Israeli occupation forces raid on several West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Nablus, kidnapping 6  civilians, injuring a child

Israeli army attacks on West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Nablus, 6 civilians kidnapped

Thursday September 06, 2007 11:44 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

In two separate military operations on Thursday morning the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Tulkarem. During the invasions six civilians were kidnapped.

In Tulkarem a number of armoured Israeli vehicles stormed the city from several directions, soldiers ransacked and searched a number of homes in the city center and kidnapped five civilians.

Local sources stated that those kidnapped are; Dawoud Jaber, Omer Jitawi, Mohamed Qassem, Ameen Sinourah, and Sohailah Jaber the wife of Hamas resistance fighter.

Liath Inaiah was kidnapped while leaving the city of Tulkarem. He was stopped at an Israeli military checkpoint just outside the city, searched by soldiers and then taken to an unknown location, witnesses said.

In the meantime around 10 Israeli army jeeps attacked the city of Nablus.Local sources in the city reported that Israeli troops searched a number of homes and shops in the city center. During the search soldiers destroyed the front doors of homes and shops using explosives causing considerable damage.

The Israeli forces left the city shortly after; no kidnappings were reported.

Sources in the city of Nablus said that the city of Nablus is being attacked daily by Israeli troops. On Wednesday an Israel8i force attacked the city and nearby refugee camps.The invading troops met resistance from local Palestinian fighters .Three Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured during the clashes.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap several West Bankers in Tulkarem 

Date: 06 / 09 / 2007 Time: 12:56

Tulkarim – Ma'an – 

The wife of a Palestinian man affiliated to the Al-Qassam Brigades was kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces, on Thursday in the northern West Bank.

Suhayla Jabir is married to 'Umar Jabir, 46, who appears on the Israeli occupation government alleged 'wanted' list.

The man's nephew and two neighbours were also kidnapped in the Iktaba neighbourhood of east Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.

Ma'an's correspondent quoted Hamas' sources as saying that dozens of Israeli military vehicles stormed Jabir's house and arrested his wife, nephew and neighbours when they could not find him.

In a separate incident, the Israeli authorities arrested a Hamas loyalist, Ibrahim Abu Hadid in the town of Bal'a, east of Tulkarem.

Also, the Israeli occupation soldiers manning the Jibara checkpoint, in southern Tulkarem seized a member of the Palestinian military police, Layth Inaya who is from Tulkarem city.

Israeli occupation forces storm 'Azun 

Date: 05 / 09 / 2007 Time: 19:47

Qalqilia – Ma'an – 

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of 'Azun east of Qalqilya at dawn on Wednesday.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli forces fired rubber bullets at citizens, wounding two people - Qusay Sulaiman Abu Shahab and Abed Al-Aziz Shaher.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation forces closed the town from the north and west and prevented citizens from leaving.

Senior Al Quds brigade leader kidnapped; one child injured during the Israeli invasion of Jenin. 

Thursday September 06, 2007 13:55 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

The Israeli occupation army kidnapped Ahmad Salah, a senior leader of the Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, during a military operation in Jenin which began in the early hours of Thursday morning and is still continuing.

Earlier under-cover Israeli Special Forces kidnapped three Palestinians youths from the city of Jenin.

Eyewitnesses reported that members of Israeli Special Forces toured the area in a car displaying Palestinian licence plates. They alighted from the car, drew their weapons on three Palestinian youths and kidnapped them.The three kidnapped youths, who were later identified as Ahmad Arkawe, Fares Al Sa'dy and Hassan Jaradat, were taken to an unknown location.

Salah's home was besieged by the invading Israeli troops who forced the residents to leave under the threat of force.Eyewitnesses reported that a large force of Israeli soldiers backed by a bulldozer surrounded the house and closed the area preventing residents and journalists from reaching it.

Local sources stated that they heard sounds of explosions around the house and also reported random heavy gun fire.

IMEMC media sources reported that massive clashes broke out between scores of Palestinians youths and the military in neighborhoods that were surrounded by more than 30 Israeli military vehicles backed by bulldozers.

Israeli forces said that the aim of the military operation was to arrest wanted Palestinian members of Islamic Jihad.

Local sources told IMEMC that the military closed a neighborhood in Jenin and prevented the movement of residents. Troops also besieged a building in the area and shelled it with heavy gun fire and missiles.

Palestinian resistance fighters clashed with the military firing explosive devices at Israeli army patrols. A Palestinian child received serious head wounds from Israeli gunfire during the invasion. He was transferred to an Israeli hospital due to seriousness of his injuries.

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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 and at checkpoints, 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.

Further, when Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian civilians, particularly when the victims are women and children, this should be referred to as an act of terrorism, and perpetrators should be described as terrorists.

Since the end of the second intifadha in 2005, not a single Israeli civilian was killed by Palestinian resistance organizations. However, Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces, almost on daily basis.

Note to Journalists:

Any journalist who does not describe this as terrorism is biased, unfair, not objective, and a participant in terrorizing the Palestinian people, so the Israeli occupation of Palestine can continue endlessly.

Note to Translators:

The Arabic definite article, Al (or its variant, El) should be written with a hyphen separating it from the noun it is associated with, for example Al-Aqsa. If a hyphen is not used, as in Al Aqsa, it confuses non-Arabic readers. They may think that it is an abbreviation of the name Albert, as many Americans do.

The Arabic definite article Al (or El) should be written as such, whether it is Shamsiyah or Qamariyah in pronunciation, simply because we are dealing with the written form of the language, not the spoken one. Using the Shamsiyah so many forms in writing is inaccurate and confusing to non-Arabic readers, to say the least.

Only standard (fasih) pronunciation of Arabic names should be used. Non-standard ('ammi)  should be avoided avoided. Example: Names like Abu Sunainah, Abu Rudainah, and Abu Shebak are written by some translators in the non-standard forms of Abu Snainah, Abu Rdainah, and Abu Shbak.

The standard pronunciation of the vowel at the end of names is (a), not (e), particularly if it is followed by (h), like in the cases of Haniyah and Rudainah, not Haniyeh and Rudaineh.

The standard pronunciation of vowels in the following names is (ai), not (ei) as written by  some translators: Hussain, not Hussein and Hassanain, not Hassanein. This is the same long vowel pronounced in the English words "rain" and "brain."

 

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