NABLU, January 5, 2008 (WAFA)-For the third consecutive day, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued on Saturday its aggression and its a strict curfew on the West Bank city of Nablus.

Security sources said that the Old City is completely closed and medics found difficulties in evacuation the patients out side the Old City. The IOF troops launched a wide scale search campaign into citizens' houses and banned citizens from movements.

Witnesses said that most of the hospitals in the city are besieged.

In the meantime, the IOF troops, backed by 20 military vehicles , stormed Balata refugee camp amid intensive fire shooting towards citizens' houses.