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Las fuerzas de ocupación imponen un bloqueo militar en Hebrón que deja casi 5.000 palestinos desplazados y familias atrapadas, mientras la ONU advierte sobre el riesgo de limpieza étnica y castigo colectivo en Cisjordania.

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Israel’s intensified military operation in Hebron has forced more than 3,000 Palestinians from their homes three days after it began following the deaths of two Israeli soldiers, according to municipal data and NGOs that described the offensive as collective punishment.

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The Hebron municipality updated the number to 3,189 displaced people from an earlier count of 3,170, affecting some 488 families mainly from the Deir Bahha and Al Jalda neighborhoods, according to municipal data. The operation was launched after the two soldiers were killed near a checkpoint last Friday and has left hundreds of residents trapped in their homes while mass arrests reached at least 70 Palestinians.

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More than 200 children under two and of early age and about 250 people over 60 were among those affected. With a local state of emergency declared, a crisis group of authorities and citizens set up shelters and temporary accommodation with support from local families.

The offensive included a campaign of mass destruction of homes and the demolition of entire blocks and residential buildings by the Zionist Army, which justified the actions by saying it had destroyed infrastructure built in violation of the law, according to the report. Local sources and agencies such as Wafa denounced that the offensive formed part of a strategy of indiscriminate punishment against urban residents, according to the report.

The forced displacement of Palestinians by the Israeli military in the occupied west bank city of Hebron continues, as a city-wide siege remains in place. It's also triggered a humanitarian crisis, with the municipality scrambling to provide food and shelter pic.twitter.com/Z0sunIfbFz

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended continuing the operations and said the Army was preparing for a scale unprecedented since the 1967 Six-Day War. Reports from media such as Ynet revealed disagreements between Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, who advocated ending the operation because of limited tactical results and the discovery of a small number of weapons.

The United Nations and Palestinian factions such as Hamas strongly condemned the siege.

UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk calls for an end to #Israel’s aggressive operation in the #WestBank city of #Hebron, which forcibly displaced nearly 2,000 Palestinians, demolished homes and commercial property, and deprived residents of the ability to move freely.

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Utilizando la muerte de dos soldados como pretexto, la ocupación impone un asedio punitivo sobre la población civil de Hebrón, demoliendo manzanas enteras en una acción catalogada por organismos internacionales como un crimen de castigo colectivo.

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”Chiediamo la liberazione immediata delle 5 donne che sono state prese dall’esercito israeliano” in Cisgiordania, ”speriamo che possano essere rimandate in Italia nelle prossime ore. È inaccettabile quello che è successo, non stavano commettendo alcun reato”. A parlare è il vice premier e ministro degli Esteri Antonio Tajani che in un punto stampa a Istanbul ha commentato il fermo ieri vicino a Hebron di cinque attiviste italiane da parte dell’esercito israeliano. Il ministero ha poi annunciato che le attiviste rientreranno sabato.

“Non siamo d’accordo. Noi siamo perché il popolo palestinese possa finalmente realizzare il proprio sogno” di uno Stato, “vivendo in pace con Israele che deve avere garantita la propria sicurezza. Ma non è colpendo la popolazione palestinese, soprattutto i pacifici villaggi cristiani, che si risolve il problema della sicurezza di Israele“, ha spiegato poi Antonio Tajani a Istanbul commentando l’annuncio di Netanyahu di una “chiusura totale” della Cisgiordania. “Bisogna disarmare Hamas, bisogna che ci sia stabilità a Gaza, bisogna che i terroristi vengano messi fuori gioco disarmandoli totalmente e questo è un aspetto importante, ma noi non possiamo non riconoscere l’importanza di dar vita ad uno Stato palestinese“.

Ieri la polizia israeliana aveva affermato che alcuni dei fermati sarebbero stati coinvolti nella “promozione del terrorismo” e nell’”esaltazione di attentatori”. L’annuncio era arrivato dopo che la Farnesina ha chiesto chiarimenti urgenti alle autorità israeliane sul fermo delle connazionali, avvenuto mentre accompagnavano agricoltori palestinesi impegnati nella raccolta delle olive. Secondo la polizia israeliana, gli attivisti “hanno violato la legge e si sono nascosti dietro la raccolta delle olive”. Sarebbero entrati “senza coordinamento in una zona militare chiusa”, rifiutando gli ordini delle Forze di difesa israeliane (Idf). Il comunicato riferisce del fermo di undici attivisti stranieri e un palestinese a Hebron, sostenendo che alcuni sarebbero coinvolti anche in “attività di organizzazioni ostili a Israele”.

L'articolo Cisgiordania, Tajani: “Inaccettabile l’arresto delle 5 donne prese dall’esercito israeliano”. Previsto il rientro sabato proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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