| Israeli forces storm northern West Bank |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-09-11 20:14:39 |
RAMMALLAH, Sept. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli army forces on Saturday morning stormed Aseera al Shamaleya town in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and imposed a curfew there, Palestinian security sources and residents said.
Asa'ad Sawalma, the chief of Aseera Al Shamaleya municipality, said that the Israeli forces imposed a curfew in the town, adding that they forced the students and the teachers to leave their schools.
Meanwhile, Israeli army forces backed by several tanks stormed at predawn the neighborhoods of the old city and Ra's al Ein in Nablus, where the soldiers raided several Palestinian houses and searched its contents.
In another development, witnesses said that Israeli army forces stormed al Dawha town west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three Palestinian brothers.
The Israeli forces thrust into al Dawha and besieged a house that belongs to Saker al Hroob and searched its contents, said the witnesses, adding the soldiers arrested the man's three sons of 21-25 years old and took them to an unknown place.
One of the sons, Waseem, a 21-year-old student at a university in Jordan, was visiting his family in the summer vacation while being detained, the witnesses said. Enditem |
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