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Hamza Hameed, 16, is currently the youngest Palestinian held in administrative detention. (photo: Silwad's Facebook group)

The youngest Palestinian in Israeli administrative detention

At 16, Hamza Hamad has already experienced the worst of Israel’s occupation: arrests, home raids, demolitions, and a father in prison. Now he has become the youngest Palestinian to be put in administrative detention. By Noam Rotem Sixteen-year-old Hamza Hamad from the West Bank village of Silwad was placed in administrative detention last week, making…

By +972 Magazine March 15, 2016

Night raid in Nabi Saleh 2011 (Tamimi Press)

Pilot limiting night arrests of Palestinian kids falls short

The Israeli army implemented a pilot program last year to serve Palestinian children with summonses instead of snatching them from their beds in the middle of the night. Some of those summonses, however, were delivered by soldiers in the middle of the night. By Gerard Horton Following widespread criticism of the the Israeli army’s use…

By +972 Magazine November 5, 2015

An aunt of Muhammad Abu Latifa cries at his funeral in Qalandia Refugee Camp in between Ramallah and Jerusalem, July 27, 2015. Abu Latifa was killed while fleeing Israeli special police commandos during an arrest raid on his home early that morning. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Killing of three Palestinians in a week shouldn’t be business as usual

If it had been Palestinians who killed three Israelis, we would be having a very different conversation about a ‘worrying escalation’ or ‘wave of violence.’ Israeli military forces shot and killed three Palestinians in the last week. All three killings took place during raids in the middle of the night to detain suspects in crimes…

By Mairav Zonszein July 28, 2015

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Palestinian journalists and activists protest against Israel’s detention of journalist Amin Abu Wardeh, Nablus, April 21, 2015. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/ Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinian journalist held in administrative detention

Israel is currently imprisoning and detaining 20 Palestinian journalists, group says. Photos and text by Ahmad Al-Bazz/ Activestills.org Palestinian journalists and activists protested against the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Amin Abu Wardeh earlier this week. The demonstrators stood outside the Red Cross offices in the West Bank city of Nablus and demanded that the…

By Activestills April 24, 2015

Toys and a wheelchair lie covered in dust and rubble after a center for children with disabilities was raided
by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, September 3, 2014. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Israeli forces damage youth centers in Nablus raid

A youth sports club and center for children with disabilities in Nablus sustain serious damage after Israeli forces raid a multi-story building in search of wanted Palestinians. Text and photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org As happens almost every night in Palestinian cities, towns and villages throughout the West Bank, Israeli forces raided Nablus neighborhoods at 1:30…

By Activestills September 4, 2014

An Israeli military bulldozer destroys part of the family home of Zakaria Al-Aqra, age 24, after he was killed by an army raid in the West Bank village of Qabalan, August 11, 2014.

PHOTOS: Israeli forces kill Palestinian and bulldoze his family house

In an overnight raid in the West Bank village of Qabalan, Israeli forces kill 24-year-old Palestinian Zakaria Al-Aqra and injure six others. They then bulldoze part of his family’s house. Photos and text by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org At about midnight on August 11, the Israeli army raided the West Bank village of Qabalan near Nablus. As…

By Activestills August 16, 2014

Israeli army soldiers take part in the search operation for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, on June 17, 2014 in the West Bank town of Hebron. [File photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

What happens when the IDF embeds Israeli reporters

The Israeli army recently began allowing reporters to join night raids in the West Bank. The result is exactly what you might expect. By Oren Persico / ‘The 7th Eye‘ One week after the start of “Operation Brother’s Keeper,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit arranged an opportunity for the Israeli press just in time for the newspapers’ weekend…

By The Seventh Eye June 23, 2014

An elderly Palestinian man argues with an Israeli soldier taking part in the search operation for three Israeli teenagers believed to have been kidnapped by Palestinian militants, on June 17, 2014 in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel stepped up efforts against Hamas in the West Bank Tuesday as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers entered its fifth day. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Rights groups say IDF response to kidnapping is collective punishment

Israel has restricted the movement of of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and arrested hundreds in response to the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Arrests have included Palestinian parliament members and prisoners released in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit. Text by Michael Omer-Man Photos by Tess Scheflan and Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Since…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 18, 2014

Family members gather to mourn Ibrahim Mansour, who was shot and killed on February 13 by Israeli forces while he was collecting gravel near the border with Israel in the Al Montar area of the Gaza Strip. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

‘If you hear the bombs, you’re still alive’

This Father’s Day, as the Israeli military is once again operating throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Samer Badawi reflects on loss, fatherhood and the last major Israeli assault on Gaza. I had intended today to write a reflection on what it means to be a father to three Palestinian children, how raising them…

By Samer Badawi June 16, 2014

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian youth, who shows signs of being beaten, following a demonstration against the occupation and in support of Palestinian prisoners the West Bank city of Hebron, March 1, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Palestinian kids detail abusive interrogations, arrests

Basic rights that are inalienable for Israeli kids are at best a privilege for Palestinian kids in the OPT. Testimonies of arrested Palestinian children shed light on the Israeli army’s worrisome practices. By Fady Khoury On the back of the 47th anniversary of the Israeli occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), one aspect that is…

By +972 Magazine June 8, 2014