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UFree network to defend the rights of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails denounce in a press release, the new flagrant violations committed by Israel. The new violation concerns a Palestinian citizen named Wael Hasan Abu Raida, 35, who was abducted by Israeli Intelligence Agency "Mossad" from Sinai Peninsula in Egypt last month."

It's reported that Abu Raida was in a medical trip (for his son who suffers cancer) in Egypt before he "vanished" and then appeared in Israel. He was contacted by unknown people who led him to Sinai from Cairo then he was taken to Israeli detention centres across borders. According to his family, he was due to obtain the Egyptian nationality.

The abducted civilian appeared before an Israeli magistrate court Wednesday which ordered that he remains in detention for 8 days. According to Faris Abu Hasan, Lawyer for Solidarity Human Rights Organisation, the court imposed blackout on the details of the case or the reasons of the kidnapping for security matters.

The family of Abu Raida held Egyptian authorities responsible for this incident as it took place in Egyptian soil where the sovereignty of independent state was violated.

UFree Network calls on Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to open an immediate investigation on this issue and pressure Israel to release Abu Raida. Meanwhile, International Agencies especially UN should also adhere to its morale responsibility by putting an end to ongoing Israeli violations at many levels.

It's worth noting that this is not the first time where Israel kidnaps Palestinian civilians out of Palestine. Two years ago, engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, was abducted from Ukraine and smuggled to Israel by Israeli Mossad and some of its agents in Europe and Jordan. UFree launched a campaign to release him from Israeli detention.