28 feb 2008
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Two Al-Aqsa Brigades members killed in Balata camp
Two Palestinian activists affiliated to Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades were killed on Thursday morning as fierce clashes erupted between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Sources within the Al-Aqsa Brigades told Ma'an's reporter that 28-year-old Mahir Abu Ar-Reish and 35-year-old Ahmad An-Nadi were killed and 30-year-old Muhammad Abu Arab was injured and arrested. Furthermore, 30-year-old Ahmad Abu 'Isha was injured in a two-hour bout of fierce clashes between Israeli forces and a number of Al-Aqsa Brigades fighters. The sources added that some of the fighters had left the Palestinian security headquarters in Nablus after an undercover Israeli targeted it killing Ibrahim Al-Masimi and injuring four others. |
Eyewitnesses said that a large Israeli force invaded Balata camp early in the morning after an undercover force infiltrated into the camp. Fierce clashes erupted between the invading forces and Palestinian resistance fighters.
Olmert: Israel will continue operations in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday that the Israeli government's patience with the Palestinians has come to an end.
During comments in a meeting with the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Thursday morning, he affirmed that Israel would continue with military operations in the Gaza Strip, threatening the Palestinian resistance groups will pay a heavy price.
For her part, Rice called on the Palestinians to stop launching homemade projectiles from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli towns. She blamed Hamas for the deteriorating situation in Gaza and expressed her worries about a looming humanitarian crisis.
US State Department spokesman Tom Keisi announced on Wednesday night that Rice would pay a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories between 3 and 7 March. She will meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials to follow up with the mechanisms decided in November's Annapolis peace conference.
During comments in a meeting with the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Thursday morning, he affirmed that Israel would continue with military operations in the Gaza Strip, threatening the Palestinian resistance groups will pay a heavy price.
For her part, Rice called on the Palestinians to stop launching homemade projectiles from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli towns. She blamed Hamas for the deteriorating situation in Gaza and expressed her worries about a looming humanitarian crisis.
US State Department spokesman Tom Keisi announced on Wednesday night that Rice would pay a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories between 3 and 7 March. She will meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials to follow up with the mechanisms decided in November's Annapolis peace conference.
Ongoing Israeli raids on Gaza claim 28 Palestinians, including 8 children and 5-month-old baby
One Palestinian has been killed and three others injured in a raid against a police station in the west of Gaza City.
The station is located next to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's house.
Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, head of emergency and ambulance services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said that ambulances transferred the dead body and the casualties to a hospital in Gaza.
Four Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli air raid in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon, bringing the number of those killed in the Gaza Strip to 28 in the last 24 hours. Eight of the dead are children.
Mu'awiya Hasanain said the bodies of 11-year-old Deib Darduna and 14-year-old 'Umar Darduna arrived at the Kamal Udwan hospital in Beit Hanoun torn to pieces. Meanwhile, the bodies of 7-year-old Muhammad Hammuda and 8-year-old Ali Darduna were taken to Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
A short while later, an Israeli unmanned reconnaissance plane launched a missile at a car in Beit Hanoun injuring two people, one of them seriously.
Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip have been continuous throughout Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon Palestinian medics found the dead body of 12-year-old Amjad As-Sakani in eastern Gaza City.
Meanwhile 25-year-old Hamas activist Rami Khalifa died of wounds he sustained on Thursday morning.
Israeli warplanes launched a raid on Thursday afternoon on the northern Gaza Strip killing 23-year-old Al-Qassam Brigades member Abdullah Zuwaidi.
A few minutes later, the Israeli warplanes launched another raid near the agricultural college in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Several Palestinians were injured in the attack.
At around 9:30 on Thursday morning local time, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at Palestinian civilians in eastern Gaza City killing senior Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council member and Hamza Khalil Al-Hayya and 23-year-old Jawad Tafish. Several others were also injured.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry told Ma'an that Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City had received one of the dead and several people who had sustained serious injuries.
On Wednesday evening, three Palestinian children were killed and six others injured in an Israeli air strike on the Al Taw'am area close to the Khazandar gas station, north of Gaza City. One of the dead was 5-month-old Muhammad Nasser Al-Borey, who was in his family home when a missile struck the building.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, said that ambulances transported the injured and dead children, including the headless body of a child, to the Shifa' and Kamal hospitals.
He added that five children were rushed to the intensive care unit and the operating room, with one clinically dead.
Witnesses said that those involved were passing by a local-made missile launcher that was struck by the Israeli forces.
Earlier on Wednesday, two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.
Hassanain said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed, and several bystanders were injured, after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid. The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
The station is located next to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's house.
Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, head of emergency and ambulance services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said that ambulances transferred the dead body and the casualties to a hospital in Gaza.
Four Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli air raid in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon, bringing the number of those killed in the Gaza Strip to 28 in the last 24 hours. Eight of the dead are children.
Mu'awiya Hasanain said the bodies of 11-year-old Deib Darduna and 14-year-old 'Umar Darduna arrived at the Kamal Udwan hospital in Beit Hanoun torn to pieces. Meanwhile, the bodies of 7-year-old Muhammad Hammuda and 8-year-old Ali Darduna were taken to Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
A short while later, an Israeli unmanned reconnaissance plane launched a missile at a car in Beit Hanoun injuring two people, one of them seriously.
Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip have been continuous throughout Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon Palestinian medics found the dead body of 12-year-old Amjad As-Sakani in eastern Gaza City.
Meanwhile 25-year-old Hamas activist Rami Khalifa died of wounds he sustained on Thursday morning.
Israeli warplanes launched a raid on Thursday afternoon on the northern Gaza Strip killing 23-year-old Al-Qassam Brigades member Abdullah Zuwaidi.
A few minutes later, the Israeli warplanes launched another raid near the agricultural college in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Several Palestinians were injured in the attack.
At around 9:30 on Thursday morning local time, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at Palestinian civilians in eastern Gaza City killing senior Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council member and Hamza Khalil Al-Hayya and 23-year-old Jawad Tafish. Several others were also injured.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry told Ma'an that Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City had received one of the dead and several people who had sustained serious injuries.
On Wednesday evening, three Palestinian children were killed and six others injured in an Israeli air strike on the Al Taw'am area close to the Khazandar gas station, north of Gaza City. One of the dead was 5-month-old Muhammad Nasser Al-Borey, who was in his family home when a missile struck the building.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, said that ambulances transported the injured and dead children, including the headless body of a child, to the Shifa' and Kamal hospitals.
He added that five children were rushed to the intensive care unit and the operating room, with one clinically dead.
Witnesses said that those involved were passing by a local-made missile launcher that was struck by the Israeli forces.
Earlier on Wednesday, two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.
Hassanain said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed, and several bystanders were injured, after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid. The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades clash with undercover Israeli force
The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees(PRC), the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades said on Wednesday evening that a group of their militants clashed with an undercover Israeli force at the town of Khuza'a east of Khan Younis.
They said in a statement, "Israeli helicopters flew over the area which indicates there were casualties amongst the Israeli soldiers."
The statement added that the operation came in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli aggression on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
They said in a statement, "Israeli helicopters flew over the area which indicates there were casualties amongst the Israeli soldiers."
The statement added that the operation came in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli aggression on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
B'Tselem: 149 Palestinians killed since the start of 2008
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem expressed grave concern on Thursday following the renewed fighting in Gaza.
According to B'Tselem, during the first two months of 2008, Israeli security forces killed 146 Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories. 132 were killed in the Gaza Strip and 14 in the West Bank, according to B'Tselem statistics. Of the total number, at least 42 were not participating in fighting when they killed, and 11 were minors. 87 people were killed during January, and 59 during February (until the 28th).
Palestinians killed 2 Israeli civilians, and one member of the Israeli security forces. A woman was killed in the Dimona bombing, and another man was killed by a Qassam rocket in the Sapir College, in Sderot.
B'Tselem demanded that all sides in the fighting strictly adhere to the rules of International Humanitarian Law, and do all they can to protect civilians from the impact of the hostilities.
"It is absolutely prohibited to direct attacks at civilians, and B'Tselem reiterates its condemnation of the firing of Qassam rockets at Israeli civilians. Directing attacks at civilians is a war crime, and those responsible must be punished for it. Israel has the right and the obligation to protect its citizens from Qassams, but it may only use legal means to achieve this goal," they said in a statement.
According to B'Tselem, during the first two months of 2008, Israeli security forces killed 146 Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories. 132 were killed in the Gaza Strip and 14 in the West Bank, according to B'Tselem statistics. Of the total number, at least 42 were not participating in fighting when they killed, and 11 were minors. 87 people were killed during January, and 59 during February (until the 28th).
Palestinians killed 2 Israeli civilians, and one member of the Israeli security forces. A woman was killed in the Dimona bombing, and another man was killed by a Qassam rocket in the Sapir College, in Sderot.
B'Tselem demanded that all sides in the fighting strictly adhere to the rules of International Humanitarian Law, and do all they can to protect civilians from the impact of the hostilities.
"It is absolutely prohibited to direct attacks at civilians, and B'Tselem reiterates its condemnation of the firing of Qassam rockets at Israeli civilians. Directing attacks at civilians is a war crime, and those responsible must be punished for it. Israel has the right and the obligation to protect its citizens from Qassams, but it may only use legal means to achieve this goal," they said in a statement.
Israeli war planes fire missile at agricultural land
Israeli war planes fired a missile in the Ad-Dabour area east of Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses reported the sound of a large explosion and described seeing smoke and flames where the missile landed.
Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the raid targeted an agricultural area and that there was no information regarding any injuries.
Israeli war planes fired a missile in the Ad-Dabour area east of Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses reported the sound of a large explosion and described seeing smoke and flames where the missile landed.
Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the raid targeted an agricultural area and that there was no information regarding any injuries.
Four projectiles fired from Gaza Strip
Fatah condemns Israeli attacks
More projectiles launched at Sderot
Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians across West Bank
Palestinian military groups launch barrages of homemade projectiles towards Israeli targets
Fatah condemns Israeli attacks
More projectiles launched at Sderot
Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians across West Bank
Palestinian military groups launch barrages of homemade projectiles towards Israeli targets
27 feb 2008
Israeli military continue strikes on Gaza Strip; 8 dead, several injured
Two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian health ministry said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
Several bystanders were also injured.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid. The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian farmer 35-year-old Hasan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The sources said he received a gunshot to the pelvis from the Israeli forces stationed at the Kissufim military post, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli warplanes continued to raid the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, launching two air raids on eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli warplanes targeted a group of Palestinian activists in eastern Gaza City.
Mu'awiyya Hassanain emphasized that there were no injuries in the recent Israeli raids.
Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian health ministry said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
Several bystanders were also injured.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid. The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian farmer 35-year-old Hasan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The sources said he received a gunshot to the pelvis from the Israeli forces stationed at the Kissufim military post, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli warplanes continued to raid the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, launching two air raids on eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli warplanes targeted a group of Palestinian activists in eastern Gaza City.
Mu'awiyya Hassanain emphasized that there were no injuries in the recent Israeli raids.
One Al-Aqsa Brigades activists killed; 3 injured in Israeli undercover raid in Nablus
Undercover Israeli forces apprehended four Palestinian men in Nablus in the northern West Bank on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that he saw a number of undercover Israeli soldiers getting out of a minibus at Tel Street in western Nablus. They approached a Palestinian taxi and opened fire on its four occupants. The injured occupants were then abducted by the soldiers.
Ma'an learned that the abductees were 25-year-old Ibrahim Al-Masimi, 27-year-old Wa'il Al-Masimi, 20-year-old Yasir Al-Masimi and 21-year-old Ali 'Isha , 20-year-old Ibrahim Al-Jibrini.
The eyewitnesses affirmed that they saw the abductees bleeding after they were hit. Israeli authorities later reported that Later on, the Israeli authorities told the Palestinian authority that Ibrahim Al-Masimi had died of his injuries. Another of the injured men is reported to be in a serious condition.
Back up Israeli forces later entered Nablus to assist the undercover force.
In the same regard, Israeli military sources announced that four Palestinians were injured after undercover forces invaded Nablus and targeted them. The Israelis sources affirmed that two were seriously injured.
According to the Israeli sources, the undercover force attempted to arrest five Palestinian activists in Nablus, who they claim were planning to undertake a military operation inside Israel. As the activists tried to escape, the soldiers fired at them.
Later the the Al-Aqsa Brigades in Nablus, Fatah's military wing, announced that they are no longer committed to a ceasefire with Israel after the Israeli undercover forces shot and abducted five of their activists.
Meanwhile, Palestinian military intelligence chief in the West Bank, Majid Faraj, said he held the Israelis responsible for the deterioration in the security situation in Nablus. He affirmed that the injured activists had adhered to the conditions of the amnesty deal and the ceasefire proposed by Israel.
The leader of Al-Aqsa Brigades in Balata refugee camp, Hani Al-Ka'bi told Ma'an that there will be a swift and tough response to the Israeli action, affirming that the ceasefire is over.
He also reiterated that the activists adhered to the amnesty deal and remained in the military intelligence headquarters for longer than the required three months under the amnesty deal.
Since Wednesday morning, Israeli forces have deployed around the military intelligence headquarters and the targeted activists as they left, Al-Ka'bi explained.
He also denied that the targeted group had planned to operate inside Israel, emphasizing that they have never left the security headquarters except after they noted the deployment of Israeli forces. He also denied that any of them were armed.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that he saw a number of undercover Israeli soldiers getting out of a minibus at Tel Street in western Nablus. They approached a Palestinian taxi and opened fire on its four occupants. The injured occupants were then abducted by the soldiers.
Ma'an learned that the abductees were 25-year-old Ibrahim Al-Masimi, 27-year-old Wa'il Al-Masimi, 20-year-old Yasir Al-Masimi and 21-year-old Ali 'Isha , 20-year-old Ibrahim Al-Jibrini.
The eyewitnesses affirmed that they saw the abductees bleeding after they were hit. Israeli authorities later reported that Later on, the Israeli authorities told the Palestinian authority that Ibrahim Al-Masimi had died of his injuries. Another of the injured men is reported to be in a serious condition.
Back up Israeli forces later entered Nablus to assist the undercover force.
In the same regard, Israeli military sources announced that four Palestinians were injured after undercover forces invaded Nablus and targeted them. The Israelis sources affirmed that two were seriously injured.
According to the Israeli sources, the undercover force attempted to arrest five Palestinian activists in Nablus, who they claim were planning to undertake a military operation inside Israel. As the activists tried to escape, the soldiers fired at them.
Later the the Al-Aqsa Brigades in Nablus, Fatah's military wing, announced that they are no longer committed to a ceasefire with Israel after the Israeli undercover forces shot and abducted five of their activists.
Meanwhile, Palestinian military intelligence chief in the West Bank, Majid Faraj, said he held the Israelis responsible for the deterioration in the security situation in Nablus. He affirmed that the injured activists had adhered to the conditions of the amnesty deal and the ceasefire proposed by Israel.
The leader of Al-Aqsa Brigades in Balata refugee camp, Hani Al-Ka'bi told Ma'an that there will be a swift and tough response to the Israeli action, affirming that the ceasefire is over.
He also reiterated that the activists adhered to the amnesty deal and remained in the military intelligence headquarters for longer than the required three months under the amnesty deal.
Since Wednesday morning, Israeli forces have deployed around the military intelligence headquarters and the targeted activists as they left, Al-Ka'bi explained.
He also denied that the targeted group had planned to operate inside Israel, emphasizing that they have never left the security headquarters except after they noted the deployment of Israeli forces. He also denied that any of them were armed.
Israeli forces raid Al-Fari'a refugee camp; clash with local youths
Israeli forces raided Al-Fari'a refugee camp north east of Nablus in the northern West Bank and besieged several houses under the pretext of searching for 'wanted' activists.
Meanwhile, Palestinian young men hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading forces. No injuries or arrests have been reported.
The Israeli forces withdrew before dawn and came back two hours later and besieged the home of Muhammad Sarhan in an attempt to arrest his son who is allegedly a 'wanted activist.' New clashes erupted between the invading forces and Palestinian youths until the Israeli forces withdrew without apprehending any body.
Meanwhile, Palestinian young men hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading forces. No injuries or arrests have been reported.
The Israeli forces withdrew before dawn and came back two hours later and besieged the home of Muhammad Sarhan in an attempt to arrest his son who is allegedly a 'wanted activist.' New clashes erupted between the invading forces and Palestinian youths until the Israeli forces withdrew without apprehending any body.
Israeli soldiers abuse Hebron resident, demanding he dance naked
Israeli soldiers in Hebron in the southern West Bank brutally beat a Palestinian man, forcing him to dance naked, the Israeli daily newspaper Ma'arev reported on Wednesday.
When 26-year-old Ziyad Abu Snaina refused to dance, the soldiers continued to beat and humiliate him, detaining him for three hours.
Abu Snaina reported the incident, which took place four weeks ago at a military checkpoint near Hebron, to the Israeli humanitarian organization "Yesh Din."
According to Maariv and Yesh Din, Abu Snaina worked as a middleman at a taxi station near the checkpoint. A military jeep approached him with four soldiers inside. They asked him to evacuate all the taxis from the area in order to avoid traffic jams. After he did so, the patrol's commander asked him to be quiet and take off his sweater. When he refused, the soldiers hand-cuffed him and bound his legs. They also blindfolded him with a Palestinian kufiyya head scarf, before brutally beating him with their fists and rifle butts.
"When I told them I had a surgery in my back, they burst into laughter and started taking photos of my back on their mobile phones," Abu Snaina told Maariv.
He added that the soldiers telephoned the Shin Bet official known as "Captain Fathi" and let Abu Snaina talk to him. When Abu Snaina appealed for help, Fathi told him that the soldiers were doing their job, and he could not interfere with that.
Finally, the soldiers demanded that Abu Snaina undress and dance naked if he wanted to be freed.
When 26-year-old Ziyad Abu Snaina refused to dance, the soldiers continued to beat and humiliate him, detaining him for three hours.
Abu Snaina reported the incident, which took place four weeks ago at a military checkpoint near Hebron, to the Israeli humanitarian organization "Yesh Din."
According to Maariv and Yesh Din, Abu Snaina worked as a middleman at a taxi station near the checkpoint. A military jeep approached him with four soldiers inside. They asked him to evacuate all the taxis from the area in order to avoid traffic jams. After he did so, the patrol's commander asked him to be quiet and take off his sweater. When he refused, the soldiers hand-cuffed him and bound his legs. They also blindfolded him with a Palestinian kufiyya head scarf, before brutally beating him with their fists and rifle butts.
"When I told them I had a surgery in my back, they burst into laughter and started taking photos of my back on their mobile phones," Abu Snaina told Maariv.
He added that the soldiers telephoned the Shin Bet official known as "Captain Fathi" and let Abu Snaina talk to him. When Abu Snaina appealed for help, Fathi told him that the soldiers were doing their job, and he could not interfere with that.
Finally, the soldiers demanded that Abu Snaina undress and dance naked if he wanted to be freed.
A Bloody Day in Gaza: Israeli military adds 3 children to list of dead
Three Palestinian children were killed and six injured in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening, in the Al Taw'am area close to the Khazandar gas station, north of Gaza City.
The total number of Palestinians injured was 17, including the six children.
Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian health ministry, said that ambulances transported the injured and the dead children, including the headless body of a child, to the Shifa' and Kamal hospital.
He added that five children were rushed to the intensive care unit and the operating room, with one clinically dead.
Witnesses said that those involved were passing by a local-made missile launcher that was struck by the Israeli forces.
Earlier in the day, two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.
Hassanain said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed, and several bystanders were injured, after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid.
The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian farmer, 35-year-old Hasan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The sources said he received a gunshot to the pelvis from the Israeli forces stationed at the Kissufim military post, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli warplanes continued to raid the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, launching two air raids on eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli warplanes targeted a group of Palestinian activists in eastern Gaza City.
The total number of Palestinians injured was 17, including the six children.
Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian health ministry, said that ambulances transported the injured and the dead children, including the headless body of a child, to the Shifa' and Kamal hospital.
He added that five children were rushed to the intensive care unit and the operating room, with one clinically dead.
Witnesses said that those involved were passing by a local-made missile launcher that was struck by the Israeli forces.
Earlier in the day, two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.
Hassanain said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.
On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed, and several bystanders were injured, after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.
In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid.
The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian farmer, 35-year-old Hasan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The sources said he received a gunshot to the pelvis from the Israeli forces stationed at the Kissufim military post, east of Khan Younis.
Israeli warplanes continued to raid the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, launching two air raids on eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli warplanes targeted a group of Palestinian activists in eastern Gaza City.
Israeli student killed, 3 injured, in homemade projectile attack on Sderot college
Abu Ar-Rish Brigades claim Sderot projectile attack
Brigades spokesman: No ceasefire talks with Israel if assassinations continue
Palestinian military groups fire at Israeli targets
Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians in the West Bank
Abu Ar-Rish Brigades claim Sderot projectile attack
Brigades spokesman: No ceasefire talks with Israel if assassinations continue
Palestinian military groups fire at Israeli targets
Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians in the West Bank