Palestinian Killed in Gaza, 16 Injured in the West Bank by Invading Israeli Occupation Forces

One Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in southern Gaza

Date: 11 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:22
Gaza – Ma'an –

Undercover Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian fighter in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, witnesses and medical sources said.

The dead body of 23-year-old Usama Al-Astal, a fighter with Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was taken to a hospital in the city of Khan Younis.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that Al-Astal was on lookout duty east of the town of Al-Qarara, when he noticed Israeli special forces entering the area. He immediately hurled a grenade towards the Israelis, who fired back, killing him and wounding three other fighters.

Separately, local Palestinian sources said on Sunday morning that undercover Israeli forces infiltrated in the Nahdha neighborhood of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid heavy gunfire. No casualties were reported.

Israeli occupation soldier shot in Khan Younis, Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades say

Date: 11 / 05 / 2008 Time: 12:13
Gaza – Ma'an –

The military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, (PFLP) the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, said on Sunday that their fighters shot and injured an Israeli occupation soldier near the Sufa landfill in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

They said the shooting was in retaliation for Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli occupation army attacks a village near Jenin and injures three civilians

Saturday May 10, 2008 12:42 by Ali Samoudi - IMEMC News

Three Palestinian youth were injured on Saturday midday when Israeli occupation troops invaded the village of Jaba located near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Palestinian youth injured by the Israeli occupation army fire in Bethlehem, File Photo by IMEMC's Ghassan Bannoura

Local sources said that at least 15 Israeli occupation army vehicles stormed the village, troops then conducted a wide scale house to house search campaign targeting resident homes.

During the attack clashes erupted between the invading Israeli occupation soldiers and local youth from the village, three youth were injured, witnesses said.

Medical sources said that among those injured were; Khaled Ragheb, was hit with a live round in his hand, and Walid Al Ali.

As of the time of this report the occupation army attack on the village of Jaba is on going.

Translated by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News Room.

13 injured as Israeli occupation forces crack down on demonstration near Tulkarem

Date: 11 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:17
Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces violently dispersed a demonstration in the village of Shufa, near Tulkarem, on Saturday afternoon, wounding 11 Palestinian and Israeli peace activists and two journalists.

The organization Combatants for Peace organized the action, which was aimed at removing roadblocks at the entrances of the village in order to ease the movement of residents in and out.

Hundreds of international, Israeli and Palestinian activists took part in the rally along with local residents. Using rope and ordinary tools to move boulders, the protestors were able to remove one roadblock.

When the protestors attempted to remove another roadblock, Israeli occupation troops attacked them, firing rubber-coated metal bullets, sonic bombs, and tear gas. As a result, thirteen people were injured, including one Israeli and one from a third country.

Agence France-Presse cameraman Ja'far Shtayya was injured. PalMedia cameraman Hazim Labadi was also wounded, his camera struck by a bullet. The wounded were evacuated to Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem.

A coordinator of Combatants for Peace, Nour Shahada, condemned the Israel's response to the rally, affirming that the organization will continue to organize such rallies and activities.

The secretary of the Fatah movement in Shufa, Murad Drubi, said the residents in his village suffered a great deal as a result of Israeli occupation roadblocks which have closed the village's entrances to ordinary traffic. Instead of cars, he said, the villagers are forced to use donkeys for transportation.

Israeli settlers take over house in village near Bethlehem

Date: 11 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:05
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli settlers seized control of a Palestinian house in the southern West Bank village of Artas, near Bethlehem, on Saturday evening.

According to Khalid Al-Azza, the head of the Popular Committee against settlement construction and the separation wall in Bethlehem, large numbers of Israeli settlers took control of the 120 square meter house which belongs to the Christian monastery in Artas. They surrounded the house with barbed wire.

Palestinian man 'severely beaten' at checkpoint in Azzun Atma
Date: 11 / 05 / 2008 Time: 09:56

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Qalqilia – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers severely beat a Palestinian man at a checkopint at the entrance to the village of Azzun Atma, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Saturday evening.

Thirty-one-year-old Khaled Ahmad was severely bruised and wounded in the head when he arrived at the United Nations hospital in Qalqilia, sources at the hospital said. He was transferred to another hospital in the city of Nablus.

Residents of Azzoun Atma said this was not the first time Israeli occupation troops have assaulted Palestinians at the entrance of the village. The village is isolated from the rest of the West Bank by the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall. Residents can only enter and leave the community through a gate controlled by Israeli soldiers.

Ten Palestinian civilians were wounded in a confrontation that took place with Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint in mid-April.

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