Tag: Israeli Army

  • Two injured with live ammunition as Kafr Qaddum celebrates five years of demonstrations

    Two injured with live ammunition as Kafr Qaddum celebrates five years of demonstrations

    1st July 2016 | IWPS | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine The 1st July 2016, the last Friday in Ramadan, marked the fifth anniversary of Kafr Qaddum’s demonstrations. The Israeli military were present in the village and firing rubber coated steel bullets prior to the start of the demonstration. The soldiers continued to use full force…

  • Worshippers for Ramadan prayer harassed by settlers and soldiers

    Worshippers for Ramadan prayer harassed by settlers and soldiers

    1 July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 1st July 2016, Israeli forces severly restricted access to Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) for noon-prayer, while settlers were demonstrating at a checkpoint nearby the mosque. After pregnant 27-year old Sarah Tarayra was gunned down by Israeli forces at Ibrahimi…

  • Arbitrary humiliation by Israeli forces in former closed military zone in Hebron

    Arbitrary humiliation by Israeli forces in former closed military zone in Hebron

    24th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine In occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and the tiny strip of Shuhada Street still accessible to Palestinian pedestrians, has seen endless restrictions by Israeli forces. After the area was first declared a ‘closed military zone’ on 1st November 2015, Palestinian…