151 C‐ Prevention of Citizens from Travelling by Internal Security Service During 2010, the Internal Security Service of the Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip prevented some citizens from traveling outside the Strip. Examples include a complaint received by ICHR on 15/05/2010 from Mahran Samir Al‐Mujaber, 28, from Beit Lahia, who works in the General Intelligence Service, Secretary of the Youth in the Fatah Movement. He reported that members of the Internal Security Service came to the departure lounge inside the Rafah Crossing, and took him to a dark room, and returned his passport and his luggage, and told him that he is banned from travel and transferred him to a car belonging to them outside the crossing. D‐ Confiscation of Fatah Members’ Passports in the Gaza Strip189 The Internal Security Service in Gaza confiscated many passports of Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip in 2010. ICHR received numerous complaints from citizens in this framework, including: a complaint from Dr. Rafiq Ashour Kishku, 38, from Gaza, a former member of Fatah leadership in eastern Gaza. He works as a doctor in cardiac surgery at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He reported that his passport was confiscated on 15/10/2010, after being summoned to the headquarters of the Internal Security Service in Gaza City. Another complaint was submitted by Nasser Abed Badawi, 49, from Gaza, a member of Fatah leadership in the Zeitoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza. In the complaint, he reported that his passport was confiscated on 04/10/2010 after being summoned to the headquarters of the Internal Security Service in Gaza City. E‐ Preventing Fatah Leaders from Entering the Gaza Strip The Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip prevented Fatah leaders (Abdullah al‐Ifranj and Raouhi Fattuh) from entering the Gaza Strip through Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing. According to the information monitored by ICHR, on 28/11/2010, the police stationed at the “Customs” checkpoint near Beit Hanoun Crossing asked Fatah leaders to wait after crossing from the Israeli side. After about 30 minutes of arrest, the police informed the leaders that they were banned from entering Gaza based on the orders of the Government in Gaza. 189 On 20/10/2010, ICHR addressed the Prime Minister in the Gaza Government to intervene and put a stop to such violations.