For first time since disengagement, IDF soldiers detain two wanted Palestinians in Gaza Strip; Palestinians report troops beat detainees' father, who was in need of medical treatment. Meanwhile, Qassam rocket lands in open area in Sderot http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3266639,00.html<
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"Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces entered the Gaza Strip Saturday morning and arrested two armed Hamas members after besieging a house in the southern Strip, Palestinian eyewitnesses reported."
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"Palestinian sources reported that a special IDF force was operating south of the Sufa crossing, east of Rafah. The Palestinians reported that the force advanced hundreds of meters into the Palestinian Authority territory.
According to the report, the soldiers operating in the area early Saturday arrested two brothers, Mustafa and Osama Muammar, during the operation. Eyewitnesses claimed that the troops also beat the detainees' father, Ali Muammar, who was in need of medical treatment at the city's European Hospital."