Today at 2pm, the Israeli Occupation Forces arrested three boys at the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in. They are Jamal Al-Khatib (age 14), Ammar Al-Khatib (age 14), and Mahmoud Samaara, (age 15).... All three boys were on their way to join their families, who were cultivating their land behind the Wall.
At the gate of the Apartheid Wall, the IOF has installed a large camera for the purpose of filming the weekly demonstrations in Bil’in. Since these boys are usually participating in these non-violent demonstrations, the Israeli Army seemed to have recognized their faces. As they tried to join their families to help them working in the field today, they were arrested. Jamal Al-Khatib was released this evening after having been badly beaten. He shows signs of this all over his body. Ammar al-Khatib and Mahmoud Samaara are now being held at Ofer prison.
Ammar Al-Khatib had been arrested already two weeks ago, then released, and arrested again today. Three of his friends, Maotasem Mansour (age 15), Khalil Yaseen (age 17), and Amjad Abu Rahma (age 15) who were arrested together with him two weeks ago, remain imprisoned at Ofer prison to this day.
This brings the total of arrests of minors in Bil’in over the past two weeks to six.
Amazing how peaceful this village is. Boy if someone did that to my brother...
