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Resident of Ni’lin in critical condition after being shot in the head from close range by Israeli army
At approximately 3am this morning, the Israeli army shot a 40 year old resident of Ni’lin four times from close range while invading his house. He is now in a serious condition in Ramallah hospital. Ayed Awad Srur, 40, was shot four times with rubber-coated steel bullets from extremely close range as Israeli soldiers entered his house looking to arrest his brother Akil Srur. One bullet was shot through his eye, another at his head causing…
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Ynet: Gaza activists say will run Israel blockade again
‘Free-Gaza’ activists plan return to Strip within a month. ‘This might be the beginning of a simple delivery service, if we can set up the mechanisms here in Cyprus,’ member says To view original article, published by Ynet on the 30th August, click here Foreign activists who sailed to Gaza last week to protest against an Israeli blockade of the enclave said on Friday they planned to do it again within a month. Most of the…
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Washington Post: Boats depart Gaza after aid delivery – 7 Palestinians leave with activists who flouted blockade
By Linda Gradstein (Special to The Washington Post) To view original article, published by The Washington Post on the 28th August, click here JERUSALEM, Aug. 28 — Two boats carrying international peace activists left the Gaza Strip on Thursday, five days after they defied an Israeli naval blockade to reach the territory. The activists took seven Palestinians with them, including a 10-year-old boy who lost a leg in an Israeli army attack on Palestinian fighters three…
