The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Sunday Palestinian homes in West Bank provinces and summoned civilians to questioning.
Local activist Moemen Azem said Israeli army patrols rolled into Sebastiya town to the north of Nablus at around 2 a.m. and wreaked havoc on civilian homes.
According to the activist the campaign gave the impression of a large-scale Israeli military maneuver.
The IOF sealed off all access roads out of and into the area and closed off al-Magharem thoroughfare.
The Israeli soldiers reportedly lowered the Palestinian flag from a high building in the archaeological area.
Wildfires burst out in an olive grove during the assault.
The IOF further stormed Qaryout town to the south and showered civilian homes with heavy spates of teargas canisters and sound bombs.
According to the locals a newly-appointed Israeli officer carried out the campaign to curry favor in the occupation government by terrorizing civilians.
An Israeli military patrol also broke into al-Khalil and closed off the main entrances to the city.
A PIC news correspondent said IOF soldiers closed al-Khalil’s northern entrance and pitched a military checkpoint in eastern Halhul town. They further sealed off Sadat al-Fahs Sadat Hajai and the entrance to al-Fawar camp.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF raked through the environs of al-Fawar camp.
The IOF soldiers were also stationed in western al-Khalil and stormed civilian homes.
The IOF soldiers ravaged the home of ex-prisoner Omar Abu Esneineh in the city and summoned him to questioning after they terrorized his wife and children.
Meanwhile the family of groom-to-be Abdul Fatah al-Fakhoury from al-Khalil delayed his wedding ceremony after the Israeli occupation authorities ruled for extending his remand.
Al-Fakhoury was arrested at dawn Saturday by the IOF just one day before his wedding ceremony on allegations of chanting resistance slogans.
In another development journalist Nidhal al-Natsha was released from the Petah Tikva detention center where he had been held for a couple of weeks.
