Category: Reports

  • Palestinian home declared Closed Military Zone in Hebron

    by ISM Hebron, February 16th Around 10 am a group of human rights workers (HRWs) heard that colonists had entered a Palestinian house overlooking the olive grove on Tel Rumeida Hill. For the past two days colonists had occupied the house briefly, but were sent away by the police. The house is rented to local…

  • Protester beaten on head with rifle butt in Bil’in

    by the ISM media team, February 16th At today’s demo against the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in the IOF lashed out at the peaceful protesters, inflicting 11 injuries, including one head wound. As Israeli activist Koby Snitz was attempting to protect a Bil’in villager, the crown of his head was cut open with a rifle-butt blow.…

  • IOF target Hebron youth using photos from photographer-collaborator

    by ISM Hebron, February 15th Federico the “photographer”, chatting to a soldier At around 2 pm human rights workers (HRWs) witnessed a young Palestinian man, Jihad Salfi Arab, beingd arrested by soldiers near checkpoint 56 in Tel Rumeida. He was violently pushed through the checkpoint where soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded him. The IOF soldiers carried…

  • CPT: Israeli military demolishes seven Palestinian homes in south Hebron district

    by Christian Peacemaker Teams, February 14th Hajj Mahmoud in front of his demolished house Israeli soldiers demolished homes in three Palestinian villages near bypass road 317 on February 14, 2007. Starting in Imneizil at around 9am about forty Israeli soldiers with two bulldozers demolished one home, an animal pen and a stone bake-oven. At noon…

  • House Demolitions in Qawawis

    by ISM Hebron, February 15th A month ago the villagers of Qawawis were informed by Occupation authorities that most of their houses would be demolished within a week. Qawawis, located in the South Hebron Hills, is home to several families totalling around 30 members who live in one concrete building and several other stone and…