The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed the towns of Ya’bad and Kufeirit in Jenin province north of the West Bank and kidnapped a Palestinian citizen from his home.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that sounds of explosions were heard last night near the checkpoint leading to the illegal settlement of Dutan and at the entrance to Ya’bad town without knowing their causes.
Immediately following the explosions military reinforcements were dispatched to the area before Israeli soldiers stormed Ya’bad town and closed its entrances with barriers according to the sources.
Soldiers also raided the house of a young man called Mohamed al-Taher rounded him up and took him away aboard a military vehicle.
Meanwhile an Israeli military force stormed Kufeirit town and patrolled its streets overnight.
The IOF also set up a makeshift checkpoint on Jenin-Haifa road west of Jenin stopped passing vehicles and checked the IDs of passengers.