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1139. A week later, around or on 28 January, AD/02 was transferred to another section of the
prison, where roll-calls and strip searches were carried out regularly. Some 8 to 10 days later,
around 7 February, he and 14 others, were moved to a larger ward with prisoners from the West
Bank. The ICRC was given access to them.
1140. On 8 February, AD/02 was transferred, twice, to another section of the prison and shortly
afterwards to the cell where he had first been detained on arrival at Negev. On 9 February, at
around noon, he and several others were transferred, for the ninth time, to another section of the
prison occupied by a large number of prisoners, including those from the West Bank. AD/02
indicated that several of them were parliamentarians. He remained in this section for
approximately 20 days. During this time he three times met a person who identified himself as a
lawyer. He was informed of the charges against him, which included membership and
involvement with the resistance.
1141. On 2 March, he was transferred with 10 others to yet another section of the prison. They
were put in two rooms, five in each room. The rooms had graffiti on the wall that read illegal
combatants in English and in Hebrew. They had limited access to toilets and were given
uncooked food to eat.
1142. Around 29–30 March, AD/02 was finally released. He and his brother, a cousin and two
other residents of Izbat Abd Rabbo were blindfolded and handcuffed and taken to the Erez
border, where they were interrogated for approximately four hours. They were then told to cross
the border and not look back. They were given no explanation about either their detention or
their release.
C.
AD/03
1143. AD/03 is a resident of al-Salam neighbourhood, east of Jabaliyah and close to the eastern
border with Israel. His arrest and detention were preceded by aerial attacks and a ground
invasion in his neighbourhood. His house was struck several times, over a period of five days, by
projectiles fired from F-16 aircraft. The attacks continued throughout the night when most
people were asleep.558 As a result of the continued attacks, he sought refuge in a relative’s house
nearby.
1144. AD/03 stated that, although the area could be considered as a frontline where armed
groups had been present, the neighbourhood could not reasonably have been perceived as a
military threat by the time the Israeli armed forces arrived on the ground. There was no
resistance going on in the neighbourhood when it was targeted. If the intent of the attacks was to
On the afternoon of 3 January, AD/03’s house was struck twice by projectiles, within two hours, causing
significant damage. He and his family moved to a relative’s house nearby, where they stayed overnight. On 4
January in the evening, when AD/03 had returned to his own home, it was struck for the third time and part of the
roof collapsed. AD/03 sustained minor injuries; his mother and his wife sustained more serious injuries. Later that
night, at around 9.40 p.m., the house was hit by a fourth rocket, which was followed by another attack 20 minutes
later that completely destroyed the ground floor facade injuring AD/03’s father’s second wife. Another shell (the
sixth attack) was fired shortly afterwards. AD/03 and his family relocated for the second time to his cousin’s house,
where they remained for four nights, until 7 January. On the morning of 8 January, aerial bombardment intensified
to the extent that three explosions/shells were reportedly heard every minute.
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