Ben-Gvir raids Naqab prison,
illegaly seizes clothes,
and Qurans
August 6th, 12:19pm
(Al Mayadeen English)
Prisoners' Media Office said prison staff seized copies
of the Quran during the raid, leaving ..only one copy
per section, each of which holds roughly 15 cells.
Israeli Police Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, raided Naqab Prison
and ordered guards to illegally seize the remaining clothes
belonging to Palestinian detainees, the Prisoners' Media
Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Following the sweep, detainees are left
only the bare minimum of clothing.
The Prisoners' Media Office said conditions at Naqab Prison
continue to worsen, citing ongoing shortages of food and
hygiene supplies alongside harsher punitive measures
and repeated abuses.
The office said the situation puts hundreds of detainees'
lives at risk and called for urgent action to stop
the violations.
Israeli prisons currently hold around 9,500 Palestinian
detainees, including 94 women and over 350 children.
Part of a broader pattern
Thursday's raid extends restrictions Ben-Gvir has imposed
on Palestinian prisoners since taking office in late 2022,
which rights groups say have included denying
prisoners basic rights, starvation, medical
neglect, torture and prolonged isolation.
Similarly, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and
Ex-Detainees Affairs said this week, that women held
at Damon Prison face ongoing medical neglect and
poor conditions. Detainee Amna Suweilem, 55,
has gone without adequate treatment for a
torn shoulder tendon, thyroid disease
and an abdominal hernia --- since
her arrest in November 2025.
Another detainee, Leila Khalil, 22, held in isolation since June,
said food at the prison is insufficient in both quality and
quantity, and that women are allowed out of their cells
for only one hour a day, leaving little time for basic
hygiene, including showers.
The Prisoners' Information Office has separately warned that
several ill women at Damon Prison, including detainees
being treated for cancer and hepatitis, face growing
health risks without proper medical care, and has
called on the Red Cross and international rights
organizations to intervene.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in
northern Gaza, has faced similar treatment since his detention.
The Prisoners' Information Office said he sustained fractured
ribs after Israeli guards assaulted him at Rakevet prison,
calling July 27 the most difficult day of his detention.
Palestinian rights groups have documented a rise in abuses against
detainees ------- since "Israel's" war on Gaza began in October 2023,
including overcrowding, restricted family visits, limited access to
lawyers, inadequate food and delayed or denied medical care.
Human rights organizations --- continue to press international
bodies to investigate these reports and enforce compliance
with international humanitarian law.
Source: Prisoners' Media Office
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11 injured in Qalandia IOF raid,
settlers torch homes
in Masafer Yatta
August 6th, 9:33am
(Al Mayadeen English)
Israeli occupation forces raided Qalandiya, Nablus, Jenin
and Tulkarm as settlers set Palestinian homes ablaze
in Masafer Yatta, south of al-Khalil.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) --- raided multiple areas across the
occupied West Bank early on Thursday, while settlers attacked
Palestinian homes and set fires in Masafer Yatta, south of
al-Khalil, as part of a broader military escalation
ordered by the Israeli regime.
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed 11 Palestinians were
injured in assaults by occupation forces during an IOF raid in
Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied al-Quds, where
soldiers beat several residents, including Mohammad
Jamal Ammar, before releasing him.
Red Crescent crews transported eight beating victims to hospital,
and separately evacuated five patients from the camp ...despite
continued Israeli obstruction of ambulance and rescue teams.
Local Palestinian sources said occupation forces also raided Airport
Road near the camp, fired tear gas, detained two Palestinians, and
obstructed journalists covering the raid.
In a parallel development, confrontations broke out - in the village of
Awarta, southeast of Nablus, where one young man was wounded
by live Israeli fire and another was beaten by soldiers. In eastern
Beit Furik, occupation forces beat residents --- before storming
the town and raiding a home and a commercial property.
Al-Khalil and Ramallah:
Settler arson attack
South of al-Khalil, settlers attacked Palestinian homes in
Khirbet al-Tuba, in Masafer Yatta, setting several ablaze.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said five Palestinians,
including women and children, were injured in
the attack.
Further north, in the al-Qarna area of Turmus Ayya, near
Ramallah, local youths confronted settlers who were
attacking Palestinian homes in the area.
Incursions continue
in Jenin, Tulkarm
Meanwhile, in northern West Bank, in Jenin governorate,
occupation forces stormed the village of Sir, east of the
city, raided a home in al-Mutilla, and infiltrated Jenin's
al-Zahraa neighbourhood, where they assaulted a
young man.
In Tulkarm, an Israeli military vehicle rammed a Palestinian car
on Pharaoh Street, south of the city. Occupation forces also
raided the Wadi al-Sheikh area --- near al-Arroub refugee
camp, north of al-Khalil, and the town of al-Issawiya
in occupied al-Quds.
Wednesday's
Qalandia raid
The raids follow a large-scale military operation Israeli occupation
forces launched Wednesday in Qalandia refugee camp and the
nearby town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied al-Quds.
The operation opened with a storming of the camp by special forces,
followed by heavy military reinforcements, including a bulldozer.
Israeli troops raided dozens of homes in the al-Matar and al-Kasarat
neighbourhoods, forcing several families ------ to leave their houses
amid searches and property damage, while a separate detention
campaign in Kafr Aqab ------ targeted dozens of Palestinians and
prevented residents from performing fajr prayers. Israeli forces
also sent threatening messages to residents' phones, and
used loudspeakers to order evacuations --- and a military
vehicle ran over a young Palestinian man near the camp.
The raid --- forms part of a broader West Bank escalation ordered by
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and War Minister Israel
Katz, following the killing and injury of Israelis during a July
confrontation near the village of al-Tell, close to Jenin.
Source: Agencies