GAZA, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and at dawn Thursday different areas of the West Bank, clashed with local youths and kidnaped a number of citizens.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a young man after ransacking his home and interrogating members of his family in Nabi Saleh village in the northwest of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also went on the rampage through a house belonging to prisoner Khaled al-Kharrouf in Umm ash-Sharayet neighborhood of Ramallah City.
In Tulkarem, Israeli forces stormed different neighborhoods of the city, raided the Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque on the outskirts of Tulkarem refugee camp and kidnaped an elderly man during his presence inside the Mosque to perform dawn prayers.
The IOF also kidnaped a young man in Izbat al-Jarad area in Tulkarem and destroyed the security camera outside his house.
Resistance fighters reportedly showered the Israeli forces in Tulkarem with a volley of bullets before clashing with them.
Another young man, identified as Hamada Abu Aisha from Izbat al-Jarad, was kidnaped by the IOF during his presence in his grandfather’s house in Far’un town in southern Tulkarem.
In Nablus, another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF raid on his home in Beit Furik town.
Violent clashes broke out with local youths during the IOF raid in the town, during which Israeli forces were attacked with homemade explosives. One young man suffered a bullet injury in his leg during the events.
In al-Khalil, the IOF kidnaped a young man from his home in Dura town and raided several homes in Beit Ummar town.
IOF raids also took place in other West Bank areas, with no reported arrests.
In a separate incident, a horde of extremist Jewish settlers stormed the Ras al-Awja community in the north of Jericho City, stormed the house of Ayed Ka’abneh and photographed his house and sheep, claiming that he had stolen livestock from them.
Ka’abneh lives near the Palestinian homes that were burned down about two months ago in the same area.
