Israeli occupation forces overrun Al-Fara'a Refugee Camp, navy fires at Gaza boats

Israeli occupation forces overrun Al-Fara’a Refugee Camp after reported attack on Israeli patrol

Date: 22 / 10 / 2008  Time:  10:28
Nablus – Ma’an –

More than 20 Israeli occupation forces military vehicles invaded Al-Far’a Refugee Camp, northeast of the city of Nablus, on Wednesday morning after Israeli patrols were attacked by two Molotov cocktails.

Israeli occupation troops have imposed a curfew on the camp.

Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces seized 15-year-old Mohammad Shihadah Subeh following clashes with Palestinians in the camp.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed house of 28-year-old Samer Jamil Abd Al-Jawwad, a leader in Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades. Israeli troops searched the house and told Al-Jawwad’s family that he must surrender to the Israeli intelligence services immediately.

Eyewitnesses said Al-Quds brigades’ activists hurled Molotov cocktails at Israeli military vehicles during the incursion. Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah claimed responsibility for throwing one of the explosive bottles at an Israeli military jeep near Al-Far’a village.

Israeli radio had earlier reported that two explosive bottles were fired at Israeli patrols operating near Al-Far’a Refugee Camp with no injuries reported.

Israeli occupation navy fires on beach in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 20 / 10 / 2008  Time:  22:49
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation naval forces fired on Palestinian fishing boats on the shore and off the coast of Al-Mina, in Rafah, at the southern Gaza Strip on Monday night, witnesses reported.

Fishermen told human rights volunteers with the International Solidarity Movement that their nets had been damaged by live rounds. No injuries have been reported.

The firing, which went on for several hours, began offshore. The Israeli navy then fired on the shore.

The shooting is an apparent violation of a four-month old ceasefire between Palestinian groups and the Israeli government.

Since October 2006 the Israeli occupation navy have enforced a six-mile fishing limit, although the Olso interim agreement designates a 20-mile limit. Gazan fishermen also report frequent harassment and attacks by Israeli gunboats.