2 Palestinians Killed, Including 8-Year-Old Girl, 4 Injured, 4 Kidnapped, Several Cities Terrorized by Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Settlers

Palestinian child killed by invading Israeli occupation soldiers in the northern West Bank

Date: 22 / 10 / 2007 Time: 11:46

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Eight-year-old Palestinian girl Zaina Hamad, from the northern West Bank town of Ramin, east of Tulkarem, died on Sunday evening of wounds she sustained last Friday when Israeli occupation soldiers invaded Tulkarem and shot her in the head.

Hamad sustained the head injury as the Israeli soldiers fired arbitrarily towards Palestinian homes.

Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire near the Tel Al-Rabi' park in eastern Tulkarem while searching for so-called 'wanted' Palestinians.

Hamad was evacuated to Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem and then transferred to Al-Maqasid Hospital in Jerusalem due to the severity of her condition.

Palestinian medical sources at Al-Maqasid Hospital reported her death on Sunday evening.

Palestinian man killed by Israeli settler's car

Date: 21 / 10 / 2007 Time: 17:28

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

A forty-year-old Palestinian man named Kamal Abdul-Qadir was killed on Sunday when an Israeli settler ran him over on an highway near Kufur Qasim, a Palestinian village inside Israel.

Abdul-Qadir was traveling from his home in the West Bank city of Tulkarem to his place of employment in Israel.

Eyewitnesses said a group of Palestinian workers were crossing the road when the Israeli vehicle, traveling "very swiftly," struck Abdul-Qadir, killing him instantly.

Israeli police stopped the car and called an ambulance. The man's body was taken first to the United Nations hospital in the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and then to the government hospital in Tulkarem.

Abdul-Qadir is survived by a wife and five children.

Four Hamas fighters injured in Israeli missile attack

Date: 22 / 10 / 2007 Time: 11:30

Gaza – Ma'an –

Palestinian medical sources reported that four Hamas fighters were injured in an Israeli missile attack on Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.

One of the wounded is in a critical condition.

Director of Ambulances and Emergencies in the Palestinian Ministry of Health Dr Muawiya Hassanein said that the Israeli forces launched a surface-to-surface missile at the Hamas combatants, who were close to the Gazan border.

Yasser Rantisi, who was critically injured in the attack, was transferred from Kamal Udwan Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City due to the severity of his condition.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap four Palestinians in the northern West Bank

Date: 22 / 10 / 2007 Time: 12:22

Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces on Monday kidnapped two Palestinians from Nablus, in the northern West Bank, during an incursion into the city.

The invading Israeli occupation forces also raided the home of leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades Ja'far Samhan.

Ja'far's sister Ahlam said that the soldiers demolished the contents of the home, claiming they were searching for an explosives-manufacturing workshop.

In Qalqilia and Tubas, also in the northern West Bank, the Israeli forces also seized two Palestinians.

The apprehensions took place at Hamra checkpoint near Tubas and a flying checkpoint near Qalqilia.

One of the detainees was identified at twenty-three-year-old Bilal Shiakh Ibrahim.

Islamic Jihad fighters confront invading Israeli occupation troops near Jenin

Date: 22 / 10 / 2007 Time: 12:04

Jenin – Ma'an –

Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad on Monday morning confronted an invading Israeli occupation force in Qabatiya, south of the northern West Bank town of Jenin.

More than 12 Israeli occupation military vehicles stormed the village at around 3.30am, from the east and west sides, and raided several homes, turning them into military posts.

The invading Israeli occupation forces also cut electricity in some areas of the village.

Clashes erupted between Palestinian resistance fighters and invading troops.

Al-Quds Brigades reported that the clashes were fierce, but that there were no injuries

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