Israeli troops wound a young man in Bethlehem, rampage continues elsewhere

Wednesday September 24, 2008 13:49 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli occupation troops wounded and arrested two youth from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as the Israeli army rampage against Palestinians continued elsewhere.

Early on Wednesday, Israeli troops broke into the Dehaisha refugee camp to the south of Bethlehem city, wounding and detaining 18-year-old Ahmad Alja'fary.

Witnesses said that the soldiers stormed the Aja'afary house under a barrage of fire, causing the injury to Ahmad.

Also in Bethlehem, mainly in the Alkhader neighborhood, the Israeli soldiers detained Salem Esa Salah, 22, after breaking into and ransacking his house.

In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli troops arrested five residents including a girl.

Palestinian security sources reported that at least 15 military jeeps swept the Bal'a village and detained Emad Wasef Alhaj, 22, and Osama Mohammad Shahrour, 22.

The sources added that the Israeli troops stormed the Thennaban village to the east of Tulkarem, detaining girl Rima Tabbal, 23, her sisters Islam and Sultam Abu Sris,28.

Meanwhile, the Israeli soldiers detained five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron, after carrying out a large-scale house-to-house search campaign earlier in the morning.

Security sources said that the arrests today were focused in the Alfawar and Alaroub refugee camps, as well as the Ethna and Yatta neighborhoods and that the Israeli soldiers attacked inhabitants of the houses and vandalized the houses' contents.

Since the beginning of this month, Israeli troops have rounded up 42 Palestinian residents in the Hebron city alone according to sources at the Palestinian prisoners society.

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