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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces arrested 15 Hamas affiliates in Nablus early Monday, the Islamist movement said.

Locals told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles raided Nablus, Tulkarem, Tamoun and Salem and detained 15 people, mostly students at An-Najah University.

Amjad Bashkar, Abed al-Rahman Ishtaiya, Moath Abu Baker, Samer Abu Shoaeb, Anas Ghanem, Anas Radad, Amer Ishtaiya, Kamal Qatalouni, Ami al-Tanbour, Masoud al-Kuni, Abdullah Bani Odeh, and Abed al-Rahaman Bashtawi were identified as some of those detained.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained Jihad Abu Baker after raiding his home in Jenin, his father told Ma'an. Israeli soldiers ransacked the house during the raid and were aggressive with other family members.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces detained Abas Mahmoud Radad, 26, witnesses said, while three people were detained in Tubas, a prisoners group told Ma'an.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said 20 people were detained overnight, 10 in Nablus, five in Hebron, two in Ramallah, two in Jenin, and one in Tulkarem.

Ten Hamas operatives were detained in the arrest raids, she added.

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Israeli Forces Arrest 2 PLC Members and 20 Other Palestinians Affiliated to Hamas

by Palestinian Center for Human Rights - PCHR


Israeli Forces Arrest 2 PLC Members and 20 Other Palestinians Affiliated to Hamas
author Tuesday October 29, 2013 00:59author by Palestinian Center for Human Rights - PCHR Report post

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli forces' detention of 2 Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas: Nizar Abdul Aziz Abdul Hamid Ramadan (53); and Mohammed Maher Yusef Bader (55), both from Hebron, in addition to 20 other Palestinians.

The arrests include active university students and a number of persons affiliated to Hamas, in different areas in the West Bank.

PCHR emphasizes this arrest campaign constitutes a form of collective punishment against the Palestinian civilians, which is prohibited under article 33 of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, on Monday morning, 28 October 2013, Israeli forces moved into different areas in the West Bank, including Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarm and Tubas, and arrested 20 Palestinian civilians.

In Hebron, Israeli forces arrested Ramadan (53), Bader (55), and Dr. 'Adnan Yunis Abdul Majid Abu Tabbanah (43), Mos'ab Nidal Mohammed al-Zgheer (21) and Mos'ab Khamis Abdul Khaleq Qafisha (19).

In Nablus, they arrested 10 civilians:

1. Amjad Bushkar (24), a student at the Faculty of Education and representative of the Islamic Bloc at an-Najah National University;
2. Amir Mohammed Ishtaiya (24), a student at the Faculty of Arts and member of the Students' Union at an-Najah National University;
3. Abdul Rahman Nasouh Ishtaiya (29), a student at the Faculty of Engineering at an-Najah National University;
4. Mo'athe Abu Baker (22), a student at the Faculty of Science at an-Najah National University;
5. Abdul Rahman al-Bashtawi (23), a student at the Faculty of Economics at an-Najah National University;
6. Kamal Hussam Qatalouni (25), a student at the Faculty of Shari'a at an-Najah National University;
7. Amir al-Tambour (28);
8. Mas'oud al-Kouni (26);
9. 'Awni al-Shakhshir (23); and
10. Samir Saleh Abu Shu'aib (23).

In Tulkarm, Israeli forces arrested Anas Manna' Ibrahim Ghanem (22), from Tulkarm, and Mahmoud Dawood Raddad (23), from Saida village, northeast of the city.

They also arrested Basem Rashid Mostafa Hamdan (35) and Abdullah Bani Ouda (23), a student at the Faculty of Information Technology at al-Najah National University, from Tamoun village, southeast of Tubas.

At approximately 10:30, Israeli military undercover units sneaked into Deir Sharaf village, northwest of Nablus, by a Volkswagen minibus with a Palestinian registration plate. The vehicle stopped in front of al-Amani butchery at Nablus-Tulkarm-Jenin intersection.

Israeli soldiers stepped out of the vehicle and pointed their guns at 3 young men in their twenties. The young men were sitting in the above-mentioned butchery having breakfast when Israeli undercover members kidnapped them and took them to an unknown destination.

PCHRs fieldworker has not been able to identify them so far. In the meantime, Israeli forces confiscated cameras established in the butchery, Mousa supermarket and Wad al-Sha'ir butchery.

PCHR condemns this arrest campaign and:

1. Stresses that it is part of reprisals and collective punishment exercised against Palestinian civilians, which is prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention;

2. Calls for the immediate release of the PLC members and all Palestinian ministers detained in Israeli jails.

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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

[Monday at dawn October 28, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into homes and violently searched them, before kidnapping 21 Palestinians, and taking them to unknown destinations. Two of the kidnapped are legislators from Hebron.

Local sources have reported that dozens of military jeeps invaded Rafidia and Ad-Dahiya neighborhoods, the Northern Mountain area, and the Askar refugee camp in Nablus, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.

The kidnapped have been identified as Anas Raddad, Anas Ghanem, Abbdul-Rahman Bishtawy, Abdul-Rahman Eshtayya, Awni Shakhsheer, Abdullah Bani Odah, Samir Abu Sho’eib, Amir Tanbour, Amir Eshtayya, Mos’ad Al-Kouni, Kamal Qatalouni and Amjad Bishkar.

Dozens of soldiers also invaded Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, broke into the homes of legislators Nizar Ramadan, 55, and Maher Bader, 56, and kidnapped them after violently searching their properties.

Also in Hebron, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians after violently breaking into their homes and searching them causing excessive property damage. The three have been identified as Mos’ab Zghayyar, 23, Mos’ab Faweeh, 20, and Adnan Abu Yabbana, 53.

Furthermore, soldiers invaded Ya’bod town, near the northern West bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Jihad Nasser Abu Bakr, 22.

Soldiers also handed a resident identified as Jihad Moneer Abu Bakr, 21, a military order to head to the Salem military base for interrogation.

In the central West Bank district of Tubas, soldiers invaded Tammoun town, violently broke into several homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Qadry Bsharat, Abdullah Bani Odah, and Bassem Bani Odah.

Soldiers also invaded various villages, towns and refugee camps in different parts of the West Bank, and violently searched dozens of homes.

The army further installed roadblocks on different roads and main junctions in the occupied West Bank.

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