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Gazan families struggle to survive in wreckage left by Israel’s 2014 attack

22nd January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Beit Hanoun, Gaza strip, occupied Palestine During the latest massacre in Gaza 60-year-old Fatma was one of the many Gazans who lost her home. She was sheltering in an UNRWA school along with her husband and 4 daughters when the Israeli occupation forces bombed their home. Once the aggression was over a relative allowed them to settle in the house he was building. Two weeks after moving there, Fatma’s husband died due…

January 22, 2016

Illegal settlers violently take over two Palestinian houses near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron

21st January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 21st January 2016 Israeli settlers from the illegal settlements in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) gathered in Shuhada Street. From here the settlers went into the Old City of Al-Khalil, where they broke into two houses on al-Sahla Street near the Ibrahimi mosque at around 2.30 pm today. Backed by more than 50 soldiers and policemen, the settlers could freely break down the doors…

January 22, 2016

Israeli forces rebuild roadblock in Kafr Qaddum

16th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarem team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine On the 16th of January, Israeli forces shot a young protester with live ammunition while the villagers of Kafr Qaddum were protesting the theft of their land. The Israeli military also rebuilt a roadblock, restricting the movement of the villagers even further. Kafr Qaddum neighbours the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumin that was established in 1976. The illegal settlement now occupies five hilltops…

January 20, 2016