13 Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip, one injured four kidnapped in the West Bank by Israeli occupation forces

13 Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip on Saturday

Sunday May 25, 2008 00:50 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that 13 Palestinians were wounded in several Israeli military attacks that targeted two areas in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

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Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli occupation soldiers fired artillery shells at a group of fighters of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, east of Khan Younis. Three fighters were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers who invaded the area.

Medical sources reported that the three fighters were moved to Nasser Hospital in the center of Khan Younis; one of them suffered moderate wounds.

Also, soldiers shelled several homes east of Khan Younis causing several anxiety attacks among a number of residents, especially the children.

Moreover, fighters managed to destroy a military bulldozer while it was uprooting farmlands east of Khan Younis.

Also on Saturday, five residents were wounded; two seriously, in an Israeli shelling that targeted Hamas fighters in Al-Sha’af area, east of Gaza City.

Khalid Radi, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, reported that two of the wounded are in critical conditions.

Moreover, soldiers shelled several areas close to the Eretz and Karni Crossing, east of Gaza City, while military vehicles carried a limited invasion into the area.

Five more Palestinians were wounded earlier on Saturday when the army fired artillery shells at Qassam fighters in Al-Sha’af area, close to a local mosque in Al-Shuja'iya.

The Israeli occupation army injures civilian and kidnaps four others during pre-dawn invasion.

Saturday May 24, 2008 16:06 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli occupation army has injured one Palestinian civilian and kidnapped four others during a pre-dawn invasion targeting several parts of the West Bank on Saturday.

Israeli troops kidnapping a Palestinian civilian in Hebron – Photo by IMEMC's Ghassan Bannoura -File 2008

Ass'ad Assaad was injured and Fares Souity kidnapped when the Israeli army invaded and searched homes in the Jenin Refugee camp located in the northern part of the West Bank.

Meanwhile Hassan Mansour from Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the West Bank, was kidnapped by the Israeli troops manning a checkpoint near the city. Akram Sowidan, and Mohamed Katesh, both 35, were taken by the army during an attack targeting the village of Kufer Thulith located near Qalqilia city.

Invasions were also reported in the central West Bank city of Ramallah and nearby villages in addition to the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. No kidnappings were reported there.

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