19 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, Shepherds Attacked by Settlers

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 19 Palestinians across the West Bank

Date: 19 / 05 / 2008 Time: 09:47
Bethlehem - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 19 Palestinians across the West Bank early on Monday morning after storming a number of cities.

Israeli sources claimed that the army kidnapped nineteen Palestinians in Jenin, Qalqilia, Ramallah, adding that the abductees were transferred to investigation centres.

A man kidnapped in Jenin refugee camp

Date: 19 / 05 / 2008 Time: 11:32
Jenin - Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a man from Jenin refugee camp during an incursion early on Monday morning.

Witnesses said that the soldiers riding in 15 Israeli military vehicles surrounded the house of the 26-year-old 'Ammar Abu Ghalyoun and ordered him to surrender.

Abu Ghalyoun has evaded capture and assassination by the Israeli occupation forces for years.

The name of the man could not be confirmed.

Witnesses said that the military vehicles roamed the streets of the camp. Israeli troops fired heavily and raided several houses before withdrawing later in the morning.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap five Palestinians in overnight raid near Nablus

Date: 19 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:24
Nablus - Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Palestinians early on Monday morning during a raid in the village of Al-Laban Al-Sharqiya, south of the city West Bank city of Nablus.

Local Palestinian sources said that more than twenty separate groups of Israeli soldiers stormed the city at 1am, imposing a curfew and invading houses.

The sources added that the Israeli forces prevented civilians in the village from going to work and mosques in the morning.

Local sources said the abductees are: 18-year-old Ahmed Moussa Samara, 18-year-old Badr Adnan Daraghmah, 20-year-old Iyad Mohammed Jaber, 20-year-old Hatem Hassan Rashid, and 16-year-old Murad Hassan Ahmed.

Hebron: Illegal Israeli settlers and troops attack shepherds; kidnap one

Monday May 19, 2008 14:35 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

A group of illegal Israeli settlers, supported by Israeli occupation troops, on Monday attacked Palestinian shepherds, kidnapping one, near the village of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.

Witnesses said that a group of armed settlers from the illegal settlement of Nuf-Nisher attacked the shepherds while they were herding their sheep on their land, located near the illegal settlement. As soon as the attacks commenced, Israeli troops rushed to the area.

Two shepherds were injured by settlers and Abed Rashed, 33, was abducted by Israeli troops, witnesses added.

Nasser Al-Nawa'ajah, of the local committee against settlement construction, told reporters that such attacks take place on a daily basis, and the Israeli army frequently aid the settlers in those attacks. Al Nawa'ajah added that those settlers' attacks are aimed at forcing Palestinian farmers to leave their lands, in order to expand the nearby Israeli settlement.

Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestinian territory runs contrary to both international law and the US-sponsored ‘Road Map’ peace plan.

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