Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 25 Palestinains, Invade Doura, Withdraw from Khuza'a Leaving Trail of Destruction

Israeli occupation forces raid town near Hebron

Date: 05 / 05 / 2008 Time: 12:17
Hebron – Ma'an-

Israeli occupation forces raided a number of houses in the Kuraissa neighborhood of the West Bank town of Doura, near the city of Hebron on Sunday night.

Nemer Al-Rujoub, the owner of one of the houses, said that the Israeli occupation soldiers searched houses for more than two hours, breaking windows and rousing people from their beds, including children who he said were frightened by the raid.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 25 Palestinian in West Bank

Date: 05 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:12
Bethlehem – Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 25 Palestinian on Monday morning across the West Bank, claiming they are "wanted," Israeli sources said.

Witnesses said that a large number of Israeli occupation military vehicles entered the village of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped three Palestinians: 33-year-old Salti Ahmad Murshed Thawabta, 23-year-old Ibrahim Majed Thawabta, and 20-year-ol Ali Hamdi Takatka.

Moreover, the Israeli occupation forces claimed that they found weapons in a house in the town of Soreef, north of Hebron.

IOF troops withdraw from Khuza'a leaving behind trail of destruction

[ 04/05/2008 - 04:45 PM ]

KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)--

The IOF troops have withdrawn at noon Sunday from the Khuza'a town, east of Khan Younis, after an incursion that lasted for ten hours during which they shot dead a Palestinian citizen, wounded five others and destroyed three houses, two poultry farms and 100 dunums of agricultural lands.

During the Israeli rampage in the town, Israeli snipers shot dead in cold blood a Palestinian citizen called Hossam Al-Najjar as he was feeding chicken on the roof of his house, while his brother was injured when he tried to rescue him.

Sources in the Khuza'a municipality told the PIC reporter, that the Israeli military bulldozers demolished the house of a Palestinian citizen called Azmi Qudaih before he was kidnapped along with another citizen, partially destroyed two houses and uprooted 100 dunums of agricultural lands planted with olive and palm trees.

In the West Bank, Israeli military vehicles stormed at dawn Sunday the Fahma town, south of Jenin, during which they broke into and ransacked a number of houses, and kidnapped two 14-year-old children at the pretext that they were throwing stones at them.

In another context, Kana'an Obeid, the deputy head of the energy authority, stated that the IOA started Sunday morning to allow in fuel supplies for the Gaza power station few hours after it announced that it would shut down most of its generators.

Obeid had warned that there would be an 80 percent deficit in Gaza electricity after the shutdown of the station's generators which would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe affecting all aspects of life in the Strip.

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