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At 3 AM about ten militairy jeeps entered the village of Bil’in. They drove to the house of Khalil Ibrahim Yassen. The soldiers went around the house, then entered to arrest Khalil Ibrahim Yassin. They were searching inside the house for half an hour. Khalil, the 16 year old boy, was not at home. They ordered his family to call him to come back to the house so that they could arrest him. As tomorrow is the first day of the fifth conference about nonviolent resistance in Bil’in, there were a lot of activists in the village. The activists came to the house and joined with activists from Bil’in to try to stop the soldiers. The soldiers waited for about one hour for Khalil, when he didn’t come back home the soldiers left the village again.
On Tuesday, April 13th, 2010, the village of Bil’in was raided by the Israeli army once again. At approximately 1 am, Israeli armed forces entered the village in order to arrest 16 year old Khalil Ibrahim Yaseen, who was not at his place at the time. The Israeli armed forces presented his family with a document ordering Khalil to go to the Shabak’s office for questioning. They also stated that Khalil would be arrested if he does not show up to the Shabak’s office. Only two months ago, Khalil was released from prison after serving one month for his efforts in the nonviolent protests.