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Soldiers may at any time clear a pathway normally used by Palestinians to secure the area for Israeli settlers who are passing through on foot. Here soldiers are clearing a path for Israelis despite the numbers of Palestinian children heading home from nearby schools. (29 September 2019)
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Netanyahu's visit causes civil disruption in al-Khalil (Hebron)
The Palestinian community of al-Khalil (Hebron) experienced widespread civil disruption on 4 September when incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Hebron in a scheduled appearance at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City.
In the days leading up to 4 September, the Hebron community witnessed an increase in military activity in the form of military patrols and ID checks. Israeli Occupation Forces set up portable blockades in the streets around the Ibrahimi Mosque and erected multiple tents on the premises in preparation for the settlers and visitors that would attend the ceremonies. On the day of Netanyahu’s visit, the city of al-Khalil was under near complete lockdown.
Palestinians demonstrated throughout the afternoon and evening in the Bab az-Zawiyeh intersection, which is located about half a kilometer past the line separating H1 and H2 outside of the Old City per the 1997 Hebron Protocol. Continue reading.
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September in Numbers:
Summary of Incidents
Demolitions: 1 home, 1 mosque
Home invasions by Israeli forces:
2 homes
Arrests: 1 child, 6 adults
Detentions: 1 child, 3 adults
Restriction of movement:
ID checks: 4 children,
241 adults (33% were teachers)
Students stopped / searched:
23 children
Body searches (from a distance):
1 child, 67 adults
Body searches (physical, hands-on):
1 child, 5 adults
Movement through checkpoint denied: 5 children, 3 adults
Vehicle stops / searches: 14 vehicles
Checkpoint closures: 6 closure incidents, duration between 30 minutes and one day
Use of force: 9 incidents
Teargas canisters: 36
Stun grenades: 8
Injuries: 1 child, hit by a stun grenade
These are the incidents that CPT has documented in the month of September. There are more incidents of human rights violations that have taken place in al-Khalil (Hebron) that other community members and human rights organizations have witnessed.
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This single-family dwelling was measured and photographed by Israeli soldiers on the night of 12 August. A Palestinian child gave CPT visitors a tour: “This was my bedroom. This was the kitchen where I helped my mother cook.”
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"Are the soldiers coming again tonight?"
Repeated Israeli raids on three Palestinian homes, complete with police dogs, brutal arrests, confiscations, terrified children, demolition orders … and nearly eight weeks of silence from the Israeli authorities: This is the experience of Beit Kahil village’s extended Assafrah family and their Zahur in-laws.
The members of this extended Palestinian family live within a few hundred meters of each other in Beit Kahil, some in the threatened apartment building and others in the nearby home also slated for demolition. Their extended nightmare began at 2 a.m. on August 10, the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday, when they were awakened by Israeli forces breaking down their front doors, invading women’s quarters, setting police dogs on the brothers sleeping on the multifamily roof, dragging everyone into one room of each house. Terrified children screamed for their parents. The forces turned the houses’ contents upside down until 6 a.m., and arrested three men and one woman. Continue reading.
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At least weekly, groups of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by soldiers, march through the Palestinian passages, markets, and residential areas of the Old City of al-Khalil (Hebron). These incursions feel something like a combination of sightseeing tour and scouting expedition. Here a soldier displays care for a settler child. Palestinian children in the tour’s path are often rudely brushed aside. (14 September 2019)
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Israeli soldiers escort Palestinian students from At-Tuwani area to the end of Ma'on settlement in the South Hebron Hills. The students’ route takes them dangerously close to settlers who have routinely harassed and even injured them. The soldiers often arrive late and sometimes do not arrive at all. (12 September 2019)
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Israeli soldiers arrest a 16 year-old Palestinian boy as he attempted to pass through Qitoun checkpoint in the Old City of Hebron on the way to school in the morning. Palestinian children are often subject to arbitrary arrest and detention. (30 September 2019)
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On this site, the Israeli military and Civil Administration demolished two Palestinian buildings that had been under construction in the neighborhood of Jabal Johar. One of the buildings was a mosque and the other was a home. Israeli forces demolished 538 Palestinian-owned homes and facilities during the year 2018. This year, the United Nations reports that 480 Palestinians have been displaced by home demolitions through 19 August. International law prohibits destruction of private property except during actual military operations. (2 September 2019)
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These Palestinian kindergartners are walking home on the path adjoining the apartheid fence separating them from an Israeli checkpoint and an area claimed by settlers. CPTers accompany the children on their walk home as they navigate the rocky road between settlers and military checkpoints. (30 September 2019)
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