WEST BANK, (PIC)
Two sisters of deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Saleh al-Aruri, who was assassinated recently in an Israeli strike in Beirut, and a number of Palestinian citizens were kidnaped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during raids in the West Bank at dawn Sunday.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped Aruri’s sisters, Dalal and Fatima, after ransacking their homes in Arura town (northern Ramallah) and al-Bireh City.
In Nablus, two young citizens were kidnaped from their homes during an IOF raid in the city.
Another young man was kidnaped by Israeli forces from his home in Teqoa town, southeast of Bethlehem.
The IOF also stormed al-Arroub refugee camp and Deir Samet town in al-Khalil and al-Jalazon refugee camp in northern Ramallah, with no reported arrests.
Local sources in Deir Samet reported that Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at local youths during clashes with them, turned a house into a military post and set up road barriers in the town’s central area.
In Jenin, armed clashes happened between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance fighters during an IOF raid, which started last night and continued into Sunday morning.
The IOF reportedly bulldozed roads and destroyed private and public property during the raid in Jenin City and its refugee camp.
Palestinian journalists described the armed clashes in Jenin as “ferocious,” adding that the resistance fighters detonated explosive devices at IOF vehicles during the events.
