Palestinian Fighters Survive Israeli Air Raid Bani Suhaila, 5 Teenagers Injured in Dehaisha, 13 Civilians Kidnapped in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Forces

Palestinian activists survive Israeli air strike on Khan Younis
Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:36
Gaza – Ma'an –

A group of Palestinian resistance fighters survived an Israeli air strike on the city of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry told Ma'an that an Israeli occupation forces warplane fired three missiles at a jeep the activists were traveling in. He confirmed that none of the activists had been hurt, but a bystander was wounded and was taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Five Palestinian teenagers injured by Israeli fire near Bethlehem

Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:27
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Five Palestinian teenagers were injured when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on them as they threw stones at Israeli patrols near Dehaisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank on Tuesday evening.

Palestinian medical sources identified the injured as 15-year-old Walid Rizq, 18-year-old Ahmad Muhaisin, 18-year-old Isma'il Shadhily, 16-year-old Muhammad Iraqi and 13-year-old Abdullah Afandi who was shot in the chest.

Ma'an's reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that three Israeli occupation patrols passed near the camp, and Palestinian youths started throwing stones at them. The occupation soldier sitting in the front seat of the third patrol started shooting indiscriminately at the youths injuring five of a group of about ten stone-throwing boys.

Israeli occupation troops shoot and injure Palestinian in Ramallah

Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 14:28
Ramallah – Ma'an –

A Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday morning when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on him in the central West Bank village of Qatana in Ramallah district.

Ma'an's reporter quoted Palestinian security sources as saying that Israeli occupation soldiers shot and injured Imad Hushiyya while he was near the separation wall in Qatanna. He received a gunshot to his foot and was taken to hospital in Ramallah.

The same sources told Ma'an's reporter that Israeli occupation forces invaded Al-Bira city near Ramallah. No arrests were reported.

Palestinian boy injured in road traffic accident with an illegal Israeli settler

Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 12:12
Hebron – Ma'an –

A 6-year-old Palestinian boy was injured in a road traffic accident with an illegal Israeli settler on Tuesday evening at the main road near Al-Arroub refugee camp between Hebron and Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, local sources told Ma'an's reporter.

The sources added that an Israeli ambulance evacuated Ra'fat Al-Titi to an Israeli hospital.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two teenagers near Qalqilia

Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 10:05
Qalqilia – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces raided the northern West Bank village of Hajja east of Qalqilia on Wednesday, kidnapping two teenagers.

Palestinian security sources said that a large Israeli occupation force stormed the village at dawn and kidnapped 18-year-old Sa'd Addin Yousif and 18-year-old Salam Basalat after raiding their family homes.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 8 Palestinians in Nablus and Hebron

Date: 23 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:45
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped eight Palestinians during several raids on West Bank districts on Wednesday morning.

Hebrew sources said the Israeli occupation army kidnapped eight "wanted Palestinians" in Nablus in the northern West Bank and Hebron in the south.

The sources said that an explosive device was launched at the Israeli occupation soldiers while they were kidnapping Palestinians in Nablus. No casualties were reported.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an's Nablus correspondent that Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a woman from Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, 28-year-old Ranya Abu Khalifa. They also seized 23-year-old Ahmad Daghlas from the village of Burqa who lives in Rafedia in Nablus, as well as 16-year-old Abdul-Rahim Mabrouk from Nablus.

The Israeli occupation army kidnaps 13 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank

Wednesday April 23, 2008 12:38 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

During pre dawn invasions targeting several cities and towns in the West Bank, the Israeli occupation army kidnapped at least 13 Palestinians civilians on Wednesday.

Eight were kidnapped during an army attack in the villages of Dura and Al-Majd near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Local sources said that occupation troops stormed the two villages, searched and ransacked homes, and then kidnapped eight men and took them to unknown detention facilities. Among those kidnapped today were; Basheer Suliman, Taysseer Amro, Fadi Al-Shahateet, and Isma'il Amro.

The Palestinian prisoners society in the city of Hebron reported that, including those kidnapped by the army today, the number of Palestinians kidnapped by the Israeli occupation army from the Hebron district since the beginning of 2008 has now reached 382.

Moreover, three civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday from the northern west Bank city of Nablus.

Local sources in Nablus said that Israeli occupation armored vehicles and troops entered the village from several directions and conducted house-to-house searches in the city and the nearby Balata refugee camp.

Two youth, Ranyiah Abu Khalifa, 28, Iyhab Gughlass, 32, Abdul Raheem Aqroup, 16 were kidnapped by the army today in Nablus, local sources reported.

Israeli occupation army sources said that Palestinian resistance fighters from Nablus clashed with the invading forces and hurled a home-made bomb at those occupation forces, no damage or injuries were reported.

Omar Yousuf, 18, Salam Bassalat, 18, from the village of Hajjah, located near Qalqilia city in the northern part of the West Bank, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday when troops attacked and searched a number of homes there

Report: Israeli occupation army killed 59 Palestinians and injured 105 in Gaza during the month of April

Wednesday April 23, 2008 16:26 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Gaza-based Al-Mizan center for Human Rights issued its monthly report on Wednesday.

According to the report, the Israeli occupation army has killed 59 Palestinians including 15 children in addition to injuring another 105 in the Gaza strip during the month of April 2008.

With the 59 killed this month, the number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by the Israeli occupation army since the beginning of 2008 now stands at 340, the Al-Mizan center reported.

The center also condemned the continued Israeli siege of the Gaza strip, which started in June 2007. The center said this siege represents a policy of collective punishment and is in contravention of international human rights law.

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