Israeli occupation forces disrupt funeral of teenager Muhammed Al-'Alami, killed on Friday in Beit Ummar, injure mourners

Israeli occupation forces disrupt funeral of youth killed on Friday in Beit Ummar, injure mourners

Date: 28 / 06 / 2008  Time:  00:34
Hebron – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces disrupted the funeral of 17-year-old Muhammad Anwar Al-'Alami in the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, on Saturday afternoon, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at mourners. 'Alami died on Friday evening after he was shot in the heart by Israeli occupation soldiers in the village.

A number of citizens from Beit Ummar were treated for tear gas inhalation, while others were lightly injured by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by Israeli occupation soldiers at mourners who had come to bury 'Alami in the village cemetery. The cemetery is located next to Road 60, which is an exclusive Israeli bypass road built for illegal Israeli settlers, which also bisects the village, and near the Israeli occupation forces tower at the main entrance to the village.

Local sources told Ma'an that the townspeople tried to avoid any interaction with the Israeli occupation troops stationed at the entrance of the village, but this proved impossible when Israeli occupation soldiers provoked a number of mourners in the funeral procession, and some of the youth reacted by throwing stones at the soldiers. Israeli occupation troops fired tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets at the crowd of mourners, leading to a number of minor injuries.

Several journalists present at the funeral procession and burial reported that Israeli occupation soldiers attacked them as they were trying to film and cover the events.

Palestinian medical and security sources had earlier reported to Ma'an that Muhammad Anwar Al-'Alami was killed by Israeli occupation forces late on Friday evening, during clashes that erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces stationed in the village.

The sources added that the clashes continued in different parts of the village during Friday night, as Israeli occupation forces entered the village and searched more than twenty homes. During these searches, Israeli occupation troops abducted nine civilians from their homes. Among those abducted were: 28-year-old Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd Al-Majeed Ikhlayel, 22-year-old Omar Issa 'Abd Al-Qader Zakrawi, 18-year-old Amin Samir 'Abd Ar-Rahman Abu 'Aisha, and Muhammad Mahmoud Abu 'Ayyash.

*** updated at 19:45 local time

The Israeli army kills a Palestinian boy near Hebron

Saturday June 28, 2008 12:49 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

During a military operation targeting the village of Beit Ummar located near the southern West Bank city of Hebron the Israeli army killed a Palestinian boy and kidnapped nine other civilians on Friday night.

Witnesses told IMEMC that military jeeps stormed the village on Friday afternoon then searched homes during the search troops kidnapped nine men among them were 70 year old man.

The operation last until 9:00 in the evening, Mohamed Awwad, a local journalist said. He added that soldiers then started to move out and took positions at the village entrance. Awwad told IMEMC that a military jeep stormed the village again and then fired sound bombs and tear gas at the villagers.

Mohmaed Al-'Alami, 17 years old, was painting his house, he went to see what is happing outside his family home Israeli soldiers shot him three times in the hart, Awwad added.

Al Allami then was carried to Awwad car, soldiers opened fire at the car nearly destroying it, Awwad said that the boy was dead before they reached the hospital in the nearby Hebron city.

Mohamed Awwad, is a free lance journalists for Palestinian newspapers, he said that the boy was helping his dad to prepare the house for his sister graduation party from high school.

Israeli media sources reported on Saturday that Al Allami was throwing stones at the invading troops; Awwad said that the boy had fresh paint on his clothes and that no one attacked the soldiers when they invaded the village of Beit Ummarr.