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VIDEO: Mornings in Khalil: child and adult detention
30th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning, Wednesday 30th October, as children made their way to school Israeli soldiers burst from an alleyway firing stun grenades and detained two 10-year-old boys. In a separate incident nearby, a Palestinian was detained and taken to a military base for unknown reasons. This morning international activists were monitoring checkpoint 29 where many children pass through on their way to school, when…
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Photos: Hundreds greet freed detainees at midnight rally in northern Gaza Strip
30th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine As part of the resumption of negotiation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 26 Palestinian prisoners were released overnight Wednesday from Ofer prison in Israel. Five were transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Erez checkpoint in Beit Hanoun. This was the second of four planned releases of a total of 104 Palestinian prisoners, nearly all imprisoned before the beginning of the Oslo system in…
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Photos: Detainee families, supporters keep Gaza vigil on eve of prisoner release
29th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Families and supporters of Palestinian detainees held by Israel celebrated tonight’s promised release of 26 prisoners during a weekly sit-in Monday morning. The regular event, which began in 1995, brings comrades, friends and relatives of Palestinian prisoners together in the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza City office. “I and my family can’t believe Hazem is going to be released,” Taiseer…
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