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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Israeli border police severely beat Palestinian workers, says family

Ma'an
Israeli Border Police detained and beat 10 Palestinian workers at dawn on Sunday at the Al-Za’iem crossing into occupied East Jerusalem...

The workers, from the Al-Khadr village south of Bethlehem, were stopped at the crossing and... severely beaten with sticks and riffles.

Father of detained Rani, 26, Hussein Salah, said his son sustained a number of fractures, as well as having his teeth broken, and is now unable to walk.

... the 10 workers with him were all beaten, causing many to pass out.

Rani was then transferred to hospital, while the rest remained in detention, his father said....

The Israeli Border Police were unavailable for immediate comment.

On Saturday four members of the E’lieyan family were transferred to hospital and several others suffered tear-gas inhalation and bruising when an Israeli border guard chased down a teen from the family outside his Beit Safafa home, witnesses said.   Full story
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