Tag: Hebron

  • Soldiers attack international HRWs in Hebron

    On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 10:40pm, three international human rights workers (HRW’s)were assaulted by a group of six soldiers on the roadway after the Jewish cemetary in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The HRW’s had just returned from celebrating Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and had been denied entry through Checkpoint 56 to the…

  • Settler youth spray burning liquid at Palestinian man in Hebron

    On the morning of the 24th December, a settler youth attacked a Palestinian man outside the Beit Hadassah settlement in Hebron. The man, who works as a caretaker at the Palestinian Qurtuba School, was running an errand in to the city centre. On returning he saw a settler boy around 12 years old chatting with…

  • Settlers torch Palestinian property as violence continues in Hebron

    On the night between the 11th and the 12th of December, settlers burnt and damaged Palestinian cars and attempted to torch a Palestinian house in the city of Hebron. The Tel Rumeida neighbourhood was attacked by settlers from 11.30pm until 3am in the morning. The settlers burnt and damaged at least two Palestinian cars, and…