WEST BANK, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) ransacked several homes and kidnaped and assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens during a West Bank campaign at dawn Thursday.
According to local sources, the IOF carried out violent raids on homes in Qalqilya City, especially in Kafr Saba neighborhood, where soldiers assaulted residents, closed roads, imposed a curfew, took several detainees to a house they used as an interrogation center, and commandeered the rooftops of some houses.
Among the detainees was a young man called Ahmad Shtewi, who was scheduled to celebrate his wedding tomorrow.
Some residents reported that soldiers stole jewelry and money during their raids on homes in Kafr Saba neighborhood.
The Red Crescent reported that Israeli forces assaulted one of its volunteer paramedics while he was en route to his workplace in Qalqilya, as well as other citizens in Kafr Saba neighborhood, adding that its ambulance crews were prevented from reaching those in need of medical assistance.
In Ramallah, the IOF kidnaped a citizen from his home in al-Jalazon refugee camp and raided a house in al-Mughayir town.
In al-Khalil, Israeli forces kidnaped a citizen from al-Dhahiriya town and three others from their homes in as-Samu town.
Local sources said that the IOF kidnaped as-Samu mayor Ibrahim al-Rawashda and two other young citizens from their homes in the town.
In Jenin, a father and his son were taken prisoner after Israeli forces ransacked their home in Qabatiya town.
In Nablus, the IOF kidnaped three young men after ransacking their homes in Madama village.
The IOF also carried out violent raids on homes in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.
