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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Israeli forces storm house of Palestinian lawmaker

IMEMC- Israeli soldiers raided, on Tuesday, the house of Palestinian MP Halaika in Hebron, the Palestinian Information Center claimed.

Hamas lawmaker Samira al-Halaika said Israeli military raided the house at noon on Tuesday in the district of Shuyukh, in Hebron, erected a barrier in front of her house and stopped tens of cars questioning all people inside.

MP Halaika further reported that the Israeli army arrived in four vehicles breaking into her house, and gathered her along with her son Osama. One soldier told Halaika that they came to tell her "Happy Eid", however the lawmaker rejected the wishes replying that it was not Eid and that it was a provocative move. Read more
at 12/15/2010 09:29:00 PM