WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank at dawn Wednesday and later in the morning, imposed tight security restrictions around Nablus and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens, amid clashes with resistance fighters in Jenin.
According to local sources, a heavy build-up of traffic happened on different roads in Nablus after the IOF stormed Balata al-Balad area and tightened its security measures around city.
A Palestinian young man was martyred on Tuesday at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint in western Nablus after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him on allegations of his attempt to carry out a stabbing attack.
Four citizens were kidnaped by the IOF from different areas of Nablus.
The IOF also stormed Silat al-Harithiya town in western Jenin at dawn and clashed with resistance fighters.
The IOF stormed al-Yamun town in western Jenin and kidnaped a young man after ransacking his home.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces kidnaped a teenager from his home in the city, and stormed Immatin village, where they detained two others for a while and raided several homes.
Two others citizens were taken prisoners during a dawn IOF raid in Lubban al-Gharbi village, northwest of Ramallah.
IOF raids on homes also happened in Umm Salamuna village, south of Bethlehem, with no reported arrests.
In a separate incident, a horde of extremist Jewish settlers infiltrated into the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and set fire to several cars before fleeing the area.
