PALESTINOW.COM — The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday kidnapped 20 Palestinians, including a Hamas leader, from the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 18 Palestinians at predawn time on allegations of their affiliations with Hamas and involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The campaign targeted Palestinians from Jenin and Ramallah provinces.
The IOF further kidnapped five Palestinians from al-Ram town, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, two from Bethlehem’s western town of Hussan, and two others from al-Arroub refugee camp and Sai’r town in al-Khalil province.
Two Palestinian youths were reportedly arrested by the Israeli forces in Hizma town.
A PIC news correspondent said dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into the home of the Hamas leader Nazih Abu Oun in Jenin’s southern town of Jaba’ and wreaked havoc on the building before they kidnapped the activist.
A couple of weeks ago, the IOF detained Abu Oun for one day following an abduction sweep targeting Hamas affiliates.
Abu Oun was released just a few months ago from Israeli jails, where he had been locked up for a total of 18 years.
At the same time, the occupation troops rolled into Qabatiya town, in southern Jenin, and kidnapped three Palestinian youths after they rummaged into their family homes and seized their personal belongings.
The assault culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian civilian Ahmad al-Hweiti and his wife from Tulkarem camp, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Clashes flared up in the camp, where the IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot spates of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The IOF further sealed off the main entrance to the camp with a makeshift military checkpoint, blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out. (PIC)
