Israeli occupation besieges 150 thousand Palestinians in Shuafat Camp
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In response to the blockade, the residents of the camp and Anata town announce open civil disobedience against the occupation's oppressive measures.
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Residents of Qalandia close the main road northeast Al-Quds in support of Shuafat refugee camp.
The residents of the Shuafat refugee camp and the town of Anata, northeast of occupied Al-Quds, announced open civil disobedience against the Israeli occupation and its oppressive practices against them.
تغطية صحفية: "إغلاق وإضراب في مخيم قلنديا دعمًا للعصيان المدني الذي أعلنه أهالي مخيم شعفاط". pic.twitter.com/CvvIdoe4EB
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) October 12, 2022
The residents of Shuafat and Anata announced that schools and shops were closed while vehicles will be banned after 10 pm except for necessary cases, and workers were asked not to go to work starting Wednesday.
إغلاق للشوارع والمحال التجارية في بلدة العيساوية بالقدس تضامناً مع أهالي مخيم شعفاط وبلدة عناتا. pic.twitter.com/NUbfZ4E2JJ
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) October 12, 2022
Following the announcement, a mass rally started from the camp toward the Shuafat camp checkpoint, which led to violent confrontations between Al-Quds youth and the occupation forces, which responded by firing gas and sound grenades on them, as well as targeting them with high-pressure wastewater hoses in an attempt to disperse them.
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The statement stressed that the disobedience and the strike will continue until the Israeli blockade is lifted from the town of Anata and the Shuafat camp.
It's noteworthy that the occupation forces have been imposing collective punishment on about 150 thousand Palestinians in the Shuafat refugee camp, as they enforced a blockade on the camp in occupied Al Quds, with many residents being unable to leave even for urgent medical treatment and many basic supplies running low.
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Israeli occupation forces have been also raiding homes and carrying out large-scale attacks on citizens in an attempt to exert pressure on the residents as they attempt to capture the individuals who carried out the operation on the Israeli occupation checkpoint at the gate of Shuafat camp on Saturday, which resulted in the killing of one Israeli soldier.
Local witnesses reported that more than 700 heavily-equipped Israeli soldiers from all divisions stormed the Shuafat refugee camp via the military checkpoint and the gate of Dahiyat Al-Salam neighborhood. Afterward, Israeli soldiers have been deployed in different sites most notably in Dahiyat Al-Salam, Ras Khamis, and Ras Shehadeh neighborhoods.
Media coverage| Photos from the scene of tonight's shooting operation at the Israeli military checkpoint of Shuafat in occupied Jerusalem, where three Israeli soldiers were injured, two of them seriously. pic.twitter.com/MfxIXZQrCs
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 8, 2022
The Palestinian operation came after Israeli occupation forces killed in cold blood six Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy in Ramallah and 2 youths during violent confrontations in the Jenin refugee camp.
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— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) October 8, 2022
The last farewell of two Palestinian teenagers, who were murdered by Israeli occupation forces' live bullets in Jenin this morning. pic.twitter.com/TrDWvZ825h
On October 9, a report by the United Nations revealed that since the beginning of 2022, the Israeli occupation has killed 100 Palestinians in the West Bank alone.
