AL-KHALIL, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped at dawn Saturday several Palestinian citizens in northern al-Khalil and raided other West Bank areas.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped and assaulted at least 14 citizens during violent raids on homes in Beit Ummar town.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers found and detonated an unknown object in the town.
The IOF also stormed Marda village, north of Salfit, spread in its streets and ransacked several homes.
Similar IOF raids on homes also took place in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqilya.