Tag: Nablus

  • New House Occupations in Nablus

    Pictures from yesterday’s house occupations Today, the Israeli army has occupied three more buildings in Nablus that we are aware of. One of them is a brand new shopping mall which has not yet opened. The local youth are outside burning tyres in protest. This will have little effect on the soldiers who are at…

  • The party line: ‘Palestinians attack, Israelis respond’

    By Asa In an attempt to disguise the current Israeli military operations in Nablus as a response to the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, the Israeli media are either directly lying that the military entered Nablus “in response to the terror attack” (Jerusalem Post) or strongly implying the same by saying the army is there…

  • Update on Occupied Home in Nablus

    The Israeli army has withdrawn from one of the homes occupied earlier today in Nablus, although as many as five other houses remain occupied. The twelve soldiers left the Mushara home at 3pm, after having occupied it since 3:30am Monday. The family, four children between the ages of six and twelve, their father, and their…

  • Palestinian Youth Shot by Israeli Troops

    From The Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank – Israeli soldiers holed up in a home in this West Bank city on Monday opened fire on stone-throwing protesters outside the building, wounding two people, including a 13-year-old boy, Palestinian officials and witnesses said. Associated Press photographers and cameramen witnessed the exchange. “When he was wounded in…

  • Journalists, medical volunteers and bystanders targeted, Palestinian bystander shot in the neck by Israeli sniper

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli snipers shot live ammunition at journalists, international medical volunteers and unarmed Palestinians gathered outside of a house occupied by the army. A crowd of over a hundred was gathered in protest of this house occupation. Palestinian youth threw stones at wooden planks that the soldiers placed on the window of the…