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By Holly Kilroy

Saturday 26th of August, Israeli Defense Force and Border Guard units conducting a cordon & search operation in the West Bank city of Nablus destroyed a number of civilian residential buildings and occupied a local school, using it as a military base. This school had been used during the summer months to house Irish and international volunteers who were in....... MORE

On the 26th of august, Israeli forces raided Nablus at Saturday morning.
At 2:15 AM the IDF ordered the evacuation of the Lubbadeh residential apartment block. Within 5 minutes all the inhabitants were evacuated, without any time to take along their belongings. The IDF claimed to be looking for two suspected militants, Sufyan Qandeel and Ameen Lubbadeh, who, according to the IDF, were hiding in the building. Neither of the men were residents there. The IDF did not conduct a search and proceeded to demolish the building......... More