Tag: Settler violence
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Thirteen-year-old boy attacked by settlers then arrested at Checkpoint 56 in Hebron
25th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, January 25th at around 2:30 p.m., when a group of around 30 settlers were passing by Checkpoint 56 on Al-Shuhada Street in Hebron, two 13-year-old boys were attacked by five settlers. One of the boys, his father and a photographer were taken…
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Settlers attacked member of the South Hebron Hills popular committee
30th December 2013 | Operation Dove | At Tuwani, Occupied Palestine On December 28, a group of settlers attacked Palestinians who were plowing a field in the South Hebron Hills village of At Tuwani. Hafez Huraini, a member of the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee (SHHPC), was injured in the attack. According to Huraini, at about 2.45…
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Daily brutality towards Palestinians in occupied Al-Khalil
2 December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces regularly exercise brutal and irrational behaviour in the H2 area of Khalil (Hebron), which is under military control. An example of this treatment took place on Saturday 30th November, when 7 Israeli soldiers reacted to a group of Palestinian youth throwing…
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Morning settler attack triggers clash with serious injuries in Qusra
18th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Occupied Palestine Early yesterday morning, a Palestinian family was attacked by approximately 20 settlers on their fields in Qusra village, southeast of Nablus. 30 olive trees were also destroyed. Following this incident, a clash broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth in the…
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Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest — with international support
16th November 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine During the recent olive harvest, which lasted from the end of September through October, dozens of Palestinian volunteers joined farmers in their groves near the tense barriers of the Gaza Strip. The volunteers worked during a week at the height of the harvest season, from…