A number of Palestinian citizens including an MP were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from the West Bank at daybreak Tuesday.
The IOF soldiers stormed al-Zawiya town in Salfit at 2 a.m. and wreaked havoc on the home of ex-prisoner Rafat Moukadeh before they subjected the latter to intensive questioning.
The IOF also stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Alyan Moukadeh and subjected him to exhaustive interrogation.
Palestinian MP Mohamed Ismail al-Tal 49 was kidnapped by the occupation forces at the crack of dawn from his home in al-Dhahriya town. The IOF soldiers seized his cell phones and laptop before they dragged him an unknown destination.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 12 Palestinians from Bethlehem and al-Khalil.
Overnight Palestinian young man Hassan Abu Ein was kidnapped by the Israeli forces from the Jalama crossing on his way to visit his brother in the Israeli Megiddo jail.
Meanwhile heavily-armed IOF troops cordoned off the Jalama crossing overnight and raked through the bypass road and the Nazareth Street before they sealed off the area with makeshift checkpoints. Violent clashes burst out with Palestinian protesters in the process.
At the same time Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youth in Dura town with randomly-shot spates of gunfire.
The Palestinian youngsters responded by throwing two Molotov cocktails at an Israeli military watchtower in the area.
In a related development the IOF stormed Ebu Esneineh neighborhood in the Old City of al-Khalil in five military jeeps and a troop-carrier and rummaged into civilian homes before they summoned a number of Palestinians to questioning.
The Israeli soldiers also ravaged the home of ex-prisoner Ahmad Amayreh south of Dura and gave him an interrogation writ ten days after he was released from an Israeli lock-up where he had been held for 18 months.
