Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Wednesday April 1st, 2009.
One injured and one dead in Gaza as the Israeli army kidnaps 18 civilians from the West Bank: these stories and more coming up; stay tuned.
The News Cast
A Palestinian civilian was reported injured on Wednesday when a bomb left by the Israeli military exploded near him east of Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that the man, Adel Subeh, aged 20, was moved to a local hospital for treatment after sustaining moderate wounds.
Also in the Strip, a 30-year old woman died on Tuesday night at a Gaza city hospital after she was dined from leaving for medical treatment in Egypt.
Abeer Ahmad Al Agha, a mother of five, was hospitalized at the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. She suffered second-degree burns in the lower part of her body in an accident while cooking a meal for her kids last week.
In the past two months, five patients including two children have died due to being denied access to essential medical treatment outside of the Gaza Strip. The number of patients who have died due to the Israeli siege is now over 300.
Doctors in Gaza reported that 1000 Palestinian patients have all the necessary documents to receive medical treatment abroad, but Israel is not allowing them to travel.
18 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped when Israeli troops carried out several invasions in different parts of the West Bank during dawn hours. The Israeli Army Radio reported that the eighteen Palestinians were transferred to a number of interrogation center in the West Bank.
Local sources said that soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes and interrogated several residents in their homes and the streets before kidnapping eighteen residents. Eight Palestinians were kidnapped from Bethlehem, six in Ramallah, three in Jenin, and one in Tulkarem.
Conclusion
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