Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday April 30th 2009.
The military open fire at farmers near Gaza city and troops kidnap civilians in the West Bank; these stories and more coming up stay tuned.
The News Cast
Israeli tanks stationed at the borders opened fire at Palestinian farmers on Thursday midday near Gaza city.
Witnesses said Israeli tanks fired a number of shells at the farmers while working on their lands near the borders, no injuries were reported.
This is the fourth military attack with tank shells in one week that targets them while working in their farms, the farmers added.
Also in the news, a Palestinian teen was injured when an Israeli settler rammed her with his car near the southern West bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning.
Local sources said the settler fled the scene before Israeli military and police arrived at the location.
Hind L'emor, 15, sustained cuts and bruises and was moved Hebron city hospital for treatment, medical sources reported. She comes from the village of Yatta near Hebron, the sources added.
In the mean time, four Palestinian civilians were reported kidnapped during military invasions targeting a number of Palestinian cities in the West Bank on Thursday.
Three civilians were kidnapped when troops invaded Al Biereh town near the central west Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that troops searched and ransacked a number of homes before taking the three men to unknown detention facility.
Meanwhile one man was kidnapped when Israeli troops searched and ransacked homes in old Hebron city, southern West Bank.
Conclusion
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