3 jan 2017
Israeli Soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinian children.
Media sources in Qalqilia said several army vehicles invaded Azzoun, and clashed with many youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The sources added that the clashes took place near the gate at the northern entrance of Azzoun.
The soldiers abducted two children, identified as Ahmad Sa’id Salama, 13, and Samer Sa’id Radwan, 15, and took them to an unknown destination.
In addition, the army closed the iron gate of the Annexation Wall, completely sealing the northern entrance of the town.
Media sources in Qalqilia said several army vehicles invaded Azzoun, and clashed with many youngsters, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The sources added that the clashes took place near the gate at the northern entrance of Azzoun.
The soldiers abducted two children, identified as Ahmad Sa’id Salama, 13, and Samer Sa’id Radwan, 15, and took them to an unknown destination.
In addition, the army closed the iron gate of the Annexation Wall, completely sealing the northern entrance of the town.
Israeli forces detained at least 45 Palestinians, including at least eight minors, in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank between Monday and Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording some 178 raids in the West Bank between Dec. 13 and 26, 2016.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of October. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Jenin and Nablus districts
In the northernmost West Bank district of Jenin, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that Muhammad Amarna was detained in Yaabad, as an Israeli army spokesperson confirmed to Ma’an one detention in the village.
In the Nablus district, PPS said that 10 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces. The organization identified them as Nimr Khalid al-Hindi, Suhaib Hamad, Usayd Rayhan, Muhammad Sharayaa, Ahmad al-Sahili, Uday Uweis, Ismail Marshud, Muhammad Masimi, Iyad Hashash, and Safwat al-Assi.
Locals told Ma’an that al-Hindi, Hamad and Rayhan were detained in the city of Nablus, while the seven others were detained in the Balata refugee camp.
In Balata, witnesses said that Israeli soldiers raided dozens of homes, causing material damages
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that five Palestinians were detained in Balata, as well as two “Hamas operatives” in the village of Tell, and one alleged Hamas operative in Einabus.
The Israeli army also claimed that weapons and ammunitions were seized in Balata.
Qalqiliya and Salfit districts
In the Qalqiliya district, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Haitham Nabil Hasanin, 31, Anas al-Hajj Hassan, 20, and Anas Mamduh Hamad, 18.
The army spokesperson said that four “Hamas operatives” were detained in the city of Qalqiliya.
In the Salfit district, the army reported that one Palestinian was detained in Kifl Haris.
Ramallah and Jerusalem districts
In the Ramallah district, PPS reported that Awni Abd al-Ghani Fares, Khalil Hassan Hamid, Jihad Khalid Hamid, Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Hamid, Ayman Miri Hamid, and Abd al-Halim Abdullah al-Farakhna were detained by Israeli forces.
Locals said that Fares and the four Hamids were detained in the village of Silwad.
The Israeli army said that six Palestinians, including four “Hamas operatives,” were detained in Silwad, adding that one was detained in al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya, and another in Deir Jarir.
In the Jerusalem district, PPS reported that Muhammad Hashem Faqih was detained in the village of Qatanna.
The army confirmed one detention in Qatanna, and mentioned another in the village of Biddu.
Bethlehem and Hebron districts
In the Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces detained seven Palestinian teenagers in the village of Beit Fajjar. It identified them as Ahmad Mahmoud Taqatqa, 16, Muhammad Walid Thawabta, 16, Ahmad Jihad Thawabta, 16, Nour Nasser Thawabta, 16, Khalid Muhammad Taqatqa, 15, Usama Abd al-Rabbu Thawabta, 14, and Bilal Shahir Deriya, 15.
PPS added that Ibrahim Yousif al-Sheikh, 27, was detained in the village of Marah Rabah, while Muhammad Ahmad Jadu, 17, was detained in the Aida refugee camp.
The Israeli army confirmed four detentions in Beit Fajjar, one in Marah Rabah, and one in Aida.
In the Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces detained Murad Nawajaa, Rizq Tmeizi, Adel Barakat Gheith, Ali Sabir al-Jaabari, Ghassan Abd al-Athim al-Qaisi, and brothers Ziyad and Saleh Zeidat.
Locals told Ma’an that Nawajaa was detained in Yatta, Tmeizi was detained in Idhna, and that the Zeidat brothers were detained in Bani Naim.
The Israeli army confirmed one detention in the city of Hebron, one in Idhna, and two in Bani Naim.
Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording some 178 raids in the West Bank between Dec. 13 and 26, 2016.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of October. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Jenin and Nablus districts
In the northernmost West Bank district of Jenin, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that Muhammad Amarna was detained in Yaabad, as an Israeli army spokesperson confirmed to Ma’an one detention in the village.
In the Nablus district, PPS said that 10 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces. The organization identified them as Nimr Khalid al-Hindi, Suhaib Hamad, Usayd Rayhan, Muhammad Sharayaa, Ahmad al-Sahili, Uday Uweis, Ismail Marshud, Muhammad Masimi, Iyad Hashash, and Safwat al-Assi.
Locals told Ma’an that al-Hindi, Hamad and Rayhan were detained in the city of Nablus, while the seven others were detained in the Balata refugee camp.
In Balata, witnesses said that Israeli soldiers raided dozens of homes, causing material damages
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that five Palestinians were detained in Balata, as well as two “Hamas operatives” in the village of Tell, and one alleged Hamas operative in Einabus.
The Israeli army also claimed that weapons and ammunitions were seized in Balata.
Qalqiliya and Salfit districts
In the Qalqiliya district, PPS reported that Israeli forces detained Haitham Nabil Hasanin, 31, Anas al-Hajj Hassan, 20, and Anas Mamduh Hamad, 18.
The army spokesperson said that four “Hamas operatives” were detained in the city of Qalqiliya.
In the Salfit district, the army reported that one Palestinian was detained in Kifl Haris.
Ramallah and Jerusalem districts
In the Ramallah district, PPS reported that Awni Abd al-Ghani Fares, Khalil Hassan Hamid, Jihad Khalid Hamid, Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Hamid, Ayman Miri Hamid, and Abd al-Halim Abdullah al-Farakhna were detained by Israeli forces.
Locals said that Fares and the four Hamids were detained in the village of Silwad.
The Israeli army said that six Palestinians, including four “Hamas operatives,” were detained in Silwad, adding that one was detained in al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya, and another in Deir Jarir.
In the Jerusalem district, PPS reported that Muhammad Hashem Faqih was detained in the village of Qatanna.
The army confirmed one detention in Qatanna, and mentioned another in the village of Biddu.
Bethlehem and Hebron districts
In the Bethlehem district, PPS said that Israeli forces detained seven Palestinian teenagers in the village of Beit Fajjar. It identified them as Ahmad Mahmoud Taqatqa, 16, Muhammad Walid Thawabta, 16, Ahmad Jihad Thawabta, 16, Nour Nasser Thawabta, 16, Khalid Muhammad Taqatqa, 15, Usama Abd al-Rabbu Thawabta, 14, and Bilal Shahir Deriya, 15.
PPS added that Ibrahim Yousif al-Sheikh, 27, was detained in the village of Marah Rabah, while Muhammad Ahmad Jadu, 17, was detained in the Aida refugee camp.
The Israeli army confirmed four detentions in Beit Fajjar, one in Marah Rabah, and one in Aida.
In the Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli forces detained Murad Nawajaa, Rizq Tmeizi, Adel Barakat Gheith, Ali Sabir al-Jaabari, Ghassan Abd al-Athim al-Qaisi, and brothers Ziyad and Saleh Zeidat.
Locals told Ma’an that Nawajaa was detained in Yatta, Tmeizi was detained in Idhna, and that the Zeidat brothers were detained in Bani Naim.
The Israeli army confirmed one detention in the city of Hebron, one in Idhna, and two in Bani Naim.
2 jan 2017
Israeli forces detained at least 15 Palestinians, including eight minors, during overnight and predawn military raids Monday in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinians sources.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that Suhaib Sami Jalad, 16, Diyaa Eyad Kamel Ahmad, 16, and Huthaifa Jihad Jalad, 17, were detained in an area near the Nitzani Oz checkpoint in the western part of Tulkarem and took them to an unknown location.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement that the three were later released.
According to PPS, eight Palestinians were detained from the Jerusalem district, including five minors between the ages of 15-17.
The minors were identified as Ameer Darwish, Adam Mustafa, Hussam Eliyan, Moumen Hashim and Saleh Abu Assab. PPS also identified two Jerusalemite brothers who were detained as Omar and Nasser Ibrahim.
In the southern West Bank Hebron district, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Ummar north west of Hebron and detained former prisoners Muhammad Kamel Zaaqiq, 26, and Anwar Yousif Ekhdir Awad, 22.
Locals in Hebron city told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided the city and detained Adel Barakat Ghayth from his house.
According to PPS, Nasser Rabee Abu Snina, 22, was also detained from Hebron.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed a total of three overnight detentions to Ma’an, citing two from Beit Ummar and one from Hebron city.
Israeli forces conduct night raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-daily basis. According to UN documentation, the Israeli army carried out 178 military detention raids between Dec. 13 and Dec. 26.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of October. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that Suhaib Sami Jalad, 16, Diyaa Eyad Kamel Ahmad, 16, and Huthaifa Jihad Jalad, 17, were detained in an area near the Nitzani Oz checkpoint in the western part of Tulkarem and took them to an unknown location.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement that the three were later released.
According to PPS, eight Palestinians were detained from the Jerusalem district, including five minors between the ages of 15-17.
The minors were identified as Ameer Darwish, Adam Mustafa, Hussam Eliyan, Moumen Hashim and Saleh Abu Assab. PPS also identified two Jerusalemite brothers who were detained as Omar and Nasser Ibrahim.
In the southern West Bank Hebron district, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Ummar north west of Hebron and detained former prisoners Muhammad Kamel Zaaqiq, 26, and Anwar Yousif Ekhdir Awad, 22.
Locals in Hebron city told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided the city and detained Adel Barakat Ghayth from his house.
According to PPS, Nasser Rabee Abu Snina, 22, was also detained from Hebron.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed a total of three overnight detentions to Ma’an, citing two from Beit Ummar and one from Hebron city.
Israeli forces conduct night raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-daily basis. According to UN documentation, the Israeli army carried out 178 military detention raids between Dec. 13 and Dec. 26.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of October. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, three Palestinian teens in Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded an area close to a factory, west of the city, and abducted three teens who were walking nearby.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as Soheib Sami al-Jallad, 16, Hotheifa Jihad al-Jallad, 17, and Dia’ Kamel Ahmad, 16.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the three abducted teens, and took them to an unknown destination.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded an area close to a factory, west of the city, and abducted three teens who were walking nearby.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as Soheib Sami al-Jallad, 16, Hotheifa Jihad al-Jallad, 17, and Dia’ Kamel Ahmad, 16.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the three abducted teens, and took them to an unknown destination.
1 jan 2017
The Israeli magistrate's court in Jerusalem on Sunday postponed announcing a sentence for 16-year-old Manar Shweiki, accused of planning to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis.
The ruling was postponed until the court receives a report regarding her behavior over the course of the year that she has already served in Israeli custody. Nevertheless, Shweiki's lawyer Mustafa Yahya said he already reached a plea bargain with the Israeli prosecution, according to which Shweiki will be sentenced to six years in prison.
Shweiki was detained on Dec. 22, 2015 in the Wadi Hilweh area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, when she was accused of planning to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis.
Israeli authorities claimed at the time that she was carrying a knife in her school bag.
She is currently being held at Israel's HaSharon prison.
Marie’s prison sentence is the latest in an Israeli crackdown on young Jerusalemite Palestinians, many of them women, who have been accused of involvement in attacks, while Israeli authorities have ordered lengthy prison sentences for Palestinians as young as 14 years old.
Last week, the Jerusalem magistrate's court sentenced 22-year-old Abd al-Aziz Hamad Marie to 35 years in prison for allegedly assisting in a stabbing attack.
Days earlier, the court sentenced 19-year-old Shurouq Dwayya to 16 years in prison and her family was fined of 80,000 shekels ($20,929).
Shurouq was shot and injured by the 35-year-old Israeli settler after she allegedly attempted to stab him on Oct. 7, 2015. However, witnesses told Ma'an at the time that she had been assaulted by the Israeli settler and did not have any sharp objects on her at the time of the incident.
The week prior, an Israeli military court sentenced 15-year-old Natalie Shukha to a year and a half in prison after she was convicted of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint. Shukha was shot in the chest and injured by Israeli forces on the scene.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, some 10,000 Palestinian women and girls have been detained by Israeli forces over the past 45 years. In 2015 alone, Israeli forces detained 106 Palestinian women and girls, which according to the group represented a 70 percent increase compared to detention numbers in 2013.
In October, Addameer reported that Israel was holding 64 female Palestinian prisoners and some 400 Palestinian minors.
Since a wave of political unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October, leading to Israeli forces carrying out mass detention campaigns, the number of Palestinian women and girls detained by Israeli forces has risen sharply.
Since Oct. 2015, 34 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians and 246 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers. While Israel alleges many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel's version of events in a number of cases.
The ruling was postponed until the court receives a report regarding her behavior over the course of the year that she has already served in Israeli custody. Nevertheless, Shweiki's lawyer Mustafa Yahya said he already reached a plea bargain with the Israeli prosecution, according to which Shweiki will be sentenced to six years in prison.
Shweiki was detained on Dec. 22, 2015 in the Wadi Hilweh area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, when she was accused of planning to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis.
Israeli authorities claimed at the time that she was carrying a knife in her school bag.
She is currently being held at Israel's HaSharon prison.
Marie’s prison sentence is the latest in an Israeli crackdown on young Jerusalemite Palestinians, many of them women, who have been accused of involvement in attacks, while Israeli authorities have ordered lengthy prison sentences for Palestinians as young as 14 years old.
Last week, the Jerusalem magistrate's court sentenced 22-year-old Abd al-Aziz Hamad Marie to 35 years in prison for allegedly assisting in a stabbing attack.
Days earlier, the court sentenced 19-year-old Shurouq Dwayya to 16 years in prison and her family was fined of 80,000 shekels ($20,929).
Shurouq was shot and injured by the 35-year-old Israeli settler after she allegedly attempted to stab him on Oct. 7, 2015. However, witnesses told Ma'an at the time that she had been assaulted by the Israeli settler and did not have any sharp objects on her at the time of the incident.
The week prior, an Israeli military court sentenced 15-year-old Natalie Shukha to a year and a half in prison after she was convicted of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint. Shukha was shot in the chest and injured by Israeli forces on the scene.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, some 10,000 Palestinian women and girls have been detained by Israeli forces over the past 45 years. In 2015 alone, Israeli forces detained 106 Palestinian women and girls, which according to the group represented a 70 percent increase compared to detention numbers in 2013.
In October, Addameer reported that Israel was holding 64 female Palestinian prisoners and some 400 Palestinian minors.
Since a wave of political unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October, leading to Israeli forces carrying out mass detention campaigns, the number of Palestinian women and girls detained by Israeli forces has risen sharply.
Since Oct. 2015, 34 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians and 246 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers. While Israel alleges many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel's version of events in a number of cases.
At least eight Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in an abduction weep rocking West Bank provinces at dawn Sunday.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of seven Palestinians from the West Bank provinces of Jenin and al-Khalil.
15-year-old child Rani Mohamed Ihdeib was kidnapped by the IOF from al-Arroub Camp, in al-Khalil while youngster Bajis Sweiti was kidnapped from Beit Awa.
Another Palestinian, indentified as Hesham Salah, was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers as he was driving near the Container checkpoint, in Bethlehem province.
At predawn time, the IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jenin and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-unlashed spates of teargas canisters.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of seven Palestinians from the West Bank provinces of Jenin and al-Khalil.
15-year-old child Rani Mohamed Ihdeib was kidnapped by the IOF from al-Arroub Camp, in al-Khalil while youngster Bajis Sweiti was kidnapped from Beit Awa.
Another Palestinian, indentified as Hesham Salah, was kidnapped by the occupation soldiers as he was driving near the Container checkpoint, in Bethlehem province.
At predawn time, the IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jenin and attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-unlashed spates of teargas canisters.
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