Tag: Nablus

  • Checkpoint closed for eight hours after IOF soldier shoots Palestinian

    by ISM Nablus, 5th November Yesterday, the checkpoint known to Nablusians as “Sabatash” was closed to everyone trying to pass it in both directions. Located at a narrow bend in the road, flanked by a steep mountainous slope and a watchtower overlooking an olive grove valley running beside a military road, this checkpoint is notorious…

  • Israeli settlers chase families off their Nablus land while soldiers stand by

    by ISM Nablus, 4th of November 2006 Today, Palestinian farmers from Azmut village north of Nablus city were attacked on their land by a gang of Israeli settlers, who were accompanied by two soldiers. The settlers ran after the families, shouted and threw stones at them. At one point they kicked and hit international volunteers,…

  • Just another night in Balata

    by ISM Nablus, 3rd November In a shockingly common scenario, the Israeli occupation forces shot a Palestinian child dead in Nablus’ Balata Refugee Camp early this morning and wounded two other Palestinian civilians. Fifteen year-old Brahmin Smakreh was shot and killed as he tried to help his brother Ahmed who was lying in the street…