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Photo Story: Hajazi family – Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza

January 9th, 2013 | Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine Amna Hajazi (43) sitting on her bed in a rented room in Jabalia refugee camp, after her home was destroyed by a bomb. On November 19th 2012, a missile hit her home, killing two of her sons – Mohammad (4) and Suheen (2) – and her husband Fu´ad (45). As a result of the explosion, her collar bone was broken (as seen on the X-ray) and got shrapnel…

January 9, 2013

Israeli forces arrest man in Palestinian-controlled area of H1, Hebron [includes video]

by Team Khalil 8 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A Palestinian man was arrested in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Soldiers invaded homes without permission, indiscriminately beating men and children and forcing the residents out onto the streets. At around 22:30 pm on Monday 7 January Israeli occupation forces entered the Palestinian-controlled H1 area of the city for the second time in a week. The soldiers forcibly entered homes; in one house five soldiers kicked…

January 8, 2013

Nabi Saleh, still fighting

5 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank After dreaming of this moment over and over for the past three years, last Friday, 4th January, I was finally able to go to Nabi Saleh’s demonstration and meet its wonderful villagers again. When we arrived in the village, we went to the main square where Israeli and international activists and people from the village had started to gather after the midday prayers. Some faces were familiar,…

January 7, 2013