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Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian in Gaza, Invade and Terrorize West Bank and Gaza Towns, Kidnap 3, Met with Resistance

 

Palestinian ambulance staff recover the corpse of man killed by Israeli occupation forces 

Date: 06 / 10 / 2007 Time: 09:28

Gaza – Ma'an – 

Palestinian ambulance and emergency staff on Friday night recovered the corpse of a Palestinian man killed by the Israeli occupation forces in the eastern Gaza Strip on Friday morning.

Director of ambulance and emergencies in the Palestinian ministry of health, Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, said that the body of twenty-three-year-old Tariq Abu Jari was riddled with bullets.

Hassanain also said that "the Israeli forces misled the ambulance staff at the scene about the location of the corpse."

As a result there was an exhaustive search in eastern Dair Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, before the Israeli occupation forces revealed that the corpse was in the Abu Mandil area of eastern Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

The body was transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Israeli invaders forced to retreat from Gaza incursion

Date: 06 / 10 / 2007 Time: 12:35

Gaza – Ma'an – 

Invading Israeli occupation tanks on Saturday penetrated the eastern neighbourhood of Shuja'iya in Gaza City.

Ma'an's reporter said the invading troops were pelted with stones by Palestinian children.

Eyewitnesses said that an undercover Israeli force (a death squad)  entered the eastern Al-Buraij and Al-Maghazi refugee camps, in the central Gaza Strip.

The incursion took place under the cover of Israeli fighter jets which flew low over the area.

The eyewitnesses added that Palestinian fighters encountered the invading Israeli occupation forces and launched mortar shells, forcing the troops to retreat.

IOF troops storm refugee camps, kidnap 3 brothers

[ 06/10/2007 - 08:56 AM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)-- 

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Asker and Balata refugee camp in Nablus city at dawn Saturday and kidnapped three brothers in Asker after wreaking havoc in both camps.

Local sources said that the soldiers broke into and ransacked many homes in the Balata refugee camp.

Palestinian resistance factions said that they detonated an explosive device in an IOF army jeep, noting that Israeli ambulance vehicles were rushed to the camp to evacuate the casualties.

They added that violent clashes erupted between resistance fighters defending their camp and the invasion troops after that incident.

The soldiers also arrested three brothers in the Asker refugee camp after storming their family home.

Two Palestinians in Salfit district were wounded Friday evening when IOF soldiers fired at them near a military roadblock with no apparent reason, witnesses reported.

They said that the soldiers fired at a car carrying a number of workers at the barrier injuring the driver despite abiding by the soldiers' order to stop. A worker in the car was wounded in his hand and feet and was carried to Jenin government hospital where his condition was described as moderate.

In the Gaza Strip, medical sources said that a young man who was killed at the hands of the IOF soldiers east of Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Friday was identified.

They said that Tareq Abu Jari, 21, was hit with several bullets near the separation fence, separating the Strip from the 1948 occupied lands, east of Deir Al-Balah.

Three Palestinians kidnapped and soldier injured in Israeli invasion of Nablus 

Date: 06 / 10 / 2007 Time: 11:19

Nablus – Ma'an – 

Israeli occupation forces on Saturday morning kidnapped three brothers; Amjad, Anas, and Ahmad Shahada from Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Ahmad is an employee of the Palestinian security services.

A spokesperson of Fateh's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said that an Israeli occupation soldier was injured by an explosive device which was thrown at an invading Israeli military vehicle in Balata refugee camp, in Nablus.

Eyewitnesses reported that an Israeli ambulance evacuated the wounded soldier and that the military jeep was partially damaged in the attack.

Resistance fighters confront IOF troops in Balata and Fawwar

[ 05/10/2007 - 11:00 PM ]

NAZARETH, (PIC)-- 

The Israeli radio reported that IOFs, Friday morning, came under fire and two petrol bombs were thrown at them at the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city.

The IOFs raided the refugee camp to try and kidnap Palestinian citizens when the resistance confronted them.

Another attack on IOFs took place near the Fawwar refugee camp between Bethlehem and al-Khalil in the southern West Bank, where a roadside bomb was detonated in an occupation patrol.

The Israeli radio also reported that 3 Palestinians were arrested Thursday night at a military roadblock near Nablus claiming that homemade arms were found in their car.

Israeli occupation forces overrun Al-Buraij refugee camp in Gaza 

Saturday October 06, 2007 10:28 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

Israeli occupation forces overran Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central part of Gaza Strip in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Eyewitnesses reported that Special Israeli occupation forces broke into the eastern part of the refugee camp under the cover of Israeli aircraft, and opened fire randomly at homes, causing terror for the people living there. Up to the time this report was filed no injuries have been reported.

Eyewitnesses also reported that a group of Palestinian resistance fighters clashed with the invading Israeli occupation force before their withdrawal from the area.

Earlier on Friday Israeli occupation forces assassinated a young Palestinian man near the Kisuffim border crossing; he was later identified as Tarek abu Juray, 21, from Al-Nussairat refugee camp in the central part of Gaza Strip.

 


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