Palestinian wounded, West Bank cities still raided by Israeli occupation forces despite Olmert's promises to Abbas

IOF shooting wounds Palestinian, WB incursions never cease

[ 22/07/2007 - 09:47 AM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- 

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) soldiers fired at a Palestinian citizen on Sunday morning and wounded him near Doura southwest of Al-Khalil (Hebron) city but could not kidnap him, IOF sources told the Hebrew radio.

They added that the soldiers found a weapon and a bullet-proof vest near the place where he was shot.

A local source said that big numbers of IOF troops stormed Doura and broke into many homes searching for the wounded Palestinian.

The soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians in the same village, including a father and his son, at the pretext they were wanted for interrogation.

Other IOF units stormed the village of Zawata, west of Nablus, and the city itself in pre dawn raids Sunday and wreaked havoc in those areas but no kidnappings were reported.

The Palestinian center for human rights, meanwhile, pointed out in a report that the IOF daily incursions into various West Bank cities, villages and refugee camps never really ceased despite Israeli premier Ehud Olmert's reported promises to the contrary during talks with PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.

The center counted 20 incursions for the occupation forces in various West Bank areas over the past week during which indiscriminate fire was opened at Palestinian civilians and their homes terrorizing women and children in the process especially that most of those raids are launched at pre dawn hours when people are fast asleep.

It noted that 30 Palestinians were kidnapped during those raids including a minor bringing the number of Palestinians kidnapped since the start of this year to 1,597.

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