Palestine Today 04 13 2010
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One Palestinian killed in Gaza while Israeli settlers and soldiers invade West Bank areas, these stories in details coming up, stay tuned.
The News Cast
Israeli settlers invaded the village of Kherbit El-Hamam near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday.
Around fifty settlers of different ages marched through the village that is inhabited by around 70 Palestinians, around noon time, when the children go back to their homes from the schools in the nearby villages, witnesses reported. The settlers visited some archeological sites in the village and positioned themselves at one of the entrances of the village.
The villagers complain form these lately frequent visits and said that in previous visits, the settlers assaulted some youth and threw stones at some of the residents cars, and in other cases prevented the farmers from reaching their farm lands.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into the home of 16-year-old Khalil Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, was not at home during the invasion, instead the soldiers presented his family with a military order summoning him to a nearby military facility for interrogation.
Ibrahim was released two months ago from an Israeli jail after serving one month in detention for his involvement in nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements in the village.
Staying in the West Bank where clashes took place between dozens of Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers and settlers who invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Israeli troops opened fire at youth who tried to stop the soldiers and settlers from entering the city by throwing stones at their military vehicles and busses, however no injuries were reported.
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed and three were wounded Tuesday morning, during clashes that took place when Israeli military forces invaded an area east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The sources added that medics recovered the body of Marwan Al Jarba, 25, and transferred three other residents to Al Aqsa Hospital. The wounded suffered moderate-to-severe wounds, the source said.
Medics are still sweeping the area after receiving information that other residents might have been killed or wounded in the clashes.
Conclusion
Thank you for joining us from occupied Bethlehem, you have been listening to Palestine Today from the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, this report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi.
The News Cast
Israeli settlers invaded the village of Kherbit El-Hamam near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday.
Around fifty settlers of different ages marched through the village that is inhabited by around 70 Palestinians, around noon time, when the children go back to their homes from the schools in the nearby villages, witnesses reported. The settlers visited some archeological sites in the village and positioned themselves at one of the entrances of the village.
The villagers complain form these lately frequent visits and said that in previous visits, the settlers assaulted some youth and threw stones at some of the residents cars, and in other cases prevented the farmers from reaching their farm lands.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into the home of 16-year-old Khalil Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, was not at home during the invasion, instead the soldiers presented his family with a military order summoning him to a nearby military facility for interrogation.
Ibrahim was released two months ago from an Israeli jail after serving one month in detention for his involvement in nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements in the village.
Staying in the West Bank where clashes took place between dozens of Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers and settlers who invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Israeli troops opened fire at youth who tried to stop the soldiers and settlers from entering the city by throwing stones at their military vehicles and busses, however no injuries were reported.
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed and three were wounded Tuesday morning, during clashes that took place when Israeli military forces invaded an area east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The sources added that medics recovered the body of Marwan Al Jarba, 25, and transferred three other residents to Al Aqsa Hospital. The wounded suffered moderate-to-severe wounds, the source said.
Medics are still sweeping the area after receiving information that other residents might have been killed or wounded in the clashes.
Conclusion
Thank you for joining us from occupied Bethlehem, you have been listening to Palestine Today from the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, this report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi.
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Hamas orders Gaza weapons smuggling tunnels shut (really)
14.04.2010 13:28
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
14/04/2010 13:15
Reason for move unclear; group warns of punishment if order defied.
Gaza's Hamas rulers have ordered residents to shut smuggling tunnels along the border with Egypt indefinitely, cutting off the underground weapons flow as well the economic lifeline for 1.5 million Palestinians in the impoverished territory, residents and tunnel operators said Wednesday.
Hamas forces moved into the border area late Tuesday and ordered tunnel operators to cease operations until further notice. The operators were allowed to retrieve food and other perishable goods, but otherwise barred from the area on Wednesday.
"This is the first time this has happened," said Jasser Younes, a 25-year-old tunnel worker who helps smuggle cement into Gaza. Two other tunnel operators said Hamas security forces warned people they would be punished if they defied the order. They declined to be identified for fear of punishment.
A Hamas security official confirmed the closure. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Hamas has long controlled the tunnel industry and it was not clear why it was suddenly ordering them shut, given their importance to the group's arms supply and Gaza's economy. Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade of Gaza since Hamas seized power nearly three years ago, and the hundreds of tunnels in the Rafah area are the main entry point for many basic items, as well as weapons.
It was also not known whether the closure was connected to an Israeli warning late Tuesday to all citizens in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to leave immediately, citing "concrete" evidence that terrorists were plotting to kidnap Israelis.
Wednesday's crackdown comes at a difficult time for the tunnel industry.
Rafah officials say that Egypt has stepped up a crackdown on smuggling in recent months, setting up checkpoints in the border area and confiscating contraband. Egypt is also building an underground steel wall to block the tunnels.
Rafah officials say about six kilometers (four miles) of the wall — covering roughly half of the border area — is already complete.
The officials say the Egyptian measures have led to a sharp slowdown in tunnel traffic in recent months, pinching the local economy.
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