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Christmas day in the firing zone

Posted on: December 26, 2012
Christmas day in the firing zone

by Team Khalil

25 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The residents of two villages in the Israeli firing zone 918 in the South Hebron Hills experienced a fearful Christmas day as the Israeli soldiers and a tank conducted firing exercises in close proximity to their homes.

From late afternoon on 25 December the villagers were shocked as an Israeli tank fired several practice shots near the villages of Mirkez and Jinba. Shortly afterwards around forty soldiers from the Israeli army fired blanks as they simulated a skirmish. The soldiers staged an attack … Continue reading


Updated on December 26, 2012
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Protest march and bike ride in South Hebron Hills firing zone [Update: Video added]

Posted on: December 9, 2012
Protest march and bike ride in South Hebron Hills firing zone [Update: Video added]

by Team Khalil

8 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Close to one hundred protesters marched and rode bicycles in a peaceful march through several villages in South Hebron Hills on Saturday 8 December. The purpose of the symbolic protest was to draw attention to and oppose the eviction orders issued to eight villages in the area. Native Palestinians in the area near one thousand and have lived there for hundreds of years. The march started in At Tuwani and ended in Al Fahkeit.

Together with seven other villages, the village of Al Fahkeit is inside what the Israeli government considers … Continue reading


Updated on December 10, 2012
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Israeli army demolishes mosque in al Mufaqarah, South Hebron Hills

Posted on: December 4, 2012
Israeli army demolishes mosque in al Mufaqarah, South Hebron Hills

4 December 2012 | Operation Dove

At-Tuwani – On Tuesday 4 December at 6.30 am, two bulldozers together with a Border Police vehicle, four District Coordination Office (DCO) vehicles and five Israeli army vehicles arrived to the Palestinian village of al Mufaqarah, and demolished the mosque.

The mosque was already demolished by the Israeli army one year ago, on November 24, 2011. The inhabitants of the village had just finished to rebuild the mosque last October.

The village of al Mufaqarah belongs to Area C, under the military and administrative control of Israel. Every construction must be approved by the Israeli … Continue reading


Updated on December 4, 2012
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Tent demolition in Susiya, South Hebron Hills

Posted on: December 1, 2012
Esha Ishboal looks at the remains of his tent after the demolition

by Wyatt Black
1 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On the morning of November 28th, numerous soldiers came to the village of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills, unannounced from the nearby settlement, which is also called Susiya. The army jeeps and construction equipment came rolling in around eight o’clock and quickly went to work without giving any information as to why they were invading someone’s private land, and proceeded to demolish a tent in the village.
Esha Ishboal erected a tent two years ago so that his workers could have some shade while picking olives on one of his … Continue reading


Updated on May 19, 2013
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House Demolished in Deirit, South Hebron Hills

Posted on: November 6, 2012
House Demolished in Deirit, South Hebron Hills

November 6th 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On the morning of November 6th, 2012, a house in the village of Deirit in the South Hebron Hills was demolished by the Israeli Army amidst most of the town watching and a significant amount of media coverage. The military started moving towards the location at approximately 6 am with two excavator cranes and one bulldozer. This heavy equipment was accompanied by multiple army vehicles and border police personnel who woke up the family and forced them from their residence.

The Israeli military gave no forewarning written, verbally or otherwise … Continue reading


Updated on May 19, 2013
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Israeli army raid four Palestinian villages inside firing area 918, South Hebron hills

Posted on: November 4, 2012

3rd November 2012 | Operation Dove, West Bank

By Operation Dove www.operationdove.org

FRIGHTENING NIGHT FOR PALESTINIAN FAMILIES

On the 1st of November Israeli soldiers irrupted in Al-Fakheit, Al-Majaz, At-Tabban and Al-Mirkez, villages of the ‘Firing Area’ 918 in the West Bank. The soldiers surrounded the villages, and internationals’ phones started to ring continuously. One by one the first news from the Palestinians arrived to the internationals and pushed them to move quickly toward the area.
All the roads to reach them were closed by military jeeps and DCO (District Coordination Office, the section of the Israeli military that works for the civil … Continue reading


Updated on December 26, 2012
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Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani

Posted on: August 21, 2012
Cut olive trees in the south Hebron hills. Photo by Operation Dove. Click for more pictures

20 August 2012 | Operation Dove, At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills

Cut olive trees in the South Hebron Hills. Photo by Operation Dove. Click for more pictures

In the afternoon of August 16th some Palestinians discovered that an olive grove situated in Humra valley had been recently destroyed during the night, according to a Palestinian. Thirty olive trees were broken or severely damaged.

The olive grove belongs to a Palestinian family that lives in Yatta, a Palestinian town close to At-Tuwani.

The area in which the olives trees were cut is located … Continue reading


Updated on August 23, 2012
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Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land

Posted on: July 23, 2012
Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land

By VLR

21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
In the peaceful landscape of the South Hebron Hills, the occupation of the land is a daily struggle. Whilst life seems to be quiet and smooth the Palestinian communities often have to forget their daily life problems to focus on a bigger issue: resisting expulsion from their land.

As does 60% of the Palestinian West Bank, the South Hebron Hills lies in Area C, meaning it is under complete Israeli civil and … Continue reading


Updated on July 30, 2012
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Idhna: A family without windows

Posted on: March 12, 2012
Without windows in Idna - Click here for more photos

by Peige

12 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

After three years of marriage Amani and Hussein Batran wanted a house of their own, somewhere to raise their two children, 4 year old Khalil and 3 year old Layali.   They took out two loans from the bank and construction began. Now, three years later, the house is still unfinished and no new work has been done for over a year. One year ago, shortly after the Batran family moved into their nearly finished house, they received an order from the Israeli military forbidding further construction, followed seven months later by … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth; Injures and arrest another

Posted on: March 8, 2012

by Ghassan Bannoura

8 March 2012 | International Middle East Media Center

Twenty-two years old Zakariay Abu Iram was killed while Mohamed Rashid, 18, was injured and arrested by Israeli troops as they attacked the southern West Bank village of Yatta on Thursday afternoon.

Residents told IMEMC that Israeli troops stormed the village and tried to arrest Khalied Makhamreh. He is a Palestinian political prisoner that got released from Israeli military detention last October as part of the Egyptian mediated swap deal between Palestinian groups and Israel.

“ Soldiers stormed the house of the released prisoner to arrest him. All the village rushed to … Continue reading


Updated on March 8, 2012
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