Israeli Occupation Forces Injure a Palestinian During Invasion of Anabta, Destroy a House in Beit Hanoon, Bar Farmers from Reaching their Lands East of Rafah

Palestinian man injured east of Tulkarem

Friday February 15, 2008 01:57 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies saed at imemc dot org

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian man was moderately wounded by Israeli military gunfire during an evening invasion to Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.

The man was identified as Mohammad Mustafa Al-Noubani, 60. He was injured by a live round in his thigh and was moved to Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.

The man was injured as the army invaded the town and fired rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets, local sources reported.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem, broke into several homes and kidnapped two residents.

The City remains under strict siege for the tenth day; the army placed sand barriers on several roads leading it its nearby villages and increased the number of roadblocks.
In the Gaza Strip, thirty Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces invading the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Six more civilians were kidnapped on Thursday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus,.
On Wednesday 42 civilians were kidnapped in Nablus and a village near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Two more residents were kidnapped in Al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, two were kidnapped in the northern West Bank city of Jenin , and two in Nablus.

Israeli Artillery Destroys a House Northern Gaza Strip

Gaza, February 15, 2008 (RNA) –

The Israeli artillery launched Friday morning several projectiles towards northern Gaza strip; causing severe damage in a house of a Palestinian civilian, eyewitnesses said.

One of the Israeli projectiles hit the house of citizen Hasan Kalloub in the town of Beit Hanoon northern Gaza strip.

Palestinian medical sources said that no injuries were reported in the Israeli shelling.

Israeli occupation troops bar farmers from reaching their lands east of Rafah

Thursday February 14, 2008 23:04 by IMEMC Staff saed at imemc dot org

Israeli occupation soldiers stationed at the eastern borders of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, barred on Thursday hundreds of residents from reaching their agricultural lands as the army continued to carry invasions into the area.

The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees slammed the violations and stated that these lands are the only source of livelihood for hundreds of Palestinian families in the area.

The Committees added that during repeated Israeli military attacks, soldier bulldozers uprooted hundreds of Dunams of agricultural lands and uprooted hundreds of trees in addition to bulldozing agricultural roads and damaged infrastructure especially the water network providing these land with the needed water.

Azmi Shiokhy, secretary-general of the Committees, slammed these violations and said that the farmers are afraid even to go to their lands as military towers are all over the place while military sharpshooters are topping several towers.

Shiokhy added that the army wants to intimidate the residents and carried repeated attacks against them, including firing at the farmers, in an attempt to force them to leave their lands.

He also stated that the ongoing shelling carried by the army bared dozens of farmers from heading to their lands, especially the lands that are close to the Rafah International Airport which was destroyed by the army several years ago.

Unknown assailants blow up Christian Youth Organization library in Gaza

Date: 15 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:08
Gaza – Ma'an –

Unknown assailants targeted the Christian Youth Organization's library in central Gaza City in the early hours of Friday morning, detonating explosives that razed it to the ground.

One of the library guards told Ma'an that at around 1am more than 10 armed men broke into the library, overpowering the guards before taking them to the Al-Shuja'iyah neighborhood of Gaza City. They then returned and blew up the library.

The Christian Youth Organization provides many activities for young people in Gaza, as well as a kindergarten for Muslim children.

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