The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the Israeli occupation army has escalated its attacks since the battle Al-Aqsa floodSuch as the theft and seizure of property from homes belonging to the families of Palestinian detainees, which included money, gold, phones, computers, and cars, in addition to the extensive sabotage and destruction operations it caused inside the homes it raided.
The club added – in a statement – that the occupation targeted infrastructure, including bulldozing streets and public property, as happened in Embryo Mainly Tulkarm, and the demolition of homes belonging to the families of detainees and martyrs.
According to the statement, the raids during the recent period included money exchange shops, during which funds worth millions of Israeli shekels were seized without any justification.
The occupation forces raided several money exchange shops in Ramallah and Al-Bireh GovernorateHebron Jenin and Tulkarm. The raid was accompanied by the confiscation of millions of shekels (one dollar equals 3.62 shekels), and the arrest of 21 owners and workers of these companies, according to a statement by the Israeli army, while the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported the confiscation of 10 million shekels ($2.8 million).
From the West Bank to Gaza
The West Bank was not an exception to the behavior of the occupation soldiers and the theft of Palestinian money. The same thing happened in… Gaza strip During the ongoing aggression against it until now.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that since the beginning of the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has seized 5 million shekels, which were transferred to the financial department of the Ministry of Defense.
The newspaper explained that the “Spoils Unit” in the Army’s Technology and Logistics Division confiscated the seized funds, among other things.
The occupation soldiers not only stole the Palestinians’ money, but also broke into their homes, tampered with them, and seized what they could of their property and belongings, as shown by video clips circulated on social media platforms of Israeli accounts that they published and bragged about.
It is noted that these clips published by Israeli soldiers, in which they brag about their looting and theft of Palestinian property, are later deleted because they raise controversy, even among official Israeli circles, which quickly declare their innocence of these actions, claiming that they “do not represent the values and morals of the Israeli army.”
Systematic policy
According to the Prisoner’s Club report, the occupation has adopted a policy of seizing money and property, which has escalated significantly over the past few years, and has become one of the most prominent established policies, and was mainly concentrated in Jerusalem, through the introduction of laws and legislation, to legitimize seizures.
The report pointed out that most of the areas where seizures and thefts were recorded are conservative Jerusalem This policy is mainly witnessed in Hebron Governorate, specifically after October 7, 2023.
The club explained that dozens of cars belonging to the families of detainees were seized from Hebron, along with money and gold every day, and through follow-up, the majority of home invasions and raids record thefts.
The latest raids that targeted the homes of detainees' families were what happened at dawn on Monday against the families of detainees Nael Barghouti, who spent a total of 44 years in occupation prisons, Rabih Barghouti, one of the editors of the Shalit deal who was re-arrested, and Murad Barghouti, who has been detained since 2003 and sentenced to life. They were all from the town of Kober in Ramallah, where their homes were stormed and widespread vandalism and destruction occurred. Two vehicles and money were seized.
No soldier who stole Palestinian money or property, whether in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, was held accountable.
This is the same thing that is happening now, and has happened previously in Gaza. Occupation soldiers had previously stolen Palestinian homes during previous Israeli battles and military operations in the Gaza Strip, including what the Israeli newspaper Maariv highlighted years ago, when it asked at the beginning of its investigation, “Did soldiers The IDF steals money from Palestinian citizens during military operations?
The investigation stated that residents of the Al-Fokhari area in the Gaza Strip accused fighters of the 51st Battalion, affiliated with the brigade Golaniby stealing sums of money from their homes, as soldiers took advantage of the curfew imposed on residents.
Maariv reported that the thefts occurred on July 26, 2007, when the occupation forces arrived in the village late at night, and the soldiers took the residents out of the homes and searched them, then they gathered each family in one closed room, then searched the rest of the house, and settled inside it for several hours. It was said that at this stage the thefts occurred.
