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Wednesday West bank round up

International Middle east Media Centre | 05.04.2006 14:19 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

A round up of news concerning the activities of the Israeli army across occupied Palestine

1-Israeli Army arrest girl from Boreen village near Nablus

Early Wednesday morning Israeli troops invaded the village of Boreen south of the West Bank city of Nablus,they searched houses and arrested one girl, Zakia Al Najar whom they took from her father's home to an unknown destination.
The Army have arrested four girls from the Nablus area in the past two days, allegedly two of these were members of Islamic Jihad.

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2- Israeli Army invades Al Far'a refugee camp south of Tubass

The Israeli army invaded Al Far'a refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Tubass.

Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp and conducted a wide scale house-to-house search no arrests were reported.
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3- The Israeli Army arrest Bethlehem Youth 12:46

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested Mohamed Abdah, aged 17, Wednesday morning.

Troops entered the city and surrounded the Abdah family home in the Wad Em Alli neighborhood of in Bethlehem they arrested Mohamed and took him to an unknown destination.

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4- Fifteen people arrested, and two injured during a Nablus incursion

In a wide scale invasion of Nablus the Israeli armed forces arrested fifteen residents and injured two on Wednesday morning.

Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the city imposed curfew, trapping residents in their homes, they conducted an arrest campaign arresting fifteen known to them; three of which were Mohamed Samhan, 19, Mo'taz Sharaf and Samier Al Ostah, eyewitnesses reported.

Soldiers fired randomly at homes injuring Maher Himidan, 17, in the chest and another who sustained light injuries, his name remains unknown, medical sources reported .

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5- Army arrest two residents from Dora village in Hebron 14:25

The Israeli army troops invaded the Dora village in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents there, Wednesday morning.

Ghassan Amro, 23, and Bilal Mohamed, 23 were arrested when troops stormed their families houses, they were taken to unknown destination.

Eyewitnesses said that soldiers forced the families to stand in the rain during the house searches, before arresting Ghassan and Bilai.

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6- Scores of residents were held in the rain at a military checkpoint east of Tubass 14:26

The Israeli squadron stationed at the Tayasser military checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubass kept scores of Palestinian civilians waiting in the pouring the rain for several hours on Wednesday afternoon.

Cars were forced to stop for searches at the checkpoint and the drivers were also forced to stand in rain while the soldiers continued their searches, eyewitnesses reported.

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