17 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank

Israeli occupation soldiers kidnap two residents though their names were dropped from its “wanted list” 

Wednesday August 22, 2007 00:55 by Najeeb Farraj - IMEMC saed at imemc dot org

Human Rights sources in the occupied city of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported on Tuesday that Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians who were wanted by the Israeli occupation forces and their names were among 250 Palestinians which Israel claimed it dropped them from their wanted list following an agreement with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.

The arrest comes in direct violation to the agreement which stated that those wanted members of the resistance will not be arrested by the Israeli army after they signed a commitment that they will surrender their arms and will not attack any Israeli targets.

The agreement also stated that they will be integrated into Palestinian security devices controlled by Abbas.

The two kidnapped residents were identified as Eyad Ahmad Bisharat, from Tammoun village near Jenin, and Hosny Abu Jalboush from Marka village, also near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society issued a press release stating that the two residents were abused and tortured by the army.

The Society added that this arrest reveals the real Israeli intentions regarding the wanted fighters as it continues hunt them down.

In Hebron, troops kidnapped on Tuesday three residents from Halhoul town, north of the city. The three were identified as Wajdi Al Wahsh, 19, Mustafa Al Wahsh, 18, and Anas Al Wahsh, 19.

Translated by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

Israeli occupation forces kidnap eleven Palestinian activists 

Date: 21 / 08 / 2007 Time: 11:07

Tulkarem – Ma'an – 

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning raided the towns of Anabta and Kafr Rumman, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted eleven Palestinian activists.

Ma'an's correspondent reported that the invading Israeli occupation forces kidnapped eight Fateh activists in Anabta, a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) operative in Kafr Rumman and a Hamas member, who is a university student.

Israeli occupation undercover forces abduct Al Quds Brigades operative and three citizens near Jenin 

Date: 21 / 08 / 2007 Time: 11:01

Jenin – Ma'an – 

An Israeli occupation undercover unit abducted prominent leader of Islamic Jihad's Al Quds Brigades, Yasin Saba'na, in Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on Tuesday morning.

Three other Palestinian citizens, found in the same home, in the northern West Bank, were also seized.

Ma'an's reporter quoted sources from Islamic Jihad as stating that an Israeli unit in a Palestinian-plated vehicle invaded an eastern neighbourhood of Qabatiya.

The Israeli occupation undercover forces stormed a home belonging to the Smadi family and took Saba'na and Muhammad, Abed and Nidal Smadi to an unknown destination.

The source added that a huge Israeli military contingent reinforced the undercover unit.

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Note to readers:

The Israeli settlements as well as the Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian occupied territories have been built illegally on confiscated Palestinian lands. These represent a major violation of international law, Geneva Conventions, and they obstruct reaching a peaceful resolution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The Israeli occupation forces abduct and kidnap Palestinians from their homes on daily basis. Most media refer to these abductions and kidnappings as arrests, which is inaccurate and not true as the Israeli occupation government has no jurisdiction over Palestinian citizens inside their own territories.  

 

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