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Palestinian families of escaped prisoners targeted by Israelis Frustrated by their inability to track down six escapees, Israeli soldiers are arresting their relatives near the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli troops arrest a Palestinian near the occupied West Bank City of Jenin in May [Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE] By Al Jazeera Staff8 Sep 2021 Jenin Refugee Camp, Occupied West Bank – Israeli forces are arresting relatives of Palestinian prisoners on the run after their brazen escape from a high-security prison in Israel. Addameer, the Palestinian prisoner support and human rights association, said on Wednesday at least seven family members of the escapees were detained by Israeli soldiers throughout the occupied West Bank, though some were held only briefly.KEEP READINGPale...

Here’s what else we’re tracking: -On September 6th, six Palestinians escaped Israel’s Gilboa Prison—setting off an Israeli manhunt, retaliation against the prisoners’ families, and a crackdown on Palestinians in jail, which in turn led to some Palestinians setting fire to their cells. Five days later, Israeli forces recaptured four of the prisoners, but two remain free. As Israeli troops continue their search, over 1,000 prisoners have declared they will start a hunger strike to protest Israeli prison authorities’ attempts to tamp down unrest from imprisoned Palestinians. For more on this story, I recommend reading Israeli reporter Amira Hass’ West Bank dispatches in Haaretz, these tweets from Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, this Twitter thread from Palestinian activist Fadi Q...

NEWSBY POLITICS TODAY September 6, 2021The escape took place at 3:35 A.M. on September 6, 2021. Six prisoners, who all shared a cell, reportedly took off their prison clothes and disappeared into the surrounding area.  A general view of the Gilboa Prison, the most secured Israeli prison, where six Palestinians escaped through a tunnel. According to the authorities, five of the fugitives belong to the Islamic Jihad movement and one is a former commander of an armed group affiliated with the mainstream Fatah party. Photo by Ilia Yefimovich, Picture Alliance via Getty Images Israeli security services woke up on September 6, 2021, to the shocking news of the escape of six Palestinian prisoners, whom Israel classifies as security prisoners, from the high-securi...

Mustafa Khalil Ameereh, 13, was beaten up and detained by Nazi soldiers near Ramallah. (Photo: via Social Media) Nazi army on Monday beat up and arrested 13-year-old Mustafa Khalil Ameereh while he was in the land of his family in Ni’lin, near Ramallah. Mustafa’s father told QNN that Nazi force arrested his son after beating him up while he was in their land in Ni’lin, a village separated by the racist Nazi apartheid wall. Palestine Foundation | فلسطین فاؤنڈیشن پاکستان@plf_pakIsraeli forces on Monday beat up and arrested the child Mustafa Khalil Ameereh (13 years old) while he was in the land of his family in Ni’lin in western Ramallah. https://plfpakistan.org/israeli-soldiers-beat-up-arrest-13-year-old-in-ramallah/…#IsraeliTerrorism#child#Palestinian He said that the sold...

Mahmoud Ardah appears at Nazi court in Nazareth. (Photo: via Social Media) The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said its attorney will be allowed tonight to visit the four recaptured Palestinian prisoners who broke out of prison last week and are currently held in Nazi custody. The commission said in a statement that its staff succeeded in getting a court ruling lifting the ban on the prisoners meeting a lawyer. The Palestine Chronicle@PalestineChron#ICRC Expects to Visit Recaptured #Palestinian Political #Prisoners in #Israeli Custody https://palestinechronicle.com/icrc-expects-to-visit-recaptured-palestinian-political-prisoners-in-israeli-custody/… via @PalestineChron The four re-captured prisoners, Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Arda, Mohammad Arda and Yakub ...

The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs said today that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of four Palestinians who were caught over the weekend after his escape from prison in Israel along with five others last week, was beaten and ill-treated during and after his capture resulting in him suffering from broken jaw and ribs. It said that one of its lawyers was able to visit Zubeidi in his prison cell this morning after an Israeli court lifted the ban on their visits and was able to check on his situation four days after his capture. The Palestine Chronicle@PalestineChron#Israeli Ministers to Ask More Restrictions on #PalestinianPrisonershttps://buff.ly/3Ec25RQ via @PalestineChron Zubeidi, said the Commission in a statement, was transferred to Zionist hospital after th...

A picture showing the violent assault of Zakaria Zubeidi at the hands of Nazi forces. (Photo: via Social Media) Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the four Palestinian freedom fighters who were captured yesterday by the Nazi occupation forces after their daring escape from Gilboa Prison, was moved to the hospital today due to the brutal beating he was subjected to during his arrest. Hasan Abed Rabbo, spokesperson for the Palestinian Detainees Affairs Commission, told WAFA that Zubeidi, 46, sustained extreme beating in the left-right of his face, and after a deterioration in his case, he was taken today to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa for medical treatment. Maryam Afifi@Maryam_AfeefiPrisoner Zakaria Zubeidi was transferred for treatment at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, due to merciless tor...