26 sept 2016
An Israeli prosecutor on Sunday called for a 12-year-prison term against a Palestinian minor for allegedly attempting to stab Jewish settlers to death last year in Occupied Jerusalem.
This came during a hearing held for Ahmed Manasra, a 14-year-old boy from east Jerusalem, at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday.
The court judges decided to hold another hearing for Manasra on November 7 to hand down a final ruling on the case.
Manasra was convicted in May this year of the attempted murder of two settlers in a stabbing attack last October.
He was 13 when he carried out the attack with his 15-year-old cousin Hasan Manasra. The two cousins reportedly stabbed a Jewish young man and a boy in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev in annexed east Jerusalem.
Hassan Manasra was shot dead by security forces while Ahmed Manasra was hit by a settler's car at the time.
This came during a hearing held for Ahmed Manasra, a 14-year-old boy from east Jerusalem, at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday.
The court judges decided to hold another hearing for Manasra on November 7 to hand down a final ruling on the case.
Manasra was convicted in May this year of the attempted murder of two settlers in a stabbing attack last October.
He was 13 when he carried out the attack with his 15-year-old cousin Hasan Manasra. The two cousins reportedly stabbed a Jewish young man and a boy in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev in annexed east Jerusalem.
Hassan Manasra was shot dead by security forces while Ahmed Manasra was hit by a settler's car at the time.
The Ofer military court postponed once again the hearing into the case of Professor Imad Barghouti, 54, till October 9, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) affirmed Monday.
The professor was arrested in April and put behind bars without any trial for an initial three months detention.
On May 26, an Israeli military court issued his release order and asked the prison authorities to free the man by Sunday 29 May.
However, after the court order, the Israeli prosecutor appealed to further detain the professor at Ofer prison. The Israeli prosecutor accused prisoner Barghouti of incitement to violence on social media and called for his continued detention.
The PPS pointed out that since October 2015 nearly 200 Palestinians were arrested for Facebook posts including online bloggers, academics, and journalists.
The professor was arrested in April and put behind bars without any trial for an initial three months detention.
On May 26, an Israeli military court issued his release order and asked the prison authorities to free the man by Sunday 29 May.
However, after the court order, the Israeli prosecutor appealed to further detain the professor at Ofer prison. The Israeli prosecutor accused prisoner Barghouti of incitement to violence on social media and called for his continued detention.
The PPS pointed out that since October 2015 nearly 200 Palestinians were arrested for Facebook posts including online bloggers, academics, and journalists.
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped three young Palestinian men, in addition to bulldozing an agricultural land in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
Rateb Jabour, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Atef Raba’, 42, and Issa Talab Abu Fanous, 37.
Jabour added that the soldiers also invaded a mosque and a graveyard in Deir al-Hawa neighborhood, in the town, and searched them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Wadea’ Nasser al-Jondi, 17, after searching his family’s home, in addition to searching several nearby homes.
In Hebron city, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on its northern and southern roads, in addition to the main road leading to Sa’ir town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, army vehicles invaded an agricultural belonging to Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ayyash, and bulldozed parts of it, in order to expand a road and install a military tower.
Jabour stated that the soldiers bulldozed the land, two meters wide for a distance of 40 meters long, close to the main entrance of Beit Ummar.
Rateb Jabour, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Atef Raba’, 42, and Issa Talab Abu Fanous, 37.
Jabour added that the soldiers also invaded a mosque and a graveyard in Deir al-Hawa neighborhood, in the town, and searched them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Wadea’ Nasser al-Jondi, 17, after searching his family’s home, in addition to searching several nearby homes.
In Hebron city, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on its northern and southern roads, in addition to the main road leading to Sa’ir town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, army vehicles invaded an agricultural belonging to Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ayyash, and bulldozed parts of it, in order to expand a road and install a military tower.
Jabour stated that the soldiers bulldozed the land, two meters wide for a distance of 40 meters long, close to the main entrance of Beit Ummar.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Ramallah, in central West Bank, has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians from Beit Rima town, north of Ramallah, while one Palestinian from the town was kidnapped near Bethlehem.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the town, interrogated several Palestinians and kidnapped three.
The kidnapped have been identified as Ashraf Nael Rimawi, 29, in addition to two former political prisoners identified as Aziz Wael Rimawi, 27, and Homam Monir Rimawi, 25.
In addition, soldiers stationed at the “Container” roadblock, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Emad Nael Rimawi, 24, the brother of Ashraf, who was kidnapped from his home in Beit Rima.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the town, interrogated several Palestinians and kidnapped three.
The kidnapped have been identified as Ashraf Nael Rimawi, 29, in addition to two former political prisoners identified as Aziz Wael Rimawi, 27, and Homam Monir Rimawi, 25.
In addition, soldiers stationed at the “Container” roadblock, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Emad Nael Rimawi, 24, the brother of Ashraf, who was kidnapped from his home in Beit Rima.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, searched several homes and kidnapped five young Palestinian men.
The soldiers invaded the town from various directions, broke into many homes and violently searched them, before kidnapping the five young men.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ali Bader, Mahmoud Obeid, Fayez Mheisin, Moammar Dirar Darweesh and Mohammad Haitham Mahmoud, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic, has reported.
The soldiers invaded the town from various directions, broke into many homes and violently searched them, before kidnapping the five young men.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Ali Bader, Mahmoud Obeid, Fayez Mheisin, Moammar Dirar Darweesh and Mohammad Haitham Mahmoud, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic, has reported.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, while one Palestinian was kidnapped near Hebron, on Sunday afternoon.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)said several army jeeps invaded the Saff Street, in Bethlehem city, broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ahmad Bassam Sheikh, 22.
The soldiers also invaded and searched the homes of Ahmad Salahat and Jamal Hassan, in the same neighborhood.
On Sunday afternoon, the soldiers invaded Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Khdour, after storming his home and searching it.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)said several army jeeps invaded the Saff Street, in Bethlehem city, broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ahmad Bassam Sheikh, 22.
The soldiers also invaded and searched the homes of Ahmad Salahat and Jamal Hassan, in the same neighborhood.
On Sunday afternoon, the soldiers invaded Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Khdour, after storming his home and searching it.
On Sunday, Arab members of Israeli Knesset (MK) Dr. Ahmad Tibi and Osama Sa’adi, along with Optometrist Dr. Salam Erekat, visited detainee Mohammad Balboul, at the Wolfson Israel medical center, and said that Balboul’s blindness, could be temporary, but he needs good nutrition and professional medical treatment.
Mohammad Balboul lost his eyesight two weeks ago, after an extended hunger strike, along with his brother Mahmoud, and Malek al-Qadi who was released Saturday and was instantly moved to the Istishari Hospital, in Ramallah.
After examining Mahmoud Balboul, Dr. Erekat, of Saint John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem, said Mohammad’s optic nerves, and retinas, seem to be in a good condition.
She added that the deficiency in vitamins and nutrition during the strike are the main causes for his temporary blindness.
“We hope he will regain his eyesight soon, after he receives his much needed nutrition and medical treatment,” Dr. Erekat stated.
Also Sunday, detainee Yasser Hamdouni, died at the Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
Mohammad Balboul lost his eyesight two weeks ago, after an extended hunger strike, along with his brother Mahmoud, and Malek al-Qadi who was released Saturday and was instantly moved to the Istishari Hospital, in Ramallah.
After examining Mahmoud Balboul, Dr. Erekat, of Saint John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem, said Mohammad’s optic nerves, and retinas, seem to be in a good condition.
She added that the deficiency in vitamins and nutrition during the strike are the main causes for his temporary blindness.
“We hope he will regain his eyesight soon, after he receives his much needed nutrition and medical treatment,” Dr. Erekat stated.
Also Sunday, detainee Yasser Hamdouni, died at the Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Sunday evening, that the Israeli Prison Authority has decided to move detainee Mohammad Balboul, who held an extended hunger strike, from the Wolfson Israeli medical center to the infamous Ramla prison clinic.
In a press release, the Committee said that despite the difficult health condition of the detainee, his temporary blindness due to complications from his hunger strike, and various other health issues, Israel decides to move Balboul to a prison clinic that lacks even basic supplies, and specialists.
It added that Balboul still needs professional medical treatment, including to be examined and treated by specialists in a number of medical fields, instead of being moved to an infamous prison clinic.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad, his brother Mahmoud, and Malek al-Qadi, have ended their hunger strike last Wednesday, after reaching an agreement ending their illegal and arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial. They began their strikes on July 8th, 2016.
Malek al-Qadi was released, Saturday, and was instantly moved to the Istishari Hospital, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, while the Balboul brothers are scheduled to be released on December 8th, 2016.
In related news, several Israeli soldiers, and special units of the Israeli Prison Authority, assaulted Sunday many detainees in Nafha prison after they returned their meals, declaring mourning after the death a Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement in Ramon prison.
The attack was carried out after the detainees started protesting in condemnation of the death of Yasser Hamdouni, who died, Sunday, in Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
In a press release, the Committee said that despite the difficult health condition of the detainee, his temporary blindness due to complications from his hunger strike, and various other health issues, Israel decides to move Balboul to a prison clinic that lacks even basic supplies, and specialists.
It added that Balboul still needs professional medical treatment, including to be examined and treated by specialists in a number of medical fields, instead of being moved to an infamous prison clinic.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad, his brother Mahmoud, and Malek al-Qadi, have ended their hunger strike last Wednesday, after reaching an agreement ending their illegal and arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial. They began their strikes on July 8th, 2016.
Malek al-Qadi was released, Saturday, and was instantly moved to the Istishari Hospital, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, while the Balboul brothers are scheduled to be released on December 8th, 2016.
In related news, several Israeli soldiers, and special units of the Israeli Prison Authority, assaulted Sunday many detainees in Nafha prison after they returned their meals, declaring mourning after the death a Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement in Ramon prison.
The attack was carried out after the detainees started protesting in condemnation of the death of Yasser Hamdouni, who died, Sunday, in Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
Several Israeli soldiers, and special units of the Israeli Prison Authority, assaulted Sunday many detainees in Nafha prison after they returned their meals, declaring mourning after the death a Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement in Ramon prison.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the special military force in Nafha invaded many sections and rooms in Nafha and assaulted the detainees.
It added that the attack was carried out after the detainees started protesting in condemnation of the death of Yasser Hamdouni, who died, Sunday, in Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
The detainees in various Israeli prisons, and detention camps, have decided to return the meals for three days, to mourn Hamdouni’s death, and to protest the constant violations against them.
The Detainees’ Committee said Hamdouni’s life could have been saved if he received the urgently needed treatment and medical attention, as he suffered various health complications for many years.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the special military force in Nafha invaded many sections and rooms in Nafha and assaulted the detainees.
It added that the attack was carried out after the detainees started protesting in condemnation of the death of Yasser Hamdouni, who died, Sunday, in Ramon Israel prison, due to the lack of professional medical treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.
The detainees in various Israeli prisons, and detention camps, have decided to return the meals for three days, to mourn Hamdouni’s death, and to protest the constant violations against them.
The Detainees’ Committee said Hamdouni’s life could have been saved if he received the urgently needed treatment and medical attention, as he suffered various health complications for many years.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday rolled into Yatta town, in southern al-Khalil province, and took measurements of a Palestinian prisoner’s home, paving the way for its demolition.
Reporting from Yatta town, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news reporter said dozens of Israeli vehicles and military jeeps escorted by engineering units, broke into the home of prisoner Younis Ayesh Zein, 22, and forced the family members out before they took measurements of the home and hollowed out the walls in preparation for the demolition procedure.
Zein was arrested by the Israeli occupation army last June on allegations of planning an anti-occupation attack carried out by the two prisoners Khaled and Muhammad Mukhamreh in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, a military checkpoint was abruptly pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, blocking Palestinians’ access to their schools and workplaces.
A PIC news correspondent said the checkpoint was set up at the peak hours, from 7:30 a.m to 9 a.m., resulting in queues of school children, workers, and vehicles, all lined up in the streets.
The occupation soldiers further inspected Palestinian IDs and stopped cars at the checkpoint. Several schoolchildren were also detained for long hours because they did not carry their personal IDs and were released only after their parents showed up at the scene.
Reporting from Yatta town, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news reporter said dozens of Israeli vehicles and military jeeps escorted by engineering units, broke into the home of prisoner Younis Ayesh Zein, 22, and forced the family members out before they took measurements of the home and hollowed out the walls in preparation for the demolition procedure.
Zein was arrested by the Israeli occupation army last June on allegations of planning an anti-occupation attack carried out by the two prisoners Khaled and Muhammad Mukhamreh in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, a military checkpoint was abruptly pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, blocking Palestinians’ access to their schools and workplaces.
A PIC news correspondent said the checkpoint was set up at the peak hours, from 7:30 a.m to 9 a.m., resulting in queues of school children, workers, and vehicles, all lined up in the streets.
The occupation soldiers further inspected Palestinian IDs and stopped cars at the checkpoint. Several schoolchildren were also detained for long hours because they did not carry their personal IDs and were released only after their parents showed up at the scene.
Israeli settler gangs set fire to a Palestinian home in Nablus at predawn time on Monday at the same time as several Palestinians were kidnapped by the occupation army from West Bank provinces.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli extremist settlers set fire to a Palestinian home under construction in Nablus’s southern town of Burin.
Civil defense crews said they received reports of wildfires at 11:53 p.m. and rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian youngster Maraseel al-Sawalhi was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers from his family home in al-Ein refugee camp, to the west of Nablus.
The occupation army has sealed off the main entrances to Odla, Ourata, and Beita towns, in southern Nablus.
At the same time, an Israeli military force rolled into the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin and raked through residential neighborhoods in Yabad town, to the south.
The Israeli patrol set up a series of ambushes and cracked down on Palestinian passengers. Tension has been running high in Jenin after the Palestinian detainee Yasser Hamdouni, hailing from the city, was announced dead in an Israeli jail due to medical neglect.
Violent clashes also flared up in Yabad’s eastern corners, where sounds of bullet fire have been detected all the way though the break-in.
The occupation troops further wreaked havoc on industrial workshops in Jenin in search for lathes allegedly used for manufacturing arms.
The assault culminated in the abduction of ex-prisoners Muhammad Harb and Bahaa Salama shortly after the occupation troops ravaged their family homes.
The Israeli soldiers reportedly stormed Masliyah town, in southern Jenin, and broke into civilian homes, before they sealed off the main access road to the town with a military checkpoint.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli extremist settlers set fire to a Palestinian home under construction in Nablus’s southern town of Burin.
Civil defense crews said they received reports of wildfires at 11:53 p.m. and rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian youngster Maraseel al-Sawalhi was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers from his family home in al-Ein refugee camp, to the west of Nablus.
The occupation army has sealed off the main entrances to Odla, Ourata, and Beita towns, in southern Nablus.
At the same time, an Israeli military force rolled into the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin and raked through residential neighborhoods in Yabad town, to the south.
The Israeli patrol set up a series of ambushes and cracked down on Palestinian passengers. Tension has been running high in Jenin after the Palestinian detainee Yasser Hamdouni, hailing from the city, was announced dead in an Israeli jail due to medical neglect.
Violent clashes also flared up in Yabad’s eastern corners, where sounds of bullet fire have been detected all the way though the break-in.
The occupation troops further wreaked havoc on industrial workshops in Jenin in search for lathes allegedly used for manufacturing arms.
The assault culminated in the abduction of ex-prisoners Muhammad Harb and Bahaa Salama shortly after the occupation troops ravaged their family homes.
The Israeli soldiers reportedly stormed Masliyah town, in southern Jenin, and broke into civilian homes, before they sealed off the main access road to the town with a military checkpoint.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, different parts of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched many homes and property, and kidnapped six Palestinians, in addition to shooting and wounding one.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in one of his legs, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes that took place after the army invaded the city.
The clashes erupted in different neighborhoods throughout the city, after the soldiers invaded them, and started searching homes.
The soldiers also kidnapped former political prisoner Baha’ Salama, in addition to Omar al-Bayan, Engineer Mohammad Abdullah al-Hroub, Mahmoud Amin al-Omari, Ahmad Hussein Awartani and Mahmoud Maher al-Atrash.
The soldiers also searched many homes and interrogated the families; owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as former political prisoner Mohammad Abu Naseef, Mahmoud Awartani, his brothers Mohammad, Mo’taz Hani and Bara’, in addition to Jihad al-Hanthawi, Mohammad Abu Sirryya and Bassam ‘Arqawi.
The soldiers wanted to kidnap the former political prisoner, Abu Naseef, but he was not at home during the invasion.
In addition, the army invaded two shops; car repair and car paint, owned by members of Abu Smeed family, and searched them.
The army claimed uncovering and confiscating equipment in two workshops reportedly “used for manufacturing guns.”
Palestinian arrested, wounded by IOF in Deir Balout
A Palestinian citizen was rushed to hospital on Sunday to be treated for injuries sustained shortly after he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Salfit province.
A PIC news correspondent said the Palestinian citizen Amer Youssef Abdullah was arrested by the IOF after he protested over the bulldozing of his olive orchard by Israeli settlers in eastern Deir Balout town, to the west of Salfit.
The captive was announced injured moments after he was dragged by the IOF to an Israeli military jeep near the bulldozing scene.
Israeli soldiers claimed the arrestee sustained wounds in an accidental jeep crash and was transferred to a hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine for treatment. Israeli bulldozers leveled several Palestinian lands in Deir Balout, sparking rage among the local farmers.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in one of his legs, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes that took place after the army invaded the city.
The clashes erupted in different neighborhoods throughout the city, after the soldiers invaded them, and started searching homes.
The soldiers also kidnapped former political prisoner Baha’ Salama, in addition to Omar al-Bayan, Engineer Mohammad Abdullah al-Hroub, Mahmoud Amin al-Omari, Ahmad Hussein Awartani and Mahmoud Maher al-Atrash.
The soldiers also searched many homes and interrogated the families; owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as former political prisoner Mohammad Abu Naseef, Mahmoud Awartani, his brothers Mohammad, Mo’taz Hani and Bara’, in addition to Jihad al-Hanthawi, Mohammad Abu Sirryya and Bassam ‘Arqawi.
The soldiers wanted to kidnap the former political prisoner, Abu Naseef, but he was not at home during the invasion.
In addition, the army invaded two shops; car repair and car paint, owned by members of Abu Smeed family, and searched them.
The army claimed uncovering and confiscating equipment in two workshops reportedly “used for manufacturing guns.”
Palestinian arrested, wounded by IOF in Deir Balout
A Palestinian citizen was rushed to hospital on Sunday to be treated for injuries sustained shortly after he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Salfit province.
A PIC news correspondent said the Palestinian citizen Amer Youssef Abdullah was arrested by the IOF after he protested over the bulldozing of his olive orchard by Israeli settlers in eastern Deir Balout town, to the west of Salfit.
The captive was announced injured moments after he was dragged by the IOF to an Israeli military jeep near the bulldozing scene.
Israeli soldiers claimed the arrestee sustained wounds in an accidental jeep crash and was transferred to a hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine for treatment. Israeli bulldozers leveled several Palestinian lands in Deir Balout, sparking rage among the local farmers.
25 sept 2016
Palestinian inmates held in Israeli prisons announced on Sunday a three-day hunger strike following the death of their fellow inmate at an Israeli jail earlier in the morning.
The Palestinian detainees staged the strike after news emerged of the death of 40-year-old Yasser Dhiab Hamdouna, who died of a stroke after a failure by Israeli prison officials to provide him with necessary medical care.
The 40-year-old Hamdouna, a resident of the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenein, suffered a stroke on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead upon arrival at an Israeli medical center.
Hamdouna, serving life imprisonment in Ramon jail, had been suffering from recurrent shortness of breath, heart problems as well as agonizing pains in his left ear.
The sources said Hamdouna’s condition further deteriorated in the wake of Israeli prison authorities’ delay in providing treatment for him.
Head of the prisoners’ media office, Abdul Rahman Shedid, said the Israeli prison service had dragged its feet vis-à-vis al-Hamdouna’s cries for help and kept him for over 20 minutes in the prison clinic, where he was pronounced dead following a stroke.
According to Shadid the prisoners returned their meals in protest at Israel’s preplanned medical neglect. Prisoners in the Ramon, Nafha, and Holikdar also decided to close prison sections.
Shadid held the IPS responsible for al-Hamdouna’s death, urging all human rights institutions to speak up against Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian detainees.
“Hamdouna is one of the victims of Israel’s preplanned executions,” said the head of the prisoners and ex-prisoners committee, Issa Qaraqe.
Spokesperson for the Palestine Center for Studies, Reyad al-Ashqar, said Hamdouna has been suffering since 2014 from unbearable earaches and did not receive treatment despite his frequent cries for help.
Hamdouna, was arrested on June 19, 2003, and sentenced to life on charges of anti-occupation resistance. Human rights groups say at least 208 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli prisons and detention centers, 55 of whom died as result of medical negligence.
The Palestinian detainees staged the strike after news emerged of the death of 40-year-old Yasser Dhiab Hamdouna, who died of a stroke after a failure by Israeli prison officials to provide him with necessary medical care.
The 40-year-old Hamdouna, a resident of the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenein, suffered a stroke on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead upon arrival at an Israeli medical center.
Hamdouna, serving life imprisonment in Ramon jail, had been suffering from recurrent shortness of breath, heart problems as well as agonizing pains in his left ear.
The sources said Hamdouna’s condition further deteriorated in the wake of Israeli prison authorities’ delay in providing treatment for him.
Head of the prisoners’ media office, Abdul Rahman Shedid, said the Israeli prison service had dragged its feet vis-à-vis al-Hamdouna’s cries for help and kept him for over 20 minutes in the prison clinic, where he was pronounced dead following a stroke.
According to Shadid the prisoners returned their meals in protest at Israel’s preplanned medical neglect. Prisoners in the Ramon, Nafha, and Holikdar also decided to close prison sections.
Shadid held the IPS responsible for al-Hamdouna’s death, urging all human rights institutions to speak up against Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian detainees.
“Hamdouna is one of the victims of Israel’s preplanned executions,” said the head of the prisoners and ex-prisoners committee, Issa Qaraqe.
Spokesperson for the Palestine Center for Studies, Reyad al-Ashqar, said Hamdouna has been suffering since 2014 from unbearable earaches and did not receive treatment despite his frequent cries for help.
Hamdouna, was arrested on June 19, 2003, and sentenced to life on charges of anti-occupation resistance. Human rights groups say at least 208 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli prisons and detention centers, 55 of whom died as result of medical negligence.
At least eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at the break of dawn on Sunday following assaults on the occupied Palestinian territories.
Reporting from the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF rolled into the city’s northern refugee camp of al-Arroub at dawn time and kidnapped five Palestinian youths.
The occupation troops reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes, including the family home of the slain Palestinian Khaled Jawabreh. The list of captives included, Seif, the nephew of slain Muhammad Aziz Rushdi.
Clashes burst out in the area, where the Israeli army patrols attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-unleashed waves of teargas canisters.
The IOF further stormed Nablus at predawn time and sealed off the main access roads to the Palestinian towns of Hawara, Beit, Ourata, and Odla.
At the same time, the IOF soldiers broke into Jenin’s southern corners and subjected Palestinian locals to intensive interrogation, before they sealed off the area with military checkpoints.
A PIC news reporter said seven Israeli military patrols deployed at the Jalama crossroads, to the north of Jenin, stormed Qabatiya and Merka, to the south, and raked through residential neighborhoods.
Another sweep launched by the IOF in Occupied Jerusalem culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian youngsters from the Shua’fat refugee camp, to the northeast. Violent clashes burst out shortly after the assault, as Palestinian civilians expressed their protest at such arbitrary abductions.
The IOF showered Palestinian civilian homes with teargas canisters all the way through the assault. A spy balloon kept, meanwhile, soaring over Occupied Jerusalem moments before the sweep.
Reporting from the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF rolled into the city’s northern refugee camp of al-Arroub at dawn time and kidnapped five Palestinian youths.
The occupation troops reportedly wreaked havoc on civilian homes, including the family home of the slain Palestinian Khaled Jawabreh. The list of captives included, Seif, the nephew of slain Muhammad Aziz Rushdi.
Clashes burst out in the area, where the Israeli army patrols attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-unleashed waves of teargas canisters.
The IOF further stormed Nablus at predawn time and sealed off the main access roads to the Palestinian towns of Hawara, Beit, Ourata, and Odla.
At the same time, the IOF soldiers broke into Jenin’s southern corners and subjected Palestinian locals to intensive interrogation, before they sealed off the area with military checkpoints.
A PIC news reporter said seven Israeli military patrols deployed at the Jalama crossroads, to the north of Jenin, stormed Qabatiya and Merka, to the south, and raked through residential neighborhoods.
Another sweep launched by the IOF in Occupied Jerusalem culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian youngsters from the Shua’fat refugee camp, to the northeast. Violent clashes burst out shortly after the assault, as Palestinian civilians expressed their protest at such arbitrary abductions.
The IOF showered Palestinian civilian homes with teargas canisters all the way through the assault. A spy balloon kept, meanwhile, soaring over Occupied Jerusalem moments before the sweep.
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, Sunday, the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, violently searched homes and kidnapped three young men.
Local sources said that the soldiers invaded the homes of Anas Rajabi, Fayez Hamdan Masalma and Ibrahim Omar Lutfi, and abducted them.
The sources added that the invasion and abductions led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and several flares.
It is worth mentioning that the army deployed surveillance balloons to monitor the camp before dozens of soldiers invaded it.
Local sources said that the soldiers invaded the homes of Anas Rajabi, Fayez Hamdan Masalma and Ibrahim Omar Lutfi, and abducted them.
The sources added that the invasion and abductions led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths who hurled stones at the military vehicles.
The soldiers fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and several flares.
It is worth mentioning that the army deployed surveillance balloons to monitor the camp before dozens of soldiers invaded it.
Soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, two young Palestinian men near Bab al-Qattanin, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and a third Palestinian near the Sahara Gate, in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers stopped the two Palestinians, and interrogated them, before moving them to a detention and center in the city.
The incident took place after groups of Israeli extremists conducted provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the Magharba Gate, while accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers.
The extremists started dancing and chanting provocatively in the courtyards of the Mosque, before several Palestinians tried to stop them.
The PPS added that the soldiers also kidnapped another Palestinian in the Sahera Gate area, one of the gates of the Old city, and took him to the police station in Salaheddin Street.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers stopped the two Palestinians, and interrogated them, before moving them to a detention and center in the city.
The incident took place after groups of Israeli extremists conducted provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the Magharba Gate, while accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers.
The extremists started dancing and chanting provocatively in the courtyards of the Mosque, before several Palestinians tried to stop them.
The PPS added that the soldiers also kidnapped another Palestinian in the Sahera Gate area, one of the gates of the Old city, and took him to the police station in Salaheddin Street.
Yasser Thiab Hamdouni 40
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PPCS) reported Sunday that a Palestinian detainee died from a stroke he suffered in the Ramon Israeli Prison, before he was moved to Soroka hospital.
The detainee suffered various serious health issues but was not provided with the needed treatment and follow-up, the Palestinian Prisoners Media Center said.
Riyad al-Ashqar, the media spokesperson of the Prisoners Media Center, said the detainee, Yasser Thiab Hamdouni, 40, has been suffering from respiratory issues and heart disease, in addition to other complications, including problems in his left ear after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in prison in 2003.
Al-Ashqar added that Hamdouni did not receive urgently needed specialized medical care, and was moved several times from his cell to the Ramla prison clinic, which lacks basic equipment and specialized physicians.
Several months ago, Hamdouni underwent a heart catheterization procedure due to a number of complications, before he was confined to solitary in a cell in Nafha Israeli prison, causing further health complications. While in the solitary cell, he did not receive any medical follow-up or treatment.
Al-Ashqar stated that Hamdouni was kidnapped by the Israeli army on June 19, 2003, and was sentenced to a life term for participating in armed attacks that led to the death of an Israeli soldier, when he was a member of the now disbanded Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement.
Hamdouni is a married father of two children, from Ya’bad town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and has been imprisoned for fourteen years.
The death of Hamdouni brings the number of Palestinians who died or were killed by the soldiers in prison since 1967 to 208, including 55 who died from the lack of adequate and specialized medical treatment, while eight other died shortly after their release.
Following his death, thousands of Palestinian detainees in various Israeli prisons and detention centers declared a three-day mourning and hunger strike, protesting the illegal Israeli policies denying the detainees access to specialized and professional medical treatment.
The Israeli army pushed more units into the prisons and completely sealed and isolated their various sections in an attempt to prevent the detainees from organizing their protests.
The head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ held the Israeli government and especially the Prison Authority fully responsible for Hamdouni’s death, and demanded a credible international investigation into the events that led to his death.
Qaraqe’ added that Israel continues its crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, and especially the detainees, who are subjected to escalating violations.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PPCS) reported Sunday that a Palestinian detainee died from a stroke he suffered in the Ramon Israeli Prison, before he was moved to Soroka hospital.
The detainee suffered various serious health issues but was not provided with the needed treatment and follow-up, the Palestinian Prisoners Media Center said.
Riyad al-Ashqar, the media spokesperson of the Prisoners Media Center, said the detainee, Yasser Thiab Hamdouni, 40, has been suffering from respiratory issues and heart disease, in addition to other complications, including problems in his left ear after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in prison in 2003.
Al-Ashqar added that Hamdouni did not receive urgently needed specialized medical care, and was moved several times from his cell to the Ramla prison clinic, which lacks basic equipment and specialized physicians.
Several months ago, Hamdouni underwent a heart catheterization procedure due to a number of complications, before he was confined to solitary in a cell in Nafha Israeli prison, causing further health complications. While in the solitary cell, he did not receive any medical follow-up or treatment.
Al-Ashqar stated that Hamdouni was kidnapped by the Israeli army on June 19, 2003, and was sentenced to a life term for participating in armed attacks that led to the death of an Israeli soldier, when he was a member of the now disbanded Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement.
Hamdouni is a married father of two children, from Ya’bad town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and has been imprisoned for fourteen years.
The death of Hamdouni brings the number of Palestinians who died or were killed by the soldiers in prison since 1967 to 208, including 55 who died from the lack of adequate and specialized medical treatment, while eight other died shortly after their release.
Following his death, thousands of Palestinian detainees in various Israeli prisons and detention centers declared a three-day mourning and hunger strike, protesting the illegal Israeli policies denying the detainees access to specialized and professional medical treatment.
The Israeli army pushed more units into the prisons and completely sealed and isolated their various sections in an attempt to prevent the detainees from organizing their protests.
The head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ held the Israeli government and especially the Prison Authority fully responsible for Hamdouni’s death, and demanded a credible international investigation into the events that led to his death.
Qaraqe’ added that Israel continues its crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, and especially the detainees, who are subjected to escalating violations.
