excerpt from PCHR weekly report No. 39/2009 01 - 07 Oct. 2009
At least 900 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been denied family visitation rights for more than two years.
In recognition of ICRC as the guardian of the Fourth Geneva Convention, PCHR calls upon the ICRC to increase its staff and activities in the OPT, including the facilitation of family visitations to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
IOF arrested 46 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, in the West Bank.
Thursday, 01 October 2009
· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Eastern Barta'a village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians:
1. Majdi Husni Qabaha, 45;
2. Ramadan 'Abdullah Mas'oud, 33;
3. Bassem Mohammed Qabaha, 45; and
4. Bassem Fakhri Qabaha, 38.
· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Taffouh village, west of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and summoned 6 Palestinian civilians for interrogation.
· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into 'Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 5 Palestinian civilians, including a child:
1. 'Odai Sameer Abu Haniya, 20;
2. Sufian 'Abdul Hafiz Abu Haniya, 42;
3. Mustafa Hassan Salama, 16;
4. Makram Mohammed Dahbour, 20; and
5. Wissam Sa'id Hussein. 18.
· Also at approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Qalqilya. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:
1. 'Ali Hamdan al-Badawi, 26; and
2. 'Omar Swaileh, 25.
· Also at approximately 02:00, IOF moved into al-'Ouja village, north of Jericho. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Mahmoud Suleiman Ka'abna, 20.
· At approximately 16:30, IOF moved into al-Za'farana area in the east of Shyoukh village, northeast of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians. They released two of those civilians later, but kept Ahmed Jom'a Warasna, 26, in custody.
· At approximately 17:00, IOF moved into Izbat al-Tabeeb villahe, east of Qalqilya. They held and violently beat three civilians for nearly an hour:
1. Yazeed Jasser Tabeeb, 21;
2. Ja'far Rebhi Tabeeb, 21; and
3. Jihad Khaled Tabeeb, 20.
Friday, 02 October 2009
· At approximately 00:00, IOF moved into Beit 'Awa village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:
1. 'Abdul Majeed al-Swaiti, 27;
2. Mujahed 'Abdul Rasoul al-Swaiti, 22; and
3. Mo'ayad Kazem al-Swaiti, 20.
· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into 'Ein al-Sultan refugee camp. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians, including a child:
1. Ziad 'Abdul Qader 'Owaidat, 18; and
2. Majdi 'Abdul Qader 'Owaidat, 17.
· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Madama village, southeast of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians:
1. Asadallah Wajeeh al-Qut, 18;
2. Thabet Nassar Nassar, 33;
3. 'Ammar Yassin al-Qut, 32; and
4. 'Omar Shareef Nassar, 45.
· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Masliya village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Ayman Faraj Abu al-Rub, 25.
Saturday, 03 October 2009
· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Far'oun village, south of Tulkarm. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 'Abdul Hakim Mohammed Mousa, 42.
Sunday, 04 October 2009
· At approximately 00:30, IOF moved into Beit 'Awa village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 7 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children:
1. Isma'il Mohammed al-Swaiti, 15;
2. Ma'ath Jihad al-Swaiti, 15;
3. Anas Shaker al-Swaiti, 15;
4. 'Abdul Jabbar Fawzi al-Swaiti, 15;
5. Jihad Hashem al-Swaiti, 23;
6. Salem Ibrahim al-Swaiti, 23; and
7. Mohammed 'Abdul Hadi al-Swaiti, 22.
· At approximately 10:00, IOF troops positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northwest of Beit Lahia town fired at Ashraf Bassam Abu Suleiman, 16, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounding him with a bullet to the neck. They then took him into Israel. In the evening, they handed him to the Palestinian liaison near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. He was transferred to the intensive care unit at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where medical sources described his wound as serious. According to the Palestinian liaison, the child told him that he was at the beach when he chased and threw stones at a dog, so IOF troops thought he was throwing stones towards them and fired at him.
Monday, 05 October 2009
· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Qalqilya. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:
1. 'Abdul Rahim Mahmoud Khalil, 46;
2. Hatem Mahmoud Khalil, 41.
· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into 'Azzoun 'Atma village, south of Qalqilya. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Mo'ayad 'Ali al-Sheikh, 25.
Tuesday, 06 October 2009
· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 'Imad al-Wadi, 50.
· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into North 'Assira village, north of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Hisham Bassam Shouli, 21.
Wednesday, 07 October 2009
· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Beit 'Awa village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians, including a child:
1. Majdi 'Aqil al-Swaiti, 16; and
2. Sa'ed Helmi al-Swaiti, 23.
