Update from Aboud 19th-25th January 2005

19th January
At 3.00 p.m. soldiers closed the checkpoint in Atara and the people of Aboud were forced to come to the village through Ni’lin. Many of the people from Aboud were stopped at the Atara checkpoint for hours.
At 4.00 p.m. the “Khalamish gate� was closed, forcing the cars traveling to Beit Rima to take a longer route through Aboud.

Updates from 13 to 21 January 2005 from At Tuwani

13-01-05
We walked through the village, towards the direction of the settlement. At around 16:00 we heard a loud explosion coming from behind the settlement, followed by some smoke. At 16:30 an IDF jeep and a hummer came from the direction of J’s house, crossed the village and passed in the front of the clinic, then exited the area via the main road.

Update Tuwani 30th December 2004 – 03th January 2005

30 December 2004
Children patrolling: 7:30 a.m. Eight children, one IDF jeep, 3 soldiers walking .
At 8 a.m. Luca, Adriano and CPT volunteer have seen in Tuwani that work for the roads and the school have been begun.
The lessons finished at 11:30 a.m. but no police and IDF were present to escort the children. Luca phoned to OCHA, but nobody answer. Also CPT volunteer made some phone calls.
After one hour and half the children took the long way in order to return to Tuba, without escort. OD and CPT accompanied them for approximately ten minute.