At least 18 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank and Jerusalem were kidnaped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during campaigns that started last night and continued into the morning hours of Thursday.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society five citizens were kidnaped from their homes during an IOF campaign in Bethlehem province.
The five detainees were identified Ameer Murad 16 Jebreel Naseem 16 and Issa Mohamed as well as a father and his son from the family of Rashayda.
Three others were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in al-Am’ari refugee camp in Ramallah.
In Qalqilya the IOF kidnaped three young men identified as Zakariya Shabita Ahmed Badwan and Ibrahim ash-Sheikh from their homes in Azzun town.
Another citizen called Zayed Ekhdairat 47 was reportedly kidnaped by the IOF at a military checkpoint near ad-Dhahiriya town in al-Khalil.
In Jerusalem Israeli police forces stormed Issawiya district and kidnaped six young men from their homes. One of those young men identified as Hussein Obeid were severely beaten by officers during his detention.
