Tag: Hebron

  • Children living in closed military zone enjoy day of fun under the shadow of the occupation

    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…

  • Intimidating military patrol of Palestinian market

    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…

  • Demonstrators protest closed military zone under threat of Israeli violence

    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…

  • 100 days of collective punishment for Hebron residents

    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…

  • Closed military zone in Shuhada Street and Tel Rumeida extended yet another month

    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…