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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday June 23rd, 2014.
At least 37 kidnaped as Israeli troops continue their attacks military campaign in the west Bank for the 11th day, meanwhile jet fighters bombard Gaza. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped 37 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, as its military offensive continues for the eleventh consecutive day.
Clashes were reported in Askar refugee camp, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after dozens of soldiers invaded it, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, before searching homes and kidnapped civilians.
In Nablus, soldiers kidnapped eight Palestinians in different neighborhoods in the city, after violently searching their homes. Also in northern West Bank, additional seven civilians were kidnaped after Israel Israeli soldiers searched and ransacked homes in Tulkarem city.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, and stores, and kidnapped ten Palestinians. In the nearby Bethlehem city, soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians.
Moreover the army kidnapped eight Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem on Monday. Clashes have also been reported there.
In the Gaza Strip, a series of Israeli airstrikes on several locations were reported, according to media sources. Israeli F16 jet fighters have fired on the cities of Khan Younes, Rafah, and Deir El Balah, causing property damage but no injuries.
Israeli troops have killed five Palestinians and kidnapped at least 500 others so far in the latest Israeli military operation targeting West Bank communities.
The Israeli army escalation started on Friday June 13th as three Israeli settlers living in an illegal settlement near the southern West Bank city of Hebron went missing. Among the kidnapped Palestinians are 12 legislators, and two former government ministers, in addition to 51 former prisoners who were previously released under the Shalit Prisoner Swap Deal.
From his part, the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki asserted, that Israeli actions in the ongoing West Bank arrest campaign amount to war crimes. The FM condemned the silence of the international community over the ongoing Israeli aggression and crimes against the Palestinian people.
He also called upon the international community to protect the Palestinian people, who remain, in reality, defenseless against this kind of aggression, and are subjected to the worst forms of war crimes committed in modern times.
And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Monday June 23rd, 2014 news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For more news and updates please visit our websiteatwww.imemc.org. Today’s report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and me Ghassan Bannoura.
