23 oct 2018
Israel’s Ofer military court sentenced on Monday prisoner Suheib al-Fakih to 16 years in prison and a fine of 3,000 USD.
The detainee is the brother of the slain Palestinian youth Mohamed al-Fakih, a member of the Ezzedine Qassam brigades, who was killed in clashes with the Israeli military by the end of July 2016 in Surif town, north of al-Khalil, after he had been chased down for over a couple of months.
Mohamed Fakih was killed on account of carrying out an anti-occupation attack that left an Israeli settler dead near the illegal settlement of Atnael, built on Palestinian land south of al-Khalil.
Suheib was kidnapped by the occupation forces in June 2016 and charged with assisting his brother and keeping him at bay from Israeli soldiers during the manhunt.
The detainee is the brother of the slain Palestinian youth Mohamed al-Fakih, a member of the Ezzedine Qassam brigades, who was killed in clashes with the Israeli military by the end of July 2016 in Surif town, north of al-Khalil, after he had been chased down for over a couple of months.
Mohamed Fakih was killed on account of carrying out an anti-occupation attack that left an Israeli settler dead near the illegal settlement of Atnael, built on Palestinian land south of al-Khalil.
Suheib was kidnapped by the occupation forces in June 2016 and charged with assisting his brother and keeping him at bay from Israeli soldiers during the manhunt.
16 mar 2017
Israeli Haaretz newspaper disclosed that an Israeli military court on Wednesday passed two life sentences in addition to a payment of a quarter of a million shekels as a compensation against prisoner Mohammad Amayreh.
The 38-year-old Palestinian captive Amayreh, from Doura town in al-Khalil, was charged with driving the car which was used in an anti-occupation shooting attack resulting in the death of the headmaster of a Jewish religious school, Michael Mark, last July.
The 38-year-old Palestinian captive Amayreh, from Doura town in al-Khalil, was charged with driving the car which was used in an anti-occupation shooting attack resulting in the death of the headmaster of a Jewish religious school, Michael Mark, last July.
30 aug 2016
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Doura, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished a home of a political prisoner.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers invaded Doura town, wired the home of detainee Mohammad Abdul-Majid Ebreiwish al-‘Amayra, and detonated it.
The family said the soldiers forced them out of their home, in Wad Soud area, in the northern part of the town, and also ordered all families living in nearby homes out of their properties, and detonated the Ebreiwish home.
The explosion leveled the property and caused structural damage to several nearby homes.
The army accuses al-‘Amayra of aiding Mohammad al-Faqeeh, who was killed by the army, on July 27th 2016, after the soldiers fired missiles into a home, where he barricaded himself. The soldiers also bulldozed the property.
The al-‘Amayra property was demolished after an Israeli court turned down an appeal filed by an Israeli center for human rights. A month ago, the army invaded the property, photographed it and handed the family the demolition order.
IDF forces demolish home of Micky Mark killer
Mohammed Amaira, one of the men involved in the murder of Micky Mark, had his house demolished by the IDF in the early hours of Tuesday morning; Amaira, a former Palestinian security services member, turned over the weapon and vehicle used in the attack.
IDF forces have destroyed the house of Mohammad Amairah, 38, in the village of Dura. Amairah was part of the terrorist cell which killed Michael Mark and severely injured his wife and daughter as they were driving in the West Bank two months ago.
The demolition was carried out by soldiers in the Yahalom unit and the 605 combat engineers battalion, alongside border police and COGAT.
The demolition of the terrorist's house was carried out in conjunction under the direction of the political establishment. The one story tall house was located in the Wadi Sod area of Dura, an area where the IDF conducted extensive operations to find the terror cell.
Amairah was a part of the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank, and was arrested three days after he carried out his attack.
While initially saying he was the driver of the terror cell's car during the attack, following a Shin Bet investigation, he revealed that a man named Mohammad Fakih fired the deadly shots, killing Mark. He even turned over the weapon and vehicle used in the attack.
Fakih was killed during a shootout with Israeli security forces after barricading himself in his home in Surif.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers invaded Doura town, wired the home of detainee Mohammad Abdul-Majid Ebreiwish al-‘Amayra, and detonated it.
The family said the soldiers forced them out of their home, in Wad Soud area, in the northern part of the town, and also ordered all families living in nearby homes out of their properties, and detonated the Ebreiwish home.
The explosion leveled the property and caused structural damage to several nearby homes.
The army accuses al-‘Amayra of aiding Mohammad al-Faqeeh, who was killed by the army, on July 27th 2016, after the soldiers fired missiles into a home, where he barricaded himself. The soldiers also bulldozed the property.
The al-‘Amayra property was demolished after an Israeli court turned down an appeal filed by an Israeli center for human rights. A month ago, the army invaded the property, photographed it and handed the family the demolition order.
IDF forces demolish home of Micky Mark killer
Mohammed Amaira, one of the men involved in the murder of Micky Mark, had his house demolished by the IDF in the early hours of Tuesday morning; Amaira, a former Palestinian security services member, turned over the weapon and vehicle used in the attack.
IDF forces have destroyed the house of Mohammad Amairah, 38, in the village of Dura. Amairah was part of the terrorist cell which killed Michael Mark and severely injured his wife and daughter as they were driving in the West Bank two months ago.
The demolition was carried out by soldiers in the Yahalom unit and the 605 combat engineers battalion, alongside border police and COGAT.
The demolition of the terrorist's house was carried out in conjunction under the direction of the political establishment. The one story tall house was located in the Wadi Sod area of Dura, an area where the IDF conducted extensive operations to find the terror cell.
Amairah was a part of the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank, and was arrested three days after he carried out his attack.
While initially saying he was the driver of the terror cell's car during the attack, following a Shin Bet investigation, he revealed that a man named Mohammad Fakih fired the deadly shots, killing Mark. He even turned over the weapon and vehicle used in the attack.
Fakih was killed during a shootout with Israeli security forces after barricading himself in his home in Surif.
22 aug 2016
As part of Israel's mass punishment policy, its higher court on Sunday decided to allow the demolition of a house belonging to a Palestinian father accused of being involved in the killing of a Jewish rabbi in al-Khalil in early July.
The house belongs to prisoner Mohamed Amairah and his family from Dura town in al-Khalil.
The Israeli Shin Bet claim that Amairah was accomplice in the shooting attack that led last month to the death of rabbi Michael Mark near al-Majnuneh Camp area, south of Dura town.
The court rejected a petition filed by an Israeli human rights group against the demolition of the house, which would lead to the displacement of prisoner Amairah's family.
The house belongs to prisoner Mohamed Amairah and his family from Dura town in al-Khalil.
The Israeli Shin Bet claim that Amairah was accomplice in the shooting attack that led last month to the death of rabbi Michael Mark near al-Majnuneh Camp area, south of Dura town.
The court rejected a petition filed by an Israeli human rights group against the demolition of the house, which would lead to the displacement of prisoner Amairah's family.
8 aug 2016
After a Palestinian doctor was allegedly fired for treating Rabbi Michael Mark’s family after deadly terror attack, the Mount Hebron Regional Council head Yochai Damri calls for allocation of work permits; ‘The 2 Arabs protected them despite threats;’ Doctor; ‘I am no hero.’
The Mount Hebron Regional Council has come to the aid of a Palestinian doctor who was reportedly dismissed for attempting to save Rabbi Michael ‘Miki’ Mark’s family in July.
Rabbi Mark was killed in July when a Palestinian terrorist sprayed his travelling vehicle with bullets as they were driving in Mount Hebron from Otniel. During the attack, Miki’s wife, Chava was seriously injured while two of his ten children, Pedayah (15) and Tehila (13) were also injured.
After the attack, the family was assisted by two Arabs prior to the arrival of Israeli medical teams and their actions arguably saved their lives.
“In this dark attack two Arab residents acted to help and rescue the family until the Israeli teams arrived. These actions were extremely important in preventing much more serious damage,” said Mount Hebron Regional Council head Yochai Damri during a tour by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in south Mount Hebron.
“The first one arrived at the scene just seconds after the incident and started trying to force the doors open with a car jack to free the children and get them out. He also tried to unfasten the safety belt that was choking the mother,” said Damri.
“Afterward he protected the children in his car and made sure that no one hurt them or tried to kidnap them. He did this despite the fact that dozens of vehicles passed by, threatened him and demanded that he stop treating Jews. After a few minutes a doctor arrived who was also on his way to Jerusalem. He provided first aid to the wounded and continued on his way when the rescue teams arrived.”
“As a result of this he (the doctor) was fired from his job,” Damri claimed. “I met with him and he asked me to help him in removing the obstructions for his work license.”
Damri said that he wrote a letter this week to the defense minister asking for his help in providing work permits for the two heros. ”I met with them and I understand their difficulties but it is reasonable that in instances like these we are obligated, as the Jewish people, to express our gratitude to the people who behave like human beings as is expected from them in these instances.”
“Now, of all time, is the time to strengthen the positive elements and send a clear message that normal and positive conduct will be rewarded in kind,” he concluded.
The justice minister is expected to send a letter to the UN Secretary-General in order to exert pressure on the Palestinian Authority for firing the Palestinian doctor.
In an interview with Ynet, Dr. Ali Abu Shareh, the doctor who helped the family, said that he saw the overturned vehicle of the Mark family while he was driving with his brother and wife to Jerusalem to pray in the al-Aqsa mosque.
“I stopped and there was already a Palestinian man there with his wife who were trying to help the wounded,” he recalled. “The first thing that I saw was Tehila in a state of shock. I started speaking to her in English and she understood me. Then my brother started speaking to her in Hebrew and said to her, ‘Don’t be frightened. This is my brother who is a doctor and he wants to help you.’”
“I checked the children and realized that they were not seriously injured. Then I got to the mother and saw that she was choking because of the safety belt,” continued Dr. Shareh. “We unfastened the belt, removed her from the vehicle and started treating her. At this point the first ambulance arrived from the Red Crescent and a military jeep. I shouted to the soldier in English inside, ‘Call an Israeli ambulance urgently! Now! Now!’”
After a few minutes a Magen David Adom ambulance team arrived at the scene. Dr. Shareh explained to them that he was a doctor, that the woman had a pulse and had to be urgently evacuated to hospital.
“At the same time I shouted to the soldiers to move the jeep to make way for the ambulance so it could travel quickly. Thank God we got her out of there quickly. If we had got there later it could have ended very differently.”
Dr. Shareh emphasized that he does not feel like a hero but simply acted in the same way any doctor should be expected to act. “I did was was obligated of me,” he insisted. “It doesn’t matter to me whether we are talking about a Palestinian or a settler. My job is to save people because they are people.”
Moreover he asked that the message be sent to the children of Miki Mark: “I know that the blow to the family is a heavy one but I want them to know that I did all I could to help them.”
The Mount Hebron Regional Council has come to the aid of a Palestinian doctor who was reportedly dismissed for attempting to save Rabbi Michael ‘Miki’ Mark’s family in July.
Rabbi Mark was killed in July when a Palestinian terrorist sprayed his travelling vehicle with bullets as they were driving in Mount Hebron from Otniel. During the attack, Miki’s wife, Chava was seriously injured while two of his ten children, Pedayah (15) and Tehila (13) were also injured.
After the attack, the family was assisted by two Arabs prior to the arrival of Israeli medical teams and their actions arguably saved their lives.
“In this dark attack two Arab residents acted to help and rescue the family until the Israeli teams arrived. These actions were extremely important in preventing much more serious damage,” said Mount Hebron Regional Council head Yochai Damri during a tour by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in south Mount Hebron.
“The first one arrived at the scene just seconds after the incident and started trying to force the doors open with a car jack to free the children and get them out. He also tried to unfasten the safety belt that was choking the mother,” said Damri.
“Afterward he protected the children in his car and made sure that no one hurt them or tried to kidnap them. He did this despite the fact that dozens of vehicles passed by, threatened him and demanded that he stop treating Jews. After a few minutes a doctor arrived who was also on his way to Jerusalem. He provided first aid to the wounded and continued on his way when the rescue teams arrived.”
“As a result of this he (the doctor) was fired from his job,” Damri claimed. “I met with him and he asked me to help him in removing the obstructions for his work license.”
Damri said that he wrote a letter this week to the defense minister asking for his help in providing work permits for the two heros. ”I met with them and I understand their difficulties but it is reasonable that in instances like these we are obligated, as the Jewish people, to express our gratitude to the people who behave like human beings as is expected from them in these instances.”
“Now, of all time, is the time to strengthen the positive elements and send a clear message that normal and positive conduct will be rewarded in kind,” he concluded.
The justice minister is expected to send a letter to the UN Secretary-General in order to exert pressure on the Palestinian Authority for firing the Palestinian doctor.
In an interview with Ynet, Dr. Ali Abu Shareh, the doctor who helped the family, said that he saw the overturned vehicle of the Mark family while he was driving with his brother and wife to Jerusalem to pray in the al-Aqsa mosque.
“I stopped and there was already a Palestinian man there with his wife who were trying to help the wounded,” he recalled. “The first thing that I saw was Tehila in a state of shock. I started speaking to her in English and she understood me. Then my brother started speaking to her in Hebrew and said to her, ‘Don’t be frightened. This is my brother who is a doctor and he wants to help you.’”
“I checked the children and realized that they were not seriously injured. Then I got to the mother and saw that she was choking because of the safety belt,” continued Dr. Shareh. “We unfastened the belt, removed her from the vehicle and started treating her. At this point the first ambulance arrived from the Red Crescent and a military jeep. I shouted to the soldier in English inside, ‘Call an Israeli ambulance urgently! Now! Now!’”
After a few minutes a Magen David Adom ambulance team arrived at the scene. Dr. Shareh explained to them that he was a doctor, that the woman had a pulse and had to be urgently evacuated to hospital.
“At the same time I shouted to the soldiers to move the jeep to make way for the ambulance so it could travel quickly. Thank God we got her out of there quickly. If we had got there later it could have ended very differently.”
Dr. Shareh emphasized that he does not feel like a hero but simply acted in the same way any doctor should be expected to act. “I did was was obligated of me,” he insisted. “It doesn’t matter to me whether we are talking about a Palestinian or a settler. My job is to save people because they are people.”
Moreover he asked that the message be sent to the children of Miki Mark: “I know that the blow to the family is a heavy one but I want them to know that I did all I could to help them.”