Extending the arrest of a woman and 4 children and sentencing one young man
The Israeli police extended the arrest of a woman and the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 4 children from Shu’fat refugee camp and sentenced one young man. Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Israeli police extended the arrest of Hiba Tawil in order to present her to the Magistrate court; note that she was arrested on Sunday morning while attempting to go inside Al-Aqsa Mosque through Al-Silsileh Gate, and after detaining and questioning her the police tried to force her to sign papers to isolate her from Al-Aqsa for 30 days but she refused and the duration was reduced to one week but Hiba still refused since there is no reason for arresting her and preventing her from entering Al-Aqsa. The police then extended her arrest to present her to court on Monday. Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 4 minors from Shu’fat refugee camp until Monday. The police charged them with throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the military camp established at the entrance of the camp on 27/11/2013; note that they were arrested after raiding their homes on Sunday early morning hours. They are: 16-year old Yousef Adel Abu Zaneed, 14-year old Mohammad Ismaeel Khatib, 15-year old Odai Mohammad Saed and 15-year old Izz Eddin Khaled Faqeeh. The general prosecution requested to extend their arrest for 7 days for investigation but their lawyer requested to release them due to the lack of evidence or confessions and the judge said: “the police should make sure that the children committed the charges through the surveillance cameras installed at the checkpoint before arresting them.” The lawyer added that the Magistrate court sentenced on Sunday Shadi Labban for actual imprisonment of 3 months and a day on charges of throwing stones; note that the prosecution tried to increase the charges of throwing stones but the judge refused.
