Agencies-Gaza post
Over 40 Palestinians kidnapped by IOF in occupied territories
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday and last night arrested at least 40 Palestinians in large-scale raids across the occupied territories, but mainly in the town of Tuqu, in the south of the West Bank, and Yabad, in the north, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) and other sources said.
Several were later freed, said the PPS.
Israeli forces arrested 22 Palestinians after forcibly entering and searching the houses of their families in Tuqu, east of Bethlehem, and 11 others were detained in the town of Yabad, southwest of Jenin city, after ransacking their homes.
In the northern West Bank, a convoy of army vehicles broke into two Nablus city neighborhoods and detained two people, including a former inmate.
A sizable military force also showed up at Balata refugee camp, east of the city, to make arrests, triggering clashes.
During the ensuing clashes, the soldiers opened fire toward young men attempting to block their passage, hitting two with live ammunition in the thigh and another in the foot.
In Ramalla , soldiers kidnapped two former inmates; one from Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah city, and the other from Beit Sira village, west of the city.
In Tulkar , the sources asserted a raid in Iktaba neighborhood, east of the northern West Bank city, resulting in the detention of another.
