Israeli occupation forces severely beat three Palestinian men near Bethlehem, devastate Gazan agriculture

Israeli occupation soldiers severely beat three men near Bethlehem

Date: 18 / 05 / 2008 Time: 14:57
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers pulled several Palestinians from their car and beat them severely near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday.

Among those who were attacked on Sunday was Munqidh Abu Rumi, the head of the information department at Asarna (Our Prisoners), a Jerusalem-based organization that advocates on behalf of Palestinian prisoners.

Asrana said that the Israeli soldiers forced Abu Rumi and two companions to get out of the car and remove their clothes. They were then beaten in front of passersby. The statement added that Abu Rumi was injured in the head.

The other two victims in the attack were Nassre Muhammad, from Al-'Izariyya, in East Jerusalem, and Ammar Al-Arameen, from Sa'ir, north of Hebron.

Rafah incursion devastated Gazan agriculture, Interior ministry said

Date: 18 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:15
Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation military bulldozers destroyed ten poultry farms and vast areas of farmland in the Shoukah area east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the Gaza-based Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement on Sunday.

The ministry said that orange groves, almonds and olive trees as well as greenhouses have been destroyed. The Ministry estimated losses totaled 1.5 million US dollars.

Israeli occupation forces tanks and bulldozers operated in the Shoukah area for several hours on Saturday morning. Three Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces in the same incursion.

The Ministry said Israel is destroying Gaza's farms in order to deprive the Palestinians in the Gaza of food, in an attempt to worsen the effects of the Israeli-led siege of Gaza.

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