The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 14 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, during campaigns in different West Bank areas.

According to local sources, the IOF raided the house of Hazem al-Fakhouri and arrested his wife Lama Khater, a noted Palestinian writer.

 

The IOF also raided other homes in al-Khalil city and kidnapped senior Hamas official Nazar Shahada.

 

Meanwhile, the IOF set up several makeshift checkpoints at the northern and southern entrances to al-Khalil and at the main entrances to the towns of Sa’ir, Yatta and Halhul, where soldiers obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles.

 

In Bethlehem city, four Palestinian young men were reportedly kidnapped by the IOF from their homes. They were identified as Majd Ayyad, Mohamed Ayyad, Mahmoud al-Jawarish and Muhanad al-Huraimi.

 

Another one was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.

 

In Ramallah, the IOF failed to arrest two university students, including chief of the Birzeit student council  Yahya Rabie, after storming an apartment build in Abu Qash town.

 

A local source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard 15 military vehicles stormed Abu Qash town at dawn to arrest the students, which provoked violent clashes with scores of local young men.

 

Later, the Israeli military force withdrew from the town without making arrests.

 

In Tulkarem, two university students identified as Mohamed Laymoun and Omar Lafdawi were kidnapped from their homes by Israeli soldiers in Jayyous town.

 

The IOF also ransacked homes in Nur Shams, east of Tulkarem, with no reported arrests.

 

 

 

Source:  The Palestinian Information Center