Palestinian Killed in Jabalia, 10 injured in Azzoun, house demolished in Jerusalem, Attacks on Hebron Charity and Al-Qarara

Palestinian Killed in Jabalia, 10 injured in Azzoun, house demolished in Jerusalem, Attacks on Hebron Charity and Al-Qarara

Aljazeera tv reported at 4:30 pm ET, April 15, 2008, that Abdullah Al-Ghussain, a Jihad fighter was killed in an Israeli air raid on east of Jabalia. Two other Palestinians were injured in the raid. More Israeli occupation raids were reported in other parts of Gaza strip.

Ten Palestinians injured in confrontation with Israeli occupation forces at entrance to Azzoun 'Itma

Date: 15 / 04 / 2008 Time: 10:26
Qalqilia – Ma'an –

Ten Palestinian citizens were injured by Israeli occupation forces on Monday evening at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Azzoun 'Itma, south of Qalqilia.

The head of the local council, Azmi Salamah, was one of the injured.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that school students went on a trip outside the village and when they returned to the village in the evening Israeli occupation troops refused to let them in. Families then rushed to the checkpoint at the entrance to the village to remonstrate with the soldiers.

The Israeli occupation troops maintained they would not let the students in and confrontations erupted between the residents and Israeli troops who fired at the families and the students injuring ten people. Two were evacuated to Israeli hospitals and others were sent to local hospitals.

The village is located on the Israeli side of the Apartheid Wall.

Israeli occupation forces penetrate southern Gaza Strip

Date: 15 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:23
Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces penetrated the town of Al-Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning accompanied by bulldozers.

Local sources said that clashes erupted in the area between the invading Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian resistance fighters. No casualties have been reported.

The invading Israeli occupation forces exceeded the border fence into the Gaza Strip by 1,200 meters. They occupied five Palestinian homes as well as Al-Ma'arry school near Kissufim and stationed themselves there.

Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed that their fighters detonated a land mine near an Israeli military vehicle in the area.

Earlier, the Al-Qassam Brigades claimed they launched three rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) at Israeli vehicles.

The Israeli occupation police demolish a Palestinian owned house in Jerusalem

Tuesday April 15, 2008 12:23 by Maysa Abu Ghazaleh - IMEMC News

Palestinian house demolition in Jerusalem- Photo by ICHAD 2007

Witnesses stated that bulldozers and Israeli occupation troops surrounded the house on Monday morning; police officers forced the family out of their home and attacked them with batons.

By Monday evening, the house was completely leveled, local sources reported.

Younis Subeh, the owner of the house, said that he built his home five years ago, and after the construction of the house was completed, the Jerusalem Municipality decided to demolish it, and Subeh appealed to an Israeli occupation court which rejected his appeal four days ago.

The Israeli police said that the house is too close to the illegal Annexation Wall, and that it was build without the needed documents.

The International court of Justice issued an advisory ruling on 2004, stating that the Israeli Wall is illegal and should be removed.

Furthermore, Israel has rarely issued construction permits for Palestinians living in Jerusalem since it occupied the city in 1967.

During the demolishing on Monday, Palestinian families gathered near the attack home, the Israeli occupation officers attacked them with batons. The incident led to hand scuffle between the officers and the families in the town

Sobeh stated that after the soldiers attacked him, his wife and sons, his daughter arrived at the scene and tried to help her mom, troops then attacked and injured her after hitting her with a baton on the head. She was moved to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Translated by: Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News Room

Israeli occupation troops attack the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron

Tuesday April 15, 2008 11:38 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked on Tuesday at dawn the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank and shut down several projects run the charitable society.

The Charitable society runs several projects in Hebron and is also running three schools and two orphanages serving 7000 children, 300 of whom are living in the Society buildings

On 25 February 2008, the General of Command (GOC) of the Israeli occupation army, order the closure, evacuation and confiscation of all properties and institutions funded by the Islamic Charitable Society. The order was to be implemented on April 1st.

The Israeli occupation army claims that the charitable Society has ties with the Hamas movement.

Addul-Kareem Farah, the legal advisor of the Islamic Charitable Society told the IMEMC that the society is legal and only answers to the Palestinian Authority law.

"The society is legally registered and is operating since 1962, it is located in the Palestinian Authority (P.A) control areas, according to the Oslo agreement, in which all control, management and security were given in those areas to the PA, therefore, the PA is the only side responsible for this organization." Farrah stated.

The Society filed an appeal to the Israeli High Court of Justice which on April 2nd gave the army four days to file its justification for the close and evacuation.

The allotted period ended last week and the army demanded more time, but today at dawn, the army closed down a bakery that belongs to the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron in an indication that the military will go ahead with and close the society and its facilities.

Sources at the society stated if the army shuts down the society, 300 orphaned children will be rendered homeless, 5000 families will lose aid, and 800 employees will lose their jobs.

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