Several Palestinians among them ex-prisoners were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a predawn sweep rocking West Bank provinces.
Reporting from al-Khalil province a PIC news correspondent said the Israeli military rolled into al-Seir area and kidnapped the two ex-prisoners Zaid al-Qawasmi and Malek Abu Eisheh.
Ex-prisoner and political analyst Hesham al-Sharbati was kidnapped by the IOF from his family home in Qarn al-Thawr in al-Khalil.
The occupation forces further stormed residential neighborhoods in al-Khalil before they kidnapped at least nine Palestinian ex-prisoners among them the head of the Palestine Prisoners Center for Studies Osama Shaheen.
Journalist Mus’ab Qufeisheh was kidnapped by the IOF from his family home southwest of al-Khalil province.
Overnight a flock of Israeli warplanes kept hovering over al-Khalil’s eastern villages sparking panic in the area.
At the same time clashes burst out in Nablus province after the IOF broke into the “popular housing” neighborhood and ravaged a Palestinian’s family home.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Jenin where civilians have also had their homes ransacked by the Israeli military.