Category: Reports
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Army shoots man in the face with tear gas cannister at Bil’in
On Friday, January 18th, around a hundred Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists gathered for the weekly demonstration against the Annexation Wall in the village of Bil’in. The demonstration took place this week after horrifying events in Gaza which have left 36 people dead and scores injured, many seriously. Activists had stickers which read “Gaza 3ala…
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Army invades Azzoun, uses family home as sniper’s post.
17/01/08 At around 15:00, one army jeep and one hummer, with 6-8 soldiers entered the village of Azzoun. Sound bombs were thrown as well as smoke bombs at the entrances of two buildings. After circling the village several times, the army occupied an apartment in central Azzoun which they had invaded two nights previously. The…
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Army Fire on Youths, Impose Curfew In Hebron After Actions Against Killings in Gaza
16/01/08 A curfew is in place in parts of Hebron this evening after an afternoon of tension between Israeli military and Palestinian youths. The curfew was imposed during the day after tire fires were started and stones thrown in Baab Iz-Zaawiya in central Hebron, reportedly in response to the killing of at least 20 Palestinians…
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Bil’in Residents Attcked Whilst Attending to Their Land
In recent days, the Israeli army have intensified their harassment of the villagers of Bil’in, beating and arresting villagers attending to their land trapped behind the annexation wall. Problems started on Friday when a villager was handcuffed, blindfolded, and dragged to the gate in the wall by soldiers, who threatened to kill him and told…
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Settlers Have Continued to Occupy Palestinian Land and Attack Palestinians While Police and Soldiers Stand By and Watch
Jan 10-12 Settlers have been occupying the Jabr land near Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron. They were supposed to have left as of tonight, but it is unconfirmed whether that has actually happened. At least 30 young settlers have been present on the land these days and have continued to use large stones to build…