The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed Bethlehem city and raided the house of al-Khalil city mayor Kamel Hameed.
According to local sources Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of mayor Hameed near Shahin junction in Bethlehem and maltreated him and his family members.
The IOF also raided other homes in different neighborhoods of Bethlehem with no reported arrests.
Meanwhile violent clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and local young men during the IOF campaign in the city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that scores of youths in the neighborhoods of Wadi Shahin and al-Maslakh hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who responded by randomly firing volleys of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades to disperse them.
Several young men and passersby suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events and received on-site medical assistance from ambulance crews.
