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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Troops kidnap more than two dozen civilians during invasions targeting West Bank communities, meanwhile settlers invade a village and writs hate graffiti on walls. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late at night and on Thursday morning, 33 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS reported invasions, home searches and kidnappings in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Qalqilia, and Nablus, in addition to Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem in southern West Bank.
The army arrests were mainly focused in the West Bank district of Qalqilia, Nablus and Hebron. Among the kidnapped are a father and his four sons, the PPS reported.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli police and army have kidnapped, overnight, 60 Palestinian workers for what Israeli sources claimed “entering Israel to work without permits.”
25 of the detained workers were detained in the northern part of the country, 15 in the coastal area and the rest were taken prisoner in the Negev.
The police have detained and imprisoned more than 250 Palestinian workers in the past few days, the PPS said.
In related news, Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded on Thursday morning, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic,) in occupied Jerusalem, and photographed its interiors, in addition to imposing a fine.
Moreover, A number of extremist Israeli settlers infiltrated, on Thursday at dawn, into the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and wrote “Death To Arabs” graffiti on the walls of a Palestinian home, and nearby walls. Soldiers also invaded a school near Bethlehem.
And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Thursday, March 10, 2016, news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. From more news and updates, please visit our website at www.imemc.org Today’s report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and me Ghassan Bannoura.
