363 Palestinians, Including Mentally Retarded Persons, Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in April 2008

IOF kidnaps 363 Palestinians including mentally retarded persons in April

[ 03/05/2008 - 07:39 AM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 363 Palestinians last month, April 2008, using "savage means" such as sabotaging gates and humiliating detainees, the Palestinian center in defense of prisoners said.

It issued a statistics report charging that the IOF troops were deliberately spreading panic and terror in their operations, describing the practice as "inhuman" and "barbaric".

The IOF troops used hounds to terrorize civilians, it said, noting that the soldiers beat up detainees and their families during the kidnap in violation of international laws and treaties.

The center pointed out that the soldiers rounded up children, women and even mentally retarded persons, and added that most of the kidnapped were from Nablus district.

In a related development, IOF soldiers Friday night kidnapped five Palestinians east of Yatta town, Al-Khalil district, after they were attacked by illegal Israeli Jewish settlers.

Locals said that dozens of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attacked the homes of Palestinian farmers in the area and the Palestinians tried to defend themselves but an IOF force backed up the settlers and kidnapped five of them.

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