The Israeli army attacked and abused villagers near Ramallah

Tuesday July 01, 2008 12:13 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Israeli army continued to attack the villagers of Dier Abu Mish'al, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah for the second day on Tuesday.

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Witnesses said that Israeli troops invaded the village on Monday and detained Shadi Zahran, and his family in their home and used it as a military post. The witnesses added that soldiers are still in the house until today and refusing to allow the family to leave the house.

The villagers said that the soldiers are still in the village and are searching homes and harassing families.

Meanwhile Faares Nasser the mayor of the nearby Dier Iqdes village said that soldiers attacked residents' homes in his village and handed a number of young men military orders for interviews by the Israeli secret police in a nearby military camp.

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