NABLUS, February 25, 2014 (WAFA) –
The Israeli forces arrested Tuesday 16 people from the districts of Nablus,
Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, local witnesses and security sources
said.
Israeli military jeeps stormed Rujib
residential building and Ad-Dahiyeh residential neighborhood and arrested Fares
Abu Hasan, an attorney with International Solidarity Movement (ISM), as well as
Ahmad Hamid Al-Bitawi, a researcher in ISM and an advocate of Palestinian
prisoners, after breaking into and searching their houses in eastern city of
Nablus.
Forces also arrested Usama Maqbul
and Narmin Salem, who work respectively as an attorney and secretary with ISM
office, after breaking into and searching their houses in the Old City of
Nablus.
They also stormed the ISM
headquarters in Al-Israʻ building and seized computers along with some
documents related to Palestinian prisoners.
Meanwhile in Jenin district, forces
arrested three people aged between 20 and 22 years after breaking into, searching
and wrecking havoc into their houses in Burqin, located to the south of Jenin.
They also broke into and searched
the house of Deyaʻ Ismaʻil, an ex-detainee, and interrogated his family members
in Zuba, a village located to the west of Jenin.
Meanwhile in Hebron district, forces
stormed Al-Sheikh neighborhood in central Hebron and arrested two people aged
25 and 26 years after breaking into and searching their houses.
Forces also stormed Saʻir and Beit Ummar, located to the northwest of Hebron, handed two people orders to appear before the Israeli military intelligence and arrested Yousef Abdul Hamid Abu Maria, 39, the Spokesperson of the Anti-Settlement Popular Committee in Beit Ummar, after breaking and wrecking havoc into his house.
Meanwhile, forces arrested a thirty-year-old person and handed a twenty-three year old man an order to appear before the Israeli military intelligence after breaking into and searching their houses in Beit Fajjar, a town located to the south of Bethlehem.
In Jerusalem, large Israeli police
troops stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate and the Chain
Gate and arrested at least three youths. This took place during confrontations
that erupted when Israeli police attempted to forcibly disperse Palestinian
worshippers and protestors, who spent their night inside the complex in protest
of Israeli plans to place the complex under the full Israeli jurisdiction.
Police also arrested two Palestinians,
19 and 23, in the old city of Jerusalem, as well as handed summons to several
others in the suburb of Silwan to appear for investigation.
K.F./T.R.
