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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday June 26th, 2014.
Israeli troops leave an old women dead near Hebron, and continue to attack West Bank communities. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly woman died of a heart attack, after dozens of soldiers invaded her home and ransacked it, in the al-’Arroub refugee camp. Several injuries and arrests have been reported during ongoing invasions in Hebron.
The sources said Fatima Ismael Roshdi, 70 years of age, suffered a heart attack after dozens of soldiers stormed her home, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and ransacked it, causing excessive property damage.
She was moved to a local hospital in a critical condition, and died later on. Troops kidnapped five residents during their attack targeting Al ‘Arroub refugee camp.
Four More Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank. Israeli soldiers invaded Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Two Palestinians were kidnapped in Awarta, near Nablus, and one in Azzoun, near Qalqilia.
Moreover dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, various Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths, causing dozens of injuries. An elderly man was kidnapped in the al-Aqsa Mosque as well.
With the old women death today the number of Palestinian killed by Israeli troops since June 13 has reached right. The Israeli army escalation started when three Israeli settlers living in an illegal settlement near the southern West Bank city of Hebron went missing.
In other news, Gaza’s only power plant is still running today, after fuel was permitted entry into the Strip via Israel, just a day after the power authority warned that the plant would shut down. Additionally, 20 truckloads of pharmaceuticals and medical disposables are to soon arrive in the besieged coastal enclave.
On Wednesday, an agreement was reached that would allow the importation of 250,000 liters of synthetic diesel to Gaza’s power generation station, according to Fathi al-Sheikh Khalil, deputy head of the energy authority in Gaza.
And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Thursday June 26th, 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.
