Several Palestinian citizens were kidnaped and others were injured on Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out dawn raids in different West Bank areas.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a female university student from her home in Ramallah City and another young citizen from his home in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the city.
The IOF also assaulted a young man inside his home in Ni’lin town, west of Ramallah, and kidnaped him along with his wounded father. Two other citizens were also taken prisoners during the same IOF raid in the town.
Another citizen was reportedly kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Arura town, northwest of Ramallah.
The IOF also kidnaped one citizen from his home in Qalqilya City and another one, a resident of the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, from his workplace in 1948 occupied Palestine.
Three other citizens were rounded up and one car was destroyed and torched by the IOF during raids on homes in Kafr Dan village, northwest of Jenin.
Meanwhile, resistance fighters reportedly opened fire and detonated explosive devices at IOF vehicles in Kafr Dan.
In a separate incident, six citizens suffered bullet injuries after Israeli forces stormed Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho and clashed with local youths and resistance fighters. One IOF vehicle sustained damage during the events.
In Nablus, the IOF stormed Beita town in search for the Palestinian who opened fire at an Israeli car near the Huwara checkpoint last night. They also blocked the junction of Beita town with mounds of dirt and rocks and showered passersby with tear gas canisters.
In east Jerusalem, Israeli police forces kidnaped a high school student from his home in Bir Ayyub neighborhood in Silwan district before releasing him later.
