24 hours to 8am
9 March 2010

14 raids including home invasions – 2 beaten – 2 injured – 4 taken prisoner – 17 detained – 73 restrictions of movement

Night-time aerial terror over Gaza City

Children beaten by settlers and terrorised by Israeli soldiers

Israeli soldiers abduct 16- & 17-year-old youngsters

Israeli Occupation troops invade school – detain pupils

Night peace disruption and/or home invasions in 5 towns and villages

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[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Air patrols:

Gaza – 23:40 , Israeli F-16 fighter jets terrorised the city.

Detentions: 17

Economic sabotage:

Jericho – the Israeli Army continues to close Road 90 between the city and the village of al-Auja with concrete blocks, so as to prevent Palestinian farmers not holding Jericho Governorate IDs from reaching their land, in order to force them to apply for permits. Palestinian holders of Israeli IDs are being denied entry to the city.

Home invasions and occupation:

Tubas – 21:15 , the Israeli Army raided the village of Burin, searched a house and took a resident prisoner.

Injuries: 2

Occupation settler violence:

Tubas – 20:55, militants from the settlement of Yitzhar stoned passing vehicles on the nearby main road.

Jericho – 14:00, settler militants at An Nabi Mousa stoned passing vehicles on the main Jericho-Jerusalem road.

Hebron – 18:30, Zionist militants in the Old City district of Tal Ar-Rumeida beat up 11-year-old Shareef Tayseer Abu Eisheh and 12-year-old Ibrahim Muhammad Abu Eisheh. The terrified and injured children were then taken and detained by Israeli Occupation soldiers and not released until 00:20 .

Palestinian attacks: none

Physical assaults: 2

See Occupation settler violence above.

Prisoners taken: 4

Raids: 14 including home invasions

Qalqilya –

• 08:00, the Israeli Army raided the town of Azzun, invaded the Yaser Arafat School and detained a pupil who had allegedly thrown stones.


• 12:10, Israeli troops raided the town of Azzun, besieged the Yaser Arafat School and detained a number of pupils.


• 19:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.


• 10:20, Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Jit.

Nablus –

• 14:45, the Israeli Army raided the village of Osarin.


• 20:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Asira Ash Shamaliya.

Bethlehem –

• 14:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city of Beit Jala.


• 02:20 , Occupation troops raided the village of Husan, abducted two youngsters: 16-year-old Hamzeh Abdallah Shosheh and 17-year-old Muntaser Khalil Za’ul and left orders for 15-year-old Judeh Ahmad Shosheh to report to Israeli Military Intelligence.

Hebron –

• 07:10, the Israeli Army raided the town of Beit Ummar and left orders for two people to report to Israeli Military Intelligence.


• 07:30, Israeli troops raided the city and took a university student prisoner.


• 10:00, the Israeli Army again raided the city and left orders for two people to report to Israeli Military Intelligence.


• 01:00 , Occupation forces raided and patrolled the towns of Adh Dhahiriya and As-Samoa.


• 02:00 , the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the area of Raq’a in the town of Yatta.

Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children.

Restrictions of movement: 73

The Israeli Occupation’s military restrictions on Palestinian freedom covered by this category include:

• Checkpoints at the entrances to towns and villages to prevent people entering or leaving.


• Interference with people attempting to move around towns and villages.


• Cement blocks and barbed wire on roads.


• Rubble on roads.


• Farmers prohibited from going onto their land to work it.


• Road closures to isolate areas in which the Israeli Army considers the presence of Palestinians to be ‘illegal’.


• Yasser Arafat International Airport is permanently closed and Palestinians needing to enter or leave Palestine can do so only with Israeli permission.


• Interference with access to mosques and freedom of worship.


• Wall Gates. The gates in Israel’s annexation Wall, which restrict Palestinian access to their land on both sides.


• Curfews. Anyone appearing in the street or at a window is liable to be shot dead.


• Israel enforces many of the above restrictions with the threat, or actual use, of military action as well as personal physical assault. Thus, Palestinians are faced with an all-pervasive and constant state of Israeli violence towards them.

Violations:

Hebron – Israeli Occupation forces continue to enforce a military order prohibiting Palestinian vehicles from using Shalala Old Street and allowing only Israeli civilian and military vehicles on the road.

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