Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 11 Palestinians, Injure an Egyptian Soldier, Continue Detention of Elected Officials

Egyptian soldier wounded as Israeli naval occupation forces open fire on Rafah

Date: 05 / 11 / 2007 Time: 10:06

[Ma'anImages] Gaza – Ma'an –

An Egyptian soldier was wounded when Israeli naval occupation vessels opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats on the shore at Rafah, at the southern end of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning.

Naval forces affiliated with the Gaza Strip's de facto government returned fire. The Israeli forces overpowered the Palestinians, and seized four Palestinian fishermen.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry said Palestinian medics treated an Egyptian soldier stationed at the Palestinian-Egyptian border. The soldier was wounded in the arm by shrapnel from the Israeli bombardment.

The Israeli occupation vessels also fired at the Swedish Village area on Rafah's coast.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap Palestinian security officer

Date: 05 / 11 / 2007 Time: 10:50

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces seized a twenty-four-year-old officer in the Palestinian National Security services during a raid on Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank Monday morning.

Officer Muhammad Al-Bado was detained. Israeli occupation forces also stormed Tulkarem city and the neighboring town of Dhinnaba.

Israel extends detention of Hamas official

Date: 05 / 11 / 2007 Time: 12:00

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces announced a six month extension of the administrative detention of Hamas official Shaikh Abdullah Yassin.

Yassin, the Hamas spokesperson for the West Bank city of Tulkarem, is currently held at Megiddo military prison near the Israeli city of Haifa. Under administrative detention, Israeli authorities can hold prisoners without charging them with any crime.

Israeli occupation forces launch abduction raids in W. Bank

WEST BANK, Palestine, November 5, 2007 (IPC+WAFA) - -

Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning invaded the town of Azzoun, in southern Qalqilia, and Jenin during which a sweeping house to house carried out and seven residents were abducted.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces searched and ransacked homes before kidnapping Adi Enaya, 21, Ahmad Salama, 19, and Ala Husien, 20, from Azzoun town of Qalqiliya.

Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli occupation troops invaded the Tulkarem refugee camp, kidnapping one Palestinian. The man was later identified as Mohammad Al-Badu, 24, an officer in the Palestinian police.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians, including a fifteen-year-old girl, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday.

The teen was abducted after Israeli occupation soldiers claimed she intended to attack them with a concealed knife.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the girl had a knife, but added that she did not attack anyone with it.

In a separate incident, Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two civilians, a man and his son. The men were later identified as Bader and Ali Rabi'a

Israeli occupation army kidnaps three Palestinians in Hebron

Monday November 05, 2007 09:54 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli occupation army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians, including a fifteen-year-old, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday.

The teen was abducted after Israeli occupation soldiers claimed she intended to attack them with a concealed knife.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the girl had a knife, but added that she did not attack anyone with it. Elsewhere, a separate Israeli force invaded the village of Yatta, located south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two civilians, a man and his son. The men were later identified as Bader and Ali Rabi'a.

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