Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 11 People, Palestinian Fighters Launches Projectiles at Israeli Towns

Undercover Israeli occupation forces kidnap Fatah activist in Ramallah

Date: 30 / 04 / 2008 Time: 14:46

Ramallah – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Fatah-affiliated activist in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday. Local sources told Ma'an that an undercover Israeli occupation force entered the Al-Sharafa neighborhood of Ramallah near Al-Ama'ary refugee camp and kidnapped 27-year-old Muhammad Da'amin who has been pursued by the Israelis for five years. Local sources said the Da'amin have evaded previous attempts at his arrest.

Al-Aqsa Brigades fighter evades capture in Jenin

Date: 30 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:54
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces raided home of wanted Palestinian activist Ammar Abu Ghalyun in Jenin refugee camp after midnight on Wednesday. Ghalyun is affiliated to Fatah's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Brigades.

Local sources told Ma'an's reporter that undercover Israeli forces entered the camp after midnight in three Palestinian-plated cars at midnight and surrounded Abu Ghalyoun's house. Then more than 20 Israeli military vehicles invaded the camp and closed all its entrances amidst heavy gunfire. They ordered Abu Ghalun through a loudspeaker to turn himself over. They received no answer because he was not at home.

Local sources added that after a number of unanswered calls, the soldiers broke into the house and damaged its interior as they searched for Abu Ghaloun. When they failed to find him in his own home, the Israeli troops broke into neighboring houses and searched them, again in vain.

Later, Abu Ghalyoun telephoned Ma'an's reporter and told him that he had been at home, but suspected that the cars that parked near his house were Israeli special forces. He claimed that he managed to flee before the rest of the Israeli troops arrived.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap ten in raid on Askar refugee camp

Date: 30 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:59
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped ten young Palestinian men from Askar refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an's reporter in Nablus that Israeli troops stormed the camp from the east after midnight and ransacked several houses before seizing ten young men.

Fatah-affiliated fighters survive assassination attempt in Beit Hanoun

Date: 30 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:56
Gaza – Ma'an –

The military wing affiliated of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, claimed in a statement on Wednesday that a group of their fighters survived an assassination attempt when an Israeli tank fired on them near the Agricultural College in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

The statement also said that two homemade projectiles have been launched at the Israeli town of Sedrot this morning.

Palestinian fighters launch barrage of projectiles and mortars into Israel

Date: 30 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:53
Gaza – Ma'an –

Several Palestinian military organizations fired barrages of homemade projectiles at Israeli towns bordering the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the groups said.

Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades said on Wednesday that their fighters launched three homemade projectiles at the town of Sderot.

Separately, another group affiliated to Fatah, the Al-Mujahidin Brigades, claimed responsibility on Tuesday evening for launching two mortar shells at the Israeli military post at Nahal Oz.

A third Fatah-affiliated group called the Abu Ammar Brigades said its fighters launched two homemade projectiles at Sderot on Tuesday evening.

For their part, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said their fighters fired five mortar shells at Nahal Oz at midnight on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), said their fighters clashed with an Israeli force on Tuesday evening near the Erez crossing point.

The military groups released separate statements affirming that their activity come and will continue in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

In their statement, Al-Aqsa Brigades said they would not oppose a ceasefire with the Israelis, on the condition that any ceasefire is bilateral and apply to both Gaza and the West Bank. They also called on Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to stop hunting down Al-Aqsa Brigades activists in the West Bank.

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