4 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza Strip, 15 Kidnapped in the West Bank

Grief, anger as Gaza buries another day's dead
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 09:06
Gaza – Ma'an –

Palestinians in Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza City held funeral processions for four Palestinians on Monday who were killed by Israeli attacks earlier in the day.

The funeral of the Hamas fighter Husam Abu Hain was held in Gaza City. The funeral headed from Al-Shifa hospital to the deceased's family home then to the mosque for prayer before the burial.

Meanwhile, the funeral of Hamas activists Tha'er Hani Salah and Tha'er Musbih headed from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis to their families' homes before going to mosque, and then to the cemetery.

In Rafah, mourners took part in the funeral of 21-year-old Midhat Awwad, an activist with the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades.

The mourners in all funeral processions condemned the Israeli criminal acts against the Palestinian people, demanding that Palestinian military groups take revenge.

Deadly strikes

Four Palestinians were killed after the Israeli warplanes launched two attacks at groups of fighters in the Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza City and the village of Khuza'ah, east of Khan Younis.

Al-Qassam Brigades also announced that two other activists have been injured in Khuzza'ah. They named them as Hani Abu Salah and Tha'er Musbih.

Eyewitnesses told our reporter that Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at a group of activists in Khuza'ah killing two and injuring two others.

In the Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, an Israeli helicopter fired at least one missile at a group of Palestinian fighters, killing Husam Abu Hein and injuring another seriously.

Later on Monday, medical sources at Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar hospital announced that corpse of Midhat Awwad, was found.

Sources told Ma'an that medics found the corpse lying on the ground after the Israeli occupation forces which invaded Rafah this morning withdrew. He seemed to have been wounded and left bleeding until he died.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians near Jenin
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 14:47
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces raided the northern West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin, as well as the town of Zububa, northwest of Jenin, on Monday.

The invading forces ransacked several homes in Zububa before apprehending 15-year-old Saddam Jaradat and 22-year-old Fida Qan'eer. Ma'an's correspondent added that the soldiers also conducted a search in the lands belonging to Zububa, near the separation wall.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap four Palestinians in Bethlehem
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:34
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped four young Palestinian men in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem on Monday morning.

Palestinian security told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers raided the town of Al-Khadr, south of Bethlehem, and apprehended 27-year-old Ahmad Hasan Salah and 24-year-old Muhammad Khalid Al-Ammuri.

Israeli troops also stormed the Hindaza Mountain area, south of the city of Bethlehem, and arrested the Hamas activist Nadir Jubran, local sources said. The activist's wife said that Jubran suffers from bleeding in the stomach and was scheduled to undergo a surgical operation.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces also raided the town of Ad-Doha, south of Bethlehem city, and seized 20-year old Muhammad Salhad.

Israeli forces kidnap three Palestinians in Balata refugee camp
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:13
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three Palestinians in Balata refugee camp east of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Monday.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an's correspondent that a number of Israeli military vehicles raided the area at 3:00 at dawn and arrested three Palestinians after forcing their way into several houses and searching them.

The sources named the detainees as Fadi Dweikat, Yasser Dweikat and Hamdi Dweikat.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap six Palestinians in daylight raid in Nablus
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 17:21

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Nablus – Ma'an –

Undercover Israeli occupation forces afternoon raided the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday and kidnapped six Palestinians.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that an undercover Israeli force entered a shop and started shooting into the air before more Israeli forces arrived. Then they seized six Palestinians and withdrew.

The eyewitnesses added that they saw blood on the ground after the Israeli occupation forces left.

Israeli occupation army and settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron

Sunday February 24, 2008 18:00 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

A group of Israeli troops and settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Al-Towani, located near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday morning.

Members of the Christian Peace Maker Team (CPT), told IMEMC that as farmers grazed their sheep near their village, Israeli troops attacked them and their herds, forcing them to leave. CPT reported that the soldiers threatened to arrest the shepherds if they returned to their land .

This followed a previous attack on Saturday by a group of settlers as the farmers herded. They complained that the settlers, injured one sheep. The Israeli army along with radical Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of Havat Ma’on regularly attack of Al-Towani villagers and their herds, to intimidate Palestinian farmers from their land to expand the settlement.

Israel releases 50-year-old professor after two-year administrative detention without charges
Date: 25 / 02 / 2008 Time: 14:50
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israel has released a 50-year-old college professor from the West Bank city of Nablus after imprisoning him for two years, Ma'an's reporter said

Isam Al-Ashqar, a lecturer at An-Najah National University was released on Monday after 24 months in administrative detention at Ramla prison. Though he was never charged nor tried for any crime, his detention was extended five times.

After suffering from high blood pressure, Al-Ashqar's health eventually collapsed. He was hospitalized while still in prison.

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