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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

Raids Across West Bank Lead to New Arrests

Israeli forces arrested Palestinians, including a journalist, during early Thursday raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Prisoners Media Office. Arrests were reported in Bethlehem, Nablus, Salfit and Hebron provinces. In Bethlehem, several people were detained during home raids, while a father and his two sons were arrested in Beit Fajjar. Nablus also saw multiple arrests in villages and refugee camps. In Sebastia, the mother and sister of a prisoner were briefly detained. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Israel talks make 'positive progress' on borders, prisoners: Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said that recent direct negotiations with Israel in Rome made positive headway on border disputes and detainee exchanges, though major diplomatic effort is still required to secure a lasting ceasefire. Aoun made the remarks on Friday during a Cabinet meeting at Baabda Palace, according to a statement from the Lebanese Presidency, a day after the seventh round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel concluded. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Israel passes 'discriminatory' bill allowing death penalty for Palestinian prisoners

Israel's parliament has approved a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on “terror charges” for deadly attacks, a move sharply criticised as discriminatory by European nations and rights groups. Sixty-two lawmakers, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday voted in favour and 48 against the bill, championed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. There was one abstention, and the rest of the lawmakers were not present. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

US won’t tolerate prolonged conflict, risk ‘10,000 ISIL prisoners escaping’

A diplomatic option to end the fighting between the Syrian army and the SDF “is still on the table”, a security analyst says. “What the Syrian government here is doing is trying to increase its leverage over the SDF. It feels like it’s been offering the SDF very, very good deals – for example, recognising the Kurds as a distinct minority group in Syria, their language, their holidays,” Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer at King’s College London, said. “But if you ask Syrian government sources, they say they’ve got nothing… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Prisoners’ groups denounce death of 3 Palestinians in Israeli jails

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society have confirmed the death of three prisoners from Gaza in Israeli detention. The Palestinian prisoner rights NGOs issued a joint statement identifying the men as Taysir Saeed al-Abd Sababa (60), Khamis Shukri Mar’i Ashour (44), and Khalil Ahmad Khalil Haniyeh (35). Sababa, a father of nine, died on December 31 last year, two months after his arrest. Haniyeh, a father of four, died on December 25, almost a year after his arrest. The statement did not specify when… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Red Cross returns 15 bodies of Palestinians held by Israel

The Red Cross has returned the bodies of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza following Israel’s confirmation of the identity of the latest captive released by Hamas. The Palestinian Information Center reports 15 bodies were returned by Israel in the latest exchange. Under the October ceasefire deal, Hamas released all 20 living captives held in Gaza since the 2023 attack on Israel, in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and wartime detainees held in Israel. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Israel bans Red Cross visits to detained Palestinians

Israeli Defence Minister has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails, a statement from his office announced. Israel Katz said that opinions presented to him by security services “indicate without a doubt that Red Cross visits to terrorists in prisons will seriously harm the security of the state”. The statement announcing the move said the order affects “thousands” of people. Israel has long been criticised for holding Palestinians in degrading conditions, in particular under the tenure of current National… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Syria, Lebanon aim for deals on prisons and smuggling

Syria and Lebanon hope to strike two deals on returning prisoners home and preventing smuggling across their border, they announced. One "judicial agreement" could see hundreds of Syrian prisoners return from Lebanon, while a second "related to borders" would tackle the trafficking of drugs and weapons. Two new committees will draft the agreements after a Syrian delegation visited Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri on Monday, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. The texts could then be considered during a "Syrian ministerial visit to Beirut in the near future". Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Israeli army abducts 35 Palestinians, including children, in occupied WB incursion

Israeli forces have abducted at least 35 Palestinians, including children and former prisoners, in a series of overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, rights groups said. The arrests took place in the cities of Nablus, Salfit, Qalqilya, Jenin, Tulkarem, Alkhalil, and Bethlehem, according to a joint statement from the Commission of Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society on Tuesday. Since October 2023, more than 18,000 Palestinians have been abducted by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian figures show. Read More…

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