Israeli occupation forces kidnap 3 young men south of Jenin, settlers attack homes in Safa village, near Hebron

Date: 01 / 05 / 2009 Time: 12:00
Jenin - Ma'an -

Israeli forces detained three from the town of Az-Zababdeh south of Jenin during a raid targeting a dozen homes in the area before dawn on Friday.

Security sources reported identified two of the men as Ahmad Khalil Al-Far and Issa Abu Zineh and Mahdi Ash-Sharkawi both in their twenties.

The men were taken to an unknown location and Israeli forces searched their homes following their arrests.

Settlers attack homes in Safa village, near Hebron

Friday May 01, 2009 03:02 by IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported on Thursday at night that a group of extremist illegal Israeli settlers of illegal Beit Ein settlement attacked a number of homes in Safa village, near the city.

The sources added that at least twenty armed settlers opened fire at a number of homes and set ablaze and agricultural land.

Dozens of residents tried to stop the settlers and gathered in the street of the village to defend their homes.

Later on, Israeli occupation soldiers arrived in the area and closed roads linking Safa village with the nearby Beit Ummar town.

Settlers of Beit Ein settlement carried repeated attacks over the last two weeks and uprooted hundreds of olive and almond trees, in addition to uprooted grapevines that belong to the villagers.

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