Israeli occupation soldiers beat severely a Palestinian boy, kidnap 14 in Tulkarem

Israeli occupation soldiers beat severely a Palestinian boy in Tulkarem city

Wednesday February 20, 2008 18:37 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers beaten up severely a Palestinian boy from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Palestinian medical sources said.

Israeli occupation soldiers in the West Bank/ archive photo

Medics added that Mohammad Abu Zant,14, suffered bruises in all over his body after having been exposed to severe beating by the Israeli soldiers.

Witnesses said that Abu Zant was arrested earlier in the day during an Israeli military incursion into the city.

Local sources confirmed that the Israeli army force took prisoner 12 other residents, including teens.

Israeli occupation army attacks on the occupied West Bank take place almost on daily basis, as many Palestinians happen to be taken prisoners by the Israeli soldiers.

Currently, the Israeli occupation government holds at least 11,500 Palestinians including women and juveniles inside its jails, according to Palestinian sources.

IOF troops kidnap 12 Palestinians from a Tulkarm restaurant

[ 20/02/2008 - 04:07 PM ]

TULKARM, (PIC)--

IOF troops stormed Tulkarm, north of the West Bank, on Wednesday and rounded up 12 Palestinian youths from a downtown café, local sources reported.

The sources said that special IOF units stormed the restaurant that is near to the PA police station and detained all those inside it.

Large numbers of IOF troops then arrived to the scene and took away 12 of the young men in the café including Omar Al-Badawi, 20, who is wanted for the IOF for his anti-occupation activity.

Citizens in the neighborhood said that the Palestinian police, working under orders of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, did not show up and disappeared from the streets during the raid.

In Attil village, north of Tulkarm, IOF soldiers kidnapped a 25-year-old youth after breaking into his family home, assaulting his relatives and wreaking havoc in the house. His brother was detained only three days earlier at Annab roadblock east of Tulkarm.

Israeli occupation army kidnaps two brothers near Tulkarem

Wednesday February 20, 2008 10:08 by Mu'een Shadeed - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation forces invaded early on Wednesday 'Ateel town, north of Tulkarem in the West Bank and kidnapped two brothers.

Israeli occupation troops taken a Palestinian Man prisoner (File 2007)

Local sources reported that occupation forces attacked Na'eem and Khaleel Abu Hassana's home in 'Ateel, and kidnapped and transferred them to an undisclosed detention center. While in the town, troops broke into and ransacked a umber of civilian homes, claiming that they found a missile during the invasion.

In another incident, the Israeli occupation army invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and carried out a large-scale military search in several civilians homes of the southern and eastern neighborhood, no one has been taken prisoner.

Translated by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

Salahuddin Brigades claims its fighters wounded Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza

Wednesday February 20, 2008 10:32 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

The Salah Eldin brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees said Wednesday it clashed with an Israeli occupation army undercover force near the Kussofim military post to the south of Gaza Strip.

In a statement, faxed to press, the brigades claimed that the armed clash with the Israeli occupation army caused a number of injuries among the soldiers.

The statement read that such a clash comes as a part of the group's responses to continued Israeli army attacks across the Gaza Strip.

No further details were reported.

The Israeli occupation army has been engaged in a series of military incursions and small-scale attacks on Gaza areas, bordering Israel, in different parts of the coastal region.

The Israeli occupation army claims its actions against Gaza are meant to prevent firing of homemade shells from the Hamas-ruled territory onto nearby Israeli towns.

In the past three months, Israel killed more than 200 Palestinians in Gaza, including dozens of civilians.

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