IPS moves Abu Sisi to an isolation cell

[ 13/04/2011 - 09:53 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israel prison service (IPS) moved Palestinian detainees Dirar Abu Sisi and Murad Abu Rikab to isolation cells, the information department at the ministry of prisoners in Gaza said on Wednesday. It said in a statement that the Eshel prison administration informed Abu Sisi, the operations manager of Gaza electricity station who was abducted by Israeli agents from the Ukraine almost two months ago, that he would be moved to solitary confinement. It added that the prison administration of Nafha prison moved Abu Rikab, who is sentenced to 27 years, to an isolation cell. The ministry said that both administrations did not give a reason for the move. An Israeli court charged Abu Sisi with upgrading rockets for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, so that it would hit farther targets. Israel is holding more than six thousand Palestinian prisoners and dozens of them are held in isolation. Some of those have been in solitary confinement for ten years. Gaza engineer sent to solitary GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Abducted Gaza engineer Dirar Abu Sisi and a second man in Israeli jail were transferred into solitary confinement this week, a statement from the Gaza Ministry of Prisoners Affairs said Wednesday. Accused by Israel of nine charges regarding activity in a terrorist organization, hundreds of counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and arms production offenses, Abu Sisi was indicted on April 4, after being abducted from a train in the Ukraine by Israeli intelligence and held at the Shikma prison in the southern port city of Ashkelon. Abu Sisi's family, however, believe Dirar was abducted because he had been able to engineer a switch in fuel source for the Gaza Power Plant. At the close of 2010, the Gaza Strip halted its import of Israeli industrial diesel, and initiated a trial-run using purified fuel brought in through smuggling tunnels from Egypt. A second man, Murad Abu Irkab, from the West Bank city of Ramallah who is sentenced to 27 years in Israeli prison, was also moved into solitary confinement this week, the ministry statement said, adding that the move came with no explanation.

Israel accuses Abu Sisi or upgrading Hamas combat means

[ 04/04/2011 - 09:34 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli central court in Beer Sheba on Monday charged the kidnapped Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi with upgrading Hamas's combat means. Israeli military prosecution allowed the publication of the indictment list against Abu Sisi, which included assisting Hamas movement in extending the range of its home made rockets and boosting their ability to penetrate Israeli armored vehicles. The charge also included membership in a Palestinian resistance faction and attempted murder and conspiring to commit crimes and manufacture weapons. It claimed that Abu Sisi made use of his studies in the Ukraine to engage in his covert work with Hamas in addition to his declared job as operational manager of Gaza power station. It said that he helped Hamas extend the range of its rockets from six to twenty two kilometers. Abu Sisi was assigned by Hamas to establish a military academy to train its armed wing's field commanders, the indictment further alleged. The Palestinian engineer was kidnapped from the Ukraine over a month and a half ago by Israeli agents. Gazan Engineer Formally Charged By Israel Tuesday April 05, 2011 13:04 by Circarre Parrhesia - IMEMC & Agencies Dirar Abu Sisi, the Gazan engineer who was abducted by Israeli security personnel whilst traveling by train through the Ukraine, has been formally charged by an Israeli court on Monday. The charges include belonging to a militant group (Hamas) and involvement in the firing of rockets into Israel form the Gaza Strip, which is charged as attempted murder. It is claimed that Abu Sisi was in charge of the Hamas military academy and that he was responsible for upgrading the abilities of the rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, increasing their range and ability to pierce through armored military vehicles. Abu Sisi’s lawyer, Smadar Ben-Natan, stated that Abus Sisi had confessed to charges, but that these confessions came under severe duress from interrogators that Ben-Natan claims was tantamount to torture, but that she could not go into detail as to the confessions due to the gag order imposed in Israel. Abu Sisi’s sister, Suzanne, has stated that her brother is not involved in any political faction and that his work was as the director of Gaza’s only power plant. She stated that he took the position prior to Hamas’ election victory, and continued his role subsequently.