Israel Defence Forces break into local radio and TV broadcasts in Nablus

The Israeli defences have begun breaking into local radio and TV programmes as an alternative to dropping leaflets informing residents of their activities. According to a report from the Jerusalem Post, an operation took place Monday in Nablus. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troops sealed off the centre of Nablus’s old city with cement blocks and trash containers and moved from apartment to apartment in search of seven Palestinian fugitives. In a new tactic, troops broke into transmissions of local TV and radio stations yesterday and broadcast the names of the men, all residents of the old city. Soldiers warned civilians against hiding the fugitives. Abir Kilani, director of the local TV station Gama, told the Jerusalem Post that her broadcasts were interrupted several times by the army. Kilani noted that this method is much more effective and cheaper than the military’s previous tactic of dropping leaflets with messages to residents. (The Jerusalem Post via Media Network Weblog,February 27, 2007)

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