IOF troops advance into Mintar crossing, detain West Bankers

[ 26/10/2009 - 05:02 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday advanced into the Mintar crossing in central Gaza and detained the workers and a number of truck drivers along with their trucks.

Local sources said that the IOF troops mounting four tanks and escorting two bulldozers, withdrew afternoon Monday after bulldozing vast areas.

No official word is out yet whether the IOF soldiers released the Palestinians or took them with them.

In the West Bank, IOF troops rounded up six Palestinians in the districts of Ramallah and Bethlehem after storming and searching civilian homes.

Israeli tanks attack Karni Crossing, northern Gaza

Monday October 26, 2009 16:10 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli tanks invaded on Monday midday the Palestinian side of Karni crossing and closed it down.

Thirteen peace activists detained after tent erected to protest illegal settlement

Published today (updated) 26/10/2009 10:27

Bethlehem - Ma'an -

Palestinians, supported by Israeli and international peace activists, on Friday erected a tent on Palestinian-owned land across from Hazon David, an illegal Israeli settlement outpost slated for evacuation, according to a local group.

The Christian Peacemaker Teams reported that 100 people chanted for an end to the occupation and evacuation of Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, and erected the tent structure and flew a Palestinian flag.

Israeli occupation forces composed of border police, regular police, and special forces entered the area and called for the group to disperse or face arrest, according to the group.

Several Israelis sat on the ground in front of the Palestinians, the organization said, while Israeli police detained 11 Israelis, taking seven to the nearby Kiryat Arba police station in Hebron. Police reportedly detained two Palestinians, one of whom was released about three hours later.

The Israeli military forcefully moved the participants from the field to the owner's property up the hill, throwing stun grenades to encourage people to move more quickly from the area, the group added.

Soldiers round up six Palestinians overnight

Published today (updated) 26/10/2009 10:16

 Bethlehem - Ma'an -

 Israel's occupation soldiers kidnapped six Palestinians during night raids in the West Bank on Sunday, according to an army spokesperson.

Israeli media reported that three were kidnapped in the Ramallah area, and the rest near Bethlehem.

Israel says guard stabbed at checkpoint

Published yesterday (updated) 25/10/2009 19:38

Bethlehem - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces detained a 20-year-old Palestinian woman on allegations she stabbed a border guard near Ramallah on Sunday, according to a military spokesperson.

Neither the detained woman nor the border guard were immediately identified.

According to the army spokesperson, the woman was taken in for questioning after a border guard was found stabbed in the abdomen at the Qalandiya military checkpoint leading to East Jerusalem.

The guard's injuries were described as moderate.

Qalandiya stabbing suspect identified

October 26, 2009

 - Archive] Bethlehem – Ma'an –

The woman who Israel says stabbed a guard at a Ramallah military checkpoint on Sunday evening was identified as Sumoud Hasan Karaja, 21, from the village of Saffa, local sources told Ma'an.

Karaja family members said Israeli forces besieged Sumoud's family home in the village and told relatives that their daughter attempted to kill an Israeli soldier.

The soldiers inspected her home and questioned family members before they withdrew, according to onlookers. Teenagers hurled stones at the Israeli forces in the village, but no injuries were reported.

Israeli forces detained Karaja for questioning after a guard was found stabbed in the abdomen at the Qalandiya checkpoint leading to East Jerusalem on Sunday evening, according to a military spokesperson.

The guard's injuries were described as moderate.