APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 20 September 2021. Israeli soldiers try to detain Palestinians at al-Sahla area near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Hebron - 20 September 2021. Israeli soldiers try to detain Palestinians at al-Sahla area near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Umm Shadi Al-Mohtaseb: A resident of Al-Sahla area was assaulted and her son arrested, by Israeli forces. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Malkaa Qafisha: A resident of Al-Sahla region, she and her relatives were assaulted by Israeli forces. STORYLINE: Al-Sahla area is located in the center of the city of Hebron on the road leading from the closed Shuhada Street to the Ibrahimi Mosque. Al-Sahla area was considered the most famous area in the city of Hebron, as it was part of the city’s central market, along with the old Hisba and the old city markets until the mid-nineties of the last century. The siege was tightened on the area and surrounded by roadblocks in conjunction with the closure of Al-Shuhada Street and the signing of the so-called Hebron agreement, where the Israel tightened its control over these areas and closed them to the Palestinians, and the settlement advance began towards the area and took control of a number of Palestinian homes and turned them into settlement outposts. There are only 68 families left in the Al-Sahla area, after it contained hundreds of families before the year 2000 Five barriers surround the Sahla area. Footage by/ APAwire
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