Photo essay : Demonstration at Hagai roadblock

12th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine

By Team Khalil

Photo Essay : The demonstrations at Hagai roadblock have been taking place for just over two months. The road has been blocked off since 2008, adding 12km to the journey from Hebron to villages and towns in the South Hebron Hills.

Tear gas was fired excessively at the small group of unarmed demonstrators roughly one minute after they started marching
Tear gas was fired excessively at the small group of unarmed demonstrators roughly one minute after they started marching
One demonstrator was taken away in an ambulance after excessive exposure to tear gas
One demonstrator was taken away in an ambulance after excessive exposure to tear gas
A demonstrator suffers from tear gas inhalation
A demonstrator suffers from tear gas inhalation
A demonstrator kicks away a tear gas cannister
A demonstrator kicks away a tear gas cannister
Airborne tear gas canisters
Airborne tear gas canisters
An Israeli flag is burned and placards of hunger strike Samer Issawi are held by demonstrators
An Israeli flag is burned and placards of hunger strike Samer Issawi are held by demonstrators
A skunk water truck sprays foul smelling liquid into residential homes
A skunk water truck sprays foul smelling liquid into residential homes