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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 10th, 2015.
Israeli navy attack Palestinian fishing boats near Gaza city, meanwhile Palestinian detainees continue their hunger strike. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday morning, five Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including a teenager walking to school in Jerusalem.
Moreover, Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with scores of students as they were heading to school.
Also near Hebron, several armored vehicles and troop also invaded the al-Fahs area, and clashed with dozens of local youths, no injuries reported.
In other news, The Israeli Prison Authority renewed, Thursday, the Administrative Detention order against a hunger striking Palestinian Journalist, for three additional months, without charges or trial.
Nidal Abu Aker, 46, who is an anchor at the al-Wehda Radio Station in Bethlehem city, is determined to continue the hunger strike he started on August 20, The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The detainee is demanding his release, as he is being held by the Isralei army without any charges.
In related news, The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Thursday, that detainee Bilal Kayed is ongoing with the hunger strike he started on September 5, demanding his removal from solitary confinement.
The detainee started the strike following his transfer from Majeddo Israeli military Prison to solitary confinement in Asqalan (Ashkelon) military detention center.
In the Gaza strip, several Palestinians fishing boats have been attacked, on Thursday morning, by Israeli navy fire close to the shore in the Sudaniyya Sea, northwest of Gaza City.
The boats were only four nautical miles away from the shore, and that the fishers had to sail back fearing additional Israeli violence and escalation, Palestinian sources reported.
The navy frequently attacked Gaza fishers and their boats in the coastal region, preventing them from gaining some income to support their families.
And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Thursday, September 10th, 2015 news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For more news and updates, please visit our website at www.imemc.org. Today’s report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and Ghassan Bannoura.
