A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday in abduction sweeps launched across the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of five Palestinians from the West Bank. The detainees were dragged to an Israeli detention center pending intensive questioning.
Three Palestinians—Sameh Abu Kushk Aboud al-Asmar and Khalil Hamzawi—were kidnapped by the IOF from Askar camp in Nablus.
17-year-old Palestinian minor Mustafa Jamal al-Badn and Ziad Taleb Khalaf 21 were further kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers from their homes in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’.
Meanwhile the IOF stormed Qalqilya’s eastern neighborhood and raked through residential neighborhoods.
Clashes flared up in Azzoun town where the occupation forces attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youth with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas canisters and sound bombs. Several Palestinian protesters sustained breathing disorders in the clashes.
