OccupationalHazard.org 11.22.06

The Occupation - 11/22/06

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Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

The village Marda is situated near the settlement Ariel. IDF patrols arrive in the village often, at night or in the evening, while throwing shock granades and ordering shopkeepers to close their shops, and then leave. Sometimes a building is evacuated and searched, sometimes someone's arrested.
On 7 November 2006 at 3 a.m. the soldiers arrived into one of the village's houses. They threw shock grenades and damaged the front door, broke a window, and then demanded the residents leave. There was a woman with a one year old baby and a child aged three years. Her husband spent the night in a nearby village due to the olive harvest. The soldiers made the mother and children sit on the ground and pointed their guns at the children's heads, and did not let their grandmother to take them away. Then they led them to another house, 50 metres away (the residents of that house aren't related to the mother and children). There they were made to sit on the ground again, while that house was surrounded by soldiers making an arrest. At the same time relatives told the husband what has been happening. He arrived immediately but the soldiers did not let him enter the village.
At around 5 a.m. the soldiers left.
For questions contact Amos Gvirtz: amosg@shefayim.org.il

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The village Marda is situated near the settlement Ariel. IDF patrols arrive in the village often, at night or in the evening, while throwing shock granades and ordering shopkeepers to close their shops, and then leave. Sometimes a building is evacuated and searched, sometimes someone's arrested. On 7 November 2006 at 3 a.m. the soldiers arrived into one of the village's houses. They threw shock grenades and damaged the front door, broke a window, and then demanded the residents leave. There was a woman with a one year old baby and a child aged three years. Her husband spent the night in a nearby village due to the olive harvest. The soldiers made the mother and children sit on the ground and pointed their guns at the children's heads, and did not let their grandmother to take them away. Then they led them to another house, 50 metres away (the residents of that house aren't related to the mother and children). There they were made to sit on the ground again, while that house was surrounded by soldiers making an arrest. At the same time relatives told the husband what has been happening. He arrived immediately but the soldiers did not let him enter the village. At around 5 a.m. the soldiers left. For questions contact Amos Gvirtz: amosg@shefayim.org.il
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