Important News
- UK labor MPs urge immediate recognition of Palestine, condemn Israel’s forced displacement plans
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- Colonists erect several tents on Deir Istiya land near Salfit in bid to establish new colonial outpost
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- Israeli colonists set up three mobile homes for new colonial outpost in Jordan Valley
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- U.S. students and activists stage sit-in outside AIPAC office in Chicago, demand accountability for Gaza war support
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Hebron: 13 Arrested, 5 others Wounded
HEBRON, March 24 (WAFA) –Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Wednesday thirteen civilians and wounded five others in the West Bank City of Hebron, medical, security sources and witnesses said.... Omar ‘Awad, mayor of Beit Ommar said that IOF troops stormed the village, broke into several houses, vandalized property and arrested ten civilians.... Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed several houses in Dora village, west of Hebron, smashed furniture and arrested a number of civilians leading them to an unknown location, witnesses told WAFA.... In the meantime, seven civilians suffered tear-gas inhalation, during Israeli attack against civilians today afternoon in the Old City of Hebron, eyewitnesses said.... They told WAFA that the soldiers used live ammunition and gas-tear canisters against civilians, adding that the wounded received first aid.... Security sources affirmed that the Old City of Hebron has been under a tight Israeli curfew for the third consecutive day along with other arbitrary measures....