Israeli occupation forces invade Jenin and Nablus, kidnap four civilians at a checkpoint

Israeli occupation forces kidnap four civilians at military checkpoint near Jenin

Date: 31 / 08 / 2008 Time: 14:50
Jenin – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnaped four civilians at a military checkpoint near Tubas from different villages in the Jenin governorate.

The civilians were traveling from the area to Nablus city and were stopped at a checkpoint set up by Israeli occupation forces on the road between Tubas and the El-Fara'a refugee camp. Several cars were stopped and checked.

The four men, Jihad Hassan Ibrahim from Kafr Al-Ra’i, Wahid Najem Nawasrah from Fahma and Nayef Hardan and Sobhi Arda from Arraba were taken out of the cars they traveled in and transferred to an unknown location.

Israeli occupation forces invade Jenin and Nablus

Saturday August 30, 2008 11:28 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation forces invaded on Saturday morning the West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus and nearby refugee camps, local sources reported.

A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Nablus at dawn; troops deployed in several streets and fired rounds of live ammunition.

Moreover troops invaded Al-'Ain refugee camp in the city and launched a search campaign in the area, no arrests were reported.

In Jenin, soldiers broke into the house of Nizar Suraqa, 24, who died on Friday at an evacuated military site near the city due to a landmine explosion.

Troops kidnapped his family members for interrogation for couple of hours after forcing them out of their home.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli occupation forces also invaded the nearby Arafeh and Qabatiya villages and fired rounds of live ammunition and CS gas canisters among houses as troops spread throughout several neighborhoods.

Furthermore, Israeli occupation forces searched a number of farmlands located near the Annexation Wall on the village's lands.

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