Israeli soldiers in Hebron arrested a thirteen-year-old boy from his house on 14 April. Settlers and soldiers physically prevented internationals from accompanying the blindfolded child.
Settlement expansion, mass arrest of children on their way to school, torturous fear, gunfire through the night close to home: through it all grace, love, hospitality and dreams give hope a place to thrive.
Every Saturday, Israeli settlers come to Hebron for an Israeli military-escorted tour of the Old City. Taking a page from the settlers' book, the Palestinian Youth Independence Forum (PYIF) decided several weeks ago to organize Palestinian tours of areas in and around Hebron's Old City not often visited by those who live outside that ancient part of Hebron.
Three children under the age of 15 remain in military custody after the 20 March arrest of 27 Palestinian children, age seven to 15, on their way to school in the West Bank city of Hebron.
On Wednesday 12 December an Israeli soldier shot and killed 17 year-old Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah at the Al Sahlah checkpoint, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. It was Muhammad's birthday.