14 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank, Nablus More Isolated by More Checkpoints

Imposing more checkpoints, Israel tightens grip on Nablus

Date: 17 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:08
Nablus – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday morning erected more military checkpoints impeding the movement of Palestinians in and out of the Nablus district in the northern West Bank.

Ma'an's reporter stated that the Israeli forces have re-erected a military checkpoint near the Yitzar junction five kilometers south of the notorious Huwwara checkpoint at the southern entrance of Nablus.

According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation soldiers at the new checkpoint are deliberately delaying the passage of Palestinians with intensive searches, despite the fact that they have already been inspected at the Huwwara checkpoint a few minutes away.

In northern Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces re-imposed the military checkpoint at Al-Badhan valley, blocking all traffic out of the city, and allowing passage in only after long searches.

At the Huwwara checkpoint, the Israeli occupation forces deployed additional soldiers for more intensive checks. Palestinians from the neighboring Tulkarem, Jenin and Qalqilia areas can only enter if they are under 35 years old.

Muhammad Ahmed, 20-year-old university student who studies at Al-Najah National University in Nablus told our correspondent that he every day he waits in line at Huwwara for at least three hours before he can pass on his way to university.

Israeli forces kidnap 14 Palestinians in the West Bank, 12 of them from Aqraba

Date: 17 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:12
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 12 Palestinians from the northern West Bank village of Aqraba south east of Nablus on Sunday morning.

Local sources told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village at 2:00am with more than 10 military jeeps and ransacked several homes before kidnapping 12 young people.

Separately, Palestinian security sources said that one Palestinian was kidnapped on Sunday morning in Beitouniya near Ramallah in the central West Bank and another in Hebron in the south.

The Israeli occupation army claimed that they arrested 16 Palestinian activists in the West Bank.

300 Palestinians, including 32 children, kidnapped by the army since the beginning of February

Sunday February 17, 2008 05:33 by IMEMC Staff saed at imemc dot org

The Media Department of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights, reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 300 residents since the beginning of February, during invasion to several parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. 32 children were among the kidnapped residents.

The Society stated that 200 residents were kidnapped in the West Bank and 100 in the Gaza Strip.

It also said that the 32 kidnapped children were transferred to interrogation and detention centers in direct violation to the international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. The ages of the kidnapped children are between 14 and 18.

Meanwhile, most of the abductions took place in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, as the army kidnapped 75 residents from Hebron and its surrounding villages and towns.

37 residents were kidnapped in Nablus district, and the rest were kidnapped from Bethlehem, Ramallah, Qalqilia, Jerusalem, Salfit, Jericho and Al-Biereh.

The army also kidnapped 100 residents during repeated attacks and invasion into the Gaza strip, especially in Rafah, Al-Zaitoon and Beit Lahia.

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