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IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail
Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 19 July 2010 A former IDF soldier who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall in the Gaza Strip will be released early from prison next month. Taysir-al-Heib was sentenced in 2005 to eight years in prison for manslaughter as well as obstruction of justice and giving false testimony. The decision to shorten his sentence was made by an army committee, against the…
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Eleven year old Palestinian boy run over by Israeli settler
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 July 2010 Eleven year old Palestinian boy run over by Israeli settler in Hebron Tel Rumeida, HEBRON: An eleven year old Palestinian boy was run over by an Israeli settler in Hebron last night, and had to be immediately hospitalized. An eyewitness said that a motorcyclist hit the boy, Abdallah Hasan Al-Muhtaseb, on Al-Sahla street in Tel Rumeida. The witness estimated that the settler was driving at 80 kilometers per hour and…
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Seventeen year old from Bil’in arrested in night raid
Last night the Israeli army carried out a night raid in the West Bank village of Bil’in and arrested a seventeen year old boy. At least 12 Israeli army jeeps entered the village at approximately 1.30 in the morning. Soldiers from two of the jeeps then closed off the house of Ahmed Abdul Fatah Burnat, 17, who was arrested during the course of the 40 minute raid. Palestinian villagers and internationals were unable to prevent what…
