IOG closes Ibrahimi Mosque before Muslims

[ 23/09/2009 - 10:49 AM ]
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation government (IOG) announced the closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil before Muslim worshippers as of dawn Wednesday to enable Jews to perform religious rituals.

Local sources said that the IOA declared that the Mosque would be closed for Muslims on Wednesday and next Monday.

Al-Khalil Awqaf department asked international humanitarian institutions to intervene and put an end to the IOA racist policies.

Studies center: Illegal practices against children rampant in Israeli jails

[ 23/09/2009 - 10:29 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The prisoners' center for studies has said that around 400 Palestinian children held in Israeli occupation jails are exposed to illegal practices that require immediate intervention on the part of human rights groups.

The center in a statement on Wednesday said that the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) was violating all international norms and doctrines that protect those minors and necessitate dealing with them as children and not as "terrorists".

A freed child told the center that the IPA was violating the detained children's simplest rights. He added that Israeli jailors regularly beat those children, threaten them with banning family visits, cram them in crowded cells and isolate and terrorize them other than depriving them of education.

The center said that the children were lacking medical care and were held near to Jewish homicide convicts.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap nine in village raids, beat man near Bethlehem

Published today (updated) 23/09/2009 13:33

Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation forces invaded villages in the northern and southern West Bank Wednesday morning, breaking into homes and kidnapping five men.

In the north at Kfar Ra’i village south of Jenin soldiers kidnapped Abdul-latif Basel Shibani, 23, Issa Hassan Shibani, 23, Abdul Karim Zuhair Nimr Jarar, 27, Mahmoud Zuheir Nimir Jarar, 25, and Baha Sami Husni Diab, 24.

In the south at Arraba village near Hebron soldiers detained three brothers, Kutaiba, Kaidar, and Khuthaima Muhammad Khalaf, 40, 30 and 28. The soldiers also broke into the house of Fadi Adam Obedo and seized him.

North of Hebron near Bethlehem soldiers attacked Abdul Min’em Karram, 25. He was transferred to the Beit Jala Hospital to be treated for injuries, according to Palestinian security sources.

Armed wings of DFLP, PFLP claim attack on Israeli forces in Gaza

Published today (updated) 23/09/2009 11:56

Gaza – Ma’an –

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades and the National Resistance Brigades announced a joint joint attack on Israeli occupation forces entering the Gaza Strip in the north early Wednesday morning.

The military groups, affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine respectively, reported no injuries, but said the would continue the attacks.

A statement on the attack said "our battle with the Israeli forces is continuous, we will not stop, we will always defend Palestinians.”

The Israeli occupation forces invades northern Gaza, uproot farmlands

Wednesday September 23, 2009 15:58 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli tanks invaded on Wednesday farmlands in northern Gaza Strip town of Khuza'a and uprooted them.

Farmers said that tanks invaded their farm lands without any reason and opened fire at them to force them to leave.
The farmers added that tanks uprooted trees and decoyed crops which are only source of their income.
Before leaving the area, the tanks opened fire at nearby homes, causing damage but no injuries, the farmers added.

Israeli navy kidnaps five Palestinian fishermen off Gaza City shores

Wednesday September 23, 2009 15:40 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli occupation navel forces kidnapped on Wednesday midday five Palestinian fishermen off Gaza City shores.

Local sources reported that navy boats intercepted a fishing boat while people inboard were fishing and kidnapped all five of them and took them to an Israeli nearby port.

The director of the Palestinian fishermen union, Nizar Ayash, told reporters that the Israeli military attack Palestinian fishing boast while in the Palestinian territorial waters.

He added that the Israeli military is trying to minimize the distance that Palestinian fishermen can reach to fish.

The Israeli occupation soldiers injure a man in Bethlehem city

Wednesday September 23, 2009 15:27 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked on Wednesday morning a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint separating the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem form Jerusalem.

Local sources said the man was moved to a hospital in Bethlehem city after soldiers manning the checkpoint attacked him using batons and rifle buts.

Doctors announced that Abdul Mune'em Karam, 25, arrived at the hospital with cuts and broses because of the attack by the soldiers

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 14, including eight children

Published yesterday (updated) 22/09/2009 21:18

Nablus – Ma’an –

Eight children between the ages of 10 and 17 were kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces during West Bank raids Monday night and Tuesday morning, four Palestinian citizens of Israel were also detained.

Palestinian Authority Police department said Israelioccupation  troops overran the village of Azzoun near the city of Qalqilya and kidnapped 15-year-old Qusay Shaher Salim, 13-year-old Yousef Saqer Salim, 17-year-old Eid Jamal Salim, 18-year-old Hussein Ghassan Swidan, and 15-year-old Thaer Bayan Tabib.

An Israeli raid on the village of Madama south of the West Bank city of Nabls saw the detention of nine Palestinians including an eight, 10 and 12 year-old boy and four citizens of Israel.

A member of the village council Hassan Zyadeh said the troops raided the Khasha area of the village, which is considered to be a Palestinian historical site, and seized the residents there.

Those kidnapped were identified as 50-year-old Amer Abdel Latif Hassan Nassar along with his sons 14-year-old Muhammad, 12-year-old Mahmoud, 10-year-old Gheith, and 8-year-old Muhammad Nafez Zyadah. Four other men, all Palestinian citizens of Israel were also detained but their identities were not released.

A third Israeli occupation force near Jericho seized Ibrahim Khalil Abu Al-Asal from the Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp.