Israeli Occupation Forces Beat Man at Checkpoint, Strike Ambulance in Nablus

Palestinian man beaten at checkpoint near Nablus 

Date: 09 / 09 / 2007 Time: 10:54

[Ma'anImages] Nablus – Ma'an – 

Eyewitnesses said a young Palestinian man was seriously injured Saturday after he was attacked by Israeli occupation soldiers at Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus.

The witnesses said the Israeli occupation soldiers attacked Ahmed Al-Najjar, 21, with the butts of their rifles, beating his body and head. They said Al-Najjar fainted immediately.

A Palestinian Red Cross ambulance evacuated Al-Najjar to Our correspondent added that ambulance of the Palestinian Red Cross evacuated the victim to Rafidia hospital in southern Nablus. Medical sources there described his wounds as "moderate to serious."

Israeli occupation military vehicle strikes ambulance 

Date: 09 / 09 / 2007 Time: 10:45

Nablus – Ma'an – 

A Palestinian ambulance was reportedly struck by an Israeli occupation military vehicle in the Al-Tour area south of the West Bank city of Nablus Saturday.

According to the ambulance driver, Wael Hawwash, the Israeli occupation military vehicle "obstructed the ambulance several times deliberately hitting it, while the ambulance was waiting to evacuate any possible injuries, as the Israeli forces were operating in the area."

Earlier on Saturday, more than 12 Israeli occupation military vehicles reportedly invaded the Al-Tour area, storming two homes.

No arrests were reported, but eyewitnesses said that the soldiers 'confiscated a taxi' before they withdrew.

 

 

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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.

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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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