Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from the West Bank and Jerusalem at predawn Thursday.
The IOF arrested three Palestinian young men from the West Bank in al-Tour neighborhood and transferred them to an unidentified destination after they handcuffed them.
Overnight the occupation forces turned Jerusalem neighborhoods into military zones and cracked down on Palestinian youths heading to al-Aqsa Mosque to mark Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree).
22-year-old Palestinian youth Amjad Milhem was arrested by the occupation soldiers at a military checkpoint set up between southern Jenin and Nablus.
Palestinian ex-prisoner Anas Shedid aged 20 was re-arrested on the same day three weeks after he was released from Israeli lock-ups following a 90-day hunger strike to protest administrative detention without charge or trial.
The IOF wreaked havoc on Shedid’s family home and came down heavily on his relatives his brother Abdul Majid reported.
