Category: Reports
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Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria seek home in Gaza
February 11, 2016| International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Khan Younis, Gaza strip, occupied Palestine Palestinian refugee Heesham Ahmed El Khoranin and his family have already survived 2 Israeli assaults against the Gaza Strip since he returned after fleeing from Syria in 2011. Heesham grandparents were born in Masmiya, 42km north of Gaza, one of…
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Intimidating military patrol of Palestinian market
9th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Tuesday, 9th February 2016, Israeli forces patrolled the Palestinian market in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), harassing and intimidating residents. A group of soldiers marched through the souq, the main Palestinian market since the closure of Shuhada Street for Palestinians after the Ibrahimi mosque…
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Demonstrators protest closed military zone under threat of Israeli violence
8th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 8th February 2016, Israeli forces threatened to attack a peaceful demonstration in front of Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered at noon to protest the continued closure of the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, that on the 1st of November 2015…
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Jerusalem family threatened with demolition order
8th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Quds team | Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Israeli authorities on 2nd February 2016 issued a demolition order for the fence and gate surrounding the Amro family’s home in Wadi al-Joz in occupied East Jerusalem. The family was given 48 hours to remove the fence and gate before an imminent…
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Closed military zone in Shuhada Street and Tel Rumeida extended yet another month
6th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Since the 1st of November 2015 the Tel Rumeida area and Shuhada Street in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron) have been declared a ‘closed military zone’. The first declaration of the closure was for one month, but since then the order has been extended…