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Iof troops kill 78 palestinian children kidnap 260 others within six months

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The IOF troops killed 78 Palestinian children, and kidnapped more than 2,500 Palestinian citizens, including 260 children, throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of this year, a report issued by the Nafha society asserted.

The society, which caters for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, explained that 1500 of the kidnapped Palestinian citizens were from the West Bank, in addition to hundreds of Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip rounded up by the IOF troops during military incursions into the tiny Strip.

The report also added that 13 Palestinian women were among the arrested citizens, including human rights activist Ahlam Johar who was later on forcibly deported to Jordan.

According to the report, the West Bank cities of Nablus and Al-Khalil had the biggest number of the arrested citizens of 465 and 450 citizens respectively, while in Bethlehem city 220 cases were reported in addition to tens others in the West Bank and the Strip.

Moreover, the information bureau in the society highlighted that the Israeli occupation army killed 480 Palestinian citizens since the start of January of this year, including 19 children and 12 women killed in the month of March alone that witnessed also the death of 126 Palestinian citizens with IOF troops’ bullets and missiles.

A total of 29 Palestinian women were killed at the hands of the Israeli occupation soldiers over the past six months, the report revealed.
 
*Source: Palestine Information Centre

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Iof troops raid 3 mosques in the ramallah district

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IOF troops raided on Wednesday evening the village of Silwad, to the north east of Ramallah and stormed the Abu Obeida Mosque at the centre of the village, more troops raided the village Shiqba to the west of Ramallah.

Locals at Silwad reported that more than 25 military vehicles carrying tens of occupation soldiers raided their village around 10:30 pm and that the occupation soldiers ransacked the mosque and its library.

They also reported that the invading troops confiscated 5 computers used in the mosque’s library in addition to paper files in the library.

Shiekh Yaser Hamed, the mosque’s Imam said that the attack on the mosque reflects disrespect for faith and places of worship.

A Palestinian youth who was present in the vicinity of the mosque suffered an unprovoked assault by the invading occupation soldiers.

More IOF troops raided the village of Shiqba to the west of Ramallah and stormed and ransacked the village’s mosque as well as homes and shops.

Locals said that around six military vehicles raided the village, Thursday around 1:00 am and searched the village’s mosque  before storming a number of homes and a mobile phone shop and confiscating a number of computers.

Local sources in the village of Beit Rima to the north of Ramallah also reported that IOF troops raided, at dawn Thursday, the village and ransacked the mosque before confiscating a computer and a number of books.

*Source: Palestine Information Centre

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