<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Two hospitalized following Awarta&nbsp;raid]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p class="byline"><abbr class="published" title="Thursday, April 14th, 2011, 2:26 am">Thursday, April 14 2011<span class="author vcard">|<span class="url fn n"> Joseph Dana | +972 Magazine</span><a class="url fn n" title="Joseph Dana" href="http://972mag.com/author/josephd/"><br />
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<p><strong><em>Despite Israeli media <a class="external" href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-on-verge-of-breakthrough-in-probe-into-itamar-massacre-1.355354" target="_blank">claims</a> that a breakthrough in the murder investigation of the Fogel family is  close, the village of Awarta continues to experience collective  punishment. At about 2 AM on the night of 13 April dozens of soldiers  entered Awarta as they have been for the past month. Soldiers targeted  two homes, which were raided using force, arrested two men and caused  the hospitalization of two women.</em></strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_13264" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width:600px;"><strong><em><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-13264" src="https://i0.wp.com/972mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Awarta.jpg" alt="Solider Inspecting Palestinians from Awarta. Photo: michaelramallah/Flickr " width="600" height="458" /></em></strong></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Solider Inspecting Palestinians from Awarta. Photo: michaelramallah/Flickr</p>
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<p>Two houses were raided by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night  tonight at the West Bank village of Awarta. The soldiers entered the  houses violently, knocking down the doors and using concussion grenades.  The two families were forced into one small room in the house belonging  to Salim Awwad’s family, while soldiers searched the houses in and out.  Twenty people, among them children and the elderly – the oldest 80  years of age and the youngest a mere six months old baby – were denied  access to water, food, toilet and other necessities for nearly 12 hours.</p>
<p>During the night two of the women experienced medical problems, one  of them due to advanced pregnancy. Despite having repeatedly asked for  medical assistance, the women were not allowed to see a doctor. Only  hours later, when the pregnant woman’s condition seriously deteriorated  and when a second women lost consciousness due to dehydration, an  ambulance was allowed access to the house. The two women were taken to  hospital after another two hours delay.</p>
<p>Both the houses were ransacked and sustained substantial damages to  their interior during the raid. Witnesses described one of the houses as  “rendered nearly uninhabitable”. In the garden, the soldiers uprooted  several olive trees claiming that they need to search beneath them.</p>
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<p>Both <a href="http://972mag.com/settlers-murder-investigation-turns-into-collective-punishment/">Noam Sheizaf</a> and <a href="http://972mag.com/are-the-awarta-raids-intended-for-hostage-taking/">Yossi Gurvitz</a> have commented on this site about the punishment that Awarta has been  given since the brutal murder of the Fogel family nearly a month ago.  Their points address the crux of the problem of collective punishment of  Palestinians in the absence of blame or responsibility for the murders  and highly recommend that you read their posts. Looking at the series of  events that has led to the curfew of Awarta, I am left wondering what  the Israeli army is looking to achieve by placing the small village  under curfew, attacking pregnant woman and incarcerating an entire  village. The Israeli army, an extension of the State, seemingly never  misses an opportunity to exercise collective punishment the defenceless  and occupied Palestinians under Israeli control.</p>
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<p><a href="http://972mag.com/two-hospitalized-following-awarta-raid/">Source</a></p>
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