Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
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- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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5 Civilians Arrested in Bethlehem and Qalqilya
WEST BANK, May 5, 2004 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Saturday five civilians in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Qalqilya, WAFA and witnesses said.... Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers backed by tanks and armoured vehicles, terrorizengly rolled into al-Dheisheh Refugee Camp and launched a door-to-door search campaign into civilians' houses.... They added that Israeli soldiers broke into civilian's houses and arrested a father and his three children, leading them into an unknown place.... Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers backed by tanks swept into Kufr Thulth village in Qalqulia and launched a heavy search campaign, arresting a woman.... In Taluza village, north of Nablus city, Israeli forces broke into several citizens' houses and started an all-out campaign of searching, causing a state of panic among women and children....