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Photo Essay: Israeli soliders destroy Qawasmeh and Aisha family homes in retribution attack

Israeli Defense Forces raided the homes of Amar Abu Aisha and Marwan Qawasmeh in the city of Hebron on Monday evening, June 30th into the morning of July 1st. At approximately 12:00 am, soldiers set up explosives in both homes, detonating them after the families were evacuated. Israeli intelligence has accused both men of allegedly kidnapping the settler teens. The whereabouts of both men are unknown.

Amar Abu Aisha’s father was arrested four days ago and two of his sons were arrested fourteen days ago.

Umm Sharif, Marwan Qawasmeh’s mother, recounted how the IDF had delayed the transport of her husband to the hospital, who has cancer and suffers from asthma. Marwan’s wife and 2-month-old nephew were taken to the hospital after sustaining moderate injuries from the blast but have since recovered. His wife was summoned for questioning this morning at Atzion Prison along with Marwan’s sister and brother.

The Qawasmeh family had just prepared an iftar meal around 7:45pm and had not yet eaten when Israeli forces entered their home. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
The Qawasmeh family had just prepared an iftar meal around 7:45pm and had not yet eaten when Israeli forces entered their home. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A kitchen in the Qawasmeh family home.  “They didn’t leave one glass unbroken,” says Umm Sharif Qawasmeh. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A kitchen in the Qawasmeh family home. “They didn’t leave one glass unbroken,” says Umm Sharif Qawasmeh. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Israeli soldiers used knives from the kitchen to destroy furniture throughout the Qawasmeh  home. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Israeli soldiers used knives from the kitchen to destroy furniture throughout the Qawasmeh home. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Neighbors and family members inspect the damage of the second floor living room after IDF set off explosives during the night. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Neighbors and family members inspect the damage of the second floor living room after IDF set off explosives during the night. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Remnants of the second floor living room and kitchen. “There’s nothing left,” says Umm Sharif Qawasmeh. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Remnants of the second floor living room and kitchen. “There’s nothing left,” says Umm Sharif Qawasmeh. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Family members walk in the second floor hallway where the blast blew through the front wall and cracked several others. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Family members walk in the second floor hallway where the blast blew through the front wall and cracked several others. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Several families live together in the large home.  Every sink was broken by Israeli soldiers. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Several families live together in the large home. Every sink was broken by Israeli soldiers. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
IDF searched and destroyed most of the Abu Aisha family’s belongings before setting off explosives in the second floor living room.  A nearby car was damaged from flying debris when the home was bombed. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
IDF searched and destroyed most of the Abu Aisha family’s belongings before setting off explosives in the second floor living room. A nearby car was damaged from flying debris when the home was bombed. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
IDF searched all the kitchens in the home, emptying containers of sugar, rice and oil and breaking dishes, appliances and cabinets. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
IDF searched all the kitchens in the home, emptying containers of sugar, rice and oil and breaking dishes, appliances and cabinets. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A neighbor walks across the second floor living room that was completely destroyed by the late night blast. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A neighbor walks across the second floor living room that was completely destroyed by the late night blast. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Family members and neighbors inspect the damage.  The Aisha family was kept inside during much of the raid until soldiers evacuated them outside to detonate the explosives. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
Family members and neighbors inspect the damage. The Aisha family was kept inside during much of the raid until soldiers evacuated them outside to detonate the explosives. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A neighbor boy stands amidst the rubble of the second floor living room. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
A neighbor boy stands amidst the rubble of the second floor living room. (Photo: Kelly Lynn)
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The Israeli Army

Call us for

– Traffic management
– Furniture alterations
– Petty cruelty
– checkpoint processing
– sunglass modeling

No job too small minded.

In case of genuine war, contact US Army resupply

This really annoyed me

https://mailman.gush-shalom.org/zope/sites/gush/home/en/events/1404164954
“The kidnapping and murder of three boys is a crime deserving all condemnation”, says former Knesset Member Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom.
“No political cause can justify such an act, and among other things the perpetrators caused grave damage to the Palestinian people.

Palestinian rights are inalienable. Imagine the uproar if someone from the Klan said that the Warsaw ghetto uprising caused grave damage to the Jewish people.
The Israeli Army decides to kill Palestinians and is responsible for those deaths, not the Palestinian people.

More bullshit from the Defence minister

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.602354
“Ya’alon at funeral: No rest until we bring kidnappers to justice”
There is no justice in the West Bank. The settlers “own” 62% of the land.

It’s a pogrom. And the Palestinians would be well within their rights to respond in kind, with force. And since the Israelis, by this attack, have shown that they don’t give a damn if someone is innocent or not, they’ve just made every Israeli, anywhere in the world a possible target. May they reap what they sow and this devilish act be cast back on the Israelis a hundred fold.

Mehane, are you proud of your idf thugs handywork.

This is a war crime btw.Add it to that long long list attributable to the Apartheid rogue nation you are so proud of.

http://electronicintifada.net/content/these-demolitions-constitute-war-crime/1661

Woody, 10 years ago Israelis talked about turning the Palestinians into Finns. With all due respect to the Finns, the Israelis appear to have succeeded so you shouldn’t expect any show of force from the Pales that have been ransacked.

As to those photos of the destruction left in the wake of the IDF visits to 1000 homes, it’s not only the homes of the families of the 2 suspects that got ransacked, but almost all the homes with the degree of destruction varying from home to home but in general comprised mostly of throwing people’s food such as jars of olives or rice on the kitchen floor and trampling it. Pure Zionist wickedness.