A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from the West Bank at dawn Thursday.
Clashes flared up in Nablus after hundreds of Israeli fanatics stormed Joseph’s Tomb to celebrate Jewish holidays.
Three Palestinian youths sustained rubber bullet wounds including one in the eye after they were attacked by the occupation troops who escorted the Israeli settlers all the way through the break-in.
Buses carrying hundreds of other Israeli settlers showed up in the area sparking clashes with Palestinian anti-occupation youths.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Another IOF patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Qaryout and wreaked havoc on the homes of anti-occupation activists.
Member of the local anti-settlement committee Sadeq al-Qaryouti said the occupation soldiers broke into his family home and threatened his brother with abduction in case he gets involved in further anti-settlement campaigns.
The IOF also stormed the home of the Director of the Qaryout Charity Muhammad Mardawi and the head of Qaryout Society Muayad Salem.
The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s town of Qabatiya at the crack of dawn and kidnapped a Palestinian youth 21 from his own family home.
Sounds of heavy gunfire have been detected during the break-in.
A military checkpoint was pitched by the IOF on the Jenin-Haifa Street near Zabouba town.
The IOF further shut down a printing press in al-Ram town under the request of the central region commander on allegations that it attempted to print banners mourning the slain anti-occupation protester Misbah Abu Sbeih.
