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Daily News Egypt: Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies at Gaza’s Rafah crossing
By Eva Bartlett July 21, 2008 To view original article, published by the Daily News Egypt on 21st July, click here Ten days after setting out from Edinburgh, five days past their projected July 15 arrival, Scottish humanitarian Khalil Al Niss and his wife Linda Willis finally pulled up Sunday afternoon at the Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing only to be denied entry to Gaza. The Gazan side, just over 100 meters from the Egyptian gate and Israeli-constructed…
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Settlers launch another rocket attack in Nablus region
Settlers fired a rocket at Awarta village on Monday afternoon. Local people say that this is the second such attack this year, while it is the fourth attack involving rockets from settlements in the Nablus region. The homemade device, measuring around twenty five centre meters in length, struck an olive grove near to the village but failed to detonate. The attack was launched at around one o’clock in the afternoon. The Israeli army closed roads close…
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Israeli army arrests 27 people in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded Nablus on Sunday night and arrested around 27 people including Mona Mansour, a member of the Palestinian legislative council. Her family describe how the army arrived outside their home at two o’clock in the morning and ordered them to leave their apartment. Soldiers then entered their home and forced the family of six into a single room, forbidding them from speaking. Israeli soldiers removed the oxygen mask from her youngest son who…
