Plight of the Unpeople: IOF troops kidnap four fishermen, wound youth

2009-03-26

IOF troops kidnap four fishermen, wound youth

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday kidnapped four Palestinian fishermen of one family off the coast of Rafah in south Gaza Strip, security sources reported. They told PIC reporter that the IOF gunboats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat and searched it before taking into custody all four fishermen on board of Al-Najjar family.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank a Palestinian youth was seriously injured when IOF soldiers opened fire at him at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus.The soldiers claimed that the young man was running towards them with an iron bar and refused their orders to stop.

Press reports said that 13 Palestinians were rounded up in various West Bank areas on Wednesday at the hands of the IOF troops.

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