Israeli occupation soldiers assault Abu Haikal Hebron family detain members, attack protesters in Bil'in and fishermen in Gaza

Israeli occupation soldiers assault Abu Haikal Hebron family detain members

Published today (updated) 19/12/2009 12:57

Hebron – Ma’an

Israeli forces raided the home of the Abu Haikal family in the Tel Al-Rumaida neighborhood of Hebron on Friday afternoon, detaining five of the men, one family member said.

Firyal Abu Haikal, who was in the home during the Israeli raid, said solders beat the men and women of the family. She identified those beaten as sisters Samah and Majd, noting that their aunt Ghadir was also beaten. Male relatives Mohamed and Murad were also injured, she said.

After several rooms were ransacked, Firyal said soldiers took 66-year-old Abdul-Aziz, 48-year-old Imad, 48-year-old Ratib, 24-year-old Fahd, and 19-year-old Sami. They were also beaten and removed from the home without explanation as to their alleged crimes or notification as to where they were being taken.

The Abu Haikal home is in an area of Hebron blocked off from the main street by several settler trailers housing large families of aggressive youth. The trailer-homes are guarded by dozens of Israeli soldiers, who have in many instances protected the settlers as they attacked the Abu Haikal family.

The neighborhood can only be accessed by the few Palestinian families who have not been driven out by settler violence, and members face constant harassment from soldiers as well as settlers.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two in overnight ops

Published today (updated) 19/12/2009 15:36

Bethlehem – Ma’an –

A Palestinian from the Salfit and a second from the Hebron district were kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces, the information office of the Palestinian police said Saturday.

The men were identified as 22-year-old Izzat Suleiman from the village of Marda near Salfit, detained by Israeli soldiers as he passed through the Huwwara checkpoint, which separates the northern from the central West Bank. He was taken to an unknown location.

The second detention came during a raid on Ithna village south of Hebron, where soldiers detained 33-year-old Ziad Al-Masri. He was also taken to an unknown location.

Dozens Suffered Tear Gas Inhalation In The Bil'in Weekly Protest

Friday December 18, 2009 15:39 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The villagers of Bil'in in the central West Bank staged on Friday their weekly protest against the Israeli wall built on their land.

Last Friday the demonstration organized by the local Popular Committee against the Wall was joined by dozens of members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine supporters.

For every Friday for five years now a number of international and Israeli peace activists and people from Bil'in and neighboring villages took part in the demonstration.

After the Friday prayers people headed towards the gate of the wall separating villagers from their land.

When the demonstrators approached the wall the Israeli army fired sound bombs and tear gas and soldier also shot some rubber-coated metal bullets. Dozens were treated locally for the effects tear gas inhalation.

Israeli gunboats fire at fishing boats, IOF soldiers detain Palestinian boy

[ 19/12/2009 - 10:19 AM ]

KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

PIC reporter said that the gunboats targeted dozens of those fishing boats, adding that no casualties were suffered.
In the West Bank, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from Fare'a refugee camp, south of Jenin, on Saturday.

Locals added that the IOF troops stormed villages in Jenin and Tobas districts and roamed their streets but no arrests were made.

IOF soldiers bulldoze cultivated land in Gaza

[ 19/12/2009 - 08:46 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into central Gaza Strip on Friday and bulldozed cultivated land lots, local sources told the PIC reporter.

They added that five huge tractors escorted by three armored vehicles advance around 400 meters east of Breij refugee camp and started to bulldoze the lands amidst random firing to terrorize the inhabitants.

IOF incursions and raids on the Strip's border areas killed 8 Palestinians this year.

Meanwhile, the Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees, announced that its elements engaged an advancing IOF unit in northern Gaza in a 15-minute clash.

It said that the invading unit retreated after the clash, adding that its cadres would monitor any such incursion and repel it.

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