At dawn on Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed, searched, and ransacked dozens of homes, causing damage, and abducted many Palestinians.
In Hebron, located in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in various parts of the city, the surrounding villages, towns, and refugee camps, abducting ten Palestinians.
Sources said the soldiers abducted Sohaib Qfeisha, a former political prisoner from the Um ad-Daliya neighborhood in Hebron, and Mousa Abu Turki from Korbaj Mountain in the southern part of the city.
The soldiers also stormed and searched Sa’ir town, east of Hebron, before abducting Mohammad Mazen Jaradat and former political prisoner Hisham Na’im Jaradat.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Jamil Abu Hashhash from his home in the Al-Fawwar Refugee Camp, south of Hebron.
In Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, the soldiers abducted a woman, Dalida Sami Al-Wa’ey, and a young man, Saif Ziad Wreidat.
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The soldiers also abducted Ayyoub Salim Ghannam, Rashid Mohammad Khawatra, and Ibrahim Yousef Sleimiyya from their homes in Doura town, southwest of Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers continued the closure of all streets leading to Hebron and its refugee camps with iron gates, intensifying restrictions and assaults in the various neighborhoods of Hebron’s Old City.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Iba town, west of Nablus, searched homes and abducted Abdul-Qader Mohammad Abu kishik, Salah Jweid E’teiwi, Ghassan Riyad Eshteiwi and his wife.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, before the soldiers searched homes, interrogated many Palestinians, and abducted six.
The abducted individuals are Dirar Mohammad Salah, 43, his brother Abdul-Monem Salah, 41, Ziad Abdullah Issa, 37, Husamuddin Mohammad Salah, 19, Ali Issa Abu Ghalyoun, 60, and his son, Qussai Abu Ghalyoun, 33.
The soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, before storming the homes of Fateh movement’s secretary Mohammad Al-Masri, and Monir Ja’fari, in addition to the family home of Mousa Daraghma, whom the army killed in May 2002.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers invaded several villages and towns in the governorate, violently searched homes, and abducted several Palestinians.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the town of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah, abducted two young men, Najeeb Fararja and Hamza Dar Mousa, and confiscated two Palestinian cars.
They also invaded Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, and abducted four Palestinians, one of them identified as Ali Mashhour, a student at Birzeit University.
In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Wadi Al-Far’a area, south of the city, stormed homes, and abducted two siblings, Mohammad and Qais Kamal Sawalma.
In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Khaled Balidi after storming his home in the southern neighborhood of the city.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded the Al-Isawiya town, northeast of the city, and summoned a child for interrogation.
It is worth mentioning that the child, Mohammad Da’as, was recently detained and interrogated before he was released under the condition of house detention for two weeks.
Furthermore, undercover Israeli soldiers invaded the Ein Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and closed streets.
In related news, the army invaded the Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar area, southeast of Tubas, and handed demolition orders targeting several residential structures, barns, and sheds.
Motaz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of the Northern Plains file at the Tubas Governorate, stated that the army stormed and searched several residential sheds and tents and informed the Palestinians they need to demolish them within 96 hours.