Israeli occupation forces invade Nablus, Beit Fourik, Jenin, kidnapping ten Palestinians

Israeli occupation forces invade Nablus, kidnapping seven Palestinians

Date: 17 / 06 / 2008  Time:  10:43
Nablus - Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped seven civilians during an overnight raid in the West Bank city of Nablus and surrounding villages.

Palestinian security sources said Israeli troops entered Nablus at one on Tuesday morning. Israeli occupation special forces were deployed heavily in Nablus' old city. The sources said that that Israeli occupation forces 'exploded bombs' inside civilian houses. Among others, the Al-Dardouk building, in the Ras Al-Ain area, was damaged.

Also in the old city, Israeli occupation troops detained 23-year-old Maysoon Qadoumi, her 26-year-old husband Ziyad Dawiya, and his 28-year-old and 30-year-old brothers Aiman and Imad.

In the village of Asira Al-Shamaliya, north of Nablus, Israeli occupation troops kidnapped 20-year-old Mohammad Anas Hussni Al-Bourini and 22-year-old Ihab 'Awwad Al-Shoali.

In the Al-Junaid area, west of the city, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped 24-year-old Sami Mustafa Abu Bakr. The soldiers also confiscated Abu Bakr's personal computer and other possessions.

At dawn Israeli occupation troops imposed a curfew on the village of Beit Fourik, east of the city, sources in the community said. Israeli occupation troops shut down the checkpoint between Beit Fourik and the center of Nablus.

The head of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, 32-year-old Munadel Hanini, who lives in Nablus, told Ma'an's correspondent that dozens of military vehicles stormed Beit Fourik at midnight on Monday and ordered residents to stay in their houses, preventing the entire village from going to work in the morning.

Hanini added that Israeli occupation forces are conducting house-to-house searches in the town, especially in the upper neighborhood. Israeli occupation troops stormed a youth center affiliated to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Mosque of Omar Bin Al-Khattab, among other public buildings.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap three civilians in Jenin

Date: 17 / 06 / 2008  Time:  11:53
Jenin - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three civilians in the West Bank city of Jenin and neighboring Jenin refugee camp during a dawn raid on Tuesday

Eyewitnesses said that fifteen military vehicles stormed the city and the camp at 1.30am, firing heavily and detonating sonic bombs before beginning house-to-house searches.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli occupation forces kidnapped Wassim Abdul Kareem Abu Ghali and his cousin Ramzi Jom'a Abu Ghali, who are in their thirties. The Israeli occupation troops also detained Thameen Ameen Hardan.

IOFs kidnap entire family in Nablus

[ 17/06/2008 - 09:10 AM ]
NABLUS, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday advanced into the West Bank city of Nablus and stormed a number of suburbs before kidnapping the family of Dhawiya in the Old City.

Local sources said that the IOF entered the city before dawn in a white bus loaded with special forces, and added that sounds of explosions and shootings were heard during the incursion.

They said that the soldiers encircled a number of buildings for a few hours before kidnapping Ziyad Al-Dhawiya, his wife Maysoun and his brothers Ayman and Emad and wreaked havoc in his home before leaving.

A fifth 22-year-old youth was taken from his family's home in the city, the sources said, noting that the soldiers destroyed the furniture in the apartments stormed in another residential building.

The IOF troops also broke into the Nablus villages of Beit Fourik and Assira and kidnapped two young men from the latter including the son of Hamas MP Anas Al-Bourini.  

In Jenin, the IOF soldiers kidnapped three young men in the eastern suburb in the city at dawn Tuesday.

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