Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian Fighter in Gaza, Invade Qabatia and Jenin Refugee Camp, Close two Charities in Nablus

 

One Palestinian resistance fighter dies in a military operation in the Gaza strip 

Saturday September 08, 2007 12:45 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Palestinian sources in Gaza stated on Saturday that one fighter of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas, was killed during a resistance operation that targeted an Israeli military site near Gaza city.

Al-Qassam Brigades issued a press release stating that the killed fighter is Nabeel Abdul A'al, adding that he is one of the top leaders of the Brigades in he costal region.

On Thursday the Al-Qassam fighter targeted an Israeli military site near the northern Gaza Israeli borders, the fighters clashed with the Israeli troops for several hours, the attack ended when six of the seven fighters who attacked the military site died in the clashes.

Israeli occupation army invades Jenin city, refugee camp and Qabatiya town 

Saturday September 08, 2007 12:02 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

An Israeli occupation force invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Jenin refugee camp and Qabatiya town in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Security sources reported to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA that troops toured the area and ransacked homes, claiming that they were searching for so-called wanted Palestinians. The Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad clashed with the military during the invasion, and announced that that they carried out this operation as a response to the escalation of the Israeli attacks against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The same sources stated that the Israeli force used police dogs in the military operation.

Troops withdrew from the areas several hours later. No abductions were reported.

Israeli occupation army invades Nablus; two charitable societies closed 

Friday September 07, 2007 16:54 by Manar Jibrin - IMEMC News manarjibrin at gmail dot com

On Wednesday, only days after the decision of the Palestinian caretaker cabinet to close some of the charitable societies in the West Bank, the Israeli occupation army invaded the city of Nablus. The Israeli occupation soldiers broke into the offices of a number of charities and other organizations searching them thoroughly.

They then closed two of the biggest societies ; al-Naffha which supports prisoners and al-Hasanah. They were among the 103 societies which the Palestinian caretaker cabinet headed by Dr. Salam Fayyad had ordered closed last week.

The Israeli occupation army backed by armored vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday breaking into several homes and abducting two residents. The army has invaded Nablus several times during recent weeks and dozens of residents were abducted, killed or injured; a number of buildings were demolished.

Translated by Manar Jibril

 

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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 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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