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RAFAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into cultivated fields southeast of Rafah, southernmost tip of Gaza Strip, on Tuesday morning and damaged crops, locals reported. They said that the IOF soldiers mounting armored vehicles fired in all directions during the incursion but no casualties were reported. The IOF troops daily raids Gaza border areas in a bid to impose a buffer zone of 500 meters deep inside the Strip areas. IOF soldiers also detained 12 Palestinians in the West Bank at dawn Tuesday in a number of districts, focusing on Nablus. The Israeli radio said that the arrestees were wanted for interrogation. Local sources in Madma village, south of Nablus, said that the soldiers took away seven villagers including two 16-year-old boys during a pre dawn raid. |
IOF bulldozes land in southern Gaza, rounds up 12 West Bankers