9 Palestinians Injured, Including 7 Peaceful Demonstrators, 7 Kidnapped in Israeli Raids of Terror in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

2 Palestinians injured in Israeli shelling near Beit Hanoun

Date: 09 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:23
Gaza – Ma'an -

Two Palestinian citizens were injured on Saturday when an Israeli aircraft targeted a gathering of citizens in northern Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip.

Mu'awiya Hassanein, director ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry said the injured were first taken to Beit Hanoun hospital and then transferred to Kamal Edwan hospital. He described their injuries as moderate.

Israeli forces said that the attack was aimed at a group of Palestinians who were launching rockets against the area in the western Negev.

Israeli army attacks peaceful protest near Bethlehem, injures six

Friday February 08, 2008 14:37 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org
Six Palestinian civilians were injured at midday on Friday when Israeli troops attacked a nonviolent anti-wall demonstration in the village of Al-Khader, located near Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank.

The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Al Khader organized the protest to demonstrate against the illegal construction of the annexation wall on land owned by village farmers.
Around 500 villagers, foreign citizens, and Israeli peace activists marched towered the nearby Israeli settlers' road separating the village from its farm lands. The protest started after Friday prayers were held at the site of the road.

Protesters originally planned to reach the construction site of the wall, but soldiers utilized barbed wire to block the way. As protesters reached this barricade, soldiers showered them with tear gas and sound bombs. Samer Jaber, an organizer from the village, said that troops were shooting the tear gas and sound grenades directly at the protesters.

Among the six injured were three children. In addition, Jaber reported, a 62 year old man named Khalil Salah had to be admitted to hospital after receiving wounds to the head, when a sound grenade exploded nearby.

The construction of the wall, ruled 'illegal' by the International Criminal Court, on this village land will expropriate over 20,000 dunams (5000 acres) of farmers' land, destroying the livelihood of this predominantly agricultural community.

One Palestinian teen injured in weekly Bil'in protest

Friday February 08, 2008 16:23 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Accompanied by international and Israeli supporters, the villagers of Bil'in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.

As with every week, the protest started after Friday prayers, with participants marching from the village center towards the construction site of the Wall, which, according to both the International Court of Justice and the Israeli supreme court, is being built, contrary to Israeli and international law, on village land. Israeli troops installed a military barrier to block the route of the demonstration.

As soon as the protesters reached the barrier, troops showered the demonstration with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. A Palestinian teenager, Saarie Khalil, 18, was shot in the arm with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap five locals from Hebron
Date: 09 / 02 / 2008 Time: 14:27
Hebron – Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Palestinians from the city of Hebron early on Saturday morning, taking them to Israeli investigation centres.

Local sources told Ma'an that soldiers seized three brothers, twenty-five-year-old Sulaiman Al-Qawasmi, twenty-three-year-old Muhammad Al-Qawasmi and twenty-one year old Hammam Al-Qawasmi, after breaking into their home near the Al-Jihad mosque in Wad Abu Qtilah, Hebron.

Another man was seized when Israeli soldiers broke into his house in the Al-Jilda area of Hebron. The detainee's mother claimed that her other four sons were also beaten by the soldiers.

Security sources also claimed that thirty-nine-year-old Bilal Abdel Nasser Salam was seized and taken from his home in the Al-Jilda area in Hebron.

Israeli occupation forces overrun Tubas
Date: 09 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:44
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces blocked the entrance of Tubas, in the northern West Bank, after overrunning the area early on Saturday morning.

They blocked the road that links Jenin with Tubas, and closed off the entrance to the town of Tubas. Security sources claimed that the forces entered the area on the Al-Aghwar road and congregated in front of the Tubas' governor headquarters, launching sound bombs.

Israeli occupation forces break into house and kidnap local from Al-Yamon
Date: 09 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:29
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian man from his home at Al-Yamon in Jenin, early on Saturday morning.

Twenty-year-old Salem Muhammad Smodi was taken from his house after Israeli forces surrounded the building. The detainee's father claimed the family members were forced into one room whilst his son was apprehended.

Israeli forces overran Al-Yamon opening fire and ransacking houses.

Israeli occupation forces increase roadblocks and checkpoints across West Bank
Date: 08 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:22
Tulkarem – Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces increased the numbers of roadblocks and checkpoints in the northern West Bank on Friday, further restricting Palestinians' freedom of movement.

Ma'an's correspondent in Tulkarem quoted witnesses and Palestinian security sources as saying that Israeli forces closed the main roads and prevented people from traveling, especially in the Wadi Al-Sha'er area, east of Tulkarem and the Al-Sha'rawiyah area, north of Tulkarem.

Moreover, Ma'an's Nablus correspondent said that the Israeli forces blocked off the roads that link Nablus with Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilia, in addition to the crossroads in the village of Bazaria that links Nablus with the northern villages.

Israeli raids near Salfit and Nablus, kidnap a teenager
Date: 08 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:14
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces overran the village of Dair Estyah, north of Salfit on Friday, raiding many houses.

Ma'an's correspondent said that Israeli forces kidnapped 17-year-old Amer Muhammed, before withdrawing from the area.

He added that several military vehicles also went into the village of Orta, east Nablus, ransacking homes houses and firing a barrage of sound bombs at local residents.

The Israeli occupation soldiers prevented people from going to mosques and moving through the streets of the village.

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