Tag: Hebron
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Children living in closed military zone enjoy day of fun under the shadow of the occupation
13th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On February 13th 2016 Youth Against Settlements in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) organised a children’s activity in front of Shuhada Street checkpoint. Around 50 children from the neighbourhoods located on the H2 (entirely Israeli military-controlled) side of the checkpoint – Tel Rumeida and…
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Intimidating military patrol of Palestinian market
9th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Tuesday, 9th February 2016, Israeli forces patrolled the Palestinian market in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), harassing and intimidating residents. A group of soldiers marched through the souq, the main Palestinian market since the closure of Shuhada Street for Palestinians after the Ibrahimi mosque…
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Demonstrators protest closed military zone under threat of Israeli violence
8th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 8th February 2016, Israeli forces threatened to attack a peaceful demonstration in front of Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered at noon to protest the continued closure of the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, that on the 1st of November 2015…
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100 days of collective punishment for Hebron residents
7th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine February 8th marks one hundred days since Israeli forces declared the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and the adjacent portion of Shuhada Street a “closed military zone,” requiring residents to register with the Israeli military and be assigned numbers in order to be allowed to access…
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Closed military zone in Shuhada Street and Tel Rumeida extended yet another month
6th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Since the 1st of November 2015 the Tel Rumeida area and Shuhada Street in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron) have been declared a ‘closed military zone’. The first declaration of the closure was for one month, but since then the order has been extended…