Israeli terrorist forces kill teenager near Ramallah, kidnap 38 Palestinians across West Bank, lock down Hebron-area village

Palestinian teenager shot dead by Israeli terrorist forces near Ramallah

Date: 11 / 03 / 2009 Time: 19:37
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist forces shot a Palestinian teenager to death and injured two others on Wednesday evening in the West Bank village of Deir Abu Mesha’al, north of the city of Ramallah.

Medical sources identified the victim as 17-year-old Firas Atta.

According to the Israeli military, the Israeli soldiers chased down a Palestinian shot him and one other after they threw molotov cocktails at a moving vehicle near the settlement of Halamish,

At least one car burst into flames, the military said.

Israeli military tanks and drones bombard targets in Gaza, one civilian injured

Wednesday March 11, 2009 15:54 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

A Palestinian man was reported injured during an Israeli shelling, targeting Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon.

Local sources said that Israeli terrorist forces tanks stationed at the Gaza Israeli borders shelled a group of people and injured one. Medical sources said that the man sustained light wounds.
Elsewhere in the Gaza strip, unmanned Israeli planes fired several missiles at the Gaza-Egypt border line near Rafah city, on Wednesday midday. The Israeli Army clamed that they bombed underground tunnels. Local residents living at the borders report that they are being targeted by the Israeli military on a daily basis.

Israeli police arrests a young Palestinian woman in Jerusalem

Thursday March 12, 2009 00:05 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli police arrested on Wednesday a 20-year old Palestinian woman in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestinian sources reported.

The police claimed that the woman carried a knife with the intention to stab an Israeli policeman.
The Israeli Radio said that the young woman was transferred to an interrogation center.
It is worth mentioning that Israel is holding captive more than 100 women and 340 children, in addition to more than 10.000 male detainees.

The Israeli terrorist army kidnaps 38 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank

Wednesday March 11, 2009 15:47 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

At least 38 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by the Israeli terrorist forces during invasions targeting a number of West Bank areas.

In Bit Omer village, near the southern city of Hebron, Israeli troops kidnapped 35 civilians. Witnesses said that Israeli troops stormed the village, imposed a curfew and then searched homes; they added that soldiers rounded up 35 men between the ages of 15 and 45 and took them away.

Meanwhile, two civilians were kidnapped during a pre-dawn invasion carried out by Israeli troops in Tulkarem City, located in the northern part of the West Bank.

One civilian was also taken by Israeli soldiers during a home invasion and search in the central west Bank city of Ramallah.

Israeli terrorist forces kidnap 24 Palestinians across West Bank

Date: 11 / 03 / 2009 Time: 10:00
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies -

Israeli terrorist forces occupying the West Bank overnight kidnapped 24 Palestinians.

They were taken from the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and surrounding areas, according to Israeli news reports.

Israeli terrorist forces lock down Hebron-area village for over 24 hours

Date: 11 / 03 / 2009 Time: 09:47
Hebron – Ma’an –

Israeli terrorist forces have imposed a curfew on the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar since Tuesday night and arrested more than 30 Palestinians.

All entrances into and out of the village have been closed by the Israeli military for more than 24 hours. Residents report that Israeli soldiers are holding entire Palestinian families captive in their own homes.

Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that dozens of Israeli military vehicles stormed the town overnight on Tuesday, imposed a curfew and ransacked several homes.

Palestinians reported that the operation was ongoing early Wednesday afternoon, and that several more residents have been abducted.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers maintained a curfew over the village and were conducting house-to-house searches of homes in the area.

Soldiers also occupied the roofs of buildings in order to monitor the surrounding area, witnesses said. Others said several residents were forced to evacuate their homes, and troops inspected homes and rifled through their interiors.

The main mosque in Beit Ummar was also ransacked after soldiers blew in its gate with explosives, and other military canine units searched homes and used dogs "to scare people," according to one resident.

According to Amjad Al-Najjar, head of the Prisoners’ Society in Beit Ummar, more than 32 people were apprehended, and many of them were under 18. They were reportedly taken to an interrogation center at the Gush Etzion settlement near Hebron.

He also explained that a number of uninhabited homes were ransacked after soldiers blew up their doors.

Beit Ummar Mayor Nasri Sabarna said the Israeli operation came under the pretext that local youths pelted Israeli settlers' cars with stones as they drove through the town.

Local sources identified one of the 25 of the arrestees as 32-year-old Wahib Ikhlayyil, secretary of the Fatah movement in Beit Ummar.

Israeli forces also detained 18-year-old Imam Awad, 18-year-old Ibrahim Awad, Hussein Abu Ayyash, 23-year-old Muhammad Awad, 47-year-old Kamal 'Aadi, 22-year-old Salih Ikhlayyil, 22-year-old Khuwaylid Ikhlayyil, 24-year-old Khaldoun Ikhlayyil, 28-year-old Mufeed Ikhlayyil and 20-year-old Wael Abu Ayyash.

Among the others detained were Raed Ikhlayyil, Ammar Abu Maria, Jamal 'Ikhlayyil, Issa Awad, Walid Sabarna, Muhammad Sabarna, Muhammad Suleibi, Muhammad 'Aadi, Yousif Khamis, Muhammad Abu Maria and Suheil Ibreigheith.

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian teenager in the head in Beit Ummar last week. The injured child is still in a hospital in Hebron.

***Updated 22:37 Hebron time

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