer and a woman.
She also stated that she asked her father whether she should visit him while in prison, but he said that she, her sister and brothers, should take care of their studies, and do well I school.
“We are proud of our father; I always prayed with him, including on Sunday at dawn in our home,” she said, “He also said goodbye to my sister, and asked my brothers and me to study well, and to do good, while he serves his prisoner sentence…”
“He was imprisoned many times, sometimes for eight months, a year or two, so it became an ordinary part of our lives” she added, “He carried out a shooting operation, killing two Zionists and wounded eight, thank God…”
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the family home and took measurements of the property in preparation for demolishing it.
The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes belong to relatives of Abu Sbeih.
On Sunday evening, undercover soldiers of the Israeli army invaded the at-Tour town, in Jerusalem, and clashed with local youngsters, before firing gas bombs, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Tulkarem city, and Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, kidnapped one Palestinian and injured several others, including a child.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded several alleys in Tulkarem refugee camp, and Thiab neighborhood in the city, and clashed with dozens of youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The army fired dozens of gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and several rounds of live ammunition, causing many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians, and moved a child to hospital after she became unable to breathe on her own.
The soldiers also searched homes in Tulkarem city, interrogated many Palestinians, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Amir Salah ‘Amara.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded several alleys in Tulkarem refugee camp, and Thiab neighborhood in the city, and clashed with dozens of youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles.
The army fired dozens of gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and several rounds of live ammunition, causing many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians, and moved a child to hospital after she became unable to breathe on her own.
The soldiers also searched homes in Tulkarem city, interrogated many Palestinians, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Amir Salah ‘Amara.
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of ‘Azzoun, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)has reported that the soldiers violently searched at least thirteen homes, and interrogated several families, before kidnapping ten Palestinians.
It added that the soldiers surrounded the town, and declared it a closed military zone, before invading it.
Six of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ali Farid Hasan, Qussai Shaher Salim, Mahmoud Jamal Odah, Mohammad Salim Arroub, Monther Yasser Salama and Essam Rashid Radwan.
The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)has reported that the soldiers violently searched at least thirteen homes, and interrogated several families, before kidnapping ten Palestinians.
It added that the soldiers surrounded the town, and declared it a closed military zone, before invading it.
Six of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ali Farid Hasan, Qussai Shaher Salim, Mahmoud Jamal Odah, Mohammad Salim Arroub, Monther Yasser Salama and Essam Rashid Radwan.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two young Palestinian men from Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and one Palestinian from Meithaloon town, south of Jenin.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Majed Mohammad Sa’ada 22, and Noureddin Sa’ada, 20, near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
The two Palestinians, from Huwwara town, were waiting for their friend, Ahmad Shaher Odeh, after he was released from an Israeli detention center.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Jihad Rabay’a, 40, from Meithaloon town, after stopping him on a sudden roadblock installed on the Jenin-Nablus road.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Majed Mohammad Sa’ada 22, and Noureddin Sa’ada, 20, near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
The two Palestinians, from Huwwara town, were waiting for their friend, Ahmad Shaher Odeh, after he was released from an Israeli detention center.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Jihad Rabay’a, 40, from Meithaloon town, after stopping him on a sudden roadblock installed on the Jenin-Nablus road.
The Israeli army and police detained, on Sunday at night, five Palestinians from Jerusalem for capturing the Jerusalem shooting attack on film, while allegedly showing support for the attack by “shouting Allahu Akbar.” The Police have so far detained 21 Palestinians since the attack took place.
In a statement, the Israeli police said that the Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan has instructed the police and the army to act against any activity, including statements, that show any sort of support for the shooting, or praise the shooter, Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39.
Abu Sbeih was killed after shooting to death an Israeli police officer, identified as First Sgt. Yosef Kirme, 30, and a woman, identified as Levanah Malichi, 60.
According to the Police, several Palestinians were arrested after distributing sweets to the public, celebrating the death of the two Israelis. The Israeli police also arrested those who demanded that store owners shut down in mourning for the Palestinian.
Lawyer Mofeed al-Hajj, of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the police and army abducted five Palestinians who managed to film the attack, or parts of it, and published the videos on social media outlets. Two of those arrested shut down their stores in mourning for the Palestinian who was killed after carrying out the shooting attack.
He said the detained Palestinians have been identified as Ibrahim Suleiman Sandouqa, his brother Mo’taz, Ramzi Mohammad al-Jo’ba, Mohammad Hani Emhalwes and Mustafa Oweida.
He added that the soldiers have abducted and detained 21 Palestinians since the shooting attack took place Sunday, allegedly for filming or showing support for the attack, in Sheikh Jarrah.
They have been identified as;
In addition, Israel managed to get Facebook to close Misbah’s personal account.
In a statement, the Israeli police said that the Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan has instructed the police and the army to act against any activity, including statements, that show any sort of support for the shooting, or praise the shooter, Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39.
Abu Sbeih was killed after shooting to death an Israeli police officer, identified as First Sgt. Yosef Kirme, 30, and a woman, identified as Levanah Malichi, 60.
According to the Police, several Palestinians were arrested after distributing sweets to the public, celebrating the death of the two Israelis. The Israeli police also arrested those who demanded that store owners shut down in mourning for the Palestinian.
Lawyer Mofeed al-Hajj, of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the police and army abducted five Palestinians who managed to film the attack, or parts of it, and published the videos on social media outlets. Two of those arrested shut down their stores in mourning for the Palestinian who was killed after carrying out the shooting attack.
He said the detained Palestinians have been identified as Ibrahim Suleiman Sandouqa, his brother Mo’taz, Ramzi Mohammad al-Jo’ba, Mohammad Hani Emhalwes and Mustafa Oweida.
He added that the soldiers have abducted and detained 21 Palestinians since the shooting attack took place Sunday, allegedly for filming or showing support for the attack, in Sheikh Jarrah.
They have been identified as;
- Sbeih Abu Sbeih, the father of Misbah, the carried the attack out.
- Nasser Qous, the head of Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
- Nihad Zghayyar.
- Tareq Abu Sbeih.
- Moammar Abu Sbeih.
- Nabeeh Abu Sbeih.
- Samer Beitouni.
- Mohammad Daqqaq.
- Ahmad Shaweesh.
- Mahmoud Gheith.
- Sharif Taha.
- Samer Abu Qadous.
- Omar Ibrahim.
- Omar’s brother (name not released).
- Ibrahim Sandouqa.
- Mo’taz Sandouqa (Ibrahim’s brother)
- Ramzi Mohammad al-Jo’ba.
- Mohammad Hani Emhalwes.
- Mustafa Oweida.
- Sharif Taha, 36.
- Samer Abu Qadous, 39.
In addition, Israel managed to get Facebook to close Misbah’s personal account.
Israeli courts have issued 31 administrative detention orders recently against Palestinian internees, including a Palestinian lawmaker, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Those detainees received different administrative prison terms, ranging between three to six months.
10 of those administrative detention orders were issued for the first time against prisoners and the others were extensions to previous similar orders against 21 prisoners, who have spent months or years in jail, with no indictment or trial.
Palestinian lawmaker Mohamed al-Natsheh are among those administrative detainees, but he has already served about 20 years of actual prison sentences and administrative detention in Israeli jails before his recent arrest.
Those detainees received different administrative prison terms, ranging between three to six months.
10 of those administrative detention orders were issued for the first time against prisoners and the others were extensions to previous similar orders against 21 prisoners, who have spent months or years in jail, with no indictment or trial.
Palestinian lawmaker Mohamed al-Natsheh are among those administrative detainees, but he has already served about 20 years of actual prison sentences and administrative detention in Israeli jails before his recent arrest.
9 oct 2016
Several Palestinians were left injured at dawn on Sunday in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Jenin province.
A PIC news correspondent said several Israeli army troops rolled into Jenin’s western town of Zabouba and sealed off its main access road with a military checkpoint before they wreaked havoc on civilian homes and cracked down on the anti-occupation protesters.
Several Palestinians both indoors and outdoors, choked on teargas.
The IOF kidnapped the ex-prisoner Saleh Najeh Kmeil after they ravaged his family home in Qabatiya town, to the south. A series of break-ins was launched by the IOF on Palestinian civilian homes in Qabatiya.
Israeli army jeeps raked through the Nazareth Street and set up random ambushes.
At the same time, over 15 Israeli military jeeps and dozens of soldiers cordoned off Tulkarem’s Utail town and targeted the Palestinian protesters with barrages of bullet fire and stun grenades.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into civilian homes and attacked the native residents, many among whom were later summoned to questioning.
A PIC news correspondent said several Israeli army troops rolled into Jenin’s western town of Zabouba and sealed off its main access road with a military checkpoint before they wreaked havoc on civilian homes and cracked down on the anti-occupation protesters.
Several Palestinians both indoors and outdoors, choked on teargas.
The IOF kidnapped the ex-prisoner Saleh Najeh Kmeil after they ravaged his family home in Qabatiya town, to the south. A series of break-ins was launched by the IOF on Palestinian civilian homes in Qabatiya.
Israeli army jeeps raked through the Nazareth Street and set up random ambushes.
At the same time, over 15 Israeli military jeeps and dozens of soldiers cordoned off Tulkarem’s Utail town and targeted the Palestinian protesters with barrages of bullet fire and stun grenades.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into civilian homes and attacked the native residents, many among whom were later summoned to questioning.
Updated: The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Sunday, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The head of the PPS office in Jerusalem was kidnapped on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon, the Israeli army kidnapped the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Nasser Qous, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Updated from Oct 9, 2016 @ 13:01 – The Bethlehem office of the PPS said several army vehicles invaded Nahhalin town, southwest of the city, searched many homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Baha-Eddin Shakarna, 17, his brother Noureddin Shakarna, 20, and Ahmad Mahmoud Shakarna, 20.
The soldiers also invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, in the central West Bank district of Salfit, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad Mahfouth Mer’ey, 21, and Ali Abdullah ‘Aassi, 22.
In addition, the Qalqilia office of the PPS, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Walweel, 38, after invading his home in the city.
One Palestinian, identified as Bara’ Tawfiq ‘Amarna, 20, was kidnapped from his home, in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Salah Najeh Kamil, from his home in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
Furthermore, the PPS said that the soldiers also kidnapped Tha’er Awad Saleh, 35, from his home in ‘Aroura town, northwest of Ramallah.
On Sunday afternoon, the Israeli army kidnapped the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Nasser Qous, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Updated from Oct 9, 2016 @ 13:01 – The Bethlehem office of the PPS said several army vehicles invaded Nahhalin town, southwest of the city, searched many homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Baha-Eddin Shakarna, 17, his brother Noureddin Shakarna, 20, and Ahmad Mahmoud Shakarna, 20.
The soldiers also invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, in the central West Bank district of Salfit, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad Mahfouth Mer’ey, 21, and Ali Abdullah ‘Aassi, 22.
In addition, the Qalqilia office of the PPS, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Walweel, 38, after invading his home in the city.
One Palestinian, identified as Bara’ Tawfiq ‘Amarna, 20, was kidnapped from his home, in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Salah Najeh Kamil, from his home in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
Furthermore, the PPS said that the soldiers also kidnapped Tha’er Awad Saleh, 35, from his home in ‘Aroura town, northwest of Ramallah.
Misbah Abu Sbeih 39 and his cildren
Israeli sources have reported, Sunday, that two Israelis were killed, and six others were wounded, in a drive-by shooting near the Light-Rail stop, close to the Police headquarters, in Jerusalem, and that the Palestinian, who carried out the shooting attack, was killed after a short pursuit.
Israeli online daily Haaretz has reported that the Palestinian carried a drive-by shooting at the Ammunition Hill light rail stop, close to the main National Headquarters of the Jerusalem Police, and added that the Palestinian was killed after a short pursuit, after he wounded several persons.
Haaretz added that two of the wounded Israelis, a police officer, 30, and a 60-year-old woman, later succumbed to their wounds.
Two of the wounded Israelis, who were injured in the initial attack, suffered severe and moderate wounds, while a third also suffered a moderate wound shortly afterwards.
The shooter fled to Sheikh Jarrah, in Jerusalem, and shot two police officers, critically wounding one and moderately injuring the other, while three Israelis were hurt by “shrapnel and shock,” Haaretz said.
The Palestinian has been identified as Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39, from Silwan town, in Jerusalem. The names of the Israelis who were killed in the attack have not yet been released.
The Maan Palestinian News Agency said one of its reporters interviewed Abu Sbeih, Saturday, a day before he was supposed to turn himself in to the police to serve a four-month prison sentence, after he was convicted of “assaulting a police officer in Jerusalem’s Old City.” He was also denied from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or its vicinity, for six months.
After killing him, the Israeli army stormed his home and kidnapped his three children, before taking them to an interrogation center.
Israeli sources have reported, Sunday, that two Israelis were killed, and six others were wounded, in a drive-by shooting near the Light-Rail stop, close to the Police headquarters, in Jerusalem, and that the Palestinian, who carried out the shooting attack, was killed after a short pursuit.
Israeli online daily Haaretz has reported that the Palestinian carried a drive-by shooting at the Ammunition Hill light rail stop, close to the main National Headquarters of the Jerusalem Police, and added that the Palestinian was killed after a short pursuit, after he wounded several persons.
Haaretz added that two of the wounded Israelis, a police officer, 30, and a 60-year-old woman, later succumbed to their wounds.
Two of the wounded Israelis, who were injured in the initial attack, suffered severe and moderate wounds, while a third also suffered a moderate wound shortly afterwards.
The shooter fled to Sheikh Jarrah, in Jerusalem, and shot two police officers, critically wounding one and moderately injuring the other, while three Israelis were hurt by “shrapnel and shock,” Haaretz said.
The Palestinian has been identified as Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39, from Silwan town, in Jerusalem. The names of the Israelis who were killed in the attack have not yet been released.
The Maan Palestinian News Agency said one of its reporters interviewed Abu Sbeih, Saturday, a day before he was supposed to turn himself in to the police to serve a four-month prison sentence, after he was convicted of “assaulting a police officer in Jerusalem’s Old City.” He was also denied from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or its vicinity, for six months.
After killing him, the Israeli army stormed his home and kidnapped his three children, before taking them to an interrogation center.
