20 sept 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, three Palestinians, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded al-Manara junction area, and fired many gas bombs causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including Mashoor Wihwah, a cameraman working for WAFA Palestinian News Agency.
WAFA said some of the wounded Palestinians were moved to local medical centers for further treatment, and that the soldiers also abducted Omar Najeeb al-‘Oweiwy, Abdul-Salaam Hijazi and Bara’ Sa’adi Abu Jheishe.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded al-Manara junction area, and fired many gas bombs causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including Mashoor Wihwah, a cameraman working for WAFA Palestinian News Agency.
WAFA said some of the wounded Palestinians were moved to local medical centers for further treatment, and that the soldiers also abducted Omar Najeeb al-‘Oweiwy, Abdul-Salaam Hijazi and Bara’ Sa’adi Abu Jheishe.
The Palestinian Detainees Radio has reported, Tuesday, that three detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with hunger strikes protesting being held without charges, bad living conditions and treatment.
It stated that detainee Anas Ibrahim Shadeed, 20, from Doura town, in the southern West bank governorate of Hebron, has started a hunger strike six days ago, protesting being held under an arbitrary Administrative Detention order, without charges or trial.
He was taken prisoner on July 14, 2016, only two weeks after he was released from prison, and received a six-month administrative detention order.
It is worth mentioning that Shadeed held a ninety-day hunger strike during his previous abduction on September 25, 2016, protesting being held under Administrative Detention, after he graduated from high school and was preparing to attend a college.
Also, detainee Ahmad Salama Sawarka, from Gaza city, started a hunger strike four days ago, protesting being held without charges, bad conditions and repeated harassment in Nafha prison.
Sawarka was taken prisoner on March 16, 2009, and was sentenced to seven and a half years; he was supposed to be released in September 2016, but Israel kept him detained without charges.
In addition, detainee Ezzeddin ‘Amarna, 55, from Jenin, in northern West Bank, also declared an open-ended hunger strike, on Monday, protesting an Israeli decision holding him under an Administrative detention order.
He was abducted by the army on September 10, and was instantly slapped with an Administrative detention order.
It is worth mentioning that, in mid-February of 2006, Amarna was released after spending five years in Israeli prisons.
It stated that detainee Anas Ibrahim Shadeed, 20, from Doura town, in the southern West bank governorate of Hebron, has started a hunger strike six days ago, protesting being held under an arbitrary Administrative Detention order, without charges or trial.
He was taken prisoner on July 14, 2016, only two weeks after he was released from prison, and received a six-month administrative detention order.
It is worth mentioning that Shadeed held a ninety-day hunger strike during his previous abduction on September 25, 2016, protesting being held under Administrative Detention, after he graduated from high school and was preparing to attend a college.
Also, detainee Ahmad Salama Sawarka, from Gaza city, started a hunger strike four days ago, protesting being held without charges, bad conditions and repeated harassment in Nafha prison.
Sawarka was taken prisoner on March 16, 2009, and was sentenced to seven and a half years; he was supposed to be released in September 2016, but Israel kept him detained without charges.
In addition, detainee Ezzeddin ‘Amarna, 55, from Jenin, in northern West Bank, also declared an open-ended hunger strike, on Monday, protesting an Israeli decision holding him under an Administrative detention order.
He was abducted by the army on September 10, and was instantly slapped with an Administrative detention order.
It is worth mentioning that, in mid-February of 2006, Amarna was released after spending five years in Israeli prisons.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided at dawn Wednesday different locations in the West Bank and arrested a number of Palestinians. IOF soldiers claimed seizing weapons in Nablus city.
IOF troops rounded up five youths in Balata refugee camp in the city after breaking into a number of houses and Yazour Charity's headquarters. The soldiers allegedly found 6 pieces of automatic rifles, 3 pistols, 12 manual grenades and ammunition.
In the morning, Israeli forces arrested 3 Palestinian youths from Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem.
An old man reportedly choked on tear gas that was fired by IOF soldiers as they raided Azzoun town east of Qalqilya.
IOF troops rounded up five youths in Balata refugee camp in the city after breaking into a number of houses and Yazour Charity's headquarters. The soldiers allegedly found 6 pieces of automatic rifles, 3 pistols, 12 manual grenades and ammunition.
In the morning, Israeli forces arrested 3 Palestinian youths from Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem.
An old man reportedly choked on tear gas that was fired by IOF soldiers as they raided Azzoun town east of Qalqilya.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday raided a ceremony organized for welcoming a Palestinian freed prisoner in downtown al-Khalil.
Security sources said, according to Wafa news agency, that the IOF broke into the house of the released prisoner Isa al-Qawasmi, who served 14 years in Israeli jails, in al-Sheikh neighborhood and fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian citizens gathering there.
Limited clashes were reported in the nearby Bab al-Zawiya during which the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian citizens and their shops.
Security sources said, according to Wafa news agency, that the IOF broke into the house of the released prisoner Isa al-Qawasmi, who served 14 years in Israeli jails, in al-Sheikh neighborhood and fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian citizens gathering there.
Limited clashes were reported in the nearby Bab al-Zawiya during which the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian citizens and their shops.
Palestinian female detainees at the Israeli Damon jail have been enduring dire detention conditions and subjected to harsh torture tactics, a human rights body has warned.
According to lawyer Hanan al-Khatib, from the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Palestinian women and girls at Damon prison have been made to endure excruciating psycho-physical torture.
The lawyer said the Israeli prison authorities continue to exert every possible effort to isolate the detainees and sever their ties with the outside world by preventing them from reaching out to their families and denying them prison visits.
The lawyer also sounded the alarm over the strip-searches, verbal assaults, exhausting transfers to courts, medical neglect, and overcrowding, among others policies perpetrated against the Palestinian female detainees.
22 Palestinian women and girls are incarcerated in two cells in Damon lock-up.
According to lawyer Hanan al-Khatib, from the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Palestinian women and girls at Damon prison have been made to endure excruciating psycho-physical torture.
The lawyer said the Israeli prison authorities continue to exert every possible effort to isolate the detainees and sever their ties with the outside world by preventing them from reaching out to their families and denying them prison visits.
The lawyer also sounded the alarm over the strip-searches, verbal assaults, exhausting transfers to courts, medical neglect, and overcrowding, among others policies perpetrated against the Palestinian female detainees.
22 Palestinian women and girls are incarcerated in two cells in Damon lock-up.
Israeli police arrested late Tuesday four Jordanian workers in King Suleiman Hotel for allegedly attacking and stabbing an Israeli woman in Eilat, eyewitnesses reported.
Israeli police spokeswoman claimed that an 18-year-old young woman suffered hand injuries after being attacked in a hotel by a Jordanian worker.
Witnesses affirmed to the PIC reporter that the incident occurred when an Israeli young woman violently attacked a Jordanian worker while cleaning one of the hotel rooms.
The worker, in return, attacked the young woman with a knife.
Four workers were arrested following the incident, two of them were then released.
Israeli police spokeswoman claimed that an 18-year-old young woman suffered hand injuries after being attacked in a hotel by a Jordanian worker.
Witnesses affirmed to the PIC reporter that the incident occurred when an Israeli young woman violently attacked a Jordanian worker while cleaning one of the hotel rooms.
The worker, in return, attacked the young woman with a knife.
Four workers were arrested following the incident, two of them were then released.
19 sept 2017
Amnesty International has responded to the Israeli government's decision to imprison Palestinian-French NGO worker Salah Hamouri under the widely-condemned policy of administrative detention, which allows for internment without charge or trial.
The human rights organization posted a statement on its website, quoting Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Magdalena Mughrabi, as saying, “The arbitrary detention of Salah Hamouri is yet another shameful example of the Israeli authorities’ abusive use of administrative detention to detain suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.”
On August 23, Israeli forces detained Hamouri, a field researcher for prisoners’ rights group Addameer. Hamouri, who was previously imprisoned by Israel but released in a prisoner exchange deal in 2011, was then issued a six-month administrative detention order.
However, an Israeli court later ordered Hamouri to serve the remainder of his prison sentence, approximately three months. The prosecution then appealed this sentence, and his six-month administrative detention order was reinstated.
“Rather than locking him up without presenting a shred of evidence against him, the Israeli authorities must either charge him with a genuine criminal offence or order his immediate release,” Mughrabi said.
“For 50 years, Israel has relied upon administrative detention to suppress peaceful dissent and as a substitute for proper criminal prosecution. Now they appear to be using it to target human rights activists. They must take urgent steps to end this cruel practice once and for all”, she said.
Hamouri is the second Addameer staff member who is held under administrative detention. The group’s Media Coordinator Hasan Safadi has been held under administrative detention since June 2016. Khalida Jarrar, a long-serving PLC member representing the left-wing PFLP, is also a member of Addameer’s board, and has been held in administrative detention since July 02.
The human rights organization posted a statement on its website, quoting Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Magdalena Mughrabi, as saying, “The arbitrary detention of Salah Hamouri is yet another shameful example of the Israeli authorities’ abusive use of administrative detention to detain suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.”
On August 23, Israeli forces detained Hamouri, a field researcher for prisoners’ rights group Addameer. Hamouri, who was previously imprisoned by Israel but released in a prisoner exchange deal in 2011, was then issued a six-month administrative detention order.
However, an Israeli court later ordered Hamouri to serve the remainder of his prison sentence, approximately three months. The prosecution then appealed this sentence, and his six-month administrative detention order was reinstated.
“Rather than locking him up without presenting a shred of evidence against him, the Israeli authorities must either charge him with a genuine criminal offence or order his immediate release,” Mughrabi said.
“For 50 years, Israel has relied upon administrative detention to suppress peaceful dissent and as a substitute for proper criminal prosecution. Now they appear to be using it to target human rights activists. They must take urgent steps to end this cruel practice once and for all”, she said.
Hamouri is the second Addameer staff member who is held under administrative detention. The group’s Media Coordinator Hasan Safadi has been held under administrative detention since June 2016. Khalida Jarrar, a long-serving PLC member representing the left-wing PFLP, is also a member of Addameer’s board, and has been held in administrative detention since July 02.
Violent confrontations erupted on Tuesday evening between Palestinian youths and the Israeli policemen who stormed Shu'fat refugee camp to the east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian activist Thaer Fasfous said that large Israeli police forces broke into the camp from a gate in the separation wall in Ras Khamis neighborhood.
He added that the police raided the house of Fathi Abu Zir, 70, and searched it before handing Abu Zir and his son an order to appear before the police for interrogation next Sunday.
No injuries were reported in the clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli police in the camp, according to Fasfous.
The police forces, stationed on rooftops, randomly fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian citizens' houses during the raid.
The Palestinian activist Thaer Fasfous said that large Israeli police forces broke into the camp from a gate in the separation wall in Ras Khamis neighborhood.
He added that the police raided the house of Fathi Abu Zir, 70, and searched it before handing Abu Zir and his son an order to appear before the police for interrogation next Sunday.
No injuries were reported in the clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli police in the camp, according to Fasfous.
The police forces, stationed on rooftops, randomly fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian citizens' houses during the raid.
An Israeli court in Jerusalem on Tuesday issued sentences of actual imprisonment and fines against four Jerusalemite youths who were indicted with belonging to Al-Aqsa Mosque Youths group.
The PIC reporter said that the court sentenced the 18-year-old teen Mohammad Bakri, from the Old City, to 8 months and 3,000-shekels fine. Two other captives, Mohmmad Mustafa, 19 from al-Issawiya town, and Imad Abu Sneineh, 22 from Wadi Qaddum neighborhood, were sentenced to 14 months and a fine estimated at 5,000 shekels against each of them. The fourth detainee, Mohammad Ajlouni, 29 from Silwan town, was sentenced to 14 months and a fine of 2,500 shekels.
Israeli forces have waged a large-scale arrest campaign for five months against dozens of Jerusalemite people at the pretext of belonging to Al-Aqsa Mosque Youths group, which has been prohibited by Israeli authorities, for confronting settlers’ incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque and its alleged affiliation with Hamas Movement.
The PIC reporter said that the court sentenced the 18-year-old teen Mohammad Bakri, from the Old City, to 8 months and 3,000-shekels fine. Two other captives, Mohmmad Mustafa, 19 from al-Issawiya town, and Imad Abu Sneineh, 22 from Wadi Qaddum neighborhood, were sentenced to 14 months and a fine estimated at 5,000 shekels against each of them. The fourth detainee, Mohammad Ajlouni, 29 from Silwan town, was sentenced to 14 months and a fine of 2,500 shekels.
Israeli forces have waged a large-scale arrest campaign for five months against dozens of Jerusalemite people at the pretext of belonging to Al-Aqsa Mosque Youths group, which has been prohibited by Israeli authorities, for confronting settlers’ incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque and its alleged affiliation with Hamas Movement.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation for Martyrs and Prisoners revealed on Tuesday that a Palestinian prisoner, Yasin Abu Lafah, 28, from Askar refugee camp near Nablus, has been detained in Petah Tikva Investigation Center under tough detention conditions ever since his arrest.
The Foundation received a letter from detainee Abu Lafah, who was rounded up on September 05, announcing that he has been subjected to ill-treatment in the prison’s isolation cells which lack basic living necessities.
Abu Lafah was previously detained for several times in Israeli jails for his activities as member of Islamic Jihad Movement.
The Foundation received a letter from detainee Abu Lafah, who was rounded up on September 05, announcing that he has been subjected to ill-treatment in the prison’s isolation cells which lack basic living necessities.
Abu Lafah was previously detained for several times in Israeli jails for his activities as member of Islamic Jihad Movement.
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Palestinian resistance cell from Occupied Jerusalem, Hebrew TV channel Seven reported.
The Hebrew channel said that the Israeli police, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, managed in the recent weeks to arrest 8 Palestinians who planned to carry out shooting attacks against Israeli targets in Jerusalem.
The Israeli intelligence claimed that the detainees confessed to the charges leveled against them and to taking part in stone-throwing attacks against settlers' vehicles.
A court hearing is scheduled to be held on Wednesday in which an indictment will be filed against the eight detainees.
The Hebrew channel said that the Israeli police, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, managed in the recent weeks to arrest 8 Palestinians who planned to carry out shooting attacks against Israeli targets in Jerusalem.
The Israeli intelligence claimed that the detainees confessed to the charges leveled against them and to taking part in stone-throwing attacks against settlers' vehicles.
A court hearing is scheduled to be held on Wednesday in which an indictment will be filed against the eight detainees.
Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem banned on Tuesday Sheikh Khaled al-Mughrebi from accessing al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city for 15 days.
Sheikh Mughrabi said that he was arrested by the police as he entered the holy site from al-Ghawanmeh gate. He was taken to al-Qashale investigation center, west of the city, where he waited for nine hours before he was interrogated.
He told Quds Press that he was released at dawn Tuesday shortly after the investigation and that he was charged with rioting in a public area and obstruction of police officers. He denied all the charges brought against him and was released on condition that a 15-day entry ban order is placed against him. He explained that he usually gives religious lessons only between prayers at the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque
Sheikh Mughrabi was subjected to many arrests and summonses by Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem. He was also targeted by an incitement campaign by Israeli organizations that accused him of inciting the Palestinians to violence against the Jews.
Sheikh Mughrabi said that he was arrested by the police as he entered the holy site from al-Ghawanmeh gate. He was taken to al-Qashale investigation center, west of the city, where he waited for nine hours before he was interrogated.
He told Quds Press that he was released at dawn Tuesday shortly after the investigation and that he was charged with rioting in a public area and obstruction of police officers. He denied all the charges brought against him and was released on condition that a 15-day entry ban order is placed against him. He explained that he usually gives religious lessons only between prayers at the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque
Sheikh Mughrabi was subjected to many arrests and summonses by Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem. He was also targeted by an incitement campaign by Israeli organizations that accused him of inciting the Palestinians to violence against the Jews.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) called for representatives from the European Union, the High Commission for Human Rights and the British Embassy, to send observers to follow the trial of Sheikh Raed Salah on September 24.
AOHR UK is calling for their urgent action to send representatives through their organizations or embassies, to attend a hearing dictating the charges against Sheikh Raed Salah, to be held on September 24, 2017, the London-based organization’s statement reads.
It also called for standing against the arbitrary arrest of Salah and the fabricated accusations against him.
AOHR UK confirmed that Israeli prison authorities have not changed the poor conditions of Salah’s detention.
“Salah remains in a small cell with 24-hour surveillance cameras, with an uncovered toilet in the same place where he eats, sleeps and prays. The prison administration attributed these conditions to higher orders relayed to them.”
AOHR UK stressed the need for international representatives and human rights organizations to be present, as well as civil movements, to put pressure on the Israeli government and send a clear message that it cannot single out Salah, and that it cannot behave such arbitrarily in his trial, particularly that he has committed no crime.
He is being treated in this manner because he conducted campaigns to maintain al-Aqsa Mosque and to defend the Mosque in the face of the intrusions and excavations that are occurring, and to protect it from all attempts of division, the statement concluded.
AOHR UK is calling for their urgent action to send representatives through their organizations or embassies, to attend a hearing dictating the charges against Sheikh Raed Salah, to be held on September 24, 2017, the London-based organization’s statement reads.
It also called for standing against the arbitrary arrest of Salah and the fabricated accusations against him.
AOHR UK confirmed that Israeli prison authorities have not changed the poor conditions of Salah’s detention.
“Salah remains in a small cell with 24-hour surveillance cameras, with an uncovered toilet in the same place where he eats, sleeps and prays. The prison administration attributed these conditions to higher orders relayed to them.”
AOHR UK stressed the need for international representatives and human rights organizations to be present, as well as civil movements, to put pressure on the Israeli government and send a clear message that it cannot single out Salah, and that it cannot behave such arbitrarily in his trial, particularly that he has committed no crime.
He is being treated in this manner because he conducted campaigns to maintain al-Aqsa Mosque and to defend the Mosque in the face of the intrusions and excavations that are occurring, and to protect it from all attempts of division, the statement concluded.
Maryam Rimawi 2 months
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, the wife of a political prisoner, and their infant, while visiting him in Ofer Israeli prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The family said that the soldiers detained the wife of detainee Yahia Hasan Rimawi, and their two-month of age newborn girl.
The family is from Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah. It remains unknown why the soldiers detained them.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, the wife of a political prisoner, and their infant, while visiting him in Ofer Israeli prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The family said that the soldiers detained the wife of detainee Yahia Hasan Rimawi, and their two-month of age newborn girl.
The family is from Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah. It remains unknown why the soldiers detained them.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Tuesday sentenced the Palestinian girl Lama al-Bakri to three years and two months in jail.
The IOA ruled that the child serve a 38-month prison-term and pay a fine of up to 6,000 shekels.
Al-Bakri was kidnapped by the occupation forces on December 13 near Kiryat Arba illegal settlement outpost, east of al-Khalil, on her way back home.
Prior to her abduction, the girl was shot and injured by the Israeli soldiers in her leg and was kept bleeding on the ground before she was transferred to an Israeli hospital. Shortly after, she was sent to HaSharon lock-up without treatment.
The father said his 15-year-old daughter failed to stand on her feet for at least three months as a result of the injuries and she attended her court hearings on a wheelchair.
In a video leaked from the scene an Israeli settler appears as placing a sharp object next to her bleeding body while Israeli soldiers are caught as changing the girl’s bag.
The IOA ruled that the child serve a 38-month prison-term and pay a fine of up to 6,000 shekels.
Al-Bakri was kidnapped by the occupation forces on December 13 near Kiryat Arba illegal settlement outpost, east of al-Khalil, on her way back home.
Prior to her abduction, the girl was shot and injured by the Israeli soldiers in her leg and was kept bleeding on the ground before she was transferred to an Israeli hospital. Shortly after, she was sent to HaSharon lock-up without treatment.
The father said his 15-year-old daughter failed to stand on her feet for at least three months as a result of the injuries and she attended her court hearings on a wheelchair.
In a video leaked from the scene an Israeli settler appears as placing a sharp object next to her bleeding body while Israeli soldiers are caught as changing the girl’s bag.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday in abduction sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
The IOF claimed responsibility for the abduction of 16 Palestinians from the West Bank over the past few hours.
The occupation forces broke into the home of ex-prisoner Sofian Jamjoum, south of al-Khalil, and subjected the family members to intensive questioning, before they seized his wife’s car.
Two Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from al-Khalil while another was summoned to questioning.
The Israeli soldiers also stormed Kafl Haris, north of Salfit, and ravaged Palestinian homes, before they kidnapped two boys, in their 17s, from their family homes.
The IOF kidnapped two more Palestinians from Qalqilya and ordered a father to turn his son in.
Palestinian young man Haytham Salahat was kidnapped by the IOF from his home in Nablus province.
At the same time, a number of Palestinian civilians sustained injuries shortly after the IOF troops stormed Tulkarem and attacked anti-occupation protesters with teargas canisters and sound bombs.
A set of makeshift checkpoints was also pitched by the occupation soldiers north of Tulkarem.
The IOF claimed responsibility for the abduction of 16 Palestinians from the West Bank over the past few hours.
The occupation forces broke into the home of ex-prisoner Sofian Jamjoum, south of al-Khalil, and subjected the family members to intensive questioning, before they seized his wife’s car.
Two Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from al-Khalil while another was summoned to questioning.
The Israeli soldiers also stormed Kafl Haris, north of Salfit, and ravaged Palestinian homes, before they kidnapped two boys, in their 17s, from their family homes.
The IOF kidnapped two more Palestinians from Qalqilya and ordered a father to turn his son in.
Palestinian young man Haytham Salahat was kidnapped by the IOF from his home in Nablus province.
At the same time, a number of Palestinian civilians sustained injuries shortly after the IOF troops stormed Tulkarem and attacked anti-occupation protesters with teargas canisters and sound bombs.
A set of makeshift checkpoints was also pitched by the occupation soldiers north of Tulkarem.
Palestinian detainee Ezzedine Amarna, 55, has started an open-ended hunger strike in an Israeli jail to protest administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Prisoner Amarna, who was kidnapped just a few days ago, received an administrative prison-term on Monday, which made him declare an open-ended hunger strike.
The sightless detainee has been locked up for a total of six years in Israeli jails on account of his pro-Hamas affiliations and anti-occupation stances.
Prisoner Amarna, who was kidnapped just a few days ago, received an administrative prison-term on Monday, which made him declare an open-ended hunger strike.
The sightless detainee has been locked up for a total of six years in Israeli jails on account of his pro-Hamas affiliations and anti-occupation stances.
Mohamed Obeidat 17
An Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday sentenced two Palestinian teenagers to several years in jail and imposed exorbitant financial penalties on them.
Local sources said that Mohamed Obeidat, 17, and Ahmed Halsa, 18, received 18 years in prison and each one of them was also ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 shekels.
According to a local committee defending prisoners, the court convicted the teens of stabbing Jewish settlers.
The same court also gave a 25-month prison term for 18-year-old Mohamed Mashahra.
An Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday sentenced two Palestinian teenagers to several years in jail and imposed exorbitant financial penalties on them.
Local sources said that Mohamed Obeidat, 17, and Ahmed Halsa, 18, received 18 years in prison and each one of them was also ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 shekels.
According to a local committee defending prisoners, the court convicted the teens of stabbing Jewish settlers.
The same court also gave a 25-month prison term for 18-year-old Mohamed Mashahra.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday evening released two Palestinian fishermen after its naval forces kidnapped them earlier on the same day from their boat off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that the fishermen, Amr and Mohamed al-Sultan, arrived in Gaza through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in northern Gaza after the Israeli navy detained them for several hours.
They added that the Israeli navy confiscated their fishing gear and refused to give it back to them.
Palestinian fishermen are deprived of working freely off the coast of Gaza, especially in its northern waters, and exposed to frequent assaults and arrests by the Israeli navy.
Local sources said that the fishermen, Amr and Mohamed al-Sultan, arrived in Gaza through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in northern Gaza after the Israeli navy detained them for several hours.
They added that the Israeli navy confiscated their fishing gear and refused to give it back to them.
Palestinian fishermen are deprived of working freely off the coast of Gaza, especially in its northern waters, and exposed to frequent assaults and arrests by the Israeli navy.
