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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

PSP: Israeli patrol tried to run over elderly woman

Ma'an
An Israeli military patrol car attempted to overrun an elderly woman in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, as she tried to protect her grandchild from being detained on Tuesday afternoon, according to the activist group the Palestine Solidarity Project.

...said that three patrols raided the town of Beit Ummar, opened fire and threw tear-gas canisters inside the homes of Palestinian. Young Palestinians then began hurling stones at the patrols, he said, following which Fadi Ahmad Muhammad Abu Maria, 16, was detained.

Abu Maria's grandmother attempted to protect him when the patrol tried to run her over...   Full story
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