On 19 March 2019, at around 12:30
P.M., after school had let out, Yazan Idris (9) and his brother Tayyem
(7) came running back to Ziyad Jaber Elementary School, Hebron. They
reached the door to the principal’s office and stood there crying.
Seconds later, an officer and a soldier ran into the school and reached
the principal’s office, saying they had come to arrest the boys for
allegedly throwing stones. The officer grabbed Yazan by the hand; a
teacher took Tayyem into the principal’s office and shut the door to
keep the child safe. The officer responded by threatening to arrest the
teachers if they kept him from taking the boys. The officer opened the
door and an argument ensued between the teachers and the soldiers, four
more of whom had arrived as reinforcements, with the teachers trying to
extricate Yazan. The soldiers would not relent, and ultimately took him
from the school by force, pushing the teachers away. After leaving the
school grounds, the soldiers threw a stun grenade in the street. They
then took Yazan Idris to the Worshiper’s Road Checkpoint, which the
military had installed about 40 meters away from the school. After an
hour or so of verbal arguments with the school staff who followed them
there, and with Yazan’s mother who came to the checkpoint, Yazan was let
go