Tag: Qalandia Refugee Camp
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Palestinian bystander shot dead during nightly Israel army arrest raid
18th December 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Qalandiya, Occupied Palestine The Israeli army shot dead a young Palestinian man in Qalandiya refugee camp. The army invaded the camp at around 3:00 am on the 16th of December with the aim of making arrests. The young people of the camp came out to…
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Three killed in Qalandiya: Protests spread across West Bank
26th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qalandiya Refugee Camp, Occupied Palestine At around 2am on 26th August 2013, eleven military jeeps invaded Qalandiya refugee camp during an operation to arrest a recently released prisoner. Residents of the camp tried to stop the army from arresting the man by throwing stones at…
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Haiya of Qalandia Refugee Camp
24 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Haiya and her family are originally from a village called Ber Maael know called Mudaeen near what is now Tel Aviv. Haiya’s brother was a close friend of Ali Khaleefa, one of the young men who was killed when the Israeli army raided the Qalandia Refugee…
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Israel’s “Scream” fails to silence Palestinian resistance
22 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, demonstrators at the Qalandia checkpoint were met with a new weapon referred to as the “Scream,” an obnoxious siren that sounded once demonstrators had organized near the checkpoint in spirit of a future Palestinian state. The new sound weapon was used for the first…
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Ramadan begins with the killing of two Palestinians
2 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 3am Qalandia refugee camp was invaded by the Israeli army. Approximately 300 soldiers raided the camp, shooting live ammunition directly at people, killing two Palestinians. The two young men, Mutasin Issa Udwan who was 22 years old was declared to have passed away when he…
