Israeli Army Kills Unarmed Palestinian Boy, Wounds Three Others
Tulkarem Radhika 27 May 03
Seven-year-old Moyad Barakat sustained rubber-bullet wounds to his stomach and is currently undergoing treatment at
Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem
Israeli forces shot and killed sixteen-year-old Mohammed Nazim Amin Mahmoud, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates while
he was coming home from school at approximately 10:30AM in downtown Tulkarem today. ISM volunteers witnessed the
soldiers denying passage to the ambulance until the boy bled to death. Minutes later, Israeli Forces shot Achmed Aatef
Abu Zena, aged 16, with a live bullet in the head. Doctors report no brain damage but he remains in critical condition.
Seven-year-old Moyad Barakat sustained rubber-bullet wounds to his stomach and is currently undergoing treatment at
Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem. Again at 11:20AM soldiers shot 15-year-old Anass Eyad Farhanen the eye.
Tulkarem has been under heavy curfew for the past four days during which time Israeli Forces have invaded the refugee
camp, conducted house-to-house searches and occupied refugees' homes. Three families, including two infants and an
elderly woman with a heart condition have reported being locked in a kiosk unable to receive medical care or milk for
the children.
photo on http://www.palsolidarity.org
Jenin Incursion
ISM volunteers report that the entire city of Jenin is currently under curfew. M ilitary forces entered the camp roughly
around 5 AM this morning. There are at least 8 tanks and 6 armored personnel carriers in Jenin. There are two tanks
located on Haifa street and one tank in the city center. A greater presence is stationed throughout the city but
witnesses are unable to assess the extent of the occupation at this time. The military has been firing shots as a means
of imposing the curfew and have established checkpoints in various locations of the city.
Ism Volunteers On The Verge Of Deportation Tulkarem Radhika 26 May 03
[Maaseyahu Prison, RAMLE] Americans Mike Johnson, aged 52 from Seattle, Washington and Matteo Bernal from Louisville,
Kentucky are currently in transit to Ben Gurion, Airport awaiting deportation as of 7:15PM Monday evening. This in spite
of the freeze Attorney Yohanna Lerman received on their deportation orders at a procedural hearing with the Ministry of
Interior earlier this morning. The men stated that they intend to resist any illegal attempt to deport them.
The two men, along with a local Palestinian who was later released, were detained on Saturday, May 24 after escorting
schoolgirls home during an invasion of the Tulkarem Refugee Camp by Israeli Forces. About fifteen girls between nine and
eleven years old were stranded on their on way to school, crying and paralyzed in fear from the Army's sound grenades
and random firing of rubber bullets. The ISM volunteers informed the Israeli Military of their decision to escort the
girls out of harms way. The army agreed to let the volunteers take the children home and did not instruct them to leave
the area. Upon leaving the refugee camp, after having led the girls out of harm's way the ISM volunteers were detained
by the Israeli Army and later arrested, then imprisoned.
Please help us put pressure on the Israeli authorities to release both Mike and Matteo. Call the Ministry of Interior to
protest the deportation of human rights activists and to demand their unconditional release. Please call or fax the
Ministry of Interior: phone- 972 26701402 fax- 025666376