Tag: Arrests

  • Israeli forces invade Bil’in, seize two teenagers

    Ma’an News 29 June 2009 Seventy Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank village of Bil’in at 2:30am on Monday morning, raiding houses and eventually abducting two teenage boys. According to Iyad Burnat of the village’s Popular Committee, local and international activists (with the International Solidarity Movement) confronted the soldiers, who then declared the entire village…

  • IWPS: Israeli forces invade village, abduct youth

    International Women’s Peace Service 28 June 2009 At 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 28th, the village of Azzun in Qalqiliya governorate was invaded by 120 soldiers looking for a wanted teenager. After entering and ransacking three homes, they entered a fourth through the back door after throwing rocks at the door and adjacent window. There…

  • Israeli soldiers scuffle with activists in WBank

    Reuters 27 June 2009 Several people were wounded on Saturday in scuffles between Israeli soldiers and peace activists accompanying Palestinians to agricultural fields in the occupied West Bank, witnesses said. Palestinian witnesses said several people, including a Reuters photographer, were treated for bruises and minor wounds. The scuffles erupted when soldiers tried to prevent Israeli…