Israeli troops raid northern West Bank villages; detain one

Date: 18 / 06 / 2009 Time: 12:35

[Ma'anImages]

Tulkarem – Ma’an – Israeli troops detained one man from Illar village and handed warnings to several others in Saida village north of Tulkarem.

The detention and warnings came as Israeli patrols overran the two villages and searched the homes of Raddad Abbas Raddad, Abdel Hadi - who is currently in Israeli detention - , Nidal Abu Sa’da, Muhammad Sati Al-Ashkar, brother of the “wanted” Samir Al-Ashkar and Loay Al-Ashkar.

All of the families had young children in the homes, who were terrified by the aggressive and violent Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian security officials identified the detained man as Tha’er Amin Abdel Latif Abu Sa’da , 24.

Notices of appointments with Israeli intelligence officers were handed out to dozens of others, including:

Anas Mahmoud Ajaj
Mo’men Sleiman Abu Sa’da
Sa’dy Bassam Abdel Ghani
Baker Bassam Abdel Ghani
Muntaser taysir Abdel Ghani