28 aug 2019
An Israeli court in occupied East Jerusalem has ordered a senior Palestinian nonviolent media activist out of his town, al-‘Isawiya, northeast of the city, until September 15th, in addition to forcing him to pay a fine of 1000 Shekels, and third-party guarantee of 10000 Shekels.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, was taken prisoner from his home, last Sunday, after the soldiers invaded and searched his property.
Last Sunday, an Israeli court ordered the release of Abu al-Hummus, in addition to forcing him out of his town for one week; however, the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the ruling, demanding that he must be removed from his town for a longer period.
On Tuesday, the District Court in occupied Jerusalem held a hearing, and decided to force Abu al-Hummus out of his town until September 15th, in addition to restricting his activities, especially his media work.
Speaking to Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), Abu al-Hummus said that he was taken prisoner, Sunday, for filming the soldiers and documenting their constant invasions and violations in his town.
He added that his abduction, and the conditions of his release, are meant to prevent him from talking to the media, especially his interviews with Israeli media outlets, and his constant documentation of the ongoing invasions and violations.
“This apparently provoked them; I never violate the law, and I only perform my duties,” he said, “They have unjust laws targeting the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and preventing them from documenting and exposing these violations.”
“Now am standing here, just meters away from my town, from my home, and I cannot go there because of these unjust and unfair laws.”
“This is how the illegal Israeli occupation runs; they shower us with gas bombs and concussion grenades,” he added, “Israel is carrying out serious incitement against us, against our very presence in occupied Jerusalem – they are trying to silence the media, the locals, and are meddling even in weddings held in the town, and in Jerusalem in general.”
“We will remain steadfast; we will stay here in our town despite their serious violations, including home demolitions and constant invasions,” he concluded, “We must remain united in Jerusalem, in al-‘Isawiya, and will continue to counter Israel’s ongoing assaults and violations.”
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, was taken prisoner from his home, last Sunday, after the soldiers invaded and searched his property.
Last Sunday, an Israeli court ordered the release of Abu al-Hummus, in addition to forcing him out of his town for one week; however, the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the ruling, demanding that he must be removed from his town for a longer period.
On Tuesday, the District Court in occupied Jerusalem held a hearing, and decided to force Abu al-Hummus out of his town until September 15th, in addition to restricting his activities, especially his media work.
Speaking to Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), Abu al-Hummus said that he was taken prisoner, Sunday, for filming the soldiers and documenting their constant invasions and violations in his town.
He added that his abduction, and the conditions of his release, are meant to prevent him from talking to the media, especially his interviews with Israeli media outlets, and his constant documentation of the ongoing invasions and violations.
“This apparently provoked them; I never violate the law, and I only perform my duties,” he said, “They have unjust laws targeting the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and preventing them from documenting and exposing these violations.”
“Now am standing here, just meters away from my town, from my home, and I cannot go there because of these unjust and unfair laws.”
“This is how the illegal Israeli occupation runs; they shower us with gas bombs and concussion grenades,” he added, “Israel is carrying out serious incitement against us, against our very presence in occupied Jerusalem – they are trying to silence the media, the locals, and are meddling even in weddings held in the town, and in Jerusalem in general.”
“We will remain steadfast; we will stay here in our town despite their serious violations, including home demolitions and constant invasions,” he concluded, “We must remain united in Jerusalem, in al-‘Isawiya, and will continue to counter Israel’s ongoing assaults and violations.”
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, before storming the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) and summoned its director for interrogation.
Jawad Siyam, the director of Silwanic and a senior nonviolent activist in Silwan, said the soldiers and police officers stormed the center, and summoned him for interrogation, which will be held next Tuesday.
Siyam added that the police is alleging that he installed a wooden shed without obtaining a permit from the City Council, although the structure was built in 2009.
He also said that the invasion into the media center is part of Israel’s violations against Palestinian media outlets, especially since Silwanic exposes the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their homes and properties, not only in Silwan, but in all areas of occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that the invasion is not the first of its kind against Silwanic, as the soldiers and police officers repeatedly stormed the media center and conducted violent searches.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Fayez Mahmoud from his home in the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
Jawad Siyam, the director of Silwanic and a senior nonviolent activist in Silwan, said the soldiers and police officers stormed the center, and summoned him for interrogation, which will be held next Tuesday.
Siyam added that the police is alleging that he installed a wooden shed without obtaining a permit from the City Council, although the structure was built in 2009.
He also said that the invasion into the media center is part of Israel’s violations against Palestinian media outlets, especially since Silwanic exposes the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their homes and properties, not only in Silwan, but in all areas of occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that the invasion is not the first of its kind against Silwanic, as the soldiers and police officers repeatedly stormed the media center and conducted violent searches.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Fayez Mahmoud from his home in the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
23 aug 2019
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has accused Israeli surveillance companies of paving the way for attacks on media freedom around the world by easing rules governing the export of offensive cyber weapons, despite grave concerns by human rights and privacy groups that the technologies are used by some governments to spy on political foes and crush dissent.
The New York-based group, which seeks to promote press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, stated that Israeli officials had confirmed that, under a rule change by the ministry of military affairs a year ago, Israeli surveillance companies “are able to obtain exemptions on marketing license for the sale of some products to certain countries.”
The CPJ stated that Israeli-exported technology undermined press freedom globally by allowing authorities to track reporters and potentially identify their sources.
The group then highlighted that the Mexican government had deployed super-stealth Pegasus spyware, developed by Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group, in order to infiltrate the mobile phones “of at least nine journalists.”
Back in early November 2018, former US National Security Agency contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden said Saudi Arabia might have used Pegasus to track prominent dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul the previous month.
“Over and over again, we see Israeli technology facilitating press freedom abuses around the world, by lending a hand to governments that want to track and monitor reporters,” CPJ Advocacy Director, Courtney Radsch, said in Washington, D.C.
She added, “An unregulated surveillance industry is bad for press freedom. The Israeli government should heed the UN Special Rapporteur’s call to respect human rights in its export policies.”
The Israeli English-language Haaretz daily newspaper reported on November 26, 2018 that NSO representatives had offered Pegasus 3 technology to high-profile Saudi officials a year earlier.
The report, citing a complaint filed with the Israeli police by an unnamed European businessman, noted that Saudi officials included former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal and Nasser al-Qahtani, who presented himself as the deputy of the current intelligence chief.
The businessman insists that the Pegasus 3 affair began when he was contacted by an Israeli man dealing in cyber-defense technologies and identified only as W., who asked him to use his connections in the Persian Gulf states to help do business in the region.
During a series of meetings, Saudi officials presented a list of software they sought to obtain to hack into the phones of pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
In the summer of 2017, W. negotiated a deal to sell NSO's Pegasus 3 system to the Saudis for $55 million.
Despite an oral agreement with W., the European businessman says that the latter started ignoring his phone calls, when he asked for his 5-percent commission ($2.75 million). The businessman filed the complaint in April this year and has since been interrogated by the Israeli police's fraud department and contacted by income tax authorities.
Separately, WhatsApp, a unit of Facebook, admitted on May 14 that hackers had managed to use the security breach on its messaging app to target human rights activists.
Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, said WhatsApp had informed human rights groups that the spyware was likely developed by Israel's NSO. This was also confirmed by another person familiar with the matter.
Amnesty International later said the Israeli firm behind the security breach that targeted human rights activists using the WhatsApp messenger app must be held into account for its close ties with repressive regimes.
Amnesty urged the Israeli regime in a statement to revoke export licenses of the NSO, which designed the spyware linked to the WhatsApp breach.
The London-based rights group told Reuters that the company's deeds "resulted in human rights abuses."
The New York-based group, which seeks to promote press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, stated that Israeli officials had confirmed that, under a rule change by the ministry of military affairs a year ago, Israeli surveillance companies “are able to obtain exemptions on marketing license for the sale of some products to certain countries.”
The CPJ stated that Israeli-exported technology undermined press freedom globally by allowing authorities to track reporters and potentially identify their sources.
The group then highlighted that the Mexican government had deployed super-stealth Pegasus spyware, developed by Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group, in order to infiltrate the mobile phones “of at least nine journalists.”
Back in early November 2018, former US National Security Agency contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden said Saudi Arabia might have used Pegasus to track prominent dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul the previous month.
“Over and over again, we see Israeli technology facilitating press freedom abuses around the world, by lending a hand to governments that want to track and monitor reporters,” CPJ Advocacy Director, Courtney Radsch, said in Washington, D.C.
She added, “An unregulated surveillance industry is bad for press freedom. The Israeli government should heed the UN Special Rapporteur’s call to respect human rights in its export policies.”
The Israeli English-language Haaretz daily newspaper reported on November 26, 2018 that NSO representatives had offered Pegasus 3 technology to high-profile Saudi officials a year earlier.
The report, citing a complaint filed with the Israeli police by an unnamed European businessman, noted that Saudi officials included former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal and Nasser al-Qahtani, who presented himself as the deputy of the current intelligence chief.
The businessman insists that the Pegasus 3 affair began when he was contacted by an Israeli man dealing in cyber-defense technologies and identified only as W., who asked him to use his connections in the Persian Gulf states to help do business in the region.
During a series of meetings, Saudi officials presented a list of software they sought to obtain to hack into the phones of pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
In the summer of 2017, W. negotiated a deal to sell NSO's Pegasus 3 system to the Saudis for $55 million.
Despite an oral agreement with W., the European businessman says that the latter started ignoring his phone calls, when he asked for his 5-percent commission ($2.75 million). The businessman filed the complaint in April this year and has since been interrogated by the Israeli police's fraud department and contacted by income tax authorities.
Separately, WhatsApp, a unit of Facebook, admitted on May 14 that hackers had managed to use the security breach on its messaging app to target human rights activists.
Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, said WhatsApp had informed human rights groups that the spyware was likely developed by Israel's NSO. This was also confirmed by another person familiar with the matter.
Amnesty International later said the Israeli firm behind the security breach that targeted human rights activists using the WhatsApp messenger app must be held into account for its close ties with repressive regimes.
Amnesty urged the Israeli regime in a statement to revoke export licenses of the NSO, which designed the spyware linked to the WhatsApp breach.
The London-based rights group told Reuters that the company's deeds "resulted in human rights abuses."
22 aug 2019
Journalist Hanaa Mahameed: Was injured by a sound grenade while covering clashes in East Jerusalem in October 2015
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) launched a media campaign on social media yesterday, on the protection of the rights of women journalists in Palestine under the title “Women journalists have rights to be protected”.
The campaign, which was launched through social media, aims to shed light on the abuses and violations women journalists face during their work, and to identify the reality about the environment they work in, especially in relation to profiling some jobs and its implications on the total number of women journalists working (compared to male journalists).
Knowing that the number of female media students graduates from universities more than the number of male students.
This month-long campaign comes as part of MADA’s efforts to defend the rights of women journalists, who account for 29,3% of the total number of Palestinian Journalists Syndicate members, 33.3% of them hold editorial positions in the West Bank according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017.
The unemployment rate of female journalists is 75%, while the unemployment rate of male journalists is 47% according to the same source.
It is worth mentioning that women journalists are exposed during the work to the same risks and challenges faced by male journalists, such as targeting by bullets, physical injuries, arrest, prosecution and preventing from covering by the Israeli occupation authorities.
They are also subject to discrimination and other violations and challenges linked to the prevailing societal culture.
This campaign is part of a project funded by Open Society foundations.
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) launched a media campaign on social media yesterday, on the protection of the rights of women journalists in Palestine under the title “Women journalists have rights to be protected”.
The campaign, which was launched through social media, aims to shed light on the abuses and violations women journalists face during their work, and to identify the reality about the environment they work in, especially in relation to profiling some jobs and its implications on the total number of women journalists working (compared to male journalists).
Knowing that the number of female media students graduates from universities more than the number of male students.
This month-long campaign comes as part of MADA’s efforts to defend the rights of women journalists, who account for 29,3% of the total number of Palestinian Journalists Syndicate members, 33.3% of them hold editorial positions in the West Bank according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017.
The unemployment rate of female journalists is 75%, while the unemployment rate of male journalists is 47% according to the same source.
It is worth mentioning that women journalists are exposed during the work to the same risks and challenges faced by male journalists, such as targeting by bullets, physical injuries, arrest, prosecution and preventing from covering by the Israeli occupation authorities.
They are also subject to discrimination and other violations and challenges linked to the prevailing societal culture.
This campaign is part of a project funded by Open Society foundations.
20 aug 2019
On the occasion of World Photo Day (19 august), the Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said that more than 144 Palestinian photojournalists have been subjected to violations of the Israeli occupation in the first half of 2019.
According to a press release issued by the syndicate the frequency of photographers being targeted by the Israeli occupation is increasing, where the first half of this year witnessed 232 violations against the Palestinian press situation through various forms of violation, such as preventing the crews from filming and detaining them, confiscating and destroying their equipment, in addition to arresting and preventing travel and storming the houses of journalists and their institutions.
The statement called on Arab and international media and human rights organizations to support the Journalists Syndicate in its efforts to protect journalists from systematic attacks and to prosecute the Israeli occupation for its ongoing crimes.
On the occasion of the International Day, the statement also paid tribute to the photographers working in difficult and complicated circumstances inside Palestine.
According to a press release issued by the syndicate the frequency of photographers being targeted by the Israeli occupation is increasing, where the first half of this year witnessed 232 violations against the Palestinian press situation through various forms of violation, such as preventing the crews from filming and detaining them, confiscating and destroying their equipment, in addition to arresting and preventing travel and storming the houses of journalists and their institutions.
The statement called on Arab and international media and human rights organizations to support the Journalists Syndicate in its efforts to protect journalists from systematic attacks and to prosecute the Israeli occupation for its ongoing crimes.
On the occasion of the International Day, the statement also paid tribute to the photographers working in difficult and complicated circumstances inside Palestine.
17 aug 2019
journalist Abdul-Muhsen Shalaldeh
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Saturday kidnaped eight Palestinian citizens, including a child and journalist, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped journalist Abdul-Muhsen Shalaldeh and two young men called Jihad Shalaldeh and Qassam al-Halayka after ransacking their homes in Sa’ir town, north of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
Two brothers from the family of al-Qahoush were also taken prisoners during an IOF campaign from Beit Awwa town in al-Khalil.
In Bethlehem, a teenager identified as Yousef ash-Shuweiki was kidnaped at a makeshift checkpoint on a road near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped 16-year-old Islam Obeid from a shop in Issawiya district.
Last night, the IOF kidnaped a young man at Huwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. He was identified as Imad Kalbouna.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Saturday kidnaped eight Palestinian citizens, including a child and journalist, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped journalist Abdul-Muhsen Shalaldeh and two young men called Jihad Shalaldeh and Qassam al-Halayka after ransacking their homes in Sa’ir town, north of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
Two brothers from the family of al-Qahoush were also taken prisoners during an IOF campaign from Beit Awwa town in al-Khalil.
In Bethlehem, a teenager identified as Yousef ash-Shuweiki was kidnaped at a makeshift checkpoint on a road near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped 16-year-old Islam Obeid from a shop in Issawiya district.
Last night, the IOF kidnaped a young man at Huwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. He was identified as Imad Kalbouna.
8 aug 2019
July 2019 has witnessed a rise in the number of attacks against media freedoms in Palestine, compared to June, while Facebook continued closing more pages and accounts for news agencies and journalists claiming “violation of Facebook criteria”.
The Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms “MADA” has documented during July a total of 38 attacks (compared to 29 attacks documented during June).
The Israeli Occupation has committed a total of 18 attacks while 4 attacks were committed by Palestinian authorities, and 16 were committed by Facebook through closing the pages and accounts of media institutions and journalists followed by tens of thousands compared to 29 attacks against media freedoms documented during the preceding month, June.
Israeli Violations:
The number of violations committed by the Israeli occupation authorities and forces has decreased from 28 attacks documented during June to 18 attacks documented during July. However, these attacks have not changed in terms of type as most of which fall under the most serious attacks threatening the lives of female/male journalists and media freedoms.
The injury of journalist Sami Jamal Masran by explosive gunshot fragments the most serious and tragic injury as it caused him serious wounds and loss of vision completely in that eye, even though the journalist Sami, in a separate incident at the beginning of that month, was injured by rubber bullet without causing him any harm (he was wearing the protective vest).
Among the most prominent Israeli attacks, is the injury of Mohammad Atef Al-Arbeed (by a gunshot in his thigh), the journalist Safinaz Baker Allouh (by a rubber bullet in her shoulder), the cameraman Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Muslem (by a rubber bullet in his leg), the reporter of Al-Ghad TV Khaled Saleh Budair (by a gas bomb directly in his abdomen), the cameraman of French News Agency Jafar Zahed Ishataya (by a rubber bullet in his upper thigh), Omar Ismail Al-Amour (by a gas bomb directly in his back), Ayat Khaled Arqawi (by a gas bomb directly in her Loin), assaulting the journalist Abdelhafeeth Thiab Al-Hashlamoun the cameraman of the European News Agency, and Mashhour Hassan Al-Wahwah the cameraman of Palestinian News Agency “Wafa”, and arresting the Director of Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation in Tulkarem, Ahmad Juma Ba’jawi, after raiding and searching his house.
In addition to the Israeli attacks, Facebook Administration has closed no less than 16 pages belonging to journalists and media institutions following the understandings it has concluded with the Israeli Government under which Facebook has to delete and remove any post Israel deems as an “incitement”. It should be noted that Facebook has closed around 65 pages for Palestinian journalists and media institutions in May claiming of posting materials “inciting violence”.
Palestinian Violations
The Palestinian violations remained at extremely low levels, and only four violations were documented this month (3 of which have taken place in the West Bank while one has taken place in Gaza Strip), namely: arresting the journalist Thaer Ziad Al-Fakhouri by the Preventive Security Services for 6 days after raiding and searching his house as well as a Press he owns, subjecting the independent journalist Sami Saed Al-Saie to a campaign of threats and smear (not by official authorities but by citizens) due to publishing a video for a group of persons who were disrupting traffic in Tulkarem by drafting in their vehicles in the streets.
This is in addition to summoning the journalist Ihab Omar Al-Fasfous by the Public Prosecution and Khan Younes Court as part of prosecuting him due to publishing a video in September, 2018 that shows his nephew being assaulted and tortured by Khan Younes Police.
The Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms “MADA” has documented during July a total of 38 attacks (compared to 29 attacks documented during June).
The Israeli Occupation has committed a total of 18 attacks while 4 attacks were committed by Palestinian authorities, and 16 were committed by Facebook through closing the pages and accounts of media institutions and journalists followed by tens of thousands compared to 29 attacks against media freedoms documented during the preceding month, June.
Israeli Violations:
The number of violations committed by the Israeli occupation authorities and forces has decreased from 28 attacks documented during June to 18 attacks documented during July. However, these attacks have not changed in terms of type as most of which fall under the most serious attacks threatening the lives of female/male journalists and media freedoms.
The injury of journalist Sami Jamal Masran by explosive gunshot fragments the most serious and tragic injury as it caused him serious wounds and loss of vision completely in that eye, even though the journalist Sami, in a separate incident at the beginning of that month, was injured by rubber bullet without causing him any harm (he was wearing the protective vest).
Among the most prominent Israeli attacks, is the injury of Mohammad Atef Al-Arbeed (by a gunshot in his thigh), the journalist Safinaz Baker Allouh (by a rubber bullet in her shoulder), the cameraman Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Muslem (by a rubber bullet in his leg), the reporter of Al-Ghad TV Khaled Saleh Budair (by a gas bomb directly in his abdomen), the cameraman of French News Agency Jafar Zahed Ishataya (by a rubber bullet in his upper thigh), Omar Ismail Al-Amour (by a gas bomb directly in his back), Ayat Khaled Arqawi (by a gas bomb directly in her Loin), assaulting the journalist Abdelhafeeth Thiab Al-Hashlamoun the cameraman of the European News Agency, and Mashhour Hassan Al-Wahwah the cameraman of Palestinian News Agency “Wafa”, and arresting the Director of Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation in Tulkarem, Ahmad Juma Ba’jawi, after raiding and searching his house.
In addition to the Israeli attacks, Facebook Administration has closed no less than 16 pages belonging to journalists and media institutions following the understandings it has concluded with the Israeli Government under which Facebook has to delete and remove any post Israel deems as an “incitement”. It should be noted that Facebook has closed around 65 pages for Palestinian journalists and media institutions in May claiming of posting materials “inciting violence”.
Palestinian Violations
The Palestinian violations remained at extremely low levels, and only four violations were documented this month (3 of which have taken place in the West Bank while one has taken place in Gaza Strip), namely: arresting the journalist Thaer Ziad Al-Fakhouri by the Preventive Security Services for 6 days after raiding and searching his house as well as a Press he owns, subjecting the independent journalist Sami Saed Al-Saie to a campaign of threats and smear (not by official authorities but by citizens) due to publishing a video for a group of persons who were disrupting traffic in Tulkarem by drafting in their vehicles in the streets.
This is in addition to summoning the journalist Ihab Omar Al-Fasfous by the Public Prosecution and Khan Younes Court as part of prosecuting him due to publishing a video in September, 2018 that shows his nephew being assaulted and tortured by Khan Younes Police.
6 aug 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnaped at least 23 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank and Jerusalem areas.
11 of those detainees were kidnaped from their homes during an IOF campaign in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus, according to local sources in the West Bank.
Four others, including a journalist identified as Mohamed Ateiq, were also taken prisoners after the IOF raided their homes in Bal'a town in Tulkarem and different areas of Jenin province.
A young man called Fares Attiti was kidnaped from his home in al-Fawwar refugee camp in al-Khalil and two others from the family of Jaraheed were kidnaped in al-Auja town near Jericho.
In east Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped four citizens from their homes in al-Eizariya town and Issawiya district.
11 of those detainees were kidnaped from their homes during an IOF campaign in Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus, according to local sources in the West Bank.
Four others, including a journalist identified as Mohamed Ateiq, were also taken prisoners after the IOF raided their homes in Bal'a town in Tulkarem and different areas of Jenin province.
A young man called Fares Attiti was kidnaped from his home in al-Fawwar refugee camp in al-Khalil and two others from the family of Jaraheed were kidnaped in al-Auja town near Jericho.
In east Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped four citizens from their homes in al-Eizariya town and Issawiya district.
