Hadil (18) was shot dead by Israeli forces at Shuhada checkpoint in occupied Hebron on 22 September. Hadil was a member of a Palestinian family from the H1 region of Hebron, and was in her first year as a student at Hebron University. It was as she was passing through one of the many checkpoints of occupation in H2 Hebron – checkpoints that divide one Palestinian neighborhood from another – that Hadil was so brutally killed.

Numerous reports state that Hadil ‘attempted to stab a soldier’. The alleged attempted stabbing is refuted by all eye witnesses, and the presence of a knife appears to be disputed. Eyewitnesses from human rights organizations report that one soldier opened fire, shooting her in the leg, before other soldiers encircled her and joined in the fatal shooting. Hadil was left to bleed on the pavement for half an hour before Israeli soldiers would allow her to be taken away by the ambulance.

CPT condemns this horrific and fatal act of violence. How can this act of violence be understood? Regardless of ‘understanding’ this act, the awful truth remains; an 18-year-old girl has been tragically killed by an occupying army in her home city.

We continue to pray, hope, and act for change of this fatal reality.
For a just peace for all Palestinians so violently denied their humanity by this dehumanizing and brutal occupation.
For Hadil’s family.
For Hadil.

Read the full article here.

A CPTer accompanies Palestinian kindergartners past Israeli soldiers in Hebron’s Old City.   School Snapshot: September   The school year has started again. CPT Palestine regularly accompanies Palestinian school children and documents human rights violations at two checkpoints in H2 Hebron. Click here for a snapshot of the reality that Palestinians in Hebron’s Old City face and the way that Israeli forces have affected these children’s access to education during the month of September.   Families prepare for Eid al-Adha while clashes are waged at Bab al-Zawiya.   Festivals Collide   Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent, is celebrated by the Jewish settlers in Hebron by increased oppression of the Palestinian population of the Old City. There are more stringent movement restrictions and security precautions imposed on the Palestinians by the Israeli military. 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