Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian in Gaza, Kidnap 20 in the West Bank, Illegal Settlers Escalate Attacks

A Hamas fighter killed by an Israeli occupation forces tank shell

Thursday November 20, 2008 10:39 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Hamas, announced on Thursday that one of its fighters was killed by an Israeli occupation forces tank shrapnel to the east of Gaza city.

Palestinian medical sources said that Mohammad Al-Araeer, 21 , was killed instantly after having been shot with tank shrapnel just close to the Nahal Auz fuel terminal in eastern Gaza city.

Dr. Mo'awiya Abu Hassanain, chief of emergency and ambulance service at the Hamas-run health ministry confirmed no other casualties in the area.

From his part, spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, told media outlets in Gaza that the latest killed fighter planted yesterday night an anti-tank explosive device on the eastern Gaza-Israel border lines"

" While the fighter was heading today morning back to the area to dismantle the device, an Israeli tanks shot a shell on him, dismembering his body and making the device explode", Abu Aobaida explained.

Over the past two weeks, the Israeli army has killed a total of 20 Palestinian fighters in Gaza, the majority of them were of the ruling Hamas party.

Israeli occupation army detains 20 Palestinians in the West Bank

Thursday November 20, 2008 11:12 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli military kidnapped late on Wednesday night more than 20 Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank, as it dismantled a sit-in tent in the occupied east Jerusalem.

Palestinian security sources and witnesses said today that the Israeli occupation troops attacked a number of West Bank cities , such as Nablus, Qalqilia, Tulkarem and Ramallah, detaining 21 residents.

In the occupied east Jerusalem, Israeli occupation soldiers rampaged a sit-in tent in the Shaikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, erected by a Palestinian family.

The tent was erected by the Al-Kurd family after Jewish extremist groups had displaced them from their home.

Hatem Abdul Qader, a Palestinian lawmaker for Jerusalem, said that the tent was erected in a bid of protest at the their displacement some time ago.

Witnesses said that tension is currently overwhelming in the area.

Palestinian, Israeli officials alarmed by Hebron settlers' attacks

Date: 20 / 11 / 2008 Time: 20:55
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Palestinian and Israeli officials voiced concern on Thursday after illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron.

During a rally on Thursday, the illegal settlers attacked Palestinian locals while others wounded an Israeli occupation soldier by splashing turpentine on him as he tried to prevent them from throwing stones at Palestinians.

Settler groups have been outraged at a court ruling allowing the Israeli army to remove settlers from a Palestinian-owned house they have illegally occupied in Hebron since 2007. The house belongs to the Rajabi family.

The court gave the settlers until noon on Wednesday to leave, and the Defense Ministry has been attempting to persuade the settlers to leave peacefully. The settlers have vowed to resist the eviction order.

A senior Israeli army commander told the Israeli press that the settlers’ violence has become “unbearable,” and the army would take action in response to the attacks. Several members of the Israeli Knesset also called for action to reign in the settlers.

Settlers also vandalized a local mosque, spray painting 'Mohammed Pig' on the wall.

According to Hebrew-language press, settlers also smashed army surveillance cameras and damaged a barbed-wire fence around the Kiryat Arba settlement.

Riyad Al-Maliki, the Palestinian Minister of Information and Foreign Affairs, condemned Thursday’s attacks, saying that they should be sufficient cause for international intervention.

As for the Rajabi house, which the court ordered evacuated, Al-Maliki said that the Israeli government had been careless, and even protected the settlers by deploying soldiers on the roof and in the area around the house.

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