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IOF arrests 7 family members in Ramallah

Thursday 3-November-2016

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday a Palestinian family from Ama’ari refugee camp in Ramallah.

Local activist Taha al-Bas told the PIC reporter that Israeli Special Forces stormed a local mosque in the camp and surrounded a nearby house belonging to the citizen Mahran Fajer al-Ayou.

Nearly 150 Israeli soldiers broke into the house and arrested all the seven family members before confiscating their private cars he added.

A number of girls were also detained for several hours before being released according to the source.

Family sources affirmed that all family members were arrested including the father mother and their five sons while the young girls were spared.

The five sons include three ex-prisoners they pointed out.

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