NABLUS (PIC)– The mayor of the Palestinian town of Kabalan Fawwaz Sa’aeed Akram 45 was kidnapped at the hands of the IOF troops who raided and ransacked his home in the early hours of Wednesday morning sources close to the mayor affirmed.
The sources furthermore revealed that at least five IOF vehicles full of soldiers stormed the house of Akram and wreaked havoc in it before blindfolding and arresting him in front of his wife and six children.
The arrest of Fawwaz comes as part of the Israeli kidnap campaign against Hamas cadres and political leaders in the West Bank political observers affirmed.
Tens of PA lawmakers and ministers affiliated with Hamas Movement were arbitrarily arrested by the IOF troops and retained in Israeli jails since last year.
Yet another wave of IOF kidnapping campaigns against Hamas leaders had intensified two weeks ago as IOF troops launched a military onslaught on Gaza Strip.
Seven more Palestinians were reportedly arrested by those troops in the Palestinian village of Eba west of Nablus city.
The Hebrew radio quoted IOF sources as alleging that the arrests were concentrated in Nablus city and that they only targeted Hamas and Fatah activists.
In Tulkarm city a Palestinian woman was wounded and more than 20 citizens mostly teenagers were arrested in an IOF raid on the city’s refugee camp Tuesday night.
According to eyewitnesses in the camp fierce armed clashes erupted between the invading troops on the one hand and Palestinian resistance fighters defending the camp on the other hand.
No casualties were reported in the fighters’ lines but the lady who was identified as Samira Mohammed 45 was hit in the shoulder as the IOF troops indiscriminately and randomly shot at the camp’s inhabitants.
Beitawi affirms: Israel failed before Palestinian resistance
Palestinian MP and former head of Palestinian Scholars’ League (PSL) Sheikh Hamid Al-Beitawi affirmed that the IOF arrest of elected Palestinian MPs ministers and municipal mayors was a clear indication that Israel was indeed defeated before the Palestinian resistance.
Beitawi was kidnapped three days ago along with 33 Hamas-affiliated officials in the West Bank to join 41 Palestinian lawmakers and ministers who were kidnapped at the hands of the IOF troops a year ago.
The lawmaker’s remarks were conveyed by a lawyer from the Nafha society that caters for Palestinian captives in Israeli jails after a visit he made to the kidnapped MPs.
Beitawi is suffering of diabetes that led to amputating parts of his foot in addition to a number of chronic diseases.
On Tuesday the abducted MPs threatened to go on hunger strike if the IOA denied them medicines and clothes brought by their families.
