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W. Bank homes raided citizens detained in IOF dawn raids

Saturday 29-July-2017

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday raided homes and kidnapped Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different areas of the West Bank.

According to different local sources an Israeli military force stormed Bethlehem city and kidnapped two young men from their homes one of them with special needs.

Another military force also raided homes in al-Khalil city with no reported arrests.

Another young man was reportedly taken prisoner after soldiers stopped him after midnight on Saturday at Qalandia checkpoint near Occupied Jerusalem.

In Qalqilya a local source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of Israeli soldiers were deployed in al-Daher neighborhood before breaking into the house of Mahmoud Diyab.

The source added that the soldiers ransacked the house of Diyab while an Israeli intelligence officer embarked on interrogating him.

The same military force raided another home belonging to a Palestinian woman called Mona Affanah in al-Naqqar neighborhood of Qalqilya.

The IOF also set up a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to Azzun town east of Qalqilya and another one on the road leading to Izbat Attabib village and obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens.

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