8 feb 2019
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Palestinian child Muhammad Al-Najjar (12) is living a severe psychological shock after losing his right eye by an Israeli sniper’s bullet, during his participation in the Great Return March protests, on 11 January.
When Muhammad learned about his eye, he locked himself up in his room and stopped going to school. He also hasn’t played with his friends in his neighborhood, since then. Since the Great March of Return protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed more than 250 Palestinians and wounded more than 25.000, including children, women, and elders, according to the Ministry of Health. |
7 feb 2019
Israeli occupation courts in November sentenced dozens of of Palestinian minors to arbitrary prison-terms.
According to the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, several Palestinian minors held in the Ofer lock up received prison sentences and steep fines.
The commission said that in January, Israeli occupation forces arrested 57 children and transferred them to Ofer jail. The list includes 39 children who were kidnapped from their homes. One child was shot by Israeli bullet fire before he was arrested. 17 minors were subjected to heavy beating and torture.
Several children were sentenced for prison terms of up to two years.
17-year-old Leyth Abu Khurma received an administrative sentence, issued with neither charge nor trial.
Some 123 Palestinian children are held in the Israeli Ofer prison, where they have been enduring abject conditions of captivity and subjected to psycho-physical torture around the clock.
According to the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, several Palestinian minors held in the Ofer lock up received prison sentences and steep fines.
The commission said that in January, Israeli occupation forces arrested 57 children and transferred them to Ofer jail. The list includes 39 children who were kidnapped from their homes. One child was shot by Israeli bullet fire before he was arrested. 17 minors were subjected to heavy beating and torture.
Several children were sentenced for prison terms of up to two years.
17-year-old Leyth Abu Khurma received an administrative sentence, issued with neither charge nor trial.
Some 123 Palestinian children are held in the Israeli Ofer prison, where they have been enduring abject conditions of captivity and subjected to psycho-physical torture around the clock.
A Palestinian child aged five lost consciousness last night after he inhaled tear gas fumes after Israeli soldiers targeted homes in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The incident happened after Israeli forces stormed the village and clashed with local youths.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces fired intensively and indiscriminately tear gas grenades at angry young men and nearby homes during its campaign in the village.
The incident happened after Israeli forces stormed the village and clashed with local youths.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces fired intensively and indiscriminately tear gas grenades at angry young men and nearby homes during its campaign in the village.
6 feb 2019
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainee Committee has reported that Israeli military courts have imposed more than 60.000 Shekels in fines on Palestinian children who were abducted by the soldiers and held in Ofer Israeli prison.
In its report, the committee stated that 57 children were moved to Ofer in January; 39 of them were taken prisoner from their homes during dawn invasions by the soldiers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
It added that ten children were abducted while walking in their towns and neighborhoods, and three others were taken prisoner at several military roadblocks, in addition to five children who were summoned for interrogation at military bases and were taken prisoner.
One of the detained children was shot and injured by the soldiers before he was abducted, and at least seventeen of the abducted children were subject to assaults and torture during their arrest or while under interrogation.
Furthermore, Israeli courts imposed prison terms on 28 of the detained children, and ordered one of them, identified as Laith Abu Kharma, 17, under Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
Israel is currently holding captive 128 Palestinian children in Ofer prison, facing very difficult living conditions, and deprived from their basic rights, guaranteed under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
In its report, the committee stated that 57 children were moved to Ofer in January; 39 of them were taken prisoner from their homes during dawn invasions by the soldiers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
It added that ten children were abducted while walking in their towns and neighborhoods, and three others were taken prisoner at several military roadblocks, in addition to five children who were summoned for interrogation at military bases and were taken prisoner.
One of the detained children was shot and injured by the soldiers before he was abducted, and at least seventeen of the abducted children were subject to assaults and torture during their arrest or while under interrogation.
Furthermore, Israeli courts imposed prison terms on 28 of the detained children, and ordered one of them, identified as Laith Abu Kharma, 17, under Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
Israel is currently holding captive 128 Palestinian children in Ofer prison, facing very difficult living conditions, and deprived from their basic rights, guaranteed under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
5 feb 2019
Israeli soldiers detained, Tuesday, five Palestinian teachers and one child, in Hebron’s Old city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and held them in Keryat Arba’ illegal colony for several hours.
Atef al-Jamal, the head of the Education Ministry in Hebron, said the soldiers detained Sami Zohour, Mohammad Atawna, Hani Sa’ada, Karam Asafra, in addition to Mohammad Awad Zohour and his child, Awad.
All of them are from Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, and were on their way to al-Hajiriya School, in the Old City of Hebron.
Al-Jamal added that the school was unable to locate the teachers and the student, for more than five hours, before contacting the Palestinian police and the District Coordination Office, and realized that they were abducted by the soldiers and were held in Keryat Arba’ illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands, east of Hebron.
The five teachers and the child remained in detention for several hours, before the army decided to release them.
Atef al-Jamal, the head of the Education Ministry in Hebron, said the soldiers detained Sami Zohour, Mohammad Atawna, Hani Sa’ada, Karam Asafra, in addition to Mohammad Awad Zohour and his child, Awad.
All of them are from Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, and were on their way to al-Hajiriya School, in the Old City of Hebron.
Al-Jamal added that the school was unable to locate the teachers and the student, for more than five hours, before contacting the Palestinian police and the District Coordination Office, and realized that they were abducted by the soldiers and were held in Keryat Arba’ illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands, east of Hebron.
The five teachers and the child remained in detention for several hours, before the army decided to release them.
The mother of martyr Saleh al-Barghouthi
Israeli forces detained at least 33 Palestinians, including minors and a woman, across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Tuesday.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Muataz Abu Jahisha and Mujahed Muhammad Abu Jahisha.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Nasser Ibrahim Deireh, Ibrahim Khaled Deireh, and Fouad Muhammad al-Araj, 16.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed that five Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Hussein Abu Hussein Mushahra, Ahmad Muhammad Mushahra, Daoud Abdo, Muhammad Daoud, and Amar Abdo.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained a total of 12 Palestinians. PPS identified them as Sahir al-Barghouthi, the mother of three Palestinian prisoners, Zahi al-Barghouthi, Saher Ismail al-Barghouthi, Yousef Hussam Hanini, Firas al-Sayes, Mutasem Saqef al-Heit, Samer Abed al-Salam, Ahmad Abed al-Hafeth, Ismail Sahil al-Harb, HAmza Awad, and Ihab Ayman Khuwaire, 17.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Amin Farraj.
In the northern West bank district of Jenin, another three Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Bassam Baajawi, Muhammad Juwabra, and Zayed Ahmad Baajawi.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, four Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Adnan Abed al-Rahim Jalad, Ahmad Muhammad Hamdan al-Labdi, Kheirallah Mahmoud al-Shaafi, and Izzat Makawi Shadid.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians. They were identified as Ziyad Abed Muhammad Suwafte and his two sons, Mahmoud and Diab.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 53 female prisoners, and 215 minors, 43 of whom under 16 years old.
25 Palestinians kidnapped in W. Bank IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 25 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, from different West Bank areas.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed at dawn Ya’bad town in Jenin and kidnapped four citizens from their homes.
The detainees were identified as Mohamed Ba’jawi, Zaid Ba’jawi, Ahmed Ba’jawi and Mohamed Jawabreh.
Israeli soldiers also spread around Dothan checkpoint and set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance to Ya’bad, where they intercepted cars for search.
Meanwhile, troops combed at dawn agricultural and open areas in the vicinity of al-Jalama town, north of Jenin, where a Palestinian young man was killed and another was injured by Israeli gunfire yesterday
In Ramallah, the IOF stormed Kobar town and kidnapped Suhair al-Barghouthi, the mother of martyr Saleh al-Barghouthi, after raiding her home.
Suhair al-Barghouthi is the wife of prisoner Omar al-Barghouthi and the mother of prisoners Asef, Asem and Mohamed.
Other citizens were also kidnapped during IOF campaigns in Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem and al-Khalil.
Israeli forces detained at least 33 Palestinians, including minors and a woman, across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Tuesday.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Muataz Abu Jahisha and Mujahed Muhammad Abu Jahisha.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Nasser Ibrahim Deireh, Ibrahim Khaled Deireh, and Fouad Muhammad al-Araj, 16.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed that five Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Hussein Abu Hussein Mushahra, Ahmad Muhammad Mushahra, Daoud Abdo, Muhammad Daoud, and Amar Abdo.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained a total of 12 Palestinians. PPS identified them as Sahir al-Barghouthi, the mother of three Palestinian prisoners, Zahi al-Barghouthi, Saher Ismail al-Barghouthi, Yousef Hussam Hanini, Firas al-Sayes, Mutasem Saqef al-Heit, Samer Abed al-Salam, Ahmad Abed al-Hafeth, Ismail Sahil al-Harb, HAmza Awad, and Ihab Ayman Khuwaire, 17.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Amin Farraj.
In the northern West bank district of Jenin, another three Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Bassam Baajawi, Muhammad Juwabra, and Zayed Ahmad Baajawi.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, four Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Adnan Abed al-Rahim Jalad, Ahmad Muhammad Hamdan al-Labdi, Kheirallah Mahmoud al-Shaafi, and Izzat Makawi Shadid.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians. They were identified as Ziyad Abed Muhammad Suwafte and his two sons, Mahmoud and Diab.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 53 female prisoners, and 215 minors, 43 of whom under 16 years old.
25 Palestinians kidnapped in W. Bank IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 25 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, from different West Bank areas.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF stormed at dawn Ya’bad town in Jenin and kidnapped four citizens from their homes.
The detainees were identified as Mohamed Ba’jawi, Zaid Ba’jawi, Ahmed Ba’jawi and Mohamed Jawabreh.
Israeli soldiers also spread around Dothan checkpoint and set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance to Ya’bad, where they intercepted cars for search.
Meanwhile, troops combed at dawn agricultural and open areas in the vicinity of al-Jalama town, north of Jenin, where a Palestinian young man was killed and another was injured by Israeli gunfire yesterday
In Ramallah, the IOF stormed Kobar town and kidnapped Suhair al-Barghouthi, the mother of martyr Saleh al-Barghouthi, after raiding her home.
Suhair al-Barghouthi is the wife of prisoner Omar al-Barghouthi and the mother of prisoners Asef, Asem and Mohamed.
Other citizens were also kidnapped during IOF campaigns in Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem and al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, a Palestinian child from the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Local nonviolent activist, Ibrahim Awadallah, said the soldiers invaded the village, and abducted Fuad Mohammad al-A’raj, 16, while walking near his home.
No protests were reported in the village, and the soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinian teen before moving him to the nearby Etzion military base, in the illegal Gush Etzion colony.
Also on Monday evening, the soldiers killed one Palestinian teen and injured another, near the entrance of the al-Jalama village, northeast of Jenin in northern West Bank.
The army claimed that Palestinians were riding a motor cycle and “hurled an explosive at the soldiers,” and did not report any injuries among them. The allegation was denied by the Palestinians who said the two were just returning home from work.
Mahmoud Sa’adi, the director of the Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Jenin, said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Faisal Omar Tawalba, 19, from the al-Jalama village, and added that Omar Ahmad Hanana, 15, was injured but is in a stable condition.
Local nonviolent activist, Ibrahim Awadallah, said the soldiers invaded the village, and abducted Fuad Mohammad al-A’raj, 16, while walking near his home.
No protests were reported in the village, and the soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinian teen before moving him to the nearby Etzion military base, in the illegal Gush Etzion colony.
Also on Monday evening, the soldiers killed one Palestinian teen and injured another, near the entrance of the al-Jalama village, northeast of Jenin in northern West Bank.
The army claimed that Palestinians were riding a motor cycle and “hurled an explosive at the soldiers,” and did not report any injuries among them. The allegation was denied by the Palestinians who said the two were just returning home from work.
Mahmoud Sa’adi, the director of the Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Jenin, said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Faisal Omar Tawalba, 19, from the al-Jalama village, and added that Omar Ahmad Hanana, 15, was injured but is in a stable condition.
4 feb 2019
Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday evening, one Palestinian teen and injured another, near the entrance of the al-Jalama village, northeast of Jenin in northern West Bank.
The army claimed that Palestinians were riding a motor cycle and “hurled an explosive at the soldiers,” and did not report any injuries.
Mahmoud Sa’adi, the director of the Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Jenin, said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Faisal Omar Tawalba, 19, from the al-Jalama village, and added that Omar Ahmad Hanana, 15, was injured but is in a stable condition.
Palestinian medical sources said the medics moved the slain Palestinian, and the wounded teen, to Jenin Governmental Hospital.
They added that Tawalba was shot with several live rounds in the head and legs.
Eyewitnesses said the two were riding a motorcycle near the village, when the soldiers opened fire at them, and denied the Israeli military allegation, stating that the army will say anything to justify murdering Palestinians.
They added that the two Palestinians were riding their motorcycle back home, in al-Jalama and ‘Arrana villages near Jenin, while returning from work.
The Israeli army did not report any injuries among the soldiers, and only issued a brief statement regarding the incident, alleging that the two Palestinians “arrived at the checkpoint riding a motorcycle, and hurled an explosive at the soldiers, causing no injuries.”
It is worth mentioning that the army holds the corpses of slain Palestinians suspected of attacking soldiers or colonialist settlers but did not hold Tawalba’s body, and local medics moved his corpse to Jenin Governmental Hospital.
Jenin Governor Akram Rajoub said the Israeli army “seems to have ready justifications for murdering Palestinians, in order to pass these crimes as acts of self-defense by the soldiers,” and added that “these lies, and fabrications are encouraged by the political leaders in Israel.”
Osama al-Qawasmi, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh Movement and its spokesperson in Jenin, called on media outlets not to be mislead by statements made by the Israeli army and media outlets that have the only aim of justifying crimes committed by the soldiers against unarmed Palestinian civilians.
“It seems that every time Israel approaches election, the crimes against the Palestinians, their homes and lands increase,” he added.
On Sunday, a Palestinian man, identified as Ahmad Ghazi Abu Jabal, 30, died of critical wounds he sustained last week, after being shot by Israeli forces offshore the town of Beit Lahia, north of Gaza.
Abu Jabal, from the Sheja’eyya neighborhood east of Gaza city, was shot and seriously injured, on January 29 2019, during a naval procession along Beit Lahia Sea and shore, in northern Gaza.
The army claimed that Palestinians were riding a motor cycle and “hurled an explosive at the soldiers,” and did not report any injuries.
Mahmoud Sa’adi, the director of the Emergency Department of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Jenin, said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Faisal Omar Tawalba, 19, from the al-Jalama village, and added that Omar Ahmad Hanana, 15, was injured but is in a stable condition.
Palestinian medical sources said the medics moved the slain Palestinian, and the wounded teen, to Jenin Governmental Hospital.
They added that Tawalba was shot with several live rounds in the head and legs.
Eyewitnesses said the two were riding a motorcycle near the village, when the soldiers opened fire at them, and denied the Israeli military allegation, stating that the army will say anything to justify murdering Palestinians.
They added that the two Palestinians were riding their motorcycle back home, in al-Jalama and ‘Arrana villages near Jenin, while returning from work.
The Israeli army did not report any injuries among the soldiers, and only issued a brief statement regarding the incident, alleging that the two Palestinians “arrived at the checkpoint riding a motorcycle, and hurled an explosive at the soldiers, causing no injuries.”
It is worth mentioning that the army holds the corpses of slain Palestinians suspected of attacking soldiers or colonialist settlers but did not hold Tawalba’s body, and local medics moved his corpse to Jenin Governmental Hospital.
Jenin Governor Akram Rajoub said the Israeli army “seems to have ready justifications for murdering Palestinians, in order to pass these crimes as acts of self-defense by the soldiers,” and added that “these lies, and fabrications are encouraged by the political leaders in Israel.”
Osama al-Qawasmi, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh Movement and its spokesperson in Jenin, called on media outlets not to be mislead by statements made by the Israeli army and media outlets that have the only aim of justifying crimes committed by the soldiers against unarmed Palestinian civilians.
“It seems that every time Israel approaches election, the crimes against the Palestinians, their homes and lands increase,” he added.
On Sunday, a Palestinian man, identified as Ahmad Ghazi Abu Jabal, 30, died of critical wounds he sustained last week, after being shot by Israeli forces offshore the town of Beit Lahia, north of Gaza.
Abu Jabal, from the Sheja’eyya neighborhood east of Gaza city, was shot and seriously injured, on January 29 2019, during a naval procession along Beit Lahia Sea and shore, in northern Gaza.
The Israeli police on Monday morning injured a Palestinian man and arrested two children during a raid on Abu Dis town in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli police forces as the latter deployed around al-Quds University.
The Israeli police raided a nearby school and heavily fired tear gas bombs and stun grenades, they added.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a Palestinian young man fainted as a result of inhaling tear gas and was treated in the field.
According to the Palestinian Liaison, the Israeli police withdrew from the town after kidnapping two children identified as Izz el-Din Mohsen and Sami Jaffal. Both are aged 15.
Local sources said that violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli police forces as the latter deployed around al-Quds University.
The Israeli police raided a nearby school and heavily fired tear gas bombs and stun grenades, they added.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a Palestinian young man fainted as a result of inhaling tear gas and was treated in the field.
According to the Palestinian Liaison, the Israeli police withdrew from the town after kidnapping two children identified as Izz el-Din Mohsen and Sami Jaffal. Both are aged 15.
