4 oct 2019
A Palestinian civilian was killed, and 65 others injured, including 25 children, a woman and a paramedic, as a result of Israeli attacks against peaceful protestors at the 77th Great March of Return, this Friday, 04 October 2019.
Israeli forces persisted in the use of excessive lethal force against the protestors, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring dozens, 27 of them sustained live bullet wounds mainly in their upper bodies. PCHR documented an increased use of rubber bullets by Israeli forces as many protestors sustained minor wounds and were treated in the field.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in today’s protests across the five Great March of Return encampments in the Gaza Strip, under the slogan “Reconciliation is the People’s Choice”. The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 213 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,115 were wounded, including 3,051 children, 430 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
At approximately 16:00, Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. At approximately 16:15, dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. At approximately 16:35 on the same day, Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians, who were adjacent to Abu Safiyah Gate.
As a result, ‘Ala’a Nezar ‘Ayesh Hamdan (28), from Beit Hanoun, was shot with a live bullet in the chest and he was transferred via an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to the medical point where medical crews tried to resuscitate him for half an hour, with no avail. At approximately 17:05, Hamdan was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Indonesian Hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 15 minutes later.
According to the statement of the ambulance officers, who transferred him to the medical point, Hamdan was shot in front of the main gate of Abu Safiyah area while he was about 80 – 100 meters west of the border fence. Furthermore, Israeli forces injured 12 civilians, including 9 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 5 were shot with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors.
As a result, 9 civilians were injured, including 6 children: 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 2 with rubber bullets and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quad copter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones, sound bombs and Molotov Cocktails at the Israeli soldiers; the latter responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters at them.
As a result, 15 civilians were injured, including 2 children; 10 civilians were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, firecrackers and Molotov Cocktails. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors, wounding 10 civilians, including 2 children and a paramedic and they were transferred to hospitals: 2 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedic, ‘Ali Abdul ‘Aziz Fuseifes (22), from Bani Suheila, was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.
Rafah:
1500 civilians participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held in addition to commemorating Saher ‘Othman, who was killed in last week’s protests. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, 19 civilians injured, including 6 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 11 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Israeli forces persisted in the use of excessive lethal force against the protestors, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring dozens, 27 of them sustained live bullet wounds mainly in their upper bodies. PCHR documented an increased use of rubber bullets by Israeli forces as many protestors sustained minor wounds and were treated in the field.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in today’s protests across the five Great March of Return encampments in the Gaza Strip, under the slogan “Reconciliation is the People’s Choice”. The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 213 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,115 were wounded, including 3,051 children, 430 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
At approximately 16:00, Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. At approximately 16:15, dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. At approximately 16:35 on the same day, Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians, who were adjacent to Abu Safiyah Gate.
As a result, ‘Ala’a Nezar ‘Ayesh Hamdan (28), from Beit Hanoun, was shot with a live bullet in the chest and he was transferred via an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to the medical point where medical crews tried to resuscitate him for half an hour, with no avail. At approximately 17:05, Hamdan was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Indonesian Hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 15 minutes later.
According to the statement of the ambulance officers, who transferred him to the medical point, Hamdan was shot in front of the main gate of Abu Safiyah area while he was about 80 – 100 meters west of the border fence. Furthermore, Israeli forces injured 12 civilians, including 9 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 5 were shot with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors.
As a result, 9 civilians were injured, including 6 children: 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 2 with rubber bullets and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quad copter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones, sound bombs and Molotov Cocktails at the Israeli soldiers; the latter responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters at them.
As a result, 15 civilians were injured, including 2 children; 10 civilians were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, firecrackers and Molotov Cocktails. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors, wounding 10 civilians, including 2 children and a paramedic and they were transferred to hospitals: 2 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedic, ‘Ali Abdul ‘Aziz Fuseifes (22), from Bani Suheila, was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.
Rafah:
1500 civilians participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held in addition to commemorating Saher ‘Othman, who was killed in last week’s protests. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, 19 civilians injured, including 6 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 11 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
In the past two weeks alone, Israeli authorities demolished or seized 12 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C of the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said yesterday.
In its Protection of Civilians Report covering the period of 17 - 30 September 2019, UNOCHA said that one of the structures demolished was a protest tent, which was demolished on the grounds of a lack of Israeli-issued permits, displacing seven people.
The tent was erected in the Al Muntar area near Al 'Eizariya town in Jerusalem, in response to the installation of a new settlement outpost. Palestinians reported that the outpost is erected on their land, affecting access for around 300 people.
UNOCHA said all displacement incidents were recorded in East Jerusalem, where three residences were demolished in the neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Silwan and At Tur. The remaining properties demolished included four livelihood structures, two houses under construction, a water cistern and a concrete fence in five Area C localities.
“A total of 439 structures have been demolished or seized so far in 2019 in the West Bank, an over 40 per cent increase compared with the equivalent period of 2018,” the report added.
Meanwhile during the same period, the report said, Israeli settlers carried out four attacks that resulted in the injury of three Palestinians and damage to olive trees; another 12 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in settler-related incidents.
“In two incidents, settlers stoned and injured five Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, in the Israeli-controlled area of Hebron city (H2) and in Beitin village (Ramallah). In another two incidents in Nablus, residents reported that settlers stole their olives and vandalized 47 trees in As Sawiya village and sprayed slogans on houses and vandalized one vehicle, in Duma village,” UNOCHA continued.
A total of 12 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during clashes with Palestinians that erupted while Israeli settlers were visiting religious sites in the cities of Nablus and Halhul (Hebron). In addition, settlers verbally assaulted and intimated international volunteers accompanying Palestinian herders near Havat Ma'on settlement outpost (Hebron).
Citing safety reasons during the two weeks, the Israeli authorities installed a permanent barrier along a key road in southern Hebron, further impeding access of vulnerable herding communities. The barrier affects the movement some 800 Palestinians in four communities at risk of forcible transfer, due to their location in an area (Massafer Yatta) designated by Israel as a firing zone for military training, alongside other restrictive practices.
Israeli forces carried out a total of 191 search and arrest operations across the West Bank and arrested 167 Palestinians. The majority of the operations were in the Ramallah (58), Jerusalem (45), and Hebron (23) governorates.
In its Protection of Civilians Report covering the period of 17 - 30 September 2019, UNOCHA said that one of the structures demolished was a protest tent, which was demolished on the grounds of a lack of Israeli-issued permits, displacing seven people.
The tent was erected in the Al Muntar area near Al 'Eizariya town in Jerusalem, in response to the installation of a new settlement outpost. Palestinians reported that the outpost is erected on their land, affecting access for around 300 people.
UNOCHA said all displacement incidents were recorded in East Jerusalem, where three residences were demolished in the neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Silwan and At Tur. The remaining properties demolished included four livelihood structures, two houses under construction, a water cistern and a concrete fence in five Area C localities.
“A total of 439 structures have been demolished or seized so far in 2019 in the West Bank, an over 40 per cent increase compared with the equivalent period of 2018,” the report added.
Meanwhile during the same period, the report said, Israeli settlers carried out four attacks that resulted in the injury of three Palestinians and damage to olive trees; another 12 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in settler-related incidents.
“In two incidents, settlers stoned and injured five Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, in the Israeli-controlled area of Hebron city (H2) and in Beitin village (Ramallah). In another two incidents in Nablus, residents reported that settlers stole their olives and vandalized 47 trees in As Sawiya village and sprayed slogans on houses and vandalized one vehicle, in Duma village,” UNOCHA continued.
A total of 12 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during clashes with Palestinians that erupted while Israeli settlers were visiting religious sites in the cities of Nablus and Halhul (Hebron). In addition, settlers verbally assaulted and intimated international volunteers accompanying Palestinian herders near Havat Ma'on settlement outpost (Hebron).
Citing safety reasons during the two weeks, the Israeli authorities installed a permanent barrier along a key road in southern Hebron, further impeding access of vulnerable herding communities. The barrier affects the movement some 800 Palestinians in four communities at risk of forcible transfer, due to their location in an area (Massafer Yatta) designated by Israel as a firing zone for military training, alongside other restrictive practices.
Israeli forces carried out a total of 191 search and arrest operations across the West Bank and arrested 167 Palestinians. The majority of the operations were in the Ramallah (58), Jerusalem (45), and Hebron (23) governorates.
30 sept 2019
By: Madeeha Araj/ NBPRS/
The southern areas of Hebron are subjected to extensive settlement acts as the Israeli Occupation Authorities announced the seizure of about populated 1500 dunums located within the borders of the Dura Municipality, south of Hebron, planted with olive trees and almonds.
In 1987, a State Document was signed against the basin n. 8 of Dura land by Israeli military order, and on July 31st this year, the Israeli Authorities completed the inspection and amendment of the borders, knowing that part of these lands located in areas B, and owners have an Ottoman Tabu on that.
The old-new recently amended military order provides for the seizure of this lands adjacent to Beer-Sab’a St. which connects the eastern Dura countryside and the southern town of Dhahriya that belonging to Amr, Abu Sharar, Al-Khatib, Shaheen, Dodeen, Hreibat and others.
In Hebron, settlers set up 6 new outposts on Palestinian land in the area between the 2017-2019 years, hundreds of meters away from major settlements built since previous years.
Those outposts were erected on the eastern, western and southern sides of the Governorate, particularly on the lands of Dura, Bani Na’im, Yatta, As-Samu, Dahreiah and Sa’ir.
The Occupation Authorities have been practicing for 25 years since the massacre committed by Baruch Goldstein, the policy of harassing the Palestinians to force them leave their city under the security pretexts, and to replace them with settlers.
In Nablus, a new settlement plan was disclosed to seize more land in Naqora, Sebastia, and Burqa, north of Nablus, in order to expand the settlement of Shafi Shomron through diverting agricultural land adjacent to the settlement from basin n 12 to settlement, knowing that settlement outpost around Nablus witness an expansion of their structural plans at the expense of the lands of the citizens, as is the case with the lands surrounding the settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha, south of Nablus.
In Jerusalem, the alleged “temple organizations” are preparing to carry out a series of Judaizing programs and large-scale invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the occasion of the festive season, and incite further breaking into to impose a de facto position there.
Those organizations have begun to intensify their calls and disseminate them via media and social networking sites affiliated to them, stressing the full coordination with the occupation police to facilitate such acts.
In the wild-Sawahri, Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished the sit-in-strike tent after the Israeli Army declared it a closed military area, and prevented residents from reaching it in order to seize these lands. In spite the fact that the lands threatened by confiscation are far away from the Palestinian communities, residents and owners say that they will rebuild the tent and continue their sit-in-strike.
During her speech before the Human Rights Council, Head of Contacts and Media at the Marsad Organization, Sillin Yashar, as well as many other European and international NGOs, including the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory expressed their concern about the large-scale demolition acts in the West Bank, particularly in the occupied Jerusalem, describing them as “terrifying”’, as the Israeli occupation authorities destroyed more than 59 homes in East Jerusalem during the first half of 2019, and 215 demolitions were counted in 2018, which led to the displacement of thousands of Palestinians in clear violation of International Law and Humanitarian International Law.
Worth mentioning that these organization have demanded the international community to conduct the necessary investigations to put an end to the occupation and it violations.
The southern areas of Hebron are subjected to extensive settlement acts as the Israeli Occupation Authorities announced the seizure of about populated 1500 dunums located within the borders of the Dura Municipality, south of Hebron, planted with olive trees and almonds.
In 1987, a State Document was signed against the basin n. 8 of Dura land by Israeli military order, and on July 31st this year, the Israeli Authorities completed the inspection and amendment of the borders, knowing that part of these lands located in areas B, and owners have an Ottoman Tabu on that.
The old-new recently amended military order provides for the seizure of this lands adjacent to Beer-Sab’a St. which connects the eastern Dura countryside and the southern town of Dhahriya that belonging to Amr, Abu Sharar, Al-Khatib, Shaheen, Dodeen, Hreibat and others.
In Hebron, settlers set up 6 new outposts on Palestinian land in the area between the 2017-2019 years, hundreds of meters away from major settlements built since previous years.
Those outposts were erected on the eastern, western and southern sides of the Governorate, particularly on the lands of Dura, Bani Na’im, Yatta, As-Samu, Dahreiah and Sa’ir.
The Occupation Authorities have been practicing for 25 years since the massacre committed by Baruch Goldstein, the policy of harassing the Palestinians to force them leave their city under the security pretexts, and to replace them with settlers.
In Nablus, a new settlement plan was disclosed to seize more land in Naqora, Sebastia, and Burqa, north of Nablus, in order to expand the settlement of Shafi Shomron through diverting agricultural land adjacent to the settlement from basin n 12 to settlement, knowing that settlement outpost around Nablus witness an expansion of their structural plans at the expense of the lands of the citizens, as is the case with the lands surrounding the settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha, south of Nablus.
In Jerusalem, the alleged “temple organizations” are preparing to carry out a series of Judaizing programs and large-scale invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the occasion of the festive season, and incite further breaking into to impose a de facto position there.
Those organizations have begun to intensify their calls and disseminate them via media and social networking sites affiliated to them, stressing the full coordination with the occupation police to facilitate such acts.
In the wild-Sawahri, Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished the sit-in-strike tent after the Israeli Army declared it a closed military area, and prevented residents from reaching it in order to seize these lands. In spite the fact that the lands threatened by confiscation are far away from the Palestinian communities, residents and owners say that they will rebuild the tent and continue their sit-in-strike.
During her speech before the Human Rights Council, Head of Contacts and Media at the Marsad Organization, Sillin Yashar, as well as many other European and international NGOs, including the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory expressed their concern about the large-scale demolition acts in the West Bank, particularly in the occupied Jerusalem, describing them as “terrifying”’, as the Israeli occupation authorities destroyed more than 59 homes in East Jerusalem during the first half of 2019, and 215 demolitions were counted in 2018, which led to the displacement of thousands of Palestinians in clear violation of International Law and Humanitarian International Law.
Worth mentioning that these organization have demanded the international community to conduct the necessary investigations to put an end to the occupation and it violations.
29 sept 2019
Addameer Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights has affirmed that the health condition of Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Arabeed, 44, has seriously declined as a result of his exposure to physical torture by Israeli interrogators.
According to Addameer, Arabeed was transferred to hospital after he suffered multiple fractures and lost his consciousness during his exposure to severe torture at the hands of Israeli interrogators at the Maskubiya detention center in west Jerusalem.
Addameer has held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the life of Arabeed and called for releasing him immediately in order for him to receive proper medical treatment.
The Israeli intelligence has accused Arabeed and other detainees of being involved in the bombing attack in Ein Bubin area, a spring in the wooded hills near the illegal settlement of Dolev, on August 23, 2019.
PCHR Holds Israel Responsible for Life of Prisoner Samer al-‘Arbid
Today morning, 29 September 2019, The Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-‘Arbid was referred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem due to the serious deterioration of his health condition while being interrogated by the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) in the Moscovia Prison in occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) holds Israel fully responsible for the life of al-‘Arbid and calls upon the international community to pressurize Israel to end torture in its prisons and detention centers.
It should be noted that the Israeli authorities raided and searched the house of Samer Mina al-‘Arbid in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Ramallah on Wednesday, 25 September 2019.
He was arrested and then, according to the Israeli media and Shin Bet sources, taken to the Moscovia Prison, where he was interrogated on suspicions of carrying out the “Dolev” Settlement attack, west of Ramallah, which took place on 23 August and resulted in the killing of a female settler and injury of 2 other settlers.
Al-Arbid Family said that Samer was in a good health condition before being arrested, adding that the Israeli soldiers beat him during his arrest.
Israeli media stated that the person mainly accused of carrying out the attack was interrogated by the Shin Bet and then referred to hospital in a critical health condition. According to the media, Shin Bet was given legal permission to employ “extraordinary measures” in its interrogation of ‘Arbid.
Haaretz newspaper reported on its website this morning that the Shin Bet issued a statement saying that the investigator informed that ‘Arbid was not feeling well. And, in accordance with protocol, he was taken for medical checks and treatment at the hospital.
PCHR pointed out that Israel has many precedents, proving Israeli security’s involvement in torture against dozens of prisoners as part of an Israeli systematic policy and under legal cover. The latest of which was the death of Nassar Majed Taqatqah (31), from Bethlehem, while in solitary confinement in “Nitzan” Prison (al-Ramlah) on 19 June 2019, noting that he died during interrogation and only a month after his arrest.
PCHR stresses that torture is an unjustified international crime and considers combating it as an international obligation under the 1984 Convention Against Torture (CAT) and customary international law.
Article (2) of Cat stipulates that: “Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction.” The second paragraph of the same Article emphasizes that: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.”
PCHR calls upon the international bodies to open immediate and impartial inquiry into suspicions that al-‘Arabid have been tortured during investigation, noting that he did not suffer any health problems before detention.
It should be noted that PCHR sent on 04 April 2019 a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 and to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The submission was about the statements on 30 March 2019 by “Gelad Ardan”, the Israeli Interior Security Minister, threatening that there will be no negotiations with the Palestinian prisoners if they go on a hunger strike that was supposed to start on 07 April 2019.
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According to Addameer, Arabeed was transferred to hospital after he suffered multiple fractures and lost his consciousness during his exposure to severe torture at the hands of Israeli interrogators at the Maskubiya detention center in west Jerusalem.
Addameer has held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for the life of Arabeed and called for releasing him immediately in order for him to receive proper medical treatment.
The Israeli intelligence has accused Arabeed and other detainees of being involved in the bombing attack in Ein Bubin area, a spring in the wooded hills near the illegal settlement of Dolev, on August 23, 2019.
PCHR Holds Israel Responsible for Life of Prisoner Samer al-‘Arbid
Today morning, 29 September 2019, The Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-‘Arbid was referred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem due to the serious deterioration of his health condition while being interrogated by the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) in the Moscovia Prison in occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) holds Israel fully responsible for the life of al-‘Arbid and calls upon the international community to pressurize Israel to end torture in its prisons and detention centers.
It should be noted that the Israeli authorities raided and searched the house of Samer Mina al-‘Arbid in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Ramallah on Wednesday, 25 September 2019.
He was arrested and then, according to the Israeli media and Shin Bet sources, taken to the Moscovia Prison, where he was interrogated on suspicions of carrying out the “Dolev” Settlement attack, west of Ramallah, which took place on 23 August and resulted in the killing of a female settler and injury of 2 other settlers.
Al-Arbid Family said that Samer was in a good health condition before being arrested, adding that the Israeli soldiers beat him during his arrest.
Israeli media stated that the person mainly accused of carrying out the attack was interrogated by the Shin Bet and then referred to hospital in a critical health condition. According to the media, Shin Bet was given legal permission to employ “extraordinary measures” in its interrogation of ‘Arbid.
Haaretz newspaper reported on its website this morning that the Shin Bet issued a statement saying that the investigator informed that ‘Arbid was not feeling well. And, in accordance with protocol, he was taken for medical checks and treatment at the hospital.
PCHR pointed out that Israel has many precedents, proving Israeli security’s involvement in torture against dozens of prisoners as part of an Israeli systematic policy and under legal cover. The latest of which was the death of Nassar Majed Taqatqah (31), from Bethlehem, while in solitary confinement in “Nitzan” Prison (al-Ramlah) on 19 June 2019, noting that he died during interrogation and only a month after his arrest.
PCHR stresses that torture is an unjustified international crime and considers combating it as an international obligation under the 1984 Convention Against Torture (CAT) and customary international law.
Article (2) of Cat stipulates that: “Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction.” The second paragraph of the same Article emphasizes that: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.”
PCHR calls upon the international bodies to open immediate and impartial inquiry into suspicions that al-‘Arabid have been tortured during investigation, noting that he did not suffer any health problems before detention.
It should be noted that PCHR sent on 04 April 2019 a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 and to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The submission was about the statements on 30 March 2019 by “Gelad Ardan”, the Israeli Interior Security Minister, threatening that there will be no negotiations with the Palestinian prisoners if they go on a hunger strike that was supposed to start on 07 April 2019.
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28 sept 2019
On 76th Friday of Great March of Return, A Palestinian civilian was killed and 86 civilians were injured as a result of the Israeli military’s continued use of excessive force against the peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border; 22 children, 4 female paramedics, 5 male paramedics and 2 persons with disabilities were among those injured this Friday, 27 September 2019.
This week witnessed an escalation in the use of excessive force against the proesters as injury of 5 of them deemed serious; one died after hours of his injury while 4, including a child and a female paramedic, are still in a very serious condition.
Further, 40 protestors were shot with live bullets while the Israeli forces escalated their attacks against the medical personnel, which enjoys protection under the international humanitarian law, wounding 9 paramedics, including a female paramedic deemed in a very critical condition.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests under the slogan “al-Aqsa Intifada and Palestinian Prisoners”, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. Protestors, who were near the border fence or hundreds of meters away from it, threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 212 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,056 were wounded, including 3,020 children, 429 women, 244 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment.
Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
As a result, 22 civilians injured, including 10 children; 2 paramedics, 2 persons with disabilities. Among those injured, 8 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 8 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 6 were shot with rubber bullets.
The injured paramedics were identified as ‘Atef Mohammed ‘Ali al-‘Arbid (48), a Civil Defense paramedic who was shot with a rubber bullet to the face, causing a fracture to the upper jaw; and Mohammed Husni ‘Abdulatif al-Haw (23), a Military Medical Services paramedic, who was shot with a rubber bullet to the left hand and treated in the medical point.
Meanwhile, the persons with disabilities were identified as Saber ‘Ali ‘Abdel Qader al-Ashqar (37), a double amputee who was shot with a rubber bullet in the left arm; and Mohammed Nabil ‘Abdullah al-Zaharnah (24), a deaf who was shot with a live bullet to the abdomen.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 12 civilians were injured: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 4 with rubber bullets and 2 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quadcopter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones with slingshots and sound bombs at the Israeli soldiers; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 15 civilians, including a child: 11 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesters, wounding 21 civilians, including 4 children and 7 paramedics; 3 of them were female paramedics. Seven of those wounded were hit with rubber bullets and 14 were directly hit with tear gas canisters, noting that only 9 injuries were referred to hospitals while others received treatment in field due to their minor injuries.
The wounded paramedics were identified as: Saleh Khaled Ahmed al-Haj (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the left eye;
Mohammed Akram Safi (19), who was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Kamal Jawad al-Shahri (24), who was hit with a rubber bullet in the back;
Farhmah Walid al-Najjar (35), who was hit with a teargas canister in the hand;
Ibtisam Mohammed Abu Louli (22), from Rafah and was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Shorouq Sa’id Abu Reidah (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the foot;
and Naser Hisham Mousa (22), who was hit with a rubber bullet to the right hand.
All of them are with the Watan Medical Team except Safi and al-Haj who both are volunteers for the Union of Health Care Committees and Mousa who is a PRCS paramedic.
Rafah:
Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman (20) declared dead in al-Shifa hospital at approximately 21:30 after sustaining serious wounds due to being shot with a bullet in the chest at approximately 17:45.
Further, 16 civilians were injured, including 7 children and a female paramedic deemed in a serious condition in addition to 3 other civilians in the same condition: 15 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 1 with a rubber bullet and with a tear gas canister.
The female paramedic was identified as Sabrin Jaber ‘Abdel Rahim Qeshtah (28), a member of ‘Abdullah Life Pulse Team and was hit with a bullet in the upper extremities and the abdomen. Meanwhile, those seriously wounded were identified as ‘Abdul Halim Sa’id al-‘Abadlah (20), who was hit with a bullet to the lower extremities; Mahmoud Yousif Abu ‘Azoum (14) who was hit with a bullet in the lower extremities and a third one, still unidentified, with a bullet to the neck.
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This week witnessed an escalation in the use of excessive force against the proesters as injury of 5 of them deemed serious; one died after hours of his injury while 4, including a child and a female paramedic, are still in a very serious condition.
Further, 40 protestors were shot with live bullets while the Israeli forces escalated their attacks against the medical personnel, which enjoys protection under the international humanitarian law, wounding 9 paramedics, including a female paramedic deemed in a very critical condition.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests under the slogan “al-Aqsa Intifada and Palestinian Prisoners”, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. Protestors, who were near the border fence or hundreds of meters away from it, threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 212 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,056 were wounded, including 3,020 children, 429 women, 244 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment.
Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
As a result, 22 civilians injured, including 10 children; 2 paramedics, 2 persons with disabilities. Among those injured, 8 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 8 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 6 were shot with rubber bullets.
The injured paramedics were identified as ‘Atef Mohammed ‘Ali al-‘Arbid (48), a Civil Defense paramedic who was shot with a rubber bullet to the face, causing a fracture to the upper jaw; and Mohammed Husni ‘Abdulatif al-Haw (23), a Military Medical Services paramedic, who was shot with a rubber bullet to the left hand and treated in the medical point.
Meanwhile, the persons with disabilities were identified as Saber ‘Ali ‘Abdel Qader al-Ashqar (37), a double amputee who was shot with a rubber bullet in the left arm; and Mohammed Nabil ‘Abdullah al-Zaharnah (24), a deaf who was shot with a live bullet to the abdomen.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 12 civilians were injured: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 4 with rubber bullets and 2 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quadcopter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones with slingshots and sound bombs at the Israeli soldiers; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 15 civilians, including a child: 11 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesters, wounding 21 civilians, including 4 children and 7 paramedics; 3 of them were female paramedics. Seven of those wounded were hit with rubber bullets and 14 were directly hit with tear gas canisters, noting that only 9 injuries were referred to hospitals while others received treatment in field due to their minor injuries.
The wounded paramedics were identified as: Saleh Khaled Ahmed al-Haj (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the left eye;
Mohammed Akram Safi (19), who was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Kamal Jawad al-Shahri (24), who was hit with a rubber bullet in the back;
Farhmah Walid al-Najjar (35), who was hit with a teargas canister in the hand;
Ibtisam Mohammed Abu Louli (22), from Rafah and was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Shorouq Sa’id Abu Reidah (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the foot;
and Naser Hisham Mousa (22), who was hit with a rubber bullet to the right hand.
All of them are with the Watan Medical Team except Safi and al-Haj who both are volunteers for the Union of Health Care Committees and Mousa who is a PRCS paramedic.
Rafah:
Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman (20) declared dead in al-Shifa hospital at approximately 21:30 after sustaining serious wounds due to being shot with a bullet in the chest at approximately 17:45.
Further, 16 civilians were injured, including 7 children and a female paramedic deemed in a serious condition in addition to 3 other civilians in the same condition: 15 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 1 with a rubber bullet and with a tear gas canister.
The female paramedic was identified as Sabrin Jaber ‘Abdel Rahim Qeshtah (28), a member of ‘Abdullah Life Pulse Team and was hit with a bullet in the upper extremities and the abdomen. Meanwhile, those seriously wounded were identified as ‘Abdul Halim Sa’id al-‘Abadlah (20), who was hit with a bullet to the lower extremities; Mahmoud Yousif Abu ‘Azoum (14) who was hit with a bullet in the lower extremities and a third one, still unidentified, with a bullet to the neck.
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