2 Palestinian activists killed by Israeli occupation forces in Rafah, 17 kidnapped in the West Bank

Two Al-Qassam activists killed in ongoing Israeli incursion in Rafah

Date: 05 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:03

Gaza – Ma'an –

Two Hamas Al-Qassam activists were killed by Israeli fire at Ash-Shuka area east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said.

Mahmoud Abu Taha and Bakir Abu Rijal were killed by an undercover Israeli forces that is still conducting searches in the area. Several Palestinians have also been seized.

Medical sources said the bodies were taken to a local hospital riddled with bullets. Two other wounded Palestinians were also taken to hospital.

The Israeli military operation is still ongoing.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 3 Islamic Jihad activists
Date: 05 / 02 / 2008 Time: 12:38
Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three Islamic Jihad activists on Tuesday, from the northern West Bank town of 'Atteel north of Tulkarem, during a wide-scale military operation.

Palestinian security sources said that the Israeli forces stormed the town and seized twenty-three-year-old Eyhab Ghawi, twenty-six-year-old Amjad 'Atteeli and twenty-year-old Sa'id Abu Khazna. The sources affirmed that all three arrestees were Islamic Jihad activists.

In the same regard, Palestinian security sources added that another Israeli occupation force raided the northern West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, east of Tulkarem, and ransacked two homes. No arrests were reported.

Israeli patrols also entered the village of 'Illar near Tulkarem and erected a flying checkpoint at the main entrance to Qaffin, north of Tulkarem.

Israeli forces kidnap teenager in Hebron
Date: 05 / 02 / 2008 Time: 12:35
Hebron – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers morning kidnapped a Palestinian teenager near the Ibrahimi mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning.

Ma'an's reporter named the boy as seventeen-year-old Abdul-Ghani Badir, confirming that he was physically assaulted by the soldiers during his arrest.

The Israeli forces claim the boy was in possession of a knife and was attempting to stab a soldier.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap Palestinian man in Qalqilia
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:10
Qalqilia – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Monday morning after raiding the city and searching several houses.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the detainee was 28-year-old Amjad Khadir.

DFLP's military wing clashes with undercover Israeli forces in Gaza Strip
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 12:28
Gaza – Ma'an –

The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National Resistance Brigades, claimed on Monday that their fighters clashed with an undercover Israeli force that invaded in the Gaza Strip near the abandoned Gaza international airport and surrounded a house belonging to one of the group's fighters.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 10 Palestinians in the West Bank
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 12:05
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped ten Palestinian activists in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Nablus, and Jenin on Sunday night, Israeli media reported.

Palestinian sources said the Israeli forces seized twenty-seven-year-old Murad Abu Mahmoud from the southern West Bank village of Al-Furdais east of Bethlehem on Monday.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians in Nablus
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:47
Nablus – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning kidnapped a Palestinian activist from Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades from Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank. They also kidnapped a young Palestinian man at Huwwara military checkpoint on Sunday night.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 24-year-old Ala Hashash, an Al-Aqsa Brigades activist, after raiding Balata refugee camp.

In the same regard, eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian young man from Askar refugee camp at Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus as he was leaving Nablus on Sunday night.

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