Category: Hebron
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Jenin, destroy 2 houses in Hebron, and launch airstrikes on Gaza
1st July 2014 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights | Occupied Palestine Following the declaration of finding of the bodies of 3 Israeli settlers who had been missing since 12 June 2014, Israeli forces have escalated their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Last night and this morning, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian…
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Interview with 15-year-old Awne Shamsiyeh: “the camera is like a weapon, so I can resist non-violently”
29th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Tel Rumeida, Occupied Palestine In Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the Tel Rumeida area, 15-year old Awne Shamsiyeh lives with his family. After the Hebron Agreement (1997), the city was divided into two areas, H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian Authority civil and security control) and H2, (under full Israeli military civil…
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VIDEO: Palestinian shepherd detained by Israeli soldiers
29th June 2014 | Operation Dove | Saddith Thala, Occupied Palestine On June 27th, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian shepherd from the South Hebron Hills village of Saddith Thala. He was accused of throwing stones towards a setter’s car, passing on the Bypass road 317. He was released, as there was no evidence to support the charges. A…
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Pressure on Firing Zone 918 residents continues
24nd June 2014 | Christian Peacemaker Teams | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On 15 May 2014, Israeli courts extended the mediation process between the Israeli army and the villages within Firing Zone 918 for another three months. The Israeli army wants to use this area for training. Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations have condemned…
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Collective punishment in Palestine
22nd June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement| Occupied Palestine On Thursday 12th of this month, three settler youth disappeared while hitchhiking in the Hebron area of the West Bank. No Palestinian group or organisation has taken responsibility for the disappearance. 15-year-old Mohammad Dudeen was murdered in the early hours of Friday morning (20th) after he was…
