21 mar 2018
B’Tselem human rights center has criticized Israel for persisting in committing abuses against detained Palestinian children and using military courts to confer legitimacy on its violations against their rights.
“Every year, hundreds of Palestinian minors undergo the same scenario. Israeli security forces pick them up on the street or at home in the middle of the night, then handcuff and blindfold them and transport them to interrogation, often subjecting them to violence en route,” B’Tselem said in a report released on Tuesday.
“Exhausted and scared – some having spent a long time in transit, some having been roused from sleep, some having had nothing to eat or drink for hours – the minors are then interrogated. They are completely alone in there, cut off from the world, without any adult they know and trust by their side, and without having been given a chance to consult with a lawyer before the interrogation. The interrogation itself often involves threats, yelling, verbal abuse and sometimes physical violence. Its sole purpose is to get the minors to confess or provide information about others,” the report explained.
Later, “they are taken to the military court for a remand hearing, where most see their lawyer for the first time. In the vast majority of cases, the military judges approve remand, even when the only evidence against the minors is their own confession, or else allegedly incriminating statements made against them by others. This is the case even when the statements were obtained through severe infringement of the minors’ rights.”
“Over the past decade, the state has made several changes to the military orders that deal with the arrest and detention of minors and their treatment in the military courts. On the face of it, these changes were meant to improve the protections afforded to minors in the military justice system. However, the changes Israel made have had no more than a negligible impact on minors’ rights. It would seem that they have far more to do with improved appearances than with what happens in actual practice. The facts and figures all demonstrate that minors’ rights are still being regularly and systematically violated,” the report underlined.
B’Tselem also debunked in its report Israel’s claims that the establishment of the military juvenile court in 2009 was a landmark achievement in the protection of minors’ rights in the military justice system, affirming that in practice, there is no improvement in the safeguarding of the rights of minors facing charges and there is persistence in excluding the parental role in legal proceedings taken against detained children.
“Every year, hundreds of Palestinian minors undergo the same scenario. Israeli security forces pick them up on the street or at home in the middle of the night, then handcuff and blindfold them and transport them to interrogation, often subjecting them to violence en route,” B’Tselem said in a report released on Tuesday.
“Exhausted and scared – some having spent a long time in transit, some having been roused from sleep, some having had nothing to eat or drink for hours – the minors are then interrogated. They are completely alone in there, cut off from the world, without any adult they know and trust by their side, and without having been given a chance to consult with a lawyer before the interrogation. The interrogation itself often involves threats, yelling, verbal abuse and sometimes physical violence. Its sole purpose is to get the minors to confess or provide information about others,” the report explained.
Later, “they are taken to the military court for a remand hearing, where most see their lawyer for the first time. In the vast majority of cases, the military judges approve remand, even when the only evidence against the minors is their own confession, or else allegedly incriminating statements made against them by others. This is the case even when the statements were obtained through severe infringement of the minors’ rights.”
“Over the past decade, the state has made several changes to the military orders that deal with the arrest and detention of minors and their treatment in the military courts. On the face of it, these changes were meant to improve the protections afforded to minors in the military justice system. However, the changes Israel made have had no more than a negligible impact on minors’ rights. It would seem that they have far more to do with improved appearances than with what happens in actual practice. The facts and figures all demonstrate that minors’ rights are still being regularly and systematically violated,” the report underlined.
B’Tselem also debunked in its report Israel’s claims that the establishment of the military juvenile court in 2009 was a landmark achievement in the protection of minors’ rights in the military justice system, affirming that in practice, there is no improvement in the safeguarding of the rights of minors facing charges and there is persistence in excluding the parental role in legal proceedings taken against detained children.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the al-Mughayer Palestinian village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before storming into a school, and a kindergarten, and injured eight, in addition to abducting three young men.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
As Palestinian children were heading to school on Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers entered the central occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, in the Ramallah district, injuring eight people with rubber-coated steel bullets while dozens of others, some kindergarten children, were suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces raided the village as students were heading to their schools, and local residents were heading to work.
Soldiers deployed at the village’s schools, kindergarten, local mosque, and several homes.
The soldiers’ presence prompted confrontations with local youth, who threw rocks while forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, causing many school children to be exposed to the gas on their way to school.
Eight locals were injured by rubber bullets, with one requiring hospitalization for light injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
WAFA reported that undercover Israeli soldiers also raided the local boys’ school, during which they beat 10 students and detained three of them.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released a statement saying that in 2017, at least 8,0279 Palestinian students and 4,929 teachers and school employees were subjected to attacks by Israeli forces.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces raided the village as students were heading to their schools, and local residents were heading to work.
Soldiers deployed at the village’s schools, kindergarten, local mosque, and several homes.
The soldiers’ presence prompted confrontations with local youth, who threw rocks while forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, causing many school children to be exposed to the gas on their way to school.
Eight locals were injured by rubber bullets, with one requiring hospitalization for light injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
WAFA reported that undercover Israeli soldiers also raided the local boys’ school, during which they beat 10 students and detained three of them.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released a statement saying that in 2017, at least 8,0279 Palestinian students and 4,929 teachers and school employees were subjected to attacks by Israeli forces.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
World-renowned Palestinian teen journalist, nonviolent activist Ahed Tamimi, 17, from Nabi Saleh village northwest the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reached an agreement with the Israeli Military prosecution, to which she will be sentenced to eight months in prison.
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court also imposed a 5000 Shekels fine on ‘Ahed.
The court also sentenced Nour’s cousin, Nariman Tamimi, to sixteen days of time served, and 2000 Shekels fine ($575), before being released.
Nour’s mother, Nariman Tamimi, was sentenced to serve eight months in prison, in addition to a a fine of 6,000 shekel ($1,725 USD).
Israeli daily Haaretz said that Ahed would be pleading “guilty” to what was described as “four counts of assault” against the soldiers, who were invading her town, and attempting to break into her home in December of last year. One of the counts was the videotaped incident when she slapped an invading Israeli soldier.
Haaretz added that, although was plea agreement was reached, it remains not final until the military court approves it. If the agreement is finalized, ‘Ahed will be held in detention for five more months.
Haaretz stated that the decision was made, Wednesday, in a hearing which was held behind closed doors, after the court denied an appeal for holding the hearings in public.
It added that the original indictment which was brought against ‘Ahed contained twelve charges, including from the year 2016.
The charges included what was described as “five counts of assaults against the soldiers,” “throwing stones,” “disrupting a soldier,” in addition to “incitement and throwing objects.”
‘Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband Bassem Tamimi, said that he was only able to visit with his wife and daughter in prison last week for the first time since they were abducted in December of 2017.
He said that ‘Ahed enjoys high spirits, and spends her time reading books, and studying for school, with a special focus on the English language.
Bassem denounced the military measures in court, especially preventing the journalists from attending and holding the hearings behind closed doors.
Gaby Lasky, the defense attorney representing ‘Ahed, said the plea agreement, which included dropping all counts of the indictment that made her imprisonment possible until all legal proceedings are over, is a proof that Ahed’s abduction and the legal proceedings brought against her are all “steps meant for settling scores,” Haaretz said.
It is worth mentioning that on December 15th 2017, Israeli soldiers shot Ahed’s cousin, Mohammad Tamimi, only fifteen years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face at close range.
Mohammad’s treating physician told DCIP that the 15-year-old underwent two operations to remove the rubber-coated metal bullet, which lodged in the back of his skull and caused severe bleeding in his brain. The child’s 16-year-old cousin, Ahed Tamimi, was detained days later in a night raid.
On February 26th 2018, the wounded child, and nine other Tamimi family members, mainly children, were abducted by the soldiers who carried a dawn invasion into Nabi Saleh, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes.
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Military Court Sentences Ahed Tamimi and Mother to 8 Months
Published on: Mar 21, 2018 @ 20:34
A military court sentenced, on Wednesday, Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, Nariman, 42, to eight months in prison plus $1500 fine for each, following a plea bargain between the Tamimis’ lawyer and the military prosecution, according to people at the trial held at Ofer military camp, near Ramallah.
Ahed Tamimi was arrested in December, when she was only 16 years old, and charged with slapping an Israeli soldier who invaded her family home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah. The mother, Nariman, was arrested on the same day for filming the incident and placing the video on the internet and therefore charged with incitement.
The two Tamimis have had almost 10 court hearings since their arrest, as the defense lawyer and the military persecutor were battling over their case, according to WAFA.
Ahed Tamimi has become a household name and an icon of passive Palestinian resistance. A number of international human rights organizations have condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.
The Ofer military court had earlier agreed in another plea bargain to consider the 16 days Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, Nour, 20, had spent in prison after she was arrested, a day after Ahed, for also appearing in the same video fending off the soldiers from their house, as her sentence and fined her $600 plus five months suspended sentence.
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court also imposed a 5000 Shekels fine on ‘Ahed.
The court also sentenced Nour’s cousin, Nariman Tamimi, to sixteen days of time served, and 2000 Shekels fine ($575), before being released.
Nour’s mother, Nariman Tamimi, was sentenced to serve eight months in prison, in addition to a a fine of 6,000 shekel ($1,725 USD).
Israeli daily Haaretz said that Ahed would be pleading “guilty” to what was described as “four counts of assault” against the soldiers, who were invading her town, and attempting to break into her home in December of last year. One of the counts was the videotaped incident when she slapped an invading Israeli soldier.
Haaretz added that, although was plea agreement was reached, it remains not final until the military court approves it. If the agreement is finalized, ‘Ahed will be held in detention for five more months.
Haaretz stated that the decision was made, Wednesday, in a hearing which was held behind closed doors, after the court denied an appeal for holding the hearings in public.
It added that the original indictment which was brought against ‘Ahed contained twelve charges, including from the year 2016.
The charges included what was described as “five counts of assaults against the soldiers,” “throwing stones,” “disrupting a soldier,” in addition to “incitement and throwing objects.”
‘Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband Bassem Tamimi, said that he was only able to visit with his wife and daughter in prison last week for the first time since they were abducted in December of 2017.
He said that ‘Ahed enjoys high spirits, and spends her time reading books, and studying for school, with a special focus on the English language.
Bassem denounced the military measures in court, especially preventing the journalists from attending and holding the hearings behind closed doors.
Gaby Lasky, the defense attorney representing ‘Ahed, said the plea agreement, which included dropping all counts of the indictment that made her imprisonment possible until all legal proceedings are over, is a proof that Ahed’s abduction and the legal proceedings brought against her are all “steps meant for settling scores,” Haaretz said.
It is worth mentioning that on December 15th 2017, Israeli soldiers shot Ahed’s cousin, Mohammad Tamimi, only fifteen years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face at close range.
Mohammad’s treating physician told DCIP that the 15-year-old underwent two operations to remove the rubber-coated metal bullet, which lodged in the back of his skull and caused severe bleeding in his brain. The child’s 16-year-old cousin, Ahed Tamimi, was detained days later in a night raid.
On February 26th 2018, the wounded child, and nine other Tamimi family members, mainly children, were abducted by the soldiers who carried a dawn invasion into Nabi Saleh, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes.
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Military Court Sentences Ahed Tamimi and Mother to 8 Months
Published on: Mar 21, 2018 @ 20:34
A military court sentenced, on Wednesday, Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, Nariman, 42, to eight months in prison plus $1500 fine for each, following a plea bargain between the Tamimis’ lawyer and the military prosecution, according to people at the trial held at Ofer military camp, near Ramallah.
Ahed Tamimi was arrested in December, when she was only 16 years old, and charged with slapping an Israeli soldier who invaded her family home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah. The mother, Nariman, was arrested on the same day for filming the incident and placing the video on the internet and therefore charged with incitement.
The two Tamimis have had almost 10 court hearings since their arrest, as the defense lawyer and the military persecutor were battling over their case, according to WAFA.
Ahed Tamimi has become a household name and an icon of passive Palestinian resistance. A number of international human rights organizations have condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.
The Ofer military court had earlier agreed in another plea bargain to consider the 16 days Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, Nour, 20, had spent in prison after she was arrested, a day after Ahed, for also appearing in the same video fending off the soldiers from their house, as her sentence and fined her $600 plus five months suspended sentence.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped 35 Palestinian citizens in raid campaigns launched in the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mo’taz Okasha, Nablus.
- Nayef ash-Shami, Nablus.
- Ayman Abdul-Nasser Hdeib, Ein al-Sultan refugee camp – Jericho.
- Khaled Issa, al-Khader town – Bethlehem.
- Nafeth Ammar Abu Aisha, Hebron.
- Toqai Abboud Jawabra, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
- Islam Asafra, Beit Kahil – Hebron.
- Ahmad Khashan, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Dia’ Awwad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Salam al-Khalidi, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Moheisin, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Abdullah Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Bassem Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Fahed Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Maher ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hasan ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mahdi ad-Dhabit, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Sharha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Khalil ad-Dib’ey, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael Maz’arour, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hamza Taha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim Hamad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Anas Abu Sneina, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
20 mar 2018
The Israeli military appeals court on Monday rejected the request of the Palestinian teenager Ahed al-Tamimi to hold her trial in an open court, Haaretz said on Tuesday.
Haaretz reported, quoting al-Tamimi's lawyer Gabi Laski, that the court claimed that the decision was for the minor's benefit even though all of her detention hearings prior to the indictment filed against her were public.
Last week the military prosecution told the court that it has no objection to a public trial.
However, Laski said, the appeals court decided to hold the trial "in the dark", adding that public proceedings are the only defense that would help Ahed and without them she would never get a fair trial.
Basem al-Tamimi, Ahed's father, said that Ofer court during the latest hearing decided that the attendees will be limited to the lawyer and Ahed's family only.
Al-Tamimi said in statements to Quds Press on Tuesday that Ahed's lawyer appealed the decision but the military court rejected the appeal and announced on Monday that the next trials will be held behind closed doors with no-one allowed in.
He stressed that his daughter's case has become an international issue, and Israel does not want the world to see its "ugly face" and how it violates international humanitarian laws.
Ahed was arrested on 19th December 2017 after a video showing her slapping two Israeli soldiers who tried to break into her family house in Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah went viral.
Ahed is also accused of incitement as she called in a Facebook post for anti-settlement marches and asked the world to act against the US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Haaretz reported, quoting al-Tamimi's lawyer Gabi Laski, that the court claimed that the decision was for the minor's benefit even though all of her detention hearings prior to the indictment filed against her were public.
Last week the military prosecution told the court that it has no objection to a public trial.
However, Laski said, the appeals court decided to hold the trial "in the dark", adding that public proceedings are the only defense that would help Ahed and without them she would never get a fair trial.
Basem al-Tamimi, Ahed's father, said that Ofer court during the latest hearing decided that the attendees will be limited to the lawyer and Ahed's family only.
Al-Tamimi said in statements to Quds Press on Tuesday that Ahed's lawyer appealed the decision but the military court rejected the appeal and announced on Monday that the next trials will be held behind closed doors with no-one allowed in.
He stressed that his daughter's case has become an international issue, and Israel does not want the world to see its "ugly face" and how it violates international humanitarian laws.
Ahed was arrested on 19th December 2017 after a video showing her slapping two Israeli soldiers who tried to break into her family house in Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah went viral.
Ahed is also accused of incitement as she called in a Facebook post for anti-settlement marches and asked the world to act against the US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Israeli colonizers attacked and injured, Tuesday, several Palestinian schoolchildren, while heading to school in the Tiwana village, in Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part pf the occupied West Bank.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said many students suffered various cuts and bruises.
He added that some of the wounded students have been identified as Reem Awad, Jaber Awad, Shaima’ Awad, Kifah Abu Jundiyya, Hamza Abu Jundiyya, Inshirah Abu Jundiyya and Ezzeddin Makhamra.
The head of Tiwana Local Council Mohammad Rib’ey told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the colonizers have been stepping up their attacks against the Palestinians, and their lands, to force them to leave.
He added that the attack against the children is not the first, and is part of a series of seriously escalating violations.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said many students suffered various cuts and bruises.
He added that some of the wounded students have been identified as Reem Awad, Jaber Awad, Shaima’ Awad, Kifah Abu Jundiyya, Hamza Abu Jundiyya, Inshirah Abu Jundiyya and Ezzeddin Makhamra.
The head of Tiwana Local Council Mohammad Rib’ey told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the colonizers have been stepping up their attacks against the Palestinians, and their lands, to force them to leave.
He added that the attack against the children is not the first, and is part of a series of seriously escalating violations.
Israeli soldiers fired, on Tuesday morning, several gas bombs at schoolchildren, heading to their schools, in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
19 mar 2018
40 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli occupation forces since the US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of the self-proclaimed Israeli state, on December 6, 2017.
According to data by the Jerusalem Center of Studies of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Gaza topped the list of post-December 6 casualties with 22 victims, including two resistance fighters. A Gazan fisherman was killed by Israeli navy off Gaza seashore.
Six Palestinians from Nablus were also killed by the occupation forces during the same period, one among them breathed his last inside Israeli jails due to preplanned medical neglect.
The list also included three Palestinians from al-Khalil, three from Jenin, two in Jericho, two in Ramallah, one Palestinian in Qlaqilya, and another in Occupied Jerusalem.
Among the casualties were also 11 children below 18-years-old, including Mohamed al-Dahoudh, 14, and 18-year-old fisherman Ismail Abu Reyala.
75-year-old elderly woman Hamda Wahsh was killed during the same period after Israeli army troops rolled into Zbeidat town and showered civilian homes with teargas canisters. Nine-year-old girl Dalal Louleh died after Israeli forces prevented her family from reaching a hospital for urgent treatment.
33-year-old Yassin al-Saradeeh, from Jericho, died shortly after he was arrested by Israeli forces. Medical investigations showed that he was shot from zero distance and had been made to endure heavy beating.
According to data by the Jerusalem Center of Studies of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Gaza topped the list of post-December 6 casualties with 22 victims, including two resistance fighters. A Gazan fisherman was killed by Israeli navy off Gaza seashore.
Six Palestinians from Nablus were also killed by the occupation forces during the same period, one among them breathed his last inside Israeli jails due to preplanned medical neglect.
The list also included three Palestinians from al-Khalil, three from Jenin, two in Jericho, two in Ramallah, one Palestinian in Qlaqilya, and another in Occupied Jerusalem.
Among the casualties were also 11 children below 18-years-old, including Mohamed al-Dahoudh, 14, and 18-year-old fisherman Ismail Abu Reyala.
75-year-old elderly woman Hamda Wahsh was killed during the same period after Israeli army troops rolled into Zbeidat town and showered civilian homes with teargas canisters. Nine-year-old girl Dalal Louleh died after Israeli forces prevented her family from reaching a hospital for urgent treatment.
33-year-old Yassin al-Saradeeh, from Jericho, died shortly after he was arrested by Israeli forces. Medical investigations showed that he was shot from zero distance and had been made to endure heavy beating.
Israeli police on Monday arrested eight Jerusalemites including a minor and an elderly woman after storming several neighborhoods in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli forces alleged that the detainees whose age ranged between 14 and 67 years old were present at the site where an anti-occupation stabbing attack took place on Sunday.
However, all of the captives own commercial shops in the area and they were heading home at the time of arrest.
Israeli forces alleged that the detainees whose age ranged between 14 and 67 years old were present at the site where an anti-occupation stabbing attack took place on Sunday.
However, all of the captives own commercial shops in the area and they were heading home at the time of arrest.
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday morning, many schoolchildren with gas bombs, in a secondary school in Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Media sources said the soldiers fired at least ten gas bombs into the school, an issue that forced the administration to close all its outer gates, to prevent the army from invading it.
They added that the soldiers had no reason for attacking the school, and that the army in constantly deployed around the school, in addition to conducting repeated provocative acts by the soldiers.
The school’s administration said the military’s constant presence in front of the school is causing more tension, endangering the lives of the students and threatening the flow of the educational process.
The soldiers constantly provoke the students, and search them, in addition to installing roadblocks near the school.
Media sources said the soldiers fired at least ten gas bombs into the school, an issue that forced the administration to close all its outer gates, to prevent the army from invading it.
They added that the soldiers had no reason for attacking the school, and that the army in constantly deployed around the school, in addition to conducting repeated provocative acts by the soldiers.
The school’s administration said the military’s constant presence in front of the school is causing more tension, endangering the lives of the students and threatening the flow of the educational process.
The soldiers constantly provoke the students, and search them, in addition to installing roadblocks near the school.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including children, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, searched many homes, and abducted five Palestinians, including a child, only 10 years of age.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Hammouda Kifah Askar, 10, Sultan Salahuddin, Mohammad Khleif Askar, Waleed Yasser Khatib and Hammouda Ahmad Maqbool.
Local sources in the town said the soldiers smashed many doors and windows of the invaded homes, and violently searched them, before abducting the five Palestinians.
The town has been under strict siege, and constant invasions, for more than fifty days.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a young man, identified as Rajeh Sa’id Qabalawi.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, and abducted Hamza Amjad Mousa.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Shiokh and Yatta, in addition to installing roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Jouret Bahlas area, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, before abducting a child, identified as Mustafa Saleh Abu Hammad, 15, in addition to Hamza Khalil Ja’fari, 20, who was taken from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, searched many homes, and abducted five Palestinians, including a child, only 10 years of age.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Hammouda Kifah Askar, 10, Sultan Salahuddin, Mohammad Khleif Askar, Waleed Yasser Khatib and Hammouda Ahmad Maqbool.
Local sources in the town said the soldiers smashed many doors and windows of the invaded homes, and violently searched them, before abducting the five Palestinians.
The town has been under strict siege, and constant invasions, for more than fifty days.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a young man, identified as Rajeh Sa’id Qabalawi.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, and abducted Hamza Amjad Mousa.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Shiokh and Yatta, in addition to installing roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and Jouret Bahlas area, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, before abducting a child, identified as Mustafa Saleh Abu Hammad, 15, in addition to Hamza Khalil Ja’fari, 20, who was taken from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
18 mar 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including children, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Media sources in Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the city, and abducted four children, identified as Mohammad Yousef Obeid, Mohammad Ibrahim Obeid, Haroun Mohammad Mheisin and Mohammad Tawfiq Mheisin.
The soldiers also invaded Jayyous town, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, searched homes and abducted Kamel Mohammad Khatib, 16.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded a residential building in the Northern Mountain area, and searched many apartments before abducting six Palestinians, identified as ‘Abdul-Hakim ‘Aassi, Odai Khalfa, Mo’men Khalfa, Ma’an Khalfa, Mahmoud Khalfa and Firas Sayeh.
The Israeli army believes that Abdul-Hakim is behind the fatal stabbing attack, which was carried out on February 05, 2018, outside an entrance to ‘Ariel’ settlement in the central part of the West Bank, leading to the death of Itamar Ben Gal, 29.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Burqin town, searched homes and abducted Emad Shalameesh.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sahour city, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Mousa Yacoub, 30, from Breid’a area, after storming his home, and illegally confiscated cash during searches of homes.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ata Abu Alia, Jihad Abu Alia, Qussai Abu Ali, from the al-Mughayyir town, and Ziad Shehda Dar Khalil, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Ramadin town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Mahmoud Sa’id Azazma, in addition to Hamza Amjad at-Teet.
The soldiers also invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many homes in Biddya town, west of Salfit city, in central West Bank.
Media sources in Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the city, and abducted four children, identified as Mohammad Yousef Obeid, Mohammad Ibrahim Obeid, Haroun Mohammad Mheisin and Mohammad Tawfiq Mheisin.
The soldiers also invaded Jayyous town, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, searched homes and abducted Kamel Mohammad Khatib, 16.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded a residential building in the Northern Mountain area, and searched many apartments before abducting six Palestinians, identified as ‘Abdul-Hakim ‘Aassi, Odai Khalfa, Mo’men Khalfa, Ma’an Khalfa, Mahmoud Khalfa and Firas Sayeh.
The Israeli army believes that Abdul-Hakim is behind the fatal stabbing attack, which was carried out on February 05, 2018, outside an entrance to ‘Ariel’ settlement in the central part of the West Bank, leading to the death of Itamar Ben Gal, 29.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Burqin town, searched homes and abducted Emad Shalameesh.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sahour city, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Mousa Yacoub, 30, from Breid’a area, after storming his home, and illegally confiscated cash during searches of homes.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ata Abu Alia, Jihad Abu Alia, Qussai Abu Ali, from the al-Mughayyir town, and Ziad Shehda Dar Khalil, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Ramadin town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Mahmoud Sa’id Azazma, in addition to Hamza Amjad at-Teet.
The soldiers also invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many homes in Biddya town, west of Salfit city, in central West Bank.
