Tag: Rubber-coated steel bullets
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Many injured in Hebron house demolition
22 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 10pm Sunday August 21st the Hasan Ali Darwish Al-Qawasmi house in the Abo Ktelah district was raided and later destroyed by Israeli soldiers. Around eight armored vehicles surrounded the house and at least 40 soldiers were blocking every entrance. The Israeli soldiers had arrived at…
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‘Silwan is the next Hebron’ : an interview with a resident of Silwan
17 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On 14 May 2011, the ISM went to Silwan, East Jerusalem after hearing about the tragic death of Milad Ayyash, a Palestinian teenager, who was killed during the Friday demonstrations against the Occupation in Batten Al Hawwa. Milad Ayyash was pronounced dead in the early hours of May…
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Demonstrations mark Nakba Day in Hebron
16 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Approximately one thousand people demonstrated in Hebron during the weekend to commemorate the Nakba day. Several protesters were injured after violent responses from the Israeli army. On Sunday the 15th May around a thousand Palestinians joined in a demonstration to commemorate the Nakba, (in English literally “the catastrophe”)…
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24 year old man from Iraq Burin shot by teargas canister at close range
8 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Yesterday afternoon, 24 year old Abdalah Aadus from the village of Iraq Burin was taken to hospital after being shot in the side by a teargas canister which was fired from close range. Abdalah had been participating in a demonstration against the theft of his village’s agricultural land…
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Two children shot in the village of Bil’in
28 April 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements Today around noon Jamal Atef Al Khateeb (age 15) was shot with rubber bullets in his stomach and mouth, and Nashmi Mohamad Abu Rahma (age 16) was shot with a rubber bullet in his leg. They were transferred to a Ramallah hospital for treatment.…