31 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, Including 21 in the West Bank, 10 in Gaza Strip

Israeli forces seize 21 across West Bank

Date: 10 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:19
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli press sources said the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 21 Palestinian activists in the West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Jenin, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Ramallah on Thursday.

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped four Palestinians from the northern West Bank village of Beita near Nablus on Thursday morning after raiding several homes.

Ma'an's reporter quoted local sources as saying that the Israeli occupation forces raided the village in the early hours of the morning and conducted house-to-house inspections before kidnapping four teenagers. A 37-year-old man was also kidnapped then released after a few hours.

In Qalqilia in the northern West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said several Israeli occupation military vehicles raided the city and arrested one Palestinian. They also dug up a field belonging to the father of Palestinian prisoner, Mahmoud Abu Al-Shaikh, currently being held in an Israeli occupation jail.

Israeli occupation army sweeps into different parts of Gaza

Thursday April 10, 2008 18:58 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

A contingent of Israeli occupation army incurred on Thursday into the central Gaza Strip village of Wad Alsalqa, as another Israeli occupation force kidnapped five Palestinian inhabitants in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun.

Witnesses said that the Israeli occupation army swept almost one kilometer depth into Palestinian-owned lands in the Wad Alsalqa village and that soldiers took over positions on rooftops of five houses, including that of the village's mayor.

Witnesses added that the soldiers held a number of local farmers and their families inside the mayor's house.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army thrust into the Al-Amal neighborhood of the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun.

Local Palestinian sources confirmed that five Palestinian inhabitants have been taken prisoners by the invading Israeli occupation army force.

The Israeli military began yesterday a new wave of attacks on the coastal territory, after three Palestinian resistance groups claimed responsibility for a deadly cross-border attack on an Israeli crossing point in eastern Gaza city.

The Israeli occupation army invades Gaza and kidnaps farmers

Thursday April 10, 2008 15:44 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

A number of Israeli occupation tanks invaded on Thursday farm lands east of Khan Younis town southern Gaza strip.

Witnesses said that the tanks stormed the area and surrounded a group of farmers working their land then kidnapped at least five of them and took them to unknown locations.

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