WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped last night and on Tuesday morning a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid ongoing aggression in Tulkarem and Jenin.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two young men from Qalandia refugee camp in northern Jerusalem and another one from Nablus City.
Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF raid in Wadi Burqin area in Jenin
The IOF also kidnaped three young men from Dura town in southern al-Khalil and four citizens from Bethlehem City.
For its part, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that Israeli forces kidnaped at least 25 citizens during raids in different West Bank areas last night and on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, violent armed clashes broke out at dawn and later in the morning between resistance fighters and Israeli soldiers in Tulkarem refugee camp before IOF reinforcements stormed the area.
Local sources said that Israeli troops encircled a house in Iktaba suburb in Tulkarem, without providing further details.
The IOF also stormed Umm ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Bireh City and Kafr Aqab neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, and detonated more houses in Jenin.
Meanwhile, the IOF closed most of the roads leading to al-Khalil City and raided several homes in al-Dhahiriya town, south of al-Khalil.
In a related context, resistance fighters from al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad laid several ambushes against Israeli forces as they were trying to infiltrate into Tulkarem camp from different directions.
Local sources affirmed that some Israeli soldiers were injured after they came under fire from resistance fighters in Tulkarem camp.
Resistance fighters also launched a surprise attack on Israeli troops at the military checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Nitzanei Oz in Tulkarem.
Last night, the IOF raid in Tulkarem City began with a tight siege on the hospitals of Thabet Thabet and Al-Israa and involved widespread destruction of infrastructure.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers forced some families to leave their homes at gunpoint in the neighborhoods of al-Matar and Marbaat Hanoun and told them they could return in seven days.
They added that the IOF took over a number of tall buildings overlooking the neighborhoods of ash-Shuhada and al-Hamam and turned them into military posts and watchtowers.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Awqaf Directorate in Tulkarem said it opened the Mosques of Musab bin Omair and Salahuddin in the city to the Palestinian families who had to leave their homes as a result of the Israeli aggression.
The IOF also imposed a tight siege on Tulkarem camp, while its bulldozers embarked on destroying public and private property, including roads, homes and stores, in different neighborhoods.
A house belonging to the family of Shahin was reportedly set on fire by the IOF in Tulkarem camp.
The IOF also kidnaped a number of citizens from their homes in Dhanabah suburb near Tulkarem camp.
In Jenin, the IOF continued its rampage and destruction in the refugee camp, for the eighth consecutive day, amid clashes with resistance fighters.
The IOF started to divide the Jenin refugee camp into four areas through destroying streets and detonating and burning homes, according to local sources.
Israeli forces also prevented local residents from checking on their homes in the western area of Jenin camp and detained a number of them.
A child suffered a bullet injury in the vicinity of the Cinema rotary, where intensive IOF gunfire was reported.
In a separate incident, the IOF burned a copy of the holy Qur’an during a raid on a house in Fahma town, south of Jenin.
