Palestinian fighter killed in clashes near Rafah, 11 civilians kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank

Al-Aqsa Brigades fighter killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers near Rafah
Date: 31 / 01 / 2008 Time: 13:29
Gaza – Ma'an –

A member of Fateh's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, was killed on Thursday morning when he attacked an Israeli military position near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sources within Al-Aqsa Brigades told Ma'an's correspondent that Mahmoud Da'alsa attacked an Israeli military post near the area of Al-Shoaka, south of Rafah, and fought with the Israeli troops for two hours before the Israelis announced that he was killed.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap five Palestinians in the West Bank
Date: 31 / 01 / 2008 Time: 13:42
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Despite snow and hazardous weather conditions, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Palestinians in the West Bank during overnight raids on Thursday.

In the Nablus region, Palestinian security sources as said that seven Israeli occupation military vehicles inavded the northern village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, at 3:00am and kidnapped four young Palestinian men after conducting house-to-house searches.

The security source named the abductees as 19-year-old Sayf Hanani, 25-year-old Raed Hanani, 19-year-old Muhammad Abu Latifa and 20-year-old Muhammad Abu Hashish.

Separately, local sources in the central West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, told Ma’an’s reporter that the Israeli occupation forces invaded the town overnight and kidnapped 24-year-old Islam Hamid after searching his family's home. Hamid's family told Ma'an that he had already served five and a half years in Israeli jails and that he was released approximately a year ago.

Israeli occupation army attacks Jenin city and nearby village, troops kidnap 6 family members of resistance men

Thursday January 31, 2008 12:58 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and nearby Al Yamon village, during the attacks on Thursday morning, troops kidnapped six family members of Palestinian resistance fighters.

In Al Yamon village, soldiers surrounded the house of Ahmad Nawahdah, 55, soldiers searched the house and forced the family out into the heavy rain for more than two hours. Witnesses said that after the army finished searching the house troops kidnapped Nawahdah along with three of his sons Jihad, Imad and Jad. The army claims that the Nawahdah family has a son that is part of the Islamic Jihad armed wing resistance group.

Meanwhile Israeli troops attacked and searched the house of Amar Abu Ghalyoun, the army says he is also a member of the Islamic Jihad armed wing; troops again forced the family out into the rain and kidnapped two of his brothers, Nidal and Mohamed.

Kidnapping family members is a common policy that the Israeli army uses to pressure the Palestinian resistance fighters to turn themselves in.

Israeli occupation army attacks a Palestinian village near Nablus and kidnaps four civilians

Thursday January 31, 2008 12:34 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli occupation army attacked the village of Beit Dajan, located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped four civilians.

Witnesses said that around ten military jeeps invaded the village in the early hours; troops searched and ransacked a number of homes before kidnapping four men and taking them to an unknown location.

Local sources identified the four as; Sief Hanini, 19, his brother Ra'ed, Nasser Aby Ladeef, 19, and Mohamed Abu Hanish, 20.

Residents reported that during the search the army made of their homes, troops detonated sound bombs inside, they added that soldiers left unexploded bombs inside the houses they searched during the attack.

The army left the village on Thursday morning shortly after kidnapping the four men.

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