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Israeli forces raid homes in Qaryut to intimidate local activists

International Solidarity Movement | June 17, 2015

Qaryut, Occupied Palestine – In the early hours on Tuesday 16th of June Israeli occupation forces raided several Palestinian homes in the village of Qaryut, near Nablus. The soldiers invaded the homes in search of the Palestinian activist Bashar al-Sadiq Yusuf Moammar (Bashar Qaryouti).

The incident is possibly sparked by the fact that villagers of Qaryout have recently taken up weekly demonstrations, arranged by the PSCC, which Bashar Qaryouti is part of. These are demonstrations against the illegal Israeli settlements that surround the city and continue to annex Palestinian land.

Soldiers invaded at least five different houses in order to find Bashar, and trashed the family homes in the process. Abdullah Qaryouti, whose family fell victim to one of these raids, explained how this included the soldiers locking up the family in one room whilst ransacking the rest of their house using K9’s.

According to Abdullah Qaryouti this is common behaviour for the occupation forces, who invade and ruin Palestinian homes on a regular basis.

The local activists presume the most recent house raids to be part of the ongoing efforts of Israeli forces to intimidate and threaten any resident that participates in non-violent resistance.

Palestinian man whose house was raided in QaryutBashar Qaryouti

Damage in a Palestinian home in Qaryut

Israeli soldiers overturned the bed in a Palestinian home

More destruction by soldiers raiding a Palestinian home

Soldiers completely ransacked the home.

Credit to PSCC for the photos, they do not belong to ISM.

June 17, 2015 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Subjugation - Torture | , , , ,

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    steve2's avatar Comment by steve2 | June 17, 2015 | Reply

  2. I am from Vancouver,Canada and I wanted to say that the Canadian gov’t should be condemned for supporting Israeli apartheid and the raiding of homes in Qaryut is one example of this policy against the Palestinian People.It also includes war crimes and genocide.
    The majority of people in the world supports the Palestinian People in their fight against the barbaric Israeli gov’t.The Canadian gov’t is complicit in the death and destruction in Palestine because of its support for the aggressor,israel.
    There are several boats on their way to Gaza at the present time.These boats are from various European countries and from Canada and the USA.The people on these boats support the people of Gaza and are trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.The boats have goods on them for the people of Gaza and they will pick up goods in Gaza to ship to other countries.This is the kind of action along with the BDS movement that will free Palestine fro Israeli apartheid.

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