Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian elder, injure 6, kidnap 20 in Beit Hanoun, 7 in the West Bank

One killed, six wounded in the Israeli incursion in Beit Hanoun

Date: 24 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:54
Gaza – Ma'an –

A 55-year- old Palestinian man was killed when Israeli occupation forces shelled his house in northeast Beit Hanoun during an Israeli incursion on Wednesday night.

A hospital spokesman said Dawood Al-Kafarnah was dead on arrival at Beit Hanoun Hospital.

The same source announced that two wounded were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Six Palestinians, including resistance fighters, were injured when Israeli helicopters fired on people who were watching Israeli military vehicles near their homes on Wednesday night in northern Beit Hanoun.

Around twenty Israeli occupation forces vehicles stormed Beit Hanoun through the Erez crossing and moved towards a residential area in Al-Sikka and Al-Sultan Streets. They waited on the outskirts of the town until they were joined by another thirty military vehicles, along with a number of bulldozers that began razing agricultural lands in the vicinity.

On Thursday morning three Palestinian resistance fighters were targeted by Israeli aircraft in Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis.

Medical sources from Nasser Hospital said one of the resistance fighters lost both his legs in the attack.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that two of their fighters were injured in the Israeli raid.

Meanwhile, Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades announced they had launched five mortar shells and one rocket propelled grenade at Israeli military vehicles in Khan Younis on Thursday morning.

Israeli occupation army thrusts into Beit Hanoun, kills an old man

Thursday April 24, 2008 03:59 by Rami Almeghari and Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

A Palestinian old man from northern Gaza Strip was reportedly killed on Thursday after the Israeli army tanks rolled into the area and began shooting heavily.

Palestinian medical sources said that Dawood aL-Kafarna, of his fifties, was evacuated to a local hospital after having been shot dead with live ammunition.

Witnesses said that more than 30 Israeli occupation forces armored vehicles including tanks thrust few hundred meters into the Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza Strip as accompanying bulldozers began razing vast areas of Palestinian-owned farm lands there.

Witnesses added that the Israeli forces, using loudspeakers, ordered the local inhabitants to get out of their houses for interrogations.

In response to the Israeli incursion , the aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, opened heavy fire at a number of tanks, while the brigades fighters engaged in gun battles with the invading forces, Al-Qassam brigades announced in a statement, faxed to press.

Spokesman of the Israeli army, Avihay Adre'y, told media outlets that the military operation in northern Gaza was limited and that the army is not giving details about its objectives, until it is over.

In the meantime, an Israeli drone fired at least one missile on a Palestinian house in Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, causing light damages to the house, with no casualties reported.

Also, in southern Gaza, two Palestinian fighters of the Saraya aL-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been reportedly wounded late at yesterday night after an Israeli drone fired a missile on them to the east of Kahn Younus city.

Local medics described one of the injuries as a critical.

Concurrently, the Israeli army swept earlier on Thursday into the eastern Abbasan village to the southeast of Gaza Strip, as the Israeli soldiers stormed nearby Palestinian houses. No further details were reported.

Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday at night that the Israeli army carried two airstrikes near Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one resident and wounding five others.

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the slain resident is a member of the Palestinian resistance.

Moreover, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that the army shelled an area Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Soldiers also shelled one home in the city; damage was reported, no injuries.

Eyewitnesses reported that the army apparently intended to fire the missile at a group of fighters but the missile missed its target and hit the house of Ghassan Al Lahham; excessive damage was reported.

Also, an Israeli military source reported that the air force fired missiles at two resistance groups near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported.

Late on Wednesday at night, soldiers supported by several tanks and armored vehicles invaded Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, and fired rounds of live ammunition at a number of homes.

The Israeli occupation army kidnaps 20 Palestinian civilians from Beit Hannon in northern Gaza

Thursday April 24, 2008 12:55 by Ghassan Bannoura & Rami Al Mughari - IMEMC News & Agencies

Palestinians sources reported that the Israeli occupation army has kidnapped so far 20 Palestinians civilians during the ongoing military operation targeting the town of Beit Hannon in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Witnesses said that soldiers have taken a number of home and using them as military posts. They added that troops rounded up at least 20 men and took them to unknown location.

A Palestinian old man from northern Gaza Strip was killed earlier on Thursday morning after the Israeli army tanks rolled into the area and began shooting heavily. Palestinian medical sources said that Dawood aL-Kafarna, of his fifties, was evacuated to a local hospital after having been shot dead with live ammunition.

Witnesses said that more than 30 Israeli armored vehicles including tanks thrust few hundred meters into the Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza Strip as accompanying bulldozers began razing vast areas of Palestinian-owned farm lands there.

In response to the Israeli incursion, the aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, opened heavy fire at a number of tanks, while the brigades fighters engaged in gun battles with the invading forces, Al-Qassam brigades announced in a statement, faxed to press.

Spokesman of the Israeli army, Avihay Adre'y, told media outlets that the military operation in northern Gaza was limited and that the army is not giving details about its objectives, until it is over.

IOF troops round up West Bankers

[ 24/04/2008 - 11:28 AM ]
NABLUS, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) troops at dawn Thursday kidnapped seven Palestinians in the city of Nablus including three brothers while others were rounded up in line with daily IOF arrests campaigns in various West Bank areas.

Locals reported that the soldiers wreaked havoc in all houses stormed in the city and the nearby Balata refugee camp.

Three other Palestinians were kidnapped at the Zatara roadblock to the east of Salift.
In Al-Khalil district, ten Palestinians were rounded up from the village of Dura on Wednesday while a child was hospitalized after an Israeli settler ran over him at the entrance to Arroub refugee camp south of Al-Khalil city.

Witnesses said that the 6-year-old child Rafat Al-Titi was rushed to an Israeli hospital in view of his condition.

IOF troops stormed Jenin at an early hour on Thursday amidst intensified hovering of Apache gunships but no arrests were reported.

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