16 sept 2015
The Palestinian prisoners conference was launched in the Jordan capital Amman on Wednesday under the theme: "Protecting prisoners and detainees is an international responsibility and obligation".
Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament, Atef Tarawneh, and other Palestinian and Jordanian figures and a number of prisoners' families in the Israeli occupation jails attended the conference.
In his opening speech, Tarawneh appreciated the formal efforts his country makes on the level of following up on the cause of the Palestinian and Arab prisoners, pointing out that the solution of the Palestinian cause is "the key to solve the crisis in the region".
Tarawneh said that "King Abdullah II exerts efforts in defense of the Palestinian cause, especially the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque".
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a written word read on his behalf by his advisor Hasan Oury that "the Israeli occupation persists in torturing the Palestinian prisoners, especially the minors".
He pointed to the need for action on the international legal level to protect the prisoners and to compel Israel to give the prisoners their rights as guaranteed by international charters and laws.
Abbas praised the Jordanian role in standing by the Palestinians, pointing out that holding this conference in Amman reflects the King's care of the Palestinian cause.
Head of the Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, said that the prisoners' cause is an issue of humanity and justice, and that the state of occupation is violating humanitarian values and international charters that are concerned with human rights. He emphasized that the triumph in the prisoners' cause is a victory for the international justice and the human values.
Qaraqe stressed that there will be no settlement with the occupation without release of the prisoners, pointing to the need to take advantage of the Palestinian state's admission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute the Israeli authorities for infringing on the Palestinian prisoners' rights.
The Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Committee estimated the number of Palestinians locked-up in the occupation jails at approximately 6,000 prisoners, in 18 prisons and detention centers, including 51 prisoners who had served more than 20 years. 16 served more than a quarter of century, while the prisoners: Kareem and Maher Younus, have served the longest period of 32 years in occupation jails.
Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament, Atef Tarawneh, and other Palestinian and Jordanian figures and a number of prisoners' families in the Israeli occupation jails attended the conference.
In his opening speech, Tarawneh appreciated the formal efforts his country makes on the level of following up on the cause of the Palestinian and Arab prisoners, pointing out that the solution of the Palestinian cause is "the key to solve the crisis in the region".
Tarawneh said that "King Abdullah II exerts efforts in defense of the Palestinian cause, especially the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque".
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a written word read on his behalf by his advisor Hasan Oury that "the Israeli occupation persists in torturing the Palestinian prisoners, especially the minors".
He pointed to the need for action on the international legal level to protect the prisoners and to compel Israel to give the prisoners their rights as guaranteed by international charters and laws.
Abbas praised the Jordanian role in standing by the Palestinians, pointing out that holding this conference in Amman reflects the King's care of the Palestinian cause.
Head of the Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, said that the prisoners' cause is an issue of humanity and justice, and that the state of occupation is violating humanitarian values and international charters that are concerned with human rights. He emphasized that the triumph in the prisoners' cause is a victory for the international justice and the human values.
Qaraqe stressed that there will be no settlement with the occupation without release of the prisoners, pointing to the need to take advantage of the Palestinian state's admission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute the Israeli authorities for infringing on the Palestinian prisoners' rights.
The Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Committee estimated the number of Palestinians locked-up in the occupation jails at approximately 6,000 prisoners, in 18 prisons and detention centers, including 51 prisoners who had served more than 20 years. 16 served more than a quarter of century, while the prisoners: Kareem and Maher Younus, have served the longest period of 32 years in occupation jails.
Maazouze, the mother of Mohammad Allan, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on Aug. 9, 2015.
Palestinian detainee Mohammad Allan restarted a hunger strike, Wednesday, after Israel arrested him and reinstated his internment without trial, his lawyer said, with a previous such protest having lasted two months and brought him near death.
"He is currently on hunger strike," lawyer Jamil al-Khatib told AFP.
Israeli police said earlier that Allan was again taken into custody, Wednesday morning, at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, where he was being held.
The head of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society,Qadura Fares, said that Israeli authorities had reinstated Allan's administrative detention -- imprisonment without trial or charge -- against which the prisoner undertook a 66-day hunger strike to protest.
He said that the Israeli authorities intended for Allan to see out the 6-month administrative detention order he was sentenced to in May, which will last until November 4th.
However, he added: "It doesn't mean he will be released then."
Allan's administrative detention was initially ordered by Israeli officials who claimed that he constituted a threat to security and was an activist in the Islamic Jihad group, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
Islamic Jihad -- along with the majority of Palestinian political organizations -- is illegal according to Israeli military law.
Rights group Amnesty International warned at the time of Allan's release that Israel's suspension of his administrative detention was based on his medical condition alone and "took no account of the legality of his detention," raising fears that Allan could be re-sentenced if his health improved.
Administrative detention, which can be renewed indefinitely in six-month periods, has been strongly criticized by the international community as well as both Israeli and Palestinian rights activists. Israel says it is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence because it allows authorities to keep evidence secret.
Rights groups say that international law allows for such detention only under extreme circumstances, but that Israel uses it as a punitive measure on a routine basis to circumvent the justice system or as a crutch to avoid trial.
Palestinian detainee Mohammad Allan restarted a hunger strike, Wednesday, after Israel arrested him and reinstated his internment without trial, his lawyer said, with a previous such protest having lasted two months and brought him near death.
"He is currently on hunger strike," lawyer Jamil al-Khatib told AFP.
Israeli police said earlier that Allan was again taken into custody, Wednesday morning, at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, where he was being held.
The head of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society,Qadura Fares, said that Israeli authorities had reinstated Allan's administrative detention -- imprisonment without trial or charge -- against which the prisoner undertook a 66-day hunger strike to protest.
He said that the Israeli authorities intended for Allan to see out the 6-month administrative detention order he was sentenced to in May, which will last until November 4th.
However, he added: "It doesn't mean he will be released then."
Allan's administrative detention was initially ordered by Israeli officials who claimed that he constituted a threat to security and was an activist in the Islamic Jihad group, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
Islamic Jihad -- along with the majority of Palestinian political organizations -- is illegal according to Israeli military law.
Rights group Amnesty International warned at the time of Allan's release that Israel's suspension of his administrative detention was based on his medical condition alone and "took no account of the legality of his detention," raising fears that Allan could be re-sentenced if his health improved.
Administrative detention, which can be renewed indefinitely in six-month periods, has been strongly criticized by the international community as well as both Israeli and Palestinian rights activists. Israel says it is an essential tool in preventing attacks and protecting sensitive intelligence because it allows authorities to keep evidence secret.
Rights groups say that international law allows for such detention only under extreme circumstances, but that Israel uses it as a punitive measure on a routine basis to circumvent the justice system or as a crutch to avoid trial.
At least five Palestinians have been kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, after Israeli soldiers invaded various villages and towns in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that the several Israeli military vehicles invaded Doura town, north of the city, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Hazem Akram ‘Awad, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Jawabra, 19, after storming his home.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped, in the Shiokh al-‘Arroub village, after the soldiers invaded his home and many nearby homes. He has been identified as Zoheir Halayqa, 24.
In addition, military vehicles invaded Ethna town, al-Kom village, and several neighborhoods in Hebron city.
Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 7 has reported that the soldiers arrested two Palestinians in Hizma town, near Jerusalem.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that the several Israeli military vehicles invaded Doura town, north of the city, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Hazem Akram ‘Awad, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Jawabra, 19, after storming his home.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped, in the Shiokh al-‘Arroub village, after the soldiers invaded his home and many nearby homes. He has been identified as Zoheir Halayqa, 24.
In addition, military vehicles invaded Ethna town, al-Kom village, and several neighborhoods in Hebron city.
Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 7 has reported that the soldiers arrested two Palestinians in Hizma town, near Jerusalem.
Mohammed Allaan was re-arrested on a new administrative detention warrant mere hours after he was set to be released from Ashkelon's Barzilai hospital.
Mohammed Allaan, the Palestinian administrative detainee who embarked on a 65 day hunger strike was arrested soon after his release from Ashkelon’s Barzilai hospital Wednesday morning.
The state prosecutor had sought a new warrant for his arrest, and Allan was transferred to the Israel prison authority.
Allaan was originally under administrative detention, which was only revoked when doctors had warned of irreversible damage to his organs. Allan was initially treated in Beer Sheva’s Soroka hospital; however the hospital staffs’ refusal to force feed him led to his transfer to Ashkelon. The IDF feared that his death would spark a wave of violence, and deployed Iron Dome batteries in southern Israel. After the High Court decision to cancel his detention order, Allaan began receiving nutrients and food in order to make up for critical deficiencies caused as a result of the 65 day hunger strike.
Security officials had previously stated that Allaan would be released if permanent brain damage occurred as a result of the hunger strike, but a series of interviews proved he was speaking coherently.
The police said in response, “During the morning hours officers, from the Ashkelon station enforced an administrative detention order, and arrested Mohammed Allan inside Barzilai hospital. After the arrest, Allaan was handed off to the Prison services care.
Detainee 'Allan Kidnapped Directly After His Release From Hospital
The Israeli Authorities kidnapped longtime hunger striking detainee, Mohammad 'Allan, directly after he was discharged from the Barzilai Israeli Medical Center, in Asqalan.
General Director of the Detainees Committee of the Palestinian Authority, Hasan Abed-Rabbo, has reported that the physicians in Barzilai decided to discharge 'Allan after his condition improved, and allowed him to leave. 'Allan was taken prisoner shortly after he was released from hospital.
The detainee held an extended hunger strike, lasting for 65 days, and was admitted to the medical center. He also fell into a coma due to a deterioration in his health.
He suspended his strike after an Israeli High Court decision for his release. He was informed he is allowed to leave hospital. The detainee was supposed to be transferred to the Nablus Hospital, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Two days ago, 'Allan threatened to resume his hunger strike, unless he is transferred to the Palestinian hospital.
Mohammed Allaan, the Palestinian administrative detainee who embarked on a 65 day hunger strike was arrested soon after his release from Ashkelon’s Barzilai hospital Wednesday morning.
The state prosecutor had sought a new warrant for his arrest, and Allan was transferred to the Israel prison authority.
Allaan was originally under administrative detention, which was only revoked when doctors had warned of irreversible damage to his organs. Allan was initially treated in Beer Sheva’s Soroka hospital; however the hospital staffs’ refusal to force feed him led to his transfer to Ashkelon. The IDF feared that his death would spark a wave of violence, and deployed Iron Dome batteries in southern Israel. After the High Court decision to cancel his detention order, Allaan began receiving nutrients and food in order to make up for critical deficiencies caused as a result of the 65 day hunger strike.
Security officials had previously stated that Allaan would be released if permanent brain damage occurred as a result of the hunger strike, but a series of interviews proved he was speaking coherently.
The police said in response, “During the morning hours officers, from the Ashkelon station enforced an administrative detention order, and arrested Mohammed Allan inside Barzilai hospital. After the arrest, Allaan was handed off to the Prison services care.
Detainee 'Allan Kidnapped Directly After His Release From Hospital
The Israeli Authorities kidnapped longtime hunger striking detainee, Mohammad 'Allan, directly after he was discharged from the Barzilai Israeli Medical Center, in Asqalan.
General Director of the Detainees Committee of the Palestinian Authority, Hasan Abed-Rabbo, has reported that the physicians in Barzilai decided to discharge 'Allan after his condition improved, and allowed him to leave. 'Allan was taken prisoner shortly after he was released from hospital.
The detainee held an extended hunger strike, lasting for 65 days, and was admitted to the medical center. He also fell into a coma due to a deterioration in his health.
He suspended his strike after an Israeli High Court decision for his release. He was informed he is allowed to leave hospital. The detainee was supposed to be transferred to the Nablus Hospital, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Two days ago, 'Allan threatened to resume his hunger strike, unless he is transferred to the Palestinian hospital.
The health condition of Palestinian prisoner Sami Abu Diyak has reached a
critical stage in an Israeli hospital following a recent surgery, Ahrar
Center for Prisoners and Human Rights said.
According to the center, the Israeli jailers summoned the parents of Abu Diyak on Tuesday afternoon and asked them to visit their son in Assaf Harofeh hospital.
The prisoner has suffered health complications after he underwent surgery for the removal of a tumor in his intestines in early September, the center affirmed
Abu Diyak was recently transferred from the hospital of the Ramla jail to the intensive care unit in Assaf Harofeh medical center.
The prisoner has been in jail for 13 years, serving three life sentences.
Palestinian prisoner poisoned due to medical neglect
Medical reports showed that prisoner Sami Abu Diyak got poisoned and infected due to medical negligence at Israeli jails, his lawyer disclosed on Tuesday.
The family of prisoner Abu Diyak was allowed Tuesday evening to visit its son at Assaf Harofeh Hospital with the company of the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Raslan Mahajneh.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) allowed the detainee’s parents to visit him after his health condition critically worsened.
Lawyer Mahajneh underlined that the health of captive Abu Diyak deteriorated after he had undergone a surgery to remove a tumor in the intestines in Soroka Hospital on September 04.
He was transferred to Ramle prison clinic, which lacks medical equipment, before completing his medication and confirming the success of the operation. Then he was taken to Assaf Harofeh Hospital on September 13 as his condition worsened badly, the lawyer said.
Lawyer Mahajneh pointed out that the prison doctors described the status of captive Abu Diyak as critical. He is held at the ICU connected to artificial respiration devices under anesthesia.
According to the center, the Israeli jailers summoned the parents of Abu Diyak on Tuesday afternoon and asked them to visit their son in Assaf Harofeh hospital.
The prisoner has suffered health complications after he underwent surgery for the removal of a tumor in his intestines in early September, the center affirmed
Abu Diyak was recently transferred from the hospital of the Ramla jail to the intensive care unit in Assaf Harofeh medical center.
The prisoner has been in jail for 13 years, serving three life sentences.
Palestinian prisoner poisoned due to medical neglect
Medical reports showed that prisoner Sami Abu Diyak got poisoned and infected due to medical negligence at Israeli jails, his lawyer disclosed on Tuesday.
The family of prisoner Abu Diyak was allowed Tuesday evening to visit its son at Assaf Harofeh Hospital with the company of the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Raslan Mahajneh.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) allowed the detainee’s parents to visit him after his health condition critically worsened.
Lawyer Mahajneh underlined that the health of captive Abu Diyak deteriorated after he had undergone a surgery to remove a tumor in the intestines in Soroka Hospital on September 04.
He was transferred to Ramle prison clinic, which lacks medical equipment, before completing his medication and confirming the success of the operation. Then he was taken to Assaf Harofeh Hospital on September 13 as his condition worsened badly, the lawyer said.
Lawyer Mahajneh pointed out that the prison doctors described the status of captive Abu Diyak as critical. He is held at the ICU connected to artificial respiration devices under anesthesia.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Wednesday three Palestinian youths after violently storming al-Khalil (Hebron) and its surrounding areas.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers raided Dura town and deployed in large numbers throughout its neighborhoods before arresting a young man from his home.
Two other youths were nabbed in Shyoukh town and Aroub refugee camp to the north of the city.
According to eyewitnesses, several homes were also raided and searched in the city while a Palestinian-owned vehicle was confiscated.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers raided Dura town and deployed in large numbers throughout its neighborhoods before arresting a young man from his home.
Two other youths were nabbed in Shyoukh town and Aroub refugee camp to the north of the city.
According to eyewitnesses, several homes were also raided and searched in the city while a Palestinian-owned vehicle was confiscated.
Israeli Ofer Court sentenced the Palestinian university lecturer Jamel Abu Salem, 42, to 17 months imprisonment and imposed a fine of $5,000 dollars on him, Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies said.
Family sources said that Abu Salem, from Ramallah, was arrested more than once most recently was in June 2014. As a whole he spent 25 months in Israeli jails.
Abu Salem, a lecturer at Abu Dis University in occupied Jerusalem, was charged of being allegedly affiliated with “a terrorist organization”.
Family sources said that Abu Salem, from Ramallah, was arrested more than once most recently was in June 2014. As a whole he spent 25 months in Israeli jails.
Abu Salem, a lecturer at Abu Dis University in occupied Jerusalem, was charged of being allegedly affiliated with “a terrorist organization”.
Wounded captive Amal Taqatqa, 21, still suffers from a difficult health condition as a result of a severe injury caused by four bullets in her body during her detention.
However, her condition was not enough for the Israelis to stop torturing her in prison. She also suffers from medical neglect.
The lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement after visiting prisoner Taqatqa that: "She suffers from severe pain in one of her feet, causing her to fall to the ground while walking sometimes; still the prison administration refuses to transfer her to the hospital for follow-up treatment".
Captive Taqatqa was shot in 2014 with three bullets in her upper body and one in her foot by the Israeli occupation forces under the pretext that she tried to stab a settler at "Gush Etzion" checkpoint.
Then she was transferred from "Hadasa" hospital to "Hasharon" jail after her surgical operation and before the completion of her treatment, which aggravated her suffering.
Captive Taqatqa's family held the occupation authorities responsible for Amal Taqatqa's life. They also appealed to the humanitarian and human rights organizations for urgent action to know their daughter's condition. They also called for an immediate intervention from the concerned authorities to stop their daughter's suffering.
Regarding the treatment she gets in the prison, Taqatqa said that she only receives sedatives and painkillers.
Amal Taqatqa, along with 23 other female captives, are experiencing very difficult incarceration and health conditions and suffer from deliberate medical neglect.
However, her condition was not enough for the Israelis to stop torturing her in prison. She also suffers from medical neglect.
The lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement after visiting prisoner Taqatqa that: "She suffers from severe pain in one of her feet, causing her to fall to the ground while walking sometimes; still the prison administration refuses to transfer her to the hospital for follow-up treatment".
Captive Taqatqa was shot in 2014 with three bullets in her upper body and one in her foot by the Israeli occupation forces under the pretext that she tried to stab a settler at "Gush Etzion" checkpoint.
Then she was transferred from "Hadasa" hospital to "Hasharon" jail after her surgical operation and before the completion of her treatment, which aggravated her suffering.
Captive Taqatqa's family held the occupation authorities responsible for Amal Taqatqa's life. They also appealed to the humanitarian and human rights organizations for urgent action to know their daughter's condition. They also called for an immediate intervention from the concerned authorities to stop their daughter's suffering.
Regarding the treatment she gets in the prison, Taqatqa said that she only receives sedatives and painkillers.
Amal Taqatqa, along with 23 other female captives, are experiencing very difficult incarceration and health conditions and suffer from deliberate medical neglect.
Medical sources have reported, on Tuesday at night, that a Palestinian teen was shot and injured by live Israeli army fire in the al-'Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, before the soldiers kidnapped his friend.
Nasser Fasfous, spokesperson of the Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, said Hamza Houshiyya, 17, was riding in a car with his friend, when the soldiers opened fire on the vehicle. Houshiyya was injured in the head and leg, and his friend was kidnapped.
Fasfous added that the soldiers later summoned the wounded child's father for interrogation, and only informed the family their child was moved to an Israeli hospital, without providing further details on his health condition.
Nasser Fasfous, spokesperson of the Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, said Hamza Houshiyya, 17, was riding in a car with his friend, when the soldiers opened fire on the vehicle. Houshiyya was injured in the head and leg, and his friend was kidnapped.
Fasfous added that the soldiers later summoned the wounded child's father for interrogation, and only informed the family their child was moved to an Israeli hospital, without providing further details on his health condition.
The occupation forces chased the students of Silwan Elementary and Silwan Secondary schools on Wednesday morning while they were heading to their schools in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud and fired sound grenades towards them. The forces detained two students after assaulting and beating them.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces were deployed on Wednesday morning in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud only meters away from Silwan Elementary Boys School and Silwan Secondary Boys School and chased the students and detained and provoked some of them. While deployed in the area, the forces fired a sound grenade towards the students.
The center added that a group of Israeli forces attempted to break into the secondary school but the administrative and teaching staff intervened and confronted them to protect and ensure the safety of the students, who were in a state of fear and panic.
Also, the forces detained the 13-year old Hamzeh Rajabi and the 14-year old Yousef Salah after assaulting and beating them; they also prevented them from going to their schools.
It is noteworthy that Silwan Elementary Boys School has 550 students from 1st grade until 6th grade while Silwan Secondary Boys School has 450 students from 7th grade until 9th grade. The students suffer from the continuous harassment they are exposed to by the occupation forces while heading to school as the forces deliberately deploy in the streets initiating problems.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces were deployed on Wednesday morning in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud only meters away from Silwan Elementary Boys School and Silwan Secondary Boys School and chased the students and detained and provoked some of them. While deployed in the area, the forces fired a sound grenade towards the students.
The center added that a group of Israeli forces attempted to break into the secondary school but the administrative and teaching staff intervened and confronted them to protect and ensure the safety of the students, who were in a state of fear and panic.
Also, the forces detained the 13-year old Hamzeh Rajabi and the 14-year old Yousef Salah after assaulting and beating them; they also prevented them from going to their schools.
It is noteworthy that Silwan Elementary Boys School has 550 students from 1st grade until 6th grade while Silwan Secondary Boys School has 450 students from 7th grade until 9th grade. The students suffer from the continuous harassment they are exposed to by the occupation forces while heading to school as the forces deliberately deploy in the streets initiating problems.
The occupation forces arrested on Wednesday night two children and one minor from the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan.
Witnesses informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces dismounted from the settler’s guards’ vehicle and arrested the 12-year old Amer Siam, 12-year old Sultan Shweiki and the 16-year old Raed Mansour.
Witnesses explained that the forces took the detainees in the settlers’ vehicle; note that there were no clashes or remarkable events in the area.
Witnesses informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces dismounted from the settler’s guards’ vehicle and arrested the 12-year old Amer Siam, 12-year old Sultan Shweiki and the 16-year old Raed Mansour.
Witnesses explained that the forces took the detainees in the settlers’ vehicle; note that there were no clashes or remarkable events in the area.
The occupation forces arrested on Wednesday three children from the Old City of Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer explained that the occupation forces arrested the 11-year old Mohammad Ismaeel Ahmad Hoshyeh and the 11-year old Mohammad Adel Abdel Hadi Sweiti.
The lawyer explained that according to the two children the forces suddenly arrested them while they were in the Old City’s markets and took them to Al-Silsileh Gate police station.
Hoshyeh was pushed and punched on his face during the arrest and while detained at the police station.
It is noteworthy that they were arrested while heading home after leaving school (Omaryeh and Aytam schools).
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 12-year old Yazan Al-Banna while he was in the village of Al-Tur.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer explained that the occupation forces arrested the 11-year old Mohammad Ismaeel Ahmad Hoshyeh and the 11-year old Mohammad Adel Abdel Hadi Sweiti.
The lawyer explained that according to the two children the forces suddenly arrested them while they were in the Old City’s markets and took them to Al-Silsileh Gate police station.
Hoshyeh was pushed and punched on his face during the arrest and while detained at the police station.
It is noteworthy that they were arrested while heading home after leaving school (Omaryeh and Aytam schools).
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 12-year old Yazan Al-Banna while he was in the village of Al-Tur.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian child in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and invaded various Palestinian communities in the city.
The child, identified as Moath Sayyad, 13 years of age, was in the center of the village when the soldiers kidnapped him, and was later moved to the Police Station in Salaheddin Street.
In addition, more clashes took place in various villages and towns in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, including at-Tour, al-‘Eesawiyya, as-Suwwana, Wad Al-Jouz, the Shu'fat refugee camp, 'Anata and ar-Ram.
The Palestinians were protesting the Israeli escalation and violations, and the ongoing invasions into the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The clashes escalated due to repeated invasions, carried out by soldiers and fanatic groups, into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the attempts to completely control the holy site.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers shot and injured nine Palestinians, including one who suffered a serious head injury,in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
The child, identified as Moath Sayyad, 13 years of age, was in the center of the village when the soldiers kidnapped him, and was later moved to the Police Station in Salaheddin Street.
In addition, more clashes took place in various villages and towns in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, including at-Tour, al-‘Eesawiyya, as-Suwwana, Wad Al-Jouz, the Shu'fat refugee camp, 'Anata and ar-Ram.
The Palestinians were protesting the Israeli escalation and violations, and the ongoing invasions into the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The clashes escalated due to repeated invasions, carried out by soldiers and fanatic groups, into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the attempts to completely control the holy site.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers shot and injured nine Palestinians, including one who suffered a serious head injury,in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head an urgent session, on Tuesday evening, to discuss punishment for stone-throwing.
Israeli radio reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that the session would be to discuss measures in confronting stone-throwing directed at Israeli vehicles in Jerusalem.
It was reported that the announcement comes in the wake of a deadly car crash Israeli police claimed was caused by stone-throwing.
Netanyahu is said to be seeking fast-track legislation for setting a minimum sentence for stone and firebomb throwing. He also will discuss providing administrative detention against the doers.
Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation routinely throw rocks at heavily armed security forces during clashes, as one of the few means available to protest their subjugation.
Youth often throw stones at settler cars driving in the occupied West Bank, while it is also common for settlers themselves -- both armed and protected by armed Israeli forces-- to target Palestinian vehicles with rocks.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is routine and goes unpunished by Israel, with 324 incidents of violence recorded in 2014, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Israeli radio reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that the session would be to discuss measures in confronting stone-throwing directed at Israeli vehicles in Jerusalem.
It was reported that the announcement comes in the wake of a deadly car crash Israeli police claimed was caused by stone-throwing.
Netanyahu is said to be seeking fast-track legislation for setting a minimum sentence for stone and firebomb throwing. He also will discuss providing administrative detention against the doers.
Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation routinely throw rocks at heavily armed security forces during clashes, as one of the few means available to protest their subjugation.
Youth often throw stones at settler cars driving in the occupied West Bank, while it is also common for settlers themselves -- both armed and protected by armed Israeli forces-- to target Palestinian vehicles with rocks.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is routine and goes unpunished by Israel, with 324 incidents of violence recorded in 2014, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli administrative detention are continuing their hunger strike to demand an end to imprisonment without charge or trial. Nidal Abu Aker, Ghassan Zawahreh, Shadi Ma’ali, Munir Abu Sharar,Badr al-Ruzza, Bilal Daoud Saifi and Suleiman Eskafi are all isolated by the Israeli prison administration in an attempt to break their strike, the “Battle of Breaking the Chains.”
Bilal Daoud Saifi, 26, is being denied medication for his chronic medical condition in retaliation for his participation in the hunger strike. He has been held in administrative detention since 28 February 2015 and his detention was renewed on 28 August 2015. He has been repeatedly arrested and detained for a total of five years. All of the strikers are being held in solitary confinement in prisons and not provided with hospital care despite the 5 original strikers now having been on hunger strike for 25 days.
Organizing and events in Palestine in solidarity with the strikers have escalated. In Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, where four of the strikers – Palestinian refugees denied their right to return – are residents, a permanent solidarity tent has been set up at the entrance to the camp. Every day the tent is full of supporters, including youth performing street theatre and leading a night march through the camp.
In Nablus and Al-Khalil, large rallies were held in solidarity with the striking prisoners and rallies are planned in Tulkarem and Gaza City for Monday and Tuesday. The Progressive Student Action Front at Bethlehem University organized a vigil to support the prisoners’ strike, distributing salt and water to students to inform them about the strike and the situation of the prisoners. Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike consume only salt and water. The PSAF at An-Najah University in Nablus also held an event to support the prisoners, distributing water and salt to students and speaking about the prisoners and their struggle.
There are approximately 480 Palestinian prisoners currently held without trial under administrative detention, in which Israeli military court orders detention periods of one to six months on the basis of “secret files,” not accessible by detainees or their lawyers. These detention periods are indefinitely renewable. Administrative detention was initially introduced in Palestine by the British colonial mandate. Its use as a policy by the Israeli state contravenes the Geneva Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Palestinian prisoners like Khader Adnan and Mohammed Allan have gone on lengthy hunger strikes to win their release from administrative detention, and ending it is a long-time demand of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses its strongest solidarity with the striking prisoners, and calls for international actions, mobilizations and events to demand their freedom. Samidoun emphasizes that the Israeli occupation is fully responsible for the lives and health of the strikers. We cannot wait until these brave strugglers are facing death to act and demand not only their freedom as individuals, but the abolition of administrative detention – on the road to freeing every Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli occupation jails.
It is not the case that Israeli military courts are any more legitimate, fair or acceptable than administrative detention – they are just as arbitrary, racist and illegitimate. But administrative detention is a weapon of mass terror used against the Palestinian people, and it is critical to bring this practice to an end.
These Palestinian prisoners have put their bodies on the line in order to end administrative detention – and it is imperative that we act to support them. These prisoners’ struggle is not only about their individual freedom – it is part of their struggle for return and liberation for Palestine.
Bilal Daoud Saifi, 26, is being denied medication for his chronic medical condition in retaliation for his participation in the hunger strike. He has been held in administrative detention since 28 February 2015 and his detention was renewed on 28 August 2015. He has been repeatedly arrested and detained for a total of five years. All of the strikers are being held in solitary confinement in prisons and not provided with hospital care despite the 5 original strikers now having been on hunger strike for 25 days.
Organizing and events in Palestine in solidarity with the strikers have escalated. In Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, where four of the strikers – Palestinian refugees denied their right to return – are residents, a permanent solidarity tent has been set up at the entrance to the camp. Every day the tent is full of supporters, including youth performing street theatre and leading a night march through the camp.
In Nablus and Al-Khalil, large rallies were held in solidarity with the striking prisoners and rallies are planned in Tulkarem and Gaza City for Monday and Tuesday. The Progressive Student Action Front at Bethlehem University organized a vigil to support the prisoners’ strike, distributing salt and water to students to inform them about the strike and the situation of the prisoners. Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike consume only salt and water. The PSAF at An-Najah University in Nablus also held an event to support the prisoners, distributing water and salt to students and speaking about the prisoners and their struggle.
There are approximately 480 Palestinian prisoners currently held without trial under administrative detention, in which Israeli military court orders detention periods of one to six months on the basis of “secret files,” not accessible by detainees or their lawyers. These detention periods are indefinitely renewable. Administrative detention was initially introduced in Palestine by the British colonial mandate. Its use as a policy by the Israeli state contravenes the Geneva Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Palestinian prisoners like Khader Adnan and Mohammed Allan have gone on lengthy hunger strikes to win their release from administrative detention, and ending it is a long-time demand of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses its strongest solidarity with the striking prisoners, and calls for international actions, mobilizations and events to demand their freedom. Samidoun emphasizes that the Israeli occupation is fully responsible for the lives and health of the strikers. We cannot wait until these brave strugglers are facing death to act and demand not only their freedom as individuals, but the abolition of administrative detention – on the road to freeing every Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli occupation jails.
It is not the case that Israeli military courts are any more legitimate, fair or acceptable than administrative detention – they are just as arbitrary, racist and illegitimate. But administrative detention is a weapon of mass terror used against the Palestinian people, and it is critical to bring this practice to an end.
These Palestinian prisoners have put their bodies on the line in order to end administrative detention – and it is imperative that we act to support them. These prisoners’ struggle is not only about their individual freedom – it is part of their struggle for return and liberation for Palestine.
15 sept 2015
The 17-year old Hamzeh Hoshyeh was injured with the occupation’s bullets while chasing him in the village of Esawyeh.
Thaer Fasfoos, spokesman of Fateh movement in Shu’fat refugee camp, explained that the occupation forces chased a vehicle in the village of Esawyeh that was driven by one young man who had his friend with him. During the chase, the forces opened fire at the two young men and injured Dia’ in his head and leg and then arrested him despite the injury; the passenger was also arrested.
Fasfoos added that the forces called Hoshyeh’s mother for investigation and transferred him to the hospital for treatment without informing his family about his medical condition.
For the second consecutive day, violent clashes broke out in Shu’fat refugee camp in support of Al-Aqsa and fire broke out in the surveillance tower near the checkpoint after Molotov Cocktails were thrown towards it; the forces responded with heavily firing tear-gas and sound grenades as well as rubber bullets.
Clashes also broke out in Al-Tur, Al-Sowaneh, Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan and the forces randomly fired grenades and rubber bullets.
The forces arrested the 12-year old Mouath Ahmad Sayyad while he was in the village of Al-Tur and raided a grocery store in Al-Tur and checked the ID of the 19-year old Ahmad Jaser Abulhawa and refused to give it back to him for no reason.
Young men threw firecrackers towards the settlement of Bet Aort in the neighborhood of Al-Sowaneh.
The occupation forces arrested on Monday early morning the 20-year old Issa Hirbawi, 18-year old Mohammad Siam and the 15-year old Ahmad Tawil from the neighborhoods of Silwan.
Thaer Fasfoos, spokesman of Fateh movement in Shu’fat refugee camp, explained that the occupation forces chased a vehicle in the village of Esawyeh that was driven by one young man who had his friend with him. During the chase, the forces opened fire at the two young men and injured Dia’ in his head and leg and then arrested him despite the injury; the passenger was also arrested.
Fasfoos added that the forces called Hoshyeh’s mother for investigation and transferred him to the hospital for treatment without informing his family about his medical condition.
For the second consecutive day, violent clashes broke out in Shu’fat refugee camp in support of Al-Aqsa and fire broke out in the surveillance tower near the checkpoint after Molotov Cocktails were thrown towards it; the forces responded with heavily firing tear-gas and sound grenades as well as rubber bullets.
Clashes also broke out in Al-Tur, Al-Sowaneh, Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan and the forces randomly fired grenades and rubber bullets.
The forces arrested the 12-year old Mouath Ahmad Sayyad while he was in the village of Al-Tur and raided a grocery store in Al-Tur and checked the ID of the 19-year old Ahmad Jaser Abulhawa and refused to give it back to him for no reason.
Young men threw firecrackers towards the settlement of Bet Aort in the neighborhood of Al-Sowaneh.
The occupation forces arrested on Monday early morning the 20-year old Issa Hirbawi, 18-year old Mohammad Siam and the 15-year old Ahmad Tawil from the neighborhoods of Silwan.
The occupation forces were deployed on Monday night in the neighborhoods and streets of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan and closed one of its entrances coinciding with the arrival of dozens of settlers to the town to perform their Talmudic rituals on their Jewish New Year holiday.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces were heavily deployed in the main street of the neighborhood and closed one of its entrances while dozens of settlers were arriving to “Ein Silwan” to perform their special rituals.
The center pointed out that the settlers arrived to Silwan in the form of groups and deliberately provoked the locals by dancing and singing while walking in the area and the forces attempted to arrest a child under the pretext of throwing an empty bottle towards one settler.
The center added that the forces raided on the neighborhoods of Wadi Hilweh and tried to go on top of one residential building that overlooks Silwan and use it as a surveillance point while the settlers were in the neighborhood but the young men confronted them and prevented them from doing so.
Arrest
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 16-year old Nous Sumrein while he was in the neighborhood of Wadi Al-Rababeh in Silwan.
Clashes in Shu’fat refugee camp
Clashes broke out on Monday night in Shu’fat refugee camp and the spokesman of Fateh movement in the camp, Thaer Fasfoos, explained that three young men were injured with rubber bullets during the clashes while dozens of young men and locals suffocated due to the heavy firing of tear gas in the area; he pointed out that fire broke out in a storage after grenades were fired towards it.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces were heavily deployed in the main street of the neighborhood and closed one of its entrances while dozens of settlers were arriving to “Ein Silwan” to perform their special rituals.
The center pointed out that the settlers arrived to Silwan in the form of groups and deliberately provoked the locals by dancing and singing while walking in the area and the forces attempted to arrest a child under the pretext of throwing an empty bottle towards one settler.
The center added that the forces raided on the neighborhoods of Wadi Hilweh and tried to go on top of one residential building that overlooks Silwan and use it as a surveillance point while the settlers were in the neighborhood but the young men confronted them and prevented them from doing so.
Arrest
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 16-year old Nous Sumrein while he was in the neighborhood of Wadi Al-Rababeh in Silwan.
Clashes in Shu’fat refugee camp
Clashes broke out on Monday night in Shu’fat refugee camp and the spokesman of Fateh movement in the camp, Thaer Fasfoos, explained that three young men were injured with rubber bullets during the clashes while dozens of young men and locals suffocated due to the heavy firing of tear gas in the area; he pointed out that fire broke out in a storage after grenades were fired towards it.
The occupation forces arrested on Monday the 14-year old Mu’nes Emad Idkeidek from in front of his house in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan.
The child’s father explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces arrested his son while he was in front of his house in Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan. The forces fired three rubber bullets towards him and despite being injured and falling on the ground, nearly 8 soldiers assaulted and severely beat him under the pretext of throwing stones.
The child’s father added that the forces arrested his son while barefoot and verbal altercations broke out between the forces and the family members.
The father also added that the forces refused to talk to him about his son’s medical condition and the type of injury he suffered and instead handcuffed the boy despite the fact that he was bleeding.
He pointed out that his brother tried to follow the forces to check on Mu’nes but the forces fired a rubber bullet towards him and injured him in the hand.
The child’s father explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces arrested his son while he was in front of his house in Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan. The forces fired three rubber bullets towards him and despite being injured and falling on the ground, nearly 8 soldiers assaulted and severely beat him under the pretext of throwing stones.
The child’s father added that the forces arrested his son while barefoot and verbal altercations broke out between the forces and the family members.
The father also added that the forces refused to talk to him about his son’s medical condition and the type of injury he suffered and instead handcuffed the boy despite the fact that he was bleeding.
He pointed out that his brother tried to follow the forces to check on Mu’nes but the forces fired a rubber bullet towards him and injured him in the hand.
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The director of paramedics in the Palestinian Red Crescent, Amin Abu Ghazaleh, said that 36 citizens were injured on Tuesday with wounds and bruises and suffocation cases due to sound grenades and rubber bullets during clashes that broke out outside the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dr. Abu Ghazaleh explained that five injuries were wounds in the head and one was in the hand, and paramedics provided treatment for all the injured whether on field or in the Old City’s clinics. Fida’ Rweidi, photographer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center-Silwan, got injured by shrapnel of a sound grenade in her leg while she was monitoring and covering the events in Al-Wad Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Nader Afaghani, head of Al-Aqsa Boys School, said that one student (10th grade) got injured with a rubber bullet in his head and had to have 10 stitches; the force also arrested a student from the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem. |
Afaghani pointed out that the forces prevented the students from 1st grade until 12th from reaching their schools since the early morning.
The occupation forces targeted the students while they were in the streets of the Old City and near Al-Aqsa gates while trying to get to their schools.
The education process in Al-Aqsa Girls School has been stable lately after restrictions and obstacles were previously imposed on the administrative and teaching staff; they were allowed to enter only through Al-Silsileh Gate after 8 a.m. this morning.
In Dar Al-Aytam school, the Directorate of Education was forced to stop teaching after the second class and the students left the school after the occupation forces went on top of the roofs adjacent to the school and randomly fired grenades and rubber bullets in the area; note that Dar Al-Aytam school is located near Al-Majles Gate which witnessed the most violent clashes today.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the forces arrested three Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa gate and its courtyards, they are: Mo’men Tawil (16) from Beit Hanina, Ismaeel Tawil (20 from Dung Gate and the paramedic Ahmad Al-Razem (19).
In pictures: Arresting 11 Palestinians…A tight siege and clashes in Al-Aqsa and its surroundings
The occupation authorities arrested 11 Palestinians and injured others with rubber bullets, shrapnel of sound grenades and suffocation during clashes that broke out inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the area of Al-Silsileh Gate.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that dozes of occupation Special Forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque and targeted the people present in the courtyards with sound grenades and rubber bullets. Within moments, the forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque where the young men and worshippers were stationed, and stepped on the Mosque’s carpets with their shoes and heavily fired sound grenades. The forces then arrested several young men and transferred them to the detention centers through Dung Gate.
The siege on Al-Aqsa was from 7 a.m. and lasted until 11 a.m. which the settlers’ morning break-in session. On Monday, 38 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate on occasion of the Jewish New Year. During the break-ins, the Special Forces closed the gates of Al-Qibali Mosque with iron bars and chains and sprayed pepper gas towards the young men inside the Mosque; they also assaulted the people in the courtyards and beat them.
Closure of Al-Aqsa
For the second consecutive day, the occupation authorities closed most of Al-Aqsa gates and established police checkpoints on the open gates (Hutta, Al-Silsileh and Al-Majles gates) and controlled the entrance of Muslim worshippers and prevented those under the age of 45 from entering.
Arresting 11 Palestinians
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested four young men from inside Al-Qibali Mosque and executed several other arrests at Al-Aqsa gates. They arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf, Naser Nofal, Ramzi Jo’beh, Mazen Halaweh, Malek Ghanem, Ibrahim Abu Rmeileh, Omar Wazwaz, Tamer Khalaf, Mohammad Abu Farha and Mahmoud Salim in addition to arresting the woman Madleine Issa.
The center was also informed that the forces assaulted and severely beat the detainees during the arrest and while transferring them to the detention centers.
Injuries
The 68-year old Ghaleb Hussein Darwish was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and the center was informed by Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, that the forces targeted the elderly Darwish while he was at Al-Aqsa and injured his in his eye.
Abu Hummos added that Darwish was transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital for treatment and pointed that he is a freed prisoner that spent 12 years inside the occupation’s prisons.
Also, a group of young men suffocated while being inside Al-Qibali Mosque and surrounded by the Israeli forces that sprayed them with pepper gas; six young men were also injured with rubber bullets.
Assault on journalists
The press crews also got their share the occupation forces’ assault while doing their work at Al-Aqsa gates especially at Al-Silsileh Gate. The forces arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf after assaulting and injuring him with wounds in his head. The correspondent of Palestine TV, Christine Rinawi, was also injured with shrapnel of a sound grenade in her face near the eye. The forces also assaulted and severely beat the photographer of Al-Mayadeen TV and broke the “camera holder”. The forces handed the journalist Layali Eid, correspondent of Al-Quds News Network, a call for investigation.
Suppression at Al-Silsileh Gate
The occupation authorities suppressed the people stationed at Al-Silsileh gate with sound grenades, rubber bullets, beatings and pushing. They also established iron barriers in the road and the people explained that the forces brutally attacked them since the morning hours with tear gas and beat them.
The occupation forces targeted the students while they were in the streets of the Old City and near Al-Aqsa gates while trying to get to their schools.
The education process in Al-Aqsa Girls School has been stable lately after restrictions and obstacles were previously imposed on the administrative and teaching staff; they were allowed to enter only through Al-Silsileh Gate after 8 a.m. this morning.
In Dar Al-Aytam school, the Directorate of Education was forced to stop teaching after the second class and the students left the school after the occupation forces went on top of the roofs adjacent to the school and randomly fired grenades and rubber bullets in the area; note that Dar Al-Aytam school is located near Al-Majles Gate which witnessed the most violent clashes today.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the forces arrested three Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa gate and its courtyards, they are: Mo’men Tawil (16) from Beit Hanina, Ismaeel Tawil (20 from Dung Gate and the paramedic Ahmad Al-Razem (19).
In pictures: Arresting 11 Palestinians…A tight siege and clashes in Al-Aqsa and its surroundings
The occupation authorities arrested 11 Palestinians and injured others with rubber bullets, shrapnel of sound grenades and suffocation during clashes that broke out inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the area of Al-Silsileh Gate.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that dozes of occupation Special Forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque and targeted the people present in the courtyards with sound grenades and rubber bullets. Within moments, the forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque where the young men and worshippers were stationed, and stepped on the Mosque’s carpets with their shoes and heavily fired sound grenades. The forces then arrested several young men and transferred them to the detention centers through Dung Gate.
The siege on Al-Aqsa was from 7 a.m. and lasted until 11 a.m. which the settlers’ morning break-in session. On Monday, 38 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate on occasion of the Jewish New Year. During the break-ins, the Special Forces closed the gates of Al-Qibali Mosque with iron bars and chains and sprayed pepper gas towards the young men inside the Mosque; they also assaulted the people in the courtyards and beat them.
Closure of Al-Aqsa
For the second consecutive day, the occupation authorities closed most of Al-Aqsa gates and established police checkpoints on the open gates (Hutta, Al-Silsileh and Al-Majles gates) and controlled the entrance of Muslim worshippers and prevented those under the age of 45 from entering.
Arresting 11 Palestinians
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested four young men from inside Al-Qibali Mosque and executed several other arrests at Al-Aqsa gates. They arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf, Naser Nofal, Ramzi Jo’beh, Mazen Halaweh, Malek Ghanem, Ibrahim Abu Rmeileh, Omar Wazwaz, Tamer Khalaf, Mohammad Abu Farha and Mahmoud Salim in addition to arresting the woman Madleine Issa.
The center was also informed that the forces assaulted and severely beat the detainees during the arrest and while transferring them to the detention centers.
Injuries
The 68-year old Ghaleb Hussein Darwish was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and the center was informed by Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, that the forces targeted the elderly Darwish while he was at Al-Aqsa and injured his in his eye.
Abu Hummos added that Darwish was transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital for treatment and pointed that he is a freed prisoner that spent 12 years inside the occupation’s prisons.
Also, a group of young men suffocated while being inside Al-Qibali Mosque and surrounded by the Israeli forces that sprayed them with pepper gas; six young men were also injured with rubber bullets.
Assault on journalists
The press crews also got their share the occupation forces’ assault while doing their work at Al-Aqsa gates especially at Al-Silsileh Gate. The forces arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf after assaulting and injuring him with wounds in his head. The correspondent of Palestine TV, Christine Rinawi, was also injured with shrapnel of a sound grenade in her face near the eye. The forces also assaulted and severely beat the photographer of Al-Mayadeen TV and broke the “camera holder”. The forces handed the journalist Layali Eid, correspondent of Al-Quds News Network, a call for investigation.
Suppression at Al-Silsileh Gate
The occupation authorities suppressed the people stationed at Al-Silsileh gate with sound grenades, rubber bullets, beatings and pushing. They also established iron barriers in the road and the people explained that the forces brutally attacked them since the morning hours with tear gas and beat them.
The Palestinian hunger striker Suleiman Eskafi, 30, reached a life-threatening stage as he continues his strike for nearly two weeks in protest against his administrative detention.
Spokeswoman for the Palestine center for Prisoners Studies said that the hunger striker has been moved to solitary confinement and denied family visits in an attempt to break his strike.
He suffers several health problems including sharp headache and severe stomach cramps, she added.
Despite his difficult health condition, Israeli Prison Service continues to disregard Eskafi’s demands mainly ending his illegal administrative detention that has been in force since 11.12.2014.
Eskafi had earlier declared a two-day strike in protest against Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy practiced against Palestinian sick prisoners.
He was arrested five times and spent six years as a whole behind Israeli bars during which he was subjected to severe torture, causing him several health problems.
Eskafi family appealed to the local and international human rights institutions to urgently intervene for their son’s release before it is too late.
Spokeswoman for the Palestine center for Prisoners Studies said that the hunger striker has been moved to solitary confinement and denied family visits in an attempt to break his strike.
He suffers several health problems including sharp headache and severe stomach cramps, she added.
Despite his difficult health condition, Israeli Prison Service continues to disregard Eskafi’s demands mainly ending his illegal administrative detention that has been in force since 11.12.2014.
Eskafi had earlier declared a two-day strike in protest against Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy practiced against Palestinian sick prisoners.
He was arrested five times and spent six years as a whole behind Israeli bars during which he was subjected to severe torture, causing him several health problems.
Eskafi family appealed to the local and international human rights institutions to urgently intervene for their son’s release before it is too late.
The Israeli punishment of solitary confinement, which is the most racist and inhuman punishment applied in the Israeli prisons, is meant to cause psychological and moral harm to the prisoners.
The Israeli General Security Service or the Shabak (Shin Bet) says that the punishment of solitary confinement is aimed at prisoners sentenced with high judgments and accused of acts of resistance.
The former Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners, Wasfi Qabha, said that: "this punishment is the worst used against prisoners. Many of them fought several long term strikes to abolish the punishment but Israel kept using it".
He added that: "the solitary confinement punishment file if invested seriously and legally will condemn the occupation internationally".
Psychological and moral harm
The freed prisoner Fadi Samarah, who has been freed from prison a few days ago after 13 years in captivity, said that: "In spite of the strength of challenge and steadfastness of the Palestinian prisoners, the solitary confinement is the harshest punishment they face. It causes many body illnesses in addition to the cruel treatment by the wardens against the isolated prisoners".
Mousa Sufan, another prisoner isolated for two years, describes the condition as very difficult, explaining that the isolated prisoner is not allowed out of his cell except for one hour a day.
“The isolation cell is very narrow and full of insects and the food served to the isolated prisoners is very bad”.
He also complained of medical neglect against him.
Esam Ahmad Zeineddin, another isolated prisoner, said that he "is deprived of family visits despite of the several requests he made but to no avail”, urging for an action to condemn and end the policy of solitary confinement, which he likened to burying people alive.
The Israeli General Security Service or the Shabak (Shin Bet) says that the punishment of solitary confinement is aimed at prisoners sentenced with high judgments and accused of acts of resistance.
The former Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners, Wasfi Qabha, said that: "this punishment is the worst used against prisoners. Many of them fought several long term strikes to abolish the punishment but Israel kept using it".
He added that: "the solitary confinement punishment file if invested seriously and legally will condemn the occupation internationally".
Psychological and moral harm
The freed prisoner Fadi Samarah, who has been freed from prison a few days ago after 13 years in captivity, said that: "In spite of the strength of challenge and steadfastness of the Palestinian prisoners, the solitary confinement is the harshest punishment they face. It causes many body illnesses in addition to the cruel treatment by the wardens against the isolated prisoners".
Mousa Sufan, another prisoner isolated for two years, describes the condition as very difficult, explaining that the isolated prisoner is not allowed out of his cell except for one hour a day.
“The isolation cell is very narrow and full of insects and the food served to the isolated prisoners is very bad”.
He also complained of medical neglect against him.
Esam Ahmad Zeineddin, another isolated prisoner, said that he "is deprived of family visits despite of the several requests he made but to no avail”, urging for an action to condemn and end the policy of solitary confinement, which he likened to burying people alive.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at noontime Monday kidnapped five Palestinian citizens allegedly after they crept into illegal Israeli settlements.
Israeli news outlets said four Palestinians were kidnapped in the Eshkol settlement council, off southern Gaza, and another was nabbed in the northern corners of the Strip.
The five arrestees were dragged to a Shabak detention center pending further interrogation.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 14 Palestinians last week allegedly after they infiltrated Israeli settlements near the borders with Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israel’s ministry of the interior threatened to penalize every Palestinian who crosses the border fence or even tries to do so.
Infiltrations into Israel, seeking jobs, have been on the rise due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
According to human rights data, at least 250 Palestinians had been kidnapped by the IOF on the same grounds since last year’s offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israeli news outlets said four Palestinians were kidnapped in the Eshkol settlement council, off southern Gaza, and another was nabbed in the northern corners of the Strip.
The five arrestees were dragged to a Shabak detention center pending further interrogation.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 14 Palestinians last week allegedly after they infiltrated Israeli settlements near the borders with Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israel’s ministry of the interior threatened to penalize every Palestinian who crosses the border fence or even tries to do so.
Infiltrations into Israel, seeking jobs, have been on the rise due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
According to human rights data, at least 250 Palestinians had been kidnapped by the IOF on the same grounds since last year’s offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
