Friday, 24 July 2015

Kafr Kaddum clashes- photos and videos

Photos

A vehicle with its back window smashed after a soldier threw a stun grenade through it, and it exploded.

Palestinian shebab engaged in clashes with the Israeli military (1).

Palestinian shebab engaged in clashes with the Israeli military (2).

Stun grenade, one of the very many that was thrown that day by the military.
Rubber coated steel bullet, one of the many that was fired by the Army.


Palestinian shebab and young boys throw rocks at the Israeli military.

Maraj, one of the co-ordinators, giving a speech. He made sure to thank international and Israeli activists for being in his village.

A young Palestinian boy holding rocks. It is tragic this is the world that so many of them grow up in.

Teargas envelops the demonstrators in the village. This was the first of the 4 rounds fired by the military throughout the day.

A Palestinian child, suffering from the effects of teargas, is taken to an ambulance. The rocks on the ground testify to the ferocity of the clash between the villagers and the invaders.

The military temporarily gone, the demonstrators march to try to walk on their road.

International activists, one of the waving a Basque flag, marching towards the soldiers. Some of the people were from the Basque region, also occupied by Spain and who talked to us about the repression many of them face.

The Israeli military vehicle fires its first volley of teargas.

Palestinian shebab throwing rocks at teargas launching vehicle, that is hidden behind the rocks.

Palestinian young men engaged in clash with Israeli Army soldiers.

Grass that caught on fire after a teargas cannister landed on it.

Teargas cannister that was fired.

Palestinian young men, having set the fires, moving forward to confront and throw more rocks at soldiers. Soon after this, they began to use live fire.
 
A Palestinian woman tries to sweep away the putrid smelling skunk water that has been sprayed on her porch by the Israeli military military, during their invasion of the village and resulting clashes with the shebab.


Videos

Palestinian demonstrators throw rocks at Israeli military personnel who have invaded the village.

Palestinian demonstrators successfully drive away a bulldozer that tried to plow into them.

The Israeli Army fires a second volley of teargas into Kafr Kaddum, in an attempt to stop a demonstration.


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