Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Farmer in Gaza, Terrorize Residents of Qabatiya, Injure Two Civilians

Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian farmer in Gaza
Date: 05 / 04 / 2008 Time: 16:45
Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a 35-year-old Palestinian farmer named Ra'fat Mansour and injured another Palestinian man during an ongoing attack on the area near the cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.

Medical sources added that Mansour was dead when he arrived at Al-Awda hospital. The other man, Muhammad Mansour, is reported to be injured mildly.

Mansour is the second farmer, and the third unarmed Palestinian civilian to be killed by Israeli occupation forces near Gaza's border wall.

Israeli occupation forces recently enlarged the "Buffer Zone" inside the Strip along the border with the Zionist state. Palestinians are now forbidden from approaching within 800 meters of the border. Israeli occupation soldiers routinely shoot at Palestinians, including farmers tending their land, who enter the border zone.

Israeli occupation forces raid Qabatiya

Date: 05 / 04 / 2008 Time: 13:20

Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces invaded the West Bank town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on Saturday, raiding houses and searching for Palestinian activists, local sources said.

A source in the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed that it confronted the Israeli occupation soldiers, throwing homemade bombs at their vehicles.

Israeli occupation forces invaded at dawn today the village of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, where it raided and thoroughly searched houses under the name of searching for wanted citizens.

Witnesses added that Israeli occupation forces wrecked the interiors of several houses while shooting and detonating sonic bombs. No kidnappings or injuries were reported.

Friday evening: Qassam Al-Barghouthi escapes gun fire

Saturday April 05, 2008 13:01 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources reported that the son of Marwan Al-Barghouthi, a Fatah leader, was shot and injured by the Israeli army on Friday night near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Qassam Al-Barghouthi was driving to Ramallah when Israeli troops opened fire at his car injuring him. Medical sources said he susutained light wounds from the attack.

The Israeli occupation army said that soldiers manning a checkpoint near Ramallah ordered Al-Barghouthi to stop, but he fled and crashed with other vehicles. Israeli army radio denied that troops open fired but Witnesses affirmed that soldiers opened fire at the car injuring Al Barghouthi . Marwan Al Barghouthi the father of Qassam, is a leader of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, he has been detained by Israeli occupation forces since May 2002.

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