The Israeli military kidnaps 11 civilians from the West Bank

Tuesday July 07, 2009 15:53 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Eleven Palestinians were kidnapped on Tuesday during Israeli Occupation forces' invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.

Local sources said that troops attacked Ramallah city, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Hebron areas. Media sources reported that soldiers searched and ransacked homes then kidnapped the 11 men. The army claims that they are all on what the military calls "Wanted List".

Israeli Occupation army kidnaps two Palestinian men from northern West Bank

Tuesday July 07, 2009 14:33 by Katherine Orwell - 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group

Israeli Occupation forces invaded the northern West Bank villages of Atil and Ilar on Tuesday morning, detaining two young men after having raided their houses.

Local security sources say the Israeli army overran the villages, took the two men and brought them to an unknown location.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers invade Bil'in

Tuesday July 07, 2009 10:31 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

Israeli Occupation soldiers invaded Bil'in village on Tuesday at dawn, near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into several homes with the intent to kidnap ten residents. The soldiers violently assaulted international peace activists who nonviolently attempted to stop the attack.

The Friends of Freedom and Justice – Bil’in, reported that the soldiers broke into several houses with the intent to kidnap ten residents.

Israeli, International and Palestinian peace activists, were violently attacked by the soldiers as they were trying to block the soldiers from breaking into local homes.

One ISM activist blocked the door of a local home in an attempt to stop the soldiers from breaking into it, and was violently attacked by the soldiers. 

The activist was then kidnapped, and when other activists and local community members tried to intervene, the soldiers attacked them with batons and fired concussion grenades at them.

The activists then tried to obstruct the Israeli military jeeps with makeshift barricades, but the army fired concussion grenades at them and rammed their jeeps through the barricades. 

The army proceeded to break into more homes, kidnapped a young local man, and presented nine summons to the families of nine youths who were not in their homes during the attack. 

Finally, the soldiers attacked the activists and local community members again, and fired more concussion grenades and sound bombs at them before leaving the village.  

IOF troops advance in central Gaza, detain American activist in Bil'in

[ 07/07/2009 - 03:45 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) boarding armored vehicles on Tuesday advanced into east of Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip and bulldozed lands and erected sand barriers.

Local and security sources reported that seven bulldozers escorted by five army tanks had advanced 300 meters east of the densely populated camp.

IOF troops a few days ago shelled a civilian home in the same area killing a young woman and wounding three members of her family.

In the West Bank, IOF soldiers rounded up 11 citizens at dawn Tuesday in central and southern areas.

Local sources said that among the detainees was an American activist in Bil'in village where he used to take part in anti wall rallies witnessed weekly in the village, in Ramallah district.

The Hebrew radio reported that IOF soldiers detained a Palestinian youth at a road block in the Jordan Valley at noon Tuesday, claiming that he was carrying a knife.

IOF troops prevent French medical team from entering Gaza

 [ 07/07/2009 - 09:17 AM ]

BEIT HANUN, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday blocked the entry of a French medical team into the Gaza Strip for the second consecutive day via the Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing in northern Gaza Strip.

Professor Christophe Oberlin, the French surgeon and head of the team, said in a statement that the IOF troops refused to allow the team members into Gaza without giving any explanation.

He noted that the team had an official authorization from the French external affairs ministry.

The team doctors were scheduled to treat 100 Palestinian patients half of them children in addition to training Palestinian doctors in Gaza, Oberlin underlined.

The IOF soldiers manning the Beit Hanun crossing on Sunday blocked the first attempt by the team of surgeons, four from France, three from Britain and two from Spain, to enter the Strip.