UPDATE – Israel razes family home of 5 jailed Palestine brothers

UPDATES WITH INJURIES</p> <p>By Qais Abu Samra <br> </p> <p>RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 14 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli troops at the Amari refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Saturday. <br> </p> <p>“Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas received treatment at the Ramallah Medical Center,” the ministry said in a statement. <br> </p> <p>At dawn Saturday, Israeli forces demolished a four-story residential building owned by a Palestinian woman whose five sons are all serving life sentences in Israel. <br> </p> <p>Owned by Latifa Abu Hmeid, the ill-fated structure was located in the Amari refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. <br> </p> <p>According to an Anadolu Agency reporter based in the area, an Israeli military force raided the camp early Saturday, surrounding the building before bringing it down in a controlled demolition. <br> </p> <p>Before razing the structure, the army evicted dozens of journalists and solidarity activists who had remained inside the building in a bid to prevent its destruction. <br> </p> <p>Following the demolition, confrontations broke out between local residents and Israeli troops, with the latter using teargas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse the crowds. <br> </p> <p>Abu Hmeid’s five sons are all currently serving out life sentences in Israeli prisons. <br> </p> <p>One of them, Islam, was convicted of throwing a rock at a soldier during an Israeli army raid earlier this year in the camp, which allegedly led to the latter’s death. <br> </p> <p>Abu Hmeid also had a sixth son, who was shot dead by Israeli army troops in 1994. <br> </p> <p>Voicing defiance, Abu Hmeid told Anadolu Agency that the building’s destruction “will not break our will”.</p> <p>She also vowed to rebuild the structure “as soon as possible”. <br> </p> <p>“All my sons have been either martyred or incarcerated, and that hasn’t broken me,” she said, adding: “This is the third time they’ve destroyed my home.” <br> </p> <p>In recent days, at least five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces — and dozens more injured — across the occupied West Bank. <br> </p> <p>On Friday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Association said the Israeli army had detained some 100 Palestinians throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem since dawn Thursday.