The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped 16 Palestinian citizens including a woman from their homes in different West Bank areas.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the IOF kidnapped the citizens from the provinces of al-Khalil Bethlehem Jerusalem and Ramallah adding that an active female member of the student Islamic Bloc at Hebron University was among the detainees.
The reporter explained that Israeli soldiers stormed Dura town in al-Khalil and kidnapped Sojoud al-Darawish a female student at Hebron University and a member of its Islamic Bloc (the student wing of Hamas).
The IOF also kidnapped a young man called Mu’men Abu Hawwash from his home in at-Tabaqa village near Dura and clashed with local young men.
Another young man identified as Osama al-Ammour was taken prisoner during IOF raids on homes in Yatta town.
The IOF also handed an ex-detainee called Zuhar Makhamera a summons from the Shin Bet ordering him to go its headquarters in Kfar Etzion settlement for interrogation.
In Bethlehem five young men were rounded up by soldiers during IOF campaigns in the towns of Husan and Fajjar.
Three of the detainees are from the family of Taqateqa and two others were identified as Abdullah-Shusha and Ghassan Hamamera.
In Ramallah the IOF detained Mohamed al-Barghouthi a popular singer after raiding his home in Beit Rima town on a charge of praising a prisoner in one of his concerts. Another citizen was also kidnapped from his home in the town.
Two others were taken prisoners in IOF campaigns in Kafr Ein town (Ramallah) and Abu Dis town (east Jerusalem).
For its part the Israeli army claimed its forces arrested two Palestinians in the Tulkarem towns of Kafr Abbush and Ramin and one in Azzun town east of Qalqilya.
