Brutal army procedures at the Al Hamra checkpoint

Friday August 24, 2007 13:06 by Ali Samoudi - IMEMC News

The Israeli army was faced with an outburst of anger when residents gathered to protect a Palestinian student from the brute attack that he was exposed to at the Al Hamara checkpoint.

The army confiscated the residents ID cards, holding them under the sun for 5 consecutive hours.

The incident took place on Thursday afternoon when the Israeli army detained a Palestinian student and savagely beat him.

Salem Zayed, a resident of Jenin, reported that the residents left their vehicles and went to the soldiers, asking them to stop assaulting the young man. He added that the army drew their weapons on the residents when they asked the soldiers to cease their assault.

The residents protested in front of the checkpoint, calling on the soldiers to release the young man. Soldiers responded by firing into the air and calling for reinforcements. After reinforcements arrived, those residents who had protested were detained and the student moved to an unknown destination.

These kind of sever attacks are repeated on an almost daily basis at the Al Hamra checkpoint that separates Jenin, the Jordan Valley and other areas of the West Bank.

Translated by - Nisreen Qumsieh

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