10 dec 2018
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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided WAFA news offices in Ramallah on Monday and fired teargas inside the building causing suffocation and difficulty in breathing among the journalists who were prevented from exiting.
The soldiers broke into the receivers' room and seized video tapes of the surveillance cameras after forcing the staff to stay in one room. Wafa reported that Israeli forces searched the ID cards of employees in the offices, and prevented them from leaving the building. Clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and the Israeli army in the vicinity of the agency headquarters following a raid by Israeli forces. |
Israeli army used live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and teargas bombs to disperse the youth.
Earlier Monday, the army raided the northern sections of Ramallah and seized cameras from buildings.
Israeli Military Raids Office of WAFA News Agency in Ramallah; Fires Tear Gas (VIDEO)
A squadron of Israeli soldiers invaded the headquarters of the WAFA News Agency in Ramallah, on Monday, offering no reason or justification for the invasion. After storming the offices with guns drawn, and terrorizing the journalists who were working there, the soldiers went back downstairs and out of the building. They then fired a dozen rounds of tear gas, from launchers in their jeep, some of which entered the window of the media office.
When the soldiers broke into the media office headquarters, the journalists working at their desks raised their hands, and some followed the soldiers with cameras, saying repeatedly “We are journalists!” in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
According to reporters with the WAFA News Agency, the soldiers broke into the broadcast receiver room and seized video tapes of the surveillance cameras, after forcing the staff to stay in one room.
Israel has a long history of going after journalists working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories – particularly Palestinian media agencies, who have no recourse under Israeli law when they are attacked.
Just last month, on 12 November 2018, Israeli forces leveled the building housing the Al-Aqsa TV Media Agency in Gaza. The bombing of Al-Aqsa TV Headquarters took place about a half an hour following the end of a security meeting held by the Israeli leadership with the participation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at “Kiryah” Military Base, near Tel Aviv. This was followed by announcements on Israeli media that “the go-ahead was given to the Israeli army to carry out more severe attacks” on Gaza.
Al-Aqsa TV Director, Mr. Ibrahim Thaher, stated to the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms (MADA) that the TV office had received a phone call from Israeli Intelligence in which it was informed that the headquarters would be destroyed. Accordingly, the headquarters were evacuated of staff immediately. Ten minutes later, drones began bombarding the headquarters with “warning” missiles, which was followed by a missile fired by F16 warplane, leading to the destruction of the headquarters and the interruption of transmission.
In 2012, a report by the international organization Human Rights Watch found that “Four Israeli attacks on journalists and media facilities in Gaza during the November 2012 fighting violated the laws of war by targeting civilians and civilian objects that were making no apparent contribution to Palestinian military operations.
“The attacks killed two Palestinian cameramen, wounded at least 10 media workers, and badly damaged four media offices, as well as the offices of four private companies. One of the attacks killed a two-year-old boy who lived across the street from a targeted building.
“The Israeli government asserted that each of the four attacks was on a legitimate military target but provided no specific information to support its claims. After examining the attack sites and interviewing witnesses, Human Rights Watch found no indications that these targets were valid military objectives.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said at the time, “Just because Israel says a journalist was a fighter or a TV station was a command center does not make it so”.
Earlier Monday, the army raided the northern sections of Ramallah and seized cameras from buildings.
Israeli Military Raids Office of WAFA News Agency in Ramallah; Fires Tear Gas (VIDEO)
A squadron of Israeli soldiers invaded the headquarters of the WAFA News Agency in Ramallah, on Monday, offering no reason or justification for the invasion. After storming the offices with guns drawn, and terrorizing the journalists who were working there, the soldiers went back downstairs and out of the building. They then fired a dozen rounds of tear gas, from launchers in their jeep, some of which entered the window of the media office.
When the soldiers broke into the media office headquarters, the journalists working at their desks raised their hands, and some followed the soldiers with cameras, saying repeatedly “We are journalists!” in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
According to reporters with the WAFA News Agency, the soldiers broke into the broadcast receiver room and seized video tapes of the surveillance cameras, after forcing the staff to stay in one room.
Israel has a long history of going after journalists working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories – particularly Palestinian media agencies, who have no recourse under Israeli law when they are attacked.
Just last month, on 12 November 2018, Israeli forces leveled the building housing the Al-Aqsa TV Media Agency in Gaza. The bombing of Al-Aqsa TV Headquarters took place about a half an hour following the end of a security meeting held by the Israeli leadership with the participation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at “Kiryah” Military Base, near Tel Aviv. This was followed by announcements on Israeli media that “the go-ahead was given to the Israeli army to carry out more severe attacks” on Gaza.
Al-Aqsa TV Director, Mr. Ibrahim Thaher, stated to the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms (MADA) that the TV office had received a phone call from Israeli Intelligence in which it was informed that the headquarters would be destroyed. Accordingly, the headquarters were evacuated of staff immediately. Ten minutes later, drones began bombarding the headquarters with “warning” missiles, which was followed by a missile fired by F16 warplane, leading to the destruction of the headquarters and the interruption of transmission.
In 2012, a report by the international organization Human Rights Watch found that “Four Israeli attacks on journalists and media facilities in Gaza during the November 2012 fighting violated the laws of war by targeting civilians and civilian objects that were making no apparent contribution to Palestinian military operations.
“The attacks killed two Palestinian cameramen, wounded at least 10 media workers, and badly damaged four media offices, as well as the offices of four private companies. One of the attacks killed a two-year-old boy who lived across the street from a targeted building.
“The Israeli government asserted that each of the four attacks was on a legitimate military target but provided no specific information to support its claims. After examining the attack sites and interviewing witnesses, Human Rights Watch found no indications that these targets were valid military objectives.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said at the time, “Just because Israel says a journalist was a fighter or a TV station was a command center does not make it so”.
Dozens of Palestinian youths were injured Monday afternoon as clashes broke out at the entrance to Ramallah in central West Bank.
The clashes erupted when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently stormed the Palestinian city of Ramallah on Monday and raided the offices of the official Palestinian news agency.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired during the raid, eyewitnesses reported.
Several youths suffered rubber bullet injuries and teargas suffocation during the clashes, while a child was detained after being brutally attacked.
According to the sources, Israeli soldiers prevented local residents from bringing back children from a nearby nursery.
Earlier Monday, Israeli forces stormed Ramallah city and raided a number of shops and institutions in the city, searched them, and confiscated their surveillance camera recordings.
The clashes erupted when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently stormed the Palestinian city of Ramallah on Monday and raided the offices of the official Palestinian news agency.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired during the raid, eyewitnesses reported.
Several youths suffered rubber bullet injuries and teargas suffocation during the clashes, while a child was detained after being brutally attacked.
According to the sources, Israeli soldiers prevented local residents from bringing back children from a nearby nursery.
Earlier Monday, Israeli forces stormed Ramallah city and raided a number of shops and institutions in the city, searched them, and confiscated their surveillance camera recordings.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted,on Monday at dawn, 29 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including ten in Jerusalem.
The PPS said the soldiers conducted very violent searches of dozens of homes, and stores, across the West Bank, causing property damage, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS added that the soldiers abducted ten Palestinians, mostly former political prisoners, from occupied East Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Ibrahim Mohammad Dirbas, Mohammad Soheib Mheisin, Abed Dari, Majd Darwish, Yousef al-Kiswani, Anas Abu Assab, Wadea’ Abu al-Hummus, Samer Abu Aisha, Anwar Salahuddin and Majd ‘Oweis.
In Ramallah and al-Biereh Governorate, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, identified as Hussein Sheja’eyya, Mohammad Ribhi Shoman, Amir Shoman, Salah Mohammad Khawaja, Mo’tasem Bilal Khawaja, Abdul-Qader Sharay’a,Abdul-Hakim Abu ‘Aadi, Nidal Rimawi and Anwar Salahuddin.
In Ramallah city, the soldiers broke into several shops in the al-Irsal Street, in addition to the villages of Sarda and Abu Qash, before confiscating surveillance recordings and equipment.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, identified as, former political prisoner Ghassan Zawahra, in addition to Amjad Shweiki, Sa’id Mahmoud al-A’raj,Mohammad Fuad Sabah and his brother Salah.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Salman, and a journalist, identified as Sameh Manasra.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Ahmad Abu Hussein,and Husam Hashlamoun.
Furthermore,soldiers stationed at Barta’a military roadblock, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stopped and abducted a young man, identified as Omar Abdullah, from Arraba nearby town.
The soldiers also detained a young man,identified as Walid Tawfiq Amarna, from Zibda village, west of Jenin, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him.
The PPS said the soldiers conducted very violent searches of dozens of homes, and stores, across the West Bank, causing property damage, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS added that the soldiers abducted ten Palestinians, mostly former political prisoners, from occupied East Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Ibrahim Mohammad Dirbas, Mohammad Soheib Mheisin, Abed Dari, Majd Darwish, Yousef al-Kiswani, Anas Abu Assab, Wadea’ Abu al-Hummus, Samer Abu Aisha, Anwar Salahuddin and Majd ‘Oweis.
In Ramallah and al-Biereh Governorate, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, identified as Hussein Sheja’eyya, Mohammad Ribhi Shoman, Amir Shoman, Salah Mohammad Khawaja, Mo’tasem Bilal Khawaja, Abdul-Qader Sharay’a,Abdul-Hakim Abu ‘Aadi, Nidal Rimawi and Anwar Salahuddin.
In Ramallah city, the soldiers broke into several shops in the al-Irsal Street, in addition to the villages of Sarda and Abu Qash, before confiscating surveillance recordings and equipment.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, identified as, former political prisoner Ghassan Zawahra, in addition to Amjad Shweiki, Sa’id Mahmoud al-A’raj,Mohammad Fuad Sabah and his brother Salah.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Salman, and a journalist, identified as Sameh Manasra.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Ahmad Abu Hussein,and Husam Hashlamoun.
Furthermore,soldiers stationed at Barta’a military roadblock, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stopped and abducted a young man, identified as Omar Abdullah, from Arraba nearby town.
The soldiers also detained a young man,identified as Walid Tawfiq Amarna, from Zibda village, west of Jenin, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him.
8 dec 2018
The Palestinian social media rights group, Sada Social, on Saturday condemned the unjust censorship campaign launched by different social media networks against Palestinian content.
Sada Social said in a statement that the Twitter administration has recently removed and blocked many pages and accounts over postings supporting the Palestinian cause.
The center said that the campaign included the deletion of tweets supporting the Palestinian resistance or talking about the latest Israeli raid into the Gaza Strip.
The campaign targeted the pages of al-Qassam Brigades, the Palestinian Information Center, and Quds News Network, as well as dozens of Palestinian activists.
Sada Social added that the Facebook administration has also removed dozens of posts that criticized the US draft resolution condemning the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, at the United Nations.
Sada Social was launched in September 2017, and it is concerned with enriching the Palestinian content on the internet, especially on social media platforms, and monitoring the violations committed against this content by different parties.
Sada Social said in a statement that the Twitter administration has recently removed and blocked many pages and accounts over postings supporting the Palestinian cause.
The center said that the campaign included the deletion of tweets supporting the Palestinian resistance or talking about the latest Israeli raid into the Gaza Strip.
The campaign targeted the pages of al-Qassam Brigades, the Palestinian Information Center, and Quds News Network, as well as dozens of Palestinian activists.
Sada Social added that the Facebook administration has also removed dozens of posts that criticized the US draft resolution condemning the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, at the United Nations.
Sada Social was launched in September 2017, and it is concerned with enriching the Palestinian content on the internet, especially on social media platforms, and monitoring the violations committed against this content by different parties.
30 nov 2018
At least 28 Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return on Gaza border.
Spokesman for Gaza's Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that 28 Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire, including a journalist, and an ambulance was partially damaged after it was attacked with teargas canisters.
Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday marched along the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories, holding Palestinian flags and portraits of the Great March of Return martyrs.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return in a statement on Thursday said that the demonstrations of the 36th week of the Great March of Return are aimed at marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
For his part, Abdullatif al-Qanou', Hamas's spokesman, said in a press statement that the solidarity with the Palestinian people should be translated into actions toward breaking the 13-year-long blockade on Gaza and ending the occupation.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30 March with the aim of highlighting the Palestinian refugees' right to return, and breaking the siege on Gaza.
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians have died and thousands injured as a result of Israel's use of lethal force to quell the border protests.
Spokesman for Gaza's Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that 28 Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire, including a journalist, and an ambulance was partially damaged after it was attacked with teargas canisters.
Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday marched along the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories, holding Palestinian flags and portraits of the Great March of Return martyrs.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return in a statement on Thursday said that the demonstrations of the 36th week of the Great March of Return are aimed at marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
For his part, Abdullatif al-Qanou', Hamas's spokesman, said in a press statement that the solidarity with the Palestinian people should be translated into actions toward breaking the 13-year-long blockade on Gaza and ending the occupation.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30 March with the aim of highlighting the Palestinian refugees' right to return, and breaking the siege on Gaza.
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians have died and thousands injured as a result of Israel's use of lethal force to quell the border protests.
29 nov 2018
The Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms (MADA) has issued a special report on Israeli attacks targeting both male and female journalists, during their coverage of the Great March of Return protests that erupted eight months ago. It should be noted that these demonstrations mostly take place in five key areas near the barrier fence, in the Gaza Strip, to protest the continuing siege.
The report documents the grave and broad Israeli attacks witnessed during the marches in the first six months (between March 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018), committed against media freedoms.
These attacks reflect the adoption, by the Israeli occupation, of an official policy based on excluding and impeding the media from covering the events and preventing journalists from transmitting an accurate picture in various ways.
Such ways have even included murder, as the report indicates, according to the PNN, demonstrating the statement of former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in commenting on the killing of the journalist Yasser Murtaja, by the Israeli Army, which reflect the explicit call to target journalists with murder.
As Lieberman, in this regard, has stated to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, on 8 April 2018, “I do not know who he is (referring to the journalist, Murtaja), whether he was a photographer or not. Whoever turns on a drone (a small aircraft for aerial photography) above the Israeli army forces should know that he is risking his life” even though Murtaja was 300 meters away from the separating fence where the soldiers were deployed.
During the six months covered by the report, the killing of two journalists, Yasser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein, by explosive bullets fired by the occupation soldiers while the men were covering the events of the return marches, during April, is documented in the report. This is in addition to the injury of 46 male and female journalists, by live and explosive bullets, resulting in serious injuries, and impeding the journalists, for reasonable periods, from covering the events or fulfilling their journalistic duties, even though all of them were wearing visible “Press” signs.
Furthermore, most of these men and women were injured while standing between 300-350 meters away from the separating fence.
In addition to these injuries by live bullets, the report also documents the injuries of a total of 25 journalists by gas bombs fired directly at their bodies, resulting in serious injuries. The report considered this additional evidence to the deliberate targeting of journalists by the occupation army, pointing out an extended history of the repression and targeting of media freedoms in Palestine, the most serious of which was the killing of 17 journalists and media workers in less than two months, during the war launched on the Gaza Strip in 2014, by the Israeli army.
MADA renewed its call of forming an independent commission to investigate the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the media freedoms in Palestine, particularly the murders of the journalists Yasser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein, and all other crimes of occupation against journalists. The report also considers that the widespread Israeli crimes against journalists and the media, and their continuous escalation in quantity and quality, is a direct result of the impunity of soldiers and officers of the Israeli occupation army for the crimes which have been committed during the past years.
This requires the various international and official agencies to pursue the perpetrators for all of these crimes, to bring them to justice and put an end to acts of impunity, which is a direct catalyst for the continuation and escalation of Israeli attacks on journalists and the media in Palestine.
The report documents the grave and broad Israeli attacks witnessed during the marches in the first six months (between March 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018), committed against media freedoms.
These attacks reflect the adoption, by the Israeli occupation, of an official policy based on excluding and impeding the media from covering the events and preventing journalists from transmitting an accurate picture in various ways.
Such ways have even included murder, as the report indicates, according to the PNN, demonstrating the statement of former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in commenting on the killing of the journalist Yasser Murtaja, by the Israeli Army, which reflect the explicit call to target journalists with murder.
As Lieberman, in this regard, has stated to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, on 8 April 2018, “I do not know who he is (referring to the journalist, Murtaja), whether he was a photographer or not. Whoever turns on a drone (a small aircraft for aerial photography) above the Israeli army forces should know that he is risking his life” even though Murtaja was 300 meters away from the separating fence where the soldiers were deployed.
During the six months covered by the report, the killing of two journalists, Yasser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein, by explosive bullets fired by the occupation soldiers while the men were covering the events of the return marches, during April, is documented in the report. This is in addition to the injury of 46 male and female journalists, by live and explosive bullets, resulting in serious injuries, and impeding the journalists, for reasonable periods, from covering the events or fulfilling their journalistic duties, even though all of them were wearing visible “Press” signs.
Furthermore, most of these men and women were injured while standing between 300-350 meters away from the separating fence.
In addition to these injuries by live bullets, the report also documents the injuries of a total of 25 journalists by gas bombs fired directly at their bodies, resulting in serious injuries. The report considered this additional evidence to the deliberate targeting of journalists by the occupation army, pointing out an extended history of the repression and targeting of media freedoms in Palestine, the most serious of which was the killing of 17 journalists and media workers in less than two months, during the war launched on the Gaza Strip in 2014, by the Israeli army.
MADA renewed its call of forming an independent commission to investigate the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the media freedoms in Palestine, particularly the murders of the journalists Yasser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein, and all other crimes of occupation against journalists. The report also considers that the widespread Israeli crimes against journalists and the media, and their continuous escalation in quantity and quality, is a direct result of the impunity of soldiers and officers of the Israeli occupation army for the crimes which have been committed during the past years.
This requires the various international and official agencies to pursue the perpetrators for all of these crimes, to bring them to justice and put an end to acts of impunity, which is a direct catalyst for the continuation and escalation of Israeli attacks on journalists and the media in Palestine.
26 nov 2018
Journalist Ahmad al-Khatib
Israeli forces detained at least 45 Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank, on predawn Monday.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained six Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Mahmoud Ayman Warasna, Zayed Tawfiq al-Jandi, Maher Awad, Adam Adel Huwashiya, Adam Tah Daajna, and Ahmad al-Hawar.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, two Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Abada Qanis and Muhammad Hassan Dariya.
PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained 30 Palestinians, whose identities remained unknown, from the central West Bank district of Jerusalem and will be taken to an Israeli court for trial.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, seven Palestinians were detained, including a father along with his son and daughter, who were identified as Diab Saadi Musleh, Shadi Musleh, and Aya Musleh.
PPS identified the remaining three detainees as Khaled Shafiq Abu Qarea, Muhammad Hussein Khasib, and Edris Hassan Sudani, and Ahmad al-Khatib, a Palestinian journalist.
Israeli raids into Palestinian towns and villages are near daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 32 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Sunday at night and at dawn Monday, at least 32 Palestinians, including more than twenty political leaders and members of Fateh movement, from their homes in several communities in occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians in several neighborhoods and communities in Jerusalem, mainly in Jabal al-Mokabber, al-‘Isawiya, at-Tour, Wad al-Jouz, Silwan, Beit Hanina and Shu’fat refugee camp.
They added that the soldiers closed entire Palestinian communities before invading them, and initiated extensive and violent searches of homes, while military helicopters hovered overhead.
The abductions came less than one day after the army abducted Jerusalem Governor Adnan Gheith, from his home.
The soldiers also summoned many Palestinians for interrogation, and broke into the home of Ibrahim Jolani in an attempt to abduct him, but took his son prisoner instead because Ibrahim was not at home during the invasion.
The abducted Palestinians were part of a nonviolent procession, held on Sunday in Salaheddin Street, in Jerusalem, demanding the governor’s release.
27 of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Army Abducts Eight Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Hebron
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including two children, in several parts of Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Hebron city, in addition to several nearby towns, especially Shiokh, Surif and Yatta.
It added that the soldiers abducted Zeid Maher Zein, Adam Adel Houshiyya, Adam Taha Da’ajna, 19, and Zeid Tawfiq al-Jondi, 15, from Yatta town, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Shiokh town, northeast of Hebron, and abducted Mahmoud Warasna.
In Surif town, northwest of Hebron, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad al-Hoor.
Another Palestinian, identified as Hussein Abdul-Karim Abu Khousa, was taken prisoner at the al-Jab’a military roadblock, north of Surif.
In Hebron city, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Abdul-Rahman Faraj Abu Daoud, 15, after the army claimed that he hurled stones at Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, west of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and moved them to a nearby interrogation facility.
Including A Woman And A Journalist, Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday ay dawn, five Palestinians, including one woman and a journalist, in several parts of Ramallah governorate, in central West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the governorate, and interrogated scores of Palestinians, before abducting eight.
It stated that the soldiers abducted a young woman, identified as Ayat Ibrahim, from her home in Beit Liqya town.
The soldiers also abducted a journalist, identified as Ahmad Khatib, in addition to Idrees Sudani, from their homes in Betunia town.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khaled Shafiq Abu Qare’, from his home in the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, and Ahmad Ihsan Khaseeb, from Aroura village.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in Budrus village, west of Ramallah.
Israeli forces detained at least 45 Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank, on predawn Monday.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained six Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Mahmoud Ayman Warasna, Zayed Tawfiq al-Jandi, Maher Awad, Adam Adel Huwashiya, Adam Tah Daajna, and Ahmad al-Hawar.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, two Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Abada Qanis and Muhammad Hassan Dariya.
PPS confirmed that Israeli forces detained 30 Palestinians, whose identities remained unknown, from the central West Bank district of Jerusalem and will be taken to an Israeli court for trial.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, seven Palestinians were detained, including a father along with his son and daughter, who were identified as Diab Saadi Musleh, Shadi Musleh, and Aya Musleh.
PPS identified the remaining three detainees as Khaled Shafiq Abu Qarea, Muhammad Hussein Khasib, and Edris Hassan Sudani, and Ahmad al-Khatib, a Palestinian journalist.
Israeli raids into Palestinian towns and villages are near daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 32 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Sunday at night and at dawn Monday, at least 32 Palestinians, including more than twenty political leaders and members of Fateh movement, from their homes in several communities in occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians in several neighborhoods and communities in Jerusalem, mainly in Jabal al-Mokabber, al-‘Isawiya, at-Tour, Wad al-Jouz, Silwan, Beit Hanina and Shu’fat refugee camp.
They added that the soldiers closed entire Palestinian communities before invading them, and initiated extensive and violent searches of homes, while military helicopters hovered overhead.
The abductions came less than one day after the army abducted Jerusalem Governor Adnan Gheith, from his home.
The soldiers also summoned many Palestinians for interrogation, and broke into the home of Ibrahim Jolani in an attempt to abduct him, but took his son prisoner instead because Ibrahim was not at home during the invasion.
The abducted Palestinians were part of a nonviolent procession, held on Sunday in Salaheddin Street, in Jerusalem, demanding the governor’s release.
27 of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Odai Jolani.
- Amer Awad.
- Abdullah Sinjilawi.
- Mohammad Sayyad.
- Walid as-Sayyad.
- Eyad al-Hadra.
- Ahmad Khweiss.
- Mohammad Khweiss.
- Ehab Abu Sbeitan.
- Tawfiq Abu Sbeitan.
- Ala’ Abu al-Hawa.
- Adel Abu Zneid.
- Ahmad Arafat.
- Khalil Bashir.
- Mohammad Obeid.
- Fadi al-‘Isawi.
- Amin Siyam.
- Yasser Hamdan
- Fawwaz Awadallah.
- Fadi Rajabi.
- Mousa Rajabi.
- Mohammad Abu Swai.
- Husam Abu Sneina.
- Abed al-Ajrab.
- Jihad ‘Oweida.
- Islam Bkearat.
- Fadi Mahmoud.
Army Abducts Eight Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Hebron
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including two children, in several parts of Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Hebron city, in addition to several nearby towns, especially Shiokh, Surif and Yatta.
It added that the soldiers abducted Zeid Maher Zein, Adam Adel Houshiyya, Adam Taha Da’ajna, 19, and Zeid Tawfiq al-Jondi, 15, from Yatta town, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Shiokh town, northeast of Hebron, and abducted Mahmoud Warasna.
In Surif town, northwest of Hebron, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad al-Hoor.
Another Palestinian, identified as Hussein Abdul-Karim Abu Khousa, was taken prisoner at the al-Jab’a military roadblock, north of Surif.
In Hebron city, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Abdul-Rahman Faraj Abu Daoud, 15, after the army claimed that he hurled stones at Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, west of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and moved them to a nearby interrogation facility.
Including A Woman And A Journalist, Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday ay dawn, five Palestinians, including one woman and a journalist, in several parts of Ramallah governorate, in central West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the governorate, and interrogated scores of Palestinians, before abducting eight.
It stated that the soldiers abducted a young woman, identified as Ayat Ibrahim, from her home in Beit Liqya town.
The soldiers also abducted a journalist, identified as Ahmad Khatib, in addition to Idrees Sudani, from their homes in Betunia town.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khaled Shafiq Abu Qare’, from his home in the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, and Ahmad Ihsan Khaseeb, from Aroura village.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in Budrus village, west of Ramallah.
