{"id":922,"date":"2002-05-02T09:22:14","date_gmt":"2002-05-02T09:22:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2002-05-02T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2002-05-02T09:22:14","slug":"israeli-occupation-troops-ransack-parts-of-hebron-destroy-three-radio-tv-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"Israeli occupation troops ransack parts of Hebron, destroy three radio, TV, stations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Khalid Amayreh, DPV<\/div>\n

Israeli occupation troops ransack parts of Hebron, destroy three radio, TV, stations<\/p>\n

Occupied Jerusalem: 30 April<\/p>\n

By Khalid Amayreh<\/p>\n

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday vandalized homes and ransacked businesses in downtown Hebron on the second day of their reoccupation of this town of 170,000 Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers raided civilian homes, smashing furniture, computers, television sets and other appliances.<\/p>\n

“They (Israeli soldiers) are acting like street criminals, this is not an army of disciplined soldiers, this is an army of criminals and gangsters,” said Ahmed Hirbawi, a shop keeper.<\/p>\n

“I can’t understand how they will convince us of their desire for peace by acting like barbarians.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, Israeli troops destroyed the antennas of al-Mustakbal Television station and arrested its proprietor, Amjad al Kurd.<\/p>\n

Troops also vandalized the Nawras Television station and two other radio stations, Marah and al-Hurriya, apparently for reporting Israeli atrocities against Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n

The Israeli army said it arrested hundreds of people in Hebron on suspicion of involvement in “hostile activities,” an allusion to Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation and apartheid.<\/p>\n

Among the people reportedly arrested are Mustafa Shawar, a professor at the University of Hebron and several officials at the Islamic Charitable Society, Hebron’s largest philanthropic institution.<\/p>\n

At least ten Palestinians were killed and scores injured in the initial Israeli incursion into Hebron.<\/p>\n

Hospital sources said at least six of the victims were innocent civilians killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship fired several missiles at a home at the Bussa neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The Israeli army alleged a “gunman” was hiding in the vicinity of the house, a claim Palestinians labeled as “cheap and mendacious.”<\/p>\n

“It is an act of sheer criminality to attack a civilian home with rockets just because there is suspicion that a resistance activists might be in the vicinity of the home. Those who did and order it are criminals,” said a neighbor who wouldn’t give his name, fearing possible Israeli reprisal.<\/p>\n

An Israeli military spokesman said Tuesday said the army would leave Hebron tonight.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israeli troops continued to rampage through the nearby town of Dura (pop. 30,000), conducting house-to-house searches for weapons and “wanted” Palestinians, the term the Israeli army uses for Palestinian freedom fighters.<\/p>\n

At one point an Israeli Merkava-tank overturned in the center of Dura.<\/p>\n

There were no reports of casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israels bes\u00e6ttelse af Hebron L\u00e6s resten →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,203,202,206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danpal.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}