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Soldiers Caught on Tape Threatening Crowd with Grenade at Hawarra
Hawarra checkpoint, Nablus Sunday 16th, September 2007 During the holy month of Ramadan, when Palestinians are fasting, the Israeli army decided to close Hawarra checkpoint in Nablus. At 11am two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) tried to leave Nablus through the Hawarra checkpoint, and found crowds of people held waiting to get home. The Palestinians waited peacefully hoping that the checkpoint would be opened soon. As they waited the soldiers got more aggressive towards the Palestinians,…
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Settlers remove Palestinian flag from Issa’s House in Tel Rumeida
Saturday, September 15th, Hebron Issa’s house is well known for being the first property in Tel Rumeida to be repossessed by its Palestinian owners. First the Israeli Army using it as a look out post, and then the extreme religious Jewish settlers vandalised it, destroying what the soldiers left behind. For two months a Palestinian flag has flown from the upper floor of the property situated high on a hill and flanked by an Israeli military…
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Holy Days IOF Offensive in the South Hebron Hills
Susiya, Hebron Region, September 15th Shortly after 10 am, Saturday morning, a troop of 6 fully-armed Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldiers, coming from the direction of the military base to the northwest, marched directly across the property of Mohammed Nowaja and his extended family. The soldiers marched in convoy, ignoring all attempts of internationals present to communicate with them, from one end to the other of the property, continuing across the valley and up the next…
