18 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in Jenin, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Hebron

Israeli occupation forces storm home of Islamic Jihad member Tuesday September 25, 2007 10:30 by Ali Samoudi - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning invaded the Rummana village, located west of Jenin, targeting the home of an Islamic Jihad member identified as Ameen Amoor, 22.

His family reported that they were forced to leave the home and were interrogated for several hours.

In related news, the Israeli occupation army kidnapped 3 Palestinians on a flying checkpoint, located west of Jenin city, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Eyewitnesses reported that the kidnapped Palestinians were handcuffed and forced into an Israeli patrol vehicle, after which they were taken to an unknown destination.

Translated by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 6 Palestinians in Nablus

Tuesday September 25, 2007 09:58 by Ameen Abu Warda - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

The Israeli occupation army kidnapped six Palestinians in Nablus on Tuesday morning. One of the men, a member of the Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, is thought to be on the Israeli's most-wanted list.

The man, Zahy Zuhair, was besieged in his home by Israeli soldiers who used heavy gunfire and explosives in the operation to capture him.

In the same operation, troops kidnapped five Palestinians from Balata refugee camp and Beit Iba. The kidnapped men were later identified as Imad Walwel, Mo'taz Sama'enah, Mohammad Qabala, Ja'afar Thulth and Ala' Al Nijmi.

Translated by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation army kidnaps two civilians near Bethlehem

Tuesday September 25, 2007 12:11 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

The Israeli occupation army kidnapped two Palestinian civilians on Tuesday morning as troops invaded the village of Beit Fajar, south of city of Bethlehem in the southern part of the West Bank.

Local sources said that around 10 army vehicles stormed the village, closing all roads leading in and out of the area, and searched a number of houses.

During a house-to-house search, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped two young men,later identified as Tha'er Hayian, 20, and Mohamed Thawaptah, 21.

Seven Palestinian civilians kidnapped as the Israeli occupation army attack residents homes in Hebron and nearby village

Tuesday September 25, 2007 12:50 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

The Israeli occupation army attacked and searched Palestinian homes located in the southren west Bank city of Hebron and the nearby Sourif village on Tuesday morning and kidnapped seven civilians, Palestinian sources reported.

Four of the kidnapped were taken when the occupation army attacked Sourif village, among them was the Mayer of the village Mohamed Al Houar, the othere three were identified as; Khader Ighnimat, Mohamed Abed Al Hadi, and Mohamed Arar.

The four were kidnapped when the army attacked and searched there homes in the village, witnesses reported.

Another three were kidnapped from Hebron city center after the army stormed and rasnaked a number of homes there, local sources identified them as; Mo'tasem Jaber, 17, Mazen Jaber, 18, and Ashraf Idrees, 21, all three were taken to unknown detention camp.

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