Israeli occupation soldiers brutally beat student near Bethlehem, kidnap 3 Palestinians

Date: 13 / 07 / 2008 Time: 10:03
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers brutally beat then arrested a Palestinian student in the village of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem on Saturday night, and arrested four other Palestinians in the southern West Bank.

Witnesses said Israeli troops raided an apartment in the old section of Al-Khader, shouting at the occupants and claiming that a Molotov cocktail had been thrown at an Israeli vehicle in the area.

Twenty-one-year-old Nadim Issa, a physical education student at Al-Quds University, heard the noise from another apartment in the building and went to check up on his relatives. Following a heated argument, Issa scuffled with the soldiers, but was subdued, then severely beaten and arrested.

Meanwhile Israeli occupation forces stormed the Wadi M'ali neighborhood of Bethlehem in the and kidnapped 31-year-old Raed Abu Hlayyil.

Separately, undercover Israeli occupation forces infiltrated Ayda refugee camp in Bethlehem. The undercover unit was followed by seven military vehicles which surrounded the homes of 22-year-old Ayman Al-'Amareen and 25-year-old Hammuda Srur and kidnapped them after ransacking both houses.

The abductees are members of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service, which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority and closely linked to Fatah.

Separately, Israeli occupation troops kidnapped one Palestinian from the city of Hebron, Israeli sources reported.

***Updated at 12:16 local time

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