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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Israeli troops injuries a Palestinian villager and detain him in northern West Bank

IMEMC
A Palestinian farmer from the village of Kufer Dan, northern West Bank, was injured on Wednesday by Israeli troops that later detained him.

Ibraheem Aabed, aged 34, along with other villagers tried to stop army bulldozers from destroying a water well at his land near his village. Troops opened fire at the group of village injuring Aabed in the abdomen.

A Palestinian medical crew rushed to the scene and evacuated Aabed; troops stopped the ambulance at the entrance of the village and took the wounded farmer away.

Villagers said that the army have demolished five water wells at their lands today before they got to Aabed’s...

The military told villager that they are going to destroy up to 20 water wells owned by famers in the coming few days, witnesses told local media. Full story
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