18 sept 2019
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian child in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, as he was walking back home from school.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ali Dirbas, 16, after stopping him while heading back home from school, and took him to an unknown destination. Video
The town has been subject to ongoing violations, including the abduction of many Palestinians, the daily invasions and violent searches of homes, in addition to excessively high fines and fees imposed on the residents.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian woman after she reportedly tried to stab them near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.
On Tuesday evening and Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including two children, from Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, and Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers also searched homes in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ali Dirbas, 16, after stopping him while heading back home from school, and took him to an unknown destination. Video
The town has been subject to ongoing violations, including the abduction of many Palestinians, the daily invasions and violent searches of homes, in addition to excessively high fines and fees imposed on the residents.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian woman after she reportedly tried to stab them near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.
On Tuesday evening and Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including two children, from Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, and Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers also searched homes in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian merchant at the Erez border terminal between the besieged Gaza Strip and Israel, after interrogating him for several hours.
The merchant is the second to be abducted this week, and the fifth since the beginning of this year.
Nasser Ferwana, a Palestinian Researcher, a former political prisoner specialized in detainee’s affairs, and the head of the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Palestinian Detainees Committee, said that the soldiers abducted Yousef Jawad Hassan, after interrogating him at the terminal.
Ferwana added that Hassan is the second Palestinian merchant to be abducted at Erez terminal this week, and the fifth since the beginning of this year.
He also stated that the soldiers frequently detain and interrogate the Palestinians at the terminal, holding many of them for several hours, in addition to detaining and imprisoning many others.
The Palestinian researcher said that Israel has turned Erez Terminal into a trap for abducting the Palestinians, interrogating them and trying to extort information from them by means of threats, false promises, and manipulation.
The merchant is the second to be abducted this week, and the fifth since the beginning of this year.
Nasser Ferwana, a Palestinian Researcher, a former political prisoner specialized in detainee’s affairs, and the head of the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Palestinian Detainees Committee, said that the soldiers abducted Yousef Jawad Hassan, after interrogating him at the terminal.
Ferwana added that Hassan is the second Palestinian merchant to be abducted at Erez terminal this week, and the fifth since the beginning of this year.
He also stated that the soldiers frequently detain and interrogate the Palestinians at the terminal, holding many of them for several hours, in addition to detaining and imprisoning many others.
The Palestinian researcher said that Israel has turned Erez Terminal into a trap for abducting the Palestinians, interrogating them and trying to extort information from them by means of threats, false promises, and manipulation.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening and Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians, including two children, from Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, and Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The soldiers also searched homes in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Ramallah said several army vehicles invaded Silwan, on Tuesday evening, and abducted two children, identified as Mohammad Wasim ‘Obeid, 14, and Mohammad Khalil Kleib, 15, while walking in the al-Bustan Street.
On Wednesday at dawn, many soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Kamel and Suleiman Kamel.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Deir Nitham village, northwest of Ramallah, searched several homes and photographed several teenage boys.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Hebron city, in addition to Bani Neim and Sa’ir towns, east of the city, and searched homes.
The soldiers invaded a home, belonging to members of Abu Rajab family, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, in addition to the home of Abdul-Hamid Abu Jaroush in Bani Neim town, in addition to the homes of former political prisoner Younes al-Kawazba, and current political prisoner Islam Kawazba.
It is worth mentioning that Younes is the father of Ahmad Kawazba, 17, who was killed by Israeli soldiers at Gush Etzion junction, north of Hebron, on Tuesday, January 5th 2016.
The soldiers confiscated posters and pictures of the slain Palestinian and violently searched the homes.
The soldiers also searched homes in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Ramallah said several army vehicles invaded Silwan, on Tuesday evening, and abducted two children, identified as Mohammad Wasim ‘Obeid, 14, and Mohammad Khalil Kleib, 15, while walking in the al-Bustan Street.
On Wednesday at dawn, many soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Kamel and Suleiman Kamel.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Deir Nitham village, northwest of Ramallah, searched several homes and photographed several teenage boys.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Hebron city, in addition to Bani Neim and Sa’ir towns, east of the city, and searched homes.
The soldiers invaded a home, belonging to members of Abu Rajab family, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, in addition to the home of Abdul-Hamid Abu Jaroush in Bani Neim town, in addition to the homes of former political prisoner Younes al-Kawazba, and current political prisoner Islam Kawazba.
It is worth mentioning that Younes is the father of Ahmad Kawazba, 17, who was killed by Israeli soldiers at Gush Etzion junction, north of Hebron, on Tuesday, January 5th 2016.
The soldiers confiscated posters and pictures of the slain Palestinian and violently searched the homes.
17 sept 2019
The hunger striking prisoner Naser al-Jadaa on Tuesday evening was transferred to an Israeli hospital after his health condition suddenly deteriorated in an Israeli prison.
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office said, quoting al-Jadaa's family, that the Israel Prison Service moved the hunger striker to Kaplan Medical Center after his health worsened.
Naser al-Jadaa, 31, a resident of Jenin in the northern West Bank, has been on hunger strike for 42 days in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.
Al-Jadaa, who was arrested on 4 July 2019, has been recently held in solitary confinement as a punitive measure by the Israel Prison Service to force him to end his hunger strike without responding to his demands.
Nearly 5,700 Palestinian detainees are currently imprisoned in Israeli lock-ups, including 500 administrative detainees, 700 prisoners with health problems, 40 girls and women, and 230 children.
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office said, quoting al-Jadaa's family, that the Israel Prison Service moved the hunger striker to Kaplan Medical Center after his health worsened.
Naser al-Jadaa, 31, a resident of Jenin in the northern West Bank, has been on hunger strike for 42 days in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.
Al-Jadaa, who was arrested on 4 July 2019, has been recently held in solitary confinement as a punitive measure by the Israel Prison Service to force him to end his hunger strike without responding to his demands.
Nearly 5,700 Palestinian detainees are currently imprisoned in Israeli lock-ups, including 500 administrative detainees, 700 prisoners with health problems, 40 girls and women, and 230 children.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested two Palestinian youths near Ein Bubin area, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, over alleged knife possession.
The Israeli website "0404" claimed that two Palestinians were arrested near Ein Bubin on suspicion of attempting a knife attack.
It added that the detainees were later transferred to an Israeli interrogation center.
Ein Bubin is a natural spring located in Deir Ibzi town west of Ramallah. Many Palestinian citizens own farmlands there but they are denied access to their property by the Israeli authorities.
The Palestinian site is constantly targeted by Israeli settler groups who aim to completely take over the area.
The Israeli website "0404" claimed that two Palestinians were arrested near Ein Bubin on suspicion of attempting a knife attack.
It added that the detainees were later transferred to an Israeli interrogation center.
Ein Bubin is a natural spring located in Deir Ibzi town west of Ramallah. Many Palestinian citizens own farmlands there but they are denied access to their property by the Israeli authorities.
The Palestinian site is constantly targeted by Israeli settler groups who aim to completely take over the area.
The Israeli authorities released late last night with strict conditions Widad Barghouti, an instructor in the media department at Birzeit University near Ramallah, who was detained for 16 days for no clear reason, according to sources at her village of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah.
They told WAFA that an Israeli court decided to release Barghouti, 61, on a bail of $12,000 and banished her from her home in Kobar to the town of al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, where she will be under house arrest.
She was also banned from posting anything on social media until the time when the court issues a final sentence regarding her.
Two of Barghouti’s sons, Carmel and Qassam, are currently detained by Israel.
They told WAFA that an Israeli court decided to release Barghouti, 61, on a bail of $12,000 and banished her from her home in Kobar to the town of al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, where she will be under house arrest.
She was also banned from posting anything on social media until the time when the court issues a final sentence regarding her.
Two of Barghouti’s sons, Carmel and Qassam, are currently detained by Israel.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Mohannad Mahmoud Ja’ara, 22, and abducted him.
The soldiers were heavily deployed in various streets and alleys in the refugee camp and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently searched the homes of Qussai Sa’adi and Monjid Thieb Jaber, while interrogating them and their families.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Mohannad Mahmoud Ja’ara, 22, and abducted him.
The soldiers were heavily deployed in various streets and alleys in the refugee camp and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently searched the homes of Qussai Sa’adi and Monjid Thieb Jaber, while interrogating them and their families.
Former minister of prisoners’ affairs Wasfi Qabha said that at least 100 Palestinian prisoners had to go on hunger strike anew after the Israeli prison service (IPS) reneged on its pledges to respond to their demands.
In a press release on Monday, Qabha said all the recent talks with Israeli jailers failed to make them honor their pledges to the prisoners.
“The Captive Movement leadership has found itself in front of a solid wall after the occupation prison service closed all the doors of dialog with it to avoid fulfilling the understandings, its commitments and pledges, especially with regard to the removal of jamming devices that cause health problems to the prisoners,” the former minister said.
He pointed out that the IPS sent senior leaders of the Captive Movement, including Abbas Assayed, to isolation cells to pressure the prisoners to end their hunger strike.
He warned that that the Israeli reluctance to respond to the prisoners’ just demands would turn jails into battlefields.
In a press release on Monday, Qabha said all the recent talks with Israeli jailers failed to make them honor their pledges to the prisoners.
“The Captive Movement leadership has found itself in front of a solid wall after the occupation prison service closed all the doors of dialog with it to avoid fulfilling the understandings, its commitments and pledges, especially with regard to the removal of jamming devices that cause health problems to the prisoners,” the former minister said.
He pointed out that the IPS sent senior leaders of the Captive Movement, including Abbas Assayed, to isolation cells to pressure the prisoners to end their hunger strike.
He warned that that the Israeli reluctance to respond to the prisoners’ just demands would turn jails into battlefields.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday evening kidnaped a Palestinian businessman at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the north of the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian official from the crossings and border authority told Quds Press that Israeli intelligence officers arrested a businessman called Jawad Hassan after he went to the crossing for an interview.
He added that Hassan had submitted a request asking to allow him to travel through the crossing.
The arrest of a passenger at the crossing was not the first such incident since the beginning of the current year. The IOA had arrested four citizens after they applied for permission to travel through the crossing for medical and commercial purposes.
A Palestinian official from the crossings and border authority told Quds Press that Israeli intelligence officers arrested a businessman called Jawad Hassan after he went to the crossing for an interview.
He added that Hassan had submitted a request asking to allow him to travel through the crossing.
The arrest of a passenger at the crossing was not the first such incident since the beginning of the current year. The IOA had arrested four citizens after they applied for permission to travel through the crossing for medical and commercial purposes.
The Commission of Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs said, in its Sunday report, that six Palestinian detainees being held in Israeli prisons are continuing an open-ended hunger strike against their arbitrary administrative detention without charge or trial.
Five of them are languishing in al-Ramla prison clinic.
The commission noted that the six detainees are identified as:
42-year-old Ahmad Ghannam, a resident of Dura city, to the southwest of Hebron; entered his 65th day of hunger strike.
38-year-old Sultan Khallouf, a resident of Burqin town, to the west of Jenin; entered his 61st day of hunger strike.
30-year-old Ismael Ali, a resident of Abu Dis village, in occupied Jerusalem; entered his 55th day of hunger strike.
46-year-oldTariq Qa’dan, a resident of the Jenin Governorate; entered his 48th day of hunger strike.
31-year-old Nasser al-Jada’, a resident of Burqin town, to the west of Jenin; entered his 41st day of hunger strike.
30-year-old Thaer Hamdan, a resident of Beit Sira village, to the west of Ramallah; entered his 36th day of hunger strike.
The commission confirmed, according to Al Ray, that the detainees are suffering serious health conditions which cause severe pains throughout their bodies, in addition to weight loss, vision impairment and severe wasting. Moreover, most of them cannot walk for long distances.
The commission added that most of the detainees were infected with diseases before being detained by Israeli authorities, and are in need of effective medical follow-up, as with the case of the prisoner Ahmad Ghannam, who suffers from blood cancer.
The commission warned that there is a real danger to the life of Ghannam after entering his 64th day of open-ended hunger strike, due to the weakness of his immune system.
The commission noted that the Israeli Prison Sytem (IPS) is delibrately carrying out a series of punitive measures against Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, which include repeated transfer of the detainees. among jails, putting them in solitary confinement, which lacks key ingredients to life, and conducting search and storm campaigns against the prisoners, while they are in their cells.
Five of them are languishing in al-Ramla prison clinic.
The commission noted that the six detainees are identified as:
42-year-old Ahmad Ghannam, a resident of Dura city, to the southwest of Hebron; entered his 65th day of hunger strike.
38-year-old Sultan Khallouf, a resident of Burqin town, to the west of Jenin; entered his 61st day of hunger strike.
30-year-old Ismael Ali, a resident of Abu Dis village, in occupied Jerusalem; entered his 55th day of hunger strike.
46-year-oldTariq Qa’dan, a resident of the Jenin Governorate; entered his 48th day of hunger strike.
31-year-old Nasser al-Jada’, a resident of Burqin town, to the west of Jenin; entered his 41st day of hunger strike.
30-year-old Thaer Hamdan, a resident of Beit Sira village, to the west of Ramallah; entered his 36th day of hunger strike.
The commission confirmed, according to Al Ray, that the detainees are suffering serious health conditions which cause severe pains throughout their bodies, in addition to weight loss, vision impairment and severe wasting. Moreover, most of them cannot walk for long distances.
The commission added that most of the detainees were infected with diseases before being detained by Israeli authorities, and are in need of effective medical follow-up, as with the case of the prisoner Ahmad Ghannam, who suffers from blood cancer.
The commission warned that there is a real danger to the life of Ghannam after entering his 64th day of open-ended hunger strike, due to the weakness of his immune system.
The commission noted that the Israeli Prison Sytem (IPS) is delibrately carrying out a series of punitive measures against Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, which include repeated transfer of the detainees. among jails, putting them in solitary confinement, which lacks key ingredients to life, and conducting search and storm campaigns against the prisoners, while they are in their cells.
16 sept 2019
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday abducted scores of Palestinians during large-scale raids in the West Bank.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 19 Palestinian citizens during home raids in al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Nablus and Salfit.
The IOF further broke into several homes in the targeted areas and wreaked havoc on them, the sources added.
Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians from the West Bank
Israeli forces detained early today 19 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Israeli soldiers detained seven from the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, including the deputy mayor of the village of Beit Kahel, northwest of Hebron, and his son, along with two others from the same village, and Fatah secretary at Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Soldiers also detained one person from the village of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.
In the north of the West Bank, soldiers detained four from Nablus, two from Qalqilya, two from Tulkarm, one from Salfit and two from the Ramallah district, said the PPS.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 19 Palestinian citizens during home raids in al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Nablus and Salfit.
The IOF further broke into several homes in the targeted areas and wreaked havoc on them, the sources added.
Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians from the West Bank
Israeli forces detained early today 19 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Israeli soldiers detained seven from the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, including the deputy mayor of the village of Beit Kahel, northwest of Hebron, and his son, along with two others from the same village, and Fatah secretary at Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Soldiers also detained one person from the village of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.
In the north of the West Bank, soldiers detained four from Nablus, two from Qalqilya, two from Tulkarm, one from Salfit and two from the Ramallah district, said the PPS.
Israeli occupation authorities have issued a four-month administrative detention order against the Jordanian detainee Abdulrahman Mar'i, 29, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said on Sunday.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that Mar'i was arrested on 2 September at al-Karama crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.
Mar'i is suffering from a brain tumor and he has undergone many surgeries since 2010.
Nearly 24 Jordanian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails under harsh conditions.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that Mar'i was arrested on 2 September at al-Karama crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.
Mar'i is suffering from a brain tumor and he has undergone many surgeries since 2010.
Nearly 24 Jordanian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails under harsh conditions.
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation on Sunday said that the health condition of the Palestinian prisoner Sultan Khalaf, who has been on hunger strike for 62 days in Israeli jails, has seriously deteriorated.
"We might lose him at any moment," Mohjat al-Quds said during a press conference in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City.
Khalaf, a resident of Jenin in the West Bank, started an open-ended hunger strike 62 days ago protesting his administrative detention without charge or trial.
Israeli occupation authorities arrested Khalaf on 8 July 2019 and 10 days later he started a hunger strike after he was sentenced to extendable six months without indictment or trial.
Hunger striker's wife appeals for his life
Palestinian prisoner Sultan Khalaf, who has been on hunger strike for 63 days, could die any moment in Israeli jails after his health condition reached a life-threatening stage, according to his family.
Khalaf’s wife appealed to all concerned parties to move urgently to help her husband, affirming that he suffers, according to his lawyer, from brain dysfunction, canker sores, severe visual impairment and breathing difficulty, and also he cannot move or stand.
The prisoner’s wife made the remarks during a sit-in staged on Monday outside her house in the presence of officials from the municipality of Burqin town in Jenin and national factions.
The Israeli occupation authority arrested Khalaf on July 8, and a few days later, Israeli jailers in Megiddo prison told him he would be jailed administratively, with no trial or indictment, for six months.
On the same day, July 18, he started his open-ended hunger strike in protest at his detention administratively.
"We might lose him at any moment," Mohjat al-Quds said during a press conference in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City.
Khalaf, a resident of Jenin in the West Bank, started an open-ended hunger strike 62 days ago protesting his administrative detention without charge or trial.
Israeli occupation authorities arrested Khalaf on 8 July 2019 and 10 days later he started a hunger strike after he was sentenced to extendable six months without indictment or trial.
Hunger striker's wife appeals for his life
Palestinian prisoner Sultan Khalaf, who has been on hunger strike for 63 days, could die any moment in Israeli jails after his health condition reached a life-threatening stage, according to his family.
Khalaf’s wife appealed to all concerned parties to move urgently to help her husband, affirming that he suffers, according to his lawyer, from brain dysfunction, canker sores, severe visual impairment and breathing difficulty, and also he cannot move or stand.
The prisoner’s wife made the remarks during a sit-in staged on Monday outside her house in the presence of officials from the municipality of Burqin town in Jenin and national factions.
The Israeli occupation authority arrested Khalaf on July 8, and a few days later, Israeli jailers in Megiddo prison told him he would be jailed administratively, with no trial or indictment, for six months.
On the same day, July 18, he started his open-ended hunger strike in protest at his detention administratively.
