Tags: IDF

Shireen Abu Akleh killing: Eyewitness account of journalist’s shooting

It was an Israeli sniper that shot at us. We were not caught up in crossfire with Palestinian fighters like the Israeli army claimed… The funeral procession arrived at the small monastery in the city, and the church bells began ringing for Shireen, who is from a Christian family from Bethlehem. Around Shireen’s corpse, we all stood as Muslims and Christians, listening to the priest’s prayer in silence…

Invading Israeli troops injure 80 Palestinians, shoot ambulance

Israeli soldiers injured over 80 Palestinians, including 2 medics, and damaged an ambulance during the weekly processions on Sbeih Mountain in Beita town & in Beit Dajan, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Villagers have been holding ongoing processions on their lands since May of last year after a group of illegal Israeli colonizers installed an outpost atop the mountain. During these protests, Israeli soldiers have injured thousands of Palestinians and killed several others, including children.

Palestinian-American death underscores rampant Israeli violence

Early Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers detained, blindfolded, handcuffed & beat 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad. They claim they left him alive in a building that was under construction. He died soon after. It remains to be seen whether Israel will be held accountable.