01 December 2023, Herald Sun, by Charles Miranda and Maria Bervanakis Freed Israeli hostage Rimon Kirsht, who was hailed for giving Hamas terrorists an “iconic” death stare, tried to give her captors an ultimatum when they came to release her — telling them they needed to let go of her husband too or she’d stay […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Hamas releases hostage paraded in ‘proof of life’ video
01 December 2023, Herald Sun, by Charles Miranda, Adella Beaini, Holly Hales and Tiffany Bakker Hamas has released two hostages including 21-year-old Mia Schem who was paraded in the first “proof of life” video after the October 7 massacre. The Israeli-French national was freed alongside 40-year-old Amit Soussana and were handed to the Red […]
Read More‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
This is an edited extract from A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story, published by Allen Lane on 3 October and available at guardianbookshop.com Huda Dahbour was 35 years old when she moved with her husband and three children to the West Bank in September 1995. It was the second anniversary […]
Read MorePalestinian prisoner dies in Israel after hunger strike
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader has died in Israeli custody after an 87-day hunger strike, the first such fatality in more than three decades, and tensions around the Gaza Strip spiked as the faction swore revenge. Khader Adnan, who was awaiting trial, was found unconscious in his cell on Tuesday and taken to hospital where […]
Read MoreIsrael passes law allowing deportation of Palestinian prisoners
Under the law, a Palestinian citizen of Israel or a Palestinian in the occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem who holds Israeli residency can be stripped of their status after being convicted or charged for an “act of terrorism” and receiving money from the PA.
Read MoreLongest-serving Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli prison
Karim Younis, 66, has been released from Israeli prisons after serving 40 years for the killing of an Israeli soldier. Occupied East Jerusalem – The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Karim Younis, has been released after serving 40 years in Israeli prisons. Israeli prison authorities released Younis, 66, from Hadarim prison just north of Tel Aviv at […]
Read MoreIsrael/OPT: End solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoner jailed as a child
Responding to today’s decision by the Israeli Prison Service to renew the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian prisoner who has developed serious mental health problems since his arrest as a child seven years ago, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:
Read MorePalestinian Security Detainee Dies in Prison, Fatah Calls for International Investigation
A Palestinian security detainee died Saturday in a northern Israel prison. According to Israel’s Prison Service’s spokesperson, 68 – year – old Sa’dieh Matar suffered from a chronic illness and was hospitalized earlier in the week before returning to the prison.
Read MorePalestinian Security Detainee Dies in Prison, Fatah Calls for International Investigation
The woman, identified as Sa’dieh Matar, has been incarcerated since December 2021 for an attempted stabbing. – Haaretz, 2 July 2022
Read MoreAid group anger as Israel convicts Palestinian World Vision worker of supporting terrorists
Beersheba: An Israeli court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian aid worker who has been detained for six years on Israeli charges that he funnelled tens of millions of dollars in relief funds to the militant group Hamas.
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