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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, October 1st, 2014.
At least 20 Palestinian civilians kidnapped by Israeli troops during pre-dawn invasions all over the West Bank. These stories, and more, coming up stay tuned.
The Israeli army has kidnapped on Wednesday, at dawn, at least Twenty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Two of the kidnapped have also been shot and injured by the invading soldiers.
Media sources in Tubas, in the central West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded the al-Far’a refugee camp, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, including two who were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets. The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youth.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, kidnapped two Palestinians and detained another resident at the Dotan roadblock.
Also in Jenin district, a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Deir Abu Da’if village, and fired several gas bombs, concussion grenades and rounds of live ammunition. many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, several armored military vehicles invaded Deir Ballout town, west of the Central West Bank city of Salfit, and abducted four Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers also invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan village near Salfit, violently broke into and searched several homes, and took six Palestinians, all members of the Fateh movement.
In the meantime in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, undercover forces of the Israeli military infiltrated into the Conferences Palace in the city and kidnapped one of the employees there.
In addition, soldiers also abducted a Palestinian from the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as he was crossing the Container roadblock east of occupied East Jerusalem.
In related news, The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 165 Palestinians, including 40 children from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, in September, and imposed high fines on many detainees.
Staying in Hebron district, the Israeli army invaded the village of Jado’on searched homes and handed residents demolished orders to water cisterns.
According to local residents the cisterns are used by sheep-herders. The army gave the residents one week challenge the Israeli army orders.
And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Wednesday, October 1st, 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.