MIDDLE EAST: Israeli forces continue attacks on Palestinians

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

AMMAN, Mar 5 2003 (IPS) - Israeli troops continued their brutal armed sweeps into Palestinian refugee camps, detentions and house demolitions in the West Bank and Gaza.

Israeli military sources said 20 Palestinians were arrested among them 10 rounded up in Bethlehem alone.

The Israeli troops also demolished the home of a Palestinian in Nablus on charges of carrying out an operation at an Israeli military checkpoint.