Report: Israeli forces besiege Azzoun village

The International Solidarity Movement has reported that Israeli forces have again invaded the village of Azzoun, where several members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) are stationed.

Palestinian child peeks out next to an Israeli jeep (archive)

The international activists have reported that Israeli forces declared a house arrest on the village, preventing all local residents from leaving their homes -- even for food and medicine.

 

A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the village just as students were leaving school, according to the ISM activists.  The forces fired sound bombs, live bullets, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas throughout the town.

 

The activists reported that the soldiers prevented a sick child from traveling to a doctor, and many other villagers were stuck outside of town and unable to return to their homes for three hours, until the soldiers left the village in the late evening.

 

The ISM condemns the ongoing attacks on Azzoun village, and accuse Israeli forces of working in coalition with Israeli settlers in order to annex land around the village to construct Israeli settlements and the Wall.