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http://www.nilin-village.org
Two arrested in Ni’lin during the last night invasion 15.06.2012 At 01:30 on Friday morning more than 120 soldiers surrounded the village of Ni’lin from all sides but the west. 30 minutes later the soldiers invaded the village on foot accompanied by 14 military jeeps. They proceeded to raid five houses inside the village, the houses of Jameel Srour, Jammal Srour, Yousef Srour, Shukri Kawaja and Mosab Srour. During the house raids, the families were put in one of the rooms in the house while the soldiers harshly went through their belongings, destroying furniture and leaving chaos in their wake. The five men listed above were all arrested but three of them were released later during the night. The two remaining men, Yousef and Mosab Srour were taken to an as of now unknown Israeli military facility where they are still being held as this is being written. During the invasion of the house of Mosab Srour one of the soldiers stole 1000 Nis (200€) from a moneybox of the youngest brother of Mosab. Mosabs brother had been saving this money for months, little by little from his work as a vegetable farmer and salesman. A laptop was also stolen from the house. Through the operation the soldiers fired sound grenades, a type of riot control weapon that produces a flash and a loud bang. The sound is sufficient to make the most weathered and well prepared person flinch in fear and when this weapon is used inside a village at night it will not only serve to keep people awake but also to bring about memories of past atrocities that the village of Ni’lin has had to live through. Many villagers came out of their houses to protest the brutality of the Israeli army and were met with tear gas and more sound bombs. The tear gas was fired straight at civilian houses which caused dozens children to suffer from tear gas inhalation. Live ammunition was also used by the Israeli soldiers as a scare tactic. At 5am the soldiers finally left the village. All pictures and video clips presented in this report were taken in secret as the Israeli soldiers would not allow any cameras during their intrusion in the village.
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