Tag: Nablus

  • Lee’s Journal: Visiting Mohammed

    I visited Rafidia hospital this afternoon to check on the condition of the boy I last saw unconscious, being taken from my arms into the back of an ambulance. I notice small patches of his blood still visible on my jeans and shoes as we walked into the ICU. Mohammed Saqer (17) is critically injured…

  • Lauren’s Journal: Shaheid means Martyr

    Oh. God. They killed another one. Another shaheid. Another child martyr. Oh. God. Oh god. Ohgod. His blood. On the rocks. A hole in his head. It was a big hole. He is still alive after an hour from the shooting. But what does a rubber bullet 2 inches inside his brain with multiple skull…

  • Teen Shot in the Head in Nablus

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nablus, West Bank According to Dr. Samir Abu Zarour, at the emergency room in Rafidia Hospital, a 17 year-old boy “has multiple skull fractures on the right side of his head. A rubber-coated metal bullet made a tract through brain tissue and is now lodged in the left side. There is a…

  • Timline of a Nablus Invasion

    By Lee At approximately 11:00am the Army arrives at Tel street in Mafea Area of Nablus. Military Operation to search the 5 story Aljhe building, likely used by students at nearby al-Naija university, and possibly to arrest some occupants. Four jeeps in attendance. Soldiers arrived and used live ammunition from the start. Youth stone throwing…

  • Update on Nablus Incursions

    Today, April 22nd, the army invaded Nablus again, which they have done almost everyday since last Monday, evacuating soldiers in houses that they have occupied. Today 5 people were hit with rubber bullets, one of them below the eye. One of them was a reporter with Reuters, Ashraf Sharwis, who was filming an armoured vehicle…