Palestinian Killed in Gaza, 14 Kidnapped, Several West Bank Towns Invaded by Israeli Occupation Forces

Israeli snipers kill Palestinian young man in Beit Hanoon

GAZA, (PIC)--, April 29, 2008

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed Monday evening a Palestinian young man called Mu'ad Al-Akhras, 21, near the Nada towers in Beit Hanoon, northern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, Al-Akhras sustained gunshot wounds in his chest and head fired by IOF snipers who are deployed on the borders between northern Gaza and the Palestinian lands occupied in 1948.

The IOF killed earlier Monday seven Palestinians including a mother and her four children from the family of Abu Mu'ataq after their house was pounded by three projectiles fired by Israeli tanks that also led to the injury of 13 citizens.

The Palestinian masses of the northern Gaza Strip marched on the same day in the funeral procession of Abu Mu'ataq family and bid farewell to the Palestinian mother and her four children.

During the funereal, Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the acting speaker of the PLC, stated that when the Israeli occupation kills children, it proves its failure and inability to confront the Palestinian resistance, which taught the IOF troops many lessons in the battlefield.

"The occupation does not want peace or calm; it wants to foil all mediations and efforts; therefore, it must be restrained and curbed," Dr. Bahar said addressing the international community.

For his part, MP Mushir Al-Masri, the secretary-general of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, underlined that the Israeli occupation through such crimes would never be able to force the Palestinian people to relinquish their rights and constants, and called for opening investigation into all crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people.

Killing of young man brings Beit Hanoon death toll to eight

Date: 29 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:21
Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers killed a young Palestinian man, 22-year-old Mu'adh Al-Akhras, in the An-Nada neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday evening, witnesses and medical sources.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said the victim was taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital in the town of Beit Hanoon.

Eyewitnesses said the Israeli occupation troops continued to fire at residential houses in the area. Israeli tanks and aircraft invaded Beit Hanoon early on Monday and bombarded the town until evening. Eight Palestinians were killed in the incursion, including a mother and her four young children, a teenager on his way to school, and one armed fighter.

Palestinian leaders condemned the killings, terming Monday's events a "massacre."

On Saturday Israeli forces killed a 14-year-old girl in neighboring Beit Lahiya.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 12 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Date: 29 / 04 / 2008 Time: 12:31
Ramallah – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 12 several Palestinians in the West Bank on Tuesday morning, the Israeli military said.

Palestinian security sources identified the arrestees as being from Al-Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah, and Al-Ezariya and Abu Dis in East Jerusalem. Others were kidnapped in Tulkarem, Qalqilia and Nablus and Jericho.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians in Tulkarem and Nour Shams refugee camp

Date: 29 / 04 / 2008 Time: 10:41
Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two young Palestinian men from the West Bank city of Tulkarem and nearby Nour Shams refugee camp on Tuesday morning.

Israeli occupation troops entered the city and broke into the home of Imad Safi, damaging objects in the house and abducting 22-year-old Safi Safi.

In Nur Shams camp, Israeli soldiers kidnapped 20-year-old Mu'min Nabrisi who was released from an Israeli jail just two months ago after serving three and a half years.

Israeli occupation forces raid Qaryat Bani Zaid, near Ramallah

Date: 29 / 04 / 2008 Time: 10:20
Ramallah – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning invaded the West Bank village of Qaryat Bani Zaid, north of the city of Ramallah.

Palestinian journalist Yahya Nafi' told Ma'an that Israeli troops searched and ransacked Palestinian homes. The Israeli occupation soldiers did not say who they were looking for. They also erected a flying checkpoint at the entrance to the village impeding residents' movement and searching them as they move in and out of the community.

Qaryat Bani Zaid is located on the main road between Ramallah and the towns of the northern West Bank.

Israeli occupation soldier injured in shooting near Nablus, Al-Aqsa Brigades claim

Date: 29 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:38
Nablus – Ma'an –

The armed wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, claimed on Monday evening that their fighters shot and injured an Israeli occupation soldier near the Huwwara intersections south of the West Bank city of Nablus.

The Al-Aqsa Brigades' northern West Bank spokesperson, Abu Mujahid, told Ma'an that a group of fighters opened fire at an Israeli settler's and then fired at a military patrol to aid the settlers. However, Israeli sources did mention any injured soldiers in that area.

Israeli occupation forces later stormed the village of Beita, also near Nablus, imposing a curfew.

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