'Soldiers came out of nowhere and abused us'

Two Palestinian youths said on Tuesday that soldiers guarding a settlement near Qalqiliya have been abusing the residents of a nearby village.

According to the youths, a group of IDF soldiers approached the youths in a military vehicle as they were walking through their village.

"They focused on me first, slapped me a couple of times and then punching me. They took me into the jeep for a few seconds and then threw me out."

At this point said Ahmed, the soldiers turned their attention to his 20-year-old friend: "I took advantage of this and started to flee but after about 70 feet the masked soldier caught me and started kicking me in the face after I fell. Then he pushed me into a six-foot deep hole"

The hole the youths say they were thrown into (photo: Zacharia Seeda) More...