2 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Air Strike on Al-Maghazi, 4 Injured Including 2 Children While Protesting Apartheid Wall, 10 Kidnapped in the West Bank

Two Al-Quds Brigades members killed in Israeli airstrike

Date: 22 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:00
Gaza – Ma'an -

Two members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike, during clashes east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip at dawn on Friday.

The Al-Quds Brigades reported that Ayman Sa'id and Bassam Al-Hazin, both 20-years-old, were killed after the Israeli occupation aircraft fired at least one missile towards them during their confrontation with an Israeli Special Forces unit (death squad).

Medical sources said that the dead and injured were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The condition of wo of the injured is reported to be serious.

An Israeli occupation army spokeswoman confirmed an air assault had been carried out.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation gunboats fired more than 15 shells at open areas in the north of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.

According to Agence France Presse, Friday's attack brings to 6,151 the number of people killed since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the vast majority of them Palestinians.

4 citizens injured, including two children in anti Apartheid Wall march

Date: 22 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:56
Bethlehem – Ma'an -

Four Palestinians were injured, including two six-year-old children, during a march against the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in the village of Ma'assara south of Bethlehem on Friday.

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked demonstrators, beating them with batons, eyewitnesses said.

Dozens of citizens participated in the march, condemning the confiscation of villager's land for the construction of the wall, according to Mohamed Briggieh the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall. He said that Israeli occupation soldiers prevented them from accessing the land, issuing threats and assaulting them with batons.

Israeli forces kidnap 10 Palestinians across the West Bank

Date: 22 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:05
Bethlehem – Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped ten Palestinian citizens, in different parts of the West Bank, on Friday claiming that they are 'wanted.'

Israeli occupation sources said the 10 were kidnapped in the cities of Tulkarem, Bethlehem and the village of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, stressing that they had been taken to all investigation centers for questioning.

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