Israeli Aggression on the Palestinian People: Shooting, Kidnapping, Running Over, July 23, 2008

Al-Quds Brigades leader, two of his associates, survive an Israeli assassination attempt

Wednesday July 23, 2008 05:15 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Tuesday evening that one of its prominent leaders and two of his associates survived an assassination attempt carried by Israeli occupation forces in Qaffeen town, north of Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the West Bank.

Eyewitnesses reported that at least 14 military jeeps invaded the town and surrounded a vehicle that carried Fadi Kittani and two of his companions, and detonated the vehicle. The three fighters managed to escape from the vehicle just before the blast ripped it off.

Kittani survived four previous attempts on his life in recent years, the Al-Quds Brigades reported.
The brigades added that as Palestinian security forces were chasing Kittani and his two companions in an area north of Qaffeen village, at least ten Israeli military vehicles and jeeps that carried under-cover forces surrounded the vehicle of the fighters.

The fighters then exchanged fire with the Israeli forces and managed to escape unharmed shortly before the army detonated their vehicle.

Later on, Israeli soldiers conducted military searches of home, the army withdrew from the area shortly afterwards.

Civilian shot by Israelis in the north of Gaza Strip

Date: 23 / 07 / 2008 Time: 12:24
Gaza - Ma'an -

Palestinian medical sources announced on Wednesday morning that a civilian was shot by Israeli occupation forces in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that Israeli forces opened fire at a group of civilians in the north of Beit Hanoun injuring Mohammad Abdul Aziz Hamdan in his leg who is in his twenties of age.

Hamdan was transferred to Beit Hanoun hospital then to Kamal Udwan hospital for treatment, doctors described his situation as “stable”.

This incident will be seen by the de facto Hamas government in Gaza as constituting another Israeli breach of the truce between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Women's demonstration in Ni'lin

Date: 23 / 07 / 2008 Time: 10:37
Bethlehem - Ma'an -

Women in the West Bank village of Ni'lin, near Ramallah, will hold demonstration against the building of the illegal Israeli Land-Grand, Apartheid Wall on Wednesday.

The village has been the site of regular demonstrations in recent months but this is the first organized and participated in solely by women. Locals will be joined by women from Israeli and international solidarity groups.

The group will make their way to the construction site of the wall carrying banners and balloons. Organizers say that this will be the first in a series of such protests.

Israeli occupation military vehicle runs over child in Hebron

Date: 23 / 07 / 2008 Time: 12:27
Hebron - Ma'an -

Police and medical sources told Ma'an that an Israeli military vehicle ran over 6-year-old Hamza Nabil Fawzi Al-Julani in the area of Farsh Al-Hawa west of Hebron.

Public relations in the Al-Ahli hospital informed Ma'an that the child is in serious condition and that he had been transferred to Hadassa Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem for treatment.

The occupation Israeli Army kidnaps a Palestinian in Hebron

Wednesday July 23, 2008 11:55 by Ghada Salsaa - IMEMC News

The Israeli occupation army invaded on Wednesday at dawn the southern West Bank city of Hebron.and kidnapped a civilian.

Local sources reported that the Israeli troops invaded the city, searched and ransacked several houses and forced civilians out of their homes.

Moreover, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped the 24 year old Samih al Sharbati. In another part of Hebron City, the Israeli troops ransacked and searched the houses of Zuhair Abu 'Asheh, Zakariah Bayod al-Tamimi, and Fakhri al-Tamimi, but no kidnaps were reported.

The Israeli occupation army erects a military check point in Bethlehem City

Wednesday July 23, 2008 10:54 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

The Israeli occupation army has erected on Wednesday morning a military checkpoint at the entrance of Al Shawawra village north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Local sources reported that the Israeli troops erected a chock point at the village entrance; moreover the Israeli occupation soldiers stopped Palestinian cars and checked the ID’s of the passengers which hindered their daily movement.

Kitani evades capture again as Israelis storm Qaffin

Date: 23 / 07 / 2008 Time: 14:09
Tulkarem - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces stormed the houses of civilians on Wednesday morning in the town of Qaffin north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, searching for Fadi Kitani, leader of Islamic Jihad’s military wing.

A source from Islamic jihad told Ma'an that the raids happened at 1am Wednesday morning and targeted the houses of relatives of Kitani. The soldiers apparently opened fire in the houses and attacked a number of the inhabitants before arresting one man, named as Ahmed Abu Abed.

Israeli occupation forces have been searching for Kitani for a number of years and he dramatically escaped the fifth attempt to assassinate him on Tuesday, when troops surrounded him and blew up his car.

In the early hours of Wednesday, 16 military vehicles arrived in the town and closed off the Al-Ajjouli area in Qaffin in order to stop Kitani from escaping. The forces withdrew at 6am, without capturing the militant.

Gazans arrested for violating fuel price limits

Date: 22 / 07 / 2008 Time: 19:20
Gaza – Ma'an –

Palestinian police arrested a number of fuel merchants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for selling fuel for higher than the official price.

The investigation unit of the police affiliated to the Hamas-run government said that its officers raided the shop where the fuel was being sold.

Police say that further investigations have been opened in the case.

The police also said that selling fuel at higher than the government mandated price is a violation of the law, a way of taking advantage of Gazans' harsh living conditions.

Fuel has been extremely scarce in the Gaza Strip since Israel began a blockade of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Traffic ground to a halt earlier this year due to the fuel shortage, paralyzing ordinary civilian life.

Illegal Israeli settlers attack a house in Nablus City

Wednesday July 23, 2008 11:28 by Ghada Salsaa - IMEMC News

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a house in Boreen village in the southern part of Nablus city and injured the residents of the house.

Local sources reported that about 20 Israeli settlers attacked the home of Fadi Al-Najjar in Boreen village and broke the house's windows and a nearby car. The sources added that the settlers came from Yets'har Settlement near Nablus and closed the road which leads to the village. Boreen village was attacked by the settlers' home-made shells during the last two weeks.

Israeli settlers spray chemicals on Palestinian farmers during attack

Date: 22 / 07 / 2008 Time: 19:01
Bethlehem - Ma'an –

Israeli settlers sprayed chemicals on a group of Palestinian farmers while attacking them in the Qalqilia area of the northern West Bank on Monday, human rights fieldworkers reported.

According to a report compiled by the International Women's Peace Service (IWPS), five settlers, two of them riding horses, from an outpost called Havat Gilad approached two farmers while they were working on their land in the village of Immatin.

As the settlers started surrounding the two Palestinian farmers, they phoned their family for help. In the meantime, an additional fifteen Palestinians from Fara'ata who had been working in their land nearby rushed to the aid of the other farmers.

The farmers told IWPS that the settlers threw stones at the Palestinians, threatened to beat them, and set small fires on the hillside. Approximately 15 more masked settlers joined them.

Fifteen Israeli soldiers arrived, looking on while the settlers continued their assault, the farmers said.

When a 54-year-old Palestinian farmer approached the soldiers, a settler came between the soldier and the Palestinian and sprayed the Palestinian with an unknown chemical substance on his arms, hands and eyes, causing a burning sensation and loss of vision.

When the farmer's 22-year-old-son attempted to protect his father, the settler sprayed his arms and hands with the same unknown substance.

According to the victims, the soldiers did nothing to stop the settlers from assaulting them, instead shooting tear gas and rubber bullets at the Palestinians. A 34-year-old Palestinian was shot with a rubber bullet at the top of his thigh from approximately thirty meters away. After this, a soldier threw a tear gas bomb directly in front of him.

The farmers reported that the fires, some started by the settlers and others caused by the heat of the teargas canisters, destroyed a total of 60 olive trees before Palestinian firemen could put them out.

After the confrontation had ended, the injured Palestinians were treated at a local clinic.

Both Palestinian men who had been sprayed with the unknown chemical substance reported that the burning sensations caused by the spray had not subsided the following day.

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