On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirty Palestinians, including siblings, one woman and former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and the Palestinian Detainee’s Committee, said most of the abductions were in the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus, in addition to many who were abducting in Tulkarem, Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.
They said the army also confiscated cash and cars, and assaulted many Palestinians while interrogating them, in addition to causing serious property damage, and added that many of the abducted Palestinians are former political prisoners.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded various communities across the West Bank, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and interrogated scores of Palestinians before abducting many.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of the city, searched homes, and abducted a young man.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded many homes in the city and abducted No’man Mohammad Jubran, 40, his brother Nader, 47, and Nader’s sons, Majd, 22, and Mahmoud, 20, in addition to Ahmad Habeeb Mousa Mohammad, 52, and Mahmoud Hasan Al-Wardiyat, 46.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the Al-Fredis area, east of Bethlehem, attacked shepherds, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
The soldiers also invaded Tuqu’ town, southeast of the city, searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians.
In Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Issa Tafesh, his brother Qussai, and Akram Afif Halayqa, from Shiokh town, Riyadh Sami Jaradat, and Rafifan Jaradat from Sa’ir town, northeast of the city, in addition to Joudi Nidal Natsha and Eyad Yusri Skafi, from their homes in Hebron city.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on various roads leading to Hebron city and various towns, villages, and refugee camps and closed many main streets with iron gates, concrete blocks, and sand barriers.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods, stormed and violently searched homes, before abducting Ihsan Samer Fetyan, Majdi Ashour, and Osama Halawa.
The soldiers also invaded Asira Al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus, and searched homes before abducting Nimir Fathi Asayra and Mohammad Ibrahim Saleh.
In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, and Ya’bad town, south of the city, ransacked many homes, and abducted Amjad Mansour and Mohammad Majdi Abu Bakr, in addition to confiscating manet from their homes.
During the invasion, the soldiers bulldozed and destroyed structures and a street around the home of Majdi Yassin.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Lutfi Abu Nasr, from the Jenin refugee camp, after stopping him at a military roadblock near Ramallah, in the central West Bank.
The Israeli army abducted at least 8.640 Palestinians, including patients, women, elders and children, mostly from their homes, since October 7, 2023, in addition to abducting family members, especially parents of “wanted Palestinians” to force their sons to surrender to the army.