Tag: Hebron

  • Activists assaulted during warrantless home invasions in Beit Ommar

    Feb. 25, 2008 Israeli and international Human Rights Workers (HRW’s) from Hebron and Jerusalem were notified at 7pm on Monday Feb. 25 of two home invasions by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at the village of Beit Ommar which has been the location of repeated assaults and curfews by the Israeli military. The two homes…

  • Issa’s house gets broken into as intimidation increases in Tel Rumeda

    This week in Hebron, soldiers have continued their expansion of duty and further harassment of Palestinians. On Wednesday night Human Rights Workers (HRWs) discovered the door of an empty Palestinian house next to the checkpoint leading to Tel Rumeida had been removed. Soldiers are already using the house on the other side of the checkpoint…

  • Security Stranglehold Tightens in Hebron

    By: Becky For a week now the security checks on Palestinians and internationals in Hebron has maintained it’s tightest grip since our arrival. Soldiers who a month ago limited themselves to their posts now extend their jurisdiction along whole streets; patrolling and watching in a paranoid attempt to preempt some fictitious attack. They scan the…