Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Qabatiya, Confiscate Land in Hebron, Close Huwwara Checkpoint, Isolate Nablus, Kidnap Palestinian Travelers

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians in the West Bank
Date: 24 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:48
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday night, Israeli sources said.

The sources claimed that one of the kidnapped was trying to smuggle ammunition through the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus. The other one, according to the Israeli sources, was kidnapped under the pretext of pelting Israeli vehicles with stones near Jenin.

Israeli occupation forces tie up traffic at Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus
Date: 24 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:54
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces further impeded the movement of Palestinians in and out of the city of Nablus on Sunday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill at the Huwwara checkpoint.

Witnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers lined Palestinian commuters up on the side of the road, slowly searching each person. Workers and students could not reach their destinations on time.

The Israeli occupation military has imposed strict closure on the city over the last two weeks, installing new checkpoints and tightening restrictions at existing roadblocks on the pretext of security concerns.

Israeli occupation forces raid Qabatiya
Date: 24 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:56
Jenin – Ma'an –

More than 30 Israeli occupation military vehicles raided the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on Sunday morning and ransacked several Palestinian homes. Snipers were deployed on roofs of tall buildings.

Local sources told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli occupation forces entered the town from the north at 2:00 am. No casualties or arrests have been reported.

The Israeli occupation government to confiscate 766 dunams of Palestinian land near Hebron

Date: 24 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:37
Hebron – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces issued a military order on Saturday to confiscate 766 dunams (a dunam is 1000 square meters) of Palestinian land belonging to the West Bank town of Al-Dhahiriya as well as land belonging to the Ramadin clan south of Hebron. The land is to be used for expansion of the illegal Israeli settlement of Eshkolot.

Palestinian cartographic expert Abdul-Hadi Hantash told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli occupation government handed warrants to Palestinian farmers. According to the Israelis the confiscation orders fall under the category of "border adjustment."

Hantash compared the confiscation orders with his maps, and concluded that the affected area will actually be more than 900 dunams. An additional 2,400 will fall behind the Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall, which he says is a form of indirect confiscation.

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