Thursday, October 30, 2008

Testimony: Woman delivers stillborn baby while delayed at checkpointOn 4 Sept. '08, Naheel Abu Ridah, seven months pregnant, was rushed to hospital in severe pain. When she reached Huwara checkpoint with three relatives, soldiers refused to let them cross by car despite the family's pleas. She delivered in the car, and the baby was born dead. The checkpoint commander was sentenced in a disciplinary hearing to 14 days in an army prison and removed from office

.Soldiers attack family while arresting fatherOn 14 August '08, in the middle of the night, soldiers entered the home of the Abu 'Aker family in the Deheishe refugee camp to arrest the father. They ordered him and his children to undress in front of them, severely beat the father, slapped his 13-year-old son, and turned the house upside down, breaking things in the process. B'Tselem has demanded that the Judge Advocate General's Office investigate the incident.

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