Israeli occupation forces kidnap 16 Palestinians overnight

Published today (updated) 05/11/2009 13:53

Bethlehem – Ma’an –

 Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped 16 Palestinians during overnight raids in the West Bank, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

According to the Israeli news site Ynet, five of the detainees were from the city of Nablus, where they report that a gun was found in the houses that Israeli soldiers raided.

Palestinian security sources reported that six locals were detained from Al-Ein refugee camp west of Nablus. Those detained from Al-Ein refugee camp include Taha Oday, Muhammad Shawkat, Mustapha Kasem Mabrook, Muhammad Khaled Al-Buhi, Muhammad Omar Abu Khamis, Abdel Sattar Abu Saris.

Security sources added that Israeli forces raided the Beita village south Nablus and detained Muharej Abdullah Ahmad Hamayel ,25 , noting that these seven detainees are being held at unknown locations.
Israeli troops also reportedly seized a hunting weapon from a Palestinian car at the “Container” checkpoint north of Bethlehem on Wednesday night.

Israeli sources said the passengers of a car were detained and the weapon was seized.

Israeli police detain Jerusalem youth over Al-Aqsa protest

Published today (updated) 05/11/2009 10:39

Jerusalem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation government police detained a Palestinian teen from his home in the old city of Jerusalem on Wednesday night, after police targeted his parent's home and that of his aunt, searching both buildings.

Nasser Qaus, 15, was accused of participating in the demonstrations held at the Al-Aqsa Mosque two weeks ago, the latest in a series of confrontations as Israeli settlers and soldiers threaten the Haram Ash-Sharif, the compound that houses the mosque, with increased military presence in the area, and announced break-ins by settler groups.

Following his late-night seizure, a correspondent in Jerusalem reported that Nasser’s detention has been extended for 24 hours. The youth is one of dozens who have been detained for their involvement in what Palestinians call protective action for the third holiest site in Islam.

One fisherman injured by Israeli navy fire south of Gaza

Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:52 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

A Palestinian fisherman was injured when Israeli occupation forces navy opened fire at his boat of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah shore.

Medical sources said that Bilal Al-Najjar was moderately injured after being hit with live round in his abdomen.

Witnesses said that Al-Najjar was working in his boat one KM away from the shore when he was attacked.

Palestinian fishermen say that are attacked regularly by the Israeli navy even though they only work in the Palestinian territorial waters.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap six Palestinian civilians from the West Bank

Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:45 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Six Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by Israeli occupation troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.

Local Palestinian sources reported Israeli occupation forces attacks in the cities of Jenin and Nablus in the north in addition to Hebron in the south.

The Israeli occupation army radio said that all six men were taken to military detention camps for questioning.

Farwana: 350 Jerusalemites detained in IOA in jails without any rights

[ 04/11/2009 - 06:39 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is detaining 350 Jerusalemites in its jails including four females without according them any rights, Abdul Nasser Farwana, an expert in prisoners affairs, said.

Farwana, in a report published on Tuesday, said that 12 of those prisoners had completed their 23rd year in detention, adding that 14 Jerusalemite prisoners died in captivity.

He said that the IOA deals with those prisoners as citizens of Israel but would not accord them the treatment extended to Israeli prisoners. They are treated as Palestinians as far as the cruel incarceration conditions are concerned and at the same time are denied releases in prisoners' exchange deals because they are dealt with as Israeli homicide convicts, the researcher elaborated.

Farwana described the imprisonment conditions of those Jerusalemites as "complicated and tragic", adding that the captors of the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit should include them in the exchange deal in its capacity as the sole method for their liberation from prison.