26 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers closed, Thursday, the entrances of Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al-‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented the students and faculty from entering it, before wounding four.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the Israeli Military Commander in southern West Bank has issued an order closing the main road, and entrances of the educational facility.
It added that the soldiers prevented the students and faculty members from entering the educational facility, an issue that forced them to take alternate, unpaved roads through Beit Ummar nearby town.
Many students protested the military violation against their educational facility, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, wounding four.
It is worth mentioning that, on Wednesday, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian woman, a student of Kadoorie, and injured several students.
On Wednesday at night, the soldiers shot two young Palestinian men after opening fire at their car in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers abducted a wounded Palestinian teen from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and injured several other Palestinians.
Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted Kamal al-Khatib, from his home in Deir Dibwan, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and Jihad Khaled from Jaba’ town, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the Israeli Military Commander in southern West Bank has issued an order closing the main road, and entrances of the educational facility.
It added that the soldiers prevented the students and faculty members from entering the educational facility, an issue that forced them to take alternate, unpaved roads through Beit Ummar nearby town.
Many students protested the military violation against their educational facility, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, wounding four.
It is worth mentioning that, on Wednesday, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian woman, a student of Kadoorie, and injured several students.
On Wednesday at night, the soldiers shot two young Palestinian men after opening fire at their car in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers abducted a wounded Palestinian teen from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and injured several other Palestinians.
Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted Kamal al-Khatib, from his home in Deir Dibwan, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and Jihad Khaled from Jaba’ town, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
25 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a young Palestinian woman, a student of the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al-‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured several students.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Ibtihal Khader Ibreiwish, 20, from Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, just as she left the college campus.
In related news, the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at many students and locals, participating in the celebration, coordinated with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) honoring seven Kadoorie students, who were recently released from Israeli detention camps.
Medical sources said one Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Ibtihal Khader Ibreiwish, 20, from Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, just as she left the college campus.
In related news, the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at many students and locals, participating in the celebration, coordinated with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) honoring seven Kadoorie students, who were recently released from Israeli detention camps.
Medical sources said one Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israel has repeatedly denied Palestinians permits to build schools in the West Bank and demolished schools built without permits, making it more difficult or impossible for thousands of children to get an education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday.
According to HRW, on April 25, 2018, Israel’s high court will hold what may be the final hearing on the military’s plans to demolish a school in Khan al-Ahmar Abu al-Hilu, a Palestinian community. It is one of the 44 Palestinian schools at risk of full or partial demolition because Israeli authorities say they were built illegally.
The Israeli military refuses to permit most new Palestinian construction in the 60 percent of the West Bank where it has exclusive control over planning and building, even as the military facilitates settler construction. The military has enforced this discriminatory system by razing thousands of Palestinian properties, including schools, creating pressure on Palestinians to leave their communities. When Israeli authorities have demolished schools, they have not taken steps to ensure that children in the area have access to schools of at least the same quality.
“Israeli authorities have been getting away for years with demolishing primary schools and preschools in Palestinian communities,” said Bill Van Esveld, senior children’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Israeli military’s refusal to issue building permits and then knocking down schools without permits is discriminatory and violates children’s right to education.”
Israeli military authorities have demolished or confiscated Palestinian school buildings or property in the West Bank at least 16 times since 2010, with 12 incidents since 2016, repeatedly targeting some schools, Human Rights Watch found.
Over a third of Palestinian communities in Area C, the 60 percent of the West Bank where the Israeli military has exclusive control over building under the 1993 Oslo accords, currently do not have primary schools, and 10,000 children attend school in tents, shacks, or other structures without heating or air-conditioning, according to the UN. About 1,700 children had to walk five or more kilometers to school due to road closures, lack of passable roads or transportation, or other problems, according to 2015 UN estimates. The long distances and fear of harassment by settlers or the military lead some parents to take their children out of school, with a disproportionate impact on girls.
Most West Bank schools at risk of demolition fall within Area C. Israel justifies its demolition of schools and other Palestinian property there not on security grounds, but rather on the grounds that they were built without permits from the military. However, the military refuses the vast majority of Palestinian building requests, and has zoned only 1 percent of Area C for Palestinian building, even as construction proceeds with few constraints in nearby Israeli settlements.
The school demolitions are consistent with other actions that make communities unviable, such as home demolitions, and the refusal to zone the communities or grant them connections to utilities like water and electricity, Human Rights Watch said.
Since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office on March 31, 2009, Israeli forces have demolished 5,351 Palestinian buildings in the West Bank for lack of building permits, including East Jerusalem, displacing 7,988 people, including more than 4,100 children, based on UN data. Israel has not offered resettlement options or compensation to families whose homes were demolished during this period.
Israel’s destruction of Palestinian schools, and its failure to replace them, violates its obligation as an occupying power to “facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children,” and violates the prohibition on interfering with the activities of educational institutions or requisitioning their property. International law prohibits an occupying power from destroying property, including schools, unless “absolutely necessary” for “military operations.” The Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court prohibit widespread, unlawful destruction of property as a war crime.
According to HRW, on April 25, 2018, Israel’s high court will hold what may be the final hearing on the military’s plans to demolish a school in Khan al-Ahmar Abu al-Hilu, a Palestinian community. It is one of the 44 Palestinian schools at risk of full or partial demolition because Israeli authorities say they were built illegally.
The Israeli military refuses to permit most new Palestinian construction in the 60 percent of the West Bank where it has exclusive control over planning and building, even as the military facilitates settler construction. The military has enforced this discriminatory system by razing thousands of Palestinian properties, including schools, creating pressure on Palestinians to leave their communities. When Israeli authorities have demolished schools, they have not taken steps to ensure that children in the area have access to schools of at least the same quality.
“Israeli authorities have been getting away for years with demolishing primary schools and preschools in Palestinian communities,” said Bill Van Esveld, senior children’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Israeli military’s refusal to issue building permits and then knocking down schools without permits is discriminatory and violates children’s right to education.”
Israeli military authorities have demolished or confiscated Palestinian school buildings or property in the West Bank at least 16 times since 2010, with 12 incidents since 2016, repeatedly targeting some schools, Human Rights Watch found.
Over a third of Palestinian communities in Area C, the 60 percent of the West Bank where the Israeli military has exclusive control over building under the 1993 Oslo accords, currently do not have primary schools, and 10,000 children attend school in tents, shacks, or other structures without heating or air-conditioning, according to the UN. About 1,700 children had to walk five or more kilometers to school due to road closures, lack of passable roads or transportation, or other problems, according to 2015 UN estimates. The long distances and fear of harassment by settlers or the military lead some parents to take their children out of school, with a disproportionate impact on girls.
Most West Bank schools at risk of demolition fall within Area C. Israel justifies its demolition of schools and other Palestinian property there not on security grounds, but rather on the grounds that they were built without permits from the military. However, the military refuses the vast majority of Palestinian building requests, and has zoned only 1 percent of Area C for Palestinian building, even as construction proceeds with few constraints in nearby Israeli settlements.
The school demolitions are consistent with other actions that make communities unviable, such as home demolitions, and the refusal to zone the communities or grant them connections to utilities like water and electricity, Human Rights Watch said.
Since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office on March 31, 2009, Israeli forces have demolished 5,351 Palestinian buildings in the West Bank for lack of building permits, including East Jerusalem, displacing 7,988 people, including more than 4,100 children, based on UN data. Israel has not offered resettlement options or compensation to families whose homes were demolished during this period.
Israel’s destruction of Palestinian schools, and its failure to replace them, violates its obligation as an occupying power to “facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children,” and violates the prohibition on interfering with the activities of educational institutions or requisitioning their property. International law prohibits an occupying power from destroying property, including schools, unless “absolutely necessary” for “military operations.” The Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court prohibit widespread, unlawful destruction of property as a war crime.
23 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least twenty-three Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including nine who were abducted in Jerusalem.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the governorate, and abducted five Palestinians, including two siblings who are also former political prisoners.
It said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Mohammad Sa’adi, his brother, Noureddin, in addition to Firas Hani al-Ghoul, Mohammad Bani Ghorra and Mahmoud Ali Sa’adi.
In Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two young men, in their twenties, from their homes in the city.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted and injured Mohammad Zoheir Eshteiwi and Mahmoud Abu Tayyim, before abducting them.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in northwestern West Bank, and abducted Adnan Mer’ey, 21, after storming his home and searching it.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of the city, searched many homes and abducted Mamdouh Hasan Abu Asba, 25. Mohammad Adnan al-Baba, Ali Sobhi al-Baba, 30, and his brother Mahmoud.
Th soldiers also abducted Mohammad Taiseer al-Badawi, from his home in the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and Haitham Mreish, from his home in Hebron city.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna, Halhoul, Doura and Yatta, and many neighborhoods in Hebron city, before installing roadblocks, stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town and Shu’fat refuge camp, also searched many homes and abducted nine Palestinians.
The abducted residents have been identified as Hussein Shadi Obeid (child), Qussai Dari, Adam Fadi Mustafa, Adham Sabta, ‘Esmat ‘Obeid, Mohammad Marwan ‘Obeid, and ‘Odai Ayman, Mohammad, from al-‘Isawiya, in addition to Tha’er ad-Dabet and Monther Najjar, from Shu’fat refugee camp.
On Monday morning, the soldiers invaded the Schools Street and the areas around the al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and injured several Palestinians with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the locals protested the invasion.
In related news, Israeli army bulldozers invaded Palestinian lands, north of Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted sections near the border fence, in addition to installing sand hills.
Dozens of Palestinians injured in Abu Dis clashes
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Monday morning as clashes broke out in Abu Dis village east of occupied Jerusalem.
Local activist Hani Halabia said that the clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the village early today to seal holes locals have drilled in Israel’s apartheid wall built to separate the town from the occupied city.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired by Israeli forces, while local youths responded with throwing stones and setting fire to tires.
Dozens of locals suffered different injuries and teargas inhalation during the clashes.
Following the confrontation, Abu Dis University suspended classes, citing safety of students and staff as its reason.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the governorate, and abducted five Palestinians, including two siblings who are also former political prisoners.
It said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Mohammad Sa’adi, his brother, Noureddin, in addition to Firas Hani al-Ghoul, Mohammad Bani Ghorra and Mahmoud Ali Sa’adi.
In Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two young men, in their twenties, from their homes in the city.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted and injured Mohammad Zoheir Eshteiwi and Mahmoud Abu Tayyim, before abducting them.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in northwestern West Bank, and abducted Adnan Mer’ey, 21, after storming his home and searching it.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of the city, searched many homes and abducted Mamdouh Hasan Abu Asba, 25. Mohammad Adnan al-Baba, Ali Sobhi al-Baba, 30, and his brother Mahmoud.
Th soldiers also abducted Mohammad Taiseer al-Badawi, from his home in the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and Haitham Mreish, from his home in Hebron city.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna, Halhoul, Doura and Yatta, and many neighborhoods in Hebron city, before installing roadblocks, stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town and Shu’fat refuge camp, also searched many homes and abducted nine Palestinians.
The abducted residents have been identified as Hussein Shadi Obeid (child), Qussai Dari, Adam Fadi Mustafa, Adham Sabta, ‘Esmat ‘Obeid, Mohammad Marwan ‘Obeid, and ‘Odai Ayman, Mohammad, from al-‘Isawiya, in addition to Tha’er ad-Dabet and Monther Najjar, from Shu’fat refugee camp.
On Monday morning, the soldiers invaded the Schools Street and the areas around the al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and injured several Palestinians with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, in addition to causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the locals protested the invasion.
In related news, Israeli army bulldozers invaded Palestinian lands, north of Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted sections near the border fence, in addition to installing sand hills.
Dozens of Palestinians injured in Abu Dis clashes
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Monday morning as clashes broke out in Abu Dis village east of occupied Jerusalem.
Local activist Hani Halabia said that the clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the village early today to seal holes locals have drilled in Israel’s apartheid wall built to separate the town from the occupied city.
Heavy teargas bombs and rubber bullets were fired by Israeli forces, while local youths responded with throwing stones and setting fire to tires.
Dozens of locals suffered different injuries and teargas inhalation during the clashes.
Following the confrontation, Abu Dis University suspended classes, citing safety of students and staff as its reason.
19 apr 2018
Israeli military troops have sealed off an iron gate leading to Palestinian villages north of al-Khalil province, in the southern occupied West Bank, allegedly after a settler was stoned and injured.
Israeli soldiers closed off the access road between Beit Einun and al-Nasaba, north of Halhul province, in northern al-Khalil, claiming a settler was injured in a stone-throwing attack as she passed through the area overnight.
Sometime earlier, Israeli settlers attacked a bus carrying Palestinian schoolchildren on their way back home to Yatta, east of al-Khalil, from an excursion.
A state of panic flared up among the schoolchildren after Israeli settlers hurled rocks toward the bus, in the second such assault in al-Khalil in less than 10 hours.
Israeli soldiers closed off the access road between Beit Einun and al-Nasaba, north of Halhul province, in northern al-Khalil, claiming a settler was injured in a stone-throwing attack as she passed through the area overnight.
Sometime earlier, Israeli settlers attacked a bus carrying Palestinian schoolchildren on their way back home to Yatta, east of al-Khalil, from an excursion.
A state of panic flared up among the schoolchildren after Israeli settlers hurled rocks toward the bus, in the second such assault in al-Khalil in less than 10 hours.
18 apr 2018
Israeli forces, Wednesday, physically assaulted three Palestinian journalists during clashes that broke out in al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, said security sources.
Sources told WAFA Israeli soldiers physically assaulted three journalists while they were covering confronatations that erupted near the Palestine technical college, near the camp.
The journalists were identified as Mohammad Halayqa, Mus’ab Shawar, and Sari Jaradat. Meanwhile, two Palestinian youth were reportedly detained during the clashes.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian students on their way home from school in al-Salaymeh neighborhood in the Old City district of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, local sources also reported, according to WAFA.
The settlers physically attacked students and used foul language against them, but no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces also attacked high school students from al-Sawiya al-Lubban high school, to the south of Nablus, with pepper spray, causing a number of them to suffocate, said a local official.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in northern West Bank district, said that Israeli soldiers sprayed students with pepper spray while they were heading back home from school.
Several students suffered from suffocation, including one case that necessitated transfer to hospital for medical treatment.
Sources told WAFA Israeli soldiers physically assaulted three journalists while they were covering confronatations that erupted near the Palestine technical college, near the camp.
The journalists were identified as Mohammad Halayqa, Mus’ab Shawar, and Sari Jaradat. Meanwhile, two Palestinian youth were reportedly detained during the clashes.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian students on their way home from school in al-Salaymeh neighborhood in the Old City district of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, local sources also reported, according to WAFA.
The settlers physically attacked students and used foul language against them, but no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces also attacked high school students from al-Sawiya al-Lubban high school, to the south of Nablus, with pepper spray, causing a number of them to suffocate, said a local official.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in northern West Bank district, said that Israeli soldiers sprayed students with pepper spray while they were heading back home from school.
Several students suffered from suffocation, including one case that necessitated transfer to hospital for medical treatment.
16 apr 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday night stormed Zanuta hamlet south of al-Dahariya town in al-Khalil and removed tents used as makeshift classrooms for local child students after their school was demolished a few days ago.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a military force removed and seized tents pitched in place of Zanuta school, which was demolished and dismantled by the Israeli army a week ago.
They said that the soldiers forced students and teachers to leave the area and embarked on confiscating the tents.
Zanuta residents had to set up tents in the area of the razed school in order to allow their children to continue their education.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a military force removed and seized tents pitched in place of Zanuta school, which was demolished and dismantled by the Israeli army a week ago.
They said that the soldiers forced students and teachers to leave the area and embarked on confiscating the tents.
Zanuta residents had to set up tents in the area of the razed school in order to allow their children to continue their education.
15 apr 2018
A number of Palestinian youths on Sunday evening choked on Israeli tear gas during clashes that erupted with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.
The activist Mohammad Awad said that the wounded received filed treatment after suffering breathing problems at the entrance to town were the clashes took place.
IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades near Zahert al-Madaen school after they failed to arrest a youth of the town, Awad pointed out.
The activist Mohammad Awad said that the wounded received filed treatment after suffering breathing problems at the entrance to town were the clashes took place.
IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades near Zahert al-Madaen school after they failed to arrest a youth of the town, Awad pointed out.
11 apr 2018
Israeli forces, Wednesday, attacked a school with tear gas canisters in Nahalin town, to the west of Bethlehem, said a municipal source.
The town’s deputy mayor Hani Fannun told WAFA that Israeli forces raided the town, particularly the school area, and surrounded Nahalin Secondary Boys School.
He said that the soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas canisters at the school, causing panic among the students and a number of suffocation cases.
He added that residents attempted to take their children from the school, but were prevented by the soldiers.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers broke into Sebastia, north of the West Bank, to provide protection for hundreds of settlers who stormed the town’s archaeological site, triggering clashes.
Sebastia mayor Mohammed Azem said that soldiers entered the town to facilitate entry of three busloads of fanatical Jewish settlers to the archeological site, where they performed religious rituals.
Residents confronted the settlers and soldiers who fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes and schools, causing a number of residents and school children to suffocate.
Sebastia officials fear the settlers’ plan to take over the archaeological site, considered to be one of the main Palestinian tourist attractions, and where John the Baptist is believed buried.
The town’s deputy mayor Hani Fannun told WAFA that Israeli forces raided the town, particularly the school area, and surrounded Nahalin Secondary Boys School.
He said that the soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas canisters at the school, causing panic among the students and a number of suffocation cases.
He added that residents attempted to take their children from the school, but were prevented by the soldiers.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers broke into Sebastia, north of the West Bank, to provide protection for hundreds of settlers who stormed the town’s archaeological site, triggering clashes.
Sebastia mayor Mohammed Azem said that soldiers entered the town to facilitate entry of three busloads of fanatical Jewish settlers to the archeological site, where they performed religious rituals.
Residents confronted the settlers and soldiers who fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes and schools, causing a number of residents and school children to suffocate.
Sebastia officials fear the settlers’ plan to take over the archaeological site, considered to be one of the main Palestinian tourist attractions, and where John the Baptist is believed buried.
10 apr 2018
Israeli soldiers fired, Tuesday, several gas bombs at a school for girls in the al-Mughayer village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many schoolchildren to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Marzouq Abu Naim, a member of al-Mughayer Local Council, said dozens of soldiers were stationed near local high school for girls, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the students, and their school.
He added that many schoolgirls were unable to reach their school due to the heavy Israeli military deployment, while others were trapped in their schools.
Dozens of girls suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, before local medics rushed to the area, and provided them with the needed treatment.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the village, and prevented scores of Palestinians from leaving their homes.
Marzouq Abu Naim, a member of al-Mughayer Local Council, said dozens of soldiers were stationed near local high school for girls, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades at the students, and their school.
He added that many schoolgirls were unable to reach their school due to the heavy Israeli military deployment, while others were trapped in their schools.
Dozens of girls suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, before local medics rushed to the area, and provided them with the needed treatment.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the village, and prevented scores of Palestinians from leaving their homes.
Israeli forces demolished Monday night a primary school in Zanouta town, to the south of al-Khalil, just one month after it had been inaugurated by the Palestinian Education Ministry.
Israeli forces demolished Zanouta school near al-Dahriyeh, in the southern occupied West Bank, and imposed a tight cordon in its vicinities.
The school, which comprises six classrooms, was built from cement blocks and metal plates and provides services for 43 students, including 10 children in kindergarten.
The Directorate of Education and Higher Education south of al-Khalil slammed the arbitrary demolition, saying the school was inaugurated on March 25 along with other schools built to provide education for children in communities endangered by Israeli military measures.
Civil society representatives announced their intent to rebuild the school on Tuesday as a means to face up to such Israeli measures.
Israeli forces demolished Zanouta school near al-Dahriyeh, in the southern occupied West Bank, and imposed a tight cordon in its vicinities.
The school, which comprises six classrooms, was built from cement blocks and metal plates and provides services for 43 students, including 10 children in kindergarten.
The Directorate of Education and Higher Education south of al-Khalil slammed the arbitrary demolition, saying the school was inaugurated on March 25 along with other schools built to provide education for children in communities endangered by Israeli military measures.
Civil society representatives announced their intent to rebuild the school on Tuesday as a means to face up to such Israeli measures.
9 apr 2018
An Israeli settler on Monday morning ran over a group of Palestinian schoolchildren in Qalqilya city, in the northern occupied West Bank, causing three of them injuries.
According to the head of Git Village Council, Omar Yameen, three schoolchildren aged between 10 and 11 years-old were wounded after a settler driving near the main entrance to Git’s Boys School hit them.
The three children were evacuated to the Nablus Special Hospital for urgent treatment.
An Israeli military patrol showed up at the scene moments afterwards. The Israeli driver has neither been arrested nor interrogated.
Over recent years, Git Village Council has frequently launched appeals to build a pedestrian overbrigde after hit-and-run accidents by Israeli settlers have reached a peak in the area.
According to the head of Git Village Council, Omar Yameen, three schoolchildren aged between 10 and 11 years-old were wounded after a settler driving near the main entrance to Git’s Boys School hit them.
The three children were evacuated to the Nablus Special Hospital for urgent treatment.
An Israeli military patrol showed up at the scene moments afterwards. The Israeli driver has neither been arrested nor interrogated.
Over recent years, Git Village Council has frequently launched appeals to build a pedestrian overbrigde after hit-and-run accidents by Israeli settlers have reached a peak in the area.