The Committee of Families of Political Prisoners in the West Bank said that the Palestinian Authority security services arrested Dr. Qasim Bani Ghara, head of the emergency department at Jenin Governmental Hospital in the West Bank, 5 days ago, and he has been subjected to severe torture inside Al-Junaid Prison in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank since his arrest.
The committee called on all local and international human rights institutions to put pressure on the authority to release Dr. Bani Ghara and all detainees.
Local sources told Tel Aviv Tribune yesterday, Friday, that a Palestinian and his son were killed and his daughter was injured in heavy gunfire that took place in the Al-Hawashin neighborhood in the middle of the Jenin camp, while the Jenin Brigade of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, accused the security of the Palestinian Authority of “killing 16 citizens.” cold-blooded Palestinians,” including journalist Shatha Al-Sabagh.
Earlier Friday, the official spokesman for the Palestinian Security Forces, Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, announced the killing of Major Rashid Shaqo from the General Intelligence Service in an “accidental accident while performing his national duty” in the Jenin camp.
The Palestinian security services had previously announced the killing of one of its members in the operation called “Protecting the Homeland,” which has been continuing in the camp since December 14.
This comes as the Palestinian Authority’s security services continue to siege the camp for 28 days, forcing the people to hold Friday prayers yesterday in the courtyard of the camp’s social center, despite the sounds of bullets during prayer.
Clashes usually break out between resistance fighters and PA security personnel in the cities of the northern West Bank, especially Jenin and Tulkarm, coinciding with the ongoing invasions of the occupation forces, settler attacks, and Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.