21 sept 2013
Nidal Ammer 42
An Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in the West Bank, the Israeli military says.
The soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of Qalqiliya on Saturday, a military spokesman told the AFP news agency.
A suspect has been arrested. The Israeli prime minister's spokesman named him on Twitter as Nidal Ammer, 42, who worked with the soldier.
The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967.
An Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in the West Bank, the Israeli military says.
The soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of Qalqiliya on Saturday, a military spokesman told the AFP news agency.
A suspect has been arrested. The Israeli prime minister's spokesman named him on Twitter as Nidal Ammer, 42, who worked with the soldier.
The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967.
Nordin Abdullah Ammer
Israeli officials said the suspect confessed to abducting and killing the soldier in the hope that he could trade the body in exchange for the release of his imprisoned brother.
Israel's internal security agency, Shin Bet, told the Associated Press (AP) the soldier's body was found in a well in a Palestinian village near the city of Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank.
The military says the soldier's family has been notified, AP reports.
Israeli officials said the suspect confessed to abducting and killing the soldier in the hope that he could trade the body in exchange for the release of his imprisoned brother.
Israel's internal security agency, Shin Bet, told the Associated Press (AP) the soldier's body was found in a well in a Palestinian village near the city of Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank.
The military says the soldier's family has been notified, AP reports.
Israel has denied family visits to the father of a baby conceived using sperm smuggled out of an Israeli jail, the Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies said Saturday.
In July, Abdul Kareem al-Rimawi's wife Lida gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 2.8 kg at the Razan Medical Center in Nablus.
Majd was conceived at the Razan clinic by IVF using sperm smuggled from her jailed husband, in the second such birth of its kind.
Israel's prison administration claims that al-Rimawi had no children registered before his arrest and therefore his status as a father will not be recognized.
Director of Ahrar, Rafat Hamdonah, called the measure an "unprecedented form of punishment", saying that international law guarantees visitation rights for families.
The family will go to court to protest the move.
Al-Rimawi has spent 12 years in jail, and will be imprisoned until 2026.
There are currently 18 women who have become pregnant by smuggling their husband's sperm from Israeli jails.
In July, Abdul Kareem al-Rimawi's wife Lida gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 2.8 kg at the Razan Medical Center in Nablus.
Majd was conceived at the Razan clinic by IVF using sperm smuggled from her jailed husband, in the second such birth of its kind.
Israel's prison administration claims that al-Rimawi had no children registered before his arrest and therefore his status as a father will not be recognized.
Director of Ahrar, Rafat Hamdonah, called the measure an "unprecedented form of punishment", saying that international law guarantees visitation rights for families.
The family will go to court to protest the move.
Al-Rimawi has spent 12 years in jail, and will be imprisoned until 2026.
There are currently 18 women who have become pregnant by smuggling their husband's sperm from Israeli jails.
Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies Fouad Khuffash condemned Israel’s violations against the Palestinian children represented in its measures of detentions and trials. Khuffash said in a statement that “the last crime carried out by the occupation sentencing Mohammad, and Ayman Abbasi to a half and one year,”
He indicated that both of them are under 14 and were previously detained.
Khuffash demanded UN institutions and child protection centers to bear their moral and legal responsibilities towards these unstopping violations.
“Nearly 210 Palestinian children lie in Israeli jails,” the statement said.
Most of the minors imprisoned by Israel are detained on charges like stone-throwing, Israel-based human rights group B'Tselem says.
He concluded by wondering "if these crimes against children are observed outside occupied Palestine, the world would not be silent; why this is not the case when it comes to the Palestinian minors nabbed? Are not they entitled to human rights?”
He indicated that both of them are under 14 and were previously detained.
Khuffash demanded UN institutions and child protection centers to bear their moral and legal responsibilities towards these unstopping violations.
“Nearly 210 Palestinian children lie in Israeli jails,” the statement said.
Most of the minors imprisoned by Israel are detained on charges like stone-throwing, Israel-based human rights group B'Tselem says.
He concluded by wondering "if these crimes against children are observed outside occupied Palestine, the world would not be silent; why this is not the case when it comes to the Palestinian minors nabbed? Are not they entitled to human rights?”
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of the Hamas leader Abdulkhalek Natshe for six months. IOA arrested Natshe on the 27 of March 2013 and held him in administrative detention for six months. He was informed about the extension of his detention on Friday evening.
Prisoner Natsheh has served nearly 15 years in Israeli jails.
Prisoner Natsheh has served nearly 15 years in Israeli jails.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested six bothers in Beit Amin village, south of Qalqilia, at dawn Saturday after imposing a curfew on it. Local sources said that IOF soldiers surrounded and closed all entrances to the village and broke into many citizens’ homes.
They said that the soldiers withdrew from the village after rounding up the six bothers and destroying part of their homes and agricultural installations.
The Israeli army spokesman Avichai Aderi said that an Israeli soldier, who went missing on Friday, was found killed near Qalqilia.
Aderi said on his Facebook page that the army was investigating the incident.
A Hebrew press report claimed that a Palestinian from Beit Amin village had led the “soldier to a well north of the Palestinian town Sanriya, near Qalqilyah," where he killed him and hid his body. The report added, “In the investigation, the Palestinian suspect admitted that the motive … was to bring about the release of his brother … who has been incarcerated in Israel since 2003”.
They said that the soldiers withdrew from the village after rounding up the six bothers and destroying part of their homes and agricultural installations.
The Israeli army spokesman Avichai Aderi said that an Israeli soldier, who went missing on Friday, was found killed near Qalqilia.
Aderi said on his Facebook page that the army was investigating the incident.
A Hebrew press report claimed that a Palestinian from Beit Amin village had led the “soldier to a well north of the Palestinian town Sanriya, near Qalqilyah," where he killed him and hid his body. The report added, “In the investigation, the Palestinian suspect admitted that the motive … was to bring about the release of his brother … who has been incarcerated in Israel since 2003”.
The Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh, 34, has threatened to go on hunger strike and to stop taking medicines in protest against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence. Halahleh, jailed in Eshel prison, had contracted hepatitis after his arrest in April.
The prisoner told the Palestinian prisoner society lawyer that the Israeli doctors told him that he suffers hepatitis B. However, he received no medical treatment.
The prisoner pointed to the ill-treatment he received while visiting the prison clinic where he prefers to endure the endless pain and not to visit the clinic.
For his part, the PPS lawyer said that Halahleh's health status had sharply deteriorated compared to the last visit, stressing the need to provide him with necessary treatment.
The lawyer said that there is an increase in patient prisoners' number in Eshel prison, adding that the patient prisoner Murad Abu Meileq was transferred to hospital after his health deteriorated.
The prisoner told the Palestinian prisoner society lawyer that the Israeli doctors told him that he suffers hepatitis B. However, he received no medical treatment.
The prisoner pointed to the ill-treatment he received while visiting the prison clinic where he prefers to endure the endless pain and not to visit the clinic.
For his part, the PPS lawyer said that Halahleh's health status had sharply deteriorated compared to the last visit, stressing the need to provide him with necessary treatment.
The lawyer said that there is an increase in patient prisoners' number in Eshel prison, adding that the patient prisoner Murad Abu Meileq was transferred to hospital after his health deteriorated.
Israeli media sources reported Friday [September 20, 2013] that a Palestinian youth was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at a roadblock in the northern part of the West Bank allegedly after attempting to stab a soldier.
The sources said that the youth “carried a big knife” and attempted to stab one of the soldiers manning the roadblock.
According to the report, the soldiers managed to stop the attack, and arrested the Palestinian before taking him to a military base for interrogation.
On Friday afternoon, at least 10 Palestinians were injured when Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protests against the Apartheid Wall and illegal settlements in different parts of the West Bank.
Dozens of nonviolent protesters have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The sources said that the youth “carried a big knife” and attempted to stab one of the soldiers manning the roadblock.
According to the report, the soldiers managed to stop the attack, and arrested the Palestinian before taking him to a military base for interrogation.
On Friday afternoon, at least 10 Palestinians were injured when Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protests against the Apartheid Wall and illegal settlements in different parts of the West Bank.
Dozens of nonviolent protesters have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Elderly, Children, And Reporters Assaulted By Soldiers. Three Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers violently attacked international diplomats, and prevented dozens of residents from rebuilding the destroyed Khirbit Makhoul village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
The visiting diplomats came from France, Britain, Ireland, Spain and Australia, including diplomats of the European Union’s political bureau, who tried to render aid to the displaced impoverished villages of Makhoul village that was displaced three times.
A French diplomat was violently assaulted by the soldiers, and was dragged out of an aid truck.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers used excessive force against the residents who were trying to rebuild their homes and structures, and assaulted a French diplomat who visited the area in solidarity with the displaced villagers.
WAFA added that the soldiers attacked several residents including children, reporters and elderly before kidnapping three residents and taking them to an unknown destination. Several residents suffered cuts and bruises after the soldiers violently assaulted by them.
Furthermore, the army prevented a number of international officials from entering the area to help the residents rebuild their residencies, sheds and shelters, and confiscated several tents.
The army also declared the area a closed military zone, preventing the residents and internationals from entering it. Khirbit Makhoul small Bedouin village was destroyed on Thursday for the third time in a row, leading to the displacement of dozens of families.
Ongoing Displacement
Israel does not recognize dozens of small villages, Bedouin tribes, in the Northern Plains areas of the West Bank, and near occupied East Jerusalem, as well as near Hebron and other areas.
With no services, no recognition from the occupation, those villages have been repeatedly demolished, and removed, and the residents are frequently displaced due to Israel’s ongoing violations.
Bedouin villages in the Negev are also subject to such frequent attacks and violations, as dozens of small villages have been uprooted and demolished, some tribes have been displaced and their shelters removed hundreds of times.
Hundreds of similar attacks targeted Bedouins in the Negev, who live in villages unrecognized by Israel, and are subject to frequent displacement and ongoing assaults.
Around 70,000 Arab Bedouin – whose presence in the Negev dates to the seventh century – live in 35 villages that either predate the establishment of the state of Israel in historic Palestine in 1948.
These villages are not recognized by Israel, and the inhabitants are considered trespassers. Basic services have been withheld from these villages, and thousands of houses have been demolished since 2011.
Palestinian Bedouins have faced decades of repression and forced removal by Israeli authorities because of this refusal to recognize their legitimate claim to continue to live on their ancestral land.
Israeli soldiers violently attacked international diplomats, and prevented dozens of residents from rebuilding the destroyed Khirbit Makhoul village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
The visiting diplomats came from France, Britain, Ireland, Spain and Australia, including diplomats of the European Union’s political bureau, who tried to render aid to the displaced impoverished villages of Makhoul village that was displaced three times.
A French diplomat was violently assaulted by the soldiers, and was dragged out of an aid truck.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers used excessive force against the residents who were trying to rebuild their homes and structures, and assaulted a French diplomat who visited the area in solidarity with the displaced villagers.
WAFA added that the soldiers attacked several residents including children, reporters and elderly before kidnapping three residents and taking them to an unknown destination. Several residents suffered cuts and bruises after the soldiers violently assaulted by them.
Furthermore, the army prevented a number of international officials from entering the area to help the residents rebuild their residencies, sheds and shelters, and confiscated several tents.
The army also declared the area a closed military zone, preventing the residents and internationals from entering it. Khirbit Makhoul small Bedouin village was destroyed on Thursday for the third time in a row, leading to the displacement of dozens of families.
Ongoing Displacement
Israel does not recognize dozens of small villages, Bedouin tribes, in the Northern Plains areas of the West Bank, and near occupied East Jerusalem, as well as near Hebron and other areas.
With no services, no recognition from the occupation, those villages have been repeatedly demolished, and removed, and the residents are frequently displaced due to Israel’s ongoing violations.
Bedouin villages in the Negev are also subject to such frequent attacks and violations, as dozens of small villages have been uprooted and demolished, some tribes have been displaced and their shelters removed hundreds of times.
Hundreds of similar attacks targeted Bedouins in the Negev, who live in villages unrecognized by Israel, and are subject to frequent displacement and ongoing assaults.
Around 70,000 Arab Bedouin – whose presence in the Negev dates to the seventh century – live in 35 villages that either predate the establishment of the state of Israel in historic Palestine in 1948.
These villages are not recognized by Israel, and the inhabitants are considered trespassers. Basic services have been withheld from these villages, and thousands of houses have been demolished since 2011.
Palestinian Bedouins have faced decades of repression and forced removal by Israeli authorities because of this refusal to recognize their legitimate claim to continue to live on their ancestral land.
19 sept 2013
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained two Palestinians in Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, on Thursday. Activist Ratib Al-Jabbour told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers arrested Yasser Sabha and Murad Ulayan from Hudaidiya area to the east of Yatta after storming and ransacking their homes.
He said that the IOF storming of both homes terrorized women and children, adding that both were taken to an unknown detention center.
He said that the IOF storming of both homes terrorized women and children, adding that both were taken to an unknown detention center.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) physically assaulted three young men and kidnapped one of them after intercepting them at Zatara checkpoint, south of Nablus city. The Palestinian prisoner society said that the IOF at Zatara checkpoint brutally beat Wajdi Shalabi, 21, and two of his friends before taking him prisoner on Wednesday morning .
The society affirmed that the soldiers forced the three young men to undress for search and tried to harass Shalabi, adding that the provocative acts of the soldiers prompted the young men to try to resist their detention.
It also said that the soldiers subdued, beat and verbally abused the young men before they released two of them and detained Shalabi.
An Israeli channel had claimed that the Israeli police arrested a Palestinian young man, from Askar refugee camp in Nablus, near Zatara checkpoint, after they found a pistol and a knife in his possession.
The channel also claimed that the young man tried to stab one of the soldiers, adding that he was interrogated and confessed to his intention to carry out an operation against Israeli soldiers.
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian young men on Wednesday evening ambushed two Israeli military vehicles carrying soldiers at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Al-Khalil city.
According to the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter, the Israeli vehicles were heading towards Hagai checkpoint when the young men came out of nowhere and showered them with a hail of stones.
The soldiers aboard the vehicles responded immediately to the young men and started to open live fire at them before chasing them into the groves near the main road. No arrests were reported.
Al-Fawwar refugee camp has seen lately sporadic clashes between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers.
The society affirmed that the soldiers forced the three young men to undress for search and tried to harass Shalabi, adding that the provocative acts of the soldiers prompted the young men to try to resist their detention.
It also said that the soldiers subdued, beat and verbally abused the young men before they released two of them and detained Shalabi.
An Israeli channel had claimed that the Israeli police arrested a Palestinian young man, from Askar refugee camp in Nablus, near Zatara checkpoint, after they found a pistol and a knife in his possession.
The channel also claimed that the young man tried to stab one of the soldiers, adding that he was interrogated and confessed to his intention to carry out an operation against Israeli soldiers.
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian young men on Wednesday evening ambushed two Israeli military vehicles carrying soldiers at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Al-Khalil city.
According to the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter, the Israeli vehicles were heading towards Hagai checkpoint when the young men came out of nowhere and showered them with a hail of stones.
The soldiers aboard the vehicles responded immediately to the young men and started to open live fire at them before chasing them into the groves near the main road. No arrests were reported.
Al-Fawwar refugee camp has seen lately sporadic clashes between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli magistrates' court barred Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement, and Sheikh Ali Abu Sheikha, the Movement's advisor on Jerusalem and Aqsa affairs, from entering the Aqsa Mosque until the end of the current month and fined each of them 5,000 shekels. The Israeli police said that the judge responded to their request to prevent the two Sheikhs from getting near the Aqsa Mosque compound during the current month and to release them on bail.
The Israeli police had charged Sheikh Khatib and Sheikh Abu Sheikha with disturbing public order and organizing illegal rallies at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police had charged Sheikh Khatib and Sheikh Abu Sheikha with disturbing public order and organizing illegal rallies at the Aqsa Mosque.
The health status of the prisoner Mahmoud Al-Sharha, from Dura south of al-Khalil, has deteriorated severely and he has been transferred from Raymond prison to Soroka Hospital two days ago. Sharha was diagnosed with a throat tumor more two months ago but did not receive any medical treatment. His health condition has sharply deteriorated due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
The patient prisoner has spent 11 years in jail out of his 22 years imprisonment term. His family has pitched a solidarity tent in Dura to shed light on his serious health situation.
More than 1,000 Palestinian patient prisoners are held in Israeli jails including 25 cancer patients.
The patient prisoner has spent 11 years in jail out of his 22 years imprisonment term. His family has pitched a solidarity tent in Dura to shed light on his serious health situation.
More than 1,000 Palestinian patient prisoners are held in Israeli jails including 25 cancer patients.
Israeli prison service (IPS) continue to escalate punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and recently isolated 10 inmates, Palestine Prisoners for Studies said in a statement on Wednesday.
It said that the prisoners were held in isolation because they didn't show up for the daily count in prison rooms.
Those prisoners seemed to be either in bathrooms or praying, the group explained, regardless they were punished with isolation and the confiscation of their electronic appliances.
It said that the prisoners were held in isolation because they didn't show up for the daily count in prison rooms.
Those prisoners seemed to be either in bathrooms or praying, the group explained, regardless they were punished with isolation and the confiscation of their electronic appliances.
Israeli Military Forces (IMF) arrested two Palestinians from east Gaza. Security sources told ALRAY that the two Palestinians were trying to infiltrate the Israeli security fence when the IMF noticed them and then being arrested.
It reported that the IMF stripped them their clothes , handcuffed them and took them to one of settlement along Gaza.
No source reported their names.
It reported that the IMF stripped them their clothes , handcuffed them and took them to one of settlement along Gaza.
No source reported their names.
The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from the Al-Hadeediyya area, east of Yatta town.
Rateb Jabour, Coordinator of the Committee, stated that the soldiers kidnapped Yasser Zakary and Sabha, 45, and Morad Ahmad Abu Oleyyan, 19, after violently breaking into their homes and searching him.
The two were cuffed, and blindfolded, before the army took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians near Juhr Ed-Deek area, in central Gaza after claiming they tried to infiltrate into Israel.
Soldiers also opened fire at the Al-Boreij refugee camp in Gaza, causing no injuries or damages.
The assaults are part of ongoing violations, and assaults, carried out by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, targeting civilians and their property.
These attacks are also accompanied by escalating assaults carried out by extremist settler groups.
Rateb Jabour, Coordinator of the Committee, stated that the soldiers kidnapped Yasser Zakary and Sabha, 45, and Morad Ahmad Abu Oleyyan, 19, after violently breaking into their homes and searching him.
The two were cuffed, and blindfolded, before the army took them to an unknown destination.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians near Juhr Ed-Deek area, in central Gaza after claiming they tried to infiltrate into Israel.
Soldiers also opened fire at the Al-Boreij refugee camp in Gaza, causing no injuries or damages.
The assaults are part of ongoing violations, and assaults, carried out by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, targeting civilians and their property.
These attacks are also accompanied by escalating assaults carried out by extremist settler groups.
European Network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) issued a report denouncing the Israeli arbitrary arrest of Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem. The statement came after the army kidnapped eight children from the Shu’fat refugee camp, in the occupied city.
UFree said that, on Monday [September 18, 2013] the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem sentenced eight Palestinian children from Jerusalem to actual imprisonment for periods between 17 and 44 months.
It added that Israel is also resorting to placing dozens of residents under house arrests, in addition to its illegal detention policies and its arbitrary forced exile of certain detainees.
Head of the Jerusalem Poisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, told UFree that Israel alleges that the kidnapped children threw stones at the Israeli army, and added that the children were violently beaten and assaulted by the soldiers during the course of their arrest, and were subject to physical and psychological torture during interrogation, in direct violation of international law and all related human rights treaties.
He said that Israel is currently holding captive around 230 Palestinian children, held in direct violations of all human rights treaties, facing abuse, sleep deprivation, assaults, and are denied family visits.
UFree said that imprisonment of children comes in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, especially article #147 that prohibits torture, inhuman treatments, biological experiments on detainees, inflicting suffering and harm, and serious injuries to body and health.
It added that the Israeli army and police kidnap approximately 700 children each year. Some for short periods, while others are sent to court, and sentenced to months and even years, or forced under house arrest, in addition to facing high fines imposed by Israel’s courts.
In a recent report, UFree detailed the ill-treatment of Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel. The detailed analysis was based on legal testimonies from children who faced these violations.
These violations included extreme torture, cuffing the detainees with plastic cuffs for extended periods of time, sleep deprivation, and various methods outlawed by International Law.
UFree said that, on Monday [September 18, 2013] the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem sentenced eight Palestinian children from Jerusalem to actual imprisonment for periods between 17 and 44 months.
It added that Israel is also resorting to placing dozens of residents under house arrests, in addition to its illegal detention policies and its arbitrary forced exile of certain detainees.
Head of the Jerusalem Poisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, told UFree that Israel alleges that the kidnapped children threw stones at the Israeli army, and added that the children were violently beaten and assaulted by the soldiers during the course of their arrest, and were subject to physical and psychological torture during interrogation, in direct violation of international law and all related human rights treaties.
He said that Israel is currently holding captive around 230 Palestinian children, held in direct violations of all human rights treaties, facing abuse, sleep deprivation, assaults, and are denied family visits.
UFree said that imprisonment of children comes in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, especially article #147 that prohibits torture, inhuman treatments, biological experiments on detainees, inflicting suffering and harm, and serious injuries to body and health.
It added that the Israeli army and police kidnap approximately 700 children each year. Some for short periods, while others are sent to court, and sentenced to months and even years, or forced under house arrest, in addition to facing high fines imposed by Israel’s courts.
In a recent report, UFree detailed the ill-treatment of Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel. The detailed analysis was based on legal testimonies from children who faced these violations.
These violations included extreme torture, cuffing the detainees with plastic cuffs for extended periods of time, sleep deprivation, and various methods outlawed by International Law.
The Palestinian District Coordination Office (DCO) has reported that it managed to secure the release of a Palestinian child, from the Old City of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, after Israeli soldiers kidnapped him.
The Public Relations Office of the DCO stated that, immediately after being notified that the soldiers has kidnapped Abada Mohammad Abu Remila, 12, they contacted the Israeli side of the DCO demanding them to release the child.
The Israeli DCO said that its soldiers allege that the child hurled stones at their jeep, and was arrested with the possibility of facing charges at an Israeli military court.
The Israeli DCO then released the child without any conditions, and handed him to the Palestinian side so that they can return him to his family.
With the rising and escalating Israeli military attacks, and escalating settler assaults in Hebron, and in different parts of the occupied East Bank, the Palestinian DCO urged the residents to immediately report violations carried out by soldiers and settlers.
The Public Relations Office of the DCO stated that, immediately after being notified that the soldiers has kidnapped Abada Mohammad Abu Remila, 12, they contacted the Israeli side of the DCO demanding them to release the child.
The Israeli DCO said that its soldiers allege that the child hurled stones at their jeep, and was arrested with the possibility of facing charges at an Israeli military court.
The Israeli DCO then released the child without any conditions, and handed him to the Palestinian side so that they can return him to his family.
With the rising and escalating Israeli military attacks, and escalating settler assaults in Hebron, and in different parts of the occupied East Bank, the Palestinian DCO urged the residents to immediately report violations carried out by soldiers and settlers.
18 sept 2013
75 Palestinians have been injured Wednesday morning as the Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and fired a barrage of pepper gas canisters towards the Palestinians stationed inside the mosque. Media coordinator for the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage Mahmoud Abu Atta told Safa Press that “50 of stationed Palestinian worshipers were wounded when Israeli armed with batons beat them, whereas 25 others suffered from suffocation from pepper gas sprayed at them,”
The Israeli forces also arrested three Palestinians; two were identified as Tamer Shalata and Hussain Abu Ghunaim, according to Abu Atta.
They closed Al-Aqsa mosque's gates with chains and banned dozens of Palestinians from accessing the mosque.
“While groups of the Israeli police were about to admit settlers into the mosque today in morning especially that Jewish rabbis hectically called for breaking Al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), yet the Palestinians protested their presence which led them run away,”
Israeli authorities allowed elders to access the mosque, but banned hundreds of young Palestinians, who prayed instead at the mosque's gates and in its vicinity.
The Israeli forces converted the Old City into a military outpost and deployed hundreds of its soldiers within the city and the mosque's surrounding areas.
The Israeli forces also arrested three Palestinians; two were identified as Tamer Shalata and Hussain Abu Ghunaim, according to Abu Atta.
They closed Al-Aqsa mosque's gates with chains and banned dozens of Palestinians from accessing the mosque.
“While groups of the Israeli police were about to admit settlers into the mosque today in morning especially that Jewish rabbis hectically called for breaking Al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), yet the Palestinians protested their presence which led them run away,”
Israeli authorities allowed elders to access the mosque, but banned hundreds of young Palestinians, who prayed instead at the mosque's gates and in its vicinity.
The Israeli forces converted the Old City into a military outpost and deployed hundreds of its soldiers within the city and the mosque's surrounding areas.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed four Palestinian young men in Nablus province over the past 24 hours. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed three suburbs in Nablus city at dawn Wednesday and searched a number of homes.
They said that the soldiers detained two young men in the city and took them handcuffed in army jeeps to unknown detention centers after searching their homes.
Two other young men were detained at the hands of IOF soldiers on Tuesday night while crossing Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus, sources said, adding that both young men were from Al-Ain refugee camp to the west of Nablus.
They said that the soldiers detained two young men in the city and took them handcuffed in army jeeps to unknown detention centers after searching their homes.
Two other young men were detained at the hands of IOF soldiers on Tuesday night while crossing Za’tara roadblock, south of Nablus, sources said, adding that both young men were from Al-Ain refugee camp to the west of Nablus.
A Palestinian human rights center charged that the Israeli occupation forces deliberately assassinated Islam Al-Tobasi, who died of gunshot wounds two hours after his arrest. The Israeli soldiers had savagely broken into Tobasi's house on Tuesday morning amid heavy gunfire. They shot him directly in his foot although he did not pose any threat to them. Once they approached him, they shot him again and dragged him brutally on the ground despite his bleeding, Palestine Center for Prisoners' Studies said.
Tobasi died shortly after being transferred to hospital where he did not receive any first aid, the center added.
The human rights center held the IOF fully responsible for the deliberate field execution especially that the martyr was not armed and did not pose any threat to the Israeli soldiers.
Around 75 Palestinians were killed in the same way since 1967, they were all registered within Captive Movement's martyrs list where they were shot and killed after being arrested and kidnapped either from hospitals or ambulance vehicles, the center said.
Islam is the brother of the martyr Ahmed Tobasi and the captive Said Tbasi who was arrested since November 2012 and sentenced to 32 life sentences for being affiliated with al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.
The center called for reactivating armed resistance in the West Bank in response to the Israeli continued crimes of murder, detention, Judaization, confiscation, demolition and deportation against Palestinian citizens and properties.
Tobasi died shortly after being transferred to hospital where he did not receive any first aid, the center added.
The human rights center held the IOF fully responsible for the deliberate field execution especially that the martyr was not armed and did not pose any threat to the Israeli soldiers.
Around 75 Palestinians were killed in the same way since 1967, they were all registered within Captive Movement's martyrs list where they were shot and killed after being arrested and kidnapped either from hospitals or ambulance vehicles, the center said.
Islam is the brother of the martyr Ahmed Tobasi and the captive Said Tbasi who was arrested since November 2012 and sentenced to 32 life sentences for being affiliated with al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.
The center called for reactivating armed resistance in the West Bank in response to the Israeli continued crimes of murder, detention, Judaization, confiscation, demolition and deportation against Palestinian citizens and properties.
Israel is close to officially approving the release of an additional 250 Palestinian prisoners detained before Aslo Accord, Palestinian sources said.
Israel has already agreed to release 104 prisoners as part of the resumption of peace negotiations. Twenty-six of those prisoners were freed last month. The second phase of the prisoners' release is scheduled for the end of October. The fourth and final release of prisoners is expected to take place on March 28.
In early September, Mahmoud Abbas told a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council in Ramallah that he has agreed not to turn to international organizations during the negotiations in return for the release of the 104 prisoners, who were detained by Israel prior to the signing of the Oslo Accords.
"I consider the issue of the UN to be very important, but the case of the prisoners is worthy of sacrifice," he said. "We have prepared 63 requests to join 63 UN agencies and conventions, but I said the issue of the prisoners is now more significant."
Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs met recently with the families of the 104 prisoners and promised them that they would be released regardless of whether any progress is made in the peace talks. He said the prisoners would be released to Gaza and the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israel has agreed to allow limited quantities of building materials for use by the private sector into the blockaded Gaza Strip starting from Sunday.
The quantities allowed in per day would be 1,600 tons of gravel, 800 tons of cement and 400 tons of iron.
A Palestinian official in Gaza said that allowing building materials into Gaza was a positive development, but insufficient.
"It's a positive step, but Gaza needs 6,000 tons of gravel, 4,000 of cement and 1,500 of iron per day," deputy economy minister Hatem Oweida said.
Israel has already agreed to release 104 prisoners as part of the resumption of peace negotiations. Twenty-six of those prisoners were freed last month. The second phase of the prisoners' release is scheduled for the end of October. The fourth and final release of prisoners is expected to take place on March 28.
In early September, Mahmoud Abbas told a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council in Ramallah that he has agreed not to turn to international organizations during the negotiations in return for the release of the 104 prisoners, who were detained by Israel prior to the signing of the Oslo Accords.
"I consider the issue of the UN to be very important, but the case of the prisoners is worthy of sacrifice," he said. "We have prepared 63 requests to join 63 UN agencies and conventions, but I said the issue of the prisoners is now more significant."
Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs met recently with the families of the 104 prisoners and promised them that they would be released regardless of whether any progress is made in the peace talks. He said the prisoners would be released to Gaza and the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israel has agreed to allow limited quantities of building materials for use by the private sector into the blockaded Gaza Strip starting from Sunday.
The quantities allowed in per day would be 1,600 tons of gravel, 800 tons of cement and 400 tons of iron.
A Palestinian official in Gaza said that allowing building materials into Gaza was a positive development, but insufficient.
"It's a positive step, but Gaza needs 6,000 tons of gravel, 4,000 of cement and 1,500 of iron per day," deputy economy minister Hatem Oweida said.
Wednesday at dawn [September 18 2013], dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and installed roadblocks in various areas in the Hebron district. One Palestinian was kidnapped in Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers violently searched various homes after breaking into them, and that the searched homes belong to members of the Abu Eqbeita family.
Furthermore, the army installed various roadblocks at the entrances of the towns of Halhoul and Sa’ir, the northern entrance of Hebron city, and the Al-Fawwar junction.
Local sources said that the soldiers inspected the ID cards of dozens of residents, interrogated them, and searched their vehicles.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into and searched several homes before kidnapping one resident.
Local sources said that the army kidnapped Mohammad Nayef Daoud, 29, a resident of Ras Al-Ein neighborhood in the city, and took him to an unknown destination.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers invading his home in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while dozens of residents have been injured during ensuing clashes, and one was kidnapped.
Also on Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped at least nine Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers violently searched various homes after breaking into them, and that the searched homes belong to members of the Abu Eqbeita family.
Furthermore, the army installed various roadblocks at the entrances of the towns of Halhoul and Sa’ir, the northern entrance of Hebron city, and the Al-Fawwar junction.
Local sources said that the soldiers inspected the ID cards of dozens of residents, interrogated them, and searched their vehicles.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into and searched several homes before kidnapping one resident.
Local sources said that the army kidnapped Mohammad Nayef Daoud, 29, a resident of Ras Al-Ein neighborhood in the city, and took him to an unknown destination.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers invading his home in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while dozens of residents have been injured during ensuing clashes, and one was kidnapped.
Also on Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped at least nine Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank.
The Israeli Police arrested the deputy head of the Islamic Movement in Historic Palestine, Sheikh Kamal Khatib, and the movement’s Advisor for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs, Ali Abu Sheikha.
The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a statement revealing that the Israeli Police is accusing the two officials of “incitement that led to violence and disorder in the Al-Aqsa Mosque area”.
They will be sent to the District Court in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday, the Foundation said.
Sheikh Khatib was kidnapped when the Police approached him as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for evening prayers, while Sheikh Abu Sheikha was ordered to head to the Al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility.
Both officials were interrogated in room 4 in Al-Maskobiyya, known as “minorities’ interrogation room”, the Al-Aqsa Foundation said.
Islamic Movement Spokesperson, Zahi Njeidat, stated that the Israeli allegations are false, and that the Israeli occupation wants sole control and domination over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
“This is why Israel keeps kidnapping and interrogating any person who defends the mosque, and exposes the illegal Israeli plans, and the ongoing attacks carried out by extremist settlers”, Njeidat added.
The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a statement revealing that the Israeli Police is accusing the two officials of “incitement that led to violence and disorder in the Al-Aqsa Mosque area”.
They will be sent to the District Court in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday, the Foundation said.
Sheikh Khatib was kidnapped when the Police approached him as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for evening prayers, while Sheikh Abu Sheikha was ordered to head to the Al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility.
Both officials were interrogated in room 4 in Al-Maskobiyya, known as “minorities’ interrogation room”, the Al-Aqsa Foundation said.
Islamic Movement Spokesperson, Zahi Njeidat, stated that the Israeli allegations are false, and that the Israeli occupation wants sole control and domination over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
“This is why Israel keeps kidnapping and interrogating any person who defends the mosque, and exposes the illegal Israeli plans, and the ongoing attacks carried out by extremist settlers”, Njeidat added.
