The Israeli military bombed a number of locations in the Gaza Strip

Thursday October 22, 2009 17:11 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli jet fighters bombarded on Thursday morning a number of locations during separate raids targeting the Gaza strip.

Local sources reported an attack which targeted the tunnels area at the southern Gaza borders with Egypt. Damage to building nearby was reported but no injuries.

Meanwhile jet fighters attacked a building in Gaza City, in this attack also damage was reported but no injuries.

The Israeli military said that the attack was in response to a home made shell fired from Gaza. The shell landed in open areas at the Israeli side of the borders with Gaza on Wednesday, causing no damage or injuries.

DFLP forces report hitting Israeli occupation troops in Gaza

Published today (updated) 23/10/2009 11:49

Gaza – Ma’an –

The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National Resistance Brigades, said it hit Israeli occupation troops with an explosive charge late Thursday night near Johr Al-Deek.

A statement from the group said Israeli forces responded by shelling the area they were in. No injuries were reported by the militant group, which affirmed its actions were an affirmation that they would continue to employ violent resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

An Israeli military spokesperson said there was no military activity in the area Thursday night, that no attacks had been reported in the area, and that no shells had been fired.

Police report says Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three, beat fourth in WB overnight

Published on Oct 23, 2009, 12:20

Ramallah - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three men from Qabatiya early Friday, and severely beating another after breaking into two homes, Palestinian police reported.

A police record said Israeli forces entered the central West Bank town’s market area under gunfire and surrounded the home of Hamza Abu Ar-Rab, along with the home of his brother next door.

Those detained were identified as 25-year-old Hassan Hamzah Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Rub, 21-year-old Jihad Abu Ar-Rab and 22-year-old Ahmed Hassan Abu Al-Rub.

A police catalogue of Israeli incursions into the West Bank said Israeli forces also overran the Al-Nakhil building in Jenin’s Al-Basatin neighborhood, forcibly entering the home of Abdel Fattah Abdullah Abu Obeid. Forces told Obeid they were searching for his son Bassam, who is allegedly wanted by Israel.

Not finding Bassam at home, soldiers beat his father, who had to be taken to a Ramallah hospital for treatment.

Man dies fleeing Israeli occupation forces near Nablus

Published yesterday (updated) 23/10/2009 11:36

 Nablus - Ma'an -

A young man died while speeding away from Israeli occupation forces in the northern West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian medics and Israel's military.

The victim was identified as 28-year-old Mohammad Abdul Rahman Qawariq from the village of A'warta, south of Nablus.

An eyewitness told Ma'an that Israeli occupation forces were pursuing Qawariq's car, which had driven past a temporary military checkpoint along the road between Beeta and A'qraba, two villages south of Nablus.

"He was surprised by a temporary checkpoint in front of him... He was unable to stop [in time] and Israeli forces chased him," the witness added. "A number of Israeli soldiers began shooting at the car, after which he lost control. It flipped and killed him instantly."

Medical sources confirmed that Qawariq died after his car overturned, but added that the exact cause of death was unclear as his body was being held by Israeli forces when medics arrived, rather than inside the car.

Approached by Ma'an, an Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that Qawariq died after his car crashed while speeding away from military forces, but insisted that at no time were shots fired in the direction of his car.

She said the victim was headed toward a military vehicle the wrong way on a one-way road, and that he turned around and sped off at high speed when signaled by Israeli forces. Ultimately, according to the spokeswoman, the army arrived to find an injured man outside of his wrecked vehicle.

She said soldiers performed initial medical treatment and called in an army helicopter, but were unable to revive the man, who was pronounced dead shortly thereafter by an Israeli military doctor.

Qawariq's body was later transferred by Red Crescent medics to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, according to Palestinian medical sources.

Israeli occupation forces two brothers near Nablus

Published yesterday (updated) 23/10/2009 09:31

Nablus – Ma'an –

 Israeli occupation forces a bus driver and his brother near the Burin junction south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, according to local sources.

The two were identified as 24-year-old Sultan Abu Zaitun, the bus driver, and his 20-year-old brother, Raed. They were reportedly en route to Beeta village.

Sources added that Israeli forces transferred the young men to the Huwwara military post south of Nablus.

Israeli occupation forces warplanes blast Gaza tunnels, workshop

[ 22/10/2009 - 09:36 AM ]
GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces warplanes blasted tunnels along the Palestinian borders with Egypt in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and a metal workshop in Jabalia to the north of the Strip at dawn Thursday, local sources reported.
They told the PIC reporter that Israeli F-16s bombed the so-called tunnels area on the Rafah-Sinai borders but no report on casualties was available.

Another Israeli raid targeted a metal workshop in Jabalia, north of Gaza, completely destroying the facility, no human casualties were reported.

The Israeli occupation forces command claimed that the aerial raids targeted a building used for manufacturing weapons near Gaza city and tunnels used to smuggle combat gear south of the Strip.
It added that the raids were in retaliation to the firing of a projectile from Gaza on Wednesday night that exploded in an open field in the western Negev and did not cause any human or material losses.