The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday raided the house of Palestinian lawmaker Fathi Qar’awi in Tulkarem city in the West Bank assaulted his family and kidnapped one of his sons.
According to Quds Press Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of MP Qar’awi and assaulted his sons Hazem and Mu’men after raiding apartments belonging to the family.
Mu’men suffered a nervous breakdown after his exposure to physical assault at the hands of soldiers and was transferred to hospital later a family source told Quds Press.
The military force also stormed houses belonging to the lawmakers’ children and kidnapped his son Baraa Qar’awi 30.
For his part MP Qar’awi explained on his Facebook page that the IOF stormed his home at dawn and embarked on separating men from women before assaulting his sons Hazem and Mu’men.
He added that soldiers smashed in doors of apartments belongings to his sons.
The IOF already raided the house of MP Qar’awi on June 6 and rounded up anew his son Hamza. He has been detained at Petah Tikva interrogation center since then.
MP Qar’awi senior Hamas official has been detained several times before and spent in Israeli jails more than 10 years.
