Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa
Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian town located sixteen kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,600 in 2007.[1]
In March 2013, Yusef a-Shawamreh, a 14 year old from the village, who went to pick Akub on part of his family’s land west of the fence, was shot to death without warning by Israeli soldiers. The killers were never prosecuted.[2][3][4][5]
Footnotes
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.
- ^ Nothing short of a war crime Mar. 28, 2014 Haaretz
- ^ The bitter anniversary of Yusuf Shawamreh’s death
- ^ Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in southern West Bank
- ^ WhatsApp messages show Israeli soldiers knew they were about to kill a child, 21 June 2015, Patrick Strickland
External links
- Welcome To Dayr al-'Asal al-Fuqa
- Deir al 'Asal al Fauqa Village (Fact Sheet)
- Deir al 'Asal al Fauqa Village Profile
- Deir al 'Asal al Fauqa Village Areal Photo
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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