PCHR weekly report 11/2-17/2/2010: 54 Palestinians abducted, including 21 children. 8 of the abducted later released

extracts from PCHR weekly report 11/2-17/2/2010

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been deprived for family visitation 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 44 Palestinian civilians, including 21 children, in the West Bank. 

IOF arrested 10 civilians in the Gaza Strip, 8 of whom were released. 

Thursday, 11 February 2010  

· At approximately 00:30, IOF moved into al-Jalazon refugee camp, north of Ramallah. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 20 Palestinian civilians, including 18 children:

1. Malek Rabah Ma’moun Nakhlah, 16;

2. Muhanna Mahmoud Fawzi Nakhlah, 16;

3. Saddam Husein Theeb Sharayka,15;

4. Khaled Marwan Dalaysheh, 16;

5. Mahmoud Ramadan Sharaya’, 16;

6. Muhanad Ramada ‘Eleyan, 16;

7. Mohammed Khaled Wasfi Sa’adat, 15;

8. Ahmed Mahmoud Khalil Nakhlah, 15;

9. Mohammed Mahmoud Abdul Aziz Zeid, 16;

10. Mo’ayad Mahmoud Fawzi Nakhlah, 16;

11. Husein Khaled al-‘Arish, 18;

12. Ahmed Mohammed Sha’ban Ghazawi, 17;

13. ‘Amr Zuheir ‘Awwad, 16;

14. Zeid Mahmoud Zeid, 15;

15. ‘Uthman ‘Umar ‘Urabi, 18;

16. Yasin Ahmed Nakhleh, 16;

17. ‘Udai Zeidan al-Hattab, 17;

18. Mohammed Rebhi Masarwah, 15;

19. Naser Jamal Sharayka, 16; and

20. Malek Sa’id Khalil Dar ‘Umar, 15.  

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Bethlehem city. They stationed in al-Fawaghra neighborhood in the middle of Bethlehem city. The raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child:

1. Mahmoud Jamal Masalmeh, 24; and

2. Nashat ‘Umar Shalash, 16.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Sourif village, northwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children:

1. Abdul Latif Isma’il Mohammed Ghuneimat, 17;

2. Jarrah Hassan Salem Abu Fara, 21;

3. Issa ‘Amr Barathe’iyeh, 21, a student in Hebron University; and

4. Jarrah Mohammed Amin Ghneimat,17. 

Also at approximately 06:00, a special unit of IOF moved nearly 250 meters into the al-Ghoul family’s land, north west of the evacuated "Dogit" settlement to the northwest of Beit Lahia, northern the Gaza Strip. The unit arrested 6 Palestinian civilians who were collecting and breaking rubble from destroyed houses to sell it to brick factories. It should be noted that Israel has imposed a ban on the delivery of construction materials into the Gaza Strip since its imposition of total closure on the Strip in June 2007. Brick factories in Gaza use the rubble of destroyed houses to make bricks.  Rubble collection has created job opportunities for many Palestinian workers, and is one of the most dangerous jobs as the rubble is collected from areas near the border of the Gaza Strip.  Ghassan Rajab Mohammed Ma’rouf, 34, is one of the workers who were arrested and released later.  He stated to PCHR that an IOF force fired at them and surrounded them.  The force arrested 6 workers, including 2 of Ghassan’s brothers who are Khamis, 29, and Jebril, 18; his nephew Rajab Mohammed Rajab Ma’arouf, 20; Hemmat ‘Aziz ‘Ayesh Tawfiq al-Sous, 34, and Na’el Mansour Tanbourah, 34. The force led the arrested workers to Israel where they were questioned about the reason of their presence in the area. They were released at approximately 16:00 on the same day through Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing.  

Sunday, 14 February 2010

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Sourif village, northwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians:

1. ‘Aziz Ibrahim al-Hor, 22; and

2. ‘Imad Talab al-Haddoush, 24.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Mohammed Yasin Abdul Rahman Kmeil, 29.

· At approximately 06:45, Israeli gunboats fired at 2 fishing boats that were sailing opposite to al-Waha Resort, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Four Palestinians were on board of the fishing boats. Two gunboats surrounded the Palestinian fishing boats and forced them to sail towards Israel. IOF confiscated the boats and arrested the fishermen who are: Sharif Mohammed al-Abed al-Sultan, 37, Samih Rajab al-Abed al-Sultan, 23, ‘Awad Ghaleb al-Sultan, 21, and Fadal Jamal al-Sultan, who are all from Beit Lahia town. At approximately 19:00 on the same day, IOF released Sharif al-Sultan and Samih al-Sultan through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the north of the Gaza Strip, while the other fishermen are still detained. 

Monday, 15 February 2010

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Bethlehem. They stationed in Wadi Shahin neighborhood in the center of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Samer Mousa al-Douri, 19.  They delivered a summon to al-Douri to appear before the Israeli intelligence service in “Etsion” settlement in the south of Bethlehem.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into al-‘Ebaiat village, east of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Ali Mohammed Sweis, 19. They delivered a summon to Sweis to appear before the Israeli intelligence service in “Etsion” settlement in the south of Bethlehem.

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Ethna village, west of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Sa’di Zeyad Husein al-Jayawi, 23, and arrested him.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Nablus. They stationed in Tel street in the south of Nablus and in al-Makhfeya neighborhood in the southwest of Nablus. They raided and searched 3 houses and arrested 5 civilians in Tel street and a house in al-Makhfeya neighborhood and arrested two brothers. The Palestinians whose houses were raided stated to a PCHR fieldworker that IOF destroyed doors locks using huge iron hammers and sharp tools if the dwellers were late to open the doors. They also used trained dogs to search houses. The arrested Palestinians are:

1. Mahdi Rasem Mahmoud Abdul Aziz Slim, 24;

2. Raji Rasem Mahmoud Abdul Aziz Slim, 21;

3. Mjahed Mohammed Darwish Sa’id al-Qutb, 23;

4. Thaer Farid Abdul Latif Najem, 18;

5. Mjahed Farid Abdul Latif Najem, 18;

6. Imad Walid Abdul Latif Najem, 20; and

7. Mohammed Zeyad Tayseer Muna, 20.

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into al-Shyoukh, northeast of Hebron. They raided and searched a he house belonging to the family of Mohammed Nasim al-Warasna, 23, and arrested him.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Tammoun village, southeast of Toubas. They raided and searched a number of houses. They arrested two civilians:

1. ‘Ali Mahmoud Rezeq Bani ‘Odeh, 60; and

2. Sa’ad ‘Ali Bani ‘Odeh, 26.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Sa’eer village, northeast of Hebron. They surrounded 3 houses in “Ras al-‘Aroud” area, south of Sa’eer village, amidst firing of sound bombs and throwing stones at the surrounded houses. They raided and searched the houses. They maltreated the residents of the houses and beat a child. They arrested three civilians, including two brothers:

1. Majdi Ya’aqoub Jaradat, 26;

2. Fou’ad Ya’aqoub Jaradat, 22; and

3. Sa’ad Shleish Shahin Jaradat, 26.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR and to the testimony of Mohammed Shleish Jaradat, 40, who is one of the owners of the raided houses, and who is the brother of Sa’ad who was arrested, an IOF force surrounded two houses belonging to Shleish Shahin Jaradat, 70, who is the father of Mohammed, and Yaqoub Hamed Jaradat. They were pointing their guns and firing sound bombs in the vicinity and inside of the houses. They further threw stones, some of them weighed one kg, at the doors and windows. The windows of the houses were crushed and the residents and the neighbors were terrified. Mohammed Jaradat affirmed that the soldiers fired a single bullet at a window of the second floor of his father’s house. They then raided the house accompanied by trained dogs. They searched the house and asked where his brothers were because they wanted to question them. He said that the soldiers beat his brother Mu’taz, 19. They held maltreated and questioned the rest of the family members. They then headed to a house belonging to Mohammed Jaradat and his brother ‘Arafat, 27, and raided it the same way. ‘Arafat was injured in the abdomen as he was hit by a stone. IOF arrested Sa’ad, Mohammed’s brother, who was working in a nearby petrol station.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into “Haret al-Sheikh” neighborhood in the center of Hebron. They raided and searched the house of Ya’aqoub Mohammed al-Joulani, 29, and they arrested him.