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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Elderly Palestinian attacked by Israeli soldiers, left bleeding

Ahmad Jaber Ghanem, 75, beaten by Israeli soldiers blocking him from his land

Ma'an
Israeli soldiers beat a 75-year-old Palestinian on Wednesday as he was trying to access his land adjacent to Israel’s electric barrier west of Deir Al-Ghusun, in the northern West Bank...

Ahmad Jaber Ghanem was left bleeding at the scene of the incident, after Israeli soldiers assaulted him and refused medical assistance. An ambulance associated with the Palestinian Red Crescent was called by locals shortly after the incident and transferred Ghanem to the Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem...

Ghanem told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers repeatedly deny him access to his land near Israel’s electric barrier, despite having the necessary permit granting him entry.

The electric barrier forms part of Israel’s internationally condemned separation wall which snakes through Palestinian villages inside the Green Line. Full story