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Israeli military closes villages, isolates thousands in Hebron
Photo credit: Sair Town. A closure affecting the Sair area, April 19, 2018. On April 18, 2018, residents of the Hebron district villages of el Adisa and Beit ‘Anun woke up to discover their villages had been closed with roadblocks by Israeli soldiers. ...
The fourth Great March of Return honors martyrs and prisoners
Palestinians protest during the fourth Great March of Return, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, April 20, 2018. Photo credit: WAFA. For the fourth Friday, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza Strip demonstrated at areas of contact with the Isra...
‘The Palestinian prisoners are our legitimate representatives’
Activities to revive the prisoner's day in Hebron, April 17, 2018. Photo credit: Samar Badr for WAFA. The Palestinian people commemorated Palestinian Prisoners Day on April 17, 2018 with marches, demonstrations, and conferences across Palestine. Since ...
March: Human rights violations in Hebron
israeli soldiers attack protesters in Hebron, February 16, 2018. Photo credit: Hebron Defense Committee. Over the first week of March, Israeli settlers set up tents in the center of Hebron city just south of the Ibrahimi Mosque. The tents were built in ...
An unusually bloody Land Day in Palestine
Clashes between young men and occupation forces east of Gaza City, March 30, 2018. Photo credit: Hatem Mousa for WAFA By the end of Land Day, March 30, 2018, 15 Palestinians were killed and 1,416 were wounded with live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas. I...
A long, bloody weekend in Palestine
Thursday On Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed Muhammad Ahmad Abu al-Fattah al-Sarrahin, 30, during a military raid in Beit Ola, west of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli soldiers damaged the al-Sarrahin family’s furniture as they invaded their hom...
Hebron’s isolation continues unabated
The only pathway to the city that remained open was in the north. However, Israeli forces erected a military checkpoint at the entrance to search civilians and their cars, causing significant delays. Israeli soldiers also initiated a somewhat new occupati...
Israel inflicts collective punishment on Palestinian residents of Hebron area
Shadi Ahmed Atawa, age 28 from Hebron, was reportedly turned in by his family to Israeli authorities Sunday after telling them of the attack. Regardless of the arrest, the Israeli army invaded numerous Hebron area villages and towns Sunday night and early ...