Tag: South Hebron Hills

  • Israeli army raid four Palestinian villages inside firing area 918, South Hebron hills

    3rd November 2012 | Operation Dove, West Bank By Operation Dove www.operationdove.org FRIGHTENING NIGHT FOR PALESTINIAN FAMILIES On the 1st of November Israeli soldiers irrupted in Al-Fakheit, Al-Majaz, At-Tabban and Al-Mirkez, villages of the ‘Firing Area’ 918 in the West Bank. The soldiers surrounded the villages, and internationals’ phones started to ring continuously. One by…

  • Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani

    Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani

    20 August 2012 | Operation Dove, At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills In the afternoon of August 16th some Palestinians discovered that an olive grove situated in Humra valley had been recently destroyed during the night, according to a Palestinian. Thirty olive trees were broken or severely damaged. The olive grove belongs to a Palestinian family that…

  • Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land

    By VLR 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the peaceful landscape of the South Hebron Hills, the occupation of the land is a daily struggle. Whilst life seems to be quiet and smooth the Palestinian communities often have to forget their daily life problems to focus on a bigger issue: resisting…

  • Idhna: A family without windows

    Idhna: A family without windows

    by Peige 12 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank After three years of marriage Amani and Hussein Batran wanted a house of their own, somewhere to raise their two children, 4 year old Khalil and 3 year old Layali.   They took out two loans from the bank and construction began. Now, three years…

  • Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth; Injures and arrest another

    by Ghassan Bannoura 8 March 2012 | International Middle East Media Center Twenty-two years old Zakariay Abu Iram was killed while Mohamed Rashid, 18, was injured and arrested by Israeli troops as they attacked the southern West Bank village of Yatta on Thursday afternoon. Residents told IMEMC that Israeli troops stormed the village and tried…