WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped at dawn Wednesday several Palestinian citizens and attacked others, injuring a number of them, during raids in the West Bank.
According to local sources, two citizens were injured by IOF gunfire, while a woman was injured when Israeli soldiers assaulted her in Ramallah.
The sources said that two young men suffered bullet injuries during skirmishes between local youths and Israeli soldiers in Qarawat Bani Zaid village, northwest of Ramallah.
A woman was also injured when Israeli soldiers assaulted her in the same village.
The IOF also kidnaped six citizens from different areas of Ramallah province, including a child along with her father and brother from Arura village and two young men from Qarawat Bani Zaid.
In Nablus, Israeli forces broke into and ransacked several homes in Salem village and injured a citizen after savagely beating him during a raid on his house.
The IOF kidnaped a young man from the village, but later released him after detaining him for several hours.
In al-Khalil the IOF kidnaped a citizen from Idhna town and raided a number of homes in different areas of the province.
Two other young citizens were taken prisoners during IOF raids in Jenin and Tubas.