Israeli soldiers try to detain Palestinians at al-Sahla area near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 20 September 2021. Israeli soldiers try to detain Palestinians at al-Sahla area near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Umm Shadi Al-Mohtaseb: A resident of Al-Sahla area was assaulted and her son arrested, by Israeli forces. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Malkaa Qafisha: A resident of Al-Sahla region, she and her relatives were assaulted by Israeli forces. STORYLINE: Al-Sahla area is located in the center of the city of Hebron on the road leading from the closed Shuhada Street to the Ibrahimi Mosque. Al-Sahla area was considered the most famous area in the city of Hebron, as it was part of the city’s central market, along with the old Hisba and the old city markets until the mid-nineties of the last century. The siege was tightened on the area and surrounded by roadblocks in conjunction with the closure of Al-Shuhada Street and the signing of the so-called Hebron agreement, where the Israel tightened its control over these areas and closed them to the Palestinians, and the settlement advance began towards the area and took control of a number of Palestinian homes and turned them into settlement outposts. There are only 68 families left in the Al-Sahla area, after it contained hundreds of families before the year 2000 Five barriers surround the Sahla area. Footage by/ APAwire

Palestinian players fight during a local Judo Championship

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 19 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian players fight during a local Judo Championship, in Gaza city. STORYLINE: Judo is generally categorized as a modern Japanese martial art, which has since evolved into an Olympic and Paralympic event. The sport was created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano as a physical, mental, and moral pedagogy in Japan. With its origins coming from jujutsu, judo's most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either throw or take down the opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue the opponent with a pin, or force the opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice. Footage by / APAwire

Father of Ayham Kamamji, one of six Palestinian prisoners escaped from Israeli jail, speaks during an interview

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jenin, 19 Sebtember 2021. Father of Ayham Kamamji, one of six Palestinian prisoners escaped from Israeli jail, speaks during an interview, in the West Bank city of Jenin. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Father of Ayham Kamamji STORYLINE: Israeli occupation forces last night captured Ayham Kamamji and Munadel Nufei’at, the last Palestinian freedom fighters to remain at large following the September 6 jailbreak by six Palestinian political prisoners from the heavily guarded Israeli prison of Gilboa. The two were captured during a predawn military raid of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank. Witnesses told WAFA that a large-scale Israeli army force accompanied by undercover units raided the eastern neighborhood in Jenin, cordoned off a house and asked its residents with loudspeakers to turn themselves over to the army. A few minutes later, Kamamji and Nufei’at, who were reportedly hiding in the house for some time, were announced recaptured. Clashes erupted in the neighborhood following the Israeli raid and the reports on the recapture of the two freedom fighters. The Israeli soldiers fired live bullets at the protesters, injuring at least two of them. The two were hospitalized. The Israeli occupation forces also detained two local Palestinian residents during the raid, including a man with physical disability. Last week, the Israeli occupation forces captured four out of the six Palestinian freedom fighters who escaped Gilboa Prison, about four and five days respectively following the jailbreak. Two of the freedom fighters, Mohammad Ardah and Zakaria Zubeidi, were recaptured on September 11 while hiding near the village of Shibli, east of Nazsreth city, hours after Mahmoud Arda and Yaaqob Qadri were recaptured at Mount Precipice in Nazareth. Ayham Kamamji and Munadel Nudeiat remained at large until their recapture last night. The six freedom fighters broke out of the maximum-security Israeli prison by digging a tunnel under a sink in their cell, using spoons, plates and even the handle of a kettle. Footage by /APAwire

Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike at Israeli jails

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike at Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Hebron. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Khaled Al-Fosfous, brother of the prisoners on hunger strike, Kayed Al-Fosfus 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Imad Abu Hawash, brother of the striker, Hisham Abu Hawash. STORYLINTE: There are 520 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel, said Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Many administrative detainees have won their freedom after going on hunger strike. The six detainees who are on hunger strike demanding their freedom are: Kayed Fasfous, 32, from the Hebron district town of Dura, is married and a father to one child. He has been on hunger strike for 64 days, the longest among the current striking detainees. Meqdad Qawasme, 24, from Hebron city, is next in line on the hunger strikers list and has been on hunger strike for 57 days. He spent a total of four years behind bars for his resistance of the Israel. Alaa Araj, 34, a civil engineer from Tulkarm in the north of the West Bank. He has been on hunger strike for 39 days. Arrested several times since 2013 and his only child was born during one of his incarcerations. Hisham Abu Hawwash, 39, also from Dura, and has been on hunger strike for 31 days. A former prisoner who spent eight years behind bars. Married and a father of four children, the youngest of which suffers from kidney failure. Rayeq Bisharat, 44, from Tubas in the Jordan Valley. A former prisoner who spent nine years behind bars for his resistance of the occupation. He lost his arm in 2002, was arrested in 2003 and sentenced to nine years in prison before his release in 2012. Rearrested in July and placed in administrative detention. His wife was killed and his son was injured by Israeli forces. He has been on hunger strike for 26 days. Shadi Abu Aker, 37, from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, is a former prisoner who spent 10 years in jail and was released in 2012. Re-arrested three times after that and placed in administrative detention. He is married and a father of two children and has been on hunger strike for 23 days. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoner Miqdad Al-Qawasmi, who has been on hunger strike in the Israeli prisons, since 59

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with prisoner Miqdad Al-Qawasmi, who has been on hunger strike in the Israeli prisons, since 59 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Father of Miqdad Al-Qawasmi. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mother of Miqdad Al-Qawasmi. STORYLINE: The Supreme Court rejects the petition submitted by the lawyer of the prisoner Miqdad Al-Qawasmi. The prisoner Miqdad Al-Qawasmi from Hebron continues his hunger strike for the 59th day, in refusal to the policy of administrative detention. The prisoner’s lawyer had submitted a petition to the so-called Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the continuation of administrative detention against Qawasmi without any charge, but the court rejected the petition despite the prisoner’s health condition The family of the prisoner Miqdad Al-Qawasmi fears for her son after his deteriorating health condition due to the hunger strike and the deliberate lack of health care by the prison administration. He suffered from several health ailments and was transferred to a hospital for treatment due to the difficulty of his health condition. As soon as he passed the danger stage without recovering,. Six prisoners continue their open hunger strike. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinian medical workers inspect the COVID-19 intensive care unit at European Gaza Hospital

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Rafah - 20 September 2021. Palestinian medical workers inspect the COVID-19 intensive care unit at European Gaza Hospital in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Youssef Al-Akkad, Director General of the European Gaza Hospital STORYLINE: Sixteen people have died of coronavirus in Palestine in the last 24 hours while 2103 new cases were recorded, today said Minister of Health Mail Alkaila. She said in her daily report on the virus in Palestine that eight people died in the West Bank and 803 new cases were confirmed, while 904 patients have recovered. The Gaza Strip also reported eight deaths, 1300 new cases and 358 recoveries. Alkaila said 221 people are in hospitals getting treatment for coronavirus, and 76 are intensive care, while 10 patients are on ventilators. A total of 1,306,012 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in Palestine and 587,112 have had the second dose of the vaccine. The West Bank rate of vaccination was 52.9 percent and Gaza 30.2 percent. Footage by/ APAwire

Family of Monadel Enfeat, one of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison sit inside their house

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jenin, 19 Sebtember 2021. Family of Monadel Enfeat, one of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison sit inside their house after Israeli forces re-arrested him, in the West Bank city of Jenin. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Nidal Enfeat, brother of Monadel. STORYLINE: Israeli forces caught the last two of six Palestinian prisoners who had tunnelled out of Israel's high security Gilboa prison. All six Palestinian militants who escaped an Israeli high-security jail through a tunnel dug under a sink are back in custody, after the army said on September 19 that it had recaptured the last two. The Israeli army on Sunday said it has arrested the last two of the six Palestinians who had escaped a maximum-security prison in northern Israel earlier in September. The Israeli military wrote on Twitter that the two were caught alive in an overnight raid in the Israel-occupied West Bank and taken for questioning. After a 13-day manhunt, they were located and arrested in a joint operation by the military, the police's Counter-Terrorism Unit and the Shin Bet security service in Jenin city in the northern West Bank. Two additional Palestinians suspected of assisting the fugitives were also arrested. On Sept. 6, the six Palestinians tunneled their way out of Gilboa Prison. The rare jailbreak sparked a string of demonstrations in the West Bank to support the escapees and to protest the measures Israel has taken in prisons after the escape. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinian chef Ahlam Khadra, 41, works in a cafe "Station Cafe"

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 18 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian chef Ahlam Khadra, 41, works in a cafe "Station Cafe" 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) chef Ahlam Khadra STORYLINE: Khadra opened Cafe as a project of her own. She is a computer science graduate, making small sweets to serve with coffee to customers. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against settlements in al-Mughair village near the West Bank city of Ramallah

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against settlements in al-Mughair village near the West Bank city of Ramallah. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Abdullah Abu Rahma, a member of the wall and settlement resistance commission. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Amin Abu Alia, chairman of the Al-Mughayer council. STORYLINE: The Palestinian demonstrators marched to reject the Israeli army's closure of the main street of the town, to reject settlements, and to support Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. In the aftermath, clashes erupted between Palestinian demonstrators and the Israeli army forces, which were heavily present in the area, resulting in dozens of Palestinians suffocating as a result of tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinians cross Israeli checkpoints to perform dawn prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians cross Israeli checkpoints to perform dawn prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque, amidst Israeli security preparations during Jewish holidays. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Moataz Abu Sneina, Ibrahimi Mosque's Imam. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mohand Al-Jabari, a Muslim worshiper STORYLINE: The Ibrahimi Mosque, located in the Israeli-controlled section of Hebron known as H2, has been divided between Muslims and Jews. Israeli forces have banned Muslims from praying at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron as Jews mark their New Year, Wafa news agency has reported. The Muslim holy site, however, remains open for Israeli settlers. In total, more than 200,000 Palestinians live in Hebron, compared with just a few hundred illegal settlers. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinians attend a press conference, in front of the UNESCO headquarters

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 20 September 2021. Palestinians attend a press conference, in front of the UNESCO headquarters. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Maher Mezher, head of the Popular Committee in the Popular Front 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Walid Al-Awad, a leader in the People's Party STORYLINE: The Follow-up Committee of the National and Islamic Forces published a letter on Monday addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which it expressed the objections to the agreement with the US. Hamas, has rejected the framework agreement signed between the United States and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) regarding the restoration of US funding for the agency. The movement said that it refuses to sign conditional agreements which empty UNRWA and its mandate of its content, and expose the refugee issue to "grave danger". Moreover, it stressed that it also refuses to take any measures against UNRWA employees or beneficiaries as stipulated in the agreement. "The United States wants to provide a service to the Israeli occupation by liquidating the refugee issue, the core of the Palestinian cause and UNRWA, through financial extortion," explained Hamas. The agreement, it insisted, contradicts UNRWA's mandate as well as international law and international humanitarian law, turning the agency into a political-security tool in the hands of a foreign country. Footage by/ APAwire

Palestinian workers use a bulldozer to remove the rubbles of a building which was hit by Israeli strikes during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 19 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian workers use a bulldozer to remove the rubbles of a building which was hit by Israeli strikes during the recent 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas on May. STORYLINE: The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Works in Gaza, Naji Sarhan, said that “1,500 housing units were completely destroyed, and 880 other units were partially destroyed with severe damage, in addition to 56 thousand housing units with moderate and slight damage.” Qatar has entered the line of reconstruction and wants to start, and Egypt also, knowing that each of them pledged $500 million, with a total of $1 billion, he added. Sarhan stated that, “It was agreed with Qatar, during the recent visit of Ambassador Muhammad Al-Emadi (chairman of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza) to the Strip, to start reconstruction in October 2021, which includes scattered housing units completely destroyed, and the other severely damaged uninhabitable, and these priority for us in the reconstruction process.” Based on this agreement, “communication was made with the owners of those housing units, to prepare the special plans necessary for the reconstruction of their destroyed homes,” according to the undersecretary, who indicated that “an agreement was also made with Egypt on the grant, and we are waiting for them, and we expect that there will be a meeting soon with them.” “ According to private sources within the ministry, the ministry's estimates of the reconstruction process are; $200 million to rebuild what was destroyed during the last conflict in 2021, in addition to $150 million for previous wars, with a total of $350 million. Footage by Ashraf Amra /APAwire

Palestinian artists paint on a mural glorifying six prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison almost two weeks ago

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 18 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian artists paint on a mural glorifying six prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison almost two weeks ago. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Abu Yasser Al-Taweel, Head of the Fine Art Forum STORYLINE: Four of the six Palestinians who staged a Hollywood-style escape from an Israeli prison may be back behind bars, but in their hometown they are being celebrated as heroes. Israel has recaptured four of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security prison last week in one of the most spectacular breakouts in the country's history, police said. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque complex

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform the Friday prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, Islam's third holiest site. STORYLINE: Palestine's Mufti Mohammad Hussein warned last week about Israeli raids at Al Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem's Old City during the Jewish holiday season. The mufti's statement came in response to calls by Jewish groups for their followers to show up in large numbers at the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam, during the holiday period. "Such calls are a dangerous escalation intended to change the status quo of the holy place as a Muslim-only place of worship," said Mufti Mohammad. "They are made in the context of the frantic campaign by the Israeli occupation government to Judaise the holy city of Jerusalem." The Islamic scholar pointed out that Israel is Judaising the city and wants to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially. "The ultimate intention is to prevent Muslims from getting to the mosque," he explained. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinians attend Friday prayer in solidarity with prisoners at Israeli jails

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians attend Friday prayer in solidarity with prisoners at Israeli jails, in front of Red Cross office in Gaza city. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Jamil Alyan, a leader in the Islamic Jihad Movement. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Issam Abu Daqqa, a leader in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine STORYLINE: Four of the six Palestinians who staged a Hollywood-style escape from an Israeli prison may be back behind bars, but in their hometown they are being celebrated as heroes. Israel has recaptured four of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security prison last week in one of the most spectacular breakouts in the country's history, police said. The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs said today that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of four Palestinians who were caught over the weekend after his escape from prison in Israel along with five others last week, was beaten and ill-treated during and after his capture resulting in him suffering from broken jaw and ribs. It said that one of its lawyers was able to visit Zubeidi in his prison cell this morning after an Israeli court lifted the ban on their visits and was able to check on his situation four days after his capture. Zubeidi, said the Commission in a statement, was transferred to an Israeli hospital after the arrest due to the beating and was given sedatives. He suffers from bruises and cuts all over his body as a result of beatings and torture. Zubeidi told his lawyer that he did not take part in digging the escape tunnel in their cell and that he was moved to the cell of the other escapees one day before they broke out from the prison. He said that during the four days he was out of prison, they did not ask for help from anyone out of concern for the Palestinian people who may suffer from the Israeli reprisal measures and that they did not drink water throughout their short freedom while they ate only fruits they found in the fields, such as cactus, figs, and others. Two of the prison escapees remain at large. Footage by / APAwire

Palestinians take part in a protest to solidarity with prisoners

APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 20 September 2021. Palestinians take part in a protest to solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jalis, in front of Red Cross office. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Khader Habib, a leader in the Islamic Jihad Movement 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Jamal Farwana, Head of the Ansar Association for Prisoners STORYLINE: Israeli occupation forces today detained at least eight Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local and Palestinian security sources. They said that undercover Israeli forces sneaked into Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, and abducted a Palestinian man. Israeli soldiers raided Ein Yabrud town, northeast of Ramallah, where they held a young man for several hours before releasing him. The sources confirmed army raids in Turmus Ayya town, the area adjacent to the section of Israel’s apartheid wall in Beitunia city in addition to al-Bireh city, all near Ramallah. Meanwhile, Israeli police rounded up a minor from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur as reported by the Wadi Hilweh Information Center. In the southern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles stormed Abu Njeim village, east of Bethlehem, where the soldiers detained a Palestinian youth after breaking into and searching his family house. In Hebron district, Israeli troops raided Bani Naim town, east of Hebron city, where they detained a man and seized 150,000 shekels in cash ($47,000) from his house. In the northern West Bank, three people, including a former prisoner, were detained from Anabta village, east of Tulkarm. The soldiers detained a 17-year-old teen after ransacking his family house in Shweika neighborhood, north of Tulkarm. Footage by/ APAwire

Palestinian farmers harvest dates from a palm tree during harvest season

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir al-Balah, 19 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian farmers harvest dates from a palm tree during harvest season in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Farmer Maher Aklouk STORYLINE: The harvesting season for dates usually starts at the beginning of Sebtember. The date palm is considered one of the most important fruit crops in Palestine. It has a major socio-economic importance due to its commercial, nutritional, environmental, social, health and religious values. Because of its importance as a resistant and strategic crop facing serious local threats like pest infestation Footage by Ashraf Amra /APAwire

Palestinian fishermen sort out crabs

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, 18 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian fishermen sort out crabs from on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Fisherman Raed Hajjaj STORYLINE: Israel severely restrains Palestinian fishermen’s access to the sea and regularly fires on fishing crews, damaging and confiscating their boats, and often detaining the fishermen as well. But crab season offers a respite – and rare period of profit – to Gaza’s beleaguered fishing families. A sharp increase in poverty since the siege was imposed means that fewer families can afford to put fish on the dinner table – half of Gaza’s population of 2 million is moderately to severely food insecure. Being a fisherman in Gaza means to practice one of the world’s most dangerous professions. Footage by Ashraf Amra / APAwire

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against settlements in the West Bank village of Beita

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against settlements in the West Bank village of Beita. STORYLINE: Amid ongoing rallies in the Palestinian village protesting the newly-established settler outpost of Eviatar (background) on a nearby hill. - Israeli settlers leaved the wildcat outpost in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett's new government. The hilltop area where they have established a settlement lies near Nablus in the northern West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Under the terms of the deal, those temporary homes will remain, and the Israeli army will establish a presence in the area. Footage by / APAwire

Cement blocks placed by Israeli security forces on a road in Jerusalem, during Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) the most important day in the Jewish calendar

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem, 16 Sebtember 2021. Cement blocks placed by Israeli security forces on a road in Jerusalem, during Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) the most important day in the Jewish calendar. STORYLINTE: Palestinians from Jerusalem suffer from the blanket closure imposed by Israel during the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which limits their movement and forces them to take other roads to reach the places they want. Israel came to halt on Wednesday evening in observance of Yom Kippur, the Jewish calendar's most important day. Yom Kippur, or "Day of Atonement," is a time for Jews to reflect and repent themselves. Jews traditionally fast on this day and hold intense services in synagogues through most of the day. During the holiday, the entire Israel almost comes to standstill. Restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and other businesses and public institutions, are all shut down. There will be no radio or television broadcasts, while people are refrained from using vehicles, except for medical emergencies. Israel's military announced that a two-day closure was being imposed on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All of the checkpoints in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip will be closed and Palestinians will not be allowed to exit or enter the territory, "except for humanitarian cases." Footage by / APAwire

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh, speaks during the weekly meeting

APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah- 20 September 2021. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh, speaks during the weekly meeting of his government, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. STORYLINE: Israeli occupation forces today detained at least eight Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local and Palestinian security sources. They said that undercover Israeli forces sneaked into Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, and abducted a Palestinian man. Israeli soldiers raided Ein Yabrud town, northeast of Ramallah, where they held a young man for several hours before releasing him. The sources confirmed army raids in Turmus Ayya town, the area adjacent to the section of Israel’s apartheid wall in Beitunia city in addition to al-Bireh city, all near Ramallah. Meanwhile, Israeli police rounded up a minor from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur as reported by the Wadi Hilweh Information Center. In the southern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles stormed Abu Njeim village, east of Bethlehem, where the soldiers detained a Palestinian youth after breaking into and searching his family house. Footage by/ APAwire

Palestinians take part in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 19 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians take part in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Lawyer Ayman Al-Kurd 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Citizen of Ghada Abed 0.3 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Dr. Mohammad Mushtaha, the official of the Islamic Federation of Trade Unions STORYLINE: Israeli occupation forces last night captured Ayham Kamamji and Munadel Nufei’at, the last Palestinian freedom fighters to remain at large following the September 6 jailbreak by six Palestinian political prisoners from the heavily guarded Israeli prison of Gilboa. The two were captured during a predawn military raid of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank. Witnesses told WAFA that a large-scale Israeli army force accompanied by undercover units raided the eastern neighborhood in Jenin, cordoned off a house and asked its residents with loudspeakers to turn themselves over to the army. A few minutes later, Kamamji and Nufei’at, who were reportedly hiding in the house for some time, were announced recaptured. Clashes erupted in the neighborhood following the Israeli raid and the reports on the recapture of the two freedom fighters. The Israeli soldiers fired live bullets at the protesters, injuring at least two of them. The two were hospitalized. The Israeli occupation forces also detained two local Palestinian residents during the raid, including a man with physical disability. Last week, the Israeli occupation forces captured four out of the six Palestinian freedom fighters who escaped Gilboa Prison, about four and five days respectively following the jailbreak. Two of the freedom fighters, Mohammad Ardah and Zakaria Zubeidi, were recaptured on September 11 while hiding near the village of Shibli, east of Nazsreth city, hours after Mahmoud Arda and Yaaqob Qadri were recaptured at Mount Precipice in Nazareth. Ayham Kamamji and Munadel Nudeiat remained at large until their recapture last night. The six freedom fighters broke out of the maximum-security Israeli prison by digging a tunnel under a sink in their cell, using spoons, plates and even the handle of a kettle. Footage by /APAwire

Palestinian children attend a ceremony of the honor the memorizers of the Holy Koran

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian children attend a ceremony of the honor the memorizers of the Holy Koran, in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip. Footage by Ashraf Amra / APAwire

Palestinians visit the family house of Monadel Enfeat, one of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jenin, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinians visit the family house of Monadel Enfeat, one of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison, in the West Bank city of Jenin. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Khader Adnan, a leader in Islamic Jihad movement. STORYLINE: Four of the six Palestinians who staged a Hollywood-style escape from an Israeli prison may be back behind bars, but in their hometown they are being celebrated as heroes. Israel has recaptured four of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security prison last week in one of the most spectacular breakouts in the country's history, police said. Monadel is one of two of the prison escapees remain at large. Footage by / APAwire