22 oct 2017

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening kidnapped a Palestinian farmer and his son from their olive grove in Qalqilya’s eastern town of Azzoun.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers stormed Palestinian olive groves in Azzoun and kidnapped the Palestinian landowner Mohamed Shebita and his 12-year-old son, Hamza, while they were picking olives.
The Israeli occupation army has stepped up crackdowns against Palestinian farmers during the olive-picking season in an attempt to force them out of their lands and ease harvest-theft by Israeli settlers residing in illegal settlement outposts across the occupied Palestinian territories.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers stormed Palestinian olive groves in Azzoun and kidnapped the Palestinian landowner Mohamed Shebita and his 12-year-old son, Hamza, while they were picking olives.
The Israeli occupation army has stepped up crackdowns against Palestinian farmers during the olive-picking season in an attempt to force them out of their lands and ease harvest-theft by Israeli settlers residing in illegal settlement outposts across the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least six Palestinians in the West Bank governorates of Qalqilia, Nablus and Bethlehem.
The Qalqilia office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded several homes in various parts of the governorate, and abducted two children, identified as Mahmoud Yousef Freij, 15, and Hammoud Bilal Mansour, 14.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the PPS said the soldiers searched many homes, and abducted Sultan al-Meenawi and Awad Abu Salha.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted two Palestinian teenagers, identified as Hussein Khaled al-Badan, 17, and Mohammad Suleiman Sha’er, 16.
The soldiers also closed the main gate at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The closure also obstructed the work of Palestinian sanitization specialists who are trying to resolve water pollution issues in the refugee camp.
The Qalqilia office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded several homes in various parts of the governorate, and abducted two children, identified as Mahmoud Yousef Freij, 15, and Hammoud Bilal Mansour, 14.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the PPS said the soldiers searched many homes, and abducted Sultan al-Meenawi and Awad Abu Salha.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted two Palestinian teenagers, identified as Hussein Khaled al-Badan, 17, and Mohammad Suleiman Sha’er, 16.
The soldiers also closed the main gate at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The closure also obstructed the work of Palestinian sanitization specialists who are trying to resolve water pollution issues in the refugee camp.

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday arrested a Palestinian boy and a girl from Jerusalem and al-Khalil respectively.
The Hebrew website "0404", which is close to the Israeli army, reported that a 16-year-old girl was arrested at a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque on charges of intending to carry out a stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers.
The website noted that the Israeli soldiers searched the minor, who was later taken for interrogation, without finding a knife or any other weapon in her possession.
Local Palestinian sources affirmed that a Palestinian girl was stopped and searched at Abu al-Rish checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque before being detained by the Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, officers from the Israeli intelligence service, accompanied by special forces, arrested Mohammed Hijazi in al-Sa'diya neighborhood in the Old City and transferred him to a nearby detention center.
The Hebrew website "0404", which is close to the Israeli army, reported that a 16-year-old girl was arrested at a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque on charges of intending to carry out a stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers.
The website noted that the Israeli soldiers searched the minor, who was later taken for interrogation, without finding a knife or any other weapon in her possession.
Local Palestinian sources affirmed that a Palestinian girl was stopped and searched at Abu al-Rish checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque before being detained by the Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, officers from the Israeli intelligence service, accompanied by special forces, arrested Mohammed Hijazi in al-Sa'diya neighborhood in the Old City and transferred him to a nearby detention center.

The Israeli police in the Negev detained, on Sunday at dawn, 67 Palestinian workers, including 40 minors, for what the police said entering and working the country without permits, and confiscated four cars for workers in Shakiv illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands in Beit Awwa town, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the police received information about the Palestinian workers, and instantly went to the area, before detaining them.
It added that the workers were detained after harvesting and loading 20-24 tons of grapes, and 5-7 tons of Tomatoes into four trucks.
Palestinian workers are subject to frequent Israeli violations against them, due to repeated police invasions and searches.
Many of them have work permits, but the police repeatedly tear apart.
The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the police received information about the Palestinian workers, and instantly went to the area, before detaining them.
It added that the workers were detained after harvesting and loading 20-24 tons of grapes, and 5-7 tons of Tomatoes into four trucks.
Palestinian workers are subject to frequent Israeli violations against them, due to repeated police invasions and searches.
Many of them have work permits, but the police repeatedly tear apart.
19 oct 2017

The occupation judge acquitted on Thursday the 14-year old Mus’ab Mahmoud Hussein from the charges against him after he had been under house-arrest for 6 months.
The minors’ lawyer at Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the judge decided to acquit Mus’ab Mheisen from the charges filed against him (throwing stones in the village of Esawyeh) for lack of evidence.
Witnesses from the police were supposed to testify regarding the charges but the public prosecution decided not to bring police personnel. Consequently, the prosecution withdrew from the indictment.
The occupation forces arrested the child Mheisen last April from inside an ambulance after he was shot by a sniper in the village of Esawyeh while heading with his family members to a social event. The bullet settled down his pelvis in a critical spot.
After detaining him for several days, he was released on conditions of deportation from the village of Esawyeh and house-arrest. He was then allowed to go back to his house in the village while keeping him under house-arrest.
The minors’ lawyer at Wadi Hilweh Information Center, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the judge decided to acquit Mus’ab Mheisen from the charges filed against him (throwing stones in the village of Esawyeh) for lack of evidence.
Witnesses from the police were supposed to testify regarding the charges but the public prosecution decided not to bring police personnel. Consequently, the prosecution withdrew from the indictment.
The occupation forces arrested the child Mheisen last April from inside an ambulance after he was shot by a sniper in the village of Esawyeh while heading with his family members to a social event. The bullet settled down his pelvis in a critical spot.
After detaining him for several days, he was released on conditions of deportation from the village of Esawyeh and house-arrest. He was then allowed to go back to his house in the village while keeping him under house-arrest.

The Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Jawad Awwad, issued a statement denouncing the Thursday morning Israeli military invasion, and the firing of gas bombs, in the yards of Darwish Nazzal hospital, in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
The statement came after the soldiers invaded the yards of the hospital, and fired many gas bombs, especially near the Children’s Ward, causing many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Dr. Awwad stated that the ongoing Israeli invasions and attacks targeting hospitals and medical centers in occupied Palestinian, are grave violation of all International Laws, and human rights treaties.
He also said that such violations are organized crimes, and pose serious threats to the lives of the patients, and the Palestinians in general, and called on various international legal and human rights groups in intervene and help in ending the Israeli escalation and crimes.
The statement came after the soldiers invaded the yards of the hospital, and fired many gas bombs, especially near the Children’s Ward, causing many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Dr. Awwad stated that the ongoing Israeli invasions and attacks targeting hospitals and medical centers in occupied Palestinian, are grave violation of all International Laws, and human rights treaties.
He also said that such violations are organized crimes, and pose serious threats to the lives of the patients, and the Palestinians in general, and called on various international legal and human rights groups in intervene and help in ending the Israeli escalation and crimes.
18 oct 2017

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening arrested a schoolgirl from al-Nu'man village to the east of Bethlehem at Mazmuria checkpoint while she was returning from school and took her to an unknown destination.
Jamal Dar'awi, the head of the Nu'man village council, said that the IOF soldiers claimed that Lina Shawawra, 16, was trying to enter her besieged village through an iron gate in the separation wall and that she had no proof that she is a resident of the village.
Dar'awi added that such allegations are repeatedly used by the Israeli soldiers to crack down on the citizens of the village.
Jamal Dar'awi, the head of the Nu'man village council, said that the IOF soldiers claimed that Lina Shawawra, 16, was trying to enter her besieged village through an iron gate in the separation wall and that she had no proof that she is a resident of the village.
Dar'awi added that such allegations are repeatedly used by the Israeli soldiers to crack down on the citizens of the village.

The family of Adnan Hamarsheh, from the town of Yabad, south of Jenin, was subjected to more than 17 arrests, including the father and the mother and their children, at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces.
The Israeli occupation continued its assault on the family by arresting the youngest child in the family, Anas Hamarsheh, 17 years old, who suffers from a life-threatening disease: Osteonecrosis, which causes paralysis, in an attempt to take revenge from the family.
Anas at risk
Reem Hamarsheh, Anas’s mother, who was detained for eight months, says arresting her youngest song Anas, is the most difficult for her.
She told the PIC reporter, “We have been subjected to many assaults in this house by the occupation. Anas is my soul and a piece of my heart. Had they arrested me instead, it would have been easier for me to bear.”
She added, “Six years ago, Anas was diagnosed with a hip Osteonecrosis and is currently undergoing treatment. The disease causes either a complete or partial paralysis, and Anas will be at risk if he is not released.”
She pointed out that the occupation was fully aware of the situation of Anas, and they said this when they arrested him at dawn on Saturday 7 October 2017, adding: “The occupation bears the full responsibility for the consequences that might result from the arrest of our son and the complications of his illness. He is in a desperate need for physiotherapy and to install a special device in his leg, in addition to his need for special types of food to help his bone grow.”
Arrest threatens Anas’s future
The danger of Anas’s arrest didn’t only impact the health of Anas, as indicated by his father, the freed prisoner Adnan Hamarsheh, but also his own future.
His father added, “Anas is now in the high school, and the occupation arrested him at the beginning of the academic year, and we all know the sensitivity of this education phase for all students. We are worried because of the continuing detention of our son, which could cause the loss of his academic future, or could cause harm to him.”
“Since his arrest, Anas has been transferred to the Jalameh interrogation center by the Israeli occupation. After several days in detention, the Israeli occupation extended his detention for eleven days. He is in a very tough condition now, based on my own experience in detention. His situation is contrary to the fact that he is still a child and should be at school, and not in the interrogation cells,” the father elaborated.
Repeated crime
The freed prisoner Adnan Hamarsheh expresses his fear that the scenario of his injury during detention will be repeated with his son during interrogation in the Israeli prisons.
He recalls what happened to him, “During my interrogation on 17 February 2014, I suffered from a series of strokes. I was taken to the hospital for two days, and then they brought me back to the prison despite my poor health condition.” He added, “Hours after my arrival in the prison, they brought me back to the hospital. Soon after, they brought me back to the interrogation cell. I lost my sight for 40 days, I felt as if I became paralyzed. No charge was found against me, thus they placed me under administrative detention for six months.”
My arrest and preventing me from taking the needed medication increased my suffering. I suffered from a sight problem, a loss of balance, leaving me locked to a wheelchair until now. I am still denied the right to travel to receive medical treatment.
Hamarsheh fears that the occupation would do the same to his son Anas, so that his health worsens, because the occupation knows the health consequences of depriving him of treatment.
Continuous revenge
The Hamarsheh family believes that the arrest of its youngest son and its sick child, Anas, is part of the policy of the perpetual punishment of the family, by the occupying forces.
The father, Adnan Hamarsheh, said that he was arrested 12 times for a total of 14 years in Israeli jails. He spent 10 years in administrative detention, without a charge or a trial. Furthermore, the house was stormed dozens of times, destroying its furniture in the process. The mother was arrested for eight months, and their eldest son Omar, 26 years old, was subjected to interrogation for one week earlier this year, and he was released later.
Hamarsheh concludes, “The aggressions of the occupation would only increase our steadfastness in our land and our right to it. The occupation always seeks to break the will of all the families that believe in resistance to liberate Palestine.”
The Israeli occupation continued its assault on the family by arresting the youngest child in the family, Anas Hamarsheh, 17 years old, who suffers from a life-threatening disease: Osteonecrosis, which causes paralysis, in an attempt to take revenge from the family.
Anas at risk
Reem Hamarsheh, Anas’s mother, who was detained for eight months, says arresting her youngest song Anas, is the most difficult for her.
She told the PIC reporter, “We have been subjected to many assaults in this house by the occupation. Anas is my soul and a piece of my heart. Had they arrested me instead, it would have been easier for me to bear.”
She added, “Six years ago, Anas was diagnosed with a hip Osteonecrosis and is currently undergoing treatment. The disease causes either a complete or partial paralysis, and Anas will be at risk if he is not released.”
She pointed out that the occupation was fully aware of the situation of Anas, and they said this when they arrested him at dawn on Saturday 7 October 2017, adding: “The occupation bears the full responsibility for the consequences that might result from the arrest of our son and the complications of his illness. He is in a desperate need for physiotherapy and to install a special device in his leg, in addition to his need for special types of food to help his bone grow.”
Arrest threatens Anas’s future
The danger of Anas’s arrest didn’t only impact the health of Anas, as indicated by his father, the freed prisoner Adnan Hamarsheh, but also his own future.
His father added, “Anas is now in the high school, and the occupation arrested him at the beginning of the academic year, and we all know the sensitivity of this education phase for all students. We are worried because of the continuing detention of our son, which could cause the loss of his academic future, or could cause harm to him.”
“Since his arrest, Anas has been transferred to the Jalameh interrogation center by the Israeli occupation. After several days in detention, the Israeli occupation extended his detention for eleven days. He is in a very tough condition now, based on my own experience in detention. His situation is contrary to the fact that he is still a child and should be at school, and not in the interrogation cells,” the father elaborated.
Repeated crime
The freed prisoner Adnan Hamarsheh expresses his fear that the scenario of his injury during detention will be repeated with his son during interrogation in the Israeli prisons.
He recalls what happened to him, “During my interrogation on 17 February 2014, I suffered from a series of strokes. I was taken to the hospital for two days, and then they brought me back to the prison despite my poor health condition.” He added, “Hours after my arrival in the prison, they brought me back to the hospital. Soon after, they brought me back to the interrogation cell. I lost my sight for 40 days, I felt as if I became paralyzed. No charge was found against me, thus they placed me under administrative detention for six months.”
My arrest and preventing me from taking the needed medication increased my suffering. I suffered from a sight problem, a loss of balance, leaving me locked to a wheelchair until now. I am still denied the right to travel to receive medical treatment.
Hamarsheh fears that the occupation would do the same to his son Anas, so that his health worsens, because the occupation knows the health consequences of depriving him of treatment.
Continuous revenge
The Hamarsheh family believes that the arrest of its youngest son and its sick child, Anas, is part of the policy of the perpetual punishment of the family, by the occupying forces.
The father, Adnan Hamarsheh, said that he was arrested 12 times for a total of 14 years in Israeli jails. He spent 10 years in administrative detention, without a charge or a trial. Furthermore, the house was stormed dozens of times, destroying its furniture in the process. The mother was arrested for eight months, and their eldest son Omar, 26 years old, was subjected to interrogation for one week earlier this year, and he was released later.
Hamarsheh concludes, “The aggressions of the occupation would only increase our steadfastness in our land and our right to it. The occupation always seeks to break the will of all the families that believe in resistance to liberate Palestine.”
17 oct 2017
The occupation forces arrested the child Mheisen last April from inside an ambulance after he was shot by a sniper in the village of Esawyeh while heading with his family members to a social event. The bullet settled down his pelvis in a critical spot.
After detaining him for several days, he was released on conditions of deportation from the village of Esawyeh and house-arrest. He was then allowed to go back to his house in the village while keeping him under house-arrest.
After detaining him for several days, he was released on conditions of deportation from the village of Esawyeh and house-arrest. He was then allowed to go back to his house in the village while keeping him under house-arrest.

Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya village, in occupied East Jerusalem, said the soldiers injured, throughout the day Monday, several Palestinian schoolchildren, in the village.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), quoted Abu al-Hummus stating that the soldiers invaded the Schools Street, in al-‘Isawiya, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding ten children, 9 to 16 years of age.
The wounded children were moved to several hospitals and clinics, in the town and in Jerusalem, suffering various wounds, mainly to the face, limbs and abdomen.
Abu al-Hummus added that one of the wounded children was later transferred from al-Makassed Hospital to Shaare Tzedek Medical center, due to the seriousness of his condition.
The families in the town, including the students’ parents committee, decided to suspend classes in all schools in the town until further notice, demanding an end to Israel’s ongoing military invasions, especially since the beginning of the new school year, and the army’s provocative acts targeting the students.
Abu al-Hummus denounced the ongoing and escalating invasions, and called on the international community to intervene, especially since the soldiers constantly attack the students, and fire gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The residents said that the invasions are carried out under several vague Israeli allegations, and only aim at placing further challenges and difficulties in the daily lives of the residents, especially the children.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), quoted Abu al-Hummus stating that the soldiers invaded the Schools Street, in al-‘Isawiya, and fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding ten children, 9 to 16 years of age.
The wounded children were moved to several hospitals and clinics, in the town and in Jerusalem, suffering various wounds, mainly to the face, limbs and abdomen.
Abu al-Hummus added that one of the wounded children was later transferred from al-Makassed Hospital to Shaare Tzedek Medical center, due to the seriousness of his condition.
The families in the town, including the students’ parents committee, decided to suspend classes in all schools in the town until further notice, demanding an end to Israel’s ongoing military invasions, especially since the beginning of the new school year, and the army’s provocative acts targeting the students.
Abu al-Hummus denounced the ongoing and escalating invasions, and called on the international community to intervene, especially since the soldiers constantly attack the students, and fire gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets.
The residents said that the invasions are carried out under several vague Israeli allegations, and only aim at placing further challenges and difficulties in the daily lives of the residents, especially the children.

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The Parents Committee in the Israeli occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya suspended on Tuesday classes in all schools to protest Israeli police brutality against schoolchildren.
The Parents Committee decided in a meeting on Monday night to suspend classes in all schools starting Tuesday and until further notice.
The parents say police regularly attack schoolchildren when they leave their classrooms. The latest such assault occurred on Monday when police fired tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets at students from a short distance causing critical injuries, one of them reported in critical condition as he underwent a surgery to remove his spleen.
The committee decided to step up protest moves in response to Israeli police harassment and brutality.
Israeli police often crack down on Palestinian schoolchildren and search their schoolbags when they are on their way to/back from school, swelling tension in the area.
The Parents Committee in the Israeli occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya suspended on Tuesday classes in all schools to protest Israeli police brutality against schoolchildren.
The Parents Committee decided in a meeting on Monday night to suspend classes in all schools starting Tuesday and until further notice.
The parents say police regularly attack schoolchildren when they leave their classrooms. The latest such assault occurred on Monday when police fired tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets at students from a short distance causing critical injuries, one of them reported in critical condition as he underwent a surgery to remove his spleen.
The committee decided to step up protest moves in response to Israeli police harassment and brutality.
Israeli police often crack down on Palestinian schoolchildren and search their schoolbags when they are on their way to/back from school, swelling tension in the area.
16 oct 2017

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Monday evening a Palestinian child when clashes broke out in Beit Umar town north of al-Khalil.
Local sources identified the minor detainee as Khaled Baher, 14.
Khaled was playing with his friends outside his family house when clashes broke out in the area, the sources added.
IOF fired rubber bullets at the group of children and arrested Khaled for allegedly throwing stones during the clashes.
Local residents tried to free the child, however; IOF took him in a military jeep to unknown detention center.
Similar clashes erupted in Seir town north of al-Khalil.
Local sources identified the minor detainee as Khaled Baher, 14.
Khaled was playing with his friends outside his family house when clashes broke out in the area, the sources added.
IOF fired rubber bullets at the group of children and arrested Khaled for allegedly throwing stones during the clashes.
Local residents tried to free the child, however; IOF took him in a military jeep to unknown detention center.
Similar clashes erupted in Seir town north of al-Khalil.

Two Jerusalmite school students were shot and injured by Israeli gunfire Monday afternoon after Israeli police stormed al-Issawiya town northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Jerusalemite activist, Yousef Ebaid, told Quds Press that Israeli occupation police raided the town in coincidence with the exit time of hundreds of school students in the town.
The police forces intensively fired rubber bullets and stun grenades during the raid despite the presence of many children and people in the streets.
Ebaid revealed that one of the injured children was identified as Misk Mustafa, a 14-year-old girl. She was moved to the hospital after being shot by a rubber bullet in her leg. The other wounded child was an 11-year-old boy who was injured by a sound grenade in his abdomen.
The Jerusalemite activist, Yousef Ebaid, told Quds Press that Israeli occupation police raided the town in coincidence with the exit time of hundreds of school students in the town.
The police forces intensively fired rubber bullets and stun grenades during the raid despite the presence of many children and people in the streets.
Ebaid revealed that one of the injured children was identified as Misk Mustafa, a 14-year-old girl. She was moved to the hospital after being shot by a rubber bullet in her leg. The other wounded child was an 11-year-old boy who was injured by a sound grenade in his abdomen.

Large numbers of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided on Monday morning Qalandiya refugee camp, closed Ramallah-al-Quds Road, and stormed several commercial shops causing damage to their contents.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers shut down the military barrier adjacent to the refugee camp before occupying the rooftops of nearby houses.
According to the PIC reporter, a state of panic prevailed in an UNRWA school in the refugee camp after IOF troops broke into the school and ordered its eviction.
IOF soldiers also arrested journalist Mohammad Abu Esba in Qalandiya and confiscated his tools.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers shut down the military barrier adjacent to the refugee camp before occupying the rooftops of nearby houses.
According to the PIC reporter, a state of panic prevailed in an UNRWA school in the refugee camp after IOF troops broke into the school and ordered its eviction.
IOF soldiers also arrested journalist Mohammad Abu Esba in Qalandiya and confiscated his tools.

An Israeli settler, on Sunday morning, physically assaulted two children while they were on their way to school in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.
Noura Nasser, principal of Qurtuba school in Hebron, told WAFA that an Israeli settler, who was hiding behind a vehicle parking outside the school, assaulted Ameer Ibrahim Ramadan, eight years old, while he was on his way to school.
The settler also assaulted Ramadan’s sister, Yara, when she attempted to defend him.
Earlier today, Israeli settlers backed by a military escort attacked Palestinian residents of the village of at-Tuwani, east of the town of Yatta, to the south of Hebron.
Noura Nasser, principal of Qurtuba school in Hebron, told WAFA that an Israeli settler, who was hiding behind a vehicle parking outside the school, assaulted Ameer Ibrahim Ramadan, eight years old, while he was on his way to school.
The settler also assaulted Ramadan’s sister, Yara, when she attempted to defend him.
Earlier today, Israeli settlers backed by a military escort attacked Palestinian residents of the village of at-Tuwani, east of the town of Yatta, to the south of Hebron.