At least 20 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday in abduction sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
The IOF rolled into al-Azza refugee camp north of Bethlehem province and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes.
The IOF also seized surveillance cameras from a Palestinian filling station in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Tekou’a.
The occupation forces further stormed al-Duheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem and closed al-Tariq bookshop in the second such move in recent months.
The Israeli soldiers ransacked Palestinian homes in the camp and cracked down on civilians before they showered the area with live rounds and teargas canisters.
Dozens of civilians among them children choked on teargas. A Palestinian young man was shot and injured with live ammunition in his leg and was transferred to a local hospital. Fire also broke out near a civilian home in the assault.
At the same time dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and kidnapped seven Palestinians after they rummaged into civilian homes.
The list of arrestees included the Palestinian children Karam Noufel 15 and Omar Saleem.
In the meantime a number of Palestinians sustained gas and bullet injuries in clashes that burst out shortly after the IOF raided a female students dormitory in Tulkarem.
Medics at Thabet Thabet Hospital said a number of protesters have been treated for breathing disorders and rubber-bullet injuries inflicted by the assault.
The sweep culminated in the abduction of 16-year-old Mohamed al-Badawi from the al-Arroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil and the Palestinian citizen Fahmi Badr from his home west of Ramallah in an attempt to force his son Mus’ab to turn himself in.
