| [ 11/09/2011 - 12:06 PM ] |
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| GAZA, (PIC)-- An Israeli military force abducted Saturday night five young Palestinian men east of the Israeli kibbutz Kissufim, adjacent to the southern Gaza Strip, security sources and witnesses said in identical reports. Israeli jeeps accompanied by reconnaissance aircraft and Apache helicopters briefly entered east of Qarara in the Gaza Strip and swiftly abducted the men, covering themselves by firing heavy ammunition at Palestinians and their property, the sources said. Later on Sunday morning, three of the abductees were set free by the Israeli security forces after being severely assaulted, security sources said. The whereabouts of the other two abductees as well as the motives behind the operation remain a mystery. --------------------- |
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Sunday released three Palestinian boys who were detained overnight near a military base in the central Gaza Strip, a Ma'an correspondent reported.
The boys, aged between 11 and 15, were detained near Kissufim army base south of Deir al-Balah.
Witnesses said at least eight army jeeps entered Gaza near Al-Qarara village and opened fire from military towers before detaining the boys.
The detainees were interrogated for several hours and then released, a Ma'an reporter said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers apprehended three Palestinians who were trying to cross the security fence into Israel.
