Several Palestinians were kidnapped at daybreak Sunday shortly after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into West Bank provinces and ravaged Palestinian homes.
At least three Palestinians were kidnapped by the occupation army from the southern West Bank provinces of al-Khalil and Bethlehem.
The IOF reportedly wreaked havoc on Palestinian civilian homes triggering panic among children and women.
At predawn time the Israeli army claimed in a statement responsibility for the abduction of three Palestinians on claims of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
According to the military statement the campaign targeted two Palestinians from Bethlehem’s western town of Tekou’ and another from al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar.
A PIC news correspondent identified the three arrestees as Mahmoud al-Amour and Akrema al-Amour both natives of Tekou’.
The third captive—Kays Abu Maria—was kidnapped by the IOF from his own family home in Beit Ummar. The Israeli soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded him all the way through the assault.
The Israeli forces further rummaged into the home of the Palestinian prisoner Jameel Awad in al-Khalil’s southern town of Yatta and summoned his son Haytham to questioning.
At the same time the IOF escorted by intelligence officers rolled into Ourata town in southern Nablus and carried out abrupt break-ins into civilian homes.
Overnight the IOF tightened military grip at the Beit Furik checkpoint to the east of Nablus blocking Palestinian passengers’ and vehicles’ access out of and into the area.
Late on Saturday evening the occupation army stormed Kafl Haris to the north of Salfit province and set up a makeshift military checkpoint.
A PIC news correspondent said the IOF cracked down on the Palestinian locals and attacked civilians with sound bombs.
Palestinian passengers and vehicles had also been subjected to intensive inspection as they attempted to pass through the newly-pitched checkpoint.
