Israeli Kidnapping of Palestinians, July 3, 2007

Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped 581 Palestinian in Hebron since the beginning of this year 

Monday July 02, 2007 22:00 by Saed Shiokhy – IMEMC saed at imemc dot org

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) issued an official report on Monday stating the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped 581 residents, including 27 children and four women, from Hebron and its surrounding villages since the beginning of this year.

Archive Photo by the Palestinian Center For Human Rights

Translated and Edited by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

The Society stated that testimonies collected by its lawyers revealed that the abducted children were tortured and humiliated, and that one of the abducted women is only 16-year old identified as Ayat Mohammad Dababsa from Nouba town near Hebron.

A total of 23 women from Hebron are currently imprisoned in Hasharon Israeli detention facility.

The PPS report also revealed that 74 detainees were transferred to administrative detention for periods that varies between 4 and 6 months, and that 29 of the abducted residents are in immediate need for medical attention.

77 of the abducted residents were moved to Asqalan Central Prison for interrogation, 33 were interrogated in Al Maskobiyya prison, 9 in Al Jalama, and three in Petah Tikva.

Amjad Al Najjar, head of the PPS office in Hebron, stated that 16 residents were kidnapped by the army at Al Karama crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

Al Najjar added that the Ofer Israeli military court is imposing high fines on the detainees, which increases the suffering of the detainees and their families especially under the harsh economic situation in the Palestinian territories.

Al Najjar demanded the United Nations, the International Red Cross and Human Rights groups to intervene and to dispatch a fact-finding committee to the Israeli prison in order to expose the illegal Israeli violations against the detainees.

Israeli occupation army kidnaps five Palestinians from Balata refugee camp and Nablus 

Tuesday July 03, 2007 10:31 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

Local Security sources reported to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA that a huge number of Israeli occupation military vehicles carried out an invasion of the City of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Israeli occupation soldiers randomly opened fire on the residents, besieged and ransacked a number of homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians. No injuries were reported.

In Nablus, two Palestinians were kidnapped. They were identified as Ashraf Calbouna, 24, and Husam Calbouna, 20.

In Balata refugee camp, three Palestinian were kidnapped. Among them were Nimer Abu El Zuhd, 20, and Ibrahim Fatouh,35. The identity of the third person remains unknown.

The Israeli army transferred all the kidnapped Palestinians to unknown detention camp, although many suspect is to be the Huwara military jail, located to the southeast of Nablus City.

 

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