Israeli occupation forces continue invasion of Nablus for the second consecutive day, kidnap 12 Palestinians

Date: 04 / 01 / 2008 Time: 12:46

Nablus – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces invasion of Nablus continued for the second consecutive day on Friday, with Israeli soldiers seizing 15 citizens and injuring more than 30 others, some of them seriously.

The intensity of the Israeli military operation in the city has increased, with bulldozers and other military vehicles being drafted in. The old city has been under curfew since dawn on Thursday. The curfew has now been extended to the wider Nablus area, including the Balata refugee camp.

According to eyewitnesses Israeli occupation soldiers shot and wounded on Friday morning a Palestinian citizen. They then administered first aid and handed him over to medical crews.

Since Thursday the Israeli military campaign in the city has resulted in raids on dozens of houses in the old city, injuring a number of citizens.

Eight people have been kidnapped since Thursday evening, including 'wanted' Al-Aqsa Brigades members twenty-four-year-old Ahmed Ash-Shantir, and twenty-three-year-old Stephen Anbatawi, along with two ambulance crew members, twenty-eight-year-old Firas Khader and thirty-year-old Taher Al-Kusa and Palestinian citizens, Jawad Shakhsheer and Gawdat Shakhsheer and Yahya Sharaf and Ala Hamameh.

In a telephone call to Ma'an, the Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for detonating an explosive near an Israeli military jeep at the entrance to the old city.

Israeli forces claim they have located two projectiles in an explosives factory in the city. The Al-Aqsa Brigades announced that the two projectiles were found by the Israeli army in Nablus were to be used to target Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Israeli occupation forces seize 7 Palestinians across West Bank

Date: 04 / 01 / 2008 Time: 12:55

Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces seized seven Palestinians from across the West Bank on Friday morning.

Three were apprehended in the city of Nablus, where Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out an extensive military campaign since Thursday morning.

One Palestinian was seized in Jenin and another three from Hebron and Jericho.

Israeli occupation forces raid village near Tulkarem, injuring one

Date: 03 / 01 / 2008 Time: 12:28

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

A young Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers in the village of Far'oun, south of Tulkarem, as he walked near the separation wall west of the village, Ma'an's reporter said.

Our reporter quoted Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses as saying that the Israeli soldiers raided the village and shot at 18-year-old Mu'ath Ata wounding him in his leg.

The Israeli troops then detained the injured man at the Jubara military checkpoint south of Tulkarem refusing to turn him over to the Palestinian ambulance services.

In another incident, Israeli forces raided the area of Al-Ras north of Shuwaika neighborhood in Tulkarem. Clashes erupted in the area between the invading Israeli forces and young Palestinian men who pelted the soldiers with stones and empty bottles, while the soldiers fired sonic bombs and tear gas canisters. No casualties have been reported.

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