Palestine Today 082907

Wednesday August 29, 2007 18:00 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC - Audio Dept.

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday August 29th, 2007

The Israeli Army attacks the West Bank city of Qalqilia and injures 34 civilians, meanwhile in the Gaza strip the deposed Palestinian cabinet claims it's working hard to end the sanctions, these stories and more coming up – stay tuned.

The News Cast

The Israeli army continued its military offensive targeting the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Medical sources reported that 34 civilians have been injured due to army fire since the beginning of the invasion this morning, one of them critically. The medical sources identified Ibrahim Daoud, aged 17, who was shot in the head by the invading Israeli troops.

Earlier today the Israeli army demolished two homes there. Palestinian media sources reported that a massive army force along with two military bulldozers invaded the city then surrounded the house of Adel Hassan, forcing the family out. They then destroyed the house and kidnapped Hassan, taking him to an unknown destination.

Shortly thereafter troops attacked and demolished another nearby house. Local sources said it belonged to a local resident known as Qassem Al Hurop. As the time of this report the Israeli army is still in the city occupying homes, witnesses said, forcing them to gather in a nearby area while their homes are searched. Israeli troops have also been seen forcing men to undress.

Also in the West Bank, at least ten Israeli military jeeps invaded the city of Nablus on Wednesday morning; during the invasion Palestinian resistance fighters destroyed one army vehicle. After several hours the Israeli army left the city and the refugee camp, taking two Palestinian civilians whom local sources identified as Majdi Ishtawi, aged 39, and Islam Abu Amer, 24.

Another two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during an invasion of Ithna, a small village to the south-east of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

In other news, the deposed Palestinian cabinet today issued a statement claiming they are making efforts to work with Arab and other countries in order to lift the sanctions imposed on the Gaza strip.

The statement also welcomed the stands of several countries accepting the latest Palestinian legislative council elections. The statement said Palestinian security forces have started to work on cases of corruption and that Gaza had seen an increased deployment of the police force of late.

The statement accused Fatah of provoking Palestinian Authority employees to go on strike in the costal region to put pressure on the Hamas government.

Conclusion

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