On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians, including siblings, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In Beita town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes and abducted five Palestinians identified as Dia’ Bilal Hamayel, Nail Ahmad Thiab, Monir Mahmoud Thiab, Ammar Zoheir As’ad, and Karam Azzam Abu Mazen.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Assem Abu Al-Haija and Mo’sab Hasan Al-Marmaki.

The soldiers also abducted two siblings, Ehab and Mohammad Jalal Farahat, from Burwin town, west of Jenin.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in the Al-Mughayyir town and the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp and abducted four Palestinians, including a father and his son.

Media sources said the soldiers abducted Kamal Na’san and his son Abdullah in their homes in the Al- Mughayyir town, east of Ramallah, in addition to Obeida Yousef Ghawanma and Obeida Tareq Ziad from their homes in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Al-Far’a refugee camp, searched homes, and abducted a young man, Ahmad Raed Sobeh.

Also, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted Raed Yousef Sarsour and Mahdi Najeh Sarsour.

The soldiers also installed roadblocks on Hebron’s northern roads and the main entrances of Sa’ir, Bani Na’im, and Halhoul, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

First Published on: Jun 19, 2023, at 10:36