IOF kills two Palestinians in Jenin and Bethlehem
GAZA, July 13,2004 (IPC+WAFA)--Two citizens were shot dead in Bethlehem and jenin as the Israeli occupying soldier were
given the free hand in OPT arresting and demolishing the citizens houses.
The citizen Ibraheim Abed Al Hafeith Salem Ghunim, 67 was crashed to death today noon by a mob Israeli settler in Al
Khaddr town of Bethlehem in the west bank.
The IPC's reported that the victim was heading off to his land when a settler crashed him at the settlement bypass road
No (60).
Earlier, the IOF has rounded up four citizens; one was wounded in aforementioned area.
Witnesses accounted on that a special unit supported by military jeeps invaded into the aforementioned area under the
aerial cover before opening fire at a civil car parking in the vicinity of Jordan hospital in the area.
They added that the Israeli troop arrested four citizens as they were traveling by their car; one of the arrested was
seen bleeding.
The Palestinian medics at jenin said that the 32 year old citizen Nu'man Mustafa Tahyana was killed during the IOF
incursion in al Zahra neighborhood of Jenin city
As usually the Israeli incursion accompanied by heavy shot guns resulted in the killing of the citizen.
Meanwhile, two citizens were wounded by shrapnel of a missile fired by the IOF east of Al Bureij refugee camp, central
of Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian security directorate of Gaza strip the IOF troops stationed east of the camp fired a tank missile at
the area. Two citizens were reportedly wounded.
In Tulkarem, the IOF has handed over today noon three warrant houses demolition and four barracks in Akaba town, north
of Tulkarem under the pretext of the proximity to the route of the apartheid wall.
Tayseer Amarna , chief of the rural council, said that a n Israeli troop stormed into the town and submitted the owners
of the houses the demolition warrants and asked them to go to the housing regulation office in the illegitimate Israeli
settlement of " Beit Eil " on upcoming 5th of august.
He added that the targeted houses and barracks belong to the citizens Jasser , Sameer, Yasser Fatehi Amarna , and
housing further 50 peoples besides to 50,000 hens were nurtured in the barracks, referring that they are in distance of
200 meters of the wall.
Worthy to heed the attention that the Israeli occupying forces finished the construction works in Akaba town a half and
year ago and cut off 80% of its arable lands.
To the east of khan Younis, the IOF ordered the residents of Abu Eida and Alfara areas, to horde inside Al Redwan
mosque in the area.
The local Abu Eyad Al Fara said that the Israeli troops occupied several houses in the area and asked the male citizens
by the loudspeakers to gather in the aforementioned mosque. Concurrently, the Israeli caterpillar bulldozers have razed
more than 200 trees of olive and palm in the aforementioned area. In Hebron, more than 100 tress of Beit Omar town,
south of Hebron were uprooted under the pretext of being a state land, located about 150 meter to the east of Hebron-
Jerusalem road, IPC's reported.
The Occupation Forces arrested on Tuesday twenty citizens during an Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip City of Deir
al-Balah, witnesses and security sources said.
Security sources said that Israeli soldiers, backed by tanks and jeeps, have rumbled into al-Salqa neighborhood of Deir
al-Balah, conducted a wide scale search campaign and arrested twenty citizens.
Witnesses told WAFA that the IOF called on the residents to gather in the public square and arrested twenty citizens,
leading then into an unknown location. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday a civilian in the West Bank city
of Bethlehem, witnesses said.
Witnesses revealed that Israeli troops incurred into Aida Refugee Camp of the city, started a large-scale search
operation and arrested the 27-year-old Naseem Abu Akar of, leading him into an un unknown spot.
They added that Abu Akar lives in the neighbouring al-Doha village and was arrested as he was paying a visit for
relatives in the Refugee Camp.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers erected several military checkpoints and posts at the roads leading to “Hebron University”,
holding several students, who were subjected to meticulous body search, A witness revealed.