A number of Palestinians were kidnapped and others injured in an abduction sweep launched by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at predawn time Wednesday.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of nine Palestinians overnight on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The list of arrestees includes the Palestinian MP Ahmad Atoun who was deported from his hometown by the Israeli occupation authorities.
The sweep targeted Palestinian youths in al-Am’ari refugee camp and Bethlehem’s southern town of Beit Fajjar.
Israeli patrols further stormed Nablus and seized the vehicle of Palestinian ex-prisoner Fadi Asida. Clashes burst out shortly after the assault.
The occupation forces wreaked havoc on civilian homes all the way through the raid and seized cash from the home of Palestinian woman Haniya Naser. A sum of 5200 shekels was stolen by the occupation soldiers from the home of the Palestinian citizen Malek Eshtiyeh.
A few hours earlier Israeli troops raided Deir al-Ghasoun town north of Tulkarem and ransacked dozens of Palestinian homes as they rummaged around for the anti-occupation attacker Ashraf Na’luwa. Clashes burst out in the area.
In the meantime the IOF ransacked residential alleyways in Qalqilya sparking clashes with the Palestinian locals. A number of anti-occupation youths were shot and injured with rubber bullets.
At the same time the IOF closed off the western entrance to Kafr al-Dick town west of Salfit under the security pretext.
