WEST BANK, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a campaign of raids and arrests in different areas of the West Bank last night and on Thursday morning, amid assaults on Palestinian citizens.
The campaign happened mainly in al-Khalil, Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tubas, Tulkarem, and Jenin.
In al-Khalil, Palestinian journalists reported that Israeli forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city, raiding a large number of homes, turning some of them into military posts, and imposing movement restrictions in its streets.
The IOF reportedly kidnaped more than 40 Palestinians following raids on homes in the town during the night hours.
According to eyewitnesses, the detainees were maltreated and severely beaten during the IOF raids on homes and after being held in a sports field in the town, which was used as an interrogation center.
Israeli forces also raided homes belonging to relatives of martyr Imran al-Attrash in al-Khalil City and kidnaped several of them.
Attrash and another young man carried out a car-ramming and stabbing operation near the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion in the southern West Bank last Tuesday, which resulted in the killing of one settler and the injury of three others, one of them critically.
In al-Khalil as well, three Palestinians from one family were injured on Wednesday evening in an assault carried out by extremist Jewish settlers near the Dhahr al-Hawiya area, which is adjacent to Road 60.
Faisal al-Qawasmi said that a group of settlers brutally attacked his father, mother, and brother, who sustained multiple injuries, adding that they were taken to the hospital for medical assistance.
In Jenin, the IOF kidnaped several young men from the town of Qabatiya.
In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed the courtyard of the National Hospital in the city, with no reported arrests.
They also stormed the towns of Beit Furik and Salem village in Nablus and kidnaped two young men last night.
Later in the morning, IOF raids on homes in Beit Furik were reported.
In al-Bireh City, the IOF stormed Umm ash-Sharayet neighborhood, where a car reportedly caught fire after soldiers fired a flare during the raid.
Israeli forces also carried out raids in several neighborhoods of Qalqilya and kidnaped a young man from the an-Naqqar neighborhood.
In Tubas, Israeli forces stormed the town of Tammun, south of the city, where they raided homes and assaulted local residents.
The IOF also carried out raids on homes in Tulkarem and other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.
In a separate incident, a horde of extremist settlers attacked Palestinian citizens and their livestock in the Bedouin hamlet of Khirbet al-Farisiya in the northern Jordan Valley.
