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A military intelligence detention center belonging to Palestinian security forces in Hebron caught fire, Wednesday, killing one person in detention at the facility.Palestinian firefighters and civil defense rushed to the…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the transfer of a former political prisoner to a hospital in Germany due to serious complications resulting from medical maltreatment while detained in Eshil Israeli…
The Israeli Authorities issued a permit for the family of child detainee Khaled Sheikh allowing them to visit their detained son, for the first time, on May 7 2015, although…
Israeli police have detained five minors, Tuesday, from different parts of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of throwing stones.According to lawyer Mofed al-Haj, the detainees were identified as Joseph al-Roug,…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian political prisoners held in the Nafha prison, in the Negev Desert, attacked many detainees, and moved…
At least five Palestinians, including released prisoners, were abducted on Monday by the Israeli army, during predawn and night raids in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Qalqilia and…
Israeli forces have engaged in a wide sweeping campaign in the Al Rumaida neighborhood, central Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. At least 7, including an orphaned youngster, were abducted…
An Israeli military court held a hearing, Sunday, to discuss the file of detained leftist Legislator Khaleda Jarrar, and sentenced her to six months under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that Israel is holding captive nearly 200 Palestinian children in three main prisons, and that at least 100 of them are held in…
Family of a y,oung Palestinian detainee, held by Israel, voiced an urgent appeal to local international, legal and human rights organizations to intervene and save their wounded detained son from…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights stated in its monthly reported on Israeli violations in the occupied territories, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 525 Palestinians, including 42…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that dozens of soldiers broke into several sections, in the Ramon Israeli prison, where Palestinian detainees are held, hurled gas bombs, and…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israel is currently holding captive sixteen democratically elected legislators, including Khalida Jarrar, who was kidnapped earlier Thursday.The PPS issued a press release…
Nine Palestinian prisoners who are currently in solitary confinement in the Israeli Megiddo prison recently warned to launch a hunger strike in protest of their situation, said the Palestinian Authority’s…
Israeli authorities have issued administrative detention orders against 121 Palestinian prisoners since the beginning of March, including new orders issued Tuesday against 40 prisoners, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS),…
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society’s legal unit, Jawad Boulos, reported Monday that there are currently 99 Palestinian minors detained in Israeli jails, of whom 26 were abducted in March.During…
Updated from: Soldiers Kidnap At least 20 Palestinians In The West BankIsraeli occupation forces, on Sunday night throughout Monday, have launched a wide arrest campaign targeting at least 28 Palestinians.…
Israeli army and police, on Sunday, kidnapped at least 10 Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to reports by local and security sources.Israeli…
The Israeli District Court ordered, Sunday, the release of two Palestinian teenagers from occupied Jerusalem, but also ruled that they would not be allowed into Al Aqsa Mosque and its…
Israeli authorities have issued administrative detention orders against 81 Palestinian detainees since the beginning of March, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), on Tuesday.PPS, in a press release, said that…
Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday morning, stormed Wadi al-Neim village and confiscated several vehicles.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, activist Jalal Zyadnah said that dozens of Israeli police deployed…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said one of its lawyers managed to visit three ailing Palestinian detainees, held by Israel and denied the urgently needed essential medical treatment.The PPS said…
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court issued, Monday, an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian journalist, ordering him imprisoned for four months, without charges or trial.The Ahrar Center for Detainees’…
Family of an Israeli settler woman, who was killed on November 10 2014, demanded an Israeli court to sentence detainee Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun, 30 years of age, to death for…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that the Israeli Authorities reinstated the two life-term verdict of a Palestinian political prisoner, who was rearrested by the…
Israeli police, on Sunday, kidnapped two Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Jerusalem area, whereas the Israeli army abducted one Palestinian from Hebron’s Yatta town and summoned another for interrogation,…
Fifteen Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons are suffering from cancer and are at risk of dying, the Hossam Association of Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners has said.The organization said in…
Israeli forces, Saturday, stormed several areas in the Hebron district, where they set up military checkpoints and abducted at least one Palestinian, according to reports by security sources.Sources told WAFA…
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority renewed, Thursday, the administrative detention order against ailing detainee Nabil Na’im an-Natsha, 58, for additional four months, without…
Sunday marked two years since five boys, from the northern West Bank village of Hares, were taken into custody over an alleged stone-throwing incident which saw all five charged with…
At least three Palestinians were kidnapped, on Sunday, by Israeli occupational military and police during predawn raids in Jerusalem and Jenin, according to local and security sources.Witnesses told WAFA Palestinian…
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center has reported that detainee Mansour Yousef Shahateet, 28, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, has been severely tortured by Israeli interrogators, leading to…
Family of detainee Ziad Hasan ‘Awwad, from Ethna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said the Israeli military prosecutor in the ‘Ofer Military Court, is demanding the…
A preliminary agreement has been reached between representatives of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli prison authorities, stopping protests which detainees should have started yesterday and that would have culminated in a…
Palestinian detainee, leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas, Abdullah al-Barghouthi, was moved from Ramon Israeli prison to solitary confinement in Nafha following extensive interrogation after releasing…
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, on Tuesday, decided to suspend escalatorysteps planned in protest of the oppressive policies imposed by Israeli Prisons Service (IPS).Palestinian sources, according to Al Ray, said…
As the Palestinian people mark March 8th, International Woman’s Day, the Palestinian Committee on Detainees issued a statement that Israel is still holding captive twenty Palestinian women, including one who…
Israeli forces abducted eight Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including three teenagers, Monday at dawn, prisoner rights group Addameer said.Lawyer for Addameer, Muhammad Mahmoud, said that Yousuf Abu Jumaah, Mahdi…
Head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ said Monday that the detainees, held in different Israeli prisons, detention camps and interrogation centers, are heading towards escalated protest measures that…
According to a report by Hussam Association of Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped some 285 Palestinians, 30 of whom are children under the age of 18,…
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated by teargas inhalation during confrontations with the Israeli army, which broke into the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, according to local sources. Meanwhile, forces abducted shepherds…
Israeli forces, Saturday, abducted three Palestinians, including a head of a village council, as well as summoned two others for interrogation, according to reports by security sources.According to WAFA, Israeli…
The Department of Prisoner’s Affairs with the Palestinian Authority recently issued a report regarding the 17 Israeli jails housing some 7,000 Palestinian prisoners. Sources within the organization have predicted uprisings…
The Israeli military court in the Ofer base and detention center, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Wednesday child detainee, Khaled Husam Sheikh, 14 years of…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Prison Administration placed several Palestinian detainees in solitary confinement, and imposed fines of them.The PPS said the detainees were…
Israeli forces abducted, early on Tuesday, nine Palestinians, including three ex-detainees and three minors, and summoned another from West Bank districts. Soldiers also prevented Yatta shepherds from grazing their livestock.WAFA…
Child detainee, Khaled Husam Sheikh, 15 years of age, has been denied family visits, and essential medical treatment, since his abduction by the Israeli army 62 days ago, after the…
Israeli forces detained a lawyer and two children during a raid on their houses in the nearby town of Al Tur (Mount of Olives) and Al Thawri neighborhood, in the…
An Israeli military court has sentenced eight Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to serve between 10 and 42 months in the Israeli prison system, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s…
Israeli soldiers released, on Thursday at night, a paralyzed Palestinian detainee from Za’tara village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The Mawwal Radio in Bethlehem said the released wheelchair-bound…
New testimonies from Palestinian minors have made their way out of Israeli prisons, speaking of the brutal beating and torture of youngsters conducted by Israeli soldiers and investigators.Hiba Masalha, lawyer…
As daily violations continue under Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, the Israeli army conducted predawn raids across several West Bank districts, searching homes and sabotaging furniture,…
Activists participating in the symbolic village known as the ‘Jerusalem Gate’ were detained by Israeli forces on Tuesday, and will be brought before a military court on Thursday afternoon. Israeli…
The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate (PJS), on Wednesday, slammed Israel’s arrest of Ala’a al-Titi. Meanwhile, Facebook has removed the page of a Hamas-affiliated news agency.A protest in solidarity with al-Titi was…
The Israeli military court in the ‘Ofer prison, in the occupied West Bank, sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian journalism student who is also a Folk Dancer and activist, Lina Khattab,…
At least seven Palestinians were abducted by Israeli military and police, on Monday, in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to reports by local and security sources.In Jerusalem,…
Israeli Ofer prison administration has imposed sanctions on four Palestinian prisoners, after they were severely beaten by guards in the waiting area of Ofer’s military court.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)…
Head of Prisoners Association Tawfiq, Abu Naim, has stated that Palestinian detainees are to launch a general hunger strike in April.Abu Naim said, in a private statement to Al Ray…
Residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, welcomed on Saturday evening former political prisoner, Ja’far Awad, after his release from hospital. He was…
The Israeli Authorities released, on Friday noon, the youngest Palestinian detainee, Malak al-Khatib, after holding her captive since December 31, 2014The child was moved to the Jabara Israeli military roadblock,…
The National Committee assembled for the retrieval of the bodies of slain Palestinians stated that the Legal Department of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, in charge of…
Israeli forces, on Thursday, abducted two Palestinians and summoned another after breaking into their homes in several West Bank districts, according to reports by local prisoner institutions and security sources.Israeli…
14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl jailed by Israel since December 31 2014, Malak al-Khatib, will be released from prison on Friday, her family said.Relatives of Malak al-Khatib said that they were informed…
The Ahrar Center for Human Rights has reported that an ailing child detainee, held by Israel since his kidnapping on December 24, 2014, in occupied Jerusalem, is facing seriously deteriorating…
Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, over 2014, fell victim to a pattern of abuse designed to coerce confessions, according to Defense for Children International-Palestine.DCI-Palestine…
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, sentenced nine Palestinian detainees to serve administrative detention terms, ranging between four and six months in prison, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).While some of…
A Jewish Israeli extremist who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for constructing and placing a bomb to kill Palestinian children will be released this month, two…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported, Saturday, that Israeli soldiers deliberately terrorize Palestinian children during their abduction, and while under interrogation.The Committee said the soldiers continuously shout in…
Israeli police abducted three Palestinian women on Thursday morning, as they were leaving occupied East Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, while 11 settlers stormed its courtyards amid tight security measures.Jerusalem sources…
14-year-old teen Khaled Al-Sheikh from Beit ‘Anan village, West Jerusalem, was kidnapped by Israeli forces and has been detained for 40 days, now, under the pretext of throwing stones at…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the current number of Palestinians, held by Israel under Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, has arrived to 500.The PPS said…
At least 151 Palestinian children are currently being held as ‘security prisoners’ in Israeli jails, Palestinian legal monitor Military Court Watch said in a statement, on Tuesday.According to Ma’an, the…
The Hebron Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 120 Palestinians, including 2 young women and 25 children, in Hebron, in the southern part…
Hiba Masalha, a lawyer with the Palestinian Detainees Committee, managed to meet a number of Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel, who described to her the horrific torture and abuse they…
Israel’s Ofer military court, on Sunday, issued administrative detention orders for nine additional prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoners Society stated.WAFA reports that PPS Lawyer Mahmoud Halabi said the court sentenced Yasin…
Sick Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails continue to suffer from the prison administration’s systematic policy of medical negligence, further worsening already precarious health conditions, the detainees and ex-detainees affairs…
Israeli authorities recently sentenced 13 minors to serve between 14 to 28 months in jail and to pay fines, according to the minor prisoners’ representative in Ofer prison.Prisoner Abdul-Fattah Dola,…
The Palestinian Commission Of Detainees in Gaza City has reported that unknown assailants burned its main office, before dawn on Tuesday, and that some of its computers were stolen.The Commission…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has stated that 57-year-old Palestinian member of parliament Hatem Qafisha now holds the record for the longest period of administrative detention…
According to the Palestine Detainees Studies Center, special units working in Israeli jails are engaged in war crimes against Palestinian prisoners.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency reports that, in a…
Jaafar Awad, a young Palestinian man who was released last Wednesday, from Israeli custody, due to serious health problems after a year of interrogation, was transferred Friday to Augusta Victoria…
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian child near the village of Maghayir al-Abeed and demolished four structures in the Palestinian village of Ar-Rifa’iyya in the South Hebron Hills area on Wednesday.An…
The Israeli Military Court in ‘Ofer prison sentenced, Wednesday, a young Palestinian child identified as Malak al-Khatib, 14 years of age, to two months imprisonment, and 6000 New Israeli Shekels…
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, issued administrative detention orders to 22 more Palestinians held in Israeli jails for different periods of time, ranging between three to six months, according to the…
A Palestinian man has been imprisoned in Israel for a total of 33 years, now, a Palestinian prisoner rights advocate has stated.World Bulletin reports, via Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency,…
Israeli forces have so far, on Monday, kidnapped at least eight Palestinians from towns and cities across the West Bank, while summoned others and raided homes of families. Israeli authorities…
Israeli authorities, Wednesday issued administrative detention orders to 36 Palestinian prisoners for different periods of time, varying between three to six months, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.The…
Israeli forces launched multiple raids across occupied East Jerusalem and Hebron, Wednesday at dawn, abducting 32 young Palestinian men, including minors.East Jerusalem detention raids were reported in Sur Bahir, al-Isawiya,…
Hunger striking Palestinian detainee Khader ‘Adnan, held by Israel without charges, said he has suspended his strike, that lasted for one week, after a court date has been set for…
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs stated Sunday that the Israeli Prison Authority closed, on Sunday January 11, the Ramon Prison due to the extreme cold weather, especially…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society filed an appeal with the Israeli High Court Saturday calling on Israeli authorities to provide adequate clothing and covers for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prison…
The family of Palestinian political prisoner Khader ‘Adnan, 37 years of age, said their son started his most recent hunger strike on January 6, protesting the renewal of his arbitrary…
The Israeli military court of Ofer, on Tuesday, approved administrative detention orders filed against 13 detainees, according to the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).PPS reported that the orders…
The Israeli Prison Authority transferred, on Tuesday, wounded female detainee, Amal Taqatqa, from an Israeli hospital to prion, despite her need for further medical attention, and treatment.The Palestinian Detainees Committee…
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies has reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped and detained 7110 Palestinians in 2014, adding that, by the end of the year 2014, the…
Israeli authorities, Sunday, abducted at least five Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, according to reports by local and security sources.In Jerusalem, Israeli police invaded the…
Israeli forces, Thursday detained a 17-year-old from the village of Al Arqa, to the west of Jenin, and caused tens others to suffocate from teargas during confrontations, security sources told…
Several Palestinians suffered from excessive teargas inhalation, Tuesday, as Israeli forces stormed the village of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem. At least 14 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces…
Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army continues to attack and abduct Palestinian children in violation…
Israeli forces raided several areas in the occupied West Bank, on Monday, abducting four Palestinians from Ramallah, Jenin and Qabatiya, according to reports by security and local sources.Israeli guards of…