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Israeli soldiers violently brake into two houses in Nablus, Kidnapping one person

12 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine Last night more than forty Israeli soldiers invaded the city of Nablus and raided two homes looking for two young men. One of them was arrested during the raid and the other one avoided arrest as he was working at the time of the raid. At 2.30 am, dozens of Israeli soldiers with several dogs broke into Mead Nijad’s house breaking the door with a hammer and…

January 15, 2013

Mustafa Abu Jarad, murdered in Gaza by the Israeli Army

January 15th 2013 | Gaza Strip On January 14th 2013, Mustafa Abu Jarad (20) was working with a group of farmers on a plot of land around one kilometer away from the border fence at the north of Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip; when the Israeli army started shooting at them from a watch tower. Due to the heavy gunfire, the group ran away from the site, but came back after a while to resume the farming.…

January 15, 2013

Palestinian village of Bab Alshams violently evicted

13 January 2013 | PSCC, Occupied Palestine Although established on privately owned Palestinian lands, Israel forcefully expelled residents of the village in a pre-dawn raid this morning. Six required medical attention. Shortly before 3 am, hundreds of Israeli policemen and soldiers staged a raid on the newly founded Palestinian village of Bab Alshams (Gate of the Sun), violently evicting its 150 inhabitants. Use of police brutality is even more objectionable in light of the passive resistance…

January 13, 2013