Israeli troops rampage various West Bank areas

Tuesday September 23, 2008 12:15 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli troops rampaged on Tuesday morning a number of West Bank areas, as Israel continues a grip military control over the region.

In the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said that an Israeli contingent broke into the city through the southern entrance and that many armored vehicles cordoned off the old city of Nablus.

In Bethelahem city, Palestinian security sources reported that an Israeli army force, made up of armored vehicles, stormed the Taqou village, to the east of the city.

The sources said that the Israeli soldiers ransacked several houses, rounding up brothers , identified as , Mohammad and Khalil Jebril as well as Khlaed and Mahmoud Abed Sabbah.

The Israeli troops also broke into the Dar Sallah village, east of Bethlehem, handing over a warrant to one citizen Raed Ahmad Salah, that he refers to the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Etsion, where the Israeli intelligence service exists, the sources added.

Meanwhile, the Israeli troops invaded early this morning the Jenin city and theYamoun village to the north of West Bank.

Palestinian security sources reported that an Israeli contingent broke into these areas under a barrage of heavy gun fire and sound grenades, adding that the Israeli soldier placed checkpoints at the entrances of Jenin and Yamoun.

In a related development, Israeli soldiers, manning the Tubas checkpoint in the Tubas city, detained physician doctor Saleh Sawafta, while on way to his workplace in the Aghwar area, witnesses said.

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