22-2-2012
At approximately 12:30 am on Tuesday
22 February 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained three young
men from Ash-Shoka village east of Rafah. Al Mezan has identified them
as follows:
· Saddam Mohammed Abu ‘Azra, 20;
· Mohammed Hussein Abu ‘Azra, 21; and
· Ashraf Hasan As-Soufi, 22.
In their affidavits to Al Mezan,
relatives of the detainees stated that, from the evening hours of
Tuesday 22 February 2012, when their sons went out hunting, the families
had lost contact with them. An Al Mezan lawyer followed up with
Israeli authorities and was informed him that the three young men had
been detained at Ashkelon prison. According to Al Mezan’s field
investigations, the IOF arrested the three men inside the security
buffer zone east of Rafah.
