WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped on Friday and Saturday at least 15 Palestinian citizens, including children, during raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs on Saturday morning, the IOF arrest campaign targeted most of the West Bank provinces.
Dozens of citizens were also interrogated, assaulted and threatened, and homes were ransacked during the IOF campaign in the West Bank, especially in Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem.
At dawn Saturday, the IOF stormed Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem and Ya’bad town in Jenin and clashed with local youths.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers encircled an apartment building in Tulkarem’s as-Salam neighborhood near Nur Shams camp and attacked it with several projectiles.
Later, al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas announced that one of its commanders in Tulkarem was martyred during clashes with Israeli forces in as-Salam neighborhood, adding that its fighters targeted soldiers and vehicles with bullets and explosive devices during its raid in the city and its refugee camp.
The IOF also stormed Ya’bad town in western Jenin, raided a house and clashed with local youths.
A similar IOF raid happened in Beit Kahil town, west of al-Khalil, with no reported clashes or arrests.
