Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 17th, 2009.
For the second day in a row the Israeli army kidnaps scores of Palestinian in the West Bank and doctors call for people to donate blood in Gaza, these stories and more coming up stay tuned.
The News Cast
The Israeli military kidnapped 26 Palestinian civilians during pre-dawn and morning invasions targeting several West Bank cities and towns on Tuesday, Palestinian sources reported.
The sources said that the invasions took place in Tulkarem, Jenin, Qalqilia, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron cities.
Witnesses said that Israeli troops invaded Tulkarem city and a nearby village, then kidnapped nine civilians after searching a number of homes there.
Also in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli troops invaded the city of Qalqilia, searched homes, and then kidnapped seven civilians.
In the southern part of the West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the villages of Hussan and Beit Omer near Bethlehem city and kidnapped seven civilians.
Moreover three civilians were kidnapped during home searches in Hebron city and nearby villages, local sources reported.
On Monday the Israeli army kidnapped 34 Palestinians during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.
In Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, issued calls on Tuesday for people with blood types negative RH to donate blood in the local hospitals in Gaza.
The Ministry said that the blood bank has run out of all blood types negative RH due to the Israeli constant attacks and continued siege. Last month Israel ended a 22 day long offensive which left 1,300 killed and more than 5,500 injured.
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 Ghassan Bannoura and George Rishmawi.
e-mail:
Homepage:
