Tag: Hebron

  • Israeli soldiers break Hebron resident’s arm, enter two shops

    4 May 2009 On Monday, the 4th of May, a Hebron resident’s arm was broken by two soldiers in the old city.  49-year-old Mohammad Hashem Borqan was on his way to pray at the Ibrahimi Mosque at around 5:30am.  As he went through the checkpoint at the entrance to the mosque, two soldiers started beating…

  • Two Palestinians shot during settler riot in Saffa

    Palestine Solidarity Project 2 May 2009 For three days in a row settlers from the right-wing extremist settlement Bet Ayn have entered the land of Khirbet Saffa, an area of Beit Ommar Municipality, shooting at Palestinian homes and damaging agricultural land. On Friday, May 1, approximately 20 settlers set fire to fruit trees belonging to…

  • Israeli forces raid Awawi home in Hebron

    26 April 2009 In the early hours of Sunday 26th of April, the house of the Awawi family in the old city of Hebron was raided by a group of 10 Israeli soldiers. Arriving at midnight, the soldiers ruthlessly searched the house, noting all the families’ possessions before throwing them on the floor. They made…