Israeli terrorist naval forces attack Palestinian fishing boats near Gaza Coast

Monday April 13, 2009 11:51 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

A Palestinian fishing boat exploded after it was attacked by Israeli naval boats on Monday off the northern Gaza Strip coast.

The Israeli terrorist forces reported the boat was loaded with explosive materials which caused the explosion. The report said that troops are searching the boat but that no one was on board at the time of the incident.

Nizar Al-Habbash, the head of the fishermen's union in Gaza, told local media that a massive explosion was seen off the Gaza coast, after the Israeli forces opened fire. He was unable to say whether anyone was on board the boat.

According to Palestinian fishermen, the Israeli terrorist naval forces make frequent attacks on them as they near their fishing grounds.

Israeli terrorist forces kidnaps eight civilians from village of Budrus near Ramallah

Monday April 13, 2009 12:06 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli terrorist troops on Monday at dawn during a military invasion targeting the village of Budrus near the central west bank city of Bethlehem.

Witnesses said Israeli troops searched and ransacked a number of homes then rounded up a group of men before taking eight away.

Israeli army radio reported that the eight men are on the Army's Wanted List and that they were taken to detention facilities near Ramallah city.

Israeli terrorist troops beat civilian and kidnap another near Hebron

Monday April 13, 2009 12:41 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

One civilian was beaten by Israeli terrorist troops and another kidnapped on Monday in the Al Arop refugee camp near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Witnesses said that Israeli troops invaded the refugee camp and searched a number of homes. They then kidnapped Mallek Ewiwiy, 20, and took him to unknown location.

Meanwhile soldiers stopped Khaled Al-Badawi, 48, at the camp entrance and beat him up, the witnesses added. Medics said Al-Badawi sustained moderate wounds due and was taken to a hospital in Hebron city.

Israeli terrorist army kidnaps two international peace activists in Hebron

Sunday April 12, 2009 06:29 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

 On Saturday afternoon Israeli terrorist soldiers kidnapped twenty international peace activists in the southern West Bank City of Hebron. Most of them were later released but two were held in custody.

Army Radio said that the detained activists are from Germany and Italy. They were taken prisoner after the army attacked a Palestinian farm, south of Mount Hebron.

The two are currently under interrogation.

The terrorist army said that the two entered a Palestinian area that had been declared a “closed military zone” and that they refused to leave when soldiers ordered them to do so.

50 illegal Israeli settlers enter Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Compound

Date: 12 / 04 / 2009  Time:  16:13
Jerusalem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation government police allowed 50 right-wing settlers to tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday afternoon without a police escort.

Ma’an’s correspondent in Jerusalem reports that the settlers entered the compound during a time slot reserved for foreign tourists.

Palestinians who were in the compound at the time said that they found the settlers’ tour “provocative.” They said that Israeli police stationed at the entrance refused to remove the settlers when this was requested by Palestinians.

The third holiest site in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is also the location of the iconic Dome of the Rock and a major symbol of Palestinian nationalism. The area on which it rests is also claimed by Jews who believe it to be the location where the ancient Second Temple.

Israeli terrorist soldiers occupy house, imprison family near Tulkarem

Date: 12 / 04 / 2009  Time:  16:04
Tulkarem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist forces took control of a Palestinian house near the separation wall in the West Bank town of Shweika, near the city of Tulkarem, on Sunday afternoon.

According to Ma’an’s reporter in Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers ransacked the twos-story house owned by Abu Aysha, detaining his family in their bedrooms and ordering them to remain silent.

Israeli soldiers are stationed on the roof of the house, and are using it as a watchtower.

Israeli terrorist soldiers assault three Palestinians near Bethlehem

Date: 11 / 04 / 2009  Time:  21:52
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli terrorist soldiers assaulted three Palestinians and arrested one in Al-Khader south of Bethlehem on Saturday.

Israeli forces had invaded the old town of the Al-Khader and beat 38-year-old Jamil Mahmoud Sa’eed, his brother 49-year-old Khalid, and Murad Sa’ada before arresting Khaled Sa’id and taking him to unknown location.

CPT: Masked illegal Israeli settlers attack three Palestinian women in south Hebron hills

Date: 11 / 04 / 2009  Time:  18:39
Bethlehem - Ma’an -

The Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron reported that three women were attacked by masked illegal Israeli settlers Friday near their Bedouin village of Umm Al Kher, south of Yatta.

According to the report, the women were tending their sheep, grazing in a nearby valley, when masked men attacked them with wooden sticks. When the women began to flee, the men threw rocks at them until they were out of reach.

CPT said one woman was hospitalized following the incident.

Members of CPT maintain a constant presence in Hebron and the neighboring village of At-Tuwani where they observe and provide international protection to Palestinians.