RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 12 more Palestinians from various areas of the occupied West Bank. According to a joint statement issued by the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the new arrests bring the total number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces since Octob...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up 30 more Palestinians in the West Bank, a prisoners’ affairs groups said on Tuesday. The new arrests brought the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in the occupied territory to 4,605 since October 7, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian P...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Palestinians held by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have died inside a detention center in southern Israel, according to the Israeli media. The Haaretz newspaper said hundreds of Palestinian detainees were held inside a detention center in Beersheba for several weeks. “Many of them died inside the center,” the daily ...
Lhokseumawe, Indonesia – AFP Holding his son’s hand in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, Rohingya refugee Mohamed Ridoi says he made the dangerous 12-day sea journey from massive refugee camps in Bangladesh to escape the pervasive threats of kidnapping, extortion and murder. The 27-year-old said he was starting a peaceful life in a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli forces have detained some 135,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada, also known as Second Intifada, in September 2000, a Palestinian official group has revealed. In a statement marking the 23rd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Commission for Prisoners’ Affai...
