Israeli border police attack and injure two Shepherds near Jerusalem

Tuesday September 18, 2007 16:26 by Mayssa Abu Ghazalah - IMEMC News

Israeli border police officers stationed near Beit Hanina town to the north of Jerusalem attacked and injured two Palestinian shepherds on Monday evening.

Hussin Ka'inah, 19, one of the injured men, told IMEMC that he asked the officers if he could bring a plastic bag containing hay for his flock through one of the so-called “Humanitarian gates” in the illegal Israeli Wall. Soldiers refused and attacked the man.

After a nearby group of bystanders rescued the man, a large number of border officers attacked family dwellings near the gate and several innocent Palestinian civilians in the immediate area, including Ka’inah. Ka’inah’s uncle sustained a serious head injury in the attack.

After local residents called an ambulance to the area to help the injured man, Israeli border police refused to grant the Palestinian ambulance to the area, insisting that the injured would only be allowed treatment for Israeli medical personnel.

After an Israeli ambulance arrived one hour later, the officers in question left the scene after an intervention by the Palestinian – Israeli civil coordination office.

Translated by Ghassan Bannoura

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