A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank province of Nablus.
Israeli patrols rolled into Nablus at the crack of dawn in 30 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy explosions have been detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation forces chased down Palestinian anti-occupation youth in Faysal and Amman streets.
IOF patrols also flocked to Beit Furik checkpoint and others have been stationed around Ras al-Ein neighborhood and the Balata refugee camp.
The occupation soldiers climbed over the rooftops of civilian homes in Ibn Rushd Street and near the public hospital.
Palestinian young men Ayman and Adham al-Tashtoush from the Old City of Nablus were kidnapped by the occupation forces after they had been made to endure heavy beating. Youngster Yazen Ja’ara was kidnapped by the IOF moments later.
At the early morning hours the Israeli military stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Beit Dajan and cordoned off the home of the Palestinian detainee Marwan Abu Thabet kidnapped on Wednesday.
At the same time the IOF sealed off the main entrance to Beita town south of Nablus with sand barriers shortly after they closed off access roads to Madama and Burin.
