A number of Palestinians were kidnapped and four others injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
Israeli patrols rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and ravaged civilian homes before they kidnapped a Palestinian citizen.
Clashes burst out in the area. Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian anti-occupation youth leaving a protester wounded. The latter was rushed to the Jenin public hospital for urgent treatment.
At the same time the occupation forces sealed off the Jaba’ thoroughfare south of Jenin with a makeshift checkpoint resulting in traffic combustion.
Meanwhile the IOF raided al-Khalil province and kidnapped five Palestinians before they dragged them to the Etzion detention center north of the city.
Israeli soldiers broke into the homes of Dr. Adnan Younes and his relatives and subjected the inhabitants to intensive questioning without prior notices. The IOF seized his son’s vehicle and smashed the families’ furniture.
At the same time an Israeli patrol stormed the home of Palestinian MP Mohamed al-Tal in al-Dhahriya southwest of al-Khalil and exhaustively interrogated him.
The occupation forces rummaged into civilian homes and showered the area with heavy barrages of bullet fire.
A few hours earlier the IOF stormed the family home of Palestinian MP Hatem Qufeisheh and summoned him to questioning at the Etzion detention center. He was released hours later following intensive interrogation.
