Palestinian Killed, Another Injured, 47 Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, Including 30 in Rafah

Palestinian civilian shot by Israeli soldiers dies
Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:01
Jenin – Ma'an –

52-year-old Tayseer Nazzal from the town of Qabatiya near Jenin in the northern West Bank on Thursday succumbed to his wounds sustained in an Israeli incursion on February 7th, Ma'an's reporter said.

Nazzal, who was mentally ill, was shot by Israeli soldiers while he was standing in front of his house. He was then evacuated to the government hospital in Jenin where he was pronounced dead today.

Palestinian from Bethlehem seriously injured by grenade left behind by Israeli soldiers

Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:19
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Eighteen-year-old Ala Ubayat was seriously injured in the West Bank city of Bethlehem when a grenade left by Israeli soldiers exploded in his hands, sources in the Palestinian police told Ma'an on Thursday.

Bethlehem Police Chief Dawood Abu Ghaith said the man was seriously injured when he tried to split the grenade open using an electric cutting machine in his father's blacksmith workshop.

Ghaith added that police engineering unit hurried to the place and found another unexploded grenade, and defused it. Police have opened an investigation into the incident, he said.

He blamed the Israelis for the explosion and warned Palestinian citizens to be careful when they find unexploded Israeli ordinance, urging them to inform the Palestinian police immediately when they find any suspect devices.

Abu Ghaith said the Israeli soldiers deliberately leave behind such devices to tempt ordinary Palestinians to play with them and endanger their lives.

IOFs kidnap 30 Palestinians in Gaza

[ 14/02/2008 - 09:44 AM ]

RAFAH, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped 30 Palestinians at dawn Thursday in the vicinity of Gaza international airport to the east of Rafah south of the Gaza Strip, local sources reported.

They added that special Israeli occupation forces infiltrated into the area before dawn one day after a similar incursion that was met with stiff resistance.

The soldiers broke into civilian homes and rounded up all males from 15 to 50 years old for interrogation in IOF basis.

Meanwhile, the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement, fired 8 mortar shells at an IOF special unit east of Khan Younis, south of the Strip, late Wednesday.

The same armed wing fired 8 other mortars at a group of IOF armored vehicles in the vicinity of the airport also on Wednesday in retaliation to those soldiers' incessant incursions and infiltrations into the Strip.

The Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, on Wednesday took the credit for firing four locally made missiles and two mortar shells at Israeli positions adjacent to the Strip.

The armed wing said that one of its missiles hit an Israeli house in Sderot inflicting material damage while two settlers were treated for shock.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap eight Palestinians in the West Bank; Tulkarem closure continues

Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:21
Nablus –

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Palestinian activists affiliated to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and one affiliated to Hamas in the northern West Bank village of Sabastiya, west of Nablus, on Thursday morning.

Palestinian security sources told Ma,an's reporter that ten Israeli military jeeps stormed the village overnight and ransacked several houses before seizing the six people.

In Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians on Thursday morning after invading the city for several hours, Ma'an's reporter said.

He added that the Israeli forces re-erected a flying checkpoint at Al-Jarushiya, north of the city, after it had removed for a few hours.

The Israeli occupation forces continued to impose closure on Tulkarem. Palestinians under the age of 35 are prohibited from passing through the Al-Jarushiya checkpoint and two other permanent checkpoints at Inav and Jubarah for the seventh day in a row.

Identity of Palestinian who stabbed Israeli occupation soldier last Tuesday revealed

Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 12:01
Jenin – Ma'an –

Local Palestinian sources have revealed the identity of the person who stabbed an Israeli soldier at a flying checkpoint in the village near Jenin on Tuesday.

The sources said the attacker was 17-year-old 'Ala' Haydariyya from Jaba'. Eyewitnesses said they saw Haydariyya lying on the ground after the Israeli soldiers overpowered him.

On Tuesday evening young Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jaba', injuring him slightly before the attacker was arrested.

Until now the identity of the assailant has been unknown.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap seven Palestinians from one family in Hebron

Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:49
Hebron – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped seven Palestinians from the Al-Zghayar family in Hebron after storming their home near Hebron University.

Mutliq Az-Zghayar told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers broke into his family's home and forced the residents outside before searching the house. Then they seized his sons, Ala', Ammar, his brothers, Abd-ur-Raziq, Yousif and Zakariya ,as well as his nephews Luay, and Hamdi.

He added that after the family returned to the house, they heard an explosion in the stove, which they discovered was a sound grenade, that Israeli soldiers left there.

Israeli occupation forces raid Jenin, kidnap a man in Qabatiya
Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:39
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young Palestinian man from Qabatiya, near Jenin in the northern West Bank after storming several houses on Thursday morning.

Local sources named the abductee as 19-year-old Jasir Zakarna.

In a different regard, an Israeli force raided Jenin from the west and the south amidst heavy gunfire.

Palestinian youth kidnapped near Hebron
Date: 14 / 02 / 2008 Time: 09:23
Hebron – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian youth named Badr Al-Zain from the southern West Bank town of Yatta south of Hebron, on Wednesday evening, eyewitnesses said.

Israeli sources claimed the abductee was in possession of a pistol and a rifle as well as ammunition.

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