IOF raid kills Palestinian fighter

[ 06/11/2008 - 09:40 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

 A Palestinian member of Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, was killed at a late hour on Wednesday in an Israeli occupation forces (IOF) air raid north of the Gaza Strip.

PIC reporter in the area said that an IOF reconnaissance plane fired a missile at Ghassan Al-Taramsi, 23, while walking east of Jabalia refugee camp killing him instantly and injuring three passersby.

He said that ambulance cars rushed to the scene and carried the casualties, noting that the martyr's body was shredded.

The victims of IOF aggression over the past 24 hours thus rose to 7 martyrs, six of them affiliated with Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas Movement.

The Hebrew radio, meanwhile, said that war minister Ehud Barak ordered the closure of the Gaza Strip's commercial crossings for the second day until further notice due to the firing of rockets at adjacent Israeli positions and settlements.

Al-Qassam Brigades declared responsibility for firing 100 projectiles at Israeli military outposts and settlements adjacent to the Strip in reprisal to the IOF bloody incursion that claimed the lives of six of its members.

Al-Quds Brigades also announced responsibility for firing two locally made missiles at Sderot settlement to the northeast of the Strip in retaliation to the IOF incursion.

The IOF soldiers advanced into central Gaza at a late hour on Tuesday night and retreated at an early hour on Wednesday and took with them six Palestinians including four women.

In the West Bank, IOFs rounded up 8 Palestinians from the districts of Ramallah, Al-Khalil and Bethlehem on Thursday, the Hebrew media reported.

One fighter killed in northern Gaza

Thursday November 06, 2008 07:49 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed on Wednesday evening and four other residents were wounded after the Israeli occupation air forces fired a missile at a group of fighters in Tal Al-Za’atar area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The sources stated that the missile was fired at a group of fighters, members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.

Medical sources at the Kamal Adwan Hospital identified the slain fighter as Ghassan Al-Taramisy, 29. His body was severely mutilated due to the blast.  

The sources added that one of the four wounded Palestinians is in a serious condition.

Furthermore, eyewitnesses reported that several military vehicles invaded an area east of Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza city and fired rounds of live ammunition in different directions.

The military vehicles advanced nearly 100 meters in the area, the eyewitnesses added.

The Israeli military escalation against the Gaza Strip resulted in the death of eight Palestinians in less than 48 hours, several injuries were reported.

Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped eight Palestinian residents in the West Bank

Thursday November 06, 2008 08:09 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped early on Thursday eight Palestinian residents from various parts of the West Bank, media sources and witnesses reported.

The sources said that the Israeli troops attacked the cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah and Hebron and that the soldiers ransacked houses before rounding up the detainees and taking them to interrogation centers.

Israeli arrest campaigns throughout the West Bank tale place almost on daily basis as the Israeli military continues to hold a tight grip of the region since 1967.

Israel holds more than 11,500 Palestinian prisoners including women and juveniles inside many detentions facilities in both the West Bank and Israel.

  Israeli occupation soldiers fire at European, American volunteers harvesting olives in Gaza

Date: 06 / 11 / 2008  Time:  15:59
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on international volunteers helping to harvest olives in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel on Thursday morning.

According to the volunteers, British, American, and Italian citizens were fired on by soldiers in two jeeps and Israeli watchtower. The group is on foot and one American citizen was driving a tractor.

No injuries were reported.

The Israeli military operates a 500-meter “buffer zone” inside the Gaza Strip along the Green Line. Palestinian farmers have come under frequent attack along the border zone.