Skip to content or view screen version

Palestine Today

imemC Radio Crew | 20.06.2006 16:59 | World

Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media centre,  http://www.imemc.org for Tuesday June 20th, 2006

One child injured in an explosion of an unidentified object in Tubas, Army arrests one resident from Bier Al Basha village south of Jenin and arrests 6 residents from Tulkarem, Israeli Army stationed in Hebron attack one child while settlers injure one resident. Army uproots scores of olive trees in Sebastiya village near Nablus and invades Nablus and Balata refugee camp yet again
The Israeli air force shells a blacksmith's workshop in Gaza, while the resistance fire 4 home made shells at the Israeli town of Sedorot.

Those stores and more coming up stay tuned.

1- One child injured in an explosion of an unidentified object in Tubas

One child was injured in the West Bank city of Tubas by an unidentified object exploding near him as he herded his familyís flock of sheep, Tuesday morning.
Mohamed Nawaja, 16 sustained medium injuries when a land mine exploded near him as he herded his family flock of sheep on agricultural land near Tubas.
According to local residents the landmine was left by the Israeli army, who usually leave similar unidentified objects following an invasion or training operation.

2- Army arrest one resident from Bier Al Basha village south of Jenin

The Israeli army has arrested Naief Ghawadra, 18, after invading the village of Bier Al Basha south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning.
Troops and army jeeps invaded the village and surrounded Ghawadra's house then arrested him and took him to an unknown location claming he is wanted by Israeli security, reported his family.

3- Army arrests 6 residents from Tulkarem

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday at dawn and arrested 6 residents.
The arrestees were identified as Adnan Al Hasri, 44, Nidal Tharifa, 33, Abd Al Fatah Awwad, 30, Awad Ishtawi, 30, Hazim Qarawi, 18, Tayesser Jaber, 33, all were taken to unknown locations.
Troops searched several homes in the city and refugee camp before arresting the 6, army sources clamed that the arrestees are members of Hamas.

4- Army attacks a child and settlers injure one resident in Hebron

Israeli troops attacked a child and settlers injured one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning.
Dia'e Al Hamawi, 10, was admitted to the main public hospital in the city after being attacked by Israeli soldiers in the old town area of the city, medical sources reported.
Meanwhile a group of settlers have attacked Ishaq Jaber, 30, with stones near the Ibrahimi mosque (the tomb of patriarchs) in the old town area of the city and injured him in the head he was moved to a nearby hospital in the city

5- Army uproots scores of olive trees in Sebastiya, village near Nablus

Israeli army bulldozers have uprooted more than 100 olive trees in the village of Sebastiya near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday.
The Mayor of Sebastia has confirmed that army bulldozers have flattened the land in preparation for the continued construction of the wall around nearby illegal Israeli settlements. 100 olive trees have been uprooted from the village's farms.

6- Army shells blacksmith's workshop in Gaza
Israeli air force planes bombarded a blacksmith's workshop in Gaza on Tuesday morning.
Apache military planes fired one missile at the workshop in the Ad Daraj area in Gaza city, heavily damaging the workshop as yet no injures have been reported.

7- Army invades Nablus and Balata refugee camp yet again

Israeli troops have invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp in the city under the pretext of searching for wanted people, on Tuesday morning.
Troops invaded the city and the refugee camp and searched scores of homes before arresting Sameir Qadri, 26, Mahmoud Al Qutub, 18, and other youths whose names remain unknown, local sources reported.
All arrestees were taken to unknown locations, the sources added.

8- Palestinian resistance shells Sederot
The Al Quds Brigades the armed wing of Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility for firing four homemade shells at the Israeli town of Sederot north of the Gaza Strip, Tuesday at dawn.
In a press release issued by the brigades they said that the attack was in retaliation for Israeli war crimes and added that the brigades will continue their resistance.

Conclusion
And thatís just some of the news for today in Palestine. For constant updates, check out the International Middle East Media Center website,  http://www.IMEMC.org. As always, thanks for joining us. From Occupied Bethlehem, this is Palestine today, brought to you by Pennie Quinton and Maia Williams Carpenter

www.imemc.org

imemC Radio Crew
- e-mail: info@IMEMC .org
- Homepage: http://www.imemc.org