This Friday, there was no demonstration in Nabi Saleh. Nevertheless, when a few teenagers confronted IDF soldiers near the entrance to the village, a sniper targeted a 14-year-old boy, who sustained a gun shot injury from a live bullet (“tutu”) to his leg. The boy was then transferred to hospital by an ambulance. Recently there…
Residents of Nabi Saleh marching on Friday to express their rage over the recent Israeli incursions into the al-Aqsa compound and the violent suppression of the freedom of religious worship. The Israeli army attempted to disperse demonstrators using tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition (tutu), which resulted in two injuries, one of them a…
Palestinians from the Ramallah area congregated this Friday in front of Ofer Military prison, at the same spot where two protesters were killed by IDF’s live bullets the day before. The IDF, deployed on nearby roofs and a hilltop, attempted to disperse protesters by using barrages of tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. A…
Commemorating the 66th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the expulsion of some 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to confront the occupation army. Near Ofer military prison, protesters also expressed their solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners. The IDF assaulted the demonstration with barrages of tear gas,…
The military court in Jaffa held a hearing for an IDF officer charged with unauthorized use of weapons, during an incident in which he fired live ammunition in the village of Nabi Saleh in June 2013. The accused arrived to his hearing as a free man, accompanied by his supportive friends. In the interim until…
