Israeli occupation forces kidnap 24 Palestinian civilians from Duma, south of Nablus, injure one & kidnap 3 near Hebron

Israeli occupation forces carry out large-scale apprehension campaign south of Nablus

Date: 03 / 07 / 2008 Time: 11:28
Nablus - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale apprehension campaign in the village of Duma, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning, detaining 24 Fatah-affiliated men.

Palestinian local sources told Ma’an that 47 Israeli military vehicles stormed the village in the early hours of the morning, raiding dozens of civilian homes before detaining 24 civilians, including a member of the security services, a teacher and students.

The security sources announced the names of the detainees as19-year-old Zuhdi Fa’eq Farraj Dawabsheh and his 16-year-old brother Farraj, 20-year-old Sahd Ra’eq Dawabsheh, 21-year-old Muntasser Zuheir Dawabsheh, 22-year-old Ahmad Saleh Dawabsheh, 22-year-old Ahmad Zuheir Dawabsheh, 42-year-old Qassem Mohammad Thaher Dawabsheh and his two sons 25-year-old Mu’tassem and 22-year-old Mohammad, 18-year-old Mohammad Abdallah Nassr Dawabsheh, 23-year-old Sidqi Abdel Razeq Dawabsheh, 25-year-old Saleh Ahmad Dawabsheh and his 22-year-old brother Sameh, 32-year-old Shadi Khalil Radi Dawabsheh and his 18-year-old brother Thameen, 33-year-old Rasem Mohammad Abdallah Dawabsheh a member of the national security services, 19-year-old Ibrahim Khalil Mohammad Dawabsheh, 27-year-old Fadi Abdel Sattar Salawdeh and his 22-year-old brother Hassan, 18-year-old Amin Abdel Fattah Mahmoud Salawdeh and his 18-year-old brother Thameen, 19-year-old Baha’ Ahmad Jamil Salawdeh and 26-year-old Isma’il Khalil Mohammad Dawabsheh.

Duma is a village of 2000 residents and is located between a number of Israeli settlements.

Israeli forces attack homes in Jerusalem old city, one civilian injured

Thursday July 03, 2008 14:31 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

An Israeli occupation police force and army units attacked on Thursday morning homes of Palestinian families that live in Jerusalem's old city.

Witnesses said that soldiers fired tear gas and sound bombs at residents' homes then searched a number of them, during the search, witnesses added that police officers detained men and beat them up.

Eid Qwass, an owner of one of those homes was beaten up so badly that he had to be sent to a hospital, sources in the old city of Jerusalem reported.

Local sources stated that the attack happened for no reason and that soldiers were attacking randomly the homes and gave no justifications.

One injured, three kidnapped, during separate Israeli attacks targeting Hebron

Thursday July 03, 2008 13:08 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

One Palestinian man was injured and three others kidnapped during morning attacks the Israeli occupation army did in Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Thursday.

Abdul Aziz Nahro, 17, was injured during clashes that took place between invading Israeli troops and local youth in Al-Fawar refugee camp near Hebron.

The clashes erupted when soldiers stormed the refugee camp and searched homes, witnesses said.

Meanwhile the Israeli army kidnapped Mussa Al Tawil, aged 28, after searching homes in downtown Hebron city on Thursday morning.

In the nearby Beit Omer village, Israeli forces attacked a number of homes there on Thursday at dawn, soldiers left the village after kidnapping Mohamed Awwad, 42, who works at a local NGO. Witnesses said that troops also took Awwad's Camera.

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