The iron gate that was blown onto the Abu Me'tiq family while they were sitting in the yard of their home in Beit Hanun, apparently causing their death. Photo: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem, 28 April 2008.
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The iron gate that was blown onto the Abu Me'tiq family while they were sitting in the yard of their home in Beit Hanun, apparently causing their death. Photo: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem, 28 April 2008.

Israeli civilian killed by Palestinian mortar fire in Kibutz Kfar Aza
B'Tselem severely condemns the Palestinian mortar fire on Kibutz Kfar 'Aza, in the south of Israel, which yesterday (9 May 08) killed an Israeli civilian and wounded others. Attacks aimed at civilians are immoral, inhuman, and illegal.

Beit Hanun: Iinvestigating officer's findings do not clear Israel of responsibility
B'Tselem repeated its call to the Israeli army's Judge Advocate General to open a Military Police investigation into the death of five members of the Abu Me'tiq family in Beit Hanun on 28 April.

Policeman who killed Palestinian sent to prison
The Jerusalem District Court has sentenced a border policeman to 6½ years’ imprisonment for killing ‘Imran Abu Hamdiyeh in 2002. The policeman, along with three others, threw Abu Hamdiyeh from a speeding jeep after they had abducted, beaten, and abused him. The affair was exposed by B'Tselem and al-Haq.

Israel falsifies lifting of movement restrictions
Despite its claims of removing physical obstructions to "ease" movement, Israel continues to impose sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank.