Police at about 2:45PM on Thursday 6 Shevat announced the expulsion of Amona 2 has been completed. While Honenu documented several instances of alleged police brutality, clearly, as the entire expulsion was videoed live, documented how unarmed police endured hours of cat and mouse activities which included assaults against police.

Police officials report a total of 49 members of the force were injured in the two-day operation. Some were targeted with caustic agents, glass, bottles, metal rods, fire extinguishers and other items. B’chasdei Hashem no one sustained serious injury.

Honenu documented injuries among the civilians and in one case, cited a female with a suspected broken arm was compelled to sit in a bus for hours before taken for medical care.

After the High Court of Justice this week invalidated the agreement reached between Amona residents and the government, the residents, most of whom are holed up in a high school dormitory in Ofra, haven’t a clue what their futures will be. They are now without homes, property or any semblance of a normal life.

PM Netanyahu on Wednesday did signal he would be building a new yishuv for them but no timetable has been announced.

The accompanying video shows detained youths jumping from a bus window to flee police.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)