Three Palestinians were killed last week by Israeli army troops and police in the course of the past week according to statistics published by al-Intifada website on Saturday.
The casualties included Qusai al-Amour 18 who was killed during confrontations in Bethlehem Nedal Mihdawi 44 who was shot by Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint 104 near Tulkarem and Yaqoub Abu al-Qiaan from Umm al-Hiran village in the Negev who was killed by the Israeli police over an alleged car-ramming attack.
38 Palestinians were injured during the clashes that broke out in 59 locations during the third week of January 2017 the website added.
The statistics documented that the Israeli authorities are still holding the bodies of 9 Palestinian martyrs.
Al-Intifada website pointed out that the Israeli forces arrested more than 60 Palestinians including 8 children and women. The majority of the detainees were ex-prisoners and deputies of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
The Israeli forces re-arrested the Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq after he was held along with a number of relatives of Palestinian martyrs near Beit El checkpoint north of al-Bireh city. Al-Qiq declared a hunger strike in the early hours of his detention.
The Israeli authorities issued administrative detention orders against 36 Palestinian prisoners for periods ranging from 3 to 6 months. 12 of the orders were new while the remaining prisoners had their detention extended according to the website.
An Israeli court issued a decision to release Sheikh Raed Salah after he served 9 months in Israeli jails. The Israeli authorities also released Yasmeen al-Zarou after a one-year detention for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack.
Al-Intifada website pointed out that an Israeli court had issued during the same period an unfair 3-month sentence against the 14-year-old Palestinian child Ayham Adawi from al-Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil.
