Wednesday 21 October 2009

Israeli troops raid home of Jallad in Jerusalem, steal computers


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[ 21/10/2009 - 10:50 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- An Israeli special force stormed and ransacked for the second time on Tuesday the house of Ihab Al-Jallad, the coordinator of the popular committee of the celebration of Jerusalem as the capital of Arab culture in 2009, and confiscated three computers and other electronic devices.

Palestinian witnesses told the reporter of the Palestinian information center (PIC) that an intelligence officer who came with the special force started to interrogate Jallad about the vigils and retreats organized inside the Aqsa Mosque.

The witnesses said that this force also raided the store of the committee and sabotaged its contents after taking some cultural publications.

In another development, informed sources said that six Jerusalemites were wounded and six others were kidnapped by Israeli soldiers during confrontations with Israeli settlers who seized on Tuesday evening a Palestinian house in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.


Israeli gunboats fire at northern Gaza coast

[ 21/10/2009 - 10:40 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli navy gunboats fired projectiles and heavy machinguns at the northern coastal area of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, locals reported.

They said that the shelling targeted Sudaniya area to the northwest of Gaza city.

The sources said that no casualties were suffered, adding that intensified over flights of Israeli warplanes was noticed at the same time.

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