The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening arrested seven Palestinians including five children from Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem and two young men from Arraba town to the south of Jenin.
A local source told the PIC reporter that the families of Allam al-Sha’er and Nayef Hardan had lost contact with them on Thursday evening without knowing anything about their fate.
The source added that the Israeli forces later informed the families that al-Sha’er and Hardan were arrested at a checkpoint while returning from Ramallah to Jenin.
Five children were arrested on Thursday evening during clashes between Palestinian citizens and the Israeli police in Shu’fat refugee camp in Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli police set up an ambush for the children before arresting them and taking them to a nearby detention center.
They added that the Israeli police closed the military checkpoint at the entrance of Shu’fat camp and blocked movement in both directions causing a suffocating traffic jam for nearly an hour and a half.
Dozens of the camp’s residents suffered breathing difficulties due to the heavy firing of tear gas canisters by the Israeli police while the Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the police forces stationed near the camp’s entrance.
