Tadhamun: Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Schools Escalate

The Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights states that the recent weeks have seen a remarkable escalation in the attacks of the Israeli soldiers and settlers on Palestinian schools and students.

The Foundation says in a statement on Sunday that these attacks include raiding the schools and destroying their contents, as well as detaining and assaulting students.
It points out that the first of these attacks took place four months ago when the occupation bulldozers demolished the walls and the garden of Azzun Atma School in Qalqilya, for the expansion of the separation wall.
Tadhamun adds that last week has witnessed a remarkable increase in these attacks, when dozens of settlers stormed the Jalud School in Nablus, threw stones in the classrooms and smashed 6 vehicles that belong to the teachers.
Hundreds of female students from Khader School in Bethlehem and Beit Dajan School in Nablus suffered from suffocation as the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades at their schools.
The occupation forces have also killed the student at Budrus School Samir Ahmed Awad, 17, in January after shooting him in the chest.
Meanwhile, the Israeli soldiers have set up military towers few meters away from some Palestinian schools to obstruct the students from reaching their schools.
Source: Palestine Info