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IOF raids W. Bank homes kidnaps Palestinians in overnight campaigns

Wednesday 25-October-2017

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped last night and at dawn Wednesday several Palestinian citizens from their homes in different West Bank areas and confiscated a Palestinian-owned car in al-Khalil.

According to a statement released by the Israeli army 14 wanted Palestinians were taken prisoners during West Bank campaigns.

Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers stormed Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank ransacked homes and kidnapped three young men.

They added that violent clashes broke out between local young men and soldiers during the IOF campaign in the camp.

In al-Khalil three citizens were kidnapped from their homes at dawn in Beit Ummar town.

One of the detainees in Beit Ummar was identified as Wahid Abu Mariya an Islamic Jihad official who spent about 20 years in Israeli jails.

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