The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Tuesdaya large-scale arrest campaign throughout the West Bank. A leader and activists inHamas Movement were among the detainees.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as saying that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Jab’a town south of Jenin and violently broke into the leader in Hamas Movement Nazih Abu Ein’s house before arresting him along with his son.
Abu Ein spent 18 years in Israeli jails in separate arrests most recently was months ago.
His nephew was also arrested during the pre-dawn raid.
Five other youths were kidnapped from their houses in the town while a number of local houses were violently stormed and searched.
Similar raids were carried out early today in Beit Ummar and Seir towns north of al-Khalil.
Several houses were stormed and searched during the raids.
Two brothers were arrested in Beit Ummar which led to the outbreak of violent clashes in the town amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and rubber bullets.
In Nablus IOF soldiers stormed Burin and Hawara towns south of the city and erected a number of checkpoints where several locals were stopped and interrogated.
In Tulkarem clashes broke out when Israeli forces stormed its refugee camp and were deployed in large numbers throughout its neighborhoods.
Several teargas suffocation cases were reported during the clashes.
