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IOF carries out dawn raids on Ramallah homes kidnaps citizens

Wednesday 11-March-2020

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday raided several homes and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens in different areas of Ramallah in the West Bank.

According to local sources in Ramallah the IOF stormed Deir Abu Masha’al village in the west of Ramallah broke into and ransacked homes before rounding up two citizens identified as Mohamed Atta and Abdul-Rahman al-Barghouthi.

The IOF also stormed Saffa town in western Ramallah and Kobar village in northern Ramallah and kidnaped two citizens identified as Mohamed Hamad and Diya al-Barghouthi.

At the main entrance to Deir Nidham village in western Ramallah Israeli soldiers opened fire at two teenagers identified as Osama al-Tamimi and Ramez al-Tamimi injuring one of them before taking them prisoners.

The wounded teen Osama reportedly suffered a bullet injury in his leg but there is still no information about the severity of his wound or if he was taken to hospital by the IOF.

The IOF also raided homes in Abu Shukheidim village in the northwest of Ramallah and handed three young men summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet.

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