Three kidnapped foreigners released in Nablus

An armed group today early morning released three foreigners after they were held for several hours in Balatah camp for the Palestinian refugees near Nablus, according to Palestinian security sources.

The sources said that the Palestinian security forces besieged the place where the hostages are held and forced the kidnappers to release them. The aims of the kidnapping intention are not known.

Gunmen kidnapped the three foreigners: one American, one British and one Irish, from a residential building near al-Najah university in Nablus to the North of the West Bank and took them to an unidentified place.

Meantime, the Israeli aggressions continued yetserday on the Palestinians. The Israeli army Apache planes bombarded workshops for batteries in al-Zeitoun quarters to the east of Gaza late evening yesterday.

News reports in Gaza quoted witnesses as saying that the helicopters fired one missile at the workshop in Ezer operation several months ago and this resulted in destroying the workshop and great damages in the house and adjoining houses but no human casualties were reported.