WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped last night and on Sunday morning a number of Palestinian citizens and assaulted girl students in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two young men after raiding their homes in Deir Qaddis town, west of Ramallah.
Four other citizens were kidnaped during IOF raids in the towns of Kafr Ni’ma, Kafr Malik and Lubban ash-Sharqiya in Ramallah province.
In Tulkarem, Israeli forces kidnaped two citizens from Attil town and al-Jarushiya village and two others from Tulkarem refugee camp.
Another citizen was taken prisoner at a makeshift IOF checkpoint near Jenin.
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers severely beat Palestinian female students at the Container checkpoint as they were going to their school in the south of the West Bank.
A citizen was also injured by IOF gunfire in Jenin City’s al-Jaberiyat neighborhood during the ongoing Israeli army operation in the area.
In Tubas, the IOF kidnaped a young man from his home in Tamun town.
The IOF also prevented an ambulance from reaching a heart patient in Fari’ah refugee camp in Tubas and confiscated its keys.
At dawn, the IOF launched a large-scale campaign in Fari’ah refugee camp and Tamun town in Tubas, north of the West Bank.
Local sources said that a large number of IOF vehicles, including D9 bulldozers, stormed Fari’ah camp and Tamun town, adding that Israeli soldiers stormed many homes and businesses.
The sources also said that Israeli forces used several homes as military posts and watchtowers after forcing their residents to leave them in Fari’ah and Tamun.
The IOF also set up a checkpoint on al-Ashareen road between Fari’ah and Tubas and deployed forces in al-Jabel area and Dar Abu Khayoun neighborhood, where they expelled the family of Abu Matar from its home before turning it into a military post.
Israeli forces also forced other families to leave their homes in al-Jabel area of Tamun town.
The Israeli military operation in Tubas took place a few hours after forces from the Palestinian Authority (PA) security services dismantled explosive devices placed in the area by the Palestinian resistance to detonate them at IOF vehicles.
PA security personnel in civilian cars reportedly spread in Fari’ah camp and encircled a house near al-Tawheed Mosque in Tubas City before the IOF stormed the area.
