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Beating and Abuse

     
Soldiers assault elderly farmer while working his land next to the Separation Barrier, December 2009


     
Policemen disguised as stone throwers assault Firas al-Atrash in East Jerusalem, beating him severely, October 2009


     
Soldiers abuse and humiliate Palestinian laborers who tried to enter Israel, and steal their property and money, a-Ramadin, 30 September 2009


     
Soldiers abuse and humiliate Palestinian laborers who tried to enter Israel, and steal their property and money, a-Ramadin


     
Soldiers brutally beat Salman Zaraneh, a-Ramadin, Sept. '09


     
Soldiers brutally beat Muhammad Id'is near a-Tuwani Village and Shani Checkpoint, Sept. 2009


     
Police severely beat Malak Abu Gharbiya on Tel Aviv beach, June 2009


     
Soldiers severely beat and abuse Palestinians near the Dead Sea, May 2009


     
Police detain Palestinian laborers in a meat truck, denying them air and water for over two hours, May 2009


     
Border policemen beat and abuse laborers who try to enter Israel without a permit, May 2009


     
Soldiers come across Palestinians and detain and abuse them for hours, Dura, April 2009


     
Soldiers assault medical team, preventing them from evacuating heart-attack victim, April 2009


     
Soldiers severely beat four Palestinians on a trip to the Dead Sea, holding them for an entire night , April 2009


     
Border Police beat Iyad and 'Alaa Mazlum at the checkpoint, March 2009


     
Border Police beat laborers from Sa,ir severely, Jerusalem area, March 2009


     
Border Police break arm of a 57-year-old woman, near the Separation Barrier, Deir al-‘Asal al-Foqa, March 09


     
Border Police assault father and sons cleaning a road in Huwara, March '09


     
Policeman assaults Ahmad Abu Hussein, who is disabled, at a-Zeitun checkpoint, Feb. '09


     
Soldiers beat Adham Zaweita at his place of work, a chicken coop in Zawata, Feb. '09


     
Soldiers use Beydah family’s house as observation post, injuring people and damaging property, Jayyus, Feb. '09


     
Soldiers beat and severely abuse shepherd Sharif Abu Hayah, 66, in Khirbet Abu Falah, 28 January 2009


     
Soldiers assault Mustafa Shuli at the checkpoint between Nablus and 'Asira a-Shamaliya, Jan. '09


     
Border policeman beats Majdi ‘Alan and threatens to shoot him, a-Sheikh Sa’ed Checkpoint, East Jerusalem, 23 January 2009


     
Soldier beats Mahmoud 'Awwad, fracturing his skull, Jan. '09


     
Soldiers beat Majed al-Hajahjeh near his home in Tuqu’, breaking his hand, Jan. '09


     
Soldiers arrest and beat three Palestinian youths, Jan. '09


     
Border Police officers beat members of the Rag'abi family in their house, Silwan, East Jerusalem, Jan. '09


     
Border policemen beat Muhammad Hamamrah and Maher Mahmoud, Tsur Hadassah, 11 January 2009


     
Soldiers occupy the Kasab family’s house, beat family members and detain the father and three sons, Jan. '09


     
Police beat Khaled Jaradat and Ahmad Darawish in Jaffa, 4 Jan. '09


     
Police beat Muhand Basilah in Magistrate's court, Jerusalem, Dec. '08


     
Testimony: Soldiers assault family, beat one member unconscious and arrest him, Dec. '08


     
Police severely beat 'Abdallah a-Rushdi, break his leg, and injure his eye, East Jerusalem, Dec. '08


     


     
Policemen and paramedic abuse Palestinian beaten by mob in Jerusalem, Oct. '08


     
Policemen beat Shadi Sabatin during interrogation, September 2008


     
12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults, Sept. '08


     
Jerusalem municipality demolishes house; policemen assault occupant, 28 July 2008


     
Solider assaults Nasser a-Nawaj'ah and takes a video cassette on which he had documented settler violence, June 2008


     
Police severely beat Tareq Abu Laban in Tel-Aviv, June 2008


     
Soldiers beat Khaled Ahmad unconscious, 'Azzun 'Atmah checkpoint, 10 May 2008


     
Border policemen beat Mukaram Ahmad near 'Azzun 'Atmah when he tries to enter Israel, May 2008


     
Border Police officer assaults B'Tselem worker in the Southern Hebron Hills, March 2008


     
Border Police assault, heavily abuse and arrest Ghassan Burqan, 7 March 2008


     
Border Police assault, heavily abuse and arrest Ghassan Burqan, 7 March 2008


     
Policeman beats and threatens 'Ali 'Odeh Allah at a Checkpoint, January '08


     
Police assault three youths in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, 17 January 2008


     
Soldiers assault Rateb Moqdi at the 'Azzun 'Atmah checkpoint, 14 January 08


     
Border Police officer assaulted Mahmoud Dar'awi and beat him, Nu'man, East Jerusalem, 6 January 2008


     
Soldiers assault ambulance driver, prevent him from evacuating patient, and throw tear-gas grenade inside ambulance, 3 January 2008


     
Testimony: Police assault Khalil Matariyeh at a Be'ersheva construction site, 16 Dec. 2007


     
Soldiers wreak havoc while searching for weapons in house in Yatta, Hebron District, December 2007


     
Soldiers caught stealing money from Palestinian house during search and ordered to return it, Oct. 2007


     
Police assault ‘Ali and Maymun ‘Ayid in the yard of their house in Jabel al-Mukaber, September 2007


     
Soldiers abduct taxi driver and fire at worker in a factory, July 2007


     
B'Tselem field researcher assaulted by a police officer while monitoring a checkpoint in East Jerusalem, June 2007


     
Border Police abuse Mohammad Muhsen, 15 years old, May 2007


     
Border police officer severely beats three Palestinians at a flying checkpoint next to ‘Ajjul village. May 2007


     
Border Police attack Jamal al-Batash at the Tomb of the Patriarchs checkpoint, April 2007


     
Policemen torture Palestinian workers caught in Israel without a permit, March 2007


     
IDF soldiers beat and abuse Muhammad Jabali, Huwara Checkpoint, March 2007


     
Border Police deliberately run over foot of Muhammad Aghreib when he tries to enter Israel, February 2007


     
Daily attacks by settlers on the Abu 'Ayesha family, Tel Rumeida, Hebron


     
Policemen beat Yasser Ahmad with a club, breaking his arms, Nov. 2006


     
Border police arbitrarily delay traffic at the Container Checkpoint and beat a man for stepping out of his car, November 2006


     
Sick infant dies after being delayed by soldiers at checkpoint while on way to hospital. November 2006


     
Israeli soldier beats Shadi Shatareh at Jit Checkpoint, 9 November 2006


     
IDF soldiers shoot and wound Heytam Yassin near Checkpoint 17, Nablus District, 4 November 2006


     
IDF soldiers take brothers from their home and beat them for hours, October 2006


     
Soldiers abuse Tha'ir Muhsen near the Beit Iba checkpoint, 26 August 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Shadi Mahmud, throw eggs on him, and damage his car, Ramin Plain, August 2006


     
IDF soldiers damage taxi of Basel Mar'i and beat other drivers, Ramin Plain, August 2006


     
IDF soldier stabs Hamed Sadkah with penknife, N'ilin Checkpoint, August 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Ra'id Salahat and other Palestinians, Ramin Plain, August 2006


     
Soldiers at the Huwarra checkpoint assault man waiting in line with his wife and children, August 2006


     
Border policeman beats Khaled Ghaneimat and steps on his throat for a few minutes, Jerusalem, August 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Mater Khamaiseh, and fire at him from close range, Ramin Plain, August 2006


     
Soldiers shot and killed Hamadah Shtiwi, Kfar Qadum, Nablus district, July 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Mu'awiyah Musa, taxi driver, near Ramin, Tulkarm District, 23 July 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Ibrahim ‘Atallah, taxi driver, at the Etzion checkpoint, July 2006


     
Israeli Soldiers Use Palestinians as Human Shields during Incursion into Beit Hanun, July 2006


     
IDF soldier beats Na'im Ashtiyeh and fractures his wrist, Checkpoint 17, July 2006


     
Border Police assault resident of Hebron on his way to the village of Beit 'Awwa, August 2006


     
Border Police beat bus driver Fadel 'Alan at when he brought disabled children home to a-Sheikh Sa'ed, May 2006


     
Border Police officer beats Ra'id Fatafteh at checkpoint, injuring him, Hebron, May 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat two press photographers in Hebron, April 2006


     
IDF soldiers shoot 7 year-old to death in al-Yamun, Jenin district, March 2006


     
Soldiers humiliated Palestinian detainees during IDF assault on Jericho Prison, March 2006


     
Plain Clothed Police beat two children in Abu Tor, East Jerusalem, 12 March 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat 7 Palestinian youths, 5 of them minors, Hebron area, March 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Palestinan youths at a checkpoint near the al-Fawwar refugee camp, February 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat Faris 'Awidat while detaining him, 2 February 2006


     
IDF soldiers beat 17-year-old at a surprise checkpoint, January 2006


     
Border Police prevent Red Crescent from taking child to East Jerusalem for cancer treatment, assault ambulance crew, 'Anata Checkpoint, December 2005


     
Ramla police beat and abused Iyad Shamasneh when he refuses to collaborate, November 2005


     
Border Police officers beat residents of Beit Surik who block bulldozers from reaching their land on which the Separation Barrier is slated to run, Beit Surik, June 2005


     
Soldiers beat Muhammad Qashu'a, age 88, in his olive orchard near ?Illar Village, March 2005


     
Police Beat Zakariya Barak'a in an Attempt to Force him to Sign a Document Forbidding him from Entering Israel, February 2005


     
Soldiers beat Shadi A-Dik and Wissam Abd al-Hakim near village of a-Dik, September 2004


     
Al Funduq, Qalqiliya District: Border Police officers beat Palestinian woman, June 2004


     
Border Police beat and abuse A.L., in the area of Umm al-Fahm, April 2004


     
East Jerusalem: Border Police officers beat five Palestinian workers, February 2004


     
IDF soldiers beat Palestinian ambulance driver and medic at checkpoint near Ofra settlement, January 2004


     
Sarra Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat two Palestinians, December 2003


     
Sarra Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat six Palestinians, December 2003


     
Sarra Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat six Palestinians, December 2003


     
Sarra Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat Nazmi a-Sheikh, December 2003


     
Sarra Checkpoint, Nablus Region: IIDF soldiers beat Ahmad 'Abdallah and confiscate his car, December 2003


     
Jerusalem: Border Police officer beats Hisham Hariza, November 2003


     
Surda Checkpoint: IDF soldiers beat and detain ambulance driver, October 2003


     
"Container" Checkpoint, Jerusalem District: Border Police officers beat Palestinian student on his way to university, October 2003


     
Ramallah: Border Police officers beat Bassem al-Hashalmun near the Samiramis Military Base, September 2003


     
Qalandiya Checkpoint, Ramallah District: Soldiers beat Za'id Zidat, September 2003


     
Surda Checkpoint, Ramallah District: IDF soldiers beat Muhammad 'Omar, age 16, September 2003


     
Beit Furik Village, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat Muhammad Hanani and bury him under dirt and stones, September 2003


     
Huwwara Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers force woman in labor out of ambulance and beat driver, August 2003


     
Zeita, Tulkarm District: Border Police officers sexually harass and abuse farmers, Summer 2003


     
Wadi Batir, Bethlehem District: Border Police officers beat three Palestinians, June 2003


     
Jerusalem: Border Police officers beat two Palestinians, June, 2003


     
Tulkarm District, Zeita: Border Police officer forces man from 'Attil to commit sexual act with a donkey, June 2003


     
IDF soldiers abuse residents of a-Tuwani in order to prevent visits by members of Ta'ayush, May 2003


     
Tel Checkpoint, Nablus District: IDF soldiers beat and delay civilians for hours in sun, May 2003


     
Huwwara Checkpoint: IDF soldiers beat, imprison and humiliate four Palestinians, May 2003


     
Tarqumiya, Hebron District: Border Police officers assault Hassan Ja'afra, May 2003


     
Tarqumiya, Hebron District: Border Police officers assault Hassan Ja'afra, May 2003


     
Bethlehem: IDF soldiers beat two journalists, May 2003


     
Huwwara Checkpoint: IDF soldiers beat Ahmad 'Uda, May 2003


     
Border Police officers assault Palestinian taxi drivers with stones at the "Container" Checkpoint, May 2003


     
Hebron: IDF soldiers beat snack bar owner, Isma'il al-'Izza, January 2003


     
Hebron: IDF soldiers beat Muhammad Da'ana, age 13, January 2003


     
Nablus: Border Police officers beat medical personnel, preventing medical treatment, January 2003


     
Hamra Checkpoint, Jenin District: Israeli soldiers beat and harass Red Crescent Paramedic, January 2003


     
Hebron: IDF soldiers beat Ziyad a-Shaloudi, age 15, January, 2003


     
Hebron: Border Police officers beat Bassem Ahamra, January, 2003


     
Hebron: Border Police officers beat 'Alaa Sanukrut, December 2002


     
Hebron: Border Police officers beat Hamza a-Rajabi, December 2002


     
Hebron: Border Police officers beat 'Imran Abu Hamdia, age 17, to death, December 2002


     
Hebron: Border Police officers beat three Palestinians, December 2002


     
Hebron: IDF soldiers beat and abuse Palestinians in barbershop, December 2002


     
IDF soldiers in Ramallah beat and humiliate Mohay 'Aarida, November 2002


     
A-Ram Checkpoint: Border Police officers beat two brothers, November 2002


     
Hebron: Border Police officers attack and delay Red Crescent ambulance crew, November 2002


     
Ramallah: IDF soldiers beat ambulance driver Emil a-Rimawi, November 2002


     
Jenin: IDF soldiers harass Naji Abu 'Ubeid, age 18, and his family, November 2002


     
Hebron: Border police officers beat two Palestinians, October 2002


     
Border Police officers beat and rob Ashraf a-Shawahin, a peddler, July 2002


     
Ramallah: IDF soliders arrest and beat Palestinian man, June 2002


     
IDF causes death of infant by preventing mother's evacuation to hospital, April 2002

 
 

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