PCHR weekly report 3/6 - 9/6/2010: 22 arrested including 4 children, 3 Israelis

extracts from PCHR weekly report 3/6 - 9/6/2010

At least 800 Palestinian prisoners from Gaza in Israeli jails have been deprived of family visitation for more than 2 and a half 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 22 civilians, including 4 children.

- Among the detainees were 6 human rights defenders, including 3 Israeli ones. 


 Following the Friday Prayer on 04 June 2010, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in protest against the construction of the Annexation Wall in Bil'ein village, west of Ramallah.  [...]

IOF also arrested 3 demonstrators:

1. Howaida 'Arraf;

2. Eilan Shalif, 72; and

3. Ashraf Abu Rahma, 29.

'Arraf and Shalif were released later, while Abu Rahma remained in custody. 

Sunday, 06 June 2010

· At approximately 03:30, IOF moved into Beit Reema village, northwest of Ramallah. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Alichandro Tariq al-Barghouthi, 16, and arrested him. They also raided and searched a house belonging to the family of 'Abdul Qader 'Abed al-Barghouthi, 16, and arrested him.

Monday, 07 June 2010

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child:

1. Tamer Isma'il 'Awadh, 23;

2. Saif Rabeeh Bahar, 26; and

3. Wassim Jamal Wahadin, 15.

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:

1. 'Ali Jamal al-Badawi, 18;

2. Nour Ahmed al-Badawi, 19; and

3. Ahmed Haitham al-Badawi, 18. 

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

1. 'Odai Nidal Bahar, 17; and

2. Mahmoud Sa'id Bahar, 20.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 'Imad 'Aziz al-Ashqar, 25. 

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Za'tara village, east of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Mahmoud Hassan Zawahra, and summoned him for interrogation.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Kharsa village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Saleem Yousef al-Rajoub, who is detained in Israeli jails. No arrests were reported. 

 At approximately 03:00, IOF moved into Ya'bad village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses, and also stopped and checked Palestinian civilians following the Dawn Prayer and arrested Shareef 'Amarna, 26. 

Wednesday, 09 June 2010

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians:

1. Mohammed Hisham al-Sa'di, 26;

2. Tariq Khalil 'Ejjawi, 22;

3. Mohammed Hisham Abu Tabeekh, 26; and

4. Islam Ameen Staiti, 24. 

On Wednesday morning, 09 June 2010, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in protest to the construction of the Annexation Wall in al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem. IOF attacked the demonstration and arrested Dr. Mazen Qamsiya, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement Between People, and 2 Israeli human rights defenders: Shai Ghalatzi; and Yutam Wolf.