Monday 22 August 2011

50 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN PRE-DAWN RAIDS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES


“In one household they failed to find the person they were looking for 
so they arrested his 60 year old father instead.”

Oh, what a shining beacon of all things good and decent is that little flower, Israel.

By annie
August 22, 2011

Just before dawn today, Sunday August 21, IDF forces raided the towns of Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank. Preliminary reports indicate that up to 250 people have been arrested in Hebron, including at least 70 Hamas leaders. 


Twitter feeds on the ground speak of occupation forces closing all entrances to the city and stationing themselves in the streets. Later reports finalized the count to approximately 50 Palestinians being arrested, as others were released.

No statement has been released by Israel concerning the reason for the raids and arrests. A group of ISM activists stationed in Hebron have rushed to the scene, as have ISM activists in Nablus.

At approximately 1:30 am, 40 soldiers raided four family homes on Ein Sarah St. alone and around.

According to the International Middle East Media Center, over 100 military vehicles and jeeps entered Hebron from 4 entrances, and raided 6 villages in addition to Hebron City, breaking into homes and occupying the streets, from which Palestinian security services were conspicuously absent. The soldiers moved from home to home in 4 jeeps, a transport carrier (presumably for those arrested), 2 Land Rovers (thought to be Shabak) and two regular cars. Soldiers were carrying live ammunition but met no resistance to the arrests.

In one household they failed to find the person they were looking for so they arrested his 60 year old father instead.

B. Jabal, a local resident, described why he felt the arrests had taken place.
”This is collective punishment for the Palestinians in response to the recent shootings in Eilat. We want peace, and our leaders want peace, but the Israelis keep killing and destroying our houses and destroying trees.”

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