Thirty young people enjoying themselves and working seriously as part of the Dar Assadaqa Winter Camp (a mid-year holiday project) -and out of the blue, an interaction with the Israeli army that left three of the kids hurt – one hit by a jeep, one hurt his leg running away, and a girl with asthma who was affected by tear gas.
In the middle of this morning, four Israeli army jeeps appeared in the middle of Abu Dis, and one stopped by the front door of Dar Assadaqa while the others went to the nearby Abu Dis Youth Club. There was no obvious reason, and they didn’t stay long - they threw many tear gas cans, including one to the shop next to Dar Assadaqa which affected the young people there, who scattered from Dar Assadaqa (and one was hit by one of the jeeps). The soldiers pointed their guns at local people and then went away.
The first picture here is one of today's Winter Camp groups working on some drama.
The second picture, taken after the incident with the army happened, because when they came, there was panic and no time for photos. You can see tear gas In the distance, as the army jeeps are heading back to the military camp, but they have given everyone the message: they come into town whenever they want to.
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