Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Two Palestinians, Kidnap 370 In May
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By Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News | June 1, 2014
In
its monthly report on Israeli violations, the Ahrar Center for
Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers
killed two Palestinians in May, and kidnapped 370.
The
Center said that the army shot and killed Nadim Nuwwara, 17, and
Mohammad Abu Thaher, 20, near the Ofer Israeli military roadblock, near
the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The two were killed on May 15,
during Nakba Day protests.
Israeli
army sharpshooters killed the two following clashes with the army as
the Palestinians marked the Nakba Day. Video footage showed the two
walking away, with their backs to the army location, when they were
killed.
As
for arrests carried out by the Israeli occupation army, the Center said
that 370 Palestinians were kidnapped in the West Bank, Jerusalem and
the Gaza Strip.
In
Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped 118 Palestinians, the highest number of
arrests in May, while 86 Palestinians were kidnapped in the Hebron
district, 40 in Nablus, 30 in Bethlehem, 27 in Ramallah, 27 in Jenin, 16
in Qalqilia, 8 in Salfit, 4 in Tulkarem, and two in Tubas.
In
addition, 12 Palestinians were kidnapped in the besieged Gaza Strip;
three of them were kidnapped near the border fence, and nine were
Palestinian fishers were kidnapped by the Israeli Navy in Palestinian
territorial waters.
Also
in May, the army kidnapped five Palestinian women in different parts of
occupied Palestine, and released three of them, while two remained
under interrogation.
Head
of the Ahrar Center, Fuad al-Khoffash, stated that Israel is escalating
the arrests, especially amongst young Palestinians, and that Israeli
interrogators continue to use cruel interrogation methods, and extreme
torture, in direct violation of International Law and all related human
rights treaties.
He
added that the arrests are happening while Administrative Detainees,
held by Israel under arbitrary orders without charges or trial, are
ongoing with their hunger strike despite the fact that many detainees
are facing life-threatening conditions, and serious complications.
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