Tag: Nablus

  • Settlers launch another rocket attack in Nablus region

    Settlers fired a rocket at Awarta village on Monday afternoon. Local people say that this is the second such attack this year, while it is the fourth attack involving rockets from settlements in the Nablus region. The homemade device, measuring around twenty five centre meters in length, struck an olive grove near to the village…

  • Israeli army arrests 27 people in Nablus

    The Israeli army invaded Nablus on Sunday night and arrested around 27 people including Mona Mansour, a member of the Palestinian legislative council. Her family describe how the army arrived outside their home at two o’clock in the morning and ordered them to leave their apartment. Soldiers then entered their home and forced the family…

  • Farmers of Kafr Qallil, Nablus, refused access to their land

    July 13th and 14th a family from the village of Kafr Qallil, south of Nablus, tried to harvest almonds on their land near Huwwara checkpoint. After two days of harassment from settlers and soldiers the family was forbidden to continue the harvest indefinitely. The family owns 49 dunums of land between Huwwara check point and…