Al Aqaba, Jordan Valley: IDF trains and throws stun grenades inside the village
On Friday, September 25, at 10 a.m., dozens of soldiers entered the village, walked amongst the houses, peeped into the windows, fired shots and hurled stun grenades.
The hours of horror that the villagers underwent are indescribable. The Israeli army claims it holds its routine training sessions in Jewish communities as well. Interesting, I don’t remember when this ever happened, that Israeli soldiers ran around amidst houses in my Tel Aviv neighborhood or in the Jewish artists’ community of En Hod…
In the past, the Israeli army used to hold night training among the houses of Awaba, but following a petition by Israeli Association for Civil Rights, the Israel Supreme Court ruled that this was illegal. Until a week ago.
Al-'Aqaba (village) / Jordan Valley
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Al Aqaba is located in Area C, in the northern Jordan Valley and near the Tayasir checkpoint. The village is well-kept, clean and tidy, but suffers greatly from the presence of soldiers at the Tayasir camp.
Following a deadly attack on soldiers at the base near Tayasir in February 2025, the checkpoint was closed completely for the time being. This cut off the connection between the northern Jordan Valley and the Nablus area. MachsomWatch cannot currently reach Aqaba, because Israelis are not allowed to pass through the checkpoint.
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