WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped at dawn Wednesday and later in the morning a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped nine citizens in al-Khalil province, namely from al-Khalil City and the towns of Taffuh, ash-Shuyukh and Dura.
The sources added that the IOF raided homes, set up checkpoints at all the entrances leading to al-Khalil, its towns, villages and refugee camps and closed several roads with barriers, mounds of dirt and concrete blocks.
In Qalqilya, the IOF kidnaped two citizens after ransacking their homes in the city.
Another citizen was taken prisoner at a military checkpoint in western Nablus after Israeli soldiers stopped and searched a car he was aboard.
In east Jerusalem, a number of citizens were reportedly injured after Israeli police forces stormed Jabel Mukaber neighborhood and clashed with local youths.
Local sources said that the skirmishes started in Jabel Mukaber after a bulldozer escorted by police forces barged into the area to demolish a house and a commercial facility belonging to the family of Shuqairat.
Video footage circulated on the internet showed Israeli officers savagely assaulting local residents as they tried to prevent the demolitions.
A number of young citizens were kidnaped by the police from the neighborhood during the demolition raid.
