Testimonies
Searching and Capturing of Houses
A show for the people
Rank: Staff Sergeant Unit: Egoz, Golani brigade Place of incident: Ramallah Description: Upon Entering an apartment in Ramallah, we were instructed to search it thoroughly.
We handcuffed every man aged approximately 14 to 55, and seated them at the entrance to the apartment. We placed all women and children in another room (there were around 15 people in a not very big apartment).
We dismantled everything in the house. One of the women shouted something each time she heard something breaking, and one of the officers assured her not to worry, since nothing happened (that’s what he said).
After a while the interrogators arrived and got mad at us for dismantling the place. They sent us to the stairway and stayed with the grown up men inside the apartment. We were all nervous. We told the officers that this was the procedure, and that the interrogators should be glad to see us working thoroughly. Only on the way back, the officers calmed us down, and said that the interrogators asked to pass the message that they were pleased with our work, and that we shouldn’t take their show seriously, since they made it for the people at the apartment.
Searching and Capturing of Houses
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