IOF troops detain 5 demonstrators including journalist

[ 19/09/2010 - 09:31 AM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled on Saturday the Beit Ummar, Al-Khalil district, weekly march protesting the confiscation of the village land to build the "separation wall". The IOF command blocked Palestinian farmers from heading to their land, threatened with confiscation, and declared the area a closed military zone. Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers beat up the spokesman of the solidarity committee in the village while taking photos of the march while a Swedish activist was hit with a sonic bomb and dozens others were treated for breathing problems. They said that the soldiers detained the coordinator of the national committee against the wall and four others including a cameraman and two American and British activists. The march declared solidarity with the Palestinian child Yousef Abu Hashem, 17, who was detained by the IOF four months ago. The child contracted an unknown disease while in detention and the IOF won't reveal its nature and refuses to treat him.