Israeli police raid Education Directorate in Al-Ram, confiscate surveillance equipment

OCCUPIED JERUSLAEM  (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Israeli police forces stormed the headquarters of the Directorate of Education in Occupied Jerusalem suburbs, in the town of Al-Ram early Wednesday morning. They broke down the office doors before confiscating the surveillance cameras and recording equipment.

During the raid, the Israeli forces also arrested Palestinian citizen Abdul Wahhab Rubhi Ghazawneh and his son Hammad, after raiding their home adjacent to the Directorate building.

Local sources reported that the incursion was part of a wider campaign of raids in the town. Israeli forces climbed onto the roof of the Directorate, searched a nearby home, and caused extensive damage to its contents.

In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed that the Directorate’s contents and the stored high school final exam papers were not tampered with. Education staff quickly arrived at the site after the Israeli forces withdrew to reorganize the place and repair the doors in preparation for tomorrow’s final exam in the national high school program.

Separately, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained months ago from Israeli army fire in al-Khalil, southern West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of Ahmad Nafez Jibreel Al-Awiwi, 19, who died of critical head injuries inflicted by Israeli forces in al-Khalil approximately six months ago.

The ministry noted that Al-Awiwi had been admitted to Al-Ahli Hospital a week ago to undergo brain surgery, but his health deteriorated, and he was declared dead on Tuesday evening.

He had originally been shot by Israeli forces six months ago during a military raid in the Bab Al-Zawiya area in the center of al-Khalil.