Israeli army seizes three from refugee camp near Jericho

Date: 28 / 05 / 2009 Time: 17:12

Jericho - Ma’an - Israel's army seized three Palestinians from Aqbat Jaber refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday.

Local sources said that “the Israeli forces arrested Khaled Mustafa Al-Akhras, Ashraf Yousef Nofal and Mohammad Fawaz Maharmeh, all residents of the camp, after breaking into their homes and taking them to unknown location.”

These latest three Palestinians are in addition to the previous total of 34 Palestinians who had been taken by the army from their homes in the last four days, according to Israel’s own count.