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IOF kidnaps citizens raids homes in W. Bank

Friday 28-April-2017

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped four Palestinian citizens from their homes in different areas of the West Bank.

Local sources said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped three brothers from al-Doha town in Bethlehem after ransacking their homes and assaulting their families.

The detained brothers are Mousa Malek and Hamada az-Zaghari.

IOF soldiers also raided homes in the central neighborhoods of Bethlehem city where they kidnapped 43-year-old Naji Hijazi.

Violent clashes reportedly took place between Israeli soldiers and local young men in the vicinity of al-Halal market during the IOF campaign in Bethlehem.

In Nablus an Israeli military force stormed the new Askar refugee camp to the east and broke into and searched al-Safir Charity.

Eyewitnesses said that the military force brought with them a number of detainees who had been already arrested during the past few days with no known reason.

In Jenin the IOF raided and pillaged two homes in Fahma village claiming its troops found a firearm and rounds of ammunition during its search campaign.

A local source said however that Israeli soldiers ransacked the homes of Luay Sa’abneh and Ibrahim Sa’abneh and interrogated their residents before withdrawing from the village without making arrests.

In Ramallah the Israeli army intensified its presence in Ni’lin town and its vicinity at dawn and deployed military patrols near the separation wall.

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