Israeli occupation forces invade northern Gaza, West Bank cities, kidnap 20 Palestinians

Israeli military abducts 17 Palestinians across the West Bank

Wednesday April 02, 2008 11:28 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC News

The Israeli military kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians across the West Bank during a series of invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday morning.

The cities invaded include Tulkarem, Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem.

Local sources said that the military operations were aimed at kidnapping wanted Palestinians.

Among those abducted were 'Adel Zetawe,28 Amjad Abu Zahra,23, from Tulkarem. In Nablus, the army kidnapped Khamis Noah,18 and Iyad Shalaghty,27. And in Jenin, the army kidnapped a leader of the al-Quds brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, known as Mohammad li'mour.

In Bethlehem, in the southern part of the West Bank, the army attacked the two villages of al-Rashayda and Taqu'a and kidnapped one, moving him to an unknown detention center. Local sources identified him as Mohammad Rashayda.

In the central part of the West Bank, the army invaded Ramallah and kidnapped three men during house-to-house searches, and a fourth from the science department in a university in Ramallah. The abduction included two brothers known as Mustafa and Yusuf abu el-Su'oud.

Translated by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News.

An Israeli occupation army force invades northern Gaza , kidnaps three residents

Wednesday April 02, 2008 11:11 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

An Israel occupation army force invaded the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun Wednesday morning, taking several prisoners.

Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israel occupation infantry force, backed by five armored vehicles, swept into the aL-Amal neighborhood of Beit Hanoun city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday morning.

Witnesses added that the soldiers began breaking into the residents' houses, ending with the kidnapping of three of them, including two brothers.

Those detained were identified as Mohammad Wahdan, 25, as well as the brothers Nayef,22 and Mustafa, 18, Abu Azra.

They were all taken by the Israeli army to an unknown destination, media sources reported.

These abductions came after the Israeli occupation army killed two Palestinian fighters in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning during an invasion by an army contingent, backed by a warplane, of the Wadi Alsalqa village. These Israeli actions came after the Israeli occupation government prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned of further striking the Hamas regime in Gaza, refusing any ceasfire with the armed Palestinian resistance group.

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